[Goanet] Offtopic: Pirate Party, Canada, surveillance...

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
The Pirate Party of Canada has issued a release on this, due to Canadians interest in themselves we are focusing on Canadian surveillance of Canadians rather than foreign cooperation. https://www.pirateparty.ca/newsletter/warrantless-surveillance/ -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell

[Goanet] WORLD BUSK - FRIDAY 14th JUNE 5 p.m.

2013-06-11 Thread books
Dear music-lover, � It's that time of year again: World Busk! (http://worldbusk.org/). � Between 10-16 June, musicians around the world will busk (make music in public places to raise money for charity) for Musequality (http://musequality.org/) which

[Goanet] Fwd: Global Goans

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com sent me this comment: Dear Rico, 3. The Jesuit schools came to Goa only in the 1940s. Among the other schools which promoted English education (and thus migration to the British colonies) prior to that could be St Joseph's Arpora and Mater Dei Saligao, the latter

[Goanet] Goa airport will affect western ghat : NGO -

2013-06-11 Thread Edwin/Diana Pinto
Just for our information U.G. Barad, how are Dabolim airport and Margao where you live affecting the western ghats? ANd your logic and reasoning, if we have understood it correctly, is that even if we assume that the previous generation unknowingly started us off on a path to destruction, we

[Goanet] Dry day...

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
A nice dry-ish day in Goa (at least till 1300 hrs) after a day-and-half of fairly wet weather. Nobody's complaining of course, the rains are a welcome relief from the heat and the water is needed too in our high-rainfall-but-facing-water-shortages state! FN -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2013-06-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
Abba http://www.youtube.com/artist/abba?feature=watch_video_title - Knowing me, knowing you with lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlP1lBkviqk -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Offtopic: Pirate Party, Canada, surveillance...

2013-06-11 Thread augusto pinto
Frederick FN Noronha wrote: The Pirate Party of Canada has issued a release on this, due to Canadians interest in themselves we are focusing on Canadian surveillance of Canadians rather than foreign cooperation. https://www.pirateparty.ca/newsletter/warrantless-surveillance/ Comment: Gosh! So

[Goanet] Basketball fraternity unites for a cause

2013-06-11 Thread Sandeep Heble
Basketball fraternity unites for a cause Marcus Mergulhao, TNN Jun 10, 2013, 02.58AM IST Sports Authority of Goa|Goa Basketball Association|Basketball Federation of India|Basketball enthusiasts PANAJI: Unlike in the past, it is now no longer a battle; it's war. Basketball enthusiasts in the

[Goanet] This had to happen sooner or later!!

2013-06-11 Thread U. G. Barad
This had to happen sooner or later. The rupee nearing the 60 mark against the dollar was an event waiting to happen. There is nothing positive in the economy, apart from lip service from the government that merited the rupee to hold at the 52-55 range. What triggered the slide this time around was

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Kudos to Selma Carvalho who undertook this mammoth task and for the support rendered to her by Eddie Fernandes of the Goan Voice.  I am waiting for the exhibit to come to Goa some day.  These were stories that were lying dormant in peoples minds, and as they age and pass away, the stories would

[Goanet] Shocker after Goa euphoria leaves BJP in a tizzy

2013-06-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
Author: Santwana Bhattacharya | ENS - Published Date: Jun 11, 2013 7:27 AM - Last Updated: Jun 11, 2013 8:54 AM Jolted out of the Goa conclave euphoria with a shocker of resignation letter from BJP leader L K Advani, the party’s parliamentary board got together on Monday evening to

Re: [Goanet] Donating Engineering Textbooks from Canada to Goa

2013-06-11 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Mervyn, It is just great that you are making these books available to the Engineering students in Goa!I remember having my mother copy text from American books, as we used to havea limited availability of crucial books at the GEC library, during my Engineering days!! We had no access to

[Goanet] Inspiritional Video

2013-06-11 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Yes, this video is fantastic, if only for the reason that these young people, living in a garbage dump in PARAGUAY, have shown the world that if one lets mind and body work toward accomplishing something that the possibilities may be limitless. If you watch this video, I think you will

[Goanet] Lusophone Society of Goa / News - Sociedade Lusófona de Goa / Notícias

2013-06-11 Thread LSG
*Texto em português mais em baixo* Dear reader we are pleased to inform you about some of the latest news of the Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG), India: *Lusophone World* *“The importance of the Portuguese speaking countries today is a fascinating story” Ambassador Mõttus of Estonia in a

[Goanet] Goanet discussions on Twitter...

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
https://twitter.com/search/goanet?partner=mozillasource=mobile-search -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org

Re: [Goanet] This had to happen sooner or later!!

2013-06-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 11 June 2013 12:24, U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com wrote: This had to happen sooner or later. The rupee nearing the 60 mark against the dollar was an event waiting to happen. There is nothing positive in the economy, apart from lip service from the government that merited the rupee to

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Thank you Vivian but the Exhibition was entirely Selma's creation. I did assist with some aspects of the reception but my preoccupation with Goan Voice meant that I was not able to pull my weight. There is to be a book about the Project which I know will be a trailblazer. I really must get

[Goanet] When God created the world

2013-06-11 Thread Devak Argham
Dear Dear Ana Maria e fernandes, why are you persecuting the Church !!! Come and stand in the queue. Maybe you do not know the places where they distribute the money collected. You can ask any poor person around you and they will guide you to the Charities. edda banne wale bahut hai, Eda banane

[Goanet] Advani resigns in a face saving arrangement

2013-06-11 Thread Nelson Lopes
* * *Advanis drama ends in a whimper* After 36 hours of high drama on the National scene, it has turned out to be a damper. Advani miscalculated his chances and did not cover himself in glory and has only diminished his long standing stature, His ambitions to be the P.M have always come to

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 11 June 2013 16:53, Vivian A. DSouza socorro...@yahoo.com wrote: I am sure there are a lot of similar stories to be told by Goan pioneers to the Arabian Gulf and Iran, and stories focusing on each of the East African countries viz. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. While there was a

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Frederick, Selma must have anticipated your comments when she wrote for tomorrow's TOI: It is my sincere hope, that this exhibition is the beginning of a long dialogue London: Blast from the past 12 June 2013: Times of India. By Alexandre Moniz Barbosa. The Goan East African safari of the past

[Goanet] Goa news for June 12, 2013

2013-06-11 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa all-party delegation to meet Manmohan Singh on Wednesday - IBNLive arty delegation will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding special status to Goa and a financial package for

Re: [Goanet] Donating Engineering Textbooks from Canada to Goa

2013-06-11 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: It is just great that you are making these books available to the Engineering students in Goa! I remember having my mother copy text from American books, as we used to have a limited availability of crucial books at the GEC library, during my Engineering days!! We had no

[Goanet] South Goa Collectrate after late Minister Mr.Mathany

2013-06-11 Thread Veena D'sa
From: Veena *D’Sa* Mathany had a vested interest in promoting heritage tourism as his ancestral house is among the houses identified by the heritage committee set up by the government. Never mind that no follow up action was taken on the scheme to assist and aid owners of heritage homes who

[Goanet] 'Communication and Presentation Skills' Workshop at Mumbai

2013-06-11 Thread Communication
To view іt onlіne, please go here: http://mumbai30.in/display.php?M=587281C=8d92263a15113a15123fa1c4df6d18acS=2L=20N=1 Drishtі Centre for Excellence, Mumbaі, presents - Two Enriching Workshops at Mumbaі ‘ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (12Jun13)

2013-06-11 Thread alexyz fernandes
~ Mosquito Season ~ That's the end of My Mosquitoes...Now let's go to Your Home! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] The Colva incident

2013-06-11 Thread shaba dessai
1) The total lack of respect for the law enforcement ability of the Goa police that even ordinary tourists can sense, One could not have put this in better words. The Police themselves have brought this on themselves: The disRespect and absolute apathy towards them is the result

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 12 June 2013 02:44, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: Selma must have anticipated your comments when she wrote for tomorrow's TOI: It is my sincere hope, that this exhibition is the beginning of a long dialogue The beginning? It has been going on for a long time, from the

Re: [Goanet] Offtopic: Pirate Party, Canada, surveillance...

2013-06-11 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick FN Noronha wrote: The Pirate Party of Canada has issued a release on this, due to Canadians interest in themselves we are focusing on Canadian surveillance of Canadians rather than foreign cooperation. https://www.pirateparty.ca/newsletter/warrantless-surveillance/ FN, In the dozen or