[Goanet-News] It's all about the rains... (Shamika Andrade, Mumbai)

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
It's all about the rains... Shamika Andrade shamikaandr...@gmail.com These days, conversations in Goa only seem to revolve around the heat. Chodd gorom zala bai, says my neighbour Aunty Philu to me when I meet her at the Mapusa Market. I nod in reply, wiping the sweat off my nape.

[Goanet-News] How to get online without getting undressed (Werner Egipsy Souza)

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
How to get online without getting undressed Werner Egipsy Souza heph...@gmail.com It was a fun discussion. To start off, I walked in with a blindfold, after dressing up, worried that there were actually people undressed. Internet started off as the world's biggest

[Goanet-News] Goa news for May 9, 2014

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** 1 dead in low-intensity bomb blast in Goa; cops rule out terror - Indian Express ntensity blast in a hut at Chandor village near Margao town, 40 km from Panaji on Thursday. The incident

[Goanet] SMILE................................. IT'S WEEKEND (08/05/2014)

2014-05-08 Thread CAJETAN DE
I WOULD…..   One fine Sunday morning CAMILand his wife (IDALIN) were sitting around their breakfast table, when CAMILsaid to his wife (IDALIN):-   CAMIL: IDALIN,I want to tell you something….   IDALIN: Yes, tell me, what is it?   CAMIL: When I die, I want you to sell all my stuff immediately.  

[Goanet] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/22/health/upwave-night-exercise/index.html

2014-05-08 Thread Con Menezes
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2014-05-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
Diana Ross The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love - Lyrics/HQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjbUhfxgvU g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Where can we go ??

2014-05-08 Thread E DeSousa
Vivian A. DSouza muses: But where can we go ??? Gabe Menezes replies:  How about Timbuktu? My comment: Timbuktu? Seems like a very dry place- not much water,no  feni? But the University of Timbuktu dates back to 12th century. Check it out  http://geography.about.com/cs/worldfacts/a/timbuktu.htm

[Goanet] More on Cavel, Bomoi. Thanks, Rolly.

2014-05-08 Thread eric pinto
   From Portuguese India,  1498-1739.   By Luis Assis Correia.        In Bombaim, the village of Cavel was the  first centre of Christianity. Cavel is the Portuguese rendition of Kolwar 'a Koli hamlet,' inhabited by thye Koli tribe, who were converted by the Franciscans. Through their

Re: [Goanet] The Encounter System and Indian Elections

2014-05-08 Thread Mervyn Lobo
roland.francis wrote: Police Constable (starting): Bombay: 2400 going to 4,600 at end of grade, no overtime but possibly though rarely a 300 sqft slum-like accomodation in a run down police quarters building. Can be called for duties running up to 20 hr per day shifts in a highly polluted

[Goanet] Creepy Times Whitaker Boa

2014-05-08 Thread Rahul Alvares
Whitaker Boa Around nine one evening, I heard a loud squeak come from just outside my room. I knew immediately that it was the sound of a rat in trouble. Torch in hand I dashed out and was immediately treated to the sight of a Whitaker Boa strangling the life out of a small rodent. Knowing that

[Goanet] Video : Ban the issuance of Portuguese passports demanded - Prudent Media Eng. News 7/5

2014-05-08 Thread Camillo Fernandes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvi50RoMGH4#t=474s

Re: [Goanet] Where can we go ??

2014-05-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 8 May 2014 04:30, E DeSousa ejd...@att.net wrote: Vivian A. DSouza muses: But where can we go ??? Gabe Menezes replies: How about Timbuktu? My comment: Timbuktu? Seems like a very dry place- not much water,no feni? But the University of Timbuktu dates back to 12th century. Check

[Goanet] Fwd: Re: The Encounter System and Indian Elections

2014-05-08 Thread roland.francis
Thanks to a steadfast and really loyal Toronto reader of all my goanet posts, I stand corrected and amend the number of Toronto Police to 8,000 and not 40,000 as mentioned. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile

[Goanet] EXPLOSIONS ROCK SAN JOSE AREAL SALCETE

2014-05-08 Thread godfrey gonsalves
At a time when the country awaits with abated breadth the results of the Lok Sabha polls; in the South Goa District an event which may be the precusor of things to follow in the days to come griped the Salcete taluka today. At around 1600 hrs (IST) today 8th May, 2014 Mrs Elsa Fernandes a

[Goanet] Explosion in Goa's Madgaon, 1 killed and 4 injured

2014-05-08 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Explosion in Goa's Madgaon, 1 killed and 4 injured http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Explosion-in-Goas-Madgaon-1-killed-and-4-injured/articleshow/34841916.cms Naguesh Bhatcar

[Goanet] It's all about the rains... (Shamika Andrade, Mumbai)

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
It's all about the rains... Shamika Andrade shamikaandr...@gmail.com These days, conversations in Goa only seem to revolve around the heat. Chodd gorom zala bai, says my neighbour Aunty Philu to me when I meet her at the Mapusa Market. I nod in reply, wiping the sweat off my nape.

[Goanet] Cafe at Mumbai Airport !!!

2014-05-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
This was forwarded to me...moral of the story don't visit India? *Subject:* *FW: Cafe at Mumbai Airport !!!* -- * This video was taken at Mumbai Airport Terminal* -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Re: The Encounter System and Indian Elections

2014-05-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 8 May 2014 13:02, roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: Thanks to a steadfast and really loyal Toronto reader of all my goanet posts, I stand corrected and amend the number of Toronto Police to 8,000 and not 40,000 as mentioned. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile COMMENT: Oops

[Goanet] One Year on: Angelo V. Lopes: An obituary

2014-05-08 Thread Michael Ali
One Year on:  Angelo V. Lopes: An obituary   by Michael Ali Mr. Angelo Lopes, a career banker, passed away in Goa on May 8, 2013. He was born in Goa but spent most of his life in Karachi where I came to know him about five decades ago. When I met him in the early 60s he was an officer with a

[Goanet] Election commission of India

2014-05-08 Thread Nelson Lopes
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA It is an autonomous body having to perform onerous task of monumental proportions .It does take decisions in consultations with the Govt. about dates of holding elections. In a General Election of these gigantic magnitude , it has to factor in multitudes of tasks .It

[Goanet] Casino Boats back to 5

2014-05-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
Deltin Jaqk just arrived - watch moving in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Uspe1o1DM Maharajah arrived  2 hours before

[Goanet] Attention educators: How can we measure what makes a school system work?

2014-05-08 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
How can we measure what makes a school system work? Andreas Schleicher walks us through the PISA test, a global measurement that ranks countries against one another — then uses that same data to help schools improve. Watch to find out where your country stacks up, and learn the single factor that

[Goanet] How to get online without getting undressed (Werner Egipsy Souza)

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
How to get online without getting undressed Werner Egipsy Souza heph...@gmail.com It was a fun discussion. To start off, I walked in with a blindfold, after dressing up, worried that there were actually people undressed. Internet started off as the world's biggest

[Goanet] Fastest growing Slum area

2014-05-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
  So says news reports. Who really allows it to grow? Sancoale, Birla, Zuarinagar Video Clip slums 1.5 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bn28vNfbVs   No Toilets, they do in on the roadside in the open  The colony even has temples and Mosques spotted about 5.  pics

[Goanet] Goa news for May 9, 2014

2014-05-08 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** 1 dead in low-intensity bomb blast in Goa; cops rule out terror - Indian Express ntensity blast in a hut at Chandor village near Margao town, 40 km from Panaji on Thursday. The incident

[Goanet] http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-online-shopping-portals-account-for-25-of-counterfeit-goods-sales-study-1980203

2014-05-08 Thread Con Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Re: The Encounter System and Indian Elections

2014-05-08 Thread roland.fran...@ymail.com
Gabe, never mjnd the quasi American accent of Selma Carvalho, I am pleased to give you, her staunch supporter, something more to celebrate in addition to the social events you have enjoyed recently. She has received one more ringing endorsent for her book A Railway Runs Through this time from

Re: [Goanet] Cafe at Mumbai Airport !!!

2014-05-08 Thread Cyrus A. Jose Sanches
Good morning Gabe, No link. God bless Cyrus Socegado Express This email is private and confidential On 09-May-2014, at 2:33, Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com wrote: This was forwarded to me...moral of the story don't visit India? *Subject:* *FW: Cafe at Mumbai Airport !!!*

Re: [Goanet] Video: Book Launch 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980'

2014-05-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 5 May 2014 12:18, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: Video by Raymond Carvalho. 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980, was released by Lib Dem Councillor, Rabi Martins at HSBC Club in Beckenham. The occasion also marks the end of the three-year

[Goanet] Press Release : CII Proposes Immediate Measures for New Government, MSMEs to Play an Instrumental Role for Job creation, Economic Growth Crucial for Job Creation, GDP Growth Can Reach 6.5% in

2014-05-08 Thread CIIGOA
Dear Esteemed Members of the Media, Kindly find appended the press release on the Immediate Measures proposed by the New CII President, Mr. Ajay S Shriram, for Job creation. Also find attached the exclusive Photographs of CII Exclusive Press Conference, addressed by Mr Ajay S Shriram, New

[Goanet] Goa Dabolim Airport - old and new terminal

2014-05-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Goa Airport new and old terminal external view Video  7.5.14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRXx9tcApyA Old Terminal Neglected park infront https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/14139798845/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/14140003774/in/photostream/