[Goanet] Reply to Fr.Ivo

2008-08-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: Albert Desouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Miracles are taking place in everyone's life. The very fact we are alive is a great miracle. ***I do agree with you: the Universe is itself a miracle, our existence is a miracle, every event of our life is a miracle. St.Augustine would speak of the

Re: [Goanet] Take a look...

2008-08-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a prediction for 1000 years from now - I shall give you a 20% discount if you are interested. Looks like you are easily impressed with Powerpoint charts, graphs and tables. The least you could have done is peddle the

[Goanet] More Women in the workplace - Maybe ? But...

2008-08-16 Thread ralph rau
Should society ideally create legislation to reserve 50% of jobs in large companies and organisations for women? Lets set aside the truth that women are better equipped emotionally and physically to create and nurture babies till adulthood. One major problem with women working 10-12 hour

[Goanet] Daily Grook #189

2008-08-16 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #189 _ HATE ABATE _ by Francis Rodrigues terrorist drive which spread, their lies alive now lies dead! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...more importantly, modern science teaches us that it is foolish to draw premature conclusions from lack of knowledge about something at any given time. ***Right. Science has its limitations. These conclusions do not belong to its competence. Science

[Goanet] The hordes are coming

2008-08-16 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - It is now the official policy of both the state and central govt to screw Goa and Goans. Indian Railways has proposed to lay a double rail line from Hospet to Vasco at a whopping cost of Rs 3000 crore, which is expected to not only give a big boost to freight traffic from the

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ***Studies on the blood of Christ have revealed that Jesus had only 23 chromosomes plus one for a male or the additional Y determinant making a total of 24. It would be interesting to find out what it would take to strain

[Goanet] Re.Take a Look

2008-08-16 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Santosh, Ref statement identities of insiders and outsiders ; Given your high scientific knowlege; don't you from the comfort of sitting in the USA; see any problems to Goa with a high uncontrolled migrants influx. Arwin -- Message: 11 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think as of January 21, 2008 Julia Kim and her followers have been excommunicated by the Archbishop because of the possibility of fraud, and the embarrassment these unruly miraculous events that she is staging, might be causing the Church. ***Yes, you

[Goanet] Ayurveda ... in Goa

2008-08-16 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
A brief introduction to one of the early players in this field: Ayurveda, in Goa? Yes... indeed (1/4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2du5pi7dk Panchkarma, ayurveda and a herbal pool (2/4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TFZDs9qcFA Massage, ayurveda and more (3/4)

[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO on the Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) Notification 2008

2008-08-16 Thread Goa Desc
- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 22nd August from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa. TOPIC:

[Goanet] DNAIndia.com : No potholes by Monday: BMC

2008-08-16 Thread RUBYGOES
This message was sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED], as a service of dnaindia.com -- Comments from sender : G'day Goanetters. PIGS WILL FLY! rubygoes -- Full

[Goanet] Yesterday's GEAC meeting: Bt Brinjal trials in Goa....

2008-08-16 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goenkars, Goa seems to be keen on heading from one disaster to another. As if real estate, mining and drugs were not bad enough, it now wants to rush where other states refused to budge ...Genetically Modified food crops. QUOTE Permission to conduct Multilocation Research Trial (MLRT) on

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...any scientific procedure requires that properly blinded and objective researchers obtain quantitative data about the probability of occurrence of the phenomenon under observation in the special condition under study, and then compare this probability

[Goanet] Talking Photo: FOX and the GOA CITY HOSPITAL

2008-08-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photo: FOX and the GOA CITY HOSPITAL First, welcome to New GOA CITY HOSPITAL (Govt. of Goa) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2768043420/sizes/l/ The same hospital will also be seen in the forthcoming bollywood thriller with Sunny Deol, Arjun Rampal etc likely to release in Oct/Nov

[Goanet] How Not To Organize a Goan Convention

2008-08-16 Thread Roland Francis
Start plans about 4 months before the convention date. Dilly-dally about a website. When one is created, let the person who created it, finance it, but you must control it. Discuss grand plans for costly venues without caring about the funding. Expect commercial sponsors to come up with

Re: [Goanet] Take a Look

2008-08-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sat, 8/16/08, Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ref statement identities of insiders and outsiders ; Given your high scientific knowlege; don't you from the comfort of sitting in the USA; see any problems to Goa with a high uncontrolled migrants influx. Arwin, I have

Re: [Goanet] Ayurveda ... in Goa

2008-08-16 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Rico, moi mogal bhava, Upkar korun ia ayurveda-centreachem address di. Mogan, Alfred irmao. Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:00:42 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Ayurveda ... in Goa A brief introduction to one of the early players in this field:

[Goanet] Floriano's timely rumblings

2008-08-16 Thread soter
Dear fellow Goans, The seasonal moans and groans of Floriano over the recent developments in GBA are to be expected. We cannot forget this weekend with Goans realising how Fr. Maverick's remarks made in private got twisted out of context in public. It's impact has been felt by the newspaper

Re: [Goanet] Goan friends work hard to get their A-levels

2008-08-16 Thread CORNEL DACOSTA
Hi Bernardo Just curious! How does Portuguese citizenship have anything to do with A level results? I have been an A-level examiner for years and nationality simply does not feature in them. But you may know something I don't and it would be enlightening if you illuminated this matter please!

[Goanet] Goan friends work hard to get their A-levels (portuguese citizenship)

2008-08-16 Thread M S
Thank you Portugal. Because you bestowed on Goans the benefit of Portugese citizenship we could be something. Once again grateful to all the people who helped in processing our documents, the consulate in Goa and Conservetoria in Lisbon. Deu borem corum

[Goanet] Life is a misery for “Married Bachelor s” in UAE

2008-08-16 Thread borg costa
Life is a misery for “Married Bachelors” in UAE   Leaving their families and children in their home countries, a large number of expatriates are forced to live a bachelor’s life in the UAE. They are unable to bring their families here because of high rents and the spiralling cost of living.They

Re: [Goanet] Origin of word Tarvotti

2008-08-16 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:21 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Origin of word Tarvotti Selma said: So if possible, what is the word tarv, is a Portugeuse word absorbed by our language, or does it have a Konkani origin. Any help appreciated. ---

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **In the case of Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, how can you perform this scientific procedure? So after all this talk about using a scientific procedure to certify miracles, we have a concession that such a procedure cannot

Re: [Goanet] notes from goan convention

2008-08-16 Thread LISETTE SALDANHA
Gilbert Lawrence writes regarding Eugene's posts, (You provided a service to Goans by giving us the story behind the story and a segway for others who provided the 'not so pleasant facts' like the poor attendance.? ) Eugene's posts were largely innuendo and personal attacks. He has provided

[Goanet] reply to Gilbert

2008-08-16 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Maria.   I placed some issues and ideas for consideration, hoping future Goan conventions will benefit.   Goan conventions place emphasis on preserving Goan identity in the diaspora; which they should and I am all in favor.  Yet some committee members spend the year writing on  Goanet why

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

2008-08-16 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Kabira khada bazaar mein, maange sabki khair, Na kehu se dosti, na kehu se bair -- Kabir Miracles are to be ignored for betterment of our life. I totally agree with V.Gadgil. I am also surprised and happy ...not to read Question everthing at the end. Shrikant Vinayak Barve

Re: [Goanet] How Not To Organize a Goan Convention

2008-08-16 Thread Bosco D'Mello
Roland I am addressing this directly to you. You have expressed your unhappiness a number of times (here on Goanet) re the fact that 8 people were able to organize the 2008 International Goan Convention. These 8 people delivered what WE agreed to do notwithstanding the perpetual naysayers

Re: [Goanet] Ayurveda ... in Goa

2008-08-16 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Alfred! Just google for ayurveda + goa and you'll find options. This one is at Saligao. FN 2008/8/16 Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rico, moi mogal bhava, Upkar korun ia ayurveda-centreachem address di. Mogan, Alfred irmao. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org 784

[Goanet] On being sued

2008-08-16 Thread Eugene Correia
A malicious lie has been circulated by one of the key organizers alleging that a former president of GOA told the writer that I was sued after the 1988 International Goan Convention. Merwyn mentioned it in one of his posts on Goanet, though he said a delegate to the 2008 Convention was sued in

[Goanet] From GIANT to PIGMY

2008-08-16 Thread Eugene Correia
This year convention theme was Goan Identity and Networking Today (GIANT). Since the convention had a workshop on Identity - Youth Perspectives, it would be be nice to build up on this workshop by having a theme on youth and their identity crisis. If the convention is held in 2010 instead of

[Goanet] COMMENT: Look in the Mirror, Mr Gupta (by Venita Coelho)

2008-08-16 Thread Goanet News
Look in the Mirror Mr. Gupta By Venita Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a member of the GBA and part of the Core Committee I read with concern Sujay Gupta's column 'Oscar Rebello fell to Goa's Traitors'. He propounds a conspiracy theory led by a cabal that was 'jealous' 'sold out' and 'enraged with

[Goanet] Goa news for August 17, 2008

2008-08-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** EIH set to serve a Rs 650 cr spread in Goa, Bangalore - Sify [Aug 15, 2008] EIH Ltd, the flagship company of the Oberoi group, plans to invest Rs 650crore on two new hotels in Bangalore

[Goanet] Goan Music-2: HERALD(Goa), Aug 17, 2008

2008-08-16 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
GOAN MUSIC-2 By Valmiki Faleiro ‘Dipti vonti, Sulo kinni.’ What on earth is this, you may wonder. If you read me last week, you’d know it’s the title of an 18th century Konknni hymn. Which brings me to what “Goan Music” means to me. Simply put, Konknni music – in its entire ‘gamut.’ From

Re: [Goanet] Anjuna - ‘Rebello Mansion’!

2008-08-16 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Domnic Fernandes wrote: When you come to Anjuna from Mapusa, if you take the road on the right from St. Michael’s Church, and, if you proceed straight from four-road junction at Bhatti, the Rebello Mansion is located on the left of the main road leading to Xapora, about two

[Goanet] Running ... into some music

2008-08-16 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
A SATURDAY evening, it was Riza's day out. At the end of her single-digit years, she's still terribly patient with her father and enjoys the work-outings. Which could mean anything from running along picking up computer hard-disks to repairing spectacles, and a whole lot of other mundane tasks.

[Goanet] GOACAN to organise presentation on CMZ Notification at Colva on Sunday

2008-08-16 Thread Goa Desc
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED --

[Goanet] A participatory process called elections

2008-08-16 Thread Samir Kelekar
Ms. Coelho has nicely argued the difference between reactionary participation and pro-active participation in the planning process. Soter has trashed Floriano just for reading the Interim Plan document and expressing his views which differ from that of the GBA. Now I have a question: We have a

[Goanet] Locating Goa

2008-08-16 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Locating Goa RAHUL SRIVASTAVA Ethnography of Goa does a thorough job of detailing the state's social, spiritual and material history. It is refreshing to come across such a skilful translation... For English-speaking Indians unfamiliar with Goa, this little colonial anachronism seems as

[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights

2008-08-16 Thread Philip Thomas
Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights16 Aug 2008, 0509 hrs IST, Gauree Malkarnekar,TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Bleeding_airlines_cut_Goa_flights/art icleshow/3369928.cms In view of the grim scenario, airlines have cut flights. Airlines have themselves officially admitted that they are

[Goanet] Small State, big attitude

2008-08-16 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Small State, big attitude RAHUL SRIVASTAVA Goa may be a backpacker's paradise. But it also has one of the most cosmopolitan and heady public spheres, thanks to an engaging acceptance of eccentrics, ideologues as well as classical minds. Goa may be the smallest State on the Indian landscape

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights

2008-08-16 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Philip Thomas wrote: The Goa government would do well to man action stations instead of complacently passing off the drop as a temporary phase. Rejoice, Goans! Let us pray that the number of flights in and out of Goa drop to less than 5 per day. Anything and everything to keep

[Goanet] Goa Assembly Session to be Shown Live

2008-08-16 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa Assembly Session to be Shown Live Panaji, Aug 17: Goa's news channel Prudent Media is creating history in Goa. The TV channel would telecast the forthcoming Assembly session live, from Monday 18th August. In addition, Goa is the first state to telecast the whole Assembly proceeding. Few

[Goanet] Many histories

2008-08-16 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Many histories ZERIN ANKLESARIA The various strands of Goa's composite culture are all strung together here. We tend to think of Goa as a quaint Mediterranean outpost transported, by a quirk of history, to the shores of the Arabian Sea. This is erroneous, since Goa, or Govapuri or Aparanta

Re: [Goanet] Inflation soars to 13/17 year high

2008-08-16 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia wrote: Because you are an investment professional, once again, I must caution you that your remarks in a public forum like Goanet may mislead others who are not as astute or knowledgeable about investing, nor are watching commodity prices and other financial information all day

[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights

2008-08-16 Thread Samir Kelekar
Hi Philip The huge growth in air travel to Goa and other destinations was due to low fares offered by airlines. Due to various reasons, the low fare era has gone, and so the air traffic has dropped. It is as straightforward as that; nothing more to read into it. regards, Samir

Re: [Goanet] Floriano's timely rumblings

2008-08-16 Thread floriano
Oh dears, We must understand that Soter, my good friend, is wedded to the Panchayati Raj. Therefore any dissent or questions raised against this solemnised marriage brings- in self-defence bouts. Let my good friend deny what I have boldly stated: That the existing Goa Panchayat Raj Act,

[Goanet-News] Goa news for August 17, 2008

2008-08-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** EIH set to serve a Rs 650 cr spread in Goa, Bangalore - Sify [Aug 15, 2008] EIH Ltd, the flagship company of the Oberoi group, plans to invest Rs 650crore on two new hotels in Bangalore