[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader -- Mandos... from south of the Zuari

2005-04-21 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet]Goa data to be collected for Fifth Economic Census 2005

2005-04-21 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Re: Women priests

2005-04-21 Thread George Pinto
--- Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do appreciate the stand of the Catholic Church. It has nothing to do with considering women as inferior or not smart enough to priests. It has all to do with the mental, physiological makeup, or, to put it in other words, with the

[Goanet]Correction: There IS demand for military pilots

2005-04-21 Thread Philip Thomas
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1085071,curpg-2.cms 35,000 new jobs, courtesy aviation industry Besides fresh talent, airlines are also hiring pilots from the IAF and the Navy. Foreign pilots too are being hired.

[Goanet]Dabolcars please note: Mess in the Air Force Mess not too far away

2005-04-21 Thread The Goan Forum
Flying officer Anjali Gupta has been put under custody in Bangalore and slapped with charges of consistent insubordination, delinquency and even fraud. The accused officer has responded with spitfire charges of harassment against her male superiors, and alleges that she's been put in the dock

[Goanet]Re: Black smoke in the vatican? ...must be a fire!

2005-04-21 Thread George Pinto
--- samir_kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The concept of black smoke, white smoke to indicate the election of the Pope is quite funny. Samir, There is a language and race element being overlooked. One can ask why is black smoke chosen to signal failure (non-election of the Pope) and

[Goanet]Pope Benedict XVI: Dubai - St. Mary's Church Celebrations on Sunday (24 April 2005)

2005-04-21 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
Pope Benedict XVI: Dubai St. Mary's Church Celebrations on Sunday (24 April 2005) ST. MARY'S CHURCH - DUBAI, U.A.E. Our Holy Father POPE BENEDICT XVI Installation Ceremony: In keeping with the celebrations with the rest of the world, Our Church will join the celebrations with a Concelebrated

[Goanet]Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the Vatican's No. 2 post

2005-04-21 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
Benedict Keeps Cardinal As Vatican's No. 2 4 minutes ago By TONY CZUCZKA, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the Vatican's No. 2 post Thursday and kept all other top officials, avoiding any immediate shakeup in the late John Paul

[Goanet]Pope Benedict XVI's India connection.

2005-04-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/21pope.htm Parish in Kerala recalls Ratzinger's gesture April 21, 2005 19:48 IST Though Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has never visited Kerala, he struck a chord with the Catholic community in Alappuzha long before his elevation as Pope Benedict XVI, by

Re: [Goanet]The surge to victory: Cardinal's deft steps

2005-04-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 21/04/05, Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is from the IHT: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/20/news/cardinals.html ... VATICAN CITY Mischievous headline writers called him the Panzer Cardinal. But maybe the Steamroller Cardinal would be more apt.

[Goanet]Re: Votes for Popes

2005-04-21 Thread gilbertlaw
GL responds Interesting analysis below. It is my understanding that the breakdown on the papal vote are not made public. Con-Clava I think means Under-Locks. I have never read any numbers on the breakdown of votes at each phase of the vote for John Paul II or any other pope. So perhaps

[Goanet]Pope Benedict XVI in his own words

2005-04-21 Thread carlos6143
BBC news Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, has become famous for his conservative stance on many issues. Here are some of his stated opinions. ON CHURCH SCANDALS How much filth there is in the Church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely

[Goanet]FEATURE: Foreign labourers in UAE struggle to excape poverty (Reuters)

2005-04-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://in.news.yahoo.com//050411/137/2ko9w.html FEATURE - Foreign labourers in UAE struggle to escape poverty Click to enlarge photo By Ghaida Ghantous DUBAI (Reuters) - Ranver hasn't been paid in nine months by his construction firm, but the Indian worker fears he could be deported if he

[Goanet]Computer courses

2005-04-21 Thread michael iglesias
Dear Friends, Computer courses being offered in reputable institution in TANZANIA (DAR-ES-SALAM) be it through classroom,onlive live learning,online anytime learning,,technical training and certification programs,certifications,Applications training,Club memberships, Business skills,Enterprise

RE: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-21 Thread Joseph Falcao
George: You should not get upset! Joe From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:26:14 -0700 (PDT) Hi Viviana I would take your comments seriously if you offered

Re: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-21 Thread Viviana
Hi George, I didn't realize that my comments could be summarily disqualified because I have not offered comments on your other issues. Duly noted. A bit touchy, aren't you?? Either I pay attention to you ALL THE TIME or I'm not allowed to pay attention at all. Quite an effective tool!

[Goanet]Op-ed piece on the Papacy

2005-04-21 Thread George Pinto
All, My former high school classmate and good friend, Arun Pereira, has an op-ed piece in the Toronto Sun, see http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1113947411659call_pageid=968256290204col=968350116795 Arun is also the author of the

[Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-21 Thread George Pinto
Hi Viviana I would take your comments seriously if you offered comments all along on some of the issues I have discussed on this forum. I am not worried who is insulted or offended these days, as people hide some of their own prejudices and feelings behind such public exclamations. In fact,

[Goanet]Goa expects a good Feni season ahead:

2005-04-21 Thread carlos6143
[Feature News-KN] Mashem (Goa), Cashew farmers of Goa are a happy lot nowadays, with a bumper cashew crop this season, they are sure of producing a bountiful of feni, a local liquor-based brew usually made from ripe cashew kernels. Producing feni is one of the most popular part time businesses

[Goanet]Goa ALERT on BEST BEFORE on all packaged food articles

2005-04-21 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Suggestions

2005-04-21 Thread michael iglesias
Dear friends, On 15th april our dear friend Rene wrote to Ivy to get things started on the above topic. Then Ivy wrote to Stephen , stephen mentioned a wonderful list of subjects that we as a goan community should do together.Did any of you receive feedback from the community on the list as

[Goanet]GOOD REPORTING A MUST

2005-04-21 Thread michael iglesias
Dear Friends, The job of correspondents be it for any media is very critical and crucial . More than the information they get and publish the same should be perfect. I have attached three reports first from NAVHIND TIMES, SECOND MID-DAY andTHIRD NDTV. Its like a quiz Spot the ten differences

[Goanet]HOUSE/VACANCY

2005-04-21 Thread michael iglesias
Dear Friends, An indian expat. family in dar-es-salam is desperately looking for house (rental purposes)in Upanga or near a more secured location . You may kindly contact Mr. Sudhir Kabra on 255748440885. Sales and marketing jobs available in DAR-ES-SALAM if any one interested please contact

[Goanet]Sporting Clube move to the top

2005-04-21 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Sporting Clube move to the top April 20, 2005 19:44 IST Sporting Clube de Goa defeated Salgaocar by a solitary goal to take the top spot after the 18th round in the National Football League. Dudu Omagbemi, who is the league's leading scorer, scored the only goal of the match, at the Nehru

[Goanet]Ansah's brace gives Fransa victory

2005-04-21 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Ansah's brace gives Fransa victory April 19, 2005 21:18 IST Ghanian recruit Benjamin Ansah's double strike in the first half guided Fransa Pax to their eighth victory in the National Football League in Margao, Goa, on Tuesday. They beat Churchill Brothers 2-1. Fransa dictated terms initially

[Goanet]Bicholim city protests mining dust

2005-04-21 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Residents of Bicholim town in North Goa today evening organised road blokade at the Bicholim Bus stand. Some of them belonged to a group called MARG- Movement towards Amity to Roads in Goa. The demand was to stop dust dust pollution due to transportation of iron ore through trucks inside

Re: [Goanet]JoeGoaUK's collection of Konkani VCDs Reply

2005-04-21 Thread Stephen Fernandes
Dear Frederick, We thanks a lots as you had done a great Job by given a site for JoegoaUk well we can see on your site if you update every day as Joe Do, keep it up fred, yours fellow goan Stephen Muscat --- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was pretty amazed

[Goanet]No demand for military pilots!

2005-04-21 Thread Philip Thomas
http://autofeed.msn.co.in/pandorav3/output/Business/be43fc89-1fee-4509-8ec4- 2606b1a2cd3c.aspx Flying clubs face flight of people Source: Business Standard. Image Source: DGL.Microsoft New Delhi, April 21: Facing an acute shortage of pilots, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, no-frills carrier Air

[Goanet]Intoxicating Goa..

2005-04-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=186496 Feature ; Intoxicating Goa expects a good Feni season ahead: 3 Hour,12 minutes Ago [Feature News] Mashem (Goa), Cashew farmers of Goa are a happy lot nowadays, with a bumper cashew crop this season, they are sure of producing a bountiful

[Goanet]]How you support Konkani Cause (Film/VCD culture etc)

2005-04-21 Thread Edward Verdes
In KSA its difficult to get the original VCD/DVD's as they are subject to customs check at the airport. However we manage to get in a few audio cassettes. I have with me here 180 Konkani audio cassettes, another 100 cassettes + 12 Audio CD's at home (all re-recorded on TDK cassettes). I would

[Goanet]For information purposes only

2005-04-21 Thread michael iglesias
Dear All, So many articles are being written on the net, information that we read on goanet is amazing, at times being in Goa we are not aware of what goa has to offer ,and on Goa net you name it everyone is ready to assist you. Is GOANET famous amongst the Goan youth be it in GOA or Goan youth

[Goanet]The surge to victory: Cardinal's deft steps

2005-04-21 Thread Frederick Noronha
This is from the IHT: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/20/news/cardinals.html ... VATICAN CITY Mischievous headline writers called him the Panzer Cardinal. But maybe the Steamroller Cardinal would be more apt. ... Joseph Ratzinger of Germany became Pope

[Goanet]DeSouza scholarship

2005-04-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Forwarded message -- THE DE SOUZA TRUST, GOA SCHOLARSHIP The Scholarship aims to provide opportunities for self-motivated young men and women of Goan origin who have demonstrated academic excellence and extra-curricular achievements to study or train in the UK. Applications

Re: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-21 Thread Viviana
George Pinto wrote: ...A number of critics have suggested that missionary activity targets vulnerable people (poor, uneducated) who convert under duress (not of their free will) since they are poor and uneducated. Since most of the growth in Christianity (Catholic, Mormon, Protestant) comes in

[Goanet]Goanet Reader -- Mandos... from south of the Zuari

2005-04-21 Thread Goanet Reader
SOUTH OF THE ZUARI: PROMOTING THE MANDO, WITH EVERYONE A WINNER Much swaying, some clapping... and only a little dancing By Ronita Torcato [EMAIL PROTECTED] Like post-modern educationists, the Lions Club of Assolna,Velim Cuncolim believes that everyone is a winner. For each and every member

[Goanet]Power of the sun?

2005-04-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
While visiting the Arlem fest in Mapusa recent (the kids loved the fountain, the joy-rides, bouncing air-filled slides and what not ... at Rs 10 per go) one came across a firm selling solar water heaters. C N Sangodkar of Saurab Marketing in Guirim (9422 441835 or 225 4379)