[Goanet News Bytes]Apr 23, 2005 * Could Goa have been warned about Apr 20 squall...

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet News Service
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[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader: Goan Summer Fruits - Zambllam, Kannt'tam, Churnam ani Poddkovam!

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet News Bytes]Apr 24, 2005 * How the state (doesn't) work... Ola, Brazilian films

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet News Service
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[Goanet]Impact of Open Skies on Goa?

2005-04-23 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.businessworldindia.com/MAY0205/column01.asp Opening Indian skies slowly A revolt of American cities that received no international flights made the US move to open skies; now everyone is following its lead ashok v. desai .. ... ... .. ... ... India signed a memorandum of agreement

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Apr 24, 2005 * Official crisis, Brazilian films

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet News Service
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Re: [Goanet]RE: Women Priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
P D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some men, in their disillusionment or through subjugation, play the devil's advocate. Admittedly women are much smarter than the male homo sapiens. They have and wisely use their innate sixth sense :-) Pat, This sixth sense, that you talk about, includes the

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - April 24, 2005!

2005-04-23 Thread domnic fernandes
“Bhurgim avoi-bapaik sokol ghaltat zorui visorlear konnem tankam voir kaddleant.” (Children let their parents down if they forget who brought them up.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Don't just search. Find. Check

[Goanet]Re: Goanet News Bytes * Apr 23, 2005 * Goa unwarned about squall

2005-04-23 Thread Philip Thomas
But what was shocking to the residents of the naval base was to see the [remarks of] met officials in Panjim on why the destructive squally winds of April 20 could not be predicted. But what is even more strange is why the Navy met officer dutifully informed the air station but did not bother

Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mervyn3.0 Can you accuse only the US of this? I am not seeing any ethics in the politics of any country lately! Canada has just increased it's aid. The percentage increase in aid is higher than the percentage increase in military spending. But

[Goanet]women priests

2005-04-23 Thread gilbertlaw
GL responds Was it not your post Fred stating that an inquiry about one's village (commonly done in Goa) and a look about at one's birth certificate tells one about their caste. As you know both statements were wrong and they turned out to be a flame thrower, that we have yet to recover from -

[Goanet]RE: Women Priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread P D
Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mervyn3.0 PS. Since no woman has spoken up for female catholic priests, we can safely concur that they are quite happy with the status quo :-) Some men, in their disillusionment or through subjugation, play the devil's advocate. Admittedly women are much

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Apr 23, 2005 * Goa unwarned about squall

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet News Service
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[Goanet]Need Congress to Power or President's Rule better for 5 years in Goa.

2005-04-23 Thread Stephen Fernandes
Dear Goan, How long this thing going on and other State laugh for goan as we support BJP in Goa.As you all learn lesson in Goa how Parrikar fooling with Goan and we Goan must not fool with Parrikar or BJP we need Remo fernandes to come in Congress and that end as he is right person

[Goanet]Queen =?iso-8859-1?b?S2V0ZXZhbpJz?= remains are still elusive

2005-04-23 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
Queen’s remains are still elusive Devika Sequeira in Panaji The Archaeological Survey of India’s 20-year search for the relics of Queen Ketevan in Old Goa has ended in disappointment. But the excavations offer an intriguing and significant insight into 16th century Goa. Setting to rest a

[Goanet]Re: Reality check for superpower India

2005-04-23 Thread Philip Thomas
in a country with a population of more than a billion, there remain a staggering 900 million-odd people untouched by the much-hyped telecommunication revolution.[Mario Goveia, citing IHT, April 23] Leave alone the claim about superpower status, this neglect of telecom may even reflect on the

[Goanet]Women priests!

2005-04-23 Thread Miguel Braganza
Quaint and archaic thoughts in the present day, but perhaps they were the reason for not having women priests in the religions that centered around Israel and Arabia: Judaism,Christianity and Islam. Women were possessions like camels,cattle and goats in most parts of the world then, they are

[Goanet]Correcting Goa's politics

2005-04-23 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Cajetan, It is important that we remain rooted in facts, always. Goa SuRaj Party is yet to win a village Panchayat seat. I doubt if it will ever win an Assembly seat. Four candidates that used the party could not muster a thousand votes between them in the last election to the Assembly.

Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
Mervyn3.0 Can you accuse only the US of this? I am not seeing any ethics in the politics of any country lately! In fact, had your political leaders practiced humanitarian ethics instead of religion in the last few years, this world would have been a much better place to live in. How many

Re: [Goanet] LINK: Another Goanetter makes the news: Joaquim Goes

2005-04-23 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] LINK: Another Goanetter makes the news: Joaquim Goes Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:21:10 -0400 Thanks Santosh! NASA has included our findings in a report that it has prepared for a

RE: [Goanet]Goan Musicians

2005-04-23 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Fausto V. D'Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Goan Musicians Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:12:13 -0400 Anthony Gonsalves Sebastian D'souza (Seby) made it very big in Bollywood their names featured as assistant music directors and they

Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:28:06 -0700 (PDT) --- Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may be right on this one. However, the Vatican has a different view

[Goanet]Reality check for superpower India

2005-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
India has a long way to go. International Herald Tribune News cuts both ways This should make India sit up. While the Indian government appears elated that the country now has 100 million phone connections, International Herald Tribune points out, “in a country with a population of more than a

Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know there is a fourth choice. Why keep up the pretense when you have lost faith? Be honest with yourself. Give up the whole charade. Liberate yourself. Live a reason and evidence-based life. Santosh, I have had two spiritual experiences in this

Re: [Goanet]More democracy in the church - good or bad?

2005-04-23 Thread Marlon Menezes
Except for a few of my catholic friends who are out there, very few of them believe in any or all of these christian mythologies, or should I say myths. If a person today were to claim virginal conception, a simple genetic test would have settled the issue. If the person still persisted such a

[Goanet]Digital resources... there and here

2005-04-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.ucnewswire.org/news_viewer.cfm?story_PK=4203 UCSB libraries, Stanford partner with Library of Congress to form archive (Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Concerned that millions of nationally important digital information resources are in danger of being lost or corrupted, the Library of

[Goanet]Correcting Goa politis

2005-04-23 Thread carlos6143
Let's keep in mind that all corrupt people are rejoicing these days because the Congress Govt may form the next Govt soon. Even the so called Parrikar friends or even some of his former MLA's are joining the Congress because they will be able to loot more money from Goa coffers with Congress

Re: [Goanet]Re: The prize winning reason - Why should women not be ordained priests

2005-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
George, The prize should go to the clear-thinking, realistic entry, which is obviously mine, not the whimsical and unrealistic wishing for something that cannot be, the pontificating by those who will never be pontiffs or the chauvinistic and sexist entries based irrelevently on male and female

[Goanet]Goan Summer Fruits – Zambllam, Kannt’tam, Churnam ani Poddkovam!

2005-04-23 Thread domnic fernandes
The summer has already begun in Goa and it reminds me of my childhood days when we ate several delicious summer fruits without spending a single paisa. Here are four of those fruits: 1) JAMBOLAN (ZAMBLLAM) The jambolan is a native to India. Seedlings grow slowly the first year, rapidly

[Goanet]Wikipedia... in Marathi

2005-04-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Check out Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia, in its Marathi version. if you cannot read contents in Devanagari Script [this article at the top of the page of Wikiepedia] may help you to enable support. Check the Marathi page: http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page _ _/

Re: [Goanet] LINK: Another Goanetter makes the news: Joaquim Goes

2005-04-23 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
Thanks Santosh! NASA has included our findings in a report that it has prepared for a Congressional hearing and our paper is going to be distributed on Capitol Hill - but as you say I doubt anyone that matters is really listening. Yes I would have had something to contribute to the polemic on

Re: [Goanet]Re: Women priests !!!

2005-04-23 Thread Viviana
I don't define equality as sameness - behaving just like a man is not my idea of being equal to him. I know some women do, and they're entitled to their opinions, of course. But dressing up in a suit like a man and carrying around a briefcase like a man and working at TRADITIONALLY men's

Re: [Goanet]Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
Is there anyone out there who is NOT a cafeteria Catholic at some level? Just curious. --- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/04/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gabe Thoroughly enjoyed your post on Cafeteria Catholics. I normally shrink the post I respond to,

Re: [Goanet]Re: Women priests !!!

2005-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
--- George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario and Viviana: I am afraid your logic will lead the Taliban in Afganistan and others to conclude that is ok to discriminate against women in the manner they have: that's our religion, take it or leave it. No room for rational thinking, just be

[Goanet]Re: The prize winning reason - Why should women not be ordained priests

2005-04-23 Thread George Pinto
--- ralph rau goanet@goanet.org wrote: I for one cannot imagine a female Pope. Can you ? Yes, very easily. The Church will not collapse with women priests or Popes. It will prosper, thrive, and grow. I am not sure if you are the winner in the Male-chauvinist, sexist category as a number of

[Goanet]Re: Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-23 Thread George Pinto
Santosh Catholic practice and teaching has changed over times at the Papacy level. Does it mean the present Pope is a cafeteria Catholic too? Some of his predecessors allowed married priests. Mass used to said in Latin, now Mass can be said in other languages. Papal infallibility on certain

Re: [Goanet]More democracy in the church - good or bad?

2005-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the feeling that the catholic church and its most ardent followers are not willing to compromise on its core values, customs and beliefs, even if it results in a gradual loss of its population base. Mario responds: Marlon, you don't have to rely

Re: [Goanet] Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-23 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:55:14 -0700 (PDT) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thoroughly enjoyed your post on Cafeteria Catholics. I normally shrink

[Goanet]Chruchill edge out Mahindra United

2005-04-23 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Chruchill edge out Mahindra United April 23, 2005 19:39 IST Churchill Brothers survived anxious moments in the second half to edge past Mahindra United 2-1 and move to eighth place in the National Football League match played at Nehru stadium in Margao on Saturday. Churchill started with a

[Goanet]“RINGE” (Inedible soap producing berries!)

2005-04-23 Thread domnic fernandes
Life in Goa in the 1950s and 1960s was not a piece of cake. People in those days lived a tough life, but they neither had high aspirations nor killed themselves to amass wealth as is the case now; they lived for the day. They depended solely on Mother Nature for their daily requirements.

[Goanet]Goan Musicians

2005-04-23 Thread Fausto V. D'Costa
Anthony Gonsalves Sebastian D'souza (Seby) made it very big in Bollywood their names featured as assistant music directors and they commanded great respect from film music directors. Seby helped many Goans to get jobs in hindi film music industry. Another musician who contributed a great deal to

[Goanet]The prize winning reason - Why should women not be ordained priests

2005-04-23 Thread ralph rau
Every priest can eventually hope to become the Pope. I for one cannot imagine a female Pope. Can you ?

[Goanet]YGC Bahrain May Queen Ball on 05-05-05

2005-04-23 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
YGC Bahrain May Queen Ball The Young Goans Club, Bahrain has announced their annual May Queen Ball. It will be held at the Palace Inn Hotel on May 5, (05.05.05) starting at 8.00 p.m. The highlight of this annual event will be the YGC May Queen contest which is open to all nationalities.

[Goanet]Correcting Goa's politics.....

2005-04-23 Thread Vivian D'Souza
Guys, Gals: If you are pro-Congress, dont get too excited by people abandoning the BJP party and joining the Congress party. That is human nature. Get on the winning bandwagon. As soon as Congress is voted out of power I predict that there will be en-masse defections to the BJP accompanied by

[Goanet]GOA SUICIDE WATCH:Couple mark wedding anniversary with suicide

2005-04-23 Thread Goa Desc
-- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/

Re: [Goanet]Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-23 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 23/04/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gabe Thoroughly enjoyed your post on Cafeteria Catholics. I normally shrink the post I respond to, but in this excellent post, I kept it intact for the cyber Goans to read it aniek time. Atan upkar kor (please do us a favor) can

Re: [Goanet] Women priests - 4th Choice

2005-04-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may be right on this one. However, the Vatican has a different view of how women should be treated. So the choices I have are: 1) I toe the Vaticans line. 2) I search for another religion where women have equal status. 3) I become a cafeteria

[Goanet]freedom figher dead at cuncolim

2005-04-23 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
Khushali Dessai a freedom fighter died yeaterday inthe early hours of Friday morning at his residence in cuncoloim. He was 82 years and was ailing for some time. He was an active member of the Azad gomantak dal and worked along with his cuncolim freedom fighter colleagues like like former ex

[Goanet]Bicholim city protests mining dust

2005-04-23 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

[Goanet]Eucharistic celebrations to inaugurate the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI on 24th April 2005

2005-04-23 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
BENEDICT XVI TO VISIT ST. PAUL'S BASILICA ON APRIL 25 VATICAN CITY, APR 22, 2005 (VIS) - The Office for Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced in a communique published yesterday afternoon that the solemn Eucharistic celebration to inaugurate the pontificate of Pope Benedict

[Goanet]Pope Benedict XVI to visit India

2005-04-23 Thread http://www.goa-world.com/goa/
Pope Benedict XVI to visit India NEW DELHI, April 23, 2005: Pope Benedict XVI has promised to visit India, Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil of Ernakulam said Friday. The new pontiff, who has special love for the Indian church, praised the country's culture and sent his blessings for the entire

[Goanet]The Importance of the Catholic Church

2005-04-23 Thread michael iglesias
When He founded HIS Church. Jesus addressed Peter and told him: “…you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build MY church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16, 18). With these words, Jesus made it clear that the Church is HIS property. He only spoke of

[Goanet]A LOOK AT THE OTHER POPES WHO TOOK THE NAME BENEDICT

2005-04-23 Thread michael iglesias
Benedict, the name of the new pope, is one of the more frequent choices made by pontiffs. A look at the previous Benedicts: 575-579 - Benedict I: Italian. Died in a siege of Rome during the Lombard invasions. 684-685- Benedict II: Italian. A scholar who worked to aid the poor. The patron

[Goanet]WOMEN PRIESTS RECENT HISTORY

2005-04-23 Thread michael iglesias
Women priests: recent history... In the Holy Sacrifice that I left with you, I did not ask for women to be upon the altar, nor try to be a high priestess. They carry this on in the churches of satan; therefore, it shall not be carried on in My Church. When I had the Last Supper with the

Re: [Goanet]Correcting Goa's politics

2005-04-23 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 22/04/05, Cajetan Rego [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to express my opinion on a few points people have raised on this topic. Will Christians be disenfranchised? I think we are simply overreacting by saying that Christians will be disenfranchised by the BJP. This is Goa as

Re: [Goanet]Correcting Goa's politics

2005-04-23 Thread Seb dc
Mr. Rego, Below is what Herald says. I'd like to know your views now ~~~ o Real estate developer, a close Parrikar aide, joins Congress: Prominent real estate developer and builder Dinar Tarcar who was known to be a close associate of the former chief

Re: [Goanet] LINK: Another Goanetter makes the news: Joaquim Goes

2005-04-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot Fred for posting the sites that featured the news of our paper which appeared in the journal Science today. The paper is titled Warming of the Eurasian Landmass Is Making the Arabian Sea More Productive, Joaquim I. Goes, Prasad G.

Re: [Goanet] Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thoroughly enjoyed your post on Cafeteria Catholics. I normally shrink the post I respond to, but in this excellent post, I kept it intact for the cyber Goans to read it aniek time. The implication of this thread, and presumably the notion that Cafetaria