[Goanet]An airport's own low-cost carrier

2005-05-26 Thread Philip Thomas
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1123635,curpg-1.cms - Kingfisher would have been a natural for Dabolim but that is not in our stars --- yet!

[Goanet]RE: subjects for discussion

2005-05-26 Thread Philip Thomas
[May 26] Let me take the liberty of responding to this as a fellow goanetter and not in any "official" capacity. I would also like to preface my comments by sharing some personal experiences on a couple of forums other than goanet (basically by virtue of email membership). In one such forum,

[Goanet]Re: Seminar on Bio-diesel at Pilar today

2005-05-26 Thread Miguel Braganza
The Seminar on jatropha got converted into a lively interaction between various interest groups. The Rajya Sabha MP, Prof. Eduardo Faleiro, participated in the interaction. He even asked the participants to finalise resolutions, group them for action by 1. the line departments like Forest and Agri

Re: [Goanet]Sottomayor /Sotomaior/Souto Maior

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Dear Teotonio and Gabe, In this context, it would help to look into the records of "new christians", Jews converted under compulsion: Another related family would be the Sant Angels. A look into the biographical data od Roderigo, later the Pontif, the benefector of Colon/Columbus might help. A

[Goanet]RE: Goanet digest, Vol 1 #2212 - 18 msgs

2005-05-26 Thread MailingListClint!
I'm an avid computer hardware fan, and follow the latest trends in computer hardware..so here's my two paisa's worth of computer gobbeldy gook.. WHERE TO LOOK Computer prices are considerably higher here in Goa, but not much of a difference compared to Mumbai. However, you can get your hardware ch

[Goanet]Re: Poll on sexual attitudes

2005-05-26 Thread George Pinto
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One day an affable Goan relative comes from Canada to visit us and spend some time > with us. But the relative comes with their live-in lover. Should I make this relative: > > 1. Very much at home and make the persons an example to my kid. Yes, make them very mu

[Goanet]Re: Fr. Ivo on Dr. Helekar2

2005-05-26 Thread Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza
Dr.Santosh Helekar wrote: >>I admit I am very confused by Fr. Ivo's posts >...quantum mechanics cannot explain creation of >something from nothing. > Not true at all. It very well can. The Casimir effect is one such instance. In fact, as I have mentioned a couple of times already, experiments

Re: [Goanet]Emails from Mario Goveia's address

2005-05-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
someone at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, Mervyn, a proud second-class Canadian Hi there unknown person(s) I am aware that you are a slow reader/learner so let me try this one more time. Canada has ONE type of citizenship. A citizenship allows ANY citizen to run for ANY public office. Th

[Goanet]Goa's forts (website)

2005-05-26 Thread Constantino Xavier
Dear Joe, there are several forts in Goa, some from the pre-Portuguese period then renovated/reconstructed by the Portuguese, and some from the Portuguese period. And some in the post-Portuguese period, if we consider Project Sea Bird at Karwar, occupying the Goan territory of Anjediv Island,

[Goanet]Re: Poll on sexual attitudes

2005-05-26 Thread gilbertlaw
GL responds: Hi JC: I don't believe you would not know the answers to those question if there were answers. That is my point. There are so many questions about homosexuality that we do not know and dare not ask - including medical questions. Dr. Joaquim DeSouza and Kevin had a lot of good g

Re: [Goanet] Alfred de Tavares' 3 piece v 7 piece sartorialism

2005-05-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- jose colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Alfred de Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Does the 7-piece sartorialization you profer include >'cashti' and all? > Alfredchacha/Josebab, In IRC a 7-piece suit is the following from inside out, bottom to top: Chaambdeachem zotem Kashti Haath

[Goanet]Re: George and "going after John Paul II" - final

2005-05-26 Thread George Pinto
--- jose colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look George, I believe I have said all I have to say about this matter save > to add that a distinct anti-"white" foundation runs through your posts.(I > would have understood it IF it was as a counter to some radical Rt. Wing > Aryan group was posti

[Goanet]Exhibition Football Match - KFC v/s INDIA Select at Soor Grounds, Kuwait

2005-05-26 Thread CSSC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Exhibition Football Match - KFC versus INDIA SELECT at Soor Grounds, Kuwait An exhibition football match will be held at Soor Grounds, Kuwait tomorrow, May 27th, 2005 at 7:30 a.m. between Kuwait Football Club (KFC) versus INDIA Select. Both teams comprises of young budding and talented footb

[Goanet]Silence & Vision

2005-05-26 Thread Cecil Pinto
Bosco D'Mello wrote: RESPONSE: You are free to intepret any and all posts as you like and you are free to make an opinion. On behalf of Goanet Admin, I have done the same. Cecil: I was responding to statements (regarding 'benevolent dicatatorship' and a 'vision' for GoaNet) made by Fred in his

Re: [Goanet]A public apology to Dr. Helekar

2005-05-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >After reviewing the record, I hereby withdraw my >assertion that Dr. Helekar is a defender of >Aids-infected drug users, and issue a public apology >in the spirit of JoeGoaUk. > Dear Mr. Goveia, Thanks for that. It is always good to speak one's mind

Re: [Goanet]Ismael Merchant Dies.

2005-05-26 Thread eric pinto
Thank you, Gabriel, it was Jennifer. She went too soon, had asked that her ashes be spread over her beloved Baga bay. Will post the Times obit, and a note here, Ivory and Merchant were not gay. eric. --- Gabriel de Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric, > > It was Jennifer that Sashi

[Goanet]Re: Points made by Cecil Pinto

2005-05-26 Thread George Pinto
Hi Cornel I have read that there were caste-based Goans clubs in East Africa (I am not sure of the current situation). Did this practice end? Is it your feeling that Goans who returned to Goa or migrated to Canada, Australia, UK, etc. left their prejudices behind? I don't mean to single out E

[Goanet]RE: subjects for discussion

2005-05-26 Thread Joaquim DeSouza
Dear Administrator, Can I make a suggestion of topics for this weeks' discussion so we can move to a more progressive approach: 1. How can we assist (in any method) to improve communication network i.e. internet, phones.wifi,wimax in GOA. 2. How can we set up a system including desalination to gua

[Goanet]Re: Taking a vacation from logic

2005-05-26 Thread George Pinto
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marxism-Leninism is an atheistic philosophy, which is why a Catholic > Marxist-Leninist Priest > would be a genuine oxymoron. In theory yes. However, they were Catholic priests who were accused by the Vatican of having Marxist philosophies. The

Re: [Goanet]Emails from Mario Goveia's address

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
Folks, will someone please translate the gibberish in Mervyn's post below? His high school Grammar teacher would have a fit. By the way, Mervyn, a proud second-class Canadian (according to his in-laws) studiously ignored my post of May 24, titled, "Why no Canadian issues posted by Goan Canadians

Re: [Goanet]Hell Raiser- 2

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My dear Mario, > How could poor Cecil, you or I, ever find out, hopefully later than sooner "what heaven or hell is exactly like". Mario replies: Alfred, be patient, we will all find out when we get there. You are already giving me a taste of HEL

[Goanet]RE: Alfred de Tavares' 3 piece v 7 piece sartorialism

2005-05-26 Thread jose colaco
From: "Alfred de Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>My dear dotor Joe, you soudly obfuscate my vision of a dandy a lá beu Brummel. We, Joe dear, have beem fitted, however obtrusely, with 3-piece suitts: Trousers, vest and jacket/coat. Does the 7-piece sartorialization you profer include 'cashti' and

[Goanet]RE: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: George and "going after John Paul II" - final

2005-05-26 Thread Cynthia Fernandes
Hey Alfred Even if you have counted the kasti or the langoti . its does not tally to 7 pieces probably he is counting the "assests" t. Cynthia From: "Alfred de Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], goanet@goanet.org Subject: RE: [Th

[Goanet]A public apology to Dr. Helekar

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
Santosh Helekar wrote: This I would consider is name-calling: "DEFENDER OF AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS" Mario replies: After reviewing the record, I hereby withdraw my assertion that Dr. Helekar is a defender of Aids-infected drug users, and issue a public apology in the spirit of JoeGoaUk. Santosh

Re: [Goanet] Can Dr. Helekar admit he lost his cool?

2005-05-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have used one of the following strategies in my >responses, all done in a deliberate manner to simply >discourage my opponent in debate from persisting in >such name-calling: > > >4. I have sent in

[Goanet]Ugharit - Truth in Labelling !!

2005-05-26 Thread eric pinto
Thank you, Alfredo. Since the edict applies to merchandise, i am free to disclaim a connection and tell you my language is called 'Culture', if you get the picture: in much the same vein, the Oxford tome on lexicon claims a "indo-european" origin for precursor words that are so clearly sanskrit.

[Goanet]Re: Homosexuality normal / abnormal 2

2005-05-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Joaquim DeSouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >As you will recall that I did include in my e mail a >copyright at the bottom of article concerning the same >Association. > Dear Dr. DeSouza, Yes, I do recall. Thanks for that. My response was specifically to Kevin because it was clear from his p

Re: [Goanet]UPDATE ON DEFENCE PLANNING

2005-05-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Phillip, I think the Defence Forces are taking a stance that Defence is first and foremost, to hell with the population, not realising that the first "collateral damage" suffered by will be the civvies. Their paranoia has become so acute that they have lost focus on what or who they are trying to

Re: [Goanet]Science, & religion

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- sandeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In his essay "Is There a God?” the great Philosopher > Bertrand Russell wrote: > > The history of religion has been that of conflict, violence, and one atrocity after another, all in the name of ‘God’. Mario points out: Bertrand Russell was frequent

Re: [Goanet]Violence Against Women Rampant in Asia

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
Gabe, for you to compare the violence against women in Asia due to "unpaid dowries" with interrogations of battlefield combatants sworn to kill Americans, and who do not fall under the Geneva Conventions, shows how low some anti-Americans who were perhaps denied residency visas, have sunk. Interro

Re: [Goanet]Taking a vacation from logic

2005-05-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jose wrote: > > Did it not strike you that A Catholic > Marxist-Leninist Priest would be an epitomy of an > Oxymoron? > George replied illogically: > Logically, it could also follow that a Catholic > Capitalist priest is an oxymoron. After all the > C

[Goanet]RE: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: George and "going after John Paul II" - final

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: "jose colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: George and "going after John Paul II" - final Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:13:40 + George Pinto wrote: Good Morning George. The above is fine by

[Goanet]Emails from Mario Goveia's address

2005-05-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Someone using the address, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I always use epithets advisedly, and > rarely retract real targeted name calling I have > engaged in, as Mervyn will confirm. Het someone(s): When your'll started posting here, your'll unsigned posts where full of "bovine excr

Re: [Goanet]Ismael Merchant Dies.

2005-05-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Eric, It was Jennifer that Sashi Kapoor got married to, I think, as Jennifer Kendall was still in London in the 1980s acting in many a TV role ... Cheers, Gabriel. --- eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 68, in London. His Shakespearwalla brought the > revered Kendalls to India, introd

Re: [Goanet]Science, religion and Dr Helekar

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet]Science, religion and Dr Helekar Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:01:44 +0100 On 25/05/05, sandeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In his essay "Is There a God?" the great Philosopher > Bertr

RE: [Goanet]konkani Songs MP3 'Top collection' Vol.2...... a review

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]konkani Songs MP3 'Top collection' Vol.2.. a review Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:21:01 +0100 (BST) Manfa music has carefully selected 50 songs, all are good except the one sung by Marcelin

Re: [Goanet]Sottomayor /Sotomaior/Souto Maior

2005-05-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 26/05/05, Teotonio R. de Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Name derived possibly from the valley of Souto, in Spain. Being a large > locality, it was termed Maior. The first known user of it as family name was > Paio Mendes Sorede de Sotomaior (XIII c.) married to Eremesenda Nunes > Maldonado.

[Goanet]RE: USSR - unfriendly? - final

2005-05-26 Thread jose colaco
Jose Colaco wrote: Is the same USSR which entraped Indian diplomats and military 'attaches' with the help of Ruskie chicks (read KGB agents) and then blackmailed them into photographing Indian trade secrets? Is this the same USSR which dragged India into the quagmire of regressive Socialist inerti

[Goanet]FOR ALL MUMS

2005-05-26 Thread Cyril Pereira
To the mom in all of us A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign o

[Goanet]Re: George and "going after John Paul II" - final

2005-05-26 Thread jose colaco
George Pinto wrote: about "George goes at John Paul II". I have changed the subject line in keeping with the topic> Good Morning George. The above is fine by me, George. Dressing up in a 7 piece suit will not make me an aristocrat. It is an indisputable fact that (as is the norm on these li

[Goanet]Re: Points made by Cecil Pinto

2005-05-26 Thread cornel
Hi Cecil, I am puzzled by the specific point you make that: " the large numbers of East African Goans who brought their prejudices back with them, when in Goa itself these same caste prejudices were on their way out". You may indeed know more about this than I do, and I therefore hope you will

Re: [Goanet]Hell Raiser- 2

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet]Hell Raiser- 2 Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 07:04:20 -0700 (PDT) --- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mario, > > You don't quite understand. I am a very serious person in certain m

Re: [Goanet]Goa's Forts

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Jorge, haven't you forgotten Anjediva. I think that was the very first bastion erected by the Portuguese in that region of Malabar. The Rachol fortifications played an important role in the Christianization of South Goa. The village must be a veritable mine of archaological goodies. Alfred Fr

RE: [Goanet]Learn Tamil, Speak Basque !!

2005-05-26 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Learn Tamil, Speak Basque !! Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:38:19 -0700 (PDT) They call themselves the Uzkhaddi, it is Vasco locally, i have no idea of the Basque word origin, guess we can bla

[Goanet]Goan-Canadian or Canadian-Goan? What is the right term?

2005-05-26 Thread Cecil Pinto
Bosco D'Mello wrote: I am after all a GOAN CANADIAN! =

[Goanet]USSR - unfriendly?

2005-05-26 Thread Cecil Pinto
Jose Colaco wrote: Is the same USSR which entraped Indian diplomats and military 'attaches' with the help of Ruskie chicks (read KGB agents) and then blackmailed them into photographing Indian trade secrets? Is this the same USSR which dragged India into the quagmire of regressive Socialist inerti

[Goanet]Amnesty report slams Gujarat, USA....

2005-05-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200505260360.htm Amnesty report slams Gujarat on rights violation Kochi, May 26 (UNI): Stating that perpetrators of human rights violations continued to enjoy immunity from punishment in many cases, Amnesty International today said the Gujarat state authori

Re: [Goanet]Violence Against Women Rampant in Asia

2005-05-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 25/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Violence Against Women Rampant in Asia > KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Violence and systematic > discrimination against women was rampant in Asia last > year, ranging from acid attacks for unpaid dowries in > Bangladesh to forced abortion in China

[Goanet]Sottomayor /Sotomaior/Souto Maior

2005-05-26 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Name derived possibly from the valley of Souto, in Spain. Being a large locality, it was termed Maior. The first known user of it as family name was Paio Mendes Sorede de Sotomaior (XIII c.) married to Eremesenda Nunes Maldonado. The descendants moved to Portugal. Their 7th grandson, D. Pedro Alvar

RE: [Goanet]Re: Homosexuality normal / abnormal 2

2005-05-26 Thread Joaquim DeSouza
Dear Santosh, Thank you for putting up the link to website for the American Psychological Association. As you will recall that I did include in my e mail a copyright at the bottom of article concerning the same Association. Another site which you may find of interest for all involved in this discus

[Goanet]konkani Songs MP3 'Top collection' Vol.2...... a review

2005-05-26 Thread JoeGoaUk
Manfa music has carefully selected 50 songs, all are good except the one sung by Marcelin de Betim titled 'Don Panam' All song was about Churchill and hence the title of the song should have been 'Churchill bab' He says, -Don Panan sent him Delhi by defeating Congress 'Hand'. -As a Chief Minist

Re: [Goanet]Science, religion and Dr Helekar

2005-05-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 25/05/05, sandeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In his essay "Is There a God?" the great Philosopher > Bertrand Russell wrote: . > It is no exaggeration to say that the future progress > of human society will be impaired by the continuing > influence of superstition, pseud

Re: [Goanet] Can Dr. Helekar admit he lost his cool?

2005-05-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Dr. Helekar, it is disappointing to see you persist >in your claim that I called you names during the >Battle of the Behinds. I always use epithets >advisedly, and rarely retract real targeted name >calling I have engaged in, as Mervyn will confirm.

[Goanet]Peon takes Rs.100 per birth certificate, what would be the charges of a minister ??

2005-05-26 Thread JoeGoaUk
Charges (Bribe). Peon's : Need your birth certificate? leave your details on a piece of paper and come back tomorrow/MONDAY. Or give Rs.100 and take it within an hour. Lower/Upper Division Clerk: ..seen reading newspaper or chatting with other colleagues or on the phone (personal) for hours. Lo

[Goanet]WHO COMES FIRST IN YOUR MIND??

2005-05-26 Thread JESSICA DS
There was this guy who loved two gals at the same time but he didn't know which one he loved more. Someone taught him. Ask yourself this question and answer it honestly : "When you are happy, which gal would you want to share your happiness with?" The one you think of is someone you love. Ask

[Goanet]Goa University signs MoU with Kokum Foundation

2005-05-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Press Release Greening Goa University Through Participation of Society The Western Ghats Kokum Foundation[WGKF], a registered society, and the Goa University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding by which WGKF will undertake the greening of the Goa University campus by raising funds from va