*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 14, 2005 * Goa film for IFFI, Congress leaders seen rocking the party

2005-10-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Holy debate: To be or knot to be

2005-10-14 Thread Chris Vaz
- Original Message - From: Goanet News Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 7:21 PM Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Holy debate: To be or knot to be http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1263248.cms Holy debate: To be or knot to be ASHLEY

[Goanet] Re: Help for Goan family affected by hurricane Katrina

2005-10-14 Thread rene barreto
Goenkars ! Please join me in THANKING Tony Barros and Edna for making the TIME and effort to serve our one of our Goan Families - victims of Katrina I would appeal to Goans wherever they may be ...support Tony 's and Edna's efforts in whatever way you can. As a Goan - I am proud to be

[Goanet] KHUIM MEVOTH MHOJEM BHURGUEPONN ---- Adlean Chalu---- (Bhag V)

2005-10-14 Thread Sanny Vaz
NOTE: This topic is based on the farming activities before liberation, such as how they used to do paddy plantation, then harvest it and other related formalities which were used by those people, how women worked in heavy rain showers, also how they used to preserve raw paddy for future use

[Goanet] Re: Monorail vs Skybus

2005-10-14 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
... what are the safety measures in place if the sky-train comes to a halt in between two stations? In monsoons? Will the sky-train survive blasts of 75 kmph winds or more? ... questions that I had put to the Konkan Railway web-site a couple of years ago, as yet unanswered.Gabriel F Believe

[Goanet] Re: TAIP

2005-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Furthermore, everytime a TAIP plane landed in Lisbon the airport staff used to say já chegaram as pombinhas brancas de Goa (the white doves of Goa have arrived) because of the white saris which was our summer uniform. Rgds. Patsy.

[Goanet] Greetings for the week of October 11/05

2005-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On behalf of Goanetters, here's wishing you all a Very Happy Birthday. 11th OctoberSameer SarvateUSA 12th OctoberLeroy D'Sa 12th OctoberAlexander Fernandes 13th OctoberMarlon MenezesSan Francisco, USA 14th OctoberVishnudas S Panaji Goa 16th

[Goanet] Re: GOASURAJ STING OPERATION NO.1

2005-10-14 Thread George Pinto
One step for Floriano, one big step forward in the fight to end the three C's: corruption, casteism and communalism. Congrats to Floriano. This spirit is one of the aims of the World G.O.A.N. network, to connect Goans in common cause and move forward. Regards, George World G.O.A.N. Network

[Goanet] Hindi adaptation of konkani song

2005-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One of the first indian movies to hit portuguese cinema halls was a film titled Bobby. In that film there were several scenes of goa, and a song adapted to the tune of aum saiba poltoli vetta. Is there anyone out there who could send me the complete lyrics of this song? Thanks. Patsy

[Goanet] Arun Sinha's book on Goa

2005-10-14 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Looks like this is a good book about Goa and Goans. After the bhaile does the research and presents the facts, many smart Goans may want the outsider to even come up with the solution and the magic formula. Of course the magic formula would help - as another solution / topic (from

[Goanet] NEWS: Holy debate: To be or knot to be

2005-10-14 Thread Goanet News Service
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1263248.cms Holy debate: To be or knot to be ASHLEY D’MELLO MUMBAI: Should married men be allowed into the priesthood in the Catholic Church to shore up the shrinking numbers of the cloth? One of the most contentious issues to have plagued the

[Goanet] Mandicourt or Mandycourt ???

2005-10-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Does anyone remember Mandicourt, Mandycourt or Mandiecoat ... or however it was spelt? It was a bizarre-addictive and enjoyable card game that made its way to Goa sometime in the 'seventies and 'eighties. We played it for hours, and enjoyed it no end. What were the other card games that were

Re: [Goanet] India hung up on Flawed Education!

2005-10-14 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Lawrence, No sir, I certainly do not mean 'The Holy Bible'. Religion is not taught during school hours and definitely not at College and UNI level; Learning does not take place only in classrooms; but learning is in every environment; be it at work, reading, writing and other media etc. Man

[Goanet] Bishops Discuss Church's Future- Worldwide

2005-10-14 Thread Miguel Braganza
To my mind, there is no doubt that Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo of India has identified the root cause of the problem of dwindling 'vocations' worldwide. .. From: Lawrence Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Bishops

Re: [Goanet] Re: Monorail vs Skybus

2005-10-14 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Lawrence, Your comment in the second para, about Portuguese names etc. is certainly uncalled for, and mischievuous, to say the least! You should apologise unconditionally, to all Goans with Portuguese names! I must say, you have got the KRC and the Skybus 'filters' on permanently; you fail

[Goanet] Konkan Railway *Public Information Officers*

2005-10-14 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
See http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/ehtm/pub_info.htm IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LTD. Smt. Vaishali Patgar Senior Manager Public Relations / CO-Belapur 022-27561085 022-27572420 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 14, 2005 * Goa film for IFFI, Congress leaders seen rocking the party

2005-10-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] dubai soccer result

2005-10-14 Thread Eugene Correia
The second match between Chinchinim UAE Exchange and SFX Old Goa ended in a 1:1 draw. Borgee The match ended in a goalless draw. I watched the match. It was fast game, and SFX missed many chances. Eugene __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine

[Goanet] Case registered against journalist

2005-10-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/14/stories/2005101405921300.htm Case registered against journalist Special Correspondent PANAJI: The Goa women police have registered a case of sexual abuse and molestation of an 11-year-old girl against a senior journalist and editor of a local English daily on

[Goanet] It's on, not it's off! Visit cancelled.

2005-10-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=101420 PM's Goa visit cancelled NT Staff Reporter Panaji Oct 13: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Goa on October 15 has been cancelled. The official spokesman confirming this said the communication to this effect has been

Re: [Goanet] Re: Monorail vs Skybus

2005-10-14 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Lawrence Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabriel, Yes, Averthan may be entitled to his opinion. But, should members of Goanet be subjected to having to read the rantings of those who seem allergic to anyone whose name is not of Portuguese origin? Lawrence, Rajaram should

[Goanet] Bishops Discuss Church's Future

2005-10-14 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
See http://cbs5.com/topstories/topstories_story_287012340.html (AP) VATICAN CITY Bishops from around the world began discussing proposals Thursday on running the church, including ways to address the priest shortage and how to resolve the problem of giving Communion to Catholics who divorce and

[Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 2, Issue 109

2005-10-14 Thread Fausto V. D'Costa
M. Boyer-acho to nach zaun aslo attko kaddpacho, dancing to the shape of no. 8. He was known among tiatr fratenity as attko or Manu. M. Boyer never allowed anyone to imitate that attko when he was on stage. Now Felcy imitates M. Boyer including his attko in the Ladies Special show of Samuel

RE: [Goanet] Join the Clean Goa Initiative

2005-10-14 Thread Nasci Caldeira
This is an excellent Initiative! My belated congratulations to the leaders, namely Wendell Rodricks, Margaret Mascarenhas, Ethel D'Costa, and to you Cecil Pinto; and to all others who are going to join the bandwagon, in the near future, all for the common good. We all know that 'Garbage

[Goanet] Goan pork sorpotel and beef vindaloo in Bandra...

2005-10-14 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
See http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=2articleid=10142005148412031014200514752515 Mumbai Mirror | City MUMBAI, Friday, October 14, 2005 Writers’bloc The whole hog Prashant Rajkhowa goes searching for the quintessentially Goan pork sorpotel and beef vindaloo in Bandra

[Goanet] Shrimp farming... issues

2005-10-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This was on Wikipedia recently, and is of direct relevance to Goa. See the full text at the URL below. FN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_farm Shrimp farm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the farming of marine (saltwater) shrimps. For farming of