[Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary.

2006-06-06 Thread Gabe Menezes
Most, if not all, Goan Association U.K. Members are aware that their Association is celebrating 40 years of existence. In 1966 I was in the Royal Air Force, stationed at R.A.F. Uxbridge; I received a postcard from Tony D'Costa, my friend and former neigbour, from Nairobi Kenya. Tony had recently

[Goanet] This photographer showcases India through his lens (FEATURE)

2006-06-06 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
This photographer showcases India through his lens(FEATURE) By Frederick Noronha, Indo-Asian News Service Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Verapaneni Brahmanandrao Anand is his formal name, and probably does not ring a bell. But V.B. Anand is almost a brand for tourists visiting many parts of India and

[Goanet] World Environment Day: Initiatives for Desert Technologies

2006-06-06 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
World Environment Day and BITS Pilani: Initiatives for Desert Technologies=20 05 Jun 2006 13:55:49 +0600 World Environment Day and BITS Pilani: Initiatives for Desert Technologies Environment is changing. Vast surface area of the planet is facing water scarcity. United Nations is spreading

Re: [Goanet] Goan Taliban?

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: Today, I hang my head in shame as we have proved to the rest of India that we are as intolerant as the RSS and that we are as capable of stoking religious sentiment for political gain as the BJP. I am truly ashamed of being a Goan. I am ashamed of belonging to

Re: [Goanet] Angry man unleashed / Fishy Tale !

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote: Sweetness and light itself ! Methinks the sailor doth protest too much - all this repetition - doesn't it sound kinda fishy?! Mario replies: Fishy??? Deconstructed with your own words fishy??? I don't think so. More like fisher with a fish on the hook. But,

[Goanet] Goa news for June 7, 2006

2006-06-06 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Oil spill threatens Goa beaches (NDTV) The oil slick off the coast of Karwar has spread to Palolem and Canacona in south Goa. The spill was caused by the breaking up of the Panamanian

[Goanet] AAI ANGLE TO DABOLIM CONUNDRUM

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
TOI 6/6/06 Headline: AAI creates turbulence for charter flights Quote #1: Says SRR Rao, regional executive director, AAI: 'It has been AAI policy for 50 years to keep the airports open AS PER AIRLINE SCHEDULES'. The policy continues even though civil aviation is seeing phenomenal growth .., Rao

[Goanet] CA/PS 24: RARE INSIDE VIEW OF 'NAVAL' AIR BASE!

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
On final approach? http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060604/news_1n4miramar.html Airport board poised to pick Miramar as Lindbergh Field replacement By Jeff Ristine STAFF WRITER June 4, 2006 In 1994, when the installation was still a Navy base, a ballot measure pushed by developer Doug

RE: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Elisabeth, Sitting on the fence is something many on this list do, because you're safe from the rottweilers and pitbulls on either side however, I'm assuming that sitting on a 'white picket fence' can get pretty uncomfortable unless special steel cladding doesn't allow for getting any apparel

[Goanet] Of Feasts Four-anna Feiras

2006-06-06 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Of Feasts Four-anna Feiras By Valmiki Faleiro Today's the feast of the Holy Ghost. That's how the third member of Catholicism's Holy Trinity was known when I was a child. We kids were sure scared of *ghosts,* as all kinds of unholy ghosts made our nightmares. Heaven must have heard our

[Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-06 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Cornel, Thanks for coming to the source since you have not read what I have written. Yes, you and others have misconstrued me. Please repeat my request to Marlon to post the specific quote and the entire context of the quote if any. As now the virulent anti-Catholic Goans are grasping for

[Goanet] India gobbling the world

2006-06-06 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Yesterday's US national TV program the Nightly Business Report had a news program about Indian companies buying companies abroad. The reporter claimed that in 2005, Indian companies spent 100 billion dollars buying foreign companies. These were mainly - IT companies, consumer products and

[Goanet] Re: Boycott Inox multiplex Cinema Hall for Showing the Film, despite Ban in Goa!

2006-06-06 Thread George Pinto
INDIAN CHRISTIAN ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote BOYCOTT THE INOX MULTIPLEX CINEMA HALL, WHICH IS IN PANJIM (GOA) FOR SHOWING ANTI-CHRIST (ANTI-CHRISTIAN) FILM, DESPITE BANNED IN GOA! A few questions for INDIAN CHRISTIAN: 1. Who do you represent? 2. Are you the official or elected spokesperson

[Goanet] World Cup sweepstake.

2006-06-06 Thread Gabe Menezes
Hello Goenkars! The sweep stake is on - I really would love more people to participate, although this has already been underwritten. Goa Sudharop will choose the charity to which the money will go to! The winner picks £100 or equivalent to keep the excitement. £220 or equivalent will go to

Re: [Goanet] Goan Taliban?

2006-06-06 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Well said Helga! Elisabeth - --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good job Cecil.Yes we now have the dubious honor of being one of the few regions in the world to ban the Da Vinci Code. I say few because I have excluded the Taliban, the Wahabi mullahs from Saudi

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Most people know that mere assertions can never trump documented facts. That many moral teachings in religious texts are now regarded as immoral is a well-known fact. A rock solid moral compass cannot have such gaping immoral holes in it. Cheers, Santosh --- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] World Cup Sweepstake for Goan Charities

2006-06-06 Thread Tony Barros
Hi Mervyn 3.0, Gabe n George ! Whether it's Canadian Dollars, British Pounds or American Dollars -(in no particular order), put me in. rgds. Tony Barros. Union , New Jersey __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: I love reading all the theist v/s atheists posts on this forum. I like sitting on white picket fences. Mario observes: I'm glad you are sitting on a white picket fence, which can only bruise your posterior, instead of being in the middle of the road, where

Re: [Goanet] Past BBC programmes

2006-06-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No such thing as a colony. Voila, the nationalists become insurgents and the liberators become the invaders. I'll bet the other European colonialists wish they had thought of this idea :-)) Golly gee, Mario. The other Europeans were smart enough to

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, If the secular welfare state has become so excessive, then why are there still so many Christian social service agencies all over the place, and nary an atheist social service agency to be found anywhere? --- The government (in most modern

Re: [Goanet] The Church, the Politicians, the Movie the Audience

2006-06-06 Thread floriano
Re: [Goanet] The Church, the Politicians, the Movie the Audience I must commend Joe for this input. The press statement that I released for goasuraj as its spokesperson during the initial days of the controversy (and which was not published in the print media [English] as far as I know)

Re: [Goanet] Re: DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH

2006-06-06 Thread floriano
and you forgot your very own VIVA G O A. - Original Message - From: Anthony and Nolette de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 3:16 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH I repeat: Timor Leste is the only Catholic country in the world

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 565 Message 6

2006-06-06 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 06/06/06, Livia/Jorge de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really do not see why such big issue is being made on the term Continental Portugal. Our Madeira and Azores brothers/sisters refer to us, living on the mainland as Continentais. And they themselves have a special statute and

Re: [Goanet] Goan Taliban?

2006-06-06 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Today, I hang my head in shame as we have proved to the rest of India that we are as intolerant as the RSS and that we are as capable of stoking religious sentiment for political gain as the BJP. I am truly ashamed of being a Goan. I am ashamed of belonging to that last bastion of the Congress

Re: [Goanet] Tomorrow is 666

2006-06-06 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
End times Gilbert? We can't even tell the end-times for most American daytime TV soaps. Some of them have been going on for an eternity. :) Elisabeth --- --- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To those who are superstitious

[Goanet] Angry man unleashed / Fishy Tale !

2006-06-06 Thread Francis Rodrigues
Ah Mario, Sweetness and light itself ! Methinks the sailor doth protest too much - all this repetition - doesn't it sound kinda fishy?! Singing the same old tuna - seriously you're giving us a haddock ! OK, I slipped you a fin on porpoise, but are you that hard of herring ? If you're that

Re: [Goanet] RE: Cornel's response to searching questions from JoseColaco

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Hi Jose Will send the requested article as soon as I can send it as an attachment. Have experienced some difficulty doing this. However, please note that it is not an updated version. It is the original version rather than the draft that originally got to Goanet. Cornel - Original Message

[Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Hi Jose, I am sure you will have read my email to Constantino confirming that we do not need to take this matter further following Constantino's clarification of my genuine query regarding his use of continental Portugal. Thank you very much for your interest in the matter. Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Re tourist visas and purchase of land in Goa/India etc, surely it must be possible to purchase land in absentia irrespective of a motive. Is this not so provided all local payments/taxes etc are paid? Just seeking a clarification on a technicality. Cornel - Original Message - From:

Re: [Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Hi Constantino I was about to respond to Jose on the reson I reacted the way I did to your reply to me when I was genuinly intrigued by the term continental Portugal as used by you. However, I am more than happy with your reply now and wish to bring this matter to a close. With all good

Re: [Goanet] Goan Taliban?

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Cecil Thank you for a very well written article on the ridiculous situation re the banning of the Da Vinci Code film in Goa. For those who haven't seen the film I can say that it is sufficiently far-fetched to the extent of being ridiculous. Parts of the long film were also sufficiently

[Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread jose colaco
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jose, I am sure you will have read my email to Constantino confirming that we do not need to take this matter further following Constantino's clarification of my genuine query regarding his use of continental Portugal. Thank you very much for your interest

[Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961 -a query for attn of Tino Xavier

2006-06-06 Thread Dr. Jos� Cola
Tino Xavier wrote thus in a response to Jorge de Abreu Noronha: the current favouring an independent Goa was small and insignificant (though some of its member very influential), when compared to the mainstream activists favouring integration within India. Dear Tino, Would you please expand

[Goanet] Goan Taliban? - clarification

2006-06-06 Thread Cecil Pinto
http://sachingoa.blogspot.com/ The article is not written by me but by Sachin Chatte. I have got a few letters congratulating me on a brilliant piece of writing. Please direct all feedback to sachingoa at yahoo.com. Incidentally I wholly agree with Sachin's viewpoint. Cheers! Cecil ===

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Hello Gabriel! Why do you say that Constantino is of Portuguese extraction? His father is Goan and his mother is German. Maybe (I'm not sure) he was born in Portugal. Secondly, nowadays the expression Continental Portugal is used to signify the small rectangle of the Portuguese Republic that

Re: [Goanet] Start a World Cup sweepstake for Goan charity?

2006-06-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 32 teams, If George Pinto is willing we should start a sweepstake, £10 or equivalent each. All teams go into a hat and each one is pulled out and given to a pre-determined list. The total collected would be £320. The person who gets the

Re: [Goanet] RE: An angry man, unleashed

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote: I'm sorry my intellectual superiority and physical presence bother you. Perhaps you should seek consolation elsewhere. Mario replies: Francis, You can't be serious. We have seen no intellectual superiority that you need to apologize for, though there are a

Re: [Goanet] Tomorrow is 666

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To those who are superstitious and belive in the End-Times, the number 666 is ominous. Tomorrow is that date on the calendar. Kind Regards, GL Mario responds: End-times? Bite your tongue, Gilbert! I have plans for next weekend :-))

Re: [Goanet] Past BBC programmes on Goa

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I know Portugal has not offically recognized Goa's liberation. Portugal only restored diplomatic relations which were cut off after 1961. Mario implores: Eugene, What does Portugal officially recognizing Goa's liberation mean 45 years

[Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-06 Thread soter
The Goa Government is justified in going after foreigners who violate the visa laws. The Goa government should not be taken for granted. There are foreigners who do everything legally and have nothing to worry. Others choose not to care and are under the impression that they can buy their way.

RE: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
Cornel, I think you misunderstood Constantino. He did not mean to say that Portugal was a continent... :-) Far from it. Continental Portugal is an acceptable term commonly used in Portugal and by other continental European countries. I see no problem with the term. The following is from

Re: [Goanet] Goa importing poverty/response to Mario

2006-06-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, doesn't a Commandment trump a Suggestion any day of the week? :-)) Mario, I don't believe that you have understood the difference between a commandment and a suggestion ;-) As an example, the atheists SUGGEST that one does not use the names of

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think you have a good point there Gabriel. Its probably so. Our Constantino would hardly use it any other way. Helga Cornel, Pardon me for intruding, but Constantino, being of Portuguese extraction, is probably talking in terms he is accustomed to: continental Portugal (or Europa, as was

[Goanet] we CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. - WITH GOACAN

2006-06-06 Thread r.barreto
Goenkars ! TOGETHER .. we CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. - WITH GOACAN OOO O GOACAN launches road safety, traffic management campaign ooo NT News Service Margao, June 5: The Goa Consumer Action Network or

[Goanet] 9th June FRIDAY BALCAO:Fighting corruption using the Right to Information Act 2005

2006-06-06 Thread Goa Desc
-- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/ -- Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 9th June from 4pm.

[Goanet] ADC - June 5

2006-06-06 Thread Edward Verdes
Uxtea hatan kanvleak ambuddtoloKonkani Proverb One who drives away crows by the hand which he has taken his meals. Goans dine with bare fingers, naturally some of the food sticks to their hand; if crows are driven away by that hand some of the food particles will fall down, n the crows

[Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread jose colaco
Cornel wrote to Constantino: 1: Thank you very much for your explanation for your contemporary, repeat, contemporary use of continental Portugal 2: I very much regret to say that your use of continental Portugal is quite misleading. It is also totally inappropriate and incorrect. Portugal is

[Goanet] Reported Deaths Today (including Two on Goa-Bombay Bus)

2006-06-06 Thread JoeGoaUk
Deaths in Goan English Dailies Today:(including 2 on Goa-Bombay Bus) Goa Mubai Volvo Bus burst into flames near Kankavli (Maharastra) leaving two people dead and other injured. 24 years old Rolly Cardozo of Asolna, Culmorod died. He was going to join his shipping company. 31 years old Samson

[Goanet] Another New Konkani VCD: 'SURIA' (No.84)

2006-06-06 Thread JoeGoaUk
This VCD just released. 84. SURIA by Peter-Roshan (Music House) It is their second VCD. Their youngest son also seen. With Joseph, Roselina, Cajie, Ana, Rosalia, Colin, Polly, Com. Sally, Sureka etc Rs.150 June 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info...

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] The answer to the Mario's question is pretty simple: It is called a welfare state. If in case Gilbert and Mario are not aware, secular, democratic rule has superseded the closed, theocratic institutions they talk so highly about. If anything one

Re: [Goanet] WE ARE ALL NRAs ( non resident ALIENS)

2006-06-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Ricardo Nunes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: North America is inhabited by a few hundred thousand pacific NRMs (non resident Mongolians) who managed to survive the brutal invasion of a swarm of greedy NREs (non resident Europeans) who brought in boat loads of NRAs (non resident Africans) to

[Goanet] Goan priests in Mylapore Diocese/Madras

2006-06-06 Thread MYLAPORE TIMES
Hi folk We are researching the birth and growth of the Diocese of Mylapore which is celebrating its 400th year this year. Born out of the Goa diocese and later run under the padradao and then becoming the Diocese of Madras-Mylapore, the diocese has had a colourful history but little has been

Re: [Goanet] Re: Galileo, Dan Brown and The Church

2006-06-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
Some people have a very selective or very short memories! Mario has himself been guilty of backing an individual who made unfortuate comments against a muslim goanetter by the name of Tariq Siddiqi on this this very forum. Ironically, although this person later retracted his statements, Mario

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest and Christianity

2006-06-06 Thread Nasci Caldeira
--- Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The answer to the Mario's question is pretty simple: It is called a welfare state. If in case Gilbert and Mario are not aware, secular, democratic rule has superseded the closed, theocratic institutions they talk so highly about. If anything one

[Goanet] HOTEL PROJECTS HEAD FOR BPO SITES/CITIES

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=129498 'India world No. 2 hotels mkt' Asia's second most active market after China is India, with 78 projects containing 12,244 rooms in the pipeline. Of those, 44 percent are near outsourcing office centres in cities like

[Goanet] RE: Goa seeks 60 MW additional power from Centre

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4918 The chief minister, interacting with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during launching of Goa State Load Despatch Centre last evening here, disclosed state's plans to have multiple dams across Mandovi river basin and generate

[Goanet] CA/PS 23: DITTO FOR DABOLIM? (WELL ALMOST!)

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/06/02/opinion/commentary/20_37_536_1_06 txt Who owns MCAS Miramar, anyway? By: DIETMAR E. ROTHE - Commentary for the North County Times Our military has served our government's ambitions well and will continue to do so. Yet much has changed over the last 30

[Goanet] DOES GOA HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO SIZE-UP MEGA PROJECTS ... AND ACT?

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4527 Centre to help Goa set up major power project Panaji: The Centre will extend all possible help to Goa for setting up an ultra-megawatt power project in the state, Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. Considering the huge

[Goanet] Churchill Alemao is a Master of Pests n Our Daily Bread alway Support for Goan!

2006-06-06 Thread Stephen Fernandes
Churchill Alemao is a Master of Pests Cheer Churchill, God bless you. we love u n we need your support forever, Stephen fernandes muscat/Divar By Duane Paul Coutinho Fatorda-Margao He was once called the champion of Dabolim, now he is known as the champion of Anti- Da Vinci. Churchill Alemao,

[Goanet] Microsoft Access training

2006-06-06 Thread Walter Pais
Dear Goanet Friends, I have just started a new website to teach Microsoft Access free. Please inform your group members about this website: http://in.geocities.com/emesbaize Walter Pais. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list

[Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 565 Message 6

2006-06-06 Thread Livia/Jorge de Abreu Noronha
I really do not see why such big issue is being made on the term Continental Portugal. Our Madeira and Azores brothers/sisters refer to us, living on the mainland as Continentais. And they themselves have a special statute and benesses because of their Insularidade. It appears as though to the

[Goanet] 06.06.06 today

2006-06-06 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Netgaokars, At six seconds and six minutes past six in the morning today you will have the 'six, six, six' happening twice over. Exorcist, anyone? Viva Goa. Miguel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list

[Goanet] Goa news for June 6, 2006

2006-06-06 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** The Da Vinci Code banned in Goa (Hindustan Times) Bowing to public pressure and Christian organisations who have been up in arms against the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Goa