Re: [Goanet]Nigerian scams

2003-08-28 Thread Florina D'Souza
I got this e-mail too, asking to send money and give my account number. Florina D'Souza From: Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]Nigerian scams Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:03:27 -0700 (PDT) How did we allow one of those Nigerian

Re:[Goanet]Morya mhunnat... MORYA!! Morya mhunnat... MORYA!! (Legend, 101 Names celebrations)

2003-08-28 Thread Agnelo Mascarenhas
Cecil, the count of names is 108. you list 108 names, but refer to them as 101 names :) entry #29 should be: gajakarna = elephant eared. your source has the error. I'd like to know the significance of the number 108. anyone ? agnelo Message: 4 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:10:18 +0530 From:

[Goanet]Re: [Goanet: Posting by Laxman Saval

2003-08-28 Thread Miguel
Dear Netters, How can the people who stand by the truth be said to 'have muddied the issue' with respect to Edgar calling Fred 'mediocre'? An apology from Edgar would have 'cleared' the turbidity. Who is he to suggest what Fred should do? Did he consult Fred when he gave a cheque book to his CA ?

Re: [Goanet]Re: Soglleanche randni kodde tench bannxirem!

2003-08-28 Thread Rui Collaco
No, I do not forget that Goa entered the age of democracy before Portugal. God forbid, it would be a mortal sin to forget such a major event of world, rectius, universal history. Besides, how could one forget such a recurrent boast made on Goanet? I am only too aware of it. I am also aware that

Re: [Goanet]Re: Soglleanche randni kodde tench bannxirem!

2003-08-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Portuguese hater, What democracy in Goa? A democracy which is sectarian and has created a neo political class? A democracy which has goons and gondas as politicians. Is this the democracy that you are proud off Mr. PH? PS.: Won't you return those books borrowed from Brittos?: Colaco

Re: [Goanet]25 AUG 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2003-08-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
JOEL D'SILVA FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME: Joel D'Silva has been accepted for the Human Rights Programme 2003 to be held from 15 to 31 August 2003 at the Hague, the Netherlands and Leuven, Belgium. The Human Rights programme is organised by the Netherlands School of Human Rights Research and

Re: [Goanet]Portuguese nationality a colonial favour?

2003-08-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Miguelo, Your posts should be ignored. You can not do without attacking the author of the post. Just goes to show your level of education. Colaco --- Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Goanetters, Perhaps it may be best to ignore postings by Bernado Colacoor the person(not

[Goanet]Re: GoaNet origins - no simple answers?

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:28:32 +0530, Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tariq Siddiqui wrote.. This seems to be a mystery on par with the Loch Ness monster or the Bermuda triangle. Cecil Pinto wrote.. When every other topic under the sun is being minutely dissected here how come nobody

[Goanet]Re: SINQUERIM NEEDS PROTECTION

2003-08-28 Thread Miguel
Dear Plant/Heritage Lovers, Environmentalism is not just about planting trees.A tree protected has more value today than a seedling that will grow into a tree twenty years hence. We have to protect while we plant, simply because we cannot live in the future or in the past...the present is

Re: [Goanet]Portuguese nationality a colonial favour?

2003-08-28 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Rui Collaco wrote: Let's get serious, gentlemen. I hold the view that the neocolonial rulers from New Delhi have used and abused Goa's land and people more in these 42 years than the Portuguese in their 451-year rule! How would you justify such a statement? Just curious

Re: [Goanet]GoaNet origins - no simple answers?

2003-08-28 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Cecil Pinto wrote: Three simple questions. How come nobody can give a straightforward answer? -- - Was Goa-Net really the first 'Internet Initiative' ? No. There is another one. If fact it still exists as a super secret net where only those who cross 10,000 posts

[Goanet]NEWS-DAMAN: Bridge collapses, nine children die

2003-08-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Bridge collapses, nine children die From Indo-Asian News Service Ahmedabad, Aug 28 (IANS) At least nine school children died Thursday when a Portuguese-built bridge over a river crashed in the union territory of Daman and Diu, plunging several vehicles into the fast-flowing waters. The bridge

[Goanet]NEWS: Pope to make key appointments

2003-08-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
On another level, Goa's archbishop, Raul Gonsalves, has also said in public that he has tendered his resignation, on touching 75 years of age. FN Pope to make key appointments From Indo-Asian News Service Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Pope John Paul II has spent part of his summer vacation at

[Goanet]Re: World Goa Day organised by Maurice Coutinho, President of

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco D'Mello
The GOA-Toronto, under Oscar Furtado, dedicated this year's Viva Goa 2003 as Toronto's community event as part of the World Goa Day celebrations. I guess Maurice Clarina/Goa Academy did not attend/participate there. Just for the record the Viva Goa celebrations in Toronto are the largest

[Goanet]Re:Conservation of Portuguese Heritage

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:33:27 +0100 (BST), Bernado=20Colaco?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A good example of such a situation is Dr. José Colaço. Today the good Doutor has a Portuguese flag hoisted on his web site after visiting Portugal. +++ With no disrespect to Dr. Colaco or his wonderful

[Goanet]John Kilmartin Goa Enquiry, New York Times Article

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:44:35 +1000, Forego Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mr Fernandes, My father, John Kilmartin, would like to find the address and contact numbers of the two women interviewed by James Brooke in the The York Times Article on Goa. He is looking for accomodation for him

[Goanet]Re: Is this where the Chief Minister Dines?

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:47:45 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), R.PACHECO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was very interested to note that a hot cooked curry costs Rs 8. On my very first visit to Goa in March 2000,I stayed at Maria Rosa in Calagute.All my lodging and breakfast was prepaid in Canada.I

[Goanet]Re: Soglleanche randni kodde tench bannxirem!

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:31:34 +0530, Mrs Sonia Pavitharan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chodd firangi bhas, haddank urta mas Soglleanche randni kodde tench bannxirem! I do know konkani rather well, love proverbs or Opar as we in Salcete call them but am totally confused by these two. Are these Bardez

[Goanet]Re: Portuguese nationality a colonial favour? Evacuee Property?

2003-08-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:26:05 +0100 (BST), Bernado Colaco wrote: The question of Evacuee Property has not been solved. Even those in power stay in stolen homes. --- Rui Collaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this broadside was directed at me, it failed miserably! I was born in Portuguese-held

[Goanet]Goa PWD killed Rajendra Kudnekar with contaminated water

2003-08-28 Thread Goa Desc
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Re: [Goanet]World Goa Day

2003-08-28 Thread Miguel
Dear Mr.Botelho, There are three English dailies in Goa; the third one is 'Gomantak Times',which has more Goa-centric news than any other English newpaper available in Goa. All Goans are not readers of English newspapers. They do not become less Goan than those that are net savvy or English

[Goanet]World Goa Day – A cultural eye opener and binding force

2003-08-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Young Stan a Goa Day participant in Macau once wrote in a school competition as being a tree among the paddy fields. This years first Goa Day and the Konkani mass were an eye opener to Goan identity and culture for young Goans such as Stan. The various celebrations world wide is another

Re: [Goanet]Re:Conservation of Portuguese Heritage

2003-08-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
A good example of such a situation is Dr. José Colaço. Today the good Doutor has a Portuguese flag hoisted on his web site after visiting Portugal. What we are doing around the world is a testimony to that. You can continue to mislead Goanetters with your petty fait-divers, aimed at

Re: [Goanet]World Goa Day organised by Maurice Coutinho, President of Goa Academy. and celebrated in Mississauga Toronto, Canada.

2003-08-28 Thread WILSON SOARES
Hello everyone, Lets not make a mockery of World Goa Day by celebrating such events in your houses with your close friends. It was a nice guesture but please book a hall for the occasion in the coming years. Wilson Soares --- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: MauriceClarina

[Goanet]Nigerian scams

2003-08-28 Thread Vivian D'Souza
How did we allow one of those Nigerian scam artist's appeal letter get published on GoaNet ? I have been inundated with appeals from various official sounding Nigerians, appealing to one's greed, where if one is dumb enough to give them one's account number or forward some money, they will get

[Goanet]Morya mhunnat... MORYA!! Morya mhunnat... MORYA!! (Legend,101 Names celebrations)

2003-08-28 Thread Cecil Pinto
A) The Mythological Legend of Lord Ganesh's Origins. In Dravidian times, Ganesha was worshipped as an elephant, signifying the wisdom and majesty of the universe. The invading Aryans, adopted the Dravidian godling and affirmed their belief in Ganesha. Ganesha made a ceremonial entrane as an

Re: [Goanet]Re: Correction of false statements

2003-08-28 Thread Miguel
Thank you Agnelo.If I was to write as much,Edgar might have thought I was fibbing as wildly as he does. 1.I have not *apologised* for posting an untruth. I have only stated that I stand corrected to the extent I had been inaccurate.(Fundacao Oriente did receive funds from the casinos in Macao.It

Re: [Goanet](no subject)BEWARE!!

2003-08-28 Thread Nagesh Bhatcar
This is a SPAM mail and Goanetters have to be careful. Most of such mails have been originating from places like Nigeria. People have been duped by these folks. Nagesh Bhatcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: MICHAEL OSHODI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[Goanet]NEWS: Canada's Shastri Institute to revive ties with India

2003-08-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Canada's Shastri Institute to revive ties with India By Eugene Correia, Indo-Asian News Service Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) After a period of strain, the Canada-based Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) and the Indian government may see better ties soon. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

[Goanet]Freesoftwarenotes...

2003-08-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
- FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOT NOT* FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES * FREESOFTWARENOTES *

[Goanet]Aldona Institute Library Fund

2003-08-28 Thread Savio Figueiredo
Hi all The Aldona Institute is trying to encourage the reading habit in their members with the focus being on children and ladies. Hence for a start commonly read magazines such as Woman's Era, Femina, for ladies , Champak, Tinkle for kids , India Today, Health Nutrition, Sportstar Star Dust

[Goanet]Linux Workshop at Goa Engg College.

2003-08-28 Thread George Easaw
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Farmagudi Ponda and ILUG-Goa are conducting a one day Gnu / Linux workshop FREE for the teaching staff of the Colleges from Ponda on Saturday, 30 th of August, 2003 in the Mechanical Engg. Software Lab of the Mechanical Engg Dept of

[Goanet]GOABOOKS: Dom Moraes -- A Variety of Absences

2003-08-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
ANTHOLOGIES COLLECTIONS A Variety of Absences The Collected Memoirs of Dom Moraes DOM MORAES India's greatest living poet in English, Dom Moraes has also published universally acclaimed travel books and memoirs and biographies, among them *Out of God's Oven* and *Mrs Gandhi* This omnibus

[Goanet]How Baby Bear got his name

2003-08-28 Thread Cecil Pinto
A Goan Fable for little children. Like all Ancient Fables, this one too is based on reality. Names and descriptions have been altered to hide the identities of the participants. This is the house of the Three Bears. Dada Bear, Mama Bear and Small Bear. One more Bear, a Baby Son Bear has been

[Goanet]GoaNet origins - no simple answers?

2003-08-28 Thread Cecil Pinto
Tariq Siddiqui wrote.. This seems to be a mystery on par with the Loch Ness monster or the Bermuda triangle. But even these mysteries have had volumes written about them ATTEMPTING to find a reasonable answer in explanation. Whereas the GoaNet Admin team is celebrating nine years of GoaNet

[Goanet]ARZ acts to rescue yet another minor girl from a brothel in Baina.

2003-08-28 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Goa Film Festival venue threat to heritage of Aguada plateau

2003-08-28 Thread Goa Desc
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Re: [Goanet]Goan priest releases music album at Asian meet

2003-08-28 Thread Auspicio F.M.Rodrigues
Praise the LORD! Great News,indeed! Auspicio - Original Message - From: Peter C Raposo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:58 AM Subject: [Goanet]Goan priest releases music album at Asian meet Goan priest releases music album at

[Goanet]Tellis a Goan ?

2003-08-28 Thread eric pinto
If he is the Ashley Tellis who went to St. Xaviers School in the 60's, then he is the brother of Viv Tellis the Dentist, and a nephew of the venerable Dr. Stanley Patrao, the man who delivered half of south Bombays Goan babies: only they were dear Mangalorian friends of our family !! Ashley was

[Goanet]Perseverance is the key for star student

2003-08-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Aug. 27, 2003. 01:00 AM Perseverance is the key for star student FRANK CALLEJA STAFF REPORTER THE TORONTO STAR Janelle DeSouza believes that to be a successful student, you've got to stay on top of school work. So it's not surprising the top is exactly where the Brampton resident ended up when

Re: [Goanet]Re:Conservation of Portuguese Heritage

2003-08-28 Thread Rui Collaco
Mr. Souza, you missed the point I was trying to make. Yes, it is true that in your precious little newspaper article a perfectly unknown (not anonymous, of course) citizen makes some criticism. So what, once again? It's a free country, there are more than 10 million of us, each with an

[Goanet-news]28 AUG 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2003-08-28 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 28 Aug 2003 POLICE MINI-BUS KILLS YOUTH: In a tragic accident at Agassaim, a 23-year-old youth, Nazareth Esteves, who was sitting on a stationary two-wheeler, was run down by a speeding police department vehicle, yesterday afternoon. Apparently the vehicle was

[Goanet](no subject)

2003-08-28 Thread MICHAEL OSHODI
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL WE ARE MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT AWARDS AND APPROVAL. WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES