[Goanet]Goa in a nutshell -- what one visitor did ;-)

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
One experience with Goa, from indiamike.com Go Back India Travel Forum Destinations Major Destinations Goa Reload this Page Goa in a Nutshell - what did i do? Goa in a Nutshell - what did i do? - dumb_bacchus's Avatar

[Goanet]Indian Aviation Scene (but where's Goa in it?)

2005-01-14 Thread Philip Thomas
This is from Asia Times Online. Goa's leaders may have to pull up their socks and get with it if the state is not to be left behind in the aviation sweepstakes that are underway in its neighbourhood! - South Asia Jan 15, 2005 Revolution in the air in India By Indrajit

[Goanet]RIBANDAR CHURCH MOLESTATION CASE: COMPLAINT FILED BEFORE COMPETENT AUTHORITY

2005-01-14 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Mr. Anthony Frois, uncle of the 13 year old allegedly molested by Ribandar Parish priest Fr. Newton Rodrigues on 24th December 2003 has yesterday filed a complaint before the Competent Authority under the Goa Children's Act 2003 The Competent authority under the Children's Act is Goa Government's

[Goanet]Birthdays from 15th - 17th Jan 2005

2005-01-14 Thread Vincente Fernandes
Wishing you all a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY on behalf of GoaNetters to 15-Jan Pamela D'Mello Goa 17-Jan Lester Delaney Saligao 17-Jan Melanie Dsouza Sharjah Thanks, Vincente. Please do notify if your e-mail address has been changed, for cc'ing B'day wished to your e-mail

[Goanet]Konkani show - Sangat Ami Bhurgim Konnachim?

2005-01-14 Thread Fausto V. D'Costa
Non Stop Show on VCD Manfa Music has released a new VCD of Tragedy King-Mario Menezes' hit Non-stop show SANGAT AMI BHURGIM KONNACHIM? Priced at Rs. 200/- for a set of 2 VCDS, it's available at all the music outlets in Goa Mumbai.

[Goanet]avc moses

2005-01-14 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
Moses Colaco of AVC( Assolna Velim Cuncolim ) in dubai PROFIEL BY ARMSTRONG VAZ His mission in life is to give every opportunity and guidance to players who are determined to succeed-something he feels was denied to him. Moses Colaco hails from Velim Salcete Goa. Moses was a Player, Captain,

Re: [Goanet]Re: Poor 7k+ members of goanet!!!!!

2005-01-14 Thread Lawrie D'souza
reply to my quest to a GOAN colleague who LD: hey man why don't you post some stuff that you tell me.. You more GOAN than me..(being born and educated) JR : POST ? are you nuts... don't you read what they discuss on the forum. Check the OCT-NOV archives and you will see that these so called

[Goanet]National Knowledge Commission

2005-01-14 Thread Philip Thomas
During the recent CII Partnership Summit 2005, the Prime Minister recently announced a plan to set up a National Knowledge Commission to strengthen national capacities and capabilities in the face of globalisation challenges. Five areas of knowledge (a so called knowledge pentagon) have been

[Goanet]h-1 b and glass ceiling

2005-01-14 Thread graceful
The EPW article about h-1 and glass ceiling is very stereotypical and meant to create prejudice against the US. I know of h-1 b's who have got green cards and gone on to start companies. I also know of h-1 b's who live very lonely and isolated lives. Since the US implements laws strictly, of

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 15, 2005!

2005-01-14 Thread domnic fernandes
“Tujean khuimchei bhiranticher zoit voronk zata zorui fokot tum nichev korit toxem korunk karann, ugddas dhor, bhirant khuinch asonam bhairavn motin.” (You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so for remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.)

[Goanet]How the west was really won....................... Hinduism still being misrepresented...... !

2005-01-14 Thread \\\www.goa-world.com/goa/\\\
The following text is quoted from this webpage: http://www.salagram.net/MisrepWorld.html How the west was really won. Hinduism still being misrepresented in schools world wide: It's 8:00 a.m., and students slowly trickle into Mr. West's 6th grade history class. The majority of

[Goanet]NEWYORK TIMES - OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Identities Lost at Sea By AMITAV GHOSH

2005-01-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1/14/05 WOW, it culd happen to anybody--lost at sea, any natural disaster. May be we should all get tattoed with an identity, rather than beauty forms. OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Identities Lost at Sea By AMITAV GHOSH Published: January 14, 2005 Calcutta — ON Jan. 1, six days after the Indian Ocean

[Goanet]Goa House okays 'disqualification' of MLAs - Prakash Kamat (Economic Times)

2005-01-14 Thread \\\www.goa-world.com/goa/\\\
Goa House okays 'disqualification' of MLAs PRAKASH KAMAT TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2005] PANAJI: The Goa Assembly on Thursday passed the MLAs’ Removal of Disqualification Amendment bill, brushing aside combined Opposition protests, which sought to retrospectively immunise the

[Goanet]Church workers recover rotting bodies at Indian Marian shrine

2005-01-14 Thread Armande Condillac
Thought you may be interested in the following: TSUNAMI-VAILANKANNI (UPDATED) Dec-30-2004 (660 words)    Church workers recover rotting bodies at Indian Marian shrine   By Anto Akkara Catholic News Service   VAILANKANNI, India (CNS) -- Amid the stench of rotting bodies and decaying garbage,

[Goanet]14 JAN 2005: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2005-01-14 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 14 January, 2005 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Choddxe ami aslelean dhadoxi nam, karann amkam anink zaitench zai. (Most of us are not content with our lot because we want a lot more.) domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] COPS WILL BE TRAINED TO BE MORE HUMANE: The Chief

[Goanet]MOPA - SWOT

2005-01-14 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
MOPA - SWOT The SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis on MOPA will be done by the firm from Montreal Canada specially hired to do the study. I am sure after the report is submitted it will be examined / analyzed / dissected by the Goans (near and far) and their elected

[Goanet]Re: Ribandar, please speak up...

2005-01-14 Thread George Pinto
--- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone I met yesterday in Panjim said, This Ribandar debate is going on too long at Goanet. ...the general member also has a responsiblity to speak up and express their views. This morning I visited the Ribandar church. I did not

[Goanet]Indian cyber workers in the US

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
*Economic and Political Weekly* (Dec 25, 2004) has an interesting article titled 'Indian Cyber Workers in (the) US'. It says: Though Indians make up only 1 per cent of the US population, they are well represented in the US IT industry. Beginning from the early 1990s, the flow of H1B

[Goanet]Sri Lanka prepares to seek for Apology from Portugal

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sri Lanka prepares to seek for Apology from Portugal People's Liberation Front(JVP) joins hands with Portuguese Encounter' ', a group seeking an apology from the Portuguese for their occupation of the island of Sri Lanka. This group has also asked the JVP, a partner of Sri Lankan coalition

[Goanet]Bush abandons hunt for Saddam's WMD

2005-01-14 Thread Mario Goveia
It is disconcerting to communicate with someone who hides behind a nom de plume like Goenkarboy. However, here goes: GKB has done a pretty good job of presenting his case, and, in the final analysis, we may have to agree to disagree since he is entitled to his opinions, as I am entitled to mine.

[Goanet]STUDY ABROAD... in Germany

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
A recent article in the *German News* (December 2004) issue published from New Delhi points out that in Germany, tution fees are not charged even for international students in most varsities, as they are publicly funded. Some other facts that students might be interested in: *

[Goanet]RIBANDAR CHURCH MOLESTATION CASE: HEARING ON REVIEW PETITION ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 28TH

2005-01-14 Thread airesrod
The 4 member Goa Children’s Court headed by South Goa District Judge A.D. Salkar today adjourned for further arguments to January 28th hearing of the review petition filed by Mr. Anthony Frois against the order of the Court passed on 7th January disallowing on point of maintainability the private

[Goanet]UK: Football: Prayers could be the answer

2005-01-14 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Dan Holyoak is back in Stamford's team after returning from on a month's trial with a team in Goa, where the local players said prayers. He feels Stamford's run of bad luck might be transformed by adopting the practice. The Goan club has offered Holyoak a contract paying in the region of

[Goanet]Ribandar, please speak up...

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Someone I met yesterday in Panjim said, This Ribandar debate is going on too long at Goanet. I agreed. But also pointed out that the admin team becomes the 'bad guys' when we try to bring some order into the debate, and ensure that Goanet doesn't get stuck with one issue for too long, specially

[Goanet]Kanullem - Query for Domnic's Antique Shelf

2005-01-14 Thread Cecil Pinto
Dear Domnic, When I was much younger I remember the older ladies had this little keychain sort of thing called 'kanullem' made of gold. It had a sharp pin for cleaning the teeth and another pin with a tiny cup-shaped protusion at the end that was used for cleaning ears. Till recently these

Re: [Goanet]Konkani course with CD

2005-01-14 Thread v. fernandez
Hello There!!! Lots of Talk,Much advice,More Bytes used,But where's the details, of how where to get the 'goods' from Isabella De Souza from Nairobi. v.f. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more.

[Goanet]Re: [Goanet-news]OFFICIAL LINKS: List of Goa official websites

2005-01-14 Thread William Rodrigues
hi rico, hows it going I wanted to know little more of the dulpods online magazine by orlando as he have asked me to write for the same...like whats its like ...and stuffhe wants me to write as a correspondent ...like whats happenning etc...is it a weeksl or monthly what?.. cheers

[Goanet]MANGO - Facts Myths

2005-01-14 Thread Goa's Pride, www.goa-world.com
- Original Message - From: Ricardo Nunes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: [Goanet]MANGO Mango in Cantonnese is MONG (KWOCK). Where did the Portuguese pick up the name? The Portuguese word MANGA comes from Mannga (Malayali) and

[Goanet]PARIKRAMA

2005-01-14 Thread FROM THE GOAN PRESS
Schools of Hope Where was Parikrama born? I worked as a volunteer with Mother Teresa for about seven years when I was a student. I wanted to make an indelible mark on my career. I did my MBA. I believed that the way to get lucky was through hard work. I went up the organisational ladder rather

[Goanet][***] Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre (fwd)

2005-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Forwarded message -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE from this e-journal send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] message: unsubscribe asia-www-monitor your email address -- The

RE: [Goanet]Cliff Pereira's research

2005-01-14 Thread Joseph Falcao
Mervyn I must have missed Cliff's reasearch. Can you you please send me the e-mail or link. Thanks J From: Mervyn Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Cliff Pereira's research Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:40:30 +0530 I feel Cliff is to be

RE: [Goanet]Any Goanetters in Brasil?

2005-01-14 Thread Joseph Falcao
Albertina: I used to live in Brasil. Do you need any info. If I recall, there are very few goans in Brasil. J From: Albertina [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Any Goanetters in Brasil? Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:32:20 +0530 I was curious to

[Goanet]On Leadeship

2005-01-14 Thread Philip Thomas
Here is a short piece on leadership which may be of interest to goanetters from the standpoint of Goa's future. It is from the Economic Political Weekly (epw.org.in). I do feel the author may be taking the ineffectual option though he places the halo of Gandhianism over it while referring to its

[Goanet]Elementary, my dear Doctor....

2005-01-14 Thread Cecil Pinto
Before both sides debating the Ribandar controversy start quoting the Bible, I will begin by quoting my favourite detective... Sherlock Holmes: It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

[Goanet]Bush abandons hunt for Saddam's WMD (Mario Goveia )

2005-01-14 Thread GOENKARBOY
It will be interesting to see what the final report from the Chief Weapons Inspector will contain. It has been said that the final report, due out next month, will conclude that the former regime had no formal written strategy or plan for the revival of WMD. Iraq did not pose a threat to it's

[Goanet]Cliff Pereira's research

2005-01-14 Thread GOENKARBOY
Recognition and gratitude should be given to Cliff Pereira. I, myself, only found out about this portion of history from a very caring Uncle of mine. One should not ignore the recommendations made in the said article. Namely, (1.) digitising records and making those records avaiable to the

[Goanet]ALERT on sporadic cases of Gastroenteritis

2005-01-14 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Diarrhoea cases on rise in Panjim

2005-01-14 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Road safety campaigners stress on safe transport

2005-01-14 Thread Goa Desc
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