[Goanet] AIDS & HIV

2006-03-27 Thread gilbertlaw
I let this pass when first posted, thinking it was a typo. But the quote is getting repeated. Can someone enlighten us on the relation of pre-marital AIDS test to be "a deterrent to post-marital sex"? AIDS may be a lifestyle disease - though I have never heard it described that way. Yet, in

[Goanet] Neri jumps on anti-Mopa bandwagon Calls for movement to shift Navy to Karwar

2006-03-27 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Neri jumps on anti-Mopa bandwagon Calls for movement to shift Navy to Karwar BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MARCH 27 - Minister for Water Resources, Filipe Neri Rodrigues on Monday emphatically said there's no need for another international airport in Goa other than Dabolim and called for a sustained

[Goanet] OFFTOPIC - Sensenbrenner's Immigration Enforcement Bill Passes the House

2006-03-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Approval Challenges Senate to Match Effort at Protecting Homeland Security and American Workers By a 239-182 vote the House of Representatives approved the Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act, H.R. 4437, on December 16. The legislation, authored by Judiciary Commi

[Goanet] RE: CA/PS IX: TARGET FIXATION VS OPEN MIND

2006-03-27 Thread Philip Thomas
< Again the issue of similarities and differences with civil aviation at Dabolim/Mopa in Goa. > I managed to get feedback on this post privately from a couple of American friends. One, David, who is situated in the Northeastern U.S., said he had a relative (since deceased) who was a Navy flier bas

Re: [Goanet] Homeschooling in Goa

2006-03-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Thanks for your feedback. From your response and >that of others who e-mailed me off-list, the very >idea of homeschooling in India seems quite different >from what it is in the USA. > India is indeed fortunate not to have an ideologically driven "

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Marsachi 28vi, 2006!

2006-03-27 Thread domnic fernandes
Zorui Devan ghoddlelem sobit dis udevop aiz sokallim tuka chuklam zalear kaimnozo; bejear zainaka. Tum voch ani arxeant polle ani tantun tuka Devachi vodik sobit rochna disteli. (If you missed the beautiful sunrise God made this morning, do not worry; it’s alright. All you have to do is look

[Goanet] Fred's bluff

2006-03-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS: I'm no lawyer, and have no specialist domain in > this field. But > it's time someone called this bluff... if we repeat > it often enough, we > just might get around to believing it. Fred, What bluff? That Goa was invaded? And annex

Re: [Goanet] Huge apologies! CHANGE OF INDIAN BROADCAST TIME (Contacto Goa)

2006-03-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Desmond Nazareth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All: > > To those of you who tried to watch Episode 5 of > Contacto Goa in INDIA today, > we really apologise for the following: > > Our program broadcast started a FULL hour earlier > (7:15PM) than we had > announced (INDIAN time) because

[Goanet] UN urges Goa to end plans for HIV tests on couples

2006-03-27 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5ecaf9f4-bdc1-11da-a998-779e2340.html UN urges Goa to end plans for HIV tests on couples By Jo Johnson in New Delhi Published: March 27 2006 19:51 | Last updated: March 27 2006 19:51 United NationsThe head of the United Nations Aids programme in India on Monday urged

Re: [Goanet] Re: Public execution -Deterrent effect of the Death Penalty

2006-03-27 Thread cornel
Hi Carmo Thanks for your response. I am glad to learn that you are a medical doctor and indeed in the USA. Until you made this clear I had assumed you were writing from Goa and close to the scene of the brutal murder of Fr Eusebio. In my view, you may be a brilliant doctor technically but it i

[Goanet] Wedding blessing rites!

2006-03-27 Thread domnic fernandes
Dear GoaNetters, I am posting the following personal message on GoaNet with the consent of the party for the benefit of all: Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA Hi Juliet! First of all, please accept my heartiest congratulations in advance on your daughter's

[Goanet] 2006 STILL UPSIDE DOWN WORLD

2006-03-27 Thread afra dias
Hi Goanetters, Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says, "To the proponents of the knee-jerk reaction of crucifying upside down the murderers of Fr. Ferrao, may I respectfully suggest that you start practicing the Yoga pose "Sirsa Asana" or standing on your head for a period of time. You will

Re: [Goanet] Priest Murder Case: Day 10, and today's paper reportings (26/03/06)

2006-03-27 Thread Mario Goveia
--- JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HERALD: page 2 > PRIEST MURDER: MORE QUESTIONS CROP UP. > Its a week now since the parish Priest of Macazana > Fr. Eusebio was done to death > brutally, but the story forwarded by the police over > the dastardly killing has > thrown up more questions than

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-27 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I fail to understand how Konkno can be interpreted > as a derogatory word. It means "Hindu" and nothing > more. > > Looking at the word closely, I can assume its > etmology comes from the word Konkan. > Mario observes: > Elisabeth, a) If "Ko

Re: [Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-27 Thread Marlon Menezes
Being different and unaccountable does not necessarily make something more successful or better! Many of the home schooling activities in the US are motivated by religious extremists who do not accept the precepts of modern science (eg. creationism over evolution) and therefore not very different i

[Goanet] Priest Murder Case: Day 3 to 7, What Goan Papers reported ? (19-23/3/06) - A summary

2006-03-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
Priest Murder Case: Day 3 to 7, What Goan Papers reported ? (19-23/3/06) - A summary 19/03/06 Headlines: MACAZAN PARISH PRIEST MURDERED - NT PRIEST'S MURDER SEND SHOCK WAVES - H MACAZANA PARISH PRIEST BRUTALLY MURDERED - GT CRHISTIAN COMMUNITY OF GOA SHAKEN - H PRIEST'S MURDER RECEIVES WIDE SPRE

[Goanet] FLY OVER TO GOA, LATA

2006-03-27 Thread airesrod
One cannot play to Lata Mangueshkar's tunes on her opposition to the proposed Peddar Road flyover even though we are justifiably proud of her musical achievements. The battle on such issues has to be won or lost on techno-economic feasibility and overall public interest rather than by celebrity na

[Goanet] VASCO CIVIC and CONSUMER FORUM - Launched.

2006-03-27 Thread r.barreto
ONE man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. George Bernard Shaw 1856 -1950 0 Friends , Thanks to the efforts of Savio Pereira Andrade ,

Re: [Goanet] Malicious falsehood

2006-03-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On a related note, one lawsuit-happy Goanetter has >threatened legal action against a poster on this list >for what he deemed verbal abuse. In fact, he indicated >he was doing it on behalf of verbally wounded >Goanetters (whether it was with their pe

[Goanet] Re: Portuguese Passports

2006-03-27 Thread tonyca
In response to my post pn the subject, Bernardo Colaco wrote (quote): "Given your status in Goan society I guess your economic needs were fulfilled in Goa itself and by the Portuguese? Why write his(?) sermon?" Dear Bernardo, My economic needs (such as they were and as they are) were not fulf

[Goanet] RE: No Family Feud Here

2006-03-27 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Bosco, I had a very friendly discussion with my cousin Dr. Jose Colaco in the Bahamas today. Please note that there is no family feud.. there never was ... and Please withdraw your statement and allusion to the same on the Goanet website. Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, Indian Harbour Beach,

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
--- Manoj Ganpatrao Raikar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It lools like GoaNet is only for Catholic > subscibers,i am a hindu (goan kokno) > and when i read hindu word being used in a > derogatory manner,i really feel bad. > Ask thai Kakodkar how she continued polarising Goa? Do not bury your hea

Re: [Goanet] Re:Portuguese Passports

2006-03-27 Thread Mario Goveia
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have no quarrel with my fellow-Goans or any > others wishing to > acquire Portuguese citizenship and a Portuguese > Passport and fully appreciate > and sympathise with the compulsions that drive them > to do so. Let us admit > that these compulsions are largely e

[Goanet] RE: Goa govt presents "feel-good" budget

2006-03-27 Thread Philip Thomas
Except for this link and a couple of other (rather plebeian) posts on the Goa government budget, budget analysis in Goa has generally "'Goan' with the wind"! HERALD editorialised today about the effect of beer availablity on youngsters. Navhind Times had an op-ed article which was a paean to CM Ran

[Goanet] 7th CAREER INFORMATION FAIR - 10th & 11th June 2006 - Rotary club of Vasco

2006-03-27 Thread Jen Lewis
7th CAREER INFORMATION FAIR Lets Shape the future of Goa... PANAJI, GOA - 10th & 11th June 2006 http://www.vascowheel.com/career_fair.htm INTRODUCTION A large inflow of Students & Parents... Wide Publicity through various media & education channels... Catch the students of Goa at peak time, gett

[Goanet] Re: What's happening to Goanet?

2006-03-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 12:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "Clinton Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] What's happening to Goanet? > Enough of this nonsense. The past few months have seen Goanet > discussions > degenerate into mindless nonsense, name calling and foul language. I'

Re: [Goanet] information required

2006-03-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I should like to take this opportunity to > say how much I enjoyed > the Commonwealth Games which came from your lovely > city Melbourne. Yes, the opening and the closing ceremonies were great, weren't they? A lot must have literally gone up in s

Re: [Goanet] Priests & celibacy

2006-03-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is also a need for vigorous debate on the > merits/demerits of celibacy > in priesthood. This is a valid and burning topic > for discussion on Goanet > and all venues because most times the issue is > 'ducked' and 'weaved'. The > subject has been '

[Goanet] Flower power (feature on Ashok Dande, in Gomantak Times/Weekender)

2006-03-27 Thread The Goanet Reader
Flower power Ashok Dande shows Reema Kamat the arid patch of land that he transformed into a plant lover's paradise. A once-barren piece of land in Nagali, Taleigao, now stands transformed into a lush farmhouse garden, with the exclusive practice of organic farming. The winding paths along lush g

[Goanet] Re: Re:Portuguese Passports

2006-03-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Tony CA wrote: > that these compulsions are largely economic and there is no need for > them to trumpet their loyalty to Portugal and to denigrate India and > things Indian in order to justify their actions. But is the issue Portugal? I thought most were using the Portuguese passport as a ticket

[Goanet] *** GOA NEWS: Mar 27/06 - Goa criminal's haven, Kashmiris maltreated, Alcohol at grocery stores, Sports...

2006-03-27 Thread Goanet News Service
*** GOA NEWS: Mar 27/06 - Goa criminal's haven, Kashmiris maltreated, Alcohol at grocery stores, Sports... *** Is Goa a safe haven for criminals? Is Goa - more particularly the cosmopolitan Margao - a safe hideout for criminals? Yes indeed, remarked a Kerala police officer who was here to take

[Goanet] I'm a Goan... with a Kuwaiti Nationality!

2006-03-27 Thread Anna
Dear Reema Kamat,   I read your article *** We never took the main road... [Principal Mervyn D'Souza of Assagao/Weekender *** from Goanet reader... being a Goan... and so far away from home... I want to share my story with you...   Let me tell you a little about myself. My Christian name is and

[Goanet] Priest Murder Case: Day 11, What today's paper says (Monday 27/03/06)

2006-03-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
Priest Murder Case: Day 11, What today's paper says (Monday 27/03/06) It seems the case is really dying out now. NAVHIND TIMES: Nothing Special. HERALD: Again, nothing reported. Gomantak Times: Not Much but it Monday's popular feature/columns 'According to Source' titled Psst.GT brings yo

[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-27 Thread Cecil Pinto
Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: I don't agree with the suggestion that don't-share-or-it-won't-sell is the only model that works. Take a look at creativecommons.org for other possible models. Over the years, I have shared a lot of my writing and over 2000 photographs on Goa. At the end of the day,

Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Heinous crimes, Freedom Fighters & Missing Something .

2006-03-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
(like a > Nepal, a Haiti, or even a casino-and-triad dominated > Macau). FN === I wonder if the neo politcal class created by neo colonialism is any better than the triads? At least people have 24/7 Water, Power and Phone in Macau. I wonder if your dear friend Teo has any tomatos to wr

[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 08:58 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book > Over the years hundreds of people > have been asking Domnic to compile all his articles into a book. > Domnic and > myself have h

[Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa

2006-03-27 Thread Peter D'Souza
Lawrence, others who have responded to this thread, Thanks for your feedback. From your response and that of others who e-mailed me off-list, the very idea of homeschooling in India seems quite different from what it is in the USA. In many cases it seems to involve private tutoring--not necessari

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Marsachi 27vi, 2006!

2006-03-27 Thread domnic fernandes
Aplea bhurgeank xikop divn ek boro munis boro testament dovorta. (A good man leaves a good legacy if he leaves his children educated.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar

[Goanet] PRESS RELEASE ( EMBASSY OF INDIA )

2006-03-27 Thread Santos Carmo
EMBASSY OF INDIA KUWAIT -=-=-=-=- PRESS RELEASE The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA), Government of India is organizing the fifth Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth (IPDY), now renamed as “Know India Programme” from 15th May to 12th June 2006. Cast in

[Goanet] Heinous Crimes, Freedom Fighters and Missing Something

2006-03-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fr. Chico Monteiro was neither pro-Portuguese nor anti-Indian. He was principally: pro-principle. The principle pertaining to one’s solemn right to existence and survival in one’s place of birth. If politics has the unilateral might to discolor or undo that legitimate right, then, Fr. Chico

Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Heinous crimes, Freedom Fighters & Missing Something .

2006-03-27 Thread floriano
Dear Fred, Thanks for the colonial diarrhea. No. I am no colonialist or a pussyfoot lover of the 'shaming' so called Goan freedom fighters. Neither have I fallen in 'love at first sight' with Fr. Chico Monteiro et al. I am just a 'GOAN INDIAN' where 'most' will say that they are Indian first

[Goanet] Re: Goanet admin ability to read Konkani words & a public apology to Mario

2006-03-27 Thread Peter D'Souza
Bosco and Goanet's Volunteer Administrators, Moderation can be a very good thing, as Fred Noronha has nicely articulated in the past. That having been said, it would be nice if Goanet contributors are told precisely why their posts are rejected--purely as a courtesy. José's clamour against allege

Re: [Goanet] Re: Fr. Eusebio's murder

2006-03-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Jesus Mario B. Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And what is he talking about abstinence and > sacrifice during Lent season? > I don’t quite know if that is all we have in > Christianity. Jesus, Here is is definition of abstinence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstinence The priests in e

[Goanet] Re: Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-27 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
I fail to understand how Konkno can be interpreted as a derogatory word. It means "Hindu" and nothing more. Looking at the word closely, I can assume its etmology comes from the word Konkan. I also don't understand how the word "b b**" was thought to be derogatory. I don't know about you

Re: [Goanet] Re:Portuguese Passports

2006-03-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
> I have no quarrel with my fellow-Goans or any > others wishing to > acquire Portuguese citizenship and a Portuguese > Passport and fully appreciate > and sympathise with the compulsions that drive them > to do so. Let us admit > that these compulsions are largely economic and > there is n

[Goanet] Re: Public execution

2006-03-27 Thread Jerry Fernandes
Hello Carmo, As you feel so do many. I too share your sentiments. Yeah the punishment should be severe and immediate, but than who will change the laws? We are no more in a dictatorship government, which we were under Portuguese government, hence laws could be changed, but now we are in democratic

[Goanet] Carmo's depiction of Mario

2006-03-27 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I understand Cornel's discomfort in using the "b b**" terminology. That's likely, because Cornel is giving the Konkani idiom a literal English translation. That is however not fair to any native language which should be able to hold on and use its own colorful colloquialism. That's like

[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-27 Thread Jerry Fernandes
Hello Cecil, Thanks for the information of Domnic's Book. Its great, at last we will have the book that I have been longing to have. Simultaneously, you should also release your book too with all the humour that you have written and made us laugh. Cheers Jerry Fernandes

[Goanet] Re: Writers must be careful & Murder Case of Priest.

2006-03-27 Thread Marie D'Souza
Raol Carneiro's message is well thought out and i agree with him. "WE DONT KNOW YET THE FULL TRUTH OR FACTS" marie > > This has reference to Mr. Godfrey J I Gonsalves comments > > My intention of writing this is to express my

[Goanet] Re: Portuguese passports

2006-03-27 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
(Tony Correia-Afonso wrote: I have no quarrel with my fellow-Goans or any others wishing to acquire Portuguese citizenship and a Portuguese Passport and fully appreciate and sympathise with the compulsions that drive them to do so. Let us admit that these compulsions are largely economic and the

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Sunday Reflections - Fifth Sunday of Lent

2006-03-27 Thread Jude Botelho
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[Goanet] Scholarship watch

2006-03-27 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
Scholarship watch TIMES NEWS NETWORK Young Indian men and women, born of Goan parents or those who have been living and working in Goa for the past ten years, can apply for the De Souza Trust Goa Scholarship to fund part or the entire cost of their tuition fees in a UK institution. Since 1

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 27, 2006 * Salesians to mark diamond jubilee of presence in Goa

2006-03-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: We never took the main road... [Principal Mervyn D'Souza of Assagao/Weekender]

2006-03-27 Thread The Goanet Reader
WE NEVER TOOK THE MAIN ROAD... Principal of St Xavier's High Secondary School, Prof Mervyn D'Souza, tells Reema Kamat about the good ol' days when he was growing up in Assagao. [Weekender, Gomantak Times, March 26, 2006] Professor Mervyn D'Souza has lived in Assagao for more than 35 years. Thoug