[Goanet]Re: Holiday Offer

2005-06-06 Thread Daniel_Soares
Cecil, Your testimony to the many Goans who have helped you succeed in business by referring clients to you without expecting any form of remuneration brouight tears to my eyes. We so often hear the generalization that Goans are like crabs in that they don't like to see another Goan succeed

[Goanet]Cecil's family portrait

2005-03-01 Thread Daniel_Soares
Cecil, Your wife and children turned out great in the pictures, but you looked like you were ready to kill that photographer with that low browed, heavy lidded look :) Dan PS: Seriously, GREAT pictures. I'm sure they'll be the envy of everyone in Aldona :)

[Goanet]Ayurvedic medicine warning

2004-12-16 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]The values - vote myth (NYTimes Op-ed)

2004-11-11 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]The values - vote myth (NYTimes Op-ed)

2004-11-10 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]The values - vote myth (NYTimes Op-ed)

2004-11-09 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]Mormonism and Baptism for the dead

2004-10-07 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]Family Search - LDS records

2004-10-07 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Gummot

2004-04-05 Thread Daniel_Soares
Victor.. wow... another Gummot in the USA and that one in NY too. What are the odds eh? I would love to get together with you and your family sometime. We live on Long Island if you would like to visit someday. Perhaps a jam session with our Gummots? :-) Dan NY 631.444.9655 (work)

[Goanet]Vivian D'souza - Maddiem

2004-04-05 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]Vintage Car Rally

2004-04-05 Thread Daniel_Soares
Any pictures from the Vintage Car Rally in Margao? I'd be really interested to see them. When I used to visit Goa on vacation in the late seventies and early eighties, I often saw the old vintage Impalas being used as taxicabs. Have not seen them lately. Did they turn into old rustbuckets? Parts

[Goanet]Reply to the Powell's- homeschooling

2004-02-26 Thread Daniel_Soares
Melinda, Thank you for your good wishes. My wife was their primary teacher for the last 9 - 10 years that we have been homeschooling. This year I have started teaching Math and Science for the older two. In hindsight, I should have probably stepped in much earlier to share the responsibility with

[Goanet]Reply to Homeschooling questions

2004-02-24 Thread Daniel_Soares
George, The 'socialization' question was one of our biggest concerns when we first began homeschooling and remains one of the bigger concerns for most other people too. Society seems to have conditioned us into believing that if children do not attend school with their peers, they won't learn to

[Goanet]Re: On Homeschooling and Spelling bees

2004-02-24 Thread Daniel_Soares
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[Goanet]Reply to Fred's questions on homeschooling

2004-02-24 Thread Daniel_Soares
Fred asked: Am I wrong in believing that the US perspective on home-schooling is quite different from the one described at Vasco? While the latter is based on a critique of what the straight-jacketed educational system does to our kids, home-schooling in the US is significantly a reaction to what

[Goanet]On Homeschooling and Spelling bees ...

2004-02-23 Thread Daniel_Soares
As some of you know, we homeschool our children. My oldest daughter is in the semifinals of the Spelling Bee (Long Island schools) and I'm proud she got this far. I was going through an old issue of the Home School Court Report (July/August 2003) that had a feature article on how homeschoolers in

[Goanet]Re: Nature Cures - Melinda Powell

2004-02-04 Thread Daniel_Soares
Melinda said: Thank you very much for your input,I do agree with your views fully. When I talked about nature cures,I didnt mean formal packaged medication which is marketed today.I simply meant home remedies,and natural methods for curing minor ailments.Much as we dismiss grandma's tale,old

[Goanet]FM service of All India Radio, Panjim

2004-01-29 Thread Daniel_Soares
Dear Seb, Per this article: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2002/issue4/goa.htm, the FM service of All India Radio, Panjim is broadcast on 105.4 MHz. Regards, Daniel Soares ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet]Birth Announcement

2004-01-21 Thread Daniel_Soares
I am pleased to announce the birth of our daughter Melody Grace Soares, born at the Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY and weighing in at 8lbs and 11 oz. She is healthy and doing well as is her Mama. For those who would like to view a picture, the URL is:

[Goanet]Reply to Cecil Pinto's question re: Bicycle helmets

2004-01-20 Thread Daniel_Soares
Dear Cecil, Per NY State law, all bicyclists age one through 13 are required to wear approved bicycle helmets when they are operators or passengers on bicycles (Sec. 1238 (5)). Child passengers one through four must wear approved bicycle helmets and ride in child safety seats. Children under one

[Goanet]Invitation to free Broadway Style Christmas musical - Long Island (NY)

2003-12-05 Thread Daniel_Soares
If any of you folks are going to be in the NY/Long Island area over the coming weekend or next weekend, my family and I are acting in a Broadway style musical production titled 'All on a Christmas Day'. There are 4 performances beginning Sunday, Dec 7 at 7pm. The other scheduled performances are:

[Goanet]Invitation to free Boradway Style Christmas musical - Long Island (NY)

2003-12-05 Thread Daniel_Soares
If any of you folks are going to be in the NY/Long Island area over the coming weekend or next weekend, my family and I are acting in a Broadway style musical production titled 'All on a Christmas Day'. There are 4 performances beginning Sunday, Dec 7 at 7pm. The other scheduled performances are:

[Goanet]Who is a Goan?

2003-09-15 Thread Daniel_Soares
I'm responding to the post on GoaNet that encouraged us to focus our efforts on helping fellow Goenkars in need instead of quibbling over who is or isn't a true Goan. Unfortunately, the poster got the name of the Goan wrong. It should be Tony Vaz and not Peter Vaz as mistakenly stated. There are