[Goanet] Photos of my sons Desmond and Fabian with their first bicycles

2006-09-13 Thread Cecil Pinto
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[Goanet] Of Myths and Kanneos

2006-09-13 Thread Roland Francis
Gilbert, could you please tell us where the book may be bought. I would definitely be interested in reading it. Not from a health point of view (though who knows, I may be converted to old ladies' ways) but merely reading about stuff I didn't get the opportunity to be a part of, like you

[Goanet] Floriano's Sunday Ramblings-19 [Of E xpressways - Highways Road Sense]

2006-09-13 Thread Floriano
Floriano's Sunday Ramblings-19 [Of Expressways - Highways Road Sense] Oh! to be in Goa.. was the first thing that escaped from my clenched teeth with strained right arm from clinging to the handle and a sore behind from unbearable bumps, when we hit a fairly decent and crater-free road after our

[Goanet] Joining hands to stop child abuse

2006-09-13 Thread r.barreto
00 - Original Message Ethel DaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joining hands to stop child abuse Press Release Heading: Rock song spearheads child abuse Intro: If music is the song of

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 1, Issue 323

2006-09-13 Thread Bernado Colaco
If the writer below had to make Contacto Goa wa would be his story board? I hope not about those poor chappies who live on the foothill of St. Xavier's college Mapuca. BC Viva Desmon! Dear Livia, It would be wrong to say that Mario Cabral e Sa's appreciation of the program Contacto Goa in

Re: [Goanet] Breaking News.. Goa, New Party formed - SGP

2006-09-13 Thread Floriano
CONGRATS JGU CONGRATS YOU are the chosen one for whom we lesser Goans were waiting for long, to fall down unto us from the skies above, just like the Biblical 'MANAS'. Now that YOU are here, we the busy-bees, who wanted to move mountains when we couldn't even climb mole-hills, can go to

[Goanet] Myths and Misinformation regarding Cancer

2006-09-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
The post appended below propagates dangerous myths and misinformation regarding cancer treatment in this public forum. Here is a link to an article from the Mayo Clinic, debunking the myth that tumor spreads when it is exposed to air, and the misinformation that some experiment in mice showed

[Goanet] Condolence Meeting for Tony Call.

2006-09-13 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
TIATRIST TONY CALL CONDOLED. As announced yesterday in this forum, Kuwait Konknni Kendr (KKK) organised an extra ordinary meeting in Kuwait City yesterday at 8.00 p.m. and remembered the late Tony Call. As I wrote yesterday Tony Call was responsible for laying down a firm foundation for

[Goanet] Indians' Contribution to Innovation in America

2006-09-13 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Mario, I would like to challenge the fact that Indian-Americans comprise just under one per cent of the country's population, but their contribution to innovative technology is 12-17 per cent, according to the Technology Review (TR) magazine. Please provide the data to support this. May be

[Goanet] Fw: Three Cheers

2006-09-13 Thread john gomes
POLUTING INDUSTRIES/FACTORIES CLOSED DOWN I was surprised to see an Advertisement in the local dailies by the people of Cuncolim Three Cheers to some Ministers and the Municipal Council for shutting down three polluting factories. These factories did not come up overnight. There

[Goanet] KONKANI EKVOTT meet a failure

2006-09-13 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The much publicised meet of the Konkani Ekvott a band of pro-only Konkani devanagari votaries calling upon all Goans to participate in a demonstration at the Lohia Maidan at Margao today at 1540 hrs to condemn those viz the editor of a Marathi daily Pudhari Mr Prabhaker Dhage and Mr Ulhas

[Goanet] Goa news for September 14, 2006

2006-09-13 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa gears up for party season (Business Standard India) Goa #148; known for its vibrant nightlife and vivacious culture inherited from the erstwhile Portuguese rulers #148; is gearing

Re: [Goanet] Goanet: OK, after watching kids riding their first bicycles, how about now watching a clip 'like father like son' ??

2006-09-13 Thread JoeGoaUk
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1389856921249368154hl=en (1 minute only) If you find any problem with the above link, then please seach 'Joegoauk' or 'Konkan' in Google search engine and then click on Video search. And from the list of about 25 clips (3 more added) just click on

[Goanet] NY Times article : Modern Ways Open India’s Doors to Diabetes

2006-09-13 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Here is an interesting article from the New York Times about diabetes in India. By N. R. KLEINFIELD In India, alongside the stick-thin poverty, the malaria and the AIDS, the number of diabetics now totals around 35 million, and counting.

[Goanet] Professional religious bashers????

2006-09-13 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By spelling your name thusly I am trying to send subliminal messages to Professor George Pinto. Peter, Everyone else has agreed to move on to other topics on Goanet. You seem to unable to do so. If you insist of dwelling on religious bashing, how about

Re: [Goanet] Another Kaneo .. or is it .. Hot Air?

2006-09-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
My post discourages the use of MAJOR cancer surgery in keeping with current standards of care in cancer. The practitioners of poor cancer care are unfortunately physicians. These are especially those who were trained more than 15 years ago and who do not necessarily keep up with the science.

Re: [Goanet] Hospitality ..re Goan crime d'amour /to Frederick Alfred

2006-09-13 Thread Alfred de Tavares
My dear Selma, Helga, Diana, Cecil, Rico, Roland, That was quite a hospitable spat we have been having last couple of days patting each other's softer protuberances. Selma I can't think which crime-of-passion, in Goa, you wish us to retrieve. There have been a few. More clues would help. Please

[Goanet] Of 'sopa grossa' and 'Cocottes'

2006-09-13 Thread George Pinto
See essay below submitted for the GOA SUDHAROP GOAN SENIORS E-BOOK. Please send your submission to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For further details, see www.goasudharop.org Thank you for your support. Goa Sudharop * REMINISCENCES OF MY GOAN YOUTH By

[Goanet] Jesse James and Goan Industry

2006-09-13 Thread Carvalho
Jesse James, as you all know, was one of the most famous outlaws of the 19th century, in America. I refrain from using the word infamous because Jesse James is quite the iconoclast in America, with movies, songs and much lore dedicated to him. Now, Jesse James was a first-rate thug, and a

[Goanet] Good news for Gulf Goans

2006-09-13 Thread Mario Goveia
http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=157340 Good news for Gulf Goans, and for those of us who like the power and acceleration of our internal combustion engines: An excerpt: The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil

[Goanet] Maoist egalitarians prepare to kill in India

2006-09-13 Thread Mario Goveia
The following article reminded me of a recent discussion on Goanet which had claimed that Communists were simply well-meaning egalitarians. For anyone who may be tempted to dismiss these as Naxalites and Maoists and not Communists, please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoism

[Goanet] FW: Bandra Feast goes to Dubai

2006-09-13 Thread Pande,Cathy,DUBAI,Sales Management
Hi Saw this email a little late since I was travelling to Australia ! I just wanted to know if you have a list of members or could I enroll myself in the list of Dubai Goans. On another note, in case you are interested in sponsorship for any Goan events such as the one below do let me know in

Re: [Goanet] News item from NDTV.COM

2006-09-13 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
For the record, am veg. Almost Got converted after reading a very convincing Australian animal-liberation book a little more than a decade ago. Have been true to the faith since then. My only transgression is fish-eating, which obviously doesn't fit in with this theory. But then, in Goa, you

Re: [Goanet] Gauncar Moradar

2006-09-13 Thread Mario Vicente Santos Pereira
I remembered some years before I was reading on Navhind Times there were such fights for Church activities and Cementry by Gauncars and Moradars in Cuncolim. Even the body of the Moradar which was buried in the cementry was thrown out by the Gauncars. Even there was an instant fight at Vasco

Re: [Goanet] Will any Goan please shed more light on this

2006-09-13 Thread Mario Vicente Santos Pereira
I remembered some years before I was reading on Navhind Times there were such fights for Church activities and Cementry by Gauncars and Moradars in Cuncolim. Even the body of the Moradar which was buried in the cementry was thrown out by the Gauncars. Even there was an instant fight at Vasco

Re: [Goanet] India's Florida... Realty hotspot... Sun, sand and slums (Devika Sequeira in the Deccan Herald)

2006-09-13 Thread gem dsouza
SAD TO READ THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL GOA.iF OUR GOVERMENT IS PATRIOTIC HAS A TRUE LOVE FOR ITS STATE, WILL THEY RISE FIGHT DRIVE ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT BELONG TO OUR TINY STATE.THEY ARE BOTHERED ABOUT FILLING THEIR POCKETS.EVERY GOAN SHOULD FIGHT TOOTH NAIL TO RESTORE GOA WHAT

[Goanet] Cheers to the Cuncolim Agitators

2006-09-13 Thread Joel Moraes
Cheers to the Cuncolim agitators. The polluting industries in the Cuncolim Industrial State which has always been a major source of illegal income towards election campaigns,celebrating their Birthdays and not forgetting the traditional hafta for the past and the present politicians in

[Goanet] DEAR AUNTY No. 21 - WEEKLY HUMOR :-))

2006-09-13 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DEAR AUNTY No. 21 - WEEKLY TOP 12: _ 1. DEAR AUNTY, I'm a penniless baker. No feni too. Should I just give up ? Cajie ... Dear Cajie: If you have no cashew will always knead the dough !

[Goanet] Flame-bait Subject Line Altered

2006-09-13 Thread Peter D'Souza
Mervyn Lobo inquires: The questions is: Peter, are you still a missionary? Are you still a missionary? The answers is: No. No. Peter ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org

Re: [Goanet] Myths and Misinformation regarding Cancer

2006-09-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Santosh, both you and Jose appear to have missed the gist of Gilbert's post. His assertion that recent medical advances in the treatment of malignancy have obviated the need for radical surgery, thus bringing the 'maushi mana's kaneo' to a self-fulfilling prophecy. The influence of the