[Goanet] Obituary – Maria Alvira Viegas

2010-07-17 Thread yvonne fortes
MARIA ALVIRA VIEGAS of Newmarket, ON, born in Assolna, Goa, Mother of Melanie, Rodericks, Alvito Viegas and Yvonne Fortes passed away on July 15, 2010 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Sons in Law : Wilfred Rodericks Lucas Fortes Daughter in law : Judyline Pereira Viegas Grand children: Warren

[Goanet] More Goan land given away to Indian Navy

2010-07-17 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Buried in one of the reports in NT a couple of days back was the news that Digu has given away more Goan land to Indian Navy for construction of their quarters. Digu also revealed that Mopa is soon going to be finalized, the land acquisition for the project, that is. Wheeling

Re: [Goanet] PIGS PIIGS

2010-07-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Vivian A. DSouza wrote: I believe that all of Europe is in trouble or heading for economic troubles with their extensive social welfare programs and pension burden, and a demographic structure weighted towards the elderly.  Japan is in a similar situation.  As the percentage of the elderly in

[Goanet] Constipation Strains Your Colon And Digestive Health

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Constipation strains your Colon Digestive Health Dr.Michael Cutler in 'Healthjier Talk.com' Con http://www.healthiertalk.com/constipation-strains-your-colon-and-digestive-health-2096

[Goanet] Old Goa picture (from Time-Life)

2010-07-17 Thread Pandu Lampiao
Found this old image of Goa Customs (?) on the Time-Life site. http://www.life.com/image/50392513 And a more recent picture of the 'new Goans', http://www.life.com/image/84401571/in-gallery/42762/colorful-india-jewel-of-asia

[Goanet] Discontent over panel chosen to review TCP Act - another con-scheme in the making

2010-07-17 Thread roger dsouza
Clearly after consistently disregarding the wishes of the Goan People, Digu-Kaka and our corrupt Goa Government now finally have constituted the Committee to “review” the anachronistic and obsolete Goa TCP Act, 1974 which is 34 years old and a bane for all the rot that it permits to the detriment

[Goanet] Pomegranate ….The Most Medicinal Fr uit

2010-07-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
[Goanet] Pomegranate ….The Most Medicinal Fruit   Plenty grown in our backyard garden http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2593517881/   we call it 'dannbam' or Dallbam (sing. Dallimb) quote http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-July/196085.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for

[Goanet] Elephant unh uh on toast

2010-07-17 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Wonder what our genius Goans who have served, and pride themselves on strategy, have to say about the following. Or for that matter wilful politicians, attaches at large, etc. (excerpt) More damningly, CRPF jawans feel expendable because they think Naxals are killing them only to

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick Noronha wrote: Perhaps the more reasonable questions to ask are: * What is Goa's NRI Commission achieving? * How does this compare with earlier NRI Commissioners? * Is the NRI Commission's priorities right? * Are expats contributing (or allowed to contribute) enough by way of inputs

[Goanet] Radio Mirchi will sing the Shiv Sena tune.

2010-07-17 Thread Ruby
Goanetters, http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_radio-mirchi-will-sing-the-sena-tune_1410858 Chilli Hot Marathi. rubygoes

[Goanet] PIGS or PIIGS

2010-07-17 Thread Antonio Menezes
*Now that you both gentlemen have extended the PIGS/PIIGS to cover the G7 area* *i.e. North America, Western Europe and Japan, it is possible the latter themselves* *are relying on ballast to be supplied by BRICS - Brazil, Russia,India,China and * *South Africa.*

[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Costs and benefits -- Goa's NRI Commission, expenses and activities

2010-07-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
Mervyn Lobo wrote: Folks, These numbers make me cringe. Eduardo Faleiro spent appox $2,000 everyday he was in Canada. I have audited the expenses of several companies here in Canada and I have yet to see even the most senior official spending $2,000.00 per day while on official business. ---

[Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread Bernado Colaco
More than 4 decades ago the Campal to Caranzalem coastline was dotted with caju plantations. When Bandodcar took over the Campal area he built a Cricket and Football playgrounds and a house called the Panjim Gymkhana. Many of these plantations were cleared but amongst them stood a distillery

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 742 (Burka)

2010-07-17 Thread John Gomes
   In Rome , do as Romans do! In these days of terrorists and required security identification, seeing only the eyes of a person in not permitted uniform/dress is OK?; and not stretching liberty to ridiculous heights? Permits all sorts of  anonymous irregularities/fraudulent clandestine

Re: [Goanet] Replies to The Burka

2010-07-17 Thread From PAES
Ref: The Burka   FN (1) Very interesting to see men define what is suitable for women to wear! It is as if they were our property!   BP (1) If it were a man in a Burka, most  parts of what I said would apply, as well. Only happens that it was a woman I was talking about this time.

[Goanet] The Burka

2010-07-17 Thread U. G. Barad
FN writes: Very interesting to see men define what is suitable for women to wear! It is as if they were our property!... Why not let everyone decide what they are comfortable in? It is also interesting to see us define what is acceptable by presuming that our own standards are the

[Goanet] Goa, migration... figures

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
This is what a friend of mine wrote to me recently.Would the others agree with the figures? QUOTE I was reading your [article] on the web. Very interesting. I have been trying to find numbers of Goans round the world over the years. If you are interested I can hep you with some numbers... The

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 17 July 2010 08:48, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: If you have the time, can you give us your opinion on the questions you ask above? As for me, I think that the current Goan NRI commissioner is a colossal waste. He is not elected and will probably remain in that position for

[Goanet] Mopa-Dabolim sellout

2010-07-17 Thread pinheiro
The political class of Goa is hell bend in selling Goa's interest to Delhi Babu's. This was evident right from 1961. The Indian invasion of Goa and subsequent occupations of prime land by the Indian Army and Navy is testimony of these sinister motives. Goa Government under then Chief

[Goanet] Japan Town NY, July 17th

2010-07-17 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Looking forward to Japan Town July 17th., New York. 4th Av, bet 8-10 St. A Japanese festival, and my Shodo sensei will be showcasing her calligraphy skills. venantius j pinto

[Goanet] Daily Grook #758

2010-07-17 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #758 == GLOSS LOSS == by Francis Rodrigues a magician's limousine if often dull at night, its possible the sheen varnishes from sight! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

Re: [Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
Ole, ola! Hang on a minute. How many guys/institutions are you taking a dig at in a single post? Let me count... * Bandodcar * His cricket/football playgrounds * Panjim gymkhana * North Goa stuff * Goa Contacto Eka faran panch (vo sow) sukhnem! How on earth did you manage to write so

[Goanet] The “doctor’s order” that’s mak ing you fat and flabby

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Vitamin D deficiency making us fat flabby ??? Alice Wessendorf in 'Healthier Talk' Con http://www.healthiertalk.com:80/doctor-s-order-s-making-you-fat-and-flabby-1882

[Goanet] Rabid Cow attacks....

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
15 injured in stray cow attack HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, JULY 16 About 15 persons were injured, after they were attacked by a stray cow near Kadamba bus stand at Bicholim on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred when the people, who were standing near the bus stand, were attacked by the

[Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
Well, We did hear a lot about the Caju plantations along Campal -miramar coastline.   Some years ago, a rickshawwala around 55, pointing towards Goa Mariott, Caculos etc  told us when they were young they used to come here for 'cazu  ani bibe' Looks like now the Caju plantations completely

[Goanet] Monsoon in Goa, 2010 Edition

2010-07-17 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/07/17/monsoon-in-goa-2010-edition Regards, r

[Goanet] YouTube - LifeExtensionVideos's Channel#p/a/u/2/Ocx8F3hHhs4

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Video on Arterial Plaque Educational. Life Extension' series' Con http://www.youtube.com/LifeExtensionVideos#p/a/u/2/Ocx8F3hHhs4

Re: [Goanet] PIGS or PIIGS

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 July 2010 05:33, Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com wrote: *Now that you both gentlemen have extended the PIGS/PIIGS to cover the G7 area* *i.e. North America, Western Europe and Japan, it is possible the latter themselves* *are relying on ballast to be supplied by BRICS - Brazil,

[Goanet] Police complaint lodged on Naroa, Bicholim Mangrove cutting

2010-07-17 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Hello! This is serious. Please click the links below: http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2010/07/police-sase-lodged-on-naroa-bicholim.html Warmly, Seby _ Bollywood, beauties and the latest flicks

[Goanet] NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST EDUARDO FALEIRO

2010-07-17 Thread Aires Rodrigues
I have nothing personal against Mr. Eduardo Faleiro or any one else about whom I have raised issues over the last over 30 years. I strongly believe that public funds and government machinery should not be misused for one’s personal benefit. One should not wine, dine and make merry at the cost of

[Goanet] Exercise After A Heart Attack? - iVillage

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Can you or should you exercise after a heart attack ?? 'IVillage' C http://www.ivillage.com:80/exercise-after-heart-attack/4-a-213140?nlcid=hr|07-16-2010|

[Goanet] NOTHING AGAINST MR EDUARDO FALEIRO

2010-07-17 Thread Aires Rodrigues
I have nothing personal against Mr. Eduardo Faleiro or any one else about whom I have raised issues over the last over 30 years. I strongly believe that public funds and government machinery should not be misused for one’s personal benefit. One should not wine, dine and make merry at the cost of

[Goanet] Op-Ed Columnist - Are Cells the New Cigarettes? - NYTimes.com

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Are Cell Phones the new Cigarettes ?? NY Times C http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27dowd.html?_r=1ref=opinion

[Goanet] Are Sleeping Pills Addictive? - Consults Blog - NYTimes.com

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Are sleeping Pills Addictive ??? NY Times C http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/are-sleeping-pills-addictive/?ref=health

Re: [Goanet] Are Sleeping Pills Addictive? - Consults Blog - NYTimes.com

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 July 2010 06:38, Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au wrote: Are sleeping Pills Addictive ??? NY Times C http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/are-sleeping-pills-addictive/?ref=health RESPONSE: Thank you for all your links on keeping well; thank you also, for my present condition;

[Goanet] OPPOSITION TO MINING 4-LANE IN CURCHOREM

2010-07-17 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Curchorem MLA continues to fool locals   Curchorem MLA had assured Ganv Rakhon Manch locals who gheraoed him on Tuesday that he will give his decision on calling off land acquisition for 4-lane on Saturday at 5.30 pm. But he came to the venue at 4.30 pm and started meeting his own outfit

Re: [Goanet] NOTHING AGAINST MR EDUARDO FALEIRO

2010-07-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 17 July 2010 06:18, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: [1] I have nothing personal against Mr. Eduardo Faleiro or any one else about whom I have raised issues over the last over 30 years. [2] I strongly believe that public funds and government machinery should not be misused for

Re: [Goanet] Conspicuous consumption

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 16 July 2010 19:58, Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing your view points and your experiences. Regarding the taste of the pizzas, I would like to make a few observations: 1. MacDonalds, Wimpys, Dominos, Shakeys,etc have franchisees who are expected to keep up to a

[Goanet] Goondacracy of 'Gutless Sena' - Comments for kind favour of publication

2010-07-17 Thread floriano
Comments for kind favour of Publication: Ms. Jyoti Shetgaonkar is absolutely right and we commend her for her bold statement. The Chairperson of the 'Useless Mapuca Municipal Council', Mrs. Bakta, should have done these things when the Shiv Sena Goons marched to the Municipality in a

Re: [Goanet] NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST EDUARDO FALEIRO

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 July 2010 11:18, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: I have nothing personal against Mr. Eduardo Faleiro or any one else about whom I have raised issues over the last over 30 years. ... Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006

Re: [Goanet] Sarees_Goa

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
Dear Venantius, Weaving is almost completely dead in Goa. But an Italian Gandhian lady has been working on the field. Below are some links that might interest you... FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 *** *** *** *** *** WEAVERS WHEEL ethical textile constructive programme

[Goanet] Some Pics on Targetgoa (Attn UAE Goans)

2010-07-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
Some Pics on Targetgoa (Attn UAE Goans)   Attn all   Particularly 'Dubaikars' (UAE) where flickr is blocked. Some of my recently sent pics appeared  on targetgoa home page slide/show   Mouth watering Goan fishcurry rice etc   To freeze a particular pic, just place your cursor on it   check it out

[Goanet] The Mirror Explodes

2010-07-17 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Excerpts: Unfinished stories, goes an old idiom in Ajmer, find their denouement in Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s shrine. Perhaps, unfinished investigations do too. Two-and-a-half years after low-intensity blasts ripped apart the courtyard of the centuries-old shrine, the Rajasthan police arrested

Re: [Goanet] Making mango jam

2010-07-17 Thread Joe lOBO
Could somebody on the forum let me have a recipe for making Mango Jam from mango pulp. Thank you !

[Goanet] NRI Commission and NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-17 Thread rui nuvo
*Ref : Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 72**Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 728* Reading Aires Rodrigues and Roger Dsouza submissions with respect to the Commissioner NRI, it would appear that these two persons are merely content in seeing the Commissioner out of office on the grounds that he and his

[Goanet] Top Five Worst Foods You Can Eat

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Top Five worst foods you can eat Suzanne Dixon in 'Healthier Talk' C http://www.healthiertalk.com/top-five-worst-foods-you-can-eat-1842

[Goanet] BBC News - Low vitamin D levels 'linked to Parkinson's disease'

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Low Vitamin D levels 'linked to Parkinsons disease' BBC News C http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10601091

[Goanet] BBC NEWS | Health | A little alcohol 'can be healthy'

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
A little alcohol 'can be healthy' BBC News C http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7177506.stm

[Goanet] Pics OMVN: 95 percent drowning cases in Goan beaches due to alcohol..

2010-07-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
95 percent drowning cases in Goan beaches due to alcohol..   This drunk group of 5/6 guys came running from their vehicle straight  to the sea.  And they were going further and further.. We tried to signal them but they wont see or listen. There were no lifeguards around (they usually wind up at

Re: [Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread George Pinto
Post 1961, the adulterated stuff made in low-quality garafaos/vats by sub-par distillers and consumed by non-Goan outsiders in filthy Panjim residing in illegal quarters (pavements), tastes lousy. George 'precis writer' Pinto --- On Fri, 7/16/10, Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

[Goanet] WILL MICKKY ATTEND SESSION OF THE GOA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY?

2010-07-17 Thread Aires Rodrigues
If he decides to go for it, the Benaulim MLA Mr. Mickky Pacheco will be Goa’s first MLA to attend a session of the Goa Legislative Assembly escorted by police from his jail cell. As an MLA he could have tabled questions but was perhaps unable as he was on the run to avoid questioning by the

[Goanet] If Gandhi were alive today, he'd be in a jail in Dantewada: Himanshu Kumar

2010-07-17 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Excerpts from an interview with Himanshu Kumar- In 1988, Gandhian activist and former MP, the late Nirmala Deshpande, my father, and I visited Dantewada, and toured the villages there for 15 days. We found this area to be one of the most neglected in the country, and I felt this is where our work

Re: [Goanet] Replies to The Burka

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 July 2010 07:20, From PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com wrote: Ref: The Burka Champion of UK burka ban declares war on veil-wearing constituents http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/champion-of-uk-burka-ban-declares-war-on-veilwearing-constituents-2028669.html -- DEV BOREM KORUM

Re: [Goanet] Sarees_Goa

2010-07-17 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Thank you FN. venantius Message: 9 Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:00:31 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sarees_Goa Dear Venantius, Weaving is almost completely dead in Goa. But an Italian Gandhian lady has been working on the field. Below are some

Re: [Goanet] Pics OMVN: 95 percent drowning cases in Goan beaches due to alcohol..

2010-07-17 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Well, were these guys ethnic Goans or did they get out of a car with non-Goa number plates? I suspect that they must be tourists visiting Goa! Of the 95 percent drowning cases, probably 99% must be Indian tourists, who go berserk at the sight of the sea. I have talked to quite a few folks from

Re: [Goanet] Monsoon in Goa, 2010 Edition

2010-07-17 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - JoeGoaUK-bab, Thank you for your comments. I am responding publicly to your remarks in my Comments field to make a point that you certainly know since you yourself travel around Goa all the time. That while these photographs depict the beauty of Goa in the monsoons, what they

[Goanet] Goa news for July 18, 2010

2010-07-17 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa police arrests Nadia Torrado's mother - Times of India adias-mother-sonia-torrado-arrested-37743Goa: Nadia's mother Sonia Torrado arrested

[Goanet] Angleys, Mangeshi TT to begin Goan Table Tennis Season

2010-07-17 Thread Sandeep Heble
Angleys, Mangeshi TT to begin Goan Table Tennis Season Courtesy GT Weekender(July 18 2010) The Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has announced the Table Tennis Calendar for this season with the Angley’s Cup Team Championship as the curtain raiser. Vero Nunes, President of GTTA, unfolding the

[Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread Bernado Colaco
The gorgeous Ligia Sousa elder sister of Yolanda (artist and now a German) was the teacher at Sharda Bandar. How on earth did you manage to write so concisely? Who taught you the subject of precis writing in school? A great job... == Sr. Joe, Thanks for the chapel pics. As for

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick Noronha wrote: FN, This one never fails. Every-time I get into the situation where I have restricted access to email, along comes a subject that is really interesting. Since I have just a little time, I will just deal with just the main points. 1) There are two issues here: a) The

[Goanet] New Light on Leonardo Da Vinci’s Face s+More

2010-07-17 Thread Venantius J Pinto
New Light on Leonardo Da Vinci’s FacesScienceDaily (July 15, 2010) — How did Leonardo Da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? For the first time a quantitative chemical analysis has been done on seven paintings from the Louvre Museum (including the Mona Lisa) without extracting any samples.

[Goanet] Sonia Torrado....

2010-07-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
Sonia Torrado’s Bail hearing Fixed for Monday, her legal counsel allowed to meet her in police absence http://www.navhindtimes.in/content/sonia-torrado-s-bail-hearing-fixed-monday-her-legal-counsel-allowed-meet-her-police-absence COMMENT: Click on the video link; at least her lawyer is working

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: 'Aikuchem Punn Monantlench Korchem'

2010-07-17 Thread lino dourado
   Aikuchem Punn Monantlench Korchem   Pedro Anton mhozo gott ixtt. Khoinchai mosnant to futtbol khellunk veta tedna, tannem mhaka aple saikolir bosoun vorcho aslo. Futtbol khellunk ekdom huxear aslolo. Khell’lole pavtti tannem zoitacho gol marchoch. Teg-chog

[Goanet] Is Your Acidic Diet Killing You?

2010-07-17 Thread Con Menezes
Is your acidic diet killing you?? Suzanne Dixon in 'Healthier Talk' Con http://www.healthiertalk.com/your-acidic-diet-killing-you-2000

[Goanet] (no subject)

2010-07-17 Thread Ignatius Xavier
Aires may say that he got nothing personal against Mr. Eduardo Faleiro, but he is doing at the behest of Manohar Parrikar, for which he is aptly rewarded.   Ignatius Dias Agassaim/UAE Message: 6 Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:36:42 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere

Re: [Goanet] Making mango jam

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 18 July 2010 00:17, Joe lOBO tw...@pathcom.com wrote: Could somebody on the forum let me have a recipe for making Mango Jam from mango pulp. Thank you ! Wrote this some years ago... http://www.goa-world.com/goa/books/briefrev.htm MANGO RECIPES ... FOR EVERYONE Mango pickles?