Re: [Goanet] Hitting the RESET button

2012-05-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Mervyn A Lobo wrote: > Gabriel, Unfortunately in Goa, the person working in the fields does not > own the same. S/he is usually nothing more than a labourer and at > the very best, a sharecropper. A single bad harvest can bring > financial ruin or increasing in India, suicide. This is not entirel

Re: [Goanet] We worship the crucified Lord...

2012-05-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hi folks, This discussion about CSF and the issues pertaining to the “weeping cross” seems a bit tired. But nevertheless, I would like to put my tuppence 'orth. CSF claims to be “secular”. But what is secular? Non-religious?  Non-denominational?  Not belonging to the Church, but to the laity? S

Re: [Goanet] Some pictures: plum cake

2012-05-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Is that Jila Bakery the one in Ambora? > >From: Edgar Silveira >To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" >Sent: Monday, 7 May 2012 8:53 PM >Subject: [Goanet] Some pictures: plum cake > >Rich plum cake, Jila bakery (rich, mix of bitter and sweet, >crumbly.

[Goanet] Reducing Incontinence Symptoms -- How to Reduce Incontinence and OAB - RealAge

2012-05-07 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.realage.com/overactive-bladder/minimizing-overactive-bladder-and-incontinence-symptoms?src=nl&dom=realage&list=tod&link=tttl&ad=overactive-bladder&eid=1010657302&memberid=33387132

Re: [Goanet] Hitting the RESET button

2012-05-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: > Why manual labour? Why not progress to mechanised methods? Nowadays there are > right tools for the job to make  > work easier. That (mechanisation) can be brought about by education. There is > little need to climb trees, nowadays,  > to prune them - use extension

[Goanet] STT: We, our driver and Parrikar

2012-05-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
We, our driver and Parrikar We don’t have a fixed driver but he is our first choice No matter what, his guru is always right. Infact, he is like Parrikar’s strong ‘Bhokt’ and would go any extent to defend his hero. At times, while on the topic, we even saw him turning aggressive. Come what may,

[Goanet] Goa news for May 8, 2012

2012-05-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Cabinet induction of Goa's only woman minister in limbo - TwoCircles.net ember cabinet, continues with the ball now in the court of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Goa govern

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 6th Sunday of Easter

2012-05-07 Thread Jude Botelho
6-May-2012   Dear Friend,   Young people tend to evaluate how popular they are by the number of friends they have on Facebook! They may have never even met the person in real life but they are called friends. We all need friends, whom we love and who care for us. Who are our friends? Are we only

Re: [Goanet] Appeal for assistance to go to prom

2012-05-07 Thread E DeSousa
George Pinto writes: "A young Goan girl whose father tragically died a few years ago and who relies on her mother's income to maintain the family and meet expenses, is appealing for funds to go to her high school prom. This is part of helping a young Goan girl's confidence and coming-of-age high sc

Re: [Goanet] Hitting the RESET button

2012-05-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hi Merwyn,   Precisely what I was talking about :-)   Why manual labour? Why not progress to mechanised methods? Nowadays there are right tools for the job to make work easier. That (mechanisation) can be brought about by education. There is little need to climb trees, nowadays, to prune them -

[Goanet] Baina beach face is changing onceagain? (Video with CM Parrikar)

2012-05-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
Baina beach face changing CM Parrikar  say it’s a change for positive. Advised people to take photos of Baina beach now and then compare with the changes a year later. Well, in this video, almost everything is covered including the entire beach stretch, The main MPT road where flyover is proposed

[Goanet] Some pictures: plum cake

2012-05-07 Thread Edgar Silveira
Rich plum cake, Jila bakery (rich, mix of bitter and sweet, crumbly...very memorable). http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/7005834234/in/photostream Plum cake, Santa Cruz. lighter cake, consistent and fruity. http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6956648835/in/photostream

[Goanet] Trio on Velim Raids n CD Dogui Bodmas

2012-05-07 Thread Edward Verdes
Marcus Vaz-Lawry Travasso-Francis de Tuem sings on the recent Raids on Velim priest and also the producer of controversial audio CD Dogui Bodmas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rmQjLgjF_Y&feature=related Edward Verdes

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day

2012-05-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
L O V E Michael Buble (with lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-MUtA_xUZ0 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The land and its crops... Konkani culture and rice (The Printed Word, FN, GT)

2012-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The land and its crops... Konkani culture and rice Frederick Noronha -- [THE PRINTED WORD] There's this big dilemma when grappling with Konkani writing today. If you're in, you're in. Otherwise, you're simply out. There are very few transl

Re: [Goanet] We worship the crucified Lord...

2012-05-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
The claim that I made the quoted statement below is false. That statement was copied and pasted by some other Goanetter from a propaganda piece from a right-wing religious chauvinistic organization misnamed "Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF)". Here is the link to that propaganda material on

[Goanet] Press Note: MOIA, New Delhi selects Goa Chitra for showcasing culture

2012-05-07 Thread Victor Gomes
Hi there, Greetings from all of us at Goa Chitra. Goa Chitra will be hosting a panel discussion “EMERGING TRENDS”-A forum on the emerging trends of contemporary India, for the 20th edition of Know India Program (KIP), organized by the Government of India, (MOIA), on May 9th, 2012 at 3.30 to

[Goanet] Let the legacy of Mathany live on

2012-05-07 Thread Freddy Fernandes
Let the legacy of Mathany live on With the untimely demise of our popular leader, MLA elect Mathany Saldanha, the Cortalim constituency has to go for a bye-election to elect its new MLA. Eulogies have still been pouring in for the late Mathany Saldanha for his outstanding contribution to the Go

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Mjóifjörður - Texture, Colour, Reflection

2012-05-07 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Mjóifjörður - Texture, Colour, Reflection' Autumnal scenes from my spiritual home - Mjóifjörður, in the Eastfjords of Iceland. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/05/07/mjoifjordur-texture-colour-refl

Re: [Goanet] Hitting the RESET button

2012-05-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: I wonder where the food will come from. IT might give jobs and money.  You cannot eat money. Someone will have to provide the materials that put food on the table.  It is high time that the "traditional occupations of the people" are brought up to date and given due