Re: [Goanet] From The Jesuits - Fr Stanley D’Souza

2020-12-20 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
On 12/20/20, Roland Francis wrote: > Unfortunately you have neither striven for nor inherited even a trace iota > of your uncle’s intelligence, learning, philosophical introspection (words > too big for you?), humility or goodwill to others. > > What you have acquired on your own is a empty

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} How many zeroes in one quadrillion?

2020-12-20 Thread Dilip D'Souza
Dec 21 And this column is one I've wanted to write for a long time - one that challenges the easy use of numbers like "trillion", quadrillion", "bajillion" and the like. "Quadrillion" got a few moments of fame recently because part of Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the US election result

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Is the six-foot rule enough in that room?

2020-12-20 Thread Dilip D'Souza
Dec 21 I keep forgetting to send out my columns on time! For Friday December 11, I wrote about a mathematical model that's designed to challenge this idea of social distancing. Well, not the distancing itself, but the widespread belief in a distance of six feet. The model instead seeks to

[Goanet] STOP WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS

2020-12-20 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Given the very precarious condition of the State exchequer, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should meticulously ensure that all unnecessary expenditure is avoided. For a debt ridden government, the 100 crores being spent on the year-long celebration of Goa’s liberation is needless. Holding IIFI next

[Goanet] WILL INDIA'S PRESIDENT CLARIFY?

2020-12-20 Thread BT Yahoo Mail
Aires, you should know by now that most of India's top officials (Presidents, Prime Ministers and the like) are an undereducated lot and underachievers. In fact, President Manmohan Singh was awarded the title of THE UNDERACHIEVER by Time Magazine. July 2012. Don't expect brilliance and

[Goanet] 19th December Goa Libertation Day

2020-12-20 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Indian troops marched into Goa on December 19th 1961Was  it the 59th or the 60th anniversary ?  Could be both depending on where you were born and your upbringing.. A very close friend of mine of Chinese origin  counted his age from the day he was born, being one year on that date..When I came

[Goanet] BEEF Imbroglio in Goa

2020-12-20 Thread Yahoo!Mail
No beef today, thebutchers gone away? …….seems to be the common refrain in Goa since the short supply beginning of this month. But the groundreality is otherwise  … The 48 member (excludingtwo constituencies, one in Sancoale, candidate declared unopposed, and theother in Navelim owing to  

Re: [Goanet] John Gomes s he Goan

2020-12-20 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
In the early 1970s while dinig at the Indian restaurant named Gaylord  in Washington DC, the waiter who was serving us was named Gomes.  Longing to meet fellow Goans at a time when few Goans or Indians were to be found in the USA, I asked him if he was Goan.I was shocked when he said No, he was

Re: [Goanet] From The Jesuits - Fr Stanley D’Souza

2020-12-20 Thread Roland Francis
Unfortunately you have neither striven for nor inherited even a trace iota of your uncle’s intelligence, learning, philosophical introspection (words too big for you?), humility or goodwill to others. What you have acquired on your own is a empty boastfulness and name calling (Wolgango

Re: [Goanet] Dar es Salaam ...Bastion of Peace A Flood of Memories

2020-12-20 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
Haven Of Peace More Than Nostalgia Mervyn and all my other friends:(Darphilia) I owe a great deal to Mwalimu .He had to tell his security fellows to leave me alone. He had left Makerere a decade before I joined Makerere . The others I mentioned was because I interacted with them and

[Goanet] Schedule for Monday 21st December 2020

2020-12-20 Thread CCR TV
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love✝ You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. Click the link below. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Monday 21st

[Goanet] WILL THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA CLARIFY?

2020-12-20 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Yesterday it was preposterous to hear the President of India Ram Nath Kovind make a public statement that he has been influenced by Goa’s forests and beaches. Could the President of India please tell us which beaches and forests of Goa he has cared to visit which have influenced him. Thanks to

Re: [Goanet] Dar es Salaam ...Bastion of Peace A Flood of Memories

2020-12-20 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 11:06:18 p.m. CST, Adolfo Mascarenhas wrote: FastForward while I was meeting a new brand East Africans of other Races  in 1956 at Makerere (not only did itinclude Professional but several Presidents Mkapa, Prof Kibaki President ofKenya, Judges, Governors of

Re: [Goanet] Meaning of Dar es Salaam - reminiscences

2020-12-20 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 04:15:43 p.m. CST, Antonio Menezes wrote: I too remember sometimes with moist eyes the happy good old days in Dar es Salaam. Was born there in mid-thirties  when a little German influence was still there after they lost the colony to Great Britain at the end of

[Goanet] From the Jesuits - Fr. Stanley D’Souza

2020-12-20 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Stanley D’SouzaJuly 4, 1932 – December 19, 2020  Early Life Fr. Stanley J. D’Souza was born on July 4, 1932 in Zanzibar. His father Mr. Feleciano Gregorio D’Souza was the Chief Engineer of a ship and his mother was Mrs. Ruth de Souza. His companions used to tease him saying that Stan was born

[Goanet] Season of Goodwill Pilots of the Airwaves welcome you aboard Daily Fri and 26 December

2020-12-20 Thread MELVYN FERNANDES
Season of Goodwill Pilots of the Airwaves welcome you aboard Daily Every Friday and 26th December the day after the Big Day for Boxing day gifts of music and Joy.Do not be afraid to join in these family friendly showstoppers. This communication will hopefully reach parts of the world of

[Goanet] Happy Liberation Day! - Gifts for you and your loved ones!

2020-12-20 Thread Miguel Werner Egipsy Souza Agnelo
Hello, On behalf of Darryl D'Souza and the 10 Earthkeeper groups in India and around the world, I wish you a Happy Liberation Day! As promised, we have 10 amazing free webinars, for saving Goa and Goans! Here's a special list of our 10 videos on Saving Goa

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa celebrating "60th Anniversary" Liberation Day .... A YEAR TOO EARLY!!!

2020-12-20 Thread Oscar Carmino Lobo
Hi David Maths has never been the favourite subject of Goans. Kind regards Oscar On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 at 6:01 pm, David Cleaver wrote: > -- Forwarded message - > From: David Cleaver > Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 20:08 > Subject: Goa celebrating "60th Anniversary" Liberation Day

[Goanet] This is the Way (or why The Mandalorian made me cry) - Scroll.in, 20/12/2020

2020-12-20 Thread V M
https://scroll.in/article/981784/true-life-confessions-why-the-season-finale-of-the-mandalorian-web-series-made-me-cry On December 4, immediately after Chapter 14 of the deeply satisfying Star Wars-themed *The Mandalorian* was released online, my three sons and I settled in to watch the new

[Goanet] Vulgarity Over a Simple Mistake

2020-12-20 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
Eddie and others Thank you Eddie .Gutter language is best left in the gutter. But perhaps Shakes the Spear Might help this Human from U the K:: O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)

[Goanet] Dar es Salaam ...Bastion of Peace A Flood of Memories

2020-12-20 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
In Goanet Issue 737 (of Boeing Fame) My dear Vivian you offer me a Challenge ……Most of our Contemporise are disappearing from Planet Earth…Some scattered as far as Texas and Tokyo , In the Iconic St. Joseph Cathedral, countless young Couples said :::I Do:: and went into the business of

[Goanet] Boris cancels Christmas in England

2020-12-20 Thread Mervyn Maciel
What a sad state of affairs, and what a real mess we in the U.K. are in. Preparations had already been made to spend Christmas with loved ones, turkeys were not spared - but now, thanks to Boris's inaction earlier,, we are all in this sad situation. Anyway, have to make the best of it even if