[Goanet] Prashant Bhushan alleges PMO role in CD issue

2011-12-05 Thread Sandeep Heble
Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Monday dragged the Prime Minister’s Office into the controversial CD issue involving his father Shanti Bhushan alleging that it was withholding a forensic report which said the CD was doctored. His remarks came following an RTI reply that the forensic

Re: [Goanet] IFFI clashing with St. Xavier feast: GCWU petitions Sonia Gandhi.

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Juino, is this part of the pro-BJP pre-poll campaign? FN PS: Not that I think Congress is any better! On 5 December 2011 10:14, juino desouza juinodeso...@gmail.com wrote: The Goan Catholic Welfare Union J.B. Villa, Park Street, B.B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim- Goa 403521 Tel: 2420394 , Mob:

[Goanet] What is Syndrome X or Metabolic Syndrome? | The Diabetes Club

2011-12-05 Thread Con Menezes
http://thediabetesclub.com/what-is-syndrome-x-or-metabolic-syndrome/ --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at:

[Goanet] Song for the day.

2011-12-05 Thread Gabe Menezes
Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover (1964) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO4CDWZ2WrQfeature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye death, Hello Immortality

2011-12-05 Thread Santosh Helekar
Rock Furtado wrote: Studies now talk of Oneness or Singularity as possibilities of the future. The basic belief is that human consciousness is constant and the physical body is transient. What if the body itself is permanent as consciousness? Are we in a position to retain a physical body that

Re: [Goanet] Why Goa-related books sell and do not sell - personal impression

2011-12-05 Thread J. Colaco jc
Frederick FN Noronha wrote thus about MY personal experience (as the subject title clearly indicates): Assuming your experience reflects a wider reality, at best YOU could conclude that Goans *who attend a expat festival overseas* are more inclined to buy more of sausages and feni rather than

Re: [Goanet] IFFI clashing with St. Xavier feast: GCWU petitions Sonia Gandhi.

2011-12-05 Thread floriano
In time Juino will want to learn to shed the BJP skin to roll down in mud with the other skins of Congress and NCP. :-) FL - Original Message - From: Frederick FN Noronha *??? ??? fredericknoro...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!

[Goanet] FDI in retail

2011-12-05 Thread Nelson Lopes
FDI and apprehensions galore It is the political parties that sound the bugle of fear and drum up support against FDI. Whenever there is a change there is bound to be resistance for status quo.Fear of unknown is really intimidating Foreign investment in telecom has not wiped out BSNL MTNL etc In

[Goanet] Fwd: MOI- will Kangress dare put their preference for English in the election manifesto?

2011-12-05 Thread anil desai
Frederick Noronha replied to my earlier post thus: Dear Dr Desai, I like the way you marshalled your facts to lead upto a certain point. I would still think your labelling some institutions as Catholic dominated and others as not Hindu dominated does indeed betray bias. Why does the average Goan

Re: [Goanet] Secularism, Goan Style...

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
This *is* secularism Goa-style, because: (i) A supposedly secular Congress government turns a blind eye to all of this, and the Opposition position on it is even more rich! (ii) In addition: The Goa Government had come under criticism after the incident for funding the outfit's daily Sanatan

[Goanet] Doha Goans Sports Club (DGSC) all set to usher in the Xmas spirit among Goan Community in Qatar

2011-12-05 Thread Doha Goans Sports Club
Doha Goans Sports Club (DGSC) all set to usher in the Xmas spirit among Goan Community in Qatar Doha: Doha Goans Sports Club (DGSC) will celebrate the feast of our Patron saint of Goa, St. Francis Xavier (celebrated in Goa and everywhere in the world on December 3), and Mary Immaculate Conception

[Goanet] Kickin' Off The Holidays With Featured Vocalist Sharon Marie Cline

2011-12-05 Thread THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE
A message to all members of THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE (http://www.sharonmariecline.com) This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide Jazz Vocalist Sharon Marie Cline Kicks Off The Holiday Season Promoting Her Music Catalogue And New Social Network Vocalist Sharon Marie Cline reaps the benefits of

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English : Why can't we all just get along?

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
This is getting both boring and childish. (i) I have a name, so please use it, if you wish. (ii) As I see it, I do not need either honorifics or patronisingly-bestowed prefixes or suffixes to my name. JC has also been using the word patracar in a similar vein. (iii) When I take part in Goanet

[Goanet] Goa news for December 6, 2011

2011-12-05 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Terror threat: State put on high alert - Times of India ocial elements with an intention of committing crime in Goa, stay in hotels with fictitious names and bogus residential/official

[Goanet] Objection letter to high-mast illumination in Panjim

2011-12-05 Thread Luis Dias
Hi everyone, I have attached a letter which we have written to the Mayor, with copies to the MLA Parrikar, as well as PWD, Charles Correa Foundation, GHAG, etc. It will fill you in on the facts of the proposed high-mast illumination in the Post Office area. Below is the text of the letter

[Goanet] Another Social worker is born?

2011-12-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Another Social worker is born?   Similar ads appeared back in Nov. 2010 of his cousin Yuri, a commercial Pilot Licence holder. When asked his father Joaquim alemao, if he is eying for a ticket, he dnied. 6 months later, we read that Yuri is one of the hot aspirants for the Sanguem Ticket  

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye death, Hello Immortality

2011-12-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-19/edit-page/30415446_1_cells-doomsday-calendar The latest Doomsday prophecy based on the Mayan calendar has seized popular attention;  it points to December 21, 2012 being the end of days. The Mayan calendar stops at December  21, 2012 - and

[Goanet] Goa and the Gramophone

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Goa and the Gramophone India almost missed the hallowed Gramophone at the 54th Grammys this year. Not a single Indian artiste or one of Indian origin living abroad has been nominated. There is, but one desi connection, even though it may not be the proudest moment for Indian music. London folk

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English

2011-12-05 Thread roland . francis
It is only fair that if Frederick is to be known as Admin or Patracar then the following honorifics should also apply: Selma Grant (as in the British Hugh Grant and in honor of research grant obtained). Bummer Colaco (due to Bahamas residency and for his constant bumming of Patrakar Eugene).

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (06Dec11)

2011-12-05 Thread alexyz fernandes
Let's Play for Harmony among ALL religions...and their Fanatics...! Cheers Wah! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org --- Protect Goa's

[Goanet] Violent Video Games Lead to Harmful Brain Changes - - TIME Healthland

2011-12-05 Thread Con Menezes
http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/how-playing-violent-video-games-may-change-the-brain/?xid=healthland-daily --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve

Re: [Goanet] Secularism, Goan Style...

2011-12-05 Thread Santosh Helekar
I don't see any logic in the justification given below for characterizing religious extremism as secularism, Goan style. Society would be better served by doing just the opposite - calling religious bigots religious bigots and not generalizing their activities to the rest of their community or

[Goanet] FW: Invitation to Canning House, Belgrave Square: Friday 16

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Talk: From Invisibility to Visibility: Africans in Portuguese Space http://www.canninghouse.org/index.php?option=com_acymailingctrl=urlurlid=113mailid=41subid=6382 From Invisibility to Visibility: Africans in Portuguese Space, by Shihan de Silva, author of 'African Identity in Asia' and 'The

Re: [Goanet] Brazil Football legend Socrates No More

2011-12-05 Thread Bosco D
-Original Message- From: Freddy Fernandes Sent: December-04-11 6:04 AM Brazil legend Socrates passes away at 57 years of age, he was admitted to hospital on Thursday for suspected food poisoning but reports said that he then suffered a septic shock and ultimately succumbed today

[Goanet] Evergreen Optimism

2011-12-05 Thread Comma Consulting
This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com http://www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com/ ) you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in Monday, December 5, 2011 Evergreen http://rajivndesai.blogspot.com/2011/12/evergreen-optimism.html Optimism As I

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: MOI- will Kangress dare put their preference for English in the election manifesto?

2011-12-05 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
About the MGP supporters I cannot speak, because I do not know the circumstances of the case. Was it a caste or class battle? To me, your disdain for diversity is reflected in your criticism of networks where The Other (however these be defined) seem to predominate. If you had to make such

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye death, Hello Immortality

2011-12-05 Thread Bosco D
-Original Message- From: Mervyn Lobo Sent: December-05-11 8:30 PM Folks, No one can predict the future, yet there are lots of my brothers and sisters who are willing to believe that some people, or a group of people, can. RESPONSE: That's a sobering comment!! What about the

[Goanet] Topass - Goan Seamen of yesterday's ships

2011-12-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
  [Goanet] Topass - Goan Seamen of yesterday's ships   At our time, it was an offence to ask any ‘tarvotti’ about his type of job on the ship. For many of them working as ‘topoz’ or’ Topaz’ or topass. I think, initially as a new recruit, everybody had to pass that stage Later on, we started of