Re: [Goanet] Inflation soars to TWENTY SEVEN year high

2008-08-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia wrote: Is this why you continue to DENY that your explanations of gold prices and how you picked the lowest price of gold, make no sense?:-))? I suggest you cross that very high hurdle you have made for yourself:-))? Or, if you prefer, stop digging:-)) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008

Re: [Goanet] Scientific literacy

2008-08-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
Fr. Ivo wrote: Your scientific method cannot be used, as you only admit. Even now I cannot understand your method for such cases. About your scientific method, it is the method to be used for common clinical cases. The barrage of posts that Fr. Ivo has unleashed on this forum are doing

[Goanet] Why can't India develop world class athletes

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
Mario responds: Thanks for making my point, which is that India is not able to produce world-class athletes, even when those in the military and railways play all day. I still haven't seen a sensible explanation from you as to why a giant intellectual superpower like India cannot produce

Re: [Goanet] Is India a poor country

2008-08-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:51:58 +0100 (BST) From: JOHN MONTEIRO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mrs. Gandhi as you know sent in troops into the Sikh's holy shrine, at The Golden Temple at Amritza, this violated their religion their charity. Mario asks: Hey, John, do you know WHY Indian troops went into the

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Regarding subjects that Dr. Jose does know something about, I am curious as to how he is going about looking for scientific explanations for the cures/recoveries he has observed for which there is no known medical

[Goanet] Portuguese memoirs ...

2008-08-29 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Of 1961 in Goa http://tinyurl.com/65ht2j Thanks to Teo for posting it to Goa-Research-Net. FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Check out Moira-Net http://groups.google.com/group/moira-net

Re: [Goanet] Miracle at Kazur

2008-08-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Fr Ivo and I do our miracle clown act, you can get Santosh to publish a scientific paper on posteriority - the new science of studying backsides. I think Roland is misunderstanding Marlon. Marlon really wants Roland to

Re: [Goanet] woman slaps GMC doctor --- hats off to Sonia Mhambre

2008-08-29 Thread floriano
If every one whose dear ones die in hospitals or under the care of their doctors go on slapping and kicking them, I think our 'modern society' is creating 'mechanical garages' out of our hospitals and clinics. Yes, in that case, one has the right to slap the doctor, like one would slap a

[Goanet] comments

2008-08-29 Thread Avita Gonsalves
  Language and Shame Language forms a part of one's identity. When it was a time to decide a topic for my dissertation for MA Sociology of Goa University I began thinking, why people in Goa hesitate to speak Konkani? We say Konkani is our mother tongue and it should be

Re: [Goanet] GHANTII

2008-08-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Sure, Mario (and Cornel and others), I will keep on harping on the good side of sossegado life. After all, life today in Portugal is still sossegado compared to the rat race of the rest of Europe. Why did I come to Australia? Oh! before I came to Australia, I lived in London. Why didn't I go

[Goanet] CALLING - Ex Student s St. Pauls High School -Belgaum -India

2008-08-29 Thread renebarreto
000 ANNOUNCEMENT Posted by: ORLANDO DUARTE OLIVEIRA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:02 pm (PDT) Hi Guys, The Joint Reunion on 14th December 2008 will be held at the Naval Sailing Club, Colaba, Mumbai. We are

[Goanet] NEWS: Goa minister told to ignore Bihar court

2008-08-29 Thread Goanet News
Goa minister told to ignore Bihar court A Patna court Wednesday admitted a petition against a Goa minister for his alleged remarks that there will be more beggars in the coastal state if trains linking it to Patna were introduced Panaji: The Speaker of the Goa Assembly today ruled that home

[Goanet] Age and SMH journos go on strike - from ninemsn

2008-08-29 Thread Ruby Goes
G'DAY GOANET. FOR THE ATTENTION OF SO-CALLED JOURNOS TOUT LES MONDE. ESPECIALLY F.N. It would be a slight exaggeration to say that the remainder of the print media belongs to Uncle Rupert. Btw, John Pilger's in town. Hip Hip Hooray. He's published everywhere, but not in Australia. LONG LIVE

Re: [Goanet] GHANTII

2008-08-29 Thread CORNEL DACOSTA
Hi Gabriel Nice to hear from you after a seemingly long absence. I am however rather bemused by your long list of Portuguese contributions over 451 years in Goa but regret to say that they were of negligible help to Goa economically and in terms of developing a modern infrastructure. Had they

[Goanet] Miracles - In Defence of Fr. Ivo

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
Agnelo said: Who gave man the intelligence to believe or not believe? Can anyone explain that? Education gives man intelligence? Who created education that in turn creates intellingence? Who created everything that we see, smell, think about, feel, possess, etc? Isn't that a miracle? Reply: Once

[Goanet] Miracles

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
George said: Is the opposite true? If someone dies in an accident, there is no miracle, hence no God?  Given there are many deaths in car accidents, should we conclude God does not exist just as some conclude God exists if they survive the accident. -- Reply: Basically humans are animals.

[Goanet] Matanhy Saldanha calls for Special Status for Goa

2008-08-29 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Please forward this report of Matanhy Saldanha's press conference to every Goan you know in Goa, India, and around the world. I am also including the text below in case there are difficulties in opening the pdf file. Regards, r http://www.parrikar.org/misc/Matanhy-SS-for-Goa.pdf

[Goanet] 61st Death anniversary -Pai tiatrist

2008-08-29 Thread godfrey gonsalves
On his 61st death anniversary today 29/08/2008 tiatrists in Goa paid homage to Pai Tiatrist late Joao Agostinho Fernandes at a brief one hours function held at the Ravindra Bhavan - Pai Tiatrist - Joao Agostinho Fernandes A/c Indoor Auditorium at 1300 hrs. The function began with a small

[Goanet] Is India a poor country

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
Mario observes: John, With so much work to be done in Goa, what are you doing living in England and bloviating on Goanet? Go back and lead the revolution, man! --- Hi, Mario missed observing that John is in Trinidad and Tobago eating sugar canes all day. He has gone fed up of UK and Goa,

Re: [Goanet] Kazur

2008-08-29 Thread Roland Francis
Sorry Santosh. No behind the ecenes. No slinking to another forum. I posted on Goanet. You or rebellious-against-Goanet crowd reply on Goanet. Regards, Roland. On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would kindly request Roland to have the courage and

[Goanet] Daily Grook #202

2008-08-29 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #202 __ ROUGH EPITAPH __ by Francis Rodrigues here lies lazy john, came to hate kam, to work he's gone in kingdom come! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

Re: [Goanet] Why can't India develop world-class athletes???

2008-08-29 Thread Venantius Pinto
Regarding the unabashed joy of Indians at Bindra's victory we have to note a few points. Some of which I read three days ago in a piece by by Shashi Tharoor the Daily Yomiuri (English ed). Indian victories by and large in any field are largely by sheer individual effort and determination -- the

[Goanet] Are Goans going to let Biharis bully them?

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
Are Goans going to let Biharis bully them? Hi, Who started this caption? A non Goan? - Looks like it. We are on goanet and talking about Goa. WHO IS - 'THEM' and who are US? ED. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

[Goanet] GOA DAY RAFFLES PRIZES

2008-08-29 Thread Dr.Joyce D'Souza Shamshudin
Dear Members Friends, Below is the raffle prizes, please purchase your raffles tickets for 100/- from any of the committee members BALLOON SAFARI FOR TWO 2 RETURN TICKETS TO MOMBASA ON AIR KENYA 2 RETURN TICKETS TO MOMBASA ON FLY540 DVD PLAYER DVD PLAYER HP LASERJET P1005 PRINTER DINNER

[Goanet] The Outsiders

2008-08-29 Thread Rahul Mehrotra
This Email is in Response to Remo Fernandes's Email on how he was mistreated at Goa Airport, among other emails from your readers and the news in General from Goa.

[Goanet] GOA VISTAS

2008-08-29 Thread frank Feds
Goan vistas By Wilbur Pereira Life's indeed a beach here. But Wilbur Pereira went beyond the sun, sand and scenery to capture elements that make this Indian state unlike any other. Pls. click to view the pic of the 60's + other pic. open the link click next to view other 8 pic.

[Goanet] the possible libel case of Saldanha v Correia

2008-08-29 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, I hold no brief for Kevin and Lisette but it would be interesting to know what Eugene Correia, Roland Francis and others have to say to what Dr. Jose Colaco has placed on record. Making allegations on goanet is easy, organising an event ...even an entirely local event ... is not. I see

[Goanet] woman slaps GMC doctor - hats off to Sonia

2008-08-29 Thread edward desilva
BTW1: Dr. Jindal, the Dean of the Medical College is right. Such offences should be non-bailable. floriano --- Hi, Now, the doctors at GMC think that they are the LAW? This is precisely the reason why Sonia should have slapped a few more doctors not just one. Some doctors (no matter

[Goanet] Brestar-Podd'dea Fattlean-23 'Zank-Zankttam'

2008-08-29 Thread Goa World
  'Brestar-Podd'dea Fattlean' (23) - Wilmix Wilson Mazarello       ZANK ZANKTTAM     Zank ani Fank mell’le   Zank: Amge Tiatrist mure, kitea upkarpanu. Fank: Toxem kiteak mhunnttai tum ? Zank: Kitea mhunnttam ? Te kitea xiri pottaii ? Ek punn kaam zat

[Goanet] Goa news for August 30, 2008

2008-08-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Diabetes Care Program Launched In Goa - TopNews [14 hours ago] In order to bring the health care to the doorstep of the common people, the Goa government signed a Memorandum of

[Goanet] Flotsam and jetsam from India head to Goa

2008-08-29 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
Dear Goanetters and John, As per your sentence : I would love to come back to Goa, if someone will feed, clothe house me and my family. My response: I thought you had migrated to a foreign country to become rich and famous. Sadly, you speak like some migrants want phooket roti, kapda,

[Goanet] Special Status for Goa. (letter to the media)

2008-08-29 Thread Arwin Mesquita
-- Forwarded message -- From: Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/8/29 Subject: Letter to Editor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],

[Goanet] Why can't India develop world class athletes

2008-08-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:32 + (GMT) From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obviously, you have not heard of the Chinese POLITBURORO vs Indian bribery system. Secondly you do not know the difference of administration between Communism?vs belpuri bribery infused democratic system of India.

Re: [Goanet] Christian Institutions to be closed all over Goa on 29th Aug - Orissa Protests

2008-08-29 Thread Carvalho
--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario responds: The old and tired Nazi shibboleth is extravagant hyperbole when applied here, and the second-class citizen allegation doesn't fit either. There are still enough checks and balances in the Indian political

Re: [Goanet] Kazur

2008-08-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi Roland, Thanks. Hope you find some peace. Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Kazur To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:10

Re: [Goanet] the possible libel case of Saldanha v Correia

2008-08-29 Thread Eddie
Miguel Bab, We all know the reason of your entry on Goanet, you dont have to remind us again and again and for the rest of the issue I have 2 konkani Proverbs. Fest korta ganv ani Prisdentichem nanv.n second oneAmcho Juze Mari..dekor kantar kori.. I hope you got it..:) Voi

[Goanet] Harassment case: Probe to begin

2008-08-29 Thread Goanet News
Harassment case: Probe to begin 30 Aug 2008, 0507 hrs IST,TNN MARGAO: South Goa SP Shekhar Prabhudesai on Friday said that the police will start recording statements and collecting evidence in a case filed against the management of Manovikas school on the complaint by a student's father Elvis

[Goanet] The outsiders

2008-08-29 Thread Bernado Colaco
Hello Mehrotra, Remo is calling for control of ghantis coming into Goa. Goans do migrate and have migrated for centuries to other countries. But they do not p*iss and shite around like the uncontrolled ghantis. Goans have contributed universally wherever they have migrated. Take for example

[Goanet] JOEUK THE ONE OF THE BEST GOANS IN THIS WORLD.

2008-08-29 Thread Stephen Fernandes
We worldwide Goans cannot forget the work of joeUk, who even he is the will of God gift to each Goans. By the Name JoeUk, first of all I really know him for many years In many years he had done so many things that not a single Goans did to us for so many years I am ten years in Oman, all the

[Goanet] GHANTII

2008-08-29 Thread U P Kamath
Dear Gabriel, It is true that Goa was crime free during Portuguese rule. But racism under them was much more severe than the British! The state was much more oppressive. I find that centuries of Portuguese repression, or rather slavery, should i list:

[Goanet] Community Radio: Sajan Venniyoor’s v iews

2008-08-29 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Community Radio: Sajan Venniyoor's views Sajan Venniyoor has been a professional broadcaster with India's state-run All India Radio (and Doordarshan TV) for over a decade and a half. In the recent past, he turned his attention to the potential of community radio, and has also been moderator and

[Goanet] It is just not so!

2008-08-29 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Notes of Chapt 4: Cracking Da Vinci's Code - You have read the fiction, now read the facts by GJ   False statements of DB in the 'Da Vinci Code' 1. Jesus' Divinity is the result of a close vote of the bishops. (pg 233) 2. The early Church hijacked Jesus' message and shrouded it with Divinity. (pg

[Goanet] Killed Bills: Session leaves Parrikar dejected

2008-08-29 Thread Goanet News
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Killed_Bills_Session_leaves_Parrikar_dejected/rssarticleshow/3424139.cms Killed Bills: Session leaves Parrikar dejected 30 Aug 2008, 0504 hrs IST,TNN PANAJI: Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar's efforts to repeal the amendments to Section 16 of