[Goanet-News] NEWS: Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins (Economic Times)

2009-05-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins 16 May 2009, 1359 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms?prtpage=1

Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place

2009-05-16 Thread Romeo Ferns
Hello George, What you say is true Fish and other foods have become expensive. Our own NRIs are a cause as well. They just pay whatever the Fish seller asks because they can afford it whereas the local goan may not afford it.No doubt tourism has brought some level of prosperity to some sectors

[Goanet] Daily Grook #407

2009-05-16 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #407 ___ POPE MOPE ___ by Francis Rodrigues pope benedict's nazi past gave pause for reflection, maybe the mumbling's just his lack of bene'diction! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines!

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread Carvalho
Joe-bab, I don't think so. --- On Fri, 5/15/09, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2INC - 0 To: goa...@goanet.org Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:37 PM Score  BJP - 2    INC - 0 Just got a phone call

[Goanet] Thanks for People of India For giving clear lead to one formation.

2009-05-16 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Thanks for people for India for ging clear lead for one formation instead of hung parliament. Congratulation to Congress for getting 200 Parliamentary seats. Now we can hope that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh can take clear cut decisions for good of India. Shrikant Vinayak Barve

[Goanet] GOACAN organises LPG Consumer Rights Awareness action in Margao.

2009-05-16 Thread Goa Desc
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be better informed CONSUMERS. --

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2009-05-16 Thread Linette Monteiro
Totapuri Message: 8 Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 01:28:46 + (GMT) From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [Goanet] What variety of Mangoes are these? To: goa...@goanet.org Message-ID: 988379.17068...@web25906.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 What variety of

[Goanet] Flying Indians, Flying Goans.

2009-05-16 Thread Antonio Menezes
Roland Francis wrote (May 14 ) : ''Would Goanetters please share their own experiences '' Well, it was on the 18th November, 2004, my wife and I were travelling by BRITISH AIRWAYS from Boston to London on our way back to Mumbai. At about 9.00 pm Boston time, a male steward appeared with 2 dinner

[Goanet] Smoking Gun for Iraq war

2009-05-16 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
The Saddam and Al Qaeda alleged links and training. The source of the information which led to the disastrous Iraq war? Answer: False information obtained by Enhanced Interrogation Techniques   Please read:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/mr-cheney-you-did-not-kee_b_203013.html

[Goanet] Why can't the Catholic Church shake free of a 200-year-old conspiracy theory? - By George Johnson - Slate Magazine

2009-05-16 Thread Ruby Goes
Goanetters, All about Pope Benedict, Our Lady and Angels and Demons. http://www.slate.com/id/2218430?wpisrc=newsletter rubygoes

[Goanet] Goan Delegation Meets new Ambassador of Kuwait H.E. Ajai Malhotra

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)      Goan Delegation Meets new Ambassador of Kuwait H.E. Ajai Malhotra Wednesday, May 7th. 2009  will be a red letter day for the Goan Cultural Centre when a delegation from the Executive Commitee paid a courtesy visit to accord a grand welcome to the

[Goanet] Mumbai's tiffin-technology heads for the New World

2009-05-16 Thread Mario Goveia
A PIECE OF INDIA IN USA AND CANADA! It's tiffin time! On the heads and bicycle racks of an army of delivery men, more than 200,000 shiny tiffin boxes course like quicksilver through the grotty streets of Mumbai each day. Like clockwork, these stackable metal pots arrive at the desks of the

[Goanet] NEWS: Cumbharjua EVM snag, but BJP's Sripad Naik has clear victory margin (Dajiworld)

2009-05-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
*Saturday, May 16, 2009* *1:59:52 PM (IST)* Panaji: North Goa Lok Sabha Result on Hold */By Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji/* *Panaji, May 16:* The results for the North Goa (Panaji) Lok Sabha seat were kept on hold after one of the electronic voting machine (EVM)

[Goanet] Shripad Naik makes history with hat-trick in Goa

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Shripad Naik makes history with hat-trick in Goa   Shri. Shripad Naik Lok Sabha MP Office: 2444510, 2444088   Residence: 2425301, 2422669 Address: Vijayshree, H. No. 111, St. Pedro,P.O. Velhagoa - 403 402 Goa. Email:     Date of

[Goanet] NEWS: Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins (Economic Times)

2009-05-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins 16 May 2009, 1359 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms?prtpage=1

[Goanet] Earlier trends... BJP had been declared leading... and Congress fear of internal damage

2009-05-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
[This was an earlier trend. The Congress has since been declared winner in South Goa. --FN] BJP leading in both seats in Goa 16 May 2009, 1138 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4538408.cms?prtpage=1

[Goanet] GOAN WELFARE SOCIETY AGM NOTICE- 2009

2009-05-16 Thread Dr.Joyce D'Souza-(wanananchi.com)
Dear Members, Attached is the AGM notice scheduled for Friday 29th May 2009 at the Goan Gymkhana. For and on behalf of the GWS Joyce

[Goanet] Congress takes South Goa, Shripad Naik wins in North

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Sardinha,Shri Francisco Constituency   : Mormugao(Goa ) Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC) Father's Name Shri Caetano Sardinha Mother's Name Smt. Rosa Maria Menezes Date of Birth 15.04.1946 Place of Birth

[Goanet] Son'varachim Sungttam: Cheddvam-ostoreanchea monant kitem xizta konn sangot?

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Son'varachim Sungttam:   Cheddvam-ostoreanchea  monant kitem xizta konn sangot? -Jose Salvador Fernandes Khubxe pavtti mhonnlolem aikolam – Devak khuim tin gozali khobor nant. Poili, Don Bosko Sonvsthe

[Goanet] Best Wishes to Goa's PWD Minister Churchill Alemao

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Shri. Churchill Alemao   Best wishes to Goa's PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on his 60th birthday, today, 16th May 2009.   May the Almighty God bless you with good health and cheer, always.     Kuwait Goan Association (KGA) Managing Committee,

[Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Sorry guys I was wrong. My apology. After reading a post saying BJP leading is both constituency, 10 minutes later I got a phone call to say BJP won both seats. I asked him several times and he says yes and that he saw it on TV doodharshan showing BjP 2 Cong 0. I post that post at around

[Goanet] Slumdog kids back on the street

2009-05-16 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Name and fame lasts but for a short while. Azharuddin, the boy from the slums of Bombay who played a leading role in the movie Slumdog had his 'home' demolished by the municipal authorities. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Slumdog-kids-back-on-streets/articleshow/4529434.cms

[Goanet] Xed'do

2009-05-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534359463/sizes/l/ In xastti we call 'Xil'lo' What about you? When kids, we were after them to kill and then crucify them. 'Te Devak eddaitai' joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan

[Goanet] Xed'do

2009-05-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534359463/sizes/l/ In xastti we call 'Xil'lo' What about you? When kids, we were after them to kill and then crucify them. 'Te Devak eddaitai' and we believed that.. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info...

[Goanet] RESULTS DAY IN INDIA

2009-05-16 Thread Olga Maciel
Lots of news to read over on this webpage. Results day in India http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8051847.stm In pictures: Congress celebrates in India http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8053261.stm Olga Maciel

[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO: Making organic farming a peoples movement in Goa.

2009-05-16 Thread Goa Desc
- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 22nd May from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa. TOPIC:

[Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award

2009-05-16 Thread Mario Goveia
FN wrote: [1] Incidentally, Robert Mugabe is today considered the pariah of the 'international community'. We've seen the impact on the Zimbabwean economy etc Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:07:33 -0400 From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com FN does not tell us if he (FN) too admired him and on

[Goanet] On Orissa

2009-05-16 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Just now I read a report on the net, titled: 'Many Kandhmal victims alive'. The link is: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Many-Kandhmal-victims-alive/article show/4511671.cms I think the important part of the article is: Explaining the wide gap between its own and Cheenath's toll

[Goanet] Science links Religion and Health

2009-05-16 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:14:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Conclusion. Church attendance appears to be beneficial for maintaining cognitive function of older persons. Church attendance moderates the impact of clinically relevant depressive symptoms on subsequent

[Goanet] Goanet Fidel Castro Award

2009-05-16 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:57:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Marlon Menezes Basically, what Mario is saying below is that people who happen to be muslims are different from the rest of humanity and that only the christians (apparently only those in the US qualify) have the task and ability of doing what

Re: [Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS

2009-05-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
Averthanus L. D'Souza wrote: OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS. Averthanus L. D'Souza. Here are statements in the above article that are totally absurd, illogical and/or false: Either there IS a God or there is no God. Richard Dawkins should make up his mind which. Saying that there is probably no

[Goanet] Glaucoma: Prevention - MayoClinic.com

2009-05-16 Thread Con Menezes
Glaucoma prevention tips. Con http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/glaucoma/DS00283/DSECTION=prevention

[Goanet] Study suggests salt might be 'nature's antidepressant' | Science Blog

2009-05-16 Thread Con Menezes
Is Salt Nature's Anti-depressant??? Con http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/study-suggests-salt-might-be-natures-antidepressant-19352.html

Re: [Goanet] Flying Indians, Flying Goans

2009-05-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
My dear Mervyn, Uncharacteristically, you appear to have jumped the gun wrt Roland's statement.. Roland is quite right. Jet Airways does not have to reserve posts for the so-called 'Scheduled Castes and Tribes'. Neither does the other good airline in India i.e. Kingfisher. One can know that

[Goanet] Mahaquizzer 2009 -- now in Goa!

2009-05-16 Thread Aniruddha Sen Gupta
The annual all-India open quiz competition Mahaquizzer, organised simultaneously in 12 cities across India by the Karnataka Quiz Association, will be held in Goa for the first time on the 24th of this month. Read all about it here, and do forward this to anyone who might be interested. In

[Goanet] The People Have Spoken - ....Fr. Cedric Prakash, sj (16th May, 2009)

2009-05-16 Thread Prashant
The People Have Spoken The People Have Spoken! - Fr. Cedric Prakash* The people of India have once again spoken! In an unprecedented and totally unexpected result, they have voted back to power (and in a very decisive way), the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Today, is indeed,

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread Carvalho
Joe-bab, hell will freeze over before South Goans elect BJP. And please, BJP supporters, HJS supporters, RSS church-goers, don't write to me personally. I'm not interested in your narratives especially about the HJS. Hell will freeze over before you convince me that any of the above are good

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Selma, If my memory serves me right, Salcete did elect a BJP - a few years ago - before the Modi and co came on the scene. It is my belief that IF the BJP had kept Modi away from Goa, it would have still won the North Goa Seat, and stood a good chance of giving the Congress a good fight in

[Goanet] Kuwaitis mourn the missing in Iraq

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Kuwaitis mourn the missing in Iraq Kuwaitis say their missing loved ones will not be forgotten After Iraqi troops occupied Kuwait in August 1990, hundreds of Kuwaitis and nationals of other countries went missing. The Iraqis were forced out

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread Roland Francis
OK Goanet punters (you know who you are), Since I seem to have won the Rs 500 per wager with regards to the correct guess of: South Goa - Congress North Goa - BJP I give you two choices of what to do with your losing bet: Send it to the Assgao Church in your name or Send it to the charity of

Re: [Goanet] Konkni's Twins

2009-05-16 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Dear Wilsonbab, Many thanks for your kind and thoughtful words. Readers are a writer's only strength. Fully agree that our Catholic youngsters need to pick up Devanagri for better competitiveness at the national level. Particularly in the central Civil Services (IAS, IFS, etc.) -- which have

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread Carvalho
JC, The North Goa seat did go to the BJP. The South seemed likely that it might go to BJP but something similar happens all the time. My father has this story to tell of back in them days when the MGP thought they would win in the South. The counting started, and they were ahead, the

Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0

2009-05-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
Selma Carvalho: JC, The North Goa seat did go to the BJP. Dear Selma, I did not expect North Goa to go anywhere else - not in 2009. However, as my earlier post noted: Salcete (South Goa) did elect a BJP - a few years ago - before the Modi and co came on the scene. My comment was in

[Goanet] Talking Photo: Onsam

2009-05-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Onsam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3535175932/sizes/l/ Just started coming in joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] G’bye Goa: Kols/Kunnbis -- HERALD (Goa), May 17, 2009

2009-05-16 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
G’BYE GOA: KOLS/KUNNBIS By Valmiki Faleiro The last major pre-Aryan group to settle in Goa were the Kols. They followed the Asuras from Chota Nagpur and, on arrival, subjugated them to lord over the land. Asuras were milder people. Kols were fierce, a “semi-savage” hunting tribe. (‘Kol’

[Goanet] Independents fail to find favour in polls in Goa

2009-05-16 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)      Independents fail to find favour in polls    Two independents in the fray in North Goa and six in south Goa fared poorly and lost their deposits as they failed to curry favour with the electorate as in the past Parliamentary elections.

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Kalchi Nari Surokxit Asli, Punn Aichi Nam!

2009-05-16 Thread libado23s53
Kalchi Nari Surokxit Asli, Punn Aichi Nam!  Kalchea Gõyant sanjechea tinsani velar, koslich bhirant nastona ekmuli bhonvunk, Gõyche ostorek ugto marg aslo. Punn, aichea Gõyant disa uzvaddan khun ani bholatkar zatat te Gõychea  disaleancher vachlear, Gõychi nari surokxit nam

[Goanet] Goa news for May 17, 2009

2009-05-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Bipasha Basu swimming in Goa - Oneindia anned in Goa, Bipasha Basu has been catching up on her swimming lessons after pack-up, while shooting for Ajay Devgan's home production, All The

[Goanet] Lok Sabha Elections - Goa Proves the Pintos Wrong

2009-05-16 Thread augusto pinto
By the by: I probably got the Goan MP results right: BJP - south goa and Congress north Goa. Correct me if I am wrong. In TV they showed one BJP and one Congress. wrote upkamath to me. Congratulations U.P.Kamath. Come and collect your prize in Moira. I had said BJP would get both seats. The only