[Goanet-News] Bangalore: Christian rally slams panel report (ToI/DH)

Anguish, resentment...they express it all TNN, Feb 22, 2011, 12.04am IST BANGALORE: It was a show of unity of the Christian community who pledged to carry out peaceful protests till they got justice. Nearly 10,000 people gathered in Bangalore on Monday to express their anger over Justice

[Goanet-News] Goa news for February 23, 2011

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Indian media 'vows to boycott Dutta' - Digital Spy arried couple refused to pose for photos for the assembled press ...

[Goanet] Daily Grook # 890

DAILY GROOK #890 = POKE JOKE = by Francis Rodrigues a medical insurer spouting nonsense, calls acupuncture - needles expense! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of low cost

Marshal wrote: Incidentally, the USA and Canada among the most affluent countries in the world have the highest number of psychiatric cases. Comment: Marshall, we do not need to support our case on the number of psychiatric cases in USA and Canada. All we need to do is measure the Goan

[Goanet] Letter to Herald

To The Editor Herald Goa Sir, Since Sanjay Gupta has appeared on Herald's radar, my articles have ceased to appear on Herald, I am not sure if it's just a coincidence. I don't mind my articles not being printed but I would hate to see a good strong daily like Herald become a puppet in

Re: [Goanet] Cooking with Coconut Oil - good for your health

Barad, Here are responses to your requests: --- On Tue, 2/22/11, U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com wrote: Define Conspiracy theories and also let me know which references you believe in i.e. which according to you are honest, trustworthy medical literatures? A conspiracy theory is a

[Goanet] Cooking with Coconut Oil - good for your health

Cooking with coconut oil is dangerous for health as it contains high cholesterol Rgds JCF -- Forwarded message -- From: U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] Cooking with Coconut Oil - good for your health To:

Re: [Goanet] Say NO to DEVELOPMENT in Goa

Considering the evidence presented in Floriano's response, as the distinction that should be made with Goan, builder, Goan builder, etc., a response is needed in good spirit--something simple and perhaps decent as: One/We is/are pleased to take your response as a reminder that distinctions must be

Re: [Goanet] Countering magical thinking

From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Fr.Ivo wrote: **This is totally wrong. All factors converge to that conclusion and show that their conclusion is correct. It is AB group. It has 23 chromosomes, what could happen only in the case of Jesus, who was conceived virginally by his Mother, Virgin

Re: [Goanet] Letter to Herald

SUJAY GUPTA - Original Message - From: Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:28 PM Subject: [Goanet] Letter to Herald To The Editor Herald Goa Sir, Since Sanjay Gupta has appeared on Herald's radar, my

[Goanet] Fw: The Shroud of Turin

Dear Goanetters, For more details about the Shroud of Turin, I am giving more links. You can read and judge as you wish. http://www.skepticalspectacle.com/ http://www.shroudstory.com/ http://www.shroudofturin4journalists.com/ The Biggest Carbon 14 Dating Mistake The Shroud of Turin

Re: [Goanet] Cooking with Coconut Oil - good for your health

Dr Barad, You just put a smile on my face. For that, I am grateful. Regards, Reena U. G. Barad wrote: Reena wrote: I would only say let's be very careful before making statements that we cannot substantiate. My reply: I'm more than careful; it's up to you.as regards 'substantiating'

[Goanet] A walk to tranquillity - 262 steps uphill

  A walk to tranquillity - 262 steps uphill   Who said Goa is too small? If I live another 63 years, I know for sure , I would still not be able to explore all of  Goa.   This place where  I am going to take you (via my talking photos Video) is a sort of Hill station except there are no 

Re: [Goanet] Cooking with Coconut Oil - good for your health

Thanks, Mervyn. My mother allowed herself to become a guinea pig of one such piece of ill informed advice, and cooked her food in coconut oil (without our knowledge). Within a couple of years, if not less, she was diagnosed with severe arterial blocks, for which she had to undergo bypass

[Goanet] GCCI Cup 2011 TT Tourney - Finals Report and photographs

Talented youngsters Ajay Naik and Bhakti Pandit had to work hard before emerging triumphant in the Under 18 Boys and Girls Singles category respectively, at the GCCI Cup Talent Search All Goa Table Tennis Tournament organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in association with Goa Chamber of Commerce

Re: [Goanet] Letter to Herald

Floriano wrote: but I would hate to see a good strong daily like Herald become a puppet in the hands of the miners, mega builders and corrupt politicians and their cronies like Sanjay Gupta. comment: It is time for Goans to give the Herald a decent burial if Goa is to be saved. It has already

[Goanet] Barge sinks off Aguada coast

A 24-year-old crew member of the barge MV Noor IV was feared drowned while six sailors were rescued, after the barge sank off the Aguada-Sinquerim coast on Sunday midnight. When contacted, Coastal Police Inspector Anthony Monserrate told Herald that six crew, comprising Abdul Qazi (captain),

[Goanet] jobs with mog

    Hi guys how r u all i hope all is fine guys this is for some of you that are looking for jobs in goa http://goaonwheels.com/auto-careers/vacancies-jobs-classifiedsgoa-jobs-goa-auto-jobs/   pls go on this link wish u all the best with mog from pinkrat

[Goanet] Volleyball Semis at Ambaulim

From John Fernandes Quepem Maina Six, Xeldem Sports Club, Our Lady of Piety Navelim and Vasco made it to the Semi-Final of late Fr. Avrilio Pires memorial XIIth South Goa Floodlight Volleyball Tournament organized by United Boys of Ambaulim, Quepem, at Ambaulim Volleyball Ground. In the

[Goanet] A country of paradoxes

Santosh Helekar: Is he saying that we need less people like Mashelkar and more people like Arundhati Roy? Response: India needs more people like Mashelkar as well as Arundhati Roy, Medha Patkar, Teesta Setalvad and Dr Binayak Sen. They are the voices of the underdog, the downtrodden and the

[Goanet] Bangalore: Christian rally slams panel report (ToI/DH)

Anguish, resentment...they express it all TNN, Feb 22, 2011, 12.04am IST BANGALORE: It was a show of unity of the Christian community who pledged to carry out peaceful protests till they got justice. Nearly 10,000 people gathered in Bangalore on Monday to express their anger over Justice

[Goanet] Some pictures, including a variation of bakri

Pictures of setting sun bakri varioation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart/ Some pictures of baked goods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/ Thanks for looking.

[Goanet] oheraldo

I always believed Oheraldo was in favour of Konkani. I checked today's paper and found a headline in Hindi. The headline, Kapda, Roti nahi, pani, bijli de do, on the Panjim issues for the forthcoming municipal elections. I checked the online edition for the text version of the article, The Konkani

[Goanet] COMMENT: India Faces a Linguistic Truth: English Spoken Here (Manu Joseph, NYT)

LETTER FROM INDIA India Faces a Linguistic Truth: English Spoken Here By MANU JOSEPH Published: February 16, 2011 NEW DELHI — In a recent Hindi film, the actress Katrina Kaif holds a thin white bed sheet against her bare body and sings, in English: “I know you want it, but you’re never gonna get

Re: [Goanet] Col. Gadaffi of Libya

Dears, I was watching BBC news a few moments ago. And I watched the DYING THROES of the man who brought Libya and it's people to their knees with GREEN PAINT which BTW I have personally experienced in 'TRIPOLI' in yesteryears of my sailing life. At last, good riddance to bad rubbish.

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of low cost

Marshal, just because Indian society frowns upon mental illness and keeps it behind the closet and just because the medical institutions do not have the resources to properly diagnose mental illness, does not mean that there is less of it there! Soter, it is not economic prosperity that is

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of low cost

What Soter says about prices of produce is correct. But is it not the unchecked powers of the government that is responsible for this? It works both ways - sometimes in favor of the farmers and sometimes in favor of the consumers. When the government imposes price controls or bans exports,

[Goanet] TAG's Meet the Artiste series: TONY SAX

MEET THE ARTISTE: TONY SAX Tiatr Academy of Goa organised the programme with veteran Tiatrist Tony Sax, at their conference hall on February 22, 2011, evening, with several tiatrists and tiatr lovers among others present to listen to the singer-actor-villain-playwright of the Konkani stage. Along

[Goanet] OPINION: The Konkani School at the College of Salcete (Victor Ferrao)

The Konkani School at the College of Salcete BY VICTOR FERRAO The fourth centenary of the Rachol Seminary calls us to remember the great contribution that this enduring college in Salcete made to society in Goa. Founded by the Jesuits in 1610, from its very inception it established a Konkani

Re: [Goanet] oheraldo

Was it in Roman Hindi, then? FN On 23 February 2011 00:25, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote: I always believed Oheraldo was in favour of Konkani. I checked today's paper and found a headline in Hindi. The headline, Kapda, Roti nahi, pani, bijli de do, on the Panjim issues for the

[Goanet] Goa news for February 23, 2011

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Indian media 'vows to boycott Dutta' - Digital Spy arried couple refused to pose for photos for the assembled press ...

Re: [Goanet] Countering magical thinking

Ivo wrote: Already at that time,scientists were saying that the tests were not conclusive because of the piece of cloth examined, which was different from the main body cloth. That was coming from a repair in the medieval time. Fr. Ivo, This is so easy to understand! 1) The church

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of low cost

Marlon wrote: Soter, it is not economic prosperity that is leading to the surge in diabetes and cardio-vascular issues, but rather ignorance about diet and health. Yet another misdiagnosis by Soter, who seems to be advocating a return to an age of poverty and ignorance instead of affluence and

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

--- On Tue, 2/22/11, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: It is a measure of their situation that the poor adivasis who are exploited are condemned as maoists when they fight back unable to tolerate injustice any longer, but the criminals in uniform who can kill, maim and torture

Re: [Goanet] Indian Goans

I am related to Narendra Modi. Mayawati Lalu are dwarfs compared to him. It may be true that in 1510 India was not united and was a cluster of princely states and GOA too was a tiny lil part of that cluster. Before your Mentors - Portuguese - invaded India, Gaud Saraswat Brahmins had settled

[Goanet] LONE GOAN SAILOR ON HIJACKED SHIP IS SAFE

22nd February, 2011 LONE GOAN SAILOR ON HIJACKED SHIP IS SAFE The lone Goa sailor Shri Thomas Pereira on board the ship M.V.SININ which was hijacked on 12th February at about 13:00 GMT off the Coast of Oman along with 22 crew members, including nine Indians, is safe, according to a

[Goanet] What the independent journalist does not want you to read

To Goanet - The scoop on Advani's 'apology' to Sonia is now emerging. It was nothing of the sort although the Kangress-purchased media translated regret for Sonia's distress as apology and spun it as if she had been absolved of Swiss bank money. Our own local independent journo jumped

[Goanet] Quote... unquote

Any clue who said this, in what context, and whether there's any Goa connection? Like my noble friend Lord Dormand I am an atheist and therefore should not speak too much about religion, but I am glad that the C[hurch] of E[ngland], having lost money in real estate, is now interested in sex and

[Goanet] Russians in Goa: Newsletter IGSG

Dear friends, today we would like to draw your attention to an article of Deutsche Welle - Germany's International Broadcaster, about the Russians in Goa (in English). For the complete article please follow the link: The Russian love affair with Goa

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of low cost

Marlon wrote: What Soter says about prices of produce is correct. But is it not the unchecked powers of the government that is responsible for this? It works both ways - sometimes in favor of the farmers and sometimes in favor of the consumers. When the government imposes price controls or

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of

ArwinMesquita wrote: If you stop looking at all CANT DO's and look at CAN DO's; instead of packing your bags and running away, perhaps we can stop the permanent migration of Goans from Goa. Arwin, Your words would carry some weight if you were based in Goa. But you are not. Yet you want

[Goanet] Barge sinks off Aguada coast

Peter wrote: All the Crew names appeared in the news sounds like non Goan names. There are no Goans to work on the Goan Barges? Or the Barge owners dont like Goans to work on Barges? Response: I think the right person to answer this question will be Mr Chorchill as he claims there are over 5

[Goanet] Xavier's News and Features, E-Service (XNFES): K2K Campaigners Halt at St. Xaviers.

XAVIER'S NEWS FEATURES E-SERVICE (XNFES) K2K Campaigners Halt at St. Xaviers. A National Integration Campaign, under the banner of Jago Yuva Bharat, and known as K2K (Kanyakumari to Kashmir), undertaken by 25 Youth and organized by Youth Activ8 Foundation under the guidance of Sr.

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (23Feb11)

No Lunch for me...I'd been for an Election 'Party' meeting Avois To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] oheraldo

Was it in Roman Hindi, then? FN On 23 February 2011 00:25, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote: I always believed Oheraldo was in favour of Konkani. I checked today's paper and found a headline in Hindi. The headline, Kapda, Roti nahi, pani, bijli de do, on the Panjim issues for the

[Goanet] Not Goanese? Then Britisher?

We have often raised howls of protests about the Brits (and some others) calling us Goanese. My belief is that this is just out of ignorance, and not meant as an insult (much like Kanarese, in the days of yore). But, as one repeatedly encounters, the Goa media often describes the British/English

[Goanet] Kuwait pays Tribute to Rosary Ferns

Kuwait pays Tribute to Rosary Ferns :::By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait::: Photo courtesy: Rivon Gomes www.goa-world.com Kuwait: Few people leave a lasting impression on others, and even fewer have the chance to truly impact people. Rosary Ferns, who died an untimely death on 12th January 2011 while

Re: [Goanet] Indian Goans

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:00:50 -0800 Sunil Thakore Wrote: I am related to Narendra Modi. Mayawati Lalu are dwarfs compared to him. It may be true that in 1510 India was not united and was a cluster of princely states and GOA too was a tiny lil part of that cluster. Before your Mentors -

Re: [Goanet] Quote... unquote

-Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha Any clue who said this, in what context, and whether there's any Goa connection? Like my noble friend Lord Dormand I am an atheist and therefore should not speak too much about religion, but I am glad that the C[hurch] of E[ngland], having

[Goanet] IF JPC WAS CONSTITUTED EARLY CBI ACTION WOULD HAVE HALTED

IF JPC WAS CONSTITUTED EARLY CBI ACTION WOULD HAVE HALTED Mr Shantaram Naik M.P said that if JPC was constituted as demanded by opposition two months back, there would not have been any arrests or interrogations in any of the scams as, CBI would have then preferred to wait till JPC report.

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

-Original Message- From: Santosh Helekar The surveys conducted by Transparency International are more scientific and better at assessing the level of corruption at any given time than talking to 6 friends. RESPONSE: Nah!! Rajendra's 6 friends living in Goa can assess corruption

[Goanet] ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF MUFFLED LETTERS TO THE ' HERALD'

Sir, We now have one Srikhanta Rao sermonising to us Goans about our dependence on neighbouring States. The argument about vegetables and milk gives the impression that Goans are thriving merely on migrant benevolence. He tries to glorify the role of Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra and karnataka

[Goanet] We need to instrospect

http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13 *We need to instrospect Venan B Dias, St Estevam *We Goans blame outsiders for all the ills happening in Goa. In reality, Goans have to blame themselves, if not for all at least for most of the ills that plague Goa. Some points for introspection: (1)

[Goanet] ‘7 khoon maaf’ even by the church?

   7 khoon Maaf   Last night at Samrat, I thoroughly enjoyed the 2.5 hrs long film except the last bit.     Priyanka was at her best as usual. With John Abraham, Naseerudeen Shah and his son Vivan, Annu Kapoor, Ifran Khan, Usha Utup, Konkona Sen, Vivan Shah  etc   After murdering  6 husbands,

[Goanet] Good news for drinkers as research shows daily tipple of alcohol can protect against heart disease - Source Daily Mail, UK

How a daily tipple could help topple risk of heart disease By Jenny Hope At last, some good news for drinkers as research shows alcohol can protect against heart disease. As little as one drink a day can cut the risk of heart problems by up to a quarter, according to two major pieces of

Re: [Goanet] Death of Goa's fields - thanks to the lack of

Mervyn With ref to you comments below (1) I understand that you respect people's views based in Goa who are campaiging for Goa's Crtical issues like Identity, Mega-Project Menace, Destructive Development Migrant Control etc; as your premise that words would carry weight if people were based in

Re: [Goanet] Oheraldo

My last post on this subject in reply to FN's remark was written when I was almost falling asleep. However, I had about two hours sleep and woke up to make an urgent call to Mumbai. It is still midnight in Toronto as I write. But I am feeling a bit bit fresh. I once again reflected on FN's post

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

From: Santosh Helekar --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Marshall Mendonza wrote: It is a measure of their situation that the poor adivasis who are exploited are condemned as maoists when they fight back unable to tolerate injustice any longer, but the criminals in uniform who can kill, maim and torture

[Goanet] Ex-Salgaocar player Anthony Rebello awarded ‘Athlete of the Year’

Anthony Rebello awarded ‘Athlete of the Year’ :::Kuwait Goan Association lift CRCC Trophy::: By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait Kuwait: Churchill Brothers sponsored Kuwait Goan Association won the 18th Edition 9-aside football tournament organized by CRC Chinchinim beating Curtorcares United 4-3 via

Re: [Goanet] Not Goanese? Then Britisher?

Check old issues of Goa Today and the subject of whether the use of Goanese is well explained. I think Goanese is right, just as Burmese. I do not remember the exact explanation why the use of Goanese is grammatically sound. It has to do with phonetics, and, I believe, with the of the last word

[Goanet] Daily Grook #891

DAILY GROOK #891 = SPORTS SHORTS = by Francis Rodrigues around a tennis court if girls get the hots, the key to that sport is just...drop shots! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com