Re: [Goanet]Re: Chickens coming home to roast!

2004-12-29 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tariq, > Sorry, but I do not have the time to educate you. > However, if you are interested in the subject you may > conduct a search under the name Jagdish Bhagwati, a > Professor of Economics at Columbia University, and > educate yourself. Now, m

[Goanet]CAUTION - Tsunaimi Victims Relief Fund- Donors

2004-12-29 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The moves to assist the victim of natural catastrophe is well recieved . Such moves given the colossal magnitude of the damage to life and property will definitely receive the support it deserves. This writer has been discussing this issue of assistance for the past couple of days with several

[Goanet]The NIO

2004-12-29 Thread percy ferrao
The expeditions to research the Antartica could just be also to explore and plunder its natural wealth. Why do we have to disturb and pollute its environment, lets live the penguins and the other animals to themselves, several expeditions later at the cost of public money., the ozone layer is

Re: [Goanet] Cheney likes Chinese

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia wrote in a previous post addressed to Santosh Helekar: >Anyone who reads your posts can see that it is you >who show little decency or civility, while whining >about others. > Santosh responds: I do not feel the need to respond to anything in the above post because it contains nothing

Re: [Goanet]Re: Chickens coming home to roost!

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
TO: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tariq writes: I will agree with you when you show me the UN resolutions for intervention in Grenada, Panama and Vietnam. Mario replies: Those were Cold War days. Different times, different conditions, different rationales. It's kind of hard to explain UN r

[Goanet]A New Muslim Political Party!

2004-12-29 Thread Anthony Barretto
With reference to the education dept's CD on the freedom struggle my logic does imply that the atrocities committed by Hindus on Muslims in Gujrat should not be the subject of a film because tender muslim minds might begin to harbour a hatred of Hindus. Check this for better effect: If a CD on th

[Goanet]A CIVILIZED SOCIETY DOES NOT REOPEN WOUNDS - A GT REPORT & COMMENTS

2004-12-29 Thread Sachin Phadte
I think Gabe misses the point that I am making and that is why he says: "Please give us guidance on what you expect Christian Goans to do - just accept the VCD and a few days, weeks, months or years later, we can be brought to accept the yoke or taken to the slaughter house?" Nowhere in my mess

Re: [Goanet]close down national Institute of Oceanography

2004-12-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I do not see why my (tax payer's) money should go in > funding an institute such as NIO (National > Institute of Oceonagraphy)if such an all important > event about our ocean such as tsumani goes > unpredicted by the institute. > > This is infinitely more important th

Re: [Goanet]Re: Seminar, Nov 2004 issue *Amchem Goem*

2004-12-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No it is not. It was a point I wanted to make in > greater detail in my earlier post but did not. > Thank you for allowing me to do so now. The Middle > East situation today is yesterday's colonization > which has become today's neocoloninzation. It is

Re: [Goanet]Re: A tragedia do Mar-moto: uma sugestão

2004-12-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another version about the Andaman Islands... this > from http://en.wikipedia.org -- which believes in a > NPOV (neutral point of view ... a concept which > might not be always possible to attain, but it's > impresssive the way Wikipedia tries). L

[Goanet]London: New Year's Eve Dances

2004-12-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Fri. 31 Dec. New Year's Eve Gala Ball - Harrow Leisure Centre, Harrow. 7.00pm to 2.00am. Music by LOW LEVEL & DARK STAR. Tickets: Adults £15 before 15th December, £19 thereafter. Children: £10 under 10 years. For tickets call Hazel Rodrigues: 020-8357 6776. For a Ticket Application Form or ot

[Goanet]Re: [Goanet]Re: A tragedia do Mar-moto: uma sugestão

2004-12-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
- Original Message - From: "Jose Colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote:- Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:56 PM Subject: [Goanet]Re: A tragedia do Mar-moto: uma sugestão On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:03:25 + (GMT), FERNANDO DO REGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fernandobab, The tragedy is ba

[Goanet]Blessed is the man who...

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot. [The daily quote email is an opt-in list supplied by theQuoteBoard.com.]

[Goanet]Tsunamic Calamity (Matthew Maavak, in dissidentvoice.org)

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
Mathew Maavak publishes an eclectic online journal called the Panoptic World (www.maavak.net). He is a journalist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and wrote this on December 28: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Maavak1229.htm Tsunamic Calamity A Natural Selection of Victims by Matthew Maa

[Goanet]Sleeper Coaches and Gay Stereotypes - one response

2004-12-29 Thread Cecil Pinto
Below is one private response to my posting. It's from a gay friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous. - "Seriously, thanks for saying what you did. It's true. I would find it clearly uncomfortable to share a sleeper with a guy (especially if he stinks, farts and snores). Eventually we

[Goanet]Tiatr commentators

2004-12-29 Thread www.goa-world.com/goa/
This is one of the many reports which were posted on tiatr and tiatrists in Kuwait - some of these tiatrists will be seen in January-February 2005 for the upcoming shows: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-February/010098.html KONKANI SHOW “TIATRO & TIATRIST” As scheduled, Kuwait Goan Tia

[Goanet]Re: Promoting Konkani Musical Shows and belittling tiatrists

2004-12-29 Thread Felicio Fernandes
> - Why can't this fellow, A.Veronica Fernandes, expose the name of the tiatrist > and the other tiatrists in question? Who is he afraid of? > Promoting Konkani Musical Shows in the name of Konkani and Tiatr > and belittling > Konkani tiatrists. > What a paradox, indeed. > Just curious. > > Almei

[Goanet]CLOSING - Iraq/ US Election debate

2004-12-29 Thread Herman Carneiro
Dear Goanet members: The Goanet Admin team has decided to close the discussion on the Iraq War and US Elections otherwise we are not going to see the end of it. We feel that both sides have had adequate time to debate the issue. Please send in closing comments if you so please. We will not appr

[Goanet]Yadneshwar Nigale Wins the 2004 Goenchem Prize

2004-12-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
We, the members of the Goenchem Prize CyberCommittee are delighted to announce that the 2004 Goenchem Prize for the promotion of public honesty, rationality and common sense is awarded to MR. YADNESHWAR NIGALE. We thank Mr. Nigale for graciously accepting the prize. Mr. Yadneshwar Nigale is an uns

[Goanet]NEWS: It`s party time for corporate honchos

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=176820&leftnm=lmnu1&lselect=0&leftindx=1 It`s party time for corporate honchos Reeba Zachariah / Mumbai December 30, 2004 This Friday night will see a string of business tycoons letting down their hair and boogie in

Re: [Goanet]Re: A tragedia do Mar-moto: uma sugestão

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
Another version about the Andaman Islands... this from http://en.wikipedia.org -- which believes in a NPOV (neutral point of view ... a concept which might not be always possible to attain, but it's impresssive the way Wikipedia tries). Like all aboriginal people worldwide, those of the Andamans

[Goanet]Finally some facts

2004-12-29 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
GL responds: Hi Philip, Thanks for your input of yesterday. You seem to suggest that when the December numbers come in, the annual figures may be higher? :=)) Either way, since you are 'keeping your hand on the pulse' of revenues from tourism and especially from the two events, (SFX and IFFI) perh

[Goanet]Hyatt to quote rupee tariff for foreigners too

2004-12-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Headline: Hyatt to quote rupee tariff for foreigners too BY: GIRISH RAO Source: Economic Times. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2004 at http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/974098.cms Full Text: BANGALORE: Leading hospitality brand Hyatt is graduating to a single currency and single tariff pl

[Goanet]The UN's Abu Ghraib, Or Worse

2004-12-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
From: "Peter D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: [Goanet]The UN's Abu Ghraib, Or Worse Do you suppose this will provoke the same kind of outrage and press exposure as the Abu Ghraib scandal? There were calls for Rumsfeld's resignation wh

[Goanet]TSUNAMI - India rejects foreign aid

2004-12-29 Thread George Pinto
See story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041229/wl_sthasia_afp/asiaquakeindiaaidforeign_041229092823

[Goanet]Re: A tragedia do Mar-moto: uma sugestão

2004-12-29 Thread Jose Colaco
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:03:25 + (GMT), FERNANDO DO REGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fernandobab, The tragedy is bad enough The negligence of those in authority - is another . These Islands are bang NEXT to Sumatra - the site of deveastating earthquakes in the past, and yet ... NO warning s

[Goanet]Re: Seminar, Nov 2004 issue *Amchem Goem*

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
TO: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> George Pinto writes to Goanetters: You must be as tired as I am of having to educate Mario on this forum. He is now bombarding me with private emails even though I requested him to stop. It is unfortunate that besides his inaccurate knowledge of most matters

[Goanet]Indian students win Oracle's ThinkQuest award

2004-12-29 Thread www.goa-world.com/goa/
Indian students win Oracle's ThinkQuest award Bangalore, Dec. 29 (PTI): A website on Yoga created by a joint team of students from India and the United States has been adjudged the first place winner in the 19-and-under category of Oracle's global, educational website contest -- ThinkQuest. Aji

[Goanet]The UN's Abu Ghraib, Or Worse

2004-12-29 Thread Peter D'Souza
Do you suppose this will provoke the same kind of outrage and press exposure as the Abu Ghraib scandal? There were calls for Rumsfeld's resignation when the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, might there be similar calls for Kofi Annan's resignation? It will be interesting to watch this pan out. PD'S

Re: [Goanet]Indonesian Eartquake

2004-12-29 Thread cornel
Hi Tim, I found your "pseudo-scientific" theory interesting and would not discount it at all. Likewise, I'd like to hear other scientific explanations for the unusual catastrophe. I also note that you have soughtMario's wisdom on this matter for some enlightenment. Cheers, Cornel

[Goanet]NOVEA VORSAK EVKAR DITNAM - ek kovita

2004-12-29 Thread ACC GENERAL - CYPRIANO
NOVEA VORSAK EVKAR DITNAM Novea vorsak evkar ditnam Sortelea vorsacher il'li nodor marumea Jinnecho koso ami upeog kela Ek khinn bhor matxe monant golloumea Kelea ami xeva ghoribak Dila adhar mozot magteleak Ghatlam on'n bhuken vollvollteleak Udka tembo jibecher tanel'leak Dilam bhiradd gh

[Goanet]CAUTION - Tsunaimi Victims Relief Fund- Donors

2004-12-29 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The moves to assist the victim of natural catastrophe is well recieved . Such moves given the colossal magnitude of the damage to life and property will definitely receive the support it deserves. This writer has been discussing this issue of assistance for the past couple of days with several g

[Goanet]Goa Governor does a jig while State mourns

2004-12-29 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Hypocrisy is the inborn character that distinguishes Indians from others. Take this case. The State Government issued a notification declaring seven days State mourning as a mark of respect for the demised ex Prime Minister of India late Mr P V Narasimha Rao the first non Nehru dynasty PM and who

Re: [Goanet] Cheney likes Chinese

2004-12-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Anyone who reads your posts can see that it is you >who show little decency or civility, while whining >about others. > I do not feel the need to respond to anything in the above post because it contains nothing of substance in it. Hopefully, this w

Re: [Goanet]Re: Seminar, Nov 2004 issue *Amchem Goem*

2004-12-29 Thread cornel
Rene, I receive endless material via Goanet which I read selectively. Consequently, a lot is unread and discarded at the touch of a button under MY control i.e. not under somebody else's control. Thus, I would never support the view, implicit in your post, that some material normally receive

Re: [Goanet]RE: A CIVILIZED SOCIETY DOES NOT REOPEN WOUNDS - A GT REPORT & COMMENTS

2004-12-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not write history from the beginning? We should > know how the earlier > inhabitants in Goa lived. Afonso de Albuquerque stopped the practice of Sati in Goa. Was this fact made known to the general public? The Portuguese introduced S. Ame

[Goanet]Re: AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Dec 28, 2004!

2004-12-29 Thread jerry fernandes
Hello Goanetters Is it coincidence that these two articles came on the same day? Yes , what Bosco and Domnic says is true, its time to move forward, if not we will lag so behind, so behind that even Bihar will beat us. The crab mentality that our leaders have, who are only interested in the cha

[Goanet]Re: Stirring Communal Hatred - By: Dr. Francisco Colaco - Comments

2004-12-29 Thread floriano
STIRRING COMMUNAL HATRED (Herald 28 Dec, 2004) By: Dr. Francisco Colaco, Margao I dread at the way things are going on in Goa and thereby fear for our children and grand-children. If the RSS is allowed to have its way we, the minorities, will soon be decimated. Goa will be left in the hands of gra

[Goanet]FOCUS: Confessions of an ex-expatriate - by V.M. De Malar

2004-12-29 Thread Bosco D'Mello
It's that time of the year again. The two weeks when Goa suddenly becomes the place where everyone wants to be, when revelry seems to stretch end-to-end. It's also the time when Goans abroad miss home the most, when the mind's eye returns unerringly to what has been left behind. This week, in Cana

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Dec 28, 2004!

2004-12-29 Thread jerry fernandes
Hello Goanetters Is it coincidence that these two articles came on the same day? Yes , what Bosco and Domnic says is true, its time to move forward, if not we will lag so behind, so behind that even Bihar will beat us. The crab mentality that our leaders have, who are only interested in the chai

[Goanet]TRIBUTE: A gentleman for all seasons - by Basilio Monteiro

2004-12-29 Thread Bosco D'Mello
Amidst the glowing coarseness of the society, civility, gentleness, and soliticiousness are seen as weakness, and these virtues are on the wane. Unfortunately, even the church has not been spared of the disease of coarseness. Maybe it is a disease of the postmodern society where rugged individualis

[Goanet]Airlines News: New Budget Airline (India Domestic) 'Kingfisher Airlines' Starting soon..

2004-12-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Likely to start from April next year.. -30 Airbus Aircraft ordered.(174 seaters) -The Airline will be modelled after the US carrier 'JetBlue' -It will be low-cost operation but the aircraft will have frills -Flight attendants would be 'Fashion Models' Vow!! - e-ticketing, online booking etc -Just

Re: [Goanet]Re: Seminar, Nov 2004 issue *Amchem Goem*

2004-12-29 Thread rene barreto
I was surprised that NOT ONE of all the 7000 plus supported my call for the end of this on going unproductive discussions about a month ago. We have no one else but ourselves to be blamed , by participating in these discussions ..we have encouraged and prolonged of these discussio

[Goanet]CALLING all VASCOKARS , present anwhere in Goa

2004-12-29 Thread rene barreto
0 CALLING all VASCOKARS , present in Goa. 0 Dear members, The meet up is confirmed for the 30th of Dec 2004, at the Flintstone Rest. Chicalim-Airport-Vasco junction. time : 6:15 pm Pls. confirm your presence for

[Goanet]RE: GFA slips up (PTI)

2004-12-29 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
It's a healthy start to have paramedic and ambulance on standby during soccer tournaments. All crowded activities such as fetes, competitions and religious ceremonies should have medical personnel and ambulances in its vicinity to take care of emergencies. Avelino Bastora/Kuwait

[Goanet]URGENT FROM ALL INDIA CATHOLIC UNION

2004-12-29 Thread Chris Fernandes
For favour of sharing/publication via yr net.Chris Fernandes All India Catholic union Founded 1919, Registered under Societies Registration Act 1860. Representing the Catholic Laity of India through 120 Diocesan, units nation-wide Administr

[Goanet]Except the Gulf...

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Govt of India has decided Indian private airline operators to fly overseas, except the Gulf, news just being announced here says. Any idea why "except the Gulf"? Is it because this is a lucrative route for the government-run carriers? FN --

[Goanet]CYBERMATRIMONIALS -- Canada, Mumbai, US, Goa, etc (Dec 29, 2004)

2004-12-29 Thread Cybermatrimonials
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[Goanet]RE: Finally some facts

2004-12-29 Thread Philip Thomas
[Frederick Noronha, Dec 28] If this is so then the government of Goa is flying blind. Its "instrument panel" on the Goan economy is wonky. It cannot really "plan" to do this or that including running IFFI for tourism and making Goa an entertainment hub It is flying by the seat of its pants and we

[Goanet]RE: A CIVILIZED SOCIETY DOES NOT REOPEN WOUNDS - A GT REPORT & COMMENTS

2004-12-29 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Why not write history from the beginning? We should know how the earlier inhabitants in Goa lived. Before and during Stone Age were they cannibals? Did any surrounding clans enforce their will? Any atrocities committed by dominating clans? It is very convenient to write history of Portuguese ru

[Goanet]GoanetReader-Diaspora -- Scram From Kenya

2004-12-29 Thread GoanetReader
SCRAM FROM KENYA -- TELLING THE STORY FROM DIVERGENT PERSPECTIVES James Franks of Fitzroy House 10 High Street Lewes BN7 2AD 01273 472962 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] recently released a book titled 'Scram from Kenya'. He says: "The book is concerned just with the transition of Kenya from colony to rep

[Goanet]Re: Seminar, Nov 2004 issue *Amchem Goem*

2004-12-29 Thread George Pinto
Folks, You must be as tired as I am of having to educate Mario on this forum. He is now bombarding me with private emails even though I requested him to stop. It is unfortunate that besides his inaccurate knowledge of most matters and his mispresentation of some of my views, he continues to S

Re: [Goanet]Tariq on Insourcing

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
TO: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tariq writes: You still have not understood my argument. When Honda set up a factory in the US, it did not close down a plant in Japan. Moreover, the product was meant for the US and not for the Japanese market. To help you understand better, I have no pro

Re: [Goanet]Saddam supporters getting desperate

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
TO: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You have written: If my comment were irrelevant, then you would not have bothered to reply to each and every post of mine. But from your response and continuing effort to peddle lies nearly 2 years after the invasion of Iraq points to relevance of this topic

Re: [Goanet] Cheney likes Chinese

2004-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
TO: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone who reads your posts can see that it is you who show little decency or civility, while whining about others. Your posts are getting increasingly hysterical and desperate as you hide behind the opinions of others while your positions dissolve under th

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Dec 29, 2004!

2004-12-29 Thread domnic fernandes
“Zonn eka munxeachi yad tachi khasgi videa.)” (Everyman’s memory is his private literature.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.m

[Goanet]new moble number

2004-12-29 Thread Eugene Correia
my new mobile number for goa is 9823455159 eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

[Goanet]Free software in Goa... Dec 27, 2004

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Present for the meeting: * Bijon "Multi Distro" Shaha * Mario "PHP" Alvares * Sylvester "Hardware" GeekBox * DP (Hiding Behind The Alphabets) * FN reporting on some points that came up * We handed over copies of GeekBox and Ubuntu to Mr Joshi of Goa Sc Centre