[Goanet] NEWS: Report on dual nationality confuses British Indians

2002-07-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
Report on dual nationality confuses British Indians By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service London, July 13 (IANS) There was widespread confusion in the Indian community in Britain Saturday following an erroneous report here that India had decided to grant dual citizenship. The Daily Telegraph

[Goanet] Linug-Goa schedule talk in Margao on 20th July 2002

2002-07-13 Thread Arvind Clemente
>From the India Linux Users' Group (ILUG) in Margao, South Goa * Hi All, I am fixing a live demo of thin clients going to be given by Yunus Shaikh who has worked in this type of environment at our next ILUG-GOA meeting on Saturday the 2

[Goanet] 14 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

2002-07-13 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 14 July 2002 FEAR STRICKEN VASCO LIMPING TO NORMALCY: Vasco seems to be slowly limping back to normalcy, a day after a major fire mishap was averted when fire broke out at the Indian Oil Corporation. The police, IOC, CISF and the State administration were reported to be g

[Goanet] Genocide in Gujarat, From Prof. Hari Sharma

2002-07-13 Thread George Pinto
Dear friends: Appended below is the announcement of the Public Forum on the genocide that took place in Gujarat. This is for your information, and support. Hari Sharma President, SANSAD President, INSAF Bring to Justice! The Perpetrators of the Crimes against Humanity in Gujarat, India. A Pu

goanet-digest V1 #4155

2002-07-13 Thread goanet-digest
goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4155 - In this issue: [Goanet] Portuguese laws, polygamy... and what the law actually states [Goanet] CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATE

[Goanet] Biased History of Ideas

2002-07-13 Thread santoshhelekar
People often let their ideological, nationalistic and/or religious biases affect what they believe to be true, and what they prefer to post on internet forums such as this one. This leads to a lot of misrepresentation and sloppy presentation of facts for public consumption. Two recent posts on

[Goanet] Self-criticism

2002-07-13 Thread J. Almeida
Fred Noronha writes: "begin by criticising the wrongs in the religion we ourselves belong to" I agree. I'd include not just the great religions, but all metaphysical views of the universe (Freethinkers etc.) and social groupings (middle class, dalits etc.) and po

[Goanet] FEATURE: Goa Jesuit 'old boys' plan to rebuild links, revive alumni

2002-07-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
GOA JESUIT 'OLD BOYS' PLAN TO REBUILD LINKS, REVIVE ALUMNI BODY >From Frederick Noronha PANJIM, July 13: Jesuit-run schools in Goa, of which there are just a few, are making attempts to fight the odds and re-build their 'old boys' associations. This endeavour would hopefully harness for society

[Goanet] In response to Fred Noronha's : Portuguese laws, polygamy etc

2002-07-13 Thread The Goan Forum
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Jul 13, 2002 1:36 pm Subject: [Goanet] Portuguese laws, polygamy... and what the law actually states [My point is that the law allows for it under certain conditions; I didn't say I know or knew of anyone who took or plans to take adv

[Goanet] China: The sleeping giant has risen

2002-07-13 Thread John D'souza
From: Toronto Star - David Crane Column -July 7, 2002 http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1025795653575&call_page=TS_News_Columnists&call_pageid=970599109774&call_pagepath=Columnists Excerpts: CHINA, POTENTIALLY the world's next su

[Goanet] CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATER DESALINATION

2002-07-13 Thread John D'souza
CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATER DESALINATION Chinese scientists have developed small nuclear reactors to provide steam for district heating and for water desalination. The reactor project in coastal northern China will be about 200 MW thermal in Yingkou at a cost of about $4 million U.S.**

goanet-digest V1 #4154

2002-07-13 Thread goanet-digest
goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4154 - In this issue: [Goanet] offtopic: which generationam i from?? [Goanet] XVXRY PXRSON IS IMPORTANT [Goanet] Re: [goanews]

[Goanet] Vasco petrol scam deserves judicial probe -- SGPIAG

2002-07-13 Thread South Goa Public Interest Action Group
The IOC pipeline pilferage of petrol which resulted in a fire but was stopped from spreading due to timely detection by residents and the intervention of the police and Department of Electricity who promptly shut down power supply to the port Town Vasco-da-Gama needs to be investigated thorough

[Goanet] Portuguese laws, polygamy... and what the law actually states

2002-07-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
My point is that the law allows for it under certain conditions; I didn't say I know or knew of anyone who took or plans to take advantage of the law (as far as I know, it is still not revoked). The law *did* permit "simultaneous polygamy" under the quaintly-named 'Usages and Customs of Gentile

[Goanet] Re: Subhash Paradkar, baby, Manu , 30% & Fred's post

2002-07-13 Thread The Goan Forum
Dear Subhash, Namaskar re: the following points in your postings on GoaNet SP1. [Along with modern medicines, it may help, if young couples make occasional trips to these peaceful places to find love and understanding towards each other. With faith, there is a good chance they may improve their

[Goanet] Ek Kovita: SANGIL'LEM TUKA

2002-07-13 Thread lino dourado
SANGIL'LEM TUKA Sangil'lem tuka! Mhojea darak addambo na Kedna-i bhitor sorunk zata Ponn atam! Bhitor etna darar avaz ghal Mhoje sangata konnui asum eta Suria udenti thavn ostomtea vatharant pavlo Tuji vatt polloit kiteak ravum? Vorixtt

[Goanet] re: Ancestors, science and culture

2002-07-13 Thread J. Almeida
Subhash Paradkar writes: "In India, we don't teach the history of our cultural and scientific heritage to our children in school curriculum." - Dear Subhashbab (may I take the liberty?), Aryabhatta and pi and zero: where will it all end? Next we'll be asked to beli

[Goanet] Fwd:

2002-07-13 Thread CasaMel
--- Begin Message --- "GOAN MAKES IT INTO US VARSITY GYMNASTICS TEAM: Kyle Fernandes of Stratford, CT, USA, a freshman at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, has been selected to represent the varsity's men's gymnastics team. He is the No.2 ring-man on the Penn state Nittany Lion Squad.

[Goanet] re: Offtopic

2002-07-13 Thread J. Almeida
i'm confused, who am i?? Ashley -- Dear Ashley, Thanks for your delightful post. I always enjoy your nuggets of wisdom in the footnote. I consulted a learned professor who assured me that you are a mere watch: a ticking automaton that will one day stop ticking. Therefo

[Goanet] Fw: Commendable stand.

2002-07-13 Thread hobcraft
- Original Message - From: hobcraft To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 4:26 PM Subject: Commendable stand. There are two specific issues/happenings in the recent past which are very dear to Goa and Goans and

[Goanet] Re: [goanews] FEATURE: Waiting for baby...

2002-07-13 Thread Subhash Paradkar
I would like to share some US research and some experience from family traditions in Konkan region. 1. Before second world war, Women in all societies, especially in economically less prosperous ones, got married at early ages. Parents thought (and still think) that daughters are burden due to

[Goanet] XVXRY PXRSON IS IMPORTANT

2002-07-13 Thread Joe Vaz
One manager lets employees know how valuable they are with the following memo: "You Arx A Kxy Pxrson" Xvxn though my typxwritxr is an old modxl, it works vxry wxll -- xxcxpt for onx kxy. You would think that with all thx othxr kxys functioning propxrly, onx kxy not

[Goanet] offtopic: which generationam i from??

2002-07-13 Thread Ashley Delaney
Hi sorry about this posting but i was wondering if someone could help me. we all talk about this generation and that generation. How we have to make the world a better place for the next generation, and how the previous generation invented computers etc.. so.. it got me thinking. how is the ge

goanet-digest V1 #4153

2002-07-13 Thread goanet-digest
goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4153 - In this issue: [Goanet] Fire engulfs IOC petrol pipeline; one arrested [Goanet] World Youth Day -Toronto [Goanet] Foreign nat

[Goanet] 13 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

2002-07-13 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 13 July 2002 VASCOITES FLEE AS IOC PIPELINE EXPLODES: A major tragedy was averted yesterday as a pipeline used to discharge petroleum products from the ships to IOC tanks burst amidst huge black flames at the IOC terminal at Vasco at about 9 am yesterday. The blast struck

Re: [Goanet] Contributions of our anchesters to Science

2002-07-13 Thread Subhash Paradkar
Vivian Please help me post this educational piece. (1) Maharishi Bharadwaaja from Prayag was well versed in aeronatics (vimaana Vidya). He authored three books; (a) Complete Mechanics (Yantra Sarvasva), (b) System of Sun beams (Anmashu Shaastra), and (c) Scientific Treatise on Space (Aakash Shast