[Goanet]A battle for supremacy: NYC Finals on Friday

2005-03-15 Thread gaspers World
XVth NYC Rolling Trophy Finals AVC to clash with Curtorcares United Kuwait: The soccer finals of XVth Edition of NYC Rolling Trophy organized by Navelim Youth Centre - Kuwait will be held Friday, March 18, 2005 on Sour Grounds at 8:30 a.m. on Sour Grounds between Siemens Mobile sponsored Curtorc

[Goanet]RE: Santosh - VHP mentality?

2005-03-15 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
I totally agree with Cecil. Santosh does not subscribe to VHP mentality. All the recent debates including the caste debate have religious overtones. One may call it a gimmick, holier-than-thou mindset or acute weakness to impose religious viewpoint. Avelino Bastora/Kuwait Cecil Pint

[Goanet]TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK!

2005-03-15 Thread domnic fernandes
Every year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia devotes one week for the Traffic Safety. This year, the 2005 GCC Traffic Safety Week was held from March 12 to 16. I would like to share with our readers the following information I gathered from the campaign: The theme used by one of the units in the T

[Goanet]: Saffronised agnostics?

2005-03-15 Thread karla
Dear Fred, That was quite a lengthy defense of Flaviano, a Velimkar[ from Salcete Velim] who believes that the AVC people [ the Desai revolt] inspired the Indian mutiny of 1857. Subhash Velingkar [ from Ponda-Veling] has his own ideas. The Jesuits always think their fraternity was martyred in Cu

[Goanet]Congress suspended in Gujarat; Mass protests? Unlikely!

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=73208&cat=India Gujarat Congress legislators suspended:- Gandhinagar | March 15, 2005 6:38:56 PM IST Gandhinagar, March 15 : The Gujarat assembly witnessed unruly scenes Tuesday as the speaker suspended all 49 Congress legislators till the end o

[Goanet]BJP snatches win after recount

2005-03-15 Thread **** GoA-WorlD.CoM ****
Saligao: BJP snatches win after recount BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MARCH 15: After two rounds of recounting of votes of Saligao constituency, BJP supported candidate Neeta Kandolkar won the seat by four votes against her closest rival NCP-supported Voilanta D’Souza. The recounting saw high dr

Re: [Goanet]Fred choking on watermelons

2005-03-15 Thread lino dourado
Cecil wrote: I have consumed a half watermelon (the best from Parra) after consuming 2 half-quarters (3 pegs / 180 ml/ 18 dl) of Siolim Caju Feni and was none the worse. Mervyn2.0 wrote: Cecil, If you are consuming Siolim cuju feni, why are you counting how much you are consuming??

[Goanet]Goa's Jazz Junction for Bangalore

2005-03-15 Thread Jazz Goa
Goa's Jazz Junction has been invited to perform at the 'Jazz for CRY' concert organised by Radio Indigo in Bangalore on the 26th of March. The concert is being organised to raise funds for the child relief organisation CRY. Jazz Junction was formed in Goa in April 2004 by virtuosos bassplayer Co

[Goanet]Footballer Neville D'Souza

2005-03-15 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
FOOTBALLER NEVILLE D'SOUZA Assagao Bardez is one of the prominent villages of Goa known to produce some of the finest sons of Goa. Konkani pundit Mong. Dalgado whose works on Konkani created important impact on Konkani literature was from Assagao; Lucasinho Ribeiro who established the beautifu

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - March 16, 2005!

2005-03-15 Thread domnic fernandes
“Bori pik zavpak magnnem kor pun nangrit rav.” (Pray for a good harvest but keep on hoeing.” Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.m

[Goanet]Re: dabolim

2005-03-15 Thread gilbert menezes
Hi, As far as I know, and I had posted this earlier, the plans for the naval air station at Karwar are only at the drawing board stage. The project has not yet received budgetary support. I would think that it would take at least 5-10 years to build up the air station, assuming it gets priority in

Re: [Goanet]Fred choking on watermelons

2005-03-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a Goan saying that one must not eat > watermelon for at least a few > hours after consuming alcohol. This is a total myth. > I have consumed a half watermelon (the best from > Parra) after consuming 2 half-quarters (3 pegs / > 180 ml/ 18 dl) of S

[Goanet]Quo vadis (which way, or show me the way)

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=March2005_malice_standard89&child=malice Quo Vadis? Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:47:30 IST Is there a national political party we can look up to as a role model for political propriety? The two words are La

Re: [Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Mar 15, 2005 * Zilla panchayat results out...

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:57:52 +0530, Goanet News Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] > > G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s MARCH 15, 2005 DATELINE: GOA o GOA OUT OF FISCALS REFORM FACILITY: All State Governments, barring Go

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The cow urine story too has been doing the rounds for years. I had almost forgotten about the 10 page US patent 6410059 entitled "Pharmaceutical composition containing cow urine distillate and an antibiotic. Mario replies: As I've said before give me

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Enjoy your daily dose of "Auto-Urine Therapy" which sounds like drinking right from the source!!! A predictable "Mario" response! Cheers!! Eddie Fernandes London *** * G * O * A * N * E * T

RE: [Goanet] Sending off a protest mail - Fr. Prasad Gonsalves

2005-03-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Its all of these things; they are surely interlinked >and have evolved that way over the centuries. That's >why reform and a near "cultural revolution" is >required; if the perpetrators don't agree to change >willingly. > Nasci, I am sorry, but I

[Goanet]Does home exchange really work?

2005-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Just curious. Would it make sense in a place like Goa? FN http://www.prleap.com/pr/5082/ New Website Provides Home Exchangers Online Forum (PRLEAP.COM) Boca Raton, FL - A new website, www.freehomeawayfromhome.com , serves as a forum for travelers interested in learning about home exchanging, home

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Mar 15, 2005 * Zilla panchayat results out...

2005-03-15 Thread Goanet News Service
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s MARCH 15, 2005 DATELINE: GOA ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/

Re: [Goanet]Beaches

2005-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hi Wilma: Where we stand would determine how we see the problem. I would suggest that the issue at Anjuna is about unabated sand extraction. This is more linked to Goa's middle-class and tourism boom (and also the fact that expat remittances cause huge pressures in the local real estate economy)

Fwd: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:41:46 + Subject: Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more. To: Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:42:37 -, Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Gabe Menez

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
- Original Message - From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They would have no compunction about burning Goa to achieve their Goals. That is why Goans have to be on their guard, one slip and it could be curtains. === Folks, This is unfair!

Re: [Goanet] Sending off a protest mail - Fr. Prasad Gonsalves

2005-03-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Jerry Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You are a well educated person I presume, and you >know the history of India better. > Not well enough, Jerry. I will assume that the stance you have taken in the above post is genuine, and not a politically correct defensive posture in the ligh

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Eddie, Great non-answer which is typical when someone doesn't have anything useful to say. Enjoy your daily dose of "Auto-Urine Therapy" which sounds like drinking right from the source!!! --- Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > Why don't we let Mario work that out for himse

[Goanet]w/o Permit, How many liqor bottles you can take out of Goa ??

2005-03-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Well, the answer in general seems 1 bottle (as more than one needs permit). But the above rule in not applicable when you are travelling by train? We (7 of us) were going to Delhi by Goa Express Train. We had just one bottle of Whisky IB (Imperial Blue). On the 2nd night somewhere near Bhopal,

[Goanet]Good work

2005-03-15 Thread Agnelo
Hi, Mr. Herman Carneiro, I love to read your newsletters. Keep up the excellent work. Angelo *** * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * **

[Goanet]Articles on Dabolim / Seabird Project

2005-03-15 Thread Constantino Xavier
Two articles with interesting material on the Dabolim/Sea Bird - Indian Navy question. On one hand it seems the Indian Navy will also host its airforce in Karwar. On the other hand it seems it wants not only to keep Dabolim, as well as make it the noidal platform for the MIG-29K to be delivered

Re: [Goanet] Goa: of rulers, corrupt politicians, patriots, cowards and Judases

2005-03-15 Thread Sanny Vaz
Mr. Santosh you are absolutely right, but I don't agree with what Mr. Miguel Rod wrote, cause he died before the liberation of Goa, possible that he knew about the Maharastrians, but about Malyalis forget it, if he was a seaman during the reign of Portugez then he might have known who and what w

RE: [Goanet]Re: Can you build within 500 metres of the high-tide line?

2005-03-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Hey, Nascimento, I wasn't giving you advice on anything. Just happy that you were not going to move back to Goa, that backwards place with "utter failure" and "non-availability" of "essential services" like uninterrupted power, water supply and "decent" transport.. The last thing they need is you

RE: [Goanet]Now it's polluted Ganges.....Goin Goan way.

2005-03-15 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Hi Goanet readers, From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet]Now it's polluted Ganges.Goin Goan way. Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:59:27 + Comment: The BJP should get their cadres to sort out this mess! -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England Rea

[Goanet]RE: Accident death rate ...final

2005-03-15 Thread jose colaco
In reply to this from me: [Jose Colaco, March 14] Prof "Philip Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this: Why dont you simply say that Goa's accident mortality would be 10%, 50%, 1/10th or whatever of the reported ones if the kind of medical facilities you have in mind were set up and properly ru

RE: [Goanet] Sending off a protest mail - Fr. Prasad Gonsalves

2005-03-15 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Santosh, From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:45:04 -0800 (PST) --- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >U yourself agreed with me a while ago, that >'casteism in India is also 'racist' being genetic >origin based! How right u are; so why not u join in >and 're

[Goanet]RE: RE: RE: Sending off protest mail

2005-03-15 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
(Nasci Caldeira: I challenge u to come up with some comprehensive piece of writing to say that I am wrong on this. It has to be backed by statistics or plain simple reasoning. Remember, everything is 'comparative' in reasoning; and also do not compare with other countries or states etc. talk onl

RE: [Goanet]Dabolim's Development

2005-03-15 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Philip, The 'healthy discussion' applied only to one of your earlier posting under this heading. As for 'this posting' of yours partly quoted below, really makes me sick! I am sick already; if you were close by, I might have puked on you. From: "Philip Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What do you kn

[Goanet]Not only in Goa.

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=73131&cat=India Orissa tribes enjoying intoxication of Liquor:- Bhubaneswar March 15, 2005 4:22:58 PM IST With a belief that they can't work without liquor, the residents of Bhubaneshwar drink excessively, matching their eating habits during the

[Goanet]Naming Game 1 (Fest/Feast)

2005-03-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Here are some more.. Mardi or Fama, Salve/novena,vespr,Vodlem Miss/Xermao,Choir, Pursao, Regist,festachem xellem (the day after the feast) etc Ferri- Tamonn: Bindul/Shid'di, Tost, Kail, Kopro, Sheugo etc Moder: Almar, kodeli, sofa, Mez, Tambret, Bankin etc Matiechim aidonam: Kodso, Kunnim/Touli

[Goanet]Santosh - VHP mentality?

2005-03-15 Thread Cecil Pinto
Jerry Fernandes wrote: "We Christians are very peaceful citizens of Goa as well as India, and nowhere you must have heard us making any problems, so what you and Xhakuti say shows your VHP mentality." -- Dear Jerry, I do not know who this Xhakuti you are referring to, and what he said, but I

[Goanet]About NRI Taxation: Forwarding A letter received from SBI Panji

2005-03-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Dear Sir/Madam, Good News for you again. As per the Budget proposals, no tax will be deducted at source (TDS) on interest earned on your NRI Deposits and these provisions will be applicable with effect from April 2005 for the assessment year 2006-2007 . Therefore, the interest earned by you

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whatever one may feel about the BJP let us not turn it into an exercise of bashing them. > > Mario replies: Why not? They need to be bashed mercilessly at every opportunity until they realize that they go against every fundamental tenet of Indian seculari

Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
- Original Message - From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eddie, Your article from 1996 said: Morarji Desai, revealed that he drank a glass of his own urine every day. My post said: Morarji Desai, drank the divine bovine beverage every day, My question is: If you read what I sai

[Goanet]We may be in for a more ‘visible’ Prime Minister

2005-03-15 Thread ***** GoA-WorlD.CoM *****
We may be in for a more ‘visible’ Prime Minister Tuesday March 15 2005 00:00 IST (NewInd Press) When the first signals of the Congress’ Operation Topple Parikkar in Goa became evident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and some of his senior ministerial colleagues had been disturbed about the moves b

Re: [Goanet]Fred choking on watermelons

2005-03-15 Thread Vincent Andrade
Cecil wrote : There is a Goan saying that one must not eat watermelon for at least a few hours after consuming alcohol. This is a total myth. I have consumed a half watermelon (the best from Parra) after consuming 2 half-quarters (3 pegs / 180 ml/ 18 dl) of Siolim Caju Feni and was none the wor

[Goanet]Now it's polluted Ganges.....Goin Goan way.

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=73134&cat=India Polluted Ganges tributary choking holy Uttarkashi:- Uttarkashi March 15, 2005 4:08:30 PM IST After getting polluted in the plains as it meanders through India's hinterland before emptying itself into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges

[Goanet]Re: request email address of St Joseph's Convent

2005-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sorry, I couldn't find any email addresses, but these are some phone links to Nagoa (Salcete): Parish Church 278 2647 Cluny Convent, SJC 278 3332 St Joseph Convent, SFN 278 3354 St Joseph Convent HS278 3071 Hi All Can someone kindly assist me, I

[Goanet]caste declaration before one can question caste!

2005-03-15 Thread cornel
Hi Vidyadhar, I really found your support for Teotonio's, utterly absurd caste position, difficult to take (from a normally sane person like you on Goanet), and in particular, the requirement that anti-casteists should declare a caste position when taking on casteism among Catholic Goans.You als

[Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more.

2005-03-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:41:35 + Subject: Re: [Goanet]Cow dung and urine, and more. To: Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:54:28 -, Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > === > Whatever

Re: [Goanet]Willing to sponsor a youth to become a priest

2005-03-15 Thread lino dourado
--- Anthony Luis wrote: My wife and I would like to sponsor someone seriously interesting becoming a priest, preferably from Taliegao, Ilhas Goa. Please send bio data to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anthony & Veda luis are presently living in Canada and visit Goa every 2 years Thanks Anthony Luis -

[Goanet]RE: Accident death rate ...

2005-03-15 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.goa-world.com/goa/expressions/ EXPRESSIONS - The Flower Shop. World famous all over Goa! ***

[Goanet]Fred choking on watermelons

2005-03-15 Thread Cecil Pinto
Fred wrote: Anyway, whatever the truth of the matter, I almost choked on the watermelon I was munching to read your 'picnic song' below. If you simply have to post at 2 pm and 9 pm, then the least you can do is to avoid such chokable stuff. FN - Dear Fred, My apologies for causing you such dist

[Goanet]Sporting trounce Vasco

2005-03-15 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Sporting trounce Vasco March 13, 2005 20:01 IST Sporting Clube de Goa beat Vasco Sports Club 3-0 and moved to the fourth position in the ninth National Football League in Margao on Sunday. Sporting Clube de Goa, who were leading 2-0 at half time, scored through Joseph Pereira (12th minute, 61s

Re: [Goanet] Goa: of rulers, corrupt politicians, patriots, cowards and judases

2005-03-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Miguel Rod's views are very tolerant. He asking that >bharati invasion should stop. > Is he fighting for the independence of Goa or for its re-invasion by the Portuguese? > >Goa does not have the resource to handle this low >skilled people. Unless

[Goanet]Re: Sending off a protest mail - Fr. Prasad Gonsalves

2005-03-15 Thread Jerry Fernandes
Hello Santosh, You are a well educated person I presume, and you know the history of India better. Moslems ruled India for centuries, and yet they could not convert the entire India, Hindus stayed firm to their belief. Than came the Europeans who too could not convert the Indians to Christianity o

[Goanet]Excuse me while I escape

2005-03-15 Thread ***** GoA-WorlD.CoM *****
Excuse me while I escape By: Kashif Khusro March 15, 2005 http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/march/105581.htm It was an escape that would have made Houdini proud. A British national, arrested on charges of smuggling hashish at Mumbai airport, escaped from the toilet window of St Geo

RE: [Goanet] Sending off a protest mail - Fr. Prasad Gonsalves

2005-03-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >U yourself agreed with me a while ago, that >'casteism in India is also 'racist' being genetic >origin based! How right u are; so why not u join in >and 'reform' this age old caste linked racism and >other idiosyncracies in the ancient Indian cultu

[Goanet]request email address of St Joseph's Convent

2005-03-15 Thread avril fernandes
Hi All Can someone kindly assist me, I need the email address of St Joseph's Convent Nagao Prini Verna Goa. Thanking you in advance. Avril Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] P O Box 19652 Cell: 0741670186 Dar es salaam Tanzania -- ___