Re: [Goanet] Wishing You All a Blessed Christmas

2006-12-25 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
I wish all our readers Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year! May Jesus of Nazareth enlighten and strenghten us on our way to Happiness and Joy! Fr.Ivo da Conceiçao Souza (Holy Spirit Church, Margao, GOA 403601)

Re: [Goanet] St Xavier's College?

2006-12-25 Thread Anthony M Barreto
>I am a physician at as >well as St. Luke's Healthcare. >Merry Christmas! >Kind Regards, GL Hi People seeking to associate their institutions with the name of a saint can say for example St. Elizabeth Medical Center, which in no way dilutes the effect of association. The same goes for St Luke Hea

[Goanet] AICHEA DISAK CHINTOP - Dezembrachi 25vi, 2006!

2006-12-25 Thread domnic fernandes
Tujean khorench Kristacho zolm dis monovnk zainam Taka tujea kallzan apovnnem dilea xivai. (You cannot truly celebrate Christ's birthday until you have invited Him into your heart.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA

[Goanet] Christians suffer for Iraq, says archbishop

2006-12-25 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-3-2516916-3,00.html Christians suffer for Iraq, says archbishop Ruth Gledhill and Michael Evans # Rowan Williams warns of war's deadly backlash # Thousands of believers in Middle East 'at risk' An icon from the Church of the Nativity in Bet

[Goanet] Partying in Goa set for crescendo on X'mas eve

2006-12-25 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Partying in Goa set for crescendo on X'mas eve Panaji, Dec 25. (PTI): Lit-up beaches, chock-a-block pubs and discotheques and buzzing nightlife - the parties have begun in the land of carnivals with revelry set to hit a crescendo during Christmas in the Coastal State of Goa. The festivities will

[Goanet] The Alvares - United In Nativity Preparations

2006-12-25 Thread melba antao
The Alvares - United In Nativity Preparations Melba Mergulhão-Carvalho Antão The countdown to Christmas Day has begun and every household is engaged in hectic activity to meet deadlines. Everything must be in place - spic and span on December 25 to herald the birth of a little Child born in

[Goanet] Regional Plan 2011

2006-12-25 Thread Philip Thomas
[Miguel Braganza] The million dollar question is "HOW"? Word play may be woefully inadequate! Cheers. Phil

[Goanet] Merry Christmas

2006-12-25 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes Jesus was born in a stable. Stable signifys poverty. There are many poor people in this world. Some are poor because they have no money to buy essential needs. Many times the rich have more than needed but we never think about those who cannot buy bread. Many of them go to bed hun

[Goanet] Goanet ... statistics

2006-12-25 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Some statistics about Goanet in Gmane: http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.culture.region.india.goa FN -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com

Re: [Goanet] A Christmas Editorial, Wall Street Journal

2006-12-25 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Thanks for sharing this wonderful excerpt, Eric. Now please tell us how we can access the entire editorial. Warm regards, Victor eric pinto wrote: First written in 1949, it has been reprinted every year since. Here is an excerpt, it rings of relevance for today, and i decided to share it with

[Goanet] Mining: comments, quotes, figures... (put briefly)

2006-12-25 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
An interesting snippet posted on Eddie Fernandes' http://www.goanvoice.org.uk : Goan mining tragedy was 'disaster waiting to happen' 18 Dec: Metal Bulletin (UK). By Gilbert Lobo. A search operation to retrieve the bodies of seven miners crushed by a landslide at the Tollem iron ore mines in Goa o

[Goanet] St.Xavier's college

2006-12-25 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert Writes The name given to a college situated in Mapuca is St.Xavier's college and this name has been in existance from 1963. No one found that there was an error in the name and that st xavier did not own this college. How come suddenly someone thought of grammar and grandma? What is in t

[Goanet] Britto's Old Boys' Assoc

2006-12-25 Thread Anthony M Barreto
The usage of the possessive case as in Britto's Old Boys' Assoc is correct. Here Britto's old boys clearly means boys of the school. But St Britto's school as a possesive case is wrong. Does that make sense Cornel? Tony ***

[Goanet] Captivating, Soul-stirring Speech on e-Governance at PAN IIT Global Conference

2006-12-25 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Everyone, Yesterday, I felt priviledged to be in the august audience of the Global PAN IIT Conference at the Bandra-Kurlaa Complex to listen to an excellent captivating speech on eGovernance. I felt really proud to be a Goan on that day ! The main organizer of this conference, which has oft

[Goanet] Tourism's adverse impact

2006-12-25 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
As Goenkars, we sometimes do not appreciate (economic) progress and may get perturbed by the price for the same. So before get bent out of shape with this report on tourism, we should remember: "The Goose that lays the golden egg" will have some poop. Every good thing is accompanied with a few

[Goanet] Major Upsets on Soor Ground: NYC Rolling Trophy

2006-12-25 Thread gaspersWorld
Major Upsets on Soor Grounds: NYC Rolling Trophy Kuwait: There were major upsets in the ongoing 17th NYC Rolling Trophy Football tournament being played at Soor Grounds as defending champions GOA Maroons, hosts Navelim and Bombay Boys were knocked out of the tournament. GOA Maroons were beate

[Goanet] Goa news for December 26, 2006

2006-12-25 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** A wild Goa party, not Lalu, tops their list (The Times of India) A group of Wharton and Harvard students is here to meet minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and understand India. http://timesofi

Re: [Goanet] Britto's Old Boys' Assoc

2006-12-25 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
If Tony Martin doesn't give up, let's just apostrophy him. Then, we'll leave it to Cecil Pinto to decide what is the precise meaning of this new word (sorry, old word in a completely new context). George Pinto will dedicate a humour column to the memory of Tony. And I will continue the debate, by

Re: [Goanet] St Xavier's College?

2006-12-25 Thread richard
Hi, Hope you dont mind my barging in but if I remember my grammar correctly (the bone of contention between the two of you) many a time for the sake of brevity and when it can be easily understood the name of an institution is shortend by adding apostrophe s. For example instead of saying I went to

Re: [Goanet] Regional Plan 2011

2006-12-25 Thread tonyca
Question: [Miguel Braganza] The million dollar question is "HOW"? Word play may be woefully inadequate! Cheers. Phil Answer: By throwing out all our corrupt representatives responsible for the prevailing mess at the next elections due soon! We have only ourselves to blame if we fail to utilise this

Re: [Goanet] Tourism's adverse impact

2006-12-25 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Of course, I can understand our our West-based non-resident Goans believing that tourism is God's blessing to mankind, and the best invention since sliced bread. I too would feel that way if the rupee exchanged for 44 dollars, and I could have near-free holidays in the USofA every few weeks. To be

[Goanet] Sogle Pixe for Chacha (Was: Goanet should be..........)

2006-12-25 Thread Santosh Helekar
Dear Alfredchacha, I am sorry, I don't have the collection of Manoharaibab's poems containing "Sogle Pixe" here. I left it in Chimbel. And by the way, the literarily gifted Manohar Sardesai that is related to me by marriage did not write "Sogle Pixe". He wrote "Goa, Daman aanni Diu Swantantra Ladh

[Goanet] FACILITATE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT IN GOA

2006-12-25 Thread airesrod
Goa should never have followed the crime, corruption and scam route of Bihar. But there is something new that Bihar is contemplating and that Goa should embark on. Bihar is planning to ensure that information needed under the Right to Information Act (RTI) can be sought orally via a phone call. T

[Goanet] Art online...

2006-12-25 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Manhattan (NY)-based Goan artist Venantius Pinto's work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/sets FN -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com

[Goanet] CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

2006-12-25 Thread Peter F. Borges
WISHING YOU ALL SEASON'S GREETINGS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2007 Peter F. Borges, Programme Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Care & Support The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 140, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Phone: +91-712-2524 834, 2548 789, 2540 024; Tel

[Goanet] FW: Re: Manohar Parrikar for CM, PM !

2006-12-25 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Manohar, You know that all of us Goan IITians and the Goan intellengentsia want you to win the May elections. You may have many critics who want you to lose, But here is a note (see below) from a concerned Goan IITian Dr. Samir Kelekar who also wants you to win. You really need to listen to al

[Goanet] PUT THE RIVER PRINCESS TO USE

2006-12-25 Thread airesrod
Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane who has been gambling his way to retain his chair, now feels that Goa needs five casinos. Why not have only four and as the fifth, convert the grounded River Princess into a casino instead of the State exchequer having to shell out a steep five crores for remov

Re: [Goanet] FW: Re: Manohar Parrikar for CM, PM !

2006-12-25 Thread JoeGoaUk
thanks, that was a nice one and perhaps, at the right time. Believe me or not, I too wanted to write on this.. Yes, there are two main things the Goan Christians worried about.. 1. BJP = Pro-Hindu Party. Change it, form a regional party of your own with clear election manifesto (i.e. treating a