[Goanet] Daily Grook #430

DAILY GROOK #430 _ KID BID _ by Francis Rodrigues ana disliked the doc ammonia kid said she, he said no more talk, just bring anatomy! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ __

[Goanet] MURPHY’S LAW – Monday-muse (8 Jun’09)

  MONDAY MUSE (8 June 2009) MURPHY’S LAW   “If anything can go wrong, it will!" – Murphy’s Law   So often, when things go wrong, we use the crutches of what is popularly known as Murphy’s Law to justify unanticipated failure. Thus we shift the onus of responsibility from ourselves and condemn t

[Goanet] Stage Manager: Mario de Majorda

Stage Manager: Mario de Majorda   Juhnache 19ver sanjechea 3.30 vaztam Mashra Hawally vosreant zatolea POLICE2 tiatracho machie-kharbari (stage manager) mhunn, Kuveittche famad tiatr borovpi ani digdorspi Mario de Majorda hanchem nanv tiatrachea hat-potracher (flyer) vachlem.

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop announcement

Goa Sudharop is pleased to announce its newly elected management group (USA). Please join us in wishing them well. Management Shekhar Ambe, President Dinker Bir, Vice-President Acaria Almeida, Treasurer Neufito Fernandes, General Secretary All Board members, management, volunteers are not compe

[Goanet] Torches in the Fields at Night

Yes, Jim I fully endorse on what you have said. We are not bothered or concerned about our relatives and friends and yet spend our time saving frogs where has human values reached ? What are we doing to the numerous suicides and murders taking place in our Goa ??? what action do w

Re: [Goanet] Digambar Kamat and inaugurations!

Who knows what he charges " under the table " for these appearance? As most goans knowmost of our cabinet ministers are as corrupt as theirDelhi brethren ! Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: I read The Navhind Times and Herald online, daily. I also visit the Goacom

[Goanet] Why english media silent on this Mass convertion movement

As reported at Lokmat June 8 today, page 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14948...@n02/3605370313/ CID has started investigation regarding Believers activities. Around 14000 populations of Chimble and Mershiwada where mostly Hindu laborer community coming from outside Goa resides, 2 to 3 thousan

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

--- On Sun, 6/7/09, Mervyn Lobo wrote: > Folks, > For those who are not aware of it, the Canadian health > care system is funded by the > Federal Govt AND the province you live in with most > services provided by private entities. > As a frequent user of the system, I am totally satisfied > wi

Re: [Goanet] Villains of the Financial Mess (inflation)

--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mario Goveia wrote: > Mario responds: > > Nice try, Marlon.  But Cheney is a lot smarter than > the morons who try to demonize him with facts out of > context.  He was not talking about 12% of GDP deficits. > In the range he was talking about, he was, in fact, > correct. >

[Goanet] Why Save Frogs? Some Facts & Info

Frogs in Goa: Frequently Asked Questions Are frog populations in Goa really on the decline? Yes they are. Frog populations can be assumed to be declining in Goa, just as it they are in the rest of the world. Globally, frog species are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate, faster than the

[Goanet] Torches in the Fields at Night: 10 offenders caught in S.Goa, 1 in North Goa

Dear Augusto, Please don't be a silent spectator to the massicare that happen's in Goa's fields at this time of the year. If you come across people poaching frogs or restaurants serving frog meat, report it to the police (100/108) or any of these Forest Department official’s, preferably at the lo

[Goanet] Prices in Canada

Before I get to where I am going, FN's remarks about the meteorologists being mostly wrong in Goa contrasts starkly with their counterparts in Canada where they are mostly right. That too weather forecasting in Canada can be a pretty tricky thing since we quite steep variations in temperature durin

[Goanet] Opening Remarks by the Indian Ambassador: Announcement of Premiere

:::By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait::: KUWAIT: His Excellency Mr. Ajai Mathotra, Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, officially announced the premiere of the first Hindi movie made in Kuwait ‘Kahin Na Kahin Milenge' (We will meet Somewhere) at a press conference held at the Continental Hotel on 2nd June 2009.

Re: [Goanet] Torches in the Fields at Night

FROGS my man FROGS are what they were searching for. It is impossible to contain this activity, unless ofcourse, the other side has a reasonable alternative. If someone tried to stop me from eating beef, on the argument that killing cows is going to make them extinct, I'd manage to "s

[Goanet] THE CENTURION enlightens Christians in Kuwait

:::By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait::: Kuwait: The much awaited musical play, ‘THE CENTURION’ depicting the life of St. Paul was one of the fitting ways of paying tribute to the powerful saint who changed the lives of many with his teachings that had many religious scholars bewildered. The play was hel

[Goanet] Goa news for June 8, 2009

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** I will meet Pranab to demand special status for Goa: CM - Times of India & http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/I-will-meet-Pran

[Goanet] Vignettes from the FREE British health care system

These are sentences actually typed by Medical secretaries in NHS (National Health System) Greater Glasgow:-)) 1. The patient has no previous history of suicides. 2. Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital. 3. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant wi

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

Bosco D'Mello wrote: > It is true, the Canada Health Act [1] does not serve 100% of Canadians, > 100% of the time.!!! However it appears that Mervyn is speaking from personal > experience. While the Canada Health Act was instituted by the the Canadian > parliament (federal), its implementation

[Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

Bosco, Darn those instant references,  fact-checking, transcripts and video-links. More increasingly, the right-wing is being caught red-handed lying about the facts. Finally they are getting around to acknowledging  ... and... apologizing, in some cases. See below: http://www.huffingtonpost.c

Re: [Goanet] Question MOPA

Arwin, you have detailed the reasons, not simply to question MOPA but to oppose it. To your excellent post, I would add, the Navy should vacate Dabolim to some other naval facility outside Goa since Goa is a very small state and larger areas are available in India. Dabolim should be restored to

[Goanet] http://www.cynthiafernandes.com/goanworld.html

Dear Friends, Please see this link on my website : http://www.cynthiafernandes.com/goanworld.html a place where most of the goan associations, blogs, and alliances come together and vice verse. If in agreement, I wish to have a place too in your sites, blogs, associations, alliances etc (some

[Goanet] Migrants more Goan than us

It is a reality. Slowly, I am becoming a Bangalorean. Or at least I am as much of a Bangalorean as a Goan. I am learning Kannada; there are great memories of Bangalore. Bangalore has given me a living. Sure, I am a Goan also. Similarly, how can we deny the migrants in Goa their Goan-ness ? As t

Re: [Goanet] Help Musequality set a WORLD RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST COORDINATED BUSK AROUND THE WORLD

Help Musequality set a WORLD RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST COORDINATED BUSK AROUND THE WORLD Goans and Friends of Goa., Eddie has very rightly given the Musequality World Busk wide publicity. By doin

[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the bleep cares about M. Boyer, tiatre and a cultural evolution?

Title: Who the bleep cares about M. Boyer, tiatre and a cultural evolution? By Selma Carvalho. Source: Goan Voice UK weekly column at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Full Text: My great-grandfather was called posko-bamon, not because he was adopted nor was he a bamon, but because he was a light t

[Goanet] Torches in the Fields at Night

As I was travelling home tonight from the house of a friend I, and I suppose many other people, noticed that a lot of torches could be seen in the dark-first-monsoon-soaked fields along the way. Obviously someone was searching for something in those fields. I wonder what. Just curious Cheers Augu

[Goanet] How rich is our Church

How narrow-minded we can be? Who own the property of particular parish? What kind of property is it How much revenue do they get out of this property? I may be wrong but what I know about that kind of property they own (Salcete Churches) is mostly farming land at least in our parish and small p

[Goanet] 15 cms of rain in a day...

... according to this official bulletin. Fortunately, today was dry and mostly clear. FN PS: Incidentally, I believe the met office mostly gets the forecasts wrong here! -- Forwarded message -- From: DIRECTOR INFORMATION PUBLICITY Date: 2009/6/7 WEATHER BULLETIN  Panaji, June 07,

[Goanet] Obama's speech in Cairo as viewed from Israel

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2009/06/the-end-of-americas-strategic.php Excerpt: FROM AN Israeli perspective, Pres. Barack Obama's speech today in Cairo was deeply disturbing. Both rhetorically and programmatically, Obama's speech was a renunciation of America's strategic alliance with Israel

Re: [Goanet] Re. Migrant Workers

Same with the migrant workers settled in Goa. I'm sure they all intend to go back 'home' one day. They too are here on "temporary work". In all probability they would anytime prefer their own home and settings to the (higher) purplebacks of Goa. But life becomes complicated sometimes... FN PS: Is

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Does God need blood?

Talking Photos: Does God need blood? I think, in the old testament (Bible), I did hear about Lambs or sheep being sacrificed or offered to God. But these types of things happening even now? I think so. I witnessed it right in Goa today around 2.30pm on old Patto bridge. Ok, this is the popul

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Rain related

It rained yesterday but not today.. All pics taken today around 3pm Bud’dtti aili re kalsanv ou kapoll vhoir kadd.. (Flooding, Panjim Roads near KTC etc) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/360347/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3603467218/sizes/l/

[Goanet] Re. Migrant Workers

Roland Ref your comment 'How ironic that that RajanParrikar, Jose Colaco, Arwin Misquitta and Xacuti are in the USA" Please get your facts right, I am a permanent resident of Goa with temporary work outside. I hope you appreciate that Not all of us take the easy route runaway/migrate and give u

[Goanet] How I got my cash out of Goa (at £250 a day)

Headline: How I got my cash out of Goa (at £250 a day) Source: The Mail on Sunday(UK). 7 June 2009. By Rosie Waterhouse Excerpts: I had bought a flat in Goa five years ago on a whim for £8,750 I decided to sell because foreign property owners are not really welcome When I sold it for £11,000 I

[Goanet] Valerio Carvalho - sad demise

Valerio Carvalho, owner of Mapusa Service Station and allied concerns passed away on 6/06/2009 after a brief illness. Valerio was a guy who was very well known and popular gentleman. He was one of the first in Mapusa to set up a modern Petrol Station around 1965 or so under the ESSO franchise. His

[Goanet] Talking Photo: KTC driver and his lover playing with the lives of 50+ passensgers/

KTC driver and his lover playing with the lives of 50+ passengers? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3603316200/ This young driver must be a bachelor or just got married. Before the start of the bus, while on driver’s seat, he was on the phone for hours at the Sawantwadi Bus stand. The bu

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 4, Issue 567(MOPA)

By and large I agree with Arwin Mesquita. The River Princess has been there nine years (promises, money, time, effort spent uselessly); off shore vessels cleaning tanks/pumping oil, shacks and casinos/cockeyed tourism policies adding to the danger. We are killing our rivers and polluting everyth

Re: [Goanet] migrants

The presence of migrants and the subsequent effects on Goa's physical landscape and socio-economic environment is a subject that has raised more questions than answers. I have provided my viewpoint in the article, Locating Home Between Home and the Diaspora, in the souvenir released on the occa

[Goanet] Matrimonial for Goans

Dear Goanetters, There is a matrimonial website - very nominal fees, exclusively for Catholics. Do give them a link .. www.rcmatrimonials.com Regards, Sheila

[Goanet] Migrant workers and outsiders

In response to : Message: 3 Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:32:37 +0530 From: Ana Maria de souza-Goswami http://f5mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?&mode=mail_to_individual&email=anamari a...@dataone.in&els=c8ef61ac4b16b393e214f3440bf6e5c6> > Subject: [Goanet] Migrant workers and outsiders A lot has b

[Goanet] Agents collect 52 p.c. of emigration cost from job seekers: Goa govt. study

GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)    Agents collect 52 p.c. of emigration cost from job seekers: Study   Panaji/Thiruvananthapuram (PTI):   Fake travel agents squeeze from gullible youths around half the money spent by them to get overseas lucrative jobs promised but still find themselves

[Goanet] Daily Grook #429

DAILY GROOK #429 __ ACT FACT __ by Francis Rodrigues stuntmen i am told do age with impact, and if they're old they don't re'act! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ __

[Goanet] Question MOPA

Subject: Question MOPA Airport This is with refererence to recent views by Politicians on the proposed MOPA airport. Let us demand an open civilized debate involving all MLA’s, unbiased Experts & the People with regards to havin