[Goanet] Talking Photos: Sunset Special

2009-11-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Sunset Special   Cortalim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4098191715/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4098949068/sizes/l/    Panjim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4095846085/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4096605592/sizes/l/ http://www.

Re: [Goanet] Hypnotism as pseudo-science

2009-11-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is always sad to see people defiantly maintain the falsehoods that they propagated in the first place, even after being shown evidence that they are wrong. What is worse in the present case with Noronha is that he is stealthily moving the goal post by slipping in a new claim while making a fa

[Goanet] A few words for the attention of coercive Goan fund-raisers

2009-11-12 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
It has been some time now that the Catholic Church in the West has developed some minimal sense and discontinued (at least overtly) the practice of asking for money and more money. Everyone understands that funds are important for organisations to run and for charities to their work - but this nons

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Carvalho
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Frederick Noronha wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but war memorials were put up by > countries > which waged (or actively took part in the) war. Usually the > victors. -- OK FN, I'm correcting you. War memorials are put up in countries to honour

Re: [Goanet] Veteran's Day: Goans who laid down their lives

2009-11-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Nascy is not wrong, considering the social mores of the time he is talking about. Social advancement is a process that is coaxial to progress around. In a manner of saying, for instance, my family has a long ways to go but that does not mean they are not advanced socially in certain ways. Nascy i

[Goanet] How Catholic Bishops Threw the Health Care Debate into Turmoil with Anti-Abortion Maneuver

2009-11-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
This piece will give people a sense of high intrigue and manipulation, and its not just the Catholic Bishops, but other horrendous parties in play here. And so it goes, with the power they have to dictate and alter peoples lives. Worth reading readers comments on the site at the bottom of the artic

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: At last, the renovation wo rk begins -The city’s Garden (Garcia-Da-Orta)

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I was given to understand that there were "differences of opinion" between the so-called freedom fighters and the Fundacao Oriente, which had commenced works on putting mosaic paving in the Portuguese style, which caused the works to come to a dead-halt.  Is this correct or is it a myth?

Re: [Goanet] George W. Bush

2009-11-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
manuel tavares wrote:  > Mario, let us not forget that Bush had Eight years to right the so called > Clinton Wrongs and instead of doing this, he ruined the economy of the world. Folks, If anything, George Bush (43) also taught the world the value of a parliamentary democracy. With a parliame

[Goanet] Bicholim man hangs to death

2009-11-12 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM, NOV 10 A 40-year-old man from Ona-Maulinguem, Bicholim, committed suicide by hanging himself to a fan at his residence on Tuesday. According to Bicholim police, one Santosh Kudnekar from New Wada, Ona-Maulinguem, who was upset due to some personal reasons, hanged himself

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
One of the Goans who joined the British Army and saw action in Germany (as a commando IIRC) was Alfredo de Mello, the son of Dr. Froillano de Mello, and the author of "From Goa to Patagonia". A number of Goans also were involved in Angola as members of the "tropa", but that is another story.

[Goanet] Shopping fest in Panaji to add colour to Iffi

2009-11-12 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Shopping fest in Panaji to add colour to Iffi PANAJI: The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in association with the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) will be hosting its first shopping festival along the 18th June road in Panaji, alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
2009/11/12 Carvalho : > II, because of Portugal's neutrality. That is not > true. Besides sailors there were Goans who joined > the British Army in East Africa and risked their > lives. However, no war memorial rests for > these individuals neither in Goa nor anywhere > else in India. Correct me

[Goanet] Mario Miranda Honoured with 'Orden de Isabel La Catolica

2009-11-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Simply Awesome for the Spaniards to recognize Mario Miranda and his contribution to his culture and that of India. Hopefully India will recognize that this means that a part of the world is watching one cradle of India and that is Goa very closely, and hopefully take this as a sign to clean up its

[Goanet] Hypnotism as pseudo-science : Re: Let us pray

2009-11-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
Some subjects in this list may be in question, be subject to divided professional opinion, or have legitimate ongoing scientific research associated with them. For instance, some proposed explanations for hypnosis have been criticized for being pseudoscientific, and there is still no general consen

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Carvalho
Hi all, I was in a hurry last night when I wrote the post. I want to add that the site mentioned gives a listing down to the village the Goan came from and their next of kin which was usually a wife. British Historical-geographer of Goan origin, Cliff Pereira, has painstakingly carried out resea

Re: [Goanet] Let us pray

2009-11-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Frederick Noronha wrote: > >Couldn't hypnotism also be considered a pseudo-science in its early days: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotism#History > Hypnosis has always been regarded as a legitimate natural phenomenon, although explanations to account for it have been fa

[Goanet] Xavier Gomes has a message to give.. Also, meet Ignatius de Xelvona, Nato & John

2009-11-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Xavier Gomes has a message to give.. Also, meet Ignatius de Xelvona, Nato & John http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2LPHgp-xs joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8

Re: [Goanet] Veteran's Day: Goans who laid down their lives

2009-11-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
Nascy, the rest of your post was very interesting... but I thought the statement below came with some inbuilt bias. 2009/11/12 Nascy Caldeira : > Christian Goans were socially advanced, in that they > had no taboos and other superstitions about eating > or handling food that the British and weste

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Ali
Dear FN, I don't believe that Portuguese or Brazilians would be in the Indian Army as they would not be eligible to join. Some could be Mangaloreans but then Mangaloreans are originally Goans who left Goa a long time back to escape Portuguese rule. Mike