Re: [Goanet] Life in mid-20th century Tanganyika (Oral history project)

2012-02-05 Thread Carvalho
Hey Mervyn, thanks for letting me know. A few people in England have had a similar problem (including myself when I try to access it on my ipad.) Will get on it.   Best, Selma From: Carvalho To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2012 10:

Re: [Goanet] Banana Republic Congress Jamboree

2012-02-05 Thread floriano
Dear Nascy, I know Selma. She is unusually sarcastic. And I believe she is in this matter of toilets. But if she is not, then she must be asking VD to revisit us in GOA. :-) Cheers floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: "Nascy Caldeira" To: ; "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb

[Goanet] A tale of two democracies - a pox on the house of Congress

2012-02-05 Thread Carvalho
A few days ago in the UK, Chris Huhne, Energy Secretary and at one time candidate for deputy Prime-Minister resigned after allegations surfaced once again that he had asked his wife to take his driving penalty points. These allegations are being investigated and will in all probability lead to c

[Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Over time I have noticed that many of the posts are held up and not posted on Goanet on time  This is invariably the case when  Bosco is away or otherwise occupied with something else. The local Admin - we know who - just cannot stomach that I won't go away.  Not that he did not try.

[Goanet] Come Elections & the Jokers are back on this forum!

2012-02-05 Thread Seb dc
A question for regular Goanet posters! How come all the jokers who sleep for 4 years come back on Goanet just before Election Time?? hAVE a nICE dAY Seb --- Protect Goa's natural beauty

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Some Panjim Pics

2012-02-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
Neglected Miramar Beach This highmast has only one (out of 9) light bulbs and has been like that since Xmas Close up http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim6/6812301011/in/photostream from distant http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim6/6812306989/in/photostream/ Smashed Police Information

Re: [Goanet] Life in mid-20th century Tanganyika (Oral history project)

2012-02-05 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ivOx2nDlk&feature=youtube On 5 February 2012 03:35, Carvalho wrote: > Hey Mervyn, thanks for letting me know. A few people in England have had a > similar problem (including myself when I try to access it on my ipad.) Will > get on it. > > Best, > Selm

[Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread Carvalho
Rajan Parrikar wrote: The local Admin - we know who - just cannot stomach that I won't go away.  Not that he did not try.  He imagined that he could embarrass me into leaving (like he has done with other Hindus in the past, those especially who do not align with his pea-brained Leftist drivel).  B

[Goanet] SANTA CRUZ MOST NEGLECTED CONSTITUENCY

2012-02-05 Thread Aires Rodrigues
St Cruz constituency, though just on the outskirts of Panaji, has remained one of the most neglected constituency. Even villages in Canacona and Pernem have progressed. A drive through Chimbel, Merces and St Cruz and the sight and scent of garbage everywhere is inescapable. The infrastructure is i

[Goanet] Gond Art Workshop for Adults & Children at Gallery Gitanjali

2012-02-05 Thread Gitanjali Gallery
* * *“Painted Stories”- A Workshop for Adults & Children on Gond Art at Gallery Gitanjali on the 25th and 26th of February,2012 * The Gond tribal community is one of Central India's largest indigenous communities. Gond art resonates with a culturally distinctive ethos and draws inspiration from m

[Goanet] The Tortured Eleven

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - MJ is right on the money again. http://mjakbarblog.blogspot.in/2012/01/tortured-eleven.html Ps: Indians are shameless. After investing all this treasure and time in cricket, they have nothing to show for it. Of all the innovations in the game in the last 30 years, none is from Indi

[Goanet] Day's summary (2/5/2012)

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet  - 1) The Kangress Rogues' Gallery is out.  All the criminal looters of Goa are in.  This is not surprising.  Sonia the Madam and her family of looters of Indian wealth are now simply doing what they do best. I expect Kapil Sibal, the gigolo from the Sonia pen, to now say  something and

[Goanet] Summary of the day

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Ah, GBA just had another bowel movement. ROTFLMAO. Ms Martins, please pack a Pepto-Bismol next time. The spectre of action against Monserrate is suspicious in its timing. My guess is this is the Kangress way of telling him to fall in line with whatever ticket they deem fit for

[Goanet] Day's summary 2/5/2012

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet  - 1) The Kangress Rogues' Gallery is out.  All the criminal looters of Goa are in.  This is not surprising.  Sonia the Madam and her family of looters of Indian wealth are now simply doing what they do best. I expect Kapil Sibal, the gigolo from the Sonia pen, to do his thing and the lo

Re: [Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
Dears .On this semi-free Sunday, even though I do not have a dog or cat in this "fight", I thought that I'd provide you with my thoughts (gratis) (Caps are added by me for emphasis) [A] Rajan Parrikar wrote: 1: The local Admin . IMAGINED that he could embarrass me into leaving (like he h

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Pink Dawn

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Pink Dawn' A supremely serene pre-sunrise moment in the lovely fishing village of Siridona, Goa. (Siridona is also known as Siridão.) You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/02/05/pink-dawn/ Best regards, Rajan P. P

Re: [Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: Note that I did not - deliberately - call him "communal." That word flies fast and loose on this group, and is used far too indiscriminately. FN has cleverly used the fact that I and some others (who have a sharp divergence with him on political and social issues) are

Re: [Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - JC wrote: >>Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: >>1: The local Admin . IMAGINED that he could embarrass me into >>leaving (like he has done with other HINDUS in the past, > >jc 1: Having been on GoaNet since its inception as a discussion list, >I cannot and will not agree with the "HINDUS"  b

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Honeymoon in the Wilds (Elsie Maciel)

2012-02-05 Thread Goanet Reader
HONEYMOON IN THE WILDS Elsie Maciel mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com 1952: I'd always dreamed about getting married on the roadside of the Great Rift Valley escarpment in the beautiful little chapel the Italian prisoners-of-war had built, to mark the end of their work on the building of the Nair

[Goanet] NEWS: BJP declares 22 seats, Shripad not to contest (Goanews.com) ... BJP allows Sripad to contest Assembly polls (PTI)

2012-02-05 Thread Goanet News
BJP declares 22 seats, Shripad not to contest GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 06 FEBRUARY 2012 00:05 IST The Bharatiya Janata Party late last night declared 22 seats, out of 31 it would contest. Shripad Naik has declined to contest Assembly poll. The list, signed by Ananth Kumar, secretary of central ele

Re: [Goanet] Life in mid-20th century Tanganyika (Oral history project)

2012-02-05 Thread Roland Francis
Selma, I have had no problem with opening the link. The problem is with Mervyn Lobo's ISP and does not apply to all Goanet readers in Canada as Mervyn implied. Roland. -Original Message- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Carvalho

[Goanet] :Determined to be different

2012-02-05 Thread Nelson Lopes
-- Don Al Capone , the  notorious gangster, virtually owned Chicago. He was very deftly defended and left of the hook by his  shrewd lawyer EASY EDDIE, most of the time. The gangster paid him handsomely and rewarded him with the best, he needed for a near luxurious life Eddie raised his so

[Goanet] Of Power, Polls and Psychopaths...submitted for publication

2012-02-05 Thread Celina Pereira
Recently, a posting on Niz Goencar's website by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes from Dubai, asks 'How can Goans vote (for) these imbeciles?' The author names an impressive list of Congress candidates past and present with their widely publicized crimes and misdemeanors. To this list the reader's added the

Re: [Goanet] Posts delayed

2012-02-05 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Rajan, I think U are mistakenly accusing F N in this regard. I have found that There were acute internet delays for various reasons I presume; I myself could not get the full downloads from Xapotam as well as Goanet thru the Yahoo system, these last two days!    I did blame the same on Goa's era

[Goanet] The nature of humanity: What’s a man? | The Economist

2012-02-05 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.economist.com/node/21545972 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php -

[Goanet] Goa news for February 6, 2012

2012-02-05 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** BJP makes mining a poll issue in Goa - The Hindu llies-BJP-and-MGP-come-together/articleshow/11772280.cms">'Natural allies' BJP and MGP come together http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd