[Goanet] Big builders mould pliant Panchayats

2010-01-20 Thread Tony de Sa
Excerpt: That the TCP has fallen foul of the law is evident, not just in this project but in so many others. Its record in cases filed in the High Court stands testimony. But however much the Rahejas may have got the Panchayat and the TCP wrapped around their little finger, they still have to

[Goanet] STT: Devache Munxamche ami umao ghetat gai?

2010-01-20 Thread JoeGoaUk
STT: Devache Munxamche ami umao ghetat gai? I remember those days while kissing the priests’ hands.  we said ‘Deu boro dis dium tuka pativ’ Ami ou amchim bhurguim azunui oxem kortat gai? Kiteak na? Antam vas eta kitem? Ou tanchim fottim ou mellim kortumbam tumchea dolleam samkara etat? Why this

[Goanet] Super Chess Housie III on Republic Day at Hotel Miramar

2010-01-20 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Super Chess Housie III Hotel Miramar and Chess Activity Centre is organizing Chess tournament for Primary School students in two groups. Group I : KG, 1st and 2nd Standard. Group II : 3rd and 4th Standard Venue : Hotel Miramar, Near Goa Science Centre, Miramar, Goa Date : January 26, 2010

[Goanet] Antioxidant-rich fruit and veg may cut lymph cancer risk

2010-01-20 Thread Con Menezes
Antioxidant -rich fruit veg. may cut lymph cancer risk. New study. More here. C http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Antioxidant-rich-fruit-and-veg-may-cut-lymph-cancer-risk/?c=KlYnp4hkqTBeULHYPBkgrg%3D%3Dutm_source=Newsletter_Subjectutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Newsletter%2BSubject

[Goanet] Moira - The truth

2010-01-20 Thread Xanno Moidecar
MD appears to be a man or woman after our own hearts. Us Moidecars that is. I will be proposing at the next sabha of the Communidade de Moira that a rare honour be accorded unto him. I will suggest that MD be made an honorary Moidecar. Subject of course to his accepting the accolade. I

[Goanet] From one NRG to another an open letter

2010-01-20 Thread Samir Kelekar
Tony writes: I have been asking Mario to put his money where his mouth is and do something similar. But the man does not get the message. Hi Tony Mario has openly declared on Goanet ( you should be able to find that post if you search the archives) that he doesnt intend to do anything for Goa.

[Goanet] Chess for Everyone on Friday 22, 2010

2010-01-20 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Press Note Chess for Everyone Every Friday at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula January 20, 2010 Schedule for On Friday January 22, 2010 4.00to 5.00 pmPeople from all ages will play chess and participate in some simple chess tricks under the guidance of Shrikant Barve and Shravan Barve

Re: [Goanet] GBA member seeks Rahul's intervention to save Goa - Comments

2010-01-20 Thread floriano
GBA member seeks Rahul's intervention to save Goa Herald Reporter Panjim, Jan 19 The youngest member of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Aaron Pereira today sought the intervention of MP Rahul Gandhi to save Goa from destruction which is going on through reckless mining, land acquisitions with hidden

[Goanet] Panjim's Garcia-Da-Orta - Progress status

2010-01-20 Thread JoeGoaUk
Panjim Garden - Status as on 19/1/2010 Garcia-Da-Orta Municipal Garden, near Church   Earlier, it was said, it was going to be ready just in time for the Church feast i.e. before 8th December 2009.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4288364430/sizes/l/  

[Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

2010-01-20 Thread Samir Kelekar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Attacks-on-Indians-are-racist-Australias-ex-Army-chief/articleshow/5478936.cms Wonder what argument our resident NRGs have this time. Ex-Army chief has lost his civic consciousness ? :-) regards, Samir

[Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief

2010-01-20 Thread Samir Kelekar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-students-targeted-in-Oz-Victoria-police-chief/articleshow/5479169.Icms This further bursts the NRG bubble. NRGs stand exposed now. regards, Samir

Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...

2010-01-20 Thread Tony de Sa
M. Gouveia: No one with more than half a brain works hard and invests money primarily for someone else's benefit.? When people help themselves economically, they automatically help others around them when the money is spent on purchases and starts circulating in the economy.

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Another magnificent Chapel spotted at Neura-o-Pequen hillock

2010-01-20 Thread JoeGoaUk
Another magnificent Chapel spotted at Neura-o-Pequeno hillock   Possibly 17th Century Chapel (?) It’s St. Sebastian Chapel up on the hill. It looks like there was a big city or port town?  in 17th/18th Century.. It also, appears that this chapel served there as a small  Church with it’s own

[Goanet] Goa news for January 21, 2010

2010-01-20 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Reduce Sesa Goa target of Rs 344 Angel Sec - Moneycontrol.com Mhzdd5MH15tNPvJwtYwSesa Goa to Mine 8 Million Tons of Ore in 4th-Quarter

Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo

2010-01-20 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Xannea, I withdraw my petulant dedd xanno remark in the response to Alfred Tavares. If that upset you, I sincerely apologise. Regards, v - Original Message - From: Xanno Moidecar xanno_moide...@yahoo.co.uk To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:58 PM

Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another

2010-01-20 Thread Tony de Sa
Please chedk this out: Message: 10 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:42:10 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza Message-ID: 23977.4989...@web80508.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 17 Jan

Re: [Goanet] ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD

2010-01-20 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:57:18 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Abortion is only the proxy for the real issue which is believers v/s non-believers. Mario responds: This makes no sense whatsoever, at least as far as I am concerned for whom abortion has nothing to do with

Re: [Goanet] Scrapping the Mining Bandwagon - Carmen Miranda - Herald Opinionated 20 Jan, 2010 - Comments

2010-01-20 Thread floriano
That is a great and informative article, Carmen. Am looking forward to tomorrow's 2nd. part. Goans can learn a lot from the write-up I fully agree with you when you say that we are 'stupid' not to see beyond our feet. We need to invest in the FUTURE, the future that is not just a hole in the

[Goanet] Fwd: PES Programmes to save forests

2010-01-20 Thread Anita Mathew
Please publish widely as we in Goa are distressed to see the drastic reduction of forest cover these last five years-due to unregulated growth of buildings and poor infrastructure to take in all the real estate boom and muck. Thanks. Anita mathew. Alto Torda, salvador-de Mundo,Bardez taluka.

Re: [Goanet] Why blame politicians in Goa?

2010-01-20 Thread lyrawmn
Soter: I agree with you.   It is the matter of lack of integrity, transparency and independence of the press.   If the newspaper's editor can not even attribute credit  to JoeGoaUK for use of his  photography - a simple matter of journalistic ethics -  will they have the spine to report the

[Goanet] NRGS and RGS

2010-01-20 Thread anesimo56
Dear all I have been following this arguments as i call them with interest and frustration. Arguents are basically ego trips and no one is a winner. Different people have different ways of solving a problem and nobody can claim that their solution is the best. In the time of crisis,

[Goanet] Bicholim locals vow to stop mining trucks indefinitely

2010-01-20 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM JAN 19: The Bicholim MLA, Rajesh Patenkar and the people from Bicholim today vowed to indefinitely stop mining trucks plying from the city. It may be recalled that the Bicholim MLA and the BMC councillors earlier through a press conference had called a meeting today at

[Goanet] Staying on the messenger is more 'releasing' than staying on the message

2010-01-20 Thread J. Colaco jc
Tony D'Sa: So parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the 'economist' from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries? JoeGoaUK: Earlier, it was said, it was going to be ready just in time for the

[Goanet] Goan Konkani drama 'Mahanand - Monis vo Soitan?

2010-01-20 Thread Goa World
“Mahanand Monis vo Soitan?” charms Kuwait’s Konkani Audience By R. Rodrigues More pictures at the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/kalamoguikuwait/MahananadMonisvoSoitaninKuwait?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTiq7-4ooq2jQE# Francisco Gonsalves alias Franky meticulously enacting the role of the

[Goanet] PONNOS (JACKFRUIT)

2010-01-20 Thread Domnic Fernandes
This is an updated version of my article first posted on Goanet on April 17, 2005. PONNOS (JACKFRUIT) The jackfruit originated in India at the foot of the Western Ghats, and is now very popular throughout South East Asia. The tree is handsome and stately, 30 to 70 feet tall, with

[Goanet] NRGs

2010-01-20 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
With a handful of gnetters objecting from time to time about what NRGs can write or cannot write about with regard to Goa, I strongly suggest that they set up a high-level committee and draw up a list of topics of what can be discussed and what is off. And, while they are at it please also include

[Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

2010-01-20 Thread Venantius J Pinto
To All among Us on Goanet, I would like to know whether any Goan, NRG or resident on Goanet explicitly said that the attacks in Australia, were in any way not racist. Was it even implied that the attacks and deaths must not be seen as racist. When one assigns the term racism, it is prudent to

[Goanet] StyleSpeak: New Decade Resolutions

2010-01-20 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:04:32 -0500 From: manuel tavares duk...@bell.net To ensure that all eligible Goans are registered to vote and also ensure that on election day, they turn up and vote out all corrupt, selfish, and dishonest Members of parliament and vote in honest, courageous and

Re: [Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief

2010-01-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I suggest you read most of the answers at http://qna.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?ref=permalinkquestionquestion_id=195490 rather than having me to supply what is what. As my son said to me when he paid us a visit at the weekend - every student (not necessarily Indian) coming into the country

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (21Jan10)

2010-01-20 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Rahul tells Youth to Revolt *** The First Point on our Agenda: All Senior Politicians go to the 'Home for the Aged' To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] UNWARRANTED BURDEN ON THE STATE EXCHEQUER

2010-01-20 Thread Aires Rodrigues
We all know that with every Goan Minister having his own agenda, we virtually have 12 Chief Ministers (mis)governing this State. But the government has to explain why we need two Secretariats. With the Government Secretariat having officially moved to Porvorim why is it that the national flag

[Goanet] Any arguments against sops for IT ?

2010-01-20 Thread Samir Kelekar
Jose Colaco as usual beats around the bush, but fails to give a single argument against sops for small entreprenuers in Goa.  I assume Jose as usual has no arguments, other than the fact that he doesnt want his imagined status quo of Goa of 1960 not to be changed, unless of course it is done by

Re: [Goanet] NRGS and RGS

2010-01-20 Thread floriano
I believe there is sweet music flowing in through my window, sweet enough to make me open my windows wide. Let this sweet music keep on invading the sound bandwidth and deafen the ears. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS1: Incidentally, the sweet music does not

Re: [Goanet] ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD

2010-01-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
This new installment on the above-referenced subject from Shri Averthanus L. D'Souza appears to be a rambling diatribe meant to deflect attention from the serious scientific and philosophical points made in my earlier responses. The use of “we”, “our” and us in this screed makes it appear that

Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another

2010-01-20 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:22:44 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com *A lie* well told and *repeated* constantly *becomes* a *truth* to credulous people. This is the tactic that Mario, a proponent of the only-NRGs can save Goa camp. Mario responds: Here what I said in the following

Re: [Goanet] Question MOPA Airport

2010-01-20 Thread A C Fernandes
The demands from all and sundry for Goan land is never ending. Here we go again...The Indian Navy now wants their pound of flesh (or more) in Mopa for a naval enclave!!! Could someone please expalin what exactly this naval enclave entails? Is it to host another Navy Ball now in Mopa? Well, Well!

[Goanet] Well Done Goan Youth

2010-01-20 Thread Arwin Mesquita
I commend and thank those Youth who spoke up for Goa at the Rahul Gandhi meet; I hope more youth join the effort to speak/act for the purpose of saving our beautiful land and our prized identity.The more people join the effort will only increase the chances for Goa's Survival from the cluthes,

[Goanet] SMILE................. IT'S WEEKEND (21/01/2010)

2010-01-20 Thread CAJETAN DE
HOW DOES...   Mogrem caught her husband Sakaram searching high and low all around his living room. Mogrem: What are you searching for? Sakaram: Hidden cameras! Mogrem: And what makes you think that there are hidden cameras here? Sakaram: That guy on TV knows exactly what I am doing!.  

[Goanet] Daily Grook #611

2010-01-20 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #611 = MOOD FEUD = by Francis Rodrigues whilst levity lifts a frown, sadly gravity gets us down! *GREAT NEW YEAR GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com === sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani pop hits

Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...

2010-01-20 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:42 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com This is typically the sarsaparilla that Gouveia specializes in. So parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the

Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

2010-01-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
VP, Below are some extracts from the Times of India forum, on the question Why do you think Indians are being attacked in specific in Australia? as previous attempts to send the link did not work as expected: http://qna.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?ref=permalinkquestionquestion_id=195490

Re: [Goanet] Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing

2010-01-20 Thread Venantius J Pinto
People in NY, PA-- Here is something that may interest you. I plan on travelling to PA to see this. Any interested Goans may contact me. If I do go, will take the bus from Chinatown, or Amtrak. +++ Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing