goanet-digest Monday, May 20 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3988
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[Goanet] 20 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
Re: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS! -- RELIGION V/S ANIMISM SURVEY
[Goanet] NGO for ban on Hepatitis B vaccine.
Re:[Goanet] Scientific Method
Re: [Goanet] Scientific Method
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:24:22 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 20 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
20 May 2002
ONLY BJP TEAM CAN DELIVER GOODS: Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday
stated that Goa's principal issue of underutilized potential could be
effectively tackled by a better quality of polity comprising clean and
principled politicians wedded to stability and well being of the people. (GT)
RANE ACCUSES CM: Senior Congress party leader and former Speaker,
Pratapsing Rane, on Sunday, told reporters that he had asked Chief Minister
Manohar Parrikar to take trouble to tell us who burnt the Soccoro mosque.
"The Chief Minister has hatched a conspiracy to instigate communal violence
before Congress chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi's visit," Mr Rane charged. (H)
FONSECA'S APPEAL TO SIOLIM VOTERS: Communist Party of India candidate
Christopher Fonseca appealed to Siolim voters to give him one opportunity
to work for the development of the Siolim constituency, while addressing a
meeting at Raiant-Siolim on Saturday. (GT)
BJP WOULD BE THE LARGEST PARTY: The BJP has an overwhelming advantage in 18
constituencies. The Congress, despite the challenge from the rebels, has an
edge in 15 constituencies. The outcome in seven constituencies would depend
on the percentage of voting, and other factors…A three-way division of the
minority votes between the Congress, NCP and UGDP has made the BJP's job
easy. (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)
ELECTION WORK FOR MARKS? A former teacher of a prominent college in South
Goa who is a candidate for a party, has engaged some of the students to
write the voters' cards and assured them of certifying in their booklets
that they had done an assignment. (GT)
YOUTH TRAINING WORKSHOP: A Youth Training Workshop was conducted by World
Wide Fund for Nature-India, in collaboration with the Directorate of Extra
Mural Studies and Extension Services of Goa University under the United
Nations Development Programme recently at the Goa University. (H)
REPORT ON AGING: The Research Institute for Women, Goa, on May 16, in
Panjim, released its report titled "Age and Wisdom undervalued: An inquiry
into the social process of aging in Goa at the turn of the third
millennium", at the hands of Dr Jolly Mascarenhas, former professor of Goa
Medical College. The report studies the conditions of the elderly persons
in Goa, gauges the changes in the status of senior citizens and analyses
the cause of such changes. The report surveys the conditions of retirement
homes in Goa, which is dismal, and makes specific detailed recommendations
to the government, panchayats, other local bodies, NGOs, religious
organisations and families. (NT)
CONVOCATION: The convocation ceremony for VI Portuguese Condensed course,
"Portugues Sem Fronteiras" recently conducted by Indo-Portuguese Friendship
SocietyGoa, and Fundacao Cidade de Lisboa, Portugal, will be held at Hotel
Solmar, Panjim, today at 6 pm. The certificates and prizes will be
distributed by Prof Elsa Barros, directora em Goa do Centro de Lingua
Portuguesa do Instituto Camoes.
PHOTO, PAINTING EXHIBITION: A photography and painting exhibition by
Ajaykumar Lotlikar and Hitesh Pankar respectively, is being organised at
the Kala Academy art gallery, from May 21 to 23. (NT)
DROWNED OFF BAGA BEACH: A resident of Mayem, Purshottam Karbotkar, aged 45,
got drowned off Baga beach around 8.30 am yesterday. He had gone along with
his family to the beach for bath. (H)
NEW SUPERIOR GENERAL: Sr Perpetua Vaz, the headmistress of Little Flower of
Jesus High School, Calangute, has been elected the new Superior General of
the Congregation of the handmaids of Christ. She hails from Naikavaddo,
Aldona. (GT)
S P O R T S
FC SIOLIM ENTER LAST FOUR: FC Siolim thrashed Benny Union, Mapusa, 4-0 to
storm into the semi-finals of the Saligao Villagers Trophy soccer
tournament, at Adarsh grounds, Saligao. (H)
DBO VETERANS CLINCH TITLE: In an exciting match DBO Veterans outplayed
Young Blood 9-2 to win the all-Goa DBO flood-lit rink hockey tournament, at
Don Bosco Oratory outdoor basketball courts. (H)
BHATLEM CC CHAMPS: Bhatlem Cricket Club, Bhatlem emerged winners of the
first Association cup 2002 tennis ball cricket tournament, defeating
Carambolim Cricket Club, at Old Goa. (H)
BENNY XI PIP CALANGUTE: Benny XI defeated Calangute Association 5-4 via the
tie-breaker to advance into the quarter-finals of St Savio Super Soccer,
organised by St Savio Sports Club, Calangute. (NT)
D E A T H S
18 May: Agassaim: JOSE MARIA SEVERIANO FERNANDES, husband of Tomacina,
father of Celestino, Veriano, Alberto, Trindade (London), Menino, Roberto
(mv Mercury), father-in-law of Maria, Inacina, Reina.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 30.0 deg C (at 7.30 am at Assagao)
Max temp: 32.0 deg C; Humidity: 72 per cent. (Panjim yesterday)
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news
Website: http://www.goacom.com
Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 00:50:22 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS! -- RELIGION V/S ANIMISM SURVEY
In a message dated 05/19/2002 5:15:08 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< For someone who is totally against organised religion, that is very
tempting
! ;-) In any case, if all in India gave up their religion, everyone would
focus on real issues like the economy, education, infrastructure, health,
sanitation, and development. Instead, with the current obsession with
organised religion we dig ourselves into a pit. >>
In response to the above, I humbly submit: What doth it profit a (wo)man if
(s)he gains the whole world, but suffers the loss of his/her soul?
There is no point in trying to twist Ash's poignant prophesy for any
generalizations. Religion (from 'religare') is designed to "bind us back from
jungle rule. IMHO, without religion, Goans would fit the computer prompt of
Goons :(
I would like to initiate a survey of all Goanetters on the following question:
Are you "for" or "against" religion?
Let us plan to close this survey at midnight, Friday, May 31, 2002.
Hopefully some computer wizard will volunteer to tabulate and provide the
results :-)
Viva Goa, Viva Goacom!
Pat de Sousa
Maryland, USA
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:30:02 +0530
From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NGO for ban on Hepatitis B vaccine.
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NGO for ban on Hepatitis B vaccine.
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An NGO, Citizens for Health has suggested for an immediate ban
on the administration of Hepatitis B vaccine until the same
is certified to be free from all potential hazards.
In their memorandum submitted to the chief minister,
the NGO said it is now clear that in the US itself
where the vaccine originated, there is a serious debate
on the potential for disaster, through the vaccine.
"The fact is that the long term effects of the vaccine
have not been studied or tabulated, particularly since the vaccine
is less than a decade old", the Citizens for Health said.
Claiming that it made some investigations in the matter,
the NGO said the vaccine has led to severe health problems,
adding that some diseases like Arthritis, vision problems,
trigeminal neuralgia etc.
It pointed out that the Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons has called for an immediate moratorium
on the vaccine pending further research about dangerous side effects.
"Children younger than 14 years are three times more likely to die
or suffer from the adverse reactions after receiving Hepatitis B vaccines
than to catch the disease", the NGO said quoting Dr Jan Orient,
Executive Director of AAPS.
Moreover, the NGO said the National Vaccine Information Centre (USA)
has opposed mass vaccination of children against Hepatitis B stating,
"It is a national experiment on our children for a disease that is not
highly contagious".
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 06:29:50 -0000
From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:[Goanet] Scientific Method
- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Dear Santosh,
>
>As a scientist I am interested in refutation of error.
>Either a conjecture is refuted or it is not. If you
>can unequivocally refute the factual claims relating
>to the death of the historical Jesus, then I urge you
>to take up the matter with historical experts. Present
>your unequivocal and compelling evidence in
>refutation, take the consensus of historical
>scholarship with you, and I will join you gladly.
>Attempting refutation of conjectures through
>compelling evidence is Scientific Method. The rest is
>not.
>
Dear Joel:
I think you have it all backwards, perhaps to defensively position
yourself on what you thought was strategically a higher ground.
It is you who said that your religious belief is based on "carefully
weighing the logic and evidence", by following "the scientific
method". As far as I am concerned, I have always maintained that
religious belief is based on faith. I do not consider that the
supernatural events surrounding the life of Jesus or any other
saintly human being amount to a testable scientific hypothesis, even
in the limited and esoteric Popperian sense. The conjecture that you
are asking me to refute is not falsifiable at all, and therefore,
utterly unscientific.
The value of religion resides precisely in the fact that it is based
on faith, because it gives believers something to cling to in spite
of contrary evidence, in times of need.
Best Regards,
Santosh
P.S.: And by the way, I do not want to convert you to my way of
thinking. I merely want you think about what I am saying, and then
choose to agree or disagree. Actually, if you knew me personally you
would have realized that I would like you more if you disagreed with
me.
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 23:49:11 +0200
From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Scientific Method
NOT! After having the distinct pleasure of meeting Santosh in person last week, I can
assure you
that he's charming even if you agree with him. Pandurang, on the other hand, likes to
argue.
Viviana
santoshhelekar wrote:
> --P.S.: And by the way, I do not want to convert you to my way of
> thinking. I merely want you think about what I am saying, and then
> choose to agree or disagree. Actually, if you knew me personally you
> would have realized that I would like you more if you disagreed with
> me.
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