[Goanet] Goa news for May 28, 2008

2008-05-27 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Fresh attempts on to topple Goa govt. - Hindu [May 26, 2008] Panaji (PTI): Attempts are on to reinitiate moves to topple the Congress-led government in Goa with discontent brewing within t

Re: [Goanet] Cardinal's speech

2008-05-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
The following post does not address the issue I had raised, which is, how many educated people seriously think that science should have anything to do with unprovable supernatural beliefs. I would be surprised if more than a negligible minority would want the scope of science to be expanded in this

Re: [Goanet] Jaundice medicine - Help required

2008-05-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Frederick [FN] Noronha"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > Is this pseudo-science? > No. It is a survey of who is using what to treat what they recognize as some kind of jaundice. To find out if any of those plants really work against infectious hepatitis, somebody has to do a study by properly a

[Goanet] Jaundice - help required.

2008-05-27 Thread anil desai
My advice. I treat patients with jaundice all the time. This lady needs a blood test to test her for Hepatitis. Commonest form is Hepatitis A and this will get better without any treatment.If the blood test does not show evidence of hepatitis, then she needs ultrasound of her biliary tree. That w

Re: [Goanet] Goa capital aims to become no nuisance zone

2008-05-27 Thread Roland Francis
Hi Eddie, This is obviously a reluctant and cosmetic solution. The message to the perpetrators of this public indignity seems to be: You can do your job outside of these hours. Does the Panjim Municipality think that people who relieve themselves in public places will do so only at the times they

Re: [Goanet] Incredible India: Going to Hell in a Hand Basket

2008-05-27 Thread Rajiv Desai
thank you, selma. - Original Message - From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" ; "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Incredible India: Going to Hell in a Hand Basket

[Goanet] Please be aware of whats happening in Goa

2008-05-27 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Dear Non Resident Goans, I request you to be least regularly aware of what's happening in Goa. For the benefit of those, who don't have website addresses of some prominent Goan Media, please note the below: (1) http://www.oheraldo.in/ (2) http://www.navhindtimes.com/ (3) http://www.goacom.com/

Re: [Goanet] "Goa has become a Toilet" - Kashmiri chillies

2008-05-27 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/5/27 Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Mario wrote: > Mario responds: >> > Sadly, Gabe is both wrong and right:-)) First, Gabe > is wrong because a rocket scientist would surely see > that his calculation above is too simplistic. On the > other hand, Gabe is absolutely right that more >

[Goanet] Opposing even the building of Schools?

2008-05-27 Thread Satyawan Govekar
Rajan bab correctly has written that Some folks (Miguel, Samir etc) have responded in good faith to the originator of this thread, Selma Cardoso. I shall not, since the coins of sagacity - the patter about repairing Goa's democracy, the bogus economics tutorial dispensed to Wendell (who, by

Re: [Goanet] Jaundice medicine - Help required

2008-05-27 Thread Melissa Pinto
Yes! actually jaundice can be cured easily why not? any doctors can do it in goa it takes a month instead to be cured nothing more according to me jaundice is not so serious disease that anyone has to get scared of it thank you Melissa Pinto Pune - Original Message From: Frederick [FN] N

Re: [Goanet] God or no God

2008-05-27 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- "Fr. Ivo C da Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is a step foreward that Dr.Santosh has come back with "the Cardinal might say", after he was adamant in quoting him and understanding him as saying that God is not "a fact in the world", that he d

[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 112 - ALDONA SHOWS THE WAY

2008-05-27 Thread Shanti Dhoot
ALDONA SHOWS THE WAY We should acclaim the Aldona villagers with a whoop They have now got together to form a core group To demonstrate that they wish to reject >From their village a mega housing project Which they fear will land them all in the soup. It is a shining example that loudly cri

Re: [Goanet] Jaundice medicine - Help required

2008-05-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote: > Is this pseudo-science? >Journal of Ethnopharmacology : Plant sources for the treatment of ... > A survey of the tribals of Western Madhya Pradesh of India for the > treatment of jaundice has yielded 13 plants for this purpose. Part of > the plant used, ... > linking

[Goanet] JAUNDICE

2008-05-27 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear friends I had a terrible attack of Jaundice many many years ago and I was given this treatment. Half coconut divided into four parts, add to it equal quantity of coconut jaggery and equal part of methi leaves. All these to be ground and juice to be extracted and drunk early in the morning

[Goanet] Goa ! Goa ! Goa !

2008-05-27 Thread Antonio Menezes
Goa is this, Goa is that, Goa is a beautiful land and above all Goa has beautiful people. Let us for a moment keep these paeans in abeyance and concentrate on ground realities that haunt the Goan psyche today For all those Goans who have their hearths in Goa and for most Goans who work on board

Re: [Goanet] God or no God

2008-05-27 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:49:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of all that exists, but not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind." A. Einstein > "What separates m

[Goanet] The Rape of Goa - new version released

2008-05-27 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - It is available at the same link - http://www.parrikar.org/misc/rape-of-goa.mov What's new in this version: - Voiceover in Konkani. - Larger images and better resolution. Warm regards, r

[Goanet] GRAM SABHA WATCH: Watch Out! They are mad!

2008-05-27 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, Babu , Shabu poca differenca! The Samraj of the Panchayati Raj is speaking like King Gyanendra of Nepal. He may similarly be on his way .. OUT ! One has heard of a Swan Song. Now read part of the background to the lyrics of the Swine song below! [The other part of this background is i

[Goanet] Basic info

2008-05-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario wrote: >> Oh, really?  Oh, I'm >> sorry.  but one confuses Chimbel with >> Kashmir and thinks he knows more than Digambar Kamath >> about the approval process for building projects in >> Goa and the other genius tells us he bought gold at >> $280 but forgets to tell us he als

Re: [Goanet] Jaundice - Help surely required but most often, treatment is NOT

2008-05-27 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
Frederick [FN] Noronha asked: Is this pseudo-science? Journal of Ethnopharmacology : A survey of the tribals of Western Madhya Pradesh of India for the treatment of jaundice has yielded 13 plants for this purpose. etc etc etc Or will it become 'science' only after a man in a white coat 'discove

[Goanet] GBA opposes interim report of panel on regional plan

2008-05-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
TOI, Panjim, 28 May 2008 GBA opposes interim report of panel on regional plan TIMES NEWS NETWORK Panaji: Goa Bachao Abhiyan has finally broken its silence over the interim report of the task force on Regional Plan 2021, stating that the methodology adopted by the panel in its preparation was 'fun

[Goanet] Translations... a collaborative project?

2008-05-27 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]
If we accept that Goa is indeed a multi-cultural society (multi-lingual, multi-dialect, multi-script, multi-ethnic, multi-caste and multi-race), then we probably need to reflect its diversity better in translations too. Was just wondering if we could work out some collaborative translation project

Re: [Goanet] The INTERNATIONAL GOAN CONVENTION -CANADA - 2008

2008-05-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Rene Baretto wrote: > I am appending an email  recieved from Kevin Saldanha - the > Convention Director ,  Internatinal Goan Convention - Canada. > This  email is being  circulated to all  the GOAN OVERSEAS > ASSOCITIONS ,  Goan Forums  and Goans in general. > Please do show your support by pro

[Goanet] BIG Goemkars Awards...

2008-05-27 Thread Goanet Events
...to celebrate the young achievers of Goa. Awards will be followed by cocktails and dinner on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 7:00pm at: The Grande Sala Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula BIG 92.7 FM (India's No. 1 FM Station) AIK AIKAI, LIFE FULAI! Goanet Events http://www.goanet.org

[Goanet] Home remedies for jaundice

2008-05-27 Thread Blenure
Hi... Hope this link helps... http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/Jaundice.html -- Thanks and regards, Blenure

[Goanet] Erotic Arts of India

2008-05-27 Thread Sandeep Heble
An interesting link that I came across on erotic Arts of India: http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/erotica/ Following this link should be pretty interesting in the context of the current discussions on Hussein and his Art. Cheers Sandeep

Re: [Goanet] God or no God

2008-05-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Fr. Ivo C da Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > **I suppose that Dr.Santosh can see the difference > when he changes of being sure that "the Cardinal > said" to saying that "the Cardinal might say"... > It is quite clear, everyone should understand it. > From certainty you pass to doubt. >

[Goanet] GBA opposes interim report of panel on regional plan

2008-05-27 Thread Philip Thomas
This criticism puts the Mopa project squarely in the line of fire. It is supposed to be a Rs 1300 crore PPP project with a government (state and central) component of about Rs 300 crores. How many state and/or central projects are there in Goa which are bigger than this? Even in the case of the S

[Goanet] GBA rejects interim report

2008-05-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Navhind Times, 28 May 2008 NT NETWORK PANAJI: The Goa Bachao Andolan, on Tuesday, rejected the interim report submitted by the task force, questioning the methods used to formulate it, say highly placed sources in the task force. The GBA has alleged that the 73rd and the 74th amendments have not

[Goanet] Jaundice cure with Bhuim Avlli

2008-05-27 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Miguel Braganza could elucidate better the small plant which grows widely in moist places around our houses in Goa. It can be identified by a lining of small balls on the underbelly of its tamarind-like leaves. While I was at St. Britto's in 1970s, the Malayalee Jesuit of Goa Province, Fr. Pallit