[Goanet] Smitha's books released

Smitha's books released PANJIM (HND): Two books authored by Ms Smitha Bhandare Kamat, titled, 'Souldrops', and 'Fullati Fulla', were released at the hands of Mrs Pallavi S Dempo, Trustee, Vasantrao Dempo Education and Research Foundation. Souldrops is a collection of select published poems in

Re: [Goanet] Free Trip to Goa - Info session May 9th

-- Forwarded message -- From: G.O.A. News and Announcements Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:26 PM Subject: Free Trip to Goa - Info session May 9th To: News and Announcements Subscriber Dear Friends, The G.O.A. is having a special event on Saturday May 9th to introduce you to the

[Goanet] GOACAN holds awareness action on Save the Frogs Day.

Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED --- -

[Goanet] Daily Grook #390

DAILY GROOK #390 ___ PORK TALK ___ by Francis Rodrigues swine flu's such a boar i never sausage a recall, ham'ful pigs from mexico so trying tequilas all! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Fw: RELIGION AND SCIENCE

From: "Mario Goveia" --- On Sun, 4/19/09, MD wrote: Science is no match for religioud (sic) belief. Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar But good faith is not good science. That is all I am saying. I am forced to say it because of the false claims made by Fr

[Goanet] Lyrics of Lorna's song

If my memory serves me right this song is sung by Rita Rose, composed by Alfred Rose and I think the lyrics feature in one of Alfred Rose's song books. Fausto Lino wrote: Hello, If you could send me the lyrics of the no KUDDO PASUN TO ZALO ZALAYR.. This song I had heard during colle

[Goanet] Closing of thread - "Religion and Science"

Folks, The discussion thread, "Religion and Science" and its variants: RELIGION AND SCIENCE Religion and Science (part 2) RELIGION, SCIENCE AND MARIO?? will be closed April 30, 2009 at 10pm EST. Please note as per Goanet Rules, Goanetters are "limited to a maximum of four emails a day on

[Goanet] Dr Samir Heble: How to be healthy, feel great - now

29 Apr. 2009: Taranaki Daily News (New Zealand). Dr Samir Heble, 37, works for the Taranaki District Health Board and is one of the youngest clinical directors of mental health in New Zealand. He came to New Zealand seven years ago from Goa. "I was seeing the different types of illnesses in the W

[Goanet] Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth

Source: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15351 --- Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth by Emily Bild, Special to CorpWatch April 23rd, 2009 Set on India's west coast, Goa is renowned as a beach paradise popular with Indian and foreign tourists alike. Just a few miles inland from t

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

From: "Gilbert Lawrence" Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that "their religion is scientific."? Please just post my quote and the context the statement was made. Please do not give me your interpretation of my writings about my religion. I am really getting tired of r

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (29Apr09)

"Looks like Goans Don't Die a NATURAL DEATH anymore" "Accidents" "Deaths" "Rapes" "Suicides" "Murder" To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Religion and Science

Your reply to my request deserves the courtesy of a  response.  Your reply displays your skill to read and understand what is written. As a scientist, I would have expected better from you. To begin, both Religion and Science are very broad subjects.  Yet, any intelligent individual will see th

[Goanet] Migrant employment perspective

A common argument is that "Migrants are doing jobs that Goans do not want to do!" Surely this is true but then, there are un-necessary employment opportunities that we create to facilitate migrants. For example, is it not true that with every mega-project (which mostly are for non-goans) we are n

[Goanet] GRAND GALA TRADITIONAL 9TH ANNUAL MAY QUEEN BALL 2009 IN QATAR

GOAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND Splash PROUDLY PRESENTS THE GRAND GALA TRADITIONAL 9th ANNUAL MAY QUEEN BALL 2009 (Dine & Dance) 7th May 2009 Time: 9:00pm ONWARDS 25000 WATTS SOUND: Unique Sound & Lighting FOREFRONT India's Leading & Goa's No.1 Band Highlights: Crowning of May Quee

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

From: "Santosh Helekar" --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Gilbert Lawrence wrote: Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that "their >religion is scientific."? Please just post my quote and the context the >statement was made. Here is the quote and a link to the context: "So IM

[Goanet] Goa Nite 2009 (Singapore)

Goa Nite 2009 Dinner 'n' Dance at the Singapore Swimming Club, Tanjong Rhy Road, Singapore 6th June 2009, 7[m to 1am Adult - $60 3-12yrs - $30 below 3yrs - free Petula Rodericks & Beven Fonseca Live Band from Mumbai Goan Sausages (Chorizo) Air Lifted from Goa Cashew Fenny Shots Courtesy Mada

[Goanet] Goa news for April 29, 2009

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa voters show lacklustre response - Times of India & http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa-voters-show-lacklustre-response/

Re: [Goanet] Chicken - soup

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza wrote: > >In medical science there is not yet a cure for cancer, as you know. > This is a myth that has been propagated by lay people, journalists and old-fashioned out-of-touch doctors who have not bothered to keep track of how modern evidence-based sc

Re: [Goanet] Chicken - soup

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:11:30 +0530 From: "Fr. Ivo C. de Souza" We are not going to 're-incarnate', Mario. This is against Science. Mario responds: Unfortunately for Padre Ivo and JGR, I have been re-incarnated and sent to keep an eye out for poppycock on Goanet:-)) However, Padre Ivo says

Re: [Goanet] Washington papers

Santosh Helekar wrote: > But it is important to allow people in a democracy and a free society to > express their opinions freely and fearlessly against those in power, and > those who are entrusted with duty and responsibility towards the public. > Those who live in autocratic countries like

[Goanet] Awards at TSKK

AWARD CONFIRMING FUNCTION AT TSKK “TSKK chooses the right people for its awards and TSKK awards are greater than the Sahitya Akademi awards because, they are given to deserving people and they are given by our own household institution.” said Mr. Pandharinath Lotlikar, the ex-director of Panaji D

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

--- On Tue, 4/28/09, J. Colaco < jc> wrote: > >I had asked Santoshbab for evidence that 'Prayer does not work'. He >referred >me to two papers which I have not yet reviewed. > The papers to which I referred were reviews and meta-analyses of all intercessory prayer studies done until now. I w

[Goanet] Death: Rose Santamaria

24 Apr: Streatham, London. MRS ROSE SANTAMARIA. (Ex Byculla, Bombay). Wife of the late Dr. John Santamaria. Mother of Dr Sheila Menezes, Drs. Brenda/Oscar Viegas, Drs. Neil/Shanti Santamaria, and Ian/Ruby Santamaria. Funeral Mass on 6 May at 10.00am at 143, Central Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE1

[Goanet] Goans worst racists?

Sun Apr 26 22:20:20 PDT 2009 Ulla Quiterio wrote: Indians (Goans) in Europe, Canada, USA, etc are called "Pakis" and other racist words. Mario responds: The comment above is pure poppycock. I have no idea what they call Indians or Goans in Europe or Canada, but in 38 years of living in the U

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:53:57 +0530 From: "Fr. Ivo C. de Souza" Virginal conception of Jesus has a historical basis (cf.Mt 1:18-23). The "Holy Trinity" is based on the revelation of Jesus: God is his Father, Jesus is the Son, and after his death and Resurrection, Jesus sent the Spirit. Resu

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

Dear Fr. Ivo, I had asked Santoshbab for evidence that 'Prayer does not work'. He referred me to two papers which I have not yet reviewed. When I review them, I will put them through the following series of evaluatory questions a: How was the study sample collected? b: Was it random or consecut

[Goanet] Konkani name for Kulatha

Dear friends, In Goa kulatha is called 'kullid' (kuLid) and the decoction 'kulldam kald' (kuLdAM kAld); 'kald' is from the Portuguese word for soup. It is a sure fire medicine for stubborn colds, and was my mother's favourite in this regard. It is also used as a general tonic for healthy peop

[Goanet] What is our Basic knowledge of Democracy? Please comment at http://goapanchayat.blogspot.com/

Govt dilutes criteria to classify panchayats as rich http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Govt-dilutes-criteria-to-classify-panchayats-as-rich/articleshow/4456991.cms Success of democratic values depend on making this Panchayat bodies self dependent. All the Panchayats with in mining ar

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (28Apr09)

"Aunty...Ever since Uncle stood for ELECTIONS...HE reminds me of English Grammar...PAST TENSE...PRESENT TENSE...and FUTURE TENSE!" To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Eating out... in Goa?

Try the gadda at Ribandar just after Patto that serves beef and pork steaks; and in the annexe to the chapel close bye for some of the same sort of stuff. Incidentally I think the chapel annexe is a good use of scarce space. ;-) Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

From: "J. Colaco < jc>" Santosh Helekar wrote: [1] I believe in the goodness of all normal human beings, irrespective of creed. [2] I believe that that remark was just a thoughtless gaffe, the kind of which none of us are immune from. [3] But I think it is important that we not take our bel

Re: [Goanet] lyrics of Lorna's songs

Lino, First of all the song is not sung by Lorna but Rita Rose. Lyrics of this song along with many other songs are available on http://edskantaram.blogspot.com/ . Check songs of Rita Rose No. 10 TUZO SAMBALL KORTELIM. You can hear this song at this site: http://www.goaholidayhomes.com/goan-mus

[Goanet] Goa worst Racist?

Dear Goanet readers I wish to ask our Swidish daughter-in-Law the following questions. Which part of Western World and for that matter Indian State, have more than 40% Immigrants? Besides India, Where do the Immigrants Occupy Public land illigally,Spit,urinate and defecate in Public places?

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

From: "Mistri Ganguli" <<***Religion is a part and parcel of human history. We believe in God. Jesus has given us also the knowledge of God, his Father... Regards. Fr.Ivo .

Re: [Goanet] Chicken - soup

From: "Mario Goveia" I strongly suspect Gilbert is a major stockholder in Cambell's Soup, which he hasn't denied. BTW, I have had chicken soup at least a couple of times a week for decades, but I still got cancer. When I was diagnosed, I drank only chicken soup for three days on the recomm

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

From: "Mario Goveia" << From: "Fr. Ivo C. de Souza" I cannot study Theology without studying Science at all. Padre Ivo, With all due respect, if you are continuing to insist that the existence of God can be proven by science, after once agreeing that science cannot prove or disprove the

Re: [Goanet] Our Lady Of Fatima celebration May 3 and 4 - and Qubec Goan Associations - Mass

http://whatsongoanworld.blogspot.com/ From: Michael Ali Our Lady Of Fatima celebration May 3 and 4 On May 3 & 4, the Our Lady of Fatima is coming to Assumption Church , Peekskill and as part of our Celebration, the Go

[Goanet] Goans worst racists?

Your views make a lot of sense Florianobab. But it's not only our politicians who are to be blamed but we the citizens are largely to be blamed for this state of affairs in Goa. In fact the migrants in Goa speak Konkani while Goans don't. And sometimes it is difficult to distinguish a goan from

[Goanet] MALEVOLENT AND BENEVOLENT CHIEF MINISTERS

Every little bit of constructive criticism strengthens our faltering democracy but it is unfortunate that some politicians take things too personally and try to crush any criticism, if not eliminate the source of it and even sometimes uses the police as a tool to meet this end. Over the years I

[Goanet] Daily Grook #389

DAILY GROOK #389 __ FLYIN' SWINE __ by Francis Rodrigues pigs can't really fly sow, how'd they get to the big sty in the sky, i guess the swine flu! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines!

[Goanet] A Living Will - Especially For Goenkars

Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth grade biology if their lives depended on it, or lawyers and doctors interested in simply running up their bills. I,__, being of sound mind and body, wish to place the following

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

From: "Santosh Helekar" <

[Goanet] Goa news for April 28, 2009

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa voters show lacklustre response - Times of India & http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa-voters-show-lacklustre-response/

[Goanet] (British) Overseas support for the Save Goa Campaign (Posted with permission from Susan Casey)

(British) Overseas support for the Save Goa Campaign - CommentAuthorSusan Casey CommentTimeMay 27th 2008 Good afternoon to all at the Save Goa campa

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

From: "Mario Goveia" As a practicing Catholic and a believer in objective science, it continues to boggle the mind when otherwise serious individuals confuse science and faith, which is the basis of religion. From: "Fr. Ivo C. de Souza" But what is faith for you? "Beliefs" without any histori

[Goanet] lyrics of Lorna's songs

Hello, If you could send me the lyrics of the no KUDDO PASUN TO ZALO ZALAYR.. This song I had heard during college time. I asked some of my friends but they don't have. This song is about the boy going to save the girl and in that incident becomes blind and she tells him even if you h