[Goanet-News] Goa news for February 6, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Russian media flays Goa govt over Music fest fiasco - Times of India inute denial of permission to conduct the 'Great Live Music International Festival', calling the move ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHN1RVxw6vx72hUZq4BxwhcDilYWgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Russian-media-flays-Goa-govt-over-Music-fest-fiasco/articleshow/29832341.cms *** Goa okays creation of separate AIS cadre - Business Standard ed Goa government today approved creation of a separate and exclusive cadre of All India Services (AIS) officers against feudal attitude of Centre in postings, by delinking itself from the existing AGMUT cadre. It (the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFyZoPiyRJALknlLcqlZ30JZIAXUQurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/goa-okays-creation-of-separate-ais-cadre-114020501477_1.html *** Goa police announces reward for info in rape-murder case - Zee News ear-old fisherwoman in Canacona. The woman's bruised body was found last week in a thick forest at Canacona, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH9GtqXn3dpeGqXEW9GlzmU5AsPvgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-police-announces-reward-for-info-in-rape-murder-case_909250.html *** Goa police to file charge sheet against Tarun Tejpal today - indiatvnews.com Mauthuser=0ned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEssWi7E0vqkqkCFAsivYYkMKlovgurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/latest-news-goa-police-to-file-charge-sheet-against-tarun-tejpal-5238.html *** Sand Cult, Goa Tourism team up to draw tourists - Hindu Business Line oot tall sand castle which has been put up at Calangute Beach. Jerry Jose, Founder of Sand Cult said, Tourism in the State will derive the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEr82uEpJgtQ7Z3us8AYJzdoipytQurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/sand-cult-goa-tourism-team-up-to-draw-tourists/article5656740.ece *** Goa appoints expert to document water diversion by Karnataka - Zee News pproves-technical-consultant-for-Mhadei-issue/articleshow/29920232.cmsCabinet approves technical consultant for Mhadei issue http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEH_AfojtUzpN8G9HRz00OG-14XxQurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-appoints-expert-to-document-water-diversion-by-karnataka_909323.html *** Nallappan Mohanraj signs for Sporting Clube de Goa - Goal.com India ear-old had spent five years with Mohun Bagan and plied his trade with Pune FC in the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEE3KJxqgUIcS6bRA5aQNnXO6WgMwurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/02/05/4596804/nallappan-mohanraj-signs-for-sporting-clube-de-goa *** NABARD credit to Goa up by 3 times - Times of India oa regional office, on Wednesday, also released a state focus paper identifying various potentials available for finance in the state under agriculture and allied sectors. NABARD hopes to disburse 3,993 crore under the priority lending sector ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFwY2e4YtsnadkP12PkOAEesxZ0BQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NABARD-credit-to-Goa-up-by-3-times/articleshow/29920272.cms *** Goa police announce reward for info in rape-murder case - Times of India ear-old fisherwoman in Canacona. The woman's bruised body was found last week in a thick forest at Canacona, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFmxZSccYazgI6k65GtcH13MtzCvAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-police-announce-reward-for-info-in-rape-murder-case/articleshow/29906439.cms *** 'There is still hope for Goa' - Times of India ou people can still salvage it, she said, expressing her happiness that Goa still held 'gram sabhas'. These gram sabhas, that allow people of the land ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEXS9zj1PxwHiq5HTJC6AHMQ0Cc_wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/There-is-still-hope-for-Goa/articleshow/29920047.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Something's Gotta Give (Frank Sinatrahttp://www.youtube.com/artist/frank-sinatra-tommy-dorsey?feature=watch_video_title - with Lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkzO44VaUB0 g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Fwd: Olden Goldies from dsouza's (Lyrics)
http://www.dsouzaweb.com/books/golden-oldies g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] MEDIA ALERT- MY FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL AT THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE PANJIM
Dear Sir/ Madam Kindly publish the below press release in your daily: *The Alliance Française of Panjim is making its movie festival!* In the framework of *MyFrenchFilmFestival*, the Alliance Française Panjim is screening 7 movies for 3 days with 1 public online vote! From Thursday, February 13th to Saturday, February 15h, the Alliance Française Panjim will screen: *THURSDAY, 13th FEBRUARY: * 3.00 pm: *Mobile Home* by François Pirot 6.00 pm: *Maddened by its Absence* by Sandrine Bonnaire *FRIDAY, 14th FEBRUARY* 11.00am: *The Virgin, the Copts and Me* by Namir Abdel Messeehhttp://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/person?person=337070 3.00pm: *Pauline detective* by Marc Fitoussi 6.00pm: *The umbrellas of Cherbourg* by Jacques Demy (out of competition) *SATURDAY, 15th FEBRUARY* 11.00 am: *Like a lion* by Samuel Collardey 3.00 pm: *Days of the crows* by Jean-Christophe Dessaint *MyFrenchFilmFestival.com *is an innovative concept the aim of which is to showcase French directors and enable Net surfers all over the world to share their love of French cinema. For its fourth edition, the festival returns with new films, new foreign languages, new partner platforms and launches in cinemas in several territories. Ten French features and ten French shorts are in competition. Net surfers are invited to score all the films and leave their comments on the website. The selection includes two Belgian films in competition, as well as, out of competition, one heritage film and two Canadian films in French. Please find enclosed more about the movies! Best regards, Laurène Gibert Director Alliance Française, Panjim H. No 46A, P.E Agnelo RD, Near Menezes Polyclinic, Altinho, Panjim Panjim 403 001, Goa Tel +91 832 2420049 http://panjim-goa.afindia.org/ Follow us on Facebook!
[Goanet] Accident at Bambolim - Pics
Accident at Bambolim Near New Athletic Stadium NH17 5.2.2014, 12.30pm Pic taken from the moving car http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra3/12320064404/in/photostream/ Looks like the rider was not wearing helmet RIP http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra3/12319790613/ rotis or Chapatis all over the road, may he was delivery man joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] SPEAKER RAJENDRA ARLEKAR HAS A LOT TO ANSWER
Propriety demands that Rajendra Arlekar should have immediately resigned as Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly till the current probe against him is over to enable the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and the Income Tax officials to conduct a fair, impartial and uninfluenced investigation into the source of those entire 72 lakhs he paid last year for that 500 sq mt plot at Porvorim and the further Rs 4, 8,280 he paid towards stamp duty and registration charges. ACB officials are desperately trying to shield Rajendra Arlekar. There needs to be a scrutiny of the call details of telephonic conversations between some senior BJP politicians and the ACB officials on 29th January after the complaint against Rajendra Arlekar was filed. ACB officials in contravention of the law are acting as caged parrots. ACB officers instead of summoning Rajendra Arlekar have instead in an unprecedented move gone to his door step to investigate the case. As part of the investigation to ascertain the source of Rajendra Arlekar's sudden increase in wealth the ACB should scrutinize and probe all the tenders and contracts floated by the Goa Legislative Assembly Secretariat during Rajendra Arlekar's tenure as Speaker. Rajendra Arlekar claims that the Rs 72 lakh plot was purchased on a part bank loan. ACB needs to probe whether there was undue favour shown to Rajendra Arlekar in the granting of that 57 lakhs loan he claims he obtained. Any sale deed with a bank loan would have the date and number of the cheque or draft incorporated in the sale deed. Rajendra Arlekar's sale deed surprisingly is silent on whether the 72 lakhs claimed to have been paid was paid by cheque, draft or cash. Rajendra Arlekar has to also account for the balance 15 lakhs and the further Rs 4, 8,280 he paid towards stamp duty and registration charges. We also need to know as to why on that sale deed the address of the Vendor Dharmanand Kamat was shown as Merces Goa, when Rajendra Arlekar was fully aware that he was a permanent resident of Delhi. Mr. Speaker could you further please enlighten us as to how you managed to get that 500 sq mt plot at the rate of a mere Rs 14, 400 a sq mt when the rate there is over Rs 20,000. Was the balance paid by you under the table? Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
Re: [Goanet] Goanet commitment to Goans?
Dear Dr Ferdinando, I'm not sure why I'm a party to this mail, other than the fact that I have previously expressed my dissatisfaction with the selective moderating habits of nearly every Goa-centric net list I have ever been added to by my friend Fred. I have come to the decision that I do not want to be involved in communities that do not enhance my experience of 'Goan-ness', and removed myself from them. And my humble suggestion is that you do the same for your own sanity. Some years ago, bio-feedback was thought to be a kind of new-age hocus-pocus; it is used routinely in scientific studies now.Similarly many scientists are actively studying the effects of acupuncture. People will believe what they want to believe. Find a more supportive environment in which to express your views, is my advice to you. But please do not copy me on Goanet threads, because I have no wish to be involved in them. This note is for you and the moderators, not for public consumption. With best wishes, Margaret Mascarenhas http://about.me/margaret_mascarenhas @mmasc https://twitter.com/ . On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: This is just to inform you all that I have responded to Albert's query on Goanet below, http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2014-February/237832.html But that Goanet has that same 'black hole' to make my response below disappear! If Goanet feels that a discussion needs to be stopped, then why post a question asked? It only shows how committed Goanet is to Goans who need an answer to their questions! -- From: drferdina...@hotmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org; afpe...@3129.ca Subject: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 16:44:49 +0530 Albert Peres afperes at 3129.ca on Sun Feb 2 20:44:35 PST 2014 wrote: Dr., The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. Are you willing to deceive a patient and go on the record by writing a prescription for one as part of a medical intervention? Albert Peres RESPONSE: Albert, I am not qualified in acupuncture, as such I cannot prescribe. As an allopathic doctor, I sure can recommend and advise my patient who has chronic pain and who has not benefited from allopathic line of treatment to try it . Acupuncture IS NOT a placebo. Please go through these below websites if you have the time. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/770646 September 10, 2012 -- Acupuncture is superior to both sham acupuncture and standard care for the treatment of different types of chronic pain, suggesting that the effects of acupuncture are more than just placebo effect, a new meta-analysis shows. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1334288/Acupuncture-placebo-does-relieve-pain-say-scientists.html http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/ http://news.yahoo.com/study-placebo-not-acupuncture-helps-pain-211737196.html CHICAGO (AP) -- Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies -- the latest analysis of an often-studied therapy that has as many fans as critics. Some believe its only powers are a psychological, placebo effect. But some doctors believe even if that's the explanation for acupuncture's effectiveness, there's no reason not to offer it if it makes people feel better Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] Amchem Noxib, Rita Lobo, C Alvares, M Boyer, Souza Ferrao, Remie Colaco..
1963 Film Amchem Noxib, Rita Lobo, C Alvares, M Boyer, Souza Ferrao, Remie Colaco, Rico Rod.. Sorry guys, this is the fourth replacement link and hope it will be the last. More faces added as above. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vibKPJDHtRs Which also means the links posted earlier are now inactive Updates etc you can always check here http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2014/02/aqua-goa-mega-fish-festival-2014-navelim.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Quackery on Herald
Albert Peres afperes at 3129.ca on Sun Feb 2 20:44:35 PST 2014 wrote: Dr., The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. Are you willing to deceive a patient and go on the record by writing a prescription for one as part of a medical intervention? Albert Peres RESPONSE: Albert, I am not qualified in acupuncture, as such I cannot prescribe. As an allopathic doctor, I sure can recommend and advise my patient who has chronic pain and who has not benefited from allopathic line of treatment to try it . Acupuncture IS NOT a placebo. Please go through these below websites if you have the time. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/770646 September 10, 2012 — Acupuncture is superior to both sham acupuncture and standard care for the treatment of different types of chronic pain, suggesting that the effects of acupuncture are more than just placebo effect, a new meta-analysis shows. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1334288/Acupuncture-placebo-does-relieve-pain-say-scientists.html http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/ http://news.yahoo.com/study-placebo-not-acupuncture-helps-pain-211737196.html CHICAGO (AP) — Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the latest analysis of an often-studied therapy that has as many fans as critics. Some believe its only powers are a psychological, placebo effect. But some doctors believe even if that's the explanation for acupuncture's effectiveness, there's no reason not to offer it if it makes people feel better…. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
Re: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald
People ought to know that because of unregulated use of quack remedies around the world medical scientists are rightly testing them in clinical trials. In almost all of these cases, the best and the most objective of these studies show that these remedies are no better than placebos. This is absolutely the case with acupuncture as well. The following editorial entitled Acupuncture Is Theatrical Placebo in the medical journal Anesthesia and Analgesia by a world famous pharmacologist and a prominent neurologist makes this fact very clear: http://www.dcscience.net/Colquhoun-Novella-AA-2013.pdf Here is their concluding statement: QUOTE The best controlled studies show a clear pattern, with acupuncture the outcome does not depend on needle location or even needle insertion. Since these variables are those that define acupuncture, the only sensible conclusion is that acupuncture does not work. Everything else is the expected noise of clinical trials, and this noise seems particularly high with acupuncture research. The most parsimonious conclusion is that with acupuncture there is no signal, only noise. The interests of medicine would be best-served if we emulated the Chinese Emperor Dao Guang and issued an edict stating that acupuncture and moxibustion should no longer be used in clinical practice. No doubt acupuncture will continue to exist on the “High Streets” where they can be tolerated as a voluntary self-imposed tax on the gullible (as long as they do not make unjustified claims). UNQUOTE ..David Colquhoun and Steven Novella As regards the universities that awarded my degrees, they are University of Bombay and Baylor College of Medicine. I concede however that Falcao possesses a superior extraterrestrial intelligence. Cheers, Santosh On Friday, January 31, 2014 10:34 PM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Sun Jan 26 17:08:46 PST 2014 wrote: 1. Falcao got his medical degree from the same medical college from which I got mine, namely Goa Medical College. 2. Please let me know if you need any more accurate credible information exposing quack practices such as these. Cheers, Santosh RESPONSE: 1. WRONG! I did not get my Degree from Goa Medical College, The University of Bombay awarded me my Degree in 1975. Maybe Mr. Helekar got his from Goa University, I am not aware. A medical Institution does not produce all doctors of the same calibre as a factory. The product of any institution depends on the intelligence of the student. 2. According to Mr. Helekar, all these doctors cited in the below websites are Quacks, including the WHO doctors. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videos/news/Acupuncture_122313-1.html A new study finds that acupuncture helps alleviate joint and muscle pain, stiffness and hot flashes in women taking anticancer drugs called aromatase inhibitors. https://www.mja.com.au/insight/2013/6/acupuncture-research-needs-new-approach A German study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that acupuncture led to statistically significant improvements in disease-specific quality of life and antihistamine use after 8 weeks of treatment compared with sham acupuncture and with rescue medication (the antihistamine cetirizine) http://aim.bmj.com/content/early/2013/12/02/acupmed-2013-010435 Randomised clinical trial of five ear acupuncture points for the treatment of overweight people Professor Sabina Lim, Research Group of Pain and Neuroscience, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, South Korea; l...@khu.ac.kr Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] Fwd: Quackery on Herald. ...Dr?
So you are not an MD then, nor a MS or even a NBBS. ie a Doctor of Medicine. A Doctor of 'English Medicine' as it is known in India. In that case you could advise a patient anything, acupuncture, yoga, crystals, meditation... How about this study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19250001 ...RESULTS: Thirty-eight acupuncture trials were identified. Most studies (22/38 = 58%) found no statistically significant difference in outcomes, and most of these (13/22 = 59%) found that sham acupuncture may be as efficacious as true acupuncture, especially when superficial needling was applied to non-points. CONCLUSIONS: The findings cast doubt on the validity of traditional acupuncture theories about point locations and indications. Scientific rationales for acupuncture trials are needed to define valid controls, and the theoretical basis for traditional acupuncture practice needs to be re-evaluated --- THIS, to me, points to a placebo effect ie measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment administered. --- Your own quoted article below states: '...Study: Placebo or not, acupuncture helps with pain' '...the difference in results for real versus fake acupuncture was small, it suggests acupuncture could have more than a psychological effect, said lead author Andrew Vickers' '...Acupuncture skeptic Dr. Stephen Barrett said the study results are dubious. The retired psychiatrist runs Quackwatch, a Web site on medical scams, and says studies of acupuncture often involve strict research conditions that don't mirror how the procedure is used in the real world.' --- Finally: Are you a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.), a Doctor of Medicine in Acupuncture - M.D.(Acu), or are you register with the Medical Council of India? If not, how can you even begin to pre-screen or refer to the correct. qualified, specialist practitioner... Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell === --- Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote --- Albert Peres afperes at 3129.ca on Sun Feb 2 20:44:35 PST 2014 wrote: Dr., The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. Are you willing to deceive a patient and go on the record by writing a prescription for one as part of a medical intervention? Albert Peres RESPONSE: Albert, I am not qualified in acupuncture, as such I cannot prescribe. As an allopathic doctor, I sure can recommend and advise my patient who has chronic pain and who has not benefited from allopathic line of treatment to try it . Acupuncture IS NOT a placebo. Please go through these below websites if you have the time. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/770646 September 10, 2012 — Acupuncture is superior to both sham acupuncture and standard care for the treatment of different types of chronic pain, suggesting that the effects of acupuncture are more than just placebo effect, a new meta-analysis shows. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1334288/Acupuncture-placebo-does-relieve-pain-say-scientists.html http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/ http://news.yahoo.com/study-placebo-not-acupuncture-helps-pain-211737196.html CHICAGO (AP) — Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the latest analysis of an often-studied therapy that has as many fans as critics. Some believe its only powers are a psychological, placebo effect. But some doctors believe even if that's the explanation for acupuncture's effectiveness, there's no reason not to offer it if it makes people feel better…. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
Re: [Goanet] wrt Patricia Alvares' Healing with Crystals article in the Herald
What Herald has advertised in the interview in question is quackery because of the following reasons: 1. The claims made in the interview perfectly satisfy the dictionary definitions of quackery, which is: A fraudulent claim to medical knowledge; treating the sick without knowledge of medicine or authority to practice medicine. (Taken from Stedman's medical dictionary. Please see: http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?s=charlatanism) 2. The interview makes the claim that crystal healing is curative. 3. It makes scientific sounding factual claims about the properties of crystals and their effects on the human body that are completely bogus, and can be easily demonstrated to be false by a simple scientific measurement. 4. Under claims of healing there are fraudulent claims about economics and personal finance, such as: The combination of Citrine, Pyrite and Amber will attract wealth, prosperity and abundance. 5. It propagates the superstition of evil eye and various supernatural claims that have nothing to do with healing, such as Certain crystals will give self confidence, enhance creativity, protect from the evil eye, attract love, the right career, etc. Please see: http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/epaperpdf/2212014/2212014-md-hr-17.pdf Now regarding acupuncture, the quote below is not accurate: QUOTE The US FDA approved acupuncture for pain relief in 1996. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/acupuncture/patient/page1/AllPages/Print UNQUOTE .Josebab Colaco The U.S. FDA has only adopted certain requirements to regulate the use of acupuncture needles by qualified practitioners e.g. that they have to be sterile and single use needles. It has not approved acupuncture for anything. Please see the following FDA link: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?FR=880.5580 Acupuncture like other questionable or quack nostrums are used by people who believe in them. They are also tested in clinical trials by medical scientists. That is why FDA has to often rule on their safety. FDA deals with safety and efficacy as two separate issues. First and foremost, it is concerned about safety of all devices or drugs, whether they are effective real medical devices or drugs, investigational real medical devices or drugs whose efficacy is not yet known, or quack medical devices or drugs under investigational use or as placebos. Dirty acupuncture needles can lead to severe infections and further complications causing even death in some cases. The needles also need to be bio-compatible to prevent allergic reactions, etc. That is why FDA has regulated their safe use. But it has not approved acupuncture for efficacy in any condition. Cheers, Santosh On Friday, January 31, 2014 10:35 PM, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2014, Roland Francis wrote: The common man knows that what Santosh says is right. Desperate and gullible people will believe in crystal therapy or things like that either from ignorance or desperation, as he said. COMMENT: 1: Nothing I read in the Herald-interview (Patricia Alvares / Tarminder Manchanda) could be classified as quackery which is an unregulated and dangerous practice of medicine, especially as quacks often attempt to discourage patients from consulting their doctor or following their doctor's advice. (This not to say that some 'regulated modern medicine practitioners do not practice dangerous medicine). 2: There is one mis-representative and potentially dangerous (to the non-discerning reader) word in Patricia Alvares' bye-line and that is curative. Otherwise, I would have no issues if any of my patients were interested in utilizing these 'Crystals' to assist in the 'healing' process . as long as they understood from me that there was a difference between healing and cure. 3: My personal take on physicians, illnesses and treatments includes the following: a: Well trained and up to date physicians should know more about illnesses, drug treatments, the drug interactions and side-effects that those who are not well trained and up to date physicians may not be aware of. (This includes lay individuals). b: Unscrupulous and unethical physicians take short cuts mainly for financial gains; and then there are the unscrupulous among the Pharma Reps who offer inducements to physicians in order 'to meet their targets'. c: Another set of the unscrupulous physicians are the ones who would (say) delay referral of patients to the specialists/sub-specialists and the specialists/sub-specialists who would delay the referral back of the patients to the primary (referring) physician after the specialty consult is completed . d: Patients often get totally confused when different doctors give vastly different opinions about the same medical issue, write a whole set of differently-named (but possibly the same generic) medications AND talk bad about
[Goanet] Cricket stadium likely to come up at Bicholim
-- Samir Umarye PANAJI: The Goa Cricket Association has asked the state government to return the 7.5 crore they had paid ten months ago to facilitate the transfer of land at the proposed Sports City in Dhargal. After failed attempts to build an international cricket stadium at Thivim, the GCA were hoping to convince the state government to part with land admeasuring approximately 1,20,000 sq mts at Dhargal. The government had agreed in principle, even accepted a cheque of 7.5 crore -- encashed by the government on March 31, 2013 -- but after waiting for ten months, the GCA has taken matters in their own hands. We decided to look for suitable land ourselves to construct an international cricket stadium. Two sites have been identified but Bicholim looks best placed as of now, said one senior GCA official. The land at Bicholim is learnt to be expansive, almost 3 lakh sq mts. We published advertisements in the newspapers almost a fortnight ago asking to intimate us if there are any objections. So far, nobody has come forward and we are close to buying that land, said the official. We have verbally told the state government to return the money to us but that does not mean we do not need government support. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar is a wellwisher of cricket and we will need him to back us for all the necessary permissions, said the official. Once the land is in GCA's possession, the association will immediately start working on their ambitious project and are expected to complete the stadium within two years. The first step, officials said, would be to complete the ground while work on the other facilities will also progress simultaneously. The GCA are in a tearing hurry to at least start work on the project because of a Bruling that no state can host One-day International matches unless they have stadiums of their own. BCC has made an exception for Karen, who do not have a stadium but has already bought land. They recently hosted India's one-dayer against the West Indies. Once we have the land in our possession, we can stake our claim for a ODI, said another official. Goa last hosted a ODI more than three years ago but that was abandoned without a ball being bowled to give India a 1-0 series victory, their first at home in over two decades.(TOI)
[Goanet] GOA MPs MEET OSCAR ALONG WITH PWD MINISTER SUDIN DHAVLIKAR
* PRESS NOTE* * The two Goa MPs Shri Shantaram Naik and Shri Francisco Sardinha met Union Minister for Road Transport and National Highways Shri Oscar Fernandes at New Delhi , along with Goa PWD Minister Shri Sudin Dhavlikar to discuss projects worh 1108.43 crores .* * The projects include Canacona National Highway Bypass which included Galjibag Tolpon bridges, Margao western National Highway Bypass ,new Khandepar bridge, Dhavli bypass, Ribander bypass and missing link on NH 17B at Lotlim Village etc.* *Central Government , at the request of the miister and Goa MPs have decided to approve the project.* * It may be recalled that the project was earlier scuttled at the instance of certain vested interest.* *RELEASED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF* *SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK* * CAPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH ATTACHED:* *Union Minister for Road Transport, and National Highways Shri Oscar Fernandes seen along with Shri Sudin Dhavlikar, PWD Minister, Goa, and Shri Shantaram Naik and Shri Francisco Sardinha the two Goa Mps*
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Salon Al Fresco
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Salon Al Fresco' In Keri, Goa. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/02/05/salon-al-fresco/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Fwd: Quackery on Herald. ...Dr?
Albert Peres afperes at 3129.ca on Mon Feb 3 04:39:38 PST 2014 wrote: So you are not an MD then, nor a MS or even a NBBS. ie a Doctor of Medicine. A Doctor of 'English Medicine' as it is known in India. In that case you could advise a patient anything, acupuncture, yoga, crystals, meditation... How about this study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19250001 ...RESULTS: Thirty-eight acupuncture trials were identified. Most studies (22/38 = 58%) found no statistically significant difference in outcomes, and most of these (13/22 = 59%) found that sham acupuncture may be as efficacious as true acupuncture, especially when superficial needling was applied to non-points. CONCLUSIONS: The findings cast doubt on the validity of traditional acupuncture theories about point locations and indications. Scientific rationales for acupuncture trials are needed to define valid controls, and the theoretical basis for traditional acupuncture practice needs to be re-evaluated THIS, to me, points to a placebo effect ie measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment administered. Your own quoted article below states: '...Study: Placebo or not, acupuncture helps with pain' '...the difference in results for real versus fake acupuncture was small, it suggests acupuncture could have more than a psychological effect, said lead author Andrew Vickers' '...Acupuncture skeptic Dr. Stephen Barrett said the study results are dubious. The retired psychiatrist runs Quackwatch, a Web site on medical scams, and says studies of acupuncture often involve strict research conditions that don't mirror how the procedure is used in the real world.' Finally: Are you a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.), a Doctor of Medicine in Acupuncture - M.D.(Acu), or are you register with the Medical Council of India?If not, how can you even begin to pre-screen or refer to the correct. qualified, specialist practitioner... Albert Peres RESPONSE: Albert, I have seen plenty of patients and their relatives with your type of behaviour. Your post and your English have given me enough feedback on you educational level. I have no obligation whatsoever to anyone who demands me to know my qualifications on media. Remember one thing Albert, qualified doctors/clinicians have taken an Oath to alleviate human suffering; and not to cure any illness; which also includes family stress, financial stress, besides patient’s illness. People like you realise too late when one of your own family members get entangled in problems due to your type of conceitedness. I, as a doctor cannot force anyone to follow my advice, take it, or leave it! Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] Goa news for February 6, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Russian media flays Goa govt over Music fest fiasco - Times of India inute denial of permission to conduct the 'Great Live Music International Festival', calling the move ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHN1RVxw6vx72hUZq4BxwhcDilYWgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Russian-media-flays-Goa-govt-over-Music-fest-fiasco/articleshow/29832341.cms *** Goa okays creation of separate AIS cadre - Business Standard ed Goa government today approved creation of a separate and exclusive cadre of All India Services (AIS) officers against feudal attitude of Centre in postings, by delinking itself from the existing AGMUT cadre. It (the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFyZoPiyRJALknlLcqlZ30JZIAXUQurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/goa-okays-creation-of-separate-ais-cadre-114020501477_1.html *** Goa police announces reward for info in rape-murder case - Zee News ear-old fisherwoman in Canacona. The woman's bruised body was found last week in a thick forest at Canacona, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH9GtqXn3dpeGqXEW9GlzmU5AsPvgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-police-announces-reward-for-info-in-rape-murder-case_909250.html *** Goa police to file charge sheet against Tarun Tejpal today - indiatvnews.com Mauthuser=0ned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEssWi7E0vqkqkCFAsivYYkMKlovgurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/latest-news-goa-police-to-file-charge-sheet-against-tarun-tejpal-5238.html *** Sand Cult, Goa Tourism team up to draw tourists - Hindu Business Line oot tall sand castle which has been put up at Calangute Beach. Jerry Jose, Founder of Sand Cult said, Tourism in the State will derive the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEr82uEpJgtQ7Z3us8AYJzdoipytQurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/sand-cult-goa-tourism-team-up-to-draw-tourists/article5656740.ece *** Goa appoints expert to document water diversion by Karnataka - Zee News pproves-technical-consultant-for-Mhadei-issue/articleshow/29920232.cmsCabinet approves technical consultant for Mhadei issue http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEH_AfojtUzpN8G9HRz00OG-14XxQurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-appoints-expert-to-document-water-diversion-by-karnataka_909323.html *** Nallappan Mohanraj signs for Sporting Clube de Goa - Goal.com India ear-old had spent five years with Mohun Bagan and plied his trade with Pune FC in the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEE3KJxqgUIcS6bRA5aQNnXO6WgMwurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/02/05/4596804/nallappan-mohanraj-signs-for-sporting-clube-de-goa *** NABARD credit to Goa up by 3 times - Times of India oa regional office, on Wednesday, also released a state focus paper identifying various potentials available for finance in the state under agriculture and allied sectors. NABARD hopes to disburse 3,993 crore under the priority lending sector ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFwY2e4YtsnadkP12PkOAEesxZ0BQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NABARD-credit-to-Goa-up-by-3-times/articleshow/29920272.cms *** Goa police announce reward for info in rape-murder case - Times of India ear-old fisherwoman in Canacona. The woman's bruised body was found last week in a thick forest at Canacona, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFmxZSccYazgI6k65GtcH13MtzCvAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-police-announce-reward-for-info-in-rape-murder-case/articleshow/29906439.cms *** 'There is still hope for Goa' - Times of India ou people can still salvage it, she said, expressing her happiness that Goa still held 'gram sabhas'. These gram sabhas, that allow people of the land ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEXS9zj1PxwHiq5HTJC6AHMQ0Cc_wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/There-is-still-hope-for-Goa/articleshow/29920047.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Satya Nadella - Microsoft's CEO
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[Goanet] O' COQUEIRO IS WITHOUT CHEF PETER
After 28 long years at the famed restaurant O' Coqueiro at Porvorim, Chef Peter Fernandes has suddenly quit from 1st February. The very affable and soft spoken Peter has been a Chef par excellence. A winner of many awards, Peter has a passion for cooking and serving authentic Goan cuisine. Having never comprised on quality Chef Peter always goes an extra mile to satisfy every customer. O' Coqueiro may now never be the same. American restaurant critic and food journalist Craig Claiborne had said Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. Wishing my dear friend Peter all the very best in his future endeveaours. I am sure he will continue to serve us with care, concern and love as he has always. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] The Many Health Benefits of the Hug - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com
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Re: [Goanet] Goanet commitment to Goans?
On 5 February 2014 03:54, Margaret Mascarenhas margaret.mascaren...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr Ferdinando, But please do not copy me on Goanet threads, because I have no wish to be involved in them. This note is for you and the moderators, not for public consumption. With best wishes, Margaret Mascarenhas Dear all esp Margaret Mascarenhas, Please use due care in ensuring that you post to the appropriate e-address. Otherwise, stuff meant for Private consumption will reach the table of Zuze Public. jc
