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PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

**************************************** For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com **************************************** I received the following from a friend. It sounds reasonable and non-threatening. Can anyone say if this will work or not? Tim de Mello ============ I learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in it's simplicity. Just received it from a friend. As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight for your e-mail address book (OUTLOOK EXPRESS), and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates. This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact, that the worm has gotten into your system. Here's what you do: First, open your address book and click on "new contact", Just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of e-mail addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in AAAAAAA. Also use address AAAAAAA-Ai8013PCbTc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Now. Here's what you've done and why it works: The name AAAAAAA will be placed at the top of your address book as entry #1. This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends. But, when it tries to send itself to AAAAAAA, It will be undeliverable because of the phony e-mail address you entered. If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected. Here's the second great advantage of this method: If an e-mail cannot be delivered, you will be notified of this in your In Box almost immediately. Hence, if you ever get an e-mail telling you that an e-mail addressed to AAAAAAA could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the worm virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it! Pretty slick, huh? If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from friends. Pass this on to all you friends and kin. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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13 MAR 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

**************************************** For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com **************************************** GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS March 13, 2003 CONSENSUS ON MAYEM, PRIOL: A broad consensus on reviving of Priol and Mayem constituencies and scrapping the proposed Sanquelim segment while retraining the delimitation proposals in terms of 15 constituencies in north and south Goa emerged at a meeting of the Delimitation Commission with the State advisory committee yesterday. Reliable sources said that the Commission may adhere to geographical factors, such as rivers and taluka boundaries in finalizing the limits of the constituencies with alterations. (GT) DELIMITATION WILL SPLIT ZP SEGMENTS: North Goa Zilla Panchayat opposed the draft delimitation of the 40 constituencies stating that it had overlooked geographical factors and the realignment would split up the ZP segments and cause administrative problems. (GT) DELIMITATION PANEL TO VISIT STATE: A team of Delimitation Commission will visit the state on May 6 to hold public hearing before a decision is taken to delimit the assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the state. (NT) FEMALE INFANT FOUND BURIED: In a shocking incident, the decomposed body of one-and-half month old male infant was found buried at Limavaddo in Querem-Tivim on Wednesday evening. Mapusa police was informed that the body was buried behind the residence of one Audrey Pereira (25), who is allegedly the mother of the infant. (H) DECKS CLEARED FOR BULLET TRAIN: Deck have been cleared by the Railway Traffic Safety Board for the commencement of the long awaited super fast train"Bullet Train". The train is set to start on the Indian Railways' 150th anniversary in April. The Board is known to have in principal granted permission to the Konkan Railway authorities for the commencement of the Bullet train which is to run at an average speed of 15 kms per hour and which will cover the distance from Kurla-Mumbai to Margao within four-and-a-half hours. (GT) REDDY'S ORDER STAYED: The chairman of the Appellate Board, retired district judge, NS Kaisare yesterday stayed the 24 February order of PS Reddy, adjudicating officer and Commissioner of Excise punishing 30 trawlers for allegedly violating the ban on fishing imposed during the last monsoon season. (GT) TELEPHONE CABLE THEFT IN SIRLIM: The 700-odd residents of Sirlim have been deprived of access to telephone as the cable linking 400 connections was robbed two days ago. At least 180 telephone connections are rendered ineffective following the theft. (NT) KARAPURKAR MOVES COURT: Dr Heman Y Karapurkar, former Director of Agriculture, one of those accused in the Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank-M/s Skypak Plantation Pvt Ltd case, has been the first to approach the District and Sessions Court with his anticipatory bail application wherein he has said that the entire process is politically motivated. (H) IT'S HELL'-MET TIME ONCE AGAIN: Just when scooterists though riding below 40 kms per hour was enough to earn them an exemption from wearing a helmet, the police caught them off guard. While Transport minister Pandurang Madkaikar reinforced the government's stand of excluding riders travelling below 40 kms from the rule, the traffic police continued to implement the law in its entirety. (GT) OVER 800 FINED: Despite an assurance by the Transport minister that two-wheeler riders riding below 40 kmph would not be fined for not wearing helmets, the traffic police have fined over 800 persons over the last two days. (H) SNAKE ON AIRLINER: Passengers aboard a recent Indian airlines flight from Goa to Kochi were startled to notice an unusual co-passenger--a 75 cm-long snake. Hajmi Chanda (35) of Delhi who carried the snake in his bag was later arrested at the Kochi airport. (H) MONKEY ON RAMPAGE: A monkey is creating news in Mhalpem village in Pernem taluka for two reasons: one, he love Indian classical music, and second, he had already gone on a rampage injuring several persons including one from the Forest Department. Chandrakant Naik and Sainath Shirodkar (of the Forest Department) were welcomed by the monkey, who embraced them but no sooner they began with their job, the four-legged pounced on Sainath injuring him on the leg. (H) MP NATIVE HELD: A native of Madhya Pradesh, Abhishek Kumar Singh (20), was arrested on charges of possessing an illegal countrymade weapon. Abhishek was working as a masseuse at a seaside shack and was in the habit of carrying the gun in his waistband. His urge to show off the weapon led an unknown person to inform the Calangute police. (GT) SUICIDE IN MARGAO: Damodar Kunkolicar, a 56-year-old resident of Aquem, Margao, committed suicide at his residence with the help of a nylon rope. (NT) OPA WATER LEVEL DIPS: The water level at the Opa Water Plant further dipped to a dangerous low of 153 cms on Wednesday (March 12), triggering panic among officials at the plant. Officials are now likely to shut down the pumps at the water plant, if the water level drops to the dreaded 120 cms mark. "Such a low level is normally witnessed in the month of May," remarked an official. (H) GEPC MEET: The tenth meeting of Goa Environment Protection Council took stock of various aspects related to waste management, coastal regulation zone, sustained use of ground water and fish resources, protection of heritage sites and air pollution from mining activities. During a discussion on coastal regulation zone, it was stressed that the National Institute of Oceanography submit a fresh map of high tide line for the entire coast of Goa. (GT) BOOKED FOR OVERCHARGING: How many Pandavas were there? How many imprints a slap will leave on the face? What is the cost of a Cola? Well the answer to all these, as in the popular ad, is well known. But establishments in various towns of Goa who were overcharging the consumers had to face action from the Inspectors of Legal Metrology. In raids conducted in Panaji, Mapusa, Ponda, Vasco and Margao, they booked six cases against traders for charging Rs.6 instead of Rs.5 on a 200 ml bottle of a Cola and Rs.38 instead of Rs.35 on the sale of 1.5 litre bottle of another brand. (GT) CHAIN SNATCHER NABBED: A group of bystanders came handing in nabbing a chain snatcher in Taleigao yesterday. The accused, one Venkatesh, grabbed the chain of Lucy Pereira near Auxilium convent at about 11.10 am and attempted to make good his escape but the bystanders caught him. (GT) FRIDAY BALCAO: The fortnightly discussion event organised by Goa DESC will be held in Mapusa. Gayatri Rao Konkar will lead the discussion the topic "Want not, Waste not: Consumerismthe heavy price we pay". For further information call 225260. (GT) GOA GENERATES INTEREST IN RUSSIA: The Goa Pavilion at the India Trade Exhibition organised by ITPO at Moscow proved to be a crowd puller and a large number of Russians and visitors to the exhibition showed keen interest to know more about India, particularly Goa. (GT) BERNICE IS "BEST": Little Bernice de Souza was adjudged the best contestant winning the fist prize in the juniors category at the Vasco Carnival celebrations. She depicted the famed India-born American astronaut the late Kalpana Chawla. There were 32 other contestants in all. (GT) DOCTORATE FOR ASHA: Goa University's PhD degrees in Chemistry was awarded to Asha Marina D'Souza for her thesis entitled "Synthesis and transformation of some natural products and their analogues". (GT) S P O R T S COLVA DOWN FRIENDS XI: Dando Boys Colva scored a solitary goal victory over Friends XI Vaddem to move into the semi-finals of the Late VM Salgaocar soccer tournament organised by Saligao Sporting at Saligao grounds. (GT) CENTRAL RAILWAY, FRANSA WIN: Central Railway bet Reserve Bank, Gujarat, 4-1 while Fransa Football club beat BSF, Jodhpur, 2-1 in the Second Division NFL at the Nehru Stadium in Indore on March 12. (GT) D E A T H S 12 Mar: Taleigao: MINGUEL VIEGAS, husband of Lorentina, father of Natash and Analu. 12 Mar: Nagoa-Verna: LUIS GONZAGA BENJAMIN DA PIEDADE SENA, husband of Elizabeth. 12 Mar: Benaulim: ANTONIO RODRIGUES (KUR), son of Jose/Antonetta, brother of Domingo/Reena, Jose/Sarita and Fatima/Anthony. 10 Mar: Betalbatim: MATEUS FERNANDES, husband of Cracy, father of Stephen John (Disney Cruising), Savita, Paul and Ashley. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 24.4 deg C (75.9 deg F) at 08.00 am in Assagao. Max Temp: 32.0 deg C, Humidity: 50% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: A bright morning. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Monthly Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow

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HELMETS: MAG CONDEMNS POLICE HARRASSMENT

**************************************** For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com **************************************** HELMETS: MAG CONDEMNS POLICE HARRASSMENT The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) today (Mar 12) condemned continued police harassment of two wheeler riders inspite of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's decision to allow the two exemptions to the helmet rule as demanded by two -wheeler riders. MAG Convenor Mr. Premanand Lotlikar stated that Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar at his press conference on March 6th had made it very clear that two wheeler riders riding at a speed not exceeding 40 km and persons driving in municipal would be exempt from the helmet rule and that the police were violating Government orders. Mr. Lotlikar has urged the Chief Minister to take immediate action against the police officers responsible for disobeying Government's instructions. Mr. Lotlikar reiterated that the helmet drive had nothing to do with human safety but was a scam being raked up time and again by some senior police officers who for monetary gains in connivance with the helmet manufacturer's lobby were trying to desperately enhance the sale of helmets. Mr. Lotlikar further stated that MAG would be compelled to name and shame the three senior police officers involved in this "helmet scam" and expressed the hope that road safety should start by ending the rampant corruption in the police and transport departments. Mr. Lotlikar further stated that an emergency meeting of MAG would be held on Sunday March 16th to take stock of the situation. x x x

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HELMET SCAM : MAG NAMES THE THREE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED

**************************************** For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com **************************************** HELMET SCAM : MAG NAMES THE THREE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED The Motorcycle Action Group ( MAG) has demanded that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar order an immediate inquiry into the "helmet scam" MAG Convenor Premanand Lotlikar today stated that Goa DIG Mr. Karnal Singh, SP Traffic Mr. A.K.Teli and Dy S.P Traffic Mr Arvind Gawas who were involved in the helmet scam had to be placed under suspension immediately to ensure a impartial inquiry into this very serious scam which has put two ­wheeler riders through undue police harassment and financial loss over the last week. Mr Lotlikar stated that MAG would place all evidence it has against these three officers before the inquiry commission. Mr Lotlikar also stated that MAG would soon organize at Panaji a rally of two wheelers riders at which the effigies of these three officers would be burnt. Mr. Lotlikar further stated that the people of Goa now know that the enforcement of the helmet rule had nothing to do with rider safety but was a selfish ploy by these three officers to enhance the sale of helmets for their own monetary gains. Mr Lotlikar has urged the Chief Minister to direct the police to refund the two wheeler riders all the fines imposed in the last week during the high-handed drive launched by the police inspite of Chief Minister's assurance that helmets would not be mandatory for those riding under the speed of 40 Km. Mr Lotlikar also stated that Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar has today assured that police harassment would stop and that the notification granting the two exemptions would be issued soon. Meanwhile, two wheeler riders who have bought helmets out of panic have been asked to return them for a full refund within 10days of purchase. Anyone experiencing difficulty in getting a full refund has been requested to contact the nearest Police station. x x x