goanet-digest Thursday, August 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4221
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In this issue:
[Goanet] INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE
[Goanet] On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day !
[Goanet] NEWS-GOA India plans to extend EEz
[Goanet] NEWS: How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem
[Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA
[Goanet] NEWS: 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth'
[Goanet] Looking for: Bonnie & Fiona Fernandes, Dubai
[Goanet] LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS
Re: [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA
[Goanet] 15 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:00:49 +0530
From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE
Goa Su-Raj Party wishes one and all a very happy National Independence Day-
2002
Jai Hind.
Issued by:
Public Relations Cell
Goa Su-Raj Party
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:26:43 -0700
From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day !
World GOAN HERITAGE DAY !
On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day, the International Goan
Organization in Toronto, Canada is delighted to send our warmest greetings.
In the words of the first Prime Minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru
"Goa has a distinct personality and we should preserve it with great pride."
This celebration, by Goans all over the world, serves as an opportunity to
reminisce, and reaffirm our distinct cultural heritage.
Congratulations!
Zulema de Souza,
President
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:13:06 +0530
From: "Vicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS-GOA India plans to extend EEz
>From deccan herald Aug 13
India plans to extend EEZ
NIO developing underwater robots in collaboration with Portugal
>From Devika Sequeira
DH News Service
PANAJI, Aug 12
With the marine geophysical survey well under way, India could soon gain
an additional 1 million square kilometres along its legal continental
shelf (LCS).
This would extend the country's exclusive economic zone to 350
nautical miles from the present 200 nautical miles off the coast, say
officials of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO).
The survey, being jointly conducted by scientists of the NIO and the
National Geophysical Research Institute and coordinated by the National
Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) has been underway for the
past four years.
India has upto 2009 to file its claim for the extended zone, but
oceanographers said they expected to finish the survey within a
year and file the claim by 2004.
The director of NIO Dr Erlich De Sa said the extension of the continental
shelf would give India the advantage of being able to map the area in
detail, and explore the mineral wealth, particularly gas hydrates.
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:24:11 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem
How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem
>From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) For most Indians, the most enduring image
associated with Independence Day is the unfurling of the tricolour flag from
the ramparts of the ancient Red Fort here, followed by the strains of the
national anthem.
But few Indians would know how "Jana Gana Mana", composed originally in
Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, two years before he won the Nobel
Prize for literature, came to be India's national anthem.
While it is clear that "Jana Gana Mana" was sung for the first time at the
Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911, a
controversy still rages over whether the song was actually meant to welcome
King George V, as was reported in some leading newspapers of that time.
It is on this ground that many had opposed the eventual choice of this song
as the national anthem of free India.
While Tagore reportedly never contradicted these rumours, many of his
staunch supporters contended that a deeply patriotic man like him would have
composed a song in honour of the British monarch.
As the national movement gathered steam, Jana Gana Mana's popularity
increased by leaps and bounds.
Two other very popular songs during the freedom struggle were "Vande
Mataram", from "Anand Math", written by Bengali novelist Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee, and "Saare Jahan Se Achcha" by Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal.
In many cases, British authorities, who were eager to crush any nationalist
feelings among Indians during those years, had equated the singing of "Vande
Mataram" with sedition, and people found singing it were punished severely
and often jailed.
On August 14, 1947, just before the country's tryst with destiny, members of
the Constituent Assembly listened in rapt attention as eminent freedom
fighter Sucheta Kripalani sang the first verses of three patriotic songs -
"Vande Mataram", "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" and "Jana Gana Mana".
"Jana Gana Mana" was also sung when Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the Indian
tricolour and lowered the Union Jack on August 15, 1947, at Prince's Park
near India Gate in New Delhi, symbolising a new dawn in the country's
history.
A final decision on adoption of a national anthem was taken on January 24,
1950, at a meeting of the Constituent Assembly, presided over by Rajendra
Prasad, who later became first president of independent India.
In a short announcement, Prasad said although it was initially thought that
the house would take a decision on the issue by way of a resolution, he had,
instead, decided to issue a statement that "Jana Gana Mana" would be the
national anthem.
He added "Vande Mataram", which had played a historic part in the freedom
struggle, "shall be honoured equally with 'Jana Gana Mana' and shall have
equal status with it".
"Vande Mataram" is India's national song.
- --Indo-Asian News Service
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 06:43:00 +0530
From: "aires" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA
The suggestion by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that all stray dogs be
sent to the High Court since the Government is unable to implement the
scheme pertaining to stray animals as directed by the High Court, only
shows the impotency on the part of the governmental authorities to
resolve a matter of great concern.
Why the High Court? It would be more appropriate if all the stray animals
are sent to the massive sprawling Assembly complex at Porvorim to keep
company with the 40 straying MLAs.
It is suprising that the Chief Minister did not suggest that Goans consume
dogs meat during the fishing ban season!
Aires Rodrigues
Ribandar
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 03:57:21 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth'
'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth'
By Vasantha Arora, Indo-Asian News Service
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) Coconut oil, which is generally believed to be bad
for the heart and full of cholesterol, is now being feted by an American
doctor as the "the healthiest oil on earth".
Cholesterol fears have mostly put coconut oil on the backburner of Indian
cooking. But naturopathic doctor Bruce Fife has emerged a strong advocate to
propagate the use of coconut oil and coconuts.
He says: "Coconut oil is the healthiest oil on earth." Fife also adds that
it does not contain cholesterol.
Based on his research and study, Fife says that if used daily for cooking
purposes coconut oil could help protect users from heart disease, cancer,
and other degenerative conditions, improve digestion, strengthen the immune
system, and even help you lose excess weight.
Fife, who discovered the benefits of coconut oil during his stay in the
Philippines, has started a Web site devoted entirely to its positive
effects.
Fife has also authored a book, "The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil".
Modern research seems to back up the claims. Once wrongly accused of
increasing cholesterol levels, coconut oil is now being used by doctors in
the treatment of a variety of disorders, Fife says.
Clinical studies have shown coconut oil has anti-microbial and anti-viral
properties, and it is now being used to treat AIDS. Studies in the
Philippines last year showed coconut oil reduces the viral load in AIDS
patients.
Lauric acid, a key component to health, is a medium chain fatty acid, which
is abundant in coconut oil, and considered responsible for many of its
health benefits. Coconut oil is about 50 percent lauric acid. The only other
abundant source found in nature is in human breast milk, Fife says in his
book.
Mary Enig, a Ph.D. nutritionist/biochemist and one of the world's leading
authorities on fats and oils, says: "Approximately 50 percent of the fatty
acids in coconut fat are lauric acid. Lauric acid has the additional
beneficial function of being formed into monolaurin in the human or animal
body.
"Monolaurin is the antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoal monoglyceride
used by the human or animal to destroy lipid coated viruses such as HIV,
herpes,
cytomegalovirus, and influenza. Some studies have also shown some anti
microbial effects of the free lauric acid."
So why has coconut oil gotten such a bad rap in the recent past? The answer
is politics and economics, Fife says. Coconut oil was heavily used in the
U.S. at one time, for baking, pastries, frying, and theatre popcorn.
Starting in the 1980s, according to Fife, some very powerful groups in the
U.S., including the American Soybean Association (ASA), the Corn Products
Company (CPC International) and the Centre for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI), began to categorically condemn all saturated oils.
Faulty science was used to convince people all saturated fats were
unhealthy, when saturated fats rich in the medium chain fatty acids, like
lauric acid, are very healthy.
These organisations were aided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), many of whose key personnel are recruited from and return to the
vegetable oil industry, according to Fife.
The result was that most people switched to vegetable oils, and the main
source of lauric acid from tropical oils in the American diet was lost.
The countries that these tropical oils came from, mainly the Philippines and
Malaysia, were too poor to counter these untrue claims with advertising
investments for the truth. It is only recently that the health benefits of
these tropical oils are starting to become rediscovered, Fife contends.
The oil supports immune system function, helps prevent osteoporosis, helps
control diabetes, provides an immediate source of energy and has fewer
calories than other fats. Above all this Fife argues that regular use of
coconut oil on the skin prevents premature aging and wrinkling.
Coconut oil is also wonderful to use as a hair conditioner. People from
India and the Philippines who are familiar with coconut swear by it. It
softens the hair and conditions the scalp. Using the coconut oil as a
pre-wash conditioner can rid a person of dandruff better than a medicated
shampoo, says Fife, who markets specially extracted virgin coconut oil on
the Web.
- --Indo-Asian News Service
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:06:52 +0530
From: "Mr. F. C. A. Rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Looking for: Bonnie & Fiona Fernandes, Dubai
Thursday, 15th August, 2002
"Help ! Am urgently trying to contact/trace Bonnie & Fiona Fernandes
(from Goa), currently possibly in Dubai/UAE. Fiona's prob. with Emirates
Airline, Bonnie maybe with a Medical Supplies firm. Anybody having their
e-mail/cell-phone contact a.s.a.p. would be much appreciated. Bonnie's
old school mate needs to get in touch re. school reunion. Thanks a
mil. Replies to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Best regards,
Francis Rodriguez.
Nairobi/Goa.
e-mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:22:10 +0530
From: "Calaur Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS
LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS
The rains have come back again and so has the interest in plants. FULRANI
(meaning Queen of flowers) programme is telecast on Panaji Doordarshan
(National Channel) every Friday from 7.25 p.m. to 7.40 p.m. in a 15
minutes slot. I have been receiving positive feedback from plant lovers,
whether they are members of the Botanical Society of Goa or not.
One person from UK emailed to ask whether Video tape or CD of FULRANI is
available. The answer is in the affirmative for access to VHS cassette,
please contact the programme anchor, Ms. Amita Nayak Salatry (Phones
412656 and 417861).
You may want to know some specific information on plants that may be of
use to others too. Please mail your questions to Fulrani c/o Doordarshan
Kendra, Alkinho Panaji 403001 Goa.
Three episodes have been telecast so far 1. Environment and potting of
plants.
2. Hibiscus and its care and 3. Bonsai. The episode on Bonsai featuring
Dr. Sudhanshu Saigal was excellent. I missed the telecast due to a
meeting of Rotary Editorial Committee. It was good to watch its
recording. On Video. This Friday you can see Rozendo Mendonsa of
Mr. Farmer fame on Fulrani. Watch it at 7.25 p.m. for feed back you can
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 17 and 18 August there will be an exhibition and sale of plants at
Khorlim - Mapusa in the Saraswat College building. On Independence Day it
is the Plant Mela at Govt College, Khandola. From 23 to 25 August will be
the eleventh annual festival of Plants & Flowers at SFX High School,
Siolim.
For BSG members, the goodnews is that the BUDSPORT (the society's
magazine) will sprout once again this month.
Miguel Braganza.
CALAUR ENTERPRISES
G-5, Joslyn Apts.,Rajwaddo, Mapusa,
Bardez - Goa - India.
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:06:00 +0000
From: "gabriel menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA
I agree with you they would be more at home in the corrrect environment. We
have similar problems in the U.K. but at least here we have had some big
cases come to trial and the Government has had to toe the line. There some
who just don't believe in the Law of the Land. The President of the G.O.A.
(U.K.) one made a statement at an A.G.M. stating that the G.O.A. was bigger
than the Courts and the Courts recognised this. I challenged him and asked
him to record it in the minutes. There were no takers!! It is deemed that
one is disloyal if one challenges the establishment with the Goan community,
what a cheeck these people have.
Keep up the good work Cheers Gabe Menezes
>From: "aires" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA
>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 06:43:00 +0530
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:44:13 +0500
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 15 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
August 15, 2002
INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS
to all Goanetters
A WELFARE STATE: Delivering his message to the people of Goa on the eve of
the Independence Day on DD and AIR, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
yesterday reiterated his commitment to transform Goa into an intelligent
and welfare State with the sustained efforts to provide a dignified living
to the people. (H)
IRON-ORE INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH CHALLENGE: Goa's Rs.1,000-crore iron ore
export industry, hitherto the backbone of the State economy, would soon
face the toughest challenge for its very existence because of the failure
of the Parrikar government to safeguard the interest of this
capital-cum-labour intensive activity, unlike Andhra Pradesh where his
counterpart Chandrababu Naidu is busy mopping up advantages. (Pramod
Khandeparker in GT)
PANCHAYATS MAY BE PENALISED: All panchayats failing to recover pending
house tax dues from domestic units, hotels and 'rent backs' are in for
trouble as the government is contemplating on taking stringent steps of
dismissing the concerned sarpanchas if required. Minister for Panchayat,
Manohar Azgaonkar, said that Calangute panchayat was already penalized for
the same. (H)
CURRICULUM IN TUNE WITH APTITUDE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar advocated
the need for introducing flexibility in the curriculum to create scope for
students to pursue the subjects they have an aptitude for, even at the high
school level. (H)
SIMPLIFIED AID PATTERN FOR SCHOOLS: The State government plans to simplify
the grant-in-aid pattern to the aided high schools, besides also to change
the curriculum of higher classes from Standard VII onwards by linking them
with technical subjects as a part of upgradation and improving the quality
education in the State. (NT)
NO QUESTION OF QUITTING: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said there was no
question of him resigning in connection with the court order to frame
charges against Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate in a
case of alleged extortion, cheating and threatening to kill a Mapusa-based
builder. (GT)
PROGRAMME TO PROTECT REPTILES: "We want to sensitize the people as to why
snakes are important in the environment, and have focused on Goa for two
days beginning with the Nagpanchami festival. We have a target of
sensitizing 2000 students and public in the State through the snake talks,"
said Nirmal Kulkarni, chairman of Mapusa-based volunteer organisation Green
Cross. Green Cross organised the programme in co-ordination with the Indian
Herpetological Society, Pune, and Pune Snake Park, at the LD Samant
Memorial High School in Porvorim, for the school students in the morning
and the general public in the evening. Nilimkumar Khaire, the Director of
the Pune Snake Park and President of the Indian Herpelogical Society,
participated in the two-day programme, along with Shriram Shinde, the
Curator of the Park." (GoaNOW)
MARDOL WOMAN RESCUED: The Goa State Commission for Women rescued Sujal
Matkar, a 30-year-old woman, alleged to have been brutally treated by her
family in Mardol, and has rehabilitated her at Asha Mahal, Taleigao. (H)
POLICE CAUTIONS PUBLIC: The Goa police is in frantic search for Akash alias
Shamalrao, the alleged murder of a hotel owner in Simla. Police suspect
that he has taken refuge in the State. (NT)
MTECH SEATS FOR GOANS: Chief Minister Parrikar yesterday said that
negotiations were on to secure eight seats for Goan students passing out
from the Goa Engineering College to pursue MTech qualifications in IITs. (H)
"NAKLI" PARRIKAR: After the much-publicised forged signature episode, a
prankster tried to imitate the voice of Chief Minister Parrikar by calling
up the Aquem-Baixo village panchayat on Friday evening. (H)
SPACE FOR MARGAO'S DEAD: Close on the heels of the Muslim community's
long-pending plea to the government for a new burial ground, the Catholic
community from the heart of Margao city has renewed their plea for a
cemetery. Writing on behalf of the Fabrica, Fr Joao Pedro Fernandes, the
Parish Priest of Grace church, has drawn the municipality's attention to
the urgent need to construct a cemetery for the parishioners. (H)
APPREHENSIVE FARMERS: Apprehensive farmers in Sattari taluka are hoping
that the BJP government in Goa will prevail over the BJP-led NDA government
at the Centre and remove the perils on their lives brought on by the
proposed diversion of river Mhadei water by Karnataka. (Joaquim Fernandes
in NT)
VASCO SAPTAH: Thousands of people visited the temple of Lord Damodar and
offered their prayers on the occasion of the "Saptah", which began after
the religious shreephal was placed before the deity by Vasant Joshi at 12
Noon. Yesterday. (GT)
JPEG VIRUS: Called Perrun, the virus appends itself to JPG files and
requires an extractor to extract and execute the virus code. It arrives in
the form of an 11,780 byte portable executable or EXE file. When executed,
the 5,636 byte extractor component (EXTRK.EXE) is dropped to the current
directory and a system Registry key is modified. Perrun is relatively
harmless. (Digit, Aug 2002)
GOA'S IDENTITY? "The issue of Goa's identity recently raised by some Goans
in Mumbai and abroad, its so called dilution or degradation also been
decried by a few Goans in Goa, fortunately is a non-issue to the Goan
population at large which is more interested in good governance and
economic temper of the territory." (Lambert Mascarenhas in Goa Skyline-GT)
OCCASION FOR REDIDICATION: "As we relaunch ourselves on the auspicious
occasion of Independence anniversary today, we rededicate ourselves to Goa,
Goans, country and countrymen. Your Gomantak Times has become lean and slim
from today." (Edit in GT)
GOAN SMALL INDUSTRIES FOR KAMPALA TRADE FAIR: M/s Colfax Laboratories,
Nirankal Ponda, M/S Blue Cross Remedies, Verna, M/s Eleconic Condensors,
Kundaim and M/s Power Engineering, Tuem are the four small scale units from
Goa that will participate in the Kampala International Trade Fair,
scheduled to be held between October 3 to 12, 2002 in Uganda. The Uganda
International Trade Fair is an annual event being organised by the Uganda
Manufacturers Association at its permanent fair grounds at Kampala. It is
one of the most prestigious and popular public programmes being held in
Uganda. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
PRESIDENT'S MEDAL FOR TOP OFFICIALS: Three top State government officials
have bagged President's medal for their meritorious service. They are DIG
from Goa Police, Mr Karnal Singh, the SDPO of Ponda, Mr DK Sawant and the
assistant director, IB, Mr TY Khare. (NT)
S P O R T S
GCA BANNED: The Goa Cricket Association, which has found itself dragged to
court following the April 6, 2001, ticketgate scam is now facing the wrath
of the Sports Authority of Goa, which has enforced a blanket ban on the GCA
from using SAG grounds throughout the State. (H)
CABRAL EDGE OUR RAIA: Cabral Sports Club downed a fighting Raia Sporting
Club 5-3 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-finals of Servo
Governor's Cup at Duler grounds.
D E A T H S
13 Aug: Curtorim-Maina: ROSADA (SANTANA) FERNANDES.
14 Aug: Navelim-Nagmodem: XAVERINA MARTINS, wife of Moises, mother of
Kasia.
14 Aug: Shiroda: CONSTANCIO RODRIGUES, husband of Salvocao, father of
Abby, Carmina, Edvizes/Hillary, Sr Kevina, Lima.
14 Aug: Chinchinim-Sucaldem: ESCOCIANA MENEZES, wife of Dr Thomas,
mother of Frida/Vinoo and Felroy.
14 Aug: Navelim-dialgona: MARIA JOSEFA JOAQUINA PIRES, wife of late
Piedade, mother of Vitorina/late Jose Santana, Manuel/Vijayalaxmi, Sr
Mafaldina, Caridade/Zemira.
14 Aug: Assolna: ASSIS RODRIGUES, husband of Romula, father of Julius,
Johan and Jessiah.
12 Aug: Siolim-Marna: MARSHAL BRAGANZA, husband of late Herminia, father
of Yvette, Yvonne, Yasmin, Yves, father-in-law of Tom, Lily.
14 Aug: Loutulim: MARIA JOAQUINA D'MELLO E FERNANDES, wife of late
Manuel Joaquim, mother of Albert/Philomena, Ana Maria/Michael, John (Abu
Dhabi)/Mary, Caetano/Angela, Fr Nazareth (Pilar).
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 26.2 deg C (79.2 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 28.9 deg C, Humidity: 89%, Rainfall 1830.9 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: The morning is sufficiently dry today.
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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