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-----GOANET NEWS BYTES * FEBRUARY 28, 2006 * DATELINE GOA------- PARRIKAR, ZUWARKAR bury the hatchet to take on Monserrate: They call their coalition a 'Panel for Progress', and say their aim is "to develop the city and prevent a rubber stamp from being elected as the mayor of Panjim". Outgoing mayor Ashok Naik, who is not contesting for personal reasons, will be the convenor of the panel and guide the group with his experience. Gomantak Times put it thus: "It's politics of convenience. Parrikar, Zuwarkar foes of yesterday pals of today." (Based on Navhind Times) DSS, A TRAIN ON GOA's TREASUREY: Laxity in scrutinising applications under the Dayanand (Bandodkar) Social Security (DSS) Scheme seems to be causing a drain on the State exchequer, as some non-eligible persons are being paid a monthly dole of Rs 750 due to political considerations. New entrants per month 1000. Total beneficiaries 80,000. Total expenses per month on scheme: Rs 50 million. (Herald) o Saleli murder case accused get bail after 2 months. (H) o Truck owners refuse to pay mineral ore cess. Hundreds of trucks park along the national highway 4A linking Belgaum-Goa.(NT) o Court cracks whip on gambling in MMC premises, at the Margao old market tinto building -- once a busy hub during the erstwhile Portuguese era. (H) o Liquor outlets to be closed March 11, 13. Civic polls. (H) o Kadamba rams into Maruti near Holy Cross Shrine, Bambolim.(H) o Avdem Paroda locals to block road over poor state of interior road. o Adm Sanjay M Vadgaokar is new Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area. o Deputy Collector raids illegal quarry at St Jose de Areal. (NT) o Power rebate, court orders to frame charges against retired electricity engineer T Nagarajan. (NT) o Post and pension adalat to be held in Mapusa on March 23. (NT) o Three PWD engineers fined for not executing works. (NT) o Ralph de Souza elected president, Travel & Tourism Assn of Goa.(NT) o In Panjim's Ward 14, floods, mosquito menace haunt residents.(GT) o Wild cats on the prown near Margao. One leopard reportedly attached a mother and child near St Joseph's primary school, Gudden, Sanvordem too. (GT) o Dubai too rocked with the carnival spirit. William Faria writes on how a Goan band (Purple Rain) got everyone into the mood. (GT) Rich tributes paid to Adeodato Baretto (1905-37). Besides being a journalist and literary personality, he advocated the rights of workers in mines in Aljustrel, where he ran a night school for ministers at the expense of his own health and his life. His children were named Kalidasa,Sarojini and Laxmi. Sonia Sirsat presented a Fado; Late Adeodato's son Kalidas was present. (NT) AROUND INDIA: Sony Fernandes of Orlim has completed a solo all-India tour on four-wheels, covering 29 state capitals within 28 days. Arrives today at 5 pm at the Mandovi Bridge. -------------------------------------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT, ART AND CULTURE -------------------------------------------------------------- o Calangute Carnival Feb 28: 8 am pancake races. Alvorada brass band. From 7 pm onwards Colonial Cousins, Forefront, Lui one-mand band at the Calangute beachfront. o Colonial Cousins will perform on Pancake Tuesday, Feb 28 at Calangute. It is ten years since they released an album. Comprising Hariharan and Leslie Lewis, this Indo-Western fusion band from Hyderabad (with a Goa link in Leslie) were a big hit with Krishna, 1996. o Thousands witness Vasco Carnival floats parade; Calangute floats draw huge crowd. (NT) o Quepem carnival today. Contact 98500 66615. o Panjim carnival today includes a khel tiatr 'Khorench Hanv Fattim Paulom' by Menino de Bandar, at Azad Maidan 6.30 pm. Opposite Old GMC, fashion show for kids, Elfen Frosche from Switzerland, pop string orchestra by Agostinho D'Cruz and Dhalo. At the Inox Courtyard, juke box band, Hindi dance, Shades a girls band, Fugdi and Ghode Modni. o Crafts and carnival: Goa handicrafts art and cultural exhibition today last day (Feb 28), near Hotel A Lua at Merces. Includes three-a-side wardwise tiebreaker for above-50s, The Renegades. o Ceramic art, five more days. Chinese Macau porcelain. Orient Mansion, Opp Damodar Temple, Abade Faria Rd, Margao. o Folk Festival, Lokotsav 2006, a national arts and crafts festival at Kala Academy from Feb 24 to March 5. Cultural programmes daily from 6.30 to 9 pm by artists from various states including Goa (lamp dance, kunbi, zagor, mando, fuggdi-dhalo, ghoff, ghodemodni, etc) -------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATIONAL -------------------------------------------------------------- o National Science Day, Feb 28, at 5.30 pm at Goa Science Centre. o Open day at the National Inst of Ocenography, Feb 28. o Goa Observatory Altinho to remain open today, Science Day. (H) o Namrata's Yoga Studio at Ocean Park Dona Paula offers classes for adults and children. Overall physical and mental fitness.(H) o Career guidance at Valpoi. Organised by Government Polytechnic Panjim and Vividha Higher Secondary. (H) o Chubby Cheeks Spring Valley High School Library, built under the MPLADS Scheme, was inaugurated by Eduardo Faleiro.(H) o Symposium on green chemistry at Goa Univ, March 4. Green Chemistry comprises environmentally benign chemical synthesis and processes. (NT) -------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSITE LINK africander-goans -------------------------------------------------------------- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africander-goans/ A new mailing list. Just launched on Feb 27, 2006 by Soter D'Souza in Goa. A list for people from Goa who have links with Africa, either now or in the past. -------------------------------------------------------------- GOANET GREETINGS -------------------------------------------------------------- MARCH01 Joyce Fernandes Aldona/Dubai Birthday MARCH01 Suzane Mapusa/Bahrain Birthday MARCH02 Frank D'Silva New Zealand Birthday MARCH05 Maria Makdani Kuwait Birthday MARCH07 Mario Rebello Kuwait Birthday MARCH08 Jonathan D'Souza Pune/India Birthday MARCH08 Rosy Carvalho Pune/India Birthday MARCH21 Subhash L. Nerurker India Birthday MARCH22 Viviana Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Birthday MARCH22 Liberata Irani Pune/India Birthday MARCH22 Ulysses Menezes Kuwait Birthday MARCH24 George Easaw Goa Birthday MARCH25 Diago D'souza Mumbai/Mumbai Birthday MARCH29 Ivy D'Costa Florida Birthday MARCH29 Clinton Vaz Birthday MARCH31 Ashok Braganza India(Goa)/Kuwait Birthday Anniversary: MARCH22 Ariosto & Viviana Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] [This list was compiled by Deborah Santamaria in Karachi, Pakistan. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you would like a listing for yourself, your relations or friends. Goanet -- building social capital for Goa and its diaspora. Thank you Deborah!] -------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH AND REMEMBRANCES -------------------------------------------------------------- A love-lorn youth, Neeraj Holani from Jaipur, fell to a gruesome death from a third-floor office of Cardozo Building, opposite the Ambedkar Garden at Panjim's main bus stand locality, though police and a lawyer tried to convince him to walk back. The incident happened near the office of Advocate Satish Sonak. The man was too dazed, because he had lost a lot of blood from a cut he made on his left wrist, according to a lady advocate. He left a suicide note asking for his family's forgiveness. The note was found in the Metropolis Clinical Lab, which was littered with blood drops on sofa, floor and table.(H) o Student-leader turned Catholic preacher Edmund Antao pays tribute to Fr Henry Keiffer SAC. Antao says he learnt of the death of Fr Henry Keiffer in Germany on February 21. (H) Many in North Goa and South (specially around Assagao and Chicalim) would know this Pallotine priest. o ARLEM, RAIA: Pascol Lourenco Colaco. o ASSOLNA: Rosy D'Costa (Dias), Bairo Primeiro. o CANSAULIM: Camillo Pedro Dourado, Prael b 1922. o Ex-DAR ES SALAAM: Caetano Gonsalves, b1918. Nagoa/Verna. o GOA SHIPYARD, VASCO: S Kakthi Kumaran. o LOUTOLIM: Jose Avelino Furtunato Menezes, Vanxem b 1923. o PANJIM: Maria Veronica Mendonsa, Church View Apts b 1929 o NAGOA-BARDEZ: Reginaldo M Fernandes, month's mind. -------------------------------------------------------------- CULINARY CORNER Special from Daisy Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------- The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Potatoes and mushrooms are two of the staples of Belarusian cuisine, so it's no surprise that mushroom-stuffed potato pancakes are a local specialty. MUSHROOM STUFFED DRANIKI 4 potatoes, 2 teaspoon flour, 1 egg, salt and pepper to taste, vegetable oil for frying For the stuffing: 1/2 oz dried mushrooms, 1 onion, finely sliced, salt, oil for frying Prepare the stuffing. Wash the dried mushrooms and soak in cold water for 3-4 hours. Wash the mushrooms again and return to the water you used to soak them. Pour water with mushrooms into a saucepan and boil for about 1 hour. Remove mushrooms from the stock and mince finely. Reserve the stock. Meanwhile, fry the slice onion until golden. Add the minced mushrooms and 1/2 cup of the mushroom stock and mix well. Prepare the draniki. Shred the raw potatoes and wring them out. Add the flour, egg, salt and pepper and mix. Shape the potato mixture into small balls, flatten with your hand, put a little bit of filling on top and cover with more potato mixture. Flatten into patties and fry until golden brown. Place in oven for a few minutes and serve. You can accompany the draniki with sour cream. --------------------------------------------------------------- ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyleft Goanet 2005 http://www.creativecommons.org You may reproduce this ezine in its entirety, with credits retained. -------------------------------------------------------------- Goanet, the net-worker of all networks. Stay in touch. --------------------------------------------------------------