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--------------------------------------------------------- Goanet news headlines * November 26, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------- o Fontainhas Festival for the Arts open in Panjim's Latin Quarter this evening. Nov 26 to Dec 3, 4 pm to 10 pm. You just have to step into the 19th century Latin Quarter -- the best preserved in Asia -- and you will feel the change in the ambience compared to the outside world. Altogether 12 houses will play hosts to the works of art, which go on display in the third edition of the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts. (Andrew Pereira in GT [EMAIL PROTECTED]) o Fontainhas fest begins today amidst threats: AThreats came from a "certain group of people" and there were "allegations (of the festival) being pro-Portuguese", says Gomantak Times. BJP's Rajendra Arlekar is quoted saying that the party was not opposed to the Fontainhas festival, but warned that the organisers should not try to project "colonial Portuguese culture". (GT) o Deshprimi Nagrik Kriti Samiti (Nationalist Citizens' Action Committee) yesterday gave a two-day deadline to the government to close down the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts 2005, scheduled to begin Nov 26, in the 19th century residential quarters of Mala-Fontainhas. A protest march was held from Four Pillars to Corte do Oitero, and termed the festival an anti-national event. About 150 people including freedom- fighters like Madhav Pandit, Flaviano Dias, Gajanan Raikar, Subodh Shetye and Mohandas Surlakar participated. (NT) o First-choice chief guest Amitabh Bachchan preferred to stay away from the IFFI inaugural, leaving many questions unanswered as to why he skpped the ceremony. (H) o IFFI: Festival fever fails to grip Margao. Public screenings of eight films at the Osia Multiplex drew a poor response from cinegoers. Blame it on the poor publicity or simply lack of response... (H) o BJP accuses government of projecting 'guitar' culture.(H) o Police harass mediamen over parking. (H) o Today at the IFFI: Street animation, children's choir at Children's Park, Nameste India at Caranzalem, Film Bazaar at Kala Academy, Fontainhas festival. (H) o Protestors are idiots, festival must go on: citizens o Cuncolim garbage stir picks up steam. (H) o Panic in Raia as boy dies of rabies. (H) o Churchill's Mopa meeting today. (H) o Luizinho washes his hands off Mopa airpost. Says Dabolim should not be closed. (H) o Declare stand on airport, says Churchill. (GT) o I'm not connected with move to close down Dabolim airport: Luizinho. o Goa to create reserve battilion armed police by March.(H) o Withdraw TCP Ordinance, says Surendra Sirsat. (GT) o Inexperienced jailors guard Sada prison. (GT) o IFFI opening mismanagemed by govt, says BJP's Arlekar. (GT) o Night bazaar work restarts, despite 2 police stoppages: Chopdem. o Weather: Max 34.1C, min 24.8C. Relative humidity 69% Rainfall: Past 24 hrs Nil. Seasonal total 125.6 mm --------------------------------------------------------- What's on in Goa: --------------------------------------------------------- o Velim church traditional trade fair Dec 1-5. o Magician Baby Aanchal, GVN Hall, Margao Dec 1 4 pm. o Navy week air display Nov 26-27 11 am to 7 pm Hansa. o Silver jubilee of Our Lady of Meraculous Medal, Margao 26/11 --------------------------------------------------------- Health: --------------------------------------------------------- o Doctor warns of spike in peripheral vascular disease.(H) o Some 220 resident docs at GMC trained in communication skills. o 400 patients attend eye-check up camp at Britona. (GT) --------------------------------------------------------- Education: --------------------------------------------------------- o Jyot Society of parents with autistic children organised a two-day workshop on TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication-Handicapped Children) at Dona Paula. o Legal literacy day observed at Devi Lairai Temple, Sirigao. --------------------------------------------------------- Konkani: --------------------------------------------------------- o Pundalik Naik has been re-nominated as the president of the Goa Konkani Akademi, by the Goa government, for a three year term. He will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 am to 5.30 pm at the Goa Konkani Akademi, 243 Pato Colony. Phone 243 7387. o Dalgado Konkani Akademi expressed its shock over the government's decision to reappoint Naik as the GKA president. President Wilson Mazarello said chief minister Rane had once again shown that he cares less for the sentiments of the Roman-scipt using population of Goa. --------------------------------------------------------- Comunidade news: --------------------------------------------------------- o Pilerne comunidade (Bardes) holds anextraordinary meet on Dec 18, to discuss and decide on pending files towards request for grant of plots from its property. --------------------------------------------------------- Sunaparant: --------------------------------------------------------- o 724 koti, 20 uddeg, 2500 rogjar. Luizinho Faleiro promises Rs 724 crore in investment, 20 industries and 2500 jobs. o Baal chitrapat aa~ntarrashtriya jav~k zai, sarkaratmak drustikoon. Government was children's films to get international acceptance. o Dhamki dhivpi 'SMS' dhadtalay~k atak kara: Rashtrawadi Congress. Nationalist Congress Party demands arrest of those who sent threatening SMS messages to those involved with the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts. o In three years Goa will be international film centre, says Jaipal Reddy (Govadoot). Also reports of the BJP position on Fontainhas, etc.... (Govadoot) --------------------------------------------------------- Sport: --------------------------------------------------------- o Churchill Bros mauled Young Boys of Tonca 5-0 to enter the quarters of the Servo Goa Governor's Cup at Fatorda. o A Rs 3 million grant has been made the sacrificial lamb at the altar of the Sports Authority of Goa's shadow boxing with the Goa Football Association. (H) o GR Kare College claims double. Boys win volleyball, and girls are TT queens. (H) o Moira lucky to get past Siolim Sodiem 4-2, tiebreaker, to enter finals of Siolim Charitable Soccer. (H) o Milagres, Mapusa drubbed Saligao United 4-0 to advance into the quarters of Ganesh Soccer at Chapora. AA de Moira socred a narrow 2-1 win over Siolim. o Goa to host national sub-junior kabaddi. (H) o Middlesex plans cricket academy in Goa. (H) -------------------------------------------------------- GIFT YOUR relatives and friends a byte of Goa. Get them a trial subscription to Goanet News Bytes. It costs you just a little bit of trouble. Introduce them to GNB. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB subject. -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Deaths: --------------------------------------------------------- Arpora: Olga Beatriz Pinto b 1936. Wife of Purificacao Manuel Pinto, mother/in-law of Judy/Luis Filipe Tavora, grandmum of Tanya Lara and Louise Sara, sister/in-law of late Beryl/late Cajetan Botelho (UK), Eric/Josephine (Canada), Sr Gertrude (SMA, Ajmer), Ethel/ late Nicholas Dompaul (Canada), Muriel/late Joe Araujo, Victor (Canada), Marina/late Mark Fernandes. Funeral from Viegas Vaddo Nov 26. Caranzalem: Afra Maria Lopez of Siddharth Apartments. Chinchinim: Pedro Nolasco Rosquinho Gomes of 2nd Palvem Margao: Sushila Kashinath Mashelkar of Mungul-Pequeno Panjim: Aurora Gomes, Bar Gomes, Near HOtel Fidalgo. Panjim: Ibrahim Baig of Bhatlem. Raia: Gurudas A bandekar of Santemol b 1927 Siridao: Joaquim de Souza, Mandovi Fishermen's Marketing Coop. Utorda: Antonio Gregorio Rodrigues of Firguembatt b 1936 --------------------------------------------------------- Konkani film: --------------------------------------------------------- Padri gets released at VAsco's El Monte Theatre. An advert says: "First time in the history of Konkani film simultaneous release in two cities, Margao and VAsco. Film to be seen only in theatres. No VCD available." --------------------------------------------------------- Quote... unquote: --------------------------------------------------------- I asked them a simple question: why is there no law and order problem in the north? Why is it only in south Goa? They had no answer to that. But they said that there were too many taxi operators in the south. They complained that hoteliers deprived them of business, as they also operate taxis. -- Dy chief minister and tourism minister Dr Wilfred de Souza, explaining away the current crisis in Gomantak Times. --------------------------------------------------------- GoanToAntarctica * From Helga do Rosario Gomes: --------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, November 24, 2005 All around... debris of ice We headed towards what would be the first big station where we planned to stop and sample for eight sleep deprived and muscle aching days. On the way, we had to break through very thick ice. The Nathaniel Palmer does this job by raising itself and then crashing back on the ice to break it. It's probably more complicated than that but that is how they explained it to me and it makes sense! The cracks that the ship makes into the almost smooth sheets of ice stretch for miles and look like earthquake fissures. The noise from the breaking ice is unbearable like buildings collapsing all over us. You feel like the ship is going to break into two and you will be in the part that doesn't have the survival gear. Conversation in the dining hall is monosyllabic. Seems like everyone is on a bad date! All around us is debris of ice, monster chunks which our ship has overturned and which harbor on their underside green, red and purple algae. At other times we pass through rough and jagged pieces of ice strewn all over - I feel we are not on this planet. The horizon is almost invisible and the 24 hour blinding light scatters off the white ice and makes it look like we are under giant floodlights. [Photo at the top shows chunks of ice with green algae on underside.] http://goantoantarctica.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------- Jose Lourenco's Amazing Goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- * What is the name 'Aldona' believed to mean? Ancient lake, 'Hal' (old)-'dhuni'(lake). * During which mayor's term was the present Margao municipality built? Jose Inacio de Loyola, completed in 1905. * Which Goan theatre form has no stage, sets or curtains? Khell * Who was the only Goan to reach the rank of General, the highest designation in the Portuguese medical cadre? General-Medico Miguel Caetano Ais (1852-1936 of San Estevem (Juem). * Complete the Konkani proverb, "Nakak dhorlear..." "... tondd ugtem zata". (If the nose is clamped, the mouth squeals.) [Amazing Goa is a set of 200 information cards published in Goa by Amazing Goa Publications. Price in Goa Rs 250. It is expected to be published in a book-form shortly. In Goa, it's available at Broadways, Sant Inez. In London, contact rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] --------------------------------------------------------- Cooking corner * From Daisy Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- MASHED POTATOES WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS & OLIVE OIL 6 large baking potatoes (peeled, cut crosswise into thirds), 1 garlic clove, minced very fine, 1 large onion (peeled, cut in half crosswise, cut in thin slices), 7 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil. Place potatoes in heavy large pot. Cover with cold water. Boil over medium-high heat until potatoes are tender when pierced with fork, about 40 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups potato cooking liquid. Return potatoes to dry pot. Stir over medium heat until any excess liquid evaporates. Add 4 tablespoons olive oil and mash until almost smooth. Mix in enough potato cooking liquid as needed to moisten. Stir in caramelized onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm over medium heat, adding more reserved cooking water as needed to moisten.) To caramelize onions: Add 3 tablespoons olive oil to a saucepan and add onions. Saute over medium-high heat until onions are starting to caramelize 10-12 minutes. Add the garlic for the last minute of cooking. If you like your onions darker, saute them slightly longer (or if you like them lighter, diminish the saute time). Note: A couple of tablespoonfuls of Parmesan stirred into these potatoes is a lovely thing! ------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||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. To get free news despatches in your mailbox each day, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------