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Goa Sudharop Annual Awards January 5, 2011 - 3:45 - 6:30pm Hotel Mandovi, Panaji, Goa Details at: http://bit.ly/GoaSudharop2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific findings need to be subjected to peer review at a minimum before they can be taken seriously. Issuing press releases or letting lay journalists write stories in the newspapers about them is a bad idea. Furthermore, they need to be stated with an abundance of caution without making any bold pronouncements. The more understated your claim the better. Cheers, Santosh --- On Wed, 1/5/11, rajendra kakodkar <rskakod...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > > Incidentally at current price of Rs 2000 per gm, the value > of 6000 mt gold worked out to Rs 12 lac crores (Rs 12000 > billion) and not 1.2 lac crores (Rs 1200 billion) as > appearing in most newspapers. Perhaps blindened by the > figure, reporters swallowed one zero. > > Just to compare this money to iron ore riches and Goa > economy: It is twice the value (at current rates) of Goa's > 1000 million ton iron ore reserves. It is equivalent to 200 > years budget (at current year outlay) of entire Goa state. > > Rajendra > > > > PANAJI: Almost 6,000 metric tonne of secondary gold > deposits worth about Rs > 1,20,000 crore lie just 60 metres below the ground spread > over 40,000 hectares > of land in North Goa, noted Goan microbiologist > NandkumarKamat claimed in > an announcement on Monday. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------