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“Gold Finger - A New Take On Operation Grand Slam With A Tungsten Twist” I’ve already reported on irregular physical gold settlements which occurred in London, England back in the first week of October, 2009. Specifically, these settlements involved the intermediation of at least one Central Bank [The Bank of England] to resolve allocated settlements on behalf of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank – who DID NOT have the gold bullion that they had sold short and were contracted to deliver. At the same time I reported on two other unusual occurrences: 1] - irregularities in the publication of the...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Used in everything from light bulbs to bullets, tungsten is a metal that's all but monopolized by China, which produces about 85% of the world's supply -- leaving the U.S. at a handicap. Tungsten is actually "one of those seldom considered metals that contribute broadly to modern life," said Eric Coffin, editor of the HRA Journal and other publications focused on metals exploration, development and production stocks. And the "the need for new tungsten supplies has created a business opportunity for new suppliers," said Lawrence Roulston, editor of the investment newsletter Resource Opportunities. Unfortunately, the U.S....

Shooters encouraged to use nonlead bullets Event highlights dangers to California condor By KEVIN HOWE Herald Staff Writer Regular or unleaded? Big game hunters in Monterey County will get a chance to try ammunition using nonlead bullets free of charge this month, courtesy of a coalition of wildlife organizations, state and federal agencies, hunters, shooters and ammunition manufacturers. A "Non-Lead Ammunition Shooting Event and BBQ Lunch" will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Monterey County Swiss Rifle Club on La Gloria Road, just outside Soledad. Participants are asked to bring their own rifles and lead...

I had the opportunity to hear a talk by a US Army scientist (pathologist??) from an Army medical laboratory based in Bethesda, Maryland the other day, and the topic was quite eye-opening. I should add the disclaimer that I am not in the medical field, but rather in the terminal ballistics research area for the US military. Since the author indicated the result will soon be sent to the open literature journals, and since the audience was international, I feel free to reveal some of what he related. As background, there is this ongoing struggle in the military community to...

<p>A south Sacramento County neighborhood hit by fears of a childhood leukemia cluster appears to be a hot spot for the metal tungsten, an environmental contaminant of emerging cancer concern, according to a tree-ring study commissioned by The Bee.</p> <p>Two University of Arizona scientists who ran the study say in an unpublished paper that their findings mark "an important discovery that justifies continued research on the Calvine-Florin childhood leukemia neighborhood as well as on clusters of childhood leukemia elsewhere."</p>

<p>WASHINGTON - National insecurity and a sluggish economy are supposed to be political poison for a president, but George W. Bush is riding a wave of popularity that confounds Democrats and mystifies many liberal intellectuals.</p> <p>Some of the very things that grate on Bush's critics - his mangled syntax, his frayed blue jeans, his flight suit - strike a chord with mainstream Americans. Simply put: Most people like the guy. They may be uneasy about terrorism, they may have doubts about his economic policies, but polls consistently show that they're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.</p>