Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog reader R.H. recommended this site with product reviews on flashlights–both traditional and LED type.

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It is nice to see that gold have silver are bouncing back from their summer doldrums, with gold at over $650 per ounce and silver at around $12.10. I believe that this coming fall and winter may show some impressive gains in precious metals prices.

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Front Sight is currently running its own writing contest. The prize is a Front Sight lifetime membership! For any of you that who would like to put your thoughts about Front Sight, the Second Amendment and the Comfort of Skill at Arms into words, here is your chance to get yourself published and in the process you may win a lifetime membership at Front Sight.
The topic of your essay can be any of the following:
* What Front Sight Firearms Training Institute means to me…
* What the Comfort of Skill at Arms means to me…
* What the Second Amendment means to me…
* What a handgun means to me…
You can even combine these topics as you wish. Simply write your essay in e-mail format or in a Microsoft word file and attach it to an e-mail to: info@frontsight.com with the subject line: Dr. Piazza, here is my essay.
Naish Piazza will personally read every essay submitted. The best essays will be posted on Front Sight’s Blog and Naish will select the winner to receive a Lifetime Legacy Membership! If you are already a member you can upgrade your membership to the Legacy or receive the Legacy Membership to be assigned to the person of your choice.
The deadline to receive your essay is midnight, August 10, 2006. The winner will be announced on August 20.

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I just got the latest issue of Disaster Recovery Journal in the mail–their special Avian Flu issue. It seems that the Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity community has caught on to some of the bigger issues related to a pandemic–at least things like absenteeism, telecommuting, and crisis communication. For their spin on a possible flu pandemic as well as some useful links to the CDC and other sites, see: http://www.drj.com/special/avian