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To: TD who wrote (2999)	10/2/2000 10:13:10 AM
From: Raja	Respond to of 8010

Thanks for the interesting article which reassures the silver bulls:>)) Here's another article (for those who haven't read it already): RED HERRINGS ACROSS SILVER'S TRACKS gold-eagle.com

To: TD who wrote (2999)	10/13/2000 8:05:39 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8010

Remarks Prepared for Delivery by Chairman James A. Leach Committee on Banking and Financial Services On the Introduction of the Leif Ericson Millennium Commemorative Coin Of Which He Was the Sponsor The program we are introducing here is a significant numismatic event: a 1000-year anniversary, two countries jointly issuing coins commemorating the same event, a limited boxed edition of both coins being issued by the Mint, and the surcharge proceeds going to promote scholarship and student exchange between the two countries. The unique aspect of this program cannot be understated: It is my understanding that this is the first such simultaneous dual-country issuance of commemorative coins. If it is as successful as I anticipate it will be, Congress may want to consider whether similar programs with other countries might be developed. As a model, this coin has many attributes, not the least of which is the first class artistry and craftsmanship of the design. Commemorative coins imply value and are in part judged by their historical and artistic merit. This one meets well the test of history and asceticism. In a sense, issuing this commemorative U.S. silver dollar and a silver 1000-Kronor Icelandic coin, both produced by the U.S. Mint and both celebrating the voyage of Leif Ericson is also a voyage of discovery. Interestingly, the Icelandic coin depicts Leif Ericson as he appears on a statue that stands today in Reykjavik. This statue of the great explorer was created by the sculptor Stirling Calder -- father of Alexander Calder -- and was presented by the United States Congress to the Althing, the parliament of Iceland, on its 1000th anniversary in 1930. It is appropriate that our relatively young society take this opportunity to commemorate a one-thousand-year link to Europe and implicitly honor, as well, later Scandinavian immigrants to our shores. This year marks the 1000th anniversary of the voyage of discovery by Leif Ericson, son of Eric the Red, who in approximately 1000 A.D., left to explore lands to the West, beyond Greenland. Recent archeological research has confirmed evidence of contemporaneous European settlement on Newfoundland as a result of this voyage and its successors, and there are strong hints that eleventh-century Viking explorers visited coastal and interior areas considerably to the south of the Newfoundland site. In any regard, the exhibit here at the Smithsonian traces how the Nordic sagas recording Ericson’s and later voyages, describing a fertile land far to the west, entered European consciousness. We began the last decade celebrating the 500th anniversary of Columbus coming to the New World. We begin this one celebrating the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson’s voyage to the Americas. We know a little about Columbus; less about Ericson. Columbus had come to believe the world was round and that by voyaging west spices from India could be brought back to Spain cheaper than by sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean and dealing with Muslim traders in Istanbul. Columbus was an entrepreneur. He wanted to eliminate the middleman. He also may have been America’s first liberal. After all, when he took off, he didn’t know where he was going; when he got there he didn’t know where he was; when he returned, he didn’t know where he’d been; and he did it all on someone else’s money. Ericson, on the other hand, appears to have been an adventurer, a conservative more intent on settling than trading with a New World. He may have been the first American with a salesmanship mentality. He called a rather frigid Arctic island "Greenland" and a coast of North America with anything but a Mediterranean climate "Vin- or Vine-land," perhaps hoping to lure followers with the imagery that wine could be produced in abundance in the area we now call Nova Scotia and New England. Anyway, research and scholarship funded by this coin program may well add to our slender knowledge of Leif Ericson and contribute to a better understanding of Icelanders, their Scandinavian brethren, and our mutual Northern Hemisphere heritage. Finally, on a personal level, let me add that Olafur Grimsson, the President of Iceland, who was once co-president with me of Parliamentarians for Global Action, an international legislators’ association, is one of the most decent and thoughtful leaders in the Western world. It is a privilege as an American Congressman to be able to respond to an inspirational request from such a fine friend, the head of state of such a loyal ally. house.gov

To: TD who wrote (2999)	10/16/2000 11:06:23 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8010

Biocide-Resistant Microbes Meet Their Match: Silver July 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (July 31, 2000 – Washington, D.C.) Diseases ranging from sore throats to pneumonia that were once conquered by antibiotics are again on the rise. Microbes resistant to the wonder drugs now proliferate. According to the World Health Organization, which recently completed its first major report on the issue, these microbes are mutating at an alarming rate into much more dangerous infections that fail to respond to drugs. The reason is that antibiotics are essentially designer drugs – each crafted to wipe out a type of microbe causing a specific disease. Though the specific microbes killed by the antibiotics are gone, the problem is resistant varieties and mutations have worked around the antibiotics and these are on the increase. The spectacular life of the antibiotics may prove problematic. As a result, increasingly, physicians and sanitation engineers are turning to that long-standing biocide: silver. According to Paul Bateman, Executive Director of The Silver Institute in Washington, D.C., the action of silver is different. "Silver is not disease specific, but structure specific. Any bacteria, virus, fungi, or protozoa lacking a sufficiently protective cell wall has no defense against silver," Bateman said. On the other hand, cells with protective walls, such as all mammalian cells, block action by silver. Silver acts more like a general antiseptic than an antibiotic, which have single targets. Once the bacteria can block an antibiotic from attacking its target membrane, it becomes resistant, whereas once the silver attacks the membrane of bacteria, the bacteria have no latitude to maneuver. Silver has long been on the medical scene. Over one hundred years ago, dilute silver nitrate was applied to newborns' eyes that virtually eliminated diseases causing blindness in millions of children caused by exposure to venereal disease during birth. Over 125 leading hospitals in the U.S. and Canada have installed silver/copper ionization systems to eradicate Legionnaires disease from their hot water recirculation lines. Today, silver is a significant partner in sanitation from households to hospitals. For example, silver sulfadiazine has become the treatment of choice for burn wounds where its powerful antibacterial action allows wound areas to heal unimpeded by invading bacteria requiring no pain-relieving drug prior to dressing changes. Silver also helps sanitize catheters. Over 80% of patients admitted to hospitals are catheterized. In the United States alone, some 120,000 patients acquire catheter-related illnesses and of these, 45,000 die from the catheter-related malady. The most effective solution to long-lasting sanitation of catheters has proven to be a silver, or a silver-containing coating on the outside surface of the needle. Silver is the coating of choice on catheters because silver basically inhibits all bacteria. Also, decades of clinical experience have shown electrically driven silver ions rapidly enhance the regeneration of normal human structures destroyed by episodes of severe wounding. In a period of days or weeks, with regular changes of a silver-coated dressing that covers the severe wound, regeneration of the original structure proceeds unimpeded by inactivating bacteria in the wound area, until full regeneration of original function is complete. Success has been achieved in promoting rapid bone growth in cases where bone has not healed for long periods. Essentially, any product or system subject to microbial invasion finds advantageous applications of silver. Among which are no hazards in the use of silver, be it in the home, in the workplace, or in the environment. The Silver Institute is a nonprofit international association. Established in 1971, the Institute serves as the industry's voice in increasing public understanding of the value and many uses of silver. For more information on silver and its many uses, visit the Silver Institute's webpage at www.silverinstitute.org. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Further Information Contact: Mike DiRienzo The Silver Institute 1112 16th Street, N.W., Suite 240 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 835-0185 Fax: (202) 835-0155 silverinstitute.org