This too is a wild, demanding environment, a place where you feel instantly in touch with raw, pure nature.

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Hansbrough and Lighty are seniors so they had no choice but the trend should make future collegians lean to staying another year in school rather than coming out early since NBA scouts and general managers seem to place a higher value on the raw international players, who may be three to four years from making the roster.

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It was also a risk-on day in the market place, which lifted most raw commodity markets, including gold and silver.

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However, the evidence to date suggests strongly that we may be soon seeing a big substitution of combined intelligence, technology, and behavioral changes in place of raw materials.

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The precious metals are seeing selling pressure coming from a stronger U.S. dollar index and a generally weaker raw commodity sector to start the trading week, following an unimpressive market place assessment of the just-completed European Union summit in Brussels.

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It was a bit better risk mentality day in the market place Thursday, and that benefitted the raw commodity markets, including gold and silver.

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All of this make for a skittish market place Monday, which was bearish for not only the stock markets but also most raw commodity markets, including the precious metals.

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It brings up many questions, such as if the final place of assembly counts as the country of origin, or if a certain percent of the raw materials are made overseas, for instance.

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