Rwanda has for decades been portrayed as a tiny resource-poor country, despite lying in the Great Rift Valley well-known for its abundant mineral wealth.

News that there is gold in the Western and Northern provinces is well-known, but the quality and quantity is what played on as a mystery for a long time.

In September, the quality question was ticked off when Rogi Mining, the country's largest gold explorer, assessed the gold in Gicumbi, Northern Province to be of high quality.

When its quantity is also verified as large in the near future, Rwanda's mineral sector, which is largely made up of cassetirite, wolfram and coltan, will be largely boosted by the this precious metal.

Also importantly, the government is also seeking to increase production of other minerals including tantalite, tungsten, niobium and lithium.

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The 2012-2013 late migratory bird seasons continue through early 2013.

The 2012-13 migratory bird brochure is available at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website.

There is no open season on harlequin ducks.

Feb. 2-3 are Federal Youth Days. Only hunters 15 years of age or younger may hunt waterfowl (ducks and geese) on these days. The youth(s) must be accompanied by an adult of at least 18 years of age. The adult is not allowed to carry a gun or hunt, and does not have to be licensed. The regular duck season limits apply.

Shooting hours for late-season duck hunting are uniform statewide. Hunters should take notice that DNR law enforcement officers will pay special attention to "late shooting violations" throughout South Carolina. Check local newspapers for sunrise and sunset times. Any South Carolina hunter born after June 30, 1979, must complete an approved hunter education course to purchase a hunting license.

Federally approved nontoxic shot (such as steel, bismuth-tin, tungsten-iron or tungsten-polymer) is required for all waterfowl hunting. The possession of lead shot is prohibited for all waterfowl hunting statewide.

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It’s the season for slippery streets and sidewalks, when just the simple act of walking from Point A to Point B can be an exercise in treachery.

With that in mind, a Grand Forks-based company has a simple, lightweight solution in the form of its DueNorth All Purpose Traction Aids. Available in small, medium and large sizes for both men and women, the devices feature tungsten carbide spikes on the soles and slip over boots or shoes to provide protection against slipping and sliding on even the iciest of surfaces.

Made of a durable rubber that retains elasticity in all temperatures, the traction aids are available in “Everyday,” “All Purpose” and “All Purpose Oversized” styles. Whether it’s ice fishing, running, working at an outdoors construction site or just stepping out to get the mail, Sure Foot’s traction aids will eliminate the need for walking like a penguin when shuffling across icy surfaces.

“People are able to decide which product is better for their needs, depending on how they plan to use them,” Jon Larson, president of Sure Foot, said in a news release.

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Online men’s jewelry store JustMensRings.com has recently introduced new wedding bands and fashion rings from the Benchmark black diamonds for men collection. These upscale bands have a decidedly masculine look that is already proving to be popular with customers, and are backed by Benchmark’s quality-driven production process and Lifetime Guarantee.

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Building on the popularity of its pre-existing collection of men’s diamond rings, online jewelry superstore JustMensRings.com (JMR) has recently added new black diamond styles from the designer brand Benchmark. Ultra-masculine yet undeniably luxurious, the selection of Benchmark black diamonds for men is an eye-catching addition to JustMensRings.

JMR’s dedication to carrying a wide and varied selection of higher end designs is evident in the new styles of Benchmark black diamonds for men. Set in precious metals like 950 platinum and 14K white gold as well as more affordable contemporary materials like cobalt chrome and Argentium silver, the designs in the Benchmark black diamond collection range from more traditional wedding bands to strikingly modern designs to classic eternity styles.

JustMensRings carries the Benchmark designer brand exclusively, and has a long-held partnership with the U.S. based manufacturer. Benchmark is known for an extreme attention to detail in the design and production processes, which includes die striking each ring, precision setting diamonds for a secure display that showcases each stone, and ensuring that each diamond ring passes through multiple operations and quality inspection points.

“We’ve had an incredible response to our new selection of Benchmark black diamond rings,” notes JMR president and owner Roy Devine. “Men love the element of luxury and the fact that they’re so different from traditional white diamonds.”

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JAN. 3, 2013 - Myanmar celebrates today its Independence Day, which commemorates the country’s freedom in 1948. Usual celebrations include a seven-day fair at Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon.

Myanmar is endowed with rich natural resources. It has approximately 250 commercially useful kinds of trees. Mineral deposits include lead, zinc, tin, tungsten, coal, iron core, natural gas, and petroleum, as well as deposits of precious stones such as rubies and lapis lazuli. The government is opening up its economy, and has intensified its economic cooperation with its ASEAN neighbors as well as with China and Japan.

Several agreements have been signed between the Philippines and Myanmar. They include a Memorandum of Understanding on a package of Assistance for Human Resource Development for Myanmar, a Memorandum of Understanding on Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports, an Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, and an Agreement on Cultural Cooperation.

On June 15, 2012, the second Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) between the Philippines and Myanmar was held. The JCBC serves as a venue to discuss areas of mutual interest at a ministerial level. The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the two countries met and discussed political cooperation, trade and investments, education, human rights, agriculture and forestry, tourism, culture and information.

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At the 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) in Hamburg, Berlin-based security researchers Karsten Nohl and dexter presented a custom-built workstation for "microprobing" semiconductor chips. Comparable in-depth analysis tools such as those for microcontrollers and similar small computer systems often cost several tens of thousands of pounds and have so far mostly only been available in specialised labs. This type of analysis involves examining a chip's individual conductor wires or memory cells with a microscope-like setup and a very thin probe. The "probing device" enables examiners to, for example, record data and command sequences by intercepting bus signals.

Dexter explained that the custom-built workstation consists of a fixed-position microscope that can cope with large working distances to what it is working on, a large magnetic work platform, and a micropositioning system. The micropositioner is a motor-driven stage that can be moved in increments of a few millimetres to a few centimetres. Hardened tungsten needles are required on the microscope's tip to create the electrical contact with the semiconductor material. According to Nohl, who runs Security Research Labs, the overall component cost is no more than €3,000 (approximately £2,440) and will, for the first time, allow interested amateurs to do "microprobing in their basement".

The presented workstation uses a movable stage and micropositioner to place the chip that is to be examined underneath the fixed-position microscope's lens barrel; a tungsten needle is used as a probe Zoom.

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This is a setback for the LED movement, which thought it had cast tungsten lighting into history.

The EBU has warned that the post-production color correction costs required for video shot under LED lighting could outweigh the power savings compared with traditional tungsten lights. This is a setback for the LED movement, which thought it had cast tungsten lighting into history as a result of not just of the greatly reduced energy consumption but also other advantages, notably lower maintenance and heat production.

With LED technology, about 80 percent of the electrical energy is converted into light, compared with 20 percent or less for tungsten bulbs, which emit most of the rest as heat or infra red radiation. The issue, though, has been in matching LEDs to the well-known light profile of tungsten bulbs, which the industry had thought it had solved. In the U.K., the BBC has been experimenting with LED lighting for production for more than three decades, and has recently used it on the sets of popular shows such as the hospital drama "Casualty." The BBC says it has developed tests that assess the color rendition of low energy light sources, and has stated it wants to send a clear message to the broadcasting community and to its viewers about the leading role that LEDs play in sustainable low energy production helping meet targets for reduced carbon emissions.

There has been similar enthusiasm for studio LEDs elsewhere, and they have been used in the U.S. for filming popular prime-time reality TV competitions such as "Dancing with the Stars," "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol."

But now the EBU suggests it may be premature to embrace LEDs fully in the studio, even if they are now ready for the home. Problems that have been identified include inconsistencies between factory batches, insufficient brightness and inability to spotlight subjects, especially from a great distance. A further issue is that color LED lights are prone to color shifts and inconsistencies that can be especially evident when lighting people's faces.

The EBU is not suggesting broadcasters should avoid LEDs, but urges them to recognize that many new LED lights fail to perform as well as had been expected or promised. The EBU has come up with its own recommendation to help broadcasters assess how well their television lighting performs. Called R 137, and accompanied by a software-based analysis tool, this is designed to quantify how well a set of test colors is reproduced when illuminated under a given light and viewed through a standardized camera and TV system. The software compares the differences in colors produced by the light source under test with those rendered under standard lighting conditions. It assigns a value from 0 to 100 to each light tested, and that value gives an indication of how much color correction would be required to produce acceptable results with that light.

In addition to the value assigned to the light, the software also provides additional information that can be used to advise colorists on how much correction is needed. In cases where the value assigned to a light is less than 50, the results may still be unacceptable, even given a lot of correction.

This procedure is likely to be only required for a temporary period while the LED lighting industry continues to improve and refine its products. LED lighting will indeed be ready for prime-time production, but as so often with emerging technologies, not quite as soon as everybody hoped or manufactures led us to believe.

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The CT960 universal internal grinding machine from Studer features a fully interpolating B axis and four spindles for complex grinding tasks.

The CT960 universal internal grinding machine from United Grinding features a fully interpolating B axis and four spindles for complex grinding tasks. It is suitable for machining small- to medium-sized parts including die plates, spring collets, toolholding fixtures, hydraulic components, medical components and thread ring gages in materials including tool steel, tungsten carbide, ceramic and glass.

The grinding spindle turret features a dynamic direct drive said to enable faster swiveling times. Workpieces can be completely machined in the same clamping. The swiveling time is less than 2 sec. for 90 degrees, and less than 3 sec. for 270 degrees. The angular position of the grinding spindles is infinitely variable from -5 degrees to +30 degrees in all four positions. The automatic B axis of the workhead features a swiveling range of +61 to -91 degrees. The B axis has no contact surface, and is completely closed and virtually wear-free. A coolant distributor is designed to ensure well-regulated internal conditions.

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2013 is here and this is my our year. Well, maybe not year, but in two months, I will be taking that walk down the aisle, looking my honey in the eye as I say:

“I Do.”

Those two words are what every little girl dreams of saying to and hearing from her Prince Charming, as she stands in front of her family and friends on one of the biggest days of her life. However, the road to the alter isn’t always one of bliss; a lot of planning goes into making the wedding day a special one, planning that can be stressful and lead to lots of headaches (but only if you let it!).

Working with the right vendors will help to alleviate that stress and make the planning process much easier. As I near the big day, I will share some of the great vendors I’ve had the pleasure of working with, who have helped make planning for my wedding an exciting event! Check back for updates as we near the big day!

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Tungsten rods with evaporated crystals, partially oxidized with colorful tarnish. Purity 99.98 %, as well as a high pure (99.999 % = 5N) 1 cm3 tungsten cube for comparison.

This element  tungsten, which has the chemical symbol W and the atomic number 74. The name is derived from Swedish and translates as "heavy stone", in recognition of one of this metal's more obvious qualities.

Pure tungsten is silver-coloured, very hard, and has an extremely high melting point (3422 °C / 6192 °F) -- the highest for any metal and second only to carbon (3550°C / 6422°F). Tungsten is quite rare on Earth and occurs in the wild only in a number of minerals.

By now, I suppose that you are wondering where the chemical symbol, W, came from. Although this element is known as tungsten in many English and French speaking countries, a number of European countries know it as wolfram, a word derived from German, which translates roughly as "wolf's froth" or "cream" -- a reference to the large amounts of tin consumed by tungsten extraction.