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Wilderness takes a massive hit; The door closes on new BLM wilderness proposals
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For years, wilderness groups have been hounding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to continue to identify lands worthy of formal protection as wilderness.
An initial round of wilderness inventories, completed in 1991, led to protection of 6.5 million acres of BLM wilderness. But citizens' wilderness groups argued that substantial areas of potential wilderness were overlooked. In Utah, for instance, the original BLM inventory identified 3.2 million acres which met Wilderness Act criteria - areas larger than 5,000 acres with "outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and ...
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Tin whisker observations: after years of study, fin whiskers continue to fascinate, perplex and astound.(COVER STORY)
Magazine article from: Circuits Assembly
; ...for device leads. Numerous manufacturers selected pure tin. (1), (2), (3), (4) This change sparked concern...reliability problem: the potential to spontaneously grow tin whiskers. Tin whiskers are electrically conductive crystalline structures...
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Tin whisker management guidelines: although full understanding of whisker growth is lacking, these specifications and practices will reduce risks.(Countdown to Pb-Free)
Magazine article from: Circuits Assembly
; ...Despite more than five decades of research on tin whiskers, there is no consensus on the...progress has been made. We do know that tin-based plating--the preferred surface...protrusions, or whiskers, especially when pure tin or high tin content alloys are used. Tin...
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Tin Whisker management guidelines: although full understanding of whisker growth is lacking, these specifications and practices will reduce risks.(COUNTDOWN TO LEAD-FREE)
Magazine article from: Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture
; ...DESITE MORE THAN five decades of research on tin whiskers, there is no consensus on the...progress has been made. We do know that tin-based plating--the preferred surface...protrusions, or whiskers, especially when pure tin or high tin content alloys are used. Tin...
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Tin Whiskers: an old problem reappears: the answers to today's problems may lie in yesterday's research.(On the Forefront)
Magazine article from: Circuits Assembly
; ...entertained with with photos of microscopic tin whiskers on TAB tape. With the movement...manufacturing and the elimination of lead, tin-plated leads are one alternative. Today...ASCII] With the switch from solder to pure tin as a component finish, the problem of tin...
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Rin Tin Tin Movie Sparks Lawsuit [DP]
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...ROBERT SIEGEL NPR All Things Considered 10-07-2008 Rin Tin Tin Movie Sparks Lawsuit [DP] Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time 9...a beloved TV series of the '50s. (Soundbite of "Rin Tin Tin" theme song) Unidentified Man: (Singing) From all...
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Tin's new look: today, contractors have many ways to give owners, designers and architects what they want--the aged look of Victorian tin right out of the box.
Magazine article from: Walls & Ceilings
; There's a reason why tin is all the rage. On the factory...launched something new: hand-painted tin panels. "The quality is extremely...painted line of fine-pressed tin ceilings. The 2 x 4-foot tins are finished using eight layers...
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TIN TECHNOLOGY CALLS FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH CHINA.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...a keynote speech at the 7th International Tin Conference held in Kunming, China, on 19th - 21st May 2002, Tin Technology Ltd called for greater global...development and the commercialisation of tin based technologies. Tin Technology, which...
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TIN EXPORTS SOARS TO 40,000 TONS
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
; ...export of various unwrought and alloyed tin products has shown encouraging growth both...million. The rapid growth in Indonesia's tin exports has resulted from increases in global...Institute Limited (ITRI Ltd), the world's tin consumption will increase by 20,000...
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GLOBAL TIN PRICE DOWN STEADILY
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
; The price of tin is suspected to have continued decreasing...Mal$ 15,260 per ton on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) in November 1991. It reached only Mal$ 14,110 per ton in March 1992. Tin demands have continued to drop as a result...
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TIN TECHNOLOGY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CHINA'S LARGEST TIN PRODUCER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...LONDON, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Tin Technology, the organisation representing major tin producers, smelters and consuming industries...signed a co-operation agreement with Yunnan Tin Corporation, China's largest tin producer...
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