Thanks for Giving 2008: Can you help, Lincoln? (Lincoln Journal Star)

For 25 years, Journal Star readers have helped meet the needs of their neighbors through the newspaper’s Thanks for Giving project. The premise is simple. We ask service providers to share their clients’ needs with us, and we share them with you.

Nursing home items sold (The Republican)

SPRINGFIELD - There were plenty of bargains Wednesday as an auctioneer worked to unload furnishings and equipment at a former Pine Street nursing home, ranging from wall mirrors to LaserJet printers.

MEDIPHAR TPE '08 Wraps up Great Success - Buyers Marvel at Taiwan's Quality Medical Products (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

TAIPEI, Taiwan----MEDIPHAR TAIPEI 2008, which is organized by TAITRA and Formosan Medical Association , wrapped up a great success on Nov. 9 at TWTC Exhibition Hall. That’s where 266 leading domestic and international manufacturers used 541 booths to showcase their latest products.

Battery Monitoring IC measures up to 12 individual cells. (ThomasNet)

Housed in 8 x 12 mm surface mount package, LTC6802 ICs can be stacked in series without optocouplers or isolators, for voltage monitoring of every cell in strings of series-connected batteries. Maximum total measurement error is guaranteed at less than 0.25% from -40 to 85°C and all cell voltages in battery stack can be measured within 13 ms. Each LTC6802 communicates via 1 MHz serial interface, ...