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Fujipoly announces the introduction of Sarcon® GR-Tac, a highly conformable and durable .25mm thick polyester reinforced thermal interface material.  Sarcon® 25GR-Tac is easy to install and typically does not require adhesive due to its naturally tacky consistency. These inherent material characteristics make it ideal for applications where surface space and surface textures vary.

Miami Breaker, Inc. of Miami, FL has announced the recall of about 43,600 counterfeit Square D-brand circuit breakers.  The recalled circuit breakers, which were imported by General Breakers and Panels, Inc., also of Miami, have been determined to be counterfeit by Square D.

PDI Communications, Inc. of Springboro, OH is recalling about 2700 of its 26-inch and 32-inch, wall-mounted LCD television sets, manufactured in China and installed in healthcare facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes.

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published an updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements of its directive relating to the safety of toys (88/378/EEC).

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has released statistics on notices of unsafe consumer products that have been processed through the EU’s rapid information system (RAPEX) during the first half of 2010.

In an effort to ensure that the latest technologies in wireless communications are available to those consumers who use hearing aids, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has modified its hearing-aid compatibility (HAC) rules, and has proposed additional rule changes.

One hundred million volts, more or less. That is the potential that is developed as roiling masses of air and water and ice molecules furiously swap electrons during a thunderstorm. Charge separation, caused by the friction in the air, related to the mechanism of static built up by rubbing balloon on cat, fills the atmosphere with pockets of ions–positive and negative. As the voltages build, the normally-insulating air molecules stress and disassociate and filaments of current crackle across the sky, releasing mega-joules of energy in each stroke. The supersonic expansion of the ionized air along the stroke path, boiled to a plasma, cracks in a sonic boom, rolling across the sky as thunder.