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OATA Hall of Fame Fund |
OATA Hall of Fame is moving! |
The Ohio Atheltic Trainers' Association is moving to a new location on the campus of Ohio University. This new space will provide us with the opportunity to continue to expand in the years to come and provide a new and vibrant location. |
If you would like to support the Hall of Fame you can make a donation here. |
Once you open the link, please complete the following: |
1. Select make a one time gift (unless you want to make a recurring gift!) |
2. Under "Gift Designation" click the box "The fund I want to support isn't listed above." |
3. Under Allocation Fund type: "OATA Hall of Fame" |
4. Under amount, type in amount of your gift |
5. Proceed to follow instruction to complete your transaction, entering your name/address/credit card info, etc |
F is for all that's 'Familiar' |
About a year back we invested in a new house. We were super excited because it was twice as large as our current one, was situated right behind the kids' school and to their complete delight it came with a personal plunge pool in the balcony. Quite a dreamhouse! It is now ready for possession but none of us want to go. Once in a while the kids remember the pool and ask 'When are we moving?' but then they happily go back to their friends and forget about it. |
Whoever said familiarity breeds contempt pretty much misunderstood the concept. To me, as I believe to a lot of us, familiarity spells comfort and friendship and security. |
Though not a true blue extrovert, I have made some good friends. Friends who call me up if they don't see me around for a few days, who keep my letters safe if I'm not around to receive them, who help me out with every imaginable thing from sharing parenting troubles to accompanying me on coffee dates when I need a breather. (Muah to all you guys)! |
I like the smiles I exchange with familiar faces in the elevator every day even though all of them are not my friends. |
I like it when the usually surly building guard strikes up a conversation. |
I like knowing that four rounds of my apartment building make a kilometre when I take my evening walk (yeah I'm stuck up like that!). |
I like being welcomed by the coolest freshest breeze as soon as I enter our building compound. |
I like keeping count of the huge yellow Hibiscus that bloom with great regularity in the garden, even though it isn't my personal garden. |
Most of all I love the street outside my apartment building. Crammed in about half a kilometer are vegetable vendors, a fishmonger, a stationery shop, general merchants, fruit sellers, a cobbler, snack shops, medical stores, a scooter repair shop and even a library. Oh I almost forgot to add.. an auto stand and a bus stop, two tiny temples, a mosque and some small time tailors (who handle fancy dress costumes for the kids and all of my alteration work as I put on and shed weight routinely!!) |
And yet it's not too crowded since we're almost at a dead end. |
Can it get any better? (Umm... still wondering if I missed out anything!) |
I like it when I'm greeted by a smile at each of these shops. I enjoy the bits of conversation I exchange. If I miss going to the guava guy, I know he'll come looking for me to my flat with the right mix of raw and ripe ones just the way we like them (raw ones for The Husband, ripe ones for me). |
Apologise for the poor picture quality.. it was clicked in a hurry. |
You can see the library flanked by the snack store |
Tell me why I should want to move? |
And contrary to that saying, familiarity makes my day, everyday! |
For more fantastic entries go to ABC Wednesday |
Also linking to Marathon Bloggers 'A story for every picture, a picture for every story' |
for the prompt 'Street' |
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Who can deny that liquid |
Iron oxidation reaction |
The first step toward a theory of chemical reactions was taken by Georg Ernst Stahl in 1697 when he proposed the phlogiston theory, which was based on the following observations. |
• Metals have many properties in common. |
• Metals often produce a "calx" when heated. (The term calx is defined as the crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal is roasted.) |
• These calxes are not as dense as the metals from which they are produced. |
• Some of these calxes form metals when heated with charcoal. |
• With only a few exceptions, the calx is found in nature, not the metal. |
These observations led Stahl to the following conclusions. |
• Phlogiston (from the Greek phlogistos, "to burn") is given off whenever something burns. |
• Wood and charcoal are particularly rich in phlogiston because they leave very little ash when they burn. (Candles must be almost pure phlogiston because they leave no ash.) |
• Because they are found in nature, calxes must be simpler than metals. |
• Metals form a calx by giving off phlogiston. |
Metal calx + phlogiston |
• Metals can be made by adding phlogiston to the calx. |
Calx + phlogiston metal |
• Because charcoal is rich in phlogiston, heating calxes in the presence of charcoal sometimes produces metals. |
This model was remarkably successful. It explained why metals have similar properties they all contained phlogiston. It explained the relationship between metals and their calxesthey were related by the gain or loss of phlogiston. It even explained why a candle goes out when placed in a bell jar the air eventually becomes saturated with phlogiston. |
There was only one problem with the phlogiston theory. As early as 1630, Jean Rey noted that tin gains weight when it forms a calx. (The calx is about 25% heavier than the metal.) From our point of view, this seems to be a fatal flaw: If phlogiston is given off when a metal forms a calx, why does the calx weigh more than the metal? This observation didn't bother proponents of the phlogiston theory. Stahl explained it by suggesting that the weight increased because air entered the metal to fill the vacuum left after the phlogiston escaped. |
The phlogiston theory was the basis for research in chemistry for most of the 18th century. It was not until 1772 that Antoine Lavoisier noted that nonmetals gain large amounts of weight when burned in air. (The weight of phosphorus, for example, increases by a factor of about 2.3.) The magnitude of this change led Lavoisier to conclude that phosphorus must combine with something in air when it burns. This conclusion was reinforced by the observation that the volume of air decreases by a factor of 1/5th when phosphorus burns in a limited amount of air. |
Lavoisier proposed the name oxygene (literally, "acid-former") for the substance absorbed from air when a compound burns. He chose this name because the products of the combustion of nonmetals such as phosphorus are acids when they dissolve in water. |
Read electro-mechanical engineering blog |
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FaceBook Marketing |
These days, the majority of businesses rely on social media marketing. After all, social media has an incredible reach. There is no reason not to take advantage of what it can offer. |
However, there are risks inherent in this kind of marketing. Companies should make sure they are fully aware of what can go wrong. That way, they can avoid these issues and benefit from Facebook. |
Privacy Leaks |
FaceBook Privacy |
If employees have access to your company's social media accounts, they could easily leak important company secrets there. Some people have released sensitive information because they didn't realize it was a problem; others have accidentally leaked information they meant for their personal Facebook page. In some cases, former employees have intentionally leaked information in order to get revenge on their former employers. |
To mitigate these risks, you need to be careful about who has access to your Facebook account. It is best to have one person managing all social media accounts. If they are going to be out of the office, they can schedule Facebook posts ahead of time. |
When you allow all of your employees to use your social media account, you are opening yourself up to a host of risks. |
2. Reputation Damage |
Reputation Damage |
In the past, you have probably seen people posting negative statuses or comments on the walls of various companies. If a customer has a bad experience, or is simply displeased with your recent choices, they may do the same thing to you. |
Some companies get around this by having someone monitor their wall vigilantly. Whenever they see an inappropriate comment or status, that post is deleted. |
Unfortunately, that method can backfire on companies. If people notice that statuses are being deleted, their anger may increase. |
While you should make a habit of deleting genuinely offensive comments, you should also try to engage with customers that are upset. If you can resolve the situation with them publicly, you will be able to earn goodwill with other customers that are monitoring your page. |
FaceBook Hacker |
In theory, no one but your company should have access to your Facebook page. In practice, others get access to it all the time. It is not at all uncommon for the pages of major businesses to be hacked. Some hacking teams specifically make businesses their target. |
In order to protect yourself from hackers, you should employ every security method that Facebook has. Requiring two-step verification, for example, can keep people from accessing your account if they do not also have access to your cell phone. |
You may also want to utilize a program that will help you to develop and store stronger passwords. You will be able to create a password that no hacker will be able to guess. |
As you can see, there are a number of risks that are associated with Facebook marketing. Luckily, every one of these risks can easily be avoided. You can use Facebook regularly without damaging your company's reputation. Facebook is an excellent tool as long as it is used wisely. |
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General Electric (NYSE:GE) recently filed documents with the SEC relating to the impending IPO of its North America consumer credit card segment, which is part of GE Capital. |
The new business, which is up for IPO, will be named Synchrony Financial and will trade under the ticker symbol SYF. According to the SEC filing, 20% of Synchrony will be put up for sale to the public (IPO). The remaining 80% of Synchrony will be held by GE to be spun off later in 2015, potentially through some sort of share swap deal. |
Commentators are reading too much into mind-numbingly routine details of the impending spin-off -- figures, dates, projections -- and overlooking the true purpose of the move. |
Redefinition of revenue streams |
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