TransAct Blog – Page 15

09Jan

9 Jan 2014

Some Like it Hot…

… their chili that is. An American comfort staple and the choice for many a competition, chili is an all-time favorite of food lovers. And what’s not to love? Variations include vegetarian, poultry, seafood or meat-based, with or without beans, mild, medium or atomic heat levels, etc. With all the options available, there’s sure to […]

07Jan

7 Jan 2014

Are We Winning the Fight Against Childhood Obesity?

Restaurant Solutions

The statistics as they relate to childhood obesity are daunting. To set the stage, overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. Obesity is defined as having excess body fat. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United […]

20Dec

20 Dec 2013

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

Restaurant Solutions

In 1999, the FDA first proposed that manufacturers disclose the amount of trans fat on nutrition labels. What are trans fats? Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat not found in nature and are artificially produced. The use of trans fat, beginning over 60 years ago, has become popular as it allows for the […]

20Dec

20 Dec 2013

Well Logging 101 – Part Two

Oil and Gas

Types of Well Logs As the technology of well logging has improved over the decades, myriad types of well logs have emerged. From Gamma Ray (GR) Logs that measure radioactivity of the rocks to determine the amount of shale in a formation to Sonic (or Borehole Compensated) Logs that measure porosity by measuring how fast […]

20Dec

20 Dec 2013

Know Your Ropes: What Xerox Can Teach Casino Marketers

Gaming and Lottery

Prior to joining TransAct Technologies, I spent 22 years at Xerox Corporation in a variety of technical, sales, and marketing roles. At the time of my departure, I was Worldwide Marketing Manager for Production Color Marketing. Talk about a dramatic shift in happy-hour conversation topics. I went from chatting about the impact of color printing […]

13Dec

13 Dec 2013

Well Logging 101 – Part One

Oil and Gas

Well logging chronicles the depths, subsurface formations and events encountered while drilling. Well logs can include visual observations or be made by instruments lowered into the well during drilling. Tradition holds that the term “well logs” is borrowed from ship nomenclature. Similar to a ship’s log that tracks the events aboard the vessel, a well […]