• Reduce P. Eng. Annual Licence fees by 8% to offset the HST imposed on fees. I will keep this reduction in place for twelve months, to show
respect for members in these difficult economic times. I will also establish a reasonable mechanism of fees management developed
through wide consultation with members;
• Establish a climate of fiscal restraint and responsibility;
• Introduce a proactive project management process for the improvement of our engineering building, in order to receive every possible grant available for achieving world class quality, while
making efficient use of our members' money;
• Involve members more, in our self-regulating profession through proactive government relations and the definition of areas of practice;
• Enhance public protection through strengthened
legislation and enforcement, such that only licensed engineers undertake engineering work;
• Develop a licensure model that captures the interests of all applicants to PEO and provides effective value at each stage of the licensing process;
• Embrace emerging disciplines; and
• Foster an effective and constructive relationship with OSPE, our sister Associations and Engineers Canada towards best serving the profession in a climate of financial responsibility.
A DRIVEN SPINNING TOP fascinates by its propriety to maintain its direction around own axis. This is because the conservation of its kinetic moment when the spinning top is not influenced by any exterior force. If one applies a force and moves the spinning top its movement can change uncontrollable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is well known that people like the classical toys: spinning toys, gyroscopes and permanent magnets.
Spinning tops are old toys. They are built from wood, metals, or plastic in different shapes, color and dimentions. Recently some of them produce a sound or/and light. Not much has been changed since beginning. Once it is put into rotation we just look at its movement. No posibility to change the movement, to interact with it.
Gyroscopes are well known toys and devices. They fascinate how the direction is kept constant.
Permanent magnets are used to obtain different configurations using balls, nails, ferromagnetic powder, magnetic fluids. Once the configuration is achieved nothing can happen more, no more fun.
The idea of combining the rotation movement of a gyroscope and permanent magnets has been advanced by Prof. Dr. Ioan Grosu in Romania (Patent No. 91857 from 28 Feb.1987). A classical gyroscope is modified by using two permanent magnets on the rotation axis, coaxial with it. So the gyroscope has an angular momentum and a magnetic movement. A uniform external magnetic field generated by a coil determinates a rotation that is the Larmor precession. This device is didactic and show how the Larmor precession is obtained. Such a gyroscope stimulates the spin of the electron with angular momentum and magnetic momentum.
The Transfăgărășan (that’s the exact spelling) is the highest and most dramatic paved road from Romania. Built as a strategic military route by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu between 1970 and 1974, this road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti. The Transfagarasan represents 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains between the highest peaks of the mountain in this country.
On top of the mountains this road provides access to Balea Lake, a glacier lake which has been here for thousands of years and it also has an almost 1 km long tunnel straight through the mountain’s top. The road was built at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint with more than 6 million kilograms of explosive being used on the northern face and official records of 40 soldiers who lost their lives while building it. Unofficial records however mention that only the tunnel took about 400 lives.
The north end of the road is the most spectacular and it’s dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S curves and sharp descents combined with an absolutely stunning view! Between October and June this road is under the snow and usually closed so… that means only a couple of months in the summer it’s available to enjoy a pure driving pleasure. Top Gear also named this road as the best road in the world !
Compania americană Intel, cel mai mare producător de microprocesoare din lume, îşi va deschide în România primul său centru de dezvoltare de soft din Europa, potrivit unui anunţ făcut astăzi de subsidiara locală a firmei. Compania va anunţa detalii despre investiţia din România spătămâna viitoare, în cadrul unei conferinţe de presă la care vor participa Kostas Katsohirakis, Vicepreşedinte al Intel Software and Services Group şi Martin Curley, Director al Intel Labs Europe. Intel se alătură astfel unui lung şir de giganţi americani din domeniul IT&C care şi-au deschis centre de soft sau servicii în România, printre care HP, IBM sau Oracle. Intel mai deţine participaţii în România la companiile Siveco - cel mai mare producător local de soft şi Wind River. Intel este cel mai mare producător mondial de microprocesoare şi a raportat, în trimestrul al treilea, un profit net în creştere cu 58%, la 2,95 miliarde de dolari.
Azi, 30 Octombrie, a avut loc la Conestoga College, in Doon Valley, Seminarul pregatitor pentru obtinerea licentei PEO . Aceasta intalnire a fost organizata de catre AREC (Association Romanian Engineers of Canada) - South Ontario Chapter.
La acest seminar au participat Domnul Ilie Pasca, Presedinte AREC-SOC, Profesor Stelian George-Cosh, membru in consiliul academic al PEO si vice-presedinte AREC-SOC alaturi de alti membri activi ai AREC care au facut posibil acest seminar. Acest eveniment a fost onorat de catre DomnulDaniel Cheoreanu, Vice - presedinte AREC
Este foarte imbucurator faptul ca acest semniar a trezit intereseul celor care doresc sa devina sau au déjà statutul de PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) fapt dovedit prin prezenta intr-un numar mare al participantilor.
Skilled and qualified project managers are not only vital for delivering your organization's projects on time, on budget, and on scope-but they're also in high demand. A common difficulty for managers is balancing their day-to-day workload while trying to complete high priority 'special' projects. If managers are unable to balance the impact of these special projects, both the project and other productivity fall short of expectations. The keys to completing projects are clarification of the goals, planning to meet those goals, and managing the project according. The project management process requires a team to be formed who can successfully complete a project. At the head of the team is the project manager, and they must be able to delegate the tasks of the project to each member. The ability to do this properly will play a role in the success of the overall project.
This presentation delivers understanding of the fundamentals of Project Management, an increasingly valuable skill set for business today. It provides the core methodology you will need to understand project management and how to participate on project teams effectively.
Rishi served as a Vice-President-Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) at Global Technologies and Manufacturing and as a Director of Operations responsible for production, engineering, procurement, quality and logistics of AZZ-Blenkhorn and Sawle Ltd. Rishi obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 from University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. Since 1976, he has held many senior positions in utility, auto industry, research & development, service and consulting sectors in program and portfolio management of various capital projects. He has authored and co-authored technical and business papers on variety of topics and has presented them at numerous national and international conferences and symposiums.
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Here are a few quotes of inspiration and some food for thought about work and life ... CARPE DIEM (seize the day)
"Networking is more than meeting the right people. It's about connecting with their purpose and helping them achieve their goals. It's about connectin them with their success."
"So you ask “what can I do to build confidence in myself”? Start by discovering who you are (your Personal Brand), which will allow you to understand what you need to do in order to gain this confidence you seek. Once discovered, it is all about repetition, through telling yourself that you are unique and “you have nothing to lose.” Saying this will help you be more outgoing, which translates into confidence."
"Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about
eventually will manifest in our lives. Unfortunately most of us are completely unaware of this fact and we do not monitor our thoughts with the care needed so that we can
create in our lives the results we say we want. Since the great majority of people do not feel worthy and deserving of abundant good fortune, radiant good health and total
success in all areas of their lives that overriding thought pattern controls the results people get. The first order of business of anyone who wants to enjoy success in all areas
of his or her life is to take charge of the internal dialogue they have and only think, say and behave in manner consistent with the results they truly desire. - Sidney Madwed
"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration." - James Lane Allen
"In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen." - Thierry Henry
"80% of the stuff you get you are never going to need again. 20% you do need, and you need to prioritize its importance."
"It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project." - Napoleon Hill
"The only thing that doesn't change is change itself." - Heraclitus (You can't step into the same river twice, the old Greek said, because the water keeps moving. - If you're clinging to your old reliable tools, you're not just standing still, you're actually moving backwards from the point of view of those who are moving on with the river of technological change.)
"The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them." - J. G. Holland
"To put distance between you and your competition, you must become more VALUABLE... not just more PRODUCTIVE."
"When one door closes another door opens; but we do often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." - Alexander Graham Bell
"Successful people are not necessary smarter than anyone else, they are simply more effective."