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The world is changing. Nearly every licensure and certification on the planet is shifting to digital. The implications of these changes are vast, but we're going to focus on the effect this has on 2023 PE exam dates in particular.
Because of the industry-wide shift into digital testing, it's more important now than ever to keep track of the dates and times these exams take place. So if you miss one date while pursuing certification as a Professional Engineer (PE), you will not be eligible for the PE license and won't be able to start your engineering career.
2023 PE Exam General Info
In the U.S., engineers must be licensed at the state level by professional licensing boards to become a PE. The license is granted when candidates meet a number of requirements in experience, education, and exams— as outlined on the NCEES website.
The PE exam was developed by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) to test for a level of competency in a particular engineering field or discipline. Before even taking the exam, engineers must have gained a minimum of four years work experience to be eligible.
But even after meeting the experience requirement, it's still very important when registering for an upcoming exam to review your state's unique approval and registration process. Registration for all computer-based exams is open year-round, while paper-based exams ends in February.
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PE Exam Dates 2023
As the entire process continues its shift to digital, some PE exams are paper and pencil while others are computer-based. Ultimately, the entire NCEES infrastructure is in a conversion process this year with an expected launch schedule between now and 2024.
This year, all pencil and paper NCEES PE exams are scheduled on April 17th and October 23rd. (update: Because of the ongoing situation with COVID-19, all paper and pencil tests have been cancelled.)
Some exams are held only once a year while others can be taken year-round. Since this can get a little confusing, here's a general breakdown of what happens when:
Year-Round Exams
For more information on 2023 PE exams that can be taken year-round, check out the below information:
PE Chemical
This exam can be taken at any time since it's fully computer-based. It includes 80 questions and lasts up to 9 hours. It is always given at NCEES-approved Pearson VUE test centers.
PE Environmental
Beginning in April of 2019, this exam was converted to computer-based testing. It is administered year-round at NCEES-approved Pearson VUE test centers. The exam has 80 questions and lasts 9 hours total.
PE Mechanical: HVAC and Refrigeration
Registration opened for this exam in November 2019, but the first computer-based version wasn't administered until April 2020. You can take the exam at any NCEES-approved Pearson VUE test centers. It includes 80 questions and can last up to 9 hours.
PE Mechanical: Machine Design and Materials
The computer-based version requires a minimum of four-years of post-college work experience to register. The exam consists of 80 questions over 9 hours and can be taken at any Pearson VUE test center.
PE Mechanical: Thermal and Fluid Systems
This exam went digital in April 2020 (registration was November 2019). The computer-based exam has 80 questions and lasts up to 9 hours.
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Single Day PE Exam Schedules
Many of the NCEES exams are only available on select days out of the year. These days typically fall in either April or October. Check out their exam schedules below:
PE Agricultural and Biological
The PE Agricultural and Biological Engineering Exam is an 8-hour exam with 80 questions. It is currently being administered in paper and pencil format once per year in April. This year, it falls on April 17th.
PE Agricultural
This 8-hour exam has 80 questions and requires four years of experience post-college. This year, the PE Agricultural Engineering Exam falls on April 17th.
PE Naval Architecture and Marine
This exam is still administered in paper and pencil format. It contains 80 questions that take students an average of 8 hours to finish. In 2023, the exam date falls on April 17th.
PE Control Systems
The PE Control Systems Engineering Exam is administered in pencil and paper format; there is currently no computer-based version of the test. It is only given annually, which falls this year on October 23rd. The exam has 80 questions and lasts 8 hours.
PE Metallurgical and Materials
This paper and pencil exam is held on October 23rd and lasts 8 hours. It is only given once per year and has 80 questions. There is currently no computer-based version.
PE Nuclear, PE Petroleum, PE Fire Protection, PE Industrial and Systems
All 4 of these exams are computer-based and administered only one day a year. They all have the same date in 2023, which is October 22nd. They all have 85 questions and last 9.5 hours, although the specific questions on each test are different from one another. Additionally, you can reserve your seat for the PE Industrial and Systems exam for up to a year in advance.
Twice per Year
All of these exams are administered twice per year: once on April 17th and again on October 23rd, 2020. They all last a total of 8 hours and contain 80 questions.
PE Civil
- Construction
- Geotechnical
- Structural
- Transportation
- Water Resources and Environmental
PE Electrical and Computer
- Computer Engineering
- Electronics, Controls, and Communications
- Power
Year-round vs. Single-day PE Exams
You may have noticed that some computer-based tests (CBT) are administered year-round, while others are not. According to NCEES.org, this is so they can use what's called a linear-on-the-fly (LOFT) algorithm to construct year-round exams, which makes cheating an impossibility.
What this means is that even though every candidate is required to answer the same number of questions on identical topics, no examinee will ever have the same set of questions. The algorithm works to assemble a unique exam within a specific framework (i.e. format, number questions, topic, etc.). It will also set each exam at the same relative level of difficulty.
Other computer-based PE exams use a different algorithm that's more of a high-stakes testing model. This is the reason they are administered only once each year. In this case, all attendees will receive the exact same questions.
Regardless of which statistical model is used, the question formats remain the same. So don't worry about having to study for a different kind of exam if you're taking paper and pencil instead of digital, or vice versa. Any reputable professional engineering review course will help you learn what's important to pass the test!
The Future for The PE Engineering Exam
As previously mentioned, it's expected that the entire shift to digital exams will take another 4 years. It's not a simple process and there is a lot at stake— so there's no room for error. If you're still unsure about specific dates, visit the NCEES schedule to see where your exam lies on the calendar. Even if you're only somewhat concerned, take it from us: it's better to be prepared and ready no matter what format the test is in!
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the PE Exam
PE exam disciplines that are available in a computer-based testing (CBT) format can be taken year-round. However, many disciplines are only offered in a pen and paper format and are only available on specific dates in April and/or October. You can see a list of these exams and their dates on the NCEES website.
The Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination is available at different times for different disciplines. Many of these disciplines only offer tests in April or October — check this page on the NCEES website to learn more — while others are available at all times of the year.
Your experience may differ from other students when taking specific disciplines of the PE exam. However, the three easiest disciplines for first-time takers to pass (based on NCEES pass rates) are the Industrial and Systems, Metallurgical and Materials, and Architectural exams.
PE exam fees vary depending on the specific test you are taking and the location in which you are taking it. The best way to find out how much your specific engineering exam is going to cost is to visit the NCEES website and check your region on their interactive map.


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Either the archbishop is lying or he is inexcusably deluded about the true nature of things in the center of his archdiocese. For the record, I was born and lived early childhood in Baltimore. My family (both sides) has its roots in Baltimore. That said, I agree with President Trump when he tweeted that sections of Baltimore (Elijah Cummings' district to be precise) is infested with crime and rats.
Once upon a time it was a decent place. Now why did it go to seed? Well, consider that the last time that a Republican was mayor was in 1967, when Theodore McKeldin's term ended. That was over 50 years ago. Now consider the riots that occurred four years ago. Then Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she ordered city police to stand down during the looting, burning and mayhem to give "to those who wished to destroy space to do that". At that time, Lori was archbishop. Did he selectively forget that little quip or the other Democrat scandals centered in Baltimore?
But progressive bishops have long marched in lock-step with their Democrat sugar-daddies and puppet-masters! So when the President spoke truth to the mess that is in Baltimore, Lori had to leap to their defense, knowing damned well that the Democrats made Baltimore into a mess, just as they have done for Detroit, Chicago and other metropolitan areas that they control.
Archbishop Lori, if you truly want to help Baltimore, then start being the leader that the local Catholics need. That means clearing St Matthew's and St Vincent de Paul's of the gay-nazi filth that is poisoning the souls of their parishioners and the surrounding areas. That means preaching from the pulpit on the evils of contraception, abortion, euthanasia. That means calling pro-abortion Catholics to repentance and denying Holy Communion to them until they do. Are you up for the challenge?
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In addition, the belief that the U.S. economy can grow at least 3.5 percent also adds to what the company can do, Longhi noted.
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(Author's note: though these blogs were written following my return from Karatu, they were written with notes and a fond memory of our visit)
It had been a glorious trip to the Serengeti and perhaps an even more memorable trip to Kitashu's boma over the weekend, all without incident, and we were now back at FAME to finish out our week. Dan and Marin would be leaving us today, though, to head back to CHOP and to resume their normal schedule there working in the neuro ICU taking care of very sick children with a tremendously greater repertoire of incredibly costly procedures than anyone here could ever imagine. They were scheduled to fly to Dar es Salaam first (a long story that if you're interested you can ask either Dan or Marin about) around noon and then from there, would be on their way to Doha and then Philadelphia. They had to leave around 6:30 am to make the three hour plus drive to the airport, but both Phoebe and I were both up to see them off. Charles, our "fast Noah" driver was there on time to pick them up and whisk them off, though I know that each of them was already regretting having only come here for 2 weeks, something that they were both planning to rectify in the future, meaning that they would be back again. Of that, I was certain. A "fast Noah," by the way, merely means one that is direct and doesn't stop at every little town to pick people up. It is faster by nature of the fact that it doesn't have to stop rather than how fast it drives.
Meanwhile, still weary from our safari (except for Daniel who had remained at home spending relaxing periods in my hammock), the rest of us prepared ourselves for clinic without the luxury of having our two amazing pediatric neurologists with us who we had become quite accustomed to over the last several weeks. Though I have seen children throughout my career, I will be the first to admit that I am not a pediatric neurologist and the benefit of working with someone like Dan or Marin had not been lost on me for nary a second. Seeing neonates or young infants with congenital, genetic or mitochondrial disorders is not something I, or any adult neurologist for that matter, feel comfortable with and I am not ashamed to admit that. Our adult neurology residents do rotate through the very best children's hospital probably in the world, but the training is cursory at best, and is certainly not expected to turn them into a card carrying pediatric neurologist when they're finished. As I've mentioned before, probably a third of our patients at FAME are pediatric, and many of them are infants.
We had morning report at 8 am, as usual, and then it was on to our clinic beginning at 8:30 am. I usually try to reserve this last week for us to see the follow up cases who we had asked to return to either monitor a medication's effect or to just see the patient again and re-examine them if that's what was needed. Overall, though, it is often a mix of patients that waited until the last minute to come see us, some who have been cared by us before, but hadn't made it back yet, and still others who just happened to see our announcements very late and decided to come in the last days. I had hoped that at least the majority of the children had been seen previously by Dan with either Marin or one of the other residents, but this wasn't to be the case today as it seemed that we had a deluge of children brought to us throughout the morning. The residents resorted to texting Dan and Marin throughout the morning and for the rest of the day and, thankfully they were only in the air for a short time on their way to Dar, and so were readily available to provide consultative services for us, at least for today.
Though, luckily, there were very many adolescent children with disorders we all felt comfortable with, there were also those younger children with such things as developmental delay that can be a bit trickier to sort out. Despite all of this, we made it through the day and the residents continued to provide the exemplary care that both I and the patients here have always been so accustomed to over the years.
The Maasai Market occurs in Karatu twice a month, on the 7th and 25th days of the month and so, at the end of the day, there was still enough time for those who wished to check out the market and enjoy the sights. Just to clarify, though, there are several types of Maasai Markets that you can find here in Tanzania. One type of market is comprised of vendors that are in kiosks selling Maasai or Tanzanian handicrafts such as jewelry, wood carvings, baskets and just about anything you can imagine that you would want to bring home to someone as a gift. These markets are for the "mzungu," which actually means "stranger," but is actually more widely used these days to mean a white person. It can be used in both a derogatory and a non-derogatory manner and though I'd like to think that it is more commonly used the former, it is sometimes difficult to tell. So, the Maasai Markets with the handicrafts that I've described above are designed for the tourist trade and many towns have one or two of these in them where you can find things to bring home as gifts.
The other type of Maasai Market, and the one that everyone was going to visit today, is a market where the locals come together to buy and sell just about anything that you can imagine. The Maasai men will travel from the surrounding areas to sell their goats and cattle and local farmers will bring their vegetables to market. There are braided ropes and chicken cages, plastic containers of oil and bottles of honey, bags of rice and other grains. And then there are clothes. Sure, you can find clothes made out of Kitenge cloth here, but what you really find are the clothes that have been discarded and collected in our country, and then shipped to Africa in huge bales that are compressed and tied into 4'x4'x6' blocks of solid cloth, until they are cut free and released, exploding into a literal rainbow of colors and textures that are then madly sorted through until one finds the right size and style and color they're looking for. Some are new clothes, but most are used and you can find virtually every school in our country represented here in some way, shape or form. You can also find the Championship Superbowl T-shirts for the losing team if you are so inclined as they are printed in advance and then shipped over here immediately after the game so as not to cause any confusion at home. Sifting through the clothes can also be an adventure, as Jess and Jackie learned here several years ago in the company of Paula, our volunteer coordinator back then.
The practice of our hand-me-downs being donated (really discarded), bundled and shipped to Africa has always been a controversial area for a number of reasons (stunting development of local economies for one) and there has always been a little sense of incredulousness over the fact that you can spy every institution from home represented here on the streets of Arusha, and even more impressively, Karatu, can be a bit unsettling even to the most seasoned of travelers. The argument that these clothes would have ended up in the landfills if they weren't here just doesn't hold water in the long run, though, as that's good for us perhaps, but not for the receiving countries. It is perhaps more of a commentary on our practice of massively over producing so that we can make sure to overstock the shelves of dozens of shops and department stores that all carry the same thing with merchandise that is duplicated over and over again just to prevent the possibility that one may not find what he wants at that very moment and may have to look elsewhere. Though the clothes are donated and probably shipped here by some nonprofit for little or no cost, there is no question that they are then sold on the docks in Dar to the vendors who load them into their trucks and cart them off to the market where they are then sold for what may be pennies to us, but not to those buying them. Seeing your alma mater worn in a remote village in bush, though, can be just a little bit disorienting at times.
This was of course the premise of a wonderful book called "The Blue Sweater," the true story of a woman whose unsettling career amid the financial giants of Wall Street eventually leads her to Rwanda where she actually sees a young boy unmistakably wearing the same homely (read ugly) sweater that had been given to her as a gift when a child and which she had, with tremendous gilt, given to Good Will, or someone similar years before. This was, of course, only a very peripheral commentary in the story, which really revolves around the concept that throwing money into third world countries, like those in East Africa, is pointless, without first providing the means of a sustainable economy. In a true "teach a man to fish" manner, she teaches a group of women in Rwanda how to create a bakery that becomes incredibly successfully to the level that they are now supporting their families and all is well. But then comes the horrifically ugly genocide when she is back home for a few years and everything she has built for these women, who are both of Hutu and Tutsi descent, has crumbled as the result of a senseless conflict. She returns and interviews the women, many of who are now in prison, accused of otiosities and awaiting trial. Regardless of knowing the full story of the genocide or having watched or read "Hotel Rwanda," "The Blue Sweater" in an engrossing story of one women's discoveries in her quest to change the lives of those she is able to touch. I highly recommend it.
The Foundation for African Medicine Education, is the same sense, a "teach a man to fish" story as the mission here is not really to swoop in and provide care to patients without leaving behind the knowledge and expertise we bring to continue providing this care to patients in our absence and into the future. Though we are not training neurologists, per se, what we are doing is providing a basic understanding to those clinicians at FAME who will go on continue providing this care and, hopefully, teaching others as well. In this manner, we can continue to improve the lives of those individuals with neurological disease in the Karatu District along with their families and fellow villagers.


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3 MORE Key Reasons Why You Want to Implement Microsoft Dynamics GP Part 2 of 3
Microsoft has invested years of development and acquisition into sustaining their lead in the small to middle ERP products market. The result of this investment is Dynamics GP, which has one of the largest sets of reporting tools, out-of-the-box functionality, and scalability of any ERP software product on the marketplace today.
There are many reasons to use Microsoft Dynamics GP as your ERP solution. In this blog, I will continue to highlight what I believe are the top reasons why you should implement Microsoft Dynamics GP. If you missed our first 3 reasons check our previous post here.
1. Reporting
Along with all the base functionalities of Dynamics GP, there is also a multitude of reporting options available to users. Everyone knows these days that the ability to view your Data in Microsoft Excel is what most people want from their reports. Excel allows you to take that 'raw' data and manipulate it even further using the powerful features of Microsoft Excel.
Luckily, Dynamics GP has a few options here for users to obtain data from Microsoft Dynamics GP and use it in Excel:
SmartList with SmartList Designer
SmartList is what I call the "Users' Reporting Tool" of Dynamics GP. SmartList focuses less on the formatting and primarily allows users to view raw ERP data or to export to Excel for further manipulation.
This feature comes with default "SmartLists" which are out-of-the-box reports that a user can take advantage of without being required to make changes. These reports are categorized into 2 styles: Master File Records and Transactional Records. Anything you may need in Excel for either style is available for export. This includes Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Fixed Assets, Inventory Items, Receivables and Sales Transactions, and more.
SmartList reports are customizable, allowing users to add, remove, or rename columns as well as add up to 4 filters to narrow down data if needed. If you want to have SmartLists with both master file info and related transactions, a user can use the 'SmartList Designer' reporting tool to create their own reports. The awesome part of these reports is your data is already in a row/column format, you simply click the 'Excel' button and BOOM! Your data is now in Excel, ready for further designing.
UPDATE: With SmartList Designer you can also create refreshable Excel Reports. See below for more of what this means.
Excel-Based Reports
What if you want your ERP data directly in Excel without the need to go into Dynamics GP? Then Excel-Based Reports are exactly what you need!
Excel-Based reports only require you to format the data the first time. From then on, these types of reports will retain the selected formatting, even if you want to 'refresh' or use the most current data in your report.
You don't need to be in GP to use these reports, and the report also brings in column names that are easy to understand instead of a SQL field name. Perhaps the best feature, however, is that the reports are refreshable. By simply clicking a button or auto-refreshing the data you can ensure your report is never "old."
Note: Dynamics GP has almost 200 of these reports deployed so it's quite an arsenal of reports to start with!
SQL Reporting Services Reports or SSRS Reports
Similar to Excel Based Reports, Dynamics GP has also almost 200 SSRS reports which are built by utilizing the SQL server. The nice thing about SSRS reports is that the one running them does not have to be in Dynamics GP. SSRS Reports can also have different formatting layouts, such as tabular or graphical.
These reports can be accessed directly from your company's network through a browser and you can set up a 'catalog' of reports to be available for generating. Like Excel-Based reports, you can click the 'refresh' button and the information will be 'live' and up to date. Another great feature of SSRS reports is they can be exported to Excel, or saved as a PDF, CSV file, or even an HTML or XML file for publishing on a browser.
Remember, all these features are included with Dynamics GP out of the box (and you can create your own reports too)!
2. Scalability
The real staying power behind Microsoft Dynamics GP has to be the 'scalability' of the product.
With GP, you can start with a few users running a single company and never change for years, but this is not the reality for most companies. Companies are ever growing and ever evolving and the ability to save hundreds of thousands of dollars by avoiding implementation of another ERP system for as long as possible is what really makes Dynamics GP stand out from the crowd.
The key to running Dynamics GP on such a large scale is utilizing the awesome power of Microsoft SQL Server. Microsoft Dynamics GP even has its own whitepaper on running Dynamics GP on SQL Server with 1000 users that you can check out here.
3. Massive Out-of-the-Box Functionality/Modules with No Customization Required
When a product has been around for over 2 decades, there are a lot of features you can add that builds on what you've had from the beginning!
The goal of Dynamics GP is not to develop a be all/end all of features for users, but to keep building on the core accounting features it already supports. GP also leverages the power of its Microsoft Office products.
It would take too long to specifically point out every feature in Dynamics GP, but at a high level here are all the modules/functionality you receive with Dynamics GP:
In addition to the extensive functionality in financials and distribution, the big wins here are Intercompany, Multicurrency, BI/Reporting tools and Payroll (unlimited employees). Such a huge amount of functionality for $5K USD starting with 3 users!
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Whether you value robust reporting tools, scalability for your growing business, or the diverse out-of-the-box functionality during your selection process for a new ERP system, I believe Dynamics GP is one of the best if not the best option.
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Abraham Maslow ABRAHAM MASLOW Born April1,1908 Abraham Maslow was the oldest of seven children born to his parents in Brooklyn New York. Feeling pressure from his parents to achieve academic greatness, Abraham went through early childhood with few friends.
Focusing mainly on his studies Maslow had a quiet and unfulfilling adolescence. Abraham started off his college career by attending city college in New York were he began to study law, as his father had wanted him to do. He soon lost interest and transferred to the University of Wisconsin and studied psychology. Here Maslow received, in 1934, his Ph.D. During his college career Abraham married his cousin Bertha Goodman, his parents did not approve of the union and were saddened by it .
While Maslow was at Wisconsin he met a man named Harry Harlow, Harlow had a great affect on Maslow and his thinking . Another one of Maslows role models was E.L Thorndike who got him interested in human sexuality. Abraham took a job at Brooklyn College ,it is here were he took interest in humanistic psychology. And developed his theory on the "Hierarchy of Needs", and the idea of self-actualization. Maslow would go on to be one of the greatest humanistic and behavioral psychologists to date.
Trying to get up that great big hill hope for his destination Abraham Maslow created the hierarchy of needs. Which takes us from basic physical needs to self -actualization. Maslow believed each person was born with his or hers mental, creative , and social potential. It is as if each person is given an empty glass. Each glass is a different size, some may be capable of holding 10oz others 20oz, it is only a matter of filling them up. The problem is overcoming the obstacles, fulfilling your needs in order to reach and achieve your full potential.
these needs which must be reached are illustrated in the pyramid below. At the bottom of the pyramid is the physiological needs those basic needs which ensure our survival. Water when we are thirsty, food when we are hungry, the ability of our body to produce protein and sugars for muscle development. These are the needs felt by all living creation not just humans, therefore the simplest.
You could say these are our basic instincts. Then when these needs are met, we are able to move up the next rung of the ladder. So know that I am not going to starve to death, I now am concerned about being killed. These are my safety and security needs. A person buys a house so he will be protected from the elements, we put locks on our doors so that no one can come in. And it is not just a matter of keeping your body safe, but also your hopes and dreams.
People seek stability, for this they put money away for there retirement. This is why we have rules and laws put into place, so that there might be limits and social order. So when our physical needs are met we then find something else to be concurred with fear. And when over come our anxieties we then divert our attention to that which other people think of us. Belonging needs are the next to be met on the pyramid.
There you sit in your house, nice and safe, your fat and happy . What do you need now? Somebody to share your bounty and safety with. Belonging needs our those feelings you have of wanting to be accepted. You feel the need for companions, friends, a lover, a wife, you want to be apart of something. These needs are met in a variety of ways, some good others bad. A person wanting to be apart of a community might join a sports team of some kind, A gang, club, job,a family.
All are ways to meet this need. And if you do not meet these needs you might become lonely, sad and depressed. As a wolf belongs to a pack so do we desire to be a member of society. Often times in order to feel that they belong, a person results to violence and angry outburst to get the attention of others. In order to be a part of a gang a person may have to kill some one as kind of test. When you do join that team you put up with hazing and abuse.
So in order to advance up the pyramid you brought somebody down, or possibly even yourself. Esteem needs, Maslow shows us two types of esteem needs. It is like a type A and a type B. B the lesser of the two is the need of respect . Not just being apart of the group but being needed by them.
This is the type of need we see fulfilled by Glory, fame, wealth, riches, power over others. The second type, type A have you, is self-respect. It is the ability step back and look at yourself and say well done. Confidence, that what you are is good. You have climbed and climbed and finally you have reached the summit.
This is the point at which your cup is full. Self – actualization; Maslow says that when we are truly self-actualized you have reached your potential and in some sense fulfilled your destiny. It is almost as if you have become a different person than you were before. Like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon.
Your life, all the hard work and perseverance in meeting all of your other needs has finally paid off. You rise above the noise and confusion and are able to free. You are free to do what you have been called to do , as a singer must sing and a painter must paint so to can anyone do what they have been called to do. When going through Dr.
Maslows mane points I find great similarity to religious beliefs. Though Abraham was not a religious person, I find many aspects alike between the hierarchy of needs and Buddhism , Christianity and other world religions. For instance, Buddha taught that in life we must overcome our self-centeredness, you must transcend your earthly desires in order to reach enlightenment. This state is Nirvana, a freedom from worry and Sin a release of the self. Almost like the pyramid, starting at the bottom and reaching the top.
Almost the opposite yet very similar is Christianity. Instead of starting at the bottom a Christian in a kind of way starts at the top. God says that when we put our faith and trust in Him, He will provide all our needs. He gives us love , He provides the wife or husband should have, He will make sure we don't go hungry. And with most of our needs we are not aware of them until we do not have them.
You are not hungry until you have no food , you do not have low self -esteem until you are made fun of an hurt. All these things you do not feel there effect of their presence until they are gone. On the other han you do not Know the effect God has on your life until you have Him as you Savior. Maslow goes onto say that about only two percent of all society actually becomes self-actualized. And of these few , are some of the greatest and most influential of all people. Examples can be seen in Ghandi , Einstein, Aristotle, Mother Teresa and so on.
Some great thinkers, others fighters of humanity but all true to themselves and their calling (as far as we Know). So does this mean you must be famous to become self -actualized? I found a quote which expresses my feelings on that matter. Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. Many of the titled in today's world obtained there fame and fortune outside their own merit. On the other hand, I have met great people in the most obscure roles in life.
For you see greatness is a measure of ones spirit, not a result of ones rank on human affairs. Nobody least of all mere , humans, confers greatness upon another, for it is not a price but an achievement. And greatness can crown the heads of a janitor just as readily as it can someone of high rank. – Anonymous One criticism of the higher hierarchy of needs is the people Maslow feels are self actualized. Some of these people did not meet their basic needs instead just went without them moving up to the next level. Ghandi would fast and put himself in the way of harm.
Mother Teresa was poor and without husband or lover. Yet these two lived some of the greatest most fulfilling lives of all time. So I feel it is possible to Become "self-actualized" without going in that exact order or those exact needs. Another theory brought to us by Maslow is that of "The third force".
An idea stating that in the beginning(birth, conception, creation) we as individuals are intrinsically good. Meaning are sin, wrongdoings, bad choices and decisions we make are truly not of our human nature. Instead the reason for our actions is that of the society and environment we grew up in. Maslow did a study were he placed people in rooms by themselves for a given amount of time. Here they were given food choices some good and healthy others tasty sweet and fattening.
And after a certain amount of time alone the people slowly started to eat more and more healthy until they had a completely nutritious diet. Maslow would say that the reason for this would be, without the influence of others the individuals true nature (good) would surface and overcome that which society had taught them. It is often believed just the opposite which Maslows theory supports. In today's society many feel we are evil almost animal like in nature. There even have been movies made about such behavior.
Lord of The Flies is the first I can think of. Here you Have ten or more young boys stranded on an island all alone with technology or adult supervision. The results of there isolation is a tribe of wild men who kill and fight one another for pleasure. In response to this I would think Maslow would say it was the group that was bad not the individual still maintaining his idea that we are good at heart. As you pointed out though in class if each member of the group is good then wouldn't the group as a whole be good also? There is a very good point and a flaw to this theory I feel.
Maslow could not have left such a huge gap in his theory, there must be an explanation. I thought, Maslow did not say each person was perfect but good. So this means the individual still good has faults. And even if individual has only one actual sin, put six billion of those people together and they will learn from one another. So the individuals sin becomes the fall of the society as a whole. That is just my thought on the matter.
Toward a Psychology of being(1968) People and Decisions http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhmas l.html Maslows Hierarchy of needs http://www.connect.net/georgen/maslow.htm Encarta encyclopedia http://www.encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia volume 17 (1983) Psychology Essays.


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set issue under MagicMirror OS
I switched to MagicMirror OS (2020-05-10_2020-02-13-magicmirroros-buster-lite-0.1.0.zip) & it is running fairly smooth. Used Raspberry desktop version in past.
Only issue I have no, that I cannot make the display turn off & turn on by PIR sensor connected to PIN-header. Without that I burn energy like hell during none use…
Usally I turn off by python script:
subprocess.call("DISPLAY=:0 xset s activate", shell=True)
and turn on by:
subprocess.call("DISPLAY=:0 xset s reset", shell=True)
Seems that MM interface is running on "tty7 session".
Trying to activate in screen tty1 (on PI with keyboard), does not show any effect…
sleep 1;DISPLAY=:0 xset s activate
Does I not understand the display and tty sessions maybe?
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The Package
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xsetcommand is not installed in the docker image used by MagicMirrorOS.
The problem is you want a small docker image because pulling new images is "not very fast" on a pi. So you cannot put everything into this image someone may need but 98% not.
In this case I think it makes sense because the usecase is not exotic and the image size increases only about 20MB. Will let you know here when you can test this.
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My first answer was to fast, i missed the python stuff, python is also missing in the image.
So if you need python the better approach is to build your own docker image. You can use the existing image used in MagicMirrorOS as base image and install the dependencies
python3, …
Thanks, Iam not very familiar with Docker compilation, then I will try a fresh install in old school way and rotate screen by CSS, that also saved a lot of CPU/GPU use already…


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Publisher: Gollancz
Released: Feb 11 in the UK - out now! (US fans can order via Book Depository, and I think amazon.com will let you get the UK version, too)
Source: review copy from publisher & author
Book 3 in the series, see my review of book one here.
Warning: Contains spoilers for earlier books
Description from the back cover: Genny's an expert at cracking spells, but when it comes to cracking an 80 year old curse she knows she's in trouble, the sort that could change her life for ever - or end it in an instant.
On the surface Genny's life seems ripple-free. Finn - her boss and... well, Genny's not quite sure what else she wants him to be, but he isn't pushing for a decision on their relationship; the seductive vampire, Malik al-Khan has vanished back into the shadows; and the witches have declared her no longer a threat. But unless she can find a way to break the fertility curse afflicting London's fae, she knows this is just the lull before the magical storm.
Then a faeling - a teenager - is fished out of the River Thames, dead, and bound with magic, and Genny is called in to investigate. But as she digs through the clues, her search takes a sinister and dangerous turn, exposing age-old secrets that might be better left burried. It's not long before another faeling disappears, and Genny finds herself in a race against time to save the faelings and stop the curse from claiming its next victim - herself.
My thoughts: I love this series, and I think this might be my favourite so far! The characters remain just as strong as ever, which I really liked. And, as with the earlier books, the plot is interesting & complex enough that I had to go back and re-read a couple of bits to really fully understand what was going on. It means that the book can be just as enjoyable on a second read.
One of the things that I loved about this book more than the others was that there are a lot of developments in terms of relationships in this book. We learn more about what's been going on between Finn & Helen. (And by the way, I love the nickname Genny gives her - the Witch Bitch - it just made me smile every time I read it.) Genny also makes progress figuring out what she wants to do with Finn. I liked that there is a lot of Genny/Finn time, and also lots of Genny/Malik. Tavish comes in too, although not as much as the others, so whoever your favourite is, you should be happy reading this book. Although I sort of get Finn's reasons, there were parts of the book where I just wanted to shake him for the things he was saying - I think if I were Genny, I wouldn't have kept my temper. My personal favourite is Malik, though, and this book only added to that. I mean, we get to see him shirtless on Genny's bed. What's not to like about that? I understand his reasons for acting the way he does, but there was one particular scene where I was just thinking 'You stupid, idiot vampire!'. I love a book where I care this much about the characters.
Something else we learn a lot more about in this book is the fertility curse that's been hanging over Genny & the London fae in the previous book. It was really interesting to learn more about how that had happened in the first place. I liked meeting more of the fae, and that side of Genny's heritage, even if some of them were a bit strange! You also see the other side of that heritage - the vampire half. I think that's going to play a more important part in the books to come, and I'm looking forward to it.
I feel like Genny grew up a lot in this book, and I can't wait to see what happens in the next book. I've no idea where the series might go, but I'm hoping to see more about the vampires, and the results of the events in this book. It's a long time to wait, but in the meantime, I can always re-read this one again, can't I? In fact, I might just do that now...
If you haven't checked out this book yet, then I would definitely recommend picking it up soon! I give it 9 out of 10, I loved it.


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The Trustees play a vital role in the strategic direction of Friends of Seva Mandir UK:
Tony Bourne | Chairman
Tony currently chairs Universal Engineering, a leading drilling equipment provider, and the Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity. He is a non-executive director at Barchester, one of the UK's largest residential care home businesses, and Spire Healthcare, the leading UK listed private hospital and healthcare provider. In 2013, Tony retired as Chief Executive of the British Medical Association after 9 years in that role.
David Moorhouse | Secretary
David is currently Group Finance Director of Deltex Medical Group plc. Before this appointment in 2019 he was Head of Finance and Administration of the International Coffee Organization, an intergovernmental organisation, from 2004 to 2017. Prior to this, he served in a number of roles: he was a corporate financier at European Banking Company and a Managing Director at an executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates Inc., in London and Frankfurt. After graduating in Modern and Mediaeval Languages from Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1974, David started working in 1974 at a merchant bank, Kleinwort Benson Ltd, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co.
Vinay Ghai | Treasurer
Vinay is a Managing Director at Robert W Baird, a US-headquartered global investment bank. Based in London, he is responsible for European financial sponsor coverage and managing the firm's relationships with a number of leading private equity firms.
Vinay joined Baird in 2011 as a Managing Director in the Global Industrials team, where he worked for five years, and has over twenty years' experience in executing and advising on private equity and public company transactions across a wide range of sectors throughout Europe. Prior to joining Baird, Vinay spent nearly fifteen years at Hawkpoint, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank in their M&A teams.
Vinay has a first-class degree from Imperial College, London, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Don Baladasan | Trustee
Don, a Chartered Management Accountant, has years of experience as a Director of AIM (Alternative Investment Market) listed companies. Over the years, he has assisted both public and private businesses in restructuring, raising and managing several million pounds of equity and debt. He has experience of integrating internationally acquired companies from a finance, governance and commercial perspective.
Don initially studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, before completing a BSc in Economics at CASS Business School and then training as a Chartered Management Accountant. He founded Mataxis, a consultancy that specialises in advising and partnering fast-growing entities. Prior to this, he was Head of Accounting Development at Stemcor, an international steel trader. He has held various finance and operational
Jonathan Berman | Trustee
Jonathan has been a corporate partner at Mishcon de Reya, specialising in Mergers & Acquisitions, since 1997. He has assisted, and continues to assist, a number of charities operating in the UK, Africa and Australia. Jonathan was appointed as an officer of the Friends of Seva Mandir UK in July 2011. He became aware of the charity through St Christopher School, attended by one of his children. St Christopher School supports the charity and sends children to India each year to help with various projects.
Deepu is a senior investment executive at IFM Investors, a leading fund management company which invests in infrastructure assets globally on behalf of pension funds and similar institutional investors. Deepu is responsible for the origination and execution of new investment opportunities as well as ongoing monitoring of existing investments in IFM's global infrastructure fund portfolio. She represents IFM investors as an alternate Director on the Board of Arqiva, a UK-based communications infrastructure and media services company.
Deepu has worked in the financial services sector for over 11 years across Europe and North America. Prior to IFM Investors, she worked at Citi Investment Bank providing financing and transaction advisory services in New York and San Francisco. Deepu has a master's degree from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from University of Bombay.
Raj Ragoowansi | Trustee
Raj is a Consultant Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgeon at Barts Health Trust. As lead clinician he combines an administrative role with his surgical practice. Raj leads a multi-disciplinary Hand and Wrist Surgery team to treat complex upper-limb trauma, supported by the HEMS Polytrauma team, and carries out elective hand surgery to treat post-trauma deformity as well as other conditions. In addition, Raj manages congenital and post-mastectomy breast defects in liaison with the Breast Unit at Barts Hospital. Teaching is an integral part of his practice. He has set up a private practice chambers with regular General Plastic Surgery/Aesthetic Surgery clinics, together with a weekly 'see and treat' Hand Clinic.
Raj carried out a microsurgical fellowship in Coimbatore, India, where he treated patients with complex post-cancer surgical defects and also severe upper limb injuries from agricultural/industrial machinery.
John Pheasant | Trustee
John was a solicitor advocate. As partner at Hogan Lovells, he was responsible for the firm's international expansion in Europe, Asia and the USA. He retired in 2012. John is a trustee of Brook Cricket Club.
John and his wife, Felicia, first visited Seva Mandir in 2012, following which they spent three winters living in Udaipur supporting Seva Mandir. They now return every year to continue their invaluable practical support, as well as working to help the NGO from the UK. John is a photographer, making an important record of Seva Mandir's programmes, and his work was the subject of a public exhibition in Udaipur in 2016.


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Exponential dynamical localization in N-particle Anderson models on graphs with long-range interaction via Fractional Moment Analysis
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`HIGH Fidelity'' is billed as a movie about ``The Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet.'' If you didn't know string quartets have adventures, consider the challenges of playing great music all over the world - not to mention traveling and working with the same colleagues, day in and day out, for a quarter of a century. Still, the life and work of a classical quartet doesn't sound like the most exciting possible subject for a movie, even when the star of the show is the Guarneri String Quartet, one of the most respected chamber-music groups of our time. It's to the credit of director/producer Allan Miller that his documentary about this foursome is often a sprightly and charming experience. Although it isn't fast-moving and becomes a little dull at times, it's surprisingly funny and has an elegant structure - beginning with an emphasis on talk but ending with the pure eloquence of the ensemble's own playing.
What's special about the Guarneri, aside from the extraordinary skill and musical sensitivity of its four members, is that it's the oldest ``original'' string quartet in the world. It was formed 25 years ago, in 1964, and consists of the same four men to this very day: violinists Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley, violist Michael Tree, and cellist David Soyer.
They are proud of holding their group together for so long. Still, they make no secret of the tensions that such a long association leads to - tensions that give the movie an important part of its meaning. These guys are brilliant musicians with first-rate technical abilities and musical instincts. Yet they are also four guys - with different personalities, separate private lives, and ideas about music that don't always agree.
WORKING together (rehearsing, concertizing, giving interviews, even appearing in this movie) has to get a bit wearing once in a while, especially after more than two decades. At times, the members of the Guarneri seem like an old married couple - a large old married couple - that's still in love, but can't stand being together every minute. Fortunately, they meet this challenge with goodwill and good humor, even if they sometimes go out of their way (as one amusing scene demonstrates) to get hotel rooms as far apart as possible when arriving in a new city for a recital.
In addition to seeing the Guarneri members interact with each other, ``High Fidelity'' audiences hear plenty of good music - ranging from Haydn to Dvorak, some of it played in concert and some during rehearsal or recording sessions. There's a particularly fascinating glimpse of the quartet playing a C'esar Franck piece and arguing about whether to include it in their repertoire. (Franck loses.)
Earlier work by filmmaker Miller includes ``From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China,'' which picked up an Oscar for ``best documentary'' eight years ago. His directorial energy in ``High Fidelity'' isn't always as high as I could wish, and there are some basic questions the film doesn't answer. For example, I was left wondering why the Guarneri members have stayed together as a quartet instead of deciding to pursue solo careers, since all have played as soloists and could surely move in that direction if they wanted.
Yet despite a few gaps in its information, ``High Fidelity'' is a likable and entertaining film that makes a fine commercial for top-quality chamber music. It proves, as one quartet member puts it, that string quartets are not only for ``the rich and the Viennese'' to enjoy.


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AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN), one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the United Kingdom, agreed to pay $50 million to Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) to receive the license for an experimental cancer drug.
AstraZeneca and Merck agreement terms
Under the terms of the agreement, Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) will also receive additional fees related to the development and regulatory milestone, sales-related payments, and tiered royalties. AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN) will be responsible for all future clinical development, manufacturing and marketing of the medicine.
Iain D. Dukes, senior vice president and head of licensing and external scientific affairs at Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)said, "We are pleased to enter this agreement with AstraZeneca to realise the potential of MK-1775 while we focus on advancing our later stage oncology programs, MK-3475 and vintafolide." He also stressed the company's commitment in advancing potentially meaningful therapeutic options for cancer patients.
Transaction period
According to AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN), the transaction depends on the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act.
The experimental cancer drug, a small molecule inhibitor of WEEI kinase called MK-1775, is under evaluation in Phase II clinical studies combined with care therapies intended to treat patients afflicted with certain types of ovarian cancer.
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN) explained that the WEE1 helps regulate cell division cycle. The WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 is designed to divide certain tumor cells without going through the normal DNA processes and eventually lead to cell death. Pre-clinical evidences showed the combination of MK-1775 and DNA damage-inducing chemotherapy agents enhance anti-tumor properties as compared to chemotherapy alone.
Drug efficiency
According to Susan Galbraith, head of Oncology Innovative Medicines Unit at AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN), "MK-1775 is a strong addition to AstraZeneca's growing oncology pipeline, which already includes a number of inhibitors of the DNA damage response. The compound has demonstrated encouraging clinical efficacy data and we intend to study it in a range of cancer types where there is a high unmet medical need."
In June, AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN) acquired Pearl Therapeutics, a respiratory drug specialist for $1.15 billion, in order to expand its business in emerging markets with LABA/LAMA drugs for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Approximately 210 million people suffer from COPD worldwide.


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El Paso Walmart Shooter Allegedly Wrote Anti-Immigrant Manifesto Calling Hispanics 'Invaders'
Plus: A second shooting in Dayton leaves 9 dead, dozens injured.
Hours before he allegedly attacked shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Patrick Crusius published a hate-filled diatribe in which he called Hispanics "invaders" and criticized the supposed takeover of the U.S. government by pro-immigrant corporations.
At least 20 people are dead in El Paso and more than two dozen others were wounded, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The alleged shooter, a 21-year old man, is in custody.
Law enforcement has not yet confirmed that the shooter wrote the manifesto, but NBC News (and others) report that multiple police sources indicated a connection between the document and the shooting.
In the four-page manifesto published on 8chan, the alleged shooter wrote that he was responding to the "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and called on others to similarly take up arms against "low-hanging fruit"—lightly guarded, soft targets. He lauded the man who killed 51 in a pair of mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March—a shooting that was also accompanied by an anti-immigrant screed posted online.
The El Paso's shooters alleged manifesto is racist, anti-corporate, anti-automation, and especially anti-immigrant, and it reflects a general hatred for many aspects of American society. Crusius hails from the Dallas area, according to police, but it seems likely that he targeted El Paso because the city has a large immigrant population.
The manifesto claims that he was acting in defense of his country, but gunning down innocent people as they peacefully shop is the act of a madman, full stop. That's true whether the shooter wrote the manifesto or not.
President Donald Trump tweeted about the attack, and several 2020 Democratic candidates have renewed calls for gun control measures. It is unknown at this time whether the shooter's weapons were purchased legally.
Texas is an open-carry state and Walmart allows customers to open-carry inside their stores in such states, as long as store staffers can verify proper documentation. At least one shopper told local media that he attempted to engage the shooter with his own firearm.
UPDATE 8/4/2019: After the publication of this post, a second shooting occurred in Dayton, Ohio, leaving nine dead and dozens injured. The Dayton Police Department says the suspect in the shooting is dead.


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Pinecones - 201:365, originally uploaded by Judi FitzPatrick Studio.
Another find at my parents' house, which we are still clearing out, was several large bags on pinecones, nuts, and other weedy things my mother used in making nature inspired wreaths. I brought them home and have put most of them in my compost pile, but these cones and a few others I put aside for photography - later to end up as compost.
I think this will make a nice holiday card, possibly with a greeting added at the bottom; or maybe some holly or other colorful decoration. What do you think?
Peace, Judi


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Architects: Substance Architecture
- Area: 4725 ft²
- Year: 2015
Photographs:Paul Crosby
Manufacturers: Azek, Duravit, Subzero/Wolf, VELUX Group, APEX, Bosch, Delray Lighting, Douglas Fir, Drywall Painted, Hafele, Hardware, KWC, Kohler, MSI, MSI Surfaces, Quaker, Schweiss, Standing Seam
Text description provided by the architects. This renovation of a private residence on a wooded, exurban site near Iowa City, Iowa draws upon the imbedded formal logic of the original structure to create a contemporary home for a family of four. The three "slices" (eating, living, sleeping) implicit in the existing home were reinforced. The angled wall at the entry was straightened and realigned to clarify the plan. Interior partitions separating the dining space from the kitchen and living spaces were removed to create large, open volumes.
The stair was relocated to open up the living area, and the thresholds between slices were delineated. Wall–to-wall operable openings were placed at the ends of the "slices" to connect the airy, day-lit interior to the wooded site and enhance the sense of entry from the street. Finally, a large deck was created to unify the rear elevation and provide space for exterior entertaining. While the renovation added less than 300 square feet to the home, the visual impact is immense.
A limited material palette was used throughout to further unify the home. New fenestration connects the owners to the wooded site, as well as providing a more welcoming entry, and the new deck allows the interior to spill out into the woods. The result is a thorough transformation that takes full advantage of the home's site, interior volume, and daylight to create a modern contemporary home.


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Monday, January 16, 2006
Tippinators Sponsored by Tippmann Sports
Team captain Bruce Johnston was overjoyed with the news, "I know I speak for the rest of the Tippinators when I say thank you very much Ron, Erich and the rest of the Tippmann team for allowing the Tippinators to join the Tippmann family. We are excited and very much look forward to a long relationship with Tippmann Sports. Rest assured the Tippinators will represent and actively promote the Tippmann name with honor, integrity and class."
The Tippinators whose special brand of paintball includes among other things using Tippmann A-5 paintball markers for tournament speedball as well as recreational woodsball play is what brought the team to the attention of Tippmann Sports. The Tippinators use the mechanically operated Tippmann A-5 head to head against electro pneumatic supermarkers tournament competition in an effort to prove that paintball is paintball regardless of the equipment used or in what venue played
Austin Flaherty summed up the feelings of the entire team "Tippmann sponsoring the Tippinators is an amazing opportunity to represent a fantastic company, I'm very excited about this."
The Tippinators will continue to promote the adrenaline pumping fun of paintball throughout eastern Canada while showing why the Tippmann A-5 is one of the best all around markers in the industry that can be used by any player of any ability.
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Small business owners often think that they can reduce costs by taking the DIY approach for accounting and bookkeeping instead of utilizing the various accounting outsourcing services in India. This works well if you have the time and expertise to maintain accurate records. Otherwise, it will lead to penalties and extra efforts related to the wrong filing of taxes. If accuracy in maintaining the books of accounts is not followed, it will cost you big time in the long run.
A reputed accounting and tax services firm will not only lower your stress level but also maintain transparency in your company's records. These firms not only provide monthly accounting services but also provide bookkeeping services and tax services.
Messing with your taxes can cost you a number of penalties such as:
• Penalty for not filing TDS return
• Penalty for not complying with the IT notice
• Penalty for providing incorrect information and not disclosing the source of income.
• Penalty for not maintaining the book of accounts accurately.
• The penalty associated with not getting your company's accounts audited.
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a number of changes have been introduced in the ITR forms. It may be difficult for a business owner to understand the accounting terminologies and enter the correct information. Wrong filing of taxes leads to penalties and notice from the IT department.
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The June meeting of the Society of Barley Engineers will be held on Wednesday, June 1st @ 6pm at Booze Brothers Brewery in Vista. The topic this month will be Kölsch presented by Booze Bros' own Maurey Fletcher.
We're also going to start experimenting with a "Feedback Corner" during the time before the meeting starts. If you'd like to get some thorough feedback on your beer outside of the normal club sharing be sure to find Andy or Chris Everett, who have volunteered to kick this off!
On the agenda:
1) Social time and small pour sharing.
2) Homebrew sharing and discussion.
3) Recaps and announcements.
A. Booze Bros Appreciation Party – Brian
B. Pub Night Recap – Alvin
4) Events updates:
A. Upcoming events – Andy
5) Kölsch – Maurey
6) Post-presentation social time.
If you still have not paid your dues for 2016 please talk to Jeremy some time during the meeting, it goes to fund awesome events like the club Lambic brew day as well as upgrades for our world famous club bar.
Don't forget to bring a chair and tables! Have a good memorial weekend!
Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16Ry9-Q8-kv2QxfFCAh5jfq6Euri4_KMjWx5LITWWm78/viewform?c=0&w=1


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Press releases
Deloitte Romania announces a new partner in the Tax Practice
21 June 2018
Deloitte Romania announces that Alexandra Smedoiu has joined the company's leadership as a Partner within the tax advisory practice, starting with June 2018. From this position, Alexandra will coordinate tax advisory services in the area of corporate income tax.
"I am happy that Alexandra, a highly respected and well-known professional on the local market, has agreed to be part of Deloitte Tax practice. I am convinced that due to her solid expertise and significant experience, Alexandra will make a decisive contribution to our common goal of having a lasting impact that matters for our clients 'businesses, colleagues' careers and society", said Dan Badin, Tax & Legal Partner-in-Charge Deloitte Romania.
Alexandra has almost 15 years of experience in tax advisory. Previously, she was a Director with another Big 4 company.
"I am very honoured to join Deloitte Romania team. I believe that besides providing assistance to its clients, a company of the size of Deloitte, also has a responsibility towards the good functioning of the society. From this role, I plan to be involved in legislative proposals that impact the economy in general and the companies in our economy and to promote fair tax standards and predictability of the tax system, conditions without which Romania cannot have a continuous and sustainable development", Alexandra Smedoiu said.
Throughout time, she has coordinated numerous projects both locally and internationally, especially for clients in the financial services industry, but also for companies from the real estate sector. Her professional experience includes a wide array of projects from tax reviews and tax audits, to assistance with mergers and acquisitions and tax controls. Alexandra is a member of the Romanian Chamber of Tax Consultants, a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) from the United Kingdom, a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation from the United Kingdom (ADIT), and a member of the Charted Financial Analyst Institute CFA. Alexandra is also vice-president of CFA Romania, the Romanian association of chartered financial analysts CFA.
With a team of 150 employees, Deloitte Tax is currently coordinated by six partners and eight directors.


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