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Machinery Safety Part 2

Machinery Safety Part 2(High Risk Machinery Part 1)

Presented by: Eng. Luxman Graciyas Jansz

Legislation

In Sri Lankan legislation High Risk Machinery is covered under the Factories Ordinance in Part III, SAFETY (GENERAL PROVISIONS), from section 27 to 29 and 34 to 38.

An Appreciation to Mr Rohan Seneviratne

sent by Kashyapa A. S. Yapa,

Riobamba, Ecuador. 24^th march 2013

Dear Mr Rohan Seneviratne,

I thank you for making all Sri Lankans proud, wherever we are: at the IESL, you showed us vision doesn’t die, in spite of the seven plagues that brought our country to near-ruin; you proved us whatever mission can be accomplished when you work to a long range plan; you fortified our self-belief by incorporating the local talent in executing successfully those plans.

7 Lessons From the World's Most Captivating Presenters [SlideShare]

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34274/7-Lessons-From-the-World-s-Most-Captivating-Presenters-SlideShare.aspx

Sent by Eng. Arjuna Manamperi

The end of Indian IT staffing as we know it - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/end-indian-staffing-know-021401833.html

Sent By Eng Arjuna Manamperi

What do you know about smartphones?

What do you know about smartphones?

By Tharindu Weerasinghe [MSc.Eng, BSc.Eng(Hons) – Peradeniya], the writer is a software engineer at a leading software company in Sri Lanka.

When you travel by public transport, when you walk along busy streets, when you are at shopping malls, or when you are at work these days, it is not rare to see people with smartphones; in fact it is not an exaggeration if we say “many people carry smartphones these days”. Some youngsters try to be smarter by using a smartphoneJ. Many people refer smartphones to the mobile phones that have touchscreens. All the phones that have touchscreens are smartphones but all the smartphones must not necessarily have touchscreens.

Those Grammar Gaffes Will Get You

Those Grammar Gaffes Will Get You
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/yes_you_should_nitpick_about_g.html

Arjuna Manamperi

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Comment on IESL Digital Survey 2013 Results

IESL conducted a digital survey during the period January 8-February 28, 2013. Survey was conducted using Survey Monkey (www.survey.monkey) tool. Survey link was sent few times to email addresses we have in our databases. We published the link on our website and Australian NSW chapter website.

An interesting article in Silumina

http://silumina.lk/2013/03/10/_art.asp?fn=af1303102

Engineers Convention 2012 - Event Highlights

The New South Wales Chapter of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL NSW) held its Inaugural Annual Engineers Convention on 20th and 21st of July 2012 at the Engineers Australia auditorium, Chatswood and at the Castle Grand Castle Hill, Sydney, Australia.

Special General Meetings of the IESL a necessary evil?

by Shavindranath Fernando

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Recently a group of members requested for a Special General Meeting to be convened on several resolutions to be discussed in terms of by-law 87 of IESL. In response to their request IESL summoned the meeting on a Wednesday, as they have specifically indicated in their letter that the meeting should be held on a Wednesday.

What most schools do not teach.

What most schools do not teach.
http://youtu.be/nKIu9yen5nc

Sent by Eng. Arjuna Manamperi