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Rodrigo Simoes Before to take a decision which course to enroll I did a huge research in order to get the best preparation course, I did it especially in Brazil but I haven't found anything better even similar to this course, with this course we can fit our professional and personal life with no trouble, everyone from Plaza is always ready to support us, the course price is very cheap, material provided is very good.
In summary, with this course you can ensure your PRINCE2 certification.
I really recommend this Preparation course for PRINCE2 Certification
Dick Newlands
This was an easy to follow course which covered the syllabus effectively.
Herman Bosman Yesterday I passed my Prince2 Practitioner exam with a good high score and I am very pleased with this result.
Your CBT method, Practitioner Training Manual, Exam Papers, Extra Q&A and example documents helped me a lot in achieving this result. Again many thanks.
Nicholas Power
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Declan Kavanagh
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Brendon McLoughlin
I have to rate the PRINCE2 Self Study material 5 out of 5, its quality assured and comprehensively complete. The material brought my OGC Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 guide back to life in a way that demonstrates possible application more comprehensively.
Frank's delivery is engaging and verbally animated (if that is possible) in a way which works for my personal learning style. I can unreservedly recommend the content and his delivery fits pretty much all learning styles I would imagine keeping in mind that this content can be a heavy topic when you're a total newbie. Having passed my exam, I am surprised at the real scale of value offered through Frank's distance learning courses.
I was so impressed, that I hope he continues giving great workshops here in Ireland in the hope an opportunity comes around again soon for me to update and refreshing my PRINCE2 best practice and management skill set.
John McGrarth
I teach project management training and I have reviewed the training material from the point of view of my students. Compared to other project management self study courses this is by far the best I have seen for the following reasons:
– Very simple, short and important introduction course (pre-course)
– Options for students to watch (video), read (book) or listen (audio)
– The Foundation Q&A workbook really helps the students to identify the important information in each chapter.
Trevor Higgins
The Management Plaza training resources were just great and made it easy for me to pass the PRINCE2 Foundation Exam. I had little prior knowledge of PRINCE2 and as such went from zero to hero in about 2 weeks. I mainly used the videos as my learning material and the Foundation Q&A workbook after each video. The past questions and the extra questions provided by Frank were great
Coneliu Druta
Big thanks to Management Plaza for creating such a brief but concise and effective Self Study Material enough for me to pass the PRINCE2 Exams. Well organized and well written, flexible and enjoyable material that assures to pass the PRINCE2 Exams. The only company I find that offers no time limitation for the online training.
Rebeca Nebreda
It's a really self study course, with all the explanations you need about every topic to study at your own pace. Materials are very flexible as you can download them in various formats that will suit your needs. Audio podcasts are great when driving and or doing something while learning. Thumbs up!
Tamas Hornich
All materials are easy to use, really understandable, detailed and give all the necessary information to pass the Foundation exam. Even for a rookie as I was. :)
Piotr Winnicki
Comprehensive course with a great list of materials to study. Definitely allows to get familiar with PRINCE2 Methodology and offers structured approach so the learning is going really smoothly. Also important is that I can use the material after the PRINCE2 as they will help me in my job.
Loay Dirar
This PRINCE2 Practitioner Self Study course was very easy for me to follow and learn from. The Practitioner Training Manual from Management Plaza was my main learning tool and I used the audio course while traveling. The approach was very practical and the Learn Thru Questions helped me to make sure I knew PRINCE2.
Milton Ashitiva
The PRINCE2 Self Study Courses and support from Management Plaza is highly recommended! Very well organized and easy to understand. A step by step, well and clearly written materials that would suit any PRINCE2 student. Support from the Management Plaza Team is fast and very helpful. You can't go wrong choosing Management Plaza for PRINCE2 Exam preparation.
Ted Gross
I chose to mostly listen to Management Plaza's CBT PRINCE2 LTQ podcasts on my iPhone while at my desk or driving the car (hands free of course!). I particularly liked Frank's easy going style of presenting the material (that included the odd spattering of humour which I think we could use a lot more of in this dry dry world of project management lol!) making it very easy to understand and retain not only for the exams (which I passed both – no problem) but now I am so looking forward to starting (or should I say STARTING UP) my next project!
Daniela Dutra
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Merete Munch
It's a great way to better understanding the official book. Great examples which will surely for the exam preparation.
Mithun Mridha
Very structured material with lots of practical tips & tricks to remember. Good balance between concepts, Q/A and practical examples. Simple to follow and retain the important points.
Nicoline van Kappel
Very nice course. Well done and prepared that will help pass the exam. Audio and Video courses help a lot as well as the training manual. Overall, Self Study course quality is well recommended to anybody who wants to learn PRINCE2 or pass the PRINCE2 exam.
Amouzou Bedi
Great self study courses! Training manuals are the best as it makes learning very interesting. Support from Frank and the team are really helpful. You will surely pass the exams if you use this Self Study.
Hugues Barbier de la Serre
Very happy by the quality and the easy understanding of the courses. Documents, files, audio and videos are really helpful as I can study anytime at anywhere. One of the best Self Study courses I have used. Thanks also for the support in booking the PRINCE2.
Stuart Shepherd
Very comprehensive self study material that is presented in a way that makes it easy to learn the PRINCE2 methodology. You can read the manuals, or listen to the podcasts or watch the videos. Frank developed great PRINCE2 material. Truly recommended.
Stavros Theodorakis
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Arhin Gamel
If I'm to rate this PRINCE2 Self Study material, I will rate it 5 because it's very comprehensive, easy to understand and digest and I will recommend to anybody who want's to understand and pass the PRINCE2 exams without class room studies. Thank you for producing this wonderful material, it has been very helpful to me.
Michael Oke
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Philip Brown
Management Plaza resources aid me in passing my Prince 2 Foundation Exam. I had no prior knowledge of PRINCE2 and as such went from zero to hero in about 2 weeks. I only used the video's as my learning material as I felt that was the best method for me. The past questions and the extra questions provided by Frank were great. I knew I was ready for the PRINCE2 Exam.
George Frole
I passed the PSM I test with a 95% ..and your practice tests/simulated exams were incredibly helpful and "SPOT-ON". I was surprised that I can use it a lot of times and it really did prepare me well for the exam!..Thanks so much !!! Now, I' thinking of taking the next step and taking the PSPO I test and will surely still going with Mplaza.pm
Dorra Elabed
I am really very happy with this result of my PRINCE2 Foundation Exam. Thank you for the very good quality of your training material. The PRINCE2 Foundation Online Self Study Course is very impressive covering all the necessary topics for passing the exam. I like the training manual and the audio course! The videos are very well presented and Frank has a crisp English. I already signed up for the Practitioner exam and I will sign up later in June for the Agile certification, once I pass the practitioner test.I already recommended your website to other friends and I will keep on recommending it.
Joel Medipally
I passed PRINCE2 through Mplaza.pm. Thankfully I found this company. The Foundation course is very thorough and I understand why they give pass guarantee as you will really get the most out of it to pass the exam. The training material for PRINCE2 foundation and the website was easy to use and very helpful.
Prakash Rashinkar
Online course is very informative, covers general concepts and tackles specifics for in-depth understanding.Good examples illustrated to clarify concepts. Questions are similar to the real assessments that increases the confidence level to take real assessment. Very well structured study materials and you wont regret having Management Plaza help you pass your exams.
Michael Grosse-Kreul
Thanks to your Prince2 preparation material I passed the foundation earlier this year. I am now heading to PSM I in 2016 and I am currently reading your "A Guide to Passing the Professional Scrum Master TM (PSM) Exam" Version 1.3. Keep the good work guys. Your material is excellent.
Mahaveer Jain
I have cleared PSM I thanks to the study material provided by you!!! Scored 95%.
Thanks for putting up the great material and help guides! The efforts of reading each section, using flashcards and giving mock exams multiple times paid off! :)Followed your instruction "Give your practice exam as a real exam and give real exam as a practice exam"
Certified SCRUM Master now!!
Martin Achermann
I am deeply satisfied with both the website and the training material. Your material has provided with an effective way to get to an excellent grip on all the relevant elements that make up the PRINCE2 methodology. Passing the exam based on the provided training lessons on your website is close to be considered as a by-product, compared with the condensed knowledge on PRINCE2 built-up by working through the exercises. In my view nothing of importance that you can really do to improve. Congrats on this great job!
Dana Georgi
I just want you to know that I had a good experience with your website and also with the materials.
At the "exam simulations" I think that the questions are easier compering with the real exam.
For sure I will come back for other exams too. I hope in the future you can add more courses.
Cristiano Pimentel
The PSM 1 Simulated Exams and course is a MUST material for you that is getting prepared for the PSM I certification. It will not only give you a real feel of what is the test, but also will prepare you with all the explanation and tips to rock the test! I managed to pass with a score of 97,5% with the help if this material! You've done an amazing work!
Brett Thomson
I have now sat and passed the Foundation Exam, and will now start on the Practitioner syllabus.
Your course certainly made it easy, with good and understandable content and I will certainly be recommending it to anyone wanting to get Prince2 certification. It certainly worth the money!
Krasimir Boev
I'd like to thanks to all the MPlaza members and specially to Nader for his great work! The "PSM I Preparation Practice Exams" is the best ! I have just passed the PSM I ASSESSMENT with 98.8% !
Wessel de Zwart
Everything is explained very well! And I've got the idea that the author Frank Turley really knows what he is talking about!He is really the PRINCE2 Coach. I now understand why they give 'Pass Guarantee' because following this course will make you pass the Foundation exam the 1st time, which is a great thing! ;) It's nice that Mplaza was aware of the new 2017 version and prepared themselves witch launching a new Online Course at the same time the Prince2 2017 version was released by Axelos. (Even though the difference between the 2009 and 2017 version isn't that big.. I've heard) Personally I have not used the games so I can't say anything about that. So far, i have enjoyed the course and yes i am greatly satisfied with Mplaza.pm!
Simran Jeet Singh Randhir
Thank you soo much Management Plaza! I am glad to inform that I passed my PSM-I assessment today with 90% score using your PSM bundle. I don't think I could have achieved this in such short span of time without your practise exams. Big thanks. Now I am going after PSPO-I
Debashis Mishra
I found it extremely helpful for my preparation of PSM I exam, the scrum training material – very succinct and great supplement to scrum guide. makes you absorb the content completely and greatly helps you master the fundamentals. The PSM I Preparation Practice Exams – 3 complete exams (250 questions) was a gem. I found the questions were of high standard similar to the ones asked in the actual test. The question sets here will surely help you master the fundamentals and greatly help you clear the exam. Highly recommend.
Neil Fibbens
Just thought I would say thank you for a great product set, the mix of Audio learning, Audio questions and answers and the pen project (Sample PRINCE2 Project) helped me pass both the Foundation and Practitioner exams with good results.
Thanks also for the ability to download most of your material as I wish to keep using it in the future.
I will promote your products to anyone I know who is taking the exams.
Usman Zaheer Khan
I just passed my PSM-1 exam. Your course in PSM 1 was extremely helpful. It is well structured and well prepared. The simulated exams has such similar questions to the real one and using it multiple times practiced me get familiar with the questions and answers. It is very easy to use!
Ruxandra Rosu
I am very happy to be Prince2 Practitioner Certified and I would like to thank all the MPlaza team for being very supportive during this journey. The training material was very comprehensive, nice structured and the made me study for the exam with great pleasure! This is the best material on the market and I highly recommend it!
Nahantchi Boubacar
The Management Plaza free materials guarantee you 60% pass to your Prince2 examination. And 100% pass guarantee for the premium ones which is totally true to my experience! I wonder if this organization is a profit or non profit organization. Thanks a lot for your perpetual assistance during my examination preparation. I will sureley come back and recommend more people to try.
Reuben Bezzina
I bought my e-learning course from ILX Group including the exams, but their e-learning isn't that great compared with your manual. Then I did some browsing online and found good reviews about your book, and when I purchased it and started reading within a week I was already learning Prince2 Foundation really well. Your manual is very complete and is very helpful even for those who doesn't have PRINCE2 background.
ILX e-learning is not student friendly as compared to your manual which is made for easy understanding. Very great material for people who are not native English speakers. That's why now I would like to do the same with the Practitioner.
Genesis Vergara
The preparation of materials for both PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Courses are very comprehensive. I passed both examinations by using only Management Plaza's materials. I would highly recommend others who are sourcing for a best online course for PRINCE2 to use Management Plaza. It is the best value for your money!
Michał Sitarski
I found very interesting materials on youtube. Then I visited your website and enjoyed free materials.
After than I decided to buy course and exam from Management Plaza which is truly worth it!
The audiobook was very helpful as I listen to during my way to work. Materials were in'not complicated' english for easy understanding for non-native English Speakers.
Overall, Management Plaza's products and services are worth every penny and by far the best company for PRINCE2!
Gonzalo Salas
First of all, I have to say that, in my opinion, you have the best price without that affecting the quality of the course itself. That said, I really liked the easiness of getting through the methodology, the introduction to PRINCE2 so you are aware of the basics and, overall, the PRINCE2 training manual. It is clear, well organized, the examples are easy to follow and, because in the end the main objective of an exam is to pass it – it doesn't always prove whether you know about a subject or not -, the summary at the end of every chapter where you explain "what you need to know for the PRINCE2 exam" becomes a must.
Luigi Rondanini
This is to thank Frank Turley for his effective and concise document that helped me to pass the Prince2 Foundation exam. I read it jointly with other books like PRINCE2 Foundation Training Manual and some online presentations (including some of Frank Turley ones on youtube). Very effective. Highly recommended! Thanks Frank!
Kieran Clarke
I am very thankful I found Mplaza.pm's Practitioner Exam training course. My overall experience with the exam was great. Some questions were tricky but with the knowledge I gained from the Practitioner Course I was able to pass with more than 80%!.
Christina Andonova
The training material is awesome! I am a developer with experience in scrum and XP environment, but not a scrum master. Not yet :)) I did purchase the PSM preparation practice test and followed the instructions. Passed the PSM I exam on scrum.org on my first attempt. Can't wait for your PSM II practice test to be released. I will be the first one to purchase it. Thank you so much!
Preetham Kumar
I was looking for the some Material before preparing myself for PSM 1. As I googled I saw pretty good reviews for the Management Plaza… I thought its worth Investing 47 € to give it a try and I should say its really a "Great Value which is provided" Excellent Bundle with good Content. The Videos and explanation by Nadar were Excellent, the Tips and Tricks about the exam and the details in the The-Scrum-Master-Training-Manual very good. The practice exams helped me lot I could not secure more than 85 % in the Practice exams but this helped me to review on my mistakes I made and in combination of going through SCRUM Guide, I took the PSM 1 exam on the 7th Aug 2017 I secured 91.3%. I recommend this … fully ! Thanks Mngmt Plaza…
Adrian Beauchamp
I am enjoyed this course a lot and been taking lots of notes. I have finished the entire course and so far I am very happy with the training course. I'm sure I will pass the exam next week!
Shaheel Rafique
Overall the course material is throughly designed catering to the most obvious and subtle understanding that is required for the Foundation Exam.
More specifically, I like the quality of the course material in terms of the following:
a) The training material is relevant because it follows the requirement for the exam.
a) Presentation slides are precise and and presentation is clear, and easy to understand.
c) The Simulator and the two Exam papers for exercise helped me to build my confidence.
d) The manual is excellent covering exactly what is required for the Foundation exam.
e) I thought the Q&A book was really helpful for last minute revision. The audios were good though I had no time to run through all the audios.
Overall experience with the training was great. Now I intend to enroll myself for the Practitioners Exam.
Your website is fast and very simple to surf. Excellent!
Thank you very much for your high quality online support. The response from your support team 24 by 7 was fantastic.
Susan Hanratty
I bought the Prince2 Training Manual from Management Plaza which really helped me in visualising and therefore passing the exam. I also see that this will help in making my own templates for my Project Toolkit. Now I am preparing to pass Agile Scrum Foundation and using Management Plaza materials gives me confidence that I will surely pass the exam like the PRINCE2 experience.
Ari Emedeme
I am a student currently preparing to sit my Foundation and Practitioner PRINCE2 at the end of this month.
I've been using both of Management Plaza books concurrently (The Prince 2 Foundation Training Manual and the Practitioner Manual) and they have been a great help. I just wanted to say thank you for all your help for making me feel fully confident passing the exams with all the knowledge I got from reading your books. I cannot think about any reason not to pass the exams with use of your materials for preparation. I will surely recommend your materials and services to my colleagues.
Paul Hammond
Provided all I needed to pass the Foundation Course. Complete package the includes all essential and well prepared materials to pass PRINCE2 Exams. Highly recommended.
Lorenzo Piattelli
Management plaza is a very professional company with a very high level customer care. They also has high quality documents, exercises, examples and manuals. The video course is just great!
I have a full and complete satisfaction to management plaza. I'll recommend you to my colleagues.
Thank you
Raquel Romera
I have passed the Practitioner exam! I am very very happy. This is just the beginning and I am glad I can now put in practice all what I have learnt through these last months through Management Plaza's courses. They surely are worth the money as you can get more than what you paid for! Materials, support and services are just amazing. I highly recommend them and surely will get back when I decide to go for the Management of Portfolios certification.
Hakeem Balogun
I'm enjoying the material! The audio course for PRINCE2 Practitioner is really helpful. It is very flexible to use even when you are doing something as it can be used in mp3 format. I have downloaded it in my mobile and its very easy to have an on-the-go study material!
Laurent Remels
Bought PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Exam and Course package and I am very satisfied. I passed PRINCE2 Foundation in one take and got a really high score! I appreciate a lot the different schemes provided along with the course. The videos are very helpful as well as the simulated exams. I am now preparing for my PRINCE2 Practitioner and still I am enjoying the course much.
Fadi Almadhoun
I had both PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner self-study with Management Plaza, and passed both exams from the first attempt with good scores.
Overall, the study materials provided for both levels were helpful, enjoyable, cost-effective, and efficiently cover the syllabus areas. Frank Turley used a very distinctive and structured approach throughout the training manual and other materials to deliver the required knowledge, with lots of examples and scenarios.
The free Introduction to PRINCE2 was an excellent starting point. The audiobooks, LTQs, and Sample PRINCE2 Project were helpful resources for me to reinforce learning and feel confident to sit for the exams.
Jimmy-C. NGOMA
I've choose Management Plaza because it's the only organization proposing a extended course made of diverse materials and tools.
Your course, especially for PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner contains several examples which enlighten trainees on how to manage a project using PRINCE2 methodology.
One more thing: Regularly emailing with Nader has been important in my process of decision making.
Nader taught me many things through free courses he used to give on the web.
Always ready to provide advices, Nader is always open and ready to answer any question. Thumbs up to the quality materials and customer service Management Plaza provides!
Mahfuz Hossain
I have recently completed PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner self study course and completed both Exams. Happy to share that I have passed both scoring 60/70 in foundation and 64/80 in Practitioner. I would like to thank you wholeheartedly for helping me throughout to complete these certifications. I enjoyed thoroughly. Course contents I thought extremely well organised and easy to follow. Examples used were quite appropriate and I could relate. Therefore, congratulation for providing such a rich training program for people like us who love project management. Thank you very much.
Will Shanahan
I took PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam and course package from Management Plaza. I found the Prince2 practitioner online course to be very well structured and easy to follow.It is the best self-study course I have undertaken. I would be happy to use Management Plaza again and recommend to other students.
Ivaylo Izmirev
I purchased PRINCE2 Foundation Exam and Self Study Course. The courses is full of very useful materials and since I am more of a ready I really liked the PDF files and sample exams a lot. Passed the Foundation Exam in 1 take! Thanks Management Plaza! Thumbs up for such a great service.
Arun Kumar Agrawal
I wanted to get certified in PSM 1. After doing lot of research couldn't find a place which just carters to the course and certification i was looking for. Luckily i came across Management Plaza PSM Course exam. The Price was super cheap and without a thought, bought it. The content was quite simple and easy to understand. Got my basic cleared with a huge list of sample questions & boom after 5 days, i was PSM 1 Certified !!!
Arun Agrawal
Galina Ilieva
I have used the PRINCE 2 Foundation Training manual and 2 more conected to this-Q&A and introduction to the processes. I find them very useful and helpful. I like this part in the beginning of each chapter where you give example from the practice. Even with your books you do not need a course for preparation. I felt myself ready from the first day to sit for example. Thank you very much! And finally I pass the exam with 74% correct answers.
Carlos Jesus
I was looking for a training provider for some free materials and I found Management Plaza. Tried the free materials and I was so impressed so I decided to purchase the full PRINCE2 Foundation package. I really enjoyed the course as it was so nicely prepared that is so friendly to students even with less project management background. The videos are well done and the accent of the speaker is understandable. I highly recommend Management Plaza.
Ilkka Melleri
Thanks for the great learning material! I too the PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam and Course package passed the Practitioner exam on the first try with a score of 76%. The Study Guide, the videos and the sample exams where the best resources for me. There is an abundance of material in this course, as I personally didn't even use the learn through questions booklet or audio book. Cheers!
Paul Lannon
Happy new year to you Management Plaza. Well as of yesterday evening I am officially PRINCE2 Practitioner certified!All because of your help through your course and exam arrangement. Obviously I am delighted with this as I have passed the exams using all your very well prepared study materials. Thanks for your messages, for the study tips and exam assistance. Your support and more importantly the great content within the courses. Regards, Paul.
Joyce Palmero
Firstly. thanks very much. I passed with 90% (attached below)! The materials are really great – absolutely spot on (!) and helped me a lot even when I was only able to read from flight back from holiday in the states 2 days before the Foundation exam. Doing your practice exam (pdf exam and doing it on my iphone only) really helped and gave me confidence. I finished it in 30 mins and lots time to review and I knew I passed with at least 90% and true enough I did!
Paresh Pater
I passed my Prince2 foundation exam and want to thank Management Plaza for the material I purchased which was really useful specially the audio questions. Studying has been made very easy through the materials Management Plaza offer!
Koenraad Peeters
If you are a busy person like me and want to learn Prince2 without losing days in a classroom, this self-study package is the way to go. Study during your slots of wasted time: in hotels, aeroplanes, … It worked great for me.
Rauf Akram
Training material was very good. I was pleased to find videos in the course. It was very helpful. The lessons were really well prepared and organized in away you can follow-up the learning properly.
Training Manual and Simulated exams are really good. I have used it over and over and successfully aced the Foundation exam with 96%.I am doing PRINCE2 Practitioner now and still very pleased with the training materials. Although I may have some suggestions later on but so far learning is really doing well.
Romain Trocherie
I went through the complete PRINCE2 self study material from Management Plaza and highly recommend it. The manuals, audio and video lectures are very comprehensive and a lot of fun to get up and running in the world of project management. No worry for the final exams as well, provided Q&As, tests and team's support are top-notch!
Luca Frazzetto
Thumbs up! High quality materials. I passed the Foundation Exam in one take all with through the help of Mplaza! Surely they have satisfied all my expectations. There claims as the most honest and no hidden fees offers is true! Materials are worth it as well as their customer service! Thank you Mplaza. I cant wait to pass Practitioner exam and surely it will be through your service.
David Evans
Easy to follow and understand as everything you needed was in a grey box, also I really liked the videos and someone always got back to me on the chat service or through email when I requested help.
I liked the videos because Frank and Eralp made it easy to understand and although I found the Prince2 Foundation exam quite hard I was able to successfully pass it and for this I thank Management Plaza.
So anyone thinking of doing Prince2 I recommend Management Plaza as they offer the best resources out there in order for you to successfully pass your exams
Anthony Johnson
Best Self Study Course I may say. Well written, very easy to study, comprehensive. It can suit any learner even with zero project management background. Thumbs up! Will surely be with Management Plaza for my Practitioner Exam.
Mikhail Neuroman
The PSM materials works really fine. I enjoyed using the Simulated Exams. There are a lot of questions to practice and it did really polish my knowledge to pass the exam.
Bruce Jackson
I work in the construction industry and I wanted to follow a training that I could apply to my day to day work. This is one of the best online trainings I've had. All the materials in the Self Study package was really helpful for passing the PRINCE2 Exam and even using this at work for my job. I will highly recommend this Self Study course from Management Plaza.
John Erik Halvorsen
PRINCE2 Materials are very good. I like the simulated exams a lot and the training manual. The support is superb as it gives precise answers and good service!
Kati Tempesta
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for putting together another excellent package the PSM l Preparation Practice Bundle for us ! Passed my PSM 1 with 95% on first attempt. It happened the same with Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner. They way you put info together and the the way you lead us through the learning process is exceptionally useful, effective and very reasonably priced.
Bartosz Bilkiewicz
Very effective material to learn from. excellent way to prepare quickly for the exam. Greatly organized Self Study course in order to learn easily
Alejandro Ruiz
I have a very positive feedback for the PRINCE2 Foundation Online Course. I am doing very fine with it and I enjoy every bit of it. It is a complete pack that has all the necessary materials I can think of in order to pass the exam. I find it very user friendly and easy to follow. The Exam simulator is very helpful and I've been doing really great with it and passed it a lot of times.I am excited to pass my exam within 2 weeks time!
Gurgen Bakunc
Best Self Study course to prepare for the PRINCE2 Exams. Great quality materials that is easy to learn and understand. By far the best Self Study course that I have used. Thanks Management Plaza.
Joris Lenior
Thank you, for me the self study course worked quite well, material was sufficient and I didn't need a copy of the manual to help me through the exam.
Jaroslav Pecka
Recommend to anybody who wants to learn PRINCE2 and pass the Exam. The PRINCE2 Training Materials are excellent especially the Foundation Training Manual and the Foundation Q&A workbook.
Tomasz Podlaski
In the first place let me thank you for the awesome website and resources you are sharing with us – PRINCE2 "wannabees". I passed both P2F and P2P with more than decent scores basing only on materials you have provided + experience and bit of common sense.
Ariel TCHOUGANG
Thank you for the great quality of your study materials, and for providing them at such affordable prices.
The online Foundation course was excellent, and the quality of the practice exams and quizzes was so great that the probability of failing the exam was almost 0%. The Audio Q&A material provided gave me the opportunity to learn more about Prince2 anytime, anywhere as it can be used even on mobile phone.
The online Practitioner course with all the study cases provided, helped me understand how to apply Prince2, thus improving my knowledge.
I heard about you on the Scrum.org forum. Your material is fully compliant with the official Scrum guide and exams. I purchased your preparation packages for PSM I and PSPO I exams, and I couldn't be more satisfied. I find them well designed, well explained, straightforward, practical and very helpful. I passed both exams, and it's fair to say that lessons and advises I had from your package.
Most of all thank you for your availability and your fast reply to all of my questions.
Slimane Debouz
Just to say, my freind has used your PSM preparation module and has succefully passed the PSM exam yesterday, for me, i still prepare it, and i will pass the exam within a week, your DOCS is greatfull"
Julie Foster
The Self Study Course is impressive. Only company who gives unlimited access to such complete online course. Great way to learn at your own time.
Amanda Aspland
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In fact, what is nice is to have all of these different formats and media: a the end it kind of blends in your head and you get to understand the full map.
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Originally posted by denver22
doomsayers Conspiracy theories are a powerful source of pride and a wellspring of intellectual vanity. The theorist comes to see himself as thinking on a higher plane than the ignorant masses around him. He walks the fringes of society, watching his surroundings with suspicion. No one realizes what's going on, he thinks.
If speaking his mind on conspiracies causes others to recoil, he simply dismisses them as "dumb sheep" who cannot see what he sees. Every episode like this further reaffirms how special this inside information makes him.
Many of these individuals enjoy the thrill of perceived danger that comes along with having supposedly top-secret knowledge, feeling as though they have a lead role in a secret-agent film—except they are not in a movie!
And to the doomsayers we are all 007s licence to shill.
Isn't that right gaykeeper ? were all disinfos aren't we lmaoedit on 8-9-2012 by denver22 because: (no reason given)
Pull out your mastercard its right in front of our faces.
Hey Reb.
Originally posted by rebellender
reply to post by GameKeeper
Pull out your mastercard its right in front of our faces.
better yet why dont you pull out your master card and bring me a late model Jeep YJ.
this figures to be 2 different time lines that dont match for tomorrow. Can you help me out with that?
Originally posted by timetothink
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Just playing devil's advocate here...but how would you see a dark star in the sky? It doesn't shine etc according to some theories, sooo?
Originally posted by eriktheawful
But when you have young people killing themselves because they think this stuff is true and is going to happen, then yah, I step in.
When "Cult Leaders" (sorry, there is no other term for what Nancy Lieder is, and her followers. They ARE a cult), urge people to kill their pets to get ready for the end of the world, yep, I and others step in.
Where does it stop? What will be the next "urging" to do? Kill your neighbors and yourself?
Reputable sky charts are readily available for all the solar system planets, the larger asteroids and brighter comets, the dwarf planet Pluto and even dwarf planets beyond the orbit of Pluto. But where's a comparably viable chart for the planet Nibiru?Moreover, bona fide online orreries and planetarium programs let you visually see the present positions of all the solar system planets at the drop of a hat. But I have yet to see the planet Nibiru on any of them. Some orrery programs are even accompanied by an ephemeris, which is a table listing calculated positions of celestial objects at regular intervals. The ephemeris on the right lists the coordinates for the sun, moon, planets and even the dwarf planet Pluto for early September 2012. Noticeably absent, however, is the planet Nibiru. For an up-to-date visual presentation of the planets, click here or here or here. Astronomers have discovered a number of large trans-Neptunian objects – most notably Sedna – in the far, far reaches of the solar system, but have yet to find the planet Nibiru within the inner solar system. How is it possible that astronomers can see an extrasolar planet some 25 light-years away but not detect Nibiru in our back yard? It's not possible. Nibiru doesn't exist.
If it did exist, Nibiru's orbit would be highly unstable Nibiru supposedly has an orbital period of 3,600 Earth-years. Let's pretend for a moment that's the case. Knowing the orbital period, we could use Kepler's third law of planetary motion to compute Nibiru's semi-major axis at 235 astronomical units (AU). Given the planet's semi-major axis, we could go on from there to figure out other aspects of Nibiru's orbit.
The great Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), who discovered the laws of planetary motion. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons If the semi-major axis = 235 astronomical units (AU), then the major axis = 470 AU. We know Nibiru's orbit around the sun can't be a perfect circle (orbital eccentricity = 0) because, if that were the case, it would always be 235 AU from the sun and never reach the inner solar system. Assuming that Nibiru comes to within one astronomical unit (AU) of the sun, the outer edge of its orbit must recede as far as 469 AU from the sun. Thereby, the orbit would have to be a very squashed ellipse with an extreme eccentricity of 0.9957 (234/235 = 0.9957). The flattened orbit would more resemble the outer edge of a toothpick than a circle in shape. An orbit with such a high eccentricity is highly unstable. Now that we know the planet's semi-major axis, we can use what's known as the Vis-viva equation to figure Nibiru's orbital speed at any distance from the sun. I find that at the Earth's distance from the sun, Nibiru would be flying at nearly 42.1 kilometers per second. Quite by coincidence, that 42.1 km/sec figure represents the escape velocity from our solar system at a distance of one astronomical unit from the sun. Because Nibiru would be traveling at or near escape velocity, the slightest perturbation by another solar system object would destabilize its orbit and likely eject Nibiru from the solar system. It would, that is, if there were a Nibiru. The non-existent planet Nibiru well demonstrates that out-of-sight does not necessarily mean out-of-mind.
Q: (L) Will that be perceptible to us here on the Earth? A: Only through measurements. Q: (T) There have been a lot of reports of late regarding major solar activity, solar flares, solar winds, etc. The surface of the sun has a whole lot going on. The last I heard, one of the two satellites observing the sun, one of them is gone. Is this an effect from the sun itself, or is this an effect of the approaching brown dwarf?

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The Lakers host the Golden State Warriors on Friday, starting a stretch of six consecutive games at home. The Warriors are currently 3-2, two games ahead of the Lakers (1-4) in the Pacific Division standings.
Golden State recently lost swingman Brandon Rush , one of the team's best perimeter defenders, for the season with a torn ACL. Additionally, center Andrew Bogut will take some time off to strengthen his ankle, which was broken last season.
The Warriors haven't been a consistent playoff team for decades, but if healthy, they have a potent squad this season. Against the Lakers they'll be slightly short-handed, with rookie Festus Ezeli expected to start in place of Bogut.
For the Lakers, Steve Nash is still out with a non-displaced leg fracture.
Key matchup
At 27.2 points a game, Kobe Bryant is currently second in the league in scoring (behind James Harden). The Warriors boast one of the league's brighter young shooting guards in Klay Thompson.


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Since moving away from home, I catch myself missing the little things that I once took for granted. The green trees, the ocean, and even down to the freakin' air. But most of all the rain. Brad came home with the biggest smile because it was warm and raining. The thunder just passed and it sounded pretty.
If you know my husband, you'd know he's a napper. I might have mentioned this before but he's a man who loves his naps. Every so often he'll take a nap on the living room floor, because it feels good on his back and this was one of those occasions. We had the windows open and the wind was blowing the sweet smell of rain, and the sound was very soothing. The combination of the breeze, the smell of the rain, and…the floor was a perfect nap atmosphere and Brad is not one to resist. The perfect nap storm.
When Brad naps, he naps. For a long time. It kind of drives me crazy because he won't wake up then he's up all night, and he gets these
crazy brilliant ideas and starts craft projects. Those don't drive me crazy though, it's the vicious cycle that does. Once I woke up at 7am because the washer and dryer were running, and I heard someone doing dishes. It was Brad. The living room and bathroom were clean too. He was a busy bee that night. Often I will thwart his efforts when I know he wants to take a nap, but this time I thought it was a perfect storm too. I already took a nap, it was only fair.
So tonight, he asks me to lay on the floor with him. To cuddle he said, but I really know it was a "keep your friends close, your enemies closer" sort of thing. So we rested and listened to the thunder. I tried to get away after awhile to let him nap, but sometimes it's nice to lay on the floor with your husband smelling the rain. Listening to the thunder, telling him it reminded me of the noise that comes from my abdomen and it made it sound less pretty. And to sneak kisses when you think he's half asleep. Brad said it well,
"Life is all about holding each other and listening to the thunder…now shut up." He said he learned that in his Family Foundations class.
The rain makes me miss Washington, the ocean, the trees, and the northwest rain. The rain is different here than it is at home. Here it is sweet, and home rain smells like pine and the air always smells clean and fresh.
I miss home, and I can't wait to come visit.
Now if you excuse me, I may or may not have to throw a cold wet washcloth at Brad.


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Looking Back for June 8, 2008
June 8, 2008
50 years ago
From the Thursday, June 5, 1958, edition of The Steamboat Pilot:
First grads from Whiteman-Gaylord to receive diplomas
The Whiteman-Gaylord school, opened in September 1957 will graduate its first five winter session students at commencement exercises to be held at the Julie Harris Theatre tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Farrington Carpenter will give the commencement address to the graduates, who will enter five top universities. His address, intriguingly titled, "The Ultimate Weapon," is intended to show how the intelligence and abilities of our citizens, developed through education, will strengthen our nation in times of trouble.
Headmaster Lowell Whiteman, who since 1945 has directed the highly successful Lowell Whiteman ranch for boys and also is the founder of the new winter school, will introduce one of the trustees who will present diplomas.
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Musical selections at the ceremonies will include a vocal solo by Ted Hoffman and a violin solo by Miss Charlotte Perry. A tea for parents will follow at the Lowell Whiteman ranch.
The first graduates of the school of 25 students are a cosmopolitan group. Miss Geeti Sin of London and formerly of New Delhi, India, intends to continue her education at Cambridge University, England. George Alexander of Aurora, Ill., has enrolled at Northwestern University. Julian Vieg of Claremont, Calif., will enter Pomona next fall, the alma mater of Lowell Whiteman. Eric Jager of Salt Lake City is set to enter the University of New Mexico.
The biggest event of the year for the students has been their trip to Mexico, from which they returned at the beginning of May. According to a letter received by Headmaster Whiteman from Director Stirling Dickinson of the Instituto Allende where members of the Whiteman-Gaylord school stayed on their two-month trip, there was a stimulating and meaningful interchange of ideas between the students of the two schools.
To complement the well-rounded school program, an intensive academic curriculum was offered, with a versatile and top-ranking staff of educators.
Director Whiteman said this week that additional courses will be offered next year. Additional dormitory space at the ranch is nearing completion and will be ready for the summer session for boys, Whiteman said. The dorm space will be used next winter for increased housing of students and possibly classroom space, the director said.
Two major ski jumping events awarded
Two ski meets of national and international importance will be held in Steamboat Springs next March.
Ten of the top foreign jumpers will test their skill on the famed Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs.
The national classic combined (jumping and cross-country) will be held here.
Both big events were awarded to Steamboat Springs at the meeting of the National Ski Association at Alta, Utah, last weekend.
The 10 famed European jumpers will be brought to the United States by the Olympic committee to arouse interest in the Olympic Games to be held at Squaw Valley, Calif., in 1960.
The jumpers want to appear here because of the fame of the Steamboat Springs jumping course has spread to Europe and it is the nearest to the take-offs in European countries.
All the big events will put Steamboat solidly on the ski map and the local Winter Sports Club now is faced with the task of rebuilding Howelsen Hill before winter arrives.
It is hoped that some federal money can be obtained for the improvement, but the events having National Ski Association sanction, Steamboat is definitely committed to having the top jumping course in the nation.
Pilot Opinion:
A good investment
An active and wide-awake Chamber of Commerce or similar organization is a necessity in these times when competition for business is a never ceasing battle.
There are many duties that a Chamber of Commerce is called upon to do to promote the welfare of a community and most are of such a scope that they cannot be handled by individuals.
In a community such as Steamboat Springs, a live organization is a necessity for obtaining and keeping happy a large number of summer and winter visitors who are a vital part of our economy.
The job of publicity of letting the rest of the world know about our many advantages is a full-time job in itself. Directing visitors and seeing they are hospitably treated and find the recreation they are looking for is a necessary part of keeping the town known as the kind of place where people are welcomed and treated fairly.
The Steamboat Springs Chamber of Commerce has done and is doing a credible job for this area. It cannot operate without money, and this is the time of year when annual memberships are due.
We are certain that investment in the activities of the Chamber of Commerce is one that returns dividends in many ways.


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Tire sale.....Used tires with about 70-75% life left. I didn't get to wheel them much more than about 4 times. Back surgery, blah blah blah. No plugs or sidewall damage. A few small knicks on lugs here and there but overall really good condition. This is a steal for a full set of 5 tires.
2X T/A KM 285/75-16 $175 each
3X T/A KM2 285/75-16 $200 each
$850 for all 5!!!! Pickup in Altadena, CA or you arrange for ALL shipping and ALL associated fees/costs.
EDIT: If you don't like the price or don't have enough cash, message me with an offer - I'm open to fair and reasonable offers/trades


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If you are in the business of educating and promoting your business knowledge to others, then you need a site that educates them on your business offerings.
Business Focus
Strong Sales Copy
Case in Point
You will see Baker Paint on the right. They wanted a site focused on their commercial painting jobs with photos and sales copy. Notes From Kris, Inc. provided the framework, the setup and completed this project with a graphic designer and copywriter.
Website Examples
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- www.FIICGC.com – Construction
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Present participle of fritter.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
And he blamed the Conservatives for what he characterized as frittering away the $12-billion surplus they inherited from Martin's administration in 2006.
I think frittering is a necessary pleasure … really!
So following on from Astroturfing, which is the creation of fake grass roots support, we now have the practice of "frittering" - creating a fraudulent Twitter account.
And I don't think of interstitiality is a kind of artistic multi-tasking, although I can see how that might be a useful metaphor for those who can actually multi-task without its devolving into mere purposeless frittering, which is inevitably what happens to me.
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Woman may do, and does do, a great deal of unpleasant, tiresome work; she fritters away her time upon occupations which require "frittering;" but beyond that she does not do the "paying" work.
British film was its "frittering" away of vast sums of money on impossibly expensive productions that then fail to find two paying customers to rub together.
He works on George's dreams of a better life than the one he ekes-out helping the community, building his resentment for being "trapped into frittering away his life away playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic-eaters," for choosing to value community over his own self-interest.
Unfortunately, the story fuels the perception of out-of-touch athletes living for the moment, out of touch with reality and frittering away money they will need later on in life.
My junior year of college, I got to read novels and poetry in the sunshine day after day UCLA, English major and this was considered getting an education and not frittering my life away.
I am quite good at frittering away Saturday evenings.


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This is a fabulous painting programme for kids. It's simple with a clear interface, large set of brushes and colourful stamps. Also including the typical functions of paint. Your kids will love Little Painter.
Little Painter supports most popular image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, TGA, and PNG with an allowance to both load and save images in these formats. Apart from the usual functions such as painting freehand drawing with a pencil, using brushes of various shapes and tool for drawing straight lines, the program lets you download free coloring stencils from the Internet.
What is new in this release:
- Added tool Spray - Added easier reading and writing of the project - Added sound effects to performed operations - Added option to display a slideshow of the files in the selected directory - Added option to preview image full screen - Added option to shift, rotate and scale the image - Added support to read and write TGA files - Added expert mode (full screen) - Improved smoothness of the effects - Fixed minor bugs in the program - Added option to redo


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Meaningful use likely to end in 2016, CMS head saysJanuary 15 2016|Publication: eNews Update|Related Topics: Meaningful Use, Technology
The federal government's meaningful use (MU) program supporting the adoption of health information technology is likely to change significantly in 2016, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said this week.
CMS model aims to test benefit of patient access to social servicesJanuary 08 2016|Publication: eNews Update|Related Topics: Innovation, Staff Development/Education, Technology
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week announced a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation model that will test whether access to health-related social services reduces health care costs and use of inpatient and outpatient health care services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Hospitals and health systems, health care practices, community-based organizations and others can apply until March 31 to participate in, the new model. The Accountable Health Communities Model seeks to bridge the divide between the clinical health care delivery system and community service providers to address health-related social needs such as housing and food security, interpersonal violence and transportation. Up to 44 organizations will receive funding to lead consortiums that will implement promising approaches to raise beneficiary awareness of available community services, help those at high-risk access services or optimize community capacity to address health-related social needs. Letters of intent to apply are due Feb. 8. (CMS news release, 1/5/16)
AONE unveils redesigned website with new featuresDecember 18 2015|Publication: eNews Update|Related Topics: Technology
AONE this week launched its redesigned website, aone.org. The redesigned website offers easy access to information about AONE's competencies, certifications, annual meeting and other popular programs.
Panel issues recommendations for interoperable health ITDecember 18 2015|Publication: eNews Update|Related Topics: Innovation, Technology
The Health Information Technology Policy Committee this week sent Congress recommendations to overcome technical, operational and financial barriers to interoperable health IT, as mandated by legislation last year.
FDA to host January forum on medical device cybersecurityDecember 11 2015|Publication: eNews Update|Related Topics: Technology
The FDA, National Health Information Sharing Analysis Center, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Homeland Security said they will hold a public workshop Jan. 20-21, 2016, on collaborative approaches to medical device cybersecurity.


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Impact of social network sites
Do you think that online social networking sites have a positive or negative effect on the users' social development and social skills? In what ways? Right now the number of users on Facebook are over 500 million users. How high do you think this number will become a few years down the road?
How long do you think it will take for Facebook to reach 1 billion users?


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Russian meteor blast recalls massive 1908 'Tunguska event'
The site of Friday's spectacular, 10-ton meteor blast is roughly 3,000 miles west of Tunguska -- the site of the largest-ever recorded explosion of a space object plunging to Earth.
That 1908 blast, which was later attributed to a comet or asteroid fragment, is generally estimated to have been about 10 megatons. No injuries were reported, but some 80 million trees over 830 square miles were leveled in the blast known as the "Tunguska event."
The explosion near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River on June 30, 1908, reportedly flattened some 500,000 acres of Siberian forest. Scientists calculated the Tunguska explosion could have been roughly as strong as 20 megatons of TNT, or roughly 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Space.com reported.
The longstanding theory regarding the cause of the event is a cosmic impact from an asteroid or comet. In the last decade, researchers have conjectured the event was triggered by an asteroid exploding in Earth's atmosphere and measuring roughly 100 feet wide and 617,300 tons in mass — more than 10 times that of the Titanic.
But supercomputer simulations in 2008 suggested the asteroid that caused the extensive damage was much smaller. Specifically, physicist Mark Boslough at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., and his colleagues said it would have been a factor of three or four times smaller in mass and perhaps 65 feet in diameter.
As the asteroid exploded as it entered Earth's atmosphere, Boslough and colleagues calculated it would have generated a supersonic jet of expanding superheated gas. The resulting fireball would have caused blast waves that were stronger at the surface than previously thought.
Prior estimates, however, may have overstated the devastation the event caused. The forest back then was unhealthy, according to scientists, so it would not have taken as much energy to blow down such trees. In addition, the winds from the explosion would naturally get amplified above ridgelines, making the explosion seem more powerful than it actually was. Therefore, what researchers had thought to be an explosion between 10 and 20 megatons was more likely only 3 to 5 megatons, Boslough said.
As to whether the impact was similar to a stony, carbonaceous asteroid or a comet, "while the community has pretty much accepted the view that it was a carbonaceous asteroid, I'm not sure it's a slam dunk," Boslough told Space.com. "The main argument against it being a comet is statistical. There are a lot more small Earth-crossing asteroids than comets, at least by a couple orders of magnitude. While it's unlikely to be a comet, I'm not convinced it's physically impossible."
Scientists believe an even larger meteorite strike may have led to the extinction of dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago. According to that theory, the massive impact would have thrown up vast amounts of dust that blanketed the sky for decades and altered the Earth's climate.
Meteors are pieces of space rock -- typically from larger comets or asteroids -- that enter the Earth's atmosphere. Many are burned up by the heat of the atmosphere, but those that survive and strike the Earth are called meteorites. They release a huge amount of force when they hit the ground at tremendous speed — up to 18,642 mph, according to the European Space Agency.
Smaller strikes happen five to 10 times a year, experts say. Large impacts such as the one Friday in Russia are rarer but still occur about every five years, according to Addi Bischoff, a mineralogist at the University of Muenster in Germany. Most of strikes occur in uninhabited areas where they don't cause injuries to humans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Tags: amazing, testbed, wifi, Wireless
We describe a wireless testbed composed of 24 wireless nodes that can be used to perform a broad range of studies in the area of next generation networks. This paper addresses the difficulties and constrains faced by the authors throughout the deployment process of such testbed. Flexibility and controllability were key concerns driving the testbed design. The testbed can be remotely managed through a series of remotely accessible web services performing low level management. Validation results are presented, showing the interference levels of the testbed as well as its maximum throughput capabilities.
Conference: 2010 TridentCom in Berlin, Germany


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Asin in bikini
Southern siren Asin is all set to wear a bikini in Housefull 2. In Housefull Jiah Khan exposed her true talent in two-piece bikini.
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala confirmed the news to a tabloid. The film will be shot in foreign locales like Italy and Greece.
Aki Narula who had designed Aishwarya Rai's dress in Dhoom 2 will design for Asin.
Salman Khan – Asin starrer Ready a remake of Telugu movie Ready will be released on May 27. There will be two more heroines in Housefull 2.


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Selfie-indulgence the key to Instagram popularity
(Relaxnews) – A study has found that the key to attracting comments and engagement on the image-sharing social network is to upload photographs of people, not places.
The selfie is here to stay. Well that's according to the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yahoo Labs researchers anyway.
They've just announced the conclusions of a study that examined 1.1 million photos on Instagram and the biggest finding is that despite the infinite number of potential subjects for a smartphone-snapped photo, pictures featuring human faces, and not cats or dogs, generate the biggest positive response.
In fact, if an image features a person's face it is 38 percent more likely to be liked and 32 percent more likely to attract comments.
Perhaps surprisingly, it doesn't matter whose face or how many of them are in shot. The research shows that neither age nor gender made a difference to how other users on the image-sharing social network responded, and this is despite the fact that we're genetically engineered to find children 'cute' and 'adorable' and that as the researchers point out, Instagram is more popular with younger people.
In fact, the only real deciding factor was image overload. Instagram users with more followers will generate more engagement, but if they post too much or too often, others stop interacting.
"The more you post, the less feedback you're going to get," said Saeideh Bakhshi, the Georgia Tech College of Computing Ph.D. student who led the study. "Posting too much decreases likes two times faster than comments."
Although the study doesn't attempt to present a reason as to why faces are so popular, the researchers are confident that their findings will have a big impact on how image-led sites and even brands increase engagement with users.
The team used face detection software to scan each of the 1.1 million images in the study and now intendeds to drill deeper into its findings to try to see if selfies generate more engagement than group shots and if images of friends are more popular than images of family.
However, that's the future; the next step is to present the paper "Faces Engage Us: Photos with Faces Attract More Likes and Comments on Instagram," in Toronto at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems in April.
Tags: "Faces Engage Us: Photos with Faces Attract More Likes and Comments on Instagram" "selfie" ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors Computer Systems Consumer trends engagement Entertainment Georgia Institute of Technology House & Home Household Consumption human faces image-sharing social network Instagram Internet Offbeat People photographs Saeideh Bakhshi smartphone-snapped photo Technology Toronto Yahoo Labs


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Have an annoying problem here. I'm running xp home sp2. I'm almost positive I'm virus free. My User Accounts setting under control pannel shows that I have only an "Owner Compuer adminstrater" account. When I turn on my computer I don't have to put in a username or password (and would like to keep it that way).
My problem is that when my computer boots up and displays "loading your personalized settings" and when my computer shuts down and displays "windows is shutting down" there is an ugly, disproportioned picture showing. To be honest, I'm not sure how it got there. There is a good chance it was loaded by me. I just want to change the image and don't know how. I can easily change my desktop image with "rightclick properties" but cannot figure out how to change or remove this ?default image?.
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Nate


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Orbio Technologies, Tennant Company's chemical-free technology arm, announced today that working together with their license partner Activeion, they have discovered the ability to kill bacterial cells and inactivate pathogenic viruses without using chemicals. The technology, which is based on irreversible electroporation, is known as Orbio-E.
According to Karla Leis, General Manager of Orbio Technologies Group, "We continue to build on our technology partnership with Activeion, the exclusive licensee of Orbio's ec-H2OTM technology for handheld spray applications, and have expanded the license agreement to enable the Orbio-E technology to be added to Activeion's handheld spray devices marketed under the names ionatorEXP and ionatorHOM." When used as directed, the ionatorEXP and ionatorHOM kill the 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A virus and more than 99.9% of most harmful bacteria (E. coli, VRE, Salmonella, MRSA, Pseudomonas, Staph, Listeria and E. coli 0157:H7) on nonporous hard surfaces with a 6-second spray.
Electroporation has long been an effective and important tool in molecular and cellular biology for medical and pharmaceutical research. Electroporation uses a low-level, externally applied electrical field to temporarily disrupt cell membranes, allowing small molecules to pass directly into the cells. If the applied electric field is below a certain threshold, the disrupted areas–or pores formed in the cellular wall–simply heal after the electric field is turned off, allowing the modified cells to survive.
Orbio-E technology causes irreversible electroporation, going beyond the effects of typical, temporary cell poration. Orbio-E is a novel, non-chemical mechanism. On hard surfaces, Orbio-E disrupts and kills bacterial cells which may cause harmful infections. Quantitative laboratory tests also show that Orbio-E inactivates important pathogenic viruses like influenza.
Orbio-E uses only water and very small amounts of electrical energy to deliver impressive antimicrobial performance. Additional important benefits of this breakthrough technology include improved sustainability, reduced environmental footprint, and reduced hazards from the potential misuse of chemical (cleaning) products.
Despite its harm to bacteria, Activeion has tested the impact of the technology in an independent lab to determine that it has no measurable detriment on skin, eyes, when ingested or inhaled. Therefore, the Activeion products do not carry any chemical-related warning label.
Orbio Technologies Group is currently forming a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprised of external technical experts. According to Pete Swenson, Director of Advanced Technology at Orbio, the SAB will formalize Tennant's tradition of working with world-class researchers from many technical disciplines. The SAB will advise Orbio on broad scientific matters and review the quality of scientific and technical research.
The discovery of Orbio-E comes on the heels of Tennant Company's successful introduction of its breakthrough chemical-free cleaning technology known as Orbio ec-H2O. The Orbio ec-H2O technology was named by R&D Magazine as one of the most technologically significant developments in 2008, and helps to meet the ever-growing need for sustainable cleaning. Orbio ec-H2O delivers proven cleaning results without the economic costs and environmental concerns associated with producing, packaging, transporting, using and disposing of traditional cleaning chemicals. The technology begins as water and ends as water, so it can be handled and disposed of easily and safely.
The Orbio ec-H2O and Orbio-E technology platform entails over 30 US and many more global patent applications.


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On the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, a 75-acre former communist-era studio will soon draw a contingent of Hollywood heavies including Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The testosterone-heavy ensemble will gather at Nu Boyana Film Studios on Sept. 19 to begin filming the second installment of "The Expendables," the hit movie about an elite group of mercenaries that garnered $275 million at the box office last year.
The $100-million movie is the latest large-budget feature to film at Nu Boyana Film Studios, which has become the go-to destination in Eastern Europe for Los Angeles-based filmmaker Avi Lerner since his company Nu Image acquired the sprawling complex in 2006.
The prolific film producer and financier has a reputation for stretching the value of each production dollar by scouring the world for the cheapest labor and tax breaks. After shooting films in Israel, South Africa and Canada, and building a 70,000-square-foot studio complex in Louisiana to take advantage of the state's generous film tax incentives, Lerner's latest large-budget action flicks have found a home in the ancient country on the Black Sea.


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A writer's guide to creating compelling fictional characters with the signs of zodiac
Offering a unique – and very easy – method of creating effective, intriguing, and authentic multi-layered personalities that leap off the page.
Many new – and even experienced – fiction writers find characterisation difficult. Astrology offers a unique – and very easy – method of creating effective, intriguing, and authentic multi-layered personalities that leap off the page. Astro-characters starts with a guide to creating vibrant, believable characters. The twelve zodiac archetypes then share their intimate secrets, letting the reader into the quirks, flaws and foibles that are so fascinating to readers and essential for a writer. Simply decide whereabouts in the year a character was born, throw in a couple of curved balls, the moon and the rising sign – mix them around a little and there you have it. A multi-layered, tailor-made protagonist to fit any plot with no astrological knowledge required. The book tells you everything you need to know.
If you're looking for a fresh perspective on creating characters why not give this book a try. Discovering your characters cardinal qualities and fatal flaws as a way to generate conflict is made much simpler using the information in Astro-characters. Written by a professional astrologer, Judy Hall has simplified the process of adding depth and complexity by delving into the shadow side of the sun signs, highlighting what makes them good friends - or bad enemies. There's even a section on sex styles- great for romance writers. There is an in depth character questionnaire included that really helps to define character in fine detail, asking you to think about what really makes them tick. I found that this, along with the crib sheets , generated an entire raft of ideas for what my characters could get up to. Funnily enough reading about suitable professions for each sign made me come up with a couple of short story ideas that were a totally unexpected bonus. ~ Tracy Baines, http://www.tracybaines.co.uk
Judy Hall's ASTRO-CHARACTERS fills a crucial niche in an otherwise stacked-to-the-gills library of writers' guides. She writes in an approachable, no-nonsense style which both echoes and enriches her subject matter. Any would-be writer starting work on a new book would be well advised to consult ASTRO-CHARACTERS and follow its sage advice. I've been constructing astro-charts for my main characters for years now, and find it an immensely useful tool for keeping tabs on elusive protagonists. I particularly liked the author's Crib Sheets section – her Leo notes are very close to the bone indeed! A thoroughly well-written and well-researched book by an experienced author which should grace any aspiring writer's bookshelf. ~ Mario Reading, author, The Anti-Christ Trilogy, email
A fascinating read and wonderful aid for every kind of writer. In a world where so many fictionalised characters have "bolt-on eccentricities" that rarely ring true, Judy's book gives you all the tools you need to give characters layers that are not only interesting but also entirely credible. ~ Tim John - screenwriter and author
I absolutely loved the book, found it fascinating from the very beginning. I thought the concept was original and brilliant. I could almost see the characters appearing as you described the traits. Loved the questionnaire character builder and the inclusion of the sex styles - really helpful for romance writers I would think as well as writers in general. I just thought the whole thing was so different. Can't wait to see it in print. I think it would be considered a desk top essential as you write. ~ Tracy Baines, Author and creative writing tutor
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