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Hamilton Spectator – now with a paywall

I stumbled across an interesting development this morning. The Hamilton Spectator, my hometown newspaper, recently erected a paywall. A quick google search told me that the paywall was installed a month ago (On or around September 13 2011). This appears to be Torstar’s first experiment with the paywall model. (I could be wrong, so feel […]

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How to Pass the PMP Exam – Part 3 (of 5): study

4. Obtain 35 contact hours: PM Prepcast ($99!) You must complete 35 contact hours (formal PM training by a certified PMI training provider) in order to quality for the PMP exam. This is normally the most expensive part of the exam process. In class courses cost anywhere from $2000 to $4000 dollars for the 5 […]

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How to Pass the PMP Exam – Part 2 (of 5): prep work

1. Read a good overview book: I used the book I used PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition by Rita Mulcahy. . It is the top rated book on Amazon. I took a close look at a couple of other books and I suspect that any of these three would be a fine choice. The key […]

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How to Pass the PMP Exam

I recently wrote PMI’s PMP exam. I was nervous leading up to the exam, but I was well prepared for the exam and I attribute that to careful preparation. Here’s the study and preparation plan that I used (many thanks to Stephen Lee for his helpful advice in formulating this plan). Here’s the plan in […]

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cystic fibrosis

Team Katie – Great Strides 2011 results!

To all Team Katie supporters, Thank you so much for your generous contributions to Team Katie in support of the 2011 Great Strides fundraiser. We continue to be overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of generosity and encouragement that we’ve received from you, our friends, as we do what we can to help find a cure […]