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protecting one’s peepers from the sun’s glare, these glasses come equipped with a built-in MP3 player and earbuds. At a mere $300, the Oakley Juliet version, for instance, is comparable in price to other multimedia gadgets such as the iPhone or more traditional MP3 players. Some even come with Bluetooth technology, adjustable speakers and a wireless headset so you can get calls as well as rock out to your favorite tunes. Musical sunglasses came on the scene a few years ago, but time brings improvements. Now you can get them with prescription lenses and in luxuriously named colors including brown smoke, as opposed to simple old black or white. When they make them in “money green,” we’ll really know we’ve arrived! CertMagSQ2a.pdf 2/27/08 12:10:22 PM Pass Go — Online and In Style Monopoly money may not be able to buy you anything worthwhile — save for some swanky property on the most-played board game ever — but it’s still sought after by millions around the world. Now the makers of Monopoly have decided to take the game global — and digital. According to an article on CBSNews.com, nearly 5 million people around the world voted to include their favorite cities on the coveted spots. You can expect to see a Chinese dragon, a London cab and a cowboy hat as tokens in the updated version. Users can also choose to download digital editions of the game online, on cell phones and for console systems such as Wii and Xbox 360. 8 C M Dear Prospective Employer/Future Employer/Future-Future Partner: PREPARED 100% M , Transcedent’s Signature the laureate genius who handed you this card, has completed the TRANSCENDER® Exam PreparationP R O G R A M Y CM MY CY CMY What does this mean, you ask? It means this person is an IT rock star. It means that, with Transcender’s industry-best 100% guarantee, any certiﬁcation exam they take is but a formality. That any problems you may have will be approached with the creativity and passion of a ﬂamboyant television chef, and dispatched with the swift precision of a ninja. You would do well to start looking at your budget right now to make signiﬁcant room for this prodigy’s salary — their sweet, sweet salary. K © 2008 KAPLAN IT, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TRANSCENDER® KAPLAN IT, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. http://www.wgu.edu/cm14 http://oakley.com/pd/1274/2658 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/20/earlyshow/leisure/main4366446.shtml http://www.CBSNews.com http://www.transcender.com

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Certification - October 2008

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