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Hi there! I am Marc Phillippe Babineau, a Maritimer by birth and in heart (Canadian), and I was a Senior Technical Writer and Training Specialist for Atlantis Aerospace, in Brampton, Ontario. Here, I wrote technical manuals and wrote and taught training platforms

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Celebrations & Holidays > Mother's Day & Father's Day A brief history of Father's Day: 1 of 42
Fathers Day has been around now for only 99 years, but since that number is retired, (Wayne Gretzky, the only player in sports to have a number retired by an entire league) let's say that it has been around for a Century. In 1909, Sonora Dodd of Washington, D.C., came to the conclusion that Fathers deserved a day, just like ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Birthdays What would you write in a birthday card for Helium?: 3 of 37
October 11, 2009 is just around the corner now, and helium.com will be 6 years old on that day. For your first Birthday, out of over 200,000 family members, 36 of the writers lucky enough to have found you, and to have been accepted into your loving embrace, saw fit to write you a Birthday card. Last year,with writers joinin... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Independence Day and its meaning for Americans today: 4 of 41
Independence Day has many different meanings today, but the one defining ideal is that it is one day set aside for American citizens to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4th, 1776. The United States was freed from English control, oppression and taxation without representation. The rights to f... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Guide to traditional Bastille Day foods: 1 of 10
Bastille Day, or "Fete Natinale" as the French refer to it, is the French National Holiday celebrating the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789. The peasants were growing weak and weary as the oppressive upper class and the King's Court were living high off of the hog. Tempers were flaring as more a... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Finding Bastille Day festivals in your area: 1 of 9
Bastille Day festivals celebrate the beginning of the French Revolution, and the retaking of land and power from the Royal Family and the upper classes. The King's prison, The Bastille, was stormed by a group of under-armed revolutionaries who managed to release all seven prisoners in an act of open defiance, and take contro... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) How to celebrate Canada Day: 1 of 8
Canada Day is the biggest outdoor celebration in Canada, and is celebrated in every city, town and village. Canadians are a proud bunch, and we will all tell you that our own specific events are the best in the Country. Canada Day is a National holiday, and seas of people wearing red and white conjugate at the festival sites... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Do-it-yourself Fourth of July decorations: 3 of 16
Do it yourself Fourth of July decorations can liven up your home, both inside and out, and help you to enjoy the organized festivities all the more. If you are having a party for the Independence Day festivities, you can make your home out to be a patriotic destination. If you are heading out to someone else's outdoor or ind... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Christmas 2009 gift ideas: Hottest car racing video games: 1 of 5
With Christmas 2009 fast approaching, buying the hottest new car racing video games for the gamers in your life will racing give them hundreds of hours of adrenaline-based computer, gaming system or hand-held gamer car racing games. Do you feel the need, the need for speed? EA Sports' newest addition to their street-racing "... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) How to cure post-holiday loneliness when you're single: 12 of 53
When someone is single, the cure for going through post-holiday loneliness could be anything from a trip to a Cuban resort or the Caribbean beaches, a weekend at an old friends' house, or even just some good exercise with their dogs in the woods, a nice movie at night and some writing on the internet. Wonderful thing, this I... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) What is Canada Day?: 3 of 12
Canada Day is the anniversary of the formation of Canada, under the British North America Act, on July 1st, 1867. Canada was formed by splitting Upper and Lower Canada into Quebec and Ontario, using the Ottawa River as their border. Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick formed the framework, along with On... More..