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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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Sports & Recreation > Freshwater Fishing The perfect gift for the freshwater fisherman in your home: 1 of 10
The perfect gift for the freshwater fisherman in your home can be as simple as a fillet knife, to a complicated GPS/depth finder/fish locater. It really is true that the best place to fish is where the fish are, and being able to find the fish while in the boat out on the lake can be a major time saver. More time for fishing... More..
Sports & Recreation > Swimming Tips for learning how to swim: 2 of 19
Learning how to swim could be the best thing that you have ever done in your life. You may think that these things don't happen to you, but everyone who saves a drowning child or adult, while on a walk, boat ride or car drive, and just happened to see someone in distress was just like you in that regard, before they saved so... More..
Hobbies & Games > Card Games Is poker a sport?: 6 of 56
The word "sport" has been defined in many ways, by many people, but mostly to cover their own regards towards some aspect of one game or another. Most encyclopedias agree that sport is "an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs, and often engaged in competetively, with some form of physical exertion". Poker f... More..
Pets & Animals > Dog Accessories Accessories to help your dog stay cool in hot weather: 1 of 9
When the hotter days of summer arrive, and we feel the need to take our dogs for a walk, hopefully either by a lake or river so that they can cool down in the fresh, cool water, we must be overly conscious of the ways to cool a dog down during excessive heat. Dogs can swim in salt water, but they need to be rinsed off thorou... More..
Sports & Recreation > Hiking & Backpacking Backpack weight reducing tips: 1 of 9
When outdoors enthusiasts go backpacking, the weight of the backpack can make or ruin the adventure. Carrying a 30 to 50 pound backpack, plus the clothes, tent, food and gear that is packed within, while traversing a winding, precarious mountain trail is not only hard on the back, but dangerous to the hiker as well. The heav... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Highest selling recording artists ever: 1 of 9
The music industry has undergone a major transition since the days of vinyl records. With CD's, MP3, and many other forms of music on the market for newer bands, as well as the old stand-by's, selling major amounts of recorded music, in any format, is harder to do today. Even with almost double the population than in the 196... 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..
Sports & Recreation > NBA Was Kobe Bryant's rant against low talent surrounding him on his LA Laker's NBA team justified or not?: 1 of 9
Was the talent there? Well, yes there was talent, but not the Michael Jordan type mystically-majical talent that Kobe seems to think his team should be stacked with. Just how much money does it take to buy a championship team these days anyways? $500 Billion? A Trillion dollars? Maybe Kobe would like to defer his salary so t... More..
Travel > Vacations Which is a better summer vacation spot: The beach or the mountains?: 6 of 52
You can visit the beach anytime, there is most probably a beach within an hour or two's drive of your home, but a visit to the mountains is a visit to a completely different ecosystem. You will be inundated with new sights that are beyod belief, as the television shows and pictures that you have seen of the Grand Canyon do l... More..
Home & Garden > Home Interior How to install a home bar: 3 of 26
When installing a nice, upscale bar in your home, for entertaining friends and family, there are a few steps that you should take before starting the work, or ordering any materials. First, you should decide upon the size and design of the home bar, either as an addition to your existing living space (using a mini-bar or pre... More..