| After battling the sea for nine years,
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| | whole project took about three months of
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| it's time to move on.
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| | research and manual labour.The result was
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| That's what I told myself when I first
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| | a custom-built kayak that was carefully
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| stepped ashore to search
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| | crafted for
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| for a land job. The decision was not
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| | speed, manoeuvrability, portability, and
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| made on the spur of a
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| | durability. And specially
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| moment but after much thought and soul
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| | built to suit my weight and the length
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| searching.While I was working aboard
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| | of my legs.I had experienced the power of
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| ship, many of us talked about working
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| | the Internet. And I love it.Being trained
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| ashore some day. I heard people saying
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| | in marine engineering enables me to be
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| they were quitting and
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| | flexible in
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| then much later, I would find them on
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| | using technology or any other tools
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| another ship. My conclusion
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| | available in order to get the
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| -- many have tried to quit, but very few
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| | job done. You see, when working on board
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| have succeeded.Whenever I see older
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| | a ship, we were expected to
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| seamen on my ship, I feel a bit of pity
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| | make do with whatever materials were
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| for
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| | available to solve problems. There were
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| them. I can feel their frustrations. And
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| | no contractors that you could call in to
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| I know exactly what they
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| | help, in the
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| will face over the coming six to nine
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| | middle of the ocean.Anyway, I later
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| months.They will face the rigors of the
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| | decided to learn web designing. I found
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| sea and extreme climatic
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| | this quite
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| conditions, such as huge waves, strong
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| | interesting. And once I delved into web
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| winds, icy cold and hot
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| | designing, many other subjects
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| weather, the boredom and loneliness when
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| | also caught my attention. Search engine
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| nothing much happens,
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| | optimisation, designing for
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| seasickness and insomnia when
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| | fast loading, html language, marketing,
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| encountering heavy weather for weeks
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| | affiliation, advertisements,
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| on end, and of course, missing the home
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| | writing effective sales copy, etc, just
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| and the family as well as
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| | crept up along the way.I even made my own
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| missing out on the many other things
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| | website about marine engineering.Then I
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| that a normal life can offer.But it's not
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| | stumbled into e-books and e-zines. I
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| really a bad life at all if you are still
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| | found some of these very
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| young. It's
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| | interesting, and I started to mess
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| a life that can offer many exciting
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| | around with them. Eventually, I
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| experiences and adventures, a
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| | produced my first e-book entitled "Sign
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| lot of traveling, and sightseeing in
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| | Off -- A Guide to Career
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| places that can be far off
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| | Success on Shore".Now I am into
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| the normal tourist routes. It can be a
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| | self-publishing and I can publish
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| very satisfying experience.
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| | whatever I want. I
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| I still have fond memories of my
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| | shall not receive piles and piles of
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| experiences while working on
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| | rejection slips anymore. As an
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| board ship.When I first started sailing,
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| | author-publisher, I can also design my
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| I collected souvenirs from all the
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| | own illustrations and layout
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| countries that I visited. After a while,
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| | in whatever way I think best, and most
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| these started collecting
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| | important of all, I don't
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| dust and I had to get rid of them.
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| | have to spend money on printing, paper,
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| Furthermore, I found that some
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| | binding and whatever else.I can also pass
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| of these souvenirs were actually made in
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| | around my e-book to people in the form of
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| other countries.That made me decide to
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| | downloads
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| take photographs as my souvenirs. I now
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| | and e-mail attachments or even CDs.
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| have
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| | Unlike webpages, people don't
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| almost 3,000 colour slides of my
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| | even have to be online in order to read
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| travels.What can I do with these? Well,
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| | my book. I believe that we
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| some of the images have been
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| | are in this world to be a blessing to
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| accepted by a stock photo agency, but
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| | others. Whatever experiences
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| this is just a small portion
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| | that I have gone through need not be
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| of my collection.I was seriously into
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| | wasted but can be used to help
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| photography at that time and even bought
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| | somebody somewhere. That's why I wrote
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| an
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| | my e-book.Also, being involved in a
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| expensive SLR camera with a set of
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| | 34-week "Becoming Disciples through Bible
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| interchangeable lenses so that I
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| could take good quality photographs. I
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| | Study" programme for the past three
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| even sold a few photographs
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| | years, I have come to realise
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| to some magazines during that time.When
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| | that by giving we receive.With that in
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| I realised that my photographs were being
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| | mind, I searched through the memory bank
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| published to support
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| | in my brain,
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| articles in the magazines, I started to
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| | and also my notes, and found that I have
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| take up writing.After that my articles
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| | many things to share with
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| were published in the local newspapers
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| | people. After going through many years
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| and
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| | of working experiences on
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| magazines. But that was a very long time
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| | land, I think it is worthwhile to share
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| ago when computers were
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| | some of the experiences I
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| practically unknown.Even after I quit
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| | have with those who are contemplating
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| the sea, my experiencees on board ship
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| | switching jobs.Just like the photographs
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| made a
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| | that are gathering dust in my home, these
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| lasting impression on me. I still wanted
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| to explore new places. I
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| | experiences should not stay in my memory
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| was fascinated by computers when they
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| | or storeroom and be lost
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| made their debut in 1987.
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| | forever. I should leave something behind
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| These had the 80286 processor, I
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| | to benefit future
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| remember.A colleague taught me how to use
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| | generations. So I quickly got my stuff
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| the Lotus 1-2-3 software and I was
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| | together and started writing
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| delighted with what I could do with it.
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| | the e-book. It took me about three
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| I was able to created graphs
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| | months of free time to complete.Most of
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| with this WYSIWYG program.But computers
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| | the visitors have an interest in life on
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| were expensive and not very affordable at
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| | board ship, but
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| that time. I
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| | the e-book I wrote is about working
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| still had to hammer on the keys of my
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| | ashore. So that makes the
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| trusty portable typewriter to
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| | information relevant to anyone else
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| produce any work.I moved on to other
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| | too.E-books have the potential to spread
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| jobs later, but my fascination with
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| | marketing messages to potential
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| computers
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| | buyers. They can also be instruction
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| continued. Being an engineer, I was very
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| | manuals for users, for
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| much interested in creating
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| | displaying products as catalogues, for
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| engineering piping diagrams. I learned
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| | publicising services, and a
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| to do AutoCAD drawings that
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| | thousand other uses. The outcome of any
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| were very much better than the ones I
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| | tool depends on the one who
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| had to do during my college
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| | wields it. It only takes a good writer
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| days with pencil, T-square, eraser and
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| | with a flair for IT,
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| paper.Later on when I was introduced to
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| | marketing concepts and visual
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| the Internet, my interest
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| | communications copywriting and design
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| practically shot right through the
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| | to make it work.Below are some useful
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| ceiling. There was so much
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| | items that I have picked up in my journey
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| information available. At about that
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| | on
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| time, I decided to build a boat
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| | the Internet:Eliminating Spam
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| for myself. (It was a dream that I had
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| | Viral ProtectionMany years of working
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| been keeping in my head since
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| | experience in Marine, Facilities,
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| the time I took up sailing during my
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| | Construction has given the author
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| college days.) So I began to
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| | material for writing e-books
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| search the Internet and discovered how
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| | and articles related to engineering, and
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| other people built boats. The
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| | management.
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