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	<description>I Quit Work So I Can Travel. It&#039;s Really That Easy. This Journal Outlines my Journey to Early Retirement</description>
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		<title>Traveling Solo vs Traveling with a Friend &#8211; Advantages and Disadvantages</title>
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		I went to Cuba with my good friend Barb. She&#8217;s an enthusiastic young woman who&#8217;s both smart and attractive. Because accommodation and car rental prices would remain the same whether they serve one person or two, I thought that if I were to take that trip with a friend instead of going solo, the price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Tips &#8211; Easy and Cheap Laundry Cleaning</title>
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		As part of my travel advice column (just kidding) I would like to share another of my travel tips that help me along as I travel on a long term basis. Let&#8217;s take a look at one of the essentials &#8211; keeping your clothes clean and ready to wear when you need it, while keeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formatted CF Card Files Recovered</title>
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		As soon as I got back to Canada from the Dominican Republic where my laptop was stolen I started the process of data recovery from the Compact Flash card I have previously formatted. I believed I will be able to recover most of the files that previously occupied the unused space of the card, however [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.travelingmark.com/travel-advice/formatted-cf-card-files-recovered/</link>
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		<title>You Are At Your Most Vulnerable When Helping Someone</title>
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		Theft of my laptop taught me a valuable lesson &#8211; you are at your most vulnerable when you are helping someone. You are simply never more prone to exploit by dishonest people than when you are helping them. Out of your sincere will to help, you go all out to make the world a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting Stolen Laptop</title>
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		As part of my desperate efforts to salvage as much as I could after nasty laptop theft I quickly proceeded to let all relevant companies know that my laptop was stolen. When reporting a stolen laptop, I first thought of contacting Microsoft with the serial number of the operating system as Microsoft releases regular updates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.travelingmark.com/travel-advice/reporting-stolen-laptop/</link>
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		<title>Politur Dominicana aka Dominican Republic Tourist Police</title>
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		As soon as I found out that my laptop was stolen, I wanted to report the crime with the Dominican Republic Tourist Police known domestically as Politur Dominicana. Because looking up Politur in Santo Domingo proved excessively difficult, I eventually reported the theft to the Policia Nacional which is the national police of the Dominican [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.travelingmark.com/dominican-republic/politur-dominicana-dominican-republic-tourist-police/</link>
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		<title>Deleted Files Recovery</title>
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		As I have mentioned before, the cost of a stolen laptop is much higher than just the value of the laptop itself. And for me that loss was immense. I have been working on upgrades for my websites to increase positive cash flow (aka passive income) and most of it went poof with my laptop, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.travelingmark.com/travel-advice/deleted-files-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Laptop Theft Prevention Tips</title>
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		It wasn&#8217;t until I had my laptop stolen when I realized how important laptop theft prevention is. Statistically, in the United States alone, one laptop is stolen every minute. On a global scale the numbers are frightening. What&#8217;s even worse is the recovery rate &#8211; more than 97% of all stolen laptops is never recovered. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laptop Theft Prevention</title>
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		Laptop theft prevention is something many laptop owners don&#8217;t give enough attention to. I know I never did myself and I come from a computer background. Taking care of your laptop and sensitive data it contains by preventing its theft should be the utmost priority of every laptop owner yet it is so often overlooked. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.travelingmark.com/travel-advice/laptop-theft-prevention/</link>
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		<title>Good Bye San Pedro de Macoris</title>
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		This was it. I was leaving the Dominican Republic the following day and only had a few more hours for San Pedro de Macoris. I had to drive overnight to Punta Cana to get there in time for return of my rental car and check in for the flight. The die was cast &#8211; I [...]]]></description>
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