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Top Reasons To Install Window Tint In Connecticut

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byAlma Abell

Auto window tinting is one of the most common additions owners of new and used vehicles make to their cars or trucks. One of the biggest motivations for tinting vehicles is the way that the tint enhances the way a car or truck looks. Adding tint to the windows can make a common or basic vehicle look sporty, sophisticated and unique as soon as the application is complete. However, the following points are a few of the many other top reasons to install window tint in Connecticut.

Protection for the interior of your vehicle

One of the best reasons to tint the windows of your car is for the protection it provides to the interior of your vehicle. Harsh UV rays from the sun have a negative long-term effect on materials on the inside of your vehicle such as seat covers, dashboards, air vents and even the windshield. Heat trapped inside the vehicle, as well as the fading effect that the sun has on fabrics, can speed up the wear and tear on your vehicle and make it look older than it really is.

Keep the car cooler in hot weather

During the summer and in moments of warmer weather, having tinting in your car or truck actually assists with keeping the inside of your vehicle cooler. The tint either absorbs or reflects the rays of the sun and keeps it from overheating the car. This makes spending time in your vehicle a more comfortable experience and helps to make the cooling factor of the air conditioner more effective.

Protection from harsh UV rays

Driving your car during daylight hours or sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic without tinted windows leaves you susceptible to the harsh effects of UV rays. One of the best ways to protect you and your passenger’s skin from the damaging effects of the sun is by installing tinting over your auto glass.

These are a few of the top reasons to install window tin in Connecticut. If you are ready to gain all of the benefits that having your auto windows tinted offers, visit Tint Master today to explore your options and schedule an appointment for professional installation.

10,000 refuse to pay U.S. taxes to protest Iraq war

Sunday, April 16, 2006

An estimated 10,000 conscientious objectors chose to withhold some or all of their U.S. income taxes due Monday, April 17, in protest to the use of US military power in Iraq. Some plan to instead donate their required tax to charity.

The Internal Revenue Service does not distinguish tax resistors from any other person behind on their taxes, and will apply the same fines and interest used against the other Americans who do not pay their taxes on time. Legal action is possible for extreme cases, but more commonly the IRS uses wage or bank account garnishing.

The tax protestors are well aware of these risks, yet refuse to pay on principle. Jim Allen, who served in the Army for 20 years and now teaches at St. Louis University, acknowledges that he will likely end up paying more due to the fines than he is refusing to pay today. “I am not opposed to paying taxes, but I am when such a large percent is going to pay for war. Sooner or later, they’re going to get their money, but until that happens, I’m going to continue protesting. This is too important not to.” Allen and his wife withheld $1300 – or 42% of what the couple owes the IRS, estimating this to be the proportion of his taxes that would otherwise go to military spending.

Other protestors simply refuse to file at all. Becky Pierce of Boston fills out a 1040 to determine her tax, but then donates that amount to charity without filing. Pierce says she follows in the footsteps of American protesters like Henry David Thoreau, a protester of the Mexican-American War who went to jail rather than pay taxes. “You need to have control of your money,” Pierce says. “I’m a self-employed carpenter. No one is reporting what I make. That’s why I can go unnoticed.”

British Member of Parliament David Taylor dies

Sunday, December 27, 2009

David Taylor, the 63-year-old Labour Co-operative British Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire, died yesterday from a sudden heart attack whilst walking in Calke Abbey, Derbyshire with his family. According to his website, he was taken to Queen’s Hospital, Burton in Staffordshire, but staff were unable to save him.

On their Twitter page, the Co-operative Party described his death as ‘devastating’. Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, described him on her blog as ‘one of those MPs who could be described as a true parliamentarian’.

Taylor was elected MP in 1997, and was previously an accountant and computer manager. In 2007, he won the Commons Backbencher of the Year award. He was not going to stand for re-election.

Microsoft to licence Windows source code

Thursday, January 26, 2006

In a move aimed to prevent fines stemming from its antitrust lawsuit filed by the European Commission (EC), Microsoft announced that it will be releasing portions of the source code to its Windows operating system.

The EC ruled in March 2004 that Microsoft had abused its position in the low-end server and media player market, and required that Microsoft “disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers”. Microsoft reacted by making available 12,000 pages of technical documentation and up to 500 hours of technical support, but the EC came to the conclusion that it was not enough.

Announcing that “we are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest”, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith asserted that Microsoft would be superseding the EC’s requirements as a sign of good faith. “While we are confident that we are presently in full compliance with the Decision, we wish to dispel any notion that Microsoft’s technical documents are insufficient”, said Smith.

The EC responded in a memo that it will study Microsoft’s reply to the Statement of Objections once it receives the full details. However, EC Competition Commissioner spokesman Jonathan Todd commented that “it would be premature to conclude access to the source code would resolve the problem of the lack of compliance with our decision.”

A similar offer was made by Microsoft in August 2002 during its antitrust lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice and several states’ Attorneys General. The resulting “Microsoft Communications Protocols Program” had suffered continuous criticism regarding excessive cost, paperwork, and non-disclosure agreements. It is unclear at this time if Microsoft’s planned “Work Group Server Protocol Program” will suffer from the same issues if accepted by the EC.

Microsoft is expected to return to the EC courts in April.

Profitable Home Based Business How To Begin On The Fast Track To Success On The Internet

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By Raphael Grupico

Do you often get excited when starting a new home based internet business only to lose all motivation at the first sign which reads ‘Road Block Ahead’? I would like to share some tips on how to get off to a fast start and carry that momentum forward.

The first thing you will need to succeed is a business or marketing plan of action. You don’t need to re-invent the wheel here. Find someone who is already a success in your business and simply do what they do. This could be your up-line, sponsor, or mentor.

The second step is to take action. The third step is to take action! I think you get my point. The creation of anything you desire involves thought, word, and action. You could have a fail-proof method for growing your business but without the inspired action nothing will happen. Don’t wait for that perfect time to begin. Believe me, that moment you are looking for, when everything lines up just right, won’t ever come. Start today! Maybe you have a full-time job and can only spare two hours a night to work your business. That’s ok, use every minute! Even if you accomplish only one thing on your list you are one step closer to achieving your goal of a successful business, life, and future.

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Most people are excited to begin their new business but many start to feel overwhelmed when they hit their first road block, especially if it is their first venture into internet marketing. The task of marketing your web site, product, business opportunity, or affiliate program really is the most important thing to do. If you want to convert prospects into sales, first you must generate traffic to your site.

You may tell yourself that you don’t know how to sell, especially on the internet. Don’t let these feelings stop you from achieving the success you desire. Maybe you have never written a sales ad. Don’t worry, keep it simple, and don’t over think.

The first thing you must do is begin to think like your customers. If you were doing an internet search or scrolling through ads, what would you respond to? What words or phrases would grab your attention and make you want to learn more? Think about what the customer wants to hear, see, and feel, and you will be on your way to converting sale after sale.

Treat your internet business as a serious business and you will be successful. If you had a brick and mortar business with a bank loan, huge advertising budget, and overhead, you would probably do everything possible to make it a success, right? Internet businesses are some of the easiest to begin with little or no start up funds. There are also many free ways to generate traffic. This may take the pressure off, but it also tends to make us lazy and not want to put in the necessary time required to achieve our goals. Don’t let this happen to you. Remember, only you can make this happen. You hold all the power and it is ultimately up to you whether or not your business makes money.

In order to make that first sale and stay motivated to make your second, third, fourth, and on and on, you must continue to do the little things every single day. Remember, if something is worth doing once, it is worth doing again and again.

Begin now, work you business with inspired action and you will be a success!

About the Author: To learn about how Raphael Grupico has become a success on the internet, please visit:

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Baby in California born with 12 functioning fingers and toes, in a rare case of polydactylism

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn’t considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke’s Hospital who were amazed by the oddity.

In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition.

“Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn’t tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said,” said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby’s specialness didn’t even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. “I heard nothing before I gave birth so I’m still in shock, kinda,” Gross added. Despite the mother’s shock, Kamani’s father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition.

Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means ‘?????’ (polus) or “many” + ‘????????’ (daktulos) “finger[s]”), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes.

In Kamani’s case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. “I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in,” said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet.

Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. “My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes,” Kris noted.

“I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills,” Dr. Treece remarked.

“I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him,” said Kris.

Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint.

“It’s merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing,” said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke’s Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys.

Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.

Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.

Video of man tasered at Vancouver airport released

Thursday, November 15, 2007

A video showing a man being tasered by police and subsequently dying at the Vancouver International Airport has been released to the media. The cause of his death has not yet been determined.

Robert Dziekanski, 40, was immigrating from Pieszyce, Poland to live with his mother, Zofia Cisowski, in Kamloops, British Columbia. He did not clear customs at the airport for over eight hours and his mother was unable to locate him when she went to meet him at the airport. Since Dziekanski did not speak English airport security guards were unable to properly communicate with him. He started yelling at the airport staff because of this. He used chairs to prop open a door between a customs clearing area and a public lounge, he then threw a computer and threw a small table at a luggage section window.

He had calmed down and was standing with his hands at his side in the customs room until four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers arrived and tasered the man, at least twice. Dziekanski began to convulse and was tasered a second time after falling to the ground, where the four officers pinned him down and handcuffed him. He screamed before he stopped moving. Paramedics arrived at the scene, but were unable to revive him and pronounced him dead.

Dziekanski’s mother had told him to wait in the luggage area where she would meet him, not realizing that this was inside the airport’s security zone, which was inaccessible to her. Arriving international passengers need to pass through customs first, before being able to meet people waiting to pick them up. His mother had tried in vain to get a message to him and eventually left the airport when told by airport staff that he wasn’t there.

Paul Pritchard, who had just arrived from China back to Victoria, shot a video of the incident and gave it to police. The police promised they would return the video within 48 hours. They gave him back his camera without the video.

Pritchard immediately hired a lawyer, held his own news conference, and threatened that he would take them to court to get it back.

CBC, CTV and Global television paid Pritchard several thousand dollars for the video, and he says he will use the money to take care of his father.

“It was against his [Pritchard’s father] wishes completely and my lawyer’s wishes as well. Profit is such an ugly word, and I hope people realize that it’s not a personal profit,” said Pritchard.

“I extend my heartfelt condolences to Mr. Dziekanski’s family, knowing that I could not hope to speak to the loss that they have suffered. I would also like to express my concerns for those people who were in any way touched by this extraordinary and tragic occurrence – our employees working that night, the various agencies involved, the emergency responders and the passengers who may have come across the scene,” Larry Berg, President and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority said on November 1.

According to a RCMP spokesman in Vancouver, the four officers involved in the case will testify in court under the coroners request, but it is expected to happen sometime next year.

Polish ambassador to Canada, Piotr Ogrodzinski, said “Mr. Dziekanski (was) a person who was agitated, frustrated, I think terrified, but not aggressive. He was not making a gesture that he intended to fight anybody” and “he didn’t know what to do. In fact, he was in search (of) help. That is why it is a really very sad and deeply moving film to watch.”

The incident is being investigated by the RCMP, the British Columbia Coroner’s Service, the Vancouver International Airport Authority, and the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.

Microsoft and Yahoo! link their instant messaging services

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Nine months after announcing the interoperability between their instant messaging (IM) services, Internet rivals Microsoft and Yahoo! began limited public beta (pre-release) testing of the program. This enables users of the two services to communicate with each other using their existing IM client, Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

Users wishing to use the new feature can go to a special page on the service’s website, where they have to review and accept an agreement. After signing out and signing in again, the interoperability is enabled without downloading any new software.

The service is designed to allow users to see each others’ online presence, view personal status messages, share select emoticons, view offline messages and add new contacts from either service. However, more advanced features, like voice calls and shared folders are not interoperable between the two services.

The program is available internationally in more than 15 markets.

Discover What To See While Visiting Toronto

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Submitted by: Wyatt Lucas

Areas: Toronto is lucky to have a multicultural explosion right at their fingertips! Visit cultural areas such as Greek-town, where the party is always in full swing, to Little Italia, Corso Italia, 3 Chinatowns, Korea Town, Little India, Portugal village and more. Explore Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Somalian culture, food, art and fashion in the ethnic communities they settle in. Experience the true meaning of Canada’s multiculturalism right in the heart of Toronto.

Aside from the ethnic diversity Toronto also offers some unique and interesting communities and villages to check out:

– The Financial District: Offers amazing architecture and skyscrapers. Experience the underground town of approximately 11km of stores, restaurants and services in a massive underground plaza.

– The Downtown Entertainment District: Where you’ll find the party. Lots of high end, fancy nightclubs, bars and dance parties to go to.

– Queen Street West: An easy going, hip place to shop in unique boutiques and stores featuring eclectic collections.

– The Gay and Lesbian Village: A meeting place and community with an open mind, offering restaurants, bars and stores in a homosexual friendly atmosphere.

– The Fashion District: A shopping mecca for designer clothes at outlet prices with a backdrop of 19th century factories converted into chic lofts.

– Harbourfront: Toronto’s harbourfront offers not only cruises but numerous restaurants, art galleries/stores, plus theater and music venues. Something for everyone.

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– Rosedale and Forest Hill: High end areas set in park or environmental area. Upscale homes that will make you wish you won lottery.

– Cabbagetown: This pocket of Toronto was a middle class area that now has some of the most impressive classic Victorian homes in the area.

– The Distillery District: A hip and trendy district featuring beautiful, classic Victorian industrial architecture. This distillery area has been around since 1832 and was formerly the Goodweham and Worts Distillery. Find bars, cafes, shops, studios and more in this section Toronto.

– The Beaches: A fun, family oriented area where sports, trails, parks, shops are all easily accessible and open to the public. Very popular spot to spend some quality time outside in the beautiful weather.

Main Attractions

For such a young city, Toronto has a large array of architecture and buildings to see. Here are some favourites:

– CN Tower is world renowned for it’s impressive 553m height. Tallest in the world, this structure is a must see in Toronto.

– The Skydome is one of the first sports facilities which included a retractable roof. Home to baseball and football teams this is a fun and energetic building.

– Historic Fort York is the place where the Battle of York was fought in the War of 1812. Take a tour and learn about Canada’s history.

– To see some Romanesque style buildings make sure you visit Old City Hall.

– UofT campus, Canada’s most popular university.

– Casa Loma is a beautiful medieval castle from the 1920s designed by a Canadian named Sir Henry Pellat.

– Queen’s Park is home to provincial government and designed in the Romanesque fashion.

Theater, Music, Museums

For fantastic theatre shows, local productions or musical events Toronto is a great place to be. Try the Royal Alexandra theatre, Princess of Whales, The Elgin, Hummingbird Center, and Royal Thompson Hall for a great evening out on the town. For more details check online at www.showmetoronto.com/toronto_theatres.htm

Museums and more

-ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) -AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario -Bata Shoe Museum -The Hockey Hall of Fame -The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art -The Bay of Spirits Gallery -Black Creek Pioneer Village -Holocaust Centre of Toronto -The Ontario Science centre

Farmer’s Markets and Great Shopping Centres

St Lawrence Market: A fun shopping experience in a farmer’s market where freshness and high quality products are demanded.

Kensington Market: A busy and fun market with surprises at every stop. Check out all the stores for specialty items.

Eaton Centre: The well known indoor shopping centre with an incredible 285 stores for all your shopping needs.

Yorkville: A popular stop for an fashionsita, this area is full of upscale shops and spas and restaurants.

About the Author: Miguel has been writing about Toronto for years. You can read more on his writings about Toronto at his blog:

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