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Data of the village of Morro San Nicolo'
The village of Morro San Nicolo' is 2,44 kilometers far from the same town of Spoleto to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Spoleto also belong the localities of Acqualacastagna (10,03 km), Ancaiano (11,61 km), Arezzola (2,77 km), Azzano (8,38 km), Baiano (7,12 km), Baiano di Spoleto (-- km), Bazzano Inferiore (6,67 km), Bazzano Superiore (7,87 km), Belvedere (11,26 km), Beroide (9,28 km), Borgiano (5,24 km), Camporoppolo (7,14 km), Camposalese (6,72 km), Cappuccini (2,29 km), Carbognano (16,41 km), Casal di Mezzo (12,08 km), Cascinano (6,60 km), Case di Terraia (6,36 km), Case Mareggio (8,74 km), Case Vecchie (7,74 km), Casenove (10,55 km), Casigliano (12,41 km), Cese (9,23 km), Colle Campanaro (10,78 km), Colle Fabbri (7,14 km), Collefiorito (5,77 km), Collerisana (2,90 km), Cortaccione (3,19 km), Croceferro (2,94 km), Crocemarroggia (10,49 km), Eggi (4,87 km), Fabbreria (4,76 km), Fogliano (13,86 km), Forca di Cerro (7,08 km), Francocci (13,03 km), Icciano (9,91 km), Il Casalino (15,28 km), Il Palazzo (11,70 km), L'Osteriaccia (7,93 km), La Bruna di Spoleto (9,70 km), La Fornace (2,17 km), Madonna di Baiano (8,34 km), Madonna di Lugo (2,76 km), Maiano (4,18 km), Meggiano (8,21 km), Messenano (15,18 km), Milano (15,98 km), Molinaccio (15,65 km), Montebibico (11,25 km), Monteluco (3,03 km), Montemartano (16,34 km), Morgnano (6,65 km), Morro (4,94 km), Ocenelli (12,53 km), Osteria di Palazzaccio (6,89 km), Perchia (10,00 km), Petrognano (8,73 km), Pincano (8,30 km), Pompagnano (7,12 km), Pontebari (2,31 km), Poreta (8,98 km), Protte (5,70 km), Rapicciano (12,20 km), Roselli (14,03 km), Salari (11,36 km), San Beroide (3,69 km), San Brizio (6,94 km), San Filippo (7,00 km), San Giacomo (5,77 km), San Giovanni (8,08 km), San Giovanni di Baiano (6,82 km), San Gregorio (11,97 km), San Gregorio di Ocenelli (12,12 km), San Martino in Trignano (7,93 km), San Nicolo' (2,44 km), San Sabino (1,89 km), San Silvestro (6,54 km), Sant'Anastasio (4,98 km), Sant'Angelo in Mercole (5,62 km), Sant'Angioletto (7,06 km), Santa Maria (7,95 km), Santa Maria in Campis (7,82 km), Santochiodo (3,98 km), Scuola di San Nicolo' I (3,49 km), Scuola di San Nicolo' II (3,05 km), Silvignano (11,31 km), Strettura (12,74 km), Terraia (6,38 km), Terraia Alto (6,94 km), Terzo La Pieve (11,21 km), Terzo La Pieve Alto (11,71 km), Terzo La Pieve Basso (10,09 km), Terzo San Severo (13,57 km), Testaccio (2,63 km), Torrecola (9,26 km), Torricella (3,76 km), Uncinano (8,91 km), Valdarena (8,35 km), Valle San Martino (13,76 km), Vallocchia (6,49 km)
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Recap: Mavericks 99 at Lakers 91 – Balanced Mavs ruin Lakers debuts for Nash, Howard
Earl K. Sneed reports from Los Angeles and recaps the Dallas Mavericks' season-opening victory over the Lakers, as point guard Darren Collison led six players in double figures.
Recap: Mavericks 99 at Lakers 91 – Balanced Mavs ruin Lakers debuts for Nash, Howard
LOS ANGELES – The wait was over.
After an unexpectedly long offseason following their first-round playoff series exit at the hands of Oklahoma City last season, the Dallas Mavericks finally hit the hardwood for a meaningful game Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
Entering the Staples Center in search of a positive start to the 2012-13 season, the Mavericks quickly found themselves in for a benchmark game against the heralded L.A. Lakers. However, without the services of 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki (knee surgery) and center Chris Kaman (strained right calf), the new-look Mavs — and eight of their nine new faces — would have to rally together in order to steal a victory on the Lakers' home floor.
That's just what they did.
Led by L.A. native and starting point guard Darren Collison, the Mavericks (1-0) wouldn't shy away from the bright lights of Tinseltown even without their superstar in the lineup. And with six players in double figures, the Mavs began their season with an impressive 99-91 road victory to end a six-game regular-season losing streak to the Lakers.
"As a competitor, you want to prove people wrong," Collison said of the victory. "As a competitor, when everybody says, 'You don't have Dirk and you don't stand a chance,' you want to prove people wrong. And we want to hold down the fort as much as we can until Dirk gets back."
Shaking off a sprained foot injury that was believed to potentially have him sidelined, 14-time All-Star Kobe Bryant remained in the Lakers' starting lineup alongside his newest teammates, two-time MVP Steve Nash and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard. Meanwhile, the Mavericks continued to make up for the absences of Nowitzki and Kaman by inserting big man Brandan Wright into the first unit at center, alongside forwards Elton Brand and Shawn Marion, 2-guard O.J. Mayo and Collison at the point.
With Brand opening the game defending Howard inside, the Mavs somehow tried to combat the Lakers' size with Wright matched up against Pau Gasol. Meanwhile, Bryant wouldn't show any ill effects on the ailing foot, as he and Mayo exchanged scores in the opening period with an array of shots.
Still, even with Mayo draining 3-for-4 in the period and 2-for-2 from 3-point range for eight points, the Mavericks trailed 29-25 after one.
When the game shifted into the hands of the reserves as the second stanza got underway it wouldn't take long for the Mavs to find themselves down by as much as eight. But with rookie Jae Crowder picking up where he left off at during the preseason and fourth-year guard Rodrigue Beaubois helping to lead the charge, the Mavs would assume the lead behind their defense and instant offense.
"[Beaubois] might have been the key guy in the game," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle explained. "He went in and kept the tempo going and then he made timely offensive and defensive plays. Tonight, I thought he showed what he's capable of doing at the point guard spot within our system. And he and Darren, they are going to cause problems for teams with their speed and their tenacity."
Collison and the starters then returned to the game before heading to the locker room with a 48-46 edge after the lead guard drained in a jumper over Gasol to end the first half.
Led by Collison's 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting, the Mavs overcame the Lakers' 55.9 percent shooting despite hitting just 44.7 percent from the floor themselves. The Mavericks also hung tough on the glass, although the Lakers' superior length lead to a 22-19 rebounding edge at the midway mark.
Coming out of the intermission, Collison continued to look for his own shot. Meanwhile, the Mavs would get a boost from newly-acquired center Eddy Curry and Brand in the interior, after a flagrant-1 foul call on Howard helped the visiting team surge ahead by as much as 10 in the period.
Eight-time All-Star Vince Carter then carried the Mavs to a 75-66 lead entering the final 12 minutes of play.
An and-1 score by ex-Maverick Antawn Jamison would give the Lakers life as the fourth quarter began. But after giving up the basket, Marion would have his revenge with an emphatic finish for a three-point play at the other end.
The Lakers' inability to connect from the free throw would then halt their attempts at getting back into the game, allowing the Mavericks to maintain their stranglehold on the scoreboard as Wright made the most of his first start as a Maverick.
Looking to put the game away midway through the fourth, a driving Collison dished it to Wright in the lane for an and-1 score to put the Mavericks up 16, 93-77. The Mavs wouldn't look back the rest of the way, padding the final score with trips to the free throw line.
Leading six Mavericks in double figures was Collison, would returned to his hometown to score 17 points on 8-for-12 shooting while dishing out four assists.
"You know, Steve Nash is a good player, but I just listen to what my coach tells me to do," Collison said of his individual battle. "You know, I was brought here for my speed and quickness, and I try to get into the paint as much as I can. … I'm starting to come into my own and starting to feel comfortable. My teammates have been in my ear to attack, and that's what I'm gonna do."
As a starter, Wright added 14 points and five rebounds, while Mayo added 12 points on 4-for-13 from the floor. Marion, Carter and Beaubois all posted 11 points apiece. Dallas also committed just 12 turnovers compared to 14 for the Lakers, with both teams scoring 17 points at the other end off the miscues.
"Good win. I thought we played scrappy from start to finish and came out with the win. … Obviously with Dirk out, he's a big part of what we do and this organization, and he's definitely put the organization on his back for years and done his job. But that's the whole reason why you regroup and reload and bring in younger, fresher legs to help him out. It's a lot of miles and it's our job to hold down the fort a little bit," Mayo explained.
Surrendering 8-of-19 from the field for a game-high 23 points to Gasol and 11-of-14 shooting to Bryant for his 22 points, the Mavericks overcame getting outshot, 49.4 percent to 47.1 percent. Led by 11 boards for Brand, the Mavs stayed competitive on the glass as well, although the Lakers finished with a 46-40 rebounding edge led by Gasol's 13 boards.
"We kept the tempo going, we were efficient with the ball and we rebounded. Those three things really carried the game for us," Carlisle added. "It's a great win. If you execute in this league and have talent, you have a chance to win and we did that. We were opportunistic tonight and got the job done."
In his Lakers debut, Howard finished 8-of-19 from the field for 19 points and 10 boards, but was just 3-of-14 from the foul line. Meanwhile, Nash was outdueled by Collison, going just 3-for-9 to finish with seven points and four assists.
The Mavs will now have little time to celebrate the season-opening victory, heading to Utah for the second half of a back-to-back and returning to action against the Jazz Wednesday night. The game will air locally at 8 p.m. CT on Fox Sports Southwest.
"It's a good start, but we have a tough one tomorrow night," Collison foreshadowed.


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Wilton sets meeting to discuss zoning changes
WILTON — Residents will have a chance to voice concerns about proposed zoning changes at a public information session set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Wilton Town Hall.
Many people spoke out about the proposals at a December public hearing, prompting town officials to weigh issues more carefully before taking action.
Of the nearly two dozen items under consideration, the following three in particular have generated significant controversy:
• Allowing more types of business on Route 9 north of Worth Road. Opponents say this would detract from an area that is largely residential.
• Allowing digital signs outside businesses throughout town.
• Changing a C-2 zone near the intersection of Route 50 and Edie Road and another area on Ballard Road east of the railroad tracks to allow for more business uses.
Councilman Robert Pulsifer, who chairs the Zoning Revision Committee, will explain why such changes have been proposed at the Jan. 23 meeting.
Supervisor Art Johnson said proposals will probably be voted on at the Town Board's Feb. 7 meeting; however, the board will meet before then to consider input received from residents at the Jan. 23 presentation.
"We need the entire public to come out and discuss this," a resident said at Thursday's Town Board meeting.
Ernst Road resident Connie Towers added, "People really research where they want to live. They understand change will come, but they want to do it in a very community-minded way." Continued...
Proposed new uses on Route 9 north of Worth Road include nurseries, garden centers, landscape centers, professional office space and small retail less than 10,000 square feet. With a special-use permit, this area also could have bed and breakfasts, self-storage facilities and fast-food restaurants. At present, only sit-down restaurants are allowed.
Pulsifer has said the town wants to encourage new business. However, some people have expressed concern about the impact such places would have on residential neighbors.
Route 9 and Route 50 near Northway Exit 15 are the main commercial corridors in Wilton, where digital signs would most likely be located. But the proposed zoning change would technically allow them in other parts of town, too, which again could impact some neighbors.
"That's probably one of the things that might have to be changed," said Ryan Riper, town engineer and director of planning. "It's probably going to get scaled back."
In the C-2 business/light industrial zones on Route 50 and Ballard Road, many new primary uses would be allowed. They are somewhat more commercial in nature and include banks, bowling centers, laundry/dry cleaning, drive-through establishments, indoor-outdoor recreation facilities, motels, hotels, nursery/garden centers, auto and mobile home sales, restaurants, retail, service stations and auto repair.
In other action Thursday night, the board approved the appointment of Sue Baldwin as Wilton's new town clerk. She replaces Carol Maynard, who retired Dec. 31, 2012.
Baldwin has worked many years for the town as a building department and zoning clerk. Maynard has been hired part time until April to help Baldwin with her new tax collection duties.
As receiver of taxes, the town clerk is responsible for collecting more than $8 million in taxes.
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Teeth care and giving the right bones
Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:18 AM
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:51 AM
When I got my 3 year old dog she had been on kibble since weaning. Her teeth were quite brown with tartar. Within 3 months of switching to raw (which she thought was great!) her teeth are sparkling white
Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:39 AM
I have a 4yr old Australian shepherd who doesn't chew anything and had the beginnings of bad tartar on her teeth at 2yrs old, once I started the raw bones her teeth are sparkling white.
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 03:53 PM
For starters, avoid any bones that are cooked. Cooking bones makes them too hard for a dogs teeth, and impossible for a dog to digest.About 9 months ago I adopted a 6 or 7 year old border collie from a shelter. We named her Zoe. I have posted here a couple of times right after we got her and you all have been very helpful. When she came to us she was under weight, scrappy looking and had horrible breath and dark stained teeth. One of her lower front teeth looks decayed and she drools constantly. I put her on a good quality grain free kibble and she gained about a pound each month until now she is at a healthy weight and her fur is beautiful and shinny. I got some Petrodex Enzymatic toothpaste and made an attempt to brush her teeth. That didn't go well...lol. She doesn't chew any chew toys or play tug. I think her teeth might be hurting her or at least sensitive. When I ask the vet about her teeth she told me not to brush them, just pour that dental stuff in her water. Her breath and teeth have gotten no better so I have been researching and learning how to brush her teeth and a doing better job. I recently ordered the Petzlife gel but haven't gotten it yet. I was reading on the boards yesterday about giving the dogs raw bones to clean their teeth, but I'm confused about what kind (or the best kind) to give her and where to get them. A couple of times I have given her the smoked bone with the marrow from Petco and she liked it but it upset her stomach. I could use some help. I feel bad her teeth are so bad but I don't want to have her put to sleep to have them cleaned if I don't have to.
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As stated by the others above, raw bones are the way to go. I recommend feeding a raw diet completely, but if that seems too daunting start with chicken necks or backs. They are literally like dog toothbrushes. You can usually find them pretty cheap without much trouble.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 04:25 PM
Posted 18 July 2011 - 06:42 PM
Dan came home from being gone five months with some nasty brown tarter forming on his back teeth - a very few bones later and all was clean again.
Love raw bones!
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:20 PM
Posted 18 July 2011 - 11:01 PM
When I feed bones - which isn't often enough - I just get the nice marrow bones or rib bones and feed those raw. I've been scared to try the small, crunchy, brittle bones of raw chicken. Am I worried over nothing?
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 12:14 AM
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 04:34 AM
I have to ask ... Is there no risk involved, feeding the little fine bones of a raw turkey neck or chicken neck? Some dogs will chew carefully, but what if it turns out a dog is more apt to just crush and gulp? I'd hate to find out by ending up with one of my dogs in surgery for a perforated gut or something.
When I feed bones - which isn't often enough - I just get the nice marrow bones or rib bones and feed those raw. I've been scared to try the small, crunchy, brittle bones of raw chicken. Am I worried over nothing?
~ Gloria
Yes Gloria, when you first start feeding bones it is scary. I used to watch them like a hawk. In 13 years of feeding a raw diet to about 25 adult dogs and 2 litters of border collie puppies I have had one surgery. It was an 11 year old mini schnauzer, no perferation, an impaction. In that time I have had no teeth cleanings and generally very healthy dogs
If you have a dog that gulps it is better to give them large chunks, like a turkey neck or a whole chicken. Many of mine will swallow chix necks whole; The backs they tend to crunch and swallow. My newest puppy takes about 15 min/back. My fastest gulper, a maremma, can do 10 backs in 1 minute. IN my experience gulpers are because they think another dog is going to take their food. My ACD (who is just about 14) has to be fed seperately so he thinks (read chews) when he eats. I feed in their crates but that is for ease for me!
Another option for those bone cracking adverse is to buy preground backs. One of our local abbatoirs does it or you can purchase a grinder like Northern Tools to grind the bones. I start the puppies on goats milk and ground chicken backs. They move from there onto wings...and after that, pork, lamb, beef necks, leg quarters, backs, whole chickens, misc things i can't recognize....
Not as easy as kibble and many days i'm tempted...
Posted 19 July 2011 - 11:22 AM
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 06:26 PM
One thing I wanted to add... watch her stools while you're feeding raw. If they get too hard add more meat. If they get too soft add more bone.
Wish I could afford a raw diet, but meat prices are outrageous over here! Also I only feed organic, free range stuff... that definitely doesn't help on the prices!!
Posted 19 July 2011 - 08:24 PM
Before we started feeding raw I tried brushing the dogs teeth all of two times. Neither of us found it amusing or productive. Bones are easier and much more fun for the dog.
Bear is a gulper and has been fed raw most his life (for the past 9 1/2 years) and has not had any issues. He loves chewing on the big beef and lamb bones. His teeth are in great shape...BUT he's been chewing on them since he was a young guy. I think long time kibble fed dogs might not have quite as strong of teeth so starting with softer poultry bones is a good plan.
"The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog." -- Ambrose Bierce
Posted 20 July 2011 - 11:26 AM
At the moment, we're just looking for cleaner teeth, so raw rib bones or marrow bones are what we've always done. Never had a slab fracture in 25 years of dog-owership, but ... it's something new to worry about! Maybe we'll just stick to the smaller rib bones, from now on. Until I get up the courage to try poultry bones, though, again, grocery store prices ..
Thank you again.
~ Gloria
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace. ~ Milan Kundera
Posted 06 August 2011 - 12:30 PM
I was wondering where everyone else gets theirs? Grocery stores, local butcher, etc? I don't eat meat myself so I don't have a clue about prices and what to ask for. We also live in a farming area and knew a lady years ago that got bones from a small farmer who sells meats. Is this something people do?
Posted 07 August 2011 - 05:05 PM
Posted 07 August 2011 - 06:21 PM
Posted 09 August 2011 - 04:39 PM
. I then buy wings, thigh/leg quarters and other meats including organ meats from the "warehouse" store in bulk, divide and freeze. I watch for sales, they often have whole chickens for sale for .69 or .89 a pound and I stock up (usually they have a per person limit but we shop together and ring up separately and I'll stop 2 or 3 times in a week) then cut the up myself. Yes, I know free range or organic would be better, but I look at it this way. Would I say that I was only going to eat processed crap because grocery store meats and produce wasn't as good as organic and I can't afford organic? Probably not. So I feel whole real foods is an improvement, even if they are not organic or grass fed.
I also feed eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese and dog appropriate table scraps. I will use canned fish and the mostly meat canned food (bought on clearance or with coupons) too. My dogs look great, have great vet visit and with the exception of Mr. My Teeth Have Always Been Grody Papillon there is no tarter. Harley had a horrid mouth as a kibble dog and now its only a little gross. I have to give him an additional additive (Plaque Off) to help...he is elderly and I don't want to anesthetize him more than I have to. He is just lucky I guess.
I divvy up stuff in square freezer containers because they store and thaw easier and fill my garage freezer every couple of months. I take them out to thaw as needed.
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Posted 14 August 2011 - 07:52 AM
I am also using a product to remove plaque and tarter. Her teeth are beginning to improve and her breath is 100% better. She use to smell like something died in her mouth from 4 feet away. Now just regular doggy breath. But her teeth are so bad, still dark yellow and brown but better than they were. I do try to brush her teeth. I bought a child's battery soft spin toothbrush. I really couldn't get to her teeth because she clamped her mouth shut.
Even though I walk her every morning about a mile or so, when we get home she starts pestering me to let her play in the water. She loves to chase the water. I stand on the deck with the hose on jet and move it from one end of the yard to the other. She chases it and jumps high in the air snapping at the water. I keep doing it until she slows to a walk. Then she comes up on the deck and collapses at her water bowl, panting. Because of the high heat now I usually do this around 8:00 in the morning. When she is exhausted and panting her mouth is wide open so... I brush her teeth then and can get to all of them. She's too tired to care, I just lay her head in my lap and go to work about 3 or 4 times a week.
I asked the guy in the meat dept at our "chain" grocery store for some rib bones and he showed me a pack of spare ribs for $17.00. Is this what you are feeding your dogs? If not, what do I ask for?
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Court Probing Parsonage Tax
Court Probing Parsonage Tax
Could an obscrure tax court case mark the beginning-of-the-end for an unconstitutional perk which benefits clergy?
Web Posted: March 12, 2002
Following oral arguments in an obscure tax case involving a California minister, a federal appellate panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court is examining the constitutionality of an IRS provision which permits a tax exemption for ministers and other clergy.
The move comes in connection with WARREN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. The case originated in tax court, and pertains to filings made by Rev. Richard D. Warren of the Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, California. According to the San Francisco Daily Journal, a publication for the legal community, Warren received approximately $100,000 in salary in 1995 from the Baptist church trustees, all of which he defined as a \housing allowance.\ Using Section 107(2) of the IRS Code, Warren thus deducted the entire amount and paid no taxes. The return was challenged by the IRS, which argued that only the fair market rental value of the parsonage was deductible; but the tax court sided with the minister, and the IRS appealed.
Last week, in an atmosphere which the Journal described as \unusual and quarrelsome,\ a judicial panel voted to look into the constitutionality of the IRS statute and consult University of Southern California law professor Erwin Chemerinsky about the matter. Jurists argued over the move, however, with Judge Richard C. Tallman saying, \I believe it injudicious to appoint an amicus curiae (\friend of the court\) to attack the constitutionality of the parsonage income tax exclusion when no one but the other panel judges improvidently wish to reach that issue.\
Panel Judge Stephen Reinhardt countered, \Our colleague obviously has a passionate desire that we permit the religious tax deduction, whether constitutional or not.\ Reinhardt had earlier opined that before the WARREN case could be taken up the Circuit Court, that body may have to examine the constitutional implication of the \parsonage exclusion.\ The issue, Reinhardt wrote is \to what tax deduction is Reverend Warren entitled? If ... under the constitution, Rev. Warren is not entitled to any tax deduction at all because such a deduction would violate the First Amendment, then it is not possible to decide the case on non-constitutional grounds and reach the correct result.\
There has not been a constitutional challenge to the exemption since it became part of the IRS code. \The government would never raise the constitutionality of its own regulation,\ said Dr. Chemerinsky, \and the ministers wouldn't want to disturb their tax deduction.
\This is for churches, synagogues and mosques a really big deal.\
Indeed, the case has become pivotal for the little-known National Association of Church Business Administration which describes itself as \an interdenominational, professional, Christian organization which exists to train, certify and provide resources for those serving in the field of church administration.\ The group hired attorneys in 2000 to file amicus briefs when the WARREN case began winding its way through the courts. Also joining in the amicus are a Presbyterian church in Houston and an interdenominational church from Newark Texas.
The case is potentially explosive for several reasons.
One issue is to what extent courts must confine themselves when faced with the question of constitutional inquiry. Judge Tallman, the lone jurist opposed to testing the legality of the parsonage exemption cited the \wise counsel\ of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, who in 1958 wrote:
\But it is not the business of the Court to pronounce policy. It must observe a fastidious regard for limitations on its own power, and this precludes the Court's giving effect to its own notions of what is wise or politic.\
Judge Reinhardt disagreed, saying it was the obligation of the court to review constitutionality.
\No case our colleague can locate, not even the ghost of Justice Frankfurter, can help him avoid this inescapable fact...\
Another issue is whether in the current political climate, the legal system wants to take on the burden of possibly overturning what the religious community definitely considers to be a sacrosanct practice, that of not imposing a tax on clerical property, and whether the exemption violates the First Amendment. Neither of the parties in WARREN -- the minister and the Internal Revenue Service -- wish to question the constitutionality of the exemption. Lurking in the background is the 1989 case of TEXAS MONTHLY v. BULLOCK, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that a sales tax exemption on Bibles and other religious materials was unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit is locked in a similar position, since the \parsonage exclusion\ applies solely to clerics.
In BULLOCK, three high court justices opined that to be constitutional, any tax exemption must include nonreligious groups or publications. Three others wrote that the practice constituted an exemption specifically aimed at religious instruction and content, and thus violated the First Amendment.
\I am surprised that it's come to this,\ said Frank Sommerville, an attorney hired by the NACBA. \It puts all 850,000 ministers, priests and rabbis in the U.S. at risk of losing the housing allowance...\
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151 21 0 The Cons of Charitable Choice
The Cons of Charitable Choice
Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Partnerships, and the Public Funding Of Religion
by Conrad F. Goeringer
Schemes to involve faith-based groups in the operation of social service programs threatens First Amendment separation, and subject all Americans to a "Religion Tax"
"No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place of ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions of belief: but that all men shall be free to profess ... their opinion in matters of religion."
Should Americans be compelled to support organized religion? Legislative proposals, including the 1996 "Charitable Choice" provision of the Welfare Reform Act ("Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996"), and proposals to form "faith-based partnerships" between religious groups and government are moving our nation in this dangerous direction. Some political and sectarian groups insist that churches, synagogues, and other religious movements should be given a greater role in operating and administering social welfare programs. With government "privatizing" the welfare system, billions of dollars in grants and other disbursements are now being handed out to various non-profit organizations. Changes in the law, and in the way welfare operates today in the United States, means that religious groups will be able to compete for these contracts.
All of this seriously threatens the separation of church and state in America today. Already, sectarian groups take public tax money and use it to operate social service programs that are religion-based. New proposals in Congress would expand the latitude these religious organizations have in using public funds to advance their sectarian message. Under the guise of "welfare reform" or "streamlining" the delivery of social services, we are in danger of using public funds to support religion and instituting what amounts to a religion tax which all Americans -- including tens of millions of Atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and other like-minded citizens -- must pay.
Unfortunately, government programs have long had the effect of aiding religious groups. Tax money has been used to finance everything from hospitals run by religious denominations to programs which provide direct and indirect financial and material aid to religious schools. Courts have been sharply divided in cases examining the constitutionality of such programs. Many critics say that even the majority in some Supreme Court cases seem to go to great lengths in trying to uphold policies which allow religious schools or groups to be the beneficiaries of public funding.
Prior to the American Revolution, a number of colonies had an official or "established" church which was often supported by a tax. One frequently had to belong to such an official religion in order to enjoy certain rights such as owning property, operating a business or holding an office of public trust. Most of the Founding Fathers were opposed to such a practice, though, and called for the "disestablishment" of religion. Churches were disestablished (written out of the law as the "official" sect, their public funding terminated) in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey in 1776, and in New York, North Carolina and Georgia in 1777. In 1790, South Carolina disestablished its state-supported church, while Connecticut did so in 1818. Massachusetts was the last state which took its official religion off the public dole in 1833.
Religious groups frequently protested disestablishment. Some states in New England continued the unfair policy of giving religious groups free land. Other formerly-established churches attempted to "incorporate" through Congress so that they might administer a tax in their communities. James Madison vetoed one bill that would have allowed the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia to have this authority. It took until the 1860s to fully end these schemes which allowed churches to use public money for their survival.
Churches & Charity
Religious organizations often boast of their "charitable" works, as if government social programs and even non-sectarian charities have not helped millions of Americans. Today, religious charities often depend on local, state and federal funding for most of their budgets -- even thought the churches like to take full credit.
When public monies have been provided to religious groups to operate social outreaches -- everything from housing programs to health clinics or neighborhood food distribution -- certain conditions had to be followed, at least in theory. The tax money had to be used for secular purposes (food, health services) rather than religious worship or proselytizing. No person accepting the services could be compelled to change their religious beliefs, attend religious services or engage in any other type of sectarian activity as the "price" for benefiting from the program. Everyone, whether they agreed with the doctrines of the religious group operating the program, had to be eligible. If they felt uncomfortable with the program, a secular alternative -- one that was not religion-based -- had to be available. The program had to follow other guidelines, too, such as not requiring staff members to hold a particular religious belief. Religious symbols, tracts and other materials could not be in evidence, or used as a component of the program.
Religious groups often established separate, non-profit corporations -- "fronts" -- so they could accept government money and operate these social service programs. In theory, this allowed the government to monitor the programs for compliance, and protect the independence of the religious organization sponsoring the program.
American Atheists has maintained that even these programs should not have been permitted. It is difficult to truly separate the secular and religious component in any of these social outreaches. Even with guidelines, the mere existence of the programs creates the public impression that faith-based groups are engaged in beneficial services to the community at their own expense. Government funding has resulted in "free publicity" for religious groups, and it has provided a source of jobs -- at public expense -- for persons connected with these churches, who otherwise would have to go out and find other employment.
Finally, even with the guidelines, the opportunity for abuse pervades these programs. There is often little or no government oversight to guarantee that they are not being used to promote religious belief, or that religion is not smuggled into a particular social program. When federal money trickles down to state and local agencies, it is often disbursed by committees staffed by representatives of the very faith-based groups which are seeking grants. When religious groups apply for public money, there is generally only a perfunctory review, and little supervision and follow-up to guarantee that this money is not being used to support religious activities, messages and proselytizing.
Ideally, we should prohibit religious groups from accepting any public money to operate social services. Some faith-based organizations rightly insist that they should use their own money, not the taxpayers', to fund their charitable works. Others fear that with government money will eventually come control and more intrusion into the affairs of religious denominations. In any case, American Atheists takes the position that absolutely no funds should flow from the public treasury into the coffers of sectarian religious groups -- for any excuse! Any public funding of religion, for whatever reason, amounts to a religious tax on the American people. The decision to contribute to a church or other house of worship -- or not contribute -- should be a private one.
The 1996 Welfare Reform Act contained provisions which allow a greater role for religious groups in operating social services. It seriously lowers the legal standards for such groups, and further erodes the separation of church and state. It may well constitute a further peril to the independence of religious congregations by "hooking" them on the public payroll. (We often speak of "getting people off the welfare treadmill," but in this case public policy is encouraging a similar syndrome for churches, mosques, temples and other faith groups.) Finally, it expands a dangerous and unfair religious tax on the American people, forcing them to support faith-based organizations and programs.
* The "charitable choice" provision was promoted by Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) In unabashed language, he admitted that the goal of the legislation was to encourage religious groups to become further involved with social service programs. This is one of the things he said about the legislation:
"In the past, many successful faith-based organizations have not participated in government programs for fear of having to compromise their religious integrity or being hobbled by excessive government regulation and intrusion. The confusing array of legal precedents has often led government officials to conclude mistakenly that the constitutional law requires that faith-based organizations be excluded from the mix of private service providers, or that entities accepting government funds forego their religious character."
Ashcroft admitted:
"One of my goals in proposing the charitable choice provision was to encourage faith-based organizations to expand their involvement in the welfare reform effort by providing assurances their religious integrity would be protected."
* "Charitable Choice" states that faith-based providers must be given equal consideration with secular, non-profit organizations when bidding for social service contracts. This encourages religious groups to accept public money and "hunt" for public funding sources. Unfortunately, the legislation further muddles the already-complex and confusing array of laws and court guidelines pertaining to religious groups accepting public money. The law claims that it does not violate the separation of church and state (a decision usually left for the judicial system, not Congress) and that the money is not to be used for religious proselytizing or indoctrination, but then guarantees that religious groups need not abandon their "faith-based" mission or character. Religious providers may not be forced to remove icons, religious art, scriptures or other symbols from their premises. Religion-based activities (such as prayer at a meal) may be carried out, although in theory, any social service beneficiary may not be compelled to participate.
Even though the program is supposedly based on "choice," problems abound. Clients accepting social services are presumably free to decline any participation in the religious parts of a program, but what guarantee is there that this will be enforced? As "charitable choice" schemes expand, would groups such as juveniles really be informed of their rights in such programs? Those who decline to pray, read Bible or Koran verses, or engage in other religious rituals would be marginalized and possibly harassed for failing to conform. Is this right?
The legislation pays lip service to separation of church and state, and provides that a secular alternative must be available for those not wishing to participate in a religion-based service program. What kind of oversight exists, though, to guarantee this?
And remember that all religious groups may apply for public funding. Christians may be excited about receiving a public subsidy to "serve" the public, but what happens when Muslims, Hindus or even fringe religious groups begin to apply for their share of tax money? What happens if an Atheist family must seek public assistance through a "faith-based" program operated by Roman Catholics? The Nation of Islam? A Hindu Temple? How would a Christian family react?
The fairest approach is to fund no religious groups. If the goal is to feed hungry people, provide medical care, train people for the job market and render other services, those objectives -- not "faith-based" doctrines -- should be the focus of social service legislation. Involving religious groups and "faith-based" outreaches at public expense still amounts to a religious tax.
* Religious groups which accept "charitable choice" funding play by a special set of rules. In order to "encourage" religious involvement, this legislation provides wide latitude for faith-based groups above and beyond that enjoyed by secular, nonprofit service providers. Sectarian providers may discriminate and use a religious litmus test when hiring staff to administer such programs.
In addition, this legislation opens the door to widespread fiscal abuse. Religious groups have been involved in financial and other scandals, and have attempted to use freedom of religion as a legal shield. "Charitable Choice" allows these groups to establish separate nonprofit corporations to operate social programs, thus insulating their parent denominations/sects from any scrutiny. The religious character of these faith-based outreaches can be a powerful disincentive for monitoring and oversight to insure that the service provider is obeying the law.
* Many social service and religious groups have spoken out against "charitable choice" schemes. They include The B'nai B'rith, Church of the Brethren, United Methodists, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Presbyterian Church, Rabbinical Assembly, and United Church of Christ. It is important to note that while certain religious groups may speak out against "charitable choice," that does not mean that they oppose other forms of public funding and special privileges for organized religion! They may oppose this legislation for fear of potential government oversight. They may also support the notion of religious groups accepting public money to operate programs that appear to be mostly secular. Again, this is why American Atheists seeks an end to any and all programs which divert public money to religious groups under any excuse!
Another category under the heading of public funding of religion is so-called "faith-based partnerships." These are relatively new, but they are all the rage in many religious, political and public policy circles. While "charitable choice" is certainly one form of this "partnership," it is not the only possible arrangement. "Partnerships" are increasingly popular with state and local governments. They meld public and private money in order to operate a variety of social services and outreaches.
Some groups which oppose "charitable choice" still support a "partnership" arrangement which might, for instance, give religious groups considerable latitude in how they operate social service programs. As with the federal legislation, though, these "partnerships" rarely attract much media or political scrutiny. The money is often disbursed by committees appointed by government leaders or bodies; and religious groups are inevitably represented, guaranteeing that faith-based organizations receive "their share" of our tax dollars.
* In Texas, Gov. George W. Bush has promoted "faith-based" partnerships involving everything from drug and alcohol rehab to prison-based ministries. An estimated $10 million has been spent so far (September, 2000).
* In New Jersey, the state operates a special "Office of Faith-Based Partnership" to encourage participation by religious groups in the public policy sphere. This has helped churches purchase housing units, storefronts and even vacated business real estate.
* As with federal "Charitable Choice," these "partnerships" appear to have minimal or no oversight. State and local governments are often more concerned with efforts to involve the religious community than they are in supervising the recipients of these public funds so that they do not use the money in promotion of their religious mission.
* Some "partnership" proposals would use tax credits and other incentives, rather than outright grants, to encourage the growth of religion-based social programs. American Atheists considers this to be a disingenuous "end run" around the First Amendment by tinkering with the tax system in order to encourage contributions to religious groups. Again, the real goal is not to feed and cloth the needy, or provide job training or other social services, but rather create public policies which involve religious groups in the administration and operation of such programs. "Partnership" boosters such as Bush advisor Marvin Olasky frequently refer to the need for a religious component in social welfare services.
Ending Religious Taxation in America
In the 1947 case EVERSON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EWING TOWNSHIP, Supreme Court justices noted:
"The 'establishment of religion' clause of the First Amendment means at least this: neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither can force nor influence a person to go to or to remain away from church against his will or force him to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion. No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institution, whatever they may called, or whatever they may adopt to teach or practice religion. Neither a state nor the Federal government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups or vice versa. In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect 'a wall of separation between Church and State' ..."
Despite that guidance, the court nevertheless upheld a public policy which reimbursed parents who sent their youngsters to religious school for the cost of transportation. Courts have continued to chip away at the wall of separation between church and state, gradually opening the door of the public treasury with the possibility of more taxpayer funding of religion. Some defend these policies as long as "all religious groups" may qualify for funding, or if clients receiving social services have the "alternative" of obtaining services from a secular provider.
The fact that all religious groups may qualify for public assistance, though, does not render this practice fair and constitutional. We take seriously the principle that no public monies should be given to any religious groups for any purpose whatsoever. "Charitable Choice," Faith-Based "partnerships," vouchers and other schemes simply amount to a religious tax. They compel tens of millions of Atheists to directly and indirectly fund religious groups, programs and outreaches.
What can Atheists -- and other Americans who oppose a religious tax and other public funding of religious groups -- do to stop this trend?
* Learn more about Charitable Choice. The American Atheist Magazine and American Atheist Newsletter often carry news items about this dangerous trend.
* Support educational and legal efforts to thwart "charitable choice" and partnership schemes.
* Speak out! Let your elected officials know where you stand.
CHARITABLE CHOICE: * Encourages religious groups to apply for federal funding, compete for social service contracts. * States that religious groups must have equal consideration with secular, nonprofit organizations in seeking tax money to operate social programs. * Lowers the bar on legal control. Faith-based groups have greater latitude in promoting a religious message. Religious symbols, materials and activities are tolerated. * Invites abuse by tempting religious groups to take government money. * Critics say program lacks suitable controls, oversight to prevent abuse by groups that will incorporate a religious message into their program. * Could threaten the independence of religious groups by requiring oversight, monitoring by government * Compels all to pay a RELIGION TAX which uses public money to fund faith-based social outreaches. * Seriously alters the precarious relationship between church and state, and muddles already confusing guidelines. Legislation declares that it does not violate the separation of church and state, yet churches and other sectarian groups may take our money and still retain their "faith-based" mission and character. * Could set a dangerous legal precedent resulting in even more blatant funding schemes for organized religion. "FAITH-BASED PARTNERSHIPS" * May include "charitable choice," but also covers the use of state, even local money by religious organizations. * Includes a wide range of activities by sectarian groups; everything from operating housing units to "faith-based" drug and alcohol rehab programs to food pantries or after-school programs. * Opens the door for wide abuse by religious groups which accept public money, and use their outreach to blatantly proselytize or "smuggle" a sectarian message. Clients in such programs may be coerced into accepting a religious message, or change their views about faith. * Can meld public and private grant money. * Create problems of accountability and oversight; religious groups may cite the First Amendment as a legal shield. * Like "Charitable Choice," compels all to pay a RELIGION TAX which uses public money to fund faith-based social outreaches. DISESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION * Sought to abolish "official" churches and sects in the respective states. * Ended, in theory, direct taxation in order to support sectarian religion. * Helped to establish a "wall of separation" between church and state. * Helped to end a "religion tax" that compelled all citizens to financially support a particular religious institution. * Guaranteed both freedom of and freedom from religion. * Is now threatened by schemes to fund religion under the guise of promoting and encouraging "faith-based" social services. |
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152 20 0 Congress Rushes to preserve Clergy Tax Breaks
Congress Rushes to preserve Clergy Tax Breaks
Web Posted: April 18, 2002
The House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation that would preserve a decades-old policy of giving tax breaks to members of the clergy toward the costs of their housing.
With little fanfare or advance publicity, the Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002 passed during a roll call vote, 408-0. The measure was introduced on April 10, and the bill fast-tracked through the legislative hopper without public hearings or other input. Debate and discussion of the measure lasted yesterday from 2:58 PM to 3:19 PM.
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.), the legislation is designed to shore-up a government policy which has been in place since 1921 giving ministers, priests and other clerics an exemption for the cost of housing and home ownership. Ramstad told reporters that loss of the special privilege could cost the clergy an estimated $2.3 billion over the next five years.
\We cannot allow this important tax provision to fall,\ Ramstad declared.
But why the rush?
One reason is that the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is considering an examination of the exemption thanks to an obscure tax court case, WARREN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. That dispute originated when Rev. Richard D. Warren of the Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, California attempted to write off his $100,000 salary from church trustees as a \housing allowance.\ The IRS challenged the deduction, arguing that only the fair market rental value of the parsonage was deductible. A tax court sided with the minister, and the IRS appealed.
When the case reached a panel of the 9th Circuit, though, Judge Stephen Reinhardt voiced questions over the constitutionality of the exemption. That precipitated an exchange described as \unusual and quarrelsome,\ as jurists debated whether the court should further examine the tax break.
The issue, Reinhardt wrote is \to what tax deduction is Reverend Warren entitled? If .... under the constitution, Rev. Warren is not entitled to any tax deduction at all because such a deduction would violate the First Amendment, then it is not possible to decide the case on non-constitutional grounds and reach the correct result.\
The case is even more awkward since, as University of Southern California law professor Erwin Chemerinsky says, \The government would never raise the constitutionality of its own regulation.\
\The ministers wouldn't want to disturb their tax deduction, either,\ he adds. \This is for churches, synagogues and mosques a really big deal.\ He added that the IRS policy amounts to \government subsidizing religion.\
Chemerinsky has been called by the court to advise the judges on how to handle the issue. Neither the IRS, nor attorneys for Rev. Warren, want to see the regulation eliminated. Neither does an obscure group known as the National Association of Church Business Administration which has entered the fray with an amicus ('friend of the court\) brief.
On Capitol Hill, there is little effort to conceal the fact that the \Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002\ benefits organized religion. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) said that the exemption was crucial especially in rural areas and communities which find it difficult to attract clergy. \A clergy's home is not just his shelter, but a central meeting place for all members of the congregation,\ Pomeroy added.
As for the Ninth Circuit daring to examine the constitutionality of the clergy perk, Rep. Ramstad accused the court of \judicial activism at its worst.\
The House bill deals with section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code, modified in 1968. Section 2 of the legislation lists several purposes, among them to \accommodate clergy in denominations that require as part of their ministry that they locate to specific communities...\ and to \recognize that clergy frequently are required to use their homes for purposes that would otherwise qualify for favorable tax treatment, but which may require more intrusive inquiries by the government into the relationship between clergy and their respective churches.\ Another objective is to \minimize controversies between the clergy and the Internal Revenue Service...\
\If this isn't a blatant example of government protecting 'special rights' for organized religion,\ said American Atheists President Ellen Johnson, \I don't what is.\
H.R. 4156 now moves to the U.S. Senate for possible further action.
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It got painful for your mom last night.
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6. | Kitch | ||
Anything you want it to be. Oh she such kitch!
Isnt the weather kitchy? Hey you kitch,you want to catch a kitch flick with me?? I want to eat Joshs kitch. |
1. | kitch | ||
A style of decorative art and design in which ordinary objects with vintage appeal, "old-fashioned" characteristics or banal usefulness feature prominently. Clutter, trite sayings, kitchen utensils and homey objects appeal as "kitchy". dish towels embroidered with the days of the week, hand-painted or decopage wooden boxes, aprons, cutsie baby figurines
2. | Kitch | ||
For morons who can't spell Kitsch. (Kitch) Kitsch - A form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style.
3. | kitch | ||
to vomit (puke) uncontroably & quite suddenly "Kitchen just Kitched"
"thanks for the cone #BLEAH# Whoa, I just Kitched" "Did you see him kitch all over himself?" |
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Some questions to ask yourself when wondering if something is kitch are:
"Is it tacky?" "Does it serve any practical purpose?" and finally "Does it devalue someone or something that is extremely famous or valued?" If the answers to these questions are: "yes, no, yes," then it is probably kitch. Kitch would be like a loin cloth with Barack Obama's face on it (a souvenir my friend received from Africa). Some other examples would be: a bobble-head Mono Lisa, a velvet coloring page of Elvis Presley, or a tea set with the Twighlight characters on it. They don't have to encompass something famous but they often times do. Those paintings with the fairies or dolphins amid a glowing sunset are kitch, and so are spoons made out of antlers.
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Pop x 10, a style for the modern day artist or bohemian. A combination of different styles like kandy kid, punk, grunge goth, but sprinkled with a sort-of vintage feel. star-shaped sunglasses, glitter suspenders, clips, hairbands, short shorts, boots, showing skin, twirly psycho tattoos, handmade clothes and hand painted shoes, lollipops, weed, art, new age are all kitchy
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Compound of "killer" and "itch", referring to intense itchiness, especially genital, especially in females. Supports use of the term, kitchener Oh my, this kitch is driving me INSANE!


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Richard Younge and Todd Williams are helping to save the environment 1.25 gallons at a time.
As principals with Curbside Recycling, the pair has created an efficient way of keeping cooking grease out of DeKalb County sewer systems and watersheds.
Curbside began a program in March that allows residents to collect their cooking grease and set it out for pickup once a month. A one-time registration fee of $10 is required and residents are provided with a plastic bucket with a locking lid.
The company has approximately 300 customers, primarily in DeKalb and Fulton counties, and is pursuing business in Clayton County and parts of Forsyth County.
"I watched the dotcom explosion and decided I didn't want to miss the next wave," said Williams, who has an MBA from Clark Atlanta University in accounting and an interest in science. "When green energy began to take off I figured this was a way to get into it. Biodiesel was an exciting part of it."
Younge and Williams met two years ago at the South DeKalb Business Incubator, where Younge was the director. Younge, who was retired before joining Williams at Curbside, also served as director of the Atlanta Minority Business Development Center from 1997-2003.
"I was looking for something to do in the green revolution," Younge said. "We have a mutual friend who told me that Todd was making biodiesel fuel and I pursued it."
Curbside is recycling the cooking grease into biodiesel, which it uses in its company vehicles, Williams said. Curbside is not selling biodiesel commercially, but that is something it would like to do in the future, he said. It also is in the process of making soap from glycerin produced from the biodiesel, but it is not yet being sold commercially.
"We want to get up to the level where we can produce enough biodiesel to mix with petroleum diesel to run a fleet of school buses," Younge said.
In addition to four partners and a group of employees who work on commission signing up residents for the recycling program, the company also works with a chemist and an engineer.
The company is working with schools to spread the word about recycling and biodiesel possibilities. Curbside is a collaborator at the Center for Alternative Renewable Energy at Clark Atlanta and recently helped students at the DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment learn about how soap is made from glycerin.
Another way Curbside is getting the word out about its grease recycling program is through its "Trash for Cash" program. Williams said the company organizes recycling drives and asks residents to take $10 off what they are paid for their recyclables to register for the grease recycling program.
Williams also was scheduled to meet with Clarkston mayor Howard Tygrett recently about how Curbside could partner with the city.
"We want to educate people how this will help them in their homes and on their water bills," Younge said.
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Be careful what you read, some of these reviews may be referencing the old Amana product. (Before the Goodman takeover.) Most of the components used in these furnaces are much the same as all the other manufactures, such as control boards igniters and inducer fans. What is different is the stainless steel Tubular Heat exchanger that has all of its competition jealous and not to mention the life time unit replacement that comes along with it should the heat exchanger ever fail. These reviews smell like sour grapes, this is one of the best furnaces on the market.
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December 4, 2012
NASA Almost Makes Historical Announcement About A Rodent On Mars, but Chickens Out, Curiosity Rover Photo!
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in the picture above it looks like thee could be another one just under it. with its back to us you can just see 2 ears sticking out slightly
ReplyDeleteRepliesThe strange thing is...if NASA delivered it...its eyes are open and it seems to be exploring not affected much by lack of oxygen. It seems to be sniffing the ground. Normal behaviour, but I wonder how long it lived and was it able to find some kind of food, they do have a great sense of smell and may find something.
Deletei seen that too , like it's back is too us , that is in a way so cool , maybe there is some oxygen on mars ..
Deleteu know i seen that too , like it has it's back to us , that would be cool if mars has a small amount of oxygen on it ..
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2012 at 10:31 PM
I've passed on this link to a number of media outlets. THIS HAS TO END NOW it's getting beyond a joke!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 3:09 AM
Rodents in space? I guess NASA had included a passenger on Curiousity. Wonder where they stored the squerrel kibble?
ReplyDeleteRepliesLOL, true it would take some serious drugs to put this little guy into hibernation for the full trip, but knowing how long a living creature from earth could survive on Mars sound like an experiment NASA would do, but they would want to keep quiet about it otherwise PETA would destroy them in court.
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2012 at 1:26 AM
Silteplait chante si ten as envie , aurais tu lamabiliter lamabiliter cordialement
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 11, 2012 at 3:34 AM
If you can find the same scene pictured at a different time, and show it has moved, then you have something.
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Sorry to be a bit skeptical, but there is so much you can do with images that it is rather hard to believe. It has to have a food source and some sort of burrow. Look for a hole or nest close by. Show me how they survive. If they are there, what preys on them is going to be bigger so why haven't we seen it?
Delete First, if a squirrel like rodent is there, then there are others. I have shown 4-5 such animals on Mars, one moved in 4 NASA photos! So what do they feed on...other living things.
Having an answer only makes you have more questions. O_o
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 2:52 AM
I'm wondering what all these living things you keep saying are in these pictures are eating. Like this Marsquirrel. I guess he eats rocks and dirt...? As for drinking water.... don't see a lot of ponds in these pix being sent back.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 11:09 PM
one humanoïd's skull broken and one animal's skull on this picture. above rodent, under blue rock about humanoîd's skull and to all left picture above rodent about animal's skull (white colors near blue rocks). do you see them ?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 at 8:25 AM
I would interested to know why there are sharks teeth in the picture. What beach was this picture taken on?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 14, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Thank you, people. There is a way Mother Nature duplicates people, places and things [on Earth and elsewhere]. An open mind is nice.A rock can look like any animal or person. Like a prior comment, "Let's see that at another time, PLEASE!" Then let us really pass judgement.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 19, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement..
ReplyDelete Mars atmosphere is way to thin to support life so im guessing its an optical illusion with so called statues & skulls.As for the animal its a possible photoshop job. They're is no food chain... no liquid water to with held life on Mars.
3 things 1 can say about MARS,
(1) CO2: 95.32% - N2: 2.7% - Ar: 1.6% - O2: 0.13% - CO: 0.08% - H2O: 0.021% - NO: 0.01% - Ne: 0.00025% - HDO: 0.000085% - Kr: 0.00003% - Xe: 0.000008% (ATMOSPHERE)
(2) Who know's maybe Mars had an ancient civilization(s) and became to over crowded on the planet & consumed its natural resources? Or maybe they're technology killed off the planet.. who known's just like our own planet, A World War could have broke out?? Earth = 2 world wars so its possilbe to think so.
(3) Or maybe Mars never had life ? What if our sister planet was born with a disability - not been able to with stand life? People and animals are born with disabilities stopping them from doing things... which is sad to say ppl :( but i hpe u see my point about Mars.
From: Dublin - Ireland.RepliesVery interesting and yes I thought of that, but you must understand it is impossible to photoshop a Curiosity photo and put it onto a NASA website, not to mention breaking the law, so the photo is 100% real. So I ask, why hasn't NASA ever commented about any of these findings?
DeleteAnd i guess you are 1000% positive about these so called 'facts" about Mars atmosphere compostion, since WHY on earth would NASA ever lie to us!
How did this site manage to get a hold of the picture?
Lets just say there is a small % chance this was NASA's little experiment,the animal rights around the planet would flip out! If the rodent was transfered, how could it survive that long in the craft? It would suffer massive bone/muscle lost etc...
Unmanned probes from Earth can take from 7 months to two years to reach Mars, depending on when they are launched and how fast they can travel. The direct distance can vary from about 58 million kilometers to more than 400 million kilometers.
The distance is at least 36 million miles (58 million km).
So the minimum time would be:
At 70 MPH -- 56 years
At 500 MPH -- 8 years
At Mach 1 (0.34 km/sec) -- 5.4 years (5 years, 5 months)
At 40,000 MPH (fastest Voyager speed) -- 38 days
Manned Missions
The most commonly offered figure is "Six months there, and six months back". That is based on current (2013) technology, and there are currently no solid plans for a manned flight to Mars. By the time man does inevitably make a manned flight to Mars, there may be newer technologies in space travel that shorten the travel time.My wife says it is a normal hamster, and hamsters are desert animals.
Regarding rodneyvs2000's comment about a second one looking back at it, she says that one looks more like a Chinese Hamster. These live in the deserts of China and Mongolia. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_hamster
Also, it appears that red hue is added for all mars pictures. When you reduce the red content of the entire picture, the creature's color and the ground's color is brown, like here on earth.My wife says it is a normal hamster. They are desert animals.
Regarding the above post by rodneyvs2000 "in the picture above it looks like thee could be another one just under it. with its back to us you can just see 2 ears sticking out slightly", she says that one looks like a Chinese Dwarf Hamster which lives in the deserts of Mongolia.
If you reduce the red content of the entire picture, the dirt and hamsters are brown, just like here on earth. In fact, it could BE a picture of earth.At a slight distance under the hamster's nose, there is a rabbit looking straight toward the camera. It's one ear is directly vertical, and the other ear is at the two o'clock position. Download the original picture, then enlarge it and you will see it clearly. You will also see other interesting discoveries, such as at the top left of the picture where the black rectangular area is, as well as at the furthermost top right corner of the picture - where there are 2 perfectly 90 degree concrete structures placed perfectly aligned to each other. I RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING THIS PICTURE AND DATING IT - SINCE IT WILL SOON PROBABLY BE REMOVED OR ALTERED.


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