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Pulaski (WSYR-TV) - The line to a single voting machine was steady in the Village of Pulaski on Tuesday. A proposition to abolish the local police department attracted a record number of voters for village elections. The measure failed 147-217, with most voters in favor of keeping their village police department instead of handing over patrols to the Oswego County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police.
"Some of the things in Pulaski are getting a little worse and I think that having them here keeps things under control," said Maria Wood. "In the same sense, I live in the village and my taxes are threatened to go up. So I'm nervous about that too."
Village of Pulaski Clerk/Treasurer Michele Cusyck estimates last year's village elections attracted roughly 35 voters, compared to 370 voters on Tuesday night. Villagers across the state have faced similar debates in recent years, as municipal budgets tighten.
"I think this small village needs the police department. It is a big tourist attraction, with a lot of fisherman, and sometimes they lose their inhibitions and you've got to control those," said former Mayor Ed Delaney.
"We have a sheriff's department. We have state troopers in surrounding areas. I just think it is overkill. Pulaski, being a small village, I think it doesn't warrant a separate police department," said Don Cronk.
A handful of voters expressed frustration about a lack of clear information. In February, the village posted an open letter online, claiming the police department's current budget is $218,000, including salaries, expenses, and benefits. Police Chief Ellery Terpening said he isn't sure how that number was calculated. He offered a spreadsheet with a different tally, $168,000.
Pulaski's police force operates with a full-time chief and seven part-time officers. Terpening said most of his workers also have other jobs and often leave for full-time opportunities. He lost four officers within the past year and expected another officer to resign this week.
The chief said some village leaders expressed concern late last year, that the local police department wasn't providing enough coverage to justify the expense for taxpayers. In order to meet their desire for increased patrols and better staff retention, Terpening estimated it could cost an additional $100,000 to increase salaries and hire another full-time officer. But, the chief stressed that the figure he pitched simply represents one option for the department's future.
"To continue what we're doing, no we can't cut corners. If we want to continue to grow in the coverage that they are looking for, that the mayor has expressed that he wants...and the people in this village, we are going to have to have more money," Terpening explained.
Response time was a source of angst for many voters, concerned that outside agencies would not be able to respond to calls quickly.
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With a state police barracks just down the road from the village police headquarters, Bob Rodgers isn't convinced that deputies would take any longer to respond. He voted in favor of dissolution.
"I'm going with my wallet, not my heart," said Rodgers.
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With hundreds of people turning out at the polls, many could relate to a common goal.
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Workers spent hours counting ballots in Pulaski Tuesday due to a large number of write-in votes. Mayor Karl Hax was reelected with 174 votes. But, Fran Taplin earned 101 write-in votes. Clerk Cusyck said that is an unusually high number of write-in votes for Pulaski village elections.
Two open Trustee positions will be filled by Steve Olson with 184 votes and Terry Allen with 178 votes.


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- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release Date: Apr 12, 2013
- Starring: Alan Tudyk, Andre Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni, Hamish Linklater, Harrison Ford, Lucas Black, Nicole Beharie, Ryan Merriman, T.R. Knight
- Summary: The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
- Director: Brian Helgeland
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Sport
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Positive: 25 out of 39
Mixed: 14 out of 39
Negative: 0 out of 39
Boseman is watchful, winning and confident, but never saintly. Yet he keeps Robinson's moral spine aligned with his skill and self-respect, showing how he needed all of those to succeed.
Helgeland works in what I think of as a conservative — or maybe it's just really, really basic — neoclassical Hollywood style, spelling everything out, letting the story unfold in a plainspoken and deliberate fashion, with a big, wide, open pictorial camera eye. It's like the latter-day Clint Eastwood style, applied to material that's as traditional as can be.
Unfortunately, the generic bio-pic structure of 42 prevents it from ever becoming something great.
Treats its now-mythic Brooklyn Dodger with respect, reverence and love. But who's in there, underneath the mythology?
It takes a particularly ham-fisted filmmaker to transform a fascinating and historically significant story into something as formulaic as 42.
Sixty-six years later, when a black man holds the Presidency, equality may still be, for some, unbearable, but Robinson abruptly moved America forward. 42, however limited at times, lays out the tortured early days of that advance with clarity and force.
The movie sugars up Robinson's story, and like too many period pieces it summons some vague idea of a warmer, simpler past by bathing everything in thick amber light, as if each scene is one of those preserved mosquitoes that begat the monsters of Jurassic Park.
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Positive: 45 out of 57
Mixed: 7 out of 57
Negative: 5 out of 57
May 16, 2013The Bottom Line
A too self-consciously inspiring rendition of Jackie Robinson's genuinely inspiring accomplishment of breaking baseball's color barrier.
Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford provide engaging performances as Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in the Legendary/Warner Bros. drama about the man who broke MLB's color line. Pretty when it should be gritty and grandiosely noble instead of just telling it like it was, 42 needlessly trumps up but still can't entirely spoil one of the great American 20th century true-life stories, the breaking of major league baseball's color line by Jackie Robinson. Whether in the deep South or the streets of Brooklyn, life here looks spiffy and well-scrubbed enough to appear in a department store window, while the soaring musical accompaniment seems to be stamping all the protagonists' passports for immediate admission to that great ballpark in the sky. All the same, lead actors Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford cut through the artifice with engaging performances as Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, respectively, and audiences who don't know much about the first black man to play professional baseball will be suitably impressed. Hit-starved Warner Bros. should be able to stir moderately good attendance domestically, although foreign prospects, as always with baseball yarns, are slight. The key scene in 42, just as it was in the low-budget 1950 The Jackie Robinson Story, which starred the ballplayer himself, comes when Rickey, warning his prospect about the abuse that inevitably awaits him, demands to know if he's "got enough guts not to fight back" when provoked by other players or fans. Robinson was not the best player in the Negro Leagues, but he was reckoned to be the one who might best withstand the trial by fire posed by teammates who didn't want to play with him and a society that often wouldn't allow him to travel, eat or lodge with the rest of the team. Needing a manageable window through which to dramatize a sports breakthrough fraught with racial, social, political and attitudinal meaning, this pet project of writer-director Brian Helgeland and producer Thomas Tull zeroes in on the years 1945-47, concluding with Robinson's first year in the majors. Although there is quick mention of a sports career at UCLA (which, the film does not note, had the most integrated sports program of any school in the U.S. at the time) and a quick temper that earned him an Army court-martial, the 26-year-old member of the American Negro League Kansas City Monarchs seems like the picture of rectitude, a well-spoken young man with a lovely wife-to-be, Rachel (Nicole Beharie), and none of the wild traits of some of his teammates. As one of the last century's most inspiring and literally game-changing personal sagas, Jackie Robinson's life can hardly help but be stirring and will no doubt impress many younger viewers, some of whom may be completely unfamiliar with his story. It's just too bad that Helgeland can't go for broke and get his uniform as dirty as Jackie Robinson used to do.… Expand
Apr 20, 2013I've been waiting anxiously to see this film. Very well made and acted. My only complaint, I would have liked to see a larger emphasis on the amazing baseball exploits of #42. As a latecomer to baseball fandom I recently invested the 1,140 minutes to watch Ken Burns masterpiece "Baseball". The theme of which is really the story of America as told through the prism of our national pastime. Unless you're an aging Baby Boomer you likely don't have any memory of the type of overt racism that tainted our country up through the 1960's. Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey are largely responsible for changing public attitudes that have brought us out of the dark days of Jim Crow. Maybe this film can usher in a fresh sentiment of tolerance between our increasingly divided country.… Expand
Jun 11, 2013I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them...I Jack/ I Rob/ I sin...Ah man, I'm Jackie Robinson...'cept when I run base, I dodge the pen!
I think baseball is boring...and I loved 42!… Expand
Jul 6, 2013"42" is warm-hearted and a respectable film, but it doesn't enrich or heighten Jackie Robinson's legacy. Jackie Robinson is arguably the single most important sports figure of the 20th century. Robinson's story is historically extraordinary and utterly captivating. In sharing Robinson's inspirational story, some risks could have been taken in the approach to film making as well. Regrettably, you can't shake the feeling that writer/director Brian Helgeland is playing it safe, and not swinging for the fences.
"42" tells the story of how Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947, becoming the first black player to appear in a Major League baseball game since 1884. In 1946, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League baseball player. As both anticipate, this proves a pivotal challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it.
The performances are generally solid and highly believable. For his first major theatrical role, Chadwick Boseman turns in an impressive performance, and quite possibly the highlight of the film. While Robinson's story is worthy of the utmost respect and admiration, Helgeland plainly illustrates that in film making even a great man's life can get a bit bland. "42" effectively tells of Robinson's year in the minors and his first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, while not doing a very good job of capturing Robinson's personality. He's portrayed more as a historical icon than a fully developed character. "42" feels like an overly sincere history lesson more so than a biography, but it's a history lesson of which we regularly need to be reminded.… Expand
Oct 9, 2013It's extremely difficult to put Jackie Robinson's legacy into its proper perspective and for the most part 42 doesn't really try. Instead it is content to be a glossy, feel good sports story. If you can accept that, you'll find the film to be a genuinely entertaining and well acted biopic that tells an important story albeit in a less than urgent manner.… Expand
Jul 8, 2013generic racism is bad message is broadcast for over two hours.
The story is filled with fairytale characters. Everyone is either racist or a black person lover. The rest of the character traits disappear into the abyss. Due to this the character interaction is wooden. The hero himself is uninteresting as everything is handed to him by his white boss making his struggle moot.
Nothing good in this movie other than excellent cast but it fails to save this picture.… Expand
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Floofy Friday
31 comments:
- Sweet Praline said...
I know how you feel about the heat. Mom has two fans going in the great room and we both just crash in front of them to try and stay cool.
- July 15, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Tristan and Crikey said...
It's smokin' hot here in Missouri, Fin! Maybe we should consider flying our Boogie Mats up to Alaska this weekend:)
- July 15, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- Jana said...
We're grateful for A/C, for sure. You're looking so gorgeous in your pictures.
Stay cool.
~~Casper and Angel~~
- July 15, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Katnip Lounge said...
Fin, We love your neck frills! You keep cool...we are in the big bedroom, chilling on the carpet, tree, bed & tile. Mommy loves the heat but even she says this is a wee tad too hot for her.
- July 15, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Sparkle said...
113 degrees?! Yuck! I do not envy you Las Vegas kitties. At. All. We are melty in the 90s here - supposed to cool off over the next few days.
- July 15, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- ♥I am Holly♥ said...
Fin, you sure have that right. Hot, hot and hot. Mom is hoping th AC doesn't go out! Lots of love, Holly
- July 15, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- MoMo said...
Keep cool, SIF, and don't get a heat stroke! I can't believe your temp is nearly 3 times that of ours. It was just under 40F this morning when SS was leaving home.
- July 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Lisa, Jack and Baby said...
That is a lotta hot. Stay as cool as you can. We are staying in mostly too. It's about in the 90's here with very high humidity.
- July 15, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Kas said...
Just wait until I post the photos I took of the ice this morning, that should cool you down a bit.
- July 16, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- Inigo Flufflebum and d'Artagnan Rumblepurr said...
We're sure staying frosty *shiver*
- July 16, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Kea said...
It's hot here too, but oh, not 113F! Yikes! We keep hearing dry heat is easier to take than the humidity we get, but we think hot is hot, regardless!
Stay cool, Fin. Have a great weekend.
- July 16, 2010 at 1:16 AM
- Milo and Alfie Marshall said...
Stay cool Fin. We can't imagine it that hot 'cos we live in the UK. So our hot is prolly yoor cool!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:25 AM
- Cheyenne -Millie said...
We hopes you survive the heat. It has been in the mid 90's here! No walks for us!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:53 AM
- The Island Cats said...
Wow! That's hot!! Mom and dad-guy remember when they went to Vegas and got married (10 years ago this month) and it was hotter than heck too...112 degrees!!
We hope you find a cool spot to spend the weekend in, Fin!!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM
- The Monkeys said...
Holy moly! That sure is hot! We hope you all stay cool!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:55 AM
- Simba said...
Fry some fish on the sidewalk, Fin. NO, seriously, stay inside and only move when you have to walk to your food dish.
I promoiee not to complain about our 90's with humidity being like 100. Clearly it could be much worse.
- July 16, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Noir the Texas Tabby said...
Fin--I hear ya about laying low like the slugs. It's not quite as hot here in Dallas as 113--close to 100 tho...make sure YOU stay frosty, friend!!
Like you floof!
- July 16, 2010 at 4:24 AM
- the casbah kitten said...
wow. Yes, take LOTS of naps and sip water. It's hot here but not nearly that.
- July 16, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- Brian said...
You are such a cool cat Fin, now if the weather would just cool off!
- July 16, 2010 at 4:34 AM
- Marg said...
Fin, your floofs are looking very pretty. Hope you can figure out a way to stay nice and cool. We are very warm here too but not as hot as you are. Have a good week end and stay cool.
- July 16, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- Lyn said...
could send you some of our wind and rain?
- July 16, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- Furkidsmom said...
That's really hot! Being a slug can be fun!!
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
- July 16, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- ABBY said...
You'll have the dry 100+ temps and we'll have the humid 100+ feel like your wet and hung out to dry temps!
Thank goodness for the frostybox!
- July 16, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Jacqueline said...
Beautiful photos, gorgeous Finny...Stay cool, it's intense heat here in the South as well...We hope you all have a cool, restful weekend...kitty kisses...Calle, Halle, Sukki
- July 16, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Harry Spotter said...
We love the heat and the sun but mom has the ac on 24/7 which makes the hosue cold. Wishing you a cooler weekend.
- July 16, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- "The Boys" and Karen said...
Man, Fin, we know what you mean about having to stay inside. And our weather doesn't get hot like yours does...but we have that awful humidity...which drags you out, too.
So "The Boys" don't get out much either. Too bad, too, because there have been a lot of bunnies running around the neighborhood and "The Boys" would like to see them from the porch.
- July 16, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Eric and Flynn said...
We feel exhausted just reading about your hots. We hope you can stay cool.
- July 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Carrie Blogshaw said...
it's hotter than hades and I'm sweating like a whore in church. why not stay indoors and complete your 'meme' - check out my blog - I've passed it on to you: http://sexandtheshtty.blogspot.com/
- July 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Justin said...
Cute cat. I love the colors of his/her fur!
Holy crap... that is so hot! Hopefully you don't get any serious health problems from that. Enjoy relaxing. XD
- July 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- JB's Big and Small Worlds said...
It is hot here too. We will lay about too.
Thanks for the floof pics......we did not have enough at our house. hee hee
- July 18, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Amy and The House of Cats said...
Hi Fin, we think those are fabulous pics of you! We hope you have been staying cool!!
- July 22, 2010 at 10:29 AM


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Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - It's an engineering student's dream at the Fargodome today.
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More than 16,000 students showed up to drop off applications for internships and after-graduation jobs.
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- Between the years of ninety-two and a hundred and two, however, we shall be the ribald, useless, drunken, outcast person we have always wished to be. We shall have a long white beard and long white hair; we shall not walk at all, but recline in a wheel chair and bellow for alcoholic beverages; in the winter we shall sit before the fire with our feet in a bucket of hot water, a decanter of corn whiskey near at hand, and write ribald songs against organized society; strapped to one arm of our chair will be a forty-five calibre revolver, and we shall shoot out the lights when we want to go to sleep, instead of turning them off; when we want air we shall throw a silver candlestick through the front window and be damned to it; we shall address public meetings (to which we have been invited because of our wisdom) in a vein of jocund malice. We shall … but we don't wish to make any one envious of the good time that is coming to us … We look forward to a disreputable, vigorous, unhonoured, and disorderly old age.
- The Almost Perfect State (1927), p. 183–84.
- i have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same with the human race
- archy's life of mehitabel, random thoughts by archy (1933)
- If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
- As quoted in The Volta Review (1934), p. 574, Clifton Fadiman: The American Treasury 1455-1955 (New York 1955) p. 997 and Hugh Rawson, Margaret Miner: The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2006) p. 431 #5 from archy and mehitabel (1927)
- A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.
- As quoted in O Rare Don Marquis, a Biography, by Edward Anthony (1962), Ch. 11
archy and mehitabel (1927)[edit]
- dedicated to babs
with babs knows what
and babs knows why
- the octopus's secret wish
is not to be a formal fish
he dreams that some time he may grow
another set of legs or so
and be a broadway music show
- oh i should worry and fret
death and i will coquette
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai
- the song of mehitabel
- procrastination is the
art of keeping
up with yesterday
- certain maxims of archy
- an optimist is a guy
that has never had
much experience
- certain maxims of archy
- what in hell
have i done to deserve
all these kittens
- mehitabel and her kittens
- dance mehitabel dance
caper and shake a leg
what little blood is left
will fizz like wine in a keg
- mehitabel dances with boreas
- i
have often noticed that
ancestors never boast
the descendants who boast
of ancestors i would
rather start a family than
one blood will tell but often
it tells too much
- a roach of the taverns
what the ants are saying[edit]
- no insect likes human beings
and if you think you can see why
the only reason i tolerate you is because
you seem less human to me than most of them
- it wont be long now it wont be long
man is making deserts of the earth
it wont be long now
before man will have used it up
so that nothing but ants
and centipedes and scorpions
can find a living on it
man has oppressed us for a million years
but he goes on steadily
cutting the ground from under
his own feet making deserts deserts deserts
- what man calls civilization
always results in deserts
- men talk of money and industry
of hard times and recoveries
of finance and economics
but the ants wait and the scorpions wait
for while men talk they are making deserts all the time
getting the world ready for the conquering ant
drought and erosion and desert
because men cannot learn
- each generation wastes a little more
of the future with greed and lust for riches
- it wont be long now It won't be long
till earth is barren as the moon
and sapless as a mumbled bone
- dear boss i relay this information
without any fear that humanity
will take warning and reform
archy does his part (1935)[edit]
- it is a cheering thought to think
that god is on the side of the best digestion
- the big bad wolf
- there is bound to be a certain amount of
trouble running any country
if you are president the trouble happens to you
but if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so
that most of the trouble happens to other people
- archy's newest deal
- there is always
a comforting thought
in time of trouble when
it is not our trouble
- comforting thoughts
warty bliggens, the toad[edit]
- i met a toad
the other day by the name
of warty bliggens
he was sitting under
a toadstool
feeling contented
he explained that when the cosmos
was created
that toadstool was especially
planned for his personal
shelter from sun and rain
thought out and prepared
for him
- a little more
conversation revealed
that warty bliggens
considers himself to be
the center of the said
the earth exists
to grow toadstools for him
to sit under
the sun to give him light
by day and the moon
and wheeling constellations
to make beautiful
the night for the sake of
warty bliggens
- i asked him
why is it that you
are so greatly favored
ask rather
said warty bliggens
what the universe
has done to deserve me
the robin and the worm[edit]
- a robin said to an
angleworm as he ate him
i am sorry but a bird
has to live somehow the
worm being slow witted could
not gather his
dissent into a wise crack
and retort he was
effectually swallowed
before he could turn
a phrase
- demons and fishhooks
he exclaimed
i am losing my personal
identity as a worm
my individuality
is melting away from me
odds craw i am becoming
part and parcel of
this bloody robin
so help me i am thinking
like a robin and not
like a worm any
longer yes yes i even
find myself agreeing
that a robin must live
i still do not
understand with my mentality
why a robin must live
and yet i swoon into a
condition of belief
- amen said a beetle who had
preceded him into the
interior that is the way i
feel myself is it not
wonderful when one arrives
at the place
where he can give up his
ambitions and resignedly
nay even with gladness
recognize that it is a far
far better thing to be
merged harmoniously
in the cosmic all
and this confortable situation
in his midst
so affected the marauding
robin that he perched
upon a blooming twig
and sang until the
blossoms shook with ecstacy
he sang
i have a good digestion
and there is a god after all
which i was wicked
enough to doubt
yesterday when it rained
- breakfast breakfast
i am full of breakfast
and they are at breakfast
in heaven
they breakfast in heaven
all s well with the world
- how beautiful is the universe
when something digestible meets
with an eager digestion
how sweet the embrace
when atom rushes to the arms
of waiting atom
- well well boss there is
something to be said
for the lyric and imperial
believe that everything is for
you until you discover
that you are for it
sing your faith in what you
get to eat right up to the
minute you are eaten
for you are going
to be eaten
- there are more things
twixt the vermiform appendix
and nirvana than are dreamt of
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Here she comes: Saudi's Miss Beautiful Morals!
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Sukaina al-Zayer is an unlikely beauty queen hopeful. She covers her face and body in black robes and an Islamic veil, so no one can tell what she looks like. She also admits she's a little on the plump side.
But at Saudi Arabia's only beauty pageant, the judges don't care about a perfect figure or face. What they're looking for in the quest for "Miss Beautiful Morals" is the contestant who shows the most devotion and respect for her parents.
"The idea of the pageant is to measure the contestants' commitment to Islamic morals... It's an alternative to the calls for decadence in the other beauty contests that only take into account a woman's body and looks," said pageant founder Khadra al-Mubarak.
"The winner won't necessarily be pretty," she added. "We care about the beauty of the soul and the morals."
So after the pageant opens Saturday, the nearly 200 contestants will spend the next 10 weeks attending classes and being quizzed on themes including "Discovering your inner strength," "The making of leaders" and "Mom, paradise is at your feet" — a saying attributed to Islam's Prophet Muhammad to underline that respect for parents is among the faith's most important tenets.
Pageant hopefuls will also spend a day at a country house with their mothers, where they will be observed by female judges and graded on how they interact with their mothers, al-Mubarak said. Since the pageant is not televised and no men are involved, contestants can take off the veils and black figure-hiding abayas they always wear in public.
The Miss Beautiful Morals pageant is the latest example of conservative Muslims co-opting Western-style formats to spread their message in the face of the onslaught of foreign influences flooding the region through the Internet and satellite television.
A newly created Islamic music channel owned by an Egyptian businessman aired an "American Idol"-style contest for religious-themed singers this month. And several Muslim preachers have become talk-show celebrities by adopting an informal, almost Oprah-like television style, in contrast to the solemn clerics who traditionally appear in the media.
Now in its second year, the number of pageant contestants has nearly tripled from the 75 women who participated in 2008. The pageant is open to women between 15 and 25. The winner and two runners up will be announced in July, with the queen taking home $2,600 and other prizes. The runners up get $1,300 each.
Last year's winner, Zahra al-Shurafa, said the contest gives an incentive to young women and teens to show more consideration toward their parents.
"I tell this year's contestants that winning is not important," said al-Shurafa, a 21-year-old English major. "What is important is obeying your parents."
There are few beauty pageants in the largely conservative Arab world. The most dazzling is in Lebanon, the region's most liberal country, where contestants appear on TV in one-piece swimsuits and glamorous evening gowns and answer questions that test their confidence and general knowledge.
There are no such displays in ultra-strict Saudi Arabia, where until Miss Beautiful Morals was inaugurated last year, the only pageants were for goats, sheep, camels and other animals, aimed at encouraging livestock breeding.
This year's event kicks off Saturday in the mainly Shiite Muslim town of Safwa, and mostly draws local Shiite contestants. But it's open to anyone — and this year, 15 Sunni Muslims are participating, al-Mubarak said. "This is a beautiful thing," she added.
There have long been tensions between the two sects in the kingdom. Hard-liners in the Sunni majority consider Shiites infidels, and the Shiites often complain of discrimination and greater levels of poverty.
Al-Zayer, a 24-year-old international management student, said she signed up because she is the "spitting image" of her mother. "I'm proud of my devotion to my parents," she said.
What does she think of Lebanon's beauty contests?
"It's a matter of cultural differences," she said. "In Saudi Arabia, they are Islamically unacceptable."
Awsaf al-Mislim, another contestant, said if she does not win the crown, she will have won something more important.
"I will be proud to show everyone that I competed with the others over my devotion to my parents," the 24-year-old said.
Khadra al-Mubarak, left, shows potential contestant brochures of the 'Miss Beautiful Morals' contest at her office in Safwa in the eastern province, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Al-Mubarak is one of the organizers of the 'Miss Beautiful Morals' pageant, one that focuses on the female contestant's commitment to Islamic morals. The winning queen will be the one who exhibits the most devotion and respect for her parents irrespective of her looks.
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Wow, I think its a great idea/concept behind the show, being obedient to one's parents. Starting to make me feel guilty! But,
my path to paradise is still on this Earth, so
those of us who have one or both parents around can take this as a reminder to do our best to be good to those that raised and fed us in our youth. Ameen.
Just some verses as a reminder in the light of this post. Enjoy :-)
We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. His mother bore him, and the load got heavier and heavier. It takes two years (of intensive care) until weaning. You shall be appreciative of Me, and of your parents. To Me is the ultimate destiny. [31:14]
"Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or more attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honor. And out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say, "my Lord! bestow on them Thy Mercy, even as they cherished me in childhood." [ 17: 23,24]
The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: [9:71]
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Andrew Harris likes plenty of physical activities, but there's one he hates the way most kids hate spinach.
"Every time someone says 'dodgeball,' I say 'be quiet.'" he said.
The 9-year-old loves football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and hunting and fishing, but getting hit in the face, he said, while playing dodgeball in his Oxford Elementary School physical education class soured his enjoyment of the activity.
Being hit with a little red ball in a game may be a common childhood experience, but does it help a kid get more physically fit? For decades, few people bothered to even ask the question. Now a group of Alabama educators is taking a close look at the way Alabama teaches phys ed, with an eye toward what works and what doesn't.
According to Nancy Ray, physical education and health specialist for the Alabama Department of Education, she and others involved in a PE task force have worked hard to develop the state's first-ever comprehensive physical education guide for grades K-12. The Alabama Physical Fitness Assessment is based on recent data and tests students on individual performances, while the previous model, the President's Physical Fitness Challenge, was based on 1984 data and tested students based on how their performance compared with their peers.
The Alabama Fitness Assessment will be implemented in public schools across the state in the upcoming school year. The assessment uses exercises to target aerobic cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, abdominal strength, flexibility and body mass index. The goal is to help students improve overall health and fitness.
"It defines what quality PE should look like in the school systems," Ray said.
No one can accuse Alabamians of disliking sports — especially football. But there's growing evidence that something in the state's current PE curriculum isn't working.
A 2011 Centers for Disease Control study showed that Alabama had the highest proportion of obese high school students in the nation. Among high school students in Alabama, 17 percent are obese. Nationwide, only about 13 percent of students are considered obese.
In one respect, Alabama has higher PE standards than many other states; students in grades K-8 are required to have PE 30 minutes daily.
The requirements aren't nearly as stringent for Alabama students at the high school level, however. According to the CDC, about 46 percent of Alabama high school students attend PE one or more days in an average school week. Only 35 percent attend PE all five days in the average school week. Meanwhile, 41 percent of Alabama high school students watched television three or more hours per day on an average school day.
Robin Brothers, fitness director of the Anniston Aquatic and Fitness Center, doesn't think kids currently get enough physical activity.
"When I grew up, we played outside and we rode bicycles and all that and children just don't do that now. They just tend to sit."
The CDC listed "more PE and physical activity programs" as one of several solutions to aid in lowering obesity levels.
Penny Edwards, Alabama relationship manager of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, provides support and resources to Alabama schools that participate in the Healthy Schools Program. Edwards said schools have motivation to comply with state mandates for PE.
"The school can face a potential penalty if they're not following the mandate," Edwards said. However, the only way such a penalty would be imposed is if the infraction is reported to the Alabama Department of Education.
Laurie Eldridge-Auffant, health behavior specialist for the Alabama Department of Public Health, was part of the task force that created the new health curriculum.
"There's still a lot of room for improvement in PE programs," Eldridge-Auffant said earlier this month. "We went in to try to find ways to improve the quality of PE. The project that we worked on is a really good start."
Dewayne Thigpen, a PE teacher at Anniston Middle School, is optimistic about the new Alabama Fitness Assessment.
"For the most part, I think it's a good change because it will integrate technology into physical education," Thigpen said. "Some of the stuff we did may have been outdated."
A problem arises, however, when physical education classes don't really get kids active.
"Some physical education classes are not all that active and we know that because we study them using direct observation procedures," said Paul Rosengard, director of Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids, more commonly known as SPARK. The nonprofit organization provides cost-effective, evidence-based PE programs to schools in all 50 states, including Alabama, in a concerted effort to combat childhood obesity.
The SPARK program uses highly modified sports to promote greater physical activity.
"Physical education classes need to be active," Rosengard said. "Let's make sure we put the 'physical' back in physical education."
SPARK takes traditional sports and modifies them to include fewer rules, making them easier to play. So, students can start physical activity quicker and typically, they enjoy it more.
Academic boost
Kevion Nolan, a rising eighth-grader at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, said he enjoys his PE class.
"It's a period where we don't have to do work and I like being active," James said.
Kids may not be the only people who see PE as a break from academic work. Anti-obesity advocates have long complained that the increased focus on academic testing has crowded out PE in favor of more classroom time. But research suggests PE benefits students in academics, too. Rosengard co-authored a published study looking at more than 750 kids in third, fourth and fifth grades.
"We followed them for several years," Rosengard said. "If kids have more time in physical education, they do as well or they do better on their standardized test scores."
Despite the fact that the SPARK PE kids spent 300 percent more time for PE—about an hour per week out of the classroom—they scored better on three test scores, performed the same on four test scores and did slightly worse on one test score.
Peter Cribb, director of Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH), said schools have made progress, but much work is still needed.
"We have significant decreases in childhood obesity, but it's not magic," Cribb said. "It's going to take time."


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Even though everyone knew it would happen, the bomb threat called in to the Carter County Courthouse Thursday morning still emptied the building and drew police to the scene.
But then, that was the point.
The courthouse was closed for nearly two hours Thursday morning for employees to take part in emergency drills.
Carter County Emergency Management Director Andrew Worley, who orchestrated the evacuation drill, said that, overall, the exercise went smoothly.
"It went very well," Worley said. "The coordination between law enforcement and the county staff was very good. Everything, the training and the exercise, went very well."
Although Worley was pleased with the drill's results, he said some flaws were brought to light over its course.
"With any exercise, if you don't make a mistake, you've done it wrong," Worley said. "We did have a couple of areas we can improve on that we identified, and we'll have follow-up meetings with elected officials and staff to address those."
While Worley handled the evacuation, Sheriff Chris Mathes conducted drills in the courtroom, which involved courtroom security and a disruptive court case.
According to Mathes, the courtroom security drill was focused on potential threats coming from outside the courtroom.
"We had weapons placed either on people coming in or in the courtroom," Mathes said. "The officers did a security sweep and checked people. It went really well."
The second drill, the disruptive court case, dealt with threats of violence within the courtroom.
"The bailiffs responded and dealt with the issues," Mathes said. "The panic button was alerted, and Elizabethton responded to assist."
Like Worley, Mathes said he thought the exercise went well, though he, too, noticed some errors.
"We found a few things that we think we can improve on," Mathes said. "But, overall, had it been a real-life situation, it would have been good for the good guys. Everything is prepared for if something really did happen."


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BOSTON – U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged Wednesday to serve out her full six-year term and not run for president in 2016.
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Warren has repeatedly denied she's interested in campaigning for the White House, but liberal Democratic activists have continued to speculate about a possible Warren presidential bid.
Speaking to reporters in Boston after a meeting with the city's Mayor-elect Martin Walsh, Warren vowed to serve out the remainder of her term. She's currently in her first year.
"I am not running for president. I am working as hard as I can to be the best possible senator that I can be and to fight for the things that I promised during my campaign that I would fight for," Warren said.
Warren, who defeated former Republican Sen. Scott Brown last year in one of the nation's most closely watched and expensive contests, said those issues include holding banks and Wall Street accountable and helping rebuild the nation's middle class.
As part of that effort, Warren said earlier Wednesday that she'd sent a letter to the CEOs of the country's six largest financial institutions, urging they voluntarily disclose contributions to think tanks.
Warren also pointed to the minimum wage as one of the economic issues she's working on. She is the lead petitioner on a proposed 2014 ballot question in Massachusetts that would raise the state's minimum wage from $8 to $11 over three years.


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Mr. Soil Saver
By TOM J. BECHMAN
Troy Hattery doesn't think he does anything special. He just does what comes naturally — farming and serving as a Miami County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor, hoping to conserve resources not only on his own farm, but also in his county and community.
Others disagree. Many think he goes above and beyond the call of duty. That's why Hattery was named the Supervisor of the Year for 2011 by the Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts earlier this year. The Supervisor of the Year award was sponsored by Indiana Prairie Farmer.
Key Points
• Hattery recognized for doing what comes naturally to him.
• Helping to earn watershed grant was a key accomplishment.
• Taking time to educate children pays dividends later.
Hattery farms with his brother, Kendel. Most of the land they farm is no-tilled. Off the farm, he's served as a district supervisor for 16 years.
"We were becoming involved in no-till at the time," Hattery recalls. "It was a fairly new practice around here back then. Someone was leaving the board of supervisors, and they needed a couple to go on, and I agreed to do it."
Open doors
Rick Duff, the district conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service who serves Miami County, says Hattery was instrumental in opening doors to contacts and networking with those contacts at Manchester College. The process was instrumental in helping develop a plan and obtain a grant for a watershed project in the area.
Meanwhile, his contributions to the district and community spread out into several other areas, Duff notes. For example, he serves as the coordinator for the district's aerial cover crop seeding program.
County budgets are a big deal in these difficult times, especially for local groups like soil and water conservation districts that depend partially upon some county support — often for one or more district employees to either staff the office, serve as an educational coordinator, do technical planning, or all three. The employee structure and degree of support varies from district to district. Hattery quickly learned the ins and outs of working through county budgets and getting as much support for the district as possible.
Educational effort
One program dear to Hattery's heart is the Ag Day educational program, geared specifically for all county fourth-graders. Students from each school in the county attend, totaling about 500 children per year. The program consists of 16 stops and is heavily influenced by the mission of introducing these kids to the basics of soil conservation and good forestry practices.
"I usually have our tractor, planter and combine in there and have 10 minutes with each group to try to tell them what we do on the farm," he explains. "We can only hit the high spots, but I try to emphasize what the true cost involved in farming is today."
"It's interesting to observe what happens at the program," Duff says. "There are usually three to four adult chaperones with each group, and you soon realize they're learning as much as the kids."
Dedicated supervisor: Whether he's baling hay for cattle or teaching fourth-graders, Troy Hattery tries to protect resources and promote the conservation ethic.
This article published in the May, 2011 edition of INDIANA PRAIRIE FARMER.
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NEW ATHENS — In game that had several defensive lapses, Okawville catcher Janel Lake pulled off a defensive gem.
Lake turned a game-ending double play on attempted suicide squeeze bunt in the top of the seventh inning as the Rockets held off the New Athens Yellow Jackets 6-5 Saturday in the championship game of the Class 1A New Athens Softball Regional.
With runners at second and third and trailing by a run, New Athens coach Conrad Widdersheim called for a suicide squeeze with No. 3 hitter Cheyenne Muffo at the plate.
Muffo popped the ball up, and Lake dove head first to catch the ball right in front of the plate. She then threw from her knees to shortstop Jessie Klasing, who was covering third base, to double off runner Courtnie Niederbrach.
"I told my assistant coach, 'She threw that ball from her knees falling down and she hit it right on the money. Right on the money,'" Okawville coach Kristen Storey said. "I'm sure proud of Janel.''
Lake said the ball was in fair territory when she caught it.
"I think it was right in front of the plate, a little bit towards third base,'' Lake said. "I wasn't sure where it was going. I was just like, 'I have to get it.'"
The regional title was the first for the Rockets since 2002.
"I told the girls that I had two goals this season, and that was have a better than .500 season and the other was to win a regional title,'' Storey said. "I got both of those, so I am pretty happy."
Lake and most of her teammates were just starting grade school the last time the Rockets celebrated a regional championship.
"It means a lot to our seniors because we wanted to go out with a bang, and this is one way we can,'' Lake said.
The Rockets (17-10) will play Wayne City at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Class 1A Odin Sectional.
Wayne City beat Woodlawn 9-4 Saturday in the championship game of the Woodlawn Regional.
The Yellow Jackets ended the season at 13-9.
"I applaud my girls for the fight they gave,'' Widdersheim said. "What I told the girls after the game is basically when you come to play big games, teams are going to put pressure on you. It's all about how you react to the pressure.
"The sixth inning we succumbed to the pressure a little bit, and Okawville took advantage of it. Full advantage.''
The Yellow Jackets broke a 2-2 with a two-run single by Denae White in the top of the sixth inning, but Rockets pushed across four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
The rally was aided by three consecutive fielding errors off grounders by Kaylyn Fuhrhop, Megan Wienstroer and Lake.
Macy Wienstroer singled home a run to cap the rally.
In the top of the seventh, freshman pinch-hitter Georgia Park and Niederbrach singled.
Aleen Dutkanych bunted the runners to second and third.
Alina Lance hit a grounder to the second baseman, who unwisely threw home. Park beat the throw.
Widdersheim was then faced with the tough call of either trying to squeeze home the trying run or having Muffo swing away.
"You could go either way,'' Widdersheim said. "Cheyenne is an excellent hitter. She batted really well over the course of the season, but at the same time, being an excellent athlete and an excellent hitter, she's also an excellent bunter. That's what I was looking at. Get another run to secure that tie at least.''
The Rockets scored two runs in the first inning.
Madalyn Fuhrhop led off with a single and Kaylyn Fuhrhop reached base on a botched force play at second base.
Madalyn Fuhrhop scored on a ground out to the shortstop by Megan Wienstroer and Kaylyn Fuhrhop scored on a single by Janel Lake that got past the left fielder.
The Yellow Jackets tied the score in the fourth on an RBI double by Abby Marlow and an RBI single by Kelsie Ruhmann.
Okawville pitcher Jolyn Lake allowed six hits and three earned runs. She struck out three and walked two.
"It takes the whole team to win a ballgame,'' Storey said. "We pieced some hits together, scored some runs and made some plays when we needed to. That's what good teams do, and I hope we can carry this into the sectional.''
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Dearest Mrs Iolanda, I am enclosing the file with the info that you requested.
It was an historical research and therefore the cost would be €5.16 for each name found therefore in total €118,68 plus a € 14,52 stamp. But, considering that you came to visit us in San Felice, you have shared with us your story and you have been so kind with us, I have decided to give you these info as a friend's sign.
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NORMAL, Ill. - A 25-yard touchdown pass from senior Matt Brown to fellow senior Tyrone Walker sealed No. 15 Illinois State's (3-0) come-from-behind 54-51 double overtime victory over Eastern Illinois (1-2) in the annual Mid-America Classic before a capacity-crowd of 7,700 Saturday afternoon at Hancock Stadium.
With the win Illinois State opened the season with three consecutive victories for the first time since 1991.
Brown set Illinois State single-game records for passing yards (473) and completions (42), and tied his career high with five touchdown passes in the game. He also added a career-high two rushing touchdowns, making him responsible for seven total on the day. Walker led the receivers with eleven receptions for 142 yards and the game-winning touchdown reception. Sophomore Lechein Neblett tied a career-best with nine receptions and totaled a career-high 132 yards with a touchdown. Donovan Harden also added career-highs across the board, with nine catches for 94 yards and two scores.
Illinois State amassed 533 total yards of offensive, while EIU totaled 509. The game included 32 total penalties for a combined 276 yards, including 22 penalties for 178 yards against the Redbirds. The 105 combined points scored were the most between the two teams in the 101-year history of the rivalry.
Defensively, the Redbirds totaled three interceptions for the second consecutive week, with Alex Donnelly, Mike Banks, and Ezra Thompson each recording one. Colton Underwood set career-highs with 13 tackles, three sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, while Mike Zimmer led all defenders with a career-best 15 tackles.
ISU had possession first to open overtime and promptly scored on a three-play drive. Brown connected twice with Neblett before finding Harden for a seven-yard touchdown completion. Eastern Illinois quickly answered and took advantage of two pass interference penalties, before Taylor Duncan registered a two-yard touchdown run, knotting the game at 48-48 and sending it to a second overtime period.
In the second overtime, the Panthers had the ball first and converted a 40-yard field goal attempt from Cameron Berra to make the score 51-48. Brown's first pass attempt to Walker sailed high, but the next pass caught the wide out in stride for the walk-off win and the 54-51 victory.
Illinois State erased a 10-point deficit with nine minutes to play in the game, orchestrated by two pass-heavy drives. Trailing 41-31, Brown and the offense covered 83 yards on eight plays, scoring on a 20-yard dash from Cameron Hunt. A fumbled extra point attempt made it 38-34 EIU with 5:54 to play. After the ISU defense forced a punt, the Redbirds regained possession on their own four yard line with no time outs and 2:16 to play. Brown completed six-of-seven passes, including a 13-yard touchdown toss to Harden for the 41-38 lead. Eastern Illinois promptly responded with a 76-yard drive on eight plays, as Berra hit a game-tying field goal as time expired to force overtime.
Just under four hours before the game-winning touchdown, Illinois State struck first on a defensive score. Panthers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo's third down pass attempt was tipped by Shelby Harris and intercepted by Donnelly. He would return it 30 yards for the score and a 7-0 ISU lead. The Panthers immediately responded on a four yard touchdown run from Duncan.
Eastern Illinois would find pay dirt again minutes later on a quick, three-play, 65-yard drive that took only 32 seconds off the clock. A 44-yard pass to Chris Wright put Eastern Illinois deep in Illinois State territory. After a roughing the passer penalty on ISU, Eastern scored on an eleven yard dash from Ducnan, his second touchdown of the game. Duncan finished the game with 24 carries for 96 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Panthers ground attack.
Illinois State would then tie the game on the next possession, going 86 yards for a touchdown. On the drive, Brown connected with Walker three times, before finding Neblett for a 19-yard touchdown pass, tying the game at 14-14. Berra's 44-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the opening half gave Eastern Illinois a 17-14 lead at the break.
The Panthers scored on their first drive of the second half, when Garoppolo completed a ten-yard touchdown pass to Erik Lora, making it 24-14 EIU. On the next drive, Illinois State went 70 yards on five plays, highlighted by a 40-yard completion from Brown to Neblett. Three plays later, Brown carried the ball eleven yards for the rush touchdown, his first score on the ground in the game.
Illinois State would get the ball back and on fourth and one, Darrelynn Dunn carried the ball 16 yards for a first-and-goal from the one yard line. Brown scored on a keeper on the next play, giving Illinois State a brief 28-24 lead.
Eastern would mount consecutive scoring drives, first on a 12-yard pass from Garoppolo to Erik Lora and then minutes later on a 13-yard run from Jake Walker, making it 38-28 before the Illinois State comeback. Garoppolo finished the day 37-for-61 with 387 yards passing and two touchdown passes.
Illinois State hits the road next week for its Missouri Valley Football Conference opener, Sept. 22, against Western Illinois. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. in Macomb, Ill., and the game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, with Kurt Pegler and former ISU All-American linebacker Boomer Grigsby on the call.
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I would really appreciate some advice from the experts here. I apologize in advance if my descriptions are unclear. Sorry!
Our ranch style house (on slab) was built in 1961. Roof (for vent access) is metal so footprints void warranty. Pipes are 3 inch cast iron. No external cleanouts except one small one outside kitchen sink. At one end of the house is bath#1 and a clothes washer that is right across from that bathroom. The sewer line then runs straight from bath#1 with feed from the kitchen sink and then stops at bath#2. The toilets for bath#2 and #3 are back to back but separated by a wall. Then it pivots and runs out straight towards the city line. The overview of house sewer line is a long "L" shape.
Incident #1
Flushed #3 toilet overflowed with backup in bath#3 shower. There were bubbles in bath#2 toilet at same time. Used Draino in shower and Rooter Co. came next day. Video through small internal cleanout behind toilet #2 showed no clog but that could be result of Draino. Rooter plumber recommended bringing up/installing cleanout in front yard for future hydro jetting.
Incident #2
Washing machine draining caused overflow of toilet#1. Heard gurgling sound in kitchen sink at same time. Same rooter co. came and video of toilet#1 showed some tissue blockage which video equipment loosened. Plumber showed me video of what looked like piece of cable caught in pipe 30 ft from entry which may be the culprit. Perhaps cable from previous snaking?
1. Rooter guy can use cutter to grab cable. No guarantee he can pull it out or that it won't break and go downstream.
2. Don't do anything and see how things go now we know what the problem is. Modify habits.
3. Break slab and pull out pipe and cable. (Expensive!!!!)
4. Install 2 cleanouts and hydrojet pipes.
Any advice please? If we install clean out(s), where should it go??? Thank you!