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2:56pm

Fri December 21, 2012
World Ends Today. Maybe.

How To Survive A Zombie Outbreak In The South

Credit Courtesy of Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas, the head of Atlanta's Zombie Outbreak Response Team, poses here with a monster.

How do you prepare for the end of the world? Well, it depends on how the world ends. Here at WUTC, we thought that a zombie outbreak is as likely as anything else. So, we called up Jennifer Nicholas, the head of Atlanta's Zombie Outbreak Response Team, to ask for some advice.

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1:49pm

Fri December 21, 2012
Studio Equipment, That Is

It’s Not The Equipment, But How You Use It

Chosen Productions is one of Chattanooga’s newest audio/video production companies, and they have a huge array of microphones, audio hardware, musical instruments—even a grand piano sitting beside a window overlooking downtown.  But all that equipment would be useless without a good engineer sitting behind the console.

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1:45pm

Thu December 20, 2012
On Duty

Are Constables A Liability, Or Crucial To Law Enforcement?

Credit Courtesy of http://www.tennesseeconstable.com/

In many Tennessee counties, constables are a lot like regular police officers, but with a few major differences: They get paid very little, if anything, are required to have very little training, and don't have a superior.

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2:48pm

Tue December 18, 2012
Sugarcoated

For Sibyl Carmichael, Work Is Just Icing On The Cake

  • A visit to the Sugar Shoppe

Sybil Carmichael decorates wedding cakes at the Sugar Shoppe in East Brainerd. She also teaches cake decorating classes there.

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10:52am

Thu December 13, 2012
News

The Longform: Mayor Littlefield Details Proposed Wastewater Authority

In this longform interview, Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield tells WUTC why he believes our city needs a new wastewater authority, and why he’s proposing it right now, with only a few months left in his term.

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3:33pm

Tue December 11, 2012
Extra! Extra!

The Chattanooga Pulse Turns Ten

Credit Josh Wool / Courtesy of Zachary Cooper
Zachary Cooper is the publisher of The Chattanooga Pulse.

Chattanooga’s alternative weekly newspaper, The Pulse, turns 10 this year. In the last decade, the paper has covered the city’s arts and culture scene, been subpoenaed for an investigative story, and even made a foray into radio. In this segment, publisher Zachary Cooper talks about ten years of The Pulse.

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12:24pm

Fri December 7, 2012
The Early Stages

Southtree Co-Founder Advises 'How To Bootstrap Your Startup'

Credit Courtesy of Adam Boeselager
Adam Boeselager is the co-founder of the Chattanooga-based company Southtree.

  • An interview with Adam Boeselager

When Adam Boeselager was at Lee University, he and his friend Nick Macco decided to start a business converting old home videos and audio recordings into digital files.  Now, three years later, their company Southtree has created more than a million DVDs for customers all over the country.

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1:40pm

Tue December 4, 2012
Animal Abuse

Suspected Dog Fighting Operation Discovered In Tennessee

Credit Amiee Stubbs / Animal Rescue Corps
Animal Rescue Corps president Scotlund Haisley holds a dog found at a suspected dog fighting operation in Ashland City, TN.

  • An interview with Scotlund Haisley

On Thanksgiving evening this year, there was a brush fire in Ashland City, Tennessee, which is about 20 miles west of Nashville. When the firefighters arrived, they found something in the woods they weren't expecting: about 60 dogs chained up at a suspected dog fighting operation.

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