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SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Shelby County teachers threatened to stage a sickout if they don't get more money.
Teachers said it's been three years since they've had a raise, and they're frustrated.
Superintendent Dorsey Hopson said he heard about the threats, and he's hoping teachers don't go through with it.
Teachers told WREG they are fed up and determined. Tuesday night, they laid into the school board. Their main concern: not getting paid what they were promised.
"You need to take a good look at everyone. Not just people making over a $100,000 sitting in a board. We are important too," said a Lucy Elementary teacher.
Memphis-Shelby County Education Association President Keith Williams said teachers should be on a schedule.
Those with the minimum education start off with a $42,000 salary and after 18 years, they top off at $59,000.
Williams said the district gave a bonus last year to make up for not giving any raises for the past three years.
"The little bonuses don't equate to very much. It is certainly not a step increase," said Williams.
"I am not even paid for every year of experience that I have," said a teacher, who has been with the district for 12 years.
She said this year, she's bringing home $600 less each month, because of increased health care costs and no salary increases.
Several teachers told WREG if nothing changes, they will organize a sick out and call it the "Red Apple Virus."
Hopson said he sat down with union leaders, reminding them strikes are illegal.
"I believe in my heart that these teachers know that's not best for kids. That creates a situation that's not stable. A bunch of subs coming in," said Hopson.
He said this year's budget is finalized, so raises won't happen. He wanted to remind teachers that no administrator got a raise either. He also said he understands their concerns and wants the best for them.
Teachers said they aren't giving up their fight, and they also want changes made to the tenure and teacher evaluation system known as TVAAS.

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After reading the Ted Wells investigation report of the Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin matter, I had several reactions. Most focused on Incognito's reprehensible and vile bullying of Martin, primarily aided by his two teammates, Mike Pouncey and John Jerry. After reflecting on the workplace environment that allowed such repeated atrocious conduct to occur, I wondered where were the other players when this was taking place. There must have been "high character" players who heard the conduct and appreciated that it went far over the line of what would be tolerable teasing in the name of bonding. Yet the Wells report does not identify teammates taking affirmative steps to stop the offensive behavior. Some players interviewed were evidently wanting Martin to take action to defend himself. However, for a complex set of reasons, Martin did not do so.At its core, the conduct among the Miami Dolphins offensive line was what we see in classic school bullying. A powerful bully, at times aided by a few followers, preys upon a vulnerable target who does not object or push back with enough vehemence to stop the misconduct. Likewise, the workplace bully or harasser shares many of the attributes of the classic school bully; that is, usually someone in power engages in inappropriate conduct directed at the target without power.
In the workplace, we have become very educated about an employer's obligations to prevent workplace harassment. In California, there is mandated supervisory training in sexual harassment prevention for employers with over 50 employees. The training typically focuses on supervisory responsibility – what to do when someone complains about harassment. However, one critically important theme for such training is that everyone has responsibility for ensuring the workplace is respectful and free of harassment or bullying. Not just for those who manage people, but every individual employee, whether a manager or not, should treat everyone with respect and take responsibility for making sure the core value of respect is reflected throughout an organization. Although not mandated by law, this theme reflects a best practices approach every organization should consider embracing.
One current thought among those dealing with school bullying, including the cyber bullying that can be as much or more destructive than physical bullying on the playground, is that the bystanders must be empowered to take action. It is unrealistic to expect the bully to stop without intervention or the victim to stand up and demand the action must stop. Those roles have been established by the very nature of the conduct. Instead, the bystanders must say "Stop" to break the cycle. Schools and anti-bullying groups are promoting programs that support such empowerment of the bystander to help stop the inappropriate conduct.
Our workplaces could use the same message. We all have the responsibility to identify bullying or harassing conduct and take steps to stop the conduct. Harassment prevention training should be provided to individual contributors, not just managers, and the message should be clear: If you witness inappropriate conduct directed at others, the organization wants you to come forward to provide notice so that immediate and appropriate corrective action can take place to stop the conduct. For the same reasons that the school bystander or the Miami Dolphins teammate did not want to be involved (they do not want the misconduct to be directed at them or they are friends with the bully or harasser), the workplace bystander usually remains silent. Our workplace training should identify this dilemma and encourage the workplace bystander to be empowered to take action and contribute to a more respectful environment.
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There Is A Lot To Know About Handyman Businesses
Posted by Dave the How To guy | do it yourself | Posted on June 3rd, 2011
Handy man services are in high demand today but often they have one of the worst reputations around for charging for things they don't do or charging too much for the work they do. Good handyman businesses are extremely hard to find and yet are in high demand.
As I just said a good handyman is often quite difficult to find because the ones that produce quality work at a price that is acceptable for the quality work they do are usually booked solid. Nevertheless, to be able to find these quality workers there are some things you need to know and look for when seeking one.
It doesn't matter whether you only have a small repair job or you're looking to have a sizeable makeover in an area of your home, it really does pay to hire the best handyman business available. And don't forget when you find a top quality honest handyman service hang on to them as you will want to use them time and again.
Unfortunately many handyman businesses are known for:
– being unreliable and untrustworthy.
– asking you for cash up front then leave the work unfinished
– demanding extra money above what you agreed on
– do a shoddy job
– not responding to phone calls when you need to get them back to fix something he did
So how do you know if the guy you had look at your work or talked to is one of the good guys out there? Here are things you the homeowner should do to protect yourself and your home.
– ask for references
– are they known by the chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau
– are they a registered business or just working out of their truck?
– did they knock on your door or did you find them in the yellow pages (online or phone book) This is only a possible indicator.
– don't pay for the job upfront! (maybe 15 to 20% but no more)
– don't let them charge the materials under your name at any home improvement center or other store.
– don't pay for the completed job until you are fully satisfied with the work.
– have someone you know who knows quality work inspect the job during and on completion before you pay.
Now several of these you may think only apply to larger jobs and in one sense they do, nevertheless they still are relevant though for a 25 dollar repair that you're not happy with, you could just not hire them again. On the other hand having to pay for a two thousand dollar job twice because the first time was done incorrectly that is another story.
One final thing that you should keep in mind, handymen don't all come being able to do all things high quality. They have a variety of abilities and skills that they are good at others that they are not so good at. As the homeowner it's up to you to figure out if they're competent to do what you need done or not.
Finding a good handyman who will provide a variety of services is a tremendous way to free up some of your time. That way you can get the things done you need to and still have time for your family and yourself.
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Amazon Watch is monitoring concessions held by US-based oil company ConocoPhillips. The company holds two concessions in this area covering 5.5 million acres of ecologically-sensitive forestlands, some of which are home to peoples living in voluntary isolation. Spain's Repsol, jointly holds the concession for one of the blocks. Amazon Watch has called on both companies to abandon the lot based on the grave risks their operations pose to isolated peoples living there. More
Canada's Gran Tierra: Didn't You Know Oil Doesn't Mix with Water?October 28, 2013
As Peru continues to expand oil activities in the Amazon, there's a new oil company with grand ambitions, Calgary-based Gran Tierra. Does Gran Tierra not understand the risks they are running? If so, they are in for a rude shock.
Consultation or Conflict? The Fight for the Future of Natural Resource Investments in PeruJuly 3, 2013
From the Amazon to the Andes, communities are protesting the devastation left by mining and oil projects. Successive governments have readily resorted to repressive measures.
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ConocoPhillips announced today that they are pulling out of Oil Bocks 123 and 129 in the Peruvian Amazon. The announcement comes just weeks after Talisman Energy announced their withdrawal from the country.
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Three years ago yesterday, Peruvian police opened fire on a group of protesters near the town of Bagua in northern Peru. The violent clashes that ensued left 34 dead and over 200 injured in the worst violence in recent history.
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From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous and mestizo groups across Peru plan to mobilize on May 31 to resist industrial development projects that they say would destroy vital natural water sources and threaten community survival.
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San Francisco, CA – Grassroots opposition is mounting as ConocoPhillips' plans to drill for oil within the fresh-water source for Peru's largest rainforest city.
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ConocoPhillips Withdraws from Controversial Oil Block 39 in Peru
Amazon Watch hails decision for isolated peoples' rights at Annual General MeetingMay 11, 2011
Houston, Texas – ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva announced today that the company has withdrawn from its controversial co-venture with Repsol-YPF in Oil Block 39 of the remote northern Peruvian Amazon.


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By Army Sgt. Amber RobinsonSpecial to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 23, 2009 Combat medics serve double-duty when deployed overseas. They must not only be ready at a moment's notice to provide lifesaving medical care, but they also have to be prepared to battle alongside their comrades.
Army Spc. Timothy Currie, combat medic with 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, said he is prepared to take on either role.
"Until there is a need for a medic on missions, I am basically a rifleman," Currie said. "In order to gain the respect of your soldiers, you must help do their job alongside them and still find time to take care of your responsibilities as a medic."
Currie, who is on his first deployment, has been outside of his forward operating base in Wardak province more than 40 times. His job as a combat medic is to accompany the battalion commander's staff on all missions.
"As a medic, you are not only responsible for yourself like most soldiers, but you are [also] responsible for a platoon," Currie said. "If you are part of a platoon that goes outside the wire on a regular basis, there is a great deal of responsibility."
Currie must ensure soldiers are cared for whether in combat or during everyday operations.
"Usually in a platoon, each soldier has a certain responsibility -- a driver has the truck, a gunner has their crew-served weapon, a 'commo' guy takes care of the radios," Currie said. "A medic is responsible for the medical gear carried on every soldier, in every truck, and in their own personal aid bag.
"When soldiers are tired, overworked and hungry there is a medic there to make sure they continue to take care of themselves, and trust me, it is probably the last thing on their mind."
Serving double-duty as soldier and medic can be taxing, but Currie said he enjoys his job.
"When I joined the Army I wanted to be a line medic," Currie said. "So right now, I am living the dream, no matter how hard it may be."
Though Currie said he enjoys the fact he has maintained 100 percent of his soldiers' well-being during his numerous missions, he always keeps the brutal possibilities of war in his mind.
"My biggest fear is losing a patient," Currie said. "No matter what I would do as a combat medic in a situation like that, I know that I'd always ask myself what I could have done better. I know it would be difficult to fathom because these are my guys. I spend all my time with them. It's not like in a hospital setting where I'm treating just someone off the street. These are my comrades, my fellow soldiers."
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The DNA of My Extreme Ancestry
March 10, 2013 by Karen Batchelor
Filed under Research Notes
One thing doing genealogy teaches you is that you are NEVER exactly who you THINK you are. For over 36 years, I've researched my roots. On my dad's side of the family, my journey has taken me back through slavery and slave-owners in Georgia and North Carolina. But I've only been able to get back to great-great grandparents and not on every line.
I've had far more success researching my mother's line which has taken me back to known ancestors from Bermuda, England, Scotland and Germany. As of now, there are some lines I've gotten back to medieval times in England!!
For years, I've thought about taking a DNA test but just got around to doing that recently. If you're wondering what all the fuss is over DNA test in family research, here's a video that explains it better than I ever could –
To get started, I sent for a DNA test from Ancestry.com. When it arrived, I filled the little vial with my saliva (apparently a rich source of DNA) and waited about 5 weeks to get my results. Here they are (and who I am) –
54 % West African
34 % British Isles
7 % Scandinavian
5 % Uncertain
Like many BLACK people in the USA, I knew my genealogy was mixed. And I specifically knew that I had many ancestors from England and Scotland. But the Scandinavian link was a complete surprise!
Apparently the DNA test shows your lineage back hundreds, even a thousand years. None of the modern day Scandinavian countries were around then. So, according to Ancestry.com, the results show that I have Viking ancestry. Go figure.
Did a Viking really wander through my family tree??
Family Racism
October 21, 2011 by Karen Batchelor
Filed under Research Notes
My maternal great-grandmother, Jennie Daisy Hood was born in the tiny little town of Waterford, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1867. She was the daughter of Andrew Coover Hood and Clarissa Scribner. By all rights, Jennie should have stayed a small town girl, married a young man who her parents knew and stayed in the area where her family had been since right after the American Revolution. But she didn't.
I'll never know what – but something drew Jennie away to Washington, D.C. where I found her in the city directory in the mid-1880's working as a chambermaid. This probably meant that she was working in a private home doing housework and making a meager wage as the "help". I need to do more research to see if I can find out who my great grandmother was working for in that job so far away from home.
During her time away in Washington, I believe she met her future husband and my great grandfather, Prince Albert Weaver. There's so much I don't know about him but I do know that he was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in D.C. So it's likely that Jennie and Prince Albert met there. They married in Cleveland, Ohio on September 2, 1889 – an event that was not celebrated by Jennie's family because Prince Albert was African American and Jennie was White.
In fact, from the time Jennie got married, her father never spoke to her again. Despite this she would make periodic visits to her hometown of Waterford. I wonder if she thought her father would get over the fact the she had an inter-racial marriage. But according to the oral history of our family, he ever did.
Apparently, though, Jennie continued to visit her mother and eventually take her oldest daughters along – Hazel and Clarissa. Hazel was my grandmother. Here they are as girls:
As the story goes, on one visit when my grandmother and great-aunt were in their teens, their grandmother announced that perhaps they shouldn't come to visit again because the girls were beginning to show their "colored heritage". According to our family history, Jennie was outraged by this slur against her children. She never visited her parents again. It's sad to think that my great grandmother lost the relationship with her parents because of racism.
The Mulatto Factor in Black Family Genealogy
October 2, 2011 by Karen Batchelor
Filed under Research Notes
Recently I was on hot on the trail of my great grandfather, Francis Walton Batchelor. This is my father's father's line and goes back through Harris County, Georgia. I have to admit, I've procrastinated on researching the Batchelors, in part because of the challenges of researching Black family genealogy back through slavery.
I was blessed to have known my great grandfather. To my childhood eyes, he was a frail but handsome old man who loved to sit in the front room of my aunt's house and regale us with stories from the old days. Great Grandpa died in 1961 at the age of 91 years old. Here's a picture of him back in the day with four of his daughters:
In my research, I found Great Grandpa as an infant in the 1870 census. His race was listed as "Mu" which was the abbreviation for "mulatto". The term mulatto was officially used as a racial designation on the United States census from 1850 to 1930. By definition, at least in this country, a mulatto is a person who has a White and a Black parent. There are good discussions of mulatto at Blended People of America and Afrigeneas – helpful if you want to better understand the historic nuances of race that have an impact on African American genealogy.
As I reviewed the census records, though, they showed both Great Grandpa and his father, Luke Bachelor (sic) listed as mulatto. But Great Grandpa's mother was listed in the same 1870 census as Black. Later in the 1900 census and beyond, Great Grandpa's race was listed as Black. Hmmm…
Could Luke actually have been mulatto? Yes – if he had a White father, although I have no documentation of that yet in my research. But could Great Grandpa be officially designated as mulatto if he had a mulatto father and Black mother. No – and that's where the disconnect comes into play.
What I've come to realize from this and research on other family lines is that sometimes my ancestors were listed as mulatto because of the census-taker's subjective view based on their appearance. This is why when I see the term mulatto, it raises a red flag for me to be extra-vigilant to make sure I don't get side-tracked in my research because a census taker made a mistake more than 100 years ago.
To date in my family research, I have identified only two ancestors who are technically mulatto because they have one Black parent and one White parent. They are:
1. My other paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Parker, was born in Harris County, Georgia in 1878. His father was Isaiah Parker, a White man and my great great grandfather. Isaiah was son of Isaiah Parker, the senior, a slave-owner and also my ancestor. Thomas's mother was Ann or known in our Black family history as "Charity Ann". She was a slave on the Parker cotton farm.
Charity Ann and Isaiah had 17 children together during and after slavery. My great-grandfather was the youngest. The story of Charity Ann and Isaiah is a fascinating one but that's a post for another day. My great grandfather Thomas died in 1963 but I don't recall ever meeting him. Here's a picture of him that I have at home in one of those old-fashioned frames with the "bubble" glass:
2. My maternal grandmother, Hazel Edna Dickinson (Weaver) who was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1891. Her father, Prince Albert Weaver was African American, born in Pittsburgh and raised in Washington D.C. Her mother was Jennie Daisy Hood was a White woman from Waterford, PA. Prince Albert and Jennie married in 1889 in Cleveland. It is my great grandmother's line that I've traced back to the American Revolution and the early days of colonial America. Here's a picture of my Grandmother Hazel, who died in 1946 – five years before I was born:
One of the big lessons I've learned in 36 years of researching my family history is not to let subjective information like, what I call, "the mulatto factor" stand in the way of getting the real facts about who my African American ancestors really were. And that's the challenge if you're doing Black family genealogy – take the records you find as clues and do further research to determine if you're headed down the right path looking for the next generation.
History will thank you.
10 Generations of Strong Women Ancestors
September 17, 2011 by Karen Batchelor
Filed under Research Notes
One of the problems I've had over the years is that it is sometimes impossible to uncover details about my female ancestors. This isn't just a problem in doing African American family history. It comes with the territory when you do genealogy. So I was really excited when I discovered that I can identify my mother's mother's mother's mother's and, well – you get the drift.
What this means is that on my mother's line, I've found my women ancestors 10 generations back. In their honor, I've listed them here so they will never ever be lost in time.
You'll notice that I introduce my female ancestors by their maiden names and that's a tip for you. Always identify women in your family tree by their maiden, not married names. If you don't have that maiden name for a particular ancestor, put her first name and then "unknown" for the last name. You can always add the maiden name later .
Now, meet the strong women who made it possible for me to be here:
- I am the daughter of Alice Vivian Dickinson who was born on June 18, 1919 in New York, NY. She married my father, Thomas Melvin Batchelor in 1945. Mom was the 2nd generation of women in our family who went to college (my sister and I are the 3rd). Mom earned her BA in Spanish Literature at Howard University and later received her Master's degree. Mom is still living and is 92 years old – God Bless.
- Mom is the daughter of Hazel Edna Weaver who was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 8, 1891. Grandmother was a pioneer in our family – the first woman who went to college. She graduated from Howard University in 1917 with a Bachelor of Science in Math. She married my grandfather, Frederick William James Dickinson who was originally from Bermuda.
- Grandmother was the daughter of Jennie Daisy Hood who was born in Waterford, PA on March 12, 1867. She married Prince Albert Weaver in Cleveland in 1880. They were an interracial couple and her father never spoke to her again because of that.
- My great grandmother Jennie was the daughter of Clarissa A. Scribner who was born on September 27, 1837 in Ballston Spa, NY. Her husband was Andrew Coover Hood whose grandfather and great grandfather served in the American Revolution.
- My great great grandmother Clarissa was the daughter of Luransey (or Luransa) Frazier who was born February 27, 1796 in Leyden, MA. Luransey was the wife of Alexander Scribner of Ballston Spa, NY. Alexander's father and grandfather were also Revolutionary War soldiers.
- My 3rd great grandmother Luransey was the daughter of Sally Page who was born in 1768 in Bernardson, MA. Sally was the wife of Michael Frazier of Franklin County, MA. Michael's family name was originally Frizzell (or one of the 9 variations of spelling I found), but he changed the name back to the original Scottish spelling. Michael's father was a Revolutionary War veteran.
- My 4th great grandmother Sally Page was the daughter of Sally (aka Sarah) Cunnabell who was born about 1753 in Boston, MA. The name Sally was sometimes used as a nickname for Sarah. Sally Cunnabell became the wife of David Page, also of Boston.
- My 5th great grandmother, Sally Cunnabell was the daughter of Sarah Crafts who was born on June 17, 1729 in Boston, MA. Sarah married John Cunnabell and they left the comfort of Boston to become early settlers in Western Massachusetts.
- My 6th great grandmother, Sarah Crafts was the daughter of Anne White who was born on January 24, 1711 in Boston, MA. Anne was the wife of Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Crafts and mother of their son, also Thomas Crafts, who was one of the original Sons of Liberty and a member of the real Tea Party.
- My 7th great grandmother, Anne White was the daughter of Sarah Wilson who was born in 1688. I don't know where Sarah Wilson was born but she married my 7th great grandfather, Edward White in 1709. Obviously I've got some more research to do to figure out where she came from originally. With a little luck and a lot of patience, maybe I can actually discover who this particular Sarah's mother was and add another generation of strong women to my family tree.
Who are the strong women in your family history?


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Government COFFINS! OMG RUN!February 19th, 2009
What could be more sinister than a big area full of coffins? How about a big area full of plastic burial vaults? These are reinforced plastic boxes which are used for burying remains in cemeteries. Many cemeteries require that coffins are surrounded by a vault of some kind, because it prevents the ground from collapsing if the coffin begins to rot. This can be a real safety issue when a vehicle, such as a hearse drives over a grave. So if you see thousands of these things lined up, it must mean somebody is planning for a lot of deaths and that somebody must be the government!
Yes, a big field full of burial vaults in Georgia can only mean that the government is planning on exterminating the population. Also, it means that the government is at least giving everyone a private burial and not resorting to mass graves or just dumping bodies in landfills. Which I guess is nice, because they're being respectful about the whole thing, right?
Well, that is the conclusion that a number of websites focusing on conspiracy theories have come to when they found out that a large number of such burial vaults were piled up in Georgia. It must be a FEMA conspiracy, right? That's what the word is at Above Top Secret, Alex Jones's Infowars and at "Survive Martial Law." Even sites like Yahoo Answers have questions about how to survive the extermination (which is assumed to be happening in 2012, because that's a date people like to pretend is special.)
I know, that video doesn't make much sense. If they were killing people in such large numbers why not just bury them in mass graves on the spot? or even landfills? Why not burn them in piles? Or if stored in boxes, why bother with these nice ones when cheap particle board would do? Clearly it's just grasping at straws to come up with a sinister explanation. This video is not unique either, Youtube has numerous of such videos about these casket liners/burial vaults.
Also, I'm not entirely sure what CT'ers are thinking now that their favorite villian GW Bush is out of office. Perhaps they think Obama is part of the plan too or that he's simply a puppet for Bush and Cheney. Some have insisted that the public leaders of the nations of the world are just figureheads controlled by a secret underground leadership anyway.
Now the truth:
These are indeed burial vaults and they are for dead people, but the rest of the information being circulated is generally not true. For one thing, they are not made by Polyguard. There has been some confusion because the government has bought large numbers of burial vaults from Polyguard and may have stored them in other locations for use in burrials by the Department of Veterans Affairs (there are over one thousand veterans from World War II who die each day, so the VA has indeed purchased huge numbers of burial vaults.)
Some have speculated this is really a backdoor way of stocking up on the vaults in order to avoid being noticed. However, the facility which is most commonly noted for being the location where the vaults are stored is not government related and does not contain Polyguard products. Instead, the vaults there are produced by Vantage Products of Georgia but are otherwise pretty much the same thing.
Here's what a local paper, the Morgan County Citizen had to say about the matter:
ûÂã˜éYep, these are cheap plastic coffins. Hundreds of thousands of them. DonûÂã˜ãÂt believe it? Why coffins? Why in the middle of Georgia?ûÂ㘠the entry ûÂã˜éHalf a Million Plastic Coffins?ûÂ㘠on Alex JonesûÂã˜ã Infowars.com, dated July 18, states. ûÂã˜éWell, apparently the Government is expecting a half million people to die relatively soon, and the Atlanta Airport is a major airline traffic hub, probably the biggest in the country, which means Georgia is a prime base to conduct military operations and coordination. It is also the home of the CDC, the Center for Disease Control. I donûÂã˜ãÂt want to alarm anyone, but usually you donûÂã˜ãÂt buy 500,000 plastic coffins ûÂã˜ùjust in case something happens,ûÂã˜ã you buy them because you know something is going to happen. These air tight seal containers would be perfect to bury victims of plague or biological warfare in, wouldnûÂã˜ãÂt they?ûÂã˜
While the origins of the theories are unclear, there are blog postings that date back to December 2007 (AboveTopSecret.com), although the majority of postings have come within the latter half of July.
And, according to Vantage Products Corporation Vice President of Operations Michael Lacey, thatûÂã˜ãÂs exactly when the calls started pouring in.
ûÂã˜éItûÂã˜ãÂs been going on for quite a while, about a week,ûÂ㘠Lacey said.
Lacey maintains that the theories regarding the property, and whatûÂã˜ãÂs on it, arenûÂã˜ãÂt quite accurate.
The ûÂã˜écoffinsûÂ㘠arenûÂã˜ãÂt coffins at all, according to Lacey. Instead, they are burial vaults, ûÂã˜éthe outer container for caskets,ûÂ㘠Lacey said, placed in the ground before the coffin to protect the coffin and maintain level ground above.
There are currently 50,000 of these burial vaults on the property, according to Lacey. As the vaults were placed on the site around 1997 or 1998, there may have been as many as 70,000 or 80,000 to begin with.
ûÂã˜éItûÂã˜ãÂs nowhere near the quantity they talk about on the Internet,ûÂ㘠Lacey said.
This quantity of burial vaults, VantageûÂã˜ãÂs Standard Air Seal model in black, also the least expensive model and the most in-demand, was made to cater to what Lacey calls the funeral industryûÂã˜ãÂs ûÂã˜épre-need.ûÂ㘠This ûÂã˜épre-needûÂ㘠occurs when people make arrangements for their funeral before they actually pass away, so that the family doesnûÂã˜ãÂt have to go through the perceived stress of making the arrangements. When these arrangements are made, the products are paid for; obviously, though, they are not yet needed.
So, Vantage stores the product until the person dies, and the product is needed.
Further, pallets of the burial vaults are moved truckloads at a time, as there is space for a palate at the
Contrary to the beliefs of the theorists, then, the burial vaults arenûÂã˜ãÂt owned by the government, or FEMA. Instead, theyûÂã˜ãÂre owned by individuals, or not yet sold.
ûÂã˜éTheyûÂã˜ãÂre not owned by any one individual, company or the government,ûÂ㘠Lacey said.
Hmm.. seems like a reasonable explanation to me. Probably more so than they are part of a big conspiracy to kill everyone.
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The tailing off of a brief snow shower Wednesday afternoon shouldn't give a false sense of security, said local meteorologist Sam Roberts.
Roberts, reporting for the National Weather Service station in Morristown, warned those in the Johnson City area not to get the impression that they'd dodged a bullet with snow accumulation, saying most of it was still on its way.
"Everything is still on track," Roberts said. "The heaviest stuff will be coming over night. If anything, I've actually seen some snow totals bump up a little bit a little west of (Johnson City)."
Immediately around Johnson City, Roberts said about six to eight inches could be expected with some of the outskirts and higher elevations catching a possible total around 11 inches. The cause is the low-pressure system getting caught in the foothills of the mountains, Roberts said, all the way from Gatlinburg to Northeast Tennessee, through Johnson City.
"The closer you get to the low-pressure system, the more you're going to get," Roberts said. "You guys (in Johnson City) are going to be getting the most snow."
A winter storm warning for eastern Tennessee had been issued by the NWS in Morristown through today. Although snow will eventually subside after today, enough of it will have fallen, said Roberts, to cause trouble on roads into the weekend.
Some of the initial amount expected to fall will eventually melt when temperatures reach the mid-30s today, but when the mark on the thermometer drops again in the evening, the melted snow will freeze and make it difficult to use the roads until Saturday.
"It might be Friday or Saturday until all the roads are clear," said Roberts.
Mark Nagi, a community relations officer with the Tennessee State Department of Transportation, issued TDOT's evening report Wednesday, stating that roads were covered with slushy snow in Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties, crews were treating them, and that Johnson County was the worst hit.
"Crews have been on the job since 7 a.m. this morning and all interstates and state routes have been pretreated before this winter weather event began," Nagi said. "Crews are on their routes and will stay on their routes as long as necessary this evening and into the early morning hours."
As of Wednesday night, few accidents were reported, aside from a vehicle going off the road on Leesburg Road in Jonesborough, in which the driver complained of neck and back pain. A dispatcher with Washington County 911 said the accident was remedied quickly. A single plow truck in Unicoi County also went off the road and was quickly recovered by another plow truck, something that a county dispatcher said happens more frequently than one might imagine in inclement weather.
Johnson City Schools also announced closure for today. The weather also closed the Johnson City Police Department records office earlier than usual, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, as were all non-essential city offices and services as of 2 p.m. Outside the city, it was announced that the town of Unicoi Town Hall would be closed through today as well.
In general, Roberts stressed caution to all through the next few days, saying that people should try to stay put in their homes until the weather gets better.
"There's still a lot of snow to come," Roberts said. "Don't get tricked."
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Johnson City Schools announced all locations will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 13.
As expected, snow began to fall in the early afternoon Wednesday. With many school classes and meetings either canceled or let out early and offices closed, people braved the roads and sidewalks in the blustery weather.
The National Weather Service station in Morristown had projected three to seven inches of snow to collect in Washington County, with upwards of 11 inches possible in neighboring Carter County.
Weather closings:
In Johnson City:
The Johnson City Schools will be closed today and Thursday.
East Tennessee State University classes and offices closed at noon today.
Public Art Committee, scheduled for 5 p.m. today, is canceled.
Sister Cities International, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, is canceled.
City Hall and all non-essential city services closed at 2 p.m. today. There is no announcement about Thursday at this time. Citizens should call 911 in the event of an emergency. Please call 461-1645 to report a water or sewer emergency.
Memorial Park Community Center is now closed.
Johnson City Transit services will end at 4:15 p.m. today. Evening Job Access will be closed. Weather permitting, Transit services are expected to resume at 8:15 a.m. Thursday.
Johnson City Juvenile Court will be closed Thursday.
The VA Medical Center has closed all community-based outpatient clinics and the Knoxville Outpatient Clinic for Wednesday. This includes the Tennessee facilities in Rogersville, Morristown, Sevierville and Knoxville and Virginia facilities in Bristol, Norton, Marion, Vansant and Jonesville. The VA Medical Center in Johnson City will remain open today.
In Jonesborough:
Jonesborough Municipal Court will be closed Thursday. Call 753-1053 to reschedule your court date .
The Jonesborough Genealogical Society has canceled Help Night on Thursday. It is rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20 unless weather again changes the schedule!
The 2014 Landscaping Seminar sponsored by the Washington County Extension at the Farm Bureau building on Boones Creek Road, Jonesborough, on Thursday has been canceled. Attendees will receive notifications by mail on the reschedule date.
All Washington County public offices closed at 2 p.m. today and will be closed Thursday. Cases in General Sessions Court will be rescheduled. Call the the clerk's office at 788-1425 to get your new court date.
Both the Budget Committee meeting, scheduled for Thursday, has been canceled. There is no rescheduled meeting set yet.
The City-County Liaison Committee, scheduled for Thursday, has been canceled. It is rescheduled for March 27 at 5:30 p.m.
In Unicoi County:
The Unicoi County Courthouse is closing at 3 p.m. today and will be closed Thursday, Feb. 13. General Sessions Court cases scheduled to be heard tomorrow have been rescheduled for Feb. 20.
Unicoi County Schools will be closed Thursday
In Kingsport:
All Wellmont Health System Epic training classes starting after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, and starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, have been canceled. Please call 423-408-7146 for additional updates.
The career fair scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 13, from 7:30-11 a.m. and 4:30-7 p.m. at Holston Valley Medical Center has been postponed. It will be rescheduled to a date and time to be determined.


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Monday, January 4, mid-afternoon: Dana Loesch zooms around the front rooms of her red-brick two-story, sidestepping her sons' Lego people as she stuffs a bag with all manner of digital gadgetry and awaits her husband so she can head to work. Every bit the southern-style hostess, Loesch is self-conscious about the Christmas decorations still hanging. "Don't look!" she admonishes, then peels out the back door.
Loesch is nervous. Executive producer Beowulf Rochlen sent word late last night that his boss, nationally syndicated conservative radio host Michael Savage, enjoyed her fill-in on The Savage Nation five days prior: Would she like to do it again in less than 24 hours?
"Beowulf said that he asked for me, which I thought was kind of cool, just because of the chick factor," Loesch confides on the drive to the station. "But also because I've only been doing this two years, and I realize it's a big deal, because I know in radio years that's not a lot. The last time I wasn't so much scared about the big difference in audience as far as numbers and national scope, but they said, 'He'll be listening, and he's been known to stop a broadcast before if he wants to.'"
The Savage Nation has been on the national airwaves for a decade. Loesch is the first woman ever to fill in.
"I've got to tell you, I was absolutely stunned," says Jeff Allen, program manager of KFTK (97.1 FM), the Fox-affiliated station that airs The Dana Show six nights a week. "I was kind of like: Really? They wanted Dana? Hmm. They have the right person, right? Because don't get me wrong, I think she's very talented and did a great job and was more than ready. But it's very rare that it happens this quickly."
At age 31, Loesch is a homeschooling mom blogger with a national following, a co-founder of the St. Louis Tea Party and a fast-rising star in the conservative commentators' universe. A self-described smart aleck with a saucy delivery in print and on air, she subscribes to the last-word-wins-the-argument theory and commences many a sentence with the disclaimer, "Now I know this is going to make a lot of people mad, but..."
As her close friend Marjorie Dellas puts it: "She refuses to be painted as anything other than opinionated, and she wants her opinion known. She definitely marks her territory."
A quintessential Type A personality, Loesch seizes on an idea and refuses to let it go, be it serious (launching a networking group for local social-media types) or silly (creating a fake girl band complete with MySpace page with her five best friends). Her sense of humor runs the gamut from brute to goofball. "I would challenge anyone to meet her in person — not confront her, but meet her; those are two different things — and not like her," says Allen.
Loesch lives in south St. Louis, shops at Costco and Trader Joe's, loves Stag and French-press coffee, sets off her tattoos with diamond earrings and likes to fiddle with hydrangeas and handguns. She can cite Scripture without having to open the Old Testament and digs the irreverence of Penn & Teller.
She doesn't fit nicely in a box, you might say, and if you did, you'd also say that's exactly the political image she's cultivating. An erstwhile Democrat who votes Republican but prefers "conservatarian," she has packaged herself as "the conservative alternative to old dudes."
It's a composite that has the GOP salivating. "I think she's extremely smart, a natural leader who's extremely tech-savvy," says Lloyd Smith, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party. "She's reaching a younger demographic than an O'Reilly or a Hannity or a Rush Limbaugh. That makes her extremely unique in being able to get a message into a demographic that historically the GOP and conservative movement maybe have not been as good at as we should have."
Andrew Breitbart, who helped Arianna Huffington create The Huffington Post website and has since assembled his own media mini-empire via breitbart.com, biggovernment.com, bigjournalism.com and more, counts Loesch among his contributors.
"Everybody was telling me about this amazing person who just emerged out of nowhere, who had this amazing spirit and had the ability to write — who was almost the embodiment of everything that I want to happen with journalism," says Breitbart, who recently made Tina Brown's Daily Beast list of the 25 most important right-wing journalists. "I want it to spread like wildfire so that you don't have to depend on middlemen anymore who have ideological goals when they interview you. She has the ability to write, she has the ability to report and has every stellar quality a communicator could possibly want for television, radio and Internet-based forms of media. I can't even begin to tell you how many fans she has in the higher media who say she needs to have her own TV show. She's a stay-at-home mom who homeschools her kids; she's beautiful; she's smart; she's fearless. She's a pure rising star."
To Loesch the transformation from mom blogger to political provocateur has been equal parts thrilling and bewildering. Coming out of the closet politically amid St. Louis' liberal social-media world has cost her both audience share and friendships. "I love what I'm doing, but it's all been a bit bizarre," she sums up.
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The job of a college dean may seem a little lackluster compared to some of the more exciting choices in the workforce. Yet this dean leads anything but a dry life.
In fact, Marsha Kelliher is perfectly at home in the water. She began diving to overcome claustrophobia and ended up becoming a licensed underwater hunter with an advanced diving certification, capable of spear fishing at depths of 50 to 70 feet. She's even credited with saving another diver's life during an underwater training exercise near San Diego. "The guy I was partnered with panicked and went through all of his air," explains Kelliher, who pulled the man to the surface while sharing her oxygen with him.
Only twice has she felt uncomfortable in the water: once while swimming through a large shipwreck with other divers in front of and behind her; and once when she encountered a group of sharks while diving in Belize with some graduate students. Fortunately, they were nonaggressive nurse sharks, more interested in swimming with the divers than eating them.
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Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic: Class Included ready to take the plunge
ARCADIA, Calif. – Class Included carved a comfortable niche in the Pacific Northwest, where she might have continued her quiet reign while avoiding the bright lights of the Breeders' Cup.
Or, the 4-year-old filly could dive into the deep end.
Apparently, it is time for a swim.
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Class Included, 10 for 16 at Emerald Downs and Hastings Park, was pre-entered in two Breeders' Cup races. First preference is the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint, but owner Michael Feuerborn is leaning toward the $2 million Ladies' Classic.
Is he crazy? No, he is not.
"I know we're going to be a longshot," Feuerborn admitted. "We're not fooling ourselves."
Neither is trainer Jim Penney nor assistant Kay Cooper. "She'll be 50-1," Cooper said. "It's black and white, we know that."
Class Included would make it eight starters in the Ladies' Classic, regarded as the strongest race of Breeders' Cup 2012, led by Royal Delta, unbeaten Awesome Feather, and bicoastal Grade 1 winner Love and Pride. Feuerborn scouted the competition.
"Those three, I am not sure I can beat," Feuerborn said. "The rest of them, I like my chances on a good day. I'm thinking I can split that field, at least."
Class Included had plenty of good days racing exclusively at Emerald and Hastings. The daughter of Include, bred by Feuerborn, finished one-two in every start, won eight stakes and $384,526, and in her most recent start won the Grade 3 Ballerina Stakes at Hastings with a career-high 89 Beyer Figure.
As her win streak extended to four, Feuerborn began to seriously consider the Breeders' Cup.
"Since we've been going two turns with her, she's getting and better every year," he said
Class Included arrived Oct. 17 at Santa Anita and steadily has improved.
Nicknamed "Blondie" for her distinctive blond tail, Class Included struggled with the surface in her first local work Oct. 22. But shipping early had its rewards, and her energetic gallop Thursday was "the best she has been" according to exercise rider Donnie Smith.
A final decision regarding which race Class Included enters will be made after she works Sunday. Russell Baze will ride her in either race.
According to assistant trainer Cooper, both races work – seven furlongs or 1 1/8 miles.
"Someone asked, 'What is her best distance?'" Cooper said. "I said, 'What is her worst?'" Cooper added that "the farther she goes, the better she goes."
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Feuerborn, who owns a homebuilding company in Washington, also owns the dam of Class Included, A Classic Life. She happens to be in foal with a full sibling to Class Included and is entered in the Keeneland November breeding sale.
"After the Breeders' Cup, I will have to decide whether to keep [the mare] or not," Feuerborn said.
As for Class Included, he said, "We're going to find out a lot about her, and I know she's going to get the distance."
She'd have a better chance against males in the dirt mile. Tough spot here
It'd be terrific if Russell Baze could get a BC win as well. He's a great rep. for racing and a hard working Jock.
Handicapping yesterday I come across Class Included and said "wow, lets look deeper at her " For a horse that runs this consistantly, sometimes you dont know where they will level off. This will be a nice story if she can get some black type for her connections. Good Luck, like the others say, anything can happen in racing, lets just get around there safe !
Jim Penney and his family certainly deserve the opportunity to have the experience of the bright lights of a classic race environment. Good luck, enjoy the moment.
Well, as a Hastings owner & fan, I wish them the best. Do I think they're a bit nuts, well, yes! But at the same time, I also say Why the heck not? Give it a whirl and see what she's truly made of. Stranger things have happened in horse racing and as I like to say "There's no such thing as a sure thing!" So, good luck to them and safe trips to all. I just hope that my 5 1/2 month old filly I have on the ground is half as good as Class Included has been in the Pacific NW.


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