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Ballot Bits: Early Voting Starts Today—And, If We’re Lucky, the Healing Process

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserOctober 19, 2016leave a COMMENT

If you want to go ahead and cast your ballot in the state and presidential elections and head for the hills and cover your ears until late Nov. 8, you …

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ORNL Turns Pollution Into Power With Nano Tech

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserOctober 19, 2016leave a COMMENT

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory had a ‘Eureka!’ moment recently when they converted carbon dioxide to ethanol, a useful fuel source, using electrochemical reactions on a nanoscale. Using a …

Ballot Bits: GOP House Candidates Haven’t Committed to LWV Forums

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserOctober 18, 2016leave a COMMENT

The Knoxville/Knox County League of Women Voters will not host state House candidate forums this election cycle because Republicans in four legislative races couldn’t agree to participate on any of …

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The Tiny House Movement Finally Lays Down Some Foundations in Knoxville

In Abode: Home Design by Thomas FraserOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

His house may be small—tiny, even—but David Bolt doesn’t like sitting around inside anyway. He’d rather be building a chicken coop or tending tomatoes or feeding the fish that provide …

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In South Knoxville, Alfred and Jane West Clauss’ Prewar Vision for Modern Living Is Being Restored

In Abode: Home Design by Thomas FraserOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

On a ridge above Ye Olde Steak House, off Chapman Highway in South Knoxville, you can travel to the past and get a glimpse of what was once the future. …

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