http://knoxvilletalks.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photos from this morning's Farragut 4th of July Parade from Julie Morris Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/photo-slideshow-farraguts-4th-of-july-parade/ http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/certain-unalienable-rights/ Jesse Helms has died. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/gone-on-the-4th-of-july-rip-jesse-helms/ Great 4th-themed photos from Cathy McCaughan. Check out the baby's expression in this one! http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/photoblogging-independence-day-in-east-tennessee/ Recently, some WWII vets from East Tennessee traveled to Washington DC to see memorials for themselves. Here are some of the wonderful photos they took on their trip. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/service-sacrifice/ That's what Russell Biven wants to know. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/where-are-the-lightning-bugs-this-year/ Cool. A new Earth Fare is opening where Bi Lo used to be. The hope, said Murphy, is that people unwilling to drive to Farragut will be willing to come to the Bearden location, where he feels there is a stronger likelihood for foot traffic. "I think Knoxville is an up-and-coming ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/more-good-food-coming-to-bearden/ Who knew? A greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride, used to make the TVs, is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide, said Michael Prather, director of the environment institute at the University of California, Irvine. But no one yet knows how much of it is being released into the atmosphere by industry, ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/flat-screen-tvs-worse-for-environment-than-well-apparently-just-about-anything/ It's supposed to be softer, and more "green" looking. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/have-you-seen-the-new-wal-mart-logo/ I've goven money to the very worthwhile Heifer International in the past, but I had no idea they were helping folks right here in Southern Appalachia. Christy Smith's family land in Southeast Kentucky supports chickens and goats they got for free. The family has named the animals, but they are not ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/04/if-you-give-a-man-a-goat/ You know, I think that if the recent movie adaptation of "Speed Racer" had starred these two as Speed Racer and Trixie, it would have turned out to be a huge hit instead of the flop it was. Watch this whole video and tell me East Tennessee isn't the greatest place ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/you-must-watch-this/ Governor Phil Bredesen tells Real Clear Politics that "John McCain is very attractive as a candidate in a lot of ways." “I think John McCain is very attractive as a candidate in a lot of ways. And my own personal experience is that these elections where people are engaged enough that ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/bredesen-hearts-john-mccain/ This poll yesterday, showing that Americans aren't warming to Michelle Obama, and that they don't really know Cindy McCain at all, got me to thinking about the race for First Lady, and how it may shape up. I suspect that the "Hillary Clinton factor" may be at play as part of ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/the-race-for-first-lady/ Wow. The details of the rescue of the FARC hostages in Colombia reads like a James Bond plot. Can you imagine the smarts and bravery it took to trick these guerillas into walking right into the trap? Betancourt, 46, was airlifted to freedom Wednesday in an audacious operation involving military spies ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/bravery-lives/ If so, WBIR reporter Robin Murdoch would like to talk to you for a story she's doing. Give her a call at 637-1272. Thanks! http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/are-you-a-hypermiler-do-you-know-a-hypermiler/ Local blogger and teacher MamaTried is a lot nicer about this than many educators might be: A student emailed me that she would be late turning in her work this week because her father-in-law died. I sent my ’standard’ reply something along the lines of ‘I’m sorry for your ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/good-thing-shes-a-nice-teacher/ It's becoming clear that the kids (and pets) of Knoxville Talks readers are just cuter than average. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/if-its-thursday-it-must-be-time-for-somecuteness-photoblogging/ It's seriously hard times in the news industry, and the LA Times announced yesterday that 150 newsroom jobs are being cut. On June 5, in a conference call with bankers, analysts and reporters, Mr. Zell, the chairman and chief executive of Tribune, and Randy Michaels, the chief operating officer, said Tribune’s ... http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/03/dispensable-journalists/ Changes afoot, and good ones. Congrats to all. It's fun to work in a market with such a smart competitor. http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/02/changes-at-that-thar-knoxville-news-sentinel/ Randy Neal on the new multimillion dollar contracts being offered UT coaches Pearl and Fulmer: "...maybe the hearing and speech pathology department should put together a football squad or something." http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/07/02/knoxville-talks-quote-of-the-day/