Eco Warriors and Politics

• Metro to Open Emergency Shelters in Advance of Freezing Temperatures (Nashville Scene)
• Former state Senate GOP leader Ben Atchley dies (Tom Humphrey)
• Former state Senate GOP leader Ben Atchley dies (TN Journal)
• What’s Next for Community Oversight? (Nashville Scene)
• Amazon Taps Nashville as New East Coast Hub With 5,000 New Jobs (Nashville Scene)
• Ernst & Young announces 600 new jobs in Nashville (Tom Humphrey)
• Ernst & Young announces 600 new jobs in Nashville (TN Journal)
• UPDATE: Amazon to invest $230M, add 5,000 jobs in Nashville (Tom Humphrey)
• UPDATE: Amazon to invest $230M, add 5,000 jobs in Nashville (TN Journal)
• Former House Finance Chairman Charles Sargent dies (TN Journal)

Science and Stuff

• Kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole redefined (Science News Daily)
• Half of the world's annual precipitation falls in just 12 days (Science News Daily)
• Playing high school football changes the teenage brain (Science News Daily)
• Social isolation linked to higher risk of death (Science News Daily)
• Artificial intelligence predicts treatment effectiveness (Science News Daily)
• Proteins cooperate to break up energy structures in oxygen starved heart cells (Science News Daily)
• Universal laws in impact dynamics of dust agglomerates under microgravity conditions (Science News Daily)
• Affordable catalyst for CO2 recycling (Science News Daily)
• The engineering work of ants can influence paleoclimatic studies (Science News Daily)
• Long-term exposure to road traffic noise may increase the risk of obesity (Science News Daily)

• Roane County Election Full Results (pdf) (1 reply)
• Jury Rules in Favor of Coal Ash Disaster Workers (1 reply)
• Scientists Date Texas Pre-Clovis Point to 15,500 years Ago (2 replies)
• Broaband Internet Speed is Crucial to Roane County's Future (1 reply)
• The midterms are already hacked. You just don’t know it yet. (1 reply)
• Trump and Marsha's Tax Cut Drives up Deficit...McConnell says to Rob SS and Medicare to pay for it. (2 replies)
• Halloween Horror: Trump Demands FaceBook Info on People Who Don't Like Him. (1 reply)
• Watch the Governor Debate Online Right Here (1 reply)
• Media Covering Partisan Campaign Event for Marsha Blackburn (1 reply)
• Quote of the Day (Fox News) (1 reply)
• Quick Political Round Up (1 reply)
• In Other News: "Steve is Completely Unknown to Science" (2 replies)

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