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SEVIERVILLE A beautiful 1941 Harley Davidson may be the oldest motorcycle at The Possum Vintage Motorcycle Gathering at the Sevier County Fairgrounds this weekend, but there are other vintage bikes turning the heads of enthusiasts as well. From a Norton, which is a British racing bike, to a NSU, a German bike not commonly found in America, vintage motorcycle fans had much to appreciate on Friday. The gathering is also open today, Saturday, April 10; gates open at 8 a.m. “These are the bikes we had or wanted when we were kids,” said Pat Deason, one of the organizers of the event.

many new actors. that makes it much more difficult to try to resolve these conflicts. i think that our colleague from yemen is a good example of the civil society role which is increasingly getting a voice through the twitter readership -- the expansion of the ability to express dissent is so much larger. the ability to reach out technologically with other people create something that i do not think even the individuals who want to stay in power can relate to. i think that is the hope in many of these cases. we came full circle. we started out thinking conflict attention was a nice i...

it's not in their interests to make sure things are turned around quickly. and we see that in the horrifying level of civilian death in somalia, there's aspects of that in afghanistan where people who want to be in charge are ready to see people that they want to be in charge of die in large numbers and don't see it in their interest to turn it around. it must be just maddening to try to create alliances on the ground that deliver aid, that deliver development, when there's a sort of nihilism at work in some of these local leaders that it's hard to get around. >> well, i always get t...