http://innovationfuture.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Innovation Futures en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:14:34 GMT 2009-12-29T02:14:34Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965991&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Gazans have not been able to obtain building supplies to repair damage UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said more must be done to repair damage done in the Gaza Strip by Israeli military . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:07:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965991&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-28T20:07:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965936&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:22:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965936&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-28T19:22:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965887&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace The kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global temperatures than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale University . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:52:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965887&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-28T18:52:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964977&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace screenshot from CNN podcast In a CNN podcast , added December 20, 2009, CNN's Fareed Zakaria interviews inventor and billionaire Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer at Microsoft. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:48:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964977&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-12-28T00:48:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964621&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama, President-elect of the United States of America By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Former Prime Minister of Malaysia January 1, 2009 Dear Mr. President, I did . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:18:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964621&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T18:18:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964571&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Subdivision in Oregon, U.S. Global warming is causing climate belts to shift toward the poles and to higher elevations. To keep pace with these changes, the average ecosystem will need to shift . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:15:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964571&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T17:15:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964359&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace The Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:16:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964359&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T13:16:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964333&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:14:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964333&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T12:14:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964292&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace The Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza which left London on December 6th has been blocked from entering Egypt, they are held at the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The convoy, which is made up of more than 200+ . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:57:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964292&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T10:57:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964289&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace By Bill Moyers - Mat Taibbi - Robert Kuttner One year after the great collapse of our financial system, Wall Street is back on top while our politicians dither. As for health care reform, you're . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:49:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964289&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T10:49:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964069&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Breaking waves generate low-frequency sound in the ocean in addition to other natural and man-made sources. In the layer of water at the depth of minimal speed of sound (deep sound channel), low-frequency . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:16:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964069&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-27T03:16:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963912&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war.” Plato, ancient Greek philosopher (428/427-348/347 . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:14:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963912&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-26T23:14:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963494&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace A man walks across train tracks, past a monument in memory of the people killed and effected by the December 2004 tsunami, in Paraliya, 90 km south of Colombo They were the iconic images of . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:02:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963494&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-26T14:02:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963446&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace As the year draws to an end, and I receive best wishes from many friends, I like to take the opportunity to return the wishes. Some asked me about the meaning of my motto: We CAN change the World. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:32:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963446&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-12-26T12:32:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963360&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Climate denialists like to argue that they are "well armed" to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.  And in some respects they are, because these non-science free market . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:01:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963360&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-12-26T12:01:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962718&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace In a move that allows the White House to provide emergency aid without going through Congress, the Obama administration said Thursday that it would provide unlimited financial assistance to Fannie Mae . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:07:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962718&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-25T15:07:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962624&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace By William Pfaff Several years ago a French manufacturer of children’s party costumes found himself in the United States at the end of October and discovered Halloween, which he had never . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:48:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962624&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-25T12:48:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962615&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace By Ellen Goodman It is one of those moments when I feel like a time-traveler. I look out the airplane window and watch a young woman on the tarmac directing our jet to its gate. As she waves . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:35:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962615&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-25T12:35:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962605&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace New York and New Jersey would each lose one U.S. House seat while the Texas congressional delegation would increase by four members for the 2012 elections, according to an independent analysis of new . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:07:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962605&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-25T12:07:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956706&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace As I spend another Christmas away from family and friends, I want to wish all of my Gather friends a happy and joyful holiday season and all the best for a productive and prosperous new year. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:28:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956706&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-12-24T19:28:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961713&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace By Sergey Balmasov December 23, 2009 "Pravda" -- The US has spent over one trillion dollars on the struggle against terrorism since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Iraq has taken the lion’s share . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:13:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961713&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-24T14:13:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961683&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace After 25 days of debate—the second-longest in Senate history—the Senate passed a landmark health-care bill Christmas Eve morning, as expected, by a margin of 60-39, with Democrats and two . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:51:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961683&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-24T13:51:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961337&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Sarah Palin may seem like a person of strong opinions, and she probably is, it just turns out that she doesn't even agree with herself some of the time.  Take the case of the extremely important . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:03:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961337&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-12-24T07:03:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961069&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:50:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961069&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-24T00:50:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960503&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:43:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960503&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-23T16:43:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960416&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Earlier this year, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with American International Group: Cuomo would not publicize the names of employees who received $165 million in bonuses from the . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:27:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960416&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-23T15:27:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960317&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace President Obama probably wishes he could take back his promise to close Guantanamo Bay by January 2010. Officials tell The New York Times that they won't be able to close Gitmo until 2011 at the . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:02:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960317&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-23T14:02:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960185&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace   ...merged bill may b unrecognizable from what assumed was a done deal:R death panels back in?what's punishment 4not purchasing mandated HC?   Sarah Palin, Twitter, December . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:06:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960185&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-12-23T12:06:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959446&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Now my friends, I am opposed to the system of society in which we live today, not because I lack the natural equipment to do for myself but because I am not satisfied to make myself comfortable knowing . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:39:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959446&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-22T23:39:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958684&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace The number of homes in foreclosure topped one million for the first quarter ever, as delinquencies rose even among prime borrowers and nearly half of all holders of modified mortgages, whose monthly payments . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:55:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958684&grpId=3659174697255547&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-22T14:55:39Z