http://ratings.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Ratings en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:44:55 GMT 2009-12-29T13:44:55Z 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=281474977961337&grpId=3659174697251585&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=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-12-24T07:03:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819631&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace The Marshal and the Murderer by the late Magdalen Nabb is another foray into Florence and its nearby villages under the watchful eye of the ever-delightful and self-deprecating Marshall Guarnaccia. . . . Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:10:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819631&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-09-20T17:10:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977773083&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Below are some of my favorite groups at Gather. Feel invited to join one or more of them - you're most welcome to post relevant content. What are your favorite groups? Feel encouraged to mention your . . . Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:08:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977773083&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-08-14T02:08:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977669917&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace NASA scientists are proposing algae bags as a way to produce renewable energy that does not compete with agriculture for land or fresh water. It uses algae to produce biofuel from sewage, using nutrients . . . Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:09:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977669917&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-04-30T06:09:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977660448&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I have some photos from one of the air museums near Tucson here (the Flickr link).  I'll attach a few here. Well, no I won't.  I just tried 8 times (may that 15 times) to upload . . . Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:01:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977660448&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-04-19T23:01:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654120&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace what is your favorite easter thing Is it special candy/ flowers/ dinner/ family tradition etc.     Please post your favorites   I have a few and have to think about my . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:46:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654120&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace becky soccer mom x1 p. 2009-04-12T23:46:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652786&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute cinema-documentary about climate change, set in the future. It features an archivist living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from . . . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:33:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652786&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-04-11T05:33:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977649117&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace The Segway Personal Transporter (pictured right) has been around for years. It was first unveiled in 2001, and produced in 2002. It is self-balancing and users lean forward or backward to go forwards, . . . Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:25:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977649117&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-04-07T14:25:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644275&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace President Obama and Russian President Medvedev have agreed to negotiate a new treaty designed to further reduce and limit strategic weapons. Their joint statement says: "We committed our . . . Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:51:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977644275&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-04-02T05:51:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977636178&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace China recently called for a World Currency, or global reserve currency , to be operated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via its Special Drawing Rights (SDR). The governor of the People’s . . . Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:04:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977636178&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-03-25T01:04:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977619092&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I've been storing recyclable batteries that no longer work and similar electronics to drop them off at a reliable recycling center, but while I've been accumulating, several places have actually . . . Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:21:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977619092&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-03-10T07:21:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617614&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Detective Fiction Set in Laos, Australia and Spain (Originally published in a slightly different form at my blog, Nearly Nothing but Novels ). In keeping with my recent, brief remarks about the . . . Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:50:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617614&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-03-08T19:50:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602687&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I'm 54 years old today!   It's been a great adventure, so far, and I'm I'm really looking forward to whatever new adventure comes. Life....is good!!!! Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:15:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602687&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-02-22T04:15:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595981&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . . Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:31:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595981&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-02-16T03:31:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561440&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I've just started writing about my camera gear and why I chose it at this site: Pentax Digital SLR Cameras Copyright © 2009 James K Bashkin Here is how some of it looks (I'll add more . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:39:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561440&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace James B. 2009-01-13T01:39:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595691&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Today, I cahsed out for $50.00 on PayPal.  It took me a very, very long time to get that.  Most of a year was spent using dial-up, and the points racked up...well...not much, but after I got . . . Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:26:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595691&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-02-15T21:26:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585950&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace        They were here when we arrived home.  Their presence caused me to forget a meeting I wanted to attend at my church.  A lady from my church called me to see . . . Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:44:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585950&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-02-06T02:44:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585157&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace In the photos of her youth, in various poses, at differing ages, there we were. All of us, and generations that followed. Not yet here, yet, there we were. Perfectly relfected in her face. . . . Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:53:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977585157&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-02-05T11:53:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581587&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace 1. Cleans and Polishes Chrome 2. Cleans Crayon off of walls 3. Coating eye glasses with it and rinsing off will prevent them from fogging in hot weather when you go from air conditioning to heat. . . . Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:43:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581587&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Judi S. 2009-02-01T20:43:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576818&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Well, My plans to have DSL didn't quite work out the way I'd hoped.  They did manage to get it installed, after a day long effort, but then told me that the ether net card in my computer . . . Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:50:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576818&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-01-28T00:50:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572483&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace For those of you with kids that have asthma or have it yourself ,are they and/or you having a really bad time right now ?Lily coughs all night long and we cannot give her cough medicine and . . . Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:56:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572483&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace mindy a. 2009-01-23T16:56:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977571434&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I am just wondering how many families have cut out things to get by or have extra money ,we had to give up cable in 2006 after our daughter was born and we have not had it since ,We also had to give up . . . Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:39:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977571434&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace mindy a. 2009-01-22T17:39:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570661&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace I was just wondering how many of my fellow gatherers have had a premature birth ,I had my daughter lily at 29 weeks in october of 2006 . Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:20:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570661&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace mindy a. 2009-01-21T22:20:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563941&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Copy and paste this an answer these questions it is a good way to know each other   1. Do you like blue cheese Dressing? GROSS! 2. Have you ever done something you regretted?  Plenty . . . Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:04:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563941&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Judi S. 2009-01-15T15:04:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561455&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace My husband forwarded this email he got from a friend of his. I found some of these amusing.  Some I agree with. What do you think about the 2ND Amendment, and how this debate aeeies out these . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:53:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561455&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-01-13T00:53:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555699&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace This past Sunday my husband and I went with his dad and step mom to see Trans Siberian Orchestra. I had heard a lot about these shows and have wanted to go for some time so needless to say I was excited. . . . Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:49:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555699&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Judi S. 2009-01-07T05:49:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555581&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace   Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:33:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555581&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Judi S. 2009-01-07T03:33:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554887&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Be Fruitful and Multiply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Be fruitful and multiply".  Something touted . . . Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:52:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554887&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-01-06T15:52:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554748&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace A little background on this.   A number of the employees where I work have been very disgruntled, for a good while, as new employees, some with no experience at all have been hired, making . . . Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:08:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554748&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Dorothy H. 2009-01-06T13:08:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552722&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace In Beijing, measures have been introduced to phase out vehicles that cause heavy pollution, combined with financial incentives to facilitate the shift to cleaner vehicles. Yellow-label vehicles will . . . Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:10:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552722&grpId=3659174697251585&nav=Groupspace Sam Carana 2009-01-04T10:10:54Z