http://rickbb.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Richard B. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:33:18 GMT 2010-01-05T13:33:18Z 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=281474977977491 Rouge Why is that a word? red coloring matter What are its origins? Latin - rubeus, related to ruber "red." rouge  1753, in cosmetic sense, from Fr. rouge "red coloring matter," from . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:30:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977491 Richard B. 2010-01-05T12:30:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977468 Tehran Times, January 5, 2010, Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN -- The Intelligence Ministry has announced the names of 60 institutions and foundations which are working as agents in the soft war . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:17:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977468 Richard B. 2010-01-05T12:17:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977455 Scientific American, Jan 5, 2010 12:01 AM, By Katherine Harmon In case anyone needs a reminder to stick to that New Year's resolution to slim down or kick the cigarette habit, researchers have confirmed . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:06:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977455 Richard B. 2010-01-05T12:06:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977433 Woodcutter. 1912 - 1913. Oil on canvas. 94 x 71.5 cm. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Kazimir Malevich was born in Kiev on February 11, 1878 (old-style February 23). According to his memoirs, . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:57:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977433 Richard B. 2010-01-05T11:57:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977050 In my opinion, it is not a sure thing that printing more US Dollars will cause the value of the US Dollar to drop in value, thus cause inflation.  The conventional wisdom says that it will, however, . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:45:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977050 Richard B. 2010-01-05T06:45:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975603 The Star on line Maylasia, Monday January 4, 2010 MYT 5:24:00 PM, By LESTER KONG PETALING JAYA: The Port Klang Authority (PKA) board will implement the whistle-blower policy in PKA and the Port Klang . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:44:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975603 Richard B. 2010-01-04T13:44:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975596 Al Jazeera, Monday, January 04, 2010, 14:36 Mecca time, 11:36 GMT Yemeni officials say police have killed two suspected members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula during an "anti-terror" raid near . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:38:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975596 Richard B. 2010-01-04T13:38:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975585 Mark Why is that a word? trace, impression, boundary, sign, limit What are its origins? W.Saxon, Old English markup  also mark up, mark-up, "amount added by a retailer to cover overhead . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:24:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975585 Richard B. 2010-01-04T13:24:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975400 Inflation of the US Dollar has been the primary problem and is the primary cause of the housing prices to rise along with the demand for the houses as their prices were going up and up.  When the . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:41:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975400 Richard B. 2010-01-04T10:41:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975327 Before a Thunderstorm. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Feodor Vasilyev, Born into a poor family in 1850 he had to earn his living from the age of 12 years – he worked . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:44:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975327 Richard B. 2010-01-04T09:44:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974200 I’m older, not old There’s my friend, my kid, his family My family, my sister that loves to travel places the world I tell her I can see that on TV, I don’t need to also smell it, . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:56:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974200 Richard B. 2010-01-03T15:56:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974014 It’s to be expected in January here in St. Cloud MN. No advisory today the wind is SSE and calm, with the dew point at 28 below. The high today is forecasted at 2 above, yesterday it might have . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:15:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974014 Richard B. 2010-01-03T13:15:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973985 It’s called ‘Cloma The Musical’, completed in 2006 Colma is a town up by Frisco it’s about three teenagers that just graduated from High School and deciding to do with the rest . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:45:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973985 Richard B. 2010-01-03T12:45:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973812 Price Why is that a word? reward, prize, value, worth What are its origins? Old French pris from Latin and Greek price  early 13c., pris, from O.Fr. pris "price, value, wages, reward," . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:57:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973812 Richard B. 2010-01-03T08:57:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973799 The Times of India, PTI 3 January 2010, 01:38pm IST THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Copenhagen meet made "limited progress" and no one was satisfied with the outcome, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, while . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:36:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973799 Richard B. 2010-01-03T08:36:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973793 Al Jazeera, Sunday, January 03, 2010, 09:50 Mecca time, 06:50 GMT  The British government has announced plans to join the United States in funding "anti-terrorist" forces in Yemen. The announcement . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:28:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973793 Richard B. 2010-01-03T08:28:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973776 Sir John Nelthorpe at Shooting with Two Pointers. 1776. Oil on canvas. Private collection. George Stubbs belongs to the artists whose names are re-discovered in the 20th century. At his time he was . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:13:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973776 Richard B. 2010-01-03T08:13:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972625 To be expected as it always gets that cold here in St. Cloud MN in January.  Nothing out of the ordinary at all.  Winds are blowing from the SSE so it’s going back to Canada and not to . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:25:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972625 Richard B. 2010-01-02T13:25:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972574 technology  Why is that a word? systematic treatment of an art What are its origins? Greek tekhnologia technology  1615, "discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Gk. tekhnologia . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:28:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972574 Richard B. 2010-01-02T12:28:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972556 The Star Malaysia, Saturday January 2, 2010 MYT 6:01:00 PM KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is calling for calm among Muslims and non-governmental organisations and asking everyone to respect the court’s . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:09:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972556 Richard B. 2010-01-02T12:09:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972542 Scientific American, By Katherine Harmon, Jan 1, 2010 11:00 AM  Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) has one of the smallest genomes in the plant kingdom and is a laboratory darling around the world . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:56:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972542 Richard B. 2010-01-02T11:56:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972535 Portrait of a Young Woman in a Sarafan. 1817. Oil on canvas. 71.5 x 57.5. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Paul Barbier, a French painter, worked in Russia at the end of the 18th and ... . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:47:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972535 Richard B. 2010-01-02T11:47:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971635 DirecTV’s been playing Beethoven ninth all the time I've been logged on this time on Symphony Hall.  It must be a ‘special’ day or something.   Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:00:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971635 Richard B. 2010-01-01T19:00:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971382 J’ says that she doesn’t understand me and why I don’t understand the way computers work with the internet programs like facebook. I tell her that the languages between the mainframes . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:45:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971382 Richard B. 2010-01-01T13:45:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971329 Base Why is that a word? low, lowly, mean What are its origins? Latin, Greek to old French baseball  1845, Amer.Eng., from base (n.) + ball. Earlier references, e.g. in Jane Austen's . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:40:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971329 Richard B. 2010-01-01T11:40:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971326 BY SHINGO TAKANO, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, 2010/1/1 Fearing that Japan will be left behind in trade liberalization efforts, the Hatoyama administration is gearing up to promote negotiations to sign economic . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:28:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971326 Richard B. 2010-01-01T11:28:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971311 Arab News, Friday 1 January 2010 (15 Muharram 1431) JEDDAH: The women’s wing of Thanima, a cultural organization of Keralite expatriates, organized a convention here recently to highlight the . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:15:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971311 Richard B. 2010-01-01T11:15:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971284 The Judgement of Paris. c. 1720. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Jean-Antoine Watteau, October 10, 1684, supposed day of Watteau’s birth, is actually the date he was baptized at the church . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:57:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971284 Richard B. 2010-01-01T10:57:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971276 Well I made it into 2010 How about You? Had a little glass of Sherry to celebrate the occasion It was made in Modesto Where the best Sherry in the world is made Oh!  That’s just my . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:48:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971276 Richard B. 2010-01-01T10:48:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969930 Conception Why is that a word? general notion What are its origins? Latin conceptio (comprehension, understanding) to French conception  c.1300, from Fr. conception, from L. conceptionem, . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:17:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969930 Richard B. 2009-12-31T10:17:11Z