http://tiabuilder.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Bill Allin en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:45:52 GMT 2009-12-31T22:45:52Z 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=281474977964317 Ardi Shook Science To Its Roots by Bill Allin, author of Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today's Epidemic Social Problems , a guidebook for teachers and parents who want to understand . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:44:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964317 Bill Allin 2009-12-27T11:44:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953810 Big Business Manipulates the Climate Change Debate by Bill Allin, author of Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today's Epidemic Social Problems , a guidebook for teachers and parents . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:37:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953810 Bill Allin 2009-12-18T23:37:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951674 Why Coughing Into Your Elbow Is Wrong You likely grew up, as I did, being told to cover your mouth and nose with your hand when you cough or sneeze. That has changed. We are now told . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:45:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951674 Bill Allin 2009-12-17T17:45:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944326 When The Experts Are Just Plain Wrong 'I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.' - Ursula K. Le Guin , American . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:24:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944326 Bill Allin 2009-12-12T22:24:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923541 How Smart Are We Humans Really? Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:12:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923541 Bill Allin 2009-11-30T12:12:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912459 You Need It To Live, But Too Much Will Kill You Seldom in history has a product worn the horns of the Devil and the wings of an angel at the same time. Loved and respected because it provides . . . Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:21:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912459 Bill Allin 2009-11-22T13:21:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977906830 Still Waiting For The Light To Change We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past. - Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936) Sometimes all we . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977906830 Bill Allin 2009-11-18T17:09:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977863094 What A Relationship Needs To Succeed "If we were endowed with the same biological mating pattern as the [pair-bonding] goose, there could be no polygamy, no promiscuity, no celibacy, no harems, no group . . . Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:08:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977863094 Bill Allin 2009-10-21T11:08:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847635 Your Life In A Day With the passage of time, all such actions or lack of them, appear less significant. And anyway, since the cells in our body die and are renewed, replaced by different ones, we do . . . Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:12:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847635 Bill Allin 2009-10-10T20:12:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838402 Our Own Shame The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. - Oscar Wilde , writer (1854-1900) This would apply today to television and movies as well. Instead . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:42:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838402 Bill Allin 2009-10-04T21:42:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825990 Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. - William James , American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910) The Journey: Yours, . . . Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:04:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825990 Bill Allin 2009-09-25T11:04:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822539 How Public Schools Fail Us Tragically "The social, emotional and spiritual are part of a child's connection with the world." - Mary Paradis, director of development at the Vancouver Waldorf . . . Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:40:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822539 Bill Allin 2009-09-22T23:40:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811809 Interesting Stuff About Movies No, despite what many believe, Thomas Edison did not invent the movie projector. He "bought" invention rights. The first celluloid roll film came into being . . . Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:58:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811809 Bill Allin 2009-09-14T13:58:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784578 Living Beyond Your Life Today It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It's the one who won't be taken . . . Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:00:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784578 Bill Allin 2009-08-23T12:00:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781750 Why You Are Here You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:10:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781750 Bill Allin 2009-08-20T20:10:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775292 Who Is An Atheist? "Samuel [Champlain] has seen other men of the church become as this one: to them, their own insight becomes dogma. Indeed it seems a perversion common to all leadership..." - The . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:39:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775292 Bill Allin 2009-08-15T22:39:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772950 When Should Children Be Taught Certain Facts and Skills? In response to an article I wrote recently about teaching information, facts and skills to children much earlier than most adults think . . . Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:10:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772950 Bill Allin 2009-08-14T00:10:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977769771 The Value of Power While that may seem like a strange title, think about it. What is power? When people seek power or have power, what is it they seek or have? How do we know if we have or . . . Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:35:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977769771 Bill Allin 2009-08-11T14:35:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977750794 Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness. - Simone Weil , French philosopher, mystic, activist (1909-1943) I have never met a person who, as a child, wanted to grow up to be a criminal, a drug . . . Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:14:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977750794 Bill Allin 2009-07-26T00:14:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977736930 ADHD: You or Someone You Love Could Have It and Not Know It My sister had Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) all her life and took it to her grave. I might have had it, but a strange . . . Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:03:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977736930 Bill Allin 2009-07-14T14:03:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726729 Hydrogen Peroxide: Truth, Lies and Rumours Is it a miracle drug or a carcinogenic poison peddled freely and propagandized openly on the internet? Opinions differ greatly, though (thankfully) not violently, . . . Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:32:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726729 Bill Allin 2009-07-01T21:32:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723765 Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. - Albert Einstein Do you wonder sometimes if Einstein didn't get sucked into a black hole somewhere and spewed out covered in . . . Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:59:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723765 Bill Allin 2009-06-28T19:59:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977690466 Stuff You Should Know About Money First of all, money does not have and was never intended to have any intrinsic value. Anyone who values money for its own sake ("The king is in his counting house . . . Sun, 24 May 2009 11:06:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977690466 Bill Allin 2009-05-24T11:06:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682750 Why the Economy Is As Undependable As the Weather Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? - Kelvin Throop III, . . . Thu, 14 May 2009 21:27:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682750 Bill Allin 2009-05-14T21:27:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662416 Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. - Don Marquis, American humorist, writer (1878-1937) This applies more to the Western part . . . Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:29:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662416 Bill Allin 2009-04-21T22:29:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658515 Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others, rather than on what he ought to expect from them. - Elizabeth de Meulan Guizot, French author . . . Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:35:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658515 Bill Allin 2009-04-17T12:35:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654017 If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. - Vincent van Gogh , Dutch post-impressionist artist (1853-1890) . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:38:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654017 Bill Allin 2009-04-12T20:38:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650145 The further one grows spiritually, the more and more people one loves and the fewer and fewer people one likes. - Gale D. Webbe, clergyman and author (1909-2000) It almost seems as if there is something . . . Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:49:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650145 Bill Allin 2009-04-08T13:49:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977647137 Fascinating Stuff About Time It's about time! Or is it? What is time anyway? Isn't it just something we humans invented? A second used to be defined as 1/86,400 the length of . . . Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:37:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977647137 Bill Allin 2009-04-05T16:37:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645567 A life that is meaningful, every single day, is rare in this world. Your life was a gift to you. Make it a gift to the world. - Elizabeth May, American-born Canadian activist, writer, politician (b.1954 . . . Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:02:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645567 Bill Allin 2009-04-03T16:02:17Z