The ALL-NEW Community Event Calendar & Daily Digest for Gather!

As we approach 2008, Americans deserve to know the people that seek to lead us. We deserve to hear beyond the sound bites and see past the rehearsed debate answers. We need the candidates to share their plans for America in detail and answer our questions in full. To make that happen, we need your help.

Today, we're inviting each candidate to participate in an ongoing conversation with America. You will ask the questions. We will give each candidate an unlimited amount of time and space to respond. And you can compare the answers the candidates give, apples-to-apples.

Help us pick the right person to lead America in 2008! Please visit america.gather.com to add your name to our candidate invitation, then invite your friends to participate in this groundbreaking conversation. Let's ask for real answers to real questions about the issues that matter most. Let's Create Debate together.

Tom Gerace, founder
Gather.com

New!  Andi Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz, authors of "The Daring Book for Girls" TODAY at 7:00pm ET. Their book helps girls take a break from growing up so they can do something daring! It is part science book, part activity book and partly a book about famous daring girls in history!

Chat will be hosted by members Chris Carlisle and Kathryn Esplin-Oleski.

Today's Tip: When performing a search for content containing more than one search term, be certain to use the AND operand (all upper case) between each term. For example, beach AND sand -- This will return all content containing both terms.

Reading & rating is now underway in the The Court TV Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest A dark alley. A shadowy figure. A bloody dagger that disappears from the scene. How does YOUR favorite crime novel begin?
Well, now it's YOUR turn to hunt down the best. Five (5) finalists will be selected through two rounds of rating, and one Grand Prize Winner will then be chosen for publication by a panel of judges, some of which are bestselling authors in the genre!

(Round 1 voting ends on December 9, 2007)

Enter to win a $25,000 College Scholarship in the Code Orange "Coping with College" Contest! - You could win a $25,000 college savings account for your child. Just tell us your sure-fire mental or physical exercise for conquering that “how-am-I- gonna-pay-for-it” Code Orange — and you could be the lucky winner!

(Entry deadline is Saturday, December 15)

We love winning. Who doesn't love to win? - Gather has teamed up with eBay to create Winspirations.gather.com. This new community will discuss and share ideas on what it means to be a winner, and help each other identify "wins" we already have in our lives.

The group is hosted each week by community members:

Bill Cottringer (ckuretdoc.gather.com)
Diana Raabe (raabe.gather.com)
Jessie Voigts (jessiev.gather.com)
Lori (fleenabean.gather.com)
Monica Zenberg (daydreambeliever.gather.com)
Terry Shaw (terrys7.gather.com)

Today's Member Editor, Rose Williams is seeking content focusing on your childhood home. Perhaps you lived in one house your whole childhood...share with us what made it special to you. Let us experience the sights and sounds, the taste and smell of your childhood home. Or maybe your family moved around, is there one place that sticks out in your memory as your favorite?

Writing Essential Member Editors:

Monday - Chris Carlisle
Tuesday - Amy George
Wednesday - Kathryn Esplin-Oleski
Thursday - Rose Williams
Friday - John Beck
Saturday - Aaron Lazar
Sunday - Ron Hall

LIVE CHAT with Tom Brokaw, award-winning news anchor, editor and author on Monday, December 17th at 7:00 pm (ET). Tom will discuss the sixties, a turbulant and pivotal decade in history, and his new book, "Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today". Tom also shares new excerpts from his book each Friday through mid-December.

read excerpts from his new book »

Find out tomorrow, November 30, how to score some cool Gather Gear™ and other prizes!

Win one of 50 digital thermometers in the "Code Orange" weekly discussion!

Entry deadline is Sunday, December 2.

Win one of 10 Children’s Illustrated Jewish Bible & CD sets...and your comment is all it takes!


Entry deadline is Sunday, December 2.

Enter to win a $25,000 College Scholarship in the Code Orange "Coping with College" Contest! - You could win a $25,000 college savings account for your child.

Entry deadline is December 15.

2nd Annual National Parks of the United States Non-Fiction Writing Contest - Entry period expires TOMORROW, November 30, and the winner receives a National Parks Passport!

Reading & rating is underway in the "Court TV Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest" - Round 1 voting ends on December 9, 2007.

See your favorite tree photo brought to life through the artistry of member Vickie F. If chosen, Vickie will sculpt your tree from copper wire!


Entry Deadline is December 11.

New!  Christopher K. is the winner of the book promotion sponsored by member and author, Racheline Maltese. Christopher wins an autographed copy of Racheline's new book "The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivies and Particularities".

The Top 10 Finalists in the "Downsizing Your Home With Style" photo contest have been chosen by the Gather community! The grand prize winner of an expert design consultation, a new Flip Digital Camcorder, and a $2,000 Crate and Barrel Shop Card will be announced TOMORROW, November 30th!

Faith, Painted is the Grand Prize Winner in the Creative Click Photography Contest for her entry representing the theme "Trees And Pathway".

The runners-up are: Linda G. (2nd place) and Robert B. (3rd place).

Ginger C. is the winner of last week's book giveaway during Dan Tomkins' weekly "Digital Photography for Beginners" live chat.

Winners for last week's "Capture This - Quickie" image challenge have been announced. The theme was "Trains, Planes and Automobiles".

New!  Andi Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz, authors of "The Daring Book for Girls" TODAY at 7:00pm ET. Their book helps girls take a break from growing up so they can do something daring! It is part science book, part activity book and partly a book about famous daring girls in history!

Chat will be hosted by members Chris Carlisle and Kathryn Esplin-Oleski.

Digital Photography for Beginners - TODAY, and every Thursday at 7:00pm ET, member Dan Tomkins will hold a live chat covering the basics of digital photography. The book "Really, Really, Really Easy Step-By-Step Digital Photography for absolute beginners of all ages" by Gavin Hoole and Cheryl Smith will also be awarded each week to one member participating in the informative chat!

New!  Tom Brokaw, award-winning news anchor, editor and author on Monday, December 17th at 7:00 pm (ET). Tom will discuss the sixties, a pivotal decade in history, and his new book, "Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today"

read excerpts from his new book »

New!  Transcript of live chat with Lauri Ward, author of Downsizing Your Home with Style: Living Well in a Smaller Space. Chat was hosted by Gather member Tracey W. (from Wednesday, November 28)

Transcript of live chat with actress, comedian and author Amy Sedaris, author of "I Like You -- Hospitality Under the Influence". Sedaris appeared in two episodes of Rescue Me, two episodes of Monk, an episode of Wonder Showzen, on Just Shoot Me! as a female version of David Spade's character, and as Carrie Bradshaw's book publisher in Sex and the City, among other roles. (from Monday, November 26)

Transcript of "Have the Talk!" live chat with Sheila Heen. Sheila is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She specializes in particularly difficult negotiations – where emotions run high and relationships become strained. Sheila is co-author of the New York Times Business Bestseller, "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most". (from Tuesday, November 20)

See the complete transcript list »

Mariana T. (member since: May 10, 2006) - Quiet, crazy, alters entropy thru my art, loves the non-typical, loves elderly folks and good stories, loves the sea and the sun and is hardy and healthy , loves to walk and favorite thing is to sip wine in evenings and drink coffee in mornings in nature... more »

Matt Kenson (member since: Nov 16, 2005) - Baby-boomer and a new father (1st time, too). Took an off-ramp from Corporate America to become a Stay-at-Home-Dad. Best decision I've made in quite some time. Over the last several years I have grown my spiritual self significantly. Always a... more »

Cat MacLaine (member since: Nov 14, 2007) - My name is Cat Maclaine and I write about the writing life, spirituality, navel gazing, and other worthy pursuits. I'm almost 40, and I live in southern Ontario with my husband, teenagers, and furbabies. I like to garden, but I really suck at it. Once... more »

Drucilla P. (member since: Nov 20, 2007) - Hi, I am a mom of a 4 y.o. and lots of animals. We now have one horse, which is 26 and retired from dressage, that I did ride in the region 9 championships; 3 alpaca's, 7 dog's, and one fish tank coming for my son for Christmas. My life is very... more »

New!
Please help me welcome my most wonderful friend!!!!
by Leslie P.

New!
What Gather has given me!
by Aubrey :)

New!
Two Days Until Vegas and Barry Manilow!
by Amanda C.

New!
Spending my Gather Gift Cards!
by Tiffany D.

New!
Cash Option is Complete!
by David "Shootin' The Moon" Smith

New!
Gather Gear or Neener, Neener, Neener
by Duckie One

Make Yer Own Funny Tee - This is a group where you take a blank tee shirt template and then put your own funny saying or graphics on it! - Exercise your creativity to create your own funny tee-shirt! We supply a template of a blank tee-shirt and then you copy it, open it in a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro (Corel) or PhotoShop (Adobe), create a funny saying or graphic (or both!) for it and then post your hilarious result here on "Make Yer Own Funny Tee"!

(makyrownfunytee.gather.com)

What's Hot: Have you answered the holiday "getting to know you" questions yet?  See other member responses here »

New!  Tom Brokaw is a popular American television journalist, previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. In the later part of Tom Brokaw's tenure, NBC Nightly News became the most watched cable or broadcast news program in the United States. Brokaw also hosted, wrote, and moderated special programs on a wide range of topics. Throughout his career, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors.

Read Part 1 of the Introduction to his new book:
BOOM! Voices of the Sixties (Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today) »

Bon Jovi - Jon Bon Jovi is an American singer, musician, and actor. As lead singer of the hard rock band Bon Jovi, he has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. He is also the owner of Arena Football League team, the Philadelphia Soul!

Hilary Rodham Clinton is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton—the 42nd President of the United States—and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

Plus, do you know these other celebrity members?

Can you identify one of these members?

Where on Gather would you find one of the objects below?

Can you locate the secret phrase hidden in the puzzle below?

Find nine Gather-related words in this word search ...and uncover the secret phrase using the left over letters!

Which new member from Pennsylvania loves Mexican food, reading Stephen King, and listening to music by Godsmack and Nirvana?

Can you name the member that is currently 'Gathering' for someone in their family?

What community member has an affinity for phone booths and politically-charged debate?

To which member do these images belong?

What do these three members have in common?

Bhawana B.		Elizabeth F.		Cindi W.

Coming Soon!
Part "Candyland", part "Monopoly" -- Collect game pieces as you traverse the Gather community.