What Is Happening Today On Gather - Tuesday March 01, 2011

Not too many years ago, an artist used pencil, paint, paint brush and some sort of paper or canvas.  I still have pictures that our daughters drew when they were toddlers.  Viewing art has a way of opening our minds to new memories, thoughts and ideas.

Today there are many ways of creating art.  Today I would like to spotlight some members who create art of some sort. Grab a jacket and umbrella (yest it is raining) and lets go to the art exhibits in the Gather community.

 I hope you enjoy all of these!

 

 

Cameras have evolved so much in just the last decade.  Do you remember the times of cameras that required black & white film?

You will have to click on the links to find out who posted these posts and/or photos.

 

 

Macro photography

A Summer in photography & photography in question

The Beauty of Taking Scenery Photos

Several Ways to Increase your Digital photography

Digital Photography Tutorials

the way to improve the quality of your photography

A glimpse into the photographers world through photos

Free ONLINE Classes - Digital Photography

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There are many members of the Gather community who either draw free-handed or use computer programs to form art.

Forgotten Drawing

Have Fun Drawing a Picture of a Horse, An Art Tutorial VIDEO

Drawing In The Sand

Drawing Her Own Icon

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Take the “Power Behind Scents Survey” and win Pine Sol

What inspires you when decorating your home?

1. What are your favorite childhood scents?
2. What role do scents play in making family traditions in your home?
3. How do you keep your home smelling fresh and clean?
4. Describe your decorating style…Are you classic, French country, modern, etc.
5. What fun home renovations projects have you started?
6. How do you make cleaning your home fun? Do you listen to music, dance, etc?
7. Which Pine-Sol scent best describes you? Lemon Fresh, Orange Energy, Mountain Energy, Sparking Wave, Lavender Clean, Wildflower Blast, or Original Scent
8. What kind of home decorating tips can you share?
9. How do you involve your family in the cleaning process?

To Take the Survey:

1. Copy this entire post
2. Click here to create a new post
3. Paste this new post into the Gather post editor
4. Fill out your answers for the questions above
5. Include “Power Behind Scents” within the title
6. Be sure to include pinesol as a tag
7. Share your post with the Family group (family.gather.com)
   

By following all of the directions, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win one of ten Pine Sol bottles!

Surveys must be posted by March 20th.

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Win a Free DVD! Ultramarines

Based on the internationally successful tabletop miniature wargame, Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie marks the first ever feature film of Games Workshop’s iconic property. The film was written by one of their best-selling Games Workshop Black Library authors, Dan Abnett  and features the voices of Terence Stamp (Superman 2, Valkyrie), John Hurt (Alien, Hellboy, V for Vendetta) and Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon, Dog Soldiers), as well as Steven Waddington (Last of the Mohicans, The Tudors), Donald Sumpter (Being Human) and Johnny Harris (This is England ’86). 

For your chance to win 1 of 2 copies please answer the following question in the comment field of the above post  by Friday, March 4th: If you could direct and produce a movie what would it be about?

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Join our Weekly Smells So Clean Discussions & Win Gather Points!

 The first 20 members who comments on the above post  will receive 25 Gather Points!  Those 20 members are quick to comment and it may seem that there is no need to comment or even read the post.  However this could not be farther from the truth.

For the next five weeks Gather will feature a new tip in the Family Channel homepage. A Smells So Clean Discussion Guide will be created and live on Gather for members to enjoy. Leave your comments for this week’s topic in the comment field of the above post  by Thursday, March 3rd. Each week gather will also feature a tip from the Pine Sol website.

This week’s tip from the Pine-Sol site is: "Gather all your cleaning products together and edit. To save time, money and storage space, look for multi-tasking products that you can use in every room and on many appliances and surfaces - like Pine-Sol Brand Cleaner, which is safe to use on wood."

So as you can see, even if all 20 spaces are filled for the 25 points, you can still have your comment spotlighted in the Family Channel Group.  How cool is that!?!

How do you teach your family the importance of keeping a clean home?

So to sum the benefits of reading the above post:

1. You could win 25 points

2. Your answer to the weekly question may be spotlighted on the Family Channel Group

3. You could learn a valuable tip that will make cleaning the home easier by reading the Pine Sol tip of the week.

 

Last week Gather asked members what scents they like to use in their kitchen. Here's what everyone had to say:

• Vanilla
• Lavender
• Apple & Cinnamon
• Lemon
• Citrus
• Pine

What is your favorite scent to use while cleaning your kitchen?

 

IMPORTANT:  OFFICIAL GATHER INFORMATION

Please keep in mind that the following decision is to keep you safe in the Gather community. Many of you have reported spam in the gather community so you know just what I am talking about.  Gather is trying to keep you and me safe.  This decision was one way to do that:

 

Chuck McGuire, Gather.com Member Support

"Gather has blocked access from the Philippines, in an effort to slow down all the spam that has been published on Gather lately. If you know of any real members who are from the Philippines and still active, please send their username to Chuck McGuire at Gather Member Support. Gather will make every effort to restore access to long-standing, active members from the Philippines by unblocking their particular IP address ranges."

 

 

Income Tax Tips
incometaxtips.gather.com

The dreaded time of year for filling taxes has arrived. We are very fortunate in the  Gather community to have  a Tax Specialist in our midst.  He offers his advice to the Gather community Free of charge. 

I contacted Bob and ask him what hist 8 top tax tips were. Here is his reply"

Tax Tip 1

Tax Tip 2

Tax Tip 3

Tax Tip 4

Tax Tip 5

TAx Tip 6

Tax Tip 7

Tax Tip 8

Bob has a group set up that only contains his tax tip posts. They are easily. accessed from within this group.

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IMPORTANT OFFICIAL GATHER  INFORMATION

In an effort to better service and address any issues you have on Gather we have decided to discontinue the Weekly Help Article.  By receiving all your inquiries through our Help Form we are able to track and report on issues that will help us better prioritize community needs and enhancements.  Please refer all your questions, concerns, and feedback to our help form, and we will respond (if necessary) by email.  The Gather Help Desk group will be used for important announcements so feel free to check in from time to time.  And don’t forget to stop in and say hello to your old friend Chuck around Gather as well!

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New Member Resources

 

Today- Find out what's happening on Gather Today by connectingwith Connie C  and by joining the Today group.  Connie will keep you in-the-know!

Programs and Contests- Stefanie Plum keeps you up-to-date on the latest Gather partner programs, including contests and give-aways.  Connect to Stephaniebe notified about new programs in real time.

Where To Find Things On Gather - Take a look at this helpful site navigation overview by our famous Chuck McGuire.