Since Monday, they have been gathering for the closed-door discussion sessions, where the leaders of the church from around the world can informally discuss what is on their minds.
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In electronic commerce, too, many of the trends have been gathering force for years, but are only now becoming obvious as they are harnessed to the runaway growth and global reach of the Internet.
We're asking for very carefully controlled, court supervised intelligence gathering information, powers that we already have for drug traffickers, organized crime figures, and people who engage in fraud.
But the calls for people to boycott the statistics-gathering programme have not seriously damaged its effectiveness, according to Registrar General for England and Wales, Len Cook.
One startup has made it possible for you to have your next company gathering outside of the boardroom, and instead in a Hollywood Castle.
Dr Clay's research builds on data that generations of Indiana's entomologists have been gathering at 17-year intervals for over a century.
Mooncakes have been the dessert of choice for Chinese families gathering together during the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate the Moon Goddess of immortality.
And apparently London is a gathering place for those who have been thrown out of Russia or Eastern Europe, and maybe it was a rivalry that grew out of activity outside the country.
Moreover, the two air forces are to have joint training exercises, and Israeli pilots will have regular use of Turkish airspace for training and intelligence gathering.
One reason the original, July gathering for OpFacebook came about may have been the momentum created by Anonymous splinter group LulzSec, which had disbanded in late June.
Neither the government nor concert organizers are concerned about any additional security measures for such a massive gathering, and tickets have been selling fast.
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Negotiations for the global pact have stalled, and Tuesday's gathering is aimed at jump-starting those talks.
Today, Mr. Ma's speeches draw large crowds at the company's annual gathering for customers and media (celebrity speakers have included Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant).
Rafts of on-line commentary have been unquestionably pro-Byrne, even as local enthusiasm for The Gathering builds.
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So far, the Europeans have been gathering to decide how to help even before Greece has asked for any help.
It concerns data the spacecraft has been gathering about changes in its environment which for some time now have suggested it is about to cross over the Solar System's border - the so-called heliopause.
You spend a great deal of time either finding all the objects of a certain type (like cats, a lot of them) or gathering items for a character to achieve whatever nefarious objective they have in mind.
The old woods, irons and putters that Ellis began gathering up in 1974 for as little as a dollar apiece have the traits that go a long way toward making a set valuable--age, maker, the degree of innovation different pieces represent, rarity and condition.
Forms remain the heart of what larger pen computers are used for today, and pen computers will always have a home in vertical data-gathering applications.
But with more than 2, 000 acts in town playing numerous sets over the course of five days, it's best for musicians to think of SXSW instead as a gathering of peers who have already demonstrated their quality and are willing to measure success in increments.
Apart from hunting and gathering, early farming techniques including meadows for fodder, trade and mining have been important ways for earning a living in the region.
It is an elite gathering of European economists and business leaders, and for two days they have just one item on the agenda: The state of the global economy.
Many of the fundamental forces driving the business of gathering and distributing security price data and financial news and analysis have remained the same for decades.
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Not long ago, they would have come for the giveaways, but in mid-March they excitedly exchange business cards in a gathering that would not look out of place in Singapore.
For societies that survive on hunting, gathering and fishing, the loss of legal rights over land they may have lived on for centuries is particularly hard.
Heads of state and government gathering for the summit - or European Council to give it its formal name - have been shown what David Cameron called "a great glossy brochure" about it.
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Working with a dozen graduate students, Professor Nichols is gathering a database of the language, which is believed to have been spoken in the Caucasus region for about 8, 000 years.
For as long as 60, 000 years - since humans first crossed into Australia - Aboriginal peoples have been gathering on this very rock during the rains, to take shelter in its nooks and crannies, to rest and talk.
On the other hand, some information must be protected from public disclosure for the sake of our security -- for instance, the movement of our troops, our intelligence-gathering, or the information we have about a terrorist organization and its affiliates.
The filters might be great for users, but they could have a negative effect on companies that have sunk money into promoting their pages and gathering fans, said one analyst.
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