Paul Harvey, Radio Legend Crosses Over

Paul Harvey, News Commentator and Talk-Show Pioneer, Dies at 90

Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, FOX News has confirmed. He was 90.

Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available.

Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.

"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend."

Known for his resonant voice and trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story," Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio Networks.

He became a heartland icon, delivering news and commentary with a distinctive Midwestern flavor.

In 1976, Harvey began broadcasting his anecdotal descriptions of the lives of famous people.

"The Rest of the Story" started chronologically, with the person's identity revealed at the end. The stories were an attempt to capture "the heartbeats behind the headlines." Much of the research and writing was done by his son, Paul Jr.

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2005.

Harvey also blended news with advertising, a line he said he crossed only for products he trusted.

However, it all started in 1933 when his radio career began at KVOO-AM in Tulsa while he was still in high school, his Web site said.

He moved to Hawaii in 1940 to cover the U.S. Navy and eventually enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where h served until 1944.

In 2000, at age 82, Harvey signed a new 10-year contract with ABC Radio networks.

In addition to his unique voice and delivery, Harvey was credited with coining several words on his broadcasts, including "Reaganomics" and "guesstimate."

Harvey was born Paul Harvey Aurandt in Tulsa, Okla. His father, a police officer, was killed when he was a toddler. A high school teacher took note of his distinctive voice and launched him on a broadcast career.

While working at St. Louis radio station KXOK, he met Washington University graduate student Lynne Cooper. He proposed on their first date (she said "no") and always called her "Angel."

They were married in 1940 and had a son, Paul Jr.

They worked closely together on his shows, and he often credited his success to her influence.

She was the first producer ever inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997, seven years after her husband was. She died in May 2008 after a year-long battle with leukemia.

It's a sad day in radio land. I listened to Paul Harvey everyday on his noon time broadcast. He was as cool and up to date as people a fraction of his age. He was intune with everything going on around the globe. He served it up with his own one of a kind style. Paul Harvey was "the best". He will be missed!

See YOU On The Other Side Paul,

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": Talisman - Spiritual Help For Now Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": American Crocodiles & Jaguars

Bobby Jindal - Novice Republican Puppet

Gov. Bobby Jindal's volcano remark has some fuming

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's swipe at federal spending to monitor volcanoes has the mayor of one city in the shadow of Mount St. Helens fuming.

"Does the governor have a volcano in his backyard?" Royce Pollard, the mayor of Vancouver, Washington, said on Wednesday. "We have one that's very active, and it still rumbles and spits and coughs very frequently."

Jindal singled out a $140 million appropriation for the U.S. Geological Survey as an example of questionable government spending during the GOP response to President Obama's address to Congress Tuesday night.

The governor, a rising Republican star, questioned why "something called 'volcano monitoring' " was included in the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus bill Obama signed earlier this month.

"Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington," Jindal said.

But Marianne Guffanti, a volcano researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey, said, "We don't throw the money down the crater of the volcano and watch it burn up."

The USGS, which received the money Jindal criticized, is monitoring several active volcanoes across the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii. One of those is Mount St. Helens, about 70 miles north of Vancouver, Washington, and neighboring Portland, Oregon.

The volcano killed 57 people when it erupted in 1980 and sputters back into action periodically, most recently in late 2004 and early 2005, when it sent plumes of steam and ash thousands of feet into the air.

USGS researchers are also keeping a close eye on Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano, about 100 miles from Anchorage, which is predicted to go off again within a few months. Its last eruption, in 1989, disrupted air traffic and forced down a commercial jet that sucked ash into its engines.

"If we can give good information about what's happening, that system of diversions and cancellations all works much more efficiently," Guffanti said. "And fewer people are delayed and standard business is resumed quickly."

Louisiana is no stranger to natural disasters itself, having been devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But Timmy Teepell, Jindal's chief of staff, said the governor stands by his statement.

"That was just one example of wasteful spending in the largest government spending bill in history," Teepell said. "The governor made it clear that we need to grow jobs, not government."

The $140 million line-item for the USGS includes not only monitoring, but also replacement of aging equipment "and other critical deferred maintenance and improvement projects."

The spending could provide new jobs "no different than the amount of money you would spend on building a street or building a bridge or something," said Danny Boston, an economist at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Pollard, a former Army officer who has served as Vancouver's mayor for 14 years, said USGS equipment used to keep tabs on volcanoes is frequently damaged or destroyed. He said he wasn't sure how many jobs the money could produce, but, "For us and the people who live closer to it than Vancouver, it's important."

If this is what the Republicans are banking on for 2012, they are "screwed again". This guy is out of his league, and, to be honest, "a freaking idiot". If these dorks would stop playing the political back and forth bs, maybe, the USA could get back on track as the country we are supposed to be. I will take Sarah Palin any day over this novice. Provided she stops with the fly over shooting of animals!!!

"Opyn Mindz Rule, Politics Suck,"

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": American Crocodiles & Jaguars Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": Godzilla 3-D To The Max- He's Back!

Climate Change, Polar Shift & Then What?

Could Climate Change Lead to Wars?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Feb. 22) – If we don't deal with climate change decisively, "what we're talking about then is extended world war," the eminent economist said.

His audience Saturday, small and elite, had been stranded here by bad weather and were talking climate. They couldn't do much about the one, but the other was squarely in their hands. And so, Lord Nicholas Stern was telling them, was the potential for mass migrations setting off mass conflict.

"Somehow we have to explain to people just how worrying that is," the British economic thinker said.

Stern, author of a major British government report detailing the cost of climate change, was one of a select group of two dozen — environment ministers, climate negotiators and experts from 16 nations — scheduled to fly to Antarctica to learn firsthand how global warming might melt its ice into the sea, raising ocean levels worldwide.

Their midnight flight was scrubbed on Friday and Saturday because of high winds on the southernmost continent, 3,000 miles from here. While waiting at their Cape Town hotel for the gusts to ease down south, chief sponsor Erik Solheim, Norway's environment minister, improvised with group exchanges over coffee and wine about the future of the planet.

Understandings will be vital in this "year of climate," as the world's nations and their negotiators count down toward a U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen in December, target date for concluding a grand new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol — the 1997 agreement, expiring in 2012, to reduce carbon dioxide and other global-warming emissions by industrial nations.

Solheim drew together key players for the planned brief visit to Norway's Troll Research Station in East Antarctica.

Later, at dinner, the heavyweights heard from smaller or poorer nations about the trials they face as warming disrupts climate, turns some regions drier, threatens food production in poor African nations.

Jose Endundo, environment minister of Congo, said he recently visited huge Lake Victoria in nearby Uganda, at 80,000 square kilometers (31,000 square miles) a vital source for the Nile River, and learned the lake level had dropped 3 meters (10 feet) in the past six years — a loss blamed in part on warmer temperatures and diminishing rains.

In the face of such threats, "the rich countries have to give us a helping hand," the African minister said.

But it was Stern, former chief World Bank economist, who on Saturday laid out a case to his stranded companions in sobering PowerPoint detail.

If the world's nations act responsibly, Stern said, they will achieve "zero-carbon" electricity production and zero-carbon road transport by 2050 — by replacing coal power plants with wind, solar or other energy sources that emit no carbon dioxide, and fossil fuel-burning vehicles with cars running on electric or other "clean" energy.

Then warming could be contained to a 2-degree-Celsius (3.4-degree-Fahrenheit) rise this century, he said.

But if negotiators falter, if emissions reductions are not made soon and deep, the severe climate shifts and sea-level rises projected by scientists would be "disastrous."

It would "transform where people can live," Stern said. "People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people would have to move if you talk about 4-, 5-, 6-degree increases" — 7 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And that would mean extended global conflict, "because there's no way the world can handle that kind of population move in the time period in which it would take place."

Melting ice, rising seas, dwindling lakes and war — the stranded ministers had a lot to consider. But many worried, too, that the current global economic crisis will keep governments from transforming carbon-dependent economies just now. For them, Stern offered a vision of working today on energy-efficient economies that would be more "sustainable" in the future.

"The unemployed builders of Europe should be insulating all the houses of Europe," he said.

After he spoke, Norwegian organizers announced that the forecast looked good for Stern and the rest to fly south on Sunday to further ponder the future while meeting with scientists in the forbidding vastness of Antarctica.

Some of what these people are saying is fairly close to being true. However, once again, "mankind is vain enough to think that WE control what this planet is going through. We had nothing to do with Chaiten Volcano erupting again this past week. We have nothing to do with any of the active volcanoes that are wreaking havoc or, are getting ready to wreak havoc on populations and "global weather patterns". What we need to be doing is, figure out what we are going to do when some of these events take place. And trust me, "they will, at some point, take place as they have done in the past."

"Opyn Your Mindz",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Reptillicus Gigantis(Big Snake) Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": Talisman - Spiritual Help For Now

"Dead" Volcano Erupts Again

Chaiten Volcano Erupts in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile (Feb. 20) - More than 150 people who had returned to a Chilean town destroyed by a volcanic eruption last year were evacuated again on Thursday as the volcano roared back to life, spewing ash high into the air.

The explosion apparently rocked the dome of the Chaiten volcano and sent volcanic material down the mountain's slope, threatening to block a river and trigger flooding, said Paula Narvaez, a presidential delegate to the area in southern Chile.

Experts who flew over the volcano reported "large emanation of gas" on Thursday and said the situation is risky for the nearby seaside town of Chaiten because rains could trigger avalanches.

"The experts were unanimous in considering that no one must remain in Chaiten," Chile's Emergency Bureau said in a communique.

Narvaez said that as many as 160 people were evacuated from the vicinity of the 2,700-foot volcano.

More than 4,000 people were initially evacuated after Chaiten erupted on May 2 for the first time in an estimated 9,000 years.

On Thursday, increased seismic activity was reported and ash fell 100 miles away in Futaleufu.

Some residents of Chaiten, six miles from the like-named volcano, have strongly resisted government efforts to relocate them to a new settlement following the devastating eruption last year.

Residents opposed to the move in recent weeks staged protests in the town's ruins, amid houses buried under ash and volcanic mudflows.

Narvaez said the situation on Thursday "was exactly the kind of danger we were talking about when we decided to relocate Chaiten."

The relocation site has yet to be determined.

For the second time in less than a year Chaiten volcano has erupted after being dormant for over 9000 years. We will keep an eye on this volcano and story. People, "just pay attention to things that are taking place on the planet. A shift is coming and some things have already been set in motion".

"The more YOU know, the longer YOU may live",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Anchorage & Tokyo Volcanoes Bobby Sharpe's "Witch"

2012 : Polar Shift Is Possible Video

I was turned on to this video by an ascended awake soul so that I might pass it on to all of YOU. As usual, I make NO judgements. I just ask YOU to absorb what YOU see and hear and make your own conclusions. I will say though, "this is some scary crap"! It's scary because it makes sense and IS possible! Please, feel free to leave comments.

"The more YOU know, the longer YOU may live,

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Survival, Dog Style! Could YOU? "Dragon, Book Of Shang"2

Translate Bobby's Blogs(app)

Just wanted to let everyone out there know of some recent upgrades and updates I have made to the blogs.

I would first like to thank all of YOU, globally, that have been reading the posts I have put up for the last couple of years. I know some of YOU may have a bit of a problem with the English. However, YOU can now translate the blog post to a language YOU may be more comfortable with. Just click on the flag in the translation box for the language YOU desire on all of my other blog post. On this post, just copy and paste the address http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=21563550&postID=40491947782927058 into the translator box and click on English to whatever language YOU want.I know, it does not cover every language, but, it does cover most all of the major languages of the current planets occupants.

I have also listed all of my blog post addresses(links) on this blog under "Bobby Sharpe's Hot Spotz". Along with a few other links YOU might want to check.

Also, since we have the translation apps in place now, feel free to comment on blog post. Even if it is not in English. This way we can share ideas and thoughts.

"Peace, Love and Dragons",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": Gap Band, Charlie Wilson, Bombs & Cancer Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Reptillicus Gigantis(Big Snake)

Best Ground Coffee Rankings

Consumer Reports Ranks the Best Ground Coffees

Eight O'Clock Coffee beats out Starbucks and Folgers in Consumer Reports' coffee taste test

Great tasting ground coffee doesn't have to cost a bushel, according to a new taste test by Consumer Reports.

Eight O'Clock Coffee 100 percent Colombian bested Folgers and Starbucks to take the top spot in the magazine's coffee taste test of 19 ground coffees. The results can be found in the March issue of Consumer Reports.

"At the very top was Eight O'Clock -- Eight O'Clock Coffee -- your grandmother's A&P brand," Bob Markovich, the magazine's home and yard editor, tells AOL Food. "And it was also the least expensive, and by that I mean that it was like half the price of the other two that scored at the top."

Testers found the fruity and earthy tastes of Eight O'Clock coupled with its price -- $6.28 per pound and 15 cents per cup -- makes it the best value overall. Markovich said coffee lovers can save about $350 a year just brewing their java at home.

Caribou Coffee Colombia Timana -- $11.76 per pound, 36 cents per cup – and Kickapoo Coffee Organic Colombia -- $14.33, 40 cents -- followed in second and third. Both were noted for their fruity flavors.

"What made them good is they tended to be fragrant with floral and earthy notes, so this is the kind of coffee you can drink even when it's black," Markovich said. "When you start to go down the list of stuff that isn't as good, you're going to probably want to add milk or sugar or cream."

Starbucks and supermarket staples Maxwell House and Folgers disappointed testers.

Testers were surprised to find that the caffeine amounts among the brands varied wildly. Folgers Coffeehouse Series, which fell flat among the caffeinated brands, had only 50 mg per cup, while number two ranked Caribou topped the caffeine scale tying Bucks County Coffee Co. at 195 mg per cup.

"It could be an issue if you're a heart patient or a woman who's pregnant or nursing because the medical authorities tend to say that you should pretty much keep it below about 200 mg intake per day of caffeine," Markovich said.

Among decaffeinated brands, Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Decaf came out number one, but only ranked "good" on the taste-test scale.

"Three of the decaffeinated were only fair, and that's pretty lousy," Markovich said. "When we say something's fair, it's really unimpressive."

Well, there YOU have it coffee lovers. Don't know about YOU, but, I will try the Eight O'Clock Coffee. Right now, we drink Dunkin' Donuts regular ground coffee. Sometimes, we get a pound or so of a Barnies Blend .

Personally, I probably drink more tea than coffee. Green, red, oolong, black and white tea are the pick of the litter for teas. A little honey or cinammon and they are good to go.

"Coffee or Tea, Drink The Best",

Bobby Sharpe Dragon, Book of Shang Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": Grace Jones Is Back Like A "Hurricane"

South Beach & The Arctic Ocean

Leatherback Turtle

Tropical Turtle Fossil Found in Arctic

(Feb. 2) - The last place scientists expected to find the fossil of a freshwater, tropical turtle was in the Arctic. But they did.

The discovery, detailed today in the journal Geology, suggests animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as once thought, but directly across a freshwater sea floating atop the warm, salty Arctic Ocean.

It also provides additional evidence that a rapid influx of carbon dioxide some 90 million years ago was the likely cause of a super-greenhouse effect that created extraordinary heat in the polar region.

"We've known there's been an interchange of animals between Asia and North America in the late Cretaceous period, but this is the first example we have of a fossil in the High Arctic region showing how this migration may have taken place," said John Tarduno, professor of geophysics at the University of Rochester. "We're talking about extremely warm, ice-free conditions in the Arctic region, allowing migrations across the pole."

Turtles may be slow, but they're known to migrate long distances. Recent satellite tracking found a leatherback turtle traveled 12,774 miles from Indonesia to Oregon, one of the longest recorded migrations of any vertebrate animal.

Tarduno led an expedition into the Canadian Arctic in 2006 to study an ancient aspects of Earth's magnetic field. Knowing the barren location was rich in fossils, they kept an eye out.

The team found the fossil of a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. Tarduno's knowledge of Earth's crust allowed him to determine the fossil did not get moved there by shifts in the crust known as tectonic activity. The turtle died and remained where it was found. It has been named the aurora turtle.

That raised a question: How could a freshwater turtle navigate a salty ocean, which existed at the region back then?

Tarduno and colleagues think the Arctic Ocean was more separated from the rest of the world's oceans at that time, reducing circulation. Numerous rivers from the adjacent continents would have poured freshwater into the sea. Since freshwater is lighter than saltwater, Tarduno thinks it may have rested on top, allowing a freshwater animal such as the aurora turtle to migrate with relative ease.

Similar changes may be occuring in parts of the oceans today. A study in 2005 found that since the late 1960s, much of the North Atlantic Ocean has become less salty, in part due to increases in freshwater runoff induced by global warming, scientists say.

The fossil was found atop basalt, a rock associated with lava flows. That offers a clue as to what might have warmed the climate 90 million years ago.

"We found this turtle right on top of the last flood basalts — a large stretch of lava from a series of giant volcanic eruptions," says Tarduno. "That leads us to believe that the warming may have been caused by volcanoes pumping tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. There's evidence that this volcanic activity happened all around the planet — not just the Arctic. If it all happened on a short enough timescale, it could cause a super-greenhouse effect."

This is really fascinating and interesting stuff. We are getting more and more answers everyday to the mysteries of our planet. And once again, "volcanoes" are tied to this event also. Believe it or not, volcanoes are responsible, directly or indirectly, for just about everything that goes on in the natural cyclical processes of this planet. Matter of fact, it's a safe bet that the land YOU live on is there because of a volcano.

"The More YOU Know, The Further YOU Go",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Anchorage & Tokyo Volcanoes Dragon, Book of Shang