"8" Super Foods For YOUR Well Being

The last post we did on this blog, dealt with "crap and calories" from mostly fast food joints. This post, hopefully, will help YOU reduce and correct some of the bad effects from over indulging in the "fat zone". Some of the "8" items listed here may take some getting used too, but, they will be good for your well being.

If these "super foods" don't do the trick for YOU, or, if YOU really don't care about yourself, NO PROBLEM. There is always a fast food place relatively close where YOU can hit up a "baconator super cheeseburger and a "large frosty or shake with those lg. fries"!

1)Blueberries

These amazing berries are on anyone's list of super foods. Recent research shows that they're brain food -- feeding blueberries to rats actually slows their age-related mental decline. Blueberries contain pterostilbene, a plant compound recently shown to have cholesterol-lowering properties. Their ORAC value (antioxidant rating) is the highest of any fruit. And blueberries are rich in fiber. Tip: Try them frozen. They taste like sherbet!

2)Guava

Among the super foods of the world, guava is a sleeper. With a taste that's been described as "part strawberry and part pear," one low-calorie cup of this vitamin-rich fruit contains a whopping eight grams of fiber. And in one widely used test of antioxidant power, guava scored second only to blueberries, right behind kale. Guava also contains cancer-fighting lycopene.

3)Kale

Kale is a member of the brassica family -- vegetable royalty that boasts cabbage and broccoli among its relatives. It's rich in potent cancer-fighting substances called indoles, and loaded with bone-building vitamin K. Kale has the highest antioxidant rating of any vegetable and is ridiculously low in calories. Try it tossed with olive oil, a few dried cranberries and some pine nuts.

4)Sardines

These little fish are the best kept secret in the world when it comes to health foods and the secret weapon of travelers looking for a cheap, portable, easily available source of protein. Sardines are rich in omega-3 fats, and one of the least contaminated of any seafood since they rank so low on the food chain. Eat them out of the can or throw them on some salad.

5)Apples

The juicy red or green apple's reputation for keeping you out of the doctor's office is well deserved. Loaded with pectin (an important fiber), apples are one of the best sources of boron, a little-known nutrient that helps support strong and healthy bones. An apple with a glass of water is a great natural appetite suppressant. Highest antioxidant value: Red Delicious

6)Coconut Oil

This superb oil has been long neglected as a healthy oil because it contains saturated fat. But not to worry: The saturated fat in coconut is a very healthy kind called MCT (medium chain triglyecerides) which is easily burned by the body for energy. Coconut oil also contains lauric acid, a natural anti-viral and anti-microbal. And today's excellent virgin coconut oil -- unlike the inferior products of a few decades ago -- doesn't contain trans fats

7)Green Tea, Oolong and White Tea

A superstar beverage if there ever was one, green tea helps with weight loss and helps fight against cancer. It contains EGCG, a catechin (plant compound) which stimulates metabolism and has anti-cancer properties to boot. Green tea also contains theanine, a natural relaxant which helps explain why the caffeine in green tea doesn't make you nearly as jittery as coffee. Oolong tea and White tea are pretty much in the same category based on recent studies.

8)Flaxseeds

Flaxseed oil is one of the only plant sources of omega-3 fats, but the flaxseeds themselves provide the added benefit of fiber along with omega-3. Flaxseeds can be thrown on salads, tossed into smoothies, or sprinkled on vegetables. They also contain lignans, a group of plant nutrients that have been studied by the National Cancer Institute for their cancer preventive properties.

Hey people, there YOU have it. Start getting your eating in order and everything else just might fall in line.

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby SharpeBobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz" www.myspace.com/akuasharpe

Fast Food, Fat YOU, Grilling Tips

Here are a couple of things that YOU might not have known that will make your grilling experience alot more pleasing. Remember, "opyn mindz", that's how YOU learn stuff!

1. Prevent burger bulge by pressing your thumb into the center of patties while they're still raw. They'll fill out again as the meat cooks.

2. Hands off! While constantly flipping the burgers might make you feel like you're really playing with fire, it doesn't do much good for your meat's moisture. For killer grill marks and a juicy patty, let the meat sit on the hot grill for at least a few minutes, and then flip just once.

3. Meat should be blotted dry with paper towels before it meets the heat. Otherwise it's boiling, steaming and braising -- not grilling.

Things YOU Need To Know About "Fast Food" Joints

1)A Big Mac has fewer calories than a "grilled chicken club", "large fries", or, "20 McNuggets". (540 calories)

2)Corn muffins have more calories than a glazed doughnut, Egg McMuffin, or, French Toaststix. (500 calories)

3)Wendy's "honey mustard topping" has 280 calories.

4)A Subway ham sub has only 290 calories(6 inch)

5)Medium Burger King Fries have 360 calories. Small fries has only 130.

6)Sausage adds the most calories of pizza toppings.

7)The Taco Bell item with the most calories is the Taco Salad(860 calories)

Alright, that should start YOU on your way to a fitter YOU. Maybe! As the old saying goes, "YOU are what YOU eat"! lol

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby Sharpewww.myspace.com/akuasharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz"

Bobby's Rants, Raves, Questions and Statements

Before we get down to the nitty gritty stuff, I would like to give a BIG rave to a little hero. Another reason why we should place our fellow creatures on a higher level than we do. At least, most of them.

Hero Chihuahua Saves Toddler From Rattlesnake
Sunday, July 22, 2007

MASONVILLE, Colo. — Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners' 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog.

Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and struck. Five-pound Zoey jumped in the way and took the bites.

"She got in between Booker and the snake, and that's when I heard her yipe," said Monty Long, the boy's grandfather.

The dog required treatment and for a time it appeared she might not survive. Now she prances about.

"These little bitty dogs, they just don't really get credit," Booker's grandma Denise Long told the Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald.

Now that, is a hero. Can't think of many humans that would have done that! One thing that puzzles me though, "as far as I know, rattle snakes don't just come up to people and strike". What was up with this snake and/or scenario?

Questions And Statements

(1) Last week, I spent quite a bit of time with a variety of MicroSoft people here in Orlando. Most of them from out of country. During the many conversations I had with these people, it is fair to say that "the rest of the world pretty much thinks that most Americans are arrogant, lazy, ignorant to the rest of the world, and, flat out stupid". Hmm..don't think I could have said that any better. Actually, it's pretty sad. Unfortunately, it's pretty accurate.

(2) Aside from "serial killers" and "child abuse/pornography" and corruption, which the "caucasian" race pretty much has a lock on, how come every morning when I get up and turn on the news and see about the previous nights "murders, robberies, car jackings, bad drug deals, shootings etc", the participants are almost ALWAYS minorities? Namely, hispanic and black. Is there that much space between their brains and the brains of other humans? These people need to WAKE UP and get real!

(3) I don't know about YOU, but, "I am sick to death of our supposed professional athletes(jerks)". You have Mike Vick commiting or, at least sanctioning dog fighting and the abuse perpetrated upon the dogs. Alledgedley! Then YOU have this NBA ref, Tim Donaghy supposedly betting and cheating on games he reffed. Actually, all of US shouls stop supporting all these sports and their over paid participants. Another "black" mark on American society. Hey, listen, nobody needs to "nuke" us, we will do it to ourselves from the inside out!

Rants And Raves

(1) Big rant for people that never answer their emails. "Hey, rude humans, why do YOU even have an email address that YOU freely give out and, don't have the courtesy to respond to your mail"? "Are YOU that callous or, that ignorant"?

(2) Big rave for the government of The Netherlands. They actually have an "animal rights" political party in the Parliament/Government. BRAVO!

(3) Big rave also for the German government who was the first European country to give animals equal rights just like people. BRAVO!

Well, that's enough for right now. Give YOU something to think about though. If YOU need some nice music to chill YOU out while reading and thinking on some of this stuff, go to Welcome to Arkensounds.com

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,
The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby Sharpewww.myspace.com/akuasharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz"

World's Fastest Residential High Speed Uplink?

Swedish Woman, 75, Gets Superfast Net

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed.

Lothberg's 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection in Karlstad is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, Karlstad city officials said.

In less than 2 seconds, Lothberg can download a full-length movie on her home computer - many thousand times faster than most residential connections, said Hafsteinn Jonsson, head of the Karlstad city network unit.

Jonsson and Lothberg's son, Peter, worked together to install the connection.

The speed is reached using a new modulation technique that allows the sending of data between two routers placed up to 1,240 miles apart, without any transponders in between, Jonsson said.

"We wanted to show that that there are no limitations to Internet speed," he said.
Peter Lothberg, who is a networking expert, said he wanted to demonstrate the new technology while providing a computer link for his mother.

"She's a brand new Internet user," Lothberg said by phone from California, where he lives. "She didn't even have a computer before."

His mother isn't exactly making the most of her high-speed connection. She only uses it to read Web-based newspapers.

Now doesn't this make your computer seem like a dinosaur? However, just think, "if your computer were this fast, would YOU ever leave the house"? Just think of the movies you could watch? Just think of the internet gaming and gambling YOU could do? In other words, "for some, this would be a boon". For others, "the beginning of the end".

However, it is coming. Just a matter of time. What YOU do with it, "is on YOU".

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby SharpeBobby Sharpe's "Animalz" www.myspace.com/akuasharpe

J.J.Abrams "Cloverfield" or, Cthulhu?

Cthulhu
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Cthulhu is a fictional monster created by horror author H. P. Lovecraft, and is one of Lovecraft's Great Old Ones.[1] It is often cited for the extreme descriptions given of its appearance, size, and the abject terror that it invokes. Because of this reputation, Cthulhu is often referred to in sci-fi and fantasy circles as a tongue-in-cheek shorthand for extreme horror or evil.

Cthulhu has also been spelled Kutulu, Q'thulu, Ktulu, Cthulu, Kthulhut, Kulhu, Thu Thu, Tulu,[2] and in many other ways. It is often preceded by the epithet Great, Dead, or Dread.

Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as "Khlûl'hloo" or "Kathooloo"[3] S. T. Joshi points out, however, that Lovecraft gave several differing pronunciations on different occasions.[4] According to Lovecraft, however, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language.[5]

Cthulhu first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu" (1928) — though it makes minor appearances in a few other of Lovecraft's works.[6] August Derleth used the creature's name to describe the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors, the Cthulhu Mythos.

Alright, yeah, I'm caught up in the whole phenom of the "trailer" that was run before the "Transformers" movie. Tentatively called "Cloverfield", this J.J. Abrams/Paramount Pictures movie has everyone guessing what it "really" is. Well, someone on the net that I converse with, suggested that the "monster" just may be the H.P. Lovecraft monster Cthulhu. My thoughts are, "if this is NOT the monster and story, then someone needs to do a movie based on this monster"!

Post your thoughts under comments!

Bobby SharpeBobby Sharpe's "Animalz" www.myspace.com/akuasharpe

Sony PS 3 Price Drop/Spielberg And Ea Video Games

New PlayStation to Go on Sale in August

Sony Corp. (SNE) (SNE) slashed the price of its current PlayStation 3 by $100, or 16.7 percent, and introduced a high-capacity model in an effort to spur sales of the struggling video game console. Starting Monday, the current 60 gigabyte model will cost $499, down from $599.

The Japanese electronics maker also said it is introducing a new version of the PlayStation 3 with a bigger hard drive for storing downloaded content such as video games and high-definition movies.

The new PS3 increases the system's storage capacity to 80 gigabytes from 60 gigabytes and also includes a retail copy of the online racing title "MotorStorm," a company spokesman said. It will be priced at $599.

The larger capacity machine won't be available in the United States and Canada until August.

Sony should be releasing 100 new video games during the current fiscal year, including 15 titles that are exclusive to the PS3 such as the hack-and-slash action title "Heavenly Sword."

Video Games by Spielberg, EA Detailed
By MATT SLAGLE

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) (ERTS) are releasing a few tidbits about their ongoing collaboration to make three video games, but most details - including the game's titles - remain a secret.

Code-named "LMNO" and "PQRS," the first two games to come from the exclusive relationship will be previewed at this week's E3 Media & Business Summit, which starts Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif.

The "LMNO" game is being created for the Sony Corp. (SNE)'s PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Xbox 360 and PCs. It will be a "contemporary action adventure" where the player partners with a female character who evolves over time depending on how she interacts with others in the game, said Neil Young, general manager of EA's Los Angeles studio.

"PQRS," which is being developed for Nintendo Co.'s Wii, will have gamers wielding the wireless remote to manipulate blocks in various ways.

Young said to expect much more than a computerized version of Jenga when it's released, sometime in the current fiscal year.

"Of course just playing with blocks does not a game make," he said Monday. "Now imagine there are up to 50 different properties that can be associated with them. They can explode or form a chemical reaction."

Young said Spielberg, known for his roster of films such as "Saving Private Ryan,""Schindler's List,""Raiders of the Lost Ark," and "E.T.," got the idea for the block game after a round of Wii tennis with Nintendo game legend Shigeru Miyamoto during last year's E3.

"He came away just kind of blown away by the visceral nature of the machine," Young said.
Spielberg wasn't available for an interview, but in a prepared statement said he was "a gamer" and has always been intrigued by game development.

"I am truly enjoying the creative collaboration and we hope that gamers will be as excited as we are about what we can bring to the medium through our shared vision," Spielberg said.

There were no details on a third title under Spielberg's long-term exclusive arrangement to develop the games for EA.

Financial terms of the deal announced in 2005 haven't been disclosed. Redwood City, Calif.-based EA, the world's largest game maker with blockbusters such as "Madden NFL" and "The Sims," said it will own the intellectual property behind the Spielberg games and publish them.

Well, here is the latest tech news for all of YOU gamers out there. I am glad Sony dropped the price on the PS 3, however, I am going to wait a bit until they get more games I am interested in. Plus, some more blu-ray dvd's.

If Spielbergs games are as good as some of his movies, they should be a hit.

Peace And Good Gaming,

Bobby Sharpe www.myspace.com/akuasharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz"

"Transformers" Movie Is The Bomb!

Listen, forget "Spiderman"(wuss) and the "Fantastic Four", The "Transformers" movie is the ticket.

The action is non stop. It is NOT done kiddie style. There is some nice intensity and adult oriented language and references. And MUCH violence. It all plays fantastic! Would pay to see this movie again in a minute!

Oh, one more plus for the movie, it showcased the supposed, new 2009 Chevy Camaro. It is nasty awesome! If it comes to fruition, I will HAVE ONE!

In the mean time, movie lovers of action, horror and sci-fi, here is a list of new movie official web sites of upcoming films YOU may be interested in:

The Invasion

The Kingdom - The Official Movie Site. In Theaters September 28th

Skin Walkers Official Movie Site

Resident Evil: Extinction - Sept. 21,2007

30 Days Of Night - Official Site

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - Official Site

Check the links out and get the trailers. Have fun! Oh, go see "Transformers" this weekend or week or summer! lol

Have fun,

Bobby SharpeBobby Sharpe's "Animalz" www.myspace.com/akuasharpe

Live Earth Global Concerts

Live Earth Aims to Cause Lasting Change

NEW YORK (AP) - Live Earth is ambitious by any standard: eight concerts featuring the biggest names in music, playing for a 24-hour period across the globe, all for the cause of global warming.

But like its template - 2006's Live 8, the global concert devoted to poverty in Africa - the mission of Live Earth is somewhat amorphous. Its aim is to "trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis."

Whatever Live Earth's accomplishment on Saturday, it will be difficult to measure. Former Vice President Al Gore, who partnered with Kevin Wall in founding Live Earth, believes the world needs to rise up as one giant vox populi to influence "a new political reality."

"The tipping point in the political system will come when the majority of the people are armed with enough knowledge about the crisis and its solutions that they make this cause their own," Gore said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Then, you will see the entire political system shift dramatically."

Kevin Wall, an Emmy-winning concert producer who produced Live 8 and founded Live Earth, hopes Live Earth will change attitudes about global warming and jettison a larger movement.
"This concert is not the solution," says Wall. "This concert is providing, hopefully, that global tipping point to start to get us into empowering people, get them into the tent."

"Maybe we can make the noise, maybe we can be the town crier, maybe we can say like Paul Revere, 'The British are coming,'" he adds.

Live Earth will send proceeds to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit organization chaired by Gore (tickets for the U.S. concert range from $83-$348). Wall was originally inspired to put on Live Earth after seeing "An Inconvenient Truth," the Academy Award-winning documentary on Gore's global warming slideshow.

"The question I kept asking myself is, 'What can I do?'" says Wall.

Concerts are scheduled for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.; London; Johannesburg, South Africa; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Tokyo; Sydney, Australia; and Hamburg, Germany. A band of scientists will also perform in Antarctica, stretching Live Earth across seven continents.

More than 150 artists will perform, including Madonna, the Police, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Alicia Keys. Sixty short films and 30 public service announcements have been produced, which will be broadcast between performances.

Also planned are more than 6,000 parties in 119 countries - ranging from home viewings to museum festivals. The concerts will be broadcast in the U.S. on NBC, Telemundo, the Sundance Channel, Bravo, MSNBC and Universal HD. They will also be broadcast online at LiveEarth.MSN.com and on XM satellite radio.

Live Earth has been organized mindful of lessons learned from Live 8, which was planned just weeks in advance by Bob Geldof to rally support for Africa. Envisioned as a sequel to 1985's Live Aid (which benefited famine in Ethiopia), Live 8 didn't charge for tickets and generally kept to a vague message urging help for Africa.

The underlying point of Live 8 was to pressure world leaders who days later met for that year's G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Some success could be claimed: the G8 nations committed to increasing aid to Africa from $25 billion annually to $50 billion by 2010. The leaders also endorsed a deal to cancel the debt of 18 of the world's poorest nations.

Since then, Geldof has created the Web site to audit how faithfully the G8 nations keep to their Gleneagles promises.http://www.thedatareport.org

Though Africa has now largely ceded ground to global warming as the dominant cause celebre, many of those involved with Live 8 still grind away. Bono, U2 frontman and outspoken advocate of aid for Africa, recently guest edited an issue of Vanity Fair devoted to Africa.

On the largely dormant Live 8 Web site, Bono is quoted: "Live 8 was and remains a brilliant moment but what is more important is the brilliant movement of which it was a part."

This time around, Gore says they are making particular effort to sustain any momentum gained by Live Earth.

"We've listened to the advice of Bob Geldof and others who have been such great pioneers, and we've taken their advice in designing this event as not the end in itself, but the beginning of a three to five year campaign," says Gore.

But Geldof has been critical of Live Earth. In May, he told a Dutch newspaper: "Live Earth doesn't have a final goal."

"I would only organize this if I could go on stage and announce concrete environmental measures from the American presidential candidates, Congress or major corporations," said Geldof.

At a news conference last week, Gore and Wall mapped out some of their goals for Live Earth. They unveiled a "7 Point Pledge" that concertgoers will be asked to sign. Those who sign it promise to pressure their country to sign treaties to cut global warming pollution, personally reduce carbon dioxide pollution, and plant trees, among other things.

Part of the thrust of Live Earth is to communicate what consumers can do to minimize their impact on the environment.

"The problem with it, is that it's a very complicated issue," says Wall. "When you think about yourself recycling a piece of paper, how does that connect to an iceberg in the North Pole?"

Wall and Gore have also taken measures to maintain the concert's green integrity by enlisting the support of the U.S. Green Building Council and John Picard, a former member of President Clinton's Green White House task force. Live Earth is intended to be an eco-friendly event with power supplied from renewable energy sources and ground travel from hybrid or high-efficiency vehicles where possible.

"This is going to be the greenest event of its kind, ever," says Gore. "The carbon offsets and the innovative practices that are being used to make this a green event, I think will set the standard for years to come."

While the former vice president has repeatedly said he will not run for president next year, he says it's a "main goal" of Live Earth to make climate change an important factor in the election next November and beyond.

"We're prepared to carry this on for three to five years," Gore says. "I'm optimistic that we'll reach the goal before then."

This is going to be an incredible event and, should shed some light on our planets situation. Yes, most people will check this event out for the music and entertainment value. However, if it just moves YOU to switch light bulbs, or, any of the other things YOU can do to cut green house gases and help the planet, then, it will be a success and all well worth it.

Live Earth will be broadcast on a variety of tv stations etc. Starting times vary from one station/website to another. I am including a couple of links that will help YOU get more info. Enjoy, have fun, AND, learn something that may better all of our lives!

SOS Live Earth 7.7.07 Live Earth on MSN: The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby Sharpewww.myspace.com/akuasharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz"