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",

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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",

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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",

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Alaska Volcano Ready To Blow?

1990 Eruption- stratovolcano Redoubt

Alaska Volcano Has Geologists on Alert

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Jan. 29) — Mount Redoubt, a volcano 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, is rumbling and simmering, prompting geologists to warn that an eruption may be imminent.

Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory have been monitoring activity round-the-clock since the weekend.

On Thursday, the observatory said: "Seismicity remains above background and largely unchanged with several volcanic earthquakes occurring every hour."

The last time the 10,197-foot peak blew was during a five-month stretch starting in December 1989. It disrupted international air traffic and placed a layer of volcanic dust throughout the Anchorage area.

Volcanoes in Alaska, including Redoubt, typically erupt explosively, shooting ash almost eight miles high. Volcanic ash features small, jagged pieces of rock and glass.

This differs from volcanoes in Hawaii, which usually have slow rolling lava ooze out.

The difference is gas trying to escape gets blocked, possibly by a lava dome or a viscous magma that increases the power from beneath, said observatory geologist Jennifer Adleman.

"Its pressure keeps building and building," she said.

Depending on wind, the ash plume could be pushed straight at Anchorage, the state's largest city. This has prompted state and city officials to post bulletins on how to deal with the ash. Tips include staying inside, wearing a mask or wet bandanna if going outside and wearing goggles over contact lenses.

Once again, we have more volcanic activity taking place. This one however, is not one of the many that have awakened recently from hundreds and thousands of years of inactivity. Nonetheless, it does bear keeping an eye on.

"No Volcanoes, No Land Mass",

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Black Folks, Black Church Out Of Touch

Obama's Nonbeliever Nod Unsettles Some

(Jan. 23) - Not everyone was happy with President Barack Obama's nod to nonbelievers and non-Christians in his inaugural address. And some of the stiff criticism about Obama’s religious inclusiveness is coming from African-American Christians who maintain that no, all faiths were actually not created equal.

"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness," the new president said. "We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth," he also said. Nothing too controversial, proclaiming that America's strength lies in its diversity.

But between those two statements, the new president got specific: "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers."

By mentioning, for the first time in an inaugural address, the 16.1 percent of Americans who check "no"’ when asked about religion, Obama turned it into the most controversial line in his speech -- praised by The New York Times editorial board and cited by some Christians as evidence that he is a heretic, and in his well-spoken way, a serious threat.

With that one line, the president "seems to be trying to redefine American culture, which is distinctively Christian," said’ Bishop E.W. Jackson of the Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, Va. "The overwhelming majority of Americans identify as Christians, and what disturbs me is that he seems to be trying to redefine who we are.’"

Earlier this week, Jackson was a guest on the popular conservative Christian radio show 'Janet Parshall's America,' where a succession of callers, many of whom identified themselves as African-American, said they shared the concern, and were perplexed and put off by the president’s shout-out to nonbelievers.

Parshall noted that atheists were celebrating the unexpected mention, and indeed they were: "In his inaugural address … President Barack Obama did what many before him should have done, rightly citing the great diversity of America as part of the nation's great strength, and including 'nonbelievers'’ in that mix,’" said Ed Buckner of American Atheists.

"His mother would have been proud,"’ Buckner said, referring to the fact that Obama’s mother was not a church-goer. "And so are we."

Jackson said he and others have no problem acknowledging that "this country is one in which everybody has the freedom to think what they want.’" Yet Obama crossed the line, in his view, in suggesting that all faiths (and none) were different roads to the same destination: "He made similar remarks in the campaign, and said, 'We are no longer a Christian nation, if we ever were. We are a Jewish, Hindu and non-believing nation.'"

Not so, Jackson says: "Obviously, Jewish heritage is very much a part of Christianity; the Jewish Bible is part of our Bible. But Hindu, Muslim, and nonbelievers? I don't think so. We are not a Muslim nation or a nonbelieving nation."’

With all the focus on Obama as the first African-American president, the succession of black callers to Janet Parshall's show was a reminder that the "community"’ is not a monolith, and that many socially conservative black Americans are at odds with Obama's views, particularly on abortion and gay rights. Nor do they all define civil rights in the same way.

The Rev. Cecil Blye, pastor of More Grace Ministries Church in Louisville, Ky., said the president's reference to nonbelievers also set off major alarm bells for him. "It's important to understand the heritage of our country, and it's a Judeo-Christian tradition,"’ period.

But his even bigger beef with the president, he said, is that a disproportionate number of "black kids are dying each day through abortion. President Obama is supportive of abortion, and that's a genocide on black folks. Nobody wants to talk about that as a civil rights issue."

Please, do I throw up now or later? Is this so-called Bishop Jackson, Rev Blye and radio talking head Janet Parshall all smoking the same bad weed or ingesting the wrong mushrooms? This is what's wrong with this country and humanity in general. People like this are totally blinded by the "religious myth". And yeah messengers of ignorance, "there really are "non believers"! Non believers actually have as much of a right to be here, if not more, than all of YOU mindless followers of the "myth".

One last question, "why is being supportive of abortion rights genocide against just black folks"? WHY does race always have to factor in everything? Doesn't anyone acknowledge that we are all human beings no matter what the skin tone is? Anyone that cannot grasp that concept is an idiot and shouldn't even have a place at the table of life on this planet.

Also, thank YOU President Obama for reversing or suspending the "wolf kill" legislation proposed by Bush. That are better ways to control them without killing off one of the most social and intelligent species on the planet.

"Wake Up People, Don't Spend Your Life Stuck On Stupid",

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Rants, Observations, Opinions & Links

Haven't done one of these in awhile now, but, it's time to "express myself"!

We now have our new president in place and ready to go. As most of YOU know, I did not support Barack Obama. I did not think he was ready yet, and, I was ticked because the Dems basically screwed Hillary Clinton out of the nomination. Not to mention that I knew I would make a better president and that is why I voted for me. With all of that being said, "I will support our new President, however, he has to "show me what he's got, NOW"! Enough with the nice speeches and rhetoric. It is time to get busy, or, we will not need a president!

As for all of you "sorry loser Republican conservative wussies", get over it! YOU lost because, "YOU are losers". YOU run around here with your almighty, rigtheous, god fearing, bible banging bs trying to scare people in the name of religion. Religion, the biggest myth ever placed on humanity. It's really ashame too, because, in the early going when YOU were still in it, dorks like Hannity and Limbaugh actually had some intelligent points to pass along to folks on the fence. But now, "it's all negative "hope he fails" garbage. YOU guys are lucky that he won and not me. If I were pres, I would probably have both of YOU locked up for treason, sabotage or any other miscellaneous charge I could bring. Yeah, people like the above mentioned pair do more harm to this country than good. And YOU brainless close minded wimps that buy into their rubbish, please, don't propagate the species, "the gene pool is already contaminated".

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of spending a little time with a gentleman who resides in Finland these days. This young man is originally from Toronto, Canada. He has also lived in New York City. He has been in Finland for 11 years now and has NO intentions of leaving. As our conversation dealt with the global economic crises and particularly the USA's situation, comparisons did arise. He said, "having lived in Canada, which is a mix of socialism and capitalism, the States, which is all capitalism, and Finland, which is all socialism, I think I prefer socialism first". Some of the reasons he gave are. There is NO poverty. There are NO ghettos and slums. Everyone that wants to work, has a job. We all have health care, as much education as we want and we all have a nice place to live. Safety is unmatched. Anyone can walk or be out anywhere at anytime without fear of being accosted. We do pay heavy taxes for this life style. There are NO over the top rich, but, there are no poor people either. There is alot less stress and tension with this life style. Gives YOU something to think about. I would love to see this happen here just to tick off all the tight ass conservative talking heads. Yeah, YOU know who YOU are!

If I have not given YOU enough already, here are a couple of sites YOU may want to check out. YOU need "OPYN MINDZ" to get into these. Enjoy, and don't be afraid, after all, if they are true or not, "there is nothing YOU can do about it"!


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Have a nice '09,

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2012 Galactic Alignment - Earth, Sun, Milky Way Black Hole

Black hole confirmed in Milky Way

There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a 16-year study by German astronomers has confirmed.

They tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using two telescopes in Chile.

The black hole, said to be 27,000 light years from Earth, is four million times bigger than the Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.

Black holes are objects whose gravity is so great that nothing - including light - can escape them.

According to Dr Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the results suggest that galaxies form around giant black holes in the way that a pearl forms around grit.

'The black pearl'

Dr Massey said: "Although we think of black holes as somehow threatening, in the sense that if you get too close to one you are in trouble, they may have had a role in helping galaxies to form - not just our own, but all galaxies.

"They had a role in bringing matter together and if you had a high enough density of matter then you have the conditions in which stars could form.

"Thus the first generation of stars and galaxies could have come into existence".

The researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said the black hole was 27,000 light years, or 158 thousand, million, million miles from the Earth.

"Undoubtedly the most spectacular aspect of our 16-year study, is that it has delivered what is now considered to be the best empirical evidence that super-massive black holes do really exist," said Professor Reinhard Genzel, head of the research team.

"The stellar orbits in the galactic centre show that the central mass concentration of four million solar masses must be a black hole, beyond any reasonable doubt."

Observations were made using the 3.5m New Technology Telescope and the 8.2m Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Both are operated by the European Southern Observatory (Eso).

"Wake up people, this is just the beginning. There are many more discoveries coming our way that will totally change everything YOU thought YOU knew about life, the planet, the universe and your own existence". It's time to awaken!


"The More YOU Know, The Better & Longer You May Live",

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The Lottery Rules

Widow Wins Lottery on Spouse's Ticket

DANBURY, Conn. (Jan. 3) - On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.

Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.

On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a $10 million winner which, in her grief over her husband's death, she had put aside and almost discarded before recently checking the numbers.

"I'm numb," Charlotte Peters, 78, said at Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill.

Donald Peters usually bought the tickets for 10 weeks at a stretch, so the winning ticket he bought Nov. 1 for the Dec. 2 drawing was among several that Charlotte Peters put aside as she, their three children and two grandchildren coped with his sudden death.

"I was in the grocery store and I had it checked and they told me I was a winner," she said. "I had no idea how much it was."

She said she thought she had won $6 million but was surprised to learn from lottery officials she'd won $10 million.

Charlotte Peters has 60 days to decide whether to take a $6 million pre-tax lump sum payment or stretch the winnings into 21 yearly payments of almost $477,300 each.

She does not yet know what she will do with the money.

"I've always wanted a Corvette, but I don't think I'll buy one. I'll stick to a small car. I might go to Mohegan Sun," she said, referring to the casino in Connecticut. "I'm going to go home and sit and think."

The Peters children think their father would have appreciated the irony.

"He'd be very mad, he just passed away and she won a lot of money," said Brian Peters, one of the couple's three children. "He'd say, 'Figures!'"

This story is for all of YOU lottery naysayers and just flat out negative pessimistic losers. YOU know who YOU are. As I have said time and time again, "the odds are long, but, somebody always wins, and, if YOU have a ticket, it could be YOU". By the way, POWERBALL is worth $105,000,000 this week. Does that get YOU interested?

"No ticket, No win",

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Yellowstone & Indonesia Earthquakes

New vent at Kiluaea

Yellowstone Earthquakes Raise Fears

(Jan. 3) - Several more earthquakes rattled Yellowstone National Park on Friday, raising fears over the recent geological activity in the area.

Since Dec. 26, about 400 temblors have rumbled under the park, centered under the northern end of Yellowstone Lake. The small quakes Friday registered up to a magnitude of 3.5.

Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, says Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.

"They're certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."

"Could it develop into a bigger fault or something related to hydrothermal activity? We don't know. That's what we're there to do, to monitor it for public safety."

Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.

Yellowstone has had significant earthquakes as well as minor ones in recent decades. In 1959, a magnitude 7.5 quake near Hebgen Lake just west of the park triggered a landslide that killed 28 people.

As we have witnessed in the past year, a number of "inactive/dormant" volcanoes have come to life and erupted. Some of these recent ones have been dormant for up to ten thousand years. The one in Yellowstone that could possibly be coming to life, is so old that it does not even have a name. I, and a few informed awake friends, suspect that all of this volcanic activity, along with other events taking place, is part of a cyclical change and shift that the planet is going through. Be awake, and, pay attention!

7.2 Earthquake Strikes Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Jan. 3) - A strong earthquake in remote eastern Indonesia cut power lines, cracked building walls and sent panicked residents running out of their homes toward higher ground Sunday, authorities and witnesses said.

The Indonesian Meteorology and Seismology Agency warned that with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 it was strong enough to cause a tsunami. However, there were no immediate reports of giant waves and the warning was lifted within an hour.

The tremor struck at 2:43 a.m. local time, around 85 miles off the coast of Manokwari, Papua, at a depth of 6 miles.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at a more powerful 7.6 magnitude and nearly three times the depth. Shallow earthquakes generally cause more damage than deeper ones.

Electricity went off and people fled their homes in the dark, fearing a tsunami, said Hasim Rumatiga, a local health official.

In the town of Sorong, very near to the epicenter, a resident told El Shinta radio buildings and houses had been slightly damaged.

Indonesia straddles a chain of fault lines and volcanoes known as the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is prone to seismic activity. A huge quake off western Indonesia caused the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed around 230,000 people, more than half of them in Sumatra.

This is probably one of the worse places YOU could be if the planet is going to go through it's normal cycles and shifts. Just for the simple fact of it being in the "Ring Of Fire" area of the Pacific. With the fault lines and major volcano prescence, it is a major disaster area. Take heed and be vigilant!

"The Planet calls the shots, NOT Us",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": "2012" Are YOU Prepared? Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Addendum To "Russian Volcano Awakes"

Merry/Happy____Fill In The Blank

The Sharpe Tree Christmas Eve

For those of YOU that celebrate Christmas, as many of YOU do, "Merry Christmas". For those of YOU that do NOT celebrate Christmas, "happy whatever to YOU". As I have noticed this year, alot of people are fed up with the religious overtones tied to Christmas, and, prefer celebrating the season as the "Winter Solstice".

In these times of global unrest on a variety of platforms, it is a great time to just stop, be with friends/family, and, reflect on just exactly what is taking place on the planet and how YOU and yours plan to handle the coming challenges, good or bad. Whatever name YOU choose for the season that brings YOU comfort, go with it.

Have a safe and enjoyable day and season of peace, love and focus.

Love, Peace & Happiness,

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": Enigma Video/Song "Fata Morgana" Trk 5 Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": Seeing The Soul Within

Video Game Sales Make Billions

November video game sales near $3 billion

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans may be cutting back on holiday shopping, but they are still buying video games - to the tune of nearly $3 billion in November, according to data from market researcher NPD Group.

U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories jumped 10 percent last month from the year-ago period to $2.91 billion, boosted by strong sales of Nintendo Co.'s Wii, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (MSFT)'s Xbox 360 and the alien shooter game "Gears of War 2."

The availability of a broad range of games is one reason for the industry's ongoing solid performance, said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. Games also provide a relatively cheap form of stay-at-home entertainment.

The industry, Frazier said, is still on track to rack up $22 billion in U.S. sales this year.

November and December are crucial months for video game companies. Many of them make the bulk of their money during the holidays.

This week, Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) (ERTS), the publisher of the popular "Madden" football game series, warned that sales have been weak in North America and Europe. Without giving specific guidance, EA said its fiscal 2009 results will fall short of the forecast it gave in October.

But EA's warning did not seem to signal a broader downturn for the industry.

Hardware sales, which include gaming consoles like the Wii as well as handheld systems like Sony Corp. (SNE) (SNE)'s PSP, jumped 10 percent to $1.21 billion.

Nintendo enjoyed perhaps the greatest success in November, with 2 million Wiis sold - the most yet in a month, according to Denise Kaigler, vice president of corporate affairs. The Japanese company boosted production of the easy-to-master gaming system in July to keep up with seemingly insatiable demand. Nonetheless, on Thursday afternoon, both Best Buy's and Wal-Mart's Web sites were out of stock.

Microsoft's Xbox 360, meanwhile, sold 836,000 units. Spokesman David Dennis said the company's games business had "great momentum" heading into the final stretch of the holiday season. The PlayStation 3, from Sony, sold 378,000 units.

Sales of video game software grew 11 percent to $1.31 billion. Besides "Gears of War 2," which sold 1.6 million copies, "Call of Duty: World at War" by Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) (ATVI) and Nintendo's "Wii Play" and "Wii Fit" also did well. Electronic Arts had just one title, the zombie horror game "Left 4 Dead," in the top 10.

Now YOU know where everybody's money is going. VIDEO GAMES! As the article points out, "it's a good stay at home entertainment value". AND, there is something for everyone. As a recent study pointed out earlier this month, "50% of adults play video games". YOU see, it's not just a kid thing. Matter of fact, there are probably some grandpas and grandmas that will destroy YOU on some of the Wii sports games.






Get Your Game On,

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Rodan or What? It's Big!

Prehistoric Flying Reptile Was Bigger Than a Car

A fossil of a toothless flying pterosaur, with a body bigger than some family cars, represents one of the largest of these extinct reptiles ever to be found and has forced the creation of a new genus, scientists announced today.

Pterosaurs ruled the skies 115 million years ago during the dinosaur age. They are often mistaken for dinosaurs.

Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth identified the creature from a partial skull fossil. Witton estimates the beast would have had a 5.5-yard (5-meter) wingspan. It stood more than a yard (about 1 meter) tall at the shoulder.

"Some of the previous examples we have from this family in China are just 60 centimeters [about two feet] long — as big as the skull of the new species. Put simply, it dwarfs any chaoyangopterid we've seen before by miles," Witton said.

The finding also is significant because it originated in Brazil and is the only example of the Chaoyangopteridae, a group of toothless pterosaurs, to be found outside China.

Witton has christened the new species Lacusovagus, meaning "lake wanderer," after the large body of water in which the remains were buried. The findings are detailed in the November issue of the journal Palaeontology.

He was asked to examine the specimen, which had lain in a German museum for several years after its discovery in the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, an area well known for the its fossils and their excellent state of preservation.

However, he said that this fossil was preserved in an unusual way, making its interpretation difficult.

"Usually fossils like this are found lying on their sides, but this one was lying on the roof of its mouth and had been rather squashed, which made even figuring out whether it had teeth difficult," Witton said.

"Still, it's clear to see that Lacusovagus had an unusually wide skull which has implications for its feeding habits — maybe it liked particularly large prey. The remains are very fragmentary, however, so we need more specimens before we can draw any conclusions."

The discovery of this pterosaur fossil in Brazil, so far away from its closest relatives in China, demonstrates how little scientists still know about the distribution and evolutionary history of this group of creatures, Witton said.

Here we go again, gettting another step closer to finding a "dragon". All this one is missing is a tail, teeth and fire breath. Something new is being discovered all the time. What's next?

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Want A Hit Of This? 2,700 Year Old Marijuana

Huge Stash of Marijuana Found in Ancient Tomb

Duuuuuude! The world's oldest stash of marijuana has been found in far western China, according to an article in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

An ancient Caucasian people, probably the Indo-European-speaking Yuezhi whose fair-haired mummies keep turning up in Xinjiang province, seem to have buried one of their shamans with a whopping 789 grams of high-potency pot 2,700 years ago.

That's about 28 ounces of killer green bud, worth perhaps $8,000 at today's street prices, and enough to keep Harold and Kumar happy for a couple of days.

"It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife," lead author Ethan B. Russo, a practicing neurologist and prominent medicinal-marijuana advocate based in Missoula, Mont., tells the Canadian Press. "No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."

But the researchers couldn't tell if the weed was meant to be smoked or eaten. No pipes, bongs or rolling papers were found in the tomb.

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus relates how the Scythians, Iranian-speaking nomads who roamed the steppes to the west of the Yuezhi in the first millennium B.C., liked to throw marijuana onto bonfires to induce trancelike states. It's possible the buried shaman followed similar practices.

See, people were using weed thousands of years ago and here is modern man(supposedly)still jerking around about legalizing it and it's use. If it was good enough for the Scythians and a shaman, then it's good enough for me!

Peace, Weed, Shamans & Dragons,

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Mumbai: After Thoughts

It is just about a day after the "end" of the Mumbai, India carnage. I still cannot believe this even took place. Though it was not a total surprise. With all that is going on in the world these days, nothing really surprises me anymore. Mankind has pretty much hit the bottom of the barrel and laid out the course for his own demise.
I don't know why this touched me or struck home as much as it has, but, it has been a real downer since it started. I feel so bad for the innocent souls that got sucked into the middle of this and had their lives snuffed out for no other reason than just being. Please, find peace and understanding on the other side.

For some reason, there is a song that just came to me as I was reading and watching this tragedy unfold and end. It just seemed to fit. Hope YOU feel the same.

Peace,

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Russian Prof Talking Trash

Russian Professor Says U.S. Will Break Up After Economic Crisis

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- A professor at the diplomatic academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. will break into six parts because of the nation’s financial crisis.

“The dollar isn’t secured by anything,” Igor Panarin said in an interview transcribed by Russian newspaper Izvestia today. “The country’s foreign debt has grown like an avalanche; this is a pyramid, which has to collapse.”

Panarin said in the interview that the financial crisis will worsen, unemployment will rise and people will lose their savings -- factors that will cause the country’s breakup.

“Dissatisfaction is growing, and it is only being held back at the moment by the elections, and the hope” that President- elect Barack Obama “can work miracles,” he said. “But when spring comes, it will be clear that there are no miracles.”

The U.S. will fracture into six parts: the Pacific coast; the South; Texas; the Atlantic coast, central states and the northern states.

“Now we will see a change to the regulatory system on a global financial scale: America will cease to be the world’s regulator,” to be replaced by China and Russia, he said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Robin Stringer in New York at rstringer@bloomberg.net.

So, a professor at Russia's Ministry Of Foreign Affairs smoked some ganja or looked in a crystal ball and came up with the demise of America. Great! Has he checked out his own country lately?

Since everybody thinks they know everything, here is Prof. Bobs take representing the Universe, the Planet and plain old reality. Russia's stock market has lost 70 % of it's value and remains closed most days. With the decline in the price of oil and gas, their budget is and will take some major hits. Especially since they don't do anything else basically. What backs and supports their currency? Oh, that's right, their mouth! Russia will not be controlling or regulating anything on this planet any time soon.

Right now, the whole planet has issues. Virtually, NO ONE is immune. The Earth is entering a phase of cyclical changes which need all of our attention. Now is not the time to be "talking trash to see who is the baddest and who will be king of the hill". "2012" is not that far away Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": "2012" The Movie, "2012" The Prophecy.

"Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin',

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Religion, Messing Up Again

Malaysian Council Bans Yoga for Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Nov. 22) — Malaysia's top Islamic body, fresh from banning tomboys, issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.

The National Fatwa Council's chairman, Abdul Shukor Husin, said many Muslims fail to understand that yoga's ultimate aim is to be one with a god of a different religion — an explanation disputed by many practitioners who say yoga need not have a religious element.

"We are of the view that yoga, which originates from Hinduism, combines physical exercise, religious elements, chanting and worshipping for the purpose of achieving inner peace and ultimately to be one with god," Abdul Shukor said.

News of the yoga ban prompted activist Marina Mahathir to wonder what the council will ban next: "What next? Gyms? Most gyms have men and women together. Will that not be allowed any more?"

The edict reflects the growing influence of conservative Islam in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic country of 27 million people where the majority Muslim Malays lost seats in March elections and where minority ethnic Chinese and mostly Hindu ethnic Indians have been clamoring for more rights.

Recently, the council said girls who act like boys violate Islam's tenets. The government has also occasionally made similar conservative moves, banning the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims earlier this year, saying it would confuse Muslims.

Analysts say the fatwa could be the result of insecurity among Malay Muslims after their party — in power since 1957 — saw its parliamentary majority greatly reduced in elections because of gains by multiracial opposition parties.

Malay Muslims make up about two-thirds of the country's 27 million people. About 25 percent of the population is ethnic Chinese and 8 percent is ethnic Indian, most of whom are Hindu.

"They are making a stand. They are saying 'we will not give way,'" said Ooi Kee Beng, a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.

Decisions by Malaysia's Fatwa Council are not legally binding on the country's Muslims, however, unless they also become enshrined in national or Shariah laws. But many Muslims abide by the edicts out of deference, but some, like Putri Rahim, plan not to follow the latest fatwa.

"I am mad! Maybe they have it in mind that Islam is under threat. To come out with a fatwa is an insult to intelligent Muslims. It's an insult to my belief," said Putri, a Muslim who has practiced yoga for 10 years.

In recent years, yoga — a collection of spiritual and physical practices, aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit — has been increasingly practiced in gyms and dedicated yoga centers around the world.

There are no figures for how many Muslims practice yoga in Malaysia, but many yoga classes have Muslims attending.

In the United States, where it has become so popular that many public schools began offering it in gym classes, yoga has also come under fire.

Some Christian fundamentalists and even secular parents have argued that yoga's Hindu roots conflict with Christian teachings and that using it in school might violate the separation of church and state. Egypt's highest theological body also banned yoga for Muslims in 2004.

Yoga drew the attention of the Fatwa Council last month when an Islamic scholar said that it was un-Islamic.

A top yoga practitioner in India, Mani Chaitanya, said the Malaysian clerics seem to have "misunderstood the whole thing." Chanting during yoga is to calm the mind and "elevate our consciousness," said Chaitanya, the director of the Sivananda Ashram in New Delhi.

"It is not worship. It's not religious at all. Yoga is universal. All religions can practice yoga. You can practice yoga and still be a good Christian or a good Muslim," he said.

Malaysian yoga teacher Suleiha Merican, 56, who has been practicing yoga for 40 years, also denied there is any Hindu spiritual element to it. "It's a great health science that is scientifically proven and many countries have accepted it" as alternative therapy, said Merican, a Muslim.

Come on people, don't YOU have anything better to do than to try to jerk around with someones physical and mental health practices? The prelude to 2012 is already set in motion, look around the planet. The next "ICE AGE" is trying to shape up. And YOU people are jerking around with yoga! As Pink Floyd would say, "hello, is there anybody out there"? Get serious, get focused and get real.

"Yoga is Yoga",

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Cold & Flu Season, Fight Back!

Fight Colds With These Immunity Boosters!

'Tis the season for colds, coughs and flus. With holiday festivities just around the corner, the last place you want to be is home in bed feeling sick. While you're doing your holiday party planning, also plan to build up your immune system with these top searched immunity boosters.

When I was younger, my mom would give me ginger ale and toast with cinnamon every time I got sick. Turns out, she knew exactly what to do to help me get over my cold. Ginger and cinnamon are two of the most searched foods that improve your immune system health. Cinnamon, while great in desserts, is also rich in antioxidants that inhibit bacteria from growing.

On a cold winter morning, instead of reaching for coffee, reach for a cup of Assam tea. Studies show that this tea, herbal green tea, or any tea for that matter, contains nutrients that promote intestinal health. Because 70 percent of your immune system is in your digestive tract, a few cups of tea a day could keep the doctor away. The health benefits of tea are so strong that they are available as pills, like Mega Green tea supplement.

Bacteria has gotten a bad rap. Most people don't realize that some bacterias, like number four on our list, are actually good for you. Probiotics support the immune cells in your digestive tract that produce germ-fighting antibodies. While you can get your dose with supplements, like Garden of Life probiotics, a more delicious option is to eat probiotic-rich yogurt.

It is never too late to strengthen your immune system. Even if you do come down with a cold, immune-boosting vitamins and minerals can help you get over it fast. The best cold medicines contain Vitamin C and Zinc, which has been proven to shorten the length of cold symptoms.

How do you fight colds? Let us know! Find more immunity boosters on AOL Search.

This is some really great info. Especially since we are into the season for the nasty colds etc. Not to mention that it is always good to have your immune system running at its best. For a list of cool things to help YOU stay healthy, go toFight Colds With These Immunity Boosters! - AOL Hot Searches There is a top ten searched immunity booster list at the end of the article.

"The More YOU Know,

The Healthier YOU Be",

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Economic Help & Legend Crossing Over

This is just a quick "get YOU up to speed" posting for those of YOU that might have missed these stories/features. One, is very pertinent to your life in these economically challenging times. The other is the passing/crossing over of a great musician and talent that did so while performing on stage in Italy. Enjoy the read and the info.

Economics:Best Bills to Pay Last - WalletPop

Crossing over legend: http://www.popeater.com/music/article/south-african-singing-legend-miriam/2425

"Tough times call for "Opyn Mindz",

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Election Day '08, My Thoughts, My Vote

My Wife & Co-President Mary

Well, after months and months of political mumbo jumbo and bs, election day 2008 is finally here. Having listened to hundreds of hours of talking heads on the radio and television. Having read hundreds, if not thousands, of pages of "spin" from all political parties, I have come to the final conclusions.

When I go back and look at my life over the last 20-25 years, I have had great times as well as horrible times under both democrats and republicans. Sometime, I have had it both ways under the same party. Over the last 8 years, under republican White House control, in all honesty, my life has not been that bad. Under the previous 8 year democratic White House control, my life was "like a dream come true" which turned into "a nightmare on Elm street".

So what does this all mean? It means that no one can know my needs, my concerns, my problems and my questions better than me. No one can address these things better than I can. No one person or entity can make better decisions for me and my family than I/we can make. If we make poor decisions, we pay the consequences. If we make the right decisions, we reap the benefits. These two facts are not incumbent on who or what is running the government. They are based on me and mine using the intelligence and knowledge the universe has given us.

With everything that has been stated above, there is only one candidate that I can cast a vote for that makes any sense. That candidate is, ME! My vote will be a "write in" for me, Bobby Sharpe, with my wife Mary as co-president.

Before YOU vote, "Opyn Your Mindz",

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Nukes, Whales & Gators= "Oh Sh*t"!

Nothing is better for dealing with this life/incarnation than "opyn mindz". However, there are certain events that happen that can only be expressed by two words "Oh Sh*t"! After looking at these pictures, is there any doubt in your mind?

Yes, YOU could possibly use a substitute word that begins with an f for sh*t, but remember, "this is a family friendly post", sooooooo, no "f" words". lol

Remember, "Sh*t Happens",

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