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The Big One, Is It Coming?

2009-07-12T21:50:00.005-05:00

Tremors Detected on San Andreas Fault

Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857.

What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain. But some think the deep tremors suggest underground stress may be building up faster than expected and may indicate an increased risk of a major temblor.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, monitored seismic activity on the fault's central section between July 2001 and February 2009 and recorded more than 2,000 tremors. The tremors lasted mere minutes to nearly half an hour.

Unlike earthquakes, tremors occur deeper below the surface and the shaking lasts longer.

During the study period, two strong earthquakes hit — a magnitude-6.5 in 2003 and a magnitude-6.0 a year later. Scientists noticed the frequency of the tremors doubled after the 2003 quake and jumped six-fold after 2004.

Tremor episodes persist today. Though the frequency of tremors have declined since 2004, scientists are still concerned because they are still at a level that is twice as high as before the 2003 quake.

The team also recorded unusually strong rumblings days before the 2004 temblor.

Results of the research appear in Friday's issue of the journal Science. The work was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and National Science Foundation.

"The fact that the tremors haven't gone down means the time to the next earthquake may come sooner," said Berkeley seismologist and lead researcher Robert Nadeau.

Nadeau first discovered tremors deep in the San Andreas Fault in 2005. Before that, the phenomenon was thought only to occur in Earth's subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives beneath another.

USGS seismologist Susan Hough found the latest observations intriguing, but said it's too soon to know what they mean.

"We don't have enough data to know what the fault is doing in the long term," said Hough, who had no part in the research.

On May 22, 1960 in southern Chile, there was a 9.5 magnitude earthquake that killed 1886 people and created a tsunami that killed many many more in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. It is the strongest quake on record. Could this happen with this fault? Possibly. Right now, the planet is under going some "cyclical" shifts and changes globally. Volcanoes, quakes, temperature fluctuations, and a variety of other climatic anomalies. As I always say, "pay attention to what is going on around YOU and your world". It just might be your salvation to know what is going on! To my friends in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon and Washington, YOU are all in the "top ten" worst earthquake" states. Please, pay attention!

"The More YOU Know, The Better Off YOU Are",

Bobby Sharpe www.facebook.com/bobby.sharpe "Dragon, Book Of Shang"2

Space Fireballs Coming To Earth

2009-07-06T21:30:00.007-05:00

Military Covering Up Fireballs From Space

For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere — but no longer.

A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned.

The satellites' main objectives include detecting nuclear bomb tests, and their characterizations of asteroids and lesser meteoroids as they crash through the atmosphere has been a byproduct data bonanza for scientists.

The upshot: Space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified.

"It's baffling to us why this would suddenly change," said one scientist familiar with the work. "It's unfortunate because there was this great synergy ... a very good cooperative arrangement. Systems were put into dual-use mode where a lot of science was getting done that couldn't be done any other way. It's a regrettable change in policy."

Scientists say not only will research into the threat from space be hampered, but public understanding of sometimes dramatic sky explosions will be diminished, perhaps leading to hype and fear of the unknown.

Incoming!

Most "shooting stars" are caused by natural space debris no larger than peas.

But routinely, rocks as big as basketballs and even small cars crash into the atmosphere.

Most vaporize or explode on the way in, but some reach the surface or explode above the surface.

Understandably, scientists want to know about these events so they can better predict the risk here on Earth.

Yet because the world is two-thirds ocean, most incoming objects aren't visible to observers on the ground. Many other incoming space rocks go unnoticed because daylight drowns them out.

Over the last decade or so, hundreds of these events have been spotted by the classified satellites.

Priceless observational information derived from the spacecraft were made quickly available, giving researchers such insights as time, a location, height above the surface, as well as light-curves to help pin down the amount of energy churned out from the fireballs.

And in the shaky world we now live, it's nice to know that a sky-high detonation is natural instead of a nuclear-weapon blast.

Where the space-based surveillance truly shines is over remote stretches of ocean — far away from the prospect of ground-based data collection.

But all that ended within the last few months, leaving scientists blind-sided and miffed by the shift in policy. The hope is that the policy decision will be revisited and overturned.

Critical importance

"The fireball data from military or surveillance assets have been of critical importance for assessing the impact hazard," said David Morrison, a Near Earth Object (NEO) scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center. He noted that his views are his own, not as a NASA spokesperson.

The size of the average largest atmospheric impact from small asteroids is a key piece of experimental data to anchor the low-energy end of the power-law distribution of impactors, from asteroids greater than 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter down to the meter scale, Morrison told SPACE.com.

"These fireball data together with astronomical observations of larger near-Earth asteroids define the nature of the impact hazard and allow rational planning to deal with this issue," Morrison said.Morrison said that fireball data are today playing additional important roles.

As example, the fireball data together with infrasound allowed scientists to verify the approximate size and energy of the unique Carancas impact in the Altiplano — on the Peru-Bolivia border — on Sept. 15, 2007.

Fireball information also played an important part in the story of the small asteroid 2008 TC3, Morrison said.

That was the first-ever case of the astronomical detection of a small asteroid before it hit last year .

The fireball data were key for locating the impact point and the subsequent recovery of fragments from this impact.

Link in public understanding

Astronomers are closing in on a years-long effort to find most of the potentially devastating large asteroids in our neck of the cosmic woods, those that could cause widespread regional or global devastation. Now they plan to look for the smaller stuff.

So it is ironic that the availability of these fireball data should be curtailed just at the time the NEO program is moving toward surveying the small impactors that are most likely to be picked up in the fireball monitoring program, Morrision said.

"These data have been available to the scientific community for the past decade," he said. "It is unfortunate this information is shut off just when it is becoming more valuable to the community interested in characterizing near Earth asteroids and protecting our planet from asteroid impacts."

The newly issued policy edict by the U.S. military of reporting fireball observations from satellites also caught the attention of Clark Chapman, a planetary scientist and asteroid impact expert at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

"I think that this information is very important to make public," Chapman told SPACE.com.

"More important than the scientific value, I think, is that these rare, bright fireballs provide a link in public understanding to the asteroid impact hazard posed by still larger and less frequent asteroids," Chapman explained.

Those objects are witnessed by unsuspecting people in far-flung places, Chapman said, often generating incorrect and exaggerated reports.

"The grounding achieved by associating these reports by untrained observers with the satellite measurements is very useful for calibrating the observer reports and closing the loop with folks who think they have seen something mysterious and extraordinary," Chapman said.

Here is a link to the "new" trailer for the movie "2012". This should give YOU something to think on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eEJboEm9A&feature=related

"The more YOU know, The more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, The further YOU go",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": Shamanism & YOU "Dragon, Book Of Shang"2

Women "YES", Religion "NO"

2009-06-23T22:46:00.007-05:00

Neda Soltan

Equal Rights For ALL Women Everywhere

Some of YOU will disagree and be offended, and, guess what, "I really don't care"! "Religion is destroying this planet through the idiot humans that support it". There is NO EXCUSE for the human male species to treat women the way they are treated in the name of some bogus heathenistic religion! And anyone who supports or backs these low life scum, needs to be treated as they treat these women! The only thing that should matter here, is humans caring for humans. Neither male nor female is superior. We are all the same, which, YOU will find out in due course, or, as Mick Jagger would say, "when the whip comes down"....and it IS coming!

"Speak Your Mind,

Those That Matter Don't Mind,

Those That Mind, Dont Matter"

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Argentinian Ice Grows www.facebook.com/bobby.sharpe

2012 & Bobby's Innervision

2009-06-18T21:57:00.006-05:00

"elevating yourself to a higher consciousness is a primary reason for being. As your mind ascends, you tend to have less patience with those who are not elevating themselves. It is frustrating at times to say the least. In a way, it is also sad. It's almost like saying, "hey, YOU are my friend or acquaintence, and, I cherish our relationship, however, to stay instep with YOU, would be short changing my elevation and growth". They may be comfortable where they are because they have not "awaken" yet. However, YOU, have to move forward and higher to fulfill your destiny of knowing".....

This is something that has been playing in my head for awhile now and I just wanted to lay it out. I come in contact with so many people on a daily basis, and, unfortunately, compared to where my head is now, the majority of these people are "light years" out of the loop on almost everything. When I do come in contact with souls that are on par with where I am, or, a little pass me, "it's like hitting the lottery".

Big things are coming our way in the not to distant future. It would be great to see more souls waking up and paying attention and preparing themselves instead of wallowing in self thought about stuff and things that really mean nothing. YOU might want to check this site out for some awakening thoughts. Whether taken seriously or dismissed as sci-fi, it is thought provoking. http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/#/home

"YOU Rule",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Bobby & The Owl Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz": Ancestor Guides

Global/Polar Shift Conversations

2009-06-01T21:41:00.006-05:00

Possible map after a shift

In the last 5 days, I have had the pleasure of spending time with oncology(cancer)doctors from all around the globe. They were gathered here in Orlando, Florida for a convention/conference. It was a great opportunity for me to get to pick the brains of knowledgeable intelligent beings from other places on the planet and from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Although we conversed on the medical aspects of what they do and, were here for, the conversations easily slipped into global concerns such as climate, energy and water. Almost everyone I conversed with, agreed that there is global climate change happening. Just about everyone also does not subscribe to "global warming" or the fact that what we are under going is manmade. They all attribute what is taking place to "cyclical" changes that the planet goes through. A number of these well informed and "awake" souls also told me of weather conditions that have been taking place in the last 2-3 years that have never before occurred in their country or part of the world. Exceptional amounts of snow, colder than average temps, warmer than average temps, pro longed cold/hot wet/dry seasons extending well beyond their normal periods. We are undergoing a planetary, and possibly, polar shift. There have been numerous shifts before us. There will be many more after us.

If YOU would like to read some more on possible coming events, go to Pole Shift & Pole Reversal between now & 2012 - David Icke's Official Forums As I have said many times before, "pay attention to what is happening on your planet and world".

"Just A Friendly WakeUP Call",

Bobby Sharpe "Dragon, Book Of Shang": Shangs Volcano Erupts On Fernandina Is Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Antarctica Icing And Cooling

Dogs And Cats Raise 5 Year Old

2009-05-27T20:03:00.004-05:00

Russian Girl Raised by Dogs, Cats

MOSCOW (May 27) - A 5-year-old Russian girl found in a filthy apartment imitating the cats and dogs she was shut up with has been placed in state custody as authorities consider neglect charges against her father and other relatives.

Officials said the girl barks like a dog, laps food directly off the plate and seems to have been "raised" by the animals.

Police in the Transbaikal region of Siberia said Wednesday that the girl was kept shut up with the animals in the regional capital, Chita. She lived in the apartment with relatives, including her father and grandparents.

Larisa Popova, head of the children's affairs unit at the local police precinct, told state-run Rossiya television that the girl had developed feral characteristics.

"The child lived in unsanitary conditions. There was a horrible stench," Popova said. "There were many animals — both dogs and cats. In all probability, the girl lived with and was raised by these animals."

Police said the girl understands Russian but rarely speaks. They are gathering evidence to support neglect charges.

Nina Yemelyanova, head of the reception department at a children's home where the girl has been placed, said the child appears to mimic the behavior of animals.

"Today, when I left the room, she jumped up to the door and started to bark," Yemelyanova told Rossiya television. "And she does not know how to behave at the table — when she eats, the tries to put the spoon aside and lap from the dish."

Regional police said water, heat and gas to the apartment had long since been shut off for nonpayment.

The ITAR-Tass news agency cited the girl's mother as saying the child's father had taken her away without her permission when she was 2 1/2 years old. But the father claimed his mother-in-law had asked him to take the child because the mother was not taking proper care of her, the news agency quoted regional police spokesman Yegor Markov as saying.

Markov said the father could be charged with neglect of a minor, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years.

Chita is 2,900 miles east of Moscow.

Once again, animals show their superiority to humans. This is the third story I have come across in the last year, like this, and, from Russia! Forget about where it is from, the main focus is on "how screwed up we humans are/or have become". As I have said time and again, "remove the technology factor, and animals are far superior, caring, compassionate and thoughtful than humans".

"Animalz Rule, People Are Just....",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Dragons Terrorizing Indonesians "Dragon, Book Of Shang"2

Melting Ice, Problems With Water

2009-05-17T19:02:00.006-05:00

A 3.3m sea level rise will still have a devastating impact on coastal areas

Ice sheet melt threat reassessed

The collapse of a major polar ice sheet will not raise global sea levels as much as previous projections suggest, a team of scientists has calculated.

Writing in Science, the researchers said that the demise of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) would result in a sea level rise of 3.3m (10 ft).

Previous estimates had forecast a rise in the region of five to six metres.

However, they added, the rise would still pose a serious threat to major coastal cities, such as New York.

"Sea level rise is considered to be the one of the most serious consequence of climate change," lead author Jonathan Bamber told the Science podcast.

"A sea level rise of just 1.5m would displace 17 million people in Bangladesh alone," he added.

"So it is of the utmost importance to understand the potential threats to coastlines and people living in coastal areas."

Professor Bamber, from the University of Bristol's Glaciology Centre, said that the WAIS posed "potentially one of the most serious threats".

The world has three ice sheets, Greenland, East Antarctica and West Antarctica, but it is the latter that is considered most vulnerable to climatic shifts.

"It has been hypothesised for more than 30 years now that the WAIS is inherently unstable," he explained.

"This instability means that the ice sheet could potentially rapidly collapse or rapidly put a lot of ice into the oceans."

When the idea first emerged in the late 1970s, it was estimated that global sea level would rise by five metres if the WAIS collapsed.

Current projections suggest that a complete collapse of WAIS would result in an increase of up to six metres.

But Professor Bamber said that no-one had revisited the calculation, despite new data sets becoming available, and scientists developing a better understanding of the dynamics in the vast ice sheets.

The original estimates were based on "very basic ice thickness data", he explained.

"Ice thickness data gives you information about the depth of the bedrock underneath the ice sheet.

"Over the past 30 years, we have acquired much more ice thickness data over the whole of Antarctica, particularly over West Antarctica.

"We also have much better surface topography. Those two data sets are critical in determining two things."

The first was knowing the volume of ice that could contribute to sea level rise, and the second was a better understanding of the proportion of WAIS that was potentially susceptible to this instability.

Instead of assuming that the entire WAIS would collapse, causing sea level to rise by up to six metres, Professor Bamber and colleagues used models based on glaciological theory to simulate how the 2.2 million-cubic-km ice sheet would respond.

"Our reassessment of West Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise if the ice sheet was to collapse is about 3.3 metres," he said.

"That is about half of the value that has been quoted up until now."

The team's study also calculated what regions were likely to experience the biggest increases in sea level.

"Sea level rise is not uniform across the world's oceans, partly as a result of disruptions to the Earth's gravity field," explained Professor Bamber.

"It turns out that the maximum increase in sea level rise is centred at a latitude of about 40 degrees along the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards of North America."

This would include cities such as San Francisco and New York.

These areas could expect increases of one-and-a-quarter times the global average, the team estimated.

In other words, if the global average was one metre, then places like New York could expect to see a rise of 1.25m.

Responding to Professor Bamber's paper in Science, British Antarctic Survey science leader Dr David Vaughan described the findings as "quite sound".

"But for me, the most crucial question is not solely about the total amount of ice in West Antarctica, because that might take several centuries to be lost to the ocean," he told BBC News.

"The crucial question is how much ice could be lost in 100-200 years; that's the sea level rise we have to understand and plan for.

"Even with this new assessment the loss of a fraction of WAIS over those timescales would have serious consequences and costs that we've only really just begun to understand."

I know this is probably boring and scarry stuff for some of YOU, however, it is a fact. All I am trying to do is to keep those of YOU that want to be aware, aware.

On another note that begs paying attention too, that is closely related to the above story, is the plight of "water". For those of YOU that saw the latest James Bond movie, "Quantum Of Solace", this was art pointing up reality. The front page of orlandosentinel.com lead story on Saturday May 16, addressed the water problem going on in Florida right now. Here are a couple of other facts dealing with water.

1)884 million people worldwide, (roughly 1 in 8) lack access to safe water, that's two and a half times the entire U.S. population.

2)The average distance that women in developing countries walk to collect water per day is 4 miles and the average weight that women carry on their heads is approximately 40 pounds.

"Please, Pay Attention To Your World,"

Bobby Sharpe "Dragon, Book Of Shang"2 Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": New Species(200)Found

Drink White Tea, Fight Weight

2009-05-01T21:51:00.005-05:00

White Tea Fights Obesity, Scientists Say

(May 1) - White tea has special qualities that could help fight obesity, German scientists announced Thursday.

The researchers studied the biological effects of an extract of white tea and found compounds that appear to impede the growth of new fat cells as well as target existing stores.

"We've shown that white tea may be an ideal natural source of slimming substances," said Marc Winnefeld, who led the team of researchers.

White tea is made from the buds and first leaves of the tea plant. Like green tea, it undergoes very little processing and no fermentation.

Aside from the weight reduction properties of this tea, it is also good. I drink a variety of white tea mixed with other fruits and berries. Might want to give it a try along with your green tea etc.

"Tea Rules",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Techertainment": "NEW" Crystal Method CD Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Bear = Mans Best Man

Future Map - The Shift

2009-04-26T20:53:00.005-05:00

While YOU are in the process of starting your new week; worrying about "swine flu", the economy, pirates and terrorist, Irag and Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, illegal immigrants, unemployment, health care, education, foreclosures, bank failures, ufo's, solar storms, asteroids, North Korea, China, Russia, the sun, a screwed up legal system, your favorite team, just remember, "The meaning of life, is to live it"! Besides, nobody knows for sure exactly when the coming "shift" is going to take place. By looking at these maps of North and South America, "it's pretty safe to say that the "shift" will ruin a few peoples lives".

Have a nice week, and remember, "pay attention"!

"The More YOU Know, The Longer YOU May Survive,"

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Antarctica Icing And Cooling "Dragon, Book Of Shang": Shangs Volcano Erupts On Fernandina Is

Astronaut, NASA, UFO'S - Truth Or Lie

2009-04-22T20:11:00.004-05:00

'We're Not Alone,' Ex-Astronaut Says

(April 21) -- Earth Day may fall later this week, but as far as former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell and other UFO enthusiasts are concerned, the real story is happening elsewhere.

Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the United States and other governments.

Also See: Insiders Debunk UFO Reports at Area 51

He delivered his remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club following the conclusion of the fifth annual X-Conference, a meeting of UFO activists and researchers studying the possibility of alien life forms.

Mankind has long wondered if we're "alone in the universe. [But] only in our period do we really have evidence. No, we're not alone," Mitchell said.

"Our destiny, in my opinion, and we might as well get started with it, is [to] become a part of the planetary community. ... We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there."

Mitchell grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, which some UFO believers maintain was the site of a UFO crash in 1947. He said residents of his hometown "had been hushed and told not to talk about their experience by military authorities." They had been warned of "dire consequences" if they did so.

But, he claimed, they "didn't want to go to the grave with their story. They wanted to tell somebody reliable. And being a local boy and having been to the moon, they considered me reliable enough to whisper in my ear their particular story."

Roughly 10 years ago, Mitchell claimed, he was finally given an appointment at Pentagon to discuss what he had been told.

An unnamed admiral working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff promised to uncover the truth behind the Roswell story, Mitchell said. The stories of a UFO crash "were confirmed," but the admiral was then denied access when he "tried to get into the inner workings of that process."

The same admiral, Mitchell claimed, now denies the story.

"I urge those who are doubtful: Read the books, read the lore, start to understand what has really been going on. Because there really is no doubt we are being visited," he said.

"The universe that we live in is much more wondrous, exciting, complex and far-reaching than we were ever able to know up to this point in time."

A NASA spokesman denied any cover-up.

"NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover-up about alien life on this planet or anywhere else -- period," Michael Cabbage said Monday.

Debates have continued about what happened at Roswell. The U.S. Air Force said in 1994 that wreckage recovered there in 1947 was most likely from a balloon-launched classified government project.

Stephen Bassett, head of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), which hosted the X-Conference, said that the truth about extraterrestrial life is being suppressed because it is politically explosive.

"There is a third rail [in American politics], and that is the UFO question. It is many magnitudes more radioactive than Social Security ever dreamed to be," Bassett said.

Well, there YOU have it! Just like it has been for as long as I can remember. I still firmly believe, and, "I think anyone with a brain should also believe". One thing is for sure though, "somebody is NOT telling the truth"!

"We Are NOT Alone, Believe IT",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's "Global Peoplz Newz": Antarctica Icing And Cooling "Dragon, Book Of Shang": Shangs Volcano Erupts On Fernandina Is

Asteroids And Solar Storms - What's Next?

2009-04-21T22:13:00.004-05:00

Huge Solar Storm Could Shut Down US

April 21) - A massive solar storm could be catastrophic for the United States and other countries, scientists warn.

Such a storm could knock out power nationwide, ABCNews.com reported, leading to a nightmarish scenario that could include failures of transportation, communication and financial systems; shutdowns of government services; and a lack of safe drinking water, food and medication.

Solar storms form when intense bursts of plasma erupt from the surface of the sun, creating what's called a coronal mass ejection (CME). These eruptions can produce electromagnetic interference that wreaks havoc with electricity-dependent technology on Earth.

Although the probability of a worst-case scenario solar storm event is low, researchers say that our increasing reliance on technology makes it crucial to be prepared for such a calamity.

"The consequences could be extreme," Roberta Balstad, a research scientist with Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, told ABCNews.com.

In 1859, a powerful solar storm fried telegraph systems around the world. Another one caused a blackout in Quebec, Canada, 20 years ago.

Michael Kaiser, project scientist for NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) mission, told ABCNews.com that even if a big solar storm were to hit the nation, power grid operators could minimize the damage if they had enough of a warning.

Kaiser said he and his colleagues are working to refine their ability to better predict solar storms before they happen. "We're getting smarter now," he added.

Well, we just had an asteroid headed our way in a few years, and now, "here is something else to look forward to", possibly. I have enough problems with my electronics as it is. DO NOT need a solar storm to screw them up even more!

"Space, The Final Gotcha",

Bobby Sharpe "Dragon, Book Of Shang": Shangs Volcano Erupts On Fernandina Is Bobby Sharpe's "Animalz": Unknown Population Found Thriving

If YOU Are Still Here - Apophis

2009-04-15T22:19:00.004-05:00

Possible? Maybe...

Experts Keeping Close Eye on Asteroid

An asteroid the size of a 25-story building will come within 18,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029 -- closer than the communication satellites that orbit the planet, Discovery.com reported.

The asteroid, called Apophis, has only a 1 on in 45,000 chance of colliding with Earth. But it will then be back for another shot seven years after that.

It's hard for astronomers to determine what kind of threat Apophis poses in 2036 because its orbit will be bent by gravity during its 2029 flyby, Discovery reported.

During the 2029 visit, the asteroid is expected to be visible to the naked eye at night.

Apophis, which was discovered in 2004, is about 210 to 330 meters, or 690 to 1080 feet, in diameter, according to NASA.

In comparison, the asteroid thought to have wiped out dinosaurs 50 million years ago was 6.2 miles in size. In more recent history, an asteroid that was about 50 meters, or 164 feet, exploded over Siberia, an unpopulated part of Russia, in 1908. It torched or blew down trees in an 800-square mile area, Discovery reported last year.

"As things get bigger, the amount of devastation goes up dramatically," but so does the length of time between occurrences, Nick Kaiser, the lead scientist of a new University of Hawaii asteroid-hunting project, told Discovery.

A half-mile diameter object hitting Earth would be likely to cause a global catastrophe, Kaiser said. But events like that happen only every couple of million years.

This object is predicted to come historically close, about a 1 in 800 year event, NASA said.

Scientists expect to know more detail about Apophis' future orbits in 2013 and 2021, when the asteroid will come within 9 million miles of Earth. That will put it close enough for radar studies.

So, if YOU are still here in 2029, which is only 20 years from now, here is something else for YOU to worry about. However, if any of the possible events surrounding 2012 took place, and, YOU survived that, why worry about an asteroid? Either way, this is just something else YOU may want to keep an eye on in the coming years.

"The Universe Rules",

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Volcanic Lightning In Eruption(Redoubt)

2009-04-09T20:18:00.008-05:00

Go to http://news.aol.com/article/volcano-lightning/420325?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl1link3http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fvolcano-lightning%2F420325 for pics of Redoubt lightning. This pic is Chaiten!

Volcano's Lightning Captured in Photo

(April 8) - For the first time, scientists have been able to "see" and trace lightning inside a plume of ash spewing from an actively erupting volcano.

When Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began rumbling back to life in January, a team of researchers scrambled to set up a system called a Lightning Mapping Array that would be able to peer through the dust and gas of any eruption that occurred to the lightning storm happening within. Lightning is known to flash in the tumultuous clouds belched out during volcanic eruptions.

The lightning produced when Redoubt finally erupted on March 22 was "prolific," said physicist Paul Krehbiel of New Mexico Tech.

"The lightning activity was as strong or stronger than we have seen in large Midwestern thunderstorms," Krehbiel said. "The radio frequency noise was so strong and continuous that people living in the area would not have been able to watch broadcast VHF television stations."

Lightning mapping arrays are increasingly being used by meteorologists to issue weather warnings, but have only been deployed at volcanoes twice before.

Thousands of individual segments of a single lightning stroke can be mapped with these arrays, and later analyzed to reveal how lightning initiates and spreads through a thunderstorm, or in a volcanic plume.

After setting up the arrays, researchers waited nearly two months for Redoubt's first eruption, but the wait was worth it.

"For the first time, we had the Lightning Mapping Array on site before the initial eruption," said scientist Sonja Behnke of New Mexico Tech.

The eruptions that continued to occur on March 22 and 23 provided plenty of data, and the arrays returned dramatic information about the electricity created within volcanic plumes, and the resulting lightning. As of today, Redoubt has erupted several times since its initial eruption on March 22.

"The data will allow us to better understand the electrical charge structure inside a volcanic plume," said scientist Ron Thomas of New Mexico Tech. "That should help us learn how the plume is becoming electrified, and how it evolves over time."

A recent study in the journal Nature found that volcanic plumes spin like tornadic thunderstorms, a finding which helps to explain the lightning storms, as well as the waterspouts and dust devils produced by some volcanic plumes.

The New Mexico Tech researchers plan to compare the Redoubt data with observations taken from Chaiten Volcano in Chile last year. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Redoubt hasn't finished making noise yet; after quieting down for a few days, Redoubt exploded again, with the last major eruption occurring on March 28. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory expect the eruptions will continue periodically for weeks to months.

Volcanoes are probably the most amazing things on the planet. As terrifying as they are and can be, without them, we wouldn't have any land to live on. They are utterly fascinating!

"Volcanoes Rule This Planet",

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Hiring Hotties - Need A Job?

2009-03-21T21:47:00.004-05:00

Strip Club Job Fair Recruits Unemployed Hotties

In a perfect opportunity for all those laid-off naughty nurses and sexy librarians to find new jobs, a Rhode Island strip club is hosting a job fair this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The owners of the Foxy Lady in Providence say they hope the bad economy might entice some people to consider one of the 30 open positions, from strippers and waitresses to disc jockeys and bartenders.

"I need more managers, I need more competent staff, and I need more attractive waitresses to go along with the ones I have right now," says co-owner Tom Tsoumas. The Foxy Lady's Web site also mentions opportunities in the up-and-coming field of "massage girl."

Despite the AP's statement that stripping is "a job opportunity you won't need to buy a new wardrobe for," we're going to go out on a limb and say that unless you already work as a G-string model or lingerie tester, you will in fact have to invest in some new clothes.

Hey, in this time period, "a job is a job". As long as YOU are not hurting someone else, doing something illegal, or, are being forced to do something against your will, "GO FOR IT"! It beats foreclosure and being hungry. Besides, if YOU have the right stuff, why waste it. USE IT!!!

"Let's Work",

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Bobby Sharpe - Shields Down(Today) - 4 Words

2009-03-17T21:55:00.004-05:00

For those of YOU that read my blogs on a fairly regular basis(thank YOU), YOU probably know that I am pretty hardcore and straight to the point. I pull very few punches and take NO prisoners. Some of YOU probably think I'm not even human half the time. Well, that's okay, because, THAT is who I am and what I do. However, I do periodically, "drop my shields" and let the humanity traits come forth. YOU know, sadness, anger, disappointment, hurt, all those "good" kind of things that make humans.

Today, March 17, 2009, I had one of those "shields down" days. It all started by riding past a "closed and shuttered" Bennigans. Not too many years ago, St. Patty's Day and Bennigans, went together like hand and glove. IT was just wrong for Bennigans NOT to be opened on this day. To make matters even worse, less than 2 blocks away, a Fridays was also closed and shuttered. A half a block away from that, a Pizzeria Uno suffered the same fate. As did a Straubs Seafood Rest. that had been around for years. Not to mention about another handful of stores in this 3-4 block stretch on a major roadway in Orlando Florida. This brought out the "sadness" and "hurt". Not only did I frequent these places, but alot of my friends and clients worked at these places and are now unemployed.

The above paragraph lead to the "anger" and "disappointment". Because of 4 words, "stupidity", "greed", "vanity" and "incompetence", the above scenario is playing out all over this country and planet. It is, to say the least, "heartbreaking" and a very sad day for humanity.

Having restored my shields to full strength, it is time for my awakened self to acknowledge the big picture. What we are seeing taking place on this planet these days, economically and environmentally, in computer terminology, "is a disc cleanup and a defrag" of our hard drive, WHICH, is the planet itself. When it is all said and done, as has happened in the past many times, there will be alot less of everything, including us. What remains though, will be what needs to be for the prosperity of the planet and the future of life here on Earth. And believe me, there is nothing we can or will do to affect what will be.

"Opyn Mindz Have Better Journeys",

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Weed - Grow It, Smoke It, Tax It!

2009-03-14T19:49:00.007-05:00

"Legalize it or else"

Oregon Bill Proposes State Grow, Distribute, Tax Medical Marijuana

SALEM, Ore — The Oregon Legislature's latest idea for a tax? Medical marijuana.

The state would take over growing and distributing marijuana to patients in the medical-marijuana program under a bill introduced Wednesday. Sponsored by Rep. Ron Maurer, R-Grants Pass, House Bill 3274 imposes a $98-per-ounce tax, which would cover the state's cost of operating and securing the production center.

"I'm not a pot guy, but the water's under the bridge. That's not the issue," Maurer told The Oregonian newspaper. "Let's not even discuss that. Let's discuss is the program working? The answer is unequivocally no, that the program is not working."

Oregon voters approved the use of medical marijuana more than a decade ago, deciding chronically and terminally ill patients should be allowed to use the drug to ease pain. Roughly 21,000 Oregonians now have cards authorizing them to use it for medicinal purposes, according to the state Department of Human Services.

Maurer and three co-sponsors think the bill would improve public safety by eliminating private medical-marijuana grow sites. Some private growers have been accused of illegally selling marijuana to those who don't have cards; other sites have been targeted by burglaries and home invasions.

A bill co-sponsor, Rep. Chris Harker, D-Beaverton, told the Statesman Journal newspaper that the measure "takes medical marijuana off the streets and into a safer and more secure environment."

Current law allows registered patients to possess six mature cannabis plants, 18 immature seedlings and 24 ounces of usable cannabis. In 2004, voters rejected a measure that would create state distribution centers.

Though the proposal is considered a longshot at best, it is expected to be heard in a committee.

"When we have bipartisan support like that for a bill, it is typical that it will at least get the courtesy of a hearing," said Geoff Sugerman, spokesman for House Speaker Dave Hunt.

Yay for Oregon! If ALL of the people of this country would get their collective "heads out of their backsides", maybe we would NOT be in the sorry state we are in these days. The past is the past. It is gone, done, over, finito! Start focusing on forward and maybe we can move on to bigger and better things. Oh, and all of YOU (who probably never smoked herb),stop throwing up your weak argument that marijuana "is a gateway drug". If YOU cannot do any better than that, just go away. FAR AWAY!

"Power To The Plant",

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Religion: What's That?

2009-03-10T20:29:00.005-05:00

Number of Nonbelievers Rising in US

A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all.

Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the American Religious Identification Survey.

Northern New England surpassed the Pacific Northwest as the least religious region, with Vermont reporting the highest share of those claiming no religion, at 34 percent. Still, the study found that the numbers of Americans with no religion rose in every state.

"No other religious bloc has kept such a pace in every state," the study's authors said.

In the Northeast, self-identified Catholics made up 36 percent of adults last year, down from 43 percent in 1990. At the same time, however, Catholics grew to about one-third of the adult population in California and Texas, and one-quarter of Floridians, largely due to Latino immigration, according to the research.

Nationally, Catholics remain the largest religious group, with 57 million people saying they belong to the church. The tradition gained 11 million followers since 1990, but its share of the population fell by about a percentage point to 25 percent.

Christians who aren't Catholic also are a declining segment of the country.

In 2008, Christians comprised 76 percent of U.S. adults, compared to about 77 percent in 2001 and about 86 percent in 1990. Researchers said the dwindling ranks of mainline Protestants, including Methodists, Lutherans and Episcopalians, largely explains the shift. Over the last seven years, mainline Protestants dropped from just over 17 percent to 12.9 percent of the population.

The report from The Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., surveyed 54,461 adults in English or Spanish from February through November of last year. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 percentage points. The findings are part of a series of studies on American religion by the program that will later look more closely at reasons behind the trends.

The current survey, being released Monday, found traditional organized religion playing less of a role in many lives. Thirty percent of married couples did not have a religious wedding ceremony and 27 percent of respondents said they did not want a religious funeral.

About 12 percent of Americans believe in a higher power but not the personal God at the core of monotheistic faiths. And, since 1990, a slightly greater share of respondents — 1.2 percent — said they were part of new religious movements, including Scientology, Wicca and Santeria.

The study also found signs of a growing influence of churches that either don't belong to a denomination or play down their membership in a religious group.

Respondents who called themselves "non-denominational Christian" grew from 0.1 percent in 1990 to 3.5 percent last year. Congregations that most often use the term are megachurches considered "seeker sensitive." They use rock style music and less structured prayer to attract people who don't usually attend church. Researchers also found a small increase in those who prefer being called evangelical or born-again, rather than claim membership in a denomination.

Evangelical or born-again Americans make up 34 percent of all American adults and 45 percent of all Christians and Catholics, the study found. Researchers found that 18 percent of Catholics consider themselves born-again or evangelical, and nearly 39 percent of mainline Protestants prefer those labels. Many mainline Protestant groups are riven by conflict over how they should interpret what the Bible says about gay relationships, salvation and other issues.

The percentage of Pentecostals remained mostly steady since 1990 at 3.5 percent, a surprising finding considering the dramatic spread of the tradition worldwide. Pentecostals are known for a spirited form of Christianity that includes speaking in tongues and a belief in modern-day miracles.

Mormon numbers also held steady over the period at 1.4 percent of the population, while the number of Jews who described themselves as religiously observant continued to drop, from 1.8 percent in 1990 to 1.2 percent, or 2.7 million people, last year. Researchers plan a broader survey on people who consider themselves culturally Jewish but aren't religious.

The study found that the percentage of Americans who identified themselves as Muslim grew to 0.6 percent of the population, while growth in Eastern religions such as Buddhism slightly slowed.

To folks that are awake and smelling the coffee, this is NO surprise! People are starting to see "religion(s)" for the myth that it is. That does not say there is not a creator, it just says that all the stuff that each religion espouses, is mythical hear say.

"Opyn Mindz Know The Truth",

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Florida Politicians - Save Lives, Make Money, Fix Traffic

2009-03-05T20:32:00.005-05:00

"Talking while driving is now a primary offense, meaning officers can pull you over for holding your cell phone to your ear. For the first time, texting while driving is also banned."

Okay, so, "did that get your attention?" That paragraph is from last year in New Jersey. After a few, actually every, day(s) of driving around central Florida, I realized that this is precisely what we need here.

Now, YOU know me, "I do not subscribe to the "big brother" mentality of law enforcement and over regulation of traffic laws etc. Which, regardless of what they tell YOU, are nothing more than easy money grabs for the state, county or whatever jurisdiction. Like all the states with their mickey mouse seatbelt laws because they want to save lives. (Throw up here if YOU see fit) Also states like Arizona with speed cameras all over the place to catch speeders. What, do they think they are the gestapo or some kind of communist military state? IT"S A FREAKING MONEY GRAB!

However, I do think that the cell phone law is on point for two reasons. It actually targets an offense that is severely hindering traffic and, helps the budgets of the ticket writing agencies instead of them writing "bogus" traffic violations and seatbelt infractions that are NOT screwing up traffic. In other words, "YOU want a money grab, here is one that IS justified in todays environment."

It is time to get busy, state legislators, and quit worrying about whether we are wearing our freaking seatbelts, and address a REAL TRAFFIC ISSUE!

"Opyn Your Mindz,"

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Paul Harvey, Radio Legend Crosses Over

2009-02-28T21:57:00.004-05:00

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,

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Bobby Jindal - Novice Republican Puppet

2009-02-26T21:18:00.005-05:00

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,"

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Climate Change, Polar Shift & Then What?

2009-02-22T21:29:00.004-05:00

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",

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"Dead" Volcano Erupts Again

2009-02-20T23:25:00.006-05:00

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",

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2012 : Polar Shift Is Possible Video

2009-02-14T21:42:00.003-05:00

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,

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Translate Bobby's Blogs(app)

2009-02-08T21:04:00.007-05:00

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

2009-02-04T22:24:00.006-05:00

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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