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<p align="left"> <p><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="#F0B937"
size="7"><span style="font-weight: bold" lang="EN-GB">Doomsday Prophecy Dec 21
2012.</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#BB0000"><i><font size="5"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-style: italic" lang="EN-GB">
Armageddon? — or just another day?</span></font></i><font size="4"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></font></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB">Society’s gloom mongers seem
to be accumulating, like circling vultures, on the
prediction that mankind will perish in just two years from
now. These merchants of prophetic peril have based their pessimism on a
combination of old scripts, etchings and hieroglyphics from ancient
witch-doctory, all the way through recorded history to the current
so-called documented cyber soothsaying. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB">Nostradamus, the Mayan
civilization, the Hopi Indians, Ancient Hindu, I chi, WebBot internet
and bunch of other less cheerful sources, have some reference to the year
2012 which <b><i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
‘the end is near’</span></i></b> mob can latch onto. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB">So we are going out on a limb
in pooh-poohing the fear mongers. FAIR takes the basic scientific
point of view that there is no absolute fact to indicate that the 21<sup>st</sup>
of December 2012 will be any different from any other day in the year,
or decade / century. We stand as much chance of being clobbered into
extinction by an asteroid or comet on that date, as we do tomorrow, or
as this is being typed for that matter. Although the longer it doesn’t
happen, like an ‘overdue’ earthquake, the odds proportionally increase,
as in, an event that will 'happen’ sooner. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB">Remember the dreaded Y2K bug
that was supposed to stop the computerised world in its tracks as we
popped champagne corks at midnight 1999? How bad did the world seem
during the Great Depression and dust-bowl years of drought? When the
entire planet went mad and declared war on its self, not once, but twice
within a generation? Shall we dare to mention the hype of viruses, flues
and global epidemics of recent media hype times? </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang="EN-GB">We do share the fear produced
by climate change (‘Global Warming’ having been deemed a politically
incorrect term for our involvement in the Earth’s environmental
destruction). On the 22<sup>nd</sup> of December I intend to wear a T
shirt with a favourite slogan I have adopted… <font color="#F0B937"><b>
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Armageddon was yesterday! Today we have
a serious problem.</span></b> </font>The Doomsday Prophecy Dec 21 2012 is however only a date
on our self made calendar... and we have the capacity, and invented the
technology to thwart this particular global threat. providing we know
how to read writing... on the
wall!!</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="5" face="Times New Roman">Only an asteroid can cause total near instant extinction !</font></p>
<p><a target="_blank"><img border="0" src="images/MayanCalendar.jpg"
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longdesc="Science and not superstition is our leaning."
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<p align="right"><font color="#F0B937"><font size="4"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Unlike Climate Change, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and other potential
catastrophes. A Giant meteor is a phenomena we could actually prevent in one
shot - providing we have the foresight to </span></font>support the astronomers working to
detect and deflect NEO's.</font></td>
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<font color="#FFCC00"><font size="6">The equivalent</font><span lang="EN"><font
size="6"> of THREE Hiroshima nuclear bombs exploded over Indonesia on October
8, 2009... </font></span></font></h1>
<h1 align="left"><span lang="EN"><font size="4" color="#FFCC00">Yet it
hardly made news.</font><font size="4" color="#FFFFFF">
<span style="font-weight: 400">Had the same destructive energy been the
result of activity from a ‘rogue’ state, or a nuke of any country for that matter, it
would have dominated headlines around the world for days. <i>So why don’t we
care?</i> [ </span></font><span style="font-weight: 400">
<font color="#FFCC00" size="3">
<a href="articlesnews/Indonesian_explosion.htm">read more</a>...</font><font
size="4" color="#FFFFFF"> ]</font></span></span></h1>
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<td valign="top"><font size="5" color="#CD9F01"><b>November 18,
2009...</b></font><font size="4" color="#FFCC00">Yet another example</font>
of how a clear and present danger is often misinterpreted. <i>"Enjoy
this video of a meteor lighting up the night sky over Utah at the
weekend. Fabulous!" </i><font size="2">(Guardian.co.uk).</font><p
align="center"> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJFejgd9bSE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJFejgd9bSE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
<p><font size="2">Not unlike the pyrotechnics associated with <b>'Shock
and Awe' </b>over Bagdad. The same weekend another over Johannesburg
South Africa was as spectacular. One day, the celestial fireworks
will not be so benevolent, unless we take notice.</font><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="5" color="#CD9F01"><br>
One more warning Out of the Blue— and Black</font></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><font size="2">A <font color="#F0B937"> <b><i>small</i></b></font>
asteroid, big enough to wipe out greater London, was discovered only
a couple of days before it was due give us a celestial bullet burn
on March the 2<sup>nd</sup> 2009. While sixty-four-thousand
kilometres may sound like a sizeable distance here on Earth, an
object travelling in excess of 12 km per second, could cover that
gap in about an hour and a half. [<a
href="articlesnews/space_rock_2009_dd45_buzzes_eart.htm">Read more</a>...]</font></span></td>
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<span class="style16">Next to global warming, asteroids are a piece of
cake ...</span><p><font size="2">Ten thousand marine biologists are not going to save the Antarctic krill; nor are generations of volcanists
going to stop eruptions. However, all a handful of astronomy scientists
will have to do when the time comes is focus on a single space rock and, with some smart rocketry and scientific wizardry, bonk it off course. Viola! World saved!
[<a href="frontispace/dreadeddoomsdayasteroid.htm">Read more ...</a>]</font></td> <td width="50%"> <p align="center">
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<img border="2" src="images/Not_so_scary_small1.gif" alt="Dealing with a threatening asteroid is 'simpler' than stopping the ice caps melting." width="450" height="321"></a></td> </tr> </table>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1" color="#CD9F01">The Discovery
Channel asked: "what if the Earth was hit by a 500km diameter <b>
meteor</b>?" The results are sobering, terrifying and strangely
beautiful. <b>... </b>(click video on left)</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">The chance of a 500km wide asteroid
remaining undiscovered by now is extremely slim. However the real
threat comes in a much smaller form. Even a space rock only 60
meters in diameter (more frequent and numerous) would be equivalent
to a multi nuclear explosion. <a target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event">Tunguska</a>, Siberia 1908, was one such
and it flattened an area as large as greater London... and we don't
yet have the technology to track near earth objects smaller than 100
meters<br>
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<p><font face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><span class="style16">Yet Another Warning Shot
Across Our Bows ...</span><br>
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<a href="articlesnews/AnotherShotAcrossOurBows.html">[read article]</a></span></font></p>
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found the articles, which are all about things that have, will, or might
collide with Earth, to be well written, balanced, and highly informed.
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<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="font-size: 10pt">I
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space." </span></font></font><font color="#F0B937" face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="2">Kate Russell of Click
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PROJECTS</font></i></b></p>
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<b><i><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#3399FF">2002 - 2008</font></i></b></p>
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has helped up
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<font size="3" color="#F0B937">4 minutes, 46 seconds...</font><font
color="#F0B937" size="6"> </font></b><font size="2"><b>That's how much time </b>
it would take asteroid Apophis (2004MN4) to cover the 3,380 km that it's
predicted to miss Earth by on Friday the 13th in April 2029. Less than
five minutes earlier or later, and it would have been a very unlucky day
for everyone. Mankind's darkest day will be avoided in less time than it
takes to change a light bulb ... [<b><a
href="frontispace/4minutes46seconds.htm">Continued</a></b>]</font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#F0B937"><b>P</b></font><b><font size="3" color="#F0B937">ick
a number from 1 to 40 ... </font></b><font size="2">Say this number
represents a fortune. Now ask yourself, with only 39 others in the hat,
wouldn't you stick around for the lucky draw, or at least take time to check
the result? If so, then consider this: those were the odds we faced in a
recent <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_update_041227.html" target="_blank"><b>
asteroid discovery</b></a>. A slim <a href="notconvinced/ncsummary.htm">
1-in-40</a> raffle ticket with no winner, only losers.</font></p>
<p align="center"><a href="eclipsgold.jpg"><img border="0" src="eclipsgold.jpg" alt="Asteroid 2004 MN4 with 1-in-40 chance of impact may not be the smallest odds-on threat we face. Artwork courtesy David A Hardy." width="183" height="195"><br>
</a><font color="#CCCCCC" size="1">Artwork by <a href="http://www.astroart.org" target="_blank">
David A Hardy</a></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="3" color="#F0B937">Why FAIR?
</font><font color="#FFCC00"><br>
</font></b><font size="2">An astounding fact is that astronomers hunting
for near-Earth objects (NEOs) are so handicapped by lack of funding that
some observatories have recently been forced to close, in spite of
mounting evidence that asteroids are far more numerous than previously
believed. This is a contradiction in logic; we should be posting more
telescopes, not closing them.</font></p>
<p align="left"><b><font size="3" color="#F0B937">What's the point of the
FAIR Society website?</font></b><font size="2"><br>
To raise funds in the simplest way possible. Fair Society offers a
solution, not an additional worry ... [<a href="howfairworks/howfairworks.htm"><b>How
FAIR Works</b></a>]</font></p>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#F0B937" size="3">Who gets the money
raised by FAIR?</font><br>
</b><font size="2">The scientists who need it! All the money
raised by the FAIR Society is allowed to accrue over a year.
Administrative costs (5%) are deducted and then the final balance of
(95%) is made over the projects posted by various organizations for
consideration by the FAIR Society.<b><font color="#BB0000"> </font></b>
Once a project has been funded, it is reported on the [<a href="fundedprojects/fundedprojects.htm"><b>Funded
Projects</b></a>] page.</font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="#F0B937"><b><i>Armageddon</i></b> <b>and
</b></font><b><i><font size="3" color="#F0B937">Deep Impact</font></i><font color="#CD9F01"><br>
</font></b><font size="2">Great films, spectacular effects: but the
technical gadgetry at Bruce Willis's disposal is a long way from
reality. One only has to look at the Space Shuttle's record to see
that Hollywood scripts can do NASA a disservice, leaving us with an
unrealistic impression of their defensive capability against
incoming asteroids and comets ... [<a href="howfairworks/justification.htm"><b>The
Reality</b></a>]</font>
<p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/bbcspaceastcollision.jpg" alt=""It will happen again" Sam Neill, courtesy BBC Space." width="120" height="120">
<p align="left"><b><font size="3" color="#F0B937">When was the last time
you did something out of the ordinary? </font></b><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">
Something different like joining a society against a threat from space.
The most devastating phenomena known to man is only partially researched
purely because this field of astronomy is so financially hamstrung.</font><p align="left"><font size="3" color="#F0B937"><b>
We can never stop earthquakes, volcano</b></font><b><font size="3" color="#F0B937">es,
or wild weather... </font></b><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">
But, we could with funding, prevent an asteroid impact. No other science
can so precisely predict and act upon a global threat, down to the exact
date and time. Plus this indisputable threat can be solved for a
fraction of the cost of just about any other natural phenomenon, or
human induced future catastrophe.</font><p align="left"><b>
<font size="3" color="#F0B937">"Bad economy? Don't have money?
You can still support FAIR... </font></b><font color="#CD9F01"> </font><font
size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Donate your spare CPU cycles to the
effort of helping scientists identify and track possible NEOs by
signin</font><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">g at</font><font
color="#F0B937"> </font><a title="http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/index.php" target="_blank"
href="http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/index.php">
<font title="http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/index.php" color="#F0B937">
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planet starts <span class="style2">at home</span></span> <span class="style1">
…</span></p>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="3" color="#3399FF"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><i>Need
some humour in your life? Something to take your mind off the
rat-race, traffic, geopolitics, taxes, and falling meteorites...</i></font><b>
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<td colspan="2"><b><i><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#3399FF" size="3">WHY DO
WE WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE?</font><font color="#3399FF" face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><br>
</font></i></b><font size="2">Authorities have been proven wrong.
Regional governments deemed the Asian tsunami improbable for another
70 years and dithered. Wouldn't it have been better to donate €15
towards a tsunami early-warning system prior to Boxing Day 2004?</font></td>
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<p><b><i><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#3399FF" size="4">Meteor,
meteorite, meteoroid, asteroid ... what's the difference?</font><font
face="Comic Sans MS" color="#3399FF" size="5"> </font></i></b></p>
<p><font size="2">A meteor is the phenomenon created when a meteoroid or
asteroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere creating the bright light. <br>
A meteorite is the name given to the object when it hits the ground.
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid? <br>
It all comes down to size. A meteoroid is anything from the size of a
grain of sand <br>
up to a boulder. Anything bigger than that is considered an asteroid.
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ALTERNATIVES!<br>
</font></b></i><font size="2">Whether you have a service/equipment
to offer or are directly involved in asteroid research, I would be
more than happy to post your wish list on this site free of charge.
Please <a href="contact.htm">contact us</a>.</font></td>
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THERE WILL NEVER BE AN “ALL CLEAR”</font></i></b></font><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="3"> <br>
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Astronomers know an asteroid is on collision course; it's only a
matter of how far into the future this event will take
place—hopefully when we have fully developed the technology to deal
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Becoming a member...</font></i></b><font size="2"> </font></font><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">
What's in it for you?... [<a href="notconvinced/whatsinitforyou.htm"><b>more</b></a>]</font><p align="left"><b><i><font color="#3399FF" face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">
Member's Comment:</font></i></b><font size="2"><br>
<font color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><b>"Fifteen euros is not much to ask for a
lifetime membership which proves the fee is fully utilized." </b></font>
Marc Bogerd, Thailand, 16/07/04<font color="#F0B937" size="2">. <b><a href="comments.htm">
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<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater">
Barringer Crater
</a>in Arizona was 150 times that of Hiroshima</font></p>
<p align="left"><b><i><font color="#3399FF"
face="Comic Sans MS" size="5">Giant Meteorites Not on Your List of Concerns?</font><font
color="#3399FF" face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><br>
Then, think of this as a project to save the donkeys! ...</font></i></b><font
color="#FFFFFF" face="Comic Sans MS">[<a
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will members ever receive any future solicitous e-mail. Just <font color="#FFFFFF">
five minutes of your time today could make a difference to all our
tomorrows. Join this crucial aspect of space exploration. </font></font><p align="center"><font size="1" color="#666666">
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<p align="left"> <p align="left"><font size="2" color="#666666">There is nothing mystical
about this project or the subject matter it addresses. It is as down to
earth as any other science that suffers from a lack of funding.</font><font
color="#666666"> <font size="2"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">We
are</span></font><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><font size="2"> helping construct an early-warning system that concerns our planet's future<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If a
difference can be made, credit will belong to a list of people who spared a
thought for our
future concerning an extraterrestrial natural phenomena.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I
invite you to have a browse, take your mind off the troubles of today, and
experience a new horizon, something
unusual, a positive escape, not something new to worry about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Together we can help scan the gap in our scientific horizons and
remove the blind spot in our astronomical future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The society was founded in 1999 and has been in operation since
2002. We are an audited nonprofit organization operating under legitimate
charitable guidelines, whereby
anyone from anywhere can directly assist in the search for asteroids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Many hands
make light work is the basic principle, and actions speak louder than
words. FAIR offers the opportunity to act.</font></span></font><p align="left"><a href="#top"><font size="2">top of page</font></a></p>
<p align="center"><font size="1">Non-profit fund raising for astronomers hunting asteroids, meteorites, comets,
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