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I am a 28-year veteran English teacher and I would like permission to print a copy of your page of 20 questions about the 2012 doomsday scare for distribution to my colleagues. While reading on another site about some of the letters you received from teenagers, it occurred to me that we teachers have an obligation to be informed on this issue in order to address fears that our students may have. The topic could also be used for study units on propaganda techniques and/or manipulation of language, critical thinking skills, free-speech issues, media studies, the importance of thorough research, and on and on. Mostly, though, we might save a life, or, at the very least, calm someone down. The whole 2012 thing for me has gone from mild amusement to disgust to real alarm over our nation's ignorance. The doomsday scare has potential to do real harm, and reading of the kids who wrote to you considering suicide woke me back up to one of the important things we have to deal with besides our curricula, and that is the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of our students.
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

Is there a planet alignment going on right now? I was told the planets were lined up which was affecting gravity, causing eggs to stand up, brooms to stand up, etc. If there is a planet alignment, is this a dangerous thing? AND My partner at work today was trying to describe something he'd read about the earth dropping below the milky way. He said scientists are predicting an increase in gravity? Have you of heard this?
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I'm from North Africa, and I noticed almost a month ago the emergence of a star in the sky and larger than the rest of the stars. Is it possible for NASA to give information about this strange star? AND I live in southern Maine. Every night I see what appears to be a star that rises in the east and sets in the west. I am curious because it is easily twice the intensity of every other star in the sky. I have many friends that have also noticed it. What is it? AND If nibiru doesnt exist and nothing is going to hit us, what is the thing I can see in the sky that looks like a large orange dot. i want to know what it is I’m seeing. Its like a orange dot that moves quickly; it’s there every night outside my window.
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

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I just found out about this new suicidal planet, and I heard that this new planet causes an odd effect on the sun. If this planet crashes into the sun will it hurt the sun? AND Will this newly found suicidal planet hurt Earth?
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People are saying that a solar flare is going to hit the Earth in 2012 and "toast" us alive. What is this site http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/ all about? I even saw their commercial on tv! I just want to know the truth and be prepare if something is really going to happened. AND I recently saw a commercial on Discovery's History Channel where a lottery entry has begun to "save yourself" from the 2012 doomsday event; however, it was not specified what this event may be or how these winners would be saved. AND I found this website with very believable information. Is it really true ? http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/#/home. AND I saw this commercial on tv about the institute for humanity continuity and I am very scared.
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I am so terrified of all this talk about doomsday. there are a lot of stories going around and it is making me nervous. It would be nice if my son could live a full life & I could be the famous painter I am striving to be. The most recent one is about Hellion-1957, a dwarf star, that will collide with the sun during the end of August 2009. The article gives coordinates, and is written by a person claiming to be someone who was kicked out of a secret government safe house. He says 2/3 of the planet will be destroyed. Will our sun be hit? What would happen if the sun was hit? Would the public know where to run for cover or be given advanced notice? How do I keep my son alive when so much seems to be going wrong?
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

HERE ARE TWO RECENT QUESTIONS: When will NASA actually admit to the existence of Niburu? It is in the Bible! People all over the world have seen it and taken pictures themselves. We all know that the Summerian Astrologers were very advanced, They knew of Pluto before our astrologists did. Why does Nasa try to discredit the existance of a planet the Summerians had mapped out a long time ago? ALSO I believe that Nibiru planet exists. Why are all other planets in our solar system experiencing global warming? Why did we just setup a telescope in the most uninhabitable region of Antarctica, and what is it doing now? Why is there a giant gap in the Kuiper belt? Why is Norway building underground bunkers ready for 2011? There are two more questions; if you can find answers for these I will give you a billion dollers. What exactly did the IRAS find? Why did the IRAS leading scientist Gerry Neugebauer say 'all i can tell you is we don't know what it is'?
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

In one of your replies about Nibiru, you say your scientists have never heard of it, are we to presume they have never heard of the internet also? If they have ever used the Internet how could they miss all the talk of 2012/Nibiru. To say your scientists never heard of it, that's just outrageous.
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

I live in England and from my bedroom window i can see the space station every night, it just looks like a bright star in the sky. ALSO You’re Still Saying That Nibiru/Planet X is Hoax, Then How Do you Explain I Can See it From my House? ALSO please be honest for me, because i see a star but probably is not a star. in this case, i know a star is twinkling but this one is not. i never saw a star that big before.
CATEGORY: Origin and Evolution of Life

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