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Can Kevin get Michael on the phone quick, and have him hurry up the pace of the BN reissue program!!!!! :excited::excited::excited:Especially the Conns.

I realize that they need to be careful not to flood the market with RVG's, but if we all have barely 10 years to live, it would be nice to have a new set of Conns a least more frequently than once every 12-15 months. Come on!!! - let's get our priorities straight - times a wastin'!!!!!!!!

Giant asteroid could hit Earth in 2014

Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Posted: 11:38 AM EDT (1538 GMT)

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Artist's impression of asteroid over Earth

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.

But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.

Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.

On impact, it could have the effect of 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, a spokesman for the British government's Near Earth Object Information Centre told BBC radio.

The Centre issued the warning about the asteroid after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program.

"The Near Earth Object will be observable from Earth for the next two months and astronomers will continue to track it over this period," said Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, one of the expert team advising the Centre.

Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 are chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from the Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging towards Earth.

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Can Kevin get Michael on the phone quick, and have him hurry up the pace of the BN reissue program!!!!!  :excited:  :excited:  :excited:  Especially the Conns.

Dumb newbie questions: do you know how many more BN reissues are in the pipeline? Are these more RVG's? Is their a listing somewhere on the internet of the release schedule?

I've been buying CD's at an alarming rate, and I'll still haven't really scratched the surface of what's available now. *Please* don't tell me there's lots more coming -- my Visa card is getting worn out from extensive use!! :o

Actually, it's great to know that these recordings are becoming more easily available. I'm sure I don't need to explain why this is so exciting to the members of this board - but discovering all of this great music has literally been a life-changing experience!

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in the year 2525 <thread hijack alert>

In the year 2525

If man is still alive

If woman can survive

They may find

In the year 3535

Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies

Everything you think, do, and say

Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545

Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes

You won't find a thing chew

Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555

Your arms are hanging limp at your sides

Your legs got not nothing to do

Some machine is doing that for you

In the year 6565

Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife

You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too

From the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7510

If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then

Maybe he'll look around himself and say

Guess it's time for the Judgement day

In the year 8510

God is gonna shake his mighty head

He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been

Or tear it down and start again

In the year 9595

I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive

He's taken everything this old earth can give

And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been 10,000 years

Man has cried a billion tears

For what he never knew

Now man's reign is through

But through the eternal night

The twinkling of starlight

So very far away

Maybe it's only yesterday

In the year 2525

If man is still alive

If woman can survive

They may find

In the year 3535

Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies

Everything you think, do or say

Is in the pill you took today ....(fading...)

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