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is earth slowing Is Earth Slowing Down Creationism Id Intelligent Design

First an absurd Assertion



Some prominent creation scientists promote the idea that the Earth's rotational speed can show proof the earth could not possibly be 4.5 billion years old.

Their argument goes along these lines. The speed with which the earth rotates on its axis is slowing. Each day, the time required for for the earth to rotate one complete turn on it axis is increasing 1.5 milliseconds. This may not seem like much. But it amounts to over six seconds per decade. Astronomers must insert leap seconds many times each decade to compensate for this slowing. If the earth's rate of deceleration has been constant throughout the life of the earth, then its rotational speed would have been very high 4.5 billion years ago. A day would be have been only a few seconds long. This high rotational speed would have long ago flattened into the shape of a pancake. 11 That clearly did not happen, so the age of the earth must be a very small fraction of 4.5 billion years.

Is the Rotation really Slowing



Their basic belief is wrong: the time taken for the earth to rotate on its axis is slowing down by only about 1.5 milliseconds per century -- not per day.

The Moon raises tides in the ocean. This generates friction between the sea and the earth, diminishing the earth's speed of rotation. "This effect causes a slowing of the Earth's rotational speed resulting in a lengthening of the day by about 0.0015 to 0.0020 seconds per day per century." 12 The insertion of a leap second in most years is not directly related to this deceleration. In fact, if the earth stopped decelerating and achieved a constant speed, there would still be a need to insert leap seconds in most years. The need for leap seconds is caused by our basic definition of time, which is currently derived from atomic clocks. The second has been defined to match the day as it was in the year 1900. Over a century has passed since that time. During that century, each day has lengthened by about 1.8 milliseconds. So, over a year, the difference between an atomic clock and the earth is about 365 x 0.18 = 657 milliseconds, or 0.66 seconds. Thus the need for the leap second in most years. A century from now, the accumulated error will be over a second each year, requiring two leap seconds in some years.


Christian Science Monitor

Will Earth no longer define time? Leap second could be abolished.
Christian Science Monitor
The rotation of the Earth has defined time for as long as time has been kept, but keeping up with all of Earth's little quirks by adding and subtracting an occasional leap second is getting tiring. Timekeepers could vote Thursday to rely solely on ...
Countries Consider Time out on the 'Leap Second'ABC News
Time running out for 'leap second' that has kept us in step with our slowing ...The Guardian
Is time running out for the 'leap second'?Mother Nature Network (blog)
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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Beend Banunga may be axed
Times of India
Haar Jeet has just introduced a time leap and the channel is hopeful that it would work hence this second chance to the show. According to sources, "After Dharampatni, it's curtains for Beend Banoongaa. The show is all set to bid adieu on Feb 24.



Nationwide declare commitment to first time buyers
FirstRungNow
... link between savings and borrowing, actively supporting affordable housing schemes and providing guidance through the mortgage process as being just as important as the physical loans for buyers making the first time leap onto the property market.

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Luxe Worldwide Hotels Offer "SimplyLuxe" Leap Year Celebration
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- This February, Luxe Worldwide Hotels will be offering limited-time Leap Year specials at 24 select locations including Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, and Beverly Hills.

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RealWire

TelZar 019 Deploys FTS' Convergent Billing & Customer Care Solution
Sacramento Bee
At the same time, Leap Billing's customer management solution enables 019 to offer its subscribers a single point of contact for all their queries. "We selected FTS because Leap Billing will open up TelZar to new possible services and increased ...
TelZar 019 selects FTS billing, customer care serviceTelecompaper (subscription)

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This Week In Imports: Start Off The Year With Super Robots
Siliconera
4:47pm Japan's first retail releases for 2012 include Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble (better known as Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy overseas), a port of Time Leap and a new Super Robot Taisen OG Saga title. While the release list is still slim ...

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BizAsia.co.uk

Interview with Vivek Bahl, COO Turner Int. India
BizAsia.co.uk
Haar Jeet has just taken a natural time-leap that was to happen, & therefore, the show isn't ending. Honestly, Dharampatni was a great concept, it opened well, but somehow the magic didn't build. Like I said, all shows can't be successes, ...



Kansas.com

LC Outlet offers clothing for less
Kansas.com
"This is my one-time leap of faith," she said. Asked how long she'll stay aloft, Machain said, "We signed a one-year lease." Ruth and Lauren Machain show off some of the merchandise at LC Outlet on North Arkansas.



Premiere Date Announced for Mad Men Season 5
TVOvermind
Creator Matthew Weiner likes to keep all details secret before the show airs, including how much time has surpassed since we were last with these characters and as we have seen before the time leap can be months or years. What we do is what happened in ...

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is earth slowing Is Earth Slowing Down Creationism Id Intelligent Design

First an absurd Assertion



Some prominent creation scientists promote the idea that the Earth's rotational speed can show proof the earth could not possibly be 4.5 billion years old.

Their argument goes along these lines. The speed with which the earth rotates on its axis is slowing. Each day, the time required for for the earth to rotate one complete turn on it axis is increasing 1.5 milliseconds. This may not seem like much. But it amounts to over six seconds per decade. Astronomers must insert leap seconds many times each decade to compensate for this slowing. If the earth's rate of deceleration has been constant throughout the life of the earth, then its rotational speed would have been very high 4.5 billion years ago. A day would be have been only a few seconds long. This high rotational speed would have long ago flattened into the shape of a pancake. 11 That clearly did not happen, so the age of the earth must be a very small fraction of 4.5 billion years.

Is the Rotation really Slowing



Their basic belief is wrong: the time taken for the earth to rotate on its axis is slowing down by only about 1.5 milliseconds per century -- not per day.

The Moon raises tides in the ocean. This generates friction between the sea and the earth, diminishing the earth's speed of rotation. "This effect causes a slowing of the Earth's rotational speed resulting in a lengthening of the day by about 0.0015 to 0.0020 seconds per day per century." 12 The insertion of a leap second in most years is not directly related to this deceleration. In fact, if the earth stopped decelerating and achieved a constant speed, there would still be a need to insert leap seconds in most years. The need for leap seconds is caused by our basic definition of time, which is currently derived from atomic clocks. The second has been defined to match the day as it was in the year 1900. Over a century has passed since that time. During that century, each day has lengthened by about 1.8 milliseconds. So, over a year, the difference between an atomic clock and the earth is about 365 x 0.18 = 657 milliseconds, or 0.66 seconds. Thus the need for the leap second in most years. A century from now, the accumulated error will be over a second each year, requiring two leap seconds in some years.


Christian Science Monitor

Will Earth no longer define time? Leap second could be abolished.
Christian Science Monitor
The rotation of the Earth has defined time for as long as time has been kept, but keeping up with all of Earth's little quirks by adding and subtracting an occasional leap second is getting tiring. Timekeepers could vote Thursday to rely solely on ...
Is time running out for the 'leap second'?Mother Nature Network (blog)
This year a day and a second longerSouthgate Amateur Radio Club

all 498 news articles »


Time running out for 'leap second' that has kept us in step with our slowing ...
The Guardian
Times are changing. Delegates will gather in Geneva this week to vote on a plan to alter the way we measure the passage of the seconds, minutes and hours that make up the day. If agreed, telling the time will no longer be determined ultimately by the ...



Luxe Worldwide Hotels Offer "SimplyLuxe" Leap Year Celebration
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- This February, Luxe Worldwide Hotels will be offering limited-time Leap Year specials at 24 select locations including Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, and Beverly Hills.

and more »


LEONHIRTH: Leap year to provide plenty of politicking
The Daily News Journal
At one time, leap years provided the spectacles of presidential elections and the winter and summer Olympics, but the revised Olympics schedule now allow only the summer games to compete for public attention. Since London will be the site of the summer ...

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This Week In Imports: Start Off The Year With Super Robots
Siliconera
4:47pm Japan's first retail releases for 2012 include Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble (better known as Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy overseas), a port of Time Leap and a new Super Robot Taisen OG Saga title. While the release list is still slim ...

and more »


CNET

MetroPCS Shares Decline After Subscriber Gains Miss Analysts' Estimates
Bloomberg
MetroPCS fell (PCS) 8.9 percent to $8.01 at the close in New York time. Leap declined 7 percent to $8.56. Monthly churn at Richardson, Texas-based MetroPCS fell to 3.7 percent from 4.5 percent in the third quarter. Chief Financial Officer J. Braxton ...
MetroPCS, Leap Decline After Subscriber Data Miss EstimatesBusinessWeek

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Kansas.com

LC Outlet offers clothing for less
Kansas.com
"This is my one-time leap of faith," she said. Asked how long she'll stay aloft, Machain said, "We signed a one-year lease." Ruth and Lauren Machain show off some of the merchandise at LC Outlet on North Arkansas.



Leap to launch session-based data transactions on top of tiered pricing
FierceWireless
This isn't the first time Leap has discussed its plans to move to a session-based scenario for data. Indeed, in February 2011 Hutcheson said Leap would move to session-based data later in 2011--thus, it appears Leap's plans for session-based data ...

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Premiere Date Announced for Mad Men Season 5
TVOvermind
Creator Matthew Weiner likes to keep all details secret before the show airs, including how much time has surpassed since we were last with these characters and as we have seen before the time leap can be months or years. What we do is what happened in ...

and more »


Time Leap va bientôt séduire les joueurs en démo
PlayLipse.fr
Les joueurs PC et Xbox 360 connaissent peut-être le Time Leap de Prototype et FrontWing. Cette simulation amoureuse un peu coquine est attendue pour le 12 janvier prochain au Japon. Histoire d'assurer les préliminaires, l'éditeur tient absolument à ...


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