From phk at phk.freebsd.dk  Fri Apr  3 14:46:28 2009
From: phk at phk.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:46:28 +0000
Subject: [LEAPSECS] Ohh dear, leap this...
Message-ID: <7094.1238784388@critter.freebsd.dk>


	"The weight of the ice forces down the land beneath it. If
	the ice melts away, they say the underlying land will
	rebound, causing Earth's axis of rotation to shift about
	500 metres. They say this will move water from the southern
	Atlantic and Pacific oceans northward toward North America
	and into the southern Indian Ocean."

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Antarctic+melt+could+shift+Earth+rotation+Study/1261393/story.html

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From sla at ucolick.org  Mon Apr  6 13:48:27 2009
From: sla at ucolick.org (Steve Allen)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:48:27 -0700
Subject: [LEAPSECS] obligatory reading material
Message-ID: <20090406174827.GB16377@ucolick.org>

On my "to buy" list

Time    From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics
Seidelmann and McCarthy

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Earth-Rotation-Atomic-Physics/dp/3527407804/

release date says June 15
interesting cover art

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