From: Tony Wong ( Tony.Wong@atnf.csiro.au ) . Date: Tue Sep 11 2001 - 15:01:33 EST . ... Previous message: Ramesh Balasubramanyam: "Re: speakers" . In reply to: Andrew Melatos: "speakers" . Next in thread: Andrew Melatos: "speakers" . ... Andrew et al, . On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Andrew Melatos wrote: . ... Chiang - Tony W and Andrew M . ... We shouldn't invite . ... specialized for a workshop like this. ... to give an invited talk at a workshop entitled . ... Upgraded Australia Telescope . ...

metrologia The leap second: its history and possible future R. A. Nelson, D. D. McCarthy , S. Malys, J. Levine, B. Guinot, H. F. Fliegel , R. L. Beard and T. R. Bartholome w Abstract. This paper reviews the theoretica l motivatio n for the leap second in the context of the historica l evolutio n of time measurement . Th e periodic insertio n of a leap second step into th e scale of Coordinate d Universal Time (UTC) necessitates frequent changes in comple x timekeepin g systems an d is currentl y th e