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Toyota chief apologizes for global recalls - FederalNewsRadio.com

The news conference at the company's headquarters in Nagoya, Japan was shown at Toyota's Tokyo office by a satellite feed.

Bracketron Announces New USB Mobile Device Car Charger - TMCnet

... COMTEX/ -- Bracketron, the leading manufacturer in mounting solutions for mobile consumer electronics, today introduced a new portable USB car charger ... mounting solutions and accessories for GPS, satellite radio, cell phone, iPod/iPhone ...

Fixed Mobile Convergence - TMCnet

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 05, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bracketron, the leading manufacturer in mounting solutions for mobile consumer electronics, today introduced a new portable USB car charger for mobile devices. The product works with most of today ...

Why the iPad Is Actually a theyPad - New York Observer

First, the chutzpah. The “table t.” On Mount Sinai, Moses received the Ten Commandments written on twin “tablets,” then climbed back down into the desert wilderness and explained the new law to the Jewish people. Clutching his own “tablet ...

KWHQ - KSRM

... The Glenn Beck Program, is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks and is the third highest-rated national radio talk show among adults ages 25 to 54. Beck was the recipient of the 2008 Marconi Award for Network ... and on XM satellite Radio.

Shuttle Endeavour crew includes musician, ex-shuttle launcher, 2nd ... - Los Angeles Times

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker. A ...

Driver's Game Plan Sounds Like Illegal Procedure - Hartford Courant

... can see the TV image reflected on the large mirror behind me. This way, I never miss a touchdown play or game-winning home run while I am driving. My problem is that since the conversion from analog to digital ... XM satellite radio receiver

Marine colonel aboard shuttle Endeavour - Marine Corp Times

... Space Station: Commander George Zamka is personally delivering some special rocks to the International Space Station: four chips from the moon and a stone from the top of Mount Everest. The fragments of moon rock were gathered by Neil Armstrong ...

Endeavour’s crew takes on ‘bittersweet’ mission - MSNBC

NASA begins its final year of shuttle flights with the launch of six astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, carrying the last major pieces of the International Space Station. The STS-130 mission is delivering and installing the Tranquility ...

TV via your van's mirror is disaster waiting to happen - Columbus Dispatch

Dear Tom and Ray: My problem is my 1995 Chevy High-Top Conversion Van, model G20. I am a fanatical sports fan. I never miss a football or baseball game. I also do a lot of RV-ing, so I spend a lot of time on the road. My RV van has a TV screen for ...

Resolved Question: How can I install a satellite radio into an older car?

I am thinking about getting a satellite radio for my car, which is a 1985 Oldsmobile that does not have a metal roof for the antenna. Are there other places on the car that I can mount the antenna and still get a good signal? more

Resolved Question: 2007 Kia Optima LX HELP PLEASE.!!!?

Would anyone know if the STOCK radio in this car a double din, or single.? I want to buy my boyfriend this deck for his car but i have no idea if it will fit,,, (because i have not yet seen the car) Pioneer - In-Dash Navigation Receiver/ Satellite Radio/HD Radio/Apple® iPod®-Ready CD Deck Model: AVIC-U310BT | SKU: 9362012 (the mounting style is double din) ..If it doesn't fit anyone have any idea of one that will.? i want the GPS built in.! more

Resolved Question: radio music coming from attic at night?

we have high ceilings and the bedrooms are on the side of the house where the Satellite dish (dish network) is mounted. there also is the heating unit mounted to the roof by large metal rods. on the same side. since we got the dish (we think), we have been hearing a radio station coming thru the vents in the ceiling and keeping us awake all night. it is driving us crazy and we can't sleep. everything in our house is shut off completely at night. no neighbors have anything on and it's perfectly quiet outside. there is also some sort of radio tower on a hill a couple miles away. on that side of the house. any ideas to help us?? we don't even know what type of person to call to be able to help us figure this out. it's in all rooms on that side of house, so we can't even change rooms to sleep in. thanks more

Resolved Question: Which car is the better sport car?

Which of the following sport coupes is the better one? Nissan Altima COupe 2.5 S with these packages: 175-hp 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine 4-wheel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) Nissan Intelligent Key™ with Push Button Ignition AM/FM/CD audio system with auxiliary audio input [1] Air conditioning with in-cabin microfilter Six standard air bags CVT Transmission 2.5 S Convenience Package 16" Aluminum-alloy wheels Automatic on/off headlights 8-way power adjustable driver's seat with lumbar support Passenger-side front-window one-touch auto-up/down with auto-reverse Remote front windows down Key-operated front windows up/down Dual illuminated visor vanity mirrors with sun visor extenders Leather-wrapped steering wheel Steering wheel-mounted audio controls Wood-tone trim (Blond interior only) Trunk side storage net Power sliding glass moonroof with tilt feature Leather-appointed seats and door trim Leather-wrapped shift knob Heated front seats Bluetooth® Hands-free Phone System Digital Bose® audio system with AM/FM/in-dash 6-CD changer and 9 speakers XM® Satellite Radio [1] MP3/WMA CD playback capability Radio Data Service (RDS) Speed-sensitive volume control Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) HomeLink® Universal Transceiver Auto-dimming inside rearview mirror with compass Illuminated center console Premium metallic trim (Charcoal Leather interior only) Honda Accord Coupe EX Automatic - 190-hp, 2.4 liter, i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine Drive-by-Wire™ throttle system Double wishbone front and independent multi-link rear suspension 17-inch alloy wheels Projector-beam halogen headlights Air conditioning with air-filtration Illuminated steering wheel-mounted audio and cruise controls 270-watt AM/FM/6-disc in-dash premium audio system with 7 speakers including subwoofer Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with traction control Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure Anti-lock braking system (ABS) Front side airbags Side curtain airbags Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Daytime Running Lights (DRL) Active front head restraints One-touch power moonroof with tilt feature Heated power side mirrors Power windows with auto-up/down for both the driver's and front passenger's windows Premium interior accents Blue ambient console lighting Wing + Front Under + Side + Rear Under Spoilers Wheel Locks Body Side Molding Accesory Bluetooth Handsfreelink Honda Remote Engine-Starter System Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track 3.8L DOHC V6 Fully automatic temperature control (FATC) Fog lights Premium door sill plates Electronic Stability Control with Traction Control System Anti-lock Brake System with Electronic Brake-force Distribution and Brake Assist Brembo braking system Track-tuned suspension with strut brace 19" alloy wheels with summer tires Limited-slip differential Tire Pressure Monitoring System Front, side, side air curtain air bags Active front head restraints Black leather seats Power driver seat Heated seats Driver’s lumbar support Trip computer Metalgrain and chrome interior accents Proximity key entry system with push button start Leather-wrapped steering wheel/shift knob Aluminum pedals Power windows, door locks, & mirrors Infinity Premium AM/FM/XM/CD Player USB/iPod/Aux jack connectivity Steering wheel audio controls Cruise control / Auto light control Bluetooth connectivity Sunroof Electrochromic mirror with HomeLink and compass Aero wiper blades Rear spoiler High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights Fog lights If you can tell me which coupe is better, that would be so helpful. more

Resolved Question: Is it true that satellite radio signal will pass through the fiberglass top on a Jeep?

Trying to figure out where to put the magnetic antenna on a buddy's Jeep, and obviously the removable roof is on and off all the time. Someone told me that the signal will still pass through either a hard top or a soft top if we mount the antenna to the roll bar. Is that right? Anyone else got this to work (before I take the hardtop off just to squeeze the antenna in there)of course the hood will work, that's where it is on my own yj more

Resolved Question: Am I paying the right price for this 2009 Yaris?

I'm looking to purchase a 2009 Yaris 5door Hatchback automatic I received an offer of $13453.52 After Rebate + Tax License and Fees <--- Is that the total price after rebate and tax license fees? Or is that the price after rebate only? If so, how much would tax license and fees cost? I'm also looking to trade in my car and use that payment as a down payment for the yaris. Here are the specifications on the Yaris 5door Hatchback Auto 2009 Toyota Yaris 4 DoorFlint Mica w/ Gray InteriorMSRP $15475Invoice $14703Your Special Internet Fleet Price $13453.52 After Rebate + Tax License and Fees MECHANICAL & PERFORMANCE 1.5L 4-Cyl DOHC VVT-I SFI Engine 4-Speed Automatic Transmission Front Wheel Drive MacPherson Strut Front Suspension Torsion Beam Rear Suspension Elect Power Steering (EPS) Elect Throttle Ctrl with Intel (ETCS-I) Front Ventilated Disc \ Rear Drum Brakes 14" Steel Wheels with Full Wheel Covers P175/65 R14 Steel-belted Radial Tires SAFETY Dr & Fr Pass Advanced Airbag System Dr & Fr Pass-Seat Mounted Side Airbags and Front & Rear Side Curtain Airbags 4 Wheel ABS with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) Driver & All Passenger 3-point Seatbelts CRS Lower LATCH & Top Tether Anchors Child Protector Rear Door Locks Direct Tire Pressure Monitoring System Rear Center High Mount Stop Lamp EXTERIOR Multi-Reflector Halogen Headlamps Intermittent Front Windshield Wiper Color-keyed Outside Door Handles Color-keyed Manual Fold Outside Mirrors In-Glass AM/FM Antenna COMFORT & CONVENIENCE CFC-Free Air Conditioning Audio Prep Package with 4 Speakers Center Mounted Meter w/ Speedometer, Odometer, Tripmeter & Fuel Gauge Display Tilt 3-Spoke Steering Wheel Fabric Trimmed 4-way Adjustable Fr Seats 12-Volt Power Outlet Driver-side Storage Compartment Passenger-side Glove Compartment Fixed Rear Bench Seat Interior Maplight & Trunk Lamp Digital Clock Front & Rear Cup Holders Remote Fuel-Filler Door & Hood Release Convenience Package: Includes AM/FM CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability, auxiliary audio jack, satellite radio capability, and CD text display function, 60/40 split fold-down rear seat, 15-in. steel wheels with full wheel covers and rear window defroster Carpeted Floor Mats/Cargo Mat I was hoping for the Yaris to be power door and windows.. but I guess not. more

Resolved Question: Why does our Sirius satellite radio cut out on this barely used Pioneer stereo?

Pioneer DEH-P3900MP with Sirius component installed. I had this in my car for 6 months until I sold it with no problems. I got a new car so we moved it to my girlfriends car. It was installed last weekend at Best Buy and it started cutting in and out after a few days. We took it back this weekend and they moved the antenna and before leaving the parking lot it stopped working again. So we took it back the same day and got a new antenna put on. Same thing - just after leaving the parking lot the Sirius stops and the display reads "Acquiring Signal" constantly. Why is this happening? It's on a VW bug and the antenna is mounted by the hood under the windshield wipers. The first time it was on the dash near the windshield on the inside of the car. more

Voting Question: what size screws to mount a satellite radio?

what size screws are used to mount a sirius radio to the suction mount more

Voting Question: satellite radio question?

mounting the plug and play, is it better to suction cup it to the window or vent mounting? more

Resolved Question: How's the 2009 Honda Civic Coupe EX (Auto) for 20,000?

Technical Features • 140-hp, 1.8-Liter, SOHC i-VTEC® 4-Cylinder Engine • 5-Speed Automatic Transmission • ULEV-2 (Ultra-Low-Emission Vehicle) • Drive-by-Wire™ Throttle System • MacPherson Strut Front Suspension • Multi-Link Rear Suspension • Power-Assisted Rack-and-Pinion Steering • Power-Assisted Ventilated Front Disc/Rear Solid Disk Brakes • 100,000 +/- Miles No Scheduled Tune-Ups Safety Features • 3-Point Seat Belts at All Seating Positions • Front 3-Point Seat Belts with Automatic Tensioning System • Driver's and Front Passenger's Seat Belt Reminder • Dual-Stage, Dual-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS) • Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) • Side Curtain Airbags • Driver's and Front Passenger's Active Head Restraints • Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) Body Structure • Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) • Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) • Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) • Side-Impact Door Beams • Daytime Running Lights (DRL) • Outboard Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) • Immobilizer Theft-Deterrent System Interior Features • Air Conditioning with Air-Filtration System • Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System™ with Voice Recognition • Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® • 350-Watt AM/FM/CD Premium Audio System with 7 Speakers, Including Subwoofer • XM® Radio • Digital Audio-Card Reader • MP3/Windows Media®Audio (WMA) Playback Capability • MP3/Auxiliary Input Jack • USB Audio Interface • Speed-Sensitive Volume Control (SVC) • Power Windows with Auto-Up/Down Driver's Window • Power Door Locks with Auto-Lock Feature • Cruise Control • Blue Ambient Console Lighting • Steering Wheel-Mounted Cruise/Audio Controls • Tilt and Telescopic Steering Column • Beverage Holders, Front and Rear • Center Console with Sliding Armrest and Storage Compartment • Passenger-Side Walk-In Feature • Map Lights • Floor Mats • Driver's and Front Passenger's Vanity Mirrors • Rear Window Defroster with Timer • 12-Volt Power Outlet (Front and Center Console) • Maintenance Minder™ System • Steering Wheel-Mounted Cruise/Audio/Navi and HandsFreeLink® Controls Exterior Features • One-Touch Power Moonroof with Tilt Feature • Security System with Remote Entry and Trunk Release • Integrated Rear-Window Antenna • Body-Colored Power Side Mirrors • Body-Colored Door Handles • Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers • Multi-Reflector Halogen Headlights • Rear Decklid Spoiler • Chrome Exhaust Finisher • 16" Alloy Wheels more

Resolved Question: How many windsheild mounts can you have in your car?

I currently have an XM radio receiver unit attached directly to the top of my dash so it might as well be a winsheild mount since its display is virtually in the same position. I am getting an IPod and was considering getting a windsheild mount for it. So I will have an IPod right above my XM receiver. My first question is that legal in Pennsylvania? And a second question out of curiousity: How many is too many? What if I decided to get a GPS eventually and wanted it mounted to my windsheild? How far can you risk it before a cop decides to pull you over? I'm sure all that stuff will obstruct your view. I know there are other alternatives to mounting IPods, GPS, Satellite radio, etc. to your car's interior so don't give me that answer. more

Resolved Question: What is the best in dash touchscreen?

I am looking for a touchscreen for my honda accord and I already have the wiring and mounting brackets, etc. I am not looking for a gps compatible, bluetooth, or satellite radio compatible one. Just a touchscreen that plays movies, and preferably can control my ipod through it. Any suggestions would help. more

Resolved Question: Can someone explain satellite radio to me, please?

I'm thinking about purchasing a kit that includes: Includes satellite radio receiver, car cradle, remote control, UL listed DC adapter, antenna, cassette adapter, car mount, and vent clip. I see that this has a casette adapter, but will this work without using the casette adapter? My husband has a 2007 Ford Ranger with no tape deck. He wants satellite radio for Christmas, and I want to surprise him. I just don't want to buy the wrong thing cause I'm totally clueless!! If this wont work without tape deck, can anyone explain how to hook these up or give me any recommendations of a kit to purchase that's easy to install? There's another I've looked at that includes: Express EZ XM receiver XMSC1 sure connect antenna Home dock Mobile dock AC adapter 12V power adapter RCA audio cables Vent clip Three-month XM activation card. Basically, I am so confused! HELP! more

Resolved Question: Brightly flashing red, white, and blue "stars"?

Several times over the last few years I have observed brightly flashing red/white/blue "stars" in the night sky. Previously I assumed they were airplanes, or possibly helicopters, but last night, October 17, 2008, I realized they probably are not. The following observations were made in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, about 15 miles south of Alamosa, and subsequently near Del Norte, 30 miles to the west. Here are the details: The first object was visible in the northeastern sky, at an altitude of about 30 degrees above the horizon, bearing about 60deg. We noticed it around 8:00 P.M. Later we noticed substantially similar objects bearing 180 and 300.. To the naked eye, the objects appeared to be very brightly twinkling stars, except that they appeared to move slightly, causing us to get out binoculars. Through binoculars, we could see that the star looked like a rotating beacon or strobe, brightly flashing in red, blue and white. We continued to watch the object, first steadying the binoculars on a fence post, and then mounting one pair on a tripod to get a steady view. Once we obtained a steady view, we could tell that the object was really not moving in relation to the horizon, and that over a period of half an hour or so, the stars had moved, but the object had not. My next thought was that we were seeing some sort of aerial navigation aid on a radio tower, however, I have checked the sectional aviation chart for the area. There is no high tower on the chart that matches the location. I remembered that in the past, the RAF, as a guest of the US, has done high altitude testing of Chinook helicopters in our area, but these tests are usually announced in the local media, and it seems unlikely that they would be testing three helicopters in widely dispersed areas, in three different areas, far from the airport where they normally base these tests. Having other committments, I broke off my observatons of the object to the north east, and as I was loading my car, I noticed the similar objects to the south and the north west. I made a 45 minute drive, arriving in Del Norte, about 40 miles away to the north west, and I was able to keep the north west flashing thing in view for most of my drive. Arriving in Del Norte around 10:00 P.M. I was able to again pick out the flashing object to the north west and the north east. The location where the southerly object would have been located, was obscured by trees and a low range of hills to the south. Again, the objects appeared about 30 degrees above the horizon, appeared to be stationary, persisted for more than two hours and remained visible in apparently the same location in the sky as I drove more than 45 miles. Again, the objects appeared to be very brightly flashing stars, flashing blue, red and white, almost as if a state patrol car, or some other vehicle equipped with a rotating beacon or strobe, was suspended in the sky with it's emergency flashers turned on. I have consulted my star atlas and they do not appear to match the location of any currently prominently visible bright stars. They also do not appear to rise and set. I find it hard to believe that satellites in stationary orbit would flash red white and blue, and to my knowledge, neither airplanes nor helicopters display flashing blue lights. I am also not aware of any commonly used aerial navigation aide or collission avoidance device. Any ideas? more

Resolved Question: Who manufactured the audio tuner/panel in the Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable?

I have a 2002 Sable, and I was wondering if it is compatible with a Sirius Connect tuner, so I can control the satellite radio with my already-existing radio panel, instead of having a tuner mounted above my panel more

Resolved Question: Where would the SIRIUS Satellite Radio antenna be installed on a Jeep Wrangler?

I have a 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with SIRIUS Satellite Radio factory installed. I have a Sirius subscription and I get good reception, but I was just curious as to where the antenna is mounted. more

Resolved Question: Satellite radio in a convertible? Antenna options?

I've been considering investing in Sirius satellite radio for my car, however after researching it seems that there is an external antenna that needs to be mounted on the exterior of the car. Most documentation I've read recommends mounting this magnetic antenna on the roof of the car, but I have a convertible, and to be completely honest I don't really want an unsightly piece of hardware outside my car. Is there another option other than this external antenna? Perhaps something that will connect to (or replace) my existing AM/FM radio antenna?Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd rather not put it on the dash either. I don't think it would look very good there. more

Resolved Question: siruis satellite radio?

my connection is lost because my antenna is broken. i have the indoor/outdoor antenna. I hate having to drag it outside. I was wondering what is better the indoor/outdoor antena or the roof mounting antenna? How does the roof mounting antenna work? Do I have to brng the cable from inside to outside or keep my window open a little. more

Resolved Question: High quality HD over standard antenna??

Today, on the radio, I heard that HDTV of standard channels (ABS, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS) is broadcast free of charge over standard "Old fashioned" TV antennas. This reputable radio host also mentioned that this form of HD was actually BETTER than cable or satellite because it was not compressed format. Anyone know anything about this? Also, is there a way of taking advantage of this broadcasting without the "Roof mounted" antenna? Like maybe rabbit ears or something? more

Resolved Question: Installing a Sirius Satellite Radio - Antenna Question?

Hi, I am buying a sirius satellite radio today and have a question. On the Sirius website it says not to mount the antenna inside the car. I've been reading online and a lot of people have successfully installed it on the inside without any problems. I was just wondering if anyone has any input on this topic which may be helpful to me. I already have an antenna on the outside, and really don't want to stick another one there. I was thinking of mounting it somewhere in my back window or on the rear deck. Any thought? Thanks!Also, does anyone know the reason why you are not supposed to mount it on the inside? Just curious. more

Resolved Question: What do I need for satellite radio?

I have an '05 Infiniti FX35. It does not currently have satellite radio but has the satellite button on the dash with all the radio buttons. Does anyone know what would be needed to add XM or Sirius. Also which is better XM or Sirius? I really do not want any additional things mounted on my dash. Is this just an issue of having it activated? more

Resolved Question: Looking for some answers on being an OTR company driver?

Looking for any good/bad experiences anyone has had. What are the pro's and con's for leading a truck driver lifestyle, especially with your personal life? Is it easier to be a single or married OTR driver? Realistically how much money will I use for weekly expenses? Is the extra money woth being in a flatbed fleet for all the hard work vs a van fleet? Honest opinions of truck stops and why they are good/bad. What sort of tv, cb, satellite radio, gps, power invertor, cooler/fridge should I buy for the truck? How would you mount a tv? Any advice on creating some extra storage room inside the truck? I would just be starting out, so what sort of weekly mileage would I be looking at? Roehl offers a weekly salary of $800 for separating military vs mileage pay, is that better or worse? Thanks to anyone who replies. more

Resolved Question: Can you help me to get TV/radio reception?

I have just moved into a new house which is much lower than all the houses around. These form a solid barrier around my house. Also, it is terraced, with my roof a floor lower than the two on either side so I cannot mount a high aerial. Cable has not yet reached our region. I have broadband. The radio signal is poor. My DAB radio does not work anywhere in the house and FM and longwave are both weak, especially in the kitchen. I think that I could put a satellite dish up and receive a satellite signal. What I want is: 1 To be able to watch one channel while recording another 2 To be able to watch the 5 terrestrial channels and Ceebeebies 3 To be able to listen to Radio 4 and Test Match Special, preferrably at various locations through the house. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a cost-effective solution (and I prefer upfront costs to subscription charges). Thanks in advance Perspy more

Resolved Question: I'd really like dealer installed NAV in my new car. Why are they cd driven & not satellite?

I heard if you get navigation "in dash" that it can only be updated by buying cd's to load. The dash mounted types, Garmin, TomTom, receive satellite signals and are constantly updated. I really hate anything on my dash or stuck on the winshield. Why aren't "in dash" kinds satellite driven too? I don't understand why the same antenna that runs your satellite radio couldn't run your nav too? Or maybe you can order one to be installed that is? If not, how do you know how often to update, and are the cd's expensive? more

Resolved Question: Satellite Radio antenna and GPS unit in same location?

I have a satellite radio with the antenna mounted on the dash at the base of the windshield, and I am considering buying a GPS unit; will the radio antenna interfere with the GPS? Thanks more

Resolved Question: What are those wedge-shaped devices on the roofs of newer cars? Usually positioned to the rear of the roof.?

Are they for GPS or Cell phones? Or possibly Satellite radio? I thought they were mostly on the BMWs but honda now has them, Acura, newer GM cars. They are typically mounted to the rear and are the same color as the vehicle. I am looking for a something of the same but for satellite radio. Where can I find an after-market one that's compatible? more

Resolved Question: Looking for a satellite radio antenna that is 'wireless' - mounted remote from my radio?

My sirius satellite radio is in a fixed location (I cannot move it). However, the reception is horrible. I am looking for a device that would allow me to mount the antenna in a better location in/on my house and not have to run an antenna wire between it and the radio - some type of wireless solution. more

Resolved Question: Dropped a screw inside the vent?

I bought one of those dashboard mounted satellite radios. One of the small screws from the unit came loose and fell down inside the dashboard windshield defroster vent. Now when I drive I can hear the screw inside there somewhere moving around via enertia. How can I get it out? If I use a big powerful magnet will it not hurt the instrument panel electronics? Or do they make magnets small enough and powerful enough to stick down through the vent slots suspended on a string? What is inside there? How much disassembly does it take to open it up and look inside? Where inside would it settle down to? more

Resolved Question: How can I improve my reception for my Sirius Satellite Radio?

I Just recieved a Sirius Satellite Radio for Christmas. I tried putting it in my 1990 Eclipse. i followed all the instructions and have the antenna mounted on the back rear window glass. However the reception is so bad i can't even get through a song. Help! more

Resolved Question: Sirius Satellite Radio question?

I've read my owner's manual and looked online but cannot find the answer. I drive a Toyota Yaris that basically only has two places to put the suction cup mount (that I can think of) on a window, or on the plastic over the cd/radio display. I originally had it over the cd/radio display, but the suction cup made it pop off. I'm not sure if the location of the faceplate has anything to do with this, but now all the diplay says is "aquiring signal". It has done this for a week and at first I thought cloud cover was affecting the signal, but there have been several clear days. I have a 45 minute drive to and from work on open road (no overhead trees and only a few bridges). What else could be causing this??? And do any Yaris owners have an idea of where else to put it in my car? more

Resolved Question: Vehicle contents stolen!!?

Ok. i steped outside my door after waking up this morning. then walked over to my truck (10 feet.) to get to my class today. when i got to the door and opend it. I Noticed all my stuff was out on the seat and rummaged through. then i saw my sirius satellite radio window mount setup. was gone. i must of left one of my doors unlocked. im sure there is something else missing but i cant be sure. it just looks like the psrson(s) were looking for things of value. ive never had anything stolen before, or broke into. Should i call the cops? talk to my landlord of the complex? or am i just out of luck? can they trace the setup, being its satellite? hopefully sirius will help me out when i call them to cancel my service. i'll probally go around and ask my neighboors if they have anything vandelized or stolen too? this suck please help more

Resolved Question: How to rebroadcast outside ambient fm radio signals into a sealed building?

we work in an enclosed building that we cannot receive radio signals from outside. we also cannot drill holes in the ceilings or walls to run an antenna cable. we do however have one small sealed window to transmit through. any idea's ?. would like to be able to tune the entire FM broadcast band from seperate radios. one radio being able to tune in one station while yet another listening to another.......................... not a prison however it feels like one sometimes. We don't have a PC avalable and we want local FM stations only. Not satellite radio. while satellite radio is an option. It however rebroadcasts only one station at a time. What I want to do is rebroadcast ALL stations simultaneously within the building. Isn't there a way to mount an inside/outside antenna through glass mounts and also maybe using a signal booster to increase received signal then retransmit the signal somehow ? more

Resolved Question: Satellite radio in car?

We just purchased a 2007 Dodge Caliber R/T, and it has basically every option. While reading through the owners manual, we learned that the lower models came with a radio that was XM or Sirius ready (can't remember which). For some reason, the upgraded system, with the 6 disc changer and better speakers isn't satellite radio ready. I would like to get satellite radio for my wife. Is there anyway to get it integrated into the vehicle better so I don't have to have one of the receivers mounted in the car? more

Resolved Question: Sirius satellite radio worth getting?

I definitely want to get Sirius for NFL and NBA. However, I just found out that they don't come with stored power (i.e. a battery) nor speaker outputs nor portable antennae (it needs to be mounted.) The new portable model is over 300 bucks, but it doesn't have a portable antennae, but it does do mp3. My gut says I should wait another year. Thoughts? more

Resolved Question: anyone ever used a satellite dish as an ameture radio antenna?

what im talking about is using one of those 12 - 15 footers, and mounting a beam element or fiberglass antenna at the center. i've heard people say you cant, but they are refering to using it unmodified. the way i'd be using it the dish would effectively be a ground plane. could it be done? if not do you have any data to prove it wont? more

Resolved Question: Is carbon-14 dating accurate? (read the whole article or dont answer)?

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Answers, the new Bible-affirming magazine from Answers in Genesis, is now shipping! Answers features articles on a variety of topics that impact Christians today, and includes a detachable chart, a pullout children’s magazine, excellent layman and semi-technical articles and bonus content from the AnswersMagazine.com website. Our writers, scientists and publishing team believe you’ll be thrilled with Answers. So why wait? Subscribe today! What about carbon dating? by Don Batten (editor), Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati, and Carl Wieland First published in The Revised and Expanded Answers Book Chapter 4 How does the carbon ‘clock’ work? Is it reliable? What does carbon dating really show? What about other radiometric dating methods? Is there evidence that the earth is young? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related articles: Radiometric Dating Questions and Answers RATE research reveals remarkable results—a fatal blow to billions of years RATE group reveals exciting breakthroughs! Rating radiodating Radiometric dating breakthroughs The parable of the candle Recommended Resources: Thousands … Not Billions Thousands … Not Billions (DVD) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth— Volume 1 & Volume 2 & DVD The Revised and Expanded Answers Book Refuting Evolution People who ask about carbon-14 (14C) dating usually want to know about the radiometric1 dating methods that are claimed to give millions and billions of years—carbon dating can only give thousands of years. People wonder how millions of years could be squeezed into the biblical account of history. Clearly, such huge time periods cannot be fitted into the Bible without compromising what the Bible says about the goodness of God and the origin of sin, death and suffering—the reason Jesus came into the world. Christians, by definition, take the statements of Jesus Christ seriously. He said, ‘But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female’ (Mark 10:6). This only makes sense with a time-line beginning with the creation week thousands of years ago. It makes no sense at all if man appeared at the end of billions of years. We will deal with carbon dating first and then with the other dating methods. How the carbon clock works Carbon has unique properties that are essential for life on earth. Familiar to us as the black substance in charred wood, as diamonds, and the graphite in ‘lead’ pencils, carbon comes in several forms, or isotopes. One rare form has atoms that are 14 times as heavy as hydrogen atoms: carbon-14, or 14C, or radiocarbon. Carbon-14 is made when cosmic rays knock neutrons out of atomic nuclei in the upper atmosphere. These displaced neutrons, now moving fast, hit ordinary nitrogen (14N) at lower altitudes, converting it into 14C. Unlike common carbon (12C), 14C is unstable and slowly decays, changing it back to nitrogen and releasing energy. This instability makes it radioactive. Ordinary carbon (12C) is found in the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air, which is taken up by plants, which in turn are eaten by animals. So a bone, or a leaf or a tree, or even a piece of wooden furniture, contains carbon. When the 14C has been formed, like ordinary carbon (12C), it combines with oxygen to give carbon dioxide (14CO2), and so it also gets cycled through the cells of plants and animals. We can take a sample of air, count how many 12C atoms there are for every 14C atom, and calculate the 14C/12C ratio. Because 14C is so well mixed up with 12C, we expect to find that this ratio is the same if we sample a leaf from a tree, or a part of your body. In living things, although 14C atoms are constantly changing back to 14N, they are still exchanging carbon with their surroundings, so the mixture remains about the same as in the atmosphere. However, as soon as a plant or animal dies, the 14C atoms which decay are no longer replaced, so the amount of 14C in that once-living thing decreases as time goes on. In other words, the 14C/12C ratio gets smaller. So, we have a ‘clock’ which starts ticking the moment something dies. Obviously, this works only for things which were once living. It cannot be used to date volcanic rocks, for example. The rate of decay of 14C is such that half of an amount will convert back to 14N in 5,730 years (plus or minus 40 years). This is the ‘half-life.’ So, in two half-lives, or 11,460 years, only one-quarter will be left. Thus, if the amount of 14C relative to 12C in a sample is one-quarter of that in living organisms at present, then it has a theoretical age of 11,460 years. Anything over about 50,000 years old, should theoretically have no detectable 14C left. That is why radiocarbon dating cannot give millions of years. In fact, if a sample contains 14C, it is good evidence that it is not millions of years old. However, things are not quite so simple. First, plants discriminate against carbon dioxide containing 14C. That is, they take up less than would be expected and so they test older than they really are. Furthermore, different types of plants discriminate differently. This also has to be corrected for.2 Second, the ratio of 14C/12C in the atmosphere has not been constant—for example, it was higher before the industrial era when the massive burning of fossil fuels released a lot of carbon dioxide that was depleted in 14C. This would make things which died at that time appear older in terms of carbon dating. Then there was a rise in 14CO2 with the advent of atmospheric testing of atomic bombs in the 1950s.3 This would make things carbon-dated from that time appear younger than their true age. Measurement of 14C in historically dated objects (e.g., seeds in the graves of historically dated tombs) enables the level of 14C in the atmosphere at that time to be estimated, and so partial calibration of the ‘clock’ is possible. Accordingly, carbon dating carefully applied to items from historical times can be useful. However, even with such historical calibration, archaeologists do not regard 14C dates as absolute because of frequent anomalies. They rely more on dating methods that link into historical records. Outside the range of recorded history, calibration of the 14C clock is not possible.4 Other factors affecting carbon dating The amount of cosmic rays penetrating the earth’s atmosphere affects the amount of 14C produced and therefore dating the system. The amount of cosmic rays reaching the earth varies with the sun’s activity, and with the earth's passage through magnetic clouds as the solar system travels around the Milky Way galaxy. The strength of the earth’s magnetic field affects the amount of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere. A stronger magnetic field deflects more cosmic rays away from the earth. Overall, the energy of the earth’s magnetic field has been decreasing,5 so more 14C is being produced now than in the past. This will make old things look older than they really are. Also, the Genesis flood would have greatly upset the carbon balance. The flood buried a huge amount of carbon, which became coal, oil, etc., lowering the total 12C in the biosphere (including the atmosphere—plants regrowing after the flood absorb CO2, which is not replaced by the decay of the buried vegetation). Total 14C is also proportionately lowered at this time, but whereas no terrestrial process generates any more 12C, 14C is continually being produced, and at a rate which does not depend on carbon levels (it comes from nitrogen). Therefore, the 14C/12C ratio in plants/animals/the atmosphere before the flood had to be lower than what it is now. Unless this effect (which is additional to the magnetic field issue just discussed) were corrected for, carbon dating of fossils formed in the flood would give ages much older than the true ages. Creationist researchers have suggested that dates of 35,000 - 45,000 years should be re-calibrated to the biblical date of the flood.6 Such a re-calibration makes sense of anomalous data from carbon dating—for example, very discordant ‘dates’ for different parts of a frozen musk ox carcass from Alaska and an inordinately slow rate of accumulation of ground sloth dung pellets in the older layers of a cave where the layers were carbon dated.7 Also, volcanoes emit much CO2 depleted in 14C. Since the flood was accompanied by much volcanism, fossils formed in the early post-flood period would give radiocarbon ages older than they really are. In summary, the carbon-14 method, when corrected for the effects of the flood, can give useful results, but needs to be applied carefully. It does not give dates of millions of years and when corrected properly fits well with the biblical flood. Other radiometric dating methods There are various other radiometric dating methods used today to give ages of millions or billions of years for rocks. These techniques, unlike carbon dating, mostly use the relative concentrations of parent and daughter products in radioactive decay chains. For example, potassium-40 decays to argon-40; uranium-238 decays to lead-206 via other elements like radium; uranium-235 decays to lead-207; rubidium-87 decays to strontium-87; etc. These techniques are applied to igneous rocks, and are normally seen as giving the time since solidification. The isotope concentrations can be measured very accurately, but isotope concentrations are not dates. To derive ages from such measurements, unprovable assumptions have to be made such as: The starting conditions are known (for example, that there was no daughter isotope present at the start, or that we know how much was there). Decay rates have always been constant. Systems were closed or isolated so that no parent or daughter isotopes were lost or added. There are patterns in the isotope data There is plenty of evidence that the radioisotope dating systems are not the infallible techniques many think, and that they are not measuring millions of years. However, there are still patterns to be explained. For example, deeper rocks often tend to give older ‘ages.’ Creationists agree that the deeper rocks are generally older, but not by millions of years. Geologist John Woodmorappe, in his devastating critique of radioactive dating,8 points out that there are other large-scale trends in the rocks that have nothing to do with radioactive decay. ‘Bad’ dates When a ‘date’ differs from that expected, researchers readily invent excuses for rejecting the result. The common application of such posterior reasoning shows that radiometric dating has serious problems. Woodmorappe cites hundreds of examples of excuses used to explain ‘bad’ dates.9 For example, researchers applied posterior reasoning to the dating of Australopithecus ramidus fossils.10 Most samples of basalt closest to the fossil-bearing strata give dates of about 23 Ma (Mega annum, million years) by the argon-argon method. The authors decided that was ‘too old,’ according to their beliefs about the place of the fossils in the evolutionary grand scheme of things. So they looked at some basalt further removed from the fossils and selected 17 of 26 samples to get an acceptable maximum age of 4.4 Ma. The other nine samples again gave much older dates but the authors decided they must be contaminated and discarded them. That is how radiometric dating works. It is very much driven by the existing long-age world view that pervades academia today. A similar story surrounds the dating of the primate skull known as KNM-ER 1470.11 This started with an initial 212 to 230 Ma, which, according to the fossils, was considered way off the mark (humans ‘weren’t around then’). Various other attempts were made to date the volcanic rocks in the area. Over the years an age of 2.9 Ma was settled upon because of the agreement between several different published studies (although the studies involved selection of ‘good’ from ‘bad’ results, just like Australopithecus ramidus, above). However, preconceived notions about human evolution could not cope with a skull like 1470 being ‘that old.’ A study of pig fossils in Africa readily convinced most anthropologists that the 1470 skull was much younger. After this was widely accepted, further studies of the rocks brought the radiometric age down to about 1.9 Ma—again several studies ‘confirmed’ this date. Such is the dating game. Are we suggesting that evolutionists are conspiring to massage the data to get what they want? No, not generally. It is simply that all observations must fit the prevailing paradigm. The paradigm, or belief system, of molecules-to-man evolution over eons of time, is so strongly entrenched it is not questioned—it is a ‘fact.’ So every observation must fit this paradigm. Unconsciously, the researchers, who are supposedly ‘objective scientists’ in the eyes of the public, select the observations to fit the basic belief system. We must remember that the past is not open to the normal processes of experimental science, that is, repeatable experiments in the present. A scientist cannot do experiments on events that happened in the past. Scientists do not measure the age of rocks, they measure isotope concentrations, and these can be measured extremely accurately. However, the ‘age’ is calculated using assumptions about the past that cannot be proven. We should remember God’s admonition to Job, ‘Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?’ (Job 38:4). Those involved with unrecorded history gather information in the present and construct stories about the past. The level of proof demanded for such stories seems to be much less than for studies in the empirical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, etc. Williams, an expert in the environmental fate of radioactive elements, identified 17 flaws in the isotope dating reported in just three widely respected seminal papers that supposedly established the age of the earth at 4.6 billion years.12 John Woodmorappe has produced an incisive critique of these dating methods.13 He exposes hundreds of myths that have grown up around the techniques. He shows that the few ‘good’ dates left after the ‘bad’ dates are filtered out could easily be explained as fortunate coincidences. What date would you like? The forms issued by radioisotope laboratories for submission with samples to be dated commonly ask how old the sample is expected to be. Why? If the techniques were absolutely objective and reliable, such information would not be necessary. Presumably, the laboratories know that anomalous dates are common, so they need some check on whether they have obtained a ‘good’ date. Testing radiometric dating methods If the long-age dating techniques were really objective means of finding the ages of rocks, they should work in situations where we know the age. Furthermore, different techniques should consistently agree with one another. Methods should work reliably on things of known age There are many examples where the dating methods give ‘dates’ that are wrong for rocks of known age. One example is K-Ar ‘dating’ of five historical andesite lava flows from Mount Nguaruhoe in New Zealand. Although one lava flow occurred in 1949, three in 1954, and one in 1975, the ‘dates’ range from less than 0.27 to 3.5 Ma.14 Again, using hindsight, it is argued that ‘excess’ argon from the magma (molten rock) was retained in the rock when it solidified. The secular scientific literature lists many examples of excess argon causing dates of millions of years in rocks of known historical age.15 This excess appears to have come from the upper mantle, below the earth’s crust. This is consistent with a young world—the argon has had too little time to escape.16 If excess argon can cause exaggerated dates for rocks of known age, then why should we trust the method for rocks of unknown age? Other techniques, such as the use of isochrons,17 make different assumptions about starting conditions, but there is a growing recognition that such ‘foolproof’ techniques can also give ‘bad’ dates. So data are again selected according to what the researcher already believes about the age of the rock. Geologist Dr Steve Austin sampled basalt from the base of the Grand Canyon strata and from the lava that spilled over the edge of the canyon. By evolutionary reckoning, the latter should be a billion years younger than the basalt from the bottom. Standard laboratories analyzed the isotopes. The rubidium-strontium isochron technique suggested that the recent lava flow was 270 Ma older than the basalts beneath the Grand Canyon—an impossibility. Different dating techniques should consistently agree If the dating methods are an objective and reliable means of determining ages, they should agree. If a chemist were measuring the sugar content of blood, all valid methods for the determination would give the same answer (within the limits of experimental error). However, with radiometric dating, the different techniques often give quite different results. In the study of the Grand Canyon rocks by Austin, different techniques gave different results.18 Again, all sorts of reasons can be suggested for the ‘bad’ dates, but this is again posterior reasoning. Techniques that give results that can be dismissed just because they don’t agree with what we already believe cannot be considered objective. In Australia, some wood found in Tertiary basalt was clearly buried in the lava flow that formed the basalt, as can be seen from the charring. The wood was ‘dated’ by radiocarbon (14C) analysis at about 45,000 years old, but the basalt was ‘dated’ by potassium-argon method at 45 million years old!19 Isotope ratios or uraninite crystals from the Koongarra uranium body in the Northern Territory of Australia gave lead-lead isochron ages of 841 Ma, plus or minus 140 Ma.20 This contrasts with an age of 1550-1650 Ma based on other isotope ratios,21 and ages of 275, 61, 0,0, and 0 Ma for thorium/lead (232Th/208Pb) ratios in five uraninite grains. The latter figures are significant because thorium-derived dates should be the more reliable, since thorium is less mobile than the uranium minerals that are the parents of the lead isotopes in lead-lead system.22 The ‘zero’ ages in this case are consistent with the Bible. More evidence something is wrong—14C in fossils supposedly millions of years old Fossils older than 100,000 years should have too little 14C to measure, but dating labs consistently find 14C, well above background levels, in fossils supposedly many millions of years old.23,24 For example, no source of coal has been found that lacks 14C, yet this fossil fuel supposedly ranges up to hundreds of millions of years old. Fossils in rocks dated at 1–500 Ma by long-age radioisotope dating methods gave an average radiocarbon ‘age’ of about 50,000 years, much less than the limits of modern carbon dating24 (see pp. 65–69 in The Revised and Expanded Answers Book for why even these radiocarbon ages are inflated). Furthermore, there was no pattern of younger to older in the carbon dates that correlated with the evolutionary/uniformitarian ‘ages’.24 This evidence is consistent with the fossil-bearing rock layers being formed in the year-long global catastrophe of the biblical Flood, as flood geologists since Nicholas Steno (1631–1687) have recognized. Even Precambrian (‘older than 545 Ma’) graphite, which is not of organic origin, contains 14C above background levels.25 This is consistent with Earth itself being only thousands of years old, as a straightforward reading of the Bible would suggest. Many physical evidence contradict the ‘billions of years’ Of the methods that have been used to estimate the age of the earth, 90 percent point to an age far less than the billions of years asserted by evolutionists. A few of them follow. Evidence for a rapid formation of geological strata, as in the biblical flood. Some of the evidence are: lack of erosion between rock layers supposedly separated in age by many millions of years; lack of disturbance of rock strata by biological activity (worms, roots, etc.); lack of soil layers; polystrate fossils (which traverse several rock layers vertically—these could not have stood vertically for eons of time while they slowly got buried); thick layers of ‘rock’ bent without fracturing, indicating that the rock was all soft when bent; and more. For more, see books by geologists Morris26 and Austin.27 Red blood cells and hemoglobin have been found in some (unfossilized!) dinosaur bone. But these could not last more than a few thousand years—certainly not the 65 Ma since the last dinosaurs lived, according to evolutionists.28 The earth’s magnetic field has been decaying so fast that it looks like it is less than 10,000 years old. Rapid reversals during the Flood year and fluctuations shortly after would have caused the field energy to drop even faster.29, 30 Radioactive decay releases helium into the atmosphere, but not much is escaping. The total amount in the atmosphere is 1/2000th of that expected if the universe is really billions of years old. This helium originally escaped from rocks. This happens quite fast, yet so much helium is still in some rocks that it has not had time to escape—certainly not billions of years.30 A supernova is an explosion of a massive star—the explosion is so bright that it briefly outshines the rest of the galaxy. The supernova remnants (SNRs) should keep expanding for hundreds of thousands of years, according to physical equations. Yet there are no very old, widely expanded (Stage 3) SNRs, and few moderately old (Stage 1) ones in our galaxy, the Milky Way, or in its satellite galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. This is just what we would expect for ‘young’ galaxies that have not existed long enough for wide expansion.31 The moon is slowly receding from the earth at about 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year, and this rate would have been greater in the past. But even if the moon had started receding from being in contact with the earth, it would have taken only 1.37 billion years to reach its present distance from the earth. This gives a maximum age of the moon, not the actual age. This is far too young for evolutionists who claim the moon is 4.6 billion years old. It is also much younger than the radiometric ‘dates’ assigned to moon rocks.32 Salt is entering the sea much faster than it is escaping. The sea is not nearly salty enough for this to have been happening for billions of years. Even granting generous assumptions to evolutionists, the sea could not be more than 62 Ma years old—far younger than the billions of years believed by the evolutionists. Again, this indicates a maximum age, not the actual age.33 Dr Russell Humphreys gives other processes inconsistent with billions of years in the pamphlet Evidence for a Young World.34 Creationists cannot prove the age of the earth using a particular scientific method, any more than evolutionists can. They realize that all science is tentative because we do not have all the data, especially when dealing with the past. This is true of both creationist and evolutionist scientific arguments—evolutionists have had to abandon many ‘proofs’ for evolution just as creationists have also had to modify their arguments. The atheistic evolutionist W.B. Provine admitted: ‘Most of what I learned of the field [evolutionary biology] in graduate (1964-68) school is either wrong or significantly changed.’ 35 Creationists understand the limitations of dating methods better than evolutionists who claim that they can use processes observed in the present to ‘prove’ that the earth is billions of years old. In reality, all dating methods, including those that point to a young earth, rely on unprovable assumptions. Creationists ultimately date the earth historically using the chronology of the Bible. This is because they believe that this is an accurate eyewitness account of world history, which bears the evidence within it that it is the Word of God, and therefore totally reliable and error-free. Then what do the radiometric ‘dates’ mean? What do the radiometric dates of millions of years mean, if they are not true ages? To answer this question, it is necessary to scrutinize further the experimental results from the various dating techniques, the interpretations made on the basis of the results and the assumptions underlying those interpretations. The isochron dating technique was thought to be infallible because it supposedly covered the assumptions about starting conditions and closed systems. Geologist Dr Andrew Snelling worked on dating the Koongarra uranium deposits in the Northern Territory of Australia, primarily using the uranium-thorium-lead (U-Th-Pb) method. He found that even highly weathered soil samples from the area, which are definitely not closed systems, gave apparently valid ‘isochron’ lines with ‘ages’ of up to 1,445 Ma. Such ‘false isochrons’ are so common that a whole terminology has grown up to describe them, such as apparent isochron, mantle isochron, pseudoisochron, secondary isochron, inherited isochron, erupted isochron, mixing line and mixing isochron. Zheng wrote: Some of the basic assumptions of the conventional Rb-Sr [rubidium-strontium] isochron method have to be modified and an observed isochron does not certainly define valid age information for a geological system, even if a goodness of fit of the experimental results is obtained in plotting 87Sr/86Sr. This problem cannot be overlooked, especially in evaluating the numerical time scale. Similar questions can also arise in applying Sm-Nd [samarium-neodymium] and U-Pb [uranium-lead] isochron methods.37 Clearly, there are factors other than age responsible for the straight lines obtained from graphing isotope ratios. Again, the only way to know if an isochron is ‘good’ is by comparing the result with what is already believed. Another currently popular dating method is the uranium-lead concordia technique. This effectively combines the two uranium-lead decay series into one diagram. Results that lie on the concordia curve have the same age according to the two lead series and are called ‘concordant.’ However, the results from zircons (a type of gemstone), for example, generally lie off the concordia curve—they are discordant. Numerous models, or stories, have been developed to explain such data.38 However, such exercises in story-telling can hardly be considered as objective science that proves an old earth. Again, the stories are evaluated according to their own success in agreeing with the existing long ages belief system. Andrew Snelling has suggested that fractionation (sorting) of elements in the molten state in the earth’s mantle could be a significant factor in explaining the ratios of isotope concentrations which are interpreted as ages. As long ago as 1966, Nobel Prize nominee Melvin Cook, professor of metallurgy at the University of Utah, pointed out evidence that lead isotope ratios, for example, may involve alteration by important factors other than radioactive decay.39 Cook noted that, in ores from the Katanga mine, for example, there was an abundance of lead-208, a stable isotope, but no Thorium-232 as a source for lead-208. Thorium has a long half-life (decays very slowly) and is not easily moved out of the rock, so if the lead-208 came from thorium decay, some thorium should still be there. The concentrations of lead-206, lead-207, and lead-208 suggest that the lead-208 came about by neutron capture conversion of lead-206 to lead-207 to lead-208. When the isotope concentrations are adjusted for such conversions, the ages calculated are reduced from some 600 Ma to recent. Other ore bodies seemed to show similar evidence. Cook recognized that the current understanding of nuclear physics did not seem to allow for such a conversion under normal conditions, but he presents evidence that such did happen, and even suggests how it could happen. Anomalies in deep rock crystals Physicist Dr Robert Gentry has pointed out that the amount of helium and lead in zircons from deep bores is not consistent with an evolutionary age of 1,500 Ma for the granite rocks in which they are found.40 The amount of lead may be consistent with current rates of decay over millions of years, but it would have diffused out of the crystals in that time. Furthermore, the amount of helium in zircons from hot rock is also much more consistent with a young earth (helium derives from the decay of radioactive elements). The lead and helium results suggest that rates of radioactive decay may have been much higher in the recent past. Humphreys has suggested that this may have occurred during creation week and the flood. This would make things look much older than they really are when current rates of decay are applied to dating. Whatever caused such elevated rates of decay may also have been responsible for the lead isotope conversions claimed by Cook (above). Orphan radiohalos Decaying radioactive particles in solid rock cause spherical zones of damage to the surrounding crystal structure. A speck of radioactive element such as Uranium-238, for example, will leave a sphere of discoloration of characteristically different radius for each element it produces in its decay chain to lead-206.41 Viewed in cross-section with a microscope, these spheres appear as rings called radiohalos. Dr Gentry has researched radiohalos for many years, and published his results in leading scientific journals.42 Some of the intermediate decay products—such as the polonium isotopes—have very short half-lives (they decay quickly). For example, 218Po has a half-life of just 3 minutes. Curiously, rings formed by polonium decay are often found embedded in crystals without the parent uranium halos. Now the polonium has to get into the rock before the rock solidifies, but it cannot derive a from a uranium speck in the solid rock, otherwise there would be a uranium halo. Either the polonium was created (primordial, not derived from uranium), or there have been radical changes in decay rates in the past. Gentry has addressed all attempts to criticize his work.43 There have been many attempts, because the orphan halos speak of conditions in the past, either at creation or after, perhaps even during the flood, which do not fit with the uniformitarian view of the past, which is the basis of the radiometric dating systems. Whatever process was responsible for the halos could be a key also to understanding radiometric dating.44 Conclusion There are many lines of evidence that the radiometric dates are not the objective evidence for an old earth that many claim, and that the world is really only thousands of years old. We don't have all the answers, but we do have the sure testimony of the Word of God to the true history of the world. Recommended resources Thousands … Not Billions (DVD) Christians no longer have to puzzle over the seemingly glaring contradiction between dating methods and the Bible's account of earth history. Radioisotopes & the Age of the Earth (DVD) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth—Volume 1 (Hardcover) Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth—Volume 2 (Hardcover) Results of a young-earth creationist research initiative Does Carbon Dating Disprove the Bible? (Booklet) The Young Earth (Softcover) Explains in easy-to-understand terms how true science supports a young age for the Earth. Evidence For a Young World (Booklet) Contains a dozen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the earth is billions of years old. The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods (Softcover) References and notes Also known as isotope or radioisotope dating. Today, a stable carbon isotope, 13C , is measured as an indication of the level of discrimination against 14C. Radiation from atomic testing, like cosmic rays, causes the conversion of 14N to 14C. Tree ring dating (dendrochronology) has been used in an attempt to extend the calibration of carbon-14 dating earlier than historical records allow, but this depends on temporal placement of fragments of wood (from long dead trees) using carbon-14 dating, assuming straight-line extrapolation backwards. Then cross-matching of ring patterns is used to calibrate the carbon ‘clock’—a somewhat circular process which does not give an independent calibration of the carbon dating system. K.L. McDonald and R.H. Gunst, ‘An Analysis of the Earth's Magnetic Field from 1835 to 1965,’ ESSA Technical Report IER 46-IES, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., p. 14, 1965. B.J. Taylor, ‘Carbon Dioxide in the Antediluvian Atmosphere,’ Creation Research Society Quarterly, 30(4):193-197, 1994. R.H. Brown, ‘Correlation of C-14 Age with Real Time,’ Creation Research Society Quarterly, 29:45-47, 1992. Musk ox muscle was dated at 24,000 years, but hair was dated at 17,000 years. Corrected dates bring the difference in age approximately within the life span of an ox. With sloth cave dung, standard carbon dates of the lower layers suggested less than 2 pellets per year were produced by the sloths. Correcting the dates increased the number to a more realistic 1.4 per day. J. Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods, Institute for Creation Research, San Diego, CA, 1999. Ibid. G. WoldeGabriel et al., ‘Ecological and Temporal Placement of Early Pliocene Hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia,’ Nature, 371:330-333, 1994. M. Lubenow, The Pigs Took It All, Creation 17(3):36-38, 1995. M. Lubenow, Bones of Contention, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, pp. 247-266, 1993. A.R. Williams, Long-age Isotope Dating Short on Credibility, CEN Technical Journal, 6(1):2-5, 1992. Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. A.A. Snelling, The Cause of Anomalous Potassium-argon ‘Ages’ for Recent Andesite Flows at Mt. Nguaruhoe, New Zealand, and the Implications for Potassium-argon ‘Dating,’ Proc. 4th ICC, pp.503-525, 1998. Note 14 lists many instances. For example, six cases were reported by D. Krummenacher, Isotopic Composition of Argon in Modern Surface Rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 6:47-55, 1969. A large excess was reported in D.E. Fisher, Excess Rare Gases in a Subaerial Basalt in Nigeria, Nature, 232:60-61, 1970. See note 14, p. 520. The isochron technique involves collecting a number of rock samples from different parts of the rock unit being dated. The concentration of a parent radioactive isotope, such as rubidium-87, is graphed against the concentration of a daughter isotope, such as strontium-87, for all the samples. A straight line is drawn through these points, representing the ratio of the parent:daughter, from which a date is calculated. If the line is of good fit and the ‘age’ is acceptable, it is a ‘good’ date. The method involves dividing both the parent and daughter concentrations by the concentration of a similar stable isotope—in this case, strontium-86. S.A. Austin, editor, Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe, Institute for Creation Research, Santee, CA, pp. 120-131, 1994. A.A. Snelling, Radiometric Dating in Conflict, Creation, 20(1):24-27, 1998. A.A. Snelling, The Failure of U-Th-Pb ‘Dating’ at Koongarra, Australia, CEN Technical Journal, 9(1):71-92, 1995. R. Maas, Nd-Sr Isotope Constraints on the Age and Origin of Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Field, Northern Territory, Australia, Economic Geology, 84:64-90, 1989. See note 20. Giem, P., Carbon-14 content of fossil carbon, Origins 51:6–30, 2001. 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