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Geology and the young earth
Answering those 'Bible-believing' bibliosceptics
The hand-written note pinned to some photocopied pages was typical. 'I wonder if you could help with a geological problem?' The writer, who identified himself as a Bible-believing Christian, was confused. He had just encountered some tired old geological arguments attacking the straightforward biblical account of earth history—i.e., denying a recent creation and a global Flood on the basis of 'geological evidences'.
A number of books in the last 25 years have stirred up these so-called 'geological problems' and undermined faith in the Bible for many people. Sadly, the ones which cause most confusion and distress are those written by professing 'Bible-believers'.1,2,3,4
A curriculum writer with a Christian home school association wrote to us that he was 'pretty well wiped out' after reading these books.5 He wondered if we 'might have answers to what these gentlemen say.' We certainly have! Another person who had read some of them said, 'I may have been … overlooking information that cast doubts upon the recent creation model.'
Because the 'recent creation model' he refers to is simply what the Bible plainly says, he has really been caused to doubt the Bible.
The unsuspecting readers of such books, thinking they are getting something from 'Bible-believing Christians', expect encouragement and faith-building material. They are generally unprepared for the explosive mixture of heretical theology, poor science and vehement attacks on Bible-believers.
For example, the author Alan Hayward claims to be a 'Bible-believing Christian'. However, he is a unitarian, which means he denies the tri-unity of God. The deity of Christ is clearly taught in the New Testament (e.g. John 1:1–14, 5:18; Titus 2:13; for more information, see our detailed Q&A pages Is Jesus Christ really God? and Is one God really three persons?), yet Hayward denies this.6 Clearly, 'Bible-believing' Hayward chooses to reinterpret those parts of the New Testament with which he disagrees.
He works the same way with the Old Testament. Instead of accepting the clear teaching of Genesis, he reinterprets the passages to fit his billion-year preference for the age of the earth.7
In so doing, of course, he introduces confusion and problems that destabilise readers. We are warned to beware of teachers who vandalise the clear teaching of Scripture to fit with their philosophy (Colossians 2:8).
Superficially, Hayward amasses an impressive battery of arguments as to why the Bible can't mean what it says. Perhaps the single most important lesson from his book is his strategy itself. Each of his attacks on the Word of God elevates some other 'authority', whether derived from geology, astronomy, secular history or theology, above the Bible. This approach is as old as the Garden of Eden.
True knowledge begins with the Bible (Proverbs 1:7, Psalms 119:160; 138:2), and that is where we need to start. God was there when He created the world. He knows everything, does not tell lies, and does not make mistakes. It is from the Bible that we learn that the world is 'young' (see also The earth: how old does it look?).
If the Bible taught that the world was millions of years old,8 we would believe that. However, the concept of millions of years of death and suffering contradicts the Word of God, and destroys the foundation of the Gospel of Christ.
Many people find it difficult to accept that scientific investigation should start with the Bible. They think we can answer the question about the age of the earth by coming to the evidence with an 'open mind'. In fact, no one has an open mind. Evidence does not interpret itself; rather, everyone views the world through a belief framework. Unfortunately, as humans we never have all the information. So, when we start from the evidence, we can never be sure our conclusions are right—like in a classic 'whodunnit', just one piece of information can change the whole picture. By contrast, when we start from the Word of God, we can be sure that what it says is true.
Even if we can't answer some of the apparent problems now, we can be confident that there is an answer. We may not find out about the answer on this side of eternity, but that would simply be because we did not have all the information necessary to come to the right conclusion. On the other hand, ongoing research may reveal the answer—and it often has, as we will see.
On first appearance, the evidence that Hayward assembles seems so overwhelming. But the problems he describes are easily answered—indeed many answers were known before he wrote his book. Either he was unaware of the answers, or he deliberately ignored them. Let's look at some of the 'science' he presents so persuasively.
A common argument against the Bible involves varves—rock formations with alternating layers of fine dark, and coarse light sediment. Annual changes are assumed to deposit bands with light layers in summer and dark layers in winter. It is reported that some rock formations contain hundreds of thousands of varves, thereby 'proving' the earth is much older than the Bible says.9 But the assumption that each couplet always takes a year to form is wrong. Recent catastrophes show that violent events like the Flood described in Genesis can deposit banded rock formations very quickly. The Mount St Helens eruption in Washington State produced eight metres (25 feet) of finely layered sediment in a single afternoon!10 And a rapidly pumped sand slurry was observed to deposit about a metre (3–4 feet) of fine layers on a beach over an area the size of a football field (cross-section shown on the right: normal silica sand grains are separated by darker layers of denser mineral grains like rutile).11
When sedimentation was studied in the laboratory, it was discovered that fine bands form automatically as the moving water transports the different sized particles sideways into position.12 Surprisingly, the thickness of each band was found to depend on the relative particle sizes rather than on the flow conditions.13 A layered rock (diatomite) was separated into its particles, and when redeposited in flowing fluid, identical layers formed.14
Much is often made of the Green River varves,9 in Wyoming, USA. But these bands cannot possibly be annual deposits because well-preserved fish and birds are found all through the sediments.
It is unthinkable that these dead animals could have rested on the bottom of the lake for decades, being slowly covered by sediment. Their presence indicates catastrophic burial. It is often claimed that the fish and birds remained in prime condition at the bottom of the lake because the water was highly alkaline and this preserved their carcasses.15 Yet highly alkaline water causes organic material to disintegrate, and that is why alkaline powder is used in dishwashers! [Ed. note: some sceptics have claimed that alkali merely 'cuts grease', evidently ignorant of the elementary chemistry involved, i.e. base-catalyzed hydrolysis of polymers, which would do the opposite of preserving the fish.] Another problem for the varve explanation is that the number of bands is not consistent across the formation as it should be if they were annual deposits.16
Similar bands in some huge deposits containing calcium carbonate and calcium sulphate in Texas are also used to argue the case for long ages.17 One explanation says the deposits were formed when the sun evaporated seawater—hence the term 'evaporite deposits'. Naturally, to make such large deposits in this way would take a long time. However, the high chemical purity of the deposits shows they were not exposed to a dry, dusty climate for thousands of years. Rather, it is more likely that they formed rapidly from the interaction between hot and cold seawater during undersea volcanic activity—a hydrothermal deposit.18
Too many fossils?
Another claim of bibliosceptics is that there are 'too many fossils'.19 If all those animals could be resurrected, it is said, they would cover the entire planet to a depth of at least 0.5 metres (1.5 feet). So they could not have come from a single generation of living creatures buried by the Flood.20
Not surprisingly, the substance disappears when the detail is examined. The number of fossils is calculated from an abnormal situation—the Karroo formation in South Africa. In this formation the fossils comprise a 'fossil graveyard'—the accumulation of animal remains in a local 'sedimentary basin'.21 It is certainly improper to apply this abnormally high population density to the whole earth. The calculation also uses incorrect information on today' animal population densities and takes no account of the different conditions that likely applied before the Flood.22
Too much coal?
Another argument used against the Bible time-line is that the pre-Flood world could not have produced enough vegetation to make all the coal.23 But again, this argument is based on wrong assumptions. The pre-Flood land area was almost certainly greater before all the Floodwaters were released onto the surface of the earth. Also, the climate was probably much more productive before the Flood.24 Furthermore, it has been discovered that much coal was derived from forests which floated on water (see image of floating forest on the right and Forests that grew on water).25 So, calculations based only on the area of land would be wrong. And finally, the estimates of how much vegetation is needed are based on the wrong idea that coal forms slowly in swamps and that most of the vegetation rots. The Flood would have buried the vegetation quickly, producing a hundred times more coal than from a swamp.22
Fossil forests
The petrified forests of Yellowstone National Park have often been used to argue against Bible chronology.26 These were once interpreted as buried and petrified in place - as many as 50 successive times, with a brand new forest growing upon the debris of the previous one. Naturally, such an interpretation would require hundreds of thousands of years to deposit the whole sequence and is inconsistent with the Bible time-scale. But this interpretation is also inconsistent with the fact that the tree trunks and stumps have been broken off at their base and do not have proper root systems. Furthermore, trees from different layers have the same 'signature' ring pattern, demonstrating that they all grew at the same time.27
Rather than 50 successive forests, the geological evidence is more consistent with the trees having been uprooted from another place, and carried into position by catastrophic volcanic mudflows—similar to what happened during the Mount St Helens eruption in 1980, where waterlogged trees were also seen to float and sink with the root end pointing downwards.28
The origin of pitch is also used to ridicule the account of Noah in the Bible.29 Pitch is a petroleum residue, we are told, and creationists say that petroleum was formed by the Flood. So, where did Noah get the pitch to seal the Ark (Genesis 6:14)? This old argument stems from ignorance of how pitch can be made. The widespread use of petroleum is a 20th century phenomenon. How did they seal wooden ships hundreds of years ago before petroleum was available? In those days, pitch was made from pine tree resin.30 A huge pitch-making industry flourished to service the demand.
Noah's mud-bath?
Some attempts to discredit the Bible are wildly absurd—like the idea that there is too much sedimentary rock in the world to have been deposited by the one-year Flood. It is claimed that the Ark would have floated on an ocean of 'earthy soup' and no fish could have survived.31 This argument takes no account of how water actually carries sediment. The claim naïvely assumes that all the sediment was evenly mixed in all the water throughout the Flood year, as if thoroughly stirred in a 'garden fishpond'. Sedimentation does not occur like this. Instead, moving water transports sediment into a 'basin' and, once deposited, it is isolated from the system.12 The same volume of water can pick up more sediment as it is driven across the continents, for example, by earth movements during the Flood.
More (former) problems, more answers
Some similar geological problems which were once claimed to be 'unanswerable' for Bible-believers but for which there are now clear answers include:
- Coral reefs need millions of years to grow.32 [Actually, what was thought to be 'coral reef' turns out to be thick carbonate platforms, most probably deposited during the Flood.33 The reef is only a very thin layer on top. In other cases, the 'reef' did not grow in place from coral but was transported there by water.34]
- Chalk deposits need millions of years to accumulate.35 [Chalk accumulation is not steady state but highly episodic. Under cataclysmic Flood conditions, explosive blooms of tiny organisms like coccolithophores could produce the chalk beds in a short space of time.36]
- Granites need millions of years to cool.37 [Not when the cooling effects of circulating water are allowed for.38]
- Metamorphic rocks need million of years to form.39 [Metamorphic reactions happen quickly when there is plenty of water, just as the Flood would provide.40]
- Sediment kilometres thick covering metamorphic rocks took millions of years to erode.41 [Only at the erosion rates observed today. There is no problem eroding kilometres of sediment quickly with large volumes of fast-moving water during the Flood.]
The section above shows some of the other arguments along this line that were once claimed to be 'unanswerable'. If this article had been written some years earlier, we would not have had all those answers. We still don't have all the answers to some others, but this does not mean that the answers don't exist, just that no-one has come up with them yet. There may be new arguments in the future alleging to 'prove' that the Bible, or one of the previous answers, is wrong. And when these are answered, there might be new ones again. That is the nature of science. All its conclusions are tentative, and new discoveries mean that old ideas must be changed—that is why creationist research is important. But science ultimately can't prove or disprove the Bible. Faith—but not a blind faith—is needed. It is not the facts that contradict the Bible, but the interpretations applied to them. Since we never will know everything, we must start with the sure Word of God in order to make sense of the world around us.
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References and notes
- Hayward, Alan, Creation and Evolution: The Facts and Fallacies, Triangle, London, 1985. Return to text.
- Wonderly, D.E., God's Time-Records in Ancient Sediments, Crystal Press, Michigan, 1977. Return to text.
- Morton, G.R., Foundation, Fall and Flood, DMD Publishing, Dallas, 1995. Return to text.
- Ross, H.N., The Genesis Question, NavPress, Colorado Springs, 1998 (see review). Return to text.
- John Holzmann, Sonlight Curriculum, letter and catalogue on file. Return to text.
- This was admitted in a letter to creationist David C.C. Watson—see his review of Hayward's book in Creation Research Society Quarterly 22(4):198–199, 1986. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 167 ff., 'reinterprets' the Bible to mean that God did not create in six days but only gave the orders to create (fiats). It then took billions of years for His orders to be executed. This idea not only contradicts the Bible but is inconsistent with evolutionary geology as well. It achieves nothing but added confusion. Return to text.
- The Hebrew writers could easily have described long ages if necessary—see Grigg R., How long were the days of Genesis 1? Creation 19(1):23–25, 1996. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 87–88. Return to text.
- Ham, K., I got excited at Mount St Helens! Creation 15(3):14–19, 1993. Return to text.
- Batten, D., Sandy stripes: Do many layers mean many years? Creation 19(1):39–40, 1997. Return to text.
- Julien, P., Lan, Y., and Berthault, G., Experiments on stratification of heterogeneous sand mixtures, Journal of Creation 8(1):37–50, 1994. Return to text.
- Snelling, A.A., Nature finally catches up, Journal of Creation 11(2):125–6, 1997. Return to text.
- Berthault, G., Experiments on lamination of sediments, Journal of Creation 3:25–29, 1988. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 215. Return to text.
- Garner, P., Green River Blues, Creation 19(3):18–19, 1997. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 89–91. Return to text.
- Williams, E., Origin of bedded salt deposits, Creation Research Society Quarterly 26(1):15–16, 1989. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 125–126. Return to text.
- Creationists accept that some fossils formed post-Flood, but these are relatively few and do not alter the argument. Return to text.
- Froede, C., The Karroo and other fossil graveyards, Creation Research Society Quarterly 32(4), pp. 199–201, 1996. Return to text.
- Woodmorappe, J., The antediluvian biosphere and its capability of supplying the entire fossil record, in The First International Conference on Creationism, Robert Walsh (ed.), Creation Science Fellowship, Pittsburgh, p. 205–218; The The Karoo vertebrate non-problem: 800 billion fossils or not? CEN Tech. J. 14(2):47–49, 2000. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 126–128. Return to text.
- Higher atmospheric CO2 has been repeatedly shown to cause more luxuriant plant growth. Return to text.
- Wieland, C., Forests that grew on water, Creation 18(1):20–24, 1996. Also Scheven J., The Carboniferous floating forest—An extinct pre-Flood ecosystem, Journal of Creation 10(1):70–81, 1996, and Schönknecht, G., and Scherer, S., Too much coal for a young earth? Journal of Creation 11(3):278–282, 1997. One of the 'old-earth' authors dealt with here actually cited this paper without the question mark, implying that the paper presents a problem for young-earthers, whereas it actually shows a solution! See Ross, Ref. 4, p. 152–153, 220 (notes 17 and 21). Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 128–130. Return to text.
- Morris, J., The Young Earth. Master Books, Colorado Springs, pp. 112–117, 1994, Return to text.
- Sarfati, J., The Yellowstone petrified forests, Creation 21(2):18–21, 1999. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 185; Ross, Ref. 4, pp. 153–4. Return to text.
- Walker, T., The pitch for Noah's Ark, Creation 7(1):20, 1984. See also: 'Naval stores', The New Encyclopædia Britannica 8:564–565, 15th Ed., Chicago, 1992. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 122. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 84–87. Return to text.
- Oard, M.J. The paradox of Pacific guyots and a possible solution for the thick 'reefal' limestone on Eniwetok Island, Journal of Creation 13(1):1–2, 1999. Return to text.
- Roth, A.A., Fossil reefs and time, Origins 22(2):86–104, 1995. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 91–92. Return to text.
- Snelling, A.A., Can Flood geology explain thick chalk beds? Journal of Creation 8(1):11–15, 1994. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 93. Return to text.
- Snelling, A.A.. and Woodmorappe, J., Granites—they didn't need millions of years of cooling, Creation 21(1):42–44, 1998. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, p. 91–92. Return to text.
- Snelling, A.A., Towards a creationist explanation of regional metamorphism, Journal of Creation 8(1):51–57, 1994. Also: Wise, K., How fast do rocks form? In The First International Conference on Creationism, Robert Walsh (ed.), Creation Science Fellowship, Pittsburgh, pp. 197–204, 1986. Return to text.
- Hayward, Ref. 1, pp. 91–92. Return to text.
Soon after leaving school, I went to work in a materials testing laboratory at a concrete production factory. One of the jobs I had to do was analyse the quality of sand being delivered for making concrete. One of the tests involved putting sand into a clear cylinder with water and shaking it vigorously. We would then leave it for a couple of days. The sand would naturally settle into clearly defined layers – I think according to particle size. We would then assess the relative thickness of each layer to see if it met our specification. The sight of the layers laid down in fast moving water reminds me how the Flood would have left the layers we see in sedimentary rock but on a much more massive scale. The test is so simple even a child can do it!
Please identify the first picture on this page. I looks like it is from somewhere around here (Kimberley, Australia).
They look like Livistonia palms in the photos and the colouring and layers etc in the rocks look exactly the same as found in numerous places around the East Kimberley, specifically around Kununurra.
The origin of the photo may not be known to you, but please post this comment even if it is not as I am 99% certain that it's from somewhere around here - which may be of interest to other readers.
And I hope Tas can visit one day and tour all the evidence for Noah's flood around this area (some of which can be seen in that photo). ;-)
Yes, Grahame, it is from the Kununurra area.
Thanks for your reply Tas. One small niggly point is basalt, as you know, forms very different flavours depending upon how it cools. Subaerial eruptions cool in air, and have a very distinctive appearance and the basalt found in the Deccan traps is of that type, no water cooling was involved. Basalt that cools underwater has a very different appearance that forms very distinctive pillow like shapes with a glassy like finish. No hand lens is required to tell the difference, you just have to look with your eyes. Columnar basalt for example is a dead giveaway for long slow air cooling.
The Deccan Traps is only one of many examples of a flood basalt formed landscape, that are found all over the world, and by no means the largest. There are the Siberian Trapps, The Columbia River Plateau, the Icelandic ones with the impossible names! Its a pretty long list and its inconceivable that they all happened at the same time. Go up to the north west of the USA and look at the staggering slow air cooled columnar basalt that forms part of the gigantic Columbia River Basalt group that extends over much of eastern Washington, northern Oregon and part of Idaho. It is not the case that they all happened underwater mere visual inspection will tell anyone who cares to look. The length of time for such immense quantities of lava to erupt and then erode to form conditions suitable for life is quite considerable, and thats not even taking into account the vast accumulated quantities of toxic gasses all these 'flow' type eruptions would have produced. As I said in my previous comment the earth can not be as young as you would like it to be just based on the nature, quantity and morphology of all basaltic rocks found on our planet.
You are coming at this question with the wrong approach. This is a worldview issue. The question is, "How do we explain this evidence [within this particular worldview]?" That is how uniformitarian geologists work. They don't ever question their worldview. They simply brainstorm about how they are going to interpret a particular piece of evidence. The multitude of unresolved problems with the uniformitarian worldview does not cause them to doubt their worldview.
That is also how biblical geologists work. So you do not say, "The Bible can't be true because of the Decan Traps". We know from many lines of evidence and logic that the Bible is accurate, reliable and true, in spite of what the skeptics say about it. In actual fact, you are taking a huge risk to dismiss what it says. You need to approach this question with, "How do we interpret these basalts within the biblical worldview?"
Did you read the article about the Columbia River Basalts I cited in my previous response to you? It seems not, because that deals with the issue you raise. That article explains that there is abundant evidence that the Columbia River basalts were emplaced when there was a lot of water around. It was the rate of emplacement that had a large bearing on how much the water left its signature on the basalt flows.
Do a Google search for "Decan Traps pillow basalts" and you will find reference to pillows and sediment with the basalt, both of which are evidence of water. Develop good research habits.
The LIP basalts are not a problem for Flood geology. They are easily explained within the biblical worldview. The thing is that you need to have an attitude that looks for solutions, that does critical thinking, that has a mind to research, rather than an attitude that is looking for problems.
Thanks, Tas, for so patiently answering the same tired old arguments from alleged, but not real, Bible-believers. This morning I noticed that Jeremiah 23:36 applies to these false teachers: "... you have perverted the words of the living God." The context shows that God is intensely angry with such people. It's hard for me not to be angry with them also, so your patience in the article is a good example for me.
Thanks for that. I have two words as a comment, Deccan Traps. As an earth scientist you will know the facts surrounding them, they being a result of one of the biggest volcanic events on the planet. If we look at their vital statistics they really are eye popping, flood basalt covering almost half of India, it must have made it really difficult for anyone there at the time, with a volume of around half a million cubic kilometres. To put that into context it would have covered the state of texas in a layer of lava around 1km thick. If you compare that to the paltry 3.5 cubic kilometres of rock and ash produced by Mt. St Helens it puts the Deccan Traps into a totally different league. Just think of the time required for such an out pouring of that quantity of molten rock. The funny thing is there are no sources of vulcanism in modern day India. The other funny thing is the magnetic Iron compounds in the basalt froze in time their location when the basalt solidified. For example one sample showed it formed at a latitude of 20º south while its current position is 18.7º N a difference of a couple of thousand kilometres. The event that produced this remarkable feature must also have produced vast amounts of gasses particularly sulphur dioxide, which would have had a devastating effect on the environment on a global scale. If you think back to the area affected by Mt. St Hellen's in 1980 and multiply this by a factor of several thousands based on volume and we can see that its effect must have been truly immense. All this really makes one think about how realistic, given these facts, that the earth is as young as you would like it to be.
What you are describing is evidence for the Flood. The Decan Traps are one of a number of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) on earth. These are the result of large-scale, unusual processes and are the sort of processes that would be expected during the Flood, which was an immense global catastrophe. Another example is the Columbia River basalt flows. Field studies of these point to rapid emplacement.
The bible says absolutely nothing about the age of the Earth, so how can the overwhelming evidence for a 4.55 billion year old Earth cause any Christian to doubt scripture ?
The age of the Earth is completely irrelevant either to salvation, or a Christian's understanding of it. The subject has got nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.
If Tas is so certain his claims indicate a 6,000 year old Earth then why doesn't he present them before a recognised professional science body, such as the Geological Society. I'm sure they would be highly interested since it turns over 200 years of research completely on it's head, and renders all geology textbooks completely and utterly useless.
The Bible does indeed give much age information, and you could calculate the biblical age yourself using a simple hand-held calculator. Check Genesis 5 & 7 from which you can work out the date for Noah's Flood, and Genesis 11 which gives you the age of the earth (given the additional information that Abraham was born about 2000 BC—near enough for you to get a ball-park age).
The age of the earth is absolutely key for the integrity of the Christian faith. I would recommend your reading 'Billions of years' makes Christians dumb (and atheists loud).
I would be delighted to present these ideas to the Geological Society, but they have a strong, emotional aversion to even discussing the issue. See article about Geological Society of London and related articles. If you have any connections with members who would be intrested in engaging in discussion on this issue please let me know.
There are a number of peer reviewed journals now that work from a 6,000-year perspective in which these issues are discussed and debated. You can find details on this site, especially in the Reference list for the more technical articles.
King Solomon opens his Book of Proverbs talking about wisdom.
"To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding,
To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction." Prov. 1:2-7.NKJV.
Such wise counsel! The last sentence says it all - fools despise wisdom and instruction! Meditate on these 6 verses because they contain a wealth of wisdom!
Then Jeremiah reminds us "The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?" Jer. 17:9. NLT.
No, we don't have ALL the answers but the answers that we do have are underwritten by our God, who knows all things.
Once we start doubting His Word we immediately get on shaky ground and become like the man who built his house on the sand so that when the devil floods us with doubt we can easily be washed away.
Thanks Tas for another simple faith restoring article for those who have doubts.
2 Tim 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The Bible is relevant to everything in today's society. If we read it correctly nothing about today should surprise us, indeed we should expect what we see. It is our responsibility to examine what opposes the Gospel (Evilution) to challenge it with truth. Our opponent is a liar, there are truckloads of evidence to refute him. Go to ALL the CMI events you can, read the magazine, books, log into Creation.com daily, watch DVD's and arm yourself and then you will be 'Mr Valiant for Truth' from Pilgrim's Progress - Armed and Dangerous!
When Satan tempted Eve in the garden of Eden, he said: 'Is it true that God has forbidden you to eat from any tree in the garden?' … 'Of course you will not die. God knows that as soon as you eat it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods knowing both good and evil.'
Hey, nothing much has changed since Eve was seduced into swallowing Satan's lie, has it? Satan is still using the same old line: 'Do you really believe that God is telling you the truth? Come on, girl, get wise!'
It is the same old personal test of our faith: 'Do you really trust the Son of God to tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?' Are you choosing to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life, the Cross, and live forever? Or, are you choosing to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (fossils) and die forever?
As the Son on God said:
'In truth, in very truth I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you can have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. My flesh is real food; my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells continually in me and I dwell in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me shall live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven; and it is not like the bread which our fathers ate: they are dead, but whoever eats this bread shall live for ever.'
Excellent. Another similar author is Don Stoner, who cunningly refers to geological 'facts' that prove billions of years. He contrasts 'facts' of science with 'theories' of bible interpretation.
Nowhere does he mention or admit that the geological 'facts' are his own hybridised ideas, that contain assumptions, interpretations, data collection errors and world-view convictions...
He also claims to be a bible -believer, wanting to lead the ignorant people to higher wisdom, and presents his book as a Christian work.
"True knowledge begins with the Bible (Proverbs 1:7, Psalms 119:160; 138:2), and that is where we need to start. God was there when He created the world. He knows everything, does not tell lies, and does not make mistakes. It is from the Bible that we learn that the world is 'young' (see also The earth: how old does it look?).
"Since we never will know everything, we must start with the sure Word of God in order to make sense of the world around us."
So true - So practical - Many Thanks


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Continuing in our series of pieces on each country's ODI history, we go to Sri Lanka. From 1975 to 2012 (before the start of their current series against India), Sri Lanka played 667 matches and won 312 with a win loss ratio of 0.96. Their highest score is 443, lowest 43. They won the World Cup in 1996 and finished as runners-up in 2007 and 2011.
We present three lists - of players, batsmen and bowlers. The minimum qualification to be on these lists is to have played 75 matches. A match is considered in this system only when there is a result, and if the player has bowled or batted, as the case may be.
Here are the highest impact ODI players in Sri Lanka's history.
So, there are 8 specialist batsmen, 10 specialist bowlers and two all-rounders amidst the highest impact 20 players in Sri Lankan ODI cricket history; an indicator to Sri Lanka's image of being a well-balanced side in the international arena.
Unsurprisingly, it is Sanath Jayasuriya who tops the list and emerges as the highest impact player in Sri Lanka's ODI history. Jayasuriya's 12 SDs as a player confirms his billing of a game-changer in the Sri Lankan team and his tally is also the joint-highest (with Wasim Akram) by any player in the history of ODI cricket. Alongwith being one of the most explosive openers of all time, Jayasuriya was no mean achiever with the ball. He is one of the only two players (on this list) from Sri Lanka to have an all-round impact (both Batting and Bowling IMPACT above 1) and importantly has 2 SDs solely as a bowler.
Even though Kumar Sangakarra can be considered as one of the modern greats of the game, it is perhaps a bit surprising to see him at the no.2 spot. Besides his role as wicketkeeper and captain, Sangakkara is Sri Lanka's fourth-highest impact batsman in their ODI history and his tally of 6 SDs is also the joint-highest (with Adam Gilchrist) in the world for any wicket-keeper batsman. His high number of SDs also helps explaining his influence and importance to the Sri Lankan team in the recent past.
Aravinda de Silva is one of the most iconic figures in the Sri Lankan cricketing history and makes it high on this list because of his all-round abilities. His 7 SDs as a player is also the second-highest for a Sri Lankan and shows his valuable contribution to the team, more so because he started his career at a time (1984) when Sri Lanka were still minnows in the international circuit and de Silva played a major role in changing that status.
The popular notion of Arjuna Ranatunga being the best captain for Sri Lanka in their ODI history holds true as he emerges as the highest impact captain in Sri Lanka's ODI history. However, it is his influence as a player too which is quite remarkable. Even though he narrowly misses out on being classified as an all-rounder (Bowling IMPACT doesn't touch 1), his 6 SDs mark him out as one of the best Sri Lankan batsmen during his era.
Muttiah Muralitharan's and Chaminda Vaas' positions are due to their batting inadequacies, although when it comes to bowling, Muralitharan clearly leads as the highest impact Sri Lankan bowler in their ODI history and has 6 SDs to his credit whereas Vaas has 5. Their presence in the same bowling attack was the primary reason for Sri Lanka's bowling might in the mid-1990s.
The number of utility players present on this list also embodies the structure of the Sri Lankan cricket team that we have come to see for a very long time. So, even though the likes of Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena and Asanka Gurusinha have a comparatively much lower Career IMPACT, it is important to note that they all were a part of the World Cup-winning team in 1996. In fact, out of the 20 players from this list 11 represented Sri Lanka during their 1996 World Cup campaign.
There are 6 players from the present playing generation who feature in this list which is indicative of both-their relative decline but also their promise.
When it comes to batting, as many as four batsmen from the present playing generation make it to the list, namely- Kumar Sangakarra, Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan which goes to show the batting might the current unit possesses. Interestingly, they also form the top four of the current Sri Lankan batting line up.
Sanath Jayasuriya's presence at the top is primarily due to his 8 SDs as a batsman which is actually the second-highest (joint) by a batsman in the history of ODI cricket. His failure rate of 50% is considerably high but is naturally expected with the slam-bang style of play he is associated with. It is also interesting to note that apart from his Strike Rate IMPACT, he doesn't top any of the individual batting parameters for Sri Lanka.
Aravinda de Silva establishes his position as one of the greatest batsmen in Sri Lankan ODI history and as one of the most well-balanced batsman of his generation. He was good in defending, spectacular in launching counter-attacks and extremely calm in pressure situations. It is also revealing that 49% of the time De Silva came in to bat in his ODI career, he was under pressure. He faced pressure in 152 ODI innings (the second-highest for a Sri Lankan batsmen, just one innings short of Jayawardene) and absorbed it successfully 34% of the time. His billing of a big match player can also be understood from the fact that his highest match impact performance actually came in the 1996 World Cup final where he took 3-42 off 9 overs while bowling and followed it up by scoring an unbeaten 107 off 124 balls against Australia to seal the title. It is also the second highest match impact performance (series context) by a Sri Lankan in their ODI history.
One of the biggest revelations on this list is Marvan Atapattu at the 3rd position. Even though he was always considered a classy batsman, he was never seen in the same league as Jayasuriya or de Silva. However, it is really interesting to note that out of the 6 individual batting parameters, Atapattu tops 4 of them for Sri Lanka. Along with his 5 SDs and him being Sri Lanka's most consistent batsman in their ODI history (lowest failure rate - remarkable for a batsman who began his ODI career with 69 runs in 9 innings), Atapattu can be considered as one of the legends of Sri Lankan ODI cricket.
Mahela Jayawardene coming in at no.7 may be a bit of a surprise to some but the fact remains that he has been a relatively inconsistent player in the ODI format compared to his standards in Test cricket. In fact, even though he has three SDs as a batsman, his failure rate of 54% is one of the worst amongst these Sri Lankan batsmen which is a bit surprising given his image of being a reliable batsman for Sri Lanka in the middle-order.
The presence of Upul Tharanga on this list is a positive sign for the future of Sri Lankan cricket. Even though Tharanga doesn't have a single SD to his name, his run scoring propensity (Runs Tally IMPACT) puts him on this list. His combination with Tillakaratne Dilshan (who is placed 6th on this list) at the top of the order has done wonders for Sri Lanka in the recent past and both of them make for a highly promising pair still.
NOTE: If the cut-off is lowered to 50 matches (from 75), Roy Dias (1.42) becomes the tenth-highest impact batsman for Sri Lanka in their history of ODI cricket.
The stories that unfold on various batting parameters are revealing.
When it comes to Runs Tally IMPACT (proportion of match runs made through career), the highest impact batsmen are Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda De Silva and Marvan Atapattu.
The highest Strike Rate IMPACT batsmen (highest strike rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda De Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga.
The best Pressure IMPACT batsmen (those who absorbed the most pressure that came about due to fall of wickets) are Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara and Asanka Gurusinha.
The batsmen with the highest Partnership Building IMPACT (who built the most partnerships in the middle) are Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara and Aravinda De Silva.
The best Chasing IMPACT batsmen (who registered the highest impact while chasing a target) are Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda De Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga.
The batsmen with the lowest failure rates (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara and Arjuna Ranatunga.
The Highest Impact Batting Performances in Sri Lanka's ODI history:
1. ST Jayasuriya - 189 off 161 v India, Sharjah, 2000 - Batting IMPACT 16.37
In an exhibition of brutal hitting, Sanath Jayasuriya blasted open the Indian bowling attack in this final encounter of the Coca Cola Champions Trophy in 1999. Jayasuriya's knock came at a time when Sri Lanka were struggling at 116-4 off 28 overs and propelled them to a score of 299 runs. India, in reply, collapsed to the lowest ever score in their ODI history and managed to score only 54 runs. Jayasuriya's innings till date is not only the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman in an ODI innings but is also the highest impact batting performance in the history of ODI cricket.
2. TM Dilshan - 137 not out off 139 v Pakistan, Lahore, 2009 - Batting IMPACT 9.24
Even though Tillakaratne Dilshan wasn't at his usual attacking best in this innings, he made sure that the Sri Lankans didn't lose early wickets under overcast conditions against a competent Pakistani bowling attack and scored 100 off 119 balls (slow by his standards) before teeing off at the end to see Sri Lanka through to a total of 309. In reply, the entire Pakistani team could muster up only 75 runs which eventually saw the series going 2-1 to Sri Lanka's favour.
3. ST Jayasuriya - 125 off 114 v India, Karachi, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 9.11
With Sri Lanka faltering at 66-4 in 12 overs, the much needed change of course in their innings was provided by their veteran opener. Jayasuriya steadied the ship alongwith Dilshan and in his usual aggressive manner gave the Sri Lankan innings a much needed thrust to take them to a total of 275 runs. In reply, India fell short by a margin of 100 runs which resulted in an Asia Cup win for the Lankans.
The above performances are all within the series/tournament context. When it comes to a match context also, Sanath Jayasuriya's above mentioned knock of 189 off 161 balls registers as the highest impact batting performance in the history of Sri Lankan ODI cricket. Sanath Jayasuriya's unbeaten knock of 151 off 120 balls v India (Mumbai, 1997) and Thilan Samaraweera's 104 not out off 124 balls v New Zealand (Colombo, 2009) are the second and the third highest impact batting performances in a match context, respectively.
Aravinda de Silva's twin classics in the knockout stages of the 1996 World Cup - 66 off 63 v India in the semis (after his team was 1 for 2) and 107 off 124 in the final (after his team was 23-2) may not register amongst the peak-highest on the impact scale in a match or series level (as it does not distinguish between World Cups and other tournaments) but in terms of the individual weight of tournament-defining performances, it is emphatically right up there in Sri Lankan ODI cricket history.
Muttiah Muralitharan being the highest impact Sri Lankan ODI bowler is a ho-hum fact, of course. Muralitharan also makes it to the list of the top ten highest impact bowlers (10th place) in the history of ODI cricket. His consistency is unparalleled by any Sri Lankan bowler (lowest failure rate) and is also the third most consistent ODI bowler in the world (after Garner and McGrath). His Partnership Breaking IMPACT is also the second highest in the world (after Martin Snedden). Talking of his big match abilities, he has 5 SDs as a bowler which is also the highest for any spinner in the ODI format and the 5th best for any bowler, overall.
Although many would have expected Vaas to come in at the second place, Lasith Malinga pips him to the 2nd spot on the basis of his wicket taking ability (Wickets Tally IMPACT) for which he is well-known for. Malinga's role as a finisher in the ODI format can also be understood from the fact that he has the second-highest Lower Order Wickets IMPACT (dismissing batsmen from nos. 8-11) in the world (after Saqlain Mushtaq). It is also interesting to note that even though many consider Malinga as a highly restrictive bowler, his Economy IMPACT in the ODI format is actually in the negative zone.
Chaminda Vaas' popular image of being a highly consistent bowler is well brought out from the fact that he is actually the second most consistent bowler for Sri Lanka in the ODI format (after Muralitharan). His tally of 3 SDs as a bowler is also the highest by any Sri Lankan pacer and proves his legacy in the ODI format.
The emergence of Nuwan Kulasekara onto the international scene has been highly impressive and with the passage of time he has transformed himself into a genuine wicket-taking bowler for Sri Lanka during the opening overs. His new ball partnership with Malinga is one of the things to look out for in the near future and even though he has had a brief career of only 118 ODIs, he already has 2 SDs in his account which also shows his ability to perform in big-match situations.
Kumar Dharmasena is best remembered as a lanky off-spinner supporting Muttiah Muralitharan during Sri Lanka's '96 World Cup campaign and was one of the four spinners deployed by Sri Lanka during that phase. Dharmasena's crucial contributions often got camouflaged under Muralitharan's brilliance but his restrictive abilities along with his ability to break partnerships during the middle-overs made him the target-man for Ranatunga to go to. Even though his ODI career was limited to only 142 matches, he still has 2 SDs to his name which just goes on to show the value of his performances to the Lankan national team.
Even though players like Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Zoysa and Upul Chandana have given performances from time to time for the Lankan national team, it is their inconsistency (relatively poor failure rates) as a bowler which has more often than not cost their place in the team. The four of them combined have only 2 SDs and even though they were always a part of the bigger picture (supporting Muralitharan, Vaas) they failed to step up individually as strike bowlers when required.
NOTE: If the cut-off is lowered to 50 matches (from 75), Ajantha Mendis (2.19) becomes the second-highest impact bowler for Sri Lanka in their history of ODI cricket. It is also baffling to see the selectors ignore him consistently for the national team despite his high impact performances.
The highest impact players in all bowling parameters are quite revealing.
When it comes to Top/Middle-order Wickets Tally IMPACT (wickets taken from nos. 1-7 in most cases), the highest impact bowlers are Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.
Lower-order Wickets Tally IMPACT (batsmen nos. 8-11) - highest impact bowlers are Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Upul Chandana.
The highest Economy IMPACT bowlers (lowest economy rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Kumar Dharmasena.
The highest impact Partnership-breaking bowlers are Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Dharmasena and Sanath Jayasuriya.
The bowlers with the highest Pressure Building IMPACT (taking quick wickets to put opposition under pressure) are Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga and Farveez Maharoof.
The bowlers with the lowest failure rate (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga.
Top 3 Bowling Innings (Series/tournament context):
1. BAW Mendis - 6 for 13 in 8 overs v India, Karachi, 2008 - Bowling IMPACT 8.71
After Jayasuriya had initially played a breathtaking knock of 125 runs to boost the Sri Lankan total to 275 runs, Mendis drove in all the final nails in the coffin to wrest away the initiative Sehwag had generated for India. With Sehwag going blitzkrieg at one end (60 off 36 balls) and India at 76-1 after 9 overs, Sri Lanka needed a break-through which was duly provided by Ajantha Mendis. He prised open the entire Indian middle-order alongwith the wicket of Sehwag and by the time he had finished India were tottering at 154-8 off 32 overs with their chances of winning the Asia Cup gone.
2. WPUJC Vaas - 5 for 14 in 9.3 overs v India, Sharjah, 2000 - Bowling IMPACT 7.73
Chasing 300, India had earlier been tormented by a Jayasuriya classic and to their misery and dismay had to endure the brilliance of Chaminda Vaas' bowling display in the second half. Vaas took out the Indian top four in his first spell of 4 overs to reduce them to 18-4 before coming back to finish off the match to give a thumping 245 runs victory to Sri Lanka.
3. M Muralitharan - 5 for 34 in 10 overs v England, London, 1998 - Bowling IMPACT 7.19
With England getting off to a solid start, thanks to their opening partnership of 132 runs between Nick Knight and Michael Atherton, Muttiah Muralitharan was brought into the attack to stifle the English batting line-up. He did more than that as he picked out 5 of the top 6 English batsmen and eventually restricted them to a total of 256 runs. In reply, Sri Lanka chased down the target with 5 wickets in hand and in the process sealed the Emirates Triangular Tournament in their favour.
The above performances are all within the series/tournament context. When it comes to a match context, Farveez Maharoof's 6-14 v West Indies (Mumbai, 2006) registers as the highest impact bowling performance in the history of Sri Lankan ODI cricket. Muttiah Muralitharan's 7-30 v India (Sharjah, 2000) and his 5-9 v New Zealand (Sharjah, 2002) are the second and the third highest impact bowling performances in a match context, respectively.
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He took a punt at his own 39-yard line, lost a few defenders, cut back and nothing but green grass and his own teammates in front of him.Then, at the 5-yard line, he fell suddenly. On this warm night, he cramped at the worst possible time. Even worse, his teammates couldn't bail him out. Not even Alexander White, whose attempt at his third field goal was smothered by Poca's Tyler Gibson.One play later, after the Dots committed an illegal formation foul, T.T. Loudin reeled off a 74-yard run. That play didn't provide the go-ahead score, but it was the beginning of Nitro's end.It was a tough way for Derek Midkiff to begin his Nitro coaching career."He's been hurt the last couple of weeks, really hasn't practiced," Midkiff said of Clark. "He was out there giving his all like the rest of us was. Nothing you can do about a muscle; when it wants to cramp, it will cramp." For much of the game, the Dots pulverized the Wildcats on the ground, producing three runners well past 100 yards rushing. Loudin had 210 on 22 carries, quarterback Jake Payne had 134 on 18 attempts and Levi Clendenin added 143 on 11 tries. Payne and Loudin each scored three times.Loudin, a junior, is the man who has to pick up the slack for 1,000-yard rusher Dalton Hedrick, who did not come out for football this fall."He's going to be a good running back," said Poca coach Bob Lemley. "He had a sports [hernia] or some kind of injury, he couldn't play last year. So he lost that experience as a sophomore.''The Dots went for the kill early, as Clendenin picked off Christopher Moody's first pass and walked in from the 4 for the opening score. After White kicked a 31-yard field goal for Nitro, Loudin scored from the 8 to make it 12-3. Clark and the Dots served quick notice that victory wasn't going to come so easily. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior hit the corner quickly on an end around, going untouched on a 66-yard TD run. The Wildcats had a great chance to take the lead after forcing the second of Poca's three lost fumbles.The Wildcats drove from their 48 to the Poca 1, where Brayden Underwood scored an apparent touchdown on a hard-fought 1-yard run. But the officials flagged Nitro for illegally assisting Underwood on the score, a 5-yard penalty Midkiff disputed.On fourth-and-goal from the 2, Underwood was stonewalled by Brandon Pryor, Hayden Bailey, Gibson and other Dots. After that, the Dots drive 99 yards, all on the ground, to take a 19-10 lead. White's 32-yard field goal gave set the halftime score at 19-13.To start the second half, Moody completed one of three touchdown passes, ducking a rush to throw a 36-yard shot to Steven Erlewine. That gave Nitro its first lead at 20-19, but the Dots answered with a 49-yard drive (assisted by an ill-advised late hit) to retake the lead at 27-20.The Moody-to-Clark combination, which clicked 10 times, gave Nitro a 34-27 lead with scoring plays of 8 and 38 yards. Clark was particularly impressive on the former, bowling over a defender at the 5-yard line.The Dots tied it with 1:10 left in the third on another run-only drive, with Payne scoring from the 1. Early in the fourth quarter, Poca's defense dodged another bullet on a bad shotgun snap from its 9. Bailey outfought two Wildcats for that fumble.Then came the fateful punt and Clark's fateful return that wasn't. 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Rendon: Houston homecoming 'pretty special'
HOUSTON -- Homecomings are fairly common for Major League ballplayers. But a triple-digit ticket count for your crew during that homecoming? That's taking it to another level.
That's the kind of support Nationals infielder and Houston-area native Anthony Rendon has during Washington's two-game set against the Astros at Minute Maid Park.
"Maybe even 200 [tickets]," Rendon said. "I got friends, family, people from my mom's work -- you name it, they'll be here. My dad coordinated all of it, and the head count got pretty high."
Rendon grew up in the southwest suburbs of Houston but eventually played high school ball at Lamar High School in the heart of Houston. He hit .570 in his senior season, garnering a 27th-round selection from the Braves.
He turned that down to attend Rice, where he wrote his name all over the record books, became the first underclassman to win Baseball America's Player of the Year Award, and even got his own "Anthony Rendon Day," as declared by Houston's mayor.
Clearly, Houston is home for Rendon, who started Tuesday's game at third base. He spent Monday's off-day with his family, swimming and sharing a family dinner with relatives in town from as far away as West Virginia.
"Just being in an environment I'm used to is the best," Rendson said. "I know every back road, every street, pretty much. When you go to other cities, you have to worry about taxi drivers taking the right way to the park and those things. It's comfortable here."
Rendon still lives in Houston during the offseason, and said he maintains relationships with Robbie Grossman -- who is at Triple-A Oklahoma City right now -- and Team USA comrade George Springer, the highly touted recent Astros callup.
"I know they're excited about the future down here," Rendon said. "I'm just excited to play against them in Minute Maid, where I grew up coming. This is pretty special."
Chris Abshire is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Get an overview of this hotelModern London hotel with Knightsbridge address
Popular property highlights
Near Sloane Street
This high-rise hotel is located in London's trendy Knightsbridge overlooking the leafy gardens of Cadogan Place, one block from Harrods department store and the designer boutiques of Sloane Street.
Health club
Jumeirah Carlton Tower's health club features an indoor heated pool set in tropical gardens on the second floor, has a gym on the ninth floor with views across the city of London, and offers massage and spa treatments.
Complimentary Wi-Fi
The 216 air-conditioned guestrooms have contemporary decor in neutral colors; all include plasma TVs with cable service and pay movies, and complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Helpful staff
Jumeirah Carlton Tower
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Peak Health Club features a 65.6-foot (20-meter) stainless steel heated indoor swimming pool set in tropical gardens on the 2nd floor. On the 9th floor, Jumeirah Carlton Tower's fully-equipped gym offers views over London and the aerobics studio features organized classes, including aerobics, yoga, and pilates. There is a sauna and steam room, and a choice of massage and spa treatments are available. Tennis courts are provided. The hotel also has a hair salon on site. For meetings and events, facilities include a ballroom with capacity for over 600 guests, 8 flexible function rooms, a conservatory, and a boardroom. The hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access in public areas. Parking options (limited spaces) on site include valet and garage parking at a surcharge. Guests can also take advantage of the child care offered for a surcharge.
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Luggage storage
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Business center
- Express check-out
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 16
- Hair salon
- Concierge services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Health club
- Computer station
- Total number of rooms - 216
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 8
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Wedding services
- Year Built 1961
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Plasma TV
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Espresso maker
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
A buffet breakfast (surcharge) is served daily from 7 AM to 11 AM.
Club Room - Located on the 9th floor with panoramic views over Knightsbridge. Offers a light healthy buffet for lunch and an à la carte international menu for dinner.
Chinoiserie - Lounge offering light meals and beverages throughout the day. Afternoon tea is accompanied by a harpist. Live piano music in the evening.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
Open 7 days a week, The Peak Health Club & Spa boasts state-of-the-art facilities, including a fully equipped gym and aerobics studio, sauna, steam room, award-winning spa, and a 65.6-foot (20-meter) indoor stainless steel swimming pool.
Located on the 9th floor of Jumeirah Carlton Tower, you can also enjoy spectacular views across London as part of your workout.
- Fitness classes on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
Peak Health Club & Spa, located on the ninth floor of Jumeirah Carlton Tower, is open daily to both health club members and hotel guests. The spa features beauty services and facial and massage treatments. The health club provides views of London, and includes a fitness facility, aerobics studio, sauna, and steam room. An indoor pool is located on the second floor. Guests enjoy access to tennis courts in private gardens at Cadogan Square.
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 35.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: GBP 39 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: GBP 55 per day
- Valet parking fee: GBP 55 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: GBP 35.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Carlton Jumeirah
- Carlton Jumeirah Tower
- Carlton Tower
- Carlton Tower Jumeirah
- Jumeirah Carlton
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel London
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower London
- Jumeirah Carlton Hotel
- Jumeirah Carlton London
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower London, England
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Jumeirah Carlton Tower is listed in the 2011 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.
National Rating
This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.


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Devizes butchers Walter Rose & Son have again impressed judges of England's Best Burger competition and are through to the final.
The butchers, in Sidmouth Street, have achieved a gold award for their Star burger, as they did when the competition was last held in 2012.
They are one of 23 companies to have made it through to the final, organised by industry body EBLEX.
There were a record number of entries and to achieve a gold award, burgers had to score between 95 and 100 points in the first round. The criteria for judging included the overall appearance of each burger both raw and cooked, size, fat content, texture, taste and smell.
Stephen Cook, owner of Walter Rose & Son which also has a shop in Trowbridge, said he was delighted.
"It's quite an achievement for it to be recognised. We know it's a good product and it really hits the spot. Customers who have tried it want it again," he said.
At 6oz, the Star burger is bigger than the shop's usual burgers and it first went on sale three years ago. The beef comes from Tim Johnson's farm at Coulston, near Westbury, and the secret to its flavour is suet.
Mr Cook said: "Modern methods mean fat is being left out of a lot of manufactured products such as sausages and burgers, but the omission of fat means they tend to be lacking in flavour and juicyness. The Star burger has suet in it which gives it the succulence and flavour required.
"It's a very basic burger, made of beef, suet, salt and pepper. It's how a burger would have been made 30 or 40 years ago."
In the final round of judging, which was due to take place yesterday, all the gold standard burgers will be subjected to further rigorous testing, after which winners will be determined for the four categories: independent butcher; multiple retailer; food service; and premium quality innovative burgers. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on June 4.
Competition organiser, Hugh Judd, EBLEX foodservice project manager, said: "Burger manufacturers across all the categories have really upped their game."


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DORAL, Fla. - The father of a 6-month-old girl who died after being left in a car for nearly nine hours remains in police custody.
According to investigators, the child's father dropped off an older sibling at the Doral Academy Elementary School while the baby was restrained in the back seat on Tuesday. The father continued to work, forgetting his daughter was still in the car.
When the father returned to school to pick up the older sibling, he realized his 6-month-old daughter was unresponsive in the car. She was pronounced dead at Miami Children's Hospital. Police believe he left the baby there by accident.
Neighbors were shocked by the news.
"How could someone forget a baby? They were obsessed with her," Ana Arias said in Spanish. "Oh my God, I'm stunned."
The family told Local 10's Neki Mohan the father was devastated.
Police in Miami-Dade have handed the case to the State Attorney's Office, which will decide if that father will be charged.
The State Attorney's Office has a great deal of discretion in deciding whether or not to charge. There's been other cases where they have determined it's an accident and they charged misdemeanors," said Local 10 Legal Expert Lee Stapleton.
So far, no charges have been filed.
The Department of Children and Families is investigating. Officials with DCF said they have been to the home before.
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A GIRL'S tenth birthday party was ruined by callous thieves who stole all of her presents.
Harriet Long had been enjoying a joint party at Vi Bowl, on Canvey, with her step-brother Joe Athey.
But it all ended in tears after her birthday cards full of cash and gift-wrapped presents were stolen from the car outside.
The low-lives even took the chunk of birthday cake that had been kept aside for her with 'Harriet' written on it in icing.
Her mother, Michala Pollock, 38, said: "It ruined everything. My daughter was so upset.
"Everytime I think about it it's so upsetting, it's clear they were kids' presents. What sort of people do that to a child?"
The crooks also took a bag filled with Halloween decorations and her husband's black and orange Adidas holdall which contained personal documents. The unopened presents included some clothes and a 'best friends' bracelet given to her by one of her pals.
In their hurry to grab everything the crooks had even taken a bag filled with rubbish from they party. Luckily, all of her step-brother Joe's presesnts for his ninth birthday were still in the venue, rather than in the car.
He decided to be a gentleman and refused to open them while she was upset, saving them instead until the day of his actual birthday
. Mrs Pollock, of St Annes Road, Canvey, said: "He said to his mum and dad he didn't want to open his presents because it was unfair to Harriet. He's such a lovely boy, they are such close friends and I thought it was such a kind thing to do."
The car was parked in the Lubbins Park Primary School carpark, in Eastern Esplanade, at about 10.20pm on Saturday when the gifts were stolen.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "We want to hear from anyone hanging around the carpark at the time, anyone getting into the vehicle, or carrying presents away." Anyone with information should call Det Sgt Lucy Shewring at Rayleigh Area Investigation Team on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Ben and I have been busy making the most of our sunny Sunday. We'll be snowed in before we know it – there's no time to waste! ;)
An early morning grocery shopping run was followed by a quick trip to the mall for new work kicks for Ben, and a mad dash to the onsite Panera for lunch. We were shopping away just fine, then all of the sudden both of us were ravenous!
(Totally repping for my fallen Hawkeyes…)
I was going to be adventurous and try the Thai Chicken Salad, but panicked from my aforementioned hunger level, and went with my standard order – You Pick 2 with Cream of Chicken Wild Rice & Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich.
You can't go wrong with this combo! Creamy soup with chewy wild rice,
and the zestiest sandwich ever. The combo of cilantro hummus, feta cheese, cucumber, red onion, lettuce and spicy peppadew peppers is so delish.
I HATE peppers, but I just love those peppadew ones. They're like a cross between pickles and banana peppers- which, ok I guess I love too. :)
A sweet apple served as dessert.
We were both to the point of stomach-shrinking hunger when we walked in, and were stoooofed by the time we walked out.
We decided to push through it though, and drive 20 minutes west to Adel, IA for a stroll on the local bike trail afterwards. It is gorgeous out today – no time to stay indoors!
Adel is home to the free sweet corn festival every summer (which I tragically missed this year!) and sits in a great spot right on the Raccoon River Valley Trail.
Normally we park and head east on the trail, but today we decided to switch it up and head west!
Ummm, it was kind of creepy!
The first 1/2 mile was normal enough, but then the trail emerged from a thick canopy of trees and started running right next to this eerie looking brickyard.
The whole vibe was totally horror movie-esque, and the abandoned warehouse-like structures randomly running along the other side of the trail didn't help matters.
Ben, on the other hand, thought it was the coolest thing he'd ever seen.
Babe, let's LIVE HERE! he pitched, regarding one of the most-busted looking buildings we encountered.
Seriously, we'll buy the place, turn it into a bar for the bikers, and live upstairs!
Uh-huh! I semi encouraged.
Sorry, I just love old, decrepit things…
Teeheehee. ;)
It wasn't all doom and gloom though. Once we finally got past the 1/2 mile long brickyard, the trail led us back into the trees and sweet, sweet nature!
That's better. :)
I had big plans for dinner once we got back – Bruschetta Chicken with Grilled Veggies!
After a healthy and active day, this light, delicious and nutritious dinner was just what we were craving.
I used the new Mr. Bar-B-Q Grill Skillet reader Karen sent me to try for the grilled veggies!
I have a grill basket, but I've been dying to try a grill skillet. It's the same size as a large skillet you'd use on the stove, but you use it right on the grill grates. The handle also folds up for compact storage, unlike my grill basket. LOVE that.
The holes are big enough to let the flames of the grill get through for great taste and color,
but small enough that thin items like asparagus won't fall through while cooking.
I put the skillet on the grill to heat up while I chopped up zucchini, eggplant (prepped the same way as last time) onion and asparagus, and seasoned them with some Bisignano's Italian Dressing for flavor.
After the skillet was hot, I added them right in.
Within minutes, they started getting that char-grilled look & flavah!
The non-stick feature on this thing is redick, and I easily tossed the veggies every couple of minutes until they were soft and delicious looking (that's a technical term, right there.)
The result was AMAZING. Every morsel was perfectly tender and flavorful!
I wish I would've had this thing at the beginning of the summer. I will be using it every chance I get before we put the grill away for good this year. :)
To nestle on top of my grilled veggies, I whipped up super-easy Bruschetta Chicken. All I did was marinate two chicken breasts in the same Italian dressing, grill them for 3-4 minutes a side, then lay a couple slices of fresh mozzarella on top when the chicken had about 1 minute left.
After placing on top of the veggies, I piled on fresh bruschetta topping!
You could certainly make your own bruschetta topping, but Trader Joe's sells the juiciest, freshest tasting pre-made bruschetta around.
It's really good!
I heart this meal – AND that grill skillet!
You know what? I think you would too so Mr. Bar-B-Q is giving one away to an IGE reader – whee!!!
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Ausmus: Pine tar use 'isn't a big deal'
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Brad Ausmus saw the highlights of Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda with pine tar on his neck. He also has heard the stories about catchers helping pitchers use pine tar to get a better grip on the ball, though he said he has never been a part of that.
If there's a huge controversy about the impact pine tar makes for a pitcher, however, Ausmus doesn't see it.
"I do think pitchers using pine tar isn't as big a deal as it's being made out to be," Ausmus said Thursday morning. "It's more about getting a grip. It's not really about altering the movement of the ball. It's about getting a grip on the ball, just like pine tar on the bat is to get a grip on the bat. It's becoming overblown, really."
Especially in cold weather, when it's tough for a pitcher to get a grip on a pitch, Ausmus said hitters aren't as likely to mind it.
"Especially if he's a hard thrower," Ausmus said. "It's not like a spitball where it's dancing all over the place, or sandpaper that scuffs it and makes it move abnormally. This is just allowing pitchers to get a grip on the ball. It's overblown."
That said, Ausmus agreed with the idea there's a limit. He had never seen a pitcher putting pine tar on his neck, or any part of his body where it was that much in the open.
"I guess if it was blatant, you certainly would have to address it as part of the rules," Ausmus said. "But again, I don't think its impact [is that vast]. He did seem to have quite a bit of it, but I'm not going to get worked up about that."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Insights and Opinions: What's In It For Me?
Story by Dave Berkus
This morning in our Insights and Opinions section, we're featuring another article from Dave Berkus, an early stage investor here who has been sharing his advice via both his blog, Berkonomics.com, as well as through a new book, BASIC BERKONOMICS. Today, Dave talks about how to think like your employees, shareholders, customers, and others:
If you want to best describe the motivation behind the action, think "What's in it for me"? Your employees, your shareholders, your customers, and your suppliers are all driven by this question. So why not put yourself in their shoes and develop your action plan and goals to help each of them to achieve theirs?
Employees want to be challenged, appreciated, and rewarded for good work. So create a plan for each that will accomplish these goals upon successful achievement of their tasks over time. Be bold enough to ask each during their periodic reviews to tell you what they want to achieve. Be a (Continued...)
Read the rest of Dave's article, What's In It For Me?.


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Nioxin Thinning Hair System Kit System 1 Reviews
Nice Product.This product improves your damaged hair and promotes growth. It takes a good 6 weeks to see results, but it does work. It breaks down the salts in your hair folicials. — 9 years agoPamela937 | 542 reviews
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Good for growth, but not thickeningMy moms been using this for years especially when she got sick and losing her hair. I actually won $150 worth of this kit and other products on the new beauty daily contest. I use and and my hair stylist said my hair was growing fast and recommended since I was getting hothead extensions to not use it, so my extensions would'nt grow out so fast. This does help my hair grow more than 1/2 inch a mon...read moreth and fast, but if you're looking for something to make your hair thicker, this doesn't do that for me nor my friends I gave part of my products too. I am Eurasian and my hair is wavy/stringy which curls easily, so I don't have the typical thick Asian super straight hair. I would say this product is good when you get older and your hair growth slows down or after you take your extensions out. — 4 years, 10 months agoLani702 | 118 reviews
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Good, but...I've been trying the nioxin for a few months and I will admit that my hair did grow. I noticed because I was more frizzier in areas that I felt was missing hair (lol). As for moisturizing wise, it doesn't do a good job. I had to use a treatment aside from this product that will make my hair more soft and not dry. I want to believe in this product and I just need more people to back up its claims. — 4 years, 2 months agomimi_menace | 11 reviews
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Sasha Grey in Steven Soderbergh's latest character drama to hit home video...
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I'm a big fan of Steven Soderbergh. His work on the recent film The Informant! was brilliant and Traffic was truly a work of art. Now, enter The Girlfriend Experience. Considered by many to be an amazing film (Entertainment Weekly gave it an "A" rating), I personally couldn't find myself enjoying this character drama.
Driven primarily by our main character - Chelsea - and her monogamous relationship with her boyfriend who is completely comfortable with her day (and night!) job as a prostitute. Starring adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut, The Girlfriend Experience delivers plenty of drama, a bit of sensuality, and even a taste of humor here and there; unfortunately, the film never seems to deliver the emotional attachment some viewers require. But maybe that's the intention...
No doubt Sasha Grey does an amazing job as Chelsea, who's life is made more difficult by her work, which she's very good. But it's not just the sex the bring the johns running to this beautiful woman. Delivering the full "girlfriend experience," Chelsea is intelligent and knows how to talk, wine, dine, and entertain. Which only builds tension between her and her loving, caring and very tolerant boyfriend, who understands and even enjoys discussing "work" with Chelsea.
The Blu-ray delivers a beautiful 1080p hi-def video presentation in 2.40:1 aspect ratio along with a English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound track. Special features include an unrated alternate cut of the film as well as commentary by actress Sasha Grey and Steven Soderbergh and a HDNet featurette "Look at The Girlfriend Experience."
Engaging in so far as it quickly develops the characters and explores the details of this fascinating lifestyle choice, The Girlfriend Experience won't appeal to everyone, but will impress fans of Steven Soderbergh or those looking to enjoy a well-written character drama.
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No. 16 Baylor football rolls into conference play as true Big 12 title contender
After scorching through non-conference play, leading the nation in six offensive categories and averaging 70 points per game, No. 16-ranked Baylor football finally begins conference play this Saturday with a primetime showdown at Floyd Casey Stadium against West Virginia (7 p.m., FS1).
Outlets such as Sports Illustrated have noted the Bears' prolific start and added Baylor alongside Oklahoma and Oklahoma State on the short list of Big 12 Conference title contenders. ESPN's Scott Van Pelt called Baylor "this year's 'IT' program in college football." The Dallas Morning News wrote that Baylor "looks like the Big 12's best chance to return to the BCS title game."
Baylor's offensive numbers have been so outlandish that they merited an entire article from ESPN's stats department. Among many notes, the Bears are the first FBS team to score at least 60 points in each of their first three games since LSU in 1930.
But it's not just the offense. Baylor's defense leads the nation in tackles for loss, red zone defense and in forcing 3-and-outs, and BU ranks second in scoring defense (allowing just 7.7 points per game). The Bears have actually scored more touchdowns on defense than they've allowed. Sure, the Bears have "only" played Wofford, Buffalo and ULM. But where No. 3 Ohio State beat Buffalo 40-20, the Bears pounded the Bulls 70-13. And whereas No. 10 Oklahoma beat ULM 34-0, Baylor blew out the Warhawks 70-7.
Limited tickets remain for the Bears' final four home games: vs. West Virginia (this Saturday, 7 p.m.), Iowa State (Oct. 19, Homecoming), Oklahoma (Nov. 7, a Thursday night FS1 national broadcast) and Texas (Dec. 7, the Floyd Casey Stadium finale). Get yours before they're gone.
Sic 'em, Baylor football!


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Let's get one thing straight: Clavicus Vile (pictured above, kickin' it) is the most outrageous and excellent Elder Scrolls god, and there's really no arguing to be done. That said, if you somehow feel differently, IGN has their own opinion in a new "Top 10 Gods of The Elder Scrolls" article. Vile believers: don't believe their lies.
A few more tidbits from around the web:
- Edge takes a look at the process of balancing Brink with its appropriately titled interview "Balancing on the Brink," featuring Splash Damage lead designer Neal Alphonso and creative director Richard Ham.
- NowGamer talks all about RAGE with John Carmack. The four-page interview contains discussion of the game's storyline and technology.
- Lastly, IGN interviewed our own Pete Hines for its article "Blockbuster or Bust: The New Face of Development?"