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Texas Supreme Court denies PI motion in Meza case
The Texas Supreme Court has denied to hear the City of Port Isabel's case in an ongoing lawsuit with former city manager Edward Meza.
Meza, who is now the city manager of neighboring Laguna Vista, sued the City of Port Isabel in 2015 after not receiving a severance package when he was fired via city commission vote the same year.
The severance package was previously agreed upon in 2010 in a city commission meeting when Meza was hired, signed off by then-Mayor Joe Vega. The severance package was rescinded via a city commission vote in 2015, the PRESS previously reported, ten days after Meza was terminated.
The City of Port Isabel, citing a Texas Supreme Court case El Paso Education Initiative, Incorporated v. Amex Properties, argues that Vega did not have the authority to sign off on a severance package, saying that the entirety of the city commission needed to vote on the severance package for it to be legitimate.
The City of Port Isabel has had several motions denied by district judges following Meza's filing of the suit, after the case was initially heard in 2016 by the Southern District Court of Texas.
The case moved to the 444th District Court of Cameron County, where the City of Port Isabel had filed a preliminary motion for dismissal before the case reached a jury. Judge David Sanchez denied the motion.
The state's Thirteenth Court of Appeals, in a July 2, 2020, memorandum opinion by Justice Gloria Benavidez, affirmed the 444th District Court of Cameron County's denial of the City Port Isabel's motion for dismissal, in a unanimous decision.
The Thirteenth Court of Appeals heard oral arguments from the city's attorney, Gilberto Hinojosa, and Meza's attorney, Daniel Goldberg, in October 2019.
Goldberg, regarding the Texas Supreme Court's denial, said he hope the City of Port Isabel will pay Meza's severance fee.
"If they refuse, then I will request that the district court allow us to press this case forward as quickly as they will allow towards a jury trial," Goldberg said. "Edward Meza is entitled to a jury of his peers to learn how this band of politicos treats former civil servants that fell out of their favor."
Port Isabel City Manager Jared Hockema said the city will now go to trial in a Cameron County District Court.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2020/11/25/texas-supreme-court-denies-pi-motion-in-meza-case/
Texas Supreme Court denies PI motion in Meza case – Port Isabel-South Padre Press – Lower RGV News on November 26, 2020 at 6:33 am


In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Snapfish by HP announced a partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Throughout the month of October, Snapfish will offer exclusive PinkGives personalized photo gifts including a custom card collection from new Snapfish Publisher designers, as well as customizable jewelry, calendars, notebooks, bookmarks and more.
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they have lots of good advice for someone trying to create a beads from clay, I'm looking for ways to more or less mass produce clay beads.
I am testing and trying different techniques in an effort to give back to the beading / ceramics community some of what I have gotten. I am offering up my experiments for the world to see.
Paper Clay Hearts – Before and After The Tumbled hearts are much nicer and smooth to the touch.
A common Paper Clay called "Max's White Raku / Sculpture" was used to make these hearts. I picked up a box of this at Axner Pottery Supply. This P'Cly has a wide fire range of cone 02-10 with 16% Shrinkage at Cone 10.
I rolled out a 1/2inch slab, and used an old piece of fabric to impress a design on the clay.
The Hearts were cut from the clay using the Amaco Heart Cutters (these are like small cookie cutters), I picked mine up at Micheals in the Polymer Clay section for $1.49.
Small loops of High Temperature wire was used to create the bails or hooks at the top of each piece.
The hearts were bisque fired at the Orlando Pottery Studio.
Using Red, Black, Blue – Cobalt and Iron Oxides I stained then fired the Hearts to Cone 6.
In our Sunday paper there is often a coupon good for 50% on any non-sales item at Michaels. I clipped that coupon and picked up one of these Toy rock tumblers for $16.00 (US).
There is a good website about Tumbling Polymer Clay Beads. Desiree's Polymer Clay Project (How I tumble sand and T-buff) but little information on Tumbling Clay Beads.
I took three large hearts and three small hearts and loaded them into the tumbler. I kept out one set of hearts to be my control set. These Tumblers come with three sets of grit/polish, Course, Medium and Polish. I have no idea of the true grit of these packages. A couple of sites suggested a grit of 200 then 100 and a final polish.
I poured half the course grit into the barrel, covered the beads with water and plugged it in. It was LOUD, since my game plan was to run the Tumbler for two days using each of the three grits (six days total) I knew that I couldn't leave it in the house. So I moved the tumbler out into garage, it was still too loud. I moved it the far end of the garage. Placed it on a towel and covered it with a bucket.
The noise seems to come from the Tumbler motor, not the stuff in the barrel. I can't imagine why it is so loud, it just is.
The whole time I was running the Tumbler it leaked water, the instructions said that this was normal.
I peeked at the beads after the first day and they seemed fine. At the end of the second day I took the hearts out and washed them off in the yard with a hose. Everything that I had read said not to was them in the sink. The grit would clog the drain.
I added half the second package to the Tumbler plugged it back in and left it for two days, without peeking this time. When I took the hearts out this time they looked pretty smooth, as a matter of fact they looked about like they did after the final polish.
Two days later I added the polish to the barrel and let it run more. When I removed them this time they looked the same as when I put them in. I have read on a couple of sites that the final polish can make the beads look like they are glazed. It is probably due to my lack of experience, but it could be the open grain of the clay that caused NOT this to happen. I'll find out more with time.
This was fun. I liked the results and will try more lately.
I'll probably buy a better Tumbler; you can get a descent one for around $60.00. I need to practice more to get the affects that I am looking for. I need to get a book on Tumbling.
All of the stains that I used were Tumbled off of the pendants, I need to check to see if the same thing happens to glazes.
The metal hook that I created is now loose, but not loose enough to fall out on all of the pendants.
I will re-stain these and have them fired one more time to see if the Tumbling affected them.
Michaels, The Arts & Crafts Store This is where I got the Tumbler and Amaco Shape Cutters.
The Orlando Pottery Studio Where I Fired the Clay.


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Principal study singers are welcomed into Chetham's from Year 9 up to Sixth Form. Younger students can engage with vocal music as choristers, as a second study, or through vocal ensembles.
All first-study singers receive individual vocal tuition and classes each week. In addition, they are offered workshops in performance, aural, language skills, repertoire, drama, movement and communication, vocal and close harmony ensembles. Singers perform regularly in Vocal Concerts within and beyond the School, and work regularly with the Outreach department to share their repertoire with a wider audience. Recent highlights have included a Man for the People concert featuring semi-staged scenes from Mendelssohn's Elijah; Haydn's Creation with Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh and members of Gabrieli, and regular choral concerts at Chetham's, Manchester Cathedral and The Bridgewater Hall. The first Manchester Vocal Weekend, held at Chetham's in 2019, offered students masterclasses, performance opportunities and free access to concerts by leading soloists.
"Being part of the vocal department at Chetham's has opened up more opportunities for me than I could have ever imagined, while giving me a chance to learn with so many like-minded people" – Molly, singer, Year 13
Singers work with a superb team including international mezzo-soprano Margaret McDonald, and alongside leading artists including Kitty Whateley, Ruby Hughes, Sarah Connolly and Marcus Farnsworth.
All Chetham's students are invited to audition for the Chamber Choir, which performs regularly under chorus director Stuart Overington, whilst non-orchestral players often perform with Chetham's Chorus, ensuring that our largest scale concerts bring together senior students from across the School. Every student in the School is involved in choral singing throughout the week, helping them to develop a strong sense of harmony and ensemble working, and giving instrumental players the groundwork to switch to first study singing from Year 9 upwards, if they wish to do so. There are numerous opportunities for Junior choir members, who recently sang with Brendan Cole at The Bridgewater Hall and regularly perform classical and festive repertoire at School concerts, as well as exploring harmony, sight reading and performance skills through regular ensemble rehearsals.
We are delighted to extend our Vocal programme to students from Year 9 upwards, beginning in September 2019; previously singing as a first study was limited to Sixth Form students. Younger boys and girls aged 8-13 may also consider becoming choristers at Manchester Cathedral; all choristers receive their education at Chetham's, and enjoy instrumental lessons as well as singing regularly at the Cathedral.
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Marcus Farnsworth appointed as Head of Vocal and Choral Department – young singers now welcome from age 13
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Work Has Changed: The Impact on Women
July 8, 2019 June 10, 2019 by Anne Litwin
New research, reported by Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times, notes that while American women are more educated than ever, a smaller share of college-educated women in their early forties are working today than a decade ago. In fact, the most educated women face the biggest gender gap in seniority and pay. Miller points out that women aren't only opting out of careers because of discrimination, a lack of childcare, or a dearth of paid family leave policies. While these factors all contribute, research by sociologists and economists has converged on a new understanding of the way the nature of work has changed and how this change disproportionately impacts women's careers. Researchers Youngjoo Cha at Indiana University, Kim Weeden at Cornell, and Mauricio Bucca at the European University Institute explain that "new ways of organizing work reproduce old forms of inequality." Their findings include multiple alarming statistics:
In the last two decades, salaried workers have earned more by working long hours. Four decades ago, people who worked fifty hours a week made less per hour than did those who worked forty hours per week. Today, people who overwork—working sixty hours a week or more—are paid a premium and those with round-the-clock availability earn disproportionally more.
Claudia Goldin, an economist at Harvard, notes that overwork is most extreme in managerial jobs and in the greedy professions, such as finance, law and consulting. These professions demand long, inflexible hours—which has canceled out the effects of women's educational gains.
Goldin explains, "Being willing to work 50 percent more doesn't mean you make 50 percent more, you make like 100 percent more." Goldin notes that financial rewards for working extra long hours don't' have a gender gap, but far fewer women seek such rewards, particularly mothers. Someone has to take care of the children, and usually that person is the mother. She cuts back on her hours, diminishes her future earning potential, flatlines her career, and underutilizes her education so that her spouse can maximize his earning potential for the family by overworking.
Men are much more likely to have a spouse who is on call at home. Cha reports that three-quarters of men in the top 1 percent of earners have an at-home spouse. Just one-quarter of women in the top 1 percent of earners do. In dual-earner households in which a man worked sixty or more hours, women were three times as likely to quit their jobs.
Miller points out that highly educated women aren't the only ones impacted by the changing nature of work. Unpredictable and inflexible hours pose a challenge to family life and careers for same-sex parents, middle-class families, and low-income workers. She notes that researchers have focused on college-educated women because they are most prepared to have big careers, but their careers tend to flatline. In dual-career families with children, when one career takes priority, it is generally the man's.
Several factors have contributed to the overwork trend affecting women. Technology makes people more accessible at all hours; business has become more global and people are now expected to work across time zones; the wealth gap in society makes people feel less secure; employment is increasingly unstable; work has become more competitive; and working long hours is a status symbol and a way to stand out.
What can be done to change the nature of work? Goldin states that most solutions for how to close the gender gap are merely band-aids because the problem is systemic. She suggests that the very nature of work needs to change, which will only happen if people demand it. Younger men say they want more involvement in family life. Employers want to keep talent and may listen if young men start to quit. Employers may even begin to notice that they are losing out on women's talents and training by requiring and rewarding only long and inflexible hours.
We need to start a discussion on a national level about the nature of work and how to make it more humane for everyone. Everyone will benefit if work is predictable and flexible and rewards reflect quality instead of quantity of hours, and employers will gain access to talent pools that are not available to them now.
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Why Work Is Good for Women
I have always had a fierce drive for financial independence. When I was a girl child in the 1950s and 1960s, I remember reflecting on my mother's traditional suburban life as a homemaker and being horrified by her lack of independence. Although she was living a life that met society's expectations, she often told me stories about dreams she had abandoned to be a wife and mother. I also knew that while she and my father had rough patches in their marriage from time to time, leaving him was not an option for her. She had only a middle-school education and limited work experience. She had no financial independence. She was stuck. I vowed not to be like her. Her options were limited, and, while more types of jobs are available to women today than in her time, some of our society's assumptions and expectations about women and work have not changed. Jill Filipovic of the New York Times writes about the ambivalence still present in the United States about women and work. She notes that while work is still acknowledged as important to men's sense of self-worth and identity as providers, "historically women weren't supposed to need their individual identity to be formed through work . . . women's identities have long been relational—daughter, wife, mother—rather than individual." In fact, this difference seems to have been a strong driver in the 2016 presidential election as white working-class women and men voted for Trump, who promised to bring back the blue-collar jobs that provided self-worth for white working-class men and paid wages that reinforced their identity as providers. Even though women surged into the workforce between 1950 and 2000 and the number of hours worked by both black and white women more than doubled, Americans still remain ambivalent about women working today. Filipovic notes that there is no robust feminist argument in favor of women working outside the home. I remember when early second-wave feminists did try to make this argument in the 1970s and 1980s, and the backlash was so swift and fierce that they had to back down. Remember when Hillary Clinton had to bake cookies in the 1990s when her husband ran for president to prove that she was an acceptable woman even though she had a successful law career? Filipovic writes, "That feminists are so often unable or unwilling to make a vigorous moral argument in favor of women working . . . is perhaps one reason we have not yet seen the political groundswell necessary to pass the workplace policies we so desperately need." Research shows, however, that it is good for everyone when women work:
Women are better off when we work outside of the home: our mental and physical health are better and our levels of happiness are higher.
Daughters of working mothers tend to be higher achievers.
Men raised by working mothers do more housework and child care as adults.
Men who have working wives tend to be more supportive of, and give more promotions to, female coworkers.
Women who are financially independent are less likely to get stuck in abusive or unhappy relationships.
Unfortunately, public opinion remains stuck. Filipovic reports that "just over half of Americans believe children are better off with a mother who is at home full time and does not hold a job. Only 8 percent say the same thing about fathers." Our ambivalence about women working and achieving successful careers runs deep. A recent study reported in the Boston Globe found that "after the hiring of a female or minority CEO, white male executives identified less with the company and felt less valued by it, than when a white male CEO was hired." No wonder we have not been able to elect a female president or pass legislation that supports women working outside of the home. We seem to have a long way to go, baby! Photo courtesy of Jo Guildl. CC by 2.0]]>
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Why Retirement Is Not for Me—or for Many Women
I have been irritated for quite some time by constant questions from friends and colleagues about when I am going to retire. Some of them even imply that I am wrong not to be retired already. I love my work and get energy, joy, and satisfaction from it. Why would I want to stop doing what is so life-giving for me? I am now in my late sixties, and a few years ago I asked my mentor, Edith Whitfield Seashore, for advice about how to deal with these annoying questions. At the time she was still working and in her mid-eighties, and she replied: "When people ask me when I am going to retire, I ask, 'Isn't retirement doing what you love?' When they say yes, I reply, 'Then I guess I'm retired.'" I loved her response then, but I still get irritated by the same constant questions. I was very interested to read a recent article by Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times citing research that shows I am not alone. Women are working longer, many by choice because they are "having way too much fun." Some, of course, work out of necessity. Miller cites research from two new studies that draw their data from the Health and Retirement Study at the University of Michigan as well as the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation. The new studies show:
Women are more likely than in previous generations to work at almost every point in their lives
Women are significantly more likely to work into their sixties and seventies—often full time—because they enjoy it
The above is also true in most developed countries, not just in the United States
Nearly 30 percent of women sixty-five to sixty-nine in the United States are working, up from 15 percent in the late 1980s
Eighteen percent of women seventy to seventy-four work, up from 8 percent
Men's employment after sixty is up, too, but not as steeply
Women who are college graduates are more likely to be employed in the older age groups, but the age of employment for women with no degree is increasing at roughly the same pace
Sometimes women work longer because they enjoy it, and they want to stay active and engaged in the world of work. Sometimes, of course, women work longer because of financial necessity, and they have no choice. For those who choose to keep working, some are like me and have gone back to school or trained for a new career later in life. They had the energy and desire to stay engaged or start something new. I started a PhD program at the age of fifty-five and graduated at the age of sixty-one because I felt ready for a new challenge and wanted the stimulation. I also knew I wanted to keep working, so it seemed reasonable to me to invest in an advanced degree later in life. Many women go back to school or study for new certifications or licenses in their fifties, sixties and seventies because they find it energizing to master something new and discover new ways to contribute. Other women start new businesses or services that they find fulfilling. While the women described above are choosing to work, many women have no choice. Sometimes late-life divorce, inadequate or nonexistent pensions, or financial losses such as those incurred during the great recession—when many people lost their retirement savings and homes—create the need to keep working. Sometimes people have to keep working due to high accumulated debt, even if they would prefer not to. Health problems can also force us to step out of the workforce, and life can be quite difficult for those with no savings who must rely on Social Security. Many friends and colleagues of mine who choose to keep working have, however, been forced out of their organizations and told they are "too old" to continue. Ashton Applewhite of the New York Times writes about the mix of attitudes and institutional practices that create ageism and force out people with wisdom, experience, and energy before they are ready. Those forced out often struggle to recreate themselves when they know they want to keep working, but they can if they persist. I am grateful to have my health and satisfying work as I head into my seventies. I truly feel that we have no limits if we follow our energy and our dreams. What have you discovered about how to create the next chapter of your life? Let us hear from you. Photo courtesy of Business Forward. CC by sa-2.0 ]]>
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forex trading is all about trading foreign currency, stocks, and similar type of products. The currency of one country is weighed against the currency of another country to determine value. The value of that foreign currency is taken into consideration when trading stocks on the FOREX markets. Most countries have control over the value of that countries value, involving the currency, or money. Those who are often involved in the FOREX markets include banks, large businesses, governments, and financial institutions.
The foreign exchange market is made up of a variety of transactions and counties. Those involved in the FOREX market are trading in large volumes, large amounts of money. Those who are involved in the FOREX market are generally involved in cash businesses, or in the trade of very liquid assets that you can sell and buy fast. The market is large, very large. You could consider the FOREX market to be much larger than the stock market in any one country overall. Those involved in the FOREX market are trading daily twenty-four hours a day and sometimes trading is completed on the weekend, but not all weekends.
You might be surprised at the number of people that are involved in FOREX trading. In the years 2004, almost two trillion dollars was an average daily trading volume. This is a huge number for the number of daily transactions to take place. Think about how much a trillion dollars really is and then times that by two, and this is the money that is changing hands every day!
The FOREX market is not something new, but has been used for over thirty years. With the introduction of computers, and then the internet, the trading on the FOREX market continues to grow as more and more people and businesses alike become aware of the availablily of this trading market. FOREX only accounts for about ten percent of the total trading from country to country, but as the popularity in this market continues to grow so could that number.


From 22 to 24 September 2015 the 64th German Aerospace Congress was held in Rostock. This scientific conference is organized annually by the German Society of Aerospace (DGLR) and is the most important event in this field in Germany. Tesat participated this year with five presentations in the program.


Transient electromagnetic disturbance is more popularly known as EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse. This is more of a short burst of electromagnetic energy which should not be taken lightly. The pulse may have been originated from natural occurrence or it can be manmade as well and might occur as electric, radiated, conducted electric current or magnetic field depending on the source.
The interference caused by EMP is usually disruptive or damaging to electronic devices and equipment. And given with higher energy level, a strongly powerful EMP such as lightning strike is capable of destroying objects including aircraft structures, buildings and so on. One of the significant branches of EMC or Electromagnetic compatibility engineering is the management of its effect. The truth is, EMPs today are weaponized in order to deliver the damaging effect it has to enemies.
This is the time when Faraday cage was invented. In reality, this is named after Michael Faraday and it is a form of device that is designed to protect electronic devices from any type of electromagnetic radiation. The cage works by layering non conductive and conductive layers, creating a shielding effect for items that are stored inside the cage and protecting it from radiation. Despite the fact that it seems complicated, anyone can basically build their own Faraday cage by simply using an aluminum foil.
Step number 1. Wrap your electronic device in plastic layer – find a plastic wrap or a plastic bag and use it to wrap your device or as storage. What this will do is establish a barrier between conductive aluminum layer and the device. It can serve as waterproof layer as well to get that extra level of protection.
Step number 2. Cover every inch of your device with aluminum foil – the reason why this should be done is that, the aluminum foil act as a conducting layer. In order for this one to be effective, make sure that the aluminum foil you're using has no gaps or tears. Preferably, make use of your hands in molding the foil around the device. This act as the first 3 layers of aluminum foil.
Step number 3. Alternate the aluminum foil and plastic – as much as possible, put three layers of aluminum foil. You can also maximize the protection by simply adding plastic layers in between every layer of the foil. As you do so, this will create alternating layer of conductive and non-conductive materials and protect the device from electromagnetic radiation.


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Cosby Team Declares Victory, DA Vows New Case After Mistrial
After a weeklong trial and 6 days of deliberation the jury was unable to reach a consensus on 3 counts of sexual misconduct
By Maryclaire Dale and Michael R. Sisak
Published Jun 17, 2017 at 7:22 AM | Updated at 9:15 PM PDT on Jun 17, 2017
Case Against Cosby Not Over After Mistrial
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Montgomery County's district attorney declared he would take Bill Cosby's sexual assault case back to court after the judge declared a mistrial. NBC10's Drew Smith has the details on what's next for the case.
(Published Saturday, June 17, 2017)
Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian's image as "America's Dad."
Prosecutors vowed to try again, declaring the woman who accuses Cosby of drugging and molesting her at his Philadelphia-area home in 2004 is "entitled to a verdict."
Cosby Defense Team Speaks Out After Mistrial
Bill Cosby's defense team sees his mistrial ruling as a victory. NBC10's Aundrea Cline-Thomas spoke to Cosby's defense team about the outcome of the trial.
The jury deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn't agree on whether "The Cosby Show" star sexually violated Temple University employee Andrea Constand after giving her pills that left her woozy and unable to say no or fight back. The judge then declared a mistrial.
Cosby's team declared victory and went on the attack.
"Mr. Cosby's power is back. It has been restored," said Andrew Wyatt, his spokesman.
Read Camille Cosby's Statement Blasting Judge, DA, Media
Cosby's wife of 53 years, Camille, slammed prosecutors for bringing the case to court, calling District Attorney Kevin Steele "heinously and exploitively ambitious" in a statement released after court adjourned. She also attacked the judge, the accuser's lawyers and the media.
"How do I describe the judge? Overtly arrogant, collaborating with the district attorney," said her statement, which was read by Wyatt and tweeted by her husband.
Judge Declares Mistrial in Bill Cosby Case
Cosby himself didn't comment. He remained stoic as the judge declared a mistrial, while Constand doled out hugs to her mother, prosecutors and some of the other women who say the TV star drugged and abused them.
Steele said he's disappointed the jury was unable to agree on the charges, but vowed to put Cosby on trial again.
Constand "has shown such courage through this, and we are in awe of what she has done," Steele said. "She's entitled to a verdict in this case."
In a statement, her lawyers thanked the prosecution for taking her case and said the trial had "given a voice to the many victims who felt powerless and silenced."
Cosby's career and good-guy image were already in tatters by the time his chief accuser took the stand and described how Cosby gave her pills and then penetrated her with his fingers as she lay paralyzed on a couch, unable to tell him to stop.
But the jurors clearly struggled with their verdict, telling the judge on Day 4 they were at impasse. Judge Steven O'Neill instructed them to keep working toward a unanimous decision. On Saturday, they came back and told O'Neill they were hopelessly deadlocked. It wasn't immediately known how many jurors wanted to convict and how many wanted to acquit.
The judge sought to comfort the jurors, at least one of whom fought back tears, calling their epic deliberation "one of the more courageous acts, one of the more selfless acts that I've seen in the justice system. ... I feel bad for all of you, I really do."
He reminded prosecutors and the defense that "a mistrial is neither vindication nor victory for anybody."
Camille Cosby Calls Out DA, Judge in Prepared Statement
A spokeswoman reads a signed statement by Camille Cosby, the wife of Bill Cosby, in the moments after a judge declared a mistrial in the sex assault case against the legendary comedian.
It was the only criminal case to arise from allegations from more than 60 women that cast Cosby as a serial predator who gave drugs to women before violating them.
He did not take the stand in his own defense, leaving it to his attorney to argue Cosby and Constand were lovers sharing a consensual sexual encounter. Lawyer Brian McMonagle told jurors that while Cosby had been unfaithful to his wife, he didn't commit a crime.
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"We're talking about all the man's tomorrows," said McMonagle, urging acquittal of an icon in the twilight of life.
Cosby broke barriers as the first black actor to star in a network show, "I Spy," in the 1960s and created the top-ranked "Cosby Show" two decades later, starring as kindly Dr. Cliff Huxtable. He found success with his "Fat Albert" animated TV show and starred in commercials for Jell-O pudding.
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But it was his reputation as a public moralist who urged young people to pull up their saggy pants and start acting responsibly that prompted a federal judge to unseal portions of an explosive deposition he gave more than a decade ago as part of Constand's civil lawsuit against him.
In the deposition, which was released in 2015 at the request of The Associated Press, Cosby said he obtained several prescriptions for quaaludes in the 1970s and offered the now-banned sedatives to women he wanted to have sex with.
He also said he gave Constand three half-tablets of the cold and allergy medicine Benadryl before the "petting" began. Prosecutors suggested he drugged her with something stronger.
Constand, now 44, initially went to police about a year after she said Cosby assaulted her, but a prosecutor declared her case too weak to bring charges.
'Today We Can't Breathe': Garner's Mom Vows to Keep Fighting
A decade later, another district attorney reopened the investigation after Cosby's lurid testimony about drugs and sex became public, and dozens of women came forward against one of the most beloved stars in all of show business. He was charged shortly before the statute of limitation was set to expire.
McMonagle, in his closing argument, pointed out that Constand telephoned Cosby dozens of times after the alleged assault. Constand told the jury she was merely returning his calls about the women's basketball squad at Temple University, where she was director of team operations and he was a member of the board of trustees.
R. Kelly Ordered Held Without Bond, Pleads Not Guilty
"This isn't talking to a trustee. This is talking to a lover," McMonagle said of one call that lasted 49 minutes. "Why are we running from the truth of this case — this relationship? Why?"
He also tried to sow doubt about Constand's story, saying it had evolved during her interviews with police.
Judge Declares Mistrial in Cosby Case
NBC10's Randy Gyllenhaal has details outside the court house after the jury couldn't come up with a guilty or not guilty verdict in the Bill Cosby sex assault case.
But Steele said it was no accident that some of Constand's memories were faulty.
"There are some things in this case that should be fuzzy. Why? Because he drugged her to do this," the prosecutor told jurors. "She spent a lot more time trying to forget what happened than trying to remember that night."
Rescued Camper Details Encounter With Knife-Wielding Man
Before going on trial, Cosby expressed hope he could eventually resume his career. But TV networks had long since scrapped plans for a comeback and pulled reruns from the air after his lurid deposition testimony became public.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand has done.
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Dapi Township () is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.

Geography
It has a population total of 18,178 and an area of 44.9973 km2.

Administrative divisions
Dapi Township consists of 15 villages, which are Beihe, Beizeng, Dade, Fenggang, Fengtian, Jiaxing, Jitian, Lianmei, Nanhe, Sanjie, Shangyi, Songzhu, Xingan, Xizeng and Yiran.

Economy

Dapi is an agricultural town where the major crops are rice, bamboo shoots, leaf mustard and flowers. It also has livestock husbandry, such as pigs, lambs, chickens, ducks and deer, as well as aquatic animals such as soft-shell turtles and fishes. The township supplies 85% of pickled mustard demand in Taiwan.

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Townships in Yunlin County

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Rapper Golden Landis von Jones, also known as 24kGoldn on SoundCloud, Spotify and Apple Music, is a senior at Lowell. He has opened for artists like Sage the Gemini, ShowBangerz and P-Lo. But before that, Landis von Jones got his start at DreamTeam, a local sneaker boutique where he first recorded his music. Landis von Jones continues to make music and collaborate with local artists.
Landis von Jones at DreamTeam.
I'm an artiste. I'm a rapper, entrepreneur, master finesser, master of finessing, and public figure.
When did you start making music? How did you get into that?
I first started making music second semester of my sophomore year. I'd always just be freestyling for fun with my friends and they were like, "Wow, you're actually really good at this." So I came to DreamTeam and I talked to my big brother and my mentor Don, Paypaboy. He has a studio here and he was like, "Aight, let's get you in the studio." And that's where I recorded my first song.
Can you talk about some of the biggest projects you've done?
This last weekend, I did two shows. Saturday I did this show called Flexicon which is like a collective show for up-on-the-rise Bay Area artists. I was fortunate enough to participate in that with Pre Pre Game and my homie Ben10k. On Sunday, I opened up for ShowBangerz, Sage the Gemini and P-Lo in Oakland, and that was really big. I sold a lot of tickets to that one. It was really hyped — you can ask anyone there.
Can you walk us through your music-making process?
Arguably more important than the lyrics these days, in hip hop and rap, is the beat. I'll usually look for a beat first. I'll get beats online, I have people sell them to me or I have friends custom make beats for me. Once you get the beat, it kind of just speaks to you. At least for me, it just speaks to me and the words flow out. I automatically know what to say. I can write a song in like 30 minutes or less.
What's the shortest amount of time it's ever taken you to write a song?
"Rhinestone Cowboy." I wrote that in like 20 minutes. It just came to me and I knew exactly what to say.
What's one of your favorite songs that you've made?
Probably "Rhinestone Cowboy." There's just so many layers. When I was making it, in each part there'd be three to five layers, so I'd be saying the same exact words, just with different melodies and different intonations, and ad libs. I'd do three different types of ad libs that just blended together. I love that song.
One would definitely be Paypaboy, he's just shown me that it's possible to chase your dreams, make them into a reality, and get paid. It's possible to be your own boss; it's not a pipe dream; it's achievable.
A$AP Rocky. I draw a lot of inspiration from him musically.
How has being at Lowell influenced your music career?
Lowell is a great platform for me to market to because everyone at Lowell has friends from other schools, so I can spread my music at Lowell and then it just blows up throughout the city. People I've never met before come up to me. Just at [the last] Battle of the Birds games, Ethan Lei brought his friend up to me and he was like, "Hey, you're my favorite Soundcloud rapper. I love what you're doing." It's nice to get recognized — to get recognition. Also Lowell keeps you sharp. It's an academically challenging school so it keeps me sharp and about my wits.
Does Lowell's heavy workload keep you from making more music?
Yeah, definitely. If I went to another school then I'd be able to make so much more music. It's a trade-off. I definitely wish I could be making more music. But due to college applications, homework and other extracurriculars, I've kind of been slowing down lately. I have a lot of unreleased music that's going to be coming out soon — lots of bangerz. Keep your eyes on the lookout.
What are your goals? Do you plan to pursue music in college?
I currently plan on going to college and getting a degree in business — major in business administration and minor in music production. Being an artist and being a rapper is a lot like being an entrepreneur. Being a rapper has helped sharpen my entrepreneurial skills. I've been an entrepreneur since sixth or seventh grade so that's definitely helped me with my music skills. I definitely want to pursue both.
In 10 years, I'll be 27 years old, so I'm planning on being worth at least a million dollars. I see myself going on tour around America, selling merchandise, and selling innovative fan experiences. I see myself giving back more to my community. One project that I'm really passionate about — one of my goals — is that I want to teach financial fitness and financial literacy to minorities and people that live in low-income neighborhoods, because if you're not passing on your generational wealth, your kids have to start over from scratch — from the beginning. A lot of people in these communities don't know how to save money and don't know strategies to save money to build their wealth.


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Carly Pearce's Warns The 'Next Girl' In Her New Single
'We live in a world where there are so many smooth-talking guys who're so quick to sweep you off your feet – and they always have a story about the girl before.'
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Ahead of the weekend, rising country star Carly Pearce shared a fiery new single, "Next Girl." The lively, bluegrass-inspired track marks her first new music since February's Carly Pearce, and follows her chart-topping duet with Lee Brice "I Hope You're Happy Now."
Pearce, who garnered four CMA nominations this week, said that she took a cue from country singer and fellow Kentucky native Patty Loveless when she wrote the song with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. "We live in a world where there are so many smooth-talking guys who're so quick to sweep you off your feet – and they always have a story about the girl before," noted Pearce in a statement. "So when we were asking ourselves, 'What would Patty Loveless do?' We figured not only would she warn the girl, she'd turn over all the cards: how he works, how he talks about the old girlfriend, what he'll do once he's got her."
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But returning to the studio was also an emotional journey for Pearce, whose longtime collaborator, busbee, passed away last year. "I've spent much of quarantine thinking about where I wanted my music to go. This was not easy for me, especially without having busbee my side this time around," captioned Pearce on Instagram. "The only thing I knew to do was to get lost in all of my old records. I needed to re-discover the music that captured my heart as a teenager: Dolly. Loretta. Patty. Faith. Trisha. The Chicks."
She continued, "through all the listening, I was reminded how country music always had these straight-talking women who were so strong and sassy. They were flirty, funny, and feisty. And they weren't afraid of banjos, fiddles, mandolins, and dobro. I used that inspiration, both lyrically and musically, to create 'Next Girl.' This is the music that flows through my blood, that comes out of my pores. It's everything I love – and loved – all in one song, and when it's rushing by, it just feels good."
Earlier this week, Pearce joined Luke Combs on Good Morning America to announce the nominees for the 54th annual CMA Awards. The singer-songwriter scored four nominations herself – including Song of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, and Video of the Year for "I Hope You're Happy Now." Pearce also received her second nod for New Artist of the Year.
Listen to the best of Carly Pearce on Apple Music and Spotify.
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One of the Nature Guide shouted, "Nalleh me jayegi, Nalleh me". (She will move to the stream ahead)
Ranthambore, the land of tigers! My 1st National Park on the wishlist, and I did it in two years. Ranthambore National Park is different from the lush and evergreen forests of South India. This was my first time in Ranthambore, it was all together a different experience. It is different from the lush evergreen forests of South India. It has a different terrain from the South Indian jungles. It is a deciduous forest, which is quite open and rocky. It has got some beautiful landscapes, which one cannot miss. It has two mountain ranges meeting each other - Aravalli & Vindhya hill ranges, thus creating one of the best landscapes in India.
Ranthambore is one of the largest National Parks of India. It is spread in 1700 plus sq area, of which 20% comes into the tourist zone. The tourist zone are is divided into ten zones, out of which one to five zones are core zones. Those five zones are where the activities of predators can be seen regularly. Third zone is a beautiful zone with three lakes, namely Rajbagh, Padam & Mallik. The Mallik lake also share the border with fourth zone. The total no of tigers present in the park is 55 tigers, out of which 30 tigers are in the tourist zone. Apart from tigers, the park has Leopards in the predator category, while there are Sloth Bears, Spotted Deers, Sambar Deers, Blue Bull or Neelgai, Indian Gazelle or Chinkara, & Hyena. The birds include Kingfishers, Owls, Buzzards, Vultures, Eagles and many more. Crocodiles can be seen in all the lakes and there are instances where there has been a fight between crocodiles and tigers. Macchli the legendary tigress, is the one who is responsible for regeneration of the tiger population. She is the most photographed tigress in world! She killed a 14 foot long crocodile, after which she was declared the Queen of Ranthambore, and this title is given to the tiger/tigress which controls the three lake zone.
Ranthambore is one of the best places to spot tigers in their habitat and they can be seen everywhere in park. The best months to be at Ranthambore is in May & November. May is the last month of summer season & in summer the water is scarce, so they come out to the water holes to drink water, thus increasing the chances of sighting. November again because it is the start of the winter season, also because its just after the breeding season, where we can see new fauns and cubs as well.
Ranthambore is situated in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. It is well connected by road, rail & airways. Nearest railway station is Sawai Madhopur 11 kms away, Nearest Airport is Jaipur 160 kms away & 110 kms from Kota.
There are various hotels in and around Sawai Madhopur and I stayed at Ranthambore Regency, which had lovely food and stay.
So I reached to Ranthambore on 13th December and my first safari was at 14:30 hrs. Mr. Sharad Sharma was our guide for all the safaris. Within 15 minutes into the safari, we saw few gypsies hovering around a place. Once we reached there, I saw a faint figure of tigress, I knew I was in for treat.
One of the Nature Guides shouted:" Nalleh mein jayegi, Nalleh mein" , still I did not know, what next is going to happen, as it was quite possible it could go more deeper into jungle where we cannot go on gypsy or it could just come in front of us. So I was waiting to see, what drama will unfold in front of me. She was watching a group of wild boars unaware of her presence.
Then she vanished into the ruins and I thought now we might not see her again. Whatever happened next was in fraction of second, she just leaped on her target and kaboom!!! She had the piglet caught by it's neck. Tiger or predators normally catch the prey by it's neck, thus strangling its breath and eventually killing it or first they catch the prey by it's neck and then comes a paw thrashing on the prey's head thus giving it no chance to fight back. Next, we had her for 15 minutes giving us the images of lifetime. She was none other than Tigress Arrowhead (T-84), one of the famous tigress from second litter of the dominant female tigress T-19 or Krishna. She is a sub adult tigress and has a brother by name Packman. Their father is the dominant male T-28 or Star male . She is very bold and is fond of cameras. She then went towards the canal and from which it did not come out till that day.
This was the best sighting I had ever had of tigers and the cherry on the icing was the hunt process. She gave us the demo on hunting process. She is very beautiful and the arrow can be seen on it's forehead. After that safari, I did not see her again till the end of all the safaris.
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It is really wonderful blog by very serious quite young wild life lover! Through this article, I am pretty sure that our new generation has a great wild life sense.. Keep it up my dear.. Thank you very much to share with us...
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Relationships thrive when needs are met and falter when they're not. That fact, quite simply, is non-negotiable.
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Speciality coffee by nature is fairly traded. Rather than being treated as a commodity on the futures market, it is traded on its quality, which in turn demands a premium price for the farmer.
For example, in May 2006, 'Hacienda la Esmeralda Geisha' coffee from Panama set a record of USD50.25 per pound at an online auction. This award winning coffee now retails for over USD100 per pound. It is important to remember that it is not only third world countries which grow coffee, as developed nations such as Australia and the United States (Hawaii) also have established industries.
Many people imagine coffee to be grown in large plantations akin to vineyards, with row upon row of coffee bushes. This may be the case for the beans that are sold to make your jar of instant coffee, but speciality coffee tends to be grown in smallholdings by the indigenous people of the land. In contrast to the monoculture of plantations, these smallholdings are bio-diverse. The farmers cultivate the land with self-sufficiency in mind. They have to feed their family and their livestock as well as growing coffee and other produce they can sell.
This approach has great benefit for both the quality of the coffee and the sustainability of the land. The bio-diversity of the smallholding attracts natural predators to eat the pests, so chemicals are not needed. The nutrients of the soil are not drained as the different species of plants require and produce different nutrients. And so, although most farmers choose not to pay to be certified, their produce is organic and therefore better for us.
So you should feel good when you buy speciality coffee. Not only is it fairly traded, but it is grown in a sustainable and organic manner. You get great tasting coffee which is ethically sound.
You can always alter speciality coffee to your tastes by home roasting.


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Russian Air Force Launches Massive Assault In Kafr Naboudeh, Lebanon
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force unleashed a massive assault over the key town of Kafr Naboudeh in northwestern Hama last...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force unleashed a massive assault over the key town of Kafr Naboudeh in northwestern Hama last night, a military source in the Hama Governorate told Al-Masdar News this morning.
Led by their Sukhoi jets, the Russian Air Force repeatedly struck the jihadist defenses inside of Kafr Naboudeh, scoring several direct hits on Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham's positions.
According to the military source in Hama, the Russian Air Force was attempting to weaken the jihadist resolve at the northern district of Kafr Naboudeh. This area now has a large presence of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham fighters, which is making it very difficult for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to retake Kafr Naboudeh.
The Russian Air Force is still carrying out airstrikes over northwestern Syria at this time; however, the majority of these strikes are now concentrated on the western countryside of the Idlib Governorate. In particular, the Russian Air Force is hitting the jihadist positions in the Jisr Al-Shughour District.


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He proved himself a hero on the land and on the sea.
And how to make a better home for such as you and me.
A sniper's bullet cut him down while the thousands cheered.
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The Nature of Light: The Established View
This view asserts that the axiom that the laws of physics must appear the same to all observers, requires that the speed of light be the same in all frames of reference. This, in turn, leads to counter-intuitive notions like the dilation of time and the contraction of length. [Portugês]
Classically, it was assumed that light must travel as a progressive disturbance within a fluid medium in a way similar to the way sound waves travel through air. They called this medium the luminiferous æther. It would necessarily have to permeate all space — including the space between the atoms of transparent materials.
The key problem raised by the luminiferous æther was that it would become a fixed universal frame of reference to which the speed of light must be tied. All celestial bodies would move relative to this æther. Consequently, the speed at which light travelled between celestial objects would vary according to the speed and direction of the objects. Furthermore, the motion of all celestial bodies through the æther would produce a drag and a bow wave — just like a ship does when steaming across the ocean. Experimental observation, however, showed that the speed of light did not vary with direction and that it seemed to be independent of the motion of its sources and its observers.
It was therefore postulated that light moved at a universally fixed speed relative to each and every observer. This universal speed of light is usually denoted by the letter c. Light emitted by a single source would thus embark on its journey at speed c away from the source. It would then approach its destination (observer) at the same universal velocity c, no matter at what speed the destination (observer) were travelling relative to the source. The only way to reconcile the geometry of this relationship was to postulate that the source's space became contracted and its time became dilated from the point of view of the observer.
Einstein's Thought Experiment
I think Einstein was riding in a tram (or a trolley bus) along Kramgasse in Bern, Switzerland. He gazed back at the famous clock tower receding from him. Then he thought about how the time on the clock would appear to him if his tram were travelling away from the clock at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
The further he would get away from the clock, the longer the light from the clock face would take to reach him. The effect of this accumulating delay would be to make the clock appear to be running slower than normal. If he had a pocket watch, he would see the hands of the tower clock lagging further and further behind the hands of his pocket watch.
The sole reason the tower clock appears to be running slow is that light does not travel from its clock face to Einstein's eyes instantaneously. It travels at a finite speed and therefore takes a finite time to arrive. When the clock hands move, the light from the clock face takes an ever-increasing amount of time to intimate the new position of the clock hands to Einstein. In other words, it is solely because light travels at a finite speed. It is definitely NOT because the clock is really running slow.
From the point of view of somebody standing in front of the clock tower, its clock is running at normal speed. From the point of view of an observer standing a light-year away from the clock tower but whose speed relative to the clock tower is zero, the clock is running at normal speed. The time this observer sees the clock as indicating will, however, be one year behind what the hands of the clock are currently showing to the observer standing directly in front of it.
However slow the tower clock may appear to be running from the point of view of Einstein on his super-fast tram, the clock of itself, from the point of view of "stationary" observers wherever they may be, is running at normal speed. Einstein's observation of the tower clock from his high-speed vantage point does not therefore modify in any way time, space or motion in the vicinity of the tower clock. There is nothing weird or mind-bending about all this so far.
Things only start to get weird when we examine the difference between the meanings of the words "appears" and "is" in the context of Einstein travelling in his super fast tram away from the Kramgasse clock tower. This is because the speed of light is not only the speed at which the current positions of the clock hands is communicated to Einstein in his super fast tram. It is, more profoundly, the speed at which all physical effects are propagated to Einstein as he is travelling in his super fast tram.
We are well aware that things are often not as they appear, especially in the realm of human relationships. Here, however, we need to stick to purely physical phenomena. A physical example of something not being as it appears is a mirage. One intuitively knows that camels do not usually walk upside down in a bright blue lake. It is an optical illusion caused by a higher than normal temperature gradient in the air close to the ground. In other words, the medium through which the light is travelling from the camels to the observer is modifying the appearance of the scene. The reality is that the camels themselves are walking upright across the sand.
Einstein's observation that the clock on the Kramgasse tower is running slow is not a mirage in the normal sense. It is fundamentally different. This is because the properties of space do not only fix the velocity at which light can travel. They make this same velocity the limit at which anything can travel. For instance, if the clock tower were a planet and it suddenly ceased to exist, its gravitational effect upon Einstein would only cease when it visibly disappeared. This would happen only after the period required for light to travel from the planet to Einstein. For Einstein, it is as if all reality is a mirage. Consequently, from Einstein's point of view, what he sees is reality. In Einstein's universe, the clock on the tower in Kramgasse is running slowly.
It is important to realise that the converse situation is also true. In the universe of an observer standing in front of the clock tower in Kramgasse, the tower clock is running at normal speed and it is Einstein's pocket watch that is running slow. The dilation of time is something which occurs for any observer of any clock that is moving towards or away from him at any speed.
The Light-Clock Experiment
The famous thought experiment, involving a light-clock, was constructed to illustrate how this was supposed to happen. In the diagram below, the grey rectangles represent a pair of mirrors. The mirrors face each other. They are mounted on a common frame so they always remain the same fixed distance apart.
In the middle of one of the mirrors is a small hole through which shines a perfectly collimated light source such as a perfect laser. The light-source emits an initial flash of light. The light travels to the upper mirror. There it is reflected back to the lower mirror, which then reflects it back again to the upper mirror. Thus the light continues forever to reflect back and forth between the two mirrors. The light travels on its path between the two mirrors at velocity c. The period of the clock is defined as the time it takes the flash of light to make the round trip from the lower mirror to the upper mirror and back again. This is twice the time t that the light takes to travel one leg between one mirror and the other. The period of the light-clock is therefore 2t. Consequently, the distance the light travels during one clock-period is 2ct.
To make use of such a clock, it would be necessary to monitor its ticks. This requires the intervention of some kind of detector to determine each instant when the light hits the lower mirror. In the real world, this would sap energy from the flash of light, so it would gradually fade out. There would have to be some means of causing a fading flash to trigger a new flash. Notwithstanding, this is only a thought experiment, so our detector can be imaginary. And an imaginary detector does not consume energy.
Moving Light-Clock
The next stage of this thought experiment is to consider what happens if the clock is moving relative to an observer at a speed v, which is a significant proportion of the speed of light.
In the traditional version of this thought experiment, the observer is looking straight at the screen or page, as you are now doing, and the clock assembly is moving across the page from left to right. However, the same geometry would hold for an observer placed at the left or right sides of the diagram, or indeed anywhere on the horizontal plane that would cut the diagram in half. This is because I am considering only what is happening within the clock itself and not how information about the clock's current state is conveyed to the observer.
In the time t taken by the light to travel from one mirror to the other, the clock assembly moves a distance vt to the right. From the clock's point of view, the light simply travels a distance ct straight from one mirror to the other. However, from the observer's point of view, the opposite mirror has moved a distance vt to the right in this time. In the observer's frame of reference, the light therefore has to travel a distance ct0 in order to arrive at the opposite mirror.
The calculation of the light-clock's period from the point of view of the observer is a simple application of Pythagoras's Theorem to the right-angled triangle of which the distance ct0 is the hypotenuse. The formula for the full period or full-tick of the clock, from the point of view of the observer, is shown at the bottom right of the above diagram. It is somewhat longer than 2t, the clock's period from the point of view of the clock itself. From the observer's point of view, the clock is therefore running much slower.
Traditionally, the purpose of the above thought experiment was not to show that a "moving" light-clock runs slow within the frame of reference of a "stationary" observer. It's purpose was to show that if the speed of light always be the same in all frames of reference, then the time in the "moving" frame of reference is always dilated with respect to the observer's "stationary" frame of reference.
However, for the the purpose of this essay, I wish to continue considering the way the light-clock itself behaves in different situations.
Rotated Light-Clock
Suppose I rotate the light-clock assembly through a right-angle, that is, a quarter-turn or 90° as shown below.
The geometry shows that, although the clock assembly is still travelling from left to right at velocity v, at a significant fraction of the speed of light, the time dilation changes with the direction of the light. On the forward stretch, the light travels a distance of ct0f = ct + vt in time t(1 + v/c), whereas on the reverse stretch it travels a distance of ct0r = ct - vt in time t(1 - v/c). The full light-path in the observer's space d = ct0f + ct0r = ct + vt + ct - vt, which is simply 2ct.
The clock's full period is therefore 2t, the same as if the clock were stationary. So the in-line light-clock, from the point of view of the observer, runs at normal speed. A summary of the distances and durations of the light's journeys between the mirrors is shown in the following table.
1st Half-period ct + vt t(1 + v/c)
2nd Half-period ct − vt t(1 − v/c)
Full Period ct + vt + ct − vt = 2ct 2t
The tick of the transverse light-clock is symmetrical. Each half-period is of the same duration. The in-line light-clock does not, however, tick symmetrically. The first half of its tick is longer than the second half. It seems strange that time should dilate by two different amounts over the clock's cycle, while the relative velocity between the clock and the observer remains constant.
Two Clocks in a Spaceship
Suppose two identical light-clocks are installed in a spaceship. One is mounted transversely, i.e. across a diameter of the spaceship. The other is mounted longitudinally, i.e. in line with the axis of the space-ship.
The spaceship takes off from Earth and maintains a course directly away from the Earth. To an observer on Earth, the transverse clock is running slow and the longitudinal clock is running at normal speed.
This implies that, in the observer's frame of reference, while time is running at normal speed along the line of the spaceship's route, it is running slowly within the plane perpendicular to the line of the route. This situation will be exactly the same when the spaceship returns. Time in line with the route will always pass normally, while time within the diametric plane of the spaceship will, again, always pass more slowly.
The Twins Paradox
What consequences does this have for the biological clocks of the crew of the spaceship? How will the crew age during a round trip to a nearby star and back at a significant fraction of the speed of light? Neglecting gravitational effects for the moment, all aspects of their biology that are in line with the Earth will age at the normal rate as on Earth. Aspects of their biology that are in any other orientation will age progressively more slowly as their orientation gets closer to the diametric plane of the spaceship.
In other words, each crew member will age vertically more slowly than he ages horizontally. If a crew member has a twin who remained on Earth during the voyage, then his twin will see his brother to be younger than he only in the vertical direction. This effect is not simply at a macroscopic scale. It penetrates right down to the ultimate granularity of space. Each atom — nay, each "string" — must "tick" more slowly in one dimension than in the other two, which is clearly a physical absurdity.
If the two light-clocks run at different speeds according to their orientation to the direction of motion, at what speed must a mechanical spin-wheel clock run? If its spin-wheel's axis is in the diametric plane of the spaceship, will it run slower than if its spin-wheel is in line with the spaceship's axis? I think not.
As Perceived by A Human Observer
In the previous thought experiment, the observer cannot have been human. He must have been some kind of omnipotent being. This is because, for the observer to have observed the speed of the light-clock in each case, he would have had to be able to observe all points in space at each instant. I did not consider how information about the clock's current state at any given time would get from the travelling light-clock to a normal human observer in real space.
Transverse Clock as Observed
You, a human observer, observe the transverse version of the light-clock passing across your field of view from left to right at a velocity v, which is a significant fraction of the speed of light. A light-detector is attached to each mirror. This triggers a separate light-source, which sends a short flash in your direction every time the clock's own timing flash hits the mirror to which it is attached. You therefore see a flash of light alternately from each mirror. You therefore see a flash for every half-period of the light-clock. But the flashes you see do not arrive the instant they are emitted by the flasher on the mirror concerned. They require a time T to traverse the space between you and the clock.
The two mirrors continue at a constant distance from you as they traverse your field of view from left to right. The time T for each flash to arrive will therefore be constant. You will therefore see this clock running at the slow rate previously calculated. But suppose you observe the clock coming directly towards you at velocity v. What will the clock's period be then, from your point of view?
As shown in the following diagram, the dilated half-tick t0 of the travelling light-clock is the same. However, the flash you see from the bottom mirror will take longer to reach you than will the flash from the top mirror when it occurs. This is because, by the time the flash from the top mirror occurs, the clock will have moved a distance vt closer to you. The flash from the top mirror will appear to you to occur a little sooner δt than it should do. You will therefore perceive the clock's half-tick to be only t0 - δt.
If the light-clock is a distance x from you when the first flash from the bottom mirror occurs, then when the flash occurs from the top mirror after the first half-tick, the light-clock will be only at a distance of x - vt from you. This makes δt = vt/c. The perceived half-tick of the light-clock PHT is therefore given by the somewhat complicated formula at the bottom right of the above diagram. This shows the perceived half-period of the light-clock to be somewhat less than the normal dilated half-period.
Now suppose that, instead of coming towards you, the light-clock is receding from you at velocity v. In this case, the v/c term must be added instead of subtracted. Consequently, the perceived half-period of the light-clock PHT will be somewhat more than the normal dilated half-period. So the clock will appear to be running even slower.
For an observer anywhere on the horizontal plane that cuts the diagram in half, δt = (v/c)cosθ, where θ is the bearing of the observer from the clock with reference to the clock's heading. So, in general, the perceived half-tick of the transverse light-clock is given by:
The diagram is looking down on the horizontal plane mentioned above. You therefore only see the top of the top mirror. The other mirror is underneath it and is therefore fully eclipsed by it. Whenever the observer is not in direct line with the clock's heading, θ changes as the clock moves relative to the observer. The clock's tick, from the observer's point of view, thus suffers a kind of Doppler effect as the clock approaches him, passes him and then recedes from him.
In-Line Clock as Observed
Now I shall consider how the observer perceives the tick of an in-line clock moving towards him with velocity v, which is a significant fraction of the speed of light.
The signalling flash 1 from the rear mirror travels towards the observer together with the clock's own internal timing flash. When the clock's own internal timing flash hits the forward mirror, it triggers the second signalling flash 2 to mark the end of the first half-tick. This second signalling flash then runs neck and neck with the first signalling flash until they reach the observer. Thus they arrive at the observer together. The observer therefore perceives the first half-period of the clock to be of zero duration.
When the second signalling flash occurs, the clock's own internal timing flash starts its journey of length ct − vt back to the rear mirror. There it triggers the third signalling flash 3. This then travels a further ct − vt to get back to where the first two signalling flashes started their neck and neck run towards the observer. Thus this third signalling flash is following the first two 2t(1 - v/c) seconds behind them. This delay is what the observer perceives to be the duration of the second half-period of the clock.
The observer thus perceives the in-line clock to be ticking somewhat faster than if it were stationary. If the clock were to approach the observer at the speed of light, its period would be zero. It would be ticking infinitely fast.
What happens if the in-line light-clock is receding from the observer instead of approaching?
The first signalling flash 1 from the rear mirror travels towards the observer as before but the clock's internal timing flash coincidently travels away from the observer. When the clock's own internal timing flash hits the forward mirror, it triggers the second signalling flash 2 to mark the end of the first half-tick. This second signalling flash then runs neck and neck with the clock's internal timing flash for a distance of ct - vt back to the rear mirror. On arriving at the rear mirror, the clock's internal timing flash triggers the third signalling flash.
The second and third signalling flashes thus now run neck and neck towards the observer. However, these two signalling flashes must continue a further distance of 2vt to arrive at the point where the rear mirror was when the first signalling flash left it on its journey towards the observer. The second and third signalling flashes are thus travelling neck and neck at a distance of (ct + vt) + (ct - vt) + 2vt = 2(ct + vt) behind the first signalling flash.
The second and third signalling flashes thus arrive together at the observer 2t(1 + v/c) seconds behind the first signalling flash. This is the observer's perceived duration of the first half-period of the receding light-clock. Since the second and third signalling flashes arrive together, the perceived second half-period of the receding light-clock is of zero duration.
Thus, contrary to the case of the approaching in-line clock, the observer perceives the receding in-line clock to be ticking somewhat slower than if it were stationary. If the clock were to recede from the observer at the speed of light, its period would be infinite. It would be perceived by the observer to be stopped.
In the general case, where the observer can be at any angle θ to the clock's motion within the horizontal plane that cuts the above diagram in half, the total period of the clock varies between 2t(1 - v/c) and 2t(1 + v/c). The following table summarizes the structure of the clock's period for its three modes of travel with respect to the observer.
1st Half-Period
2nd Half-Period
Full Period
Approaching 0 2t(1 − v/c) 2t{1 − (v/c)cos( 0 )}
Traversing t(1 + v/c) t(1 − v/c) 2t{1 − (v/c)cos(½π)}
Receding 2t(1 + v/c) 0 2t{1 − (v/c)cos( π )}
Thus, in general, the full period of the in-line light-clock is 2t{1 - (v/c)cos(θ)}. There is more to it, however, than the simple variation in the total period. As the above table shows, the distribution of the full period between the two half periods also varies with θ. The length of each half-period over all values of θ in the horizontal plane seems to be quite a messy mathematical function, which I can't be bothered to work out at the moment.
Two Separate Considerations
The behaviour of the light-clock seems to be overly complicated. Its dependence on the clock's velocity and orientation relative to the observer seems strange, since, in all these thought experiments, the observer is essentially passive. He does not actively participate in the operation of the light-clock. He is in no sense a component of the light-clock's mechanism.
I think the reason for this complication is that the above thought experiments fail to consider the situation correctly. The process needs to be broken down and considered as two separate mechanisms operating in series:
the light-clock itself (the phenomenon being observed) and
the intervening space between the light-clock and the observer
(the information delivery mechanism).
The light-clock and the intervening space, together with the observer, form the complete system under consideration, which is illustrated below.
The light-clock is a phenomenon, which behaves in a certain way. It keeps steady time with a period of 2t, comprising two half-periods each of duration t. The intervening space, between the clock and the observer, modifies (or distorts) the appearance of the clock's behaviour to the observer.
Suppose I replace the light-clock in the above diagram with the mechanical clock in the Kramgasse clock tower, which Einstein observed.
Try as I might, I cannot see how an act of observation, by a distant passive observer, can possibly affect the behaviour of the pendulum or spin-wheel of a mechanical clock. Consequently, I can only bring myself to attribute all the observed relativistic effects to the intervening space that separates me, the observer, from the clock.
This is all that was involved in the purported situation in which Einstein observed the mechanical clock in the tower in Kramgasse as he was receding from it on the tram at an imagined velocity that was a significant fraction of the speed of light. There is nothing here so far that has to involve any fanciful notions like dilated time or contracted length.
Within its own frame of reference, the light-clock should keep time exactly as a mechanical clock would do. I am therefore curious to know why, when viewed by an observer who is in a different frame of reference, the replaced light-clock should exhibit a behaviour so different in principle from that of the mechanical clock which replaced it. I don't think it does behave differently. I think there is a conceptual error in the established view.
An Alternative Hypothesis
Early relativists rightly concluded that, in order for the laws of physics to be the same for all observers, the velocity of light, c, must appear the same to all. But, under a relativistic regime, this required that a source's space and time somehow had to become, separately and differently, contracted and dilated from the point of view of each observer. Notwithstanding, the geometry of this postulation is not just counter-intuitive: it is plainly paradoxical.
But there is an alternative. This simply involves changing the conceptual nature of the [luminiferous] æther to the kind I have hypothesised in the previous 9 essays. Then a mechanism for the behaviour of light can be readily constructed, which is both intuitive and non-paradoxical.
Instead of being a fixed universal datum, the æther is re-conceived as a velocity-field flowing radially in three dimensions from the extremities of space into each fundamental particle. An observer comprises fundamental particles. Light is perceived as an inscription, which is etched by its source up on this velocity field as it passes by. The converging æthereal flux then conveys the etched inscription to the observer at the velocity of light, c.
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Its a poorly kept secret that aikido has its origins in weapons and weapons techniques. For the samurai the sword was a primary weapon and if you could apply those same skills to the open hand arts well there was a whole lot less to learn and a quicker path to proficiency and staying alive.
Saito Sensei makes the relationship very clear in his sword-stick and body arts books - which are sadly out of print but available second hand if you are lucky. Couldn't find any snippets on youtube but his videos are sure to contain it.