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2 Minute Speech On If Time Travel Were Real In English

Good morning everyone present here, today I am going to give a speech on if time travel were real. The study of time travel has grown quite complicated. Time travel is a popular concept in science fiction media. In his essay “The Paradoxes of Time Travel,” the late philosopher David Lewis characterized it as involving a contradiction between time and space-time. Any traveler sets off and then arrives at his or her destination; the distance traveled is the amount of time between departure and arrival.

Most people typically think of time travel as going back in time or forward to a future location. This is a genuine concern given the idea’s widespread appeal. There are numerous potential solutions to this query, none of which are incompatible. The most straightforward response is that time travel is not feasible because if it were, we’d be doing it by now. It may be argued that it is against the principles of physics, such as relativity or the second law of thermodynamics. Technical difficulties also exist; it might be feasible but would require a significant amount of energy.

Another issue is the time-travel paradoxes, which we can potentially address if free will is a delusion, if there are several worlds, or if the past can only be seen but not felt. Perhaps the reason time must move in a linear fashion and we have no influence over it makes time travel impossible. Alternatively, perhaps time is an illusion, and time travel is meaningless. Thank you. 

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Is Time Travel Possible?

We all travel in time! We travel one year in time between birthdays, for example. And we are all traveling in time at approximately the same speed: 1 second per second.

We typically experience time at one second per second. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's space telescopes also give us a way to look back in time. Telescopes help us see stars and galaxies that are very far away . It takes a long time for the light from faraway galaxies to reach us. So, when we look into the sky with a telescope, we are seeing what those stars and galaxies looked like a very long time ago.

However, when we think of the phrase "time travel," we are usually thinking of traveling faster than 1 second per second. That kind of time travel sounds like something you'd only see in movies or science fiction books. Could it be real? Science says yes!

This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxies that are very far away as they existed a very long time ago. Credit: NASA, ESA and R. Thompson (Univ. Arizona)

How do we know that time travel is possible?

More than 100 years ago, a famous scientist named Albert Einstein came up with an idea about how time works. He called it relativity. This theory says that time and space are linked together. Einstein also said our universe has a speed limit: nothing can travel faster than the speed of light (186,000 miles per second).

Einstein's theory of relativity says that space and time are linked together. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

What does this mean for time travel? Well, according to this theory, the faster you travel, the slower you experience time. Scientists have done some experiments to show that this is true.

For example, there was an experiment that used two clocks set to the exact same time. One clock stayed on Earth, while the other flew in an airplane (going in the same direction Earth rotates).

After the airplane flew around the world, scientists compared the two clocks. The clock on the fast-moving airplane was slightly behind the clock on the ground. So, the clock on the airplane was traveling slightly slower in time than 1 second per second.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Can we use time travel in everyday life?

We can't use a time machine to travel hundreds of years into the past or future. That kind of time travel only happens in books and movies. But the math of time travel does affect the things we use every day.

For example, we use GPS satellites to help us figure out how to get to new places. (Check out our video about how GPS satellites work .) NASA scientists also use a high-accuracy version of GPS to keep track of where satellites are in space. But did you know that GPS relies on time-travel calculations to help you get around town?

GPS satellites orbit around Earth very quickly at about 8,700 miles (14,000 kilometers) per hour. This slows down GPS satellite clocks by a small fraction of a second (similar to the airplane example above).

GPS satellites orbit around Earth at about 8,700 miles (14,000 kilometers) per hour. Credit: GPS.gov

However, the satellites are also orbiting Earth about 12,550 miles (20,200 km) above the surface. This actually speeds up GPS satellite clocks by a slighter larger fraction of a second.

Here's how: Einstein's theory also says that gravity curves space and time, causing the passage of time to slow down. High up where the satellites orbit, Earth's gravity is much weaker. This causes the clocks on GPS satellites to run faster than clocks on the ground.

The combined result is that the clocks on GPS satellites experience time at a rate slightly faster than 1 second per second. Luckily, scientists can use math to correct these differences in time.

If scientists didn't correct the GPS clocks, there would be big problems. GPS satellites wouldn't be able to correctly calculate their position or yours. The errors would add up to a few miles each day, which is a big deal. GPS maps might think your home is nowhere near where it actually is!

In Summary:

Yes, time travel is indeed a real thing. But it's not quite what you've probably seen in the movies. Under certain conditions, it is possible to experience time passing at a different rate than 1 second per second. And there are important reasons why we need to understand this real-world form of time travel.

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Time travel: Is it possible?

Science says time travel is possible, but probably not in the way you're thinking.

Albert Einstein's theory

• General relativity and GPS
• Wormhole travel
• Alternate theories

Science fiction

Is time travel possible? Short answer: Yes, and you're doing it right now — hurtling into the future at the impressive rate of one second per second. 

You're pretty much always moving through time at the same speed, whether you're watching paint dry or wishing you had more hours to visit with a friend from out of town. 

But this isn't the kind of time travel that's captivated countless science fiction writers, or spurred a genre so extensive that Wikipedia lists over 400 titles in the category "Movies about Time Travel." In franchises like " Doctor Who ," " Star Trek ," and "Back to the Future" characters climb into some wild vehicle to blast into the past or spin into the future. Once the characters have traveled through time, they grapple with what happens if you change the past or present based on information from the future (which is where time travel stories intersect with the idea of parallel universes or alternate timelines). 

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Although many people are fascinated by the idea of changing the past or seeing the future before it's due, no person has ever demonstrated the kind of back-and-forth time travel seen in science fiction or proposed a method of sending a person through significant periods of time that wouldn't destroy them on the way. And, as physicist Stephen Hawking pointed out in his book " Black Holes and Baby Universes" (Bantam, 1994), "The best evidence we have that time travel is not possible, and never will be, is that we have not been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future."

Science does support some amount of time-bending, though. For example, physicist Albert Einstein 's theory of special relativity proposes that time is an illusion that moves relative to an observer. An observer traveling near the speed of light will experience time, with all its aftereffects (boredom, aging, etc.) much more slowly than an observer at rest. That's why astronaut Scott Kelly aged ever so slightly less over the course of a year in orbit than his twin brother who stayed here on Earth. 

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There are other scientific theories about time travel, including some weird physics that arise around wormholes , black holes and string theory . For the most part, though, time travel remains the domain of an ever-growing array of science fiction books, movies, television shows, comics, video games and more. 

Einstein developed his theory of special relativity in 1905. Along with his later expansion, the theory of general relativity , it has become one of the foundational tenets of modern physics. Special relativity describes the relationship between space and time for objects moving at constant speeds in a straight line. 

The short version of the theory is deceptively simple. First, all things are measured in relation to something else — that is to say, there is no "absolute" frame of reference. Second, the speed of light is constant. It stays the same no matter what, and no matter where it's measured from. And third, nothing can go faster than the speed of light.

From those simple tenets unfolds actual, real-life time travel. An observer traveling at high velocity will experience time at a slower rate than an observer who isn't speeding through space. 

While we don't accelerate humans to near-light-speed, we do send them swinging around the planet at 17,500 mph (28,160 km/h) aboard the International Space Station . Astronaut Scott Kelly was born after his twin brother, and fellow astronaut, Mark Kelly . Scott Kelly spent 520 days in orbit, while Mark logged 54 days in space. The difference in the speed at which they experienced time over the course of their lifetimes has actually widened the age gap between the two men.

"So, where[as] I used to be just 6 minutes older, now I am 6 minutes and 5 milliseconds older," Mark Kelly said in a panel discussion on July 12, 2020, Space.com previously reported . "Now I've got that over his head."

General relativity and GPS time travel

The difference that low earth orbit makes in an astronaut's life span may be negligible — better suited for jokes among siblings than actual life extension or visiting the distant future — but the dilation in time between people on Earth and GPS satellites flying through space does make a difference. 

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The Global Positioning System , or GPS, helps us know exactly where we are by communicating with a network of a few dozen satellites positioned in a high Earth orbit. The satellites circle the planet from 12,500 miles (20,100 kilometers) away, moving at 8,700 mph (14,000 km/h). 

According to special relativity, the faster an object moves relative to another object, the slower that first object experiences time. For GPS satellites with atomic clocks, this effect cuts 7 microseconds, or 7 millionths of a second, off each day, according to the American Physical Society publication Physics Central .  

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Then, according to general relativity, clocks closer to the center of a large gravitational mass like Earth tick more slowly than those farther away. So, because the GPS satellites are much farther from the center of Earth compared to clocks on the surface, Physics Central added, that adds another 45 microseconds onto the GPS satellite clocks each day. Combined with the negative 7 microseconds from the special relativity calculation, the net result is an added 38 microseconds. 

This means that in order to maintain the accuracy needed to pinpoint your car or phone — or, since the system is run by the U.S. Department of Defense, a military drone — engineers must account for an extra 38 microseconds in each satellite's day. The atomic clocks onboard don’t tick over to the next day until they have run 38 microseconds longer than comparable clocks on Earth.

Given those numbers, it would take more than seven years for the atomic clock in a GPS satellite to un-sync itself from an Earth clock by more than a blink of an eye. (We did the math: If you estimate a blink to last at least 100,000 microseconds, as the Harvard Database of Useful Biological Numbers does, it would take thousands of days for those 38 microsecond shifts to add up.) 

This kind of time travel may seem as negligible as the Kelly brothers' age gap, but given the hyper-accuracy of modern GPS technology, it actually does matter. If it can communicate with the satellites whizzing overhead, your phone can nail down your location in space and time with incredible accuracy. 

Can wormholes take us back in time?

General relativity might also provide scenarios that could allow travelers to go back in time, according to NASA . But the physical reality of those time-travel methods is no piece of cake. 

Wormholes are theoretical "tunnels" through the fabric of space-time that could connect different moments or locations in reality to others. Also known as Einstein-Rosen bridges or white holes, as opposed to black holes, speculation about wormholes abounds. But despite taking up a lot of space (or space-time) in science fiction, no wormholes of any kind have been identified in real life. 

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"The whole thing is very hypothetical at this point," Stephen Hsu, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Oregon, told Space.com sister site Live Science . "No one thinks we're going to find a wormhole anytime soon."

Primordial wormholes are predicted to be just 10^-34 inches (10^-33 centimeters) at the tunnel's "mouth". Previously, they were expected to be too unstable for anything to be able to travel through them. However, a study claims that this is not the case, Live Science reported . 

The theory, which suggests that wormholes could work as viable space-time shortcuts, was described by physicist Pascal Koiran. As part of the study, Koiran used the Eddington-Finkelstein metric, as opposed to the Schwarzschild metric which has been used in the majority of previous analyses.

In the past, the path of a particle could not be traced through a hypothetical wormhole. However, using the Eddington-Finkelstein metric, the physicist was able to achieve just that.

Koiran's paper was described in October 2021, in the preprint database arXiv , before being published in the Journal of Modern Physics D.

Alternate time travel theories

While Einstein's theories appear to make time travel difficult, some researchers have proposed other solutions that could allow jumps back and forth in time. These alternate theories share one major flaw: As far as scientists can tell, there's no way a person could survive the kind of gravitational pulling and pushing that each solution requires.

Infinite cylinder theory

Astronomer Frank Tipler proposed a mechanism (sometimes known as a Tipler Cylinder ) where one could take matter that is 10 times the sun's mass, then roll it into a very long, but very dense cylinder. The Anderson Institute , a time travel research organization, described the cylinder as "a black hole that has passed through a spaghetti factory."

After spinning this black hole spaghetti a few billion revolutions per minute, a spaceship nearby — following a very precise spiral around the cylinder — could travel backward in time on a "closed, time-like curve," according to the Anderson Institute. 

The major problem is that in order for the Tipler Cylinder to become reality, the cylinder would need to be infinitely long or be made of some unknown kind of matter. At least for the foreseeable future, endless interstellar pasta is beyond our reach.

Time donuts

Theoretical physicist Amos Ori at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, proposed a model for a time machine made out of curved space-time — a donut-shaped vacuum surrounded by a sphere of normal matter.

"The machine is space-time itself," Ori told Live Science . "If we were to create an area with a warp like this in space that would enable time lines to close on themselves, it might enable future generations to return to visit our time."

Amos Ori is a theoretical physicist at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. His research interests and publications span the fields of general relativity, black holes, gravitational waves and closed time lines.

There are a few caveats to Ori's time machine. First, visitors to the past wouldn't be able to travel to times earlier than the invention and construction of the time donut. Second, and more importantly, the invention and construction of this machine would depend on our ability to manipulate gravitational fields at will — a feat that may be theoretically possible but is certainly beyond our immediate reach.

Time travel has long occupied a significant place in fiction. Since as early as the "Mahabharata," an ancient Sanskrit epic poem compiled around 400 B.C., humans have dreamed of warping time, Lisa Yaszek, a professor of science fiction studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, told Live Science .  

Every work of time-travel fiction creates its own version of space-time, glossing over one or more scientific hurdles and paradoxes to achieve its plot requirements. 

Some make a nod to research and physics, like " Interstellar ," a 2014 film directed by Christopher Nolan. In the movie, a character played by Matthew McConaughey spends a few hours on a planet orbiting a supermassive black hole, but because of time dilation, observers on Earth experience those hours as a matter of decades. 

Others take a more whimsical approach, like the "Doctor Who" television series. The series features the Doctor, an extraterrestrial "Time Lord" who travels in a spaceship resembling a blue British police box. "People assume," the Doctor explained in the show, "that time is a strict progression from cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff." 

Long-standing franchises like the "Star Trek" movies and television series, as well as comic universes like DC and Marvel Comics, revisit the idea of time travel over and over. 

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Here is an incomplete (and deeply subjective) list of some influential or notable works of time travel fiction:

Books about time travel:

• Rip Van Winkle (Cornelius S. Van Winkle, 1819) by Washington Irving
• A Christmas Carol (Chapman & Hall, 1843) by Charles Dickens
• The Time Machine (William Heinemann, 1895) by H. G. Wells
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Charles L. Webster and Co., 1889) by Mark Twain
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Pan Books, 1980) by Douglas Adams
• A Tale of Time City (Methuen, 1987) by Diana Wynn Jones
• The Outlander series (Delacorte Press, 1991-present) by Diana Gabaldon
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury/Scholastic, 1999) by J. K. Rowling
• Thief of Time (Doubleday, 2001) by Terry Pratchett
• The Time Traveler's Wife (MacAdam/Cage, 2003) by Audrey Niffenegger
• All You Need is Kill (Shueisha, 2004) by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Movies about time travel:

• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Superman (1978)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Back to the Future series (1985, 1989, 1990)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Galaxy Quest (1999)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• The Lake House (2006)
• Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• Looper (2012)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Interstellar (2014)
• Doctor Strange (2016)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
• The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Tenet (2020)
• Palm Springs (2020)
• Zach Snyder's Justice League (2021)
• The Tomorrow War (2021)

Television about time travel:

• Doctor Who (1963-present)
• The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) (multiple episodes)
• Star Trek (multiple series, multiple episodes)
• Samurai Jack (2001-2004)
• Lost (2004-2010)
• Phil of the Future (2004-2006)
• Steins;Gate (2011)
• Outlander (2014-2023)
• Loki (2021-present)

Games about time travel:

• Chrono Trigger (1995)
• TimeSplitters (2000-2005)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002-2019)
• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (2003)
• God of War II (2007)
• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time (2009)
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013)
• Dishonored 2 (2016)
• Titanfall 2 (2016)
• Outer Wilds (2019)

Additional resources

Explore physicist Peter Millington's thoughts about Stephen Hawking's time travel theories at The Conversation . Check out a kid-friendly explanation of real-world time travel from NASA's Space Place . For an overview of time travel in fiction and the collective consciousness, read " Time Travel: A History " (Pantheon, 2016) by James Gleik. 

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Ailsa is a staff writer for How It Works magazine, where she writes science, technology, space, history and environment features. Based in the U.K., she graduated from the University of Stirling with a BA (Hons) journalism degree. Previously, Ailsa has written for Cardiff Times magazine, Psychology Now and numerous science bookazines. 

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Time Travel: From Ancient Mythology to Modern Science

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Time travel and time machines have been a topic of science fiction and countless movies for many decades. In fact, it appears that the possibility to travel in time, either into the future or into the past, has appealed to the imagination of mankind for centuries. While many may think it is absurd to believe that we could travel backwards or forwards in time, some of the world’s most brilliant scientists have investigated whether it could one day be made a reality.

Research into Time Travel

Albert Einstein for example, concluded in his later years that the past, present, and future all exist simultaneously, and most are familiar with his well-known concept of relativity. That is, that time is relative and not absolute as Newton claimed. With the proper technology, such as a very fast spaceship, one person is able to experience several days while another person simultaneously experiences only a few hours or minutes. Yet the wisdom of Einstein's convictions had very little impact on cosmology or science in general.

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The majority of physicists have been slow to give up the ordinary assumptions we make about time. However, if time travel really was possible, one can hardly contemplate what this may mean for humanity. Whoever had the power to move through time, would have the power to modify history. While this may sound attractive, it would be impossible to know the consequences of any alteration of past events, and how this would affect the future.

Illustration from the Menologion of Basil II of the Seven Sleepers, a medieval legend about a group of youths who hid in a cave to escape persecution and emerged over 300 years later. ( Public domain )

Time Travel in Ancient Mythology

If we look at ancient texts, we can find a number of references to time travel. In Hindu mythology, there is the story of King Raivata Kakudmi who travels to meet the creator Brahma . Even if this trip didn’t last long, when Kakudmi returned back to Earth, 108 yugas had passed on Earth, and it is thought that each yuga represents about 4 million years. The explanation Brahma gave to Kakudmi is that time runs differently in different planes of existence.

Similarly, we have references in the Quran about the cave of Al-Kahf. The story refers to a group of young Christian people, who in 250 AD tried to escape persecution and retreated, under God’s guidance, to a cave where God put them to sleep. They woke up 309 years later. This story coincides with the Christian story of the  seven sleepers , with a few differences.

Another story comes from the Japanese legend of Urashima Taro, an individual who was said to visit the underwater palace of the Dragon God Ryujin. He stayed there for three days, but when he returned to the surface, 300 years had passed. In the Buddhist text , Pali Canon, it is written that in the heaven of the thirty Devas (the place of the Gods), time passes at a different pace where one hundred Earth years count as a single day for them. There are many more references to time travel to be found within ancient mythology.

Urashima Taro returning from the Dragon King's Palace, only to find that 300 years had passed. ( Public domain )

Scientific Research into Time Travel

Probably the most well-known story of accidental time travel is the Philadelphia experiment which allegedly took place in 1943 with the purpose of cloaking a ship and making it invisible to enemy radar . However, it was said that the experiment went terribly wrong – the ship not only vanished completely from Philadelphia but it was teleported to Norfolk and went back in time for 10 seconds.

When the ship appeared again some crew members were physically fused to bulkheads, others developed mental disorders , a few disappeared completely, and some reported travelling into the future and back. Allegedly, Nikola Tesla, who was the director of Engineering and Research at Radio Company of America at the time, was involved in the experiment by making all the necessary calculations and drawings and also providing the generators.

Have you heard about the Chronovisor? Supposedly invented in the 60's, it was a machine that could catch electromagnetic information remaining in the æther and visualize it, so you could literally watch history. pic.twitter.com/D24QsvxYEU — N'Golo 69%… (@NgoloTesla) June 22, 2020

In 1960, we have another interesting case report of scientist Pellegrino Ernetti, who claimed that he developed the Chronivisor, a machine that would enable someone to see in the past. His theory was that anything that happens leaves an energy mark that can never be destroyed (something like the mystical Akashic Records). Ernetti allegedly developed this machine that could detect, magnify and convert this energy into an image – something like a TV showing what happened in the past.

Scientists have long been curious as to the possibility of time travel. ( drawlab19 / Adobe Stock)

Controversial Experiments Related to Time Travel

In the 1980s, there are reports of another controversial time travel experiment, the  Montauk project , which again allegedly experimented with time travel among other things. Whether the Philadelphia and Montauk experiments actually took place is still under debate. However, it is common sense to assume that the military would definitely be interested in the possibility of time travel and would engage in extensive research on the subject.

In 2004, Marlin Pohlman, a scientist, engineer, and member of Mensa with a Bachelor, MBA and PhD, applied for a patent for a method of gravity distortion and time displacement. In 2013 Wasfi Alshdaifat filed another patent for a space compression and time dilation machine that could be used for time travel.

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According to PHYS.ORG , the physicist Professor Ronald Lawrence Mallett of the University of Connecticut was working in 2006 on the concept of time travel , based on Einstein’s theory of relativity. At the time, Mallett was absolutely convinced that time travelling was possible. He predicted that human time travel will be possible in our century. Particle physicist  Brian Cox , quoted in a 2013 article published in HuffPost , agreed that time travel is possible but only in one direction.

We also have the mysterious story of Ali Razeqi, managing director of the Iranian Centre for Strategic Inventions, who The Daily Mail reported had claimed to have developed a device that could see anywhere from 3 to 5 years in the future . His initial story disappeared from the internet a few hours after it was published.

In theory, time travel is possible, even if it is difficult to comprehend. Has the research cited above brought us closer towards making time travel a reality? If so, we can only hope that the technology does not get into the wrong hands.

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In fact the more I think of it you don't need clunky machines. That would speak to the paradox theory. I often go back to sorcery as means of technology. Think of time travel or time more like a spell that you have to break in order to travel.

Deonte N. Ferino

The concept of time is like a cipher or puzzle. All the terminology reads like some sort of anagram. For instance all of its integrals add up to 666 60 secs 60 mins 24hr. Also the terms allude to bondage. Ti me, C Lock & "Watch" wouldn't be surprised if the inventors of the terms were adepts in the concept of time travel. There's lots more...have fun.

RATHER THAN DEBATING SENSELESSLY FOR DECADES ON THE SAME ISSUE OF WHETHER ALIENS EXIST OR NOT? WHY NOT SIMPLY QUESTION YOURSELF WHO YOU ARE IN SPACE? THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THE MOST COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED QUESTION IS---- YOU ARE AN ALIEN....WE ARE ALL ALIENS TO SOMEONE WHO CALL THEMSELVES AS HUMAN....JUS LIKE WE DO

'Aliens' are really time travellers from the very distant future. They can't return to the past physically, in flesh and blood, but they can do so as sort of holographs, travelling fasted than the speed of light. The people of the very distant future may have actually dispensed with their flesh and blood bodies by that time, or they may have simply evolved into skinny people with huge heads and eyes. Either way, they cannot intefere with the past. It's physically impossible for them. Two things are for certain - there are aliens, but no aliens have a human form - which as that of an ape, after all.

What about the theory that states a paradox cannot exist? If you could go back in time and kill yourself or your parents then you never existed to be able to go back in time.

Dr John (Ioannis) Syrigos initially began writing on Ancient Origins under the pen name John Black. He is both a co-owner and co-founder of Ancient Origins.

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Time Travel: Is It Possible? Essay

Time is one of the most unique and uninvestigated phenomena in our world. Its unclear nature and peoples inability to manage it attracted our attention and created a solid basis for vigorous debates related to the interference in its structure. The brightest minds have been trying to answer this question and formulate the main regularities related to this process for years. Besides, the rapid evolution of science and technologies renewed interest in this topic and gave rise to vigorous debates around the possibility or impossibility of time travels. Nevertheless, at the moment, there is still no consensus as perspectives on the issue differ. The discovery of wormholes also preconditioned the undying interest in the topic. Thus, there are several modern theories that could be explored to prove either the possibility or impossibility of time travels.

When delving into the topic, it is crucial to understand the essence of time and its nature. One obviously knows the fact that it is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It could be defined as a continuous process of existence and numerous events that might occur in succession from the past through the present to the future. As comes from the definition, there are three states which are the past, present, and future. This subdivision contributes to the appearance of the debates related to the negotiation of the time barrier and moving in time from the past to the future and on the contrary, from the future to the past. The complexity of the problem gave rise to numerous speculations about the creation of the machine that could allow a person to move from one timeline to another.

However, the rise of spacefaring triggered the new wave of debates related to this sphere. Numerous scientists consider spaceships to be a sort of time machine that could be used to travel through time. When a person undergoes a serious acceleration, turns around, and comes back to earth, he/she might experience a time travel. In this regard, any spaceship that is able to reach a significant speed close to the light velocity could become a space machine. From this very perspective, every time machine has to travel through space. Additionally, the discovery of wormholes also provides numerous opportunities for travels through a higher-dimensional hyperspace (Tegmark 6).

In other words, we could speak about the existence of some alternative reality that might provide us with an opportunity to move in time and reach the needed destination point. This idea also correlates to the many-worlds interpretation of the universe. It means that there are numerous alternative worlds with similar histories and events that occurred during certain periods of time. If to accept this idea, we could state that a wormhole transfers us from our world to another, similar to ours but going through another timeline. Under these conditions, time travels become possible with the proviso that humanity will be able to build a spaceship that could experience a journey of this sort and understand the nature of wormholes. One realizes the fact that this task should be considered more than complex; however, the possibility to achieve this goal remains.

Additionally, the question of time travels comes close with the idea of time paradoxes that are expected to result in the collapse of the universe or some other significant problems. Besides, time paradox might appear when a time traveler interferes with the course of history and alters some events that conditioned the way the modern world looks. Moreover, this rude intervention is also suggested as one of the main reasons why time travels are impossible and time paradoxes serve as the guaranty that it will never happen.

Moreover, if to analyze the issue of time travels in terms of the single self-consistent timeline framework, it is possible to accept the possibility of the creation of a time machine that will move us to different eras. This theory states that if there is a certain event that might cause a time paradox that could change the history or the past, the probability of this event is zero and a time traveler is not able to create the time paradox. This theory becomes the key factor that preconditions the possibility of time travels and provides us with an opportunity to cogitate about the way we could explore the dimension of time. Besides, if to integrate the ideas of the multiverse and self-consistent timeline, we could obtain a solid basis for the further exploration of the given issue. For instance, in accordance with the first theory, using a spaceship and a wormhole we could move to some alternative universe where our alter-ego could be met.

However, we could easily communicate with him/her, exchange thoughts, feelings, emotions, and even give recommendations related to the future. These actions will not result in the appearance of the time paradox because of several reasons. Firsts, considering the fact that it is one of the dimensions that belong to the model of the multiverse, events that occur here are not necessarily the same as in our world and the future of this person will not alter because of our interference (Tegmark 4). Moreover, in accordance with the theory of a single self-consistent timeline, this meeting and its consequences could not be dangerous as it has already occurred. We could even kill our alter-ego, and this action will not have a significant impact on our own future. Resting on these theories, it is possible to assume the existence of at least theoretical possibility to create a time machine and travel through time. Hence, one should realize the fact that humanity does not possess technologies that might provide us with this very opportunity at the moment. The nature of wormholes remains unclear, and there is no spaceship that will be able to survive under the extreme conditions that are expected to be found in the heart of this unique phenomenon.

Altogether, the issue of time travels remains a topical question that gives rise to numerous debates. The evolution of science and significant progress in the exploration of space made this aspect especially exciting as these factors contributed to the appearance of the theoretical possibility to use a spaceship and a wormhole to move to another dimension and time. The undying interest to this question also conditioned the appearance of the many-world interpretation of our universe and the model of the multiverse that comprises all dimensions. Moreover, the single self-consistent timeline framework could also be used to support the idea of time travels and guarantee that it will not result in the appearance of numerous time paradoxes.

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Hi Jasmine.

I wish! In books and movies, our favourite characters can use “time-turners” and treehouses to travel through time. Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy for people in real life. Let’s look at why.

First, there are two types of “time travel”: going back in time, and going forward in time.

Travelling to the past

As far as we know, travelling back in time is impossible. Even sending information back in time is difficult to imagine, because it can change things that have already happened, which should be impossible.

Say you broke your arm falling off the monkey bars. What if you could travel back in time and tell yourself to not go on the bars? If you were successful, you’d never fall and break your arm. But then you would have no reason to travel back in time. So what does this mean for your arm? Did it break, or not?

If thinking about this makes your head hurt, you’re not alone.

Time travelling is a confusing idea for most people. That’s because when we think of time, we think about it as going in a straight line, with one thing happening after another.

If we could travel back in time and change something that happened before, we would then change the order of that line. This would mean breaking a rule called “ causality ”.

Causality is the rule saying that a “cause” (your actions, for instance) happens before an “effect” (the result of your actions). In our monkey bar example, the cause is falling, and the effect is breaking your arm – which happens because you fell.

Causality is one of the unbreakable rules of the universe. Breaking it would have nasty consequences for the universe and all of us. Experts think that because the universe has this rule, travelling to the past must be impossible otherwise the rule would be broken all the time.

Travelling to the future

If going to the past is impossible, can we go forward in time to the future?

Well, technically we’re already travelling forward in time, because time is passing. Every second we travel one second into the future. But this happens to everyone, so it’s not really time travel, right?

Well, believe it or not, two people can feel time at different rates. Time passes differently for someone who is moving fast, compared to someone who is staying still. This is a very complicated idea called “time dilation”.

Someone flying from Sydney to Melbourne will feel time pass more quickly than someone waiting for them at the airport without moving, while the flight was in the air. So why don’t we notice this difference?

It’s because you have to be moving much, much faster than an aeroplane before you start to notice time dilation. Even if you flew all the way around the world, the time would only feel about a billionth of a second different to someone who stayed home.

Read more: Curious Kids: Does space go on forever?

The only way scientists even know about time dilation is because of amazingly accurate experiments that have measured it.

Unfortunately, this still can’t help us “time travel”. If you flew around the world for more than four million years, people on the ground would only have experienced one more second than you!

How fast can we go?

So if it’s all down to speed, the answer must be to go faster, right? If you could go fast enough for long enough, hundreds of “human” years could slip by on your journey, meaning you would feel like you were travelling into the future!

Unfortunately, a fast enough speed to do this would be close to the speed of light, which is the fastest speed anything can go. Light travels at about one billion kilometres every hour – that’s very, very fast.

The fastest human-made thing is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a spaceship sent to the Sun in August, 2018. But as fast as it is , it’s only 0.064% as fast as the speed of light. So light is more than 1,000 times faster!

All of this means that if humans want to visit the future, we’ve got a long, long way to go.

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Ok, so we can’t time travel. But we can see into the past, every night.

Light has a fixed speed, as we just learned. It’s really, really fast, but things in the universe are so far apart that it still takes a long time for light to reach us from faraway stars and planets.

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When we look at this galaxy through a telescope, we’re actually seeing it as it was more than 25,000 years ago. So although we can’t time-travel ourselves, we can look up to the sky and see the past every night.

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Time travelers have been invited to attend the memorial service for Professor Stephen Hawking. The legendary physicist, cosmologist and author died on March 14. Thousands of fans and well-wishers lined the streets in Cambridge, England for his funeral two weeks later. His family has now arranged a special ceremony to allow people to remember and celebrate his life, and time travelers have been invited. Hawking famously wrote in his book "A Brief History of Time" that: "If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?" Now they have the opportunity to travel back in time. The online entry form for the memorial allows people with birth dates up to December 31, 2038 to take part.

The concept of time travel had fascinated and intrigued Professor Hawking over the decades. In 2009, he staged a glitzy party for time travelers at Cambridge University. He arranged champagne and snacks, and a banner saying: "Welcome time travelers". No one from the future attended that particular event. A spokesman for the Stephen Hawking Foundation, which is organizing the memorial service, said he had yet to receive a response from any time travelers to attend the memorial service. The deadline to reserve a place at the June 15 event at London's Westminster Abbey is today. The spokesman said it was still possible. He said: "We cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not been disproven to our satisfaction."

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Time travelers have been invited to attend the memorial service for Professor Stephen Hawking. The (1) ____________ physicist, cosmologist and author died on March 14. Thousands of fans and well-wishers (2) ____________ the streets in Cambridge, England for his (3) ____________ two weeks later. His family has now arranged a special ceremony to allow people to remember and (4) ____________ his life, and time travelers have been invited. Hawking (5) ____________ wrote in his book "A Brief History of Time" that: "If time travel is possible, where are the (6) ____________ from the future?" Now they have the opportunity to travel back in time. The (7) ____________ entry form for the memorial allows people with (8) ____________ dates up to December 31, 2038 to take part.

banner intrigued still yet satisfaction glitzy particular deadline

The concept of time travel had fascinated and (9) ____________ Professor Hawking over the decades. In 2009, he staged a (10) ____________ party for time travelers at Cambridge University. He arranged champagne and snacks, and a (11) ____________ saying: "Welcome time travelers". No one from the future attended that (12) ____________ event. A spokesman for the Stephen Hawking Foundation, which is organizing the memorial service, said he had (13) ____________ to receive a response from any time travelers to attend the memorial service. The (14) ____________ to reserve a place at the June 15 event at London's Westminster Abbey is today. The spokesman said it was (15) ____________ possible. He said: "We cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not been disproven to our (16) ____________."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  Time travelers have been invited to attend the ______      a.  memory all service      b.  memorial serviced      c.  memorial service      d.  memory all serviced 2)  Thousands of fans and well-wishers ______ in Cambridge, England      a.  aligned the streets      b.  outlined the streets      c.  lined the streets      d.  maligned the streets 3)  arranged a special ceremony to allow people to remember and ______      a.  celebrates his live      b.  celebrate this life      c.  celebrate his life      d.  celebrate his live 4)  If time travel is possible, where are the tourists ______?      a.  from a future      b.  from then future      c.  from the future      d.  from that future 5)  The online entry form for the memorial allows people with ______ December 31      a.  birth dates upper to      b.  birthing dates up to      c.  birthing dates up two      d.  birth dates up to

6)  The concept of time travel had fascinated and intrigued Professor Hawking ______      a.  over the decadence      b.  over the decades      c.  over the decade is      d.  over their decades 7)  He arranged champagne and snacks, ______      a.  and a banner      b.  and a banter      c.  and a burner      d.  and a banal 8)  No one from the future attended that ______      a.  particularly event      b.  particularize event      c.  particularity event      d.  particular event 9)  The deadline to reserve a place at the ______      a.  June 15 even      b.  June 15 eventual      c.  June 15 event      d.  June 15 events 10)  We cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not ______      a.  been this proven      b.  been this proof and      c.  been disproven      d.  been miss proving

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Time travelers have been (1) ___________________ the memorial service for Professor Stephen Hawking. The legendary physicist, cosmologist and author died on March 14. Thousands of fans and well-wishers (2) ___________________ in Cambridge, England for his funeral two weeks later. His family has now arranged a special ceremony (3) ___________________ to remember and celebrate his life, and time travelers have been invited. Hawking (4) ___________________ his book "A Brief History of Time" that: "If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?" Now they (5) ___________________ to travel back in time. The online entry form for the memorial (6) ___________________ birth dates up to December 31, 2038 to take part.

The (7) ___________________ travel had fascinated and intrigued Professor Hawking over the decades. In 2009, he (8) ___________________ party for time travelers at Cambridge University. He arranged champagne and snacks, and a banner saying: "Welcome time travelers". No one from the future attended (9) ___________________. A spokesman for the Stephen Hawking Foundation, which is organizing the memorial service, said he had yet to (10) ___________________ from any time travelers to attend the memorial service. The (11) ___________________ a place at the June 15 event at London's Westminster Abbey is today. The spokesman said it was still possible. He said: "We cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not (12) ___________________ our satisfaction."

Comprehension questions

• When did Stephen Hawking die?
• How long after his death was Stephen Hawking's funeral?
• What was Stephen Hawking's book a brief history of?
• What kind of tourists did Stephen Hawking enquire about?
• What is the birth date limit for time travelers to apply?
• What intrigued and fascinated Stephen Hawking?
• What drink did Stephen Hawking provide for time travelers at a party?
• How many travelers have so far responded to the invitation?
• Where in London will the memorial service take place?
• What did a spokesman say could not be excluded?

Multiple choice quiz

1)  When did Stephen Hawking die? a) March 20 b) March 14 c) March 18 d) March 16 2)  How long after his death was Stephen Hawking's funeral? a) four days b) a week c) two weeks d) 10 days 3)  What was Stephen Hawking's book a brief history of? a) physics b) the cosmos c) space d) time 4)  What kind of tourists did Stephen Hawking enquire about? a) package-holiday tourists b) tourists from the future c) eco-tourists d) American tourists 5)  What is the birth date limit for time travelers to apply? a) December 31, 2028 b) December 31, 2038 c) December 31, 2018 d) December 31, 2098

6)  What intrigued and fascinated Stephen Hawking? a) the notion of time travel b) Cambridge University c) adventure travel d) tourism 7)  What drink did Stephen Hawking provide for time travelers at a party? a) milk b) beer c) Antarctic water d) champagne 8)  How many travelers have so far responded to the invitation? a) 2 b) 1 c) 0 d) 42 9)  Where in London will the memorial service take place? a) Wembley Stadium b) Big Ben c) St Paul's Cathedral d) Westminster Abbey 10)  What did a spokesman say could not be excluded? a) the year 2018 b) the possibility of time travel c) a party d) a Stephen Hawking Day

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'time' ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ and 'travel' . ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

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Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

• What did you think when you read the headline?
• What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'time'?
• What do you know about Stephen Hawking?
• What should happen at the memorial service?
• Would you like to be a time traveler?
• If you went back in time, what historical event would you change?
• How would you explain the history of time?
• What would you ask a tourist from the future?
• What would time travelers from the past think of today's world?
• What do you think of the concept of time travel?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

• Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
• What do you think of when you hear the word 'travel'?
• What do you think about what you read?
• What do you know about the cosmos?
• What period in time would you like to go back or forward to?
• Would you prefer to travel back or forward in time?
• How can we prove or disprove time travel?
• What would time travelers from the future think of today's world?
• Do you think time travel will be possible one day?
• What questions would you like to ask a time traveler?

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(a) ________________ (b) ________________ (c) ________________ (d) ________________ (e) ________________

(f) ________________ (g) ________________ (h) ________________ (i) ________________ (j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

Time travelers have been (1) ____ to attend the memorial service for Professor Stephen Hawking. The legendary physicist, (2) ____ and author died on March 14. Thousands of fans and well-wishers (3) ____ the streets in Cambridge, England for his funeral two weeks later. His family has now arranged a special ceremony to allow people to remember and (4) ____ his life, and time travelers have been invited. Hawking (5) ____ wrote in his book "A Brief History of Time" that: "If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?" Now they have the opportunity to travel back in time. The online entry (6) ____ for the memorial allows people with birth dates up to December 31, 2038 to take part.

The concept of time travel had fascinated and (7) ____ Professor Hawking over the decades. In 2009, he staged a glitzy party for time travelers at Cambridge University. He arranged champagne and snacks, and a (8) ____ saying: "Welcome time travelers". No one from the future attended that particular event. A spokesman for the Stephen Hawking Foundation, which is organizing the memorial service, said he had (9) ____ to receive a response from any time travelers to attend the memorial service. The deadline to (10) ____ a place at the June 15 event at London's Westminster Abbey is today. The spokesman said it was (11) ____ possible. He said: "We cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not been disproven (12) ____ our satisfaction."

Which of these words go in the above text?

• (a)     invites     (b)     inviting     (c)     invitation     (d)     invited    
• (a)     cosmopolitan     (b)     cosmology     (c)     cosmos     (d)     cosmologist    
• (a)     pined     (b)     lined     (c)     dined     (d)     fined    
• (a)     celebratory     (b)     celebration     (c)     celebrate     (d)     celebrated    
• (a)     famous     (b)     famed     (c)     famously     (d)     famed    
• (a)     form     (b)     paper     (c)     parchment     (d)     manuscript    
• (a)     fatigued     (b)     intrigued     (c)     disguised     (d)     imbibed    
• (a)     banner     (b)     banter     (c)     banal     (d)     banish    
• (a)     not     (b)     yet     (c)     early     (d)     already    
• (a)     deserve     (b)     conserve     (c)     reserve     (d)     serve    
• (a)     calm     (b)     placid     (c)     still     (d)     hush    
• (a)     up     (b)     at     (c)     of     (d)     to

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Put the text back together

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Put the words in the right order

• been   invited   to   attend   the   Travelers   service   .   have
• of   fans   the   lined   well-wishers   streets   .   Thousands   and
• special   now   His   has   arranged   a   ceremony   .   family
• They   opportunity   time   .   the   have   in   travel   to
• birth   People   ,   up   dates   2038   .   with   to   31   December
• him   .   concept   intrigued   time   travel   The   of   had
• staged   a   travelers   .   He   glitzy   for   time   party
• deadline   to   today   .   is   a   reserve   The   place
• possible   .   The   it   still   was   said   spokesman
• cannot   exclude   We   the   possibility   of   time   travel   .

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

Time travelers have been / being invited to attend the memorial service for Professor Stephen Hawking. The legendary physicist, cosmologist / cosmology and author died on March 14. Thousands of fans and well-wishers lined / lines the streets in Cambridge, England for his funereal / funeral two weeks later. His family has now arranged a special / specially ceremony to allow people to remember and celebration / celebrate his life, and time travelers have been invited. Hawking famously wrote in his book "A Brief History of Time" that: "If time travel is possibility / possible , where are the tourists from the future?" Now they have the opportunity to travel back in / at time. The online entry form / from for the memorial allows people with birth dates up to December 31, 2038 to take party / part .

The concept / conceptual of time travel had fascinated and intrigued Professor Hawking over the decadence / decades . In 2009, he staged / staggered a glitzy party for time travelers at Cambridge University. He arranged champagne and snacks, and a banter / banner saying: "Welcome time travelers". No one from the future attended / attention that particular event. A spokesman for the Stephen Hawking Foundation, which is organizing the memorial service, said he had yet for / to receive a response from any time travelers to attend the memorial service. The lifeline / deadline to reserve a place / plaice at the June 15 event at London's Westminster Abbey is today. The spokesman said it was still possible. He said: "We cannot exclude / exclusion the possibility of time travel as it has not been disproven to our satisfaction / satisfactory ."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

time travelers have been invited to attend the memorial service for professor stephen hawking the legendary physicist cosmologist and author died on march 14 thousands of fans and wellwishers lined the streets in cambridge england for his funeral two weeks later his family has now arranged a special ceremony to allow people to remember and celebrate his life and time travelers have been invited hawking famously wrote in his book a brief history of time that if time travel is possible where are the tourists from the future now they have the opportunity to travel back in time the online entry form for the memorial allows people with birth dates up to december 31 2038 to take part

the concept of time travel had fascinated and intrigued professor hawking over the decades in 2009 he staged a glitzy party for time travelers at cambridge university he arranged champagne and snacks and a banner saying welcome time travelers no one from the future attended that particular event a spokesman for the stephen hawking foundation which is organizing the memorial service said he had yet to receive a response from any time travelers to attend the memorial service the deadline to reserve a place at the june 15 event at londons westminster abbey is today the spokesman said it was still possible he said we cannot exclude the possibility of time travel as it has not been disproven to our satisfaction"

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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Free writing

Write about time travel for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Academic writing

It would be great if we could travel backwards and forwards in time. Discuss.

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. STEPHEN HAWKING: Make a poster about Stephen Hawking. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. TIME TRAVEL: Write a magazine article about time travel. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on time travel. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your opinions on time travel. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

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Time Travel ESL Speaking Questions

B1 and B2 Level Speaking – Time Travel ESL Speaking

• Have you seen any time traveling movies? Suggestions: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – Anime, Back to the future, Edge of tomorrow, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
• Do you think that people will achieve time travel in the future? Why? / Why not?
• How would they do it? (Use machine/Travel with their mind and possess someone from that time/Use a gadget)
• In which year? Why?
• What would be like? Paint me a picture.
• How would it be different from the present?
• What would you do?
• If you could stop time, what would you do and why?

In the Future:

• How far into the future would you like to travel? In which year?
• What do you hope to see?
• Why / Why not?
• What if your life depended on it?

In the Past:

• In which year?
• What would you ask this person?
• How would you spend the time with this person?
• On your time travels, you can take five objects to show people what life is like towards the end of the 20th century. What five objects would you take? Why?
• What would you ask him/her?

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On the off chance that I could go back in time I would learn however much I can. I would go to my kid hood, significant dates ever, and attempt to discover significant political dates in history too. what’s more, attempt to discover where did my family came from. I could enter a time machine, I couldn’t imagine anything better than to have the option to return in time when I was a youngster. Taking the information I have now from the existence exercises I have encountered, I would have the option to completely change me and exploit things like my folks and a secondary school training.

Your folks attempt to disclose to you the significance of school and training when you are a kid, yet it is solely after when you become a grown-up that you understand the worth and significance it has and how it will profit your life and future. I suppose you can say as a parent, you are returning on schedule with your kids, with the exception of you are trusting that they will gain from your encounters and carry on with their life how you wish you could have.

I would return to 1774 when Marie Antoinette became sovereign, and show her my set of experiences books, and implore her to PLEASE keep away from jewels, disregard her brothers by marriage, watch out for the proprietors of print machines, show less blessing to her child Louis Charles before poor Marie Therese with the goal that the young lady isn’t so inclined to sharpness, follow the counsel of her mother and Joseph II, attempt to keep Catherine II on her great side, be more thoughtful to Gustav III when he visits her later on after his visit through Italy, take no guff at all from those awful ladies from Paris, and in particular, be substantially more arrangement and steady to her better half, who was actually a generally excellent person as I would see it.

On the off chance that she accepted my recommendation, perhaps that would change how things turned out in 1789, and the French Revolution either wouldn’t have occurred or possibly wouldn’t have been so brutal, grisly, out of line and unreasonable Throughout the Famine years, almost 1,000,000 Irish showed up in the United States. Starvation migrants were the principal large influx of helpless exiles at any point to show up in the U. S. also, Americans were just overpowered. Upon appearance in America, the Irish discovered the going to be very intense.

With nobody to help them, they promptly subsided into the most reduced bar of society and pursued a day by day fight for endurance. The most unpleasant greeting of all would be in Boston, Massachusetts, an Anglo-Saxon city with a populace of around 115,000. It was a spot run by relatives of English Puritans, men who could gladly discuss their heredity back to 1620 and the Mayflower transport. Presently, nearly 200 thirty years after the fact, their city was going through downright an undesirable “social insurgency” as depicted by Ephraim Peabody, individual from an old Yankee family.

In 1847, the principal huge year of Famine resettlement, the city was overwhelmed with 37,000 Irish Catholics showing up via ocean and land in the event that I could bring the information from the past to the current life wounld be so difficult or possibly it wouldnt . We dont understand what will occur with our destiny, perhaps its des? ny for us to fall flat, world necessities ditch diggers as well. in any case, we won’t ever know yet we ought to consistently attempt to succsess throughout everyday life or you can simply go with the ? ow and see what occurs.

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Trying to write a speech on Time Travel, Tips?

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So we have an assignment going on in school regarding speech writing, the theme is Mankind and Time, I chose to write about time travel    I thought about speaking about the reality of the concept and uses of it in fiction, do you guys have any tips on the subject and and on giving a speech? Also, was The Time Machine by H.G. Wells the first use of it? Should I switch subject maybe?

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Travel into the future and watch yourself perform your speech, then travel back in time with the knowledge you gained from your future self.

" Travel into the future and watch yourself perform your speech, then travel back in time with the knowledge you gained from your future self. "

Most people think time is a line. It's not, it's a wibbly wobbly ball of timey wimey stuff.    Say that. 

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Sounds like you plan on taking a fun sounding topic and making it a boring as possible. 

" Sounds like you plan on taking a fun sounding topic and making it a boring as possible.  "

" @blueduck said: " Sounds like you plan on taking a fun sounding topic and making it a boring as possible.  "

" @Venatio said: " @blueduck said: " Sounds like you plan on taking a fun sounding topic and making it a boring as possible.  "

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What level are you preparing this for? High school? University? Graduate school? This will make a big difference in how you should approach this. If it's high school, go light on technical details and focus on interesting examples from fiction. If it's for university, go with more detail and choose only the best examples from other sources.

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" What level are you preparing this for? High school? University? Graduate school? This will make a big difference in how you should approach this. If it's high school, go light on technical details and focus on interesting examples from fiction. If it's for university, go with more detail and choose only the best examples from other sources. "

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PRO TIP: Quote Back to the future

" PRO TIP: Quote Back to the future "

Read Slaughter House Five and mimic Billy Pilgrim. You will get mad props.

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@Venatio:   Spend the entire speech comparing the time travel principles brought up in Back to the Future, Timecop, and 12 Monkeys.

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A Brief History Of Time (Stephen Hawking).     Also, Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now .    

Write a causality loop at the end of  your speech so that as soon as you finish you must start it again.  

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Just show a bunch of Doctor Who episodes.  That should do it.

The Time Machine was definitely NOT the first instance of the concept.  People have theorized time travel since the BC times in fiction, literature, and "science".  The Time Machine simply turned it into a far more popular topic of discussion.    Just make sure you include the words "gigawatts", "flux capacitor", and "Tardus"...and I think you'll do great.    In all seriousness though...  @ninjakiller said:

" Write a causality loop at the end of  your speech so that as soon as you finish you must start it again.   "

There is no time like the present. It's a human idea after all.    The future is your past, and the past was your future. Going back in time is not possible at this moment because there is no way to gather all that energy that once was, as a figurative shape, together at one time, for a few moments.    And the future will never happen because there is no way of accessing it like a fast forward button. Especially since "Time" runs backwards. You end up going "forward" but in reality you're going towards a world that has been happening all at once for what seems so far to be your life. 

@Tylea002: Thats fom Doctor Who right? Thats a good one.

Well um, I'm a second year University Theoretical Physics student who contemplated writing an essay on time travel for an assignment a few months ago. If you want any kind of actual current theories on time travel then watching Stephen Hawking's documentary on it (you know the new series)  would be quickest and easiest way to semi understand it and enough to blag your way through some of your speech.    If you want to go a little more advanced, have a read on the basics of special relativity and an overview of the "Twin Paradox", a way in which a twin can become younger than his brother by travelling on a high speed journey.    Reading a little on General Relativity also gives time travelling scenarios in incredibly strong gravitational fields, however I haven't studied it yet and can't comment in any real depth other than it's cool :P

Don't replicate Sam Neill.

Is this an actual speech class, or what?  I could give some general tips about speaking as I'm in a speech class in college right now, but if it's a speech class you're taking, yourself, then you probably already know most of the basics.

It's me from the future to tell you that this thread has become spam.

"I see none of you got the ivitation next thursday so I'll just go home".

Start it with this:

Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am or why I say this. Sit down, and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard.

I think you bit off more than you could chew with this topic OP.

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20 Inspiring Ted Talks About Travel

If you’ve been daydreaming about seeing the world, then let me tell you this list isn’t for you. These TED talks will motivate you and make that travel itch even stronger than it already is. Some of them will make you laugh, some may make you cry, some will inspire you to take on a new challenge, but all of them will inspire you to kick your travel bucket list. These TED talks are for any type of traveler – if you’ve been traveling for years or if you’re getting ready to take that first trip! Since there are a lot of travel ted talks, they’re organized by categories – General Travel, Achieving Travel Goals, Benefits of Travel, Eco and Environmental Travel, and Miscellaneous!

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Travel Ted Talks about: General Travel:

Traveling without money – how & why.

Eduard Jaqmin traveled for 21 days without any many.  He talked about the rejection he experienced – asking for food, transportation, and lodging- basic necessities.  My favorite quote is “people aren’t rejecting you as a person, but the idea you represent”. If people didn’t pick him up while hitchhiking, it wasn’t because of him as a person, but rather they just don’t pick up hitchhikers.  Rejection doesn’t mean that you won’t get anything, it just means you’ll get something a little different.

Takeaway Quote: Whepn we look at the rest of the world, rather than fear its diversity, we can better celebrate it.

Kill your bucket list – edward readicker-henderson.

I absolutely love Edward’s attitude to death and travel. He was told 15 years ago that he had a year to live, and was told that another 5 times, so his relationship with bucket lists is very unique. Why is it that our society is so obsessed with writing lists that ultimately end in our death? If you just live because you’re alive, you’re in a river of time.

Takeaway quote: Don’t do something because someone tells you to, do it because you want to.

Open road, open life – andrew evans.

His talk is inspiring about how to achieve the goals we set for ourselves. Antarctica was his dream destination, but the cost and travel were prohibitive. So he took buses from Washington D.C. through America, Mexico, Central America, and South America. He talks about the expectations that tourism sets for us. We don’t experience something for the first time, because we already know what it’s going to be like.

Takeaway Quote: This was something I wanted and achieved by traveling simply. It made the destination so much sweeter.

Traveling quickly is a waste of time.

Nick Hunt walked eight months to get to Istanbul. Sure, it wasn’t the fastest way to go, but he was able to get more than just a plane ticket. He challenges our culture’s obsession with speed. By slowing down, he was able to see things he wouldn’t normally have been able to experience – the gradual change of landscapes instead of constant change.

Takeaway quote: The journey isn’t a means to an end, but an end in itself. It hadn’t been one journey but multiple journeys with multiple points of arrival.

Surfing in Ice Cold Water

Chris talks about how he went to all the tourist surfing destinations – constantly eating good food, comfortable beds, and wifi connection. He acknowledged that any career has the ability to become monotonous. Then he realized that the warm water is only a small portion of the water on earth. That’s when he started exploring the cold water.

Takeaway Quote: In life, there are no shortcuts to joy, anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, at least a little bit.

Travel ted talks about: achieving travel goals:, the real reason i traveled to 196 countries.

Cassie De Pecol traveled to 196 countries in only 18 months! While this isn’t my type of travel (a bit too fast-paced for me) you have to admit its a crazy feat. It took her 3 months of planning and an incredible amount of detail to be qualified for the Guinness Book of World Records. She urges us to stop judging people based on HOW they travel – some do it fast, some slow, some cruise, some fly.

My takeaway: “We all have our own way of traveling and discovering a culture and it doesn’t matter what you see or where you go, what matters is your own experience while you’re there.

Favorite Quote: “One brief experience can shape your life”

Key to living a life of adventure.

Ginger Kern talks about the most common barriers people have when they travel – money and time. She left her town in the Midwest to explore the world. I love that she focuses on the human connection of travel (which is also my favorite part… aside from the food… but I digress). Adventure and connection is based on us and the connections that we make with strangers. Choose a traveler’s mindset.

Takeaway Quote: There’s someone about 100 feet away from you that has a story and background that you can learn from (and they can learn from you too) all you have to do is start a conversation.

My journey to the north pole & beyond.

Jade Hameister became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside the Last Degree – at only 14 years old! She only went skiing once before deciding to ski to the North Pole. She talks about the limitations society places on young women and how we should strive to do better. This is one of my favorite TED Talks about travel!

Takeaway Quote: To expand what we believe is possible, we must have courage. We must be prepared and be willing to fail. Don’t wait til you think you can do it perfectly, just get started.

Travel ted talks about: the benefits of travel, life is short – travel now.

Jared Komrowski discusses the impact travel has on our work and how beneficial it is to actually TAKE our vacation days! Travel is important, no matter where you travel – to the Maldives or to a cabin in the woods – doesn’t matter. What matters is connecting with the world around us. Did you know that 212 million vacation days go back to employers EVERY YEAR. The irony? People who take vacations are actually more productive and more likely to get promoted at work!

Takeaway Quote: Push yourself to take the vacation, try new things, and visit new places. But most importantly, have fun and live without regret.

How 10 years of travel helped me find belonging.

Infused with humor, Phil Cha talks about finding his identity while traveling the world. Sure, he made lists of things to do, but the real thing he needed to do was something he had to do alone. He started traveling with friends and when they had to go home, that’s when the real transformation began.

Takeaway Quote: When you leave the people who tell you who you want to be, you get to be who you are.”

The value of travel.

Rick Steves is so well known in the travel world for his knowledge and sweet personality.  He has spent the majority of his adult life traveling, guiding people to amazing places. In this Ted Talk, he talks about connecting with people – that there are other heroes and other battles in countries that you may not know about.  We primarily know our culture and history – and when we travel, in order to connect, we should learn about others’. This Ted Talk inspires me to not only connect with people but also to learn from others.

Learn to Travel: Travel to Learn

The most common regret people have is not traveling more – they don’t wish they worked harder or longer.  He talks about the truths he’s learned while being a travel writer.  He took a risk after an accident and booked a round-the-world ticket to five continents.  Robin talks about the people you connect to while traveling and what they teach you along the way. 

Takeaway Quote: Whatever decision I make, has to be the right one.  You have to believe that. Wherever you are is where you’re supposed to be. 

The road less traveled.

Eco Travel Ted Talks

Kristin Weis makes you think about how tourism can have a massive impact on the world. Sometimes we don’t think about it as travelers – our impact on where we travel. We must remember that we are visitors, and therefore we must think about the people, places, and animals that call that place home. She gives three tips for being a smarter tourist!

Takeaway Quote: Think of yourself as a visitor and the places around you are gracious hosts instead of something to consume.

Stunning photos of the everglades.

Mac Stone has traveled the world photographing some of the most remote places in the world. He started photographing his “backyard” the Florida Everglades to show the magic of the swamps. We used to want to drain swamps and bring in agriculture, but now we’re backtracking to save this ecological treasure chest.

Takeaway Quote: The idea is that these photos will help people realize how important these places are for the animals we live with.

Animal tales from icy wonderlands.

Very few travelers visit the Arctic and Antarctic regions of our planet, meaning they don’t get to see some breathtaking places. Paul Nicklen has visited here and photographed these remote places so we get to enjoy them. His stories are as captivating as his photos. If this doesn’t move you to help our planet, I don’t know what will.

Takeaway Quote: “The biggest threat to many animals is the disappearance of ice in the North because of the lives that we’re leading in the South.”

Travel ted talks about: miscellaneous travel, for more tolerance, we need more….tourism.

Aziz Abu Sarah has a unique perspective on the benefits of tourism. As a Palestinian, the first time he met a Jew that wasn’t a soldier was when he was 18 learning Hebrew. He later founded a company that has a Palestinian and a Jew tour guides that give two very different perspectives of places.

Takeaway Quote: Imagine if the 1 billion people who travel each year…. actually connect with people.

Reclaiming the globe.

Evita Robinson created a group of over 20,000 millennial travelers of color. She gives a history of black travelers and the limitations put on them by society – from Jim Crow laws to the media stereotypes. Her passion shines through for not only the travelers she sees, but for the world in general.

Takeaway Quote: We went from being literally chained, to literally being able to fly, with some turbulence along the way.

In praise of vulnerable travel.

Lois Pryce rode her dirt bike from Alaska to Ushaia, Argentina. When she told people in her life she was doing this, she was bombarded with negative messages and stereotypes. So she overpacked with weapons and clothes to protect herself. Eventually, she got rid of the physical and emotional baggage. The power of being vulnerable (especially as a woman) can lead us to experiences we never thought possible.

Takeaway Quote: It was when I was the most vulnerable that the most rewarding experiences occurred.

Where is home.

Pico Iyer is 100% Indian by blood, but was educated and grew up in England, and moved to the United States as a “permanent alien”, and then moved to Japan on a tourist visa. We’re moving to a more international multi-cultural world – where home is a constant change. Traveling is like being in love – all of your settings are turned to “on” and you become engrossed in what is surrounding you.

Takeaway Quote: Home has become less of a piece of soil, and more of a piece of soul.

I hope this list has inspired you to plan your next trip – whether it’s in your home town or some daring adventure. Traveling is more than just going somewhere to check a “must-see” item off that ever-growing bucket list – it’s a connection. A connection to the world we live in, the people around us, the nature we need to survive.

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I want to watch all of these! Fascinating talks – walking to Istanbul or skiing at the North Pole as a 14 year old?! Also nice to see a mix of genders. Don’t think I would fancy visiting all those countries that quickly but I guess we are quick to judge so might check that out too. Evening TV is sorted 😀

I haven’t been big on Ted Talks thus far, but I am willing to give these a try. I especially love the guy’s philosophy from “Kill Your Bucketlist”. Thanks for the recommendations

Thanks for this list! I think I know what I’m gonna be doing tonight! 🙂

how awesome! I haven´t watch a TED talk in ages, I´m totally into it now thanks to this post. Thanks for putting together this great suggestions 🙂

Truly inspiring! I kept on dreaming of what kind of Ted Talk on travel I would like to give!

Me too!! Haha

I agree with Nick Hunt, travelling quickly is such a waste of time. I have been guilty of cramming so much into a week that you finally get to see nothing, plus you are super stressed out of being off your itinerary.

Such an interesting post! Definitely coming back later to watch more of these talks!

Wow this sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing this morning ch needed information

I love this list! I have only seen the one of Cassie De Pecol before but definitely bookmarking the rest. Thank you!

Awesome! Enjoy 🙂

This is a great idea for a blog post! I love love love TED Talks so its a bonus that there’s some here that I haven’t seen – thank you!

Same here! Glad I could find some new ones for you!

Such a great post. I’m definitely going to watch a few of these this week and get inspired again for when all of this is over

Wow, this is a great collection. Will listen to some, as we have more time now 😉

this is so inspiring! can’t wait to be traveling again 🙁

What an interesting post! I seriously want to watch each and every one of these TED talks! Definitely saving it for later. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Amazing post. I have saved all the videos to watch one every day. Keep the spirit alive.

Love that!! Definitely keep the spirit alive – we will travel again!

These are great suggestions! Love the one about icy wonderlands. I spent some time up in Canada learning more about the ice and how it’s changing. Thanks for the inspiration!

Awesome. I’m sure it’s changing a lot with climate change.

There are some real gems here! I will definitely have to keep coming back to relisten to these! Thanks for compiling such a great list of talks on travel. I enjoy TED talks and use them often in my classroom.

Awesome!! I love Ted Talks – they get me thinking in a new and different way!

This is such a good idea! I’ll definitely have to check some of these out. Thanks for sharing! 😁

I pinned this post so I can watch these videos at my own pace! You should also check Omar Samra, an Egyptian explorer and motivational speaker!

Will definitely check that out! Thanks!

So inspiring! Saving this one and sharing with friends and family.. Thank you!

TED talks are so great. I really need to consciously make more time for them, and I think I should start by returning and working my way link by link through your list. The two that really caught my eye were the one about rethinking the bucket list (smart!) and how traveling fast is a waste of time (I soooo couldn’t agree more!) Thanks for putting this together! <3

There are some profound lessons to be learned in all of these. The main takeaway is that we only have one life, so start living it. Tomorrow is never promised unfortunately. It’s not all about money. Don’t judge. Just be!

These look really interesting. I’m going tii ok find the time to watch some. Great list.

Thank you! Hope you enjoy!

That is awesome, I can’t wait to watch some of those! Thanks for sharing.

Um ok I am going to listen to all of these, right away. Thank you for the recommendations!

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Speech on travel and tourism.

In today’s world, almost everybody chooses to travel and tourism as their leisure. Traveling is a good way to learn about the world. Also, it teaches us many interesting things about the cultures of different nationalities. Read Speech on Travel and Tourism here.

In addition, we also travel to meet our family or relatives that live in another city or country. Moreover, we also travel to find better jobs and opportunities. It is the best option for a person who wants to do some sightseeing or just wants to relax.

Besides, our choices depend upon the weather, personality, and of course the money. Because a person who leads an active life will not go to the seaside for traveling. We also travel for pleasure on expeditions and for visiting tourist places.

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Touring and Tourism

We can define tourism as traveling to various popular tourist and heritage locations in the state, country or anywhere in the world. It helps us to learn the history and cultural heritage of the place that is passed on to the people from generation to generation. It helps us to learn the heritage and culture of our own land too.

We enjoy tourism because each place provides us with a unique experience and various different facilities. All the facilities like the hotel, conveyance, restaurants, and public transport, etc. need to be booked in advance.

For making your trip more relaxing, all you have to do is book all these facilities well in advance. It costs a lot but is worth every penny you spend on it as it relaxes the mind, body, and soul.

Also, we learn a lot about different cultures, practical issues, and interacting with people of multiple backgrounds and manners.

In India, tourism is not convenient and as easy as that in developed countries. Moreover, there are many limitations that the ministry of tourism should correct so that the tourism industry can bloom and make profits for the economy.

Besides, many foreigners are not interested in Indian tourism because of the risks of infection and dirtiness.

Niche Tourism

This concept has emerged in recent years, it counter-point to what we referred to as ‘mass tourism’. Niche tourism signifies diversity and ways of making differences. Moreover, it plays on pejorative connections that have accompanied the evolution of mass and package tourism.

It is often cited as the negative impacts in relation to socio-cultural disturbance and environmental degradation. On one hand, the destination managers and planners seek to utilize tourism as a mechanism for economic development.

While on the other hand, a niche tourism approach appears to often greater opportunities and tourism, which is sustainable. More capable and less damaging to the environment.

Types of Niche Tourism

We can broadly divide niche tourism into three components namely: cultural tourism, environmental tourism, and rural tourism.

Cultural tourism is the subgroup of tourism that concerns the culture, precisely the lifestyle of people of that particular area, history of people, their art architecture, etc.

Environmental tourism or nature tourism provides an opportunity to visit undisturbed natural areas, beautiful views, and to observe the plant and wildlife.

Rural tourism showcase the rural life art, culture, and heritage in rural regions of the country, thus benefiting the local community socially and economically.

To sum it up, we Indians’ love to travel and that’s why we visit various pilgrimage centers and big towns and cities. However, tourism to isolated heritage centers is perhaps not our first choice. But it is enough that we boast ourselves of India and its greatness.

Nonetheless, we do not visit our own monuments and heritage to remember our ancestor’s great deeds and constructions.

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In Wildwood, Donald Trump makes false claim about Penn protests, blasts Chris Christie and Larry Krasner

Trump showed up late, but addressed a large crowd of supporters on the beach about six months ahead of the 2024 election.

Former president Donald Trump spoke for over 90 minutes at a 2024 election rally in Wildwood , N.J. Saturday.

Trump made several inaccurate statements during his speech, including falsely claiming there were riots at the University of Pennsylvania stemming from protests on campus.

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As former President Donald Trump stood on a stage in the sand in Wildwood, he spoke to a sea of his fiercest fans gathered at the foot of Wildwood’s famous Great White roller coaster.

They poured onto the Wildwood beach hours earlier. Many came in pickup trucks decked out in Trump flags, with license plates from up and down the East Coast.

Trump supporter skipped her kids' dance performance to attend speech

Following Donald Trump's speech, Sally Payano, 46, said she chose to come to his Wildwood rally instead of going to her 3 and 5-year-old children’s dance performance.

“If we don't fix this country, my kid won’t have a future,” she said, sporting a pink Trump hat. “So I had to come here and support President Trump so when my 5 year old, 3 year old, and 6 year old get older like me they will have America. A free America, a healthy America, and a great America like it's supposed to be.”

Trump wraps up Wildwood speech after more than 90 minutes

Donald Trump wrapped his speech in Wildwood a little before 8 p.m., more than 90 minutes after taking the stage.

The sun had started to set and the crowd had thinned by the time he left the stage.

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Donald Trump pledged to give members of law enforcement ‘immunity’ so they don’t ‘get sued and lose their families, lose their homes, lose their pensions.’

It’s unclear how he would go about that but Trump has made the pledge since December, seeming to promote a model of policing in which officers can take strong actions without worry of being held liable for their conduct.

Trump's Wildwood crowd begins to leave early during his speech

The crowd that stretched to the back fences of Donald Trump's beachfront rally is beginning to noticeably thin around 45 minutes after he took the stage.

Rallygoers held up MAGA signs as they exited the area.

Trump falsely claims he's been indicted more than famed mobster Al Capone.

During his rally in Wildwood, Donald Trump once again repeated a common but apparently false message he's shared on the campaign trail – that he's been indicted more than mobster Al Capone.

Trump is facing four indictments – two federal, two state, including a New York business fraud case currently on trial in Manhattan.

Trump repeatedly refers to Chris Christie as a 'fat pig'

Donald Trump asked the Wildwood crowd if anyone liked former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the crowd roared “No!”

Trump followed by saying he heard someone call him a “fat pig,” drawing laughs from the audience. Some broke into a chant of “fat pig!”

Trump falsely claims there were riots at Penn

Donald Trump falsely claimed there were riots at the University of Pennsylvania, where the school called in police to end an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters.

"I went to school in Pennsylvania," Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, told supporters in Wildwood Saturday. "They're rioting in front of my school all the time. What's going on here?"

Trump takes the stage at Wildwood

President Donald Trump has taken the stage in Wildwood at about 6:20 p.m. He waved to supporters wearing a Make America Great Hat as 'Proud to be an American,' played over the PA system. Some attendees have been on the Wildwood beach since noon awaiting his appearance.

"We love Wildwood," Trump said. He then pledged he would win the state of New Jersey, which has voted Democratic in the presidential election for the last seven elections.

'Give me Trump!': Supporters getting antsy at former president's delayed arrival

After standing for hours and expecting Donald Trump at 5 p.m., attendees were antsy during a narrative-heavy speech by retired British soldier Christian Craighead’s speech around 6 p.m.

Early on in the speech, the crowd clapped and chanted “USA!” while he spoke.

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Kicking off Saturday's rally is North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who has emerged as an "unlikely candidate" to become Donald Trump's running mate, as Politico put it this week.

Burgum's own presidential run was short-lived – he dropped out of the Republican primary in December after garnering very little support. But he endorsed Trump way back in May 2016 and again in January.

Trump running late, expected to speak shortly

Trump was expected to speak at 5 p.m., but the the stage remained empty at 5:30 p.m.

Attendees have been on their feet for hours, with the venue opening at noon.

Trump repeats call to debate Biden, despite neither committing to the schedule

Ahead of his Wildwood rally, a Donald Trump campaign staffer handed out a printout of a March Truth Social post by the former president calling for a debate with Joe Biden. The post was distributed to members of the media and projected on the screens at the rally.

A voice recording played of Trump speaking, starting off by saying he’s ready to debate and ranting about Biden.

Photos: Trump supporters show up in Wildwood

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Currier was wearing a rubber ducky zip-tied to his hat, and his wife, Carter-Currier was prominently displaying a neck piece that featured a New Hampshire license plate emblazoned with “TRUMP.”

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Pre-rally entertainment at the Trump rally

Shortly after 2 p.m., “America the Beautiful” played as a man painted an American flag live on stage. He then pulled down from the canvas revealing a portrait of a muscular Donald Trump sporting a “47” T-shirt. 

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Sunbathing at the Trump rally

Donald Trump signs haven't been in short supply in Wildwood since the 2016 election, but Saturday's rally took the sloganeering to another level.

Two supporters draped in a black flag walked arm in arm toward Trump's beachfront gathering around 2 p.m. Their sign read: "I'm just glad to be on the side that believes in God, has the most guns, and knows which restroom to use."

Trump supporters descend on Wildwood

Couples and families wearing Trump apparel are easy to spot on the Wildwood boardwalk, with some supporters opting to travel the Shore town in golf carts.

One man walked down the boardwalk shouting, “Biden sniffs children.”

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Trump held a huge rally in Wildwood in January 2020, and was accused by then-mayor Pete Byron of not reimbursing the town for costs associated with the event . This time around, Trump's campaign has already paid $54,000 upfront to cover law enforcement support, according to current Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr.

Trump's rally in Wildwood a break from the courtroom

After a long week in court, Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore. And his campaign says he’ll be joined by “tens of thousands” of his friends.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, expects to draw what his team is calling a “mega crowd” to a Saturday evening rally in the southern New Jersey resort town of Wildwood. It will be held 150 miles south of the New York City courthouse where he has been forced to spend most weekdays sitting silently through his felony hush money trial.

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U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat who represents parts of northern New Jersey, said she expects a lot of people at Donald Trump's rally in Wildwood Saturday will be coming from elsewhere because of the former president's reputation in the Garden State.

“Jersey is not going to be a welcoming place for Trump,” she said in a press call with President Joe Biden’s campaign on Friday.

Wildwood’s mayor invited Donald Trump to use the beach. Here's why.

On a bitterly cold January day in 2020, former President Donald Trump packed the Wildwood Convention Center with supporters at one of his biggest rallies of the last presidential campaign.

Four years later, Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. learned Trump wanted a reprise but the old venue was unavailable. He offered another idea:

Like Trump, Wildwood's mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. is also facing legal troubles

The last time Donald Trump came to Wildwood, Pete Byron, a Democrat, was the newly elected mayor . Byron said he was banned by Rep. Jeff Van Drew from attending the Trump rally , despite supporting it as an economic driver for the town then.

Byron’s election seemed to represent a shift away from Trumpism and Troiano, who had been mayor for 19 years. But Byron resigned in September 2023 after he was sentenced following his guilty plea for to tax fraud in federal court.

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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's speech was ugly. He's only part of a bigger problem.

A question: Are the Kansas City Chiefs OK with one of their players, kicker Harrison Butker, saying women belong as homemakers?

The team has several women executive vice presidents who have careers outside of the kitchen. What do they think of this? The team has celebrated Women's History Month , not Woman You Better Get My Dinner on the Table Month.

"I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you," Butker said at a recent college commencement. "Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.

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"I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and a mother," Butker added. "I’m on this stage, and able to be the man I am, because I have a wife who leans into her vocation."

Her vocation? Really? Did I slip and fall into a time machine and travel back to the 1950s?

“I’m beyond blessed with the many talents god has given me," he said, "but it cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker."

The team thus far has been silent about Butker's comments which don't stop with his antiquated views of a woman's role in society. He also went on an anti-LGBTQ rant.

Speaking of Pride month, Butker said: “Not the deadly sins sort of Pride that has an entire month dedicated to it, but the true God-centered pride that is cooperating with the holy ghost to glorify him.”

The organization did not respond to an email request for comment.

But former Kansas City commissioner Justice Horn did respond to Butker. He wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter: "Harrison Butker doesn’t represent Kansas City nor has he ever. Kansas City has always been a place that welcomes, affirms, and embraces our LGBTQ+ community members."

Before all of you Constitutional scholars chime in from your grammy's basement, I'm aware Butker can say whatever he wants, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should stay silent.

On social media, one of the prevailing sentiments was that Butker was just an idiot kicker and didn't matter. That's false. Not the part about him being an idiot. That's true. The part about him not mattering.

He's a key part of a Super Bowl champion team. He plays in the most popular sport in the country. His words will carry and while they have the waft of Archie Bunker's couch, they shouldn't be ignored. We should take every opportunity to push back against this type of extremist, Neanderthalic view of the world.

(It's also interesting to see right-wing and white nationalist platforms that usually tell athletes of color to shut up and dribble championing Butker's remarks. Maybe interesting isn't the word for it.)

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Butker represents a segment of the population that wants to go backwards, particularly with women's rights. These people are getting bolder and more hateful.

The goal is to wrench power from a society that has become more pluralistic and diverse, and put it back into the hands of a small group of men. And I can tell you, in their universe, they aren't talking about men of color having all this power.

Butker gives the entire game away with this part of his speech.

"To the gentlemen here today, part of what plagues society is this lie that has been told to you that men are not necessary in the home or in our communities,' Butker said. "As men, we set the tone of the culture, and when that is absent, disorder, dysfunction and chaos set in. This absence of men in the home is what plays a large role in the violence we see all around the nation.

"Be unapologetic in your masculinity. Fight against the cultural emasculation of men. Do hard things. Never settle for what is easy."

There is no emasculation of men. It's not happening. It has never happened. It's a totally fabricated thing.

Again, none of this has to do with the loss of rights. No one is being emasculated. Men aren't losing power. Women don't need to stay in the kitchen. Unless they want to.

There are people like Butker who want to take America back in time. Not the majority. But enough.

And that's scary.

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There are ways of keeping ourselves anchored, even when we enter a parallel universe disconnected from time.

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The weekend trip is, in theory, the perfect break. Two nights someplace else, just a small duffel bag and limited logistics standing between you and a reset. Leave on Friday, come back Sunday, fill the hours in between with enough that’s novel and return refreshed, or at least with a slightly altered perspective. You might take a weekend trip for vacation or work or to see family, but the effect is the same. You’re a little changed on return. You see your regular life a little bit differently.

I took what was meant to be a quick trip last weekend to attend a college graduation, and it was, strictly speaking, quick: I was scarcely away for 48 hours, but extreme weather marooned me for most of those hours in the liminal spaces of transit — airports, grounded planes, traffic jams — where time loses legibility. An old friend used to call these neither-here-nor-there realms the “zero world” for the way they feel unfastened from reality, parallel to daily life but separate. The flight cabin after an announcement of a fourth lightning delay is a world detached from the one you know, a temporary society populated by temporary citizens with perhaps not much in common save one deeply held belief: We need to get out of here.

I was as cranky and impatient as the rest of my fellow travelers at each complication in our journeys, but also fascinated by the communities and customs and Cibo Express markets of the zero world. Each of us was, at any given time, one captain’s announcement away from a temper tantrum, but we were also competitively careful to be polite to one another and to the airline staff, as if determined to demonstrate that those wild videos of short-tempered passengers being duct-taped to their seats did not represent us, the makeshift civilization of this departure lounge.

Graduation, when I finally arrived, was a joyous affair despite the glitches. The speaker, an astronaut, showed a photo of the farm where she grew up, the place she thought of as home for much of her life. Then she showed a photo of the limb of the Earth, the glowing edge of the atmosphere, and described how, when she went to space, home was no longer a town on a map but this planet, a shift in perspective so massive I felt a little queasy contemplating it.

On Hour 3 in the airport bar on Sunday morning, beside two German travelers practicing Spanish, I ordered an omelet and imagined my own home, which felt very far away and lit by its own otherworldly halo. What would I be doing if I were there? Reading, texting, catching up on emails — the same things I was doing here. What was so bad about this? Was it the lack of choice? The lack of fresh air?

It was all those things, and also the feeling of being trapped in a warp between origin and destination. My emotions felt out of proportion to the situation: I hadn’t traveled very far for very long, was in no peril and would still arrive in New York with enough day left to do whatever needed to be done, but I felt on the verge of tears, loosed from my moorings, floating between fixed points, dislocated. I put on my headphones, put on a favorite band whose songs are so familiar they provide a home base no matter where I am. I listened to the same album on repeat for the duration of the flight, in the car on the way home, even at home once I finally made it there.

There’s a story in The Times today about how A.S.M.R., the pleasant, brain-tingling feeling we get when hearing certain sounds or watching certain comforting scenes, has become a feature of all viral internet content, not just specialized videos devoted to inducing the sensation. You can still put on a very specific video of someone whispering into a microphone or crinkling paper, but you’re just as likely to find the stimuli in videos of people cooking or cleaning their pools. This seems like a logical extension. We’re restless beasts in need of soothing. Sometimes we’re dramatically homesick, sometimes it’s just a bad day. Why not imbue the mundane with the choreography of comfort? Why not add pleasure whenever and wherever we can?

For weekend travel inspiration: The Times’s 36 Hours series.

How to deal with the increasing unpredictability of travel .

Stunning views of Earth from space .

How A.S.M.R. became a sensation.

THE WEEK IN CULTURE

The final round of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Sweden today. This year’s favorites include a Croatian techno act called Baby Lasagna. Read , or listen to , a guide to the competition.

“I won’t let anything break me”: Eden Golan, Israel’s 20-year-old entrant, spoke to The Times about the campaign to exclude her country from the event because of the war in Gaza.

The stage crew has 50 seconds to disassemble and reassemble sets. Watch a video from The Wall Street Journal .

Film and TV

“It’s easy to get caught up in the bigness of it all”: Owen Teague, the star of the latest “Planet of the Apes” film, and Andy Serkis, the lead in the earlier movies, sat down for a conversation .

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is not as transporting as the previous trilogy of films, the Times critic Alissa Wilkinson writes , but “there’s still a tremendous amount to mull over.”

The latest season of “Doctor Who,” starring Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th actor to play the doctor, opened with a double episode. Read a recap.

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a plan to bundle their Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming services this summer

The recording engineer Steve Albini, who died this week at 61, was “arguably the most influential figure ever to emerge from indie rock,” Pitchfork wrote . Listen to 10 of his essential tracks , which shaped the sound of alternative rock music.

Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s rap beef crashed the website Genius , where users can annotate lyrics to songs. Times critics discussed where the rappers’ sonic conflict goes next .

Other Big Stories

A stage version of the beloved animated film “Spirited Away” is running in London, after premiering in Japan. The adaptation is opulent and impressive, but it could use more heart , our critic writes.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would bar the Des Moines Art Center from dismantling “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” an environmental work by Mary Miss that includes wooden walkways and sitting areas in need of repair.

The owners of the Los Angeles house where Marilyn Monroe last lived, and died, sued the city, accusing officials of “backroom machinations” to save it from a planned demolition .

David Shapiro, a lyrical poet who appeared in a famous photograph from the 1968 uprising at Columbia University, died at 77 .

THE LATEST NEWS

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A Biden administration report said that Israel may have broken international law in Gaza, but that Israel’s “credible and reliable” assurances mean the U.S. can keep sending weapons.

The Biden administration is still waiting for Israel to show how it plans to evacuate and protect civilians in Rafah ahead of a possible invasion.

The U.N. General Assembly voted to support Palestinian statehood , a symbolic move. The U.S. voted no, and Israel accused delegates of “shredding the U.N. charter.”

Michael Cohen, who paid Stormy Daniels hush money and whom prosecutors say Donald Trump reimbursed, is expected to testify Monday in Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial. The judge asked prosecutors to stop Cohen from criticizing Trump .

Russia tried to break through Ukrainian lines in the country’s north using shelling and armored columns. Ukraine said it had repelled the attacks.

Russia is upgrading a munitions depot in Belarus, possibly to house nuclear weapons , a Times analysis of satellite imagery found.

The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to protect U.S. auto manufacturers.

Apple is revamping Siri to offer more advanced A.I. responses , akin to ChatGPT.

An appeals court upheld Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. He could soon have to serve prison time.

A Virginia school board voted to restore the names of Confederate leaders — including Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson — to two schools, reversing its 2020 decision to rename them .

CULTURE CALENDAR

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🎥 Back to Black (Friday): You may well have seen the online discussion about this movie, an Amy Winehouse biopic directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. The movie — which focuses on Winehouse’s relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil — was No. 1 at the British box office but divided viewers and critics, some of whom found fault with the appearance of its star, Marisa Abela. “I don’t need to convince people that they’re actually watching Amy,” Abela told The Times . “I need to remind people of her soul.”

RECIPE OF THE WEEK

By Melissa Clark

Strawberry Shortcake

It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow, and if your mom has a sweet tooth (and if so, I can relate), Jane Grigson’s strawberry shortcake as adapted by Nancy Harmon Jenkins might be just the thing for a celebratory brunch. Make the biscuit dough and cut out the rounds the day before (just keep them in the fridge until baking time). Then, while they’re in the oven, you can macerate the berries (any kind you like) with sugar and prep the whipped cream. Be sure to save any leftover biscuits. They’re excellent toasted for breakfast the next day.

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GAMES OF THE WEEK

W.N.B.A. season openers: A once-in-a-generation group enters the W.N.B.A. next week. You may already know their names: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, Kamilla Cardoso. Their college matchups shattered viewership records, and their pro draft last month did the same. The W.N.B.A. is trying to seize the moment: Nearly all of Clark’s games with the Indiana Fever will be national broadcasts , and some of her games are moving to bigger arenas to meet fan demand.

The season begins Tuesday, as Clark and the Fever face the Connecticut Sun and M.V.P. contender Alyssa Thomas. After that, the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces play Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury. 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2

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Clark and Cardoso are featured in a documentary series , “Full Court Press,” airing on ABC this weekend, which follows them through their final season of college.

The W.N.B.A. is expanding : The league plans to add a 13th team, in the San Francisco area, next season, and a 14th, in Toronto, the year after.

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The Latest | Judge is sorting out the final stretch of Trump's hush money trial

Trump Hush Money Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP) (Jeenah Moon/AP)

NEW YORK — (AP) — Prosecutors' star witness in the hush money case against Donald Trump was back in the hot seat Thursday as defense lawyers tried to chip away at Michael Cohen's crucial testimony implicating the former president.

The trial resumed in Manhattan with the potentially explosive defense cross-examination of Cohen, whose credibility could determine the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s fate in the case.

Cohen is prosecutors' final witness — at least for now — as they try to prove Trump schemed to suppress a damaging story he feared would torpedo his 2016 presidential campaign , and then falsified business records to cover it up.

The trial was in its 18th day. While the defense is not expected to call many witnesses, talks were ongoing Thursday after court adjourned over the parameters of potential testimony from a campaign finance law expert the defense wants to call to the stand. The trial resumes Monday, when Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche will continue cross-examining Cohen.

Over two days on the witness stand, Cohen placed Trump directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to fend off damage to his White House bid. Cohen told jurors that Trump promised to reimburse him for the money he fronted and was constantly updated about efforts to silence women who alleged sexual encounters with him. Trump denies the women's claims.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts.

The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury.

— The jurors are getting a front row seat to history — most of the time

— Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways

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— Trump hush money case: A timeline of key events

— Key players: Who's who at Trump's hush money criminal trial

Here's the latest:

Before adjourning, Judge Juan Merchan noted the challenge of managing the trial schedule with myriad upcoming off days.

There’s no court Friday so Trump can attend his son’s high school graduation, and an upcoming four-day weekend for Memorial Day. Court is also not in session on Wednesdays.

Depending on how long the defense case goes, it’s possible the trial could shift to closing arguments as early as Tuesday. Defense lawyer Todd Blanche has said he expects to finish the cross-examination of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday morning.

Merchan said he’d like to have both sides give their summations on the same day and could start court early or end late to accommodate that. Or, he said, they may have to spill into another day.

Then, before deliberations begin, Merchan will have to instruct and charge the jury. But the timing of that could be tricky, too, he said.

“It’s not ideal for there to be a big lapse in time between summations and a jury charge,” Merchan said.

With court adjourned and the jury gone for the day, legal arguments are ongoing about the parameters of potential testimony from a campaign finance law expert the defense wants to call as a witness.

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have said they may call Bradley A. Smith, a former Bill Clinton-appointed Republican Federal Election Commission member, to refute the prosecution’s contention that the hush money payments at issue in the trial amounted to campaign finance violations.

Prosecutors said they have their own campaign finance expert teed up as a potential expert witness if the defense ends up calling their expert to the stand.

Judge Juan Merchan said he would take some time this weekend to “digest both sets of submission further,” but suggested the potential witness’s testimony would be limited to very general background information.

Defense lawyer Todd Blanche said no decision has been made yet on whether Trump will testify in his own defense.

Trump is charged with felony counts of falsifying business records. In order to convict him, the jury must find that he improperly logged reimbursements to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and did so with the intent to commit or hide another crime. Among those other alleged crimes, prosecutors said, were campaign finance violations.

Cross-examination of Cohen will continue Monday.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen acknowledged telling a former prosecutor that he felt porn actor Stormy Daniels and her then-lawyer Keith Davidson were extorting Trump in seeking a $130,000 payment to keep quiet about her claim of a sexual encounter with Trump.

Cohen raised the specter of extortion during a conversation with Mark Pomerantz, who had led the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump before leaving the office in 2022.

“Yes, I recall making a statement like that … that they were extorting Mr. Trump,” Cohen testified.

“In your mind, there were two choices: pay or don’t pay and the story comes out,” defense lawyer Todd Blanche said.

“Yes, sir,” Cohen replied.

In 2018, Trump decried Daniels’ claims as “false and extortionist accusations.”

In her testimony last week, Daniels denied trying to extort Trump, calling the allegation “false.”

Before Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to the stand at the start of the day, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked the judge to stop Trump’s courtroom “guests” from coming in midtestimony.

On Tuesday, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Florida Rep. Byron Donalds were among those who came to support Trump in the gallery.

In a sidebar held out of earshot of reporters, Hoffinger told Judge Juan Merchan that on that day, “some of the defense guests filed in the middle of direct examination with their security detail,” and asked that those who came Thursday not be allowed to do so during cross-examination, according to a transcript of the discussion.

“It’s — with their security detail for the jury and the witnesses to see,” Hoffinger said.

Merchan agreed that it was inadvisable, but Blanche, Trump’s defense lawyer, said it was out of his control.

“I have less than zero control over what is happening on anything or anyone that’s behind me when I am crossing a witness,” he said.

Donald Trump watched his former lawyer Michael Cohen as the topic in the cross-examination turned to the suppression of a former Trump Tower doorman's since-debunked claim that the then-candidate had fathered a child with an employee.

Cohen worked with the National Enquirer to get the tabloid to pay $30,000 for exclusive rights to the story to keep it from coming out — a practice known as “catch and kill.”

Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche emphasized that the 2015 payoff was made even though the story was — according to Cohen, Trump and then-Enquirer publisher David Pecker — false.

And the defense lawyer sought to suggest that squelching the story had nothing to do with Trump’s then-ongoing campaign. Rather, Blanche noted, Cohen told law enforcement that Trump was “concerned about the story because it involved people that still worked with him and worked for him.”

“So it was important to him to keep it from getting out?” Blanche asked.

“Yes sir,” Cohen testified.

The point is important to the defense because it’s trying to undermine prosecutors’ allegation that the hush money payments to the doorman and others were meant specifically to protect Trump’s electoral prospects.

Blanche also sought to sow doubt about whether Cohen has a “specific recollection” of certain phone calls that have come up repeatedly during the trial. To make his point, he asked Cohen to estimate how many phone calls he was receiving each day in 2016 and 2017.

“Hundreds,” Cohen said.

Conservatively, Blanche noted that would mean Cohen was receiving upward of 50,000 calls each year and questioned how Cohen could remember the specific details of certain calls.

“These phone calls are things I’ve been talking about for the last six years,” Cohen testified. “They were and are extremely important and they were all-consuming.”

Donald Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche suggested Michael Cohen breached legal ethics when he secretly recorded himself briefing Trump in September 2016 about an arrangement to buy the rights of former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story from the National Enquirer.

“You understand it’s not ethical for a lawyer to record a conversation with their client,” Blanche asked Cohen, who was Trump’s personal lawyer at the time.

Cohen conceded it wasn’t ethical, though he noted there were some exceptions — none of which applied in his case, he said. Cohen had testified that he made the recording so he could play it for the tabloid’s publisher at the time, David Pecker, to prove Trump was going to make the deal happen.

“Just so I understand, you surreptitiously recorded your client so that you could play a privileged communication for a third party?” Blanche asked Cohen.

The witness agreed.

Cohen had a propensity to secretly record his conversations, though he said the September 2016 talk was the only one he recorded with Trump.

Blanche said many of Cohen’s recordings — about 40 — involved conversations he had with news reporters. Sometimes, the people Cohen was talking to would ask him if he was recording them, and he denied it, Blanche said.

Asked if he recalled that, Cohen said, “It’s not illegal in New York for one party.”

“Mr. Cohen, I did not ask you if you were breaking the law,” Blanche responded. “I just asked you if you were surreptitiously recording people.”

Donald Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche resumed his understated style of questioning Thursday afternoon at the former president's hush money trial after reaching a crescendo just prior to the lunch break.

Blanche asked former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as cross-examination continued to rehash his previous testimony in a “timeline fashion.” He began with a moment in 2011, when Cohen created a website to assess his boss’ odds of winning the presidency.

Blanche then segued into Cohen’s role in spinning news stories. In one of the earliest examples, Blanche noted, Cohen helped plant a positive story in the National Enquirer about Trump’s potential presidential bid. That story also included positive information about Cohen, the defense attorney noted.

Blanche sought to suggest that Cohen didn’t always consult Trump about how to fend off or respond to unflattering news stories. Cohen, however, insisted he always did because Trump might “blow up” at him and it could mean the end of his job.

The questions appeared aimed at suggesting that Trump might not have been in on all the machinations surrounding porn actor Stormy Daniels’ claims, though Blanche didn’t specifically ask about that, at least to that point.

Donald Trump's hush money trial will take a three-day weekend because the former president plans to attend the high school graduation of his youngest son, Barron, on Friday.

Judge Juan Merchan had told jurors earlier that because of scheduling — the trial will also not be held on Memorial Day — it might be necessary to hold court next Wednesday, typically a day off for the trial so Merchan can attend to other matters.

But Merchan now says that won’t be the case. Some jurors indicated they can’t attend that day, “so that’s off the table,” the judge said.

Donald Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche, before court broke for lunch Thursday in the former president's hush money trial, sought to unravel Michael Cohen’s claim that he spoke by phone with Trump “to discuss the Stormy Daniels matter and the resolution of it” just days before wiring her lawyer $130,000.

Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, testified earlier in the week that he called Trump’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, just after 8 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2016, as a way of getting ahold of Trump because he knew he’d be with him.

But Blanche noted that at the time, Cohen was dealing with harassing phone calls and had exchanged text messages with the supposed harasser just before contacting Schiller. Blanche cited text message records showing Cohen messaged Schiller at 7:48 p.m. regarding the caller, who’d identified himself as a 14-year-old boy who’d promised not to do it again.

“Who can I speak to about harassing calls to my cell and office,” Cohen wrote to Schiller.

Blanche then cited phone records showing Schiller calling Cohen and leaving a voicemail at 8:01 p.m., followed by a text message stating, “call me,” at 8:02 p.m. Cohen then called Schiller’s number. The conversation lasted one minute and 36 seconds, phone records show.

Blanche said Cohen’s claim that he was talking to Trump about the Daniels deal “was a lie because you were actually talking to Mr. Schiller about getting harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old.”

“Part of it was about the phone calls, but I knew that Keith was with Mr. Trump at the time, and it was more than potentially just this,” Cohen responded.

Blanche, his voice growing louder, was incredulous. After hours of slow and halting questioning, he spoke at a rapid clip as his voice rose to a new octave with a note of disbelief.

“You had enough time in that one minute and 36 seconds to update Mr. Schiller about all the problems you were having with this harassing phone call and also update President Trump on the status of the Stormy Daniels situation?”

Cohen responded that was his belief, based on records he was able to review that he said have refreshed his memory.

“Yes, I believe I was telling the truth.”

“We are not asking for your belief. This jury does not want to hear what you think happened,” Blanche said, even louder, prompting an objection from prosecutor Susan Hoffinger.

Donald Trump's defense on Thursday brought up another embarrassing episode from Michael Cohen’s past — when he supplied his lawyer with nonexistent, AI-generated legal cases to back up an application last year to end his post-prison court supervision early.

As he has said previously , Cohen said he was doing research with an AI tool, and it served up a few cases that sounded useful but turned out to be inventions. He has said he didn't realize such tools could make things up. His attorney ended up citing the bogus legal rulings in papers that went to a judge.

“Those citations were inaccurate. Not the sum and substance, but essentially the citations themselves,” Cohen testified Thursday, leading to an exchange that illustrated the disbarred attorney’s careful, sometimes hair-splitting responses to cross-examination in Trump's hush money trial.

“When you say the citations were inaccurate, you mean the cases didn’t exist, right?” defense attorney Todd Blanche asked.

“Under that citation, no.”

“The three cases that you gave to your attorney were not real cases, correct?”

“That’s correct,” Cohen acknowledged.

Court broke for lunch soon after.

The defense in Donald Trump's hush money trial sought Thursday to undermine Michael Cohen’s repeated contention that he had no aspirations to work in the White House following Trump’s election victory.

“The truth is, Mr. Cohen, you really wanted to work in the White House, correct?” defense attorney Todd Blanche asked. “No sir,” Cohen replied.

Blanche then referred to a series of text messages, first presented by prosecutors earlier in the week, showing private conversations he’d had in November 2016. In one message, Cohen texted his daughter that he still had a shot of becoming the president’s chief of staff. Another shows Cohen telling a friend that she could serve as his assistant once he gets the position.

Reiterating his previous testimony, Cohen said that while he may have wanted to be considered as chief of staff for “ego reasons,” he was seeking a role as personal attorney to the president.

“I don’t think you’re characterizing this correctly at all,” Cohen said. “My conversations with my daughter, I wanted a hybrid position where I would still have access to President Trump but I would not be a White House employee.”

Outside the courthouse during a Thursday morning break in Donald Trump's hush money trial, conservative Republican lawmakers immediately lit into Michael Cohen’s credibility, levying criticism against him and others that Trump is prohibited from delivering himself.

Rep. Matt Gaetz called Cohen a liar “who committed these lies for his own benefit” and colorfully referenced the case against Trump as the “Mr. Potato Head of crimes, where they had to stick together a bunch of things that did not belong together.”

Gaetz and others, including House Freedom Caucus members Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Ralph Norman, also criticized the judge’s daughter, something a gag order specifically prohibits Trump from doing. Norman called the whole proceeding “a kangaroo court, plain and simple.”

Throughout the lawmakers’ comments, people nearby shouted criticism and obscenities at them.

Some of the lawmakers who accompanied Donald Trump to court Thursday sat in the front two rows, directly behind the former president, while others were relegated to the back of the gallery because there wasn’t enough room in the rows reserved for the Trump’s entourage.

Those in the front row at Trump's hush money trial appeared to look at their phones for large chunks of the morning, rather than up at the proceedings.

Earlier in the week , the former president's squad of supporters mostly donned Trump's favored look of a navy suit and red tie, a display of solidarity.

Trump himself wore the look Thursday, as did Reps. Matt Gaetz, Eli Crane and Andy Ogles. But others showed more color. Rep. Andy Biggs opted for a light gray suit, while Rep. Michael Waltz chose a bright turquoise tie.

At one point, when Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche was discussing one of Michael Cohen’s past appearances before Congress, he drew a chuckle from some of the House members when he observed: “When congressmen ask you questions they tend to go on and on.”

Biggs flashed a knowing grin.

Donald Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche on Thursday pushed Michael Cohen, repeatedly and emphatically, on his admission that he lied when pleading guilty to some federal charges, including tax fraud, before Judge William Pauley.

Cohen — Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, being cross-examined in the ex-president's hush money trial — does not dispute the bulk of the defense’s characterizations, though he has couched some of his answers in legalistic terms. Blanche appeared intent on connecting the words “lie” and “lying” to Cohen as often as possible.

In one exchange, Blanche asked Cohen if he agreed “that when you plead guilty to a crime and you’re lying, that’s not accepting responsibility for your conduct?”

After Cohen expressed ambivalence, Blanche continued, “You lied, you lied to the judge when you pleaded guilty,” adding: “Do you think Judge Pauley would have liked to know that you lied to him?”

Cohen initially said he wasn’t sure, before conceding the point. “I am certain he would have,” he said.

The court soon after broke for its morning recess. Trump, who had been sitting placidly with his arms folded across his chest, flashed a thumbs up as he left the courtroom after a reporter asked, “How's Todd doing?”

Donald Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche cut off the ex-president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen on Thursday as he attempted to explain why he pleaded guilty to certain offenses he didn’t think he should’ve been charged with.

“I took the global plea that was provided to me,” Cohen said as he was cross-examined at Trump's hush money trial.

“Sir, please don’t make a speech,” Blanche interjected.

Judge Juan Merchan then instructed Cohen to answer Blanche’s questions and avoid tangential answers.

In a lightning round of questions and answers, Blanche pointed out that Cohen has, over time, blamed various other people for his problems, including his accountant, a bank, federal prosecutors and a federal judge.

And, Blanche asked, “You blamed President Trump?”

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen explained Thursday at the ex-president's hush money trial his own role in New York City's taxi medallion system, the unusual and archaic economic model that underpins the city's for-hire vehicle industry.

Cohen owned 32 medallions of an estimated 13,000 citywide that he leased out to Evgeny Freidman, a figure known locally as New York's "Taxi King." Cohen pleaded guilty to federal charges that included hiding more than $1.3 million in income that he received from Freidman. Freidman was later sentenced to probation for tax fraud.

“It would be no different than if you were leasing an apartment from somebody,” Cohen said of his relationship with Freidman. “He would lease my medallion or medallions in agreement with the contract, and he would pay me a sum every month whether he made money or not.”

Donald Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche grilled Michael Cohen on Thursday at the former president's hush money trial about Cohen's 2018 guilty plea to federal charges, including for lying to Congress about a Trump Tower Moscow project.

As he did when pleading guilty, Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, conceded on the witness stand that he lied to two congressional committees about his contacts with Russian officials. He also said he lied when he said he never agreed to travel to Russia in connection with the project and never discussed with Trump plans to travel to Moscow to support it.

“Just related to that issue, you lied under oath, correct?” Blanche asked.

“Yes sir,” Cohen said.

Blanche dug at Cohen’s motivations for the admitting to prior lies to Congress. Blanche noted that Cohen has repeatedly said he lied out of loyalty to Trump.

Cohen went on to testify that he does accept responsibility for what he did.

Donald Trump’s attorneys in his hush money trial gave jurors a picture Thursday of his former lawyer Michael Cohen’s on-air persona, playing two clips of his podcasts over the years in which he discussed Trump and the potential charges.

In the recordings played in the courtroom, Cohen’s voice was louder, high-pitched and much more animated than the reserved and concise way he’s been answering questions. In one clip from an episode defense lawyer Todd Blanche said was from October 2020, Cohen uses an expletive and says he truly hopes “that this man ends up in prison.”

“It won’t bring back the year that I lost or the damage done to my family. But revenge is a dish best served cold,” Cohen says in the clip. He adds: “You better believe that I want this man to go down.”

Blanche asked Cohen if he continued to call Trump various names on his podcasts and when he did interviews on CNN, and Cohen said he did.

“And that has continued even during this trial?” Blanche asked.

“Correct,” Cohen said.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche asked as he cross-examined Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen about TV interviews he did when news of the former president's indictment in the hush money case emerged last year.

One included a CNN hit in which he compared himself and Trump to the biblical David and Goliath.

Cohen confirmed that, in text messages not shown to jurors, an investigator with the prosecutors’ office complimented him on at least one of the interviews, though prosecutors had asked Cohen to refrain from talking to the news media about the case.

Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger disrupted Blanche’s efforts to get the exchanges shown to jurors or read into the record. Hoffinger noted that the messages were heavily redacted, which Cohen said deprived them of important context.

Donald Trump’s hush money trial got off to a slow start Thursday morning, with attorneys halting proceedings to have several sidebar conversations with the judge, including an extended discussion to start the day.

Judge Juan Merchan apologized to the jurors for the delay. The judge told them that it may be necessary to hold the trial next Wednesday because of scheduling, with days off including Memorial Day and this Friday, when Trump will attend son Barron’s high school graduation.

The trial has been taking Wednesdays off so Merchan can attend to other matters.

The stop-and-start continued as defense attorney Todd Blanche began cross-examining former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and prosecutors objected to the phrasing of several questions.

Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and Bob Good sat with Trump’s son Eric in the first row of the gallery, behind the former president and the defense table. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sat in the second row.

Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen entered the courtroom in the ex-president's hush money trial carrying a bottle of water and his eyeglasses case in his left hand.

He strode confidently and briskly to the witness stand, not looking in Trump’s direction. Trump also did not look toward Cohen, instead gazing straight ahead.

The defense's cross-examination of Cohen resumed soon after.

Beforehand, an officer instructed lawmakers in the audience to put their cellphones away, a rule that applies to everyone in the courtroom to watch the trial.

“People are going to ask about it,” the officer said, noting the big concern is people taking pictures of the proceedings, which is forbidden.

Donald Trump returned to court Thursday in his hush money trial and once again complained about it, telling reporters before entering the courtroom that “the crime is that they’re doing this case.”

Trump was flanked by a large group of congressional allies, including Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Bob Good of Virginia. Trump said the members joining him are “up in arms over this.”

He also complained about the security presence outside the courthouse.

“Outside it’s like Fort Knox, you can’t get within three blocks of this place if you’re a civilian,” Trump said, even though the area is accessible to the public.

Trump folded papers in his hand as he entered, followed by his lawyers, a cadre of Republican lawmakers and support staff.

Some lawmakers who joined Trump in court were forced to sit in the back row of the gallery because there wasn’t enough room in the rows reserved for the entourage.

The chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Bob Good, of Virginia, appeared Thursday morning with Rep. Matt Gaetz, of Florida, outside Trump Tower to support Donald Trump shortly before the indicted former president left for court.

Gaetz is not a member of the Freedom Caucus but is a top Trump ally. Several other Republicans were expected Thursday at the court.

The House Oversight Committee, led by Republicans, postponed a morning meeting until evening, as GOP lawmakers made their way to New York.

As part of their attack on the justice system, Republicans on the panel are considering Thursday a contempt-of-Congress resolution against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a separate matter, over their investigation of President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.

The former president waved before getting into his motorcade and heading to the courthouse for the day.

After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two of them: one in June and one in September.

The first debate will play out in a jam-packed and unsettled political calendar, before either candidate becomes his party's official nominee at the summer conventions.

The June 27 match-up will come after the expected conclusion of Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York, foreign trips by Biden in mid-June to France and Italy, and the end of the Supreme Court’s term.

The second debate would take place before most states begin early voting — though some overseas and military ballots may already be in the mail.

Some of the most explosive moments in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have played out for most of the world to see — except for the people who are actually deciding his fate: the jury.

The 12-person panel is shown evidence and witness testimony so they can decide whether the former president is guilty of a scheme to buy up and bury seamy stories in an effort to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election. But it's a highly curated experience; jurors are not getting the full picture seen by those who follow along each day.

They don’t even witness Trump enter or exit the courtroom. He’s already there by the time they are brought into the room, and he stays until they are dismissed. This is by design.

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