<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18671"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18671" dir="ltr"><span>Millette (2012) </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18671" dir="ltr"><a href="http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2012-10.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18676">http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2012-10.pdf</a><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731" dir="ltr">ABSTRACT</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731" dir="ltr">
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<div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18819"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18953"><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18818">We develop the Elastodynamics of the Spacetime Continuum (</span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18957">STCED</span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18958">) based on the analysis of the deformations of the
</span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="">STC </span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18995">within a general relativistic and continuum mechanical frame-
work. "We show that </span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="">STC </span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18955">deformations can be decomposed into a
massive dilatation and a massless wave distortion reminiscent of wave-particle duality. We show that rest-mass energy density arises from
the volume dilatation of the </span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="">STC</span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18954">. We derive Electromagnetism from
</span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18959">STCED </span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18952">and provide physical explanations for the electromagnetic potential and the current density. We derive the Klein-Gordon equation
and show that the quantum mechanical wavefunction describes longitudinal waves propagating in the </span><span style="font-family: CMTI8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18971">STC</span><span style="font-family: CMR8;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18960">. The equations obtained reflect
a close integration of gravitational and electromagnetic interactions." </span></font></div>
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</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731" dir="ltr"><font size="3">Furthermore,</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18731" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr">
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<div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18763"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18762"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18951">"In this paper, all constants are retained in the derivations, to provide
insight into the nature of the equations being developed."</font></span></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18763"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class=""><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18763" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class=""><font size="3">David</font></span></div>
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</div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18724"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18730"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18729"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18728"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18977"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18727"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> David Mathes <davidmathes8@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Nature of Light and Particles - General Discussion <general@lists.natureoflightandparticles.org> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18824"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18823">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 17, 2015 12:11 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18726"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18725">Subject:</span></b> Re: [General] Answers to Some Objections<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18825" style="font-size: 16px;"><br><div id="yiv0090462344"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18828"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18827"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_18826">John</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497"><span class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12549" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">> because the speed of light is the same for all frequencies (</span><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_11947" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">Z<sub class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12796" style="">s</sub> = c<sup class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12797" style="">3</sup>/G</i><span class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12798" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">)</span><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12555"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><span class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12539" style="">Perhaps I should ask a question here...is this a valid assumption? </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><span class="yiv0090462344" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style="">No, not in the sense of a GRT violation. GRT should be valid in any new proposed model. </div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style="">This leads to a bubble of spacetime where GRT clearly defines a limit of propagation as c. However....</div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style="">c(outside) < c(inside)</div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style="">which implies a GRT gradient.</div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_11947" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">Z<sub class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12796" style="">s</sub> = c<sup class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12797" style="">3</sup>/G </i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12868" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">is valid both inside and outside the bubble even though the </i><span class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_11947" style="font-size:19px;"><i id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12894" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Z</i><sub class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12796"><i id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12895" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">s </i> </sub></span><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">is a different value.</i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12926" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12894" style="">As a result of these bubbles in spacetime, at the Z</i><sub class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12796" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-style:normal;"><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12895" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">s </i></sub></i><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12870" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">may not be a universal value where one size fits all. </i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12940" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12894" style="">Z</i><sub class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12796" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><i class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12895" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">s</i></sub> may not be constant when comparing the inside of a particle (electron, photon, quantum) to outside the particle or to the zero vacuum.</i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;"><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12497" style=""><i class="yiv0090462344" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:19px;">David</i></div><div class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12577" style=""><span class="yiv0090462344" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv0090462344" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12578" style=""><span class="yiv0090462344" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div> <blockquote id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12538" style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px;"> <div id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12537" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12536" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv0090462344yqt1710283900" id="yiv0090462344yqt57549"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12535"> <hr id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12534" size="1"> <font id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12552" size="2" face="Arial"> <b id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12551"><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12550" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Macken <john@macken.com><br clear="none"> <b id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12554"><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12553" style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Nature of Light and Particles <general@lists.natureoflightandparticles.org> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 17, 2015 11:01 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [General] Answers to Some Objections<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv0090462344y_msg_container" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12722"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0090462344"><style>#yiv0090462344 #yiv0090462344 --
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#yiv0090462344 </style><div id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12721"><div class="yiv0090462344WordSection1" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12720"><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12973" style=""><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12972" style="font-size:14.0pt;">Hello Everyone,</span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12974" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Over the last week I have generated a lot of criticism which until now I have ignored. It is not possible to answer every objection in a short post because a one line objection can take several paragraphs to rebut. Therefore, I have selected some of the most critical comments from David M., Chip and John D to attempt to set the record straight. </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12719" style=""><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">David Mathes<span style="color:black;"> says</span></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">: </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">“</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Impedance is frequency dependent</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">. There are other dependencies as well but frequency plays a prominent role</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">.”</span><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12718" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> This is correct for acoustics, but not for waves in spacetime. There are several important differences between waves in spacetime and acoustics. For example, the amplitude of acoustic waves is usually given as the displacement of particles which has units of length (L). For unit compatibility, it is necessary to express acoustic impedance with units of M/TL<sup>2</sup> (mass/time length<sup>2</sup>). Therefore, one type of acoustic impedance is <i>Z<sub>a</sub> = ρc</i><sub>a</sub> where <i>c</i><sub>a</sub> is acoustic speed of sound. This has the correct units. The amplitude of gravitational waves is often given as </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Δ</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">L/L, but the more accurate expression is </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Δ</span><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12723" style="font-size:14.0pt;">L/<i><s>λ</s></i> which is dimensionless and expresses the maximum strain (maximum slope). In this case the impedance term must have units of M/T for compatibility. The impedance of spacetime Z<sub>s</sub> = c<sup>3</sup>/G has the correct units to be paired with a dimensionless amplitude term. </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12734" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">With this as background, it is now possible to answer the criticism that impedance is frequency dependent. Acoustic impedance is somewhat frequency dependent because the acoustic speed of sound (<i>c</i><sub>a</sub>) has some frequency dependence (<i>Z<sub>a</sub> = ρc</i><sub>a</sub>). However, waves in spacetime have no frequency dependence because the speed of light is the same for all frequencies (<i>Z<sub>s</sub> = c<sup>3</sup>/G</i>). </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12733" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12725" style=""><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">John D. says</span></b><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12724" style="font-size:14.0pt;">: “<span style="color:#C00000;">Waves move through space, not spacetime.</span>”. It is true that gravitational waves distort only the spatial dimensions, not the time dimension. If a gravitational wave propagates past a spherical volume of spacetime, the spherical volume will be distorted to becoming a vibrating ellipsoid. The ellipsoid has no change on volume compared to the original spherical volume because an elongation of one dimension is accompanied by an offsetting contraction of another dimension. There is no change in volume and the gravitational wave does not modulate the rate of time. There is a slight effect on the rate of time due to the fact that the gravitational wave has energy density, but there is no modulation of the rate of time at the frequency of the gravitational wave. </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12732" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12730" style=""><span id="yiv0090462344yui_3_16_0_1_1429293559089_12729" style="font-size:14.0pt;">If you read my ‘foundation” article you will see that I am building the entire universe using “dipole waves in spacetime”, not gravitational waves. I explain in this article that dipole waves in spacetime are forbidden on the macroscopic scale described by general relativity, but they are permitted by quantum mechanics on the sub-microscopic scale governed by quantum mechanics. The article explains that dipole waves modulate both the rate of time and the space dimensions. These are actually the most fundamental type of wave that could exist in spacetime. The modulation of both space and the rate of time makes it possible for my model to generate the curvature of spacetime produced by a fundamental particle. For a fundamental particle, this equation is accurate to better than 1 part in 10<sup>40</sup>. Furthermore, there are other nonlinear terms and other considerations that I believe will eventually result in generating the complete equations of general relativity. Therefore, dipole waves in spacetime modulate both space and the rate of time.</span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">Chip says</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">: “</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">I find that using gravitational waves, … (has a) problem. That is it seems to be building on a still undefined and unknown foundation. … If gravity waves travel faster than c for example, it completely changes the “stiffness” of space, impedance of space, and the whole foundation.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">” </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">Gravitational waves do exist even if they are very hard to detect. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">Gravitational waves transfer energy and angular momentum. In 1993 the Nobel Prize was awarded to Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor for the proof that a binary neutron star system was slowing down its rotation because it was emitting gravitational waves. The amount of slowing was <b>exactly</b> the amount predicted by general relativity. The emission of gravitational waves produces a retarding force on the rotating binary stars, thus producing an observable slowing of the rotation (loss of energy and angular momentum). If it was possible to reverse the direction of these gravitational waves, the gravitational waves would return energy and angular momentum to the binary neutron star system.</span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">Gravitational waves also propagate at the speed of light. If they propagated faster than c, the universe would have many different laws than it actually has. You are welcome to doubt that gravitational waves propagate at c, but you will be forced to doubting many aspects of physics. </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">I obviously have skipped many questions. For example, John D. has 9 objections. I believe that I can answer any objection that I have seen, but it is necessary to be selective since the answer is much longer than the objection. Therefore, if there is a particularly important objection that I have not addressed, please state it in the next email.</span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;">John M.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;"></span></div><div class="yiv0090462344MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;"> </span></div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">If you no longer wish to receive communication from the Nature of Light and Particles General Discussion List at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dmath777@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dmath777@yahoo.com">dmath777@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"><a href="<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.natureoflightandparticles.org/options.cgi/general-natureoflightandparticles.org/dmath777%40yahoo.com?unsub=1&unsubconfirm=1">http://lists.natureoflightandparticles.org/options.cgi/general-natureoflightandparticles.org/dmath777%40yahoo.com?unsub=1&unsubconfirm=1</a>"><br clear="none">Click here to unsubscribe<br clear="none"></a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></body></html>