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Directory:Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator (E-Cat)
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- Shortcut URL: http://RossiColdFusion.com
- See also News:Rossi Cold Fusion
- And News:E-Cat Fuel Analysis and Validation Paper Posted October 8, 2014
Also called the Rossi Energy Amplifier or the Rossi Catalyzer.
Compiled by Sterling D. Allan, with Hank Mills
Pure Energy Systems News
Commenced January 17, 2011
Eng. Andrea A. Rossi and Professor Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna (one of the oldest universities in the world [1]), have announced to the world that they have a cold fusion device capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of heat power, while only consuming a fraction of that. On January 14, 2011, they gave the Worlds' first public demonstration of a nickel-hydrogen fusion reactor capable of producing a few kilowatts of thermal energy. At its peak, it is capable of generating 15,000 watts with just 400 watts input required. In a following test the same output was achieved but with only 80 watts of continual input.
They don't always use the term "cold fusion" do describe the process, but often refer to it as an amplifier or catalyzer process.
Focardi states:
- "Experimentally, we obtained copper; and we believe that its appearance is due to the fusion of atomic nuclei of nickel and hydrogen, the ingredients that feed our reactor. Since hydrogen and nickel 'weigh' with less, copper must have released a lot of energy, since 'nothing is created or destroyed.' Indeed, the 'Missing Mass' has been transformed into energy, which we have measured: it is in the order of a few kilowatts, two hundred times the energy that was the beginning of the reaction." [2]
They also claim to be going into production, with the first units expected to ship by the second half of October of this year, with mass production commencing by the end of 2011. The first units will be used to build a one megawatt plant in Greece. This one megawatt plant will power a factory that will produce 300,000 ten-kilowatt units a year.
This would become the world's first commercially-ready "cold fusion" device. Licensees are mentioned, with contracts in the USA and in Europe. Mass production should escalate in 2-3 years. Presently, Rossi says they are manufacturing a 1 megawatt plant composed of 125 modules. These modules should begin shipping by the end of October. On January 31st, 2011, Rossi wrote: "The cost to produce the catalyzer is 1 cent per MWh generated; the life expectancy is 20 years; the cost impact is between 1 and 1.5 cents per MWh." [3]
In describing the operation of the device, he said: "To start up the reactor you have just to turn on a switch. The reactor works with enormous margins of safety, so there is no need of a particular skill. Just follow the instructions. The refueling is every 6 months and will be made by our dealers."
According to Rossi, the demonstrated device shown on January 14, 2011 is their industrial product that is claimed to be reliable and safe. In normal operation it would produce 8 units of output for every unit of input. Higher levels of output are possible, but can be dangerous. They will soon start serial production of their modules. Combining the modules in series and parallel arrays it is possible to reach every limit of power. The modules are designed to be connected in series and parallels.
Rossi also says that they have had one reactor that has run continually for two years, providing heat for a factory. It reduced the electric bill by 90%. Also, the reactors can self sustain by turning off the input, but they prefer to have an input. The device will be scheduled for maintenance every six months. You control it "just as you turn on and off your television set."
More than two thousand prototypes were built and destroyed in refining the design and learning how to control and scale up the reaction. [4]
Convinced they have already adequately proven this to the necessary parties, they are not in a hurry to give demonstrations to curious scientists. On January 21, 2011, Rossi wrote: "Yes there will be a Scientist talking about us, no demo anyway: no more demos before the start up of the 1 MW plant."
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News:E-Cat Fuel Analysis and Validation Paper Posted October 8, 2014 - A blog page to compile information relating to a scientific report on the E-Cat with two important findings from a 32-day test run of the reactor -- together leading to the clear conclusion that the E-Cat is an energy source based on some kind of nuclear reaction, without radiation outside the reactor. (PESWiki; October 9, 2014)
Official Websites
- http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/
- JANUARY 15th FOCARDI AND ROSSI PRESS CONFERENCE -= Today, Saturday January 15th, at 10:00 AM Sergio Focardi and Andrea Rossi will be on-line for the press conference with Journal's readers. [And thereafter they have been responding to comments as well, in a timely manner.]
- Is the Rossi energy amplifier the first pico-chemical reactor? - The nuclear signatures that can be expected when contacting hydrogen with nickel, were derived from thermal results recently obtained (Rossi energy amplifier), using the type of reaction paths proposed as the explanation of the energy produced. The consequences of proton or neutron capture have been studied. (July 18th, 2010)
- http://www.youtube.com/user/efagroup2010 YouTube channel
Licensee Websites
- http://ECat.com - N. Europe licensee site story
- http://www.eonsrl.com – under construction
Unofficial Websites
- http://Leonardo-ECat.com - website launched 11.11.11 See Sterling Allan on the up and down of Rossi's approval of Leonardo-ECat.com (November 15, 2011)
- http://hydrofusion.com/ - behind ECat.com
- http://ecatnow.com/ (RSS aggregate from all over)
- http://ecatnews.com/
- http://www.e-catworld.com/
- http://ecatfusion.com/
- http://ecatreport.com/
- http://coldfusion3.com/
- http://energycatalyzer3.com/
- http://rossifocardifusion.com/
- http://nickelpower.org/
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1 MW E-Cat Plant Being Offered for Free for the Right Customer - Leonardo Corporation and Hydro Fusion are offering a free 1 MW E-Cat plant to a customer who is willing to operate it as a pilot project. The only thing the customer pays for is the heat the plant produces — which should be cheaper than any heat they are paying for at the moment. (PureEnergyBlog; June 11, 2013)
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E-Cat Orders Being Taken After Successful Launch - The first sale of a one megawatt E-Cat plant took place on October 28th, 2011, after a successful test of the system was performed by the customer. Andrea Rossi is now accepting additional orders for E-Cat plants from serious, qualified parties. Are you a forward thinker that desires to "ride the wave" of technological innovation? (PESN and BeforeItsNews; November 3, 2011)
How it Works
The Energy Catalyzer works by placing nano to micro sized particles of nickel powder in a reactor along with pressurized hydrogen gas and special undisclosed (for proprietary reasons) catalysts. When the contents of the reactor is heated (using a series of resistors in the reactor) to approximately 400 to 500 degrees Celsius, nuclear reactions start taking place. The strength of the reaction can be changed by varying the pressure of the hydrogen in the reactor. The output energy can be up to 400 times the input energy.
No precious metals or radioactive substances is placed in the reactor. After the reactor is turned off the reactor can be opened and no radiation can be detected. The process transmutes nickel into copper and trace amounts of other elements such as zinc.
The nickel has also apparently gone through one or more special processes. A few of these special processes are speculated to be:
1) Baking and cleaning to remove oxidation that could "clog" up the reactive sites on the nickel particles.
2) Bathed in acid or another compound to make the particles more porous so they can absorb more hydrogen.
3) Embedded in a membrane or ceramic structure.
4) Loaded with hydrogen via electrolysis or some other method.
Doing a lot of digging into Rossi's Journal of Nuclear Physics blog shows that scientists are posting and linking speculation that "hydrinos" (of Blacklight Power fame) or shrunken hydrogen atoms may be involved in this cold fusion and process and their formation may be the source of most of the energy released.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Rossi's Cold Fusion Energy Catalyzer: Frequently Asked Questions - Hank Mills has compiled a FAQ page about Andrea Rossi's technology that combines small amounts of ubiquitous and safe Nickel and Hydrogen in the presence of proprietary catalyst under pressure and heat to generate a large amount of heat. It also addresses questions about the commercialization under way. (PESWiki and BeforeItsNews; March 21, 2011)
Rossi's Hints
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Rossi's Hints about his Cold Fusion Generator - The purpose of this directory is to collect and organize the many hints we have about the function of Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer. A great number of hints have been posted on various websites, forum and blogs. (PESWiki; April 20, 2011)
- http://www.ecoinventions.ca/category/lenr/andrea-rossi/ - Compilation of E-Cat Videos
January 16, 2011 Press Conference
- Energy Catalyzer: Bologna University Test (with English subtitles) - all three videos in one, with English subtitles (click on link down below video to see subtitles). (posed Jan. 29, 2011)
Part 1 of 3
- Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 1 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)
Part 2 of 3
Shows the apparatus running.
- Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 2 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)
Transcription from a comment in the Popular Science article:
This test will demonstrate that we were able to heat the water, therefore thermal energy which can be transformed into electricity with extremely low costs.
[..] You will not find it this on textbooks as many people think it's not even possible.
Interviewer: what happens in here?
Physicist: hydrogen atoms are separated from their electrons and protons, but to answer I should use a simpler language [ed. I call BS at this point] let's say that hydrogen is absorbed by the nickel and then processed [the video skips] nuclear of the nickel's atom. at this point there's an atomic transformation with emissions [video transition, 1:09]
[describes the tools]
In the graph, x is time, y is temperature in ºC, red line is room temp, blue line is input water temp, yellow line is output water temp [...] you can see how it grows until it reaches 100º, where it evaporates.
[...] we approximately generated 10-12kW/h when using 600-700W
[...] The people who operated the tests are professors of the University of Bologna not involved in the project.
[...] you may call it a reactor but we like to call it energy catalyzer. Behind this process there are a few theoretical problems not yet solved. Honestly, we only hypothesized the workings but there's a lot to study [...] in my opinion we could reach a higher ratio than what we reached in these tests today as we didn't try its best to be safe. [8:30] We're at the Ford T, we need to reach the Formula 1.
[video skips]
These are modules, so you can put them in a series or in parallel to increase the temperature or thermal quantity to respectively.
[video skips]
We reached important international agreements [...] people who are working at high level for mass production of this device. [9:40]
[Scientist X talks] it seems that there's a slight increase (about 50%) of the *instable* gamma radiation, therefore it seems like there's no cheat. Only thing is that you didn't allow me to measure the spectrum to understand the energy of the emitted gamma because then I would understand everything. I understand that you're concerned about anyone stealing your idea but I would have loved to see it.
[Main physicist] You're too prepared, too smart and would understand how it worked.
[Scientist X talks] I observed a small gamma "flash" when you turned it on and when you turned it off. It's hard to think that a small electromagnetic disturb would be able to start two independent battery-powered tools, this is interesting. What I don't understand is why the measures given by the "beta plus", the couple +/-, returned values near 0.
[Main physicist] I'm not able to give you an answer, my objective is "energy". The reactor is extremely complex, don't be fooled by its look, it could also be that the internal geometric system of the reactor hides the…
[video skips 13:13]
[Scientist Y talks] I don't think that the absence of gamma would be a problem, I'd expect
[Main physicist] Frankly neither do I.
[Scientist Y talks] I would expect, instead, that there shouldn't be any annihilations of positrons since, as I seem to understand, protons enter the nickel's nuclei and move the elements rightwards on the table of nuclides through "decays which go to the copper and go back to the nickel". On the right side of the table, the decays are beta minus, so I don't expect, if your theoretic interpretation is correct, that there are emissions of positrons.
[Main physicist] What you say is absolutely plausible.
Part 3 of 3
- Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 3 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)
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Low Energy Nuclear Revolution
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Low Energy Nuclear Revolution (video) - Professional, 40-minute documentary reviews cold fusion history and the significance of the emergence of Rossi's energy catalyzer technology. Witnesses, primarily Professor Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna, describe the experimental set-up of the E-Cat. (YouTube / MayerAmschelBauer; June 23, 2011)
Some other technical attributes of the process include:
- Regular Ni is used even though other isotopes may provide better efficiency. They think all the isotopes work to produce the effect.
- For some unknown reason, not all of the Ni in the cell reacts with the hydrogen to produce energy. The percentage of the Ni that reacts is very low.
- Even though the percentage of the Ni that reacts with hydrogen is very low one kilogram of nickel powder should deliver 10 kW of energy for 10,000 hours. The consumption rate of hydrogen and nickel are 0.1 g of Ni and 0.01 g of H to produce 10 kWh/h. Note that for every picogram of nickel that is actually fused or reacts to the hydrogen, much more must be added. Not all the nickel added will react. So if you add 0.1g of Ni to produce 10kWh/h only a small fraction of that Ni will actually be utilized. When the device shuts off due to running out of fuel most of the .1g could be remaining.
- Tungsten is in no way used. However, "other elements" are used.
- Radiation is produced. However in the device demonstrated which is made for commercial use no radiation escapes due to lead shielding. The fact that radiation is produced is proof of a nuclear reaction.
- In the demonstration device for every unit of input there was approximately 37 units of output.
- A small percentage of the nickel is transmuted into copper. The amount of copper found in the cell is far greater than the impurities in the nickel powder. None of this copper is "unstable."
- There is no radioactivity in the cell after it is turned off. No nuclear "waste."
- All of the information needed to successfully replicate a self sustaining system is in the patent application (which is being held proprietary presently).
- The power density for thermal energy only is 5 liters per kilowatt.
- The hydrogen has to be all hydrogen with no deuterium or heavy hydrogen. Apparently, any heavy hydrogen stops the reaction.
- This current system never goes below 6 times more energy out than in. During the test it produced 20 times more energy out than in. In the lab they have done similar tests and obtained 400 times more out than in, but it produced explosions.
- (speculation, pending clarification) The fuelling of the system could probably be done via a relatively inexpensive fuel rod that would need to be replaced every few months.
Quote from Ramos on his website:
"Dear Pierre,
Thank you for your important questions, here are the answers:
1- the Ni powder I utilized were pure Ni, no copper . At the end of the operations in the reactor the percentage of copper was integrally bound to the amount of energy produced. A charge which has worked for 6 months, 24 hours per day, at the end had a percentage of Cu superior to 30%
2- About the Ni isotopes: the isotopes after the operations were substantially changed in percentage. We are preparing a campaign of analysys with a Secondary Ions Mass Spectrometer at the University of Padua (Italy), at the end of which the data will be published on the Journal Of Nuclear Physics.
Warm Regards,
Rossi estimates that the cost of energy made with this system will be below 1 cent/kWh, in case of electric power made by means of a Carnot cycle, and below 1 cent/4,000 M J in case of thermal power production for heating purposes. That is several times cheaper than energy from fossil fuel sources such as coal or natural gas.
The cost of nickel and hydrogen is low when considering the small amounts actually used to produce energy. Nickel is very common in the Earth's crust. We do not know the exact nature of the catalysts or other elements involved, but due to the figures quoted by the inventor their cost is apparently insignificant.
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Seven Reasons to Embrace Rossi's Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat) - There are many reasons to support the adoption and proliferation of Andrea Rossi's "cold fusion" E-Cat technology, including hope for a solution to our energy problems, cleaning up the environment, restoring the global economy, and more. (PESN; May 7, 2011)
This technology potentially represents a clean and almost unlimited energy source that would be very, very affordable. It could be used for many purposes. Initially, it will probably be used to heat water to produce thermal energy. However, it could also produce steam to power a generator, run a stirling engine, or provide heat for thermoelectric devices that directly convert thermal energy to electricity.
Directory:Andrea Rossi's E-Cat Validations - moved to separate page
- The "Parkhomov-like" LENR experimentation at Open Power Lab has been started today (link fixed) - After months of tuning, now the actual set-up assures behavior under severe experimental conditions, ranging from high temperature, high pressure, highly corrosive operation also under High Voltage pulsed discharges and very strong magnetic field. (Free Energy Blog; November 14, 2015)
- Replicators (as of January 12, 2012) - An annotated and linked list of reports of 14 people who have achieved a Ni + H reaction. (NickelPower)
- News:Defkalion_Hyperion
- http://fusioncatalyst.org
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Patent granted for the energy catalyzer - The Italian energy catalyzer that seems to be based on an unknown nuclear reaction is now patented in Italy. The examination continues regarding protection in the rest of the world. The Italian Patent Office granted a patent for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028. (Ny Teknik; May 9, 2011)
Italian Patent 0001387256
Quoting from Ny Teknik
The Italian Patent Office, Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, granted a patent for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028.
The inventor is Andrea Rossi, while his wife Maddalena Pascucci is the patent owner.
The final content of the patent is public but not directly available online (details on how to order the content can be found here).
According to Rossi ten of the original 15 claims remain.
The patent office in Italy confirmed that the patent is a normal one which was granted after technical examination of the filed application.
According to other sources the examination of Italian patents, however, is more formal and less technical compared with the international patent review under the PCT procedure.
Starting on 1 July 2008 and onwards (filing date), Italian patent applications are subject to an investigation of patentability (see decree here). The patent application for the energy catalyzer was filed in April 2008.
Application: US2011/0005506A1
Application: WO/2009/125444
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT NICKEL AND HYDROGEN EXOTHERMAL REACTIONS; pub. Date: 15.10.2009
- Abstract
- A method and apparatus for carrying out highly efficient exothermal reaction between nickel and hydrogen atoms in a tube, preferably, though not necessary, a metal tube filled by a nickel powder and heated to a high temperature, preferably, though not necessary, from 150 to 5000C are herein disclosed. In the inventive apparatus, hydrogen is injected into the metal tube containing a highly pressurized nickel powder having a pressure, preferably though not necessarily, from 2 to 20 bars.
In October 2010, the international patent application under PCT received a negative initial assessment in a so-called International Search Report made by the International Searching Authority, and a negative International Preliminary Report on Patentability. The criticisms include the problem that the patent application lacks detail in describing the technology. The examination of the international patent application is now continuing in a regional and national phase, including assesment by the European Patent Office. [5]
Company: Industrial Heat, LLC
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Industrial Heat, LLC Has Acquired Rossi's E-Cat Technology - A press release today announced IH's acquisition of the intellectual property and licensing rights to Andrea Rossi's Italian low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology, the Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat), after an independent committee of European scientists conducted two multi-day tests at Rossi's facilities in Italy. (PESWiki; January 24, 2014)
Company: Eon srl
Inventor: Andrea A. Rossi
Andrea Rossi is listed as the inventor. He is also the primary operator of the http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/ website and forum, where the information about the technology is posted.
He is a doctor in the Philosophy of Science and Engineering from the Universita' Degli Studi Di Milano [University of Milan]. [6]
The following is quoting from http://blog.hasslberger.com/2011/02/italian_engineer_announces_com.html
- Rossi has been into alternative energy for many years. It was in the 1970s and 1980s that Rossi was busy building garbage disposal facilities that burned household garbage and utilized the recovered heat. During that period, he found out how to not only recover heat from burning garbage but also to turn garbage into fuel. His company, Petroldragon, had a valid garbage-to-fuel technology that could turn household waste into combustible oil, coal and gas. Production had started and reached some 20 tons of fuel oil a day in 1989, when corrupt bureaucrats started to attack.
- The first step was to tax his process just as if he was producing alcohol, making the resulting fuel ridiculously expensive. When he opposed the unjust tax, the next step was a challenge that proved more difficult: the bureaucrats asserted that the garbage stocked and ready to be transformed in his production facilities wasn't raw material for his process but was an illegal and fraudulent attempt to hide and "treat toxic garbage" for which he had no license.
- Rossi was imprisoned on trumped up eco-charges for trying to produce an ecologically sustainable fuel that did not come from petroleum deposits, and after one of his companies was forced into bankruptcy, he was again imprisoned for not paying his creditors ... great government support for alternative energy technologies, one might say. That whole sad story is well documented on Rossi's website:
- http://ingandrearossi.com/ - Rossi's website gives his side of the saga of waste-to-energy problem. The beginning, the media boom around Petroldragon, plans for the future.
- http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroldragon - Rossi was involved in a waste to energy project, and ended up serving some jail time in 1995 for conspiracy to engage in tax fraud for his involvement in a business that was trading precious materials between Switzerland and Italy. Appeared to be more like suppression than deserved punishment.
Though he did spend time in jail, Rossi said he was eventually cleared of all charges against him in this matter.
In 1996 he emigrated to the United States, and a year later founded Leonardo Technologies Incorporated in Bedford, New Hampshire. He continued working on various energy related projects and eventually recieved a multi-million dollar grant to research and develop high efficiency thermoelectric converters.
He is now developing the Cold Fusion based Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat) technology and manufacturing 10KW modules for the first one megawatt plant (to be opened in Greece this October) in Leonardo Technologies Miami factory. A series of successful demonstrations of the E-Cat at the University of Bologna has impressed scientists and led to a one year research program to further understand and test this game-changing technology.
Pioneer: Sergio Focardi
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Sergio Focardi, the father of "Ni-H Cold-Fusion" - A radio interview with Sergio Focardi, who had been doing pioneering work with nickle-hydrogen fusion, and was later joined by Andrea Rossi, who brought new and key ideas to the table. Forcardi plays the comedian here, so it's not easy to tell if/when he's talking straight. "He looked around and he saw a hole in the ceiling: it had flown upstairs." (22Passi; April 14, 2011)
Giuseppe Levi: University of Bologna Research Group Head
Professor Levi will be heading the group of 5 professors from the University of Bologna to run the 2-year study on the E-Cat technology.
Company: Leonardo Corp.
On February 03, 2011 3:05 PM MST, Andrea Rossi wrote by email:
Leonardo Corporation (http://leonardocorp1996.com) is a company incorporated in new Hampshire in 1996. We have a unit in NH and one in Fl, while we pay taxes in NH, where we conserved the main house.
Journal of Nuclear Physics
Prof. Sergio Focardi (INFN – University of Bologna – Italy)
Prof. Michael Melich (DOD – USA)
Richard P. Noceti, Ph. D. , richard.noc...@lt.netl.doe.gov
Prof. Alberto Carnera (INFM – University of Padova – Italy)
Prof. Giuseppe Levi (INFN – University of Bologna – Italy)
Prof. Pierluca Rossi (University of Bologna – Italy)
Prof. Luciana Malferrari (University of Bologna – Italy)
Prof. George Kelly (University of New Hampshire – USA)
Prof. Stremmenos Christos (Athen University – Greece)
Company: National Instruments
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National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls - Today, Andrea Rossi signed an agreement with National Instruments to have them make all of the instrumentation for the E-Cat cold fusion plants, which began to be sold commercially on October 28 with the first 1 MW plant successfully tested in Bologna. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; November 10, 2011)
Licensee: Ampenergo
Formed in May, 2011 to launch roll-out of the technology in the Americas. [8]
State of Massachusetts
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Hope, skepticism for cold fusion - Robert Tamarin, dean of sciences at UMass Lowell, said the meeting was mostly used to discuss the possibility of setting up manufacturing, rather than the validity of the science. Mass Senate minority leader, Bruce Tarr, said: "My thought process was pretty simple: If it works, I want this technology to be developed and manufactured in Massachusetts." (Boston Globe; November 28, 2011) (Correction Re: "small")
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Andrea Rossi Talks eCat To Mass State House - According to Senator Bruce Tarr, Andrea Rossi has come to the State House for two days "to explore the prospects of developing the device and producing it in Massachusetts." "The enormous potential of this technology demands that it be addressed by the best scientific minds in the world." (ECatNews; November 22, 2011)
Former Licensee: Defkalion
On February 03, 2011 3:05 PM MST, Andrea Rossi wrote by email:
Defkalion, which is going to commercialize our plants, was incorporated in 2011. There is another Defkalion in Greece, which has nothing to do with us, but also operates in the field of green energies, so it is easy to get confused. It appears that also Defkalion is a common name, as Leonardo.
I will start up my 1 MW plant in October, in the factory of a customer, and that unit will work 24 hours per day. You will be invited to visit our 1 MW plant.
Quoting from http://www.defkalion-energy.com/
- "Defkalion Green Technologies S.A. is a legal entity operating under Greek Law with sole purpose to sell, license, and manufacture industrialized commercially applicable products using the Andrea Rossi Energy Catalyzer with global exclusivity rights; except the Americas."
See: Rossi-Defkalion controversy index of coverage at PESN, along with links to other news agency coverage as well. Commencing August 7, 2011.
On October 22, 2011, Defkalion wrote:
- "Price for exclusive license is 40.5 million Euros which includes blue prints, transfer of knowledge, and training to establish an operating factory producing up to 300.000 Hyperion [Defkalion's product name] units annually. Potential licensees contact Defkalion with an interest to assume this exclusive license. They are invited to perform independent tests on our products with their own instruments. The 500,000 Euros in an Escrow Account is payable only on the condition that they are satisfied by the results of their measurements and they wish to proceed in the signing of a full contract."
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Cheap power: An overnight revolution -- Commentary - When considering the logarithmically diminished time it takes to achieve 25% market penetration since the automobile was introduced a century ago (it took a century for it to reach 25%), and more recently the mobile phone took just 13 years, and the web took 7 years; it's conceivable that free energy, starting with Rossi's E-Cat, could take just 3 years. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; October 15, 2011)
- Report on heat production during preliminary tests on the Rossi "Ni-H" reactor - On December 16, 2010 and January 14th, 2011 tests were performed on a Cold Fusion reactor that utilizes Nickel and Hydrogen to produce large amounts of energy on demand. Two reports about these experiments were released today. They tend to confirm this technology may indeed be a true breakthrough. Today two reports were issued about Andrea Rossi's Cold Fusion Reactor that utilizes nickel and hydrogen to produce large amounts of energy. The authors of these two reports are Dr. Giuseppe Levi and Dott. Bianchini David. In the first of the two reports Dr. Giuseppe Levi discusses the test that was performed on December 16th and the test that was performed on January 14th. In the second report Dott. Bianchini David discusses his role in the second test obtaining radiation field measurements. (Journal of Nuclear Physics; January 23, 2011)
- Report on heat production during preliminary tests on the Rossi "Ni-H" reactor. (Italian) by Dr. Giuseppe Levi. [Apparently, a small update has been posted before the full update tomorrow.] (22 Steps of Love; Jan. 23, 2011)
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Rossi and Focardi LENR Device: Celani Report - New Energy Times has posted a first-person report from Francesco Celani, a physicist with the Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics). "The energy gain is a factor of 15-20, which is really large!" (New Energy Times; January 18, 2011)
- Brief Technical Description of the Leonardo Corporation, University of Bologna, and INFN Scientific Demonstration of the Andrea Rossi ECat (Energy Catalyzer) Boiler - 14 January 2011:1600-1800, Bologna, Italy (LENR-CANR.org; Jan. 18, 2011)
- Bologna, 14/1/11 - record cold fusion test reactor Nickel-Hydrogen Focardi, Rossi (translated) – Reporter, Daniele Passerini, gave a live play by play report of the Press Conference, including photos. (Twenty-Two Steps of Love; January 14, 2011)
In the News
See News:Rossi Cold Fusion - separate page and Mainstream News:Andrea Rossi's LENR E-Cat - separate page
Most recent coverage:
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My Answer to Quora: What are some renewable energy projects in the United States? - My list includes E-Cat; Brillouin; NuEnergy cavitation; ERR fluxgenerator; Brilliant Light Power; Nanospire cavitation; MYT Aviation 2.0; Focus Fusion. (Quora; January 25, 2016)
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Reveal at Midnight from Rossi - "Several nights ago, I had a dream. The E-Cat X had been produced in billions pieces, each of them assembled with others in various combinations to make public lamps: a town was totally illuminated by the E-Cat X and from every lamp a network of pipes and of wires was able to distribute heat and electricity to the houses." (Free Energy Blog; January 1, 2016)
- The "Parkhomov-like" LENR experimentation at Open Power Lab has been started today (link fixed) - After months of tuning, now the actual set-up assures behavior under severe experimental conditions, ranging from high temperature, high pressure, highly corrosive operation also under High Voltage pulsed discharges and very strong magnetic field. (Free Energy Blog; November 14, 2015)
- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > LENR > E-Cat >
LENR-to-Market Digest -- October 25, 2015 - 5 months recap includes: Independent confirmation of 1 MW E-Cat Plant, commercialization expected March 2016, focusing on manufacturing preparation; customers lining up, $3 billion in pre-orders; X Reactor; replications; new investors, 2.5 years due diligence; US patent awarded, international filed, trademark awarded; many academic publications. (PESN)
- Rossi has been granted a US patent today - E-Cat overcomes, even after a "final rejection" letter. (Free Energy Blog; August 25, 2015)
- Featured: News > This Week in Free Energy™ / Rosch > GAIA demo >
TWIFE™ Featuring Rosch Kinetic Generator - Also covering: LENR-to-Market Digest • Yildiz preparing for magnet motor sales launch • Steorn's Orbo 'Power Cube' • Self-Sustaining Motorbike by Victor Garcia • Hail Cannon Vortex Cloud Buster Using HHO Gas • The Book of GEET coming • Keppe Motor Kit 4.1 3D-Printed (FreeEnergyNews; May 21, 2015)
- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > LENR > E-Cat >
LENR-to-Market Digest -- May 16, 2015 - Highlights include: Domestic heater E-Cat photo, long self-sustain periods, size getting smaller; 'in contact' with Elon Musk; ICCF-19 reports, featuring Parkhomov replication, Tom Darden; Open Power Association collaborating with MFMP; other Start-ups: LENRIA, Clean Nuclear Power, and French Society of Nuclear Science in Condensed Matter. (PESN)
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- Featured: Best Exotic FE > Top 5 Exotic Free Energy Technologies >
Happy Birthday to Me, Again -- Top 5 Shuffle - Once again, on my birthday, I am being treated to a barrage of amazing developments to report on, this time pertaining to Top 5 Exotic Free Energy Technologies. 1) E-Cat, 2) GPI, 3) EEFG, 4) PlasmERG, 5) Defkalion, 6) Aviso, 7) Focus Fusion, 8) ERR Fluxgenerator. (PESN and BeforeItsNews andn Examiner; November 30, 2011)
- Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi > Theory >
The Flow of Energy (pdf) - Science journal website has released a report based on the theory of the Rossi LENR reaction. "Here an attempt is made to quantify this new condition as it applies to electrons; toward the progression of quantized energy flows (discrete energy burst) as a new source of clean energy and force mechanisms (i.e, propulsion)." (Physics Procedia 20 (2011) 457–464)
- Now - on 09//2015 V.S.Travkin writes this memo - when even the "Infinite Energy" journal's editorial staff is not of understanding and accepting at least the basics of 2nd physics - they declined the publication of this our paper -
the only 3P 2nd physics explanation of the phenomena in the Rossi's CF reactor: "Top-Down and Bottom-Up Hierarchical Processes in the E-Cat Nuclear Reactor. Physics 2," we are making it available to students and public at this platform.
- Andrea Rossi Acquitted of Recycling toxic waste - The prosecutor had asked for a sentence of three years and a half. MILAN - Acquittal "because the fact does not exist" for Andrea Rossi, accused of conspiracy to commit money laundering of toxic and hazardous waste, piled in the 80"'s between Hoofddorp and Lacchiarella. (Corriere della Sera; November 27, 2004) (Translated by LENRNews; January 27, 2014)
- Featured: Buyer Beware > Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi > Skeptics >
Rossi Tells Florida Bureau He Has No U.S. Factory, No Nuclear Reactions - An inspector from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control said that Rossi told him "No nuclear reactions occur during the process;" and "There are no radiation readings above background when the device is in operation;" and "Currently all production, distribution and use of these devices is overseas." (PESN and BeforeItsNews; March 11, 2012)
- Buyer Beware: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi > Skepticsc >
Rossi's Italian Financial and Environmental Criminal History - An index of more than 100 news reports of Rossi's Italian criminal history as reported by major Italian newspapers. Rossi moved on and left the equivalent of two cargo ships worth of toxic waste, most of it liquid sludge, to poison the environment. He left the residents of the Milan area with the multi-million dollar cleanup bill. [10] (New Energy Times)
- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi >
Scientific Cultist Antonio Turiel Bashes the E-Cat - A physicist has written a blatantly closed minded, arrogant, and pathologically skeptical article about the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer.) His blatantly false statements confirm the fact that many so called "mainstream" scientists have become little more than mind controlled cultists. (PESN; December 2, 2011)
- Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi > Skeptics >
No miracles in science: The story of the "energy catalyzer" - After a long period of review, energy journalist Antonio Turiel gives his reasons for why he has concluded that the E-Cat cannot be what it is claimed to be; that is, a device that produces useful energy from nuclear reactions. [Some of his assumptions are flawed. See our rebuttal.] (Energy Bulletin; November 30, 2011)
- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi > Skeptics >
Rebuttal to Krivit's Accusation that Andrea Rossi is a Fraudster - LENR Expert, Steven Krivit, who traveled to Bologna in June, was not impressed with Andrea Rossi's E-Cat reactor technology, and has been highly critical ever since. He has now crossed a line to actually accusing Rossi of running an intentional scam. We don't buy it. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; October 30, 2011)
- Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi >
Controversial energy-generating system lacking credibility - [We intended to link to this 2 months ago. Hopefully the 1 MW test next week will answer this criticism.] A review of Steven Krivit's 200-page report of his inspection of Andrea Rossi's E-Cat LENR technology. "One of the biggest concerns with the device is if all the water entering the system has vaporized into pure dry steam." (PhysOrg; August 11, 2011)
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- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi >
One Full Year of Andrea Rossi's E-Cat - Since the start of 2011, PESN has been covering the emergence, testing, and commercialization of Andrea Rossi's E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) technology. As 2012 approaches, it is clear that nickel-hydrogen cold fusion technology is going to change the world, as the production of a million E-Cat home units is planned. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; December 30, 2011)
Quoting from http://ecatreport.com/e-cat/andrea-rossis-ecat-featured-on-bloomberg-tv
[November, 2011] Information hungry Googlers seems to be rising for every day now as well. Take a look at this graph showing Google Trends for searches conducted on "E-cat" over the past 12 months:
The relative searches has almost tripled during October alone. Even though no more tests are announced, the interest fueled by the well-known media platforms has certainly helped. Independent reporting or not.
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- Focardi and Rossi paper - DOD report in Google Cache. (Vortex-1; March 12, 2010)
- Summary of the 2010 Colloquium on Lattice-Assisted Nuclear Reactions at MIT (pdf) - Dr. Brian Ahern presented the tenth talk, "Inverse Capillary Discharge for Amplifying LANR." Ahern has been very intrigued by the recent work by Rossi and Focardi (http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FocardiSanewenergy.pdf) involving Ni and normal hydrogen. He pointed out that they have used two important innovative steps: 1) The use of a composite material involving nanometer scale Ni and a ceramic; 2) The use of gas-loading to significantly raise the levels of excess heat that are observed in Ni-H systems. As in his first talk, Ahern emphasized the idea that energy localization, resulting from non-linear effects, might potentially play a key role in initiating excess heat. (Infinite Energy)
- "The Italian succeeded cold fusion" – reports on 40-watt battery that ran for 4 months. (Corriere della Sera.it; March, 1995)
- Brief Description of the Calorimetry in the Rossi Experiment at U. Bologna, January 14, 2011 by Jed Rothwell
Other Coverage
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/e-cat/ - operated by us here at PESN.
- http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com - Rossi's official forum, where he hangs out and moderates.
- http://rossilivecat.com/ - This website tracks recent postings to Andrea Rossi's Journal of Nuclear Physics, sorting the entries with priority to Rossi's answers, which appear under each question.
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- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H-Ni_Fusion - Discussing the science behind the fusion of hydrogen and nickel to produce usable energy, as recently demonstrated by Focardi and Rossi. Considering the technical details, general principles, theories, replications, historical instances, safety considerations, evidence and data. (formed by PES to accompany this page; Jan. 19, 2011)
- http://e-catalyzer.se - new English speaking E-Cat forum
- http://e-cat.us/ New forum for E-Cat discussions
- Focardi and Rossi demonstrate Cold Fusion!! (AboveTopSecret; Jan. 16, 2011)
- Cold Fusion is heating up: The Holy Grail of Energy? (Godlike Productions; January 17, 2011)
- Apparatus Focardi-Rossi - There is a TON of good information on this Italian forum... Maybe not huge revelations, but very very intersting stuff. (EnergeticAmbiente.it; March 3, 2010)
- Cold Fusion getting hot with 10kw heater prepping for market in forum (Ticker Forum; January 17, 2011)
- Rossi Focardi reactor Italian scientists claim to have demonstrated cold fusion - Thread was locked for reason: "This doesn't meet PF standards. When this appears in a journal, then we can discuss it." (Physics Forums; Jan. 20, 2011)
- Andrea Rossi E-Cat produces a nuclear reation - October 2011 saw a flurry of internet activity as Inventor/engineer Andrea Rossi claimed to have created a small device that accomplished cold fussion or what is now called LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reation). His device is now supposedly on the market, available to purchase. It would be really cool for myth busters and be able to rule out that the device uses any chemical or electro chemical methods to producing heat. Please do what none of the other news organizations have been willing to do. Dig deeper and see if you can get some answers! (Discovery / Mythbusters / Forum; November 5, 2011)
Source: FreeEnergyTruth
- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Humor > Nuclear > Cold Fusion > Rossi >
Hitler Panics Over Rossi's Energy Catalyzer - A parody compiled by Hank Mills has Hitler bemoaning: "If cold fusion technology hits the market place the oil industry will lose BILLIONS of dollars in profits! Hot fusion research will come to an end too! All the funding will be lost! How can we convince people to keep using fossil fuels if cheap, clean, and abundant energy from cold fusion is available?" (PESN and BeforeItsNews; July 5, 2011)
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- Featured / Best Exotic FE: Trends > Rossi >
Alternative Media fails 'free energy' promotion when it should take an activist, leadership role - Given the potential of 'free energy' to: 1) provide affordable back-up power in the case of a short- or long-term grid failure, 2) provide clean, cheap, distributed energy, 3) create zillions of jobs to reinvigorate the world's economy, 4) instill hope in depressed times; the alternative media should be playing more of an instigating, leadership roll; not ignoring the topic. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; November 25, 2011)
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- Directory:Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator (E-Cat)
- News:Rossi Cold Fusion | 2011 | 2012
- Directory:Industrial Heat, LLC - acquired Rossi's technology
- PowerPedia:Energy Catalyzer
- OS:Replicating the E-Cat
- Directory:Andrea Rossi's E-Cat Validations
- Directory:Andrea Rossi's Cold Fusion Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat): Frequently Asked Questions
- Directory:Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator:Rossi's Hints
- OS:Cold Fusion E-Cat Case Design Competition
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Curious why under armor was not a choice. Their hunt line seems pretty complete.
I don't know about you guys, but I am kind of on the fence on modern synthetics versus wool.
In wool I have my Germanic hunting uniform of a Rascher jacket, Blaser plaid shirt and either Steinbock wool pants if it is raining or Meindl buffalo leather pants if it is not. Haven't worn it in the states, but I would.
In synthetic I have a Beretta Windstopper Realtree MAX-1 outfit, two LL-Bean soft shell gore-tex outfits one in Green/Loden and one in Mossy Oak Advantage.
I also have workable mountaineering gear I got issued while in Afghanistan from Mountain Hardware, North Face, Blackhawk, and 5.11 Tactical, as well as Navy TYPE III Camo system with the full issue of kit on that and almost the same exact thing in Desert Camo from my time in Somalia, and Green Camo from my time in Turkey.
The downside to any synthetic system of course is toughness and fire repellancy.
The downside to any wool system of course is water repellancy for heavy down pours (not usually a problem in the Rockies), and cleanability.
The downside to any cotton based system like the military camoflauge is waterpoofness. Though in the case of the new Type 3 we were issued Gore-Tex Jacket, Bibs, and a Fleece liner.
I think any system is a compramise. You either sweat, get burned, or get wet.
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Edelweiss, I was leery on the merino wool idea when I first heard of it. Hearing the word "wool" brought back itchy and uncomfortable memories to add to that list of the downsides you mention. You are right on the downsides. Wool is not as water repelling/wicking and they have a bit longer dry time mentioned so there are trade offs.
Hearing about folks saying how odor protected it was got me to try it and see. What I found was that it exceeded my expectations on odor protection and was soft like cotton, no itch on the Icebreaker brand I have as a base and mid layer. I can wear a shirt for a week+, sweating daily up and down the mountains and believe it or not it still smells pretty fresh and there is very little noticeable body odor after a week+. Hanging it out to dry on a branch if/when I broke a sweat and then putting it back on seems to work well. Same seems to go for the socks and merino wool synthetic blend I have. Having an extra pair on hand is all I need for week plus long trips to keep me going. I'm sold on merino wool.
+1 for me on merino wool as a good base and mid layer for insulation even with the downsides.
+1 for me on modern synthetics as well for wind protection, waterproofness and breathable layers. For me they seem to both work well together as a solution.
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Rivers usually don't follow a constant-slope profile; it tends to be more exponential. One 733km stretch on the lower Amazon, for example, drops a whopping 30 meters (it appears to be about two and a half centimeters per km in that stretch), while the upper reaches can literally drop dozens of meters per meter (waterfalls)! The same is true of most major rivers because the river will cut down into its bed until it reaches its lowest possbile elevation (the ocean). Rivers can only cut down if there is a sufficient altitude difference. Once the slope of the river goes pretty flat, it drops a lot of its heaver sediment load and starts cutting from side to side rather than down. It's this side-to-side cutting that causes meanders in the lower reaches of many rivers where the landscape is nearly flat due to early cutting and deposition.
The lower reaches of rivers do tend to be a bit swampy or marshy, but that's usually not a big impediment to enterprising people with sharp axes and pointy plows.
It doesn't take much in the way of elevation differences to make a river run away from what should be a closer run. A small ridge of resistant rock or even a sand bar deposited in times of higher water levels could make a river flow a long way around. It's more likely that the river will find the short path on geologic time scales, but if conditions change it may not have the opportunity to do so.
There are a number of possible explanations for a forest in that position. Glaciers on the high mountains, for example, could feed the river sources. Depending on the intended makeup of the forest, it could be drawing a lot of water from the those rivers. One important considersation is that plants put water into the air. Lots of water. That water condenses back into rain clouds and helps to grow more plants. A forest or grassland tends to be self-perpetuating to some extent.
On the other hand, there is an upper limit on how far water will travel from an ocean. Large continents will have large interior deserts, barring some effect that produces moisture in the interior like a large, shallow sea.
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Ex-official pleads no contest to Bell corruption
LOS ANGELES A disgraced former city manager accused of masterminding a brazen municipal corruption scandal that drove a modest Los Angeles suburb to the brink of bankruptcy pleaded no contest Thursday to 69 counts of fraud, misappropriation of public funds and other charges.
Robert Rizzo was charged with stealing more than $5 million from the blue-collar city of Bell, where one in four people live below the federal poverty line.
"Mr. Rizzo is trying to send a clear message that he accepts responsibility for wrongdoing," said his attorney, James Spertus. "He made mistakes and he's trying to make amends for that."
Rizzo became the face of a widespread city government scandal after it was revealed in 2010 that he was giving himself an annual salary and benefits package of $1.5 million. His $800,000 in wages alone was double that of the president of the United States.
When he was arrested, he was living in an expensive home in the upscale oceanfront community of Huntington Beach and owned a thoroughbred horse ranch in Washington state. He posted $2 million bail to get out of jail.
Authorities said he paid most members of the City Council some $100,000 a year, even though the panel meets only about twice a month to handle matters for the city of about 35,000 people.
Rizzo, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12 and expected to be sent to prison for 10 to 12 years.
Spertus said that in the weeks ahead, his client also plans to plead guilty to federal tax charges and resolve a lawsuit filed by the state attorney's general. Spertus anticipates that Rizzo will be allowed to serve any possible sentence on the tax charges concurrently with the fraud term and could reasonably expect to be released on parole in five to six years.
The lawyer said Rizzo entered the plea in state court to have a fair sentence and return to his family with his legal problems behind him.
Spertus said Rizzo also plans to cooperate with authorities still prosecuting other figures in the Bell corruption scandal, including his former top assistant, Angela Spaccia.
The plea, just days before Rizzo and Spaccia were set to go on trial together Monday, "totally surprised" her, said Spaccia's attorney, Harland Braun.
"We're going to go to trial," he said. "She's innocent. We gave her a polygraph test and turned it over to the district attorney."
District Attorney Jackie Lacey said prosecutors had cut no plea deals with Rizzo
"Although we were prepared to go to trial and felt confident we could convict Mr. Rizzo of all charges, we are pleased he chose to admit his guilt and accept full responsibility for the irreparable harm he caused the people of Bell," Lacey said in a statement.
Braun said separating Spaccia's trial from Rizzo's should benefit her by simplifying the case and weakening prosecutors' presentation against her. He said Rizzo's testimony about what happened in Bell could also help Spaccia, who is charged with 13 counts of fraud.
Authorities say Spaccia was paid more than $375,000 a year.
Last March, five former Bell City Council members were convicted of fraud charges after jurors determined they paid themselves salaries for sitting on boards and commissions that did no work and existed only to pay the defendants. The council members had blamed Rizzo for that, saying he assured them they were doing nothing wrong.
Authorities accused Rizzo of diverting gas taxes and other funds into accounts used to pay the exorbitant salaries and of illegally raising property taxes to one of the highest levels in Los Angeles County even though Bell is one of its poorest cities.


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love it megstuff!
Thanks noblackcolor! Yeah Dale, I thought of that, but couldn't decide what to put there. . . : ) Thanks for the support!
truly love it!! xo
Thank you!
You're right. Opportunity missed. Sigh.
Haha- this is so good!
Thank you Pat!
lovely, pour me one
That's a wonderful drawing.
Thank you Kyriakos and Rachel!
clever and awesome-looking.
Thank you Eric!
Again, beautiful, comical, wonderful!
Thank you Steve!
It's brilliant! Makes me thirsty for sure for one! Great work!
really nice! well done!
Awesome---you're so clever Meg!! :-D
That's great!
Very clever Meg. Lovely image !!
looks awesome, Megstuff. I especially love the background, so traditionally Scottish :)
Thank you everyone!
haha, yes, love it :D!!!
I do prefer wine!of course I am French!ah!ah!but it's a super image!!
Thank you Aleksandra and Agnes! (I prefer wine too. . .)
Wow Meg, great work!
Beautifully done!
Nice work!
very clever and beautiful work Meg! xx
Great style
Thank you all for you comments and support!!!
Exquisite sweetheART a 5 ***** fave ;~} Valz
Amazing. Love it.
LOL! So cool and creative!
Stunning work Meg!!!
fantastic work, meg!
Great one, so wonderful colors and combination!
Thank you Marko!
From a distance is looks like teabags :D Great work
awsome! love the colours!
Whoa very cool, But I think there is some hidden imagery here that I might be missing. :)
Thank you Toastfiend and cardboardcities!
Thank you Michael! No. Just a kilt pin. Thought about it though. . .
Thank you Michael! No. Just a kilt pin. Thought about it though. . .
Took me a second, but OCH, yes, I love it.
Thank you Kristin! : )
Outstanding, Meg!
Thank you Geoffrey!
Clever and fantastic
Thank you!
great art as always
Cheers! : )
faded tartans sublime (me under ancestral name, btw :))
Do you see your family's tartan in there? I tried to do a good sampling. . . : )
Scotch always has my vote.
This is too good :3
Thank you!
Super good.
Cute image concept ~ beautiful stuff!
Wow, Meg... I'm not sure if I should go have a drink or buy a kilt!
This is beautiful. Great concept, too! Is there anything else hidden in there?
This is beautiful. Great concept, too! Is there anything else hidden in there?
LOL, thought about it, but no, nothing else in there! : D
Hell yeah. Love this one!
Wow, thank you much!!!
I don`t like Scotch but I like this !!! Great work!
With true metal flavor!
looks delicious!
Fantastic! :)
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Looks great, Meg!
Great Whiskey glass, I like the color scheme
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Here's a way to celebrate Friday: get your body moving with the Rebirth Brass Band as they perform the track "Rebirth Groove" from their new album, Move Your Body. Recorded live at The Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans and hot of the presses, just published yesterday (7/31) by Basin Street Records.
John Boutte sings Annie Lennox's "Why" with the New Orleans Social Club on an October 2006 episode of Austin City Limits.
Ever since he listened to "St. Louis Blues" on Louis Armstrong's "16 Most Requested Songs" CD, Ricky Riccardi has been obsessed with Pops. Less than a decade after he graduated from Rutgers Newark University with a master's degree in Jazz History and Research in 2005, he landed his dream job at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, NY.
Prior to working with the Armstrong Museum, Riccardi created the Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong blog in 2007 (dippermouth.blogspot.com), through which he connected with other serious Armstrong collectors around the world. His quest for collecting and sharing Armstrong's music only intensified when he got settled into his new position as archivist at the Queens College Louis Armstrong House Museum. Ricky, along with his colleagues, continued to dig like an archaeologist, unearthing lost and mostly unheard gems from the largest music and memorabilia collection of any jazz musician in the world. Jazz fans have been rewarded by his treasure hunt which has excavated a gold mine of Satchmo's music.
Because of his extensive knowledge of Pops, Riccardi, the author of "What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years" (Pantheon 2011), was tapped to write the liner notes and suggested some of the track selections for the CDs in the 2011 "Satchmo: Louis Armstrong, Ambassador of Jazz" CD collection (Universal), packaged in a unique replica of a vintage suitcase filled with reproduction sheet music and a 200 page book written by Richard Havers. Some previously unreleased material was featured on one of the discs.
Get going this Monday morning with an upbeat number from New Orleans' premier washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio, the Tin Men (Alex McMurray, Matt Perrine, and Washboard Chaz): "Sit Down on the Banks of the River", originally by blues legend the Reverend Gary Davis.
For your weekend viewing pleasure, here's a three-song, 30-minute set by Eric Burdon & War live in Gladsaxe, Denmark, January 21, 1971. The tracks include "Spirit", "Love Is All Around", and a 15-minute version of the Junior Parker blues standard "Mystery Train".
Roots music icon Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005) dedicates this 1984 rendition of "Pressure Cooker" thusly: "This is for all guitar players, where ever you are. This is a very easy tune to play." It may be a simple tune, but I doubt it's easy to rip it up like he does in this performance.
Check out jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers playing "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" live in 1992 from the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, a town in Somerset, England. Ayers introduces the song as a special tribute to Miles Davis, who had recently passed away.
Lionel Ferbos was a living link to New Orleans history. Born in 1911, he lived through the last century of development and change that most of us read about in books. His memory was sharp and he could remember things like they happened yesterday. I loved talking to him about growing up in the city, being a fourth generation New Orleanian myself.
Just released: the first music video by Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue for "To Make Amends" a song from their most recent album Last To Leave. It was filmed live, in a single, long tracking shot, at Side Show Props/Moviesets in Slidell, LA.
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text: By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican For the third consecutive year, Imperial will play host to a mobile packing event for Feed My Starving Children. This year's five-day event will be held July 23-27 at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church. The event is organized by the Southwest Nebraska Meals for God's Children (SNMFGC) committee. The first event held here in 2011 packaged 227,646 meals. In 2012, the committee increased their goal to 500,000 meals and have set 500,000 meals as their goal again this year. Volunteers taking part in last year's event packaged a total of 520,992 meals. That equates to providing 1,427 children one meal a day for a year. Dick Banks of Imperial, committee chair, said the support for the project has been outstanding, both in the form of financial contribution and volunteerism. In 2012, the committee raised more than $110,000 to cover the cost of the meals. During the five-day event, more than 1,500 people volunteered to pack the meals. They will seek to raise another $110,000 again this year. Banks said the FMSC project provides the opportunity for people to help others less fortunate as well as a way of giving back.$30,000 Matching Grant Last year, the committee got a commitment of a $30,000 $1-for-$1 matching challenge grant to assist in fundraising efforts. Banks said they have received the same commitment for another $30,000 matching grant this year. The matching grant will only be available on donations made no later than July 14 or before if the grant is matched. The cost for each meal is 22 cents. More Events Spawned Since SNMFGC held their the first FMSC event, voluteers who came to Imperial have organized FMSC events in six other communities. These towns include McCook, Oxford, Kearney, North Platte, Holdrege and Goodland, Kan. Banks said the Goodland event was started by four high school girls who had first volunteered in Imperial. People wanting to make donations to the Imperial event can send them to FMSC, PO Box 91, Imperial, NE 69033. Checks should be made out to FMSC and should include the event No. 1307-39 on the check. For more information, to volunteer or inquire about donations, people can contact Banks at 308-883-0397 or any of the other committee members. They include James Marlatt at 308-882-6386, Paul Hickman at 308-414-1407 or Rhonda Hickman at 308-414-1406. People can also go the MobilePack tab on the FMSC website at www.fmsc.org for more information or to make donations. If donations are made on the web site, donors should note event No. 1307-39 to insure donations go to the Imperial event.


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Please let us know how it works out. I've been fighting with a bug since the 0x0290 software was released where my "multiple keyword" AUTORECORDS are matching all the shows I expect them to match, but are not all being scheduled to RECORD.
At first, I didn't worry too much about this because we know it takes forever for AUTORECORDS to populate the TO DO LIST. But after tracking this closely, I'm seeing after the record time has passed that some shows are recording and some aren't. I've been complaining about this in the issues threads for about 3-4 weeks now, but so far there hasn't been a fix.
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• 2006: U.S. Department of Justice files a lawsuit against the state Office of Juvenile Affairs alleging civil rights of juvenile inmates at L.E. Rader Center in Sand Springs were being violated because of deplorable conditions and poor management.
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settles lawsuit by agreeing to implement several changes at Rader — the state's only maximum-security juvenile detention center.
• Fall 2009: The Office of Juvenile Affairs board begins seeking proposals for a new juvenile center.
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• Spring 2010: Sen. Harry Coates, lobbyist Haley Atwood, Office of Juvenile Affairs board members and some legislators tour a Rite of Passage juvenile offender academy in Colorado..
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• April 15, 2010: Christian and his chief of staff eat dinner at a private club in downtown Oklahoma City with officials from Rite of Passage and Ada.
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• May 27, 2010: Legislature passes bills requiring the Office of Juvenile Affairs to seek requests for proposals for a new juvenile center.
• May 28, 2010: Gov. Brad Henry signs bill requesting proposals for new juvenile center; Christian and Coates meet in Coates' office.
• June 4-7: Christian tours Rite of Passage academy in Colorado.
• June 3, 2010: Henry signs bill allowing Office of Juvenile affairs to send juvenile inmates to charter schools.
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• June 7, 2010: The Office of Juvenile Affairs issues request for proposals for new juvenile center.
• Aug. 1, 2010: The Department of Central Services begins evaluating five proposals for a new juvenile center.
• Aug. 16, 2010: Contract award decision expected but is not made.
• Sept. 17, 2010: Vendors that submitted proposals for new juvenile center tell the Office of Juvenile Affairs board members they are frustrated no decision has been made.
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Pulau Pramuka is a beautiful island in the middle of the Thousand Islands Marine National Park in the Bay of Jakarta located further off into the Java Sea. This cluster includes Pulau Tidung, Pulau Bidadari, Pulau Ayer and others. Pramuka also acts as the central administration for the whole Thousand Islands District. It has an area of approximately 9 acres and is part of Keluruhan Pulau Panggang, North Thousand Islands District, Jakarta Province.
The sea around Pulau Pramuka is ideal for snorkeling or scuba diving because the water is extremely clear and calm. This area also sports a spectacular coral reef, surrounded by a large variety of colorful fish swimming freely among the coral. In addition to coral reefs, the beaches of this island have long stretches of pearly white sand and a turquoise sea that will have you planning your next visit at first sight!
Another sight you won't want to miss is the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricate). This rare species is bred and cared for in a natural environment, designed specifically to meet their special needs. Save a day to visit these interesting animals.
The community of Pulau Pramuka are very friendly and hospitable people and will welcome you with warmth into their homes and neighborhoods. They are very glad to offer assistance and go out of their way to make your visit enjoyable and comfortable. You will be greeted with friendly smiles (and of course, stares) at every turn.
Pulau Pramuka is very well inhabited, mostly by fishermen. Their lives are fairly well off, and most of the houses here are very reasonable. It is the most populated island in the Thousand Islands Marine National Park, composed of various ethnic communities, namely: the Betawi from Jakarta, the Bugis from South Sulawesi, Banten from West Java, and Madura from East Java.
As the central administration for the Thousand Islands, Pulau Pramuka is fully facilitated. Available on the island are hotels, restaurants, hospitals, mosques, sports fields, and entertainment centers.
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Pulau Pramuka has several places to stay and some locals even open their homes for tourists to stay (homestay). Accomodations on Pulau Pramuka are fairly affordable with a range of facilities and conveniences specifically designed for families and groups. The rates vary from Rp350, 000 - to Rp500, 000. -, facilities included would beair conditioning, television, and bathroom.
Villa Delima, located right on the beach with a beautiful panoramic view, offers cozy rooms beginning at Rp. 350,000 per night.
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Wisma Dermaga is recommended for its cheap price and high standard of cleanliness. Price per room is Rp. 300,000. The room includes a King sized bed, and you can request an extra bed for an additional Rp. 25,000. The rooms are quite large, able to fit up to 2 extra beds. The facilities include AC, television, and private bathroom. For reservations and information you may contact: email@example.com Dermaga: 021-70717318Mr Herman: 021-33095523/ 0818779990Mr. Ismail : 021-714019553/ 08176405654Another recommended lodge is Wisma Taman Laut Nasional which offers similar price and facility as Wisma Dermaga
Pulau Pramuka can be reached from Marina Ancol or Muara Angke Pier.
From Muara Angka Port you can take a traditional motorized, wooden speed boat. It will take apporoximately 2 1/2 hours to reach Pulau Pramuka. These boats have a capacity for 50 people, and depart daily at 07:00 from Muara Angke and 13:00 returning from Pulau Pramuka. The cost per person is Rp35,000. Some boat owners offer complete insurance services as well. Children under 3 years old are exempt from charge and children 4 years and above will be charged the normal price. As there is no ticket booth, you simply board the boat and ticket fees will be collected on the way. During the holiday or weekend, you are advised to come 30 minutes before departure time because it is usually very busy as it is a first come first served situation.
Another more exclusive option is to go by chartered speedboat from Ancol Marina with departure times flexible to suit the customer's schedule. You can try Radja Express, which is known as being the fastest. This ride is approximately 1- 1 1/2 hours, depending on the weather and the boat. The ship capacity varies from 15-20 passengers.


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