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I believe in efficiency so I would skip a step:
Cut the thugs up into small pieces and distribute them throughout at least ten states. Then shut the hell up.

I can't tell from this angle but are they using winglets like most Airbuses or did they copy the design from the 787's wings.

If you want to argue something really juicy and with more scriptural evidence, how about Saul using a medium to conjure up Samuel, the dead Samuel’s comments, and the context of what the bible says about what happens to people after they die?

What are the books and versus where this is mentioned? Thank you.

So, they start with Darwin as gospel. Then this silly line: While conventional thinking has held that menopause prevents older women from continuing to reproduce, in fact, the researchers' new theory says it is the lack of reproduction that gave rise to menopause.

So, women stop being able to reproduce after a certain age (the age is variable) how is this not menopause? If they stop generating eggs then why continue all the other processes that go into egg production like the uterine lining etc... Isn't the hormones that control reproduction so doesn't it make sense that the production of estrogen goes down then leading to infertility which makes it sound like their research is backwards.

I get it, it's all men's fault.

In the article it says his friends paid for his ticket.

I don’t like any of our senators but Senator Charles Grassley put the screws to his fellow Senators. Way to go Charles Grassly!

Thank you and come again.

Looks like Seinfeld's Uncle Leo:

Padilla also couldn't explain to police why there was a cold, unopened beer, condoms and lubricating jelly inside the motel room or who the items could belong to, according to the police report.

Never leave home without them...

...what point does the supply and demand market begin to work?

As soon as you supply O-dinga and his cronies with moohlah, you'll be able to demand lesser prices, isn't that how they play?

It's a brother's plan for keeping us down. Dig yourself out of one hole and they make sure ten others are placed in your way, it's the Chicago way...

Is it this guy?

I just saw that movie this morning for the 20th time before Church and wondered how many posts it would take for him to show up...

A friend of mine is a Mulatto and that’s what he calls himself. Since he wasn’t black enough in high school, he got picked on by other blacks. Now he hates other blacks. Weird huh?

I think it was Guitar World who published tablature of Eruption in the early 80’s. EVH was po’d and it’s not that hard.

Please don’t tell me you believe Judy Woods? There is no Hutchison effect. He’s a fraud and there’s even a video of him supposedly levitating a toy but you can see the string in the corner.

Last year everyone was saying the correct way to measure input VS output and COP was with calorimetry? What changed?

Also, why does he need to use three phase A/C on the heaters? A heater is seen electrically as just an inductive resister so using three phase makes zero sense, except for those who failed in A/C math in electronics. It's a lot harder to calculate power used with a simple meter even an RMS meter. I'd rather use I x V=W than bust out the trig necessary to accurately measure A/C.

They should have used D/C, measured the voltage and current and bingo, you have power in without having to worry about phase angle or all the other things measuring A/C current accurately has in its way whenever reactance is involved.

They did use single phase A/C for one of the other experiments.

What ever happened with Defkalion?

This sure sounds like technobabble:

… a cylinder having a silicon nitride ceramic outer shell, 33 cm in length, and 10 cm in diameter. A second cylinder made of a different ceramic material (corundum) was located within the shell, and housed three delta-connected spiral-wire resistor coils. Resistors were laid out horizontally, parallel to and equidistant from the cylinder axis, and were as long as the cylinder itself. They were fed by a TRIAC power regulator device which interrupted each phase periodically, in order to modulate power input with an industrial trade secret waveform. This procedure, needed to properly activate the E-Cat HT charge, had no bearing whatsoever on the power consumption of the device, which remained constant throughout the test. The most important element of the E-Cat HT was lodged inside the structure. It consisted of an AISI 310 steel cylinder, 3 mm thick and 33 mm in diameter, housing the powder charges. Two AISI 316 steel cone-shaped caps were hot-hammered in the cylinder, sealing it hermetically.

Was there radiation detected, did they mention lead shielding, analysis of the end product of the reaction?

So, now it's not a secret catalyst, it's a secret waveform which would be incredibly easy to figure out. Rossi changes his tune every time we hear him. His responses to the questions from the Florida certification folks are awesome in their complete B.S.

He is doing nothing but damage to legitimate LENR/LANR research.

Isn’t Steven Jones a 9/11 truther on the thermite side of things?

I would say there is something going on with LENR/LANR, not Rossi.

I, for one,would be happy to eat crow if this works. I don’t see that happening.

Here’s Krivit’s take:

Rossi Manipulates Academics to Create Illusion of Independent Test

May 21, 2013 – By Steven B. Krivit –

On May 16, Hanno Essén, a theoretical physicist and lecturer at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, submitted a paper to arXiv, the physics pre-print server, and claimed that he and several co-authors performed an independent test of an E-Cat device that was built by Andrea Rossi. Essén submitted a revised version of the paper on May 20.

The authors of the paper did not perform an independent test; instead, they were participants in another Rossi demonstration and performed measurements on one of Rossi’s devices in his facility.

New Energy Times stopped counting the Rossi demonstrations after the 13th one on Feb. 12, 2012. (See Andrea Rossi Energy Catalyzer Master Timeline.)

The authors of the paper lack full knowledge of the type and preparation of the materials used in the reactor and the modulation of input power, which, according to the paper, were industrial trade secrets.

The authors didn’t perform any calorimetry and used a method to measure temperature to extrapolate output power that neither they nor anyone in the field of low-energy nuclear reaction research has ever used to analyze for heat power or energy.

In response to a question from New Energy Times about whether he had full knowledge of how to perform and operate the experiment, Essén effectively confirmed that he had not replicated the experiment.

“No, but I am sure that I could repeat it with some effort,” Essén wrote.

Essén is the former chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Association, and his co-authors are Giuseppe Levi (University of Bologna), Evelyn Foschi (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics-Bologna), and Torbjörn Hartman, Bo Höistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegnér (Uppsala University).

Andrea Rossi is a convicted white-collar criminal with a string of failed energy ventures. (Report #5: Rossi’s Profitable Career in Science) His most notorious endeavor was his effort between 1970 and 1990 to turn industrial waste into fuel. Rossi’s company produced only toxic waste and environmental damage to the land and groundwater in the Milan, Italy, area. (Rossi’s Italian Financial and Environmental Criminal History)

New Energy Times questioned Essén about the March 18-23, 2013, experiment that was, according to the paper, carried out by Essén and his co-authors.

SBK: In whose building/premises was the experiment performed?
HE: In Rossi’s facilities in Ferrara.

SBK: Who set up the experiment?
HE: Giuseppe Levi and Evelyn Foschi – within the constraints set by Rossi.

SBK: Who purchased or acquired the materials used in the reactor?
HE: Rossi.

SBK: Do you have full knowledge of the type and preparation of the materials used in the reactor?
HE: No.

SBK: Do you have full knowledge of how to perform and operate the experiment?
HE: No, but I am sure that I could repeat it with some effort.

SBK: Who acquired or supplied the instrumentation?
HE: Giuseppe Levi mainly, with some input from the Uppsala group.

SBK: Who tested and/or calibrated the instrumentation?
HE: Levi and Foschi did the main work, but several cross-checks were done by the rest of the participants. The temperature measurement cameras were checked on boiling water. The electric measurements were checked with standard resistors.

SBK: At any time during the 116 hours of the experiment was Rossi at any of the controls?
HE: Not that I recall. He showed us his ongoing projects in general but did not participate in the measurements.

SBK: Do you know of any other experiment performed in this field in which infrared measurements were made not just to acquire temperature readings but also to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: No.

SBK: Do you know of any other experiment performed outside this field in which infrared measurements were made not just to obtain temperature readings but also to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: No.

SBK: Is there any reason you did not use either mass-flow calorimetry or envelope calorimetry to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: Yes, practical reasons. The current setup made it difficult. (Practical reasons determined by the reactor, its placement, and the available equipment.)

SBK: Who paid for the travel expenses of the Swedish participants in the test?
HE: All travel and living expenses were paid by Swedish and Bologna university sources.

Krivit’s entire report:

Rossi Manipulates Academics to Create Illusion of Independent Test

May 21, 2013 – By Steven B. Krivit –

On May 16, Hanno Essén, a theoretical physicist and lecturer at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, submitted a paper to arXiv, the physics pre-print server, and claimed that he and several co-authors performed an independent test of an E-Cat device that was built by Andrea Rossi. Essén submitted a revised version of the paper on May 20.

The authors of the paper did not perform an independent test; instead, they were participants in another Rossi demonstration and performed measurements on one of Rossi’s devices in his facility.

New Energy Times stopped counting the Rossi demonstrations after the 13th one on Feb. 12, 2012. (See Andrea Rossi Energy Catalyzer Master Timeline.)

The authors of the paper lack full knowledge of the type and preparation of the materials used in the reactor and the modulation of input power, which, according to the paper, were industrial trade secrets.

The authors didn’t perform any calorimetry and used a method to measure temperature to extrapolate output power that neither they nor anyone in the field of low-energy nuclear reaction research has ever used to analyze for heat power or energy.

In response to a question from New Energy Times about whether he had full knowledge of how to perform and operate the experiment, Essén effectively confirmed that he had not replicated the experiment.

“No, but I am sure that I could repeat it with some effort,” Essén wrote.

Essén is the former chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Association, and his co-authors are Giuseppe Levi (University of Bologna), Evelyn Foschi (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics-Bologna), and Torbjörn Hartman, Bo Höistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegnér (Uppsala University).

Andrea Rossi is a convicted white-collar criminal with a string of failed energy ventures. (Report #5: Rossi’s Profitable Career in Science) His most notorious endeavor was his effort between 1970 and 1990 to turn industrial waste into fuel. Rossi’s company produced only toxic waste and environmental damage to the land and groundwater in the Milan, Italy, area. (Rossi’s Italian Financial and Environmental Criminal History)

New Energy Times questioned Essén about the March 18-23, 2013, experiment that was, according to the paper, carried out by Essén and his co-authors.

SBK: In whose building/premises was the experiment performed?
HE: In Rossi’s facilities in Ferrara.

SBK: Who set up the experiment?
HE: Giuseppe Levi and Evelyn Foschi – within the constraints set by Rossi.

SBK: Who purchased or acquired the materials used in the reactor?
HE: Rossi.

SBK: Do you have full knowledge of the type and preparation of the materials used in the reactor?
HE: No.

SBK: Do you have full knowledge of how to perform and operate the experiment?
HE: No, but I am sure that I could repeat it with some effort.

SBK: Who acquired or supplied the instrumentation?
HE: Giuseppe Levi mainly, with some input from the Uppsala group.

SBK: Who tested and/or calibrated the instrumentation?
HE: Levi and Foschi did the main work, but several cross-checks were done by the rest of the participants. The temperature measurement cameras were checked on boiling water. The electric measurements were checked with standard resistors.

SBK: At any time during the 116 hours of the experiment was Rossi at any of the controls?
HE: Not that I recall. He showed us his ongoing projects in general but did not participate in the measurements.

SBK: Do you know of any other experiment performed in this field in which infrared measurements were made not just to acquire temperature readings but also to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: No.

SBK: Do you know of any other experiment performed outside this field in which infrared measurements were made not just to obtain temperature readings but also to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: No.

SBK: Is there any reason you did not use either mass-flow calorimetry or envelope calorimetry to analyze for total heat enthalpy?
HE: Yes, practical reasons. The current setup made it difficult. (Practical reasons determined by the reactor, its placement, and the available equipment.)

SBK: Who paid for the travel expenses of the Swedish participants in the test?
HE: All travel and living expenses were paid by Swedish and Bologna university sources.

Sure sounds like another demo. I thought the area looked shabby and what do you know, it’s Rossi’s ‘lab’.

And Krivit weighs in.
http://news.newenergytimes.net/

Article on another of the scientists verifying the E-cat:

http://news.newenergytimes.net/2012/12/27/kullander-and-essens-unscientific-behavior-on-swedish-television/
Krivit hasn’t weighed in on the latest report but I’m sure he will.

Yes, it is the same Levi. You can’t exactly say he gave this thing to an uninterested third party when Levi is involved?

Is this the announced test from last year that was supposed to have results released around now?

Is this the same Levi who is Rossi’s friend, then how can it be independent?

This is what the Nazis originally tried using vans. The people called them soul destroyers.

The Nazis complained that it didn’t kill fast enough. If you’ve seen the movie, “Conspiracy” when they talk about the bodies coming out pink, this is what they were talking about.

Then what are we supposed to make of Leviticus 20:13?

Dawn Cutaia is an attorney. She lives in Manchester.

There’s absolutely no doubt he contributed to the world of computing. However, without him, would we have computers? Yes.

Without Oppenheimer, we would still have had the bomb, maybe a little later but that cat was already out of the bag.

I won’t go to their site but I assume:
No mention of the 9/11 truthers?
No mention of Benghazi.
No mention of TWA800?
No mention of the mass shooting in CT where the left is wondering why some of the people detained are unaccounted for.
Timothy McVey.
Enron.
Voter fraud.
The list goes on.

When the left has outrageous conspiracy theories, they’re to be taken at face value but if the GOP does anything like it, then they’re kooks.

Federal officials weren't able to point to why the explosives were taken and have downplayed what could happen if they fall into the wrong hands.

Aren't they already in the wrong hands? They didn't steal them to blow stuff up in their backyard. They've either got a client or a target for these explosives.

I don't know how much weight of explosives translates into blasting power but I think 500 lbs. could make everyone's day bad. How much blast power did the bomb on the 1st WTC blast or the OKC bombing bomber use?

What else are they storing in this place and did stuff disappear that they don't want to mention like military hardware? What's that tube with a rocket in it that was used in "The Enforcer"? Aha, wiki has it and it's called a LAWS rocket. I'd hate to see one of these things in the wrong hands and I don't think it was the local boy scouts who did this.

I assume that what they're attaching the piece on the crane to the middle structure means the middle structure is the spire attached to the building and it will be complete with this piece on it. The piece with the flag on it.

It looks to me like the main part has decks every so many feet. Are they going to allows those as observation decks or are they for people to work on equipment installed there??

Awesome, he sings the Bilbo Bagins song.

That’s a mild version of what he is capable of.

I’m having serious trouble orienting this picture, what the hell?

Uhmmmmmmm, that not natural is it? If it is, it's wrong; my back hurts looking at her, ouch. She needs some serious reduction surgery.

Nice to see she takes every effort to dress conservatively.

Or friends.

Did H.R. Giger design her hair?

A picture would help your argument.

Bingo.

I think this is a perfect example of when Jesus says in Mathew "35:34-46:

'34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

'35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

'36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

'40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

'37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

'38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

'39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?

'40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

'41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

'42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

' 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

'44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

'45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

'46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Gosnell is in for a rough ride. He is going to need prayer.

What happens when what happened to Mudd in that episode happens to you?

We know logic and reason don't mean nearly as much to liberals as their emotions. We know that intentions matter much more to them than outcomes. We know they care about fairness and equality Really???), and that their decisions must be framed in a self congratulatory way. none of that is so difficult that we can't accomplish it. Rush Limbaugh offers an incredibly satisfying rant, but he doesn't convince people like Milton Friedman did. We meed more of the latter and less of the former.

How many folks here think the Liberals care about fairness and equality? What a load of B.S.

They demand fairness and equality for themselves while dishing out a complete lack of fairness and equality to whoever they're talking to. They can't win in a debate unless the questions, the audience and the judges are all in their favor. They demand that we accept their Weltanschauung as gospel much like they demand we acknowledge climate change/global warming as 'settled science'.

So this article doesn't hit the target or even come near it; it sounds like a RHINO trying to get us to go along with liberals on things like immigration and gun control and if we just do that, then the world will love us and we'll win the next Presidential election. I'm sure Hillary will be healthy enough to run then (actually she'll be healthy as soon as Benghazi is swept under the rug).

Pinging Kevmo for his LENR/LANR ping list.

This article seems to be from 2012, notice the date and the site it's from, shutdownrossi.com. It's owner, Gary Wright seriously has a burr up his... it's understandable considering all the different answers Rossi gives, the fact that he told the Florida agency some seriously contradictory answers and still no results from the promised third part testing:

Florida certification Issues

Pinging Kevmo for his LENR/LANR list.

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the E-Cat isn't going to solve our energy needs.

One funny thing, the hot-cat which is supposed to generate enough steam to drive a turbine (if he got that to work, that would be awesome) is kind of contradictory. I saw a picture of it being tested and one end is open and you can see it's red hot inside. That's not the problem. If it requires lead to shield its gamma and x-ray radiation, I don't think having an open hole is a good idea.

Really? What state, Hawaii?

It was ‘golden’ but it wasn’t a watch...

When I was young, the advice was, make an X incision with a razor blade over the puncture(s) and suck out the venom and if you have the kit that has anti-venom, you were supposed to inject that.
I’m glad they changed the procedure because I knew I was gonna die and it wasn’t because my Indian friend wouldn’t suck out the poison.

I cannot stand SF and it has nothing to do with the homos but they sure don’t help. The Presideo was beautiful when it was under military care, I shudder to see what it looks like now.
Last time I drove through SF, I couldn’t believe how dirty it was.
Years before my father took me on the Alcatraz tour and the city was beautiful. It was also before they upgraded the cable cars, those things were death traps!

I happened to be on the ramp when a dogged-out 727 was being flown to desert storage. The crew decided they would do a VMC climb-out to send the old girl off in style (the number of ways this is a stupid idea in a 727 could not be listed in a lifetime).

Please name a few as I thought the 727 was thought of as kind of a hotrod and got a few pilots in trouble. Also, what does VMC mean?

Sure enough, it goes up like a rocket and the center engine starts barking (when doesn’t it?). The flight engineer knows whats going on and ignores it, but the co-pilot freaks out and goes for the throttles. As luck would have it, the captain had decided enough stupidity and was already starting to push the wheel forward.

Does the 'barking' sound mean compressor stall? Or?

After what looked like a half-a$$ed attempted wing over, the aircraft rotated and dove nose first. It disappeared behind a series of hills, but I guess the elevator input had already started to take effect and somehow it made it. I am sure the crew spent the rest of the flight looking for suitable cleaning materials.

Sometimes God protects drunks and crazy pilots.