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Steven B. Krivit of New Energy Times has a Preliminary Report on the Rossi Energy Catalyzer June 17, 2011 Steven B Krivit of New Energy Times blog is visiting Italy to investigate the Rossi and Focardi Energy Catalyzer. The primary validity of the E-Cat trio’s dramatic energy claim is highly contingent on and derived from the heat output which they calculate indirectly from a claimed full or near-full vaporization of 100-degree water to steam. Complete vaporization of 100-degree water into steam requires the complete absence of suspended water droplets in steam. Steve discussed the crucial difference in steam enthalpy calculations...

You would think that if there were one thing people could agree on, despite their politics, it would be cheering for the United States in a sporting event. But no, not for Jeremy Scahill. Scahill, a regular contributor for left-wing The Nation magazine, has dedicated the past several years of his life to an obsession over the defense contractor Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater. Scahill, a regular contributor for left-wing The Nation magazine, has dedicated the past several years of his life to an obsession over the defense contractor Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater. But apparently...

Freelance journalist Josh Wolf returned to federal prison today after refusing to produce the outtakes of video footage he shot at a violent San Francisco protest in July 2005. "Even though they're going to take me into custody, they can't silence me," Wolf, 24, said at a news conference outside the prison before turning himself in. "It's frightening. I don't feel I should have to return to prison. I don't think it was about me. I was probably the easiest target." Wolf, 24, had a deadline of 1 p.m. today to report to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. He...