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USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57422] Tue, 30 August 2005 08:58 Go to next message
Brandon is currently offline  Brandon   UNITED STATES
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it takes about 3 minutes. 3 minutes
>and the whole thing is on another partition.
>
>If I'd realised just how quick and easy it is, I would have bought it years
>ago.
>
>This thing is better than sliced bread. I mean some people make a big deal
>about sliced bread, but honestly it doesn't take hours to slice off a peice
>of bread. Loading win
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57427 is a reply to message #57422] Tue, 30 August 2005 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
RZ is currently offline  RZ   UNITED STATES
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l again...
>>
>>
>> Jimmy
>>
>>
>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
>>
>> >
>> > They're gonna be wrangling gators and snakes in the French Quarter
>> tomorrow.
>>
>>
>>
>
>4-year Ghost habit right here. Kim, the first time you need to reghost your
box, you can multiply your present elation by 12 or so.

Dubya

"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:43141f22$1@linux...
>
>
> Yes, yes, yes, yes, I know, I know, I know, I know, I'm late to the party.
>
> I always knew how good it was but just never forked out the cash for it
> because
> I figured "How often do you really have to reload your machine?".
>
> This new box though with all the HDD space in the world got me thinking
> that
> "If I want to have 6 partitions all wit
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57456 is a reply to message #57427] Wed, 31 August 2005 17:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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g) against our futures for a long time.

At some point that note will come due.

It may be today, it may be tomorrow. But it will come due.

I guess it's stupid to hope that it ain't due to come due quite yet?

Jimmy


"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
news:431665ea$1@linux...
> I have been ranting for a couple of years now that the biggest threat to
> this country doesn't lie in terrorist attacks to large metropolitan
> cente4rs, but to the energy infrastructure. What we're seeing right now is
> nothing compared to what would happen if someone popped a nuke in the
> Houston ship channel and in the refinery chain beltween Baton Rouge and
New
> Orleans.
>
> It's been over 20 years since we built any new
> refineries....why?????.....environmental lobbies here have made it cheaper
> to do it overseas where the oil we buy is being produced because we can't
> drill for that here either.
>
> In the meantime, there has been no real energy policy that encouraged
> investment by the private sector.
>
> We're getting ready to pay the going price in a global marketplace.
Welcome
> to European gas prices. Here they come. Fill your tank tonight. It's going
> up tomorrow.
>
> This, of course, is all hindsight. What we're really paying the price for
is
> a failure of the private sector and the government to be able to
coordinate
> an energy policy that is truly effective. The government couldn't do it
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57460 is a reply to message #57456] Wed, 31 August 2005 19:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [1] is currently offline  Deej [1]   UNITED STATES
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tiful day
in Colorado...but I have to wonder what kind of future he will have.

Analyst say tonight gas could exceed $4/gallon here. No way am I buying
another gas car. There was a guy in Manitou Springs giving holding a
training night on making alternative diesel fuel from common, abundant
materials (garbage?). It involved building a pretty simple sounding
converter from basic materials, and he claimed it worked very well and
burned clean. I'm cool with dropping banana peels into a hydrogenated
combobulator system.

Dedric

On 8/31/05 8:59 PM, in article 43166eb0@linux, "uptown jimmy"
<johnson314@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Exactly.
>
> We have been borrowing (and betting) against our futures for a long time.
>
> At some point that note will come due.
>
> It may be today, it may be tomorrow. But it will come due.
>
> I guess it's stupid to hope that it ain't due to come due quite yet?
>
> Jimmy
>
>
> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
> news:431665ea$1@linux...
>> I have been ranting for a couple of years now that the biggest threat to
>> this country doesn't lie in terrorist attacks to large metropolitan
>> cente4rs, but to the energy infrastructure. What we're seeing right now is
>> nothing compared to what would happen if someone popped a nuke in the
>> Houston ship channel and in the refinery chain beltween Baton Rouge and
> New
>> Orleans.
>>
>> It's been over 20 years since we built any new
>> refineries....why?????.....environmental lobbies here have made it cheaper
>> to do it overseas where the oil we buy is being produced because we can't
>> drill for that here either.
>>
>> In the meantime, there has been no real energy policy that encouraged
>> investment by the private sector.
>>
>> We're getting ready to pay the going price in a global marketplace.
> Welcome
>> to European gas prices. Here they come. Fill your tank tonight. It's going
>> up tomorrow.
>>
>> This, of course, is all hindsight. What we're really paying the price for
> is
>> a failure of the private sector and the government to be able to
> coordinate
>> an energy policy that is truly effective. The government couldn't do it
>> alone. Bureaucracies are neither effective, efficient or creative. Private
>> enterprise goes where the money is when the money is a sure bet.
>>
>> All bets are off now. Time to wake up. I'd rather invest the money I'm
>> paying in taxes to solar and hydrogen technology research. Think I'll be
>> able to write it off???? F*** no!
>>
>> ;O(
>>
>>
>> "justcron" <justcron@hydrorecords.compound> wrote in message
>> news:43165f67@linux...
>>> yiiiikes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>So as long as I always have the tracks in .WAV f
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57476 is a reply to message #57460] Thu, 01 September 2005 05:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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eam of doing it.
> >
> >;oP
> >
> >Deej
> >
> >"Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:4316479d@linux...
> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/LowPowerFMTransmitters.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:4314bb79@linux...
> >> > That's very cool. I wonder how easy it is to override the FCC
imposed
> >> > distance limitations, When we were kids we had a pirate FM station
> >that
> >> > broadcast for almost a mile with a Radio Shack kit.
> >> >
> >> > It really has a different purpose than replacing a burned CD. I
always
> >> > thought it would be cool if someone made a plug-in that emulated the
> >> > brickwall limiter and pre-emphasis EQ of commercial radio stations,
> with
> >> > presets for different types of music. Then you could really hear how
> >your
> >> > mixes will play on the radio.
> >> >
> >> > RZ
> >> >
> >> > "Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:43148120@linux...
> >> >> I was thinking of trying an FM transmitter to monitor out in my car
> and
> >> >> other home stereo devices.
> >> >> Anyone doing this?
> >> >> I would think it would kick the shit out of burning test CD after
CD.
> >> >> Any suggestions?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/radi/canux300.htm
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>That is a cool idea. Derek is a good guy too.


"Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:4316ff21$1@linux...
>
> I thought this was a pretty cool idea that Derek at CDBaby came
> up with, so I joined up for it. You can donate your profits
> from CDBaby to help Katrina victims for as long or as short of
> a time frame as you want. If any of you or your
> friends/associates have CD's for sale on CDBaby but didn't
> receive this e-mail from him, here's the full text of the
> e-mail pasted in below:
>
>
> ***begin paste***
>
> Hi Neil -
>
> If you'd like to donate all profits of your CD sales to the Red Cross
disaster
> relief fund, to help the hurricane victims, I set up an easy way for you
> to do this at CD Baby.
>
> Log in to your account, here:
> https://members.cdbaby.com/login?u=***youraccountname***
>
> After you log in, click [YOUR ITEMS], up top, then [EDIT ALBUM INFO] next
> to your CD, then click next to "Giving profits to charity".
>
> It will explain more about how it works, there. (Please read it, first,
> before emailing to ask me questions.)
>
> If you choose to do it, it will put your CD into a special section of
cdbaby.com,
> linked from the front page, of other artists who have chosen to give their
> CD profits to the Red Cross.
>
> Tomorrow morning I will email over 1 million CD Baby customers, telling
them
> about this special promotion, encouraging them to buy some CDs from this
> special section.
>
> You may think that a few sales won't help, but with thousands of musicians
> banded together to do this, I think it will help a LOT of people get their
> lives back together after this disaster.
>
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57479 is a reply to message #57476] Thu, 01 September 2005 07:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [1] is currently offline  Deej [1]   UNITED STATES
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ow normal procedure to insert the compression into the
> > signal chain? If that's possible, it seems like that would make
> > more sense rather than blending wet/dry signal in the aux.
> >
> > I recorded live tracks (piano, voice, cello, flute) together
> > in one room, so since there's bleed-through, I'm not sure if
> > doing that latency dance thing I've read about is an option.
> >
> > I'm only pretending to be an engineer, so detailed, third-
> >grade level directions would be much appreciated.
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Dale
>Kim, good to hear you got it worked out.

By the way, I'm on my way to build a new computer too. I have ordered an
Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard with an AMD64 3700(939)processor with a
Arctic-Cooling Freezer 64 cooler with heatpipe, 1 Maxtor 200GB SATA and 1
Samsung 160GB Sata, Corsair XMS 1024MB memory, NEC ND-3540A burner, AOpen
Aeolus FX520 graphic card with passive cooling an a Chill 500w power supply.
It will be nearly noisefree and for the future I can change the processor
out with a X2 processor. So, now I'm on my way to learn to use Cubase SX3
after a couple of years as an owner of both Cubase and EMU 1820M:-)

Cheers
Erling


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:4316ea07$1@linux...
>
>
> By the way, Erling was right, and I've got it sorted now, so it's all a
> non
> issue. I just needed a boot manager which then automatically causes
> whichever
> partition I boot to be called C drive, hence I'm never booting any other
> drive letter. Hence the fact that everything points at C is irrelivant,
> because
> whichever partition I boot, it is always called C.
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
>
> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>John <no@no.com> wrote:
>>>I don't get it. You have your xp install on C:. Then what I do is make
>>
>>>a ghost image to my D:.
>>
>>Obviously I'm not explaining myself very well. ;o)
>>
>>I'm not making an IMAGE on D (well, I've made images too, but...), I'm
>>actually
>>cloning the partition and then trying to BOOT to D, which now is an exact
>>copy of C. I'm using ghost to copy from partition to partition, not
>>partition
>>to image. I want to have 6 different bootable partitions. C, D, E, F, G
> and
>>H, and be able to select which of the six I boot to. One will be just
>>Paris.
>>One will be Paris and other audio apps. One will have Office and other
>>publishing
>>apps. One will have games... etc etc.
>>
>>The problem being that if I boot to E drive after copying C drive on to
> it,
>>all the shortcuts and registry entries on E drive still point to C drive.
>>C drive works fine. I can create an image and restore it. It's perfect,
> but
>>if you load your ghost image on to D, E, F, G etc, and then modify the C
>>drive BOOT.INI so that you can boot D, E, F or whatever, then you'll still
>>be using many of the files off C drive because the shortcuts and registry
>>and who knows what else on the image all say "C:\Windows" not
>>"D:\Windows".
>>
>>I think the important word here is my misuse of the word image. The
>>problem
>>is with actually cloning the partition, not with creating or restoring an
>>image. If I make an image of C and restore it TO C it's fine. If I restore
>>it to D, E or F and try to boot it, then there's trouble.
>>
>>Is that clearer?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kim.
>Yes..

"Mike" <spamthis@alltel.net> wrote:
>So as long as I always have the tracks in .WAV format, I should be ok?
>
>
>"LaMont" <jjdpro@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:4316294c$1@linux...
>>
>> Mike,
>> the external drive (usb/fw) is good solution. As well as, recording
>> everything
>> in wav file format. Or Record 24 bit in Paris, then batch process in
>> wavelab
>> into 24 bit wave files
>>
>> "Mike" <spamthis@alltel.net> wrote:
>>>I know this has been asked before but I never paid attention as I never
>>
>>>thought I would be in that situation but..........
>>>
>>>I now have about 60 different clients lined up to come in and track about
>>
>>>3-5 songs each. May end up mixing some but others will go elsewhere.
>>>Anyway, I want to be able to give these people some type of media - Im
>>>thinking USB external drives at this point - to take with them and allow
>>
>>>them to walk into any studio, anywhere in the country and be able to mix
>>
>>>their stuff. Im currently just dealing with WAV files and e
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57487 is a reply to message #57479] Thu, 01 September 2005 09:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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;Think of all the CD burns you could save. Between the media savings
and
>>> the
>>> >time it takes to burn CD's again and again, at $200.00, the FM30-WT
would
>>> >pay for itself PDQ if it's got a decent range. I would need about 50'
>and
>>> >for it to be able to transmit through a metal roof as my studio is
>>upstairs,
>>> >the roof slopes between the back wall and my driveway and/or garage
and
>>> the
>>> >distance to the car parked in the driveway is going to be at least 30'
>>and
>>> >probably a bit further.
>>> >
>>> >Put a little dead air up front to give you time to get to the car and
>set
>>> >the song to loop and you could get a real good idea of where you are
>with
>>> a
>>> >mix as far as vehicular playback goes (and probably ruin some assholes
>>day
>>> >who is driving down your street with thunderbuckets cranked full out
>if
>>> you
>>> >knew the band this station was using and you wanted to *substitute*
his
>>> >Gangsta' mix for a good dose of Karen Carpenter or the Osmonds).
>>> >
>>> >Of course, this is illegal so I would never dream of doing it.
>>> >
>>> >;oP
>>> >
>>> >Deej
>>> >
>>> >"Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> >news:4316479d@linux...
>>> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/LowPowerFMTransmitters.html
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:4314bb79@linux...
>>> >> > That's very cool. I wonder how easy it is to override the FCC
>>imposed
>>> >> > distance limitations, When we were kids we had a pirate FM station
>>> >that
>>> >> > broadcast for almost a mile with a Radio Shack kit.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > It really has a different purpose than replacing a burned CD. I
>>always
>>> >> > thought it would be cool if someone made a plug-in that emulated
>the
>>> >> > brickwall limiter and pre-emphasis EQ of commercial radio stations,
>>> with
>>> >> > presets for different types of music. Then you could really hear
>how
>>> >your
>>> >> > mixes will play on the radio.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > RZ
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> >> > news:43148120@linux...
>>> >> >> I was thinking of trying an FM transmitter to monitor out in my
>car
>>> and
>>> >> >> other home stereo devices.
>>> >> >> Anyone doing this?
>>> >> >> I would think it would kick the shit out of burning test CD after
>>CD.
>>> >> >> Any suggestions?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/radi/canux300.htm
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>I'm going to move my studio to Mexico just so I can use this. Cll me Wolfman
Deej

;o)

"Brandon" <a@a.com> wrote in message news:43172ab4$1@linux...
>
> Standard RCA connectors are used for left and right line level audio
inputs.
>
> The FM35WT can only be shipped outside the USA, or within the US if
accompanied
> by a signed statement that the unit will be exported.
> So I guess you are going to have to get the FM30 diy kit.
> Unless you are going to break the law DJ!!! Well are you???
>
>
>
>
>
> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >http://www.hobbytron.com/ramsey-fm-transmitter-fm30-wt.html
> >
> >This is the one I was thinking about.
> >
> >"Brandon" <somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote in message
> >news:4316f913$1@linux...
> >>
> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/Synthesized-FM-Stereo-Transmitter.h tml
> >>
> >> This is the one I am looking at.
> >> No drift accepts line input.
> >> A bit pricy but has good range and apparently good sound quality.
> >>
> >> I can't find the one you are taking about DJ.
> >> Typically, they either have rca inputs or 1/8" stereo input that you
would
> >> need an rca to 1/8" adapter. (supplied with the one I am looking at).
> >> Ofcourse you can always mod your transmitter with a longer antenna and
> >stick
> >> run it out the window or something.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57488 is a reply to message #57487] Thu, 01 September 2005 09:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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; >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >> >Brandon,
> >> >
> >> >I would love to be able to listen to my mixes, broadcast from my DAW
> to
> >> the
> >> >radio in my car. What a great idea! I was checking these out. the most
> >> >affordable one has a range of 30' *line of sight*. Walls and metal can
> >> >reduce this substantially according to the specs. However, the FM38-T
> >looks
> >> >like a pretty substantial beast. There is no info on what kind of
input
> >> it
> >> >uses, but I'm guessing RCA. Do you happen to know?
> >> >
> >> >Think of all the CD burns you could save. Between the media savings
and
> >> the
> >> >time it takes to burn CD's again and again, at $200.00, the FM30-WT
would
> >> >pay for itself PDQ if it's got a decent range. I would need about 50'
> and
> >> >for it to be able to transmit through a metal roof as my studio is
> >upstairs,
> >> >the roof slopes between the back wall and my driveway and/or garage
and
> >> the
> >> >distance to the car parked in the driveway is going to be at least 30'
> >and
> >> >probably a bit further.
> >> >
> >> >Put a little dead air up front to give you time to get to the car and
> set
> >> >the song to loop and you could get a real good idea of where you are
> with
> >> a
> >> >mix as far as vehicular playback goes (and probably ruin some assholes
> >day
> >> >who is driving down your street with thunderbuckets cranked full out
> if
> >> you
> >> >knew the band this station was using and you wanted to *substitute*
his
> >> >Gangsta' mix for a good dose of Karen Carpenter or the Osmonds).
> >> >
> >> >Of course, this is illegal so I would never dream of doing it.
> >> >
> >> >;oP
> >> >
> >> >Deej
> >> >
> >> >"Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >> >news:4316479d@linux...
> >> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/LowPowerFMTransmitters.html
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:4314bb79@linux...
> >> >> > That's very cool. I wonder how easy it is to override the FCC
> >imposed
> >> >> > distance limitations, When we were kids we had a pirate FM
station
> >> >that
> >> >> > broadcast for almost a mile with a Radio Shack kit.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It really has a different purpose than replacing a burned CD. I
> >always
> >> >> > thought it would be cool if someone made a plug-in that emulated
> the
> >> >> > brickwall limiter and pre-emphasis EQ of commercial radio
stations,
> >> with
> >> >> > presets for different types of music. Then you could really hear
> how
> >> >your
> >> >> > mixes will play on the radio.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > RZ
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in
message
> >> >> > news:43148120@linux...
> >> >> >> I was thinking of trying an FM transmitter to monitor out in my
> car
> >> and
> >> >> >> other home stereo devices.
> >> >> >> Anyone doing this?
> >> >> >> I would think it would kick the shit out of burning test CD after
> >CD.
> >> >> >> Any suggestions?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/radi/canux300.htm
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:43171cbd$1@linux...
>
> Has anyone noticed that after working five years on the new White House
sponsored
> energy bill, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that fails to reduce
America's
> dependence on oil, fails to address the threat of global warming, fails to
> make any significant new investments in clean energy, and fails to help
consumers
> at the gas pump.
> What it did do includes:
> Grants the oil and gas industries an exemption for their construction
activities
> from compliance with Clean Water Act.
> Increases America's oil dependence by 130,000 barrels of oil per day in
2014
> through extending the 'dual-fuel' loophole.
> Authorized billions in new subsidies to the oil industry. (Who are all
showing
> record profits without the government bonuses.)
> Give away billions in unrelated pork fat. (The biggest giveaway of all
time.)
>
> The list of pork fat is too long and too funny for me to list but my
personal
> favorites are:
>
> Giving $800 million for companies in Texas and Louisiana to compensate for
> their phase out of the gasoline additive MTBE, which studies have
concluded
> contaminates ground water and causes cancer.
> Since we will now longer allow you to poison us we will give you $800
million
> for your trouble. "Coincidently", the Bush family has considerable
holdings
> in one of the companies.

FYI, MTBE is an additive that the environmental lobby *insisted* on the
refineries adding to fuel because it reduced certain emissions levels. It
was never tested properly before this was legislated. Turns out it was bad
shit and how the oil companies are being sued for it when they only did it
because it was federally mandated.

> Not only o
Re: USB FM Transmitter for monitoring [message #57489 is a reply to message #57487] Thu, 01 September 2005 09:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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pening up parts of the Alaska Wildlife Refuge, but also similar
> areas in Wyoming. Why Wyoming?. "Coincidently", the Chaney family has
future
> Oil/mineral rights to some of this property.

There are huge natural gas reserves in Wyoming on the eastern slope of the
rocky mountains. One of the biggest known ones is right outside of Glacier
National park. You gotta go where the gas is to get it. The fact that Cheney
owns mineral rights there is certainly fortunate fro Cheyney, but he's from
Wyoming. I doubt he moved his family there 3 or four generations ago just
because he knew that someday we would have high natural gas prices.

His brother is a surveyor in this area and I have worked with him before. If
Cheyney is anything like his brother, it might be a good thing to get to
know him before casting stones. Yeh.....I know.........its the Halliburton
thing, right?

>
> In 2003, if you bought a Toyota Hybrid and owned a business you would have
> received $450 in tax reduction from the IRS because of its energy
efficiency.
> If you bought a Hummer H1 (7 miles per gallon) and owned a business, you
> would have received aprox. $30,000 in tax reduction from the IRS. (Public
> outcry has recently forced the closure of this tax loophole.)

Most of the folks around here who own Hummers are tree huggers. (Just a
little perspective)

;o)
>
> Gene
>
> P.S. DJ - I agree. Our countries largest vulnerability is our absolute
reliance
> on our current energy model. Any time our oil sources are negatively
effected
> we go into an instant recession. This essentially enslaves us to the large
> foreign oil producers and causes the "need" for Big-Stick diplomacy.
>
> Unfortunately we are about to come to a critical fork in the road.
>
> The people who will profit the most will be pushing the idea that we must
> reduce or remove all environmental constraints on energy suppliers to help
> us achieve independence and keep our economy working. This will help make
> many of them even richer and will shorten the time before we completely
run
> out of US oil reserves, but will also cause tremendous health issues and
> will result in serious environmental impacts. Some of this already
started.
> Only a national level push for new energy sources and energy independence,
> similar to the 1960s push to go to the moon, will help us now.
> That plus having a White House and Congress that actually cares more about
> saving our economy then their personal wealth.
> Gene
>"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>I'm going to move my studio to Mexico just so I can use this. Cll me Wolfman
>Deej
>
>;o)
>
>"Brandon" <a@a.com> wrote in message news:43172ab4$1@linux...
>>
>> Standard RCA connectors are used for left and right line level audio
>inputs.
>>
>> The FM35WT can only be shipped outside the USA, or within the US if
>accompanied
>> by a signed statement that the unit will be exported.
>> So I guess you are going to have to get the FM30 diy kit.
>> Unless you are going to break the law DJ!!! Well are you???
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>> >http://www.hobbytron.com/ramsey-fm-transmitter-fm30-wt.html
>> >
>> >This is the one I was thinking about.
>> >
>> >"Brandon" <somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote in message
>> >news:4316f913$1@linux...
>> >>
>> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/Synthesized-FM-Stereo-Transmitter.h tml
>> >>
>> >> This is the one I am looking at.
>> >> No drift accepts line input.
>> >> A bit pricy but has good range and apparently good sound quality.
>> >>
>> >> I can't find the one you are taking about DJ.
>> >> Typically, they either have rca inputs or 1/8" stereo input that you
>would
>> >> need an rca to 1/8" adapter. (supplied with the one I am looking at).
>> >> Ofcourse you can always mod your transmitter with a longer antenna
and
>> >stick
>> >> run it out the window or something.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>> >> >Brandon,
>> >> >
>> >> >I would love to be able to listen to my mixes, broadcast from my DAW
>> to
>> >> the
>> >> >radio in my car. What a great idea! I was checking these out. the
most
>> >> >affordable one has a range of 30' *line of sight*. Walls and metal
can
>> >> >reduce this substantially according to the specs. However, the FM38-T
>> >looks
>> >> >like a pretty substantial beast. There is no info on what kind of
>input
>> >> it
>> >> >uses, but I'm guessing RCA. Do you happen to know?
>> >> >
>> >> >Think of all the CD burns you could save. Between the media savings
>and
>> >> the
>> >> >time it takes to burn CD's again and again, at $200.00, the FM30-WT
>would
>> >> >pay for itself PDQ if it's got a decent range. I would need about
50'
>> and
>> >> >for it to be able to transmit through a metal roof as my studio is
>> >upstairs,
>> >> >the roof slopes between the back wall and my driveway and/or garage
>and
>> >> the
>> >> >distance to the car parked in the driveway is going to be at least
30'
>> >and
>> >> >probably a bit further.
>> >> >
>> >> >Put a little dead air up front to give you time to get to the car
and
>> set
>> >> >the song to loop and you could get a real good idea of where you are
>> with
>> >> a
>> >> >mix as far as vehicular playback goes (and probably ruin some assholes
>> >day
>> >> >who is driving down your street with thunderbuckets cranked full out
>> if
>> >> you
>> >> >knew the band this station was using and you wanted to *substitute*
>his
>> >> >Gangsta' mix for a good dose of Karen Carpenter or the Osmonds).
>> >> >
>> >> >Of course, this is illegal so I would never dream of doing it.
>>
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gt;>
>>>
>>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>>> >http://www.hobbytron.com/ramsey-fm-transmitter-fm30-wt.html
>>> >
>>> >This is the one I was thinking about.
>>> >
>>> >"Brandon" <somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote in message
>>> >news:4316f913$1@linux...
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/Synthesized-FM-Stereo-Transmitter.h tml
>>> >>
>>> >> This is the one I am looking at.
>>> >> No drift accepts line input.
>>> >> A bit pricy but has good range and apparently good sound quality.
>>> >>
>>> >> I can't find the one you are taking about DJ.
>>> >> Typically, they either have rca inputs or 1/8" stereo input that you
>>would
>>> >> need an rca to 1/8" adapter. (supplied with the one I am looking at).
>>> >> Ofcourse you can always mod your transmitter with a longer antenna
>and
>>> >stick
>>> >> run it out the window or something.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>>> >> >Brandon,
>>> >> >
>>> >> >I would love to be able to listen to my mixes, broadcast from my
DAW
>>> to
>>> >> the
>>> >> >radio in my car. What a great idea! I was checking these out. the
>most
>>> >> >affordable one has a range of 30' *line of sight*. Walls and metal
>can
>>> >> >reduce this substantially according to the specs. However, the FM38-T
>>> >looks
>>> >> >like a pretty substantial beast. There is no info on what kind of
>>input
>>> >> it
>>> >> >uses, but I'm guessing RCA. Do you happen to know?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Think of all the CD burns you could save. Between the media savings
>>and
>>> >> the
>>> >> >time it takes to burn CD's again and again, at $200.00, the FM30-WT
>>would
>>> >> >pay for itself PDQ if it's got a decent range. I would need about
>50'
>>> and
>>> >> >for it to be able to transmit through a metal roof as my studio is
>>> >upstairs,
>>> >> >the roof slopes between the back wall and my driveway and/or garage
>>and
>>> >> the
>>> >> >distance to the car parked in the driveway is going to be at least
>30'
>>> >and
>>> >> >probably a bit further.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Put a little dead air up front to give you time to get to the car
>and
>>> set
>>> >> >the song to loop and you could get a real good idea of where you
are
>>> with
>>> >> a
>>> >> >mix as far as vehicular playback goes (and probably ruin some assholes
>>> >day
>>> >> >who is driving down your street with thunderbuckets cranked full
out
>>> if
>>> >> you
>>> >> >knew the band this station was using and you wanted to *substitute*
>>his
>>> >> >Gangsta' mix for a good dose of Karen Carpenter or the Osmonds).
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Of course, this is illegal so I would never dream of doing it.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >;oP
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Deej
>>> >> >
>>> >> >"Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> >> >news:4316479d@linux...
>>> >> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/LowPowerFMTransmitters.html
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> "RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>news:4314bb79@linux...
>>> >> >> > That's very cool. I wonder how easy it is to override the FCC
>>> >imposed
>>> >> >> > distance limitations, When we were kids we had a pirate FM
>>station
>>> >> >that
>>> >> >> > broadcast for almost a mile with a Radio Shack kit.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > It really has a different purpose than replacing a burned CD.
> I
>>> >always
>>> >> >> > thought it would be cool if someone made a plug-in that emulated
>>> the
>>> >> >> > brickwall limiter and pre-emphasis EQ of commercial radio
>>stations,
>>> >> with
>>> >> >> > presets for different types of music. Then you could really
hear
>>> how
>>> >> >your
>>> >> >> > mixes will play on the radio.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > RZ
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > "Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in
>>message
>>> >> >> > news:43148120@linux...
>>> >> >> >> I was thinking of trying an FM transmitter to monitor out in
>my
>>> car
>>> >> and
>>> >> >> >> other home stereo devices.
>>> >> >> >> Anyone doing this?
>>> >> >> >> I would think it would kick the shit out of burning test CD
after
>>> >CD.
>>> >> >> >> Any suggestions?
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/radi/canux300.htm
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>I inquired about this on another forum. Here's the one reply I've received
so far:

http://www.3daudioinc.com/3db/showthread.php?p=50799#post507 99

Looks pretty viable.

:o)

"Brandon" <
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f="mailto:somewhere@overtherainbow.com" target="_blank">somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote in message
news:431737fb$1@linux...
>
>
>
>
>
> If you get one I will get one.
> The one your looking at seems pretty nice.
> I will get the same one.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Brandon" <somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote:
> >
> >"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >>I'm going to move my studio to Mexico just so I can use this. Cll me
Wolfman
> >>Deej
> >>
> >>;o)
> >>
> >>"Brandon" <a@a.com> wrote in message news:43172ab4$1@linux...
> >>>
> >>> Standard RCA connectors are used for left and right line level audio
> >>inputs.
> >>>
> >>> The FM35WT can only be shipped outside the USA, or within the US if
> >>accompanied
> >>> by a signed statement that the unit will be exported.
> >>> So I guess you are going to have to get the FM30 diy kit.
> >>> Unless you are going to break the law DJ!!! Well are you???
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >>> >http://www.hobbytron.com/ramsey-fm-transmitter-fm30-wt.html
> >>> >
> >>> >This is the one I was thinking about.
> >>> >
> >>> >"Brandon" <somewhere@overtherainbow.com> wrote in message
> >>> >news:4316f913$1@linux...
> >>> >>
> >>> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/Synthesized-FM-Stereo-Transmitter.h tml
> >>> >>
> >>> >> This is the one I am looking at.
> >>> >> No drift accepts line input.
> >>> >> A bit pricy but has good range and apparently good sound quality.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I can't find the one you are taking about DJ.
> >>> >> Typically, they either have rca inputs or 1/8" stereo input that
you
> >>would
> >>> >> need an rca to 1/8" adapter. (supplied with the one I am looking
at).
> >>> >> Ofcourse you can always mod your transmitter with a longer antenna
> >and
> >>> >stick
> >>> >> run it out the window or something.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >>> >> >Brandon,
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >I would love to be able to listen to my mixes, broadcast from my
> DAW
> >>> to
> >>> >> the
> >>> >> >radio in my car. What a great idea! I was checking these out. the
> >most
> >>> >> >affordable one has a range of 30' *line of sight*. Walls and metal
> >can
> >>> >> >reduce this substantially according to the specs. However, the
FM38-T
> >>> >looks
> >>> >> >like a pretty substantial beast. There is no info on what kind of
> >>input
> >>> >> it
> >>> >> >uses, but I'm guessing RCA. Do you happen to know?
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >Think of all the CD burns you could save. Between the media
savings
> >>and
> >>> >> the
> >>> >> >time it takes to burn CD's again and again, at $200.00, the
FM30-WT
> >>would
> >>> >> >pay for itself PDQ if it's got a decent range. I would need about
> >50'
> >>> and
> >>> >> >for it to be able to transmit through a metal roof as my studio is
> >>> >upstairs,
> >>> >> >the roof slopes between the back wall and my driveway and/or
garage
> >>and
> >>> >> the
> >>> >> >distance to the car parked in the driveway is going to be at least
> >30'
> >>> >and
> >>> >> >probably a bit further.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >Put a little dead air up front to give you time to get to the car
> >and
> >>> set
> >>> >> >the song to loop and you could get a real good idea of where you
> are
> >>> with
> >>> >> a
> >>> >> >mix as far as vehicular playback goes (and probably ruin some
assholes
> >>> >day
> >>> >> >who is driving down your street with thunderbuckets cranked full
> out
> >>> if
> >>> >> you
> >>> >> >knew the band this station was using and you wanted to
*substitute*
> >>his
> >>> >> >Gangsta' mix for a good dose of Karen Carpenter or the Osmonds).
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >Of course, this is illegal so I would never dream of doing it.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >;oP
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >Deej
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >"Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in
message
> >>> >> >news:4316479d@linux...
> >>> >> >> http://www.hobbytron.com/LowPowerFMTransmitters.html
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> "RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >>news:4314bb79@linux...
> >>> >> >> > That's very cool. I wonder how easy it is to override the FCC
> >>> >imposed
> >>> >> >> > distance limitations, When we were kids we had a pirate FM
> >>station
> >>> >> >that
> >>> >> >> > broadcast for almost a mile with a Radio Shack kit.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > It really has a different purpose than replacing a burned CD.
> > I
> >>> >always
> >>> >> >> > thought it would be cool if someone made a plug-in that
emulated
> >>> the
> >>> >> >> > brickwall limiter and pre-emphasis EQ of commercial radio
> >>stations,
> >>> >> with
> >>> >> >> > presets for different types of music. Then you could really
> hear
> >>> how
> >>> >> >your
> >>> >> >> > mixes will play on the radio.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > RZ
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > "Brandon" <brandon_goodwin@REMOVETHISsbcglobal.net> wrote in
> >>message
> >>> >> >> > news:43148120@linux...
> >>> >> >> >> I was thinking of trying an FM transmitter to monitor out in
> >my
> >>> car
> >>> >> and
> >>> >> >> >> other
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home stereo devices.
> >>> >> >> >> Anyone doing this?
> >>> >> >> >> I would think it would kick the shit out of burning test CD
> after
> >>> >CD.
> >>> >> >> >> Any suggestions?
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >> http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/radi/canux300.htm
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>Awesome - thanks, Aaron

"Aaron Allen" <nospam@dyespam.net> wrote:
>
>"Dale" <dalebradleycello@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>I apparently misplaced my small PARIS manual (the quickstart one)
>>
>>Are these available online, eg. as a pdf?
>
> http://www.emu.com/support/files/storage/paris_introduction. zip
>
>AAHi there...I recently tried hooking up the :Lexicon MX 200 hardware unit
with USB interface..I am running PARIS 2.2 with XP...The included drivers
TOTALLY crashed my system...Had to re-install...lost VST presets.. I was
afraid to try it again...returned.. A friend of mine with a MAC had no
problems...the unit sounds good for $200....Install with cautionHow does the UAD-1 Project pack card run with PARIS and XP system? Any
success/failure comments?...I have been sitting there watching TV shows and heard stuff I've done
playing on the radio in the background during a scene... kinda cool
actually!

David.

DJ wrote:
> I just found out that the first CD project I ever did for a client back in
> 1998 (Big Thick Wooden Board by Owen Egerton) has actually had one song on
> the soundtrack of a movie (a song called Fraternity Life on the movie Going
> Greek), another of the songs (which I co-produced and played lead guitar and
> bass) is being considered for a VH-1 production and also, the album also got
> some play on Dr. Demento a while back.
>
> The reason I say OMG is because ..........errrr.......well......I've done
> better work since then, but it wasn't something I'm ashmed of either and
> hey, I'm really happy for the artist as this was a comedy album and the
> songs really are entertaining. It's one of those things where the songs
> themselves certainly overshadowed the skills of the engineer.
>
> It was a fun project and I learned quite a bit while doing it.
>
> ;o)
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've just bought these 2 x 250Gig drives. Plus my old 120Gig is still in
> the box, in addition to my old old 27Gig... all up that's... err...
> 647Gig!
>
> Surely somebody here has a terrabyte in their Paris box? :o)

Heehee, OK:

Mac dual 800 G4, 160 GB system/apps disk, 250 GB internal data disk, three
250 GB Firewire drives for sound libraries. 1160 GB or so on just that one
computer. :-) (Pretty soon, I'm going to give in and put together a couple
rack mount pcs for the orchestral libraries...)

--
-Doug

http://www.parisfaqs.comBush on Good Moring America today....

"Who would have thought the levee would have breached?"


"No One Can Say They Didn't See It Coming"
By Sidney Blumenthal
Salon.com

Wednesday 31 August 2005

In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the
three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New
Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.


A New Orleans resident waded through floodwaters coated with a fine layer
of oil in the flooded downtown area on Tuesday, August 30, 2005.

Biblical in its uncontrolled rage and scope, Hurricane Katrina has left
millions of Americans to scavenge for food and shelter and hundreds to thousands
reportedly dead. With its main levee broken, the evacuated city of New Orleans
has become part of the Gulf of Mexico. But the damage wrought by the hurricane
may not entirely be the result of an act of nature.

A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study how New
Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic hurricane, but the Bush administration
ordered that the research not be undertaken. After a flood killed six people
in 1995, Congress created the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project,
in which the Corps of Engineers strengthened and renovated levees and pumping
stations. In early 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a
report stating that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three
most likely disasters in the U.S., including a terrorist attack on New York
City. But by 2003 the federal funding for the flood control project essentially
dried up as it was drained into the Iraq war. In 2004, the Bush administration
cut funding requested by the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers for holding back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain by more than
80 percent. Additional cuts at the beginning of this year (for a total reduction
in funding of 44.2 percent since 2001) forced the New Orleans district of
the Corps to impose a hiring freeze. The Senate had debated adding funds
for fixing New Orleans' levees, but it was too late.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which before the hurricane published
a series on the federal funding problem, and whose presses are now underwater,
reported online: "No one can say they didn't see it coming ... Now in the
wake of one of the worst storms ever, serious questions are being asked about
the lack of preparation."

The Bush administration's policy of turning over wetlands to developers
almost certainly also contributed to the heightened level of the storm surge.
In 1990, a federal task force began restoring lost wetlands surrounding New
Orleans. Every two miles of wetland between the Crescent City and the Gulf
reduces a surge by half a foot. Bush had promised "no net loss" of wetlands,
a policy launched by his father's administration and bolstered by President
Clinton. But he reversed his approach in 2003, unleashing the developers.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency then
announced they could no longer protect wetlands unless they were somehow
related to interstate commerce.

In response to this potential crisis, four leading environmental groups
conducted a joint expert study, concluding in 2004 that without wetlands
protection New Orleans could be devastated by an ordinary, much less a Category
4 or 5, hurricane. "There's no way to describe how mindless a policy that
is when it comes to wetlands protection," said one of the report's authors.
The chairman of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality dismissed
the study as "highly questionable," and boasted, "Everybody loves what we're
doing."

"My administration's climate change policy will be science based," President
Bush declared in June 2001. But in 2002, when the Environmental Protection
Agency submitted a study on global warming to the United Nations reflecting
its expert research, Bush derided it as "a report put out by a bureaucracy,"
and excised the climate change assessment from the agency's annual report.
The next year, when the EPA issued its first comprehensive "Report on the
Environment," stating, "Climate change has global consequences for human
health and the environment," the White House simply demanded removal of the
line and all similar conclusions. At the G-8 meeting in Scotland this year,
Bush successfully stymied any common action on global warming. Scientists,
meanwhile, have continued to accumulate impressive data on the rising temperature
of the oceans, which has produced more severe hurricanes.

In February 2004, 60 of the nation's leading scientists, including 20
Nobel laureates, warned in a statement, "Restoring Scientific Integrity in
Policymaking": "Successful application of science has played a large part
in the policies that have made the United States of America the world's most
powerful nation and its citizens increasingly prosperous and healthy ...
Indeed, this principle has long been adhered to by presidents and administrations
of both parties in forming and implementing policies. The administration
of George W. Bush has, however, disregarded this principle ... The distortion
of scientific knowledge for partisan political ends must cease." Bush completely
ignored this statement.

In the two weeks preceding the storm in the Gulf, the trumping of science
by ideology and expertise by special interests accelerated. The Federal Drug
Administration announced that it was postponing sale of the morning-after
contraceptive pill, despite overwhelming scientific evidence of its safety
and its approval by the FDA's scientific advisory board. The United Nations
special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa accused the Bush administration of responsibility
for a condom shortage in Uganda -- the result of the administration's evangelical
Christian agenda of "abstinence." When the chief of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics in the Justice Department was ordered by the White House to delete
its study that African-Americans and other minorities are subject to racial
profiling in police traffic stops and he refused to buckle under, he was
forced out of his job. When the Army Corps of Engineers' chief contracting
oversight analyst objected to a $7 billion no-bid contract awarded for work
in Iraq to Halliburton (the firm at which Vice President Cheney was formerly
CEO), she was demoted despite her superior professional ratings. At the National
Park Service, a former Cheney aide, a political appointee lacking professional
background
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se a hiring freeze. The Senate had debated adding funds
> for fixing New Orleans' levees, but it was too late.
>
> The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which before the hurricane published
> a series on the federal funding problem, and whose presses are now
> underwater,
> reported online: "No one can say they didn't see it coming ... Now in the
> wake of one of the worst storms ever, serious questions are being asked
> about
> the lack of preparation."
>
> The Bush administration's policy of turning over wetlands to developers
> almost certainly also contributed to the heightened level of the storm
> surge.
> In 1990, a federal task force began restoring lost wetlands surrounding
> New
> Orleans. Every two miles of wetland between the Crescent City and the Gulf
> reduces a surge by half a foot. Bush had promised "no net loss" of
> wetlands,
> a policy launched by his father's administration and bolstered by
> President
> Clinton. But he reversed his approach in 2003, unleashing the developers.
> The Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency then
> announced they could no longer protect wetlands unless they were somehow
> related to interstate commerce.
>
> In response to this potential crisis, four leading environmental groups
> conducted a joint expert study, concluding in 2004 that without wetlands
> protection New Orleans could be devastated by an ordinary, much less a
> Category
> 4 or 5, hurricane. "There's no way to describe how mindless a policy that
> is when it comes to wetlands protection," said one of the report's
> authors.
> The chairman of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality
> dismissed
> the study as "highly questionable," and boasted, "Everybody loves what
> we're
> doing."
>
> "My administration's climate change policy will be science based,"
> President
> Bush declared in June 2001. But in 2002, when the Environmental Protection
> Agency submitted a study on global warming to the United Nations
> reflecting
> its expert research, Bush derided it as "a report put out by a
> bureaucracy,"
> and excised the climate change assessment from the agency's annual report.
> The next year, when the EPA issued its first comprehensive "Report on the
> Environment," stating, "Climate change has global consequences for human
> health and the environment," the White House simply demanded removal of
> the
> line and all similar conclusions. At the G-8 meeting in Scotland this
> year,
> Bush successfully stymied any common action on global warming. Scientists,
> meanwhile, have continued to accumulate impressive data on the rising
> temperature
> of the oceans, which has produced more severe hurricanes.
>
> In February 2004, 60 of the nation's leading scientists, including 20
> Nobel laureates, warned in a statement, "Restoring Scientific Integrity in
> Policymaking": "Successful application of science has played a large part
> in the policies that have made the United States of America the world's
> most
> powerful nation and its citizens increasingly prosperous and healthy ...
> Indeed, this principle has long been adhered to by presidents and
> administrations
> of both parties in forming and implementing policies. The administration
> of George W. Bush has, however, disregarded this principle ... The
> distortion
> of scientific knowledge for partisan political ends must cease." Bush
> completely
> ignored this statement.
>
> In the two weeks preceding the storm in the Gulf, the trumping of
> science
> by ideology and expertise by special interests accelerated. The Federal
> Drug
> Administration announced that it was postponing sale of the morning-after
> contraceptive pill, despite overwhelming scientific evidence of its safety
> a
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