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...billion reconstructing Iraq but quibbles about spending money on New Orleans. Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city. Tony Keast Halifax, England On a Different Wavelength Joe Klein's column "Bush's broken political antenna" [March 6] remarked that in response to recent controversies, ranging from the debate over foreign control of U.S. ports to the awful news coming from Iraq and Iran, the President is beginning to sound "airy and out of touch." But Bush has always been that way. It's just finally sinking...
...closest thing to a working political antenna at the White House these days may be the one on Dan Bartlett's car radio. Congressional anger over President George W. Bush's decision to allow a Dubai-owned company to operate terminals at major U.S. ports had been at a low boil for days before the White House got its first inkling of the furor: Bartlett, the presidential counselor, happened to tune in to conservative talk-show host Michael Savage on the way home from work. By the time the President moved to quash it several days later with assurances...
...Antenna ? Heat shield ? Thruster ? Star tracking cameras ? PEPSSI - Detects molecules escaping from Pluto's atmosphere ? SWAP - Looks for magnetic fields and measures how fast the atmosphere is escaping ? RTG - Powers the craft with a tiny amount of plutonium. Because the probe will travel so far from the sun, solar power was not an option ? LORRI - A high-resolution telescope and camera capable of detecting features about the size of a football field ? REX - Uses radio waves to analyze the atmosphere and determine night-side temperature ? ALICE - Analyzes ultraviolet light to determine...
...audio-video surround-sound receiver takes all different types of video, from DVDs, VCRs, cable boxes - you name it-and routes them through one wire to your high-definition TV. It's compatible with XM satellite radio's new "Connect and Play" technology: you plug in the special XM antenna and, as long as you've got a subscription, you get all of the XM stations listed right on the receiver's display, and on the TV. In fact, this receiver has so many bells and whistles, it's easy to forget that it's also got a direct iPod...
...watch a lot of cable TV, why not just go for old-fashioned free broadcast TV? A good set-top antenna can boost your reception. And to cut your telephone costs down to zero, use online tools such as Google Talk or Skype, which let you place free calls from your computer (if whomever you are calling has the proper software). As for Web access, check for free wi-fi in your neighborhood before you pay a lot to go online...