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...those unaware, Auto-Tune is a software program that alters singers' voices to achieve perfect pitch. Used too much - or when they're not actually singing because, y'know, they're on the news - it makes people sound electronic. Cher was the first to use Auto-Tune in her 1998 hit "Believe," and since then everyone from Kanye West to Faith Hill has gotten by with a little technical assistance. (Auto-Tune isn't always a way to cheat; Daft Punk turned it into another instrument when they wanted to go all futuristic/animated in their video, "One More Time...
...What we know is this: In the early morning hours of a Monday morning, before the Louvre was opened for visitors, Mona Lisa was stolen by a thief who acted quickly when no guards were around. The theft didn't even come to light until the next day. (Guards who noticed that the painting was missing assumed it had been removed to be photographed.) Once museum officials realized the truth, the Louvre was shut down. Police arrived to question the staff, re-enact the crime and dust for fingerprints, a new crime-fighting technique in those days. The French border...
...more, notching his 31st goal of the season.“[Cohen] is a very good finisher,” Tillman said. “When he makes a mistake or a goalie makes a save, he does a great job of analyzing and going, ‘You know what, I need to try to do this,’ or ‘This is what I can do to improve.’”The win was Harvard’s seventh on the season and ensures the senior class of the first winning season...
...what does that mean for those of us who care about the earth but would prefer not to smell like it? Luckily, eco-friendly detergents exist that are just as effective at cleaning clothes as their brand-name counterparts. According to the “Did You Know?” section of the label on vegetable-based detergent Seventh Generation, “If every household in the U.S. replaced just one bottle of 100 oz. 2x ultra petroleum-based liquid laundry detergent with our 100 oz. 2x ultra vegetable-based product, we could save 460,000 barrels...
Kurtz concedes there have been wins for supporters of gay marriage lately, but last November's statewide votes against gay marriage in California, Arizona and Florida buoyed him. "It's hard for any of us to have a crystal ball to know our culture society will move," says Kurtz. "The Catholic Church will certainly respond with a commitment to truth and love. ... November is not all that long ago, and I still believe that getting out the message about marriage, with a commitment to both truth and love, will succeed. In upholding the traditional definition of marriage, there...