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...Presidential Portrait Too Soon Barack Obama has been on your cover almost every issue of late [Jan. 26]. The dramatic picture of him gazing into the distance has him looking almost perfect and untouchable. It is not that I am against Obama; I support him. But you compare him and his "burden" to other Presidents when the comparison should not even be made yet. People cheered George W. Bush when he was elected President, but now he is hated by more than two-thirds of America. Obama is a great man, but we should wait to see whether...
...been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you've missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot of pop vocals suddenly sound great. Better than great: note- and pitch-perfect, as if there's been an unspoken tightening of standards at record labels or an evolutionary leap in the development of vocal cords. At the other extreme are a few hip-hop singers who also hit their notes but with a precision so exaggerated that on first listen, their songs sound...
...like Photoshop for the human voice. Auto-Tune doesn't make it possible for just anyone to sing like a pro, but used as its creator intended, it can transform a wavering performance into something technically flawless. "Right now, if you listen to pop, everything is in perfect pitch, perfect time and perfect tune," says producer Rick Rubin. "That's how ubiquitous Auto-Tune is." (Download TIME's Auto-Tune Podcast from iTunes...
...there a woman who does not say that, who hasn't said that from the time they were 17? Same old story, different era. But actually, what I say is, you are so right. There is no perfect man who is that honest, loving, financially secure, generous, athletic, sexually functional, socially sensitive charmer who allows you to live your own life, matches your needs exactly, and doesn't have a pot belly. There are very few of those, but there are lots of guys. Saturday night guys, good guys to travel with, guys who will take you to restaurants...
...clean coal technologies, such as Carbon Storage and Sequestration as a means of balancing increasing global demand for electricity with a need to stabilize atmospheric carbon levels. “I try to deal with facts, I was trained as an engineer. Let’s not let the perfect get in the way of the good.” Leer said. “If you really want to stabilize carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we have to develop carbon sequestration tactics.” He cited coal’s generation of 49% of America?...