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...Still, the switch is an incongruous programming move, considering UPN's lineup in general, and one that raises questions about the future of the two networks and of teen niche TV generally. UPN has never had to deal with the burden of critical praise. And the few times the network has tried to home-grow series with at least aspirations toward quality (like Tom Fontana's talky cop show "The Beat") it hasn't known how to promote them or where to schedule them. Does this "Buffy"-napping mean UPN is going to try to morph into the network...
...Some day, scientists might even be able to switch that receptor gene to an "off" position - a development that could help diabetics and people with weight problems modulate their responses to sugar. It might also mean that people like me (who tend to eat perhaps a bit too much sugar) will have a great new excuse around major holidays. Indulgence, in other words, without guilt: "Oooh, pass the candy dish. Don't give me that look, Mom. I can't help it. My genes are crying out for modified white sugars...
...neither man nor masturbation is going to be a prerequisite much longer. There have been several reports lately of what might be called immaculate orgasms. The weekly New Scientist recently cited a discovery by Stuart Meloy, a U.S. surgeon. Meloy was putting electrodes in a woman's spine to switch off pain signals in nerves, with the patient awake to help him locate the right spots. "I was placing the electrodes and suddenly the woman started exclaiming emphatically," said Meloy. "I asked her what was up. She said, 'You're going to have to teach my husband to do that...
...That hasn't stopped the party from at least toying with the patriotic on/off switch. You could see the process playing out in real time on the Internet, where the nation's censors worked overtime to sharpen the anti-American fervor by erasing pro-U.S. Web postings. The website of the People's Daily, the nation's largest paper, employed nine monitors, who sifted through 20,000 postings a day to make sure sentiment agreed with the party line...
That hasn't stopped the party from at least toying with the patriotic on/off switch. You could see the process playing out in real time on the Internet, where the nation's censors worked overtime to sharpen the anti-American fervor by erasing pro-U.S. Web postings. The website of the People's Daily, the nation's largest paper, employed nine monitors, who sifted through 20,000 postings a day to make sure sentiment agreed with the party line...