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[X]Press Magazine Fall 2005 If you think reproduction is only about getting busy, check out the latest issue of [X]press Magazine.
[ Story by [X]Press Magazine Staff ]
Friday, Oct 7 2005 3:36 PM

Hollywood in Remake Heaven Movies often provide an escape from reality, offering an opportunity to cast aside everyday stress through creative and fresh entertainment. You pay $10 to sit in the plush, red velvet theatre seat, munch on popcorn, melt Junior Mints in your mouth and slurp on a cherry Slushy before the classic Hollywood magic begins. But what do you get instead? A remake.
[ Story by Allison Casassa ]
Wednesday, Sep 28 2005 9:41 AM

New Show all about Babies With the new fall lineup for the major television networks out, commercials demand almost immediate allegiance to their shows. “Inconceivable,” a new show on NBC, isn’t much different from what other TV networks have already come up with.
[ Story by Brenda Chow ]
Wednesday, Sep 28 2005 9:37 AM

To Breed or Not to Breed Newsflash: it's not that easy, and the fact that people are realizing this is starting to show. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 44 percent of American women of childbearing age were childless in 2002. More telling, 18 percent of women ages 40 to 44 were still childless, up from 10 percent in 1976. Why aren't people breeding like they used to?
[ Story by Kristin Curtin and Jeff Hunt ]
Wednesday, Sep 28 2005 8:20 AM

Mandonna Close your eyes and picture Madonna as a roadie for Metallica with a stringy beard and long, dirty blonde hair meant for head-banging. Open them, and what you have is Mandonna’s frontman Mark Edwards. But instead of performing manual labor, he writhes around onstage in a hooker’s wedding dress reminiscent of Madonna’s notorious “Like a Virgin” performance at the very first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
[ Story by Kristin Curtin ]
Wednesday, Sep 28 2005 12:59 AM

Throw 'Em a Bone Thousands of pit bulls and pit bull-mix breeds are dropped off at shelters, abandoned or removed from their owners each year, not only in the Bay Area but nationwide. The East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) estimates that of all the dogs euthanized in 2004 in Alameda County, up to 75 percent were pit bulls and pit bull mixes. Agencies all over the Bay Area are reporting similar statistics.
[ Story by Erin Pursell ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 11:02 PM

Oooh Baby While some experts believe there is logic to the theory that a woman's orgasm might improve her chances of getting pregnant, studies have yet to prove any connection between the two. But many people believe they are directly related, in more ways than one.
[ Story by Bryn Hollis ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 11:02 PM

Getting Crunched By the Numbers Large amounts of complex numbers representing abstract ideas scare the hell out of a lot of people. Asking questions, on the other hand, and arriving at creative answers to complex social phenomena is a bit more palatable for most of us. That's just what Levitt and Dubner do throughout "Freakonomics."
[ Story by Jeff Hunt ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 10:31 PM

Room Full of Mirrors With the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s death looming, the guitar god is reborn. In Charles Cross’ “Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jim Hendrix,” the tale of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll collides with the narrative of a young black boy stricken with poverty who craves a “normal life.”
[ Story by Sabra Moallem ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 3:08 PM

Who's Your Daddy? You no longer have to plead to Maury Povich in front of thousands of viewers to find out who your baby's daddy is. Affordable home DNA paternity tests are giving curious families peace of mind — or tearing them apart.
[ Story by Sabra Moallem ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 3:04 PM

Good In Bed Jennifer Weiner’s “Good in Bed” is an entertaining, laugh-out-loud chick lit novel written for any woman in her twenties struggling to find her place in the world. Weiner’s engaging narrative is told from the perspective of Cannie Shapiro, a plus-sized pop culture reporter for the "Philadelphia Examiner."
[ Story by Shannon Ryan ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 8:22 PM

Sudoku 2 Watch out crossword and word search, there’s a new puzzle in town. Sudoku, a number-based puzzle game, is taking gamers by storm. “The Book of Sudoku 2,” compiled by Michael Mepham, is only one of many books designed to teach new Sudoku followers the rules and methods used to solve the addictive puzzle.
[ Story by Shannon Ryan ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 8:17 PM

Sweet City Bees San Francisco beekeepers face the same challenges confronting guardians of bees all over the world, but they harvest some unusual rewards. Unlike in areas with harsher weather, even 10 miles off the Bay, they are able to harvest honey year-round. San Francisco’s unique weather and climate allow keepers to collect distinct flavors of honey from the different neighborhoods of San Francisco.
[ Story by Catherine Cromelin ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 9:53 AM

4 out of 5 People Have an STD; the Future Doesn't Have To HPV is a lesser-known sexually transmitted disease which spreads through skin-to-skin contact, so it can’t be prevented with condoms. The virus is responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases and 90 percent of genital warts worldwide. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that by the age of 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired the infection.
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Monday, Sep 26 2005 9:39 AM

A Body to Match “I knew I wasn’t a guy when I was three years old,” says “Nicole,” a tall, red headed, singer/songwriter over two years after the surgery, which was recorded in a documentary. “I looked in the mirror and saw a dick and I was like ‘that’s wrong, it will go away.’”
[ Story by Jessica Jones ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 9:08 AM

Kissing Cousins Marriage between cousins is considered taboo in many American homes. One of the reasons marrying a cousin is prohibited is because people assume that children born of cousin couples will have birth defects. Studies done on risk of genetic disorders of offspring of consanguineous or blood-related couples and non-related couples varies depending on the researcher
[ Story by Humarra Rashid ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 8:30 AM

Yokoso Nippon Few know the name of the tiny, hole-in-the-wall sushi dive at Church and 15th Streets, commonly referred to as "No Name" or "Brown Bag."
[ Story by Asami Novak ]
Monday, Sep 26 2005 12:49 AM

Steal this Video Robert De Niro looks pissed. Mike Myers has just made an offensive comment about De Niro’s mole. “Are you talking to me? ” De Niro sneers. The two movie stars proceed to argue but they aren’t battling it out on the red carpet. Instead they are fighting on the small screen in Christine Ancalmo’s parody “Taxi Member.”
[ Story by Kimberly Turner ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 10:21 PM

Who's Keeping Track of the Donors? Approximately 30,000 infants are born each year, with the assistance of some form of reproductive medicine, but do these fertility clinics and sperm banks have a limit as to how many times individual's donations of their sperm and eggs are used? Well, if they haven't in the past, they are going to be forced to in the future, to see that these medically reproduced children, aren't reproducing with other unknown blood relatives themselves.
[ Story by Elly Swetz ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 9:47 PM

College-Dough-Nation More and more college students are donating their eggs and sperm at fertility clinics nationwide, but it's not as simple as it seems. The actual donating process requires an array of paperwork for both the males and females, however, the female egg donation, is a much more rigorous process then simply jacking off into a cup. The real question at large here is, "Is the money really worth it?"
[ Story by Elly Swetz ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 8:57 PM

The Fall of the Wild Salmon farming took off in Washington and British Columbia during the 1980s in hopes that it would create jobs and preserve wild stocks. But today it threatens the livelihood of West Coast fishermen by creating a cheaper product competing with year-round availability. Fishermen say farmed fish are lower quality, although farmers and hatchery workers claim otherwise.
[ Story by Mike; Wille ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 8:54 PM

Supreme Court Rules Children have Two Parents Custody battles and child support issues can be devastating for all parties involved. But for children of same-sex couples it can be especially tricky. Legal jurisdiction has barely begun to recognize gay and lesbian relationships, making it difficult to establish their parental responsibilities.
[ Story by Eleni Economides ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 8:54 PM

Don't Worry Baby, I'm on the Pill Researchers all over the globe are currently working on developing a safe and effective contraception for males to temporarily turn off sperm production. This testosterone-based “male pill” would provide men with more birth control options—and possibly increase reproductive responsibility—while potentially limiting the unwanted side effects of testosterone.
[ Story by Julia Dodge ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 7:03 PM

Mash Up Radio Sends Scrambled Signals Cypress Hill member and producer DJ Muggs and mixtape award winner DJ Warrior are at it again with the second mixtape installment from Muggs’ Mash-Up Radio broadcast show. Coming only months after “Vol. 1,” “Mash-Up Radio Vol. 2” is a 16-track continuous mix of cut-and-paste rock-rap remixes from the broadcast show, which airs on four stations nationwide, and on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Shade 45.
[ Story by Zoneil Maharaj ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 6:19 PM

We Don't Need no Stinking Condoms! Or Do We? Sex is cleaner with a packaged wiener. Since the first talk with mom and pop about the birds and the bees, we’ve been told to use condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
[ Story by Zoneil Maharaj ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 6:14 PM

Knock-out the Knock-off If it looks to good to be true, it probably is. Step by step, step-up your knock-off know-how.
[ Story by Melissa Zehringer ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 5:00 PM

The Romantic Life of the Angelfish Thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, she waits for her prey, her bioluminescent lure glowing with the light of millions of bacteria. Her thin, black jelly-like skin doesn’t reflect a spec of light. It camouflages her from unsuspecting predators of the deep abyss. She opens wide and lunges, extending her flexible jaws around a lantern fish twice her size.
[ Story by Mike Wille ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 4:10 PM

Le JambonBerger America may have sent one of its own to France, kicking the saddles of cyclists up and down the Pyrenees, but here on our own turf in the humble little restaurant community of Potrero Hill, the French rein supreme at Chez Maman.
[ Story by Mike; Wille ]
Sunday, Sep 25 2005 4:01 PM

Leave the Wives at Home Despite the misleading moniker, the unique, all-girl threesome from San Francisco delivered an addictively high-energy show at the Eagle Tavern last month, fusing sixties-style pop with garage punk rock and decorating it with matching, modestly-revealing go-go outfits.
[ Story by Julia Dodge ]
Saturday, Sep 24 2005 11:40 PM

Robert Moog: the man with the plan In rare moments of undetectable good vibrations, former hippies are known to close their eyes, sway back and forth and talk like the ganja has begun to hit. Then, in drawn out syllables, they’ll drop something deep and act like it came straight from the Dali Lama. More than a few will declare “if you remember the '60s, then you weren’t really there.” That’s bullshit.
[ Story by Sonia Beauchamp ]
Friday, Sep 23 2005 11:19 PM