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...milker, peering through a low-power stereoscopic microscope, gently picks it up with metal tweezers that are connected to an electrical supply. When a mild shock is administered through the tweezers, the spider promptly spews up pretty much everything liquid inside it--including digestive enzymes. That was a problem early on, until Chuck devised a combined "mouthwash" and venom-collecting system that keeps the two fluids separated using a hollow suctioning needle and a miniature glass pipette...
...MP3.com another music-sharing service, had violated music copyrights. MP3.com ended up settling with some of the record companies suing it, agreeing to pay some $100 million and to hand over licensing fees in the future. But even if the record companies defeat Napster, that will not solve the problem they created when they digitized music in the first place, making copying so easy to do. "If they were to shut it down in America, it would move to Canada or somewhere else," says Boies. "There's a reason they call it the World Wide Web--it's literally worldwide...
...years ago, Audrey Kishline wrote the book on Moderation Management. Moderate Drinking: The New Option for Problem Drinkers set guidelines so that people with alcohol problems could continue drinking--as long as they were careful...
Kishline's devastating meltdown has reignited debate, and outrage, over an already controversial treatment approach. Moderation Management, which has volunteer chapters in 14 states, allows a weekly quota of nine drinks for women and 14 for men. Designed for mild-to-moderate problem drinkers, the program consists of meetings similar to those of Alcoholics Anonymous, but it has fewer rules. Participants are usually encouraged to keep a journal documenting their drinking and to limit and pace their intake of alcohol. Understandably, and perhaps wisely, since she faces sentencing next month for vehicular homicide, Kishline is now a sharp critic...
Proponents of moderation counter that not all problem drinkers are alcoholics, and that the abstinence-only crowd makes the mistake of lumping everyone into the same category. Marc Kern, director of the Los Angeles-based Addiction Alternatives, accuses "A.A. nudniks of acting like fundamentalists" in their insistence on abstinence. He believes their all-or-nothing approach can backfire and turn off problem drinkers who may need a less drastic form of help. "It's not a black-and-white issue," says Kern...