Tag: www
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FDA Safety Rule Webpage Crashes Before Comment Deadline
from cornucopia.org: Family farm and consumer advocates have been working for weeks to ensure meaningful public comment on the FDA’s proposed food safety rules. Now the government website that serves as a portal for the public’s comments on food safety is offline, out-of-service, or even refusing to accept comments. “This is potentially disenfranchising thousands of…
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Obamacare Website Problems Jeopardize Obama’s Legacy
from usatoday.com: As his administration scrambles to fix the online enrollment process under the Affordable Care Act, President Obama is facing a challenge that threatens to undercut the most significant legislative victory of his presidency… The online website was billed ahead of the rollout as an easy-to-use portal where the uninsured could window shop for…
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Craigslist Makes Turning Food Stamps Into Cash a SNAP
from foxnews.com: Food stamp recipients are turning the government handouts into quick cash with ads on Craigslist, despite efforts to stem fraud. The federally-funded grocery assistance coupons — which are issued by states in the form of debit cards under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — are being sold on the online bulletin board…
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Breast Milk Bought Online May Contain Harmful Germs
Nearly three-quarters of samples from an Internet milk-sharing site contained microbes that could make a baby sick from webmd.com: The researchers did not name the specific websites used in their study but said the contaminated samples came from a U.S. milk-sharing website that uses a classified ad format. Of 101 samples purchased anonymously, nearly three-quarters…
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Tragedy And Hope’s ‘Casual Cafe’ Presents: “How To Podcast” with Richard Grove and James Evan Pilato by Jan Powers
from TragedyAndHope.com: How does one go from being a listener or a viewer to producing audio and video media independently? Jan Powers, a fan and listener of both Richard Grove’s Peace Revolution podcast and James Evan Pilato’s Media Monarchy podcast, asked “How does one get started in podcasting” and the result is this phenomenal episode…
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Internet Traffic Disappears In Syria
At around 18:45 UTC the OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from Syria.
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Digital Download Sales Top £1 Billion In UK
from independent.co.uk: Digital sales of music, games and films have broken the £1 billion barrier for the first time, according to new figures. Research by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) shows shoppers spent £1.033 billion – an 11.4% rise – on downloads, with video games accounting for more than half that figure with sales of…
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Internet Remains Unregulated After UN Treaty Blocked
A proposed global telecoms treaty that would give national governments control of the internet has been blocked by the US and key western and African nations.






