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US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible 598
Coldeagle sends us the news that the US Food and Drug Administration has declared that meat from cloned animals is safe to eat. The agency decided that no labeling is necessary for meat or milk from cloned cows, pigs, or goats or their offspring. (Ironically the FDA didn't include cloned sheep in the announcement, claiming a lack of data, though the very first cloned animal was a sheep named Dolly.) The article notes that a couple of major food suppliers have already decided not to use any products of cloning, and that the groups opposed to cloning in the food chain will now concentrate their efforts on convincing more suppliers to boycott the business of cloning. The FDA noted that their focus groups and other public input indicated that about 1/3 of US citizens do not want food from cloned animals under any circumstances; another 1/3 have no objections; and another 1/3 fall somewhere in between.
Comment Re:I've been waiting for this (Score 2, Informative) 259
There's a way to make the number people use to reach you independent of a specific phone.
Many land line providers offer a service called "group ringing" or "group hunting".
Basically, you give out a number for people to call. Calls to that number route to a list of phone numbers to reach you. You progam the list of numbers: your cell phone of the week, office phone, home phone, etc.
You answer the call on whatever phone you are closet to at the time. The person calling you doesn't notice anything different other than maybe one or two extra rings. Some variations on this feature allow the ability to roll back to voice mail if no one answers the call.
The individual phone numbers aren't visible to those people that are calling you, all you ever give out is the master phone number.
There are two variations to the service, simultaneous ringing or sequential ringing. Basically, do all phones ring at the same time, or ring in sequence.
Many land line providers offer a service called "group ringing" or "group hunting".
Basically, you give out a number for people to call. Calls to that number route to a list of phone numbers to reach you. You progam the list of numbers: your cell phone of the week, office phone, home phone, etc.
You answer the call on whatever phone you are closet to at the time. The person calling you doesn't notice anything different other than maybe one or two extra rings. Some variations on this feature allow the ability to roll back to voice mail if no one answers the call.
The individual phone numbers aren't visible to those people that are calling you, all you ever give out is the master phone number.
There are two variations to the service, simultaneous ringing or sequential ringing. Basically, do all phones ring at the same time, or ring in sequence.
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