In 1996, online news was considered an alternative information source -- 53 percent of online users surveyed in 1996 said they used online news because other media did not provide enough news.
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Several others states, including Massachusetts, Maine, Indiana and Iowa, are making plans to request information about alternative exams.
Some firms, such as Britain's ClickMango.com, plan to avoid this by focusing on direct-to-consumer sales and information on alternative medicine.
Surface could be an alternative way to organize information.
"Those regulations require us to make every reasonable effort to obtain information through alternative means before even considering a subpoena for the phone records of a member of the media, " it said.
One of the most celebrated cases is that of Igor Sutyagin, a former researcher at the Institute of the U.S.A. and Canada who was sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp for giving supposedly secret information to Alternative Futures, an English consulting firm.
Mr Swinney said information on the alternative "Scottish Futures Trust" was "imminent".
Now Britain is pushing an alternative scheme whereby national tax authorities would exchange information about payments to non-residents, instead of taxing them.
Second, the court, while professing to be concerned about the embarrassment of clients of managers and not managers themselves, never considered an alternative that would have required disclosure of all information but the names of clients.
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Not only do you have to look at how information flows in the business model as it currently exists, you have to imaginatively think through how the information content could be different under alternative what-if business models.
Although the Me.ga site is now offline, Mr Dotcom is still providing information about his plans at an alternative site, at which he appeals for hosting companies in other countries who might support the service to get in touch.
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For a physician who wants to get real information from a trusted source, the alternative to this is sitting down at a computer and really reading the CDC Web site.
Taken together, these forces make cloud computing a powerful alternative for businesses scrambling to keep up with an information explosion, a stunningly fast move to mobile commerce and lifestyle, and the parallel rise of social as one of the most powerful shapers of corporate image and success today.
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The councillors said there was new information available and also new ideas for two alternative routes.
Early regulations were usually written by bureaucrats with only limited information about company operations and the costs of alternative remedies.
Some, indeed, think alternative energy will be the basis of a boom bigger than information technology.
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The alternative is an ever thickening soup of noisy data that obscures information, then ideas, and finally the very sky itself.
Leicester City Council has advised parents and carers to wait for further information about when their children should return, or whether alternative arrangements will be required.
An alternative, or supplementary, protective measure is to only keep important information -- or a copy of important information -- on a USB flash drive, which you can keep on your person, making it harder for others to steal or damage.
As institutions like pension funds have included alternative investments in their portfolios, they have increased the requirements for better information.
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Sophisticated information systems that allow companies to monitor where its information is going, and to restrict access, represent one alternative.
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Armed with this information, corporations can take action to increase efficiency and find alternative solutions to current arrangements with law firms.
Amie Stepanovich, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said law enforcement should not use drones as an alternative to police patrols.
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Malloy said commuters should make plans for alternative travel through the area and urged them to consult the state Department of Transportation website for information.
It said it had appeared the centre was not providing value for money based on information it had about the level of usage, the increase in the range of alternative support, and the choices being made by parents and families.
In partnership with Rainforest Alliance, TIES has also developed an advocacy campaign entitled "Your Travel Choice Makes a Difference, " which is designed to help and empower consumers with helpful information that guides them towards responsible travel choices with detailed recommendations on how to make alternative travel choices, and to avoid leaving negative marks on cultures, economies, and the environment.
Without easy access to information, farmers cannot know what price is fair for their goods, traders have no alternative to buying imports from local sources, doctors rely on ancient technology, voters can make no informed choices.
They provide an alternative, virtual supply chain, one where the costs of creation, marketing, distribution and use of information goods have plummeted to something close to zero.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman William Roth has said if Clinton fails again, he will push for a stripped-down alternative that would focus on industries in which the U.S. has a competitive edge, including information technology.
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