If a smaller unit was looking after a very sick baby, it was transferred to one which could provide a higher level of care through the network of units, the researchers found.

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It will be interesting to see how Mightybell fares, since it is one of the more immersive takes on the social network and relies on a certain level of devotion among its membership.

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Hugh Jaegar, of the campaign group Railfuture, said Ufton Nervet was not one of the most dangerous of the country's 7, 000 level crossings, but that Network Rail was not acting fast enough to improve its safety.

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Level 3, one of the biggest owners of fiber-optic cables, recently bought part of Savvis' network business, making it perhaps Akamai's closest rival.

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