They would rather keep the aerial rescue platform and fire appliances separate, he said.

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At the height of the fire, crews from 10 fire engines and an aerial ladder platform tackled the fire, with warnings given about smoke affecting neighbouring properties.

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And, where there is public spectacle, there is Twitter, the rapid-fire platform where the world's online social critics record their musings.

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These benchmarks make the Sun Fire servers the leading platform for Java applications, said Steve Campbell, director of enterprise systems and product marketing in the Systems Product Group at Sun.

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The vast app selection, including Netflix and Hulu Plus, which compete with Amazon for streaming, certainly makes the Kindle Fire a much more attractive platform.

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Every few weeks the freighter will fire its thrusters to accelerate the platform, taking it higher into the sky.

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Announcing content agreements with Kevin Smith, ABC, and MGM (for UK and Ireland) and platform advancements, including availability on Amazon Kindle Fire and the Nook and an improved Android tablet experience (with promises of iPad upgrades soon), has my colleagues getting bullish on NFLX stock.

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It lives on in the Cross of Steel made from the World Trade Center beams, placed on a Pentagon-shaped platform that rests proudly outside the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department. (Applause.) That Cross of Steel is an enduring symbol of the steel and the spine of this region, and the spine of this country.

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The spokeswoman said six fire engines had attended the fire, as well as an aerial platform, with about 45 firefighters.

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The QlikView platform is designed to be flexible, according to QlikTech's David Bolton, and the way the Amsterdam fire service have been using it is unique in several ways.

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The all-new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD are coming to the UK, backed by Amazon's Vast Content Ecosystem and Cross-Platform Interoperability.

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