| AFORE, Cavium and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Deliver Carrier Grade ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- AFORE Solutions, Inc., Cavium Networks, and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, leaders in the embedded computing industry, today announced their joint effort to deliver a Carrier Grade Ethernet (CGE) platform to provide the reliability and dependability of SONET transport networks for CGE. A live demonstration at the AdvancedTCA Summit, October 16 - 18, allows participants to view this hardware and software solution providing CGE on a packet processor AdvancedMC/MicroTCA platform. AFORE InterPort(TM) software has been ported to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Telum(TM) NPA-3804 AdvancedMC modules which utilize Cavium Octeon(TM)-based multi-core packet processors. The Telum NPA-3804 AdvancedMCs plug directly into the MicroTCA backplanes of GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' MP-2000 Modular Platforms.
PM wants mandatory sentences for 'serious' drug crimes
Allan in Kamloops hits the nail right on the head. This is no more than a pre-election rally for the Conservatives. It seemed to work pretty well in the U.S. with their "Get tough on drugs" campaign. Mini-Bush is trying to rake in a few more votes. .
LI KIDS: Hooked on books
But girls like to be inside a character's head, so they enjoy fiction. Letting boys and girls choose the type of book they want to read empowers them and doesn't feel like something they have to do. The book doesn't have to be your favorite thing."
In fact, if your child is resisting reading, try avoiding any judgments about their reading choices, says Renee McGrath, youth services manager for the Nassau Library System.
"Here's where you can try series books like 'Gossip Girl,' James Patterson's 'Maximum Ride' or 'Net Force' by Tom Clancy. Biographies about notorious criminals and killers, problem [or issue] novels and slim books about sports figures and celebrities may work as well," she says. "These books have the power to engage and excite teens who would otherwise not read anything."
Expand the definition
Scieszka believes the traditional definition of reading needs to be expanded to include nonfiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure and Web content.
Massive SGI Systems Join Top 500 List
RENO, Nev., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Just months after its introduction by SGI (NASDAQ: SGIC) , several new clusters incorporating the new SGI(R) Altix(R) ICE blade platform appear prominently on Top 500's latest ranking of the most powerful computers on Earth. The Top 500 list was announced today at Supercomputing 2007. Among the latest entrants: These multiple appearances by Altix ICE on the Top 500 list after only four months of availability are a testament to the "power up and go" architecture of Altix ICE. Fully integrated, factory tested, and pre-installed with a software stack featuring the SGI(R) Tempo management tool, SGI Altix ICE is built for fast deployment even for high-performance computing (HPC) installations that scale to thousands of processors.
Neonatal Care: Better Access To Cool Caps Improves Outcomes, Lowers ...
ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2008) When newborns suffering from a form of asphyxia at birth have better access to head cooling devices, fewer will face a lifetime of debilitating and costly health complications, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). .
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