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Study supports idea of 'suicide contagion,' especially in 12 and 13 year olds Youth who had a schoolmate die by suicide are significantly more likely to consider or attempt suicide, according to a study in published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). This effect can last 2 years or more, which has implications for strategies following schoolmate suicides. "We found that exposure to suicide predicts suicidality," writes senior author Dr. Ian Colman, Canada Research Chair in...
Personalized sharing options let listeners publish to new music section for timeline OAKLAND, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading internet radio service, today announced it is making it easier than ever for more than 200 million registered users to discover and share music they love with friends, by extending its partnership with Facebook through a new Timeline App. The enhanced sharing capability makes the Pandora social experience even more...
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) today announced that Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the third annual Nomura U.S. Media & Telecom Summit on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at approximately 3:00 p.m. (ET). A live webcast of Mr. Dauman's question-and-answer session will be available to the general public through a link on the Investor Relations homepage of Viacom's...
CARSON CITY, Nev., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xumanii(TM) ("Xumanii" or the "Company") (OTCQB: XUII) (OTC Pink: XUII), a company that has developed proprietary technology capable of broadcasting live events in HD wirelessly from multiple cameras at events for an extremely low production cost announces today that it has appointed Ms. Roe Williams as Consultant Head of Corporate Ad Sales. Through her role at KWL Enterprises Ms. Williams currently manages artists such as Grammy...
Featuring HELLO TOUCH Wearable Vibrator SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Jimmyjane, the design-centric brand with a sexy twist, was founded to offer a more approachable option of pleasure products previously unavailable. Through modern aesthetic and approachable designs the company has made great strides to bring the pleasure product category to mainstream crossover. This month, Jimmyjane continued to break down barriers, when their HELLO TOUCH and LITTLE CHROMA...
New performance DVD and CD to raise awareness and funds for Chandler, Arizona school LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new initiative focused on raising awareness for school music funding titled "Rise Up Project" (www.riseupproject.org) has united the Chandler, Arizona school Bright Beginnings with the Los Angeles-based Cavalier Artist Group to produce a performance DVD and CD. The performance features over 400 children singing in a large group concert. "We needed to...
CHICAGO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For A Cause announces Walk The World (www.awalkaroundtheworld.org) a three-day walkathon, supporting Breast Cancer and other causes, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, November 14-18, 2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/PH18434 ) Over the course of three days, Breast Cancer walkers will hit the sidewalks and walkways of the Walt Disney World Resort, averaging more than 10 miles a day, following a suggested journey...
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban artists affiliated with hip hop culture are notorious for getting caught up in all sorts of problems. Yalee, is a talented new star featured on LuvAndHipHop.com who is creating the types of problems any new artist would love to have. Though Yalee, who is 22 years old openly admits to getting females under the legal drinking age drunk, he says he does so without the use of drugs or alcohol. "For me it's all about a natural high and because...
Author's riveting story of relationships will be featured at this year's American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL on June 29 - July 1 SAN ANTONIO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- What would it take to overcome a conflict in love and family relationships? Author James Exparza shares his Bold Venture in the pages of this new novel. A story of romance, conflict resolution and family relationships, this follows a man's journey from a settlement of a messy divorce with...
Assemble the Minions! All-New Line of Merchandise, from Action Figures to Fart Blasters, Based on the Upcoming Film Available First at The World's Greatest Toy Store® WAYNE, N.J., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toys inspired by the highly anticipated 3D-CG comedy adventure film Despicable Me 2 from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have made their debut at Toys"R"Us(®) stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com. Through May, The World's Greatest Toy Store(®) is the...
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The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
The Kindle Fire HD is the second generation of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It comes in three versions, the 7 inch, and the 8.9 inch touch screens, and a 4G version. They were released on September 14, 2012 in the 7-inch, November 16, 2012 in the 8.9-inch, and a 8.9-inch 4G enabled version released on November 18, 2012. The 7-inch and the 8.9-inch have 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage and the 8.9-inch 4G LTE has 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. It has a front facing camera for photo capture, and...
Image Credit: Photos.com A podcast is digital media in a series of related content that is downloaded by a subscription through web syndication or streamed online onto either a computer or mobile device. The word podcast was derived from the terms “broadcast” and “pod,” by the success of the iPod. Most podcasts are streamed or downloaded onto mobile devices such as smartphones and the iPod. The podcast is media transferred to a user’s device, similar to a radio or TV broadcast....
Image Caption: This icon, known as the "feed icon" or the "RSS icon", was introduced in Mozilla Firefox in order to indicate a web feed was present on a particular web page that could be used in conjunction with the Live bookmarks function. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and some other browsers have adopted the icon in order to promote a de facto standard. Credit: Mozilla/Wikipedia A web feed is a data format that provides the user with regularly updated content. It is also...
Image Credit: Photos.com A blog is a written discussion or information posted on a website over the Internet. The blog is posted with the most recent one first, dealing with any subject or topic within the constraints of the website administrator. Before 2009 most blogs were written by an individual or small group of people. Today, most websites use multi-author blogs (MABs) where a large number of authors write and submit content which is edited professionally. Information gathered for...
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