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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new research study at Concordia University indicates that for kids growing up in bilingual homes, language mixing can present short-term challenges for language acquisition and long-term benefits for cognition. In the project, the scientists discovered that bilingual parents often participate in language mixing, where elements from two languages are found in the same sentence. The team of investigators found that language mixing...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online From songbirds to humans, many animals use complex vocalizations to communicate amongst their own species, and a new study from the University of Zurich found that even the monosyllabic calls of the banded mongoose are structured and similar to our own speech. The biologists’ report in the latest edition of the open access journal BMC Biology is the first to show animals communicating with sound units shorter than a syllable....

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an article recently released on SPORTS WITH SCHWARTZ, sports media personalities Steven P. Schwartz and Glen Adams seek out the next Rudy Ruettiger and find him in the huddle with Peyton Manning! "The College football bowl season is here and everyone is cashing in, everyone except the kids on your favorite college team. So while the colleges, the coaches, the sponsors and the host cities are all cashing in, the kids are relegated to a steak...

Users can create and exchange interactive Christmas greetings in real-time with Twiize while speaking with friends and family. Tel Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 Twiize (http://www.twiize.com), the new “visual call enhancer” app, today announced the launch of an unforgettable Christmas messaging feature that enables people to create, personalize, and instantly exchange beautiful Christmas greetings and images on their phones while talking to friends and family. Twiize takes...

Christmas ecard provider suggests that it's the beginning of the end for the paper Christmas card industry because of the rise of social media and the increasing popularity of the ecard. (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 Katie’s Cards, UK ecard provider, today announced that the growing use of Christmas ecards and social media networks may be signalling the beginning of the end for the paper Christmas card. Katie’s Cards have recently reached record-breaking numbers of membership...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doozy Cards invites you to deck the halls and the inboxes of your friends and family with their heartfelt and hilarious new Christmas eCards. Featuring original animation from the creative elves at Doozy, these holiday eCards will have you and your loved ones laughing all the way home this Christmas season. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121219/LA32111) Unlike generic greetings sometimes sent this time of year, Doozy's clever...

Verbal Fusion provides transcription services for countless clients worldwide. Recognizing an increased need for both same-day delivery and virtual note takers sparked the idea for the company’s new service, Same-Day Notes, which launched earlier this fall. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Verbal Fusion, a leading global provider of transcription services, now offers same-day note-taking services for interviews, meetings, focus groups, and more. Verbal Fusion is unique in that it...

2012 Boasted biggest debuts in company history Austin, TX (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Photodex, a leading provider of photo and video slideshow tools for consumers and photographers, today announced that it is celebrating its twenty-fifth year in business. Over the last twenty-five years Photodex has grown phenomenally and developed ground-breaking tools that have helped millions of people across the world turn their photos and video clips into compelling stories and shareable memories. It...

TORONTO, Dec. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - FEATURES Freedom of Expression Daniel Henry on lack of camera and electronic access to courts: 'It's just not good enough' Media lawyer Daniel Henry has been honoured by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression with the 2012 Vox Libera award. In his acceptance speech, he called for journalists to keep pressing for camera access in court, saying that when journalists - and by virtue, the public - are denied access to courts electronically, it...

TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - FEATURES Ethics The intersection of politics, local news and the idea of journalists acting as citizens: Jill Winzoski's firing The story of Jill Winzoski's firing is a she-said, they-won't-say kind of story. So where does the blame lie? Alex Posadzki gets the former Selkirk Record reporter's side of the story and the opinion of a few ethics experts on the dos and don'ts of journalists expressing themselves as citizens and the role of publications...