Newstream.com Digest: Photos From Inside the White House, Web Site Launched to Help Depressed Teens, and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 We at Newstream are deeply saddened by Tuesday's tragic events and wish to express our support to the families and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl of those who were affected. We have several items, including photos, which will be of interest to journalists covering this story. -------------------------------------------------- White House Photos from Sept. 11 and 12 The White House has just released photographs of the President, Vice President and national security advisors A National Security Advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. He or she is not usually a member of the cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils. , taken during the course of their discussions and meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 11 and 12. They are available to journalists for free use. Please see the photo captions for details. These photos are courtesy of U.S. Newswire U.S. Newswire is a U.S. national news release wire service established in 1986 and distributes media materials on behalf of a variety of customers particularly the U.S. government and non-profit agencies. U.S. . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3944 -------------------------------------------------- New Web Site Launched to Educate Depressed Teens As teenagers across America go back to school this fall, more than one million of them may be suffering from clinical depression and not getting the help they need. A new Web site launched this week by the Rodwell Dart Memorial Foundation, in cooperation with the Depression and Related Affective Disorders Affective disorders A group of psychiatric conditions, also known as mood disorders, characterized by disturbances of affect, emotion, thinking, and behavior. Association (DRADA DRADA Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association DRADA Double-Stranded RNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminase ) and the Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. School of Medicine, hopes to help, particularly in providing educators with teen-friendly educational tools about clinical depression and bipolar illness. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3935 -------------------------------------------------- AmericaSurvives.org Launches To Offer Citizen Support In Wake Of The Attack On America On the day of this National Day of Prayer & Remembrance to honor and reflect on the tragic Sept. 11, 2001 Attack on America, the nation's first online memorial and citizen forum Web Site was launched. The project is found online at www.americasurvives.org and allows people to freely post their stories, eyewitness accounts, reflections and memorials to those who lost their lives in the tragedy. This free, non-profit online project also includes direct links to news and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3934 -------------------------------------------------- Britain Mourns with America These photos from London show scenes of mourning outside of the American Embassy on Friday, 14 September 2001. Please note credit on photo captions. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3933 -------------------------------------------------- Handspring Introduces Visor Pro and Visor Neo for the Professional and Entry Level Markets Handspring Inc. (Nasdaq:HAND) introduced two additions to its Visor family of handheld computers, Visor Pro and Visor Neo. Visor Pro is a rechargeable, expandable handheld with 16MB of memory -- twice the storage capacity of other Palm OS handhelds, and is available for U.S. $299. Fifty percent faster than Visor Deluxe The Handspring Visor Deluxe is one of the Visor family of PDAs produced by Handspring, Inc. between 1999 and 2004. Visor Deluxe used Palm OS 3.1H running on a 16MHz DragonBall processor, a modified version of the OS from Palm that included an enhanced datebook, a city time , Visor Neo is Handspring's new entry-level, high performance Visor in bright, colorful casings at a great value price of U.S. $199. Both of the new models feature the Springboard expansion slot The SpringBoard Expansion Slot was a versatile expansion slot devised for Handspring's range of Palm OS PDAs. In 1999, the flexibility and expandability possible with SpringBoard modules was unavailable in other handheld computers. , to take advantage of the many additional capabilities offered by Springboard modules. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3940 -------------------------------------------------- Handspring Adds Popular eyemodule2 Digital Camera Springboard Module to Product Line Handspring Inc. (Nasdaq:HAND) announced that it is adding the popular eyemodule2 digital camera to its product line. The eyemodule2 is the latest addition to Handspring's family of Springboard modules. Available for U.S. $199, eyemodule2 provides full VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. imaging capabilities and mini-movies. Handspring is distributing and branding the eyemodule2, which is designed by IDEO. In a separate announcement, Handspring introduced two new Visor handhelds, Visor Neo and Visor Pro. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3939 -------------------------------------------------- Mourning the Victims in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Two new Medialink WirePix photographs from New York City taken on the national day of prayer and remembrance, Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, showing people gathered to mourn and remember the victims of the attacks on America. As always, these are available for free use by journalists. Please note the credits on the photo captions. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3938 -------------------------------------------------- Badge-A-Minit Buttons Show Support for America and Raise Money for Relief Efforts Badge-A-Minit, a button-making company based in Oglesby, Ill., is helping to raise money for relief efforts in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Washington D.C. by donating proceeds from button sales to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. . The company's "United We Stand" buttons, featuring the phrase with a graphic of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. flag, are seeing an increase in demand following the tragic events that unfolded earlier this week. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3937 -------------------------------------------------- PRIMEDIA's IN-New York Magazine Announces Winners of "Hotel Experience Awards" New York area hotel guests have cast their votes for the best of the city's premier lodging establishments in the first annual IN-New York "Hotel Experience Awards." You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3936 -------------------------------------------------- YMCAs Offer Tips on Speaking with Kids About Terrorist Attacks Deeply affected by this week's tragic events in New York and northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. , the nation's YMCAs are providing financial and emotional support through the New York and Washington YMCAs; but are also looking at potential damage at home -- helping children understand the tragedy and reassuring them that they and their loved ones, are safe. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3931 -------------------------------------------------- Park Place Postpones Construction of New Hotel Tower for Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Citing uncertainty created by the slowing economy and travel industry disruption resulting from last week's terrorist attacks, Park Place Entertainment (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PPE PPE (Brit) n abbr (Univ) (= philosophy, politics, and economics) → Studiengang bestehend aus Philosophie, Politologie und Volkswirtschaft PPE n abbr (BRIT ) (SCOL ), the world's largest gaming company, announced today that it will postpone construction of a new 29-story, $475 million hotel tower at Caesars Palace Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Caesars is located on the west side of the Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage. in Las Vegas. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3942 -------------------------------------------------- E Ink Opens World's First Facility Devoted Exclusively To Developing Flexible Transistors For Use In Electronic Displays E Ink Corporation E Ink Corporation is a privately held manufacturer of electrophoretic displays (EPDs), a kind of electronic paper. E Ink is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was founded in 1997 by Joseph Jacobson, a professor in the MIT Media Lab. , the leading developer of electronic ink technology for paper-like displays, today announced the opening of a flexible microelectronics facility in Woburn, Mass. The 9,500 square foot building will house E Ink's Microelectronics Technology Group. The group will develop microelectronics, including flexible transistors, which will enable E Ink to create paper-like display prototypes next year. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3943 -------------------------------------------------- About Newstream.com: Newstream.com is a joint venture of Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and Medialink (www.medialink.com) Newstream.com, staffed by on-line news veterans, is dedicated to providing registered journalists with compelling and timely multimedia content: video, audio, photos, graphics and text from newsmakers in the fields of Technology, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Finance, Entertainment, Consumer News, Sports, Lifestyles, Travel & Tourism and World and Government News. |
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