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Keith Olbermann’s Current TV Job: More Control. The Lone Star State has led a surprisingly progressive overhaul of its incarceration system. The story behind the bipartisan push that GOP contenders may be extolling come 2016. It appears Rick Perry is going to run for president again in 2016. Perry, 65, will leave the governor’s office next January after serving for 14 years, beginning in 2000, when George W. Bush resigned to prepare for the presidency. In recent months, Perry has appeared in both Iowa and South Carolina. At South by South West in Austin last month, Perry told Jimmy Kimmel “America is a great place for second chances.” As he creeps back onto the national stage, Perry—who has overseen the executions of 268 people—more executions than any other governor in United States history—has brought with him an unlikely Lone Star State success story: prison reform.

The conservative movement to reform prisons is not new. The Dean of the Texas State Senate, John Whitmire, is one of the architects of prison reform in the state. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways live. Think Vitamin - A blog for web designers and developers. Free email newsletter service | TinyLetter. Starting A Personal Newsletter. New Parkinson's Treatment Hopeful For Motor Control. Breaking News, Current Events, Latest News and World Events at allvoices.com.

Pico-Tesla Aides Fibromyalgia. Low magnetic therapy possible new treatment The Magneceutical® company announces Pico-Tesla is now in its randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled pilot study, consisting of thirty patients with fibromyalgia. This study is to determine if administration of magnetic fields produced by Pico-Tesla's Resonator™ system can be efficient as an additional therapy to oral medications in alleviating the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Coordinator of the study, Dr. Miguel Trevino, Medical Director, Innovative Research of West Florida, Clearwater, Florida.

Dr. Trevino has certification for the practice of medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Innovative Research is a leading Clinical Research site. Allen Braswell, CEO of Pico-Tesla, states that they are excited about the expansion of clinical indications for Magneceutical® Therapy for fibromyalgia patients. Fibromyalgia is a common and complicated chronic pain disorder which affects people physically, mentally and socially. Chiropractic. Risotto aux gambas - CUISINE TV.

Nokia E7 phone finally hitting stores this week | Wireless. The smartphone that Nokia has been touting as its new "flagship" business model will finally reach consumers this week. Following its unveiling last September and a long delay coming to market, the E7 will have a small, initial launch in the next few days, with a broader launch to follow soon, Nokia announced today. Nokia's announcement was mum on a number of launch details.

However, a Nokia representative told CNET that the E7 will be released first in Finland, the company's home turf. She could not provide names of any other countries, just saying that broader availability is expected by month's end. The E7 costs 495 euros ($674). Initally scheduled to debut in December, Nokia told CNET at the time that the company decided to delay launch "to ensure the best possible user experience on the Nokia E7. " Although still the world's leading mobile phone maker, Nokia has watched its dominance slowly slip over the past couple of years. Nokia's conundrum: How much pain ahead for an OS switch? Nokia on Friday is widely expected to announce some sort of new mobile operating system strategy. At first, it appeared that Nokia was going to take the Android plunge. Then, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 entered the picture.

What all this talk misses is how Nokia will have to sit out the smartphone race to retool. Should Nokia decide to joint an app ecosystem instead of build one---something that looks increasingly likely---it will face the following issues: How long will Nokia take to come out with new Windows Phone 7/Android phones? Simply put, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop can have a master plan, but the execution of it will remain tricky. Can Nokia handle a new strategy, management team and operating system? In a blog post from 2007, Palm said: With the launch of our first Windows Mobile product back in early 2006, it's now common knowledge that Palm has two OS platforms (Palm and WinMo). We know how that multiple OS strategy turned out for Palm. Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron said: Related:

Join.me – Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings. Join.me review. Join.me is a collaborative working tool that is ridiculously simple to use. Updated 21 October 2010. According to research from Forrester, 4 percent of people use some kind of screen-sharing on a daily basis at work. The same research suggests that as many as 50 percent of people could benefit from such collaboration. In the creative industries, for instance, being able to quickly show someone what you're working on direct from your desktop is a potential time- and money-saver. Enter Join.me. Join.me offers free online meetings for both personal and commercial use to up to 250 participants – no registration, plug-ins or accounts required.

From the makers of LogMeIn and LogMeIn Ignition, Join.me is a web browser-based tool that allows you to share your PC's screen with anyone who has access to the web. Via a single click on the Join.me interface you can VoIP or IM your collaborater. Security is handled by 256-bit encryption, so no-one can hack in to your sharing session. Researchers use iPhone accelerometer to diagnose Parkinson's disease tremor, test remote diagnosis potential | iMedicalApps. Researchers at UCLA have published an article titled “Implementation of an iPhone for characterizing Parkinson’s disease tremor through a wireless accelerometer application” in “Conference Proceedings: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society”.

The researchers used an iPhone 3G and a customized application to display how the characteristic Parkinson’s tremor can be diagnosed remotely using the accelerometer of the iPhone. They showed how an app could collect data from an iPhone’s accelerometer, which could then be sent via e-mail to a remote location for interpretation of a particular tremor — a proof of concept for telemedicine, one of the reasons the study was conducted. Parkinson’s has four key characteristics: A distinct 4 to 6 Hz tremor at rest, cogwheel rigidity or increased tone, hypokinesia, and abnormal gait or posture. The tremor at rest can sometimes be the first indicator of Parkinson’s disease. Source: Lemoyne R, Mastroianni T, Cozza M, Coroian C, Grundfest W. Galaxy. Cool Websites and Tools [February 7th] « MakeUseOf.com. Keith Olbermann Move to Current TV Expected.

Current TV. Current TV was an American television channel from August 1, 2005 to August 20, 2013. Al Gore, Joel Hyatt, and Ronald Burkle each held a sizable stake in Current, and Comcast and DirecTV each held a smaller stake.[1] The channel started out as a user-generated content channel with content made by viewers in 15 minute blocks. The channel later switched formats to become an independent news network aimed at progressive politics. Neither format brought the success that Gore and Hyatt wanted which after multiple alterations in programming resulted in them selling the channel.

History[edit] 2002-2006: Launch[edit] After the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Gore and Hyatt wanted to start a conventional cable news network. On April 4, 2005, the former vice president and business partner Hyatt announced that they had changed the name of the network from INdTV to Current. 2006–2008: Expansion and Yahoo! On September 20, 2006, Current TV started a short-lived partnership with Yahoo! Olbermann's New Job---on Current TV!?!? // Current. To Our Faithful Current.com Users: Current's run has ended after eight exciting years on air and online.

The Current TV staff has appreciated your interest, support, participation and unflagging loyalty over the years. Your contributions helped make Current.com a vibrant place for discussing thousands of interesting stories, and your continued viewership motivated us to keep innovating and find new ways to reflect the voice of the people. We now welcome the on-air and digital presence of Al Jazeera America, a new news network committed to reporting on and investigating real stories affecting the lives of everyday Americans in every corner of the country. You can keep up with what's new on Al Jazeera America and see this new brand of journalism for yourself at Thank you for inspiring and challenging us.

. – The Current TV Staff.