Saving shows that networks stupidly cancelled has been kind of a thing for the new wave of content creators, like Yahoo famously taking the reins of Community . Now a pre-emptively cancelled midseason replacement for NBC starring Ellie Kemper and created by Tina Fey has been saved by Netflix.
No one likes phones that comes with buggy software, especially not after you’ve spent a couple of hundred to get your hands on one. Well unfortunately it looks like there are some Nexus 6 owners who have bought the phone from AT&T who are currently experiencing software issues. For those hearing about this for the first time, basically the bug is where the phone is turned on and shows a black screen.
It will then fail to connect to service which ultimately leaves the phone useless. It’s a pretty serious bug and not one that customers can sit around and wait for an OTA update, especially since the phone won’t even turn on! Well AT&T has since asked customers to return the phones to them in which they will replace them with working models.
Motorola has also issued a statement to the folks at Re/code confirming that this was indeed an issue and that they had delivered a small batch of Nexus 6 handsets with incorrect software. “The incorrect software prevents the phone from starting up properly. We will provide replacements for consumers whose phones are affected. The problem has been corrected and the phones currently shipping are fine.”
The good news is that it looks like it is only the AT&T models that have been affected by this bug, so if you’re planning on buying the phone from other carriers or directly from Google, you can rest assured that you should not run into these issues yourself.
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There are many Android handsets out there that comes with a built-in LED notification light to inform its user that there are notifications to tend to. Users can customize these LED lights to display different colors to correspond to different notifications, like one color to depict calls, another color for messages, social media, and so on.
In fact the Nexus 5 had such an LED notification, but what about the Nexus 6? Well the good news is that if you were wondering if Google/Motorola had done away with the LED, it does not seem like they have. According to reports, it seems that the LED notification light on the Nexus 6 is tucked away behind the speaker grill at the top of the phone, as you can see in the photo above.
It seems like an odd placement but the LED light manages to shine through. Now here’s the bad news – you will not be able to access it unless you are willing to root your phone. For those who are unfamiliar with the rooting process, this can be a rather daunting task, but for those who have done it before, then this should be no problem.
The rooting instructions can be found on the XDA Developers forum after which you can head on to a different part of the forum where instructions on how to enable the light and choose the different colors can be found. As always remember to backup your phone and make sure to follow the instructions closely and carefully before proceeding.
Nexus 6 Has A Hidden Notification LED, Will Need Root Access , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Google is a massive company and they have their fingers in all sort of pots – music, video, search, productivity, email, robots, self-driving cars, and so on. But are they getting too big? Well according to the European Parliament, it seems that they are thinking that Google is becoming too big for its own good, so much so that they are considering a draft motion that could see Google being split up into multiple companies.
This is according to a report from the Financial Times (paywall; via Android Central) where it seems that the charge is being led by the German representatives. The publication writes, “A vote to effectively single out a big US company for censure is extremely rare in the European parliament and is in part a reflection of how Germany’s politicians have turned against Google this year.”
So what happens should this vote come to pass? Well for starters, nothing. The European Parliament does not actually have the formal power to split up companies, although the motion will no doubt draw the attention of the European Commission which initiates Europe-based legislation.
Given that that European Commission has quite a bit of power, especially when they pressured companies like Google to change the label of free-to-play games and how they levied a fine against Microsoft over their Internet Explorer monopoly.
While Google declined to comment, the article writes that Google does not appear to be too pleased about it, “However, executives at the company are understood to be furious at the political nature of the motion and only became aware of the document in the past couple of days, after an MEP [Member of the European Parliament] contacted Google for advice on its meaning.”
European Parliament Wants To Break Google Up Into Smaller Companies , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
The Fire TV Stick works. That’s about all there is to it. It streams videos from Amazon, Netflix and more. It plays simple games and streams from local network shares. But it’s not for everyone. There are better products on the market for some users. That said, the Fire TV Stick is well worth its $40 price tag. Read More
Consistent effort and focus to the on going endeavors in the building, development and maintenance of lean, active, fat burning muscle has incredible benefits. These are the Robert Reames (“RR”) top eight reasons why:
1. Building and maintenance of lean muscle will boost metabolism, or what I call “the engine of life.” More muscle means more energy (i.e., calories), is expended both during a workout and throughout the course of your day.
2. Fat burning is what I call a “systemic phenomenon.” Your body will burn and or gain fat where ever it has the propensity to do so depending on hormonal profile, genetics, stress, sleep, body composition and other factors.
Hence, the concept of spot reduction is and always was a myth. However, with this systemic phenomenon, if you want to lean out, say your abdominal area, put extra effort into building lower body, which is where you largest, most dense musculature is located. Large muscle group development means more muscle mass overall — thus more energy expended for maintenance throughout the body.
3. Strong muscles are one of the main components of optimum balance and posture. A major component of posture is the strength and strength endurance in all muscles involved to maintain the placement of this optimum posture. Improvements in posture can literally change your appearance instantly just by standing or sitting up taller.
4. Increases integrity, range and functionality of everyday activities (what I call “life-specific” motions), enhancing basic functional movement. Movements like climbing stairs, lifting a box or laundry basket, carrying groceries, dealing with baggage or carry on luggage during travel, picking up your animals and more will all happen for your much more efficiently by consistently maximizing your muscle strength and development.
5. Building muscle helps to define and “sculpt” the body — it gives you “curves.”
6. Strong muscle, strong joints. Weak muscle — joints and joint integrity may be compromised. Building and maintaining optimum muscle mass contributes to the on going strength and integrity of joints and movement as we age.
7. You can eat more! Lean muscle requires more calories to maintain.
8. Gives your body more power and contributes to more endurance and stamina in cardio workouts and in all movement.
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Many have strived to reach the North Pole over the centuries. Explorers set out as early as the 19th century, but faced with dangerous waters and difficult conditions, most were forced to turn back – or died trying.
Finally, in 1926, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen defied the odds by reaching the Pole. He and his U.S. sponsor, Lincoln Ellsworth, made the journey on the airship Norge – which, though Norwegian-owned, was designed and piloted by an Italian, Umberto Nobile. In spite of colossal challenges, success was ultimately attained through international cooperation – combining scientific skill, engineering know-how and financial support from across borders.
Crossing boundaries to surmount great obstacles and strive for great achievements is at the heart of the Fulbright Program. The Program began in the wake of World War II, with an ambitious aim to achieve mutual understanding and foster peace through international educational exchange. Envisioned in 1946 as an innovative way to apply war surplus to promote peace, the program has since engaged more than 360,000 participants. Nearly 70 years later, it sends 8,000 students and scholars to and from the United States annually, in what was described by Senator J. William Fulbright‘s Oxford tutor, Ronald McCallum, as “the greatest movement of scholars across the face of the earth since the fall of Constantinople in 1453.”
As people around the globe observe International Education Week 2014, the new Fulbright Arctic Initiative exemplifies the urgency of international academic cooperation. This interdisciplinary collaborative research program will bring together established experts and specialists from the eight Arctic Council countries to tackle Arctic challenges of global import, including climate change, sustainable water supplies, energy, health, and infrastructure.
The unique approach and immense impact of the Fulbright Program around the globe are often recognized by partner countries. Most recently, the Fulbright Program received Spain’s prestigious 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, given annually for scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work that “constitutes an outstanding contribution at the international level.”
Partner governments around the world recognize and validate Fulbright’s impact by their concrete commitment to fund the Program alongside the U.S. government. Over 30 countries contribute more than a million dollars per year to the Fulbright Program, and six countries contribute more than 5 million dollars annually.
In the current economy, international educational exchange may strike policymakers and taxpayers as an expendable luxury – therefore, an easy budget cut. Upon closer examination however, it is clear that international educational exchange is a high-return investment in global security and development. Fulbright Program alumni are important players in the world forum. They have received 53 Nobel prizes, 80 Pulitzer Prizes, 28 MacArthur Foundation Awards, and 16 U.S. Presidential Medals of Freedom, to name only a few indicators. Fulbright alumni account for 30 current or former heads of state, including Afghanistan’s recently elected President, Ashraf Ghani. Ukraine’s newly appointed government includes Minister of Education and Science and Fulbright alumnus Serhiy Kvit. Those and countless other high achievements by Fulbrighters stem from formative international experiences made possible through a program that permits accomplished and committed students and scholars to broaden their horizons beyond their home environments and to make direct impacts on the world we share.
Senator Fulbright observed that educational exchange is not merely a “nice but marginal” activity, but rather, “from the standpoint of future world peace and order . . . probably the most important and potentially rewarding of our foreign-policy activities.” Indeed, today the strength of the Fulbright Program remains its commitment to immersion through which participants form lasting international connections, gain a deep understanding of other countries and cultures, and work collaboratively to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
The intrepid Arctic explorers of the past knew that facing the challenges of the future – and present – requires a concerted effort and the pooling of resources, intellectual and otherwise, across borders. The 21st century has a new set of challenges as well as many holdovers from the past, but one commonality over the past 70 years has been the commitment of nations participating in the Fulbright Program to create a more peaceful world through the exchange of ideas, skills, and citizens. The Fulbright Program remains one of the best and most internationally respected shared investments in shaping the next generation to meet those challenges.
Co-authored with Grant Cooke
The First Industrial Revolution that arose in England in the late 18th century was a turning point in human history. Until then, draft animals had been the major economic power source. Then James Watt, an English mechanical engineer, changed everything when he redesigned and improved the steam engine. Watt’s creative insight, allowed Great Britain to led the revolution in machine-based manufacturing.
The Second Industrial Revolution started in the U.S. around the end of the 19th century. America developed the beginnings of a domestic oil industry and coupled that volatile fuel with the tremendous power of the internal combustion engine. Together they powered a previously unimaginable world of machines and personal transportation. Thomas Edison with his electricity and then Alexander Graham Bell with the telephone revolutionized the daily lives of ordinary people and led to telecommunication centers, huge data server farms and complex electrical networks, all of which required vast amounts of energy.
Since the First Industrial Revolution, the planet has been getting hotter and smokier, and more crowded, creating severe environmental consequences. Each day, precious resources get scarcer. Today there are 7 billion people living on the planet, and by 2053, the UN predicts that there will be 10 billion people. Compounding the problems is the rise of a middle class in developing nations. People in emerging nations want to get out of poverty. They want the things that developed nations have–nice clothes, nutritious food (including animal protein for their children), and large, air-conditioned, electrified homes as well as education and a future for themselves and their children. They also want the things that most citizens of developed nations take for granted: washing machines, cell phones, refrigerators, televisions, and cars.
Add it up, and the world will soon be resource-constricted, particularly since the planet is running out of fossil fuels. We are reaching a tipping point with our fragile planet, and how the world responds, or does not respond, to climate change will have an unprecedented impact on the course of human history. This is exactly what prompted the agreement between US President Obama and PRC (China) President XI in mid-November to “collaborate” and work together on reducing each countries carbon emissions.
With China’s emissions and pollution now making it the top nation (over-taking
the US) as the world leader in greenhouse gases (GHG), the impact on the health of every person in China, especially the nation’s Capital, Beijing, was both remarkable and costly in terms of human health and the environment. The rapid building there and around the country, over the last decade, moved China into recognizing the need to stop GHG as well as revising pollution. The cost in health, lives and the environment forced a difference in the PRC National Government which took office and then implemented plans with funds and financing in 2012.
The issue is that there is a cost to reducing GHG as it also means stopping the nation and local dependence on fossil fuels. For China that means moving off of its historical dependence on coal to other lower emission fossil fuels and even nuclear power. Unfortunately, that change in energy resources mean that China would need to get natural gas from Russia (a major problem for them for economic, security and infrastructure reasons such as pipelines) and also Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sent by ships primarily from Australia. But fortunately, there is global evidence that a new era driven by sustainable green energy generation, innovative smart green technologies, and public sensitivity toward the environment has emerged. It started in Asia in the 1980s and then the Nordic Countries in the 1990s as well as then with Germany leading at the turn of the 21st Century.
We are calling this new industrial and hence economic era the Green Industrial Revolution, or GIR for short. The GIR has already proven to be viable, economic and successful in Japan, Korea and the Nordic countries where it has gone well beyond the First Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the Second Industrial Revolution of the 20th century and what some call the Third Industrial Revolution at the turn of the 21st Century. The Green Industrial Revolution has replaced the carbon-generated and even nuclear power infrastructures with renewable energy, storage system technologies, and smart green on-site distributed grids.
Prompted by the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970s, the Green Industrial Revolution started to emerge at the end of the 20th century. Initially proclaimed as occurring in northern Europe, it actually began in Japan and South Korea before it emerged in Europe.
As a small and densely populated island nation of 130 million people, Japan has a tradition for the need of energy, but with “no waste” that dates back to the Middle Ages. By the 1980s, Japan and South Korea were concerned with the need to become energy independent and secure. As a result, they developed national policies and programs to reduce their growing dependency on foreign fuels. By the beginning of the 21st century, China had leapfrogged the USA into this new era, driven by unprecedented economic growth and development, urbanization and infrastructure needs.
In northern Europe, the Green Industrial Revolution received a big push from Germany’s Energiewende and its feed-in-tariff (FiT) program. Germany became the number one producer and installer of solar panels for homes, offices, and large open areas from 2006-09. In 2010, Italy then took the FiT concept into its economic and culture so that it held the distinction of world leader in solar panel installation. China took the lead in 2011 and continues as the number one solar panel and photovoltaic manufacturer and installer. Japan is now leading in auto manufacturing, jumping ahead of the competition with its hybrids.
The Green Industrial Revolution, with its extraordinary new technologies and promise of thousands of new green jobs, is trying to come to America. It is hampered by the lack of a national energy policy, and a political process that is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. Big Oil and now Natural Gas, which calls itself “clean energy”, have been America’s “elephant-in-the room” for over a hundred years, exploiting the nation’s resources, pushing the country into a dependence on foreign oil producers who are politically destabilizing, and not aligned with our national interests.
The natural gas industry sees the rise and commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell cars from all the auto manufacturers around the world as its future. The industry anticipates being “selected” as the primarily source for hydrogen to refuel the thousands of hydrogen-powered cars predicted to be on the roads, starting with California and other areas of the US in 2015. A recent biding process in California awarded 20 out of 25 hydrogen refueling stations to one natural gas company. And Yes. There are ethical and conflict of interest issues in this process and the one company selected. These companies have “influenced” decisions made on the refueling stations as they know that these stations will need to be paid for over decades and make the consumers of all transportation systems dependent upon them: drilling, processing, pumping (pipelines and trains) as well as reforming into hydrogen energy for vehicles.
A new era of sustainability and carbonless energy generation is here now. The push , public policy, economics and technologies for renewable energy with a carbonless lifestyle will become history’s largest social and economic megatrend. The potential of extraordinary benefits in the form of economic revival, innovation, emerging technologies, and significant job growth for those nations capable of fast entry is here today. Developing nations know this. Developed ones, like the US are still trapped in the Second and Third Industrial Revolutions. Indeed, the world has changed.
It being the day after Joe Biden’s birthday, one imagines he spent it apologizing and making assurances that he’ll never touch Wild Turkey again. John Boehner said the president “sabotaged” his relationship with Congress, though didn’t add if any wells had been poisoned. And Al Franken is targeting Uber. We don’t think a newly detailed Acura and complimentary water bottle will make him change his tune. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Friday, November 21st, 2014:
BENGHAZI ANSWERS! – But, but, but… AP: “A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees. Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation of the politically charged incident determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, intelligence about who carried it out and why was contradictory, the report found. That led Susan Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to inaccurately assert that the attack had evolved from a protest, when in fact there had been no protest. But it was intelligence analysts, not political appointees, who made the wrong call, the committee found. The report did not conclude that Rice or any other government official acted in bad faith or intentionally misled the American people.” [AP]
OBAMA DEFENDS IMMIGRATION ACTION – Politico: “President Barack Obama on Friday kicked off his sales pitch for the executive actions he unveiled on Thursday night by traveling to the same high school where he began his push for immigration reform nearly two years ago. But even after introducing the most sweeping relief to undocumented immigrants in decades, Obama was briefly derailed by a protester arguing that the president had not gone far enough. ‘I’ve heard you and what I’m saying to you is, we’re still going to have to pass a bill,’ Obama said to a young man whose shouts were drowned out by supportive chants from the audience surrounding him at Del Sol High School. ‘This is just a first step.’ Yet he still painted his actions as dramatic. ‘Our immigration system has been broken for a very long time, and everybody knows it,’ he said. ‘For years we haven’t done much about it. Well, today, we’re doing something about it.’” [Politico]
BOEHNER WILL FIGHT YOUR IMMIGRANTS ON THE BEACHES, ON THE LANDING GROUNDS, IN THE HILLS AND IN THE STREETS – He’s not happy. Mike McAuliff: “House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed Friday to push back against President Barack Obama’s executive action shielding up to 5 million unauthorized immigrants from deportation, accusing him of sabotaging any chances of comprehensive legislative action to reform the immigration system. The president announced Thursday his intentions to shield from deportation up to 4 million parents of American citizens and up to 1 million other people who live in the United States without proper documentation, prompting howls of rage from Republicans. Boehner said he would not stand by and let Obama accomplish his plan, but did not say how or when. ‘With this action, the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reforms that he claims to seek. And as I told the president yesterday, he’s damaging the presidency itself,’ Boehner said in a news conference outside his Capitol Hill office.” [HuffPost]
ENZI, SESSIONS FACING DOWN OVER BUDGET GAVEL – Fight! Fight! Fight! The Hill: “Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) will seek the Senate Budget gavel for the next Congress, his aide announced Friday, igniting a showdown with fellow Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). ‘Under the Republican Conference rules, he has seniority for the post and it is Senator Sessions that is challenging him, not the other way around,’ Enzi’s press secretary Daniel Head said in a statement. Enzi’s decision to throw himself into the budget race is bound to ignite a fierce battle over the gavel. Sessions had been positioning himself to be the panel’s chairman and delivered a keynote speech on his priorities at a budget conference the first day of the lame-duck session. A request for comment from Sessions’ office was not immediately returned. Enzi’s seniority could help him, however, during the committee elections that are expected to happen January.” [The Hill]
Tom Coburn said there would be riots if President Obama issued an executive order on immigration. There weren’t any.
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REPUBLICANS UNSURE HOW TO DEAL WITH FILIBUSTERS – Jen Bendery: “Some Republicans have strong feelings on the need to revert to the 60-vote threshold, in the name of fostering bipartisanship and restoring collegiality. ‘I’ve always been an advocate to go back to the way it was before,’ said Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.). ‘I’m going to be strongly backing [Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s] effort to return the Senate to regular order,’ said Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who complained about Democratic leaders preventing debate on legislation as well as nominees…others said Democrats should have to experience being in the minority under the rules change that they made. ‘Personally, I think we ought to stay right where we are,’ said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). ‘My view at the time they did it was, if this rule changes, it’s likely never to revert back to where it was,’ said Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). ‘We’ll have to see.’” [HuffPost]
GOP FINALLY GETS AROUND TO OBAMACARE LAWSUIT – Roll Call: “Four months after the chamber authorized a lawsuit against President Barack Obama — and on the third try with an attorney after the first two lawyers bailed — the GOP-controlled House has formally filed its case, Speaker John A. Boehner announced Friday. ‘Time after time, the president has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and re-write federal law on his own without a vote of Congress,’ the Ohio Republican said in a statement. ‘That’s not the way our system of government was designed to work. ‘If this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well. The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution, and that is exactly why we are pursuing this course of action,’ Boehner said.” [Roll Call]
AL FRANKEN TAKING ON UBER – Emil Michael is quickly becoming the Joe Francis of the tech world. Bloomberg: “Two weeks after he easily secured a second term, Minnesota Senator Al Franken is plunging into the scrum of journalists, investors, and technologists now questioning the ride-share company Uber. In a letter sent Wednesday to Uber’s chief technological officer, Travis Kalanick, Franken asks about the news, broken by BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith, that Uber senior vice president Emil Michael speculated about paying to dig up dirt on reporters covering the company. Franken pulls the same thread that BuzzFeed and the tech media have pulled all week, asking questions about Uber’s omniscient data knowledge…Franken concludes by saying that he expects answers to his questions by Dec. 15. (In an email Thursday, Uber spokeswoman Natalia Montalvo said the company will “be responding to Sen. Franken’s questions in the coming weeks.”) The timing underscores his problem: As a member of the expiring Democratic majority, Franken is losing his gavel in the Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee of Senate Judiciary.” [Bloomberg]
BECAUSE YOU’VE READ THIS FAR – Here are some goats standing on things .
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IGNORANT: YOUNG PEOPLE – Ariel Edwards-Levy: “Young Americans aren’t just less likely to vote than their older compatriots. They’re also less likely to believe that everyone should cast a ballot, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Most Americans age 45 and over say everyone should vote, according to the survey. But people under 30 are more than twice as likely to say that only the well-informed should cast a ballot as they are to say that all eligible citizens should do so. ‘The results don’t startle me,’ said Peter Levine, director of Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. ‘I’ve often encountered young people who say that the reason they don’t think they personally should vote is they’re not well-informed, and they take that as kind of a moral position that they’re not really qualified to vote.’ Exit polls show that those young Americans who did vote this year reported paying a significant amount of attention to the election.” [HuffPost]
COMFORT FOOD
– “The Big F*cking Joe Biden Calendar,” a calendar for all you Joe Biden fans.
– “Wet Hot American Summer” as a Scorsese film.
– Forgotify is a web app that only plays music from Spotify that’s never been played
– Fans of poop rejoice: there’s a website that geotags all of San Francisco’s waste complaints
TWITTERAMA
@LOLGOP: But remember, the guys who’ve never told the truth about Benghazi or anything are very upset about the ethics of how the ACA passed.
@SimonMaloy:
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