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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 First Impressions: Great Smartphone, But Not A Necessary Upgrade

Edit Inquisitr 05 Aug 2016
“What do you get when you take the curved-screen Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and add a stylus? The Galaxy Note 7, which Samsung unveiled today in New York. Even with its differences, the Note 7’s wraparound screens, 12-megapixel camera, expandable storage and water-resistant coating bring it closer to the S7 series than to last year’s Note 5 (that’s right, there’s no Note 6)....

New deal for Cache Creek casino tribe, others settle union fight

Edit Sacramento Bee 05 Aug 2016
The Brown administration announced casino pacts between the state and several tribes Thursday, including a deal with the tribe that operates Cache Creek Casino Resort in Yolo County and other agreements that could end years of bad blood between some tribes and organized labor ... Unions fiercely opposed the tribes’ Schwarzenegger-era agreements in 2006, saying they did too little to protect workers’ rights....

It’s the summer holidays – and children need time outside

Edit The Guardian 05 Aug 2016
The doing words of today’s children are somewhat different ... In terms of physical activity, the bare minimum for children should be 60 minutes a day ... The National Trust has long spoken of “” as screen time increases and the so-called “radius of activity” shrinks (the area around a child’s home where they are allowed to roam unsupervised has shrunk by over 90% since 1970) ... And I’m all the better for it....

Every DC Movie Villain Ranked, Including ‘Suicide Squad’ (Photos)

Edit The Wrap 05 Aug 2016
Another multi-millionaire whose villainous motivations are centered around the almighty dollar ... The usually serious Tommy Lee Jones certainly brings the camp with one of the more absurd takes on Harvey Dent, though he struggles for attention when sharing screen time with the manic Riddler ... At a time when he was best known for being the emotionless Terminator, Schwarzenegger turned the camp up to twelve in this role ... The Movie”....

Survey: Readers still prefer print books (Shanghai Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
The city's readers still prefer ... Nearly 60 percent of respondents said printed books provide the best reading experience, while only 16.5 percent preferred digital ... About half of the respondents said they spent between 15 to 60 minutes reading every day....

Action sports doc 'Chasing Niagara' explores the zen of running waterfalls

Edit Deseret News 05 Aug 2016
As Ortiz and his friends crash across the movie screen, they tell us about the various ins and outs of kayaking, such as how the exact height of the waterfall will determine whether the rider will toss his paddle away from him along the way for protection, or how the changing shapes of the kayaks themselves have allowed for more daring stunts as the years have gone by....

Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' Teaser Trailer Debuts, But Where's Harry Styles?

Edit Billboard 05 Aug 2016
The minute-long teaser is a series of several wartime vignettes, but features very few familiar faces from the A-list cast, which includes Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh, as well as One Direction alum Harry Styles. ....

Reese Witherspoon In Talks to Star in Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s ‘Home Again’

Edit The Wrap 05 Aug 2016
Reese Witherspoon is in talks for the lead role in “Home Again,” directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap ... Maria Shriver, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Pink Party founder Elyse Walker, and this year's host, Jennifer Garner, arrive at the annual cancer fundraiser at Hangar 8 at the Santa Monica Airport on Saturday night....

First teaser for Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' will have you ducking for cover

Edit Mashable 05 Aug 2016
LOS ANGELES — The first teaser for Christopher Nolan's World War II epic washed up on the shores of the internet on Thursday afternoon — and boy does it look beautiful ... The Dunkirk teaser only lasts a minute, but the suspense is simply gripping. ... Check out the trailer and let ......

Leach, Whitfield named to Providence coaching staff (AHL - American Hockey League)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
He appeared in 70 games at the NHL level with the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Boston Bruins, registering three points, one goal and two assists with 60 penalty minutes ... Whitfield played in 812 games at the AHL level with the Providence Bruins, Peoria Rivermen and Portland Pirates, totaling 247 goals and 349 assists for 596 points with 564 penalty minutes....

EastEnders spoilers: First look at Courtney Mitchell back on Albert Square, but what is she hiding?

Edit Digital Spy 05 Aug 2016
The surprises didn't end there either, as the pair later found a missing Grant sitting helplessly outside the police station ... Read more EastEnders spoilers and news Want up-to-the-minute soaps news and gossip on your social feeds? Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Soaps Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @soapscoop Twitter account....

Amtrak: New locomotives have cut delays nearly 25 percent

Edit Times Free Press 05 Aug 2016
(AP) - The introduction of 70 new locomotives on Amtrak's most heavily traveled line three years ago has contributed to a reduction in engine-related delays of nearly 25 percent, the national passenger railroad said Thursday ... More technologically advanced than the older engines, the ACS-64s feature a dashboard with an electronic screen that can tell an engineer what problems to look for even before they happen, Stadtler said....

Upcoming film seeks to awaken Pancasila spirit through Sukarno speech

Edit The Jakarta Post 05 Aug 2016
A documentary-style historical monologue film on Pancasila (the five principles of the national ideology) is set to be screened in local cinemas on Independence Day on Aug ... The 80-minute film is set on June 1, 1945, where Indonesia’s founding father and first president Sukarno (Tyo Pakusadewo) delivers a speech during a session of the Indonesian Independence Preparation Investigative Assembly (BPUPKI) ... The Jakarta Post....
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