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Such facts may be relevant for the occasional reader, but for genuine bookworms, they’re not. Ereaders including the Kindle Paperwhite are designed to do just one job, and do it well. There’s really no comparison between an E Ink screen and a tablet’s LCD screen when it comes to long periods of reading. The Paperwhite’s E Ink screen may have just 16 shades of grey to render text and images, but it’s the closest thing to a real book and remains easy to read even in direct sunlight....

WorkingWell is a part of the tech giant’s plan of becoming “Earth’s Safest Place to Work” and should help the company succeed in lowering the incident rates by 50 percent by 2025. WorkingWell consists of several components that, according to the source, cover “training and conditioning, wellness services, and technology.” The program includes an element called Heath & Safety Huddles, which provides the company’s workers with daily opportunities to meet near work stations and watch educational videos on topics like gripping and handling, nutrition, and more....

A 2-2 draw at Newcastle United, who twice came from behind on Saturday, saw Pep Guardiola’s champions fail to win for the fifth time in 14 league fixtures. Liverpool, by contrast, have dropped only two points and a subsequent 2-1 home win for the Reds over Brighton and Hove Albion boosted their already considerable advantage over City. Guardiola has urged his side to stop thinking about the title race and instead divert all their energy into claiming victories in each individual game....

Players get a one in 20 chance to win the podium vehicle in GTA Online and most of the time, the vehicles are high-end cars. This week’s Podium vehicle is the Lampadati Michelli GT and it’s a sports classic car. With the Los Santos Tuners update in action, it could be the classic car that some players are looking to mod. All you need to know about this week’s GTA Online Casino Podium vehicle, the Lampadati Michelli GT The vehicle sales business in GTA Online, Southern San Andreas Super Autos, describes the car:...

Attorneys for the woman, a current Oregon student who is refered to in the documents as “Jane Doe,” filed the 18-page civil complaint in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Ore., on Tuesday. Among the allegations listed as cause for the suit is a claim that Altman had prior knowledge of Providence transfer Brandon Austin’s suspension for a previous sexual assault allegation. The woman is suing Oregon over Title IX violations....

From Invincible to Intolerable: Why Arsenal fans want Wenger out Pjaca came off the bench to break his duck for Juve and put them ahead in the 72nd minute against 10-man Porto - who had Alex Telles sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession in the 27th minute - by lashing into the bottom-left corner. His fellow substitute Dani Alves made it 2-0 two minutes later, giving Juve a commanding advantage going into the return leg in Turin on March 14....

Iverson took the time to reach out to Lue via Twitter on Friday after learning that his one-time adversary was promoted to Cavs head coach following the firing of David Blatt. MORE: Five NBA teams with massive holes to fill | David Blatt a victim of star power no college coach deals with Of course, the two men were on opposite sides of one of the most famous NBA moments of this millennium....

The boy had been out on a boat ride with his family on Lake Maurepas when they stopped to swim at a sandbar outside of the Tickfaw River, WAFB reported. Shortly after they began swimming, the boy’s mother, Tiffany Cressione, heard him screaming. Cressione told WAFB that her husband picked the boy up not knowing what had happened. The boy was pulled into the boat and Cressione saw an alligator lurking behind them....

Almirola took the lead in overtime and held on for the victory at the 1000Bulbs.com 500. Clint Bowyer placed second while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished in third. The win was Almirola’s first of 2018 and guarantees him a spot in the next round of the NASCAR playoffs. “I’ve been so close so many times this year,” Almirola told NBCS after the race. “Four or five times this year I feel like we had a shot to win and haven’t been able to seal the deal....

London is often pitted against other areas across the U.K. for dominating the economy, jobs, and opportunities. But as with any major city, for all the areas of great wealth, there are pockets of extreme poverty, with rich and poor lying side-by-side, often impacting children hardest of all. The capital city has the highest rate of child poverty of any English region, with 700,000 children living in relative poverty, according to the Child Poverty Action Group....

Finally, however, the public is catching on. In a report issued this week, the Electronic Software Association (a trade association established by many of the gaming industry’s top publishers) claims that over 155 million Americans are self-identified gamers. Further, 42% of Americans - roughly 134 million people - play video games for at least three hours a week. Four out of five United States homes have some kind of gaming device, and each household boasts, on average, two gamers....

Buying Thunderbolt 4 now makes sense even if your current laptop is Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C, as it is both the latest technology and backwards compatible. Using a dock, you add a bunch of useful ports to a laptop with just one cable connection, and at a potential 40Gbps. Specs and features One upstream Thunderbolt 4 port (40Gbps, 96W)Three Thunderbolt 4 ports (40Gbps, 15W)Three USB-A ports (10Gbps, 5. 5W)One USB-A port (480MBps, 7....

Davies has established himself as one of the most exciting players in European football since joining Bundesliga champions Bayern from MLS outfit Vancouver Whitecaps in 2019. The 19-year-old speedster – who capped a fine campaign with the 2019-20 Bundesliga Rookie of the Year award – has been a revelation on the left side of Bayern’s defence, helping the German powerhouses to an eighth consecutive league crown. Davies also recorded a top speed of 36....

Luckily, we’ve rounded up all the injury updates (DeAndre Hopkins), sleeper candidates (Alvin Kamara), potential handcuffs (James Conner), position battle (Blake Bortles/Chad Henne), and everything else you need to know about before your fantasy football draft. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2017 fantasy football cheat sheet Fantasy Football Sleeper: Alvin Kamara continues to shine for Saints Saints coach Sean Payton continues to show love toward rookie running back Alvin Kamara, and he put on a show against the Chargers on Sunday....

The data, taken from a time period between Monday July 19 to Sunday July 25, shows 1,495 counties are at “high” levels of community transmission compared to 1,724 that are in the “substantial”, “moderate” and “low” categories. Meanwhile the CDC updated its mask guidance on Tuesday to recommend that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas of high or substantial transmission—the majority of all counties. Previously, the health agency had said fully vaccinated people “can resume activities that you did before the pandemic without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by laws, rules, regulations, or local guidance....

Gafur Rakhimov sai d he was not resigning as AIBA president, however, and did not call for new elections. Rakhimov’s status on a U.S. Treasury Department sanctions list as an alleged heroin trafficker is part of an inquiry by an International Olympic Committee-appointed panel. The panel will update the IOC executive board next week in Lausanne, Switzerland. AIBA could be derecognized by IOC members in June. The IOC halted planning for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic boxing tournaments and blocked AIBA officials from contacting organizers in Japan....

Maddie Crisman took to her Facebook page in an attempt to track down the woman who called 911 while her father was having an aneurysm in his lower intestine. When the woman, now revealed to be named Priscilla, saw 70-year-old Donald Crisman in pain, she “stopped immediately, called 911 and ran up to the door.” Donald Crisman’s wife was in the shower at the time and unable to hear his cries for help....

Let’s take a look and see if we can help ourselves do two of our favorite things: play games, and save money: 12PM ET: “Prepare to journey to the darkest reaches of space in this RPG hit. “This is pretty much a no brained - it’s Mass Effect! [Now confirmed - for just $37. 98!] 2PM ET: “BioWare’s deepest universe to date just got bigger. . . “It sounds like a hinting at Mass Effect 2, but if they’re talking the realm of RPG games, it could Dragon Age: Origins....

This TV has 4K Ultra HD resolution (UHD), support for HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Digital Plus. Alexa is always ready to take your instructions from a short distance, whether the TV is on or off, or when making use of an HDMI cable. And that’s not all—Alexa can also adjust your settings, like brightness and volume, also from a distance, so you don’t have to get up and do it manually each time....

Unlike other versions of the Kindle, which have a keyboard, the Kindle Touch uses an infrared touch system that allows users tap the screen in specific places to access menus, while pages can be turned forwards or backwards by tapping the screen on the left or the right-hand side. It also comes with an X-Ray feature that provides contextual information about the eBook displayed on the device, and is eight percent lighter and 11 percent smaller than previous versions of the eReader....