Edu-bike Africa is a practical and inspiring educational programme which has been developed around the theme of the bicycle. It focuses on assisting Education Africa’s partner schools in their outreach programmes, as well as the District Departments of Education. Edu-bike Africa encourages both educators and their learners to explore the world of learning together. Using a workshop approach with an outcomes-based focus to promote entrepreneurial skills, it offers them a series of 30 prepared lessons (of 35 minutes each) developed around the topic of bicycles. The programme is fun, dynamic and useful, and teaches learners about making money, travel, health…
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Getty Images Drugs are prepared to shoot intravenously by a user addicted to heroin in St. Johnsbury Vermont. (File photo). A country home might be a less healthy home, a lot less healthy. Almost 1 in 5 rural counties in the U.S. saw increases in the number of premature deaths over the past decade — even as most large urban counties saw regular improvements in their premature death rates, according to new rankings released Wednesday. “That was surprising and shocking to me,” said Bridget Catlin, director of the County Health Rankings, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and…
A war in low-cost computers could be in the making as a new $15 board computer that could challenge Raspberry Pi 3 finally ships. On paper, the Pine 64 is as powerful as the $35 Raspberry Pi 3. It can be a PC replacement, and the most expensive model, with Wi-Fi, is priced at $29. Further reading: 10 surprisingly practical Raspberry Pi projects anybody can do The initial shipments are going to backers that poured a total of $1.7 million into a Kickstarter campaign to develop the computer. Pine64, the computer’s maker, is shipping out small batches after delays and…
Liz O. Baylen | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Oxycontin 80mg pills Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin. Amid an epidemic of addiction and abuse tied to these powerful opioids drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging primary care doctors to try physical therapy, exercise and over-the-counter pain medications before turning to painkillers for chronic pain. Opioid drugs include medications like morphine and oxycodone as well as illegal narcotics…
Skype is making its web app more like the desktop version with a few new ways to reach non-Skype users. With Skype for Web, users can now place voice calls to any mobile phone or landline through the new “Call phones” section. Of course, this requires some Skype credit or a Skype Unlimited World subscription, but the rates for International calls may be cheaper than dialing from your own landline or cell phone. Skype for Web is also getting a way to host video calls with people who don’t have Skype logins—a feature that first launched through Skype’s Windows desktop…
Blend Images | Getty Images Teenage girls shopping The early half of this decade was looking quite grim for teen retailers. Companies including Abercrombie and American Eagle were seeing sharp declines in earnings as preferences were changing. Teens were no longer yearning for the same shirt as their peers, instead they were identifying with new fashion trends as they looked to individualize themselves. Logocentric apparel that Abercrombie and its peers had been churning out since the ’90s had fallen by the wayside in favor of unique products. Traffic at malls, where these brands do most of its business, was also…
Assassin’s Creed is coming to virtual reality. The film, not the game. But not really the film? It’s all sort of confusing, just like every single one of these VR “experiments” by non-gaming companies. Last night, Fox took to the stage at AMD’s press conference to announce Assassin’s Creed VR Experience, a collaboration between the studio and its visual effects partner Practical Magic. We were told that it’s “not a game” and…well, that’s it really. Practical Magic’s Matthew Lewis said they’ve been working on the set of the upcoming film, 3D scanning the environments and “capturing the world of the…
At a time when many furniture retailers like Williams-Sonoma andRestoration Hardware are struggling, Jim Cramer turned his attention to Wayfair to see how it could differentiate itself from the competition. Online retailer Wayfair sells furniture and home goods at bargain prices for brands like Joss & Main, All Modern, Birch Lane and Dwell Studio. However, it seems that regardless of how the company is doing, the stock continues to be a target of short sellers who dismiss its ability to compete against traditional home-goods retailers. With the stock down more than 16 percent for the year, Cramer spoke with Wayfair’s…
As you might already know, LG’s newest flagship smartphone – the G5 – was unveiled at the ongoing Mobile World Congress yesterday. If you are in the US, and are planning to purchase the device, here’s what we know about its availability and pricing so far: AT&T AT&T has confirmed that it will carry the LG G5 as well as its companion devices including the 360 CAM virtual reality camera, LG 360 VR, and the LG 360 Sound Bluetooth speaker. The pricing and availability-related information will be shared in the coming weeks. Sprint Sprint will also offer the flagship handset…
Gionee unveiled the narrowest 5.5″ phone yet – just 74.9mm wide. Meet the Gionee S8. The company called out the iPhone 6s Plus, Huawei’s Mates, the Oppo R7s as examples of wider phones. Well, that’s what Gionee says, it conveniently forgot to mention the LG G3, a 5.5″ phone that’s actually narrower. The Gionee S8 features a “loop” full-metal design. “Loop” here means that the antenna runs around the side of the phone. Unlike the LG G5, the S8 has traditional antenna lines, but they are painted to perfectly match the rest of the body. The AMOLED screen has 1080p…