Why saunas really are good for your health: Shutterstock Things are hotting up in the world of sauna research. Previously, anecdotal claims of possible benefits were rarely backed up by medical evidence. But recent studies have shown that taking a regular sauna can be extremely good for your health – alleviating and preventing the risk …
Private security in Africa: time to regulate the bad and harness the good: Private security guards secure Uber offices in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg. Its drivers are constantly under attack. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko A familiar scene plays itself out daily whenever I visit my local 24-hour convenience store in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. …
6 reasons open source is good for business: At a fundamental level, open source solutions are better than proprietary ones. Want to know why? Here are six reasons why businesses and government organizations benefit from using open source technology. read more: Opensource.com jospoortvliet Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
‘Let’s Talk Good Finance’ (for Arts & Culture based orgs) – Birmingham – a Culture interest event taking place on 2017-10-24 13:30:00 in United Kingdom Social investment is often seen as a London-centric activity. It can be harder for social enterprises and charities outside of the capital to access social investors and gain a better understanding of …
5 traits of good systems architecture: Two books helped me come to some sort of understanding about the art of being an architect. I read them a long time ago, but I still dip into them from time to time: 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, by Richard Monson-Haefel; and Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers …
Never mind killer robots – even the good ones are scarily unpredictable: Who could have predicted it would end like this? Shutterstock The heads of more than 100 of the world’s top artificial intelligence companies are very alarmed about the development of “killer robots”. In an open letter to the UN, these business leaders – …
What sub-Sahara can learn from India’s ‘Green revolution’: the good and the bad: Shutterstock Sub-Saharan Africa has huge potential to become a global food basket, but it is far from being realised. The region is estimated to have 60% of the globally available and unexploited arable land yet it remains food deficient. Even when arable …
Daleks doing good: Daleks looked on as Sons of Skaro squad owner Dean Stoner and Adrian Goff presented Chris Mayhew with a cheque for Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust. The 2,852.56 total was raised by raffling off a full-size, working Dalek, at conventions throughout the year and the draw took place at London …
South Africa in the news: Toby Roland-Jones’s dream debut spell proves too good for South Africa: Toby Roland-Jones removed all of South Africa’s top four in a sensational debut display as England seized control of the third Test at The Oval. “Vernon Philander has been discharged from hospital and is available to bat”, a Cricket …
The Good, The Beautiful, and the Ugly Side of Modeling – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2017-09-10 14:00:00 in United States So many girls have come to me asking, “How can I model?” Where do I start? How much money will I need to invest in my dream? Well here is your chance …
‘Let the Good Times Roll’ – a Music interest event taking place on 2017-07-22 14:00:00 in United States An incredibly talented cast of newcomers plus returning audience favorites will gather on stage at the Charleston Music Hall for “Let the Good Times Roll,” a musical variety show featuring the best of pop, rock, Broadway and …
South Africa in the news: Good Politics or Bad Law? The International Criminal Court, Bashir, and South Africa: It came as quite the surprise. To be sure, observers of South Africa’s relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC) fully expected that the Court’s Judges would eventually find that Pretoria had failed to cooperate in arresting …
The good, the bad and the bizarre from the year Will Muschamp saved SEC Media Days: Jim McElwain sounded as if he had just woken up. Derek Mason begged people to come to his games. : Weird News Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
A Developing Future: Impact Investing & Foreign Aid for a Greater Good – a Africa interest event taking place on 2017-07-20 19:00:00 in United States From grants to loans, private markets to public funds, the aid space is getting increasingly crowded with players, tools, strategies, and philosophies that drive our relationship with the “Majority World.” …
‘Let the Good Times Roll’ – a Music interest event taking place on 2017-07-21 19:00:00 in United States An incredibly talented cast of newcomers plus returning audience favorites will gather on stage at the Charleston Music Hall for “Let the Good Times Roll,” a musical variety show featuring the best of pop, rock, Broadway and …
University rankings: good intentions, image polishing and more bureaucracy: PORTRAIT IMAGES ASIA BY NONWARIT/Shutterstock Some UK universities will be cheering, some groaning, after the release of rankings under the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). My own university received a silver, so we’re shrugging. Despite all these reactions, we don’t know if we can expect any impact …
Human voices are unique – but our study shows we’re not that good at recognising them: Computers can pick up the specific acoustic features of each individual voice. Shutterstock “Alexa, who am I?” Amazon Echo’s voice-controlled virtual assistant, Alexa, doesn’t have an answer to that – yet. However, for other applications of speech technology, computer …
Good to Great Workout Tour – a Sport interest event taking place on 2017-07-09 08:00:00 in United States Are YOU ready to be motivated, challenged and inspired? Joe and Nicole Decker, owners of Gut Check Fitness, will be bringing the Good to Great Workout Tour to a Road Runner Sports near you! The Deckers have …