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Help-en-us.nike. Established in the early 1990s, Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe program collects old, worn-out athletic shoes for recycling and transforms them into Nike Grind, a material used to create courts, tracks, fields and playgrounds. The program began because Nike sought ways to reduce the company's environmental footprint and the amount of shoes that went to landfills. Nike first started by collecting worn-out athletic shoes, and then teamed with other organizations to make them into sport surfaces and more. Nike collects more than 1.5 million pairs of shoes for recycling each year in addition to thousands of tons of manufacturing scrap material. But the impact of Reuse-A-Shoe goes beyond keeping old kicks out of the trash.

As one of Nike's longest-running environmental programs, Reuse-A-Shoe has been blazing the trail for product sustainability and environmentally preferred business practices since 1990. There are two ways you can recycle your shoes with the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program: Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg. A computer is a clock with benefits.

They all work the same, doing second-grade math, one step at a time: Tick, take a number and put it in box one. Tick, take another number, put it in box two. Tick, operate (an operation might be addition or subtraction) on those two numbers and put the resulting number in box one. Tick, check if the result is zero, and if it is, go to some other box and follow a new set of instructions. You, using a pen and paper, can do anything a computer can; you just can’t do those things billions of times per second.

And those billions of tiny operations add up. Apple has always made computers; Microsoft used to make only software (and occasional accessory hardware, such as mice and keyboards), but now it’s in the hardware business, with Xbox game consoles, Surface tablets, and Lumia phones. So many things are computers, or will be. When you “batch” process a thousand images in Photoshop or sum numbers in Excel, you’re programming, at least a little. Or maybe: Quora: What is the most effective way to learn? Quora: What can I learn/know right now in 10 minutes that will be useful for the rest of my life?

Fathom Events. Smallpdf.com - A Free Solution to all your PDF Problems. Bookmarks for warnick tagged 'annotation' Hypothes.is just might make the web relevant again Ryan Brazell's: "Hypothes.is right now is in very early (alpha) testing, but already I see a lot of promise and opportunity. In the future I’d like to be able to follow the activity of users, tags, and URLs; to save an archive of my annotations and host them on my own domain (much like Twitter’s archive download currently works); and to mark up not only text but also images, video, datasets, and other kinds of media.

" annotationwebappreviewcollaborationaugust 2013 by warnick. Three Entry-Level GoPro-type action cameras reviewed | Pretzel Logix. Small action cameras like the GoPro have been around for awhile, but these cameras have traditionally only attracted the attention of those involved in “extreme” sports. As such, the price of such cameras has been kept in the $250 to $500 range. As technology has become cheaper, other manufacturers have realized that there is now an opportunity to make cheap, entry-level action cams for around $100.

This review picks out 3 of the most recent models and compares them to see how they perform. Introduction GoPro HERO ($130) The GoPro HERO is the entry-level version of the latest line of GoPro cameras for 2014/2015. Like the other GoPro cameras, it comes equipped with a waterproof case and a standard GoPro mounting system. Polaroid Cube POL3C ($100) The Polaroid Cube goes in a totally different direction compared to the GoPro. The SJCAM SJ-4000 is an imitator of the GoPro. Overview Here is a quick table displaying the specifications for each camera: Each camera is around $100, plus or minus $30. Milkweed Editions | Home. Lasting Relationships Rely On 2 Traits. Gottman wanted to know more about how the masters created that culture of love and intimacy, and how the disasters squashed it.

In a follow-up study in 1990, he designed a lab on the University of Washington campus to look like a beautiful bed-and-breakfast retreat. He invited 130 newlywed couples to spend the day at this retreat and watched them as they did what couples normally do on vacation: cook, clean, listen to music, eat, chat, and hang out. And Gottman made a crucial discovery in this study—one that gets at the heart of why some relationships thrive while others languish. Throughout the day, partners would make requests for connection, what Gottman calls “bids.”

The wife now has a choice. People who turned toward their partners in the study responded by engaging the bidder, showing interest and support in the bid. These bidding interactions had profound effects on marital well-being. The Beat (Up) Generation. Interpreting Copyright Law (for Digital Storytelling) Issues of ownership, copyright, permission, and educational fair use invariably come up in any discussion involving the use of digital content created by someone else. The use of copyrighted material is indeed a serious concern and one that many educators and policy makers study and discuss. Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer to the question of what materials may or may not be freely used in educational projects. Some educators feel that if a picture or a video clip can be easily found and downloaded from the web, then it is permissible to use this material in an educational digital story. But other educators have a different opinion and do not want their students to use any materials that were created by someone else.

The digital stories are created by students and educators for non-profit, educational purposes. More information about copyright and educational fair use may be found online at the following websites: Why Academics' Writing Stinks. ABOUT — GRAVTAS. GRAVTAS Magazine is a twice monthly publication in search of the human experience. From the arts and culture to the news and sports, GRAVTAS -- pronounced \ 'gra-və-,täs \ -- offers a fresh perspective on the world we live in, creating unique content that engages and informs our readers. We're committed to challenging the conventional wisdom that drives today's media and embracing the ambiguities, hypocrisies and uncertainties that govern our lives.

We're curious -- about our world, our future, and our role in the theater of life. Our mission is to take these curiosities and interests and turn them into high-quality content that helps shape your understanding of the world. Media is changing. What days will we finalize GRAVTAS Magazine each month? To ensure the quality of our content, we're starting out small. Share GRAVTAS with your friends and family! Finally, remember that our journey is just beginning. Rob O'Donnell - Founder, Director of Content Will Lent - Music Contributor M.K. Top apps and tips to get free Wi-Fi anywhere. October 09, 2013, 2:52 PM — Need Wi-Fi but aren't willing to pay? No problem. With these free apps and tips you'll be able to find free Wi-Fi networks just about anywhere you go. Hotspotio If you've got an Android device and you're looking for free WiFi, this free app is well worth a try.

WeFi and WeFi Pro WeFi is a massive database of WiFi networks, so visit it with your Web browser and you'll find any near you. FreeZone for Android and FreeZone for iOS This app, for iOS and Android devices, works much like WeFi, and automaticaly finds and connects you to a nearby free WiFi network. WiFinder This Android app won't automatically connect you to nearby networks automatically, but it will show you all nearby WiFi networks, including not just open ones, but those that are encrypted as well. Check with your cable company As a way to compete, cable companies are increasingly providing free wireless networks for their subscribers. Basic HTML That Everyone Should Know. For some of you, HTML (hyper-text markup language) is as foreign a language as when you first learned to read and write. This article is for you. For those of us who have been working with HTML for over 10 years, this article will not apply. However, there is a growing number of writers and contributors to content sites that have never spent time with HTML, because their expertise is in writing and editing, and not necessarily formatting articles for online publication.

These days though, if you’re a freelance writer, you are probably being asked to submit your articles through some kind of CMS (content management system), whether it be WordPress, Joomla! Or a proprietary content management system. Some of the main issues come into play when a writer starts off in Word or another type of word processing tool. In my experience, I have seen all sorts of strange code appearing when a writer submits an article into the Joomla! The Paragraph Tag Let’s start with the absolute basics. HREF Tags. 12 Useful Websites to Improve Your Writing. By Johnny Webber 1. Words-to-Use.com – A different kind of thesaurus. 2. OneLook.com – One quick dictionary search tool. 3. 4. 5. 750words.com – Write three new pages every day. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Back to the Roots | Free Shipping on AquaFarm & Mushroom Kit. Live in the Grey | Blend passion and profession #LiveGrey. (1) Home - Quora. Five Best Desktop Search Applications. I completely agree. I could not live with out X1. Worth every penny I paid for it many times over. Every six months I google "Desktop Search Engine" and try and install either a newer version (?) Of Copernic or other things — X1 is still the only working solution for me (that said, our Fortune 500 corporate policy is just about to migrate to Windows 7, I'm still using Windows XP on my corporate Laptop, yikes!).

The indexing, search-as-you-type search in emails, documents, attachments, and the preview is the only thing that works for me. However, I did need to adjust the indexing to "least aggressive", "not while on battery", "disable real-time indexing of Outlook and Files", and setting the intervals to 180-600 minutes (do I really need to scan my 8,000+ contacts every 30 minutes? 20 Day Stranger. Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software. Background Burner - Instantly Remove Backgrounds from Images and Photos - Bonanza. Where to Find Serious Coffee in New York? Everywhere. Photo If you want to see just how much has changed in New York’s coffee scene in the last few years, stop by Gregorys Coffee. The company, which has eight locations in Manhattan and three more on the way, has the familiar feel of a chain store: cheerful cashiers, enormous lattes, flavored syrups.

But look carefully and you’ll also see a short menu of exceptional coffees from cult roasters, prepared to order on an AeroPress, a syringe-like brewer that produces coffee with unusual clarity. Until recently, this was the kind of coffee and equipment you saw only at the hard-core coffee shops, the ones that felt like underground clubs: judgmental staff, coded language, obscure locations. Now you can find a drink like this meticulously prepared by friendly baristas in branded polo shirts. You can also find it nearly anywhere, at prices comparable to the drinks at the bigger coffee chains. It’s not just that the coffee scene is growing; it’s also growing up. Humans of New York creator, Brandon Stanton | James Joyce Award | UCD Literary & Historical Society. Nautilus. The Best Apps for Any Kind of Writing. Lifehacker - Tips and downloads for getting things done.

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