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K-12 Educators Taught How to Combat 'Whiteness' in Schools
You have to feel for Social Justice Warriors. No matter how hard they try, they just can't get away from white people.
They're everywhere! Why, you even find them in the supermarket, at the movie theater, and -- worst of all -- in schools. Where our children go to be educated. Where our kids should be sheltered from the depredations and poisonous proclivities that all white people possess.
It makes one weep to think about all this white privilege on display for our children and other delicate flowers to be offended by.
Thankfully, Columbia University wants to do something about it. The Ivy League college -- one of America's most celebrated universities -- held a conference for K-12 educators that featured workshops on ho to combat the evil of white privilege in our schools.
The "Reimagining Education Summer Institute" conference, organized by Columbia University's Teachers College, was held in mid-July and concentrated on "opportunities and challenges of creating and sustaining racially, ethnically and socio-economically integrated schools," according to its website.
The event, in its second year, drew 300 participants that mostly consisted of K-12 teachers and principals, the institute's director Amy Wells said in a phone interview with The College Fix. The four-day conference included plenary sessions, dozens of workshops and dialogue sessions.
One presentation, called "Whiteness in schools," provided "a history of Whiteness, and will invite participants into a discussion of how Whiteness and White culture shapes what happens in schools," according to a description.
One workshop discussed "3 ways to face white privilege in the classroom." Presented by Teachers College postdoctoral fellow Jamila Lyiscott, a summary of the workshop states it included "activities and critical dialogue around White privilege to connect personal responsibility to pedagogical possibilities for the classroom."
And a workshop on "Teaching for Social Justice" sought to challenge colonialist and racist pedagogies.
"We will challenge Eurocentric pedagogical approaches that not only under-prepare students for the realities of our increasingly multiethnic, multilingual, globalized society, but are also rooted in colonial and racist ideologies that stifle the voices, identities, and realities of students of color," a description states.
There was also a "Deconstructing Racial Microaggressions" workshop in which attendees pledged to address racial insults at their schools.
Institute director Wells, a professor of sociology and education at the Teachers College, said the conference came about out of her belief that the "missing piece" regarding issues of integration in education is what goes on inside the classroom.
"It's always about getting kids into the building and I just think … we're always missing the educators who actually do the work and who actually interact with the kids on daily basis and help them understand race in terms of how they're relating to other students," she said.


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NDAA: Government files a Reply Brief to Hedges lawsuit.
What me worry Your not going to take that more narrow meaning of the law Are you?! Are you???
And lock all of us away indefinately with a miltary maybe ours or maybe NATO's to the end of the war on terrorism without trial without talking to an attorney..
And the camps are ready too!!
OH He says he has his serious reservations then signs it!
In short I'm not buying it if if they meant it wasn't a violation of the constitution then they should clearly right it into law which they don't and all attempt to amend the NDAA to make this clear have failed so what and who are we left to believe the teary eyed Obama for the connecticut shooting or the blast em like a bug in drone kills kids in Pakistan.. I don't know but Thanks Chris for fighting and I wish a whole lot more like you stood up to protect our constitution from these wall street jackals.
Reply Brief Filed in Hedges
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Friday, December 21, 2012 at 6:41 AM
The government has filed its reply brief in Hedges. The new brief rounds out the briefing, joining the government's opening brief and the appellees' brief—along with a bunch of amicus briefs. It opens:
We explained in our opening brief that this suit, brought by a handful of journalists and activists, should have been dismissed for lack of standing because plaintiffs are in no danger whatsoever of being subject to capture and detention by the U.S. military. In addition, the district court erred in entertaining this suit for ex ante relief against the President, as Commander in Chief, to enjoin him from carrying out authority conferred on him by Congress in the conduct of an armed conflict. Their challenges to Section 1021(b)(2) of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) also fail on the merits, and the injunctive order issued by the district court is overbroad in key respects.
In response, plaintiffs argue that the NDAA represented a dramatic change in the scope of the government's detention authority that instilled in them a newfound fear of military detention. That argument reflects a profound misunderstanding of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which has provided for over a decade the detention authority they claim to now fear. Their argument also ignores the NDAA provisions specifying that it does not affect existing law relating to U.S. citizens or individuals in the United States. If anything, the detention authority provided in the NDAA is narrower and more refined than the authority the executive branch asserted earlier in the conflict – a period when plaintiffs do not allege that they feared being detained. Second, plaintiffs misread "substantial support," and ignore its law of war framework, in claiming it could reasonably be interpreted, as used in the NDAA, to apply to their independent journalism and advocacy activities. It cannot. Instead, key limitations on the term that derive from the law of war show that it does not apply to their independent journalism and advocacy activities, and the government's representation confirms that it is not applicable to them.
On the merits, while plaintiffs rely on First Amendment cases in support of their standing argument, plaintiffs do not defend the district court's First Amendment holding. Instead, they now argue only that Section 1021(b)(2) is unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause. But military force authorizations are necessarily written in broad terms, and this one is narrower and more specific than every prior force authorization, fully comporting with due process.


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As the final days of summer come to a close, students scramble to finish their summer assignments and to purchase their school supplies. Next Wednesday, Aug. 17, Arcadia High School students will return to school and, one day later, all Arcadia elementary schools and middle schools will start.
It is a well-anticipated day for many parents, as they send their student to school. For many parents, they take photos and post them on their social media page. Arcadia Unified School District recently started the social media campaign #ArcadiaFirstDay – the idea is to help engage the community and to show the energy of the students for the first day of school.
The genius behind the campaign? Ryan Foran, the public information officer. He says that "social media campaigns are a great way to engage with our community and AUSD families."
Foran also pointed out that last year the Reyes family used the hashtag, showing all four siblings in each class at Arcadia High School and was featured on ABC7.
Arcadia Unified began using the hashtag two years ago, however, it picked up momentum last year and they are expecting a lot more tweets this year.
Not only do these photos show the excitement of the students, they also provide long-lasting memories that can easily be accessed in the future.
If people are not on social media, they can email their pictures to email@example.com and the photos will be posted in the Arcadia Unified School District Facebook album with all the other pictures from social media.


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Brit kids lunch box full of fatty snacks, despite health warningsNovember 18th, 2007 - 3:20 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov 16 (ANI): A new study has revealed that British kids lunch boxes are still packed with fatty snacks despite the millions of pounds spent to promote healthy eating.
According to the Food Standards Agency, there has been "no overall improvement" in the contents of children's packed lunches since 2004.
The survey, carried out by Leeds University, analysed the lunch box contents of 1,294 children, aged eight and nine.
It was found that nearly nine out of 10 primary school students had snacks that were high in sugar or fat in their lunch boxes.
They also found that 68 per cent pupils had a cake, biscuit or chocolate wafer, a 10 per cent rise on 2004, and 60 per cent had a savoury snack.
Nearly half had no fruit and more than eight out of 10 had no vegetables.
It was also found that on an average, 45 per cent of school pupils take a packed lunch from home.
"The findings demonstrate that despite parents' best efforts, it is pretty hard to produce constantly nutritious packed lunches," the Telegraph quoted Brian Dow, spokesman for the School Food Trust, as saying. (ANI)
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Policy leaders across Illinois have identified supporting small businesses and entrepreneurship as key to reviving the state's sluggish economy. And no wonder, given that over 99 percent of all businesses in Illinois are "small business" as defined by the Small Business Administration. This Report, identifies best practices and policy initiatives decision makers can take to improve the state's economy and aid small businesses in Illinois.
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Drawing on reports released by Stanford University and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this Issue Brief debunks the myth that if Illinois increased income tax rates on higher incomes there would be a mass exodus of millionaire households out of the state and points out the importance of moving to a fair tax.
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The fiscal problems that have historically plagued Illinois are on full display in the FY2014 General Fund budget passedby the Illinois General Assembly. The state's accumulated deficit remains significant, and in all likelihood will be at least $8 billion by the end of FY2014. Despite increases for some aspects of the General Fund budget, net spending on services will be $173 million less in FY2014 than in FY2013. Meanwhile, as spending on service delivery continues to decline, the annual cost of debt service continues to grow—specifically the debt owed to the state's five public pension systems.
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In 1951 Mohammed Mossadegh was elected Prime Minister of Iran. He quickly moved to cancel an agreement the Shah had signed with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company--the government owned conglomerate that would later become BP. Under the concession, the British paid the Shah a minimum annuity of 750,000 Pounds in lieu of a tax for rights to extract oil from Iran.
Mossadegh argued that Iran's oil was not the Shah's to sell, it was the property of all Iranians and whatever benefits came from it should go to them. The expulsion of Anglo-Iranian caused an international crisis that culminated when John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, okayed a CIA partnership with Britain's M6 to arrange a coup.
The CIA's man on the ground, Kermit Roosevelt, financed a network of Mossadegh's political opponents and thugs-for-hire to riot in the streets while the Army executed an unconstitutional order from the Shah to arrest Mossadegh. After a trial, Mossadegh returned to his home in a small village outside Tehran and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
The Cat and the Coup interprets this moment of ignominy into videogame form. The game takes place during the 17-year period when Mossadegh was under house arrest. Players control Mossadegh's cat and as they move it through each environment Mossadegh is coerced into reliving all of the tragic moments of his life. The game is a collaboration between Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, professors at USC's Game Innovation Lab.
Brinson began thinking about the idea of making a procedural documentary while working on Waco Resurrection, an early project that was both praised and criticized for recreating the David Koresh's violent standoff with the U.S. government. Taking inspiration from his friend Eddo Stern--who was using machinima to make documentaries--Brinson began thinking about international issues for his own documentary experiment.
"Years after the start of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, they still upset me, and so I kept trying to think of an interesting game idea about war," Brinson told me. "But all of my concepts were either flatly satirical or not revealing."
Brinson played with the idea of a series of short games with players controlling the cats of famous historical figures including Cleopatra, Genghis Kahn, Adolph Hitler, and Saddam Hussein. Brinson's wife suggested instead of focusing on tyrants he might try focusing on a historical figure that he actually liked, and so he settled on Mossadegh. At this point ValaNejad joined the project to help define the look and ensure there was some authenticity to the portrait of Iran.
"I volunteered to work on The Cat and the Coup out of a sense of responsibility, both as an Iranian-American and as the art-director of the game lab," ValaNejad told me. "I wanted to make sure the game looked authentic and that the set-dressing reflected 1950's Iran."
ValaNejad took the work of Iranian cartoonist and illustrator Ardeshir Mohassess as a reference in creating the hand-drawn figures. The game's backdrop is a colorful mosaic of 2D images: historical photos, royal luxuries from the Peacock throne, romantic figures from Persian poetry, and satirical cartoons.
The game space is a massive canvas though players spend their time in a zoomed-in view of Mossadegh and his cat. Following the curious path of his cat Mossadegh stumbles and falls from one section of the canvas to the next while the background shuffles to reveal imagery appropriate to what object the cat has just drawn his attention to.
"We never considered letting the player control Mossadegh as it was clear that making it about his cat was a compelling premise," Brinson told me. "Making Mossadegh the avatar would afford a game design in which the player could make alternate historical choices, a 'what if' game, if you will. We wanted it to be about the actual history since Americans don't know it at all, certainly not enough to consider alterative outcomes."
Likewise, it was important to find appropriate controls for the cat. "The initial control scheme was that of a straightforward platformer, but it was awkward with a character that was much wider than tall," Brinson continued.
"And more importantly, the somber mood we were going for did not fit a play style that included jumping mistakes. A careful and deliberate cat fit our aesthetics, so early on we committed to a control scheme in which the player always makes successful leaps and rarely walks off of edges by accident."
When Mossadegh was elected Prime Minister he found himself in a precarious position, having to manage the interests of a growing Communist movement, democratic liberalizers, conservative imams, and pro-Shah loyalists. He had to reassure American nervous about the country becoming a Soviet satellite and ask the British for technical and managerial assistance while rebuffing their demands to control Iran's oil again. There were negative consequences to almost every choice he could have made.
"In the first of half of the game, the environment design reflects the enormous forces working against Dr. Mossadegh," ValaNejad said. "In the game, he is easily manipulated and thrown off-balance."
"But in the second part, as The Cat and the Coup shifts from an interactive experience to more of a conventional documentary, historic photographs paired with quotes from trusted U.S. sources reveal his powerful personality. One of the most effective images is of Dr. Mossadegh on the cover of Time Magazine as the 1951 Man of the Year." (That Time cover story is archived here - Ed.)
Working on the game was a surprising experience for ValaNejad who learned that he was actually related to Mossadegh in the course of his research. Brinson and ValaNejad hope the game will also be an experience of discovery for American players.
"Since the game's primary target audience is young American students, we assumed they knew very little about this particular chapter of American's covert foreign policy," ValaNejad said. "Given the recent news from Iran, we also suspected our representations of Iranians may indeed conflict with their expectations."
While many in the West remain unaware of Mossadegh, many historians count the coup among the most disastrous foreign policy blunders of the 20th Century. Following Mossadegh's overthrow, the Shah ruled Iran as an increasingly brutal autocracy openly susceptible to Western corruption. It was during this period that Ruhollah Khomeini became an icon of national pride and resistance against Western exploitation, which led to the 1979 Revolution that created the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"We considered drawing parallels between the U.S. and Iranian relations today with Mossadegh's story somehow, but only briefly," Brinson said. "Even though Americans don't know enough about contemporary Iran, they know even less about Mossadegh's era."
"It's important to give players a chance to make their own mental connections, to ask themselves if there is a direct link between this story and contemporary Iran. And so the role that oil plays in the game is enough for any American player to see parallels between the situation today and back then."
The Cat and the Coup will be released for for free on PC and Mac sometime this summer. You can follow the game's development at its official website, www.thecatandthecoup.com.
Michael Thomsen has written about videogames, sex, and animals for ABC World News, Nerve, n+1, IGN, The Faster Times, The Millions, Gamasutra, The Escapist, and Edge. He lives in New York City.


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By Dawood Khan
Red Mobile Consulting, Toronto, Canada
TORONTO — On June 20th 2013, Alberta, Canada experienced heavy rainfall that initiated catastrophic flooding. The flooding impacted Calgary, High River, and several areas across southern Alberta. Estimates of damage range between $3 billion and $5 billion. Over 100,000 people were evacuated as their homes were damaged or destroyed by vicious currents and flooding. This is the 2nd so called "100-year storm" to hit Alberta within 8 years. Residents and officials reported that the floods came with little or no warning.
On June 27th 2013, a major Canadian Pacific Railway bridge broke down in Calgary, Alberta. Several oil tankers carrying highly flammable content, were left stranded on the bridge. The calamity was due to faulty piers at the bottom of the river. It was the speed of the flood that scoured away the gravel under the support. The support gave way and the tracks buckled under the weight of the train. This occurred despite the fact that the 101 year old bridge had been inspected 18 times since the start of the flooding.
Government officials have claimed that it may take 10 years for Calgary to recover from the event.
Early warnings through the use of smart technologies and investment in intelligent infrastructure can greatly help authorities and communities deal with calamities by preparing for them in advance. Through the use of sensors and wireless connectivity, it is possible to measure rapidly rising water tables, eroding construction materials, and support systems. And to alert or even take pre-emptive measures to minimize the impact of an impending disaster.
While one doesn't know if the Alberta flood warning would have come soon enough for authorities to fully operationalize a flood emergency plan, but it certainly would have provided some heads up to at least initiate measures such as starting to sandbag the most vulnerable areas, and issue public alerts to provide the public some time to plan ahead of the evacuation.
Certainly, in the case of erosion of materials or support mechanisms for bridges, warnings can be provided to trains, and even pre-emptive measures can be taken automatically to ward off trains from proceeding on the line.
A sizable number of Canadian infrastructure are believed to be over 40 years of age.
Canada's new Economic Action Plan proposes to set aside $50B for infrastructure over the next 10 years through funding programs including the Building Canada Fund, Community Improvement Fund, and P3 Canada. As these new infrastructure projects are planned, it is imperative that intelligence be incorporated into them from the very start of the initiative rather than as an after-thought.
Infrastructure is typically designed to last generations, making it even more critical to the advance planning. It is interesting to note how far Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and services have progressed over the life span of most infrastructure.
Making infrastructure intelligent by incorporating smart technologies and progress in ICT and big data analytics can allow local, provincial, and federal authorities to not only track infrastructure decay, but also enable preventive maintenance when required. This can greatly enhance the useful service life of such infrastructure, reduce cost of repair before it is too late, and avert recurring costs as a result of damage to individuals or property.


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Question about Apple iPod nano MP3 Player
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my chromatic was working just a minute ago, now it wont turn on HELP!
this ipod sucks completely mine wont even go on...no matter what
I put my iPod nano chromatic on charge for 14hrs because it was charging while i slept and now it wont turn on... I've had it two months
The night before i was using the ipod. Then i put it into my dock. It started charging and then the next morning when i went to use it, it just didn't turn on? i dont know why?
i dont know how to delete pictures on my ipod chromatic.
i left it in my docking station and now it wont work at all!!
i only got it about a week ago to.
thanks for all of your help
but this doesnt work for my ipod
and its driving me crazy
i've tried doing ervythingg you guys said
it wont work, and why should I go all the way to apple, when its THEIR product that is going wrong
someone please help !
i plugged my ipod into the computer and it isn't charging i left it there for 12 hrs and it' only charged about one 10th of the bar. does it take five days to charge the Apple iPod nano chromatic?
Okay that happened to me.
and this worked:
1. switch hold on
2. switch hold off
3. hold down the menu button and the center button for 6-10 seconds and it should turn on.
thats resetting your ipod and that DOESNT delete songs photos, etc.
hope it workss!
Posted on Dec 28, 2008
The solution is to press menu and the middle button at the same time nd hold it for a while.
Then a apple sign will come up like it was the first time you got it.
There you are! That should work!
Posted on Dec 26, 2008
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SOURCE: My ipod wont switch on
ok same thing happen 2 me.
first you switch the hold switch on and off then hold down the center button & the menu button for 6 seconds or until the apple logo appears
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In 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed that persecuted European Jews be given a temporary safe haven in Alaska. Congress turned down that proposal, but what if the idea had lingered, and was acted on a few years later? That's one question at the heart of Michael Chabon's new novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Chabon expands this historical "what if," serving up a whole world, foreboding but oddly familiar, in a story that mixes political speculation with questions of exile, identity and love, wrapped in the casing of a 1940s hard-boiled detective novel, complete with snappy dialogue and dead wiseguys.
Chabon won the Pulitzer Prize for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, another historical "what if" which conflated the birth of American comic books and the fight against Nazism. According to the premise of Yiddish Policemen's Union, after World War II's end, the infant state of Israel collapsed in 1948, and the people moved to "Aleyeska," turning the town of Sitka into a Yiddish (not Hebrew) metropolis of two-million-plus people -- the "frozen chosen." Sixty years later, however, the United States is reclaiming the land and Sitka's Jews are agonizing over the "Reversion."
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Well, my day stared early, like 1:30am…I could not sleep (that's what I get for going to bed at 9:30) so after an hour of staring out the window at the dark sea night, I quietly grabbed my flip-flops and hoodie and made my escape in my pajamas in search of a snack. The only thing open at that hours was the coffee shop in the ships "mall." There I encountered 3 Australian women still living up the night and a very inquisitive coffee shop worker who asked me a zillion questions while I hunted for a sandwich and cookie. "Where are you from? What's your name? Who are you with? Where are they? Where are your children?" Is it any wonder this kid was given the very late night shift. I'm sure everyone in the employee section has already answered all these questions more than once.
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Up and early we were and off the ship by 9am to meet our private guide for the day. I've used ship tours in the past but in all honesty, they are not worth it. The are crowed and much time is spent herding people in and out of tour buses. I found our guide through Tours by Locals but it appear now he has his own tour company. We arrived at the terminal entrance in La Spezia and we were greeted by young Francesco who was to take us on a walking/train/ferry tour of the villages of Cinque Terre. I could give you a long winded history of the place but that is what Wikipedia is for. HERE. We started our walk along the harbor and through a shopping area (did you say shopping?) on the way to the train station for a 10 minute ride to Manarola.
I learned an interesting train ticket trick while there. If the lines are too long, go to the Tabac and buy distance tickets from him. Ours allowed 40km over the next six hours. They were likely a bit more expensive, but my time was valuable. I had no time for lines.
In Manarola, Francesco walked us uphill through the narrow walkways to key vistas. I was amazed by the number of hikers and hiking groups we passed along the way. It is possible to hike from one village to another and it appeared that people made quite a sport of it. I made a mental note to add this to my to-do list…soon. (click here to read about my second visit)
From there we took the ferry to Vernazza. We walked around the town with Francesco narrating along the way, enjoyed the views, picked sea glass from the rocky beach,
and then had lunch near the tiny beach. Lovely, just lovely. That's Francesco, our guide for the day. He's awsome.
After Francesco escorted us back to La Spezia where we spent a few hours shopping before heading back to the ship.
I gotta tell you, this is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Everyone has a particular environment that pleases them…Dublin, Florida, Hawaii…well, visiting this place keeps Italy on my list as number one. I don't have the words (can you believe that) to express the feelings/contentedness I found in these villages. All I know is I don't think I can wait more than another year to come back. I'm making a backpacking list already. Clearly others felt the same way and that is why it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Italians declared the entire area a National Park. Why to go, if now our oceans could be as clear and beautiful as theirs. Ok, perhaps part of the Pacific coastline is…but we could do better.
That would be about all for now, folks.
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The May 23 letter "A dangerous myth" criticizing Professor Jerry Hough's praise for hard-working, successful Asians was beautifully ironic as it was signed by 28 hard-working, successful Asian professors and students at UNC and Duke.
Reading their spurious claim that Hough used Asian-Americans as a racist tool to "berate African-Americans," "deny them racial justice," "uphold white supremacy" and "protect institutionalized anti-black racism" – phew!
It's clear that they live in the intellectual black hole of defining racism down. They're marching like irrational zombies in a pack of the Pied Piper's politically correct mob of lemmings, attaching racism to anything within shouting distance of free and open discussion.
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Question about Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 Digital Camera
I bought a Nikon coolpix s200 for my daughter for christmas. The LCD screen is not working. Sent it back to Nikon who said the LCD screen does not fall under the warranty. They told her no company warranties the LCD screen. Is this true?
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Same thing happened with our S200 screen. Backlight works but nothing is displayed. Nikon needs to recognize this as a widespread problem.
Can I register the 2 year extended warranty that I purchased at walmart?
Sounds like Nikon are just trying to get out of fixing it.
Have you read the terms of the warranty. If the screen is not working then it is more than likely an electronic fault and they are covered by the warranty. The only way the screen would not be covered is if it was damaged by the owner. The screen is part of the camera and therefore comes under the warranty, unless it specifically states that it is not covered in the warranty. Ask a consumer rights department. Don't take no for an answer.
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unable to run chkdsk, corrupt
have a laptop running win7 x86 ultimate, been playing up a bit and am trying to run chkdsk but it just won't. have a log file from an sfc scannow, but unsure how to deal with what it says.
any help would be appreciated please?
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|29 May 2015
Hey, there is a known issue with a recent Windows Update (KB3022345), it causes an irrepairable corruption warning (which is a false report, the files are not corrupt in reality). If you have this update installed then do one of the following:
- Uninstall this update (it is Windows 10 preparation update) or
- Run the fix from The Tech Cookbook – Windows 7 update (KB3022345) causing corrupt files
After the above, run another SFC /scannow. If you still get a corruption, attach it in your next post.
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|29 May 2015
thanks for reply, have been working on this since original post, have found this update, uninstalled and fixed via the link you posted. still having troubles, have full cbs log file from latest sfc /scannow
any help here would be great as i'm starting to get a bit lost, looks like autochk file may be a problem
cheers :)
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|29 May 2015
Unfortunately I am not versed in troubleshooting these problems, hang in there while expert response comes. :)
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|31 May 2015
There's only the one problem in the SFC...
Line 2208: 2015-05-29 22:32:48, Info CSI 000001e4 [SR] Repairing 1 components Line 2209: 2015-05-29 22:32:48, Info CSI 000001e5 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction Line 2212: 2015-05-29 22:32:48, Info CSI 000001e7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:22{11}]"autochk.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-Autochk, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
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|31 May 2015
I've uploaded a file - bdnaa.zip - to my OneDrive at Noel's OneDrive
Please download and save it.
Right-click on the saved file and select Extract all...
Change the target to C:\ and click on Extract
Close all windows (it would be a good idea to print these instructions!)
Now reboot to the Repair Environment - as soon as the machine restarts, start tapping F8 - this should bring up the Advanced Boot Menu, at the top of which should be the option 'Repair my Computer'
Pick that
You'll have to log in with your username and password.
Pick the option to use a Command Prompt
At the prompt type
DIR C:\bdnaa
hit the enter key - if you get a 'Not Found' error try
DIR D:\bdnaa
DIR E:\bdnaa
The drive letter in use when you find the folder will need to be substituted (for<drive>) into the following command...
XCOPY <drive>:\bdnaa <drive>:\windows\winsxs /y /i /s /v /h
(e.g. XCOPY P:\wfire P:\windows\winsxs /y /i /s /v /h )
run the command (it should take almost no time) and when the prompt returns, type
and hit the Enter key to exit Command Prompt - reboot to Normal Mode Windows.
Now run SFC /SCANNOW in an Elevated Command Prompt
then reboot and upload the new CBS.log file to your reply
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|31 May 2015
really appreciate your help here
have downloaded the file and saved on to 'c' drive on laptop, hammered f8 on reboot but the menu that came up didn't have any 'repair my computer' option 3 different safe modes at top, 7 others below that with 'start windows normally' at the bottom.
don't want to do anything wrong here, can you advise please (dell D630 a19 bios revision, win7x86sp1)
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|31 May 2015
You can boot with windows 7 repair disk.
I guess you need to install Windows with the repair option for it to show in Advanced Boot Options menu. Maybe can be installed later too, no idea.
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|31 May 2015
have a second D630 in the house too, have checked on that one and it does have the 'repair my pc' option, bit puzzled as to why the one that is goosed doesn't?
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|31 May 2015
have windows install disc, there is a repair option in that, is that what you mean?
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The only problem is … you have to dry clean it.
I have a thing about dry cleaning. I hate it. It isn't the price, it's the pain.
canada goose jacket uk I realize it doesn't take that much time and it's really no harder than filling up your car with gas, but I hate that too, so I guess it all makes sense.
I've been washing my down Lacoste coat in my washing machine and dryer for years. It's a white coat. It gets filthy after about 5 years. It says you can machine wash it, so I do that and it always comes out perfectly.
north face For some reason, the Canada Goose coat says dry clean only. So for 10 years, I watched my beautiful red Canada Goose coat get dirtier and grungier and filthier. I dry cleaned it a few times but figured there had to be an alternative. I looked online to see if anyone had washed their coat in their home washing machine but couldn't find anyone who had. I guess the $1,300 price tag on the coat is enough to stop anyone from taking the risk.
Until now.
black canada goose Unable to stop myself any longer, and unable to wear the coat because of the bizarre black/grey/red colour it had become, over the Christmas holidays I said a little prayer, removed the fur collar (it just unzips), and stuffed my $800 when I bought it, currently $1,300! Canada Goose coat into my washing machine.
This is how it turned out.
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My Canada Goose coat washed perfectly in the washing machine. Perfectly.
Here, however, are my disclaimers.
1. If you wash your Canada Goose coat in your washing machine you void the warranty.
2. If you let your cat get as dirty as mine was it might take several washes as well as working in a bit of stain remover. (I had to wash my coat a total of 4 times, using various stain removers in between to get it clean. I started off with the "delicate/hand wash" cycle to be safe then gave up and went full force canada goose london, canada goose outlet, moncler jacket, womens canada goose jacket.)
3. To dry it, you need to add a few tennis balls or dryer balls into your dryer to help smash them down and let it fluff up.
4. It will take around 7 hours to fully dry. That's your dryer running for 7 hours straight. Just so you know.
5. I 'm not responsible if your Canada Goose coat happens to fall apart if you wash it and you're forced to wear leg warmers, a snood, and oatmeal mittens to keep warm. Not. Responsible.
canada goose mens jacket Having said that, I can tell you I will never dry clean my Canada Goose coat. I'll be washing it in my own washing machine at the end of every season while I fondly finger the tiny scar in the middle of my chin.
With extremely cold temperatures overwhelming even the toughest people in the province, many in Saskatchewan are looking to upgrade to a better winter jacket this month.
One of the most popular and warm choices is the Canada Goose Parka. The company's jackets are top quality, made with genuine goose down and trimmed with coyote fur.
canada goose jackets James Briens, co-owner of Eb's Source for Adventure in Saskatoon, said the demand is very strong even with a retail price of approximately $800-900.
"Currently, if a store doesn't have it, we are taking orders for next year," Briens said. "People are giving us the colors and styles and we are adding it to our order, which has already been placed for next season."
Briens said he expects current orders to arrive in about May.
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"We're actually assisting a customer right now, hoping for them to get that resolved with their credit card company," Briens said.
Finding a fake
Briens said it's important for consumers to check a few things when buying a Canada Goose jacket. He said the first place to start is the fur on the hood.
canada goose coats "With a fake, you'll notice that the fur isn't as full. It looks almost mangy," Briens said. "It is not as full."
The Canada Goose jacket also features their signature badge.
"(The counterfeit) the badge looks like it's bleeding around the outside," he said. "It's not as distinctive on the flags itself and even just the outline of the island."
canada goose womens Briens said there are also a number of things to look for when trying to determine a fake from the real thing. Counterfeit jackets will be a lot thinner, the colors aren't as rich, and stitching isn't as detailed.
The most important indicator, Briens said, is a hologram tag the company implemented a couple of years ago.
"The tags make the parka look identical, but it's the hologram that will tell you-you to have an authentic Canada Goose," he said. "If you don't have this hologram, then, unfortunately, you have a counterfeit canada goose jacket sale, Canada Goose Black Friday."
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"The problem with the fake (jackets) is you're not really sure what kind of feathers are inside," he said. "It's been known that the fill that has come from overseas is very, very poor quality. So the sanitation of the town is very poor. You don't know what is mixed into it."
canada goose coat Canada Goose does not sell directly to customers. So for people buying online, Briens suggests they put the online store's name into the Canada Goose website to authenticate whether it is an online retailer.
Countless frugal minions of yours are saying thank you for going where no one has been brave enough to go before.
But not me! I loooooooove dry cleaning, especially since mine has a drive up window and I don't even have to get out of my car!
Plus, I hate hate hate ironing and my husband's shirts are all extra long because he is so tall, it's like ironing bed sheets.
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I came on over to your site to check on you because when you don't post, I worry.
I know you do, lol. Everything's fine with me. My site, however, was hijacked. The fine folks at ServInt worked on it until 2:30 in the morning and it's back as good as new. The email will go out, just later than normal.l ~ bamschaatsteam.nl!
Haha. I did the same thing. Talk about loyal followers. Okay. I was looking for my laugh for the day, too. That is a fab jacket. Black and red. They are my colors. So this coat speaks to me. I have that chin zipper scar thingy. Ouch. That hurt. LOL
canada goose parka My site was GONE for an hour and a half too bamschaatsteam.nl! Not gonna lie, I went and had a stiff drink of some nasty stuff hiding at the back of my liquor cabinet. Now I know why I don't drink hard liquor. Straight from the bottle.
Soooo on that note ~ I SCREAM ~ thanks!!!! I am going to wash my Canada Goose stat. I just need to find the box with the tennis balls in it. Grrrrr.
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Thanks for sharing your experiment with others. I having been washing all my children's down fill coats and jackets for the past 25 yrs. My daughter is now 21 and got her 1st Canada Goose jacket for Christmas 2 yrs ago because she will be working in the outdoors doing drilling and blasting. Her black coat is very dirty and I refused to take it to the dry cleaner. I am also allergic to the chemical and they are not good for your clothes. Yet I was scared to give her jacket a try because I didn't want to void the warranty but since I have come across your blog I will give it a try, I now have the courage and will let you know. Thanks for sharing
canada goose uk This has been long overdue. Sorry I had a very busy summer. I just come across your site which I had bookmarked when I remember about the coat Canada Goose Coat.
In July I decided to wash my daughter's Canada Goose coat since the weather was very warm. I have a front load washer. I put the coat in by itself into the washer and put it on the quick wash, which is 35 mins. along with a small amount of tide cold washing detergent. I also used cold water since it is a black coat. I wasn't a bit surprised as to how dirty the coat was. After the cycle was finished I removed it from the washer and give it a good shake. To put them down back in place. Then I hang it out outside to dry. Within a few hrs, it was dry. I then toss it into the dry for about 5 mins to air fluff. My daughter couldn't believe it was her coat. I now have a following of friends who want me to clean their coat which I do gladly. Since it makes me feel very special and cost them nothing. I do trust that it was of some help to others.
You should not hang/air dry down jackets as it takes longer to fully dry and thus will be prone to mildew and mold.
The outside may feel dry but the down inside may still have the wet spot.
canada goose jacket I would probably give it one cycle in the dryer before hanging it up or else it will take forever to dry (if you have a second coat then you could go right to hanging it up – I just know that the day after I wash my coat the temp will drop to -30F and my coat will still be wet). Then if it needs a little fluffing up at the end, toss it in the dryer again for a second cycle.
No, lol. A down coat needs to be dried in a dryer to fluff the feathers up and provide insulation. So you can't, unfortunately, dry it for a little bit and then just hang it. It must be dried in the dryer. Just shove it in. Since it only costs $4 to run an electric dryer for an entire week you can rest assured the drying doesn't cost as much as you think it does and you can continue to save your money for more important things. Like clown paintings. ~ bamschaatsteam.nl!
Long time reader of your column who looks forward to your posts but would like to clarify your statement about the cost of running a dryer for a week as $4.
I monitor my electricity usage every month and based on that the average hourly cost of my electricity from Toronto Hydro is about $0.20/kwh when HST, delivery, regulatory and debt charges are included. On this basis, my average cost of running my dryer for an hour is about $0.88/hr (ref: https://www.bamschaatsteam.nl). I suspect that your figure of $4/week for using your dryer would apply to typical weekly usage for a couple with no children. I should also note that we have a time of use billing here in Ontario whereby the cost of electricity varies depending on the time of day. As a result, I only do laundry on the weekend and try whenever possible to dry my clothes on the clothesline.
Having said that, the cost of drying your coat for 7 hours would be about $6, which is still a lot less than the cost of dry cleaning.
Canada Goose Black Friday I don't want to be a nitpicker, I just don't want your readers to think that they could run their electric dryer 24/7 for a week at a cost of $4. The more aware people are of the actual costs of doing things the more informed decisions they can make.
Thanks, Ron, I should have been more clear. (I'm in Ontario as well by the way). To run the dryer for around 4 hours a week would cost around 4 dollars. (very approximate here). So yes, the cost of the coat drying is about $7 approximately, or $6 a little more precisely. ~ bamschaatsteam.nl!
I too was attacked by zipper teeth in my childhood. I probably did the same thing to my son but I don't remember as I was trying to get to work. I'll have to check his chin for the telltale scar. Don't you love being way ahead of a trend before it was trendy when the reason was simply to keep warm?
canada goose jacket, canada goose uk, I have a red Canada goose coat that was fading from a few dry cleanings. bamschaatsteam.nl, I feel I should've posted online somewhere, as I searched and found nothing online about machine washing, but I bit the bullet and did it anyway. Absolutely fine. Need to do it again soon as mine is disgusting!
Remember the movie a Christmas story where the little brother is bundled up in a snowsuit and three scarves? I always thought it was an exaggeration. But if bamschaatsteam.nl says it happens it must be true. You'll put your eye out
I think the dry clean only thing is a butt-covering move. I wash all sorts of things that say not to. My mother washed EVERYTHING! Even red suede (real leather) sneakers. Those were a last resort sort of thing but they survived amazingly well. Not everything can go in the washer and dryer but lots of things can. The biggest issue I have found with this is if the item has not been made well enough to survive the agitation – unfinished seams, poor construction, embellishments that get ruined. It would be really disappointing if a Canada Goose couldn't survive. As to the dryer, it is often worth the time to dry well – it avoids that lovely wet dog smell:)
A down coat must be put in the dryer 'til dry for the down to "loft" completely. Otherwise, it will dry in a clump somewhere near the bottom of your coat and not do its warming job. What I want to know is how the heck did you stand the tennis ball racket (haha) in your dryer for 7 hours canada goose sale, canada goose parka?!
You have had your Canada Goose long enough for it to be cool. My goal is to be the only woman in the Golden Horseshoe without one.No coach purse either.
More and more in life, I've realized that "rules" or "instructions" are just to cover someones' ass and completely arbitrary. Resolution-break more rules! The occasional rule is good-don't cross the center line into oncoming traffic and such but really, who said that earrings need to match? Think about it.
I love your frugal-ness! I feel the same way about dry cleaning…I have a bag o' stuff that requires dry cleaning, and it's been sitting in my closet now the for….a year. canada goose mens, canada goose coat, moncler, canada goose womens Ah, someday…
I got brave with my white cotton down filled comforter awhile back and decided to do it myself. While shoving the entire thing into my washer takes some doing (queen size, and very poofy!) once it's wet, it shrinks down immensely (there's a naughty joke in there somewhere). And yes, drying takes For. Ev. Er. Two hours with dryer balls (heh…balls), two more hours without, and she's sparkling white and fluffy again.
Of course, if you have a speedy gray cat, you'll probably be doing this more often than you think.
I washed my daughter's down-filled comforter and obviously didn't let it dry enough to fluff. It seemed dry BUT she saw it and threw it out saying I ruined it. Boy, have I felt bad for years but knowing it wasn't fluffed properly in the drier has taken away that guilt – however, plenty more remains since I am a Mom. I had previously washed down filled small things that dried fine and now I'm off to tell my daughter – which is the best part of your post today.
Wow, the zipper scar! That brought me back to my 8-year-old self. My mom had 4 daughters and a job and we all had that little "hickey" either on our chin or neck (ouch) throughout the bitterly cold winters in Upstate NY. When I was about 14 I begged my mom for a peacoat. It was a beautiful baby pink, wool and it buttoned up, no zipper here! I washed AND dried it once! Who knew you couldn't throw wool in the laundry canada goose coats, goose coats, canada goose jackets, canada goose mens jacket, canada goose bomber? (not 14 years old me, that's who). I never wore my beloved peacoat again. My mother made me give it to my much younger and much smaller sister. I begrudgingly handed it over, but I secretly planned her demise every.single.a time she put it on.
20 years ago when my daughter was getting married I got a book that had handy tips for a great wedding without busting the bank. One of the things was about preserving the wedding gown after the nuptials. It told horror stories of many companies who claimed to preserve the gown charging many hundreds of dollars and just tossing it uncleaned in a box, sealing the box up, saying it would void the warranty if the box was opened, then going out of business before the bride had a daughter who wanted to wear it. Everything ruined.
So, this trip was to just wash the gown in the washing machine and dry flat. The book said to go in the back room of any bridal shop and you'll see a big-ass washing machine. What do you think they use it for? People trying on bridal and bridesmaid gowns require that the gowns be cleaned before someone else wants them. Duh.
I didn't check out the back of bridal shops, but since the 30,000 seed pearls (not real pearls) would have been ruined with dry-cleaning chemicals, and the gown was satin and lace (both synthetic), I decided to try handwashing. It took a couple of days of delicately swishing and then rinsing rinsing rinsing in the large bathtub, and several more days drying on huge thick towels laid out on the floor, but it worked black canada goose , north face, canada goose jacket uk, canada goose sale uk, kids canada goose. Even a small red-wine stain and whatever black stuff that was smeared at the hem after a lot of dancing and partying in it came out. It cost some bucks for the acid-free tissue and bags and box to store it in, but otherwise, it was free and the gown is in beautiful shape. No reason to think a jacket made for outdoor wear shouldn't hold up to washing.
I don't live where it's cold enough for down, but it seems obvious it needs balls in the dryer for fluffing. I'd take bamschaatsteam.nl's word for that, in addition to how long to leave it in the dryer. I never thought of tennis balls, but that's kind of a cool thing, I think. I use felted wool dryer balls I got from a sheep farm in Wyoming and I can attest to them cutting down on drying time for regular laundry, in addition to eliminating static and making everything come out unwrinkled. They might not be heavy enough for fluffing down in a heavy jacket, but I don't know that for sure.


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