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Recognition of William III as King.- Pino (Pietro Francesco dal, Chaplain to Tommaso del Bene, …
⁂ A contemporary scribal copy of Pino's journal describing the journey undertaken by Tommaso del Bene to King William to convey the Grand Duke's acceptance of his status as King as well as to commiserate on the recent death of the Queen and to be informed on the peace negotiations then ongoing between England, France, Spain and Holland.
Provenance: Phillipps MS 8295 ("Ex bibl. Lord Glenbervie"), one of the manuscripts purchased by Phillipps at Richard Heber's sale, Part 11, 10-20 April 1836, lot 1317. With the previous provenance on the front paste-down: "Regalo dell'Abate Sebasto Ciampre Firenze 27 Ottre 1815." Never printed, two other copies of the journal are recorded, one (the original?) in the State Archives at Florence, the other, which is in several scribal hands, at Yale.
⁂ A contemporary scribal copy of Pino's journal describing the journey undertaken by Tommaso del Bene to King William to convey the Grand Duke's acceptance of his status as King as well as to commiserate on the recent death of the Queen and to be informed on the peace negotiations then ongoing between England, France, Spain and Holland.
Provenance: Phillipps MS 8295 ("Ex bibl. Lord Glenbervie"), one of the manuscripts purchased by Phillipps at Richard Heber's sale, Part 11, 10-20 April 1836, lot 1317. With the previous provenance on the front paste-down: "Regalo dell'Abate Sebasto Ciampre Firenze 27 Ottre 1815." Never printed, two other copies of the journal are recorded, one (the original?) in the State Archives at Florence, the other, which is in several scribal hands, at Yale.
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Sale Date(s)
Venue Address
General delivery information available from the auctioneer
If lots purchased at 4 Ingate Place, London
Buyer Collections
All purchased lots are available to collect from our premises at 4 Ingate Place, London SW8 3NS, Monday-Friday between 9:30am and 5:30pm. Please bring identification to collect your items.
If you are arranging to have your lots collected by a third party, please email us in advance so we have the details of the individual or carrier. Please ensure that third parties also bring identification when collecting items.
Packing and Shipping
We have included below a list of suggested carriers who can pack and ship your items. If you would like us to obtain a packing and shipping quote on your behalf, please do not hesitate to contact us. We obtain and provide quotes as soon as possible but there sometimes may be a delay of up to 5 working days.
Mail Boxes Etc. (Clapham)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7622 3857
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.mbeclapham.co.uk
RF Shipping & Logistics
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3002 6026
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.rfshipping.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8751 1115
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.intermode.co.uk
Recommended information to include when obtaining a quote:
A link to the lot/s
Shipping address
Total invoice amount (this can be estimated if pre-sale)
Whether you would like insurance
Any special instructions for packing the item/s
Please note that we will release lots to you only upon receipt of your payment in cleared funds and that it can take up to one week for us to receive confirmation from our bank for the clearance of cheque payments. Late payment and storage charges may apply if items are not paid for and cleared within 10 working days of the auction.
Important Information
Please note our buyer's premium including VAT is as follows:
For books (without VAT) - 25%
For other items - (with VAT) - 30%
A 5% web premium charge will also apply to lots bought over a third party platform.
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Terms & Conditions
1. IntroductionThe following notices are intended to assist buyers, particularly those that are new to our saleroom and internet bidding platforms. Our auctions are governed by our Terms and Conditions of Business incorporating the Terms of Consignment and Terms of Sale, supplemented by any notices that are displayed in our saleroom, the online catalogue listing or announced by the auctioneer at the auction. Our Terms and Conditions of Business are available for inspection at our saleroom and online at www.forumauctions.co.uk. In registering to bid with us you are committing to be bound by our Terms of Sale.
2. Agency As auctioneers we usually act on behalf of the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. If you buy at auction your contract for the goods is with the seller, not with us as auctioneer.
3. Estimates Estimates are intended to indicate the sum that might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price (the minimum price for which a lot may be sold) and cannot be below the reserve price. Estimates do not include the buyer's premium, VAT or other taxes and fees (where chargeable). Estimates may be altered by a saleroom notice.
4. Buyer's Premium The Terms of Sale oblige you to pay a buyer's premium on the hammer price of each lot purchased. All lots are offered under the Auctioneer's Margin Scheme and VAT (at 20%) is included within the buyer's premium. Our rate of buyer's premium is 30% of the first £150,000 of hammer, reducing to 24% of the hammer price from £150,001 to £1,000,000 and then 14.4% of hammer price in excess of £1,000,000. Buyers wishing to purchase outside of the margin scheme must notify us and will be subject to VAT (at 20%) on the hammer price in addition to buyer's premium and any other applicable charges. This may be reclaimed as input tax or in the event of export outside of the EU.
5. Items with zero rated VAT Please note that VAT is not added to the buyer's premium on certain goods, such as qualifying books.
6. Inspection of goods by the buyer You will have ample opportunity to inspect the goods and must do so for any lots that you might wish to bid for. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots set out in Clause 11 of our Terms of Sale.
7. Export of goods If you intend to export goods you must find out in advance if:
a. there is a prohibition on exporting goods of that character e.g. if the goods contain prohibited materials such as ivory
b. if they require an Export Licence on the grounds of exceeding a specific age and/or monetary value threshold as set by the Export Licensing Unit. We are happy to offer the submission of necessary applications on behalf of our buyers but we will charge for this service only to cover the costs of our time.
8. Bidding Bidders will be required to register with us before bidding. Purchases will be invoiced to the buyer's registered name and address only. When first registering for an account with us you will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us. In registering for any sale you agree to be bound by our terms and conditions regardless of your bidding method.
9. Commission bidding You may leave commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount (excluding the buyer's premium and/or any applicable VAT, fees or other taxes) you authorise us to bid on your behalf for a lot. We will execute commission bids at the lowest price possible having regard only to the vendor reserve and competing bids on the lot. Please note that we accept commission bids at standard bidding increments and reserve the right to reduce an off-increment bid down to the next lowest bidding increment or otherwise at our sole discretion.
10. Live online bidding When using our BidFORUM platform to participate in the auction through your account on our website there will be no additional charges. If you are using a third party live bidding platform then additional fees of 5% are applicable. We will invoice these to you as an additional service and any applicable VAT will be separated out.
11. Methods of Payment We accept payments only in the currency in which the invoice is issued and payment is due within 3 working days of the auction. We process card payments securely over our website and accept and all major debit and credit cards issued by a UK or EU bank free of charge from personally issued cards only. If paying with a corporate card or from outside the EU, an additional 3% charge will be levied on the invoice total. We also accept bank transfers (details below), cash payments up to an equivalent of €10,000, and cheques if issued by UK banks in sterling only. All funds need to have cleared into our account before items are collected. For bank transfers, please quote the Invoice Number as the payee reference.
Our bank details for electronic transfers are:
HSBC, 16 King St, London WC2E 8JF
Account Name: Forum Auctions Limited
Account Number: 12213079
Sort Code: 40-04-09
12. Collection and storage Please note what the Terms of Sale say about collection and storage. It is important that you pay for and collect your goods promptly. Any delay may result in you having to pay storage charges of at least £1.50 per Lot per day as set out in Clause 7 of our Terms of Sale and interest charges of 1.5% per month on the Total Amount Due as set out in Clause 8 of our Terms of Sale.
13. Loss and Damage to Goods We are not authorised by the FCA to provide insurance services. Liability for a lot passes to the buyer on the fall of the hammer or conclusion of an online auction (as applicable).
14. Other symbols within the catalogue
a. (ARR) denotes a lot where Artist's Resale Right (alternatively called Droite de Suite) royalty charges may be applicable to the Lot. Presently these charges are levied on a sliding scale at 4% of the hammer price up to Euro 50,000; 2% from Euro 50,001 to 200,000; 1% from Euro 200,001 to 350,000; 0.5%from Euro 350,001 to 500,000; and 0.25% above Euro 500,000 subject always to a maximum royalty charge of Euro 12,500. We will collect and pay royalty charges on your behalf and calculate the £ sterling equivalent of the Euro amount.
b. (IMPORT) denotes that Import VAT at 5% is payable on the hammer price of the Lot.
c. (VAT) denotes that VAT at 20% is payable on the hammer price as well as the buyer's premium of the Lot, which may be reclaimed as input VAT.
15. Shipping We can help you arrange packing and shipping of your purchases by arrangement with our shipping department. If you would like us to source indicative pricing for packing and shipping, please be aware that at busy times it may take some time for us to revert with a quote.
Definitions and interpretation
Both the sale of goods at our auctions and your relationship with us are governed by the Terms of Consignment (primarily applicable to sellers) the Terms of Sale (primarily applicable to bidders and buyers) and any notices displayed in the saleroom or announced by us at the auction (collectively, the "Conditions of Business"). The Terms of Consignment and Terms of Sale are available at our saleroom on request.
Please read these Terms of Sale carefully. Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale. If registering to buy over a Live Online Bidding Platform, including our own BIDFORUM platform accessible via our website, you will be asked, at every auction, to confirm your agreement to these terms before you are able to place a bid.
In these Terms of Sale, the words 'you', 'yours', etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words "we", "us", etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a 'Clause' is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise
To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:
"Auctioneer" means Forum Auctions Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 10048705 and whose registered office is located at 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;
"Bidder" means a person participating in bidding at the auction;
"Bidding Platform" means the live online bidding platform over which an auction is broadcast allowing bidders to place bids. Bidding Platforms may be operated by the Auctioneer, or by a third party service provider on the Auctioneer's behalf;
"Buyer" means the person who makes the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer;
"Buyer's premium" means the additional auctioneer fees applicable to the hammer price;
"Commission" means:
a. the commission that we charge you on the sale of the Goods as set out in Clause 4 below; and
b. any additional charges, fees, duties or taxes
"Consumer" means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual's trade, business, craft or profession;
"Consumer Contracts Regulations" means the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013;
"Deliberate Forgery" means:
(a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source;
(b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and
(c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;
"Exclusively Online Auction" means only an auction held exclusively over the Website or any Bidding Platforms and where we have not made the Goods available for viewing or inspection. NB this does not apply for any auctions, howsoever held, where we have made the Goods available for inspection;
"FCA" means the Financial Conduct Authority
"Good(s)" means the goods that you consign to us for sale at our auction;
"Hammer Price" means the level of the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer for a Lot and signalled by the fall of the hammer;
"Listing" means a listing of Goods for sale;
"Lot(s)" means the goods that we offer for sale at our auctions;
"Online Listing" means a listing of Goods for sale on the Website or any Bidding Platform;
"Order Confirmation" means the email confirmation that we send to you to confirm that we have accepted your bid to purchase a Lot;
"Pledge" Any security or charge over the Goods in favour of ourselves or any third party;
"Premium" means the fee that we will charge you on your purchase of a Lot to be calculated as set out in Clause 3;
"Premium Inclusive Auction" means the buyer's premium is zero;
"Price" means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium and any applicable VAT;
"Proceeds" means the net amount due to the Seller;
"Reserve" means the minimum hammer price at which a Lot may be sold save that the auctioneer may use their discretion to accept a lower hammer price than the reserve;
"Seller" means the persons who consign Lots for sale at our auctions;
"Terms of Consignment" means the terms on which we agree to offer Lots for sale in our auctions as agent on behalf of Sellers;
"Terms of Sale" means the terms that any bidder enters into when registering for one of our auctions;
"Total Amount Due" means the Hammer Price for a Lot, the Premium, any applicable artist's resale right royalty, any VAT or import duties due and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Terms of Sale;
"Trader" means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller's trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader's name or on the trader's behalf;
"VAT" means Value Added Tax or any equivalent sales tax; and
"Website" means our website available www.forumauctions.co.uk.
1 Information that we are required to give to Consumers
1.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue;
1.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website;
1.3 The price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 3, 4 and 6;
1.4 The arrangements for collection of the Goods as set out in Clauses 7 and 8;
1.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 12;
1.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale;
1.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at the address set out on our Website.
2 Bidding procedures and the Buyer
2.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us;
2.2 We strongly recommend that you either attend the auction in person or inspect the Lots prior to bidding at the auction. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition;
2.3 If you instruct us in writing, we may execute commission bids on your behalf. Commission bids will be accepted with reference only to our standard bidding increments and any off-increment bids will be reduced to the next increment immediately below. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right, at our sole discretion, to prefer one over others;
2.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer for a Lot will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our sole discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle any dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute;
2.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party;
2.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bidding increment (as set at our sole discretion) below the Reserve;
2.7 We may at our sole discretion refuse to accept any bid;
2.8 We are unable to accept any responsibility for missed bids;
2.9 Bidding increments will be set at our sole discretion.
3 The purchase price
As Buyer, you will pay:
a. the Hammer Price;
b. a premium of 25% of the Hammer Price up to a Hammer Price of £150,000; plus 20% of the Hammer Price from £150,001 to £1,000,000; plus 12% of the Hammer Price exceeding £1,000,000;
c. any VAT, import duty or other duties, fees or taxes applicable to the Lot;
d. any artist's resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot; and
e. for Premium Inclusive Auctions there will be no buyer's premium, though there may be additional fees, duties or taxes applicable.
4 VAT and other duties
4.1 You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT and other fees, taxes or duties applicable on the Hammer Price and premium due for a Lot. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the "Information for Buyers" in our auction catalogue for further information.
4.2 We will charge VAT and other fees, taxes or duties at the current rate at the date of the auction.
5 The contract between you and the Seller
5.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the hammer falls accepting the highest bid for the Lot at the auction;
5.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller's breach of the Terms of Consignment;
5.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim;
5.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot);
5.5 For Exclusively Online Auction only, Clauses 16 and 17 may apply.
6 Payment
6.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will:
6.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and
6.1.2 pay to us within 3 working days the Total Amount Due in any way that we agree to accept payment or in cash (for which there is an aggregate upper limit of 10,000 euros for all purchases made in any auction);
6.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay prior debts before applying such monies towards your purchase of the Lot(s).
7 Title and collection of purchases
7.1 Once you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it.
7.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 10 business days following the day of the auction; or
7.3 If you do not collect the Lot within this time period, you will be responsible for any reasonable removal, storage and insurance charges in relation to that Lot amounting to at least £1.50 per Lot per day.
7.4 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you at the fall of the Hammer or when you have otherwise purchased the Lot.
7.5 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within forty-five days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.
8 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases
8.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:
8.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract;
8.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;
8.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the Total Amount Due for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 7.5 and 8.1.5). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;
8.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;
8.1.5 if you do not pay us within 10 business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the Total Amount Due;
8.1.6 keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due;
8.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or
8.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.
8.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 8.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non- compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.
9 Health and safety
Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees' or our agents' negligence.
10 Warranties
10.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that:
10.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the lot at auction;
10.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot, subject to any restrictions set out in the Lot description, to you free from any third
party rights or claims;
10.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct. For the avoidance of doubt, you are solely responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the Lot in all respects; and
10.1.4 Unless otherwise described the Lot is capable of free circulation in the European Union save that certain types of Lots may be deemed to be of cultural or heritage importance and may require an export permit prior to their removal from the UK.
10.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable, under any circumstances, to pay you any sums over and above the Total Amount Due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.
10.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second- hand.
10.4 If in an Exclusively Online Auction a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller's warranties set out at Clause 10.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.
10.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.
11 Descriptions and condition
11.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (although we do not warrant that we have carried out a detailed inspection of each Lot).
11.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot.
11.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held, subject always to the limitations in 10.1, and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently.
11.4 It is your responsibility to establish whether a Lot may be subject to export restrictions, duties, taxes or fees.
11.5 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition.
11.5.1 Lots are sold "as is" (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.
11.5.2 In the case of Exclusively Online Auctions the provisions of Clauses 16 and 17 may apply.
12 Deliberate Forgeries
12.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within twelve months of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects prepared by an accredited expert.
12.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if:
12.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or
12.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us,
you will have no right to a refund under this Clause 12.
12.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the Total Amount Due for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot or any other costs you have incurred in relation to the Lot save for those Lots purchased in exclusively online auctions from a Trader.
12.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.
13 Limitation of our liability to you
13.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.
13.2 It is your responsibility to establish whether a Lot may be subject to export restrictions, duties, taxes or fees.
13.3 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Conditions of Business. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, all of we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.
13.4 Subject to Clause 13.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the Total Amount Due as paid by you to us for any Lot.
13.5 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:
13.5.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the unfair Contract Terms Act 1977);
13.5.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or
13.5.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
14 Notices
14.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it.
14.2 Any notice referred in these Terms of Sale may be given:
14.2.1 by delivering it by hand;
14.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery; or
14.2.3 by email, provided that a copy is also sent by pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery.
14.3 Notices must be sent as follows:
14.3.1 by hand or registered post:
a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and
b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or
14.3.2 by email:
a. to us, at the following email addresses: email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com
b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address.
14.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received:
14.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;
14.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or
14.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt (provided that a copy has also been sent by pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery).
14.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, email (unless also delivered Recorded Delivery), any form of messaging via social media or text message.
15 Data Protection
We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with the principles underlying the Data Protection Act. Our registration number with the Information Commissioner is ZA178875.
16 Conditional Right to cancel following an Exclusively Online Auction only
16.1 If you are contracting as a Consumer and the Seller of a Lot is a Trader, you will have a statutory right to cancel your purchase of that Lot if you change your mind for any reason. The provisions below set out your legal right to cancel. Further advice about your legal right to cancel your purchase is available from your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.
16.2 You may cancel your purchase at any time from the date of the Order Confirmation up to the end of the fourteenth day after the day of collection of the Lot by you or the person specified by you for collection (e.g. if you receive an Order Confirmation on 1 January and you collect a Lot on 10 January, you may cancel at any time between 1 January and the end of the day on 24 January).
16.3 To cancel your purchase, you must inform us of your intention to cancel it. The easiest way to do so is to complete the model cancellation form attached to your Order Confirmation. If you use this method, we will email you to confirm that we have received your cancellation. Alternatively, you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you send us your cancellation notice by email or by post, then your cancellation is effective from the date you send us the email or post the letter to us.
16.4 If you exercise your right to cancel your purchase, you will receive a refund of the Total Amount Due paid for the Lot in accordance with Clause 17. When exercising the cancellation right, you must return the Lots to us immediately at your own cost (as set out below).
16.5 Following purchasing of Lots, you are entitled to a reasonable opportunity to inspect the Lots (which will include removing them from their packaging and inspecting them). At all times, you must take reasonable care of the Lots and must not let them out of your possession. If you are in breach of your obligations to take reasonable care of the Lots, we will have a claim against you and may deduct from the refund costs incurred by us as a result of the breach.
16.6 Details of this statutory right, and an explanation of how to exercise it, are also provided in the Order Confirmation. This provision does not affect your statutory rights.
16.7 The cancellation right described in this Clause is in addition to any other right that you might have to reject a Lot, for instance because it is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 12.
17 Exercising the right to cancel following an Exclusively Online Auction only
17.1 Where you have validly returned a Lot to us under your right of cancellation described in Clause 16, we will refund the full amount paid by you for the Lot.
17.2 Please note that we are permitted by law to reduce your refund to reflect any reduction in the value of the Lot, if this has been caused by your handling of the Lot in a way contrary to the conditions specified in these terms or which would not be permitted during a pre-sale exhibition held prior to an auction. If we refund you the price paid before we are able to inspect the Lot and later discover you have handled the Lot in an unacceptable way, you must pay us an appropriate amount.
17.3 You will be responsible for returning the Lot to us at your own cost.
17.4 We will process any refund due to you within the deadlines below:
17.4.1 if you have collected the Lot but have not returned it to us: fourteen days after the day on which we receive the Lot back from you or, if earlier, the day on which you provide us with evidence that you have sent the Lot back to us; or
17.4.2 if you have not collected the Lot or you have already returned the Lot to us: fourteen days after you inform us of your decision to cancel the Contract.
17.5 We will refund you using the same means of payment that you used for the transaction.
17.6 Legal ownership of a Lot will immediately revert to the Seller if we refund any such payment to you.
17.7 For further information on how to return Lots to us, please get in touch with us using the contact details provided on our Website.
18 General
18.1 We may at our sole discretion, though acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.
18.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.
18.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.
18.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.
18.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale for every sale in which you intend to bid carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.
18.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies are: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.
18.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.


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Watch These Airport Reunions — Daily Distraction
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Waiting for your loved one to finally come home can take forever, but when he or she finally does show up, that's a wonderful feeling.
Whether it's a kid waiting for her mom, two teenagers in love, or sisters who've been apart for too long, these moments—which invariably involve extended hugging—are sure to bring a smile. It almost makes us want to go the airport right now just to watch other people's reunions. Almost.
The Daily Distraction is your Internet break from reality. Whether you're eating lunch at your desk or avoiding high school exes on Facebook, you might just laugh, say "aaahhh" or not believe what you just watched.

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text: An Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardBeech Publishing House, 1993 - 48 pages This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |


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By Jordan Wright
In a career spanning six decades, David Cassidy has worked in television, theater and concert halls as a musician, actor, songwriter, singer, director and producer. That's a lot of crossover. But when you're the son of theatrical and TV royalty Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward, you could say, "Well, kids, that's showbiz!"
At the tender age of 8, Cassidy started touring and performing in summer stock productions along with his parents and landed his first Broadway role before he was a teenager. Many of his fans grew up with him in the 1970s when he played adorable heartthrob Keith in the long-running, syndicated sitcom, "The Partridge Family." He and stepmother Shirley Jones were the only two cast members to actually sing on the show's 10 albums.
With more than 30 million records sold worldwide, his career has taken him to Broadway, Las Vegas and locations across the globe. Cassidy still spends nearly 200 days a year on the road, though he admits he'll be cutting back on lengthy tours in the future.
Cassidy and his five-piece band will drop by the Birchmere on Saturday, the last stateside stop on an eight-month tour. He heads to England next and expects to perform for more than 10,000 spectators a night. I spoke to Cassidy by phone this week from his base in upstate New York.
Alexandria Times: How has the U.S. leg of your tour been?
David Cassidy: I've had the greatest summer I can remember. I'm with my band of eight years. The audiences have been great. I can't explain it. I've never enjoyed playing as much, and the momentum keeps growing.
Are you looking forward to playing The Birchmere?
The wonderful thing about The Birchmere is it is one of the most legendary places in the U.S. to play. It's genuine and earthy. Some of the greats have played there. It reminds me of the Bottom Line in New York. There are virtually no other venues I play that are so intimate. The management and the backstage crew and the vibe are so great. It has that true blues, rock 'n' roll sort of authenticity. My band [including guitarist Dave Robicheau of the The Monkees] said, "Let's go back there!"
How much of the show is new music?
Virtually none. But I do songs that are a part of my journey. My fans come to hear the songs they love. I don't do the same show every night — that's not me. I like to interact with the audience and keep it spontaneous.
Who are your musical influences now?
The same that have been my influences before: I like John Mayer and Sting, as an incredible writer, bass player and singer. My earlier influences were [Richard] Rogers and [Oscar] Hammerstein, [George] Gershwin, Cole Porter, Bobby Darin. But when I became a teenager it was the Beatles. I remember the night I turned 12 was when I first heard them. The next day I bought an electric guitar … I played blues in garage bands when I was younger, and I loved B.B. King and Buffalo Springfield, who played at my high school. The Beach Boys were another favorite, and I became good friends with Carl Wilson. Later Brian [Wilson] and I wrote a song together. I got to play with my musical heroes and became good friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I played with him a few times when he was making the "Rock 'n' Roll" album in the '70's. I think John and Paul were the greatest songwriting team ever. And Yoko has such an amazing soul.
Your son, Beau, and daughter, Katie, are in show business. Do you support their showbiz careers?
I do now. I didn't support them earlier when [Katie's] mom wanted her to be Britney Spears. Now she's done five TV series — "Gossip Girl" was one — and some films. I'm very proud of the work she's done. My son has been studying at Michigan State, Boston University and NYU. He's a very talented musician and songwriter in a band called The Fates. I heard their first few songs, and the stuff is remarkable.
Are you excited about your upcoming Lifetime Achievement Award at the Film, Recording and Entertainment Council's Star Gala in November?
I say this humorously and somewhat sarcastically: If you do enough work and stick around long enough and don't give up, you pick yourself up a few times and then someone says, "What about this guy?" I'm very flattered by it. And because I've been accused of being a workaholic, I've finally backed off from working 52 weeks a year. I tell my kids and [audiences] in talks at colleges and schools, it's never been about the money, and I appreciate working so much more now. Because if you're going to write and produce and direct with a lot of people with a lot of talent, it makes a difference if they have a strong investment in it.
What's next for you?
I plan to do at least one more album. I have a concept that I have never fully explored that I'd like to work on. It's not about the multiplatinum records anymore. Before I only focused on the end result — now I like to take my time.
David Cassidy performs at The Birchmere — located at 3701 Mount Vernon Ave. — on Saturday. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com.


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Breakfast Thoughts: Lavender Oatmeal Squares
Let's interrupt our usual programming of decadent and creamy treats to talk about breakfast, shall we? You know, that "most important meal" of the day, the one that also defines our lifestyle, mood, habits. Even the last edition of Saveur, almost entirely devoted to breakfast made it to my mailbox right when I had breakfast oatmeal squares in the oven…sign.
Over the past years, I have been catching myself saying I love breakfast but what I should really say is "I'd love to have breakfast". I hardly have time or appetite in the morning for more than a cup of coffee and a few spoonfuls of yogurt. Everyday I tell clients about the benefits of a balanced breakfast and yet this is a classic case of "do as I say and not as I do". Bad me.
It has not always been the case. As a typical French child, my mom would fix hot chocolate, toast and jam, maybe a yogurt, before heading to school. Sometimes toast was a croissant or a slice of brioche (toasted with some honey, please!). More or less of the above combination made its way onto my plate as I grew up. Before I stopped running as much as I used to due to knee issues (my fault: run 5 miles each morning then go work at the restaurant for 10-12 hours, 6 days a week…6 years later, you can imagine the x-rays!!), I would fix myself a good breakfast. Then I started going to bed later and later each day and waking up earlier and earlier and my appetite, time or desire for breakfast went down the drain.
I started to look into other cultures for inspiration and different fares and still nothing. I wanted to be a breakfast eater!! I finally realized that I can't eat a lot in the morning so breakfast would have to comprise a lot of essential vitamins and nutrients in a two to three bite something. Breakfast squares became an obvious and manageable choice for me. I can prepare them in 10 minutes the night before and grab a couple on my way out the door in the morning.
The dough is so forgiving and basic that you can change, substitute and replace at will. Today they were oatmeal, tomorrow they will be quinoa flakes. Almonds sometimes turn into pistachios, honey turns into agave syrup. I sometimes add a pinch of cinnamon or a spoonful of flax seeds. Today it was a pinch of edible lavender buds. If I know the morning is going to drag into a late lunch, I'll have some with dried fruits for extra energy. You get the idea….the possibilities are quite endless and though it may not be the perfect breakfast, it is still better than what I would usually have: one big cup of coffee. Baby steps….
I have a curious mind and like you, I love to read about food so please tell me: "What do you eat for breakfast?"
Breakfast Oatmeal Squares:
Makes 9, 3-inch squares
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup oats
1/3 cup chopped almonds
1 tsp edible lavender buds
1 egg
1/4 cup yogurt
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl combine the flour, oats, almonds and lavender and set aside. In a smaller bowl whisk together the egg, yogurt, honey and vanilla extract. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir together with a large spoon or your hands until the dough comes together.
Pat the dough into a squares directly on the parchment paper, cut through with a sharp knife into 9 pieces and bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake or you will end up with rocks under your teeth. Let cool and break the squares apart. Feel free to use a scoop and make drop cookies instead.
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Review: Haswell laptops deliver on long battery
Just in time for the back-to-school season, new laptops with extended battery life are hitting store shelves. What these laptops have in common are microprocessors that belong to a new family of Intel chips called Haswell.
Just in time for the back-to-school season, new laptops with extended battery life are hitting store shelves.
What these laptops have in common are microprocessors that belong to a new family of Intel chips called Haswell. The chips consume less power than previous generations and promise a 50 % boost in battery life for watching video. The improvements extend to word processing, Web surfing and other computing tasks as well.
Put another way, you can unplug your laptop in the morning and go a full day without a charge, with some breaks for meals, exercise and errands. The 13-inch MacBook Air, for instance, promises up to 12 hours of battery life. Three Windows machines I tried promise seven to nine hours. For students, that's a full day of cutting classes - and more. For business travelers, that's a cross-country flight including delays.
I reviewed Apple's MacBook Air and Dell, Sony and Acer computers running Microsoft's Windows 8. Samsung and other PC makers are just coming out with Haswell laptops, so you should expect even more choices by the holidays. The four I tested use solid-state flash drives, which keep laptops light but don't have as much capacity as traditional storage. They also lack Ethernet ports for wired Internet connections and slots for DVDs. Expect to use Wi-Fi a lot, though USB ports are available to connect devices. Base models come with 128 gigabytes of storage. You can spend a few hundred dollars more for additional storage and faster processors.
Here are the four Haswell laptops I tried, starting with the cheapest:
MacBook Air from Apple Inc. Starts at $1,099 for 13-inch model.
With a screen measuring 13.3 inches diagonally, the larger model weighs 2.96 pounds and costs $1,099. An even lighter, 11.6-inch version is available for $999, but promised battery life is just nine hours. Spend the extra $100 for three additional hours and a larger screen if you can afford it.
It's odd that the Air is the cheapest of the four I reviewed, as Apple's computers are traditionally pricier than their Windows counterparts. But in this case, the Windows laptops I tested all come with touch screens, something Apple has avoided in laptops on the premise that people don't want to lift their hands off the keyboard to use touch controls. The base model of the Air also has a slightly slower processor - at 1.3 gigahertz, compared with 1.6 gigahertz for the three Windows laptops.
Although promised battery life on the 13-inch review unit was 12 hours, I was able to get more than 14 hours once by turning off the Wi-Fi connection. I typically got nine to 11 hours for general Web surfing. Apple promises up to 10 hours for playing video downloaded from its iTunes store. I ran that test four times and got nine to 10 hours of playing the same episode of 'Revenge' over and over. As with other laptops, performance drops significantly when streaming video over Wi-Fi, down to six to seven hours of Hulu.
Beyond having a long battery life, the Air is a solid machine that is easy to hold and carry. Although its aluminum exterior is easy to scratch and dent, I feel comfortable banging it around in my backpack because it has few moving parts that might be susceptible to damage. I even ran four miles home with it once.
Only the 13-inch model has a slot for SD memory cards.
Apart from its limited storage compared with laptops with regular hard drives, the MacBook Air will work fine as a primary computer. However, if you need an even more powerful laptop, see if Apple will update its MacBook Pros with Haswell this fall.
XPS 12 from Dell Inc. Starts at $1,200.
The XPS 12 is part of a category called ultrabooks - slim and light laptops, much like MacBook Airs, except they run Windows. The XPS 12 is also a convertible. The screen spins like a pig roasting on a spit. In one position, you get a laptop. Spin it 180 degrees, close the lid, and you have yourself a tablet. Magic.
Unfortunately, the XPS 12 is on the heavy side. The base model is 3.35 pounds. On paper, it's less than a half-pound heavier than the Air. But in practice, it feels heavy - especially as a tablet, at more than double the 1.44 pounds for the full-size iPad. The XPS 12 is alone in lacking an SD card slot, and its 12.5-inch screen is the smallest. But it is also the only one to have physical volume buttons on the side, and it's more affordable than the other two Windows laptops I reviewed.
Promised battery life is about 8.75 hours. I got nearly 8.5 hours for word processing, spreadsheets and other tasks that didn't need Wi-Fi. With wireless turned on, I got 7.5 to eight hours of use. Like the other two Windows machines, I got five to six hours of iTunes video. That's about half of what I got on the Air, but Apple has the advantage in being able to optimize its hardware for the software it also designs. I got about 5.5 to six hours of streaming video on Hulu, which is just about an hour less than what I got on the Air.
I did have some trouble with the battery losing its charge quickly when not in use, but a software update seems to have fixed that. That said, the XPS 12 took up to four hours to get a full charge, compared with two hours or less for the others.
What I like most about the XPS 12 is the fact that it automatically disables the on-screen keyboard when in laptop mode. On the Acer and the Sony laptops, the touch keyboard gets in the way when you already have a fully functioning keyboard attached. Tablet computers need that keyboard, so it comes back automatically when you flip the screen into a tablet. It's a smart strategy that I wish all other Windows 8 computers would adopt.
Vaio Pro 13 from Sony Corp. Starts at $1,250.
The Pro is an ultrabook that's light. Very, very light.
The 13.3-inch laptop weighs just 2.34 pounds, only 60 percent more than an iPad. Sony uses carbon fiber to keep it light. It feels to me like cheap plastic that's about to break because it bends. But Sony assures me that it's more durable than aluminum. And Sony says the fact that it bends isn't a sign of weakness but a characteristic that lets it absorb shock. The base model starts at $1,250, though you can save $100 with an 11.6-inch Vaio Pro 11 instead.
I was ready to hate the Pro 13 because the cursor keeps jumping around when I type, making it difficult to complete sentences. But I tried three machines without problems at a Sony store in New York. Turns out I had to download a piece of software to give me settings for touchpad sensitivity. I had two weeks of frustrations until then, though Sony tells me most consumers won't need the separate download.
Once that got fixed, the laptop worked fine. The laptop hinge serves as a kickstand when open to prop up the keyboard, making it slightly easier to type.
I consistently got more than the seven hours of battery life promised for general Web surfing and word processing. I reached 8.5 hours once with Wi-Fi turned off. Battery life drops below six hours, though, for iTunes video download and Hulu streaming. If you do a lot of that, you can add a spare battery for $150, doubling the battery life. The system is still less than 3 pounds with the spare battery attached. The other units I tried won't let you replace batteries or insert a spare at all.
Aspire S7 from Acer Inc. Starts at $1,450.
The Aspire has what I want in a laptop, except for the price.
The laptop's aluminum body is covered on one side with glossy white glass. It reminds me of a refrigerator, but I came to appreciate the durability it brings once I started lugging it around. It's also fairly light, at 2.87 pounds.
You can flip its screen all the way back so that both the keyboard and the screen are level with the surface, just like a tablet on a tabletop. I can't think of any scenarios in which I would need that, though Acer says it's good for presentations. Just press Function-O on the keyboard and the image on the screen rotates 90 degrees at a time, allowing you to show something to others sitting at your table.
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text: The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far greater interest than the army could ever have predicted. They provide unrivalled insight into daily events on the front line and are packed with fascinating detail. They contain no modern editing, opinions or poorly judged comments, just the war day by day, written by the men who fought this 'War to end all Wars. They are without question, the most important source of information available on the war on the Western Front. Full colour facsimile of each page with specially created chronological index. What is a War Diary? The headquarters of each unit and formation of the British Army in the field was ordered to maintain a record of its location, movements and activities. For the most part, these details were recorded on a standard army form headed 'War diary or intelligence summary'. What details are given? Details given vary greatly, depending on the nature of the unit, what it was doing and, to some extent, the style of the man writing it. The entries vary from very simple and repetitive statements like 'Training' up to many pages of description when a unit was in battle. Production of the diary was the responsibility of the Adjutant of the headquarters concerned. Is there any other information or documents with the diaries? Some diaries have other documentation attached, such as maps, operational orders and after-action reports.


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Forsyth Creek Week is a full week of fun, educational and hands-on opportunities to discover, explore, and help our local waterways.
Forsyth County Parks and Recreation will be participating in Forsyth Creek Week. Forsyth County residents can participate in kayak fishing demonstrations, creek crawls, creek education programs, and Audubon bird walks at Tanglewood Park.
Creek Week's goal is to connect Forsyth County residents with our local waterways through a variety of activities. This week-long observance will provide opportunities for them to discover and explore local streams through educational programs, recreational activities, and a volunteer service project. The objective of all of these opportunities is to help residents learn more about their own connections and impacts on our local waterways.
Learn more about creek week and other activities taking place throughout Forsyth County.
Forsyth Creek Week is a county-wide initiative organized by the City of Winston-Salem Stormwater/Erosion Control Division, Forsyth County Parks & Recreation, Forsyth County Extension Service, Town of Kernersville, Village of Clemmons, the Audubon Society, Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection, Forsyth County Public Libraries, the Gateway Environmental Initiative, Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, Old Salem Museums & Gardens, the Sierra Club, Winston-Salem Sustainability Resource Center, and the Yadkin Riverkeeper.


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Toyota recalls 7.43 million vehicles globally
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and elsewhere around the world for a faulty power-window switch — the latest, massive quality woes for Japan's top automaker.
The recall announced Wednesday affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. The power-window switch on the driver's side didn't have grease applied evenly during production, causing friction in the switch and sometimes smoke, according to Toyota.
No crashes or injuries have been reported related to the defect. But more than 200 problems were reported in U.S. and a fewer number of problems were reported elsewhere, including 39 cases in Japan, Toyota spokesman Joichi Tachikawa said.
Recalled in North America are the Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia and Scion models xB and xD, spanning 2.47 million vehicles.
Some 460,000 vehicles are being recalled in Japan. The models are the Vitz, Belta, Ractis, Ist, Auris and Corolla Lumion. The Yaris, Corolla, Auris, Camry and Rav-4 are being recalled in Europe, totaling 1.39 million vehicles.
The sprawling recall also applies to cars in Australia, China and elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East.
Toyota has been trying to fix its reputation after a series of massive recalls of 14 million vehicles over several years.
Before that, Toyota had boasted a reputation for pristine quality, centered around its super-lean production methods that empowered workers to hone in on quality control. Toyota executives have acknowledged the escalating recalls were partly caused by the company's overly ambitious growth goals.
Toyota is also suffering from a sales plunge in China where car buyers are shunning Japanese brands because of a territorial dispute over islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan.


text: After a few months of planning, several weeks of work, and possibly a few kilometres of aimless pacing through the living room, I'm happy to present "Palm: I'm ready to wallow now". This massive article (22,000 words) covers countless aspects of Palm, its devices, its operating system, and the company's importance to the mobile industry. I start with a detailed look at the history of handwriting recognition, after which I move on to the four hardware products I believe are crucial in understanding Palm as a company. Of course, I also dive into Palm OS, covering the kernel, its filesystem (or lack thereof), 'multitasking' capabilities, user experience, and much more. Important Palm OS licensees like Sony and Handspring make an appearance, and I cover the failed attempt at modernising the Palm OS: Palm OS 6 Cobalt. Finally, the conclusion ties it all together. For the first time in OSNews' history, you can also buy this article to support OSNews and make more articles like this possible in the future (don't worry – the regular online version is free, as always!). I suggest you grab a coffee, sit back, and enjoy.


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Do you remember the after-school snacks you had in your childhood. Ah! those are cherished memories aren't they? Well, anything involving food is a cherished memory or most (not all) of the cherished moments can be related with food. Coming home after a tiring day at school, wash up and dig in something to munch on with a glass of milk. Mostly it would be home-made goodies like kozhukattai, sundal, sandwich but occasionally dad would buy hot samosas and puffs from the bakery on his way back from work. I tried to reproduce the bakery flavors with this recipe.
Puff Pastry Sheet - cut into 3x5" pieces - 5
Onion - 2 cups - thinly sliced
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Dry Mango Powder/Amchur powder - a big pinch
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp
Milk - for brushing
For Veg Puffs filling:
Carrots - chopped fine - 2 tbsp
Frozen green peas - 2 tbsp
For Egg Puffs filling:
Egg - 1 - hard boiled - sliced in half
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Thaw the puff pastry sheet to room temperature for 45 mins and cut into pieces. Preheat the oven to 430F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the remaining oil and add the sliced onions and saute until it turns golden brown, about 15 to 20 mins in med-high heat. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and amchur powder. Saute until the masalas incorporate in the onions. When done remove half of the onion mixture and set aside to cool.
For Veg Puffs:
In the remaining masala in the pan add the peas and chopped carrots with 1 tbsp of water. Saute for 2 mins until the vegetables get cooked. To assemble in one sheet place about 2 tbsp of mixture and apply water on the edges. And fold over to form a purse. Press the edges tightly so that the filling doesn't ooze out.
For Egg Puffs:
Heat 1/2 tsp of oil in a pan with turmeric powder and roast the halved eggs for about 10 seconds on each side. To assemble, in one sheet place about 1 tbsp of the (reserved) onion masala and place the egg cut side down. Bring together two opposite ends and seal together by applying little water.
To Bake:
Place the prepared puffs on the baking sheet and brush with milk on the top. Bake for 20 mins. Serve warm with tomato ketchup.
Note: Play around with the spice powders for varied flavours.
Sending this to Serve It - Savory-Baked event by me and Denny, To Vardhini's Bake Fest and also to Srivalli's Snacks Mela.


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As a homeowners insurance Houston agent I learned a lot about roof replacement after hurricane IKE in 2008. My opinion is that it is very important to select a good contractor and that you should consider the type of materials that will be used.
The standard builder's grade shingle is typically a flat asphalt shingle, with a 20 year limited warranty. I had this type of shingle and the roof was still Roof Maintenance Checklist in fairly good shape after 16 years. Upgrades can include shingles with a longer warranty, algae resistance, dimensional look, and energy efficiency.
When I replaced my homes roof recently I went with GAF/ELK Timberline Cool Series shingles. This is top of the line for asphalt United Roofing Reviews shingles, and included a lifetime limited warranty, algae resistance, dimensional look, and an energy star rating.
GAF/ELK has a place on their website to see what contractors have "Certified Master-Elite" status with the manufacture. If you use one of these contractors GAF/ELK will offer an improved warranty that extends to the installation (not just the shingles). Some of these contractors have additional manufacture certifications including "consumer protection excellence", "training excellence", and "installation excellence". I wanted to use one of these contractors if the cost was not a lot higher. After getting a couple bids a certified contractor gave me the best deal so I went with them. (Houston roofing contractors seem to be still busy from IKE! I had to call 6 six roofing contractors to get 2 bids.)
The contractor I selected was Ideal Roofing, LLP. My service representative was Scott Benzman at 713-896-1122. My roof size is around 1200 square feet and the total cost was $6,500. If I didn't get the energy star upgrade, the cost would have been about $1,500 less. (A standard 20 year shingle would have been another reduction in cost.) It was a one day job and the installation looks great.
If you need a roof replacement here are some suggestions:
Get at least two bids and possibly more.
Be cautious about selecting a contractor. Consider using one that is endorsed by the shingle manufacture, and check their BBB rating.
Consider getting a shingle that is resistant to algae. In Houston if you don't get this you will probably see a black colored mold/algae growing on your roof in a few years.
Make sure your roof and attic have good ventilation. If not check with the contractor about correcting that.
If you plan on being in the home for a long time consider a shingle with an extra long warranty.
For the Houston area, my guess is that a shingle with the energy star rating will save enough to pay for the upgrade cost in about 10 years. Until the end of 2010 there is a tax credit up to 1,500 if you upgrade to an energy star rated shingle. (Maybe this will be extended?)
Some insurance company's offer a discount when you have a new roof so check with your agent.
If you live in an area with a homeowners association get their approval before the job is done.


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Weeks after its financial troubles forced it to file for bankruptcy protection in Japan, Mt. Gox has obtained similar protection in the U.S. The Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange suffered a collapse after a reported theft of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mt. Gox had been the most active bitcoin exchange before it announced the loss of hundreds of thousands of units of the cryptocurrency in an attack by hackers. The company said its own bitcoins were stolen along with those of customers.
At least two lawsuits have been filed in U.S. courts against Mt. Gox, including a class-action suit in Chicago federal court, as Reuters reports.
From Japan's NHK:
"The federal court in Texas granted temporary Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection to the Tokyo-based Mt Gox.
"The exchange has not disclosed the amount of its assets in the country. But the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seized 5 million dollars' worth of its assets last May for unlicensed fund transfers."
At the end of February, Mt. Gox "filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan, saying it had lost track of nearly $480 million worth of the virtual currency," as Mark reported for the Two-Way.
The current price for a bitcoin stands at $621 today, according to the CoinDesk site – a price that's slightly above the levels seen on the day Mt. Gox announced the theft. The currency had hit highs of more than $1,000 in the months before that news came out
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BALTIMORE–A man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to blow up a Maryland military recruiting center as part of a foiled terror plot.
Antonio Martinez, 22, admitted trying to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up an Armed Forces recruiting center in Catonsville in December 2010, The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday.
The Maryland man, who also uses the name Muhammed Hussain, faces 25 years in prison over the foiled plot after coming to an agreement with prosecutors, the newspaper said.
He was arrested on Dec. 8, 2010, after he attempted to detonate what he believed to be explosives, supplied by federal agents, at the recruiting center.
His lawyer previously claimed that his client had been entrapped and that the bombing plot was designed by the federal government to set up Martinez.
Martinez, a Muslim, allegedly wrote about his support of jihad (holy war) and his desire to go fight in Afghanistan or Pakistan on Facebook, in the months before the foiled attack, according to an FBI informant.
"My dream is to be amongst the ranks of the mujahideen," Martinez allegedly wrote. "Jihad is all I think about when i sleep, when I wake up, sometimes i cry cuz im not there and kaffur [nonbelievers] killing all our brothers and sisters."
Martinez allegedly told the informant in October 2010 that he wanted to "kill them as they killing muslim around the world," an FBI email said. (Source--Fox News)
The media, of course, are utterly baffled by Martinez's turn to terrorism. AOL News reports:
Like the other accused "homegrown" terrorists before him -- from would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad to Jose Padilla, who admitted to training with al-Qaida -- each new detail about Martinez's life only seems to raise more questions about how a naturalized U.S. citizen from Nicaragua who attended American schools and once tried to join the Army could have allegedly turned to violent jihad before his 22nd birthday. . . .
Before Martinez began posting radical, anti-American messages on his Facebook wall, he worked retail, selling children's clothes in a Maryland shopping mall, according to The Baltimore Sun. Interestingly, one of his former co-workers told the newspaper that Martinez's conversion to Islam came not long after he was newly baptized as a Christian. (Read more at AOL.)
Since no one in the media can figure out why a Muslim might turn to violence, let me take a crack at it.
Qur'an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other.
Qur'an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah . . .
Qur'an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.
Qur'an 9:111—Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain.
Qur'an 9:123—O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness.
Qur'an 47:35—Be not weary and fainthearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost.
Qur'an 48:29—Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.
Sahih Muslim 30—Muhammad said: "I have been commanded to fight against people so long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah."
Sahih Muslim 4366—Muhammad said: "I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslims."
Sunan An-Nasa'i 3099—The Prophet said: "Whoever dies without having fought or having thought of fighting, he dies on one of the branches of hypocrisy."
Sunan Ibn Majah 2763—The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever meets Allah with no mark on him (as a result of fighting) in His cause, he will meet Him with a deficiency."
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend briefly lived apart before he killed her and then committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager, a friend of the woman said Sunday.
But Brianne York, 21, said that Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had gotten back together by Thanksgiving.
When she learned Saturday that Belcher had fatally shot Perkins at the couples' home, York said, she thought someone must have been mistaken.
Afterward, Belcher drove about five miles to Arrowhead Stadium, where he thanked general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel for all they'd done for him. Belcher then fatally shot himself in the practice facility's parking lot, police said.
Belcher and Perkins have a 3-month-old daughter.
"They just don't seem like they're that kind of people," said York, who met Perkins while taking prerequisite classes at the Blue River campus of the Metropolitan Community College. The women bonded during their pregnancies. York's baby, a boy, was born about three months before Perkins' daughter.
York recalled that her friend was "really happy about being a mom."
"It doesn't seem that that would be the end of their story," York said. "It just seems like if things didn't work out, they would have gone their separate ways. I would never have thought that this would be how it ended."
York said the couple had argued about "normal couple stuff" and sometime after Halloween Perkins had gone to visit her family in Texas. Perkins also briefly stayed with her cousin, who is married to Chiefs player Jamaal Charles. Belcher and Perkins met through Charles, York said.
A message left for Charles and his wife through an assistant was not immediately returned.
York said the root of the argument was that Belcher, "sometimes he would just be down in his man cave or whatever," and Perkins wanted to spend more time together as a family.
Initially, York said Perkins told her that "they weren't sure if they were going to be able to work things out and stay together." But York said, "They ended up wanting to try to work it out, and the next time I went over and visited she told me everything was good and things were better so I thought everything was fine."
Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp reiterated Sunday that the couple had argued recently but he could provide no additional details.
At the couple's former home, people could be seen coming and going Sunday. "Can you all respect grieving?" said a man who answered the door at the couple's home. A short time later, at the same time the Chiefs were playing the Carolina Panthers, two men loaded bags into a car, and two women drove away.
Attempts to reach various members of Perkins' family in Austin, Texas, were unsuccessful.
Neighbors in the newly built Kansas City subdivision where the couple had lived since April were stunned by Saturday's violent events.
Kristen VanMeter, 31, lives near the couple and said also she had taken community-college courses with Perkins. VanMeter said the couple threw "a lot of parties" but said she heard nothing unusual the morning of the killing.
"It's a surprise," she said. "There had to of been something that triggered it."
Belcher's mother, who was staying with the couple, called 911 after her son shot Perkins. Snapp said 911 tapes aren't public records in Missouri.
Shawn Martin, vice president of the neighborhood homeowners association, said she wasn't aware of any problems that preceded the shooting.
She described the parties at the home Belcher and Perkins shared as "nothing more than any other young couple" would have.
After having the baby, Perkins was taking the fall semester off school. York said Perkins planned to return in January and wanted to become a teacher.
Police said Belcher's mother was living with the couple, but York said she just made frequent visits, sometimes lasting a couple weeks at a time. She doesn't know who will care for the baby now.
"Jovan is pretty laid back and calm and collected," York said. "And they just seemed really happy around each other, and I just don't understand where things went wrong."
York said the only other stress Perkins mentioned was whether Belcher would stay with theChiefs.
"She was a really good person to be around and a lot of fun," York said. "She was somebody you could call when you were down and she would talk you through it. She would lift you back up and make you feel happy again if you were sad or upset."


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A search of Federal District Court filings and dockets reveals that The Generations Network (TGN) filed a complaint Monday against Millennia and BTH2 alleging trademark infringement.
Millennia is the maker of Legacy Family Tree, a desktop genealogy program that competes against TGN's Family Tree Maker (FTM). Millennia recently released Legacy 7.0. Co-defendant, BTH2 (or BTHtwo), is a branding and creative design agency located in Orem, Utah. According to their website, BTH2 did the Family Tree Maker (FTM) 2008 brand design for TGN.
The Ancestry Insider obtained a copy of the complaint from the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. TGN alleges that BTH2 became a manufacturer, publisher and distributor for Legacy 7.0, redesigning the Legacy box to look remarkably similar to the design BTH2 did for TGN. TGN alleges the similarities are intentional and deceptive. BTH2 provided these services to Millenia in violation of its contract with TGN not to provide similar services to competitors for a year, according to the TGN complaint.
The Legacy 7.0 box design shown on Amazon.com illustrates the common properties of the new design with the Family Tree Maker 2008 Essentials Package:
- A white and orange color scheme with dark text and similarly colored text.
- Italicized black text across the top.
- Use of the orange leaf as the dominant graphical element.
- The words FAMILY TREE in large, dark sans-serif text as the dominant text element on the front and sides of the box.
- An orange colored, script text element immediately above FAMILY TREE.
- Three photographs on top of the leaf/leaves, the top one in color and the other two in sepia tone.
- Bulleted lines of italic text underneath the word FAMILY containing the words "easily", "create" and "charts" in that order.
- The phrase "build your family tree."
- Orange graphic elements anchoring the designs on the sides of the box.
- A three-pronged leaf motif on both sides of the box. (The three-pronged Ancestry "leaf" logo vs. the three-segmented maple leaf.)
The complaint also points out similarities between the Legacy website header and artwork from the movie Legacy: A Mormon Journey. The movie debuted in 1990 in the newly-opened 500-seat Legacy Theater in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. In the same building and near the entrance to the theater is a FamilySearch Family History Center. Patrons to the center are in the target market for Millennia's Legacy program.
The complaint shows Legacy media labels were not using the script logo prior to 1997. The Internet Archive for www.legacyfamilytree.com shows the sunset graphic didn't come into use by Millennia until after 1998.
When contacted for comment, TGN made this statement:
The Generations Network (TGN) confirms it has begun legal proceedings against Millennia Corporation, publisher of Legacy family history software, and BTH2 Inc., the apparent designer of Legacy's family history software packaging and a re-publisher/distributor of that software. TGN has concluded that Legacy's software packaging, currently available at retail, clearly violates TGN's trademark of its Family Tree Maker product and is designed to resemble our trade dress (the look and feel of our branding), in a way that has and will continue to confuse consumers. Since this is an ongoing legal issue, TGN has no further statement at this time.


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China goes back to work Friday after a weeklong holiday marking the Year of the Horse. Traditionally, celebrations continue through the first month of the Lunar New Year.
As in years past, some 800 million viewers tuned in this year to the state TV New Year's gala program to watch Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, French actress and singer Sophie Marceau, and other entertainers.
But many urban Chinese these days complain that the annual ritual of food, fireworks and TV song-and-dance shows is getting a bit stale.
Some now use the holiday to travel overseas. Others, meanwhile, head to the countryside in search of something more authentic.
Increasing numbers of Beijingers are driving west for about 3 1/2 hours to reach Nuanquan Zhen, or Warm Spring Town, famed for its folk customs.
The town is in a rugged area where ethnic Han people of the North China Plain fought, traded and mixed with Linhu, Loufan and other nomadic tribes of the Central Asian Steppe more than 2,000 years ago.
The town contains three walled villages dating from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The villages' stone-paved streets have deep ruts made by centuries of cart wheels rolling over them. Stilt walkers and opera singers perform for the holiday crowds, while hawkers sell decorations and local snacks.
The town has traditionally been home to many blacksmiths, who made weapons — and devised their own way of celebrating the Lunar New Year.
Wang De is one of them.
In centuries past, wealthy people set off fireworks, the 50-year-old blacksmith says.
"People without money had to find ways to amuse themselves. So blacksmiths collected scrap iron from each family, melted it down and made 'trees and flowers,' " he says.
"Trees and flowers" — dashuhua in Chinese — is a visual metaphor. It refers to blacksmiths throwing the molten iron onto the walled city's gates to make sparks — a sort of poor man's display of pyrotechnics.
Wang learned the art — including how not to get hurt — from his father. He's the 13th generation of his family to practice this custom, and he's passing what he knows on to the young apprentices.
A couple of other locales in China have similar New Year's customs, but this use of city walls in Nuanquan was unheard of elsewhere in China, if not the world.
But Wang says that recently, the centuries-old tradition has been fancied up a bit.
"Since 2008, tourism here has taken off," he explains. "We now have a troupe that performs in front of a big screen. This custom has been continuously upgraded, and now it's much more interesting to watch than before."
After dark, Wang gets on stage and hurls ladles full of molten iron onto a replica of the city gate. The fiery liquid follows the arc of his arm and explodes into a dazzling shower of sparks that engulfs the whole stage.
That's not all. Backed by professional lighting and sound systems, young performers dance and sing the praises of the local food and liquor, and celebrate tourism's boost to their economy. The show is so elaborate, it practically rivals the state television New Year's extravaganza.
After the show, tourists Dong Wennong and Zhang Wenjuan stand in the crowded parking lot.
What did they think of the show?
"I would prefer this in its original style," Dong says. "It's too commercialized, too much irrelevant stuff."
"That city wall is fake. It's not the old kind — it's artificial," Zhang chimes in. "But," she adds, "everything is modernizing, and customs don't necessarily have to be clung to or repeated mechanically."
Showbiz or not, Chinese New Year's in the countryside is still different. Folks there make offerings to their ancestors, they decorate their doorways with red lanterns and calligraphy, they cook a special dish on each day, and they do it all with a sense of simple enjoyment and devotion to tradition that is seldom seen in the city nowadays.
And of course, if China's farmers and blacksmiths are now making their money by opening country inns and performing local customs for city tourists, it certainly wouldn't be the first country where that's happened.
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Pesca enjoys training his microphone on anything that occurs at a track, arena, stadium, park, fronton, velodrome or air strip (i.e. the plane drag during the World's Strongest Man competition). He has reported from Los Angeles, Cleveland and Gary. He has also interviewed former Los Angeles Ram Cleveland Gary. Pesca is a panelist on the weekly Slate podcast "Hang up and Listen".
In 1997, Pesca began his work in radio as a producer at WNYC. He worked on the NPR and WNYC program On The Media. Later he became the New York correspondent for NPR's midday newsmagazine Day to Day, a job that has brought him to the campaign trail, political conventions, hurricane zones and the Manolo Blahnik shoe sale. Pesca was the first NPR reporter to have his own podcast, a weekly look at gambling cleverly titled "On Gambling with Mike Pesca."
Pesca, whose writing has appeared in Slate and The Washington Post, is the winner of two Edward R. Murrow awards for radio reporting and, in1993, was named Emory University Softball Official of the Year.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife Robin, sons Milo and Emmett and their dog Rumsfeld. A believer in full disclosure, Pesca rates his favorite teams as the Jets, Mets, St. Johns Red Storm and Knicks, teams he has covered fairly and without favor despite the fact that they have given him a combined one championship during his lifetime as a fully cognizant human.


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Technology and Young Children: Preschoolers and Kindergartners
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Selected Examples of Effective Classroom Practice Involving Technology Tools and Interactive Media (PDF)
During the preschool years, young children are developing a sense of initiative and creativity. They are curious about the world around them and about learning. They are exploring their ability to create and communicate using a variety of media (crayons, felt-tip markers, paints and other art materials, blocks, dramatic play materials, miniature life figures) and through creative movement, singing, dancing, and using their bodies to represent ideas and experiences. Digital technologies provide one more outlet for them to demonstrate their creativity and learning
Technology Tools and Interactive Media
- Allow children to freely explore touch screens loaded with a wide variety of developmentally appropriate interactive media experiences that are well designed and enhance feelings of success.
- Provide opportunities for children to begin to explore and feel comfortable using "traditional" mouse and keyboard computers to use Websites or look up answers with a search engine.
- Capture photos of block buildings or artwork that children have created; videotape dramatic play to replay for children.
- Celebrate children's accomplishments with digital media displayed on a digital projector or on a classroom Website.
- Incorporate assistive technologies as appropriate for children with special needs and/or developmental delays.
- Record children's stories about their drawings or their play; make digital audio or video files to document their progress.
- Explore digital storytelling with children. Co-create digital books with photos of the children's play or work; attach digital audio files with the child as the narrator.
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