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It was confirmed that Stoke City’s Oghenekaro Etebo had recovered from a minor muscular injury as he took part in the session. |
maintained most governmental power at the local level. |
nation for the last 200 years. |
laws to a nation ruled by men? |
ayatollah, a czar, a potentate, a Fuhrer. |
restrained themselves from signing away our freedoms. |
domestic or foreign, violent or merely economic. |
and morally contemptible as Bill Clinton. |
Oh, what a delicate thread from which our liberty is suspended. |
These appliances are big energy hogs, so it makes sense to make them smart. |
January 6, 2015, 7:11 a.m. |
By connecting to the Smart Grid used by utility companies, these models optimize energy use and track how much energy your appliance is using. Smart Energy features include Energy Advisor, Rate Revealer and Smart Delay. |
That's a lot of smarts. Where I live, for example, electricity costs half as much at off-peak as it does during peak hours. Off-peak power also has a far lower carbon footprint, relying on base sources like hydro and nuclear rather than running off peak-time plants, which run on natural gas. Your power rates and source... |
The smart washer has some useful connectivity features as well, pinging your phone with it's time to add detergent or do required maintenance. There are some things on modern washers that require a reminder. On our front-loading machine, for example, there's a little strainer on the drain that you're supposed to clean ... |
Bizarre foreign phrases like 'permanent press' have been replaced with easier to understand descriptions like bedding, baby clothes, even hand-wash fabrics to ensure your clothing is best being cared for and cleaned. And when the washer is connected to a Whirlpool app on your phone, you'll be able to eventually downloa... |
Some day, when the Nest is talking to the other appliances in the house, like the water heater, they can all work together. On-demand water heaters save energy but can only supply a limited amount of hot water at a time. Imagine the savings if the washing machine took a break when somebody took a shower: if everyone wa... |
Infrared imaging technology has helped peel back the layers of a Pablo Picasso painting on display in Japan, and revealed a page from a 1902 newspaper and another composition below. |
US and Japanese researchers scanned the piece "Mother and Child by the Sea", owned by the Pola Museum of Art in Hakone, west of Tokyo, and uncovered a page of the French newspaper Le Journal from January 18, 1902. |
"While the reason for the presence of newsprint in the paint layers in a mystery, the discovery is significant for Picasso scholars due to the proximity of the date to the artist's move from Paris to Barcelona," said the Washington-based National Gallery of Art, whose researcher John Delaney led the project in Japan. |
Picasso is thought to have moved to the Spanish city in early January 1902, bringing a few canvasses with him, and the newspaper article revealed in the painting suggests the work was completed some time after his move. |
The scan also provided clear images of an underlying painting of a woman sitting down next to an absinthe glass with a spoon in it. |
Picasso frequently reused canvasses or incorporated previous sketches into a final work. |
However, it was not immediately clear why the artist used a page from Le Journal, which he was known to have read frequently. |
"It may have been used... to cover previous layers before he painted another layer or the final composition of the mother and child," scientists said. |
The section of newsprint brought readers news of parliamentary clashes in London and the creation of a new annual exhibition of painting and sculpture at the Automobile Club of France, a gentleman's club in Paris. |
If there are two things in this world that folks just do not respect, it's the US Congress and the obscene amounts of torque that an electric engine can produce. Like its two-wheeled brethren, the Lola B12 69/EV has more than enough torque to spare. Enough even to propel a former UK government official to over 320km/h ... |
The Lola B12 69/EV is built by Drayson Racing Technologies (as in Lord Drayson — he's also the company CEO and former minister for the Labour government) in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The firm has been in operation since 2007 and focuses on sustainable automotive technology, demonstrating its latest advancements through ... |
And to demonstrate the potential of electric vehicles, Dayton just went ahead and set a land speed record last week at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire. There, the Lola B12 69/EV hit a top speed of 328.6km/h, beating the previous 281.6km/h record set in 1974 by a General Electric Battery Box car. |
To do so, the Drayson team had to modify an existing Le Mans prototype that used a bio-ethanol engine with a 20kWh (850 HP) electric power plant and modified the recycled carbon fibre chassis to minimise drag and to get it under the 1000kg limit to qualify for the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) record. |
While the presence of Google's Eric Schmidt might lead to dreams of driverless car races, Drayson racing will be sticking with human drivers for the time being. In fact Lord Drayson is working to start up a new FIA Formula E competition (open only to electric vehicles) for the 2014 season. Reportedly, the races will be... |
Did you get a lie-in with the hour going back?! |
Of course in our house that's a silly question! We'd set the Gro clock for 7.15am optimistically but of course they were up at 6.15am (but really 7.15am so I guess it could have been worse, at least there weren't any fives in it). |
We had a lovely time at the fireworks last night, we met a few local parents in the pub (they all sat at a table together while we had a fairly civilised drink at the bar!) then all walked up there together with a gang of about 10 kids and the children had a riot. |
The latest episode of our music program 11th & Grant with Eric Funk aired last night featuring a Brazilian Jazz Band called Rio. I directed this episode, with fellow alum Scott Sterling ('08) as editor. Enjoy! |
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan says now that the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is preparing to close, the state will continue to work with Vermont to prepare for and minimize any impacts to the electric grid and energy costs. |
Hassan said Tuesday the state also stands ready to work with local, regional and federal partners to assist displaced workers and to ensure that the closing protects the health and safety of New Hampshire residents. |
Hassan says such a change in the energy landscape underscore the need to pursue modern and long-term strategies to address energy needs. She said the work being done by the State Energy Council, which was created this year, is important to help plan for an innovative energy economy, while creating jobs and protecting n... |
Bonnie Hammer has received a promotion, becoming chairwoman of all NBCUniversal's cable entertainment channels, a division that generates half the media company's operating income. |
Separately, Burke is hiring former top advertising executive Joe Uva to be responsible for the company's Spanish-language media operation. Uva spent a rocky four years as chief executive of rival Univision Communications, following that company's 2007 leveraged buyout. |
On April 3, Uva will step into the newly created role of chairman of NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content, with oversight of Telemundo and the small cable channel mun2. |
The realignment appears to be a demotion for Lauren Zalaznick, who until Monday had been in charge of Telemundo and the prominent cable channel Bravo as well as Internet ventures, Fandango and Daily Candy. |
When Comcast acquired control of NBCUniversal two years ago, Burke divided the cable television operation into two sprawling pieces, giving Hammer and Zalaznick each considerable turf. His goal at the time was to retain both Hammer and Zalaznick, whom he saw as key executives, during the transition -- even though it me... |
Burke said that Zalaznick's new position -- becoming an executive vice president in charge of digital ventures -- was significant because the area is increasingly important, and infinitely complex. Zalaznick's office will be next to Burke's, and she will be given latitude to become involved in business strategy and oth... |
"Lauren is brilliant in a quirky way," Burke said in the interview. "She has a very interesting way of thinking, and she is relentless in terms of getting things done." |
All three executives will report to Burke. Monday's management realignment comes after Burke last summer streamlined the NBC News group. In 2011, four months after taking over, he realigned the NBC Sports properties. |
NBCUniversal has seen its share of management moves. Just last week, NBC News President Steve Capus resigned, a decision that was foreshadowed last summer when Burke installed administrative executive Pat Fili-Krushel to be chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, which includes MSNBC and CNBC. The move greatly diminis... |
"Now, more than ever, we need to simplify our organization and take advantage of the breadth of our assets," Burke said. |
For all the hardship and heartbreak that typically comes with being a recording artist, precious little finds its way into the pop music currently on offer. One assumes that, if pressed to answer sincerely, both aspiring and established musicians could recount struggles with lining up gigs, paying the rent and maintain... |
These elemental experiences, a wellspring of artistic inspiration and personal drive, are often repressed, whether consciously or otherwise. Artists are discouraged from making music about “complicated” subject matter, a euphemism for real life. |
So speaks country singer-songwriter Kelsey Waldon, in an interview with Fader magazine for her debut album The Gold Mine. |
A glance at the country charts reveals a good deal of ignorance and complacency. A great many songs proclaim the joys of “livin’ free,” while littering their verses with endorsements of car and liquor brands, without any apparent irony. |
Waldon takes another tack, drawing on her own experiences to illustrate the difficult conditions of everyday life. The Gold Mine emerges as an earnest debut, heartfelt and well-meaning, indignant and somber and optimistic in equal measure. Although the album by no means breaks new ground, and wants some extra spit and ... |
Waldon’s clean Kentucky tones, tinged with weariness, immediately hook the listener. Hers is a voice instantly familiar, bringing to mind any number of women returned home from the labors of the day. The earthy timbre of her voice is reminiscent of country greats like Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynette, who built their care... |
The title track of this album owes more than a little to Lynn’s hit single, Coal Miner’s Daughter, released in 1969. In the latter, Lynn affirms her pride in her working class roots. Waldon, in The Gold Mine, rebukes the pursuit of the almighty dollar that has torn apart a rural family. The similarities in melody and a... |
Raised in the small town of Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, Waldon relocated to Nashville at age 19, supporting herself by working a dead-end job. After returning to Kentucky for a while, she has since completed a college degree in songwriting and come to establish herself more permanently in “Music City,” USA, cutting her... |
The potency of Waldon’s voice is difficult to overstate. Through subtle changes in tone and inflection, she plays the emotional spectrum, and the results are often stirring. This skill has long been a staple of the country music repertoire, but one would not know it by perusing today’s bland, generic chart-toppers. |
This is a departure from the pre-packaged romance that usually crests the airwaves. Not My First Time finds the singer in the guarded but resolute form of a woman tentatively exploring a new love. Tremulous guitars and a sighing pedal steel produce dreamlike sequences. |
The level of musicianship throughout the album is first-string, for which bassist and producer Michael Rinne, as well as the entire band, should be commended. Recognizing the strength of Waldon’s voice, Rinne has neatly arranged the instrumentation to augment it. Bandmates Brett Resnick on the pedal steel and Jeremy Fe... |
Critics have characterized Waldon’s sound as “refreshing” but “familiar,” alluding to her music’s similarity to country styles popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Waldon has resisted the label of “throwback” artist, although her straight-talking lyrical style and restrained melodies do recall bygone eras. In any event, her... |
The Gold Mine comes with its share of weaknesses, chief among them Waldon’s somewhat narrow approach to the album’s subject matter. She sets out to tell small-town stories, but at times founders in exposing larger truths about economic hardship and its effects on working peoples’ lives. Unfortunately, this accounts for... |
Kelsey Waldon has cracked open the door to an entire country full of heart-rending stories. The sympathy she has shown for the downtrodden can do more than soften peoples’ hearts—it can engender outrage, courage, and solidarity. Now, more than ever, these sentiments must reach a mass audience. |
'Our politics is a dangerous place' Jump to media player Liberal Democrats should be "unashamedly parochial" in their campaigns on the issues that matter to their communities, the party's Welsh leader says. |
'Tomorrow can and will be better' Jump to media player The Liberal Democrats must show leadership in "worrying times", Education Secretary Kirsty Williams tells her party's conference. |
School ratings 'help target more help' Jump to media player Annual colour-coded school ratings help target support to those who need it most, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams says. |
Liberal Democrats should be "unashamedly parochial" in their campaigns on the issues that matter to their communities, the party's Welsh leader has said. |
Looking ahead to May's local elections, Mark Williams told the Welsh Lib Dem spring conference in Swansea: "Our politics is an unpredictable and dangerous place, but one stuffed with opportunities." |
Just in the (St.) Nick of time, we rounded up 20 stylish gift picks -- available quickly in local stores or via expedited shipping -- for every personality on your list. |
Oh, joy. Have you just checked the list twice and realized there's no gift for your BFF? Or maybe this is a case of straight-up lollygagging? Present procrastination is a common malady at this time of year — and no wonder, given the daunting task of finding a wow-worthy gift amid all the holiday hustle. But just in the... |
A personalized necklace bearing tiny heartfelt treasures: Loquet London 18-karat gold and crystal lockets (from $2,583) display a customized selection of charms (from $138) and birthstones (from $35) at Broken English in Santa Monica, (310) 458-2724, Broken English Jewelry and Maxfield in West Hollywood, (310) 274-8800... |
Add these dazzlers to her jewelry box. Alexis Bittar Silver Gaze Cascade earrings, $1,295 at the Alexis Bittar boutiques in Venice, (310) 452-6901, and West Hollywood, (323) 951-9803. |
Albeit the onslaught of high-tech gadgets with built-in timekeepers, nothing beats the old-school cool factor of a collectible vintage Rolex, such as this rare now-discontinued "Paul Newman" Daytona 6239, issued in 1966 and famously worn by the actor; $145,000 at Bob's Watches in Huntington Beach, (800) 494-3708 or Bob... |
New from celebrity dermatologist Dr. Harold Lancer, the Lancer Skincare Travel Essentials bag with zippered pouches includes travel-sized bottles of Eye Contour Lifting Cream and The Method: Polish, Cleanse and Nourish skin care system for face and body, $195 at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills, (310) 550-5900. |
Dec. 22, 3:45 p.m.: An earlier version of this article incorrectly gave Dr. Harold Lancer’s first name as Howard. |
A perfume made to match her star sign eliminates the guesswork: Strange Invisible Perfumes 12 Perfumes of the Zodiac, $125 each at Strange Invisible Perfumes' boutique in Venice, (310) 314-1505 and Siper Fumes. |
Holiday gift sets inspired by historic craft guilds; among them is Aesop's A Certain Radiance set of hand and body cleansers and balms, scented with essential oils, $110 at Aesop Downtown LA in Los Angeles, (213) 265-7487, Aesop Abbot Kinney in Venice, (424) 272-9882 and Aesop. |
Golden girls and guys abound in Hollywood, where an extra pair of haute sunglasses always comes in handy; Karen Walker Eyewear's limited-edition gold metal Super Duper Strength sunglasses with mirrored lenses, part of the 10-year-anniversary Celebrate collection, $350 at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills, (310) 276-440... |
A little something for aspiring screen legends: Crewcuts' girls Lights, Camera, Sparkle Sweatshirt, $58.50 at Crewcuts by J. Crew at The Grove, (323) 939-1070 and J. Crew. |
Ahhhhh, the plush extravagance of a Loro Piana mink and baby cashmere Hayley vest is just the gift for the girl who has everything; price upon request at Loro Piana in Beverly Hills, (310) 860-0765 and Loro Piana. |
Urban adventurers will appreciate the function and style of these Generic Surplus Mojave tweed and nubuck suede lug-sole boots, $145 at Generic Surplus (Use promotion code "Lastminute" at checkout for free overnight shipping through Dec. 23). |
Upgrade his carry-on with this Mark Cross travel dopp kit in pebble calf leather, $795 at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills, (310) 276-4400, and Mark Cross 1845. |
Prep her for 2015 with some fine bubbly in this cheerful Tory Burch Embossed-T leather wine tote that fits two bottles (bonus: the luggage tag hides a bottle opener), $125 at Tory Burch in Beverly Hills, (310) 274-2394 and Tory Burch. |
Help them move easily from office to off-time with this Gucci bamboo-handle leather tote that folds over to convert into a clutch, $3,500 at Gucci in Beverly Hills, (310) 278-3451 and Gucci. |
Make her smile with Anya Hindmarch's large leather Zip-Around Wallet, which boasts whimsical, eye-catching graphics, $525 at Anya Hindmarch in Beverly Grove, (310) 271-9707 or a Anya Hindmarch. |
Luxurious scent innovations: Hermès new Le Parfum De La Maison collection includes a perfumed ceramic pebble ($245), perfumed paper origami horse ($100 for four), and candles in three sizes ($185-$450); all in five fragrances at Hermès boutiques in Beverly Hills, (310) 278-6440, South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, (714) 4... |
More than just a darling decorative object, Shinola's handcrafted leather Piggy Bank, inspired by a vintage find, is a reminder to move beyond instant gratification in 2015; $190 at Shinola Store in Silver Lake, (323) 473-5250. |
Camping gets glam and glammer with the Elder Statesman's luxurious suede and quilted cashmere sleeping bag with cashmere lining, $6,935 at the Elder Statesman in West Hollywood, (424) 288-4221 and The Elder Statesman. |
Make sitting around the fireplace even more memorable with Santa Maria Novella's Fireplace Starter Potpourri, softly scented of herbs and flowers, $55 for box of four combustion candles at Santa Maria Novella in West Hollywood, (323) 651-3754 and Santa Maria Novella. |
Let them project the dreamy scenes of their imaginations into this Maison Martin Margiela Oversize Souvenir Snowball globe filed with water and red glitter (8.6 inches wide by 6.4 inches high), $195 at Maison Martin Margiela in Beverly Hills, (310) 284-8093, and Maison Martin Margiela. |
The "Celebrity Pets" book by Edward Quinn, published by teNeues, features 1950s and 1960s photographs of movie stars and their furry friends on the French Riviera, $75 at Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City, (310) 458-1499 and Teneues. |
Caroline Murphy (54), pictured, told her husband she had taken a pull of the e-cigarette and the nasal tube on her breathing apparatus caught fire. |
A 54-year-old woman sustained burns and later died after a fire ignited while she smoked an electronic cigarette at the same time as using a medical breathing apparatus. |
Mother of two Caroline Murphy (54) suffered burns to her face, neck, scalp and chest as she smoked in bed at her home in Rathcobican, Co Offaly on June 22nd 2017. |
“She had one of those e-cigarettes and had been using it before the accident,” Mr Murphy said. He told an inquest into her death at Dublin Coroner’s Court that he heard her call out to him from the bedroom where the woman was using a breathing apparatus for an underlying health condition. |
Mr Murphy replied that his wife said she had taken a pull of the e-cigarette and her nasal tube caught fire. |
Mrs Murphy suffered full thickness burns to six per cent of her body. She was treated at the burns unit at St James’s Hospital for 36 days before her condition deteriorated suddenly on July 29th 2017. She died the following day. |
CHESTER -- Mrs. Eleanor Cooke Smith Helms, 86, of 554 Pryor St., died Saturday Nov. 3, 2007 at Chester Regional Nursing Center. |
A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Eric Winstead officiating. |
Mrs. Helms was born August 27, 1921 in Waxhaw, N.C., a daughter of the late Thomas William Benjamin Cooke and Cora Elizabeth Helms Cooke. She was a graduate of Fort Mill Schools and retired from Springs Industries in 1986. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church. |
Mrs. Helms was the widow of the late Heyward M. Smith Sr. and the late James W. Helms. |
Don't mess with Brad's mama. |
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