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Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

A family gathers around a heater inside their temporary shelter at Yarmouk Stadium, Gaza City, on December 31, 2024. Displaced families endure harsh weather conditions with limited resources in this temporary camp. Photo by Rami Zohud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

A family gathers around a heater inside their temporary shelter at Yarmouk Stadium, Gaza City, on December 31, 2024. Displaced families endure harsh weather conditions with limited resources in this temporary camp. Photo by Rami Zohud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

Displaced Families Suffer Harsh Weather Conditions - Gaza

A family gathers around a heater inside their temporary shelter at Yarmouk Stadium, Gaza City, on December 31, 2024. Displaced families endure harsh weather conditions with limited resources in this temporary camp. Photo by Rami Zohud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Bebinca Lashes Shanghai - China

Typhoon Bebinca Lashes Shanghai - China

Firefighters from the Putuo Fire Brigade remove a fallen rooftop water heater at an apartment building in east China's Shanghai, September 16, 2024. Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of this year, made landfall in Shanghai at about 7:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Shanghai central meteorological observatory. Bebinca, believed to be the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai in 75 years, has unleashed gales and torrential rains in the city. (Putuo Fire Brigade/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Home Expo in Qingdao

Home Expo in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 1, 2024 - People visit and buy A.O. Smith heater at HOME EXPO in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, June 1, 2024. The Smith water heater.

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Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran - Erbil

Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran - Erbil

A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) holds a torch light for his comrade who refills kerosene heater tank in an outpost near Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq on Thursday, February 09, 2023. The KDPI, a leftist Kurdish group of Iran that has been running an armed struggle against the Islamic Republic's regime in Iran from exile for decades. The group has found itself in the spotlight of the recent tensions inside Iran after the women-led protest movement ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, as Tehran has repeated blamed what it calls the “separatist” Kurdish group behind the protests, and since has targeted the group with drones and missile strikes inside Iraq. Photo by Keiwan Fatehi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EGYPT-SUEZ-CHINA-EGYPT TEDA

EGYPT-SUEZ-CHINA-EGYPT TEDA

(230821) -- CAIRO, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate on the dishwasher production line of Midea (Egypt) Kitchen & Water Heater Appliances Co., Ltd. at the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in Suez province, Egypt, Aug. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "Explainer: How a joint economic and trade cooperation zone connects the Bohai and Red seas" (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-SUEZ-CHINA-EGYPT TEDA

EGYPT-SUEZ-CHINA-EGYPT TEDA

(230821) -- CAIRO, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work on the dishwasher production line of Midea (Egypt) Kitchen & Water Heater Appliances Co., Ltd. at the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in Suez province, Egypt, Aug. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "Explainer: How a joint economic and trade cooperation zone connects the Bohai and Red seas" (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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Xinhua Headlines: China's green drive creates country's first carbon-negative island

Xinhua Headlines: China's green drive creates country's first carbon-negative island

(230605) -- JINAN, June 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A resident shows an electric heater subsidized by the local government thanks to an initiative to switch from coal to electricity for winter heating on the Lingshan Island in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows villager Lan Caihong displaying a water heater and a laundry machine installed at his home in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Top, taken on Jan. 21, 2023) and villager Lan Caihong collecting rainwater with buckets and pots under his roof at his home in Nongyong Village (taken on Feb. 14, 2015) . Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in

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LEBANON-AKKAR-FUEL-SHORTAGE

LEBANON-AKKAR-FUEL-SHORTAGE

(230117) -- AKKAR (LEBANON), Jan. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A heater which does not work due to lack of diesel is seen in a classroom of a school in Akkar Governorate, northern Lebanon, on Jan. 17, 2023. Hezbollah's leader on Tuesday accused the United States of preventing Lebanon from taking free fuel from Iran even as his country suffers from power outages. Lebanon has suffered for decades from power outages. Its economic collapse since 2019 has burdened the state's treasury, slowing down fuel imports to maintain the operation of the remaining power plants. (Photo by Khaled Habashiti/Xinhua)

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Syrians try to overcome fuel crisis by turning to Mother Nature

STORY: Syrians try to overcome fuel crisis by turning to Mother Nature DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations 2. various of a worker cutting wood 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD JUHA, Woodcutter 4. various of Al-muthana al-Shoufi collecting the cow dung 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AL-MUTHANA AL-SHOUFI, Farmer 6. various of the olive pomace 7. various of the pistachio shells heater 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDULLAH ALI TWAIT, Owner of local heater factory 9. various of U.S. troops in Hasakah 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political expert 11. various of oil fields in eastern Syria STORYLINE: Amid a lingering fuel crisis, and the hardships that have come along as a result of the U.S. sanctions, Syrians had to figure out solutions to make up for the lack of diesel and gas. In the capital Damascus, the demand for firewood has dramatically increased as people started using it for heaters in the winter and for

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Boat cruise with 'kotatsu' heater in southwest Japan

Boat cruise with 'kotatsu' heater in southwest Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tourists enjoy a wintery view while keeping themselves warm in "kotatsu," a traditional Japanese table-style heater, aboard a boat on Dec. 24, 2015, in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Kerosene shortage in Syria

Kerosene shortage in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - A man shops for a wood stove instead of a kerosene heater (R) at a hardware market in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2014. In addition to the limited food supply, Syrians are facing a petroleum shortage due to the prolonged civil war.

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Japanese gas firms unveil new fan heater with air purifier

Japanese gas firms unveil new fan heater with air purifier

OSAKA, Japan - Tokyo Gas Co., Osaka Gas Co. and other Japanese companies take the wraps off a jointly developed new gas fan heater with an air purifier on April 23, 2014, before its release this summer.

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Paloma Industries HQ

Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Paloma Industries HQ

Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Paloma Industries HQ

Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Masato Joshima (L) and his wife, Yukiko Joshima, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to a former president and a former official of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. over the carbon monoxide poisoning death in 2005 of the couple's 18-year-old son, who used a gas water heater made by the company.

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Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with relatives of people who died as a result of using defective products or in product-related accidents at the prime minister's office on May 19. Yukiko Joshima (2nd from L), 54, the mother of Hiroyuki Joshima who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 due to a defective heater, and Yuka Murata (L), 46, whose 7-year-old son died of suffocation in 2007 after eating konjac jelly, presented Fukuda with a petition urging the government to set up a new government agency in charge of consumer affairs.

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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said.

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3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyasu Naito, president of Rinnai Corp., speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 10 about carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a water heater manufactured by the company.

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Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

NAGOYA, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department carry cardboard boxes out of the head office of Paloma Co. in Nagoya on Jan. 27 after searching it on suspicion of negligence in the death of a man and injury of his brother due to carbon monoxide emissions from a Paloma-brand gas-powered water heater in Tokyo in 2005.

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoning

Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoning

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20.

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Toshiba to target rich with air-conditioning washing machine

Toshiba to target rich with air-conditioning washing machine

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp. said June 1 it will begin selling in early July a high-end washing machine equipped with an air-conditioning function. The air-conditioning function can dry the load with humidity-free air instead of using a heater, making it less likely to cause clothes to shrink, the company said.

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Biofuel heaters become popular in Syria amid fuel crisis

STORY: Biofuel heaters become popular in Syria amid fuel crisis DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the heater factory 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH ALI TWAIT, Heater factory owner 3. various of the heater factory 4. various inside Sulaiman al-Khaled's home 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): SULAIMAN AL-KHALED, Hama resident 6. various inside Sulaiman al-Khaled's home STORYLINE: Amid the acute fuel shortage, clean heaters fueled by firewood or pistachio shells have become popular in Syria. Abdullah Ali Twait, a 42-year-old heater manufacturer in Syria's Hama, has developed his business to cope with the long-standing fuel crisis in the war-torn country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH ALI TWAIT, Heater manufacturer in Hama "Before the crisis, people used diesel for heating, but when the diesel decreased, they opted to use firewood and other forms of biofuel. When people started making calculations about the costs of biofuel, they found it

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7-year-old puts out fire at home in 20 seconds

STORY: 7-year-old puts out fire at home in 20 seconds DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:23 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a seven-year-old boy calmly switching off a heater to stop a fire STORYLINE: A seven-year-old boy spotted that the wire of an electric heater caught on fire in China's Zhuzhou. He calmly went around the table and switched off the heater. The fire was soon quenched. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changsha, China. (XHTV)

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9 killed in overnight fire in Turkish city

STORY: 9 killed in overnight fire in Turkish city DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescuers (Ihlas news agency) 2. various of the damaged building (Ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: An overnight house fire in Türkiye's northwestern city of Bursa left at least nine people dead, including eight children, the city governorate announced on Wednesday. Responding to an emergency call made at midnight, firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, only to find the dead bodies of a family caught by the blaze in their sleep. According to the governorate, the deceased belonged to the same Syrian family of six siblings, their mother and two cousins. The children were no more than 11 years old. Initial reports indicated that the cause was a stove heater left on while the family was sleeping, with a more detailed inspection pending, the governor's office stated. Türkiye is home to about 4 million Syrian refugees who have fled the prolonged c

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POLAND-WARSAW-ENERGY CRISIS-AIR POLLUTION

POLAND-WARSAW-ENERGY CRISIS-AIR POLLUTION

(221108) -- WARSAW, Nov. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Warsaw resident adjusts the thermostat on a heater at her residence in Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 3, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Energy crisis in Poland stirs air pollution concerns" (Xinhua/Chen Chen)

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French people prepare for energy shortages this winter

STORY: French people prepare for energy shortages this winter DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Paris 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JAMES, Paris resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): DELPHINE, Paris resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): CELINE, Paris resident STORYLINE: French people are preparing for energy shortages this winter due to reduced gas flows from Russia to Europe following the conflict in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JAMES, Paris resident "I'm turning on the heater on Oct. 15 and I won't turn it up so much. I'll put on a sweater coat. I'll put on my pajamas when I go to bed, so I don't have to turn on the heater at night. I think that's important." SOUNDBITE 2 (French): DELPHINE, Paris resident "My heater is 19 degrees Celsius. My flat is heated collectively and I can't set the temperature myself, which is a shame. The flat was heated in May, but it was so hot in August. I would love to take action to save energy if I could, but I

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GLOBALink | What does China's connected factory look like?

3D, 5G, big data...digital technologies have been adopted by a water heater connected factory in China. The company has recently been selected by the World Economic Forum as a "lighthouse factory" for its role model in digital transformation. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Exploring world's first water heater "lighthouse factory" in C. China

STORY: Exploring world's first water heater "lighthouse factory" in C. China DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent 2. STANDUP 2 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WU XIAOLEI, Global planning director of Haier Group 4. STANDUP 3 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WU XIAOLEI, Global planning director of Haier Group 6. STANDUP 4 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WU XIAOLEI, Global planning director of Haier Group 8. STANDUP 5 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent 9. various of the factory STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): HAN JIANUO, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, I'm Han Jianuo with Xinhua News Agency. Now I'm at Zhengzhou Haier water heater connected factory. Lately, it was selected into the eighth batch of "lighthouse factory" in the world. Let's go and see what's inside." STANDUP

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Graphene technology "heats up" Dunhuang scroll

STORY: Graphene technology "heats up" Dunhuang scroll DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hanging scrolls that can be used as electric heaters 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIANG YU, General manager, Gansu Xutan Advanced Material Co., LTD. STORYLINE: With Dunhuang murals on it, the hanging scrolls are fine art good to decorate one's home. But the scrolls are not only about art. They can be used as electric heaters in winter. The secret lies in the graphene conductive materials embedded within the scroll. They are newly-developed products of a company in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province.    SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIANG YU, General manager, Gansu Xutan Advanced Material Co., LTD. "The product is an electric heater using the technology of graphene. With both aesthetic value and practical value, it can be hung on the walls of offices and homes. We used the self-developed heating technology of graphene materials to make the

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Filming Italy Festival 2021 - Press Conference

Filming Italy Festival 2021 - Press Conference

Heater Graham attending the Filming Italy Festival at Forte Village Resort on July 22, 2021 in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy. Photo by Maurizio D'Avanzo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Filming Italy Festival 2021 - Press Conference

Filming Italy Festival 2021 - Press Conference

Heater Graham, Harvey Keitel and Elena Sofia Ricci attending the Filming Italy Festival at Forte Village Resort on July 22, 2021 in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy. Photo by Maurizio D'Avanzo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoni

Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoni

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20. (Kyodo)

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Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with relatives of people who died as a result of using defective products or in product-related accidents at the prime minister's office on May 19. Yukiko Joshima (2nd from L), 54, the mother of Hiroyuki Joshima who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 due to a defective heater, and Yuka Murata (L), 46, whose 7-year-old son died of suffocation in 2007 after eating konjac jelly, presented Fukuda with a petition urging the government to set up a new government agency in charge of consumer affairs. (Kyodo)

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Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate & soup tureen 1912

Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate & soup tureen 1912

Welbeck plated pattern hoat plate, soup tureen and syphon stand.1912

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Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate 1912

Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate 1912

Luxury patent hot plate.1912

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Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate 1912

Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate 1912

Served on hot plate, breakfast lunchons and dinner1912

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Panasonic exhibitS built-in IH cooking heater at IFA show

Panasonic exhibitS built-in IH cooking heater at IFA show

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2015, shows Panasonic Corp.'s cooking heater with a built-in IH (induction heating) system displayed at the IFA 2015 consumer electronics show held in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 4-9. The major Japanese electronics company has made its full-scale foray into Europe in the built-in kitchen appliance business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba to target rich with air-conditioning washing machine

Toshiba to target rich with air-conditioning washing machine

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp. said June 1 it will begin selling in early July a high-end washing machine equipped with an air-conditioning function. The air-conditioning function can dry the load with humidity-free air instead of using a heater, making it less likely to cause clothes to shrink, the company said. (Kyodo)

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3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyasu Naito, president of Rinnai Corp., speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 10 about carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a water heater manufactured by the company. (Kyodo)

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Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

NAGOYA, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department carry cardboard boxes out of the head office of Paloma Co. in Nagoya on Jan. 27 after searching it on suspicion of negligence in the death of a man and injury of his brother due to carbon monoxide emissions from a Paloma-brand gas-powered water heater in Tokyo in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

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Women warming themselves at a kotatsu

Women warming themselves at a kotatsu

Geisha sit in a kotatsu heater and practice songs on a shamisen lute. Since no pick is being used, this is a sansen or jamisen. The sansen is a musical instrument of the Okinawa and Amami area and is slightly smaller than the shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐47‐0]

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Women warming themselves at a kotatsu

Women warming themselves at a kotatsu

A girl is seen with her mother at a kotatsu heater in a room lit by a paper lantern. A cotton-padded coat is placed over the heater. The photograph conveys the severe cold of a winter night.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐39‐0]

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A woman looking at a picture book

A woman looking at a picture book

A long box heater, copper medicine can and a tea set are visible. A shamisen lute and photograph books are scattered about on the tatami mats. The young woman is wearing a dark chirimen crepe coat and her hair is wrapped in a red cloth. She still has tucked-in kimono shoulders (to be let out when she gets taller) and a baby face.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐34‐0]

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A woman playing the shamisen

A woman playing the shamisen

An oval-faced woman is sitting on a carpet, plucking a shamisen lute. An iron kettle is on a heater. A small tea cup cabinet is visible behind. The photograph almost echoes with the sound of her love ballad.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number58‐28‐2]

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Kobayashi (L), a former president of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd., and Wataru Kamatsuka, a former chief quality control officer of the company, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to the two men over the 2005 fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of a gas water heater made by the company. (Kyodo)

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