It was just that the fire alarms didn't always work.
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Also, the fire alarms did not notify dispatchers right away.
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For example, our fire alarms are now going to cost $20,000.
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At Ohio State, students living off campus get free fire alarms.
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"It really underscores the importance of auditory fire alarms," she said.
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In 2015, the team responded to 732 fire alarms across the campus.
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That's why we have seatbelts in cars and fire alarms in houses.
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Repairs were undertaken — even the fire alarms had not been working properly.
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There were no fire alarms, no sprinklers, no emergency or exit lighting.
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Other routine duties include stopping fire alarms, locking doors and watching CCTV.
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Fire alarms rang out from buildings and train stations across the city.
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In the building where Tahmas and Yiannopoulos hid, fire alarms began to wail.
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The hotel fire alarms went off, as Irma's winds started to hit Miami.
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We don't have bells signaling the end of passing periods, no fire alarms.
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You know she did a good job when the fire alarms go off!
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Fire alarms were sounding in the dorms, according to posts from anxious parents.
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Szymanski said firefighters reported hearing smoke alarms going off, but not fire alarms.
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Kelsea Ballerini's The First Time tour is so hot it's setting off fire alarms.
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In both lockdown scenarios, teachers and students must ignore all other fire alarms or bells.
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It's a bit like the Nest app, only for networked security, rather than fire alarms.
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Any loud sound can shatter their day: Sirens sounding, fire alarms ringing, a car backfiring.
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We looked at each other and then 228 seconds later, fire alarms started going off.
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The fire alarms in the attic of Notre Dame did not immediately notify fire dispatchers.
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He said people had no idea what was going on when they heard the fire alarms.
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On one recent day, the fire department received 173 snake invasion calls, versus five fire alarms.
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He was also arrested in L.A. back in June for pulling fire alarms at his apartment complex.
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The smoke is so bad that fire alarms are being triggered in many parts of the city.
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Dakota Shrader and her classmates left the history hallway after the fire alarms went off and headed outside.
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"There was no fire exit for people to escape from and no fire alarms were working," he said.
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The Australian family were asleep as the flames engulfed their house – their fire alarms failing to go off.
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When Mr. Murray moved to another room to deliver his talk, protesters pulled fire alarms in the hallway.
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The State Fire Marshal&aposs Office will investigate for code violations, including any involving fire alarms, he said.
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Fire alarms in France never automatically alert the fire department, a spokesman for the Paris Fire Brigade confirmed.
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The fire alarms were triggered at the cathedral, which is undergoing a $6.8 million restoration, around 6:30 p.m.
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But his family needs the cash, and all he has to do is set off a few fire alarms.
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Before that, Gordon had been arrested in L.A. back in June for pulling fire alarms at an apartment complex.
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But the authority had not revealed that final testing for the fire alarms at each station was not finished.
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Fire officials said they were notified of the blaze by a company that operates fire alarms for the building.
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Fire alarms in the 1980s were novel, and with Goings' sales experience and tenacity, the company became a runaway success.
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The building lacked sprinklers and fire alarms that worked, and had only a single, narrow staircase to escape a fire.
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The students also pulled fire alarms and began pushing and shoving him and his faculty interviewer, who suffered a concussion.
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I'd be in my cell, hear batons tap on the floor—clack clack clack—and then two bells like fire alarms.
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If that's the case, don't expect to hear about Harrison pulling fire alarms in Houston early in the morning on Feb.
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Chernov added that the fire alarms did not work, and the cinema hall's doors were shut, effectively trapping the victims inside.
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More than half occurred in homes without fire alarms; in many other cases, the alarms were found to be not functioning.
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Unlike at sensitive sites in the United States, the fire alarms in Notre-Dame did not notify fire dispatchers right away.
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When the fire alarms sounded just after Jeremy Bourasa's wedding ceremony, his bride, Krista, knew her hero husband would answer the call.
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It detects fire alarms and babies' cries and allows you to browse the Internet and check your calendar without needing your phone.
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Residents reported that fire alarms didn't go off when the fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington around 1 a.m.
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Amberbox — Safety sensors for shooter detection Fire alarms are everywhere, but there's a lot of opportunity to go beyond that, James Popper says.
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Even under a weaker fire code, the Res Club was woefully inadequate against fire — no working fire alarms, no sprinklers, no fire drills.
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The tower, built in 1974 in the North Kensington neighborhood, lacked fire alarms, sprinklers or fire escapes, and had just one internal staircase.
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It's also a good idea to make sure carbon monoxide detectors and fire alarms are in good working order ahead of the storm.
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One night when Gamel and Tyler Austin were living at the funeral parlor, smoke from the basement furnaces triggered the building's fire alarms.
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Pamela Barr, who lives in the building, said she was awakened by fire alarms and didn&apost panic because false alarms are not uncommon.
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As Boutwell spoke, high-pitched fire alarms beeped continuously in the rubble -- a constant reminder of warnings that came long after the danger hit.
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Not all have smoke detectors or fire alarms, according to the NSF's 2015 McMurdo Master Plan, a roadmap of sorts to upgrading the aging base.
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"We've evacuated for fire alarms and bomb threats but never to my knowledge for bed bugs," the courthouse's head of security, Mike Clarke, told NewsOn6.
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The shooter, who began his attack by pulling fire alarms and releasing smoke grenades, moved through the building amid the confusion in a gas mask.
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Less relieving was the revelation that the fire alarms and sprinklers in the fire-stricken building had either been turned off or simply did not activate.
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Leila Butler and MaKenna Evans — speaking to local TV station KTRK and CNN, respectively — described hearing fire alarms at school around the time of the shooting.
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Gordon still has other legal problems on his plate -- he's still facing charges for unlawfully pulling fire alarms at an apartment building back in June 2017.
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More than 20 schools in Illinois have reportedly installed new security systems, similar to fire alarms, that will call police in the event of a shooting.
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Among the proposals affecting garment factories would be the elimination of requirements for automatic fire alarms and the option to use fire extinguishers instead of sprinklers.
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"Just woke up to fire alarms and had to evacuate the hotel we are staying in because of what happened to our house," he updated his followers.
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From a lack of fire alarms, sprinkler systems and fire doors to not separating flammable materials from the factories' boiler rooms, the unions listed numerous safety lapses.
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Investigators were trying to determine whether fire alarms had malfunctioned or been disabled in the third-floor apartment at 1368 Webster Avenue in the Claremont Village neighborhood.
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One of the warehouse's exits had been blocked, and the building was missing important safety features, such as fire alarms, marked exits and sprinklers, according to authorities.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ferry services were halted, fire alarms triggered and Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge and Opera House disappeared from view in a thick, smoky haze this week.
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In London, experts have cited a number of other factors for the Grenfell tragedy, from the insulation under the paneling to the lack of fire alarms and sprinklers.
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Ex-NBA player Ben Gordon was arrested in L.A. on Thursday morning after allegedly freaking out at his apartment complex and pulling multiple fire alarms ... TMZ Sports has learned.
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One such feature, according to the report, may be able to detect important sounds — like fire alarms, doorbells, and crying babies — and provide a haptic alert to the user.
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For this reason, says Dr Galea, many older British tower blocks were not constructed with building-wide fire alarms, or intercom systems that enable firefighters to broadcast instructions to residents.
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Like Shrader, other witnesses at the scene of Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School described chaos as gunshots rang out and fire alarms blared, scattering students in all directions.
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It struck me as I walked out of the facility that many of us are equally immune to the political fire alarms that go off in Washington almost every day.
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Other robot dogs will have built in fire alarms that can register smoke in a child's room or spot a poisonous spider in the dark crawling on a bed crib.
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Grenfell residents had spent years complaining about shortcomings in fire safety within the block: The building had only a single staircase and lacked fire alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.
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Pollack, one of three fathers of a victim on the commission, said schools should make it a policy that fire alarms don't automatically mean students should rush out of the classroom.
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In addition, the building lacked sprinklers, fire alarms and fire escapes, it had only one staircase, and the inquiry found that apartment doors were not self-closing, as they should have been.
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When he and Professor Allison Stanger, who was to comment on his talk, moved to a room where their discussion could be livestreamed, protesters banged on the walls and pulled fire alarms.
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We're told 34-year-old Gordon -- who played for the Bulls, Pistons and Bobcats -- was apparently locked out of his apartment and went into meltdown mode ... pulling fire alarms inside the building.
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"When I went to college, we had a lot of fire alarms in my dorm, and my parents didn't know about them and I was fine and they were fine," she said.
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In the brief time he was away from his classroom, the fire alarm went off once again, and school protocol says no one is allowed in the classroom when fire alarms go off.
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TMZ Sports broke the story ... the former Chicago Bulls player was arrested back in June 2017 after witnesses say he freaked out and pulled a bunch of fire alarms at his apartment complex.
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We were forced to move to another site and broadcast our discussion via live stream, while activists who had figured out where we were banged on the windows and set off fire alarms.
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And when he and the professor moved their planned interchange to a private room where it could be recorded on camera, protesters disrupted that, too, by pulling fire alarms and banging on windows.
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Last year at Short Pump Middle School in Glen Allen, Va., school officials staged an unannounced active-shooter drill featuring multiple fire alarms, loud noises and unseen people jiggling the handles of classroom doors.
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Ms. Ruhl also wrote a book of essays "100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children and Theater," which was published in 2014.
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These include electrical systems, plumbing lines, telecoms, mechanics like air intakes, ventilation fans and ducts, medical and safety supplies, smoke and fire alarms, record storage, and hazardous materials such as jet fuel and chemicals.
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Here's a breakdown of what I bought: The actual cooking process turned into a bit of an ordeal: There were fire alarms and tears, and I had to toss my "yogurt" down the drain.
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Some say fire alarms didn't sound DC Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean said Monday firefighters wouldn't face disciplinary action if they missed an apartment or two during their initial search of the building.
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A 2008 city law that requires sprinklers and fire alarms does not necessarily apply to old churches and other houses of worship, according to Daniel A. Nigro, the commissioner for the city's Fire Department.
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Having left the embrace of the school community, she had to work to forge a new one — trying to combine new friends with those who already understand why she flinches when fire alarms go off.
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At the Doubletree Hotel near McAllen's airport – one of the tallest buildings in the area – several apparent lightning strikes disabled elevators and set off fire alarms while water leaked through the atrium nine stories above.
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" Chad Williams, 18, a senior at Stoneman Douglas, described Cruz as "kind of an outcast" who was known for unruly behavior at school, including a penchant for pulling false fire alarms, and was "crazy about guns.
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Fire alarms sounded, building staff members pounded on residents' doors to evacuate them from the building's hundreds of apartments and firefighters from four stations were deployed, the Dubai Media Office, an official agency, said on Twitter.
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From my understanding, city code inspectors often focus on structures that are under construction and on keeping places free of blight, while fire code inspectors focus on prevention by enforcing requirements for sprinklers and fire alarms.
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The codes also require many additional safeguards, especially in new buildings or major renovations: automatic sprinkler systems, fire alarms, loudspeakers to provide emergency instructions, pressurized stairways designed to keep smoke out and multiple stairways or fire escapes.
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"5G will certainly be helpful but there are already solutions out there ... I do think you will see waste bins and fire alarms and all these types of electrical appliances will start to scale this year," he added.
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The insurance score represents how likely you are to file a claim based on your credit score, claims history, and whether your home is outfitted with safety precautions like fire alarms, security systems, or weather protections, explains Policygenius.
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In a partnership with the Korea Energy Foundation, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will offer the equivalent of around $2,600 to each household to use for improving heating systems and floors or installing temperature control, ventilation, or fire alarms.
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Smith — who has worked at the hotel for a year — was on his own as fire alarms went off due to malfunctioning computer systems, and was still alone when it was time to serve breakfast the next morning.
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They also issued citations for converting permanent housing into transient use, working without a permit for the construction of additional units, failing to provide adequate fire alarms and sprinklers for transient use, and violating the building's certificate of occupancy.
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Mr. Abbott's suggestion for dedicated active-shooter alarms appeared to be a response to concerns that any fire alarms pulled during a school shooting may prompt students to leave classrooms instead of barricading themselves inside, where they might be safer.
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As fire alarms blared and smoke billowed from the 16th floor of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center where a gunman had set himself ablaze after shooting seven people on Friday, hospital workers rushed the injured to the emergency room and got to work.
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That can mean being able to turn on a single lamp, or controlling and monitoring almost everything in a house, including heating and cooling, security cameras, lawn sprinklers, televisions, stereos, robotic vacuums, a doorbell, door locks, lights, air quality, fire alarms, baby monitors and more.
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Of the more than 27,000 unique work orders in Newark's preventive maintenance logs from July, 2012 to March of this year — covering routine custodial work, including clearing gutters, maintaining air conditioning units, and testing fire alarms — just under 23 percent are marked with a completion date.
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The Hotel Arpit Palace passed a fire safety check in December 2017, but a copy of the initial police investigation seen by Reuters showed several breaches of fire regulations, including a lack of signs to guide guests to exits and fire alarms that did not work.
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The dogs have been there as students and teachers grappled with the suicides of two Parkland teens this spring, a spate of traumatizing false fire alarms, the first anniversary of the massacre, the unexpected news that their principal was leaving, school shootings across the country, and other challenges.
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The majority of the schools are outside of the city in the residential suburbs and none are public schools, according to the Tribune, which added that the system includes bright blue pull boxes which resemble fire alarms and are mounted around the school in case of an armed intruder.
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Now Clark, a native Texan who dropped out of high school, is back with a new tech startup: CommandScape, a home-automation and building-control system that controls air conditioning, motorized shades, surveillance, lighting, fire alarms and other functions from a highly secure online platform that has cybersecurity at its core.
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Apparently aimed at older people, it's designed to link smart devices that already exist in the home, whether that's lights, camera, fire alarms, air conditioners or whatever It trundles around on wheels, waiting for you to prod its touchscreen face to make video calls or browse the internet or control your home.
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He began working on the plan to build a museum about seven years ago, and took meticulous care to ensure that it was lit with natural light, filtered through a vellum scrim, and that all of the museum's technology — air conditioning vents, fire alarms, even exit signs — would be hidden to avoid distracting viewers from the art.
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The Korea Herald reports that the South Korean government, Korea Energy Foundation, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government will offer "3.2 million won per household to enhance heating systems, replace floors, and install air conditioners, dehumidifiers, ventilators, windows, and fire alarms" to 20203,500 families in semi-basement apartments who make less than 60 percent of the median income.
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If they could speak they would not; they would wait for a durable peace, for people taking one another on faith across the continents, as well as in this not-quite-wilderness with its traced-in, bush-sheltered not-quite-farms, where no human being or sheep is likely to get entirely lost, given the tree-bark hash marks, dry plank shelters, twine-bordered streambeds, and occasional hand-carved fenceposts with their hand-mounted scarlet or cherry-red fire alarms.
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