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Loud sex, quiet love.
To shout or not to shout.
I have a wild neighbor. She's been bitten by love in such a way that she wants us all to know.
But just knowing is not enough anymore. Nowadays you must go mystical or disappear; believe everything with all your heart, body and soul; love your mother, love god and love chocolate. You have to get touchy feely with life, Amélie, or end up in the Lonely asylum.
As a believer, then, you must have faith in her love. What else but faith can be so unwavering and warm; consistent and rapturous? And as a tired listener, what else could you do but wake up like a sleepy sinner and pay your halleluiahs in a yawn? You be that second soprano under covers at ungodly hours, because at least someone in this building is having the time of her life. It makes me wonder if they have a job.
It's really kind of her to share her joy with me, through walls so thin I can almost hear that pair of heartbeats in crescendo, with the excitement of a symphony. A wet theatre of the mind? Not sure if that was in my evening plans (at least not as a listener).
But it's awfully kind of her, especially if you're single and live alone and don't even have a cat since your apartment is too small for pets and you wouldn't have time to pet them anyway because you have to lie awake at night and write about your neighbor's excitement. Breath-ing-deep-ly.
I don't mean to be the Spanish Inquisition here; because when not separated from the whole, I do regard sex as a spiritual experience. I too may have let a love-shout escape the censure of the throat every now and then.
As if it weren't just too easy to go down in vocal flames when yummy fire turns you into a French toast. Deliciously not-guilty, father, I have not sinned. Just as others must be shouting as we speak. Over the rooftops.
The point is not the ah-ahh-ahhhhh you serenade, hoping it's raining outside or that the world is wearing headphones. The point is daily hot-coal sessions with your neighbors; orgies you haven't even invited them to; Eros sonatas you force them into listening. Is this when you applaud? No, hold your fire. Not for two more acts. Save your applauses 'til the end. But all I want to do is call the sex police before she hits replay.
If you're not her but me, quietly typing-tyyyping-tyyyyping, on the other side of the wall; or just about to have an important video call on Skype with people half-way around the world, the first thing you do is pause and smile. You want to tell somebody, it's like good high school gossip: "Shh, quiet, did you hear that? Is it a cat? A baby? Or is it what I think it is?"
[Warning: the following video contains some nudity, some shouts, some sex & some life]
Next thing in line is laughing –uncomfortably– at yourself. And then you hear her asking him to f*ck her harder-haarder-haaaarder, and think, "Oh God, should I go for walk?" Now you wish you'd watched porn that one time in college, or that other time after college or anytime before today; maybe you'd know what to do.
But you're the kind of cute and dorky girl who hasn't and you're not sure exactly what they call these situations: the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley? You almost want to laugh with someone, or try not to get turned on. Because you think you might be human; may have your needs; and needs don't usually have a volume. Only you hear them – and those who you decide to share them with.
So when it gets too tough to bear and the floor starts shaking like it's the last battle of Sex Wars III or IV – how many episodes are there? – and they're about to drop their next pleasure bomb over your head (in case you survived the previous four or five), you put on headphones, quick, watch anything, turn up Vivaldi. Classical sex is always calmer. You wonder why it's so uncomfortable to be an uninvited guest at such life-giving parties. Isn't it natural? Divine? Superb? Invigorating?
How can it be such a great movie when you're in it and so intoxicating when forced to watch (or listen to)? Is it OK to be invaded by a foreign country, even when that country's name is Love?
It could also be that the one invading you is not the country itself but only her naughty general, Mr. Sex, making a passionate move on you; trying to set you free from your silent, intellectual tyrants. Although, more than loved, your ears get molested.
As a sensible creature, how can I not blush when she walks up to me the next day and happily introduces herself? I can almost see her naked (believe me, she's more beautiful than she sounds). Oh dear, I already know your name. I even know your boyfriend's "peirnaws" name. And all of his nicknames.
So what's a polite girl to do in this situation? If I were in the U.S., I'd probably sue them for premeditated sex-conspiracy. Maybe that way I could make enough cash to rent a different apartment.
But see, I'm in Europe, where people are supposed to be having sex 24/7 while they're singing opera; and walk nude on the narrow, ancient streets; eat with their hands, talk really fast, have bad teeth, smoke a lot…
All these assumptions being one-hundred-per-cent-true, I have no other option left but to practice hypothetical conversations with my neighbor in the bathroom mirror; none of which seem to work for the purpose of an efficient and mature (and not-embarrassing-at-all) two-minute greeting. Umm, where did you buy your washer? It sounds like it's doing the job. Potent stuff. Technology, huh?
But when the next day comes, I don't say a thing. They never taught me how to address these issues in any of my Communication courses. Maybe she wouldn't take offense but only blush in return and from then on, turn down the S-volume.
Until I come up with the latest in sex-talk wit and gather up the courage to knock on her door, I think I'll stay with Vivaldi; and in my tiniest heart of hearts, hope she runs across this article. Maybe I'll slide a note beneath her door with the permanent link. It'd be much less intimidating. And if she didn't quite agree, I hope she'd tell me in the comments. Or better yet, write her own take in which she complains about my ridiculously loud juicer or my shower concerts with made-up lyrics to her favorite tunes.
And yet, when all is (un)said and (un)done, at a post-orgasm hour with everything restored to silence; at that time of the night when my pillow is finally doable, I can't help but start rambling in my sleep: What if over all these tired rooftops –of cities and old buildings and bodies and strange smells and life– what if, only for one night alone, love shouted louder than sex? What if?
You don't usually hear Love on the news; or through the walls; or on the streets; or on commercials. And when you do, it's so breathtaking that you need to stop and take a picture. But what's in a shout that didn't start with a sigh? And what's in a sigh that wasn't issued by the heart?
Did we accidentally record only the chorus of the song? If god is love and we are god and love is us and we have sex, then isn't sex just a part of the story that is us and love and god? When did the separate parts turn louder than the whole?
All things considered, if you don't have thin walls or neighbors, you could even get an amplifier if you wanted. And if instead of a tune, you've got an entire symphony with all its different instruments harmonizing in your bedroom, please know that you're at least rare and at best whole, if not immensely happy.
Maybe you should teach the rest of us lonely stars –some shy and quiet, others too obnoxious– how to be constellations.
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34 Responses to "Loud sex, quiet love."
Brilliant as always – and much more poetic than my rolling of the eyes and fist shaking at the ceiling when the 3rd floor neighbor brings home a new playmate.
Thanks K.M.! It's fun at first, when you can't believe your ears… But after a while I start rolling my eyes too & bang my head against the wall, trying to compete with the noise…
Wow! Nicely put, haha! Love the amalie referennces. I have the same thing going on at my apartment. The other day i got frustrated and broke my silence by semi-shouting "shut up!!!" but only at like 1/3 of my max volumn of voice, then it just felt silly. Plus if you say or do anything it will make the next neighborly run of "hi" and nice smiles tainted. Its already tainted for me though….. Oh god, thanks- ill remember this article next time (which should be soon cuz god forbid, its been a couple days since they went at it) and be glad im not alone…or something. 😀
*Accidentally deleted first comment but had it saved so copying and pasting again.
LOL. You know, I had this same problem a few years back, at a different place. This other one used to say: I-love-you-I-love-you-I-love-you – allll the time. A passionate parrot. The problem was that they only did it at midnight and 6 am!!!! I mean, who does that? C'mon!!!! At least let me sleep early or get up late.
They were my downstairs neighbors, right below me, and they'd wake me up in the mornings, just early enough so I still had an hour 'til I had to get ready for work.
So one time I was trying to break a coconut open by banging it on the floor – the hardest coconut in the world, literally unbreakable, didn't know what else to do. And I hear her ladyship scream at me from below, telling me to be quiet. Not once had I ever complained before about her daily double-sex symphony.
So this & the unbreakable coconut did for me. I got so angry, I started screaming at the top of my lungs: weeeelllllllllll, at least I'm not f*cking my coconut, am IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII? Funny stories.
Ahh… L'amore! The bliss the butterflies the consummation…
I have been on both ends of the perspective 'laid' out in this article… (a little pun intended ☺)
A beautiful quaint little B&B where sounds of a gorilla grunting on top of a poodle echoed from the room next to my girlfriend and I… after about 7 min of this concerto the inevitable conclusion and repose. His subsequent snoring and, I imagine, her lack of satisfaction. Meh. I think I remember clapping till my girlfriend hit me with a pillow.
On the other hand.
I'm no super casinova, but subsequent lovers of mine have been quite verbose at times.
Believe me, when someone's screaming on top of you, banging the headboard, etc. you just want to say "hello darling, im down here, want to join me?" it can feel sometimes as though it's a show. Passion goes and it can become a bit mechanical. Sex for sex's sake. Is that love? Erm, no.
That said, when in the midst of passionate copulation the rest of the world ceases to exist, the two of you become a supernova and the groans the sighs the screams the gesticulations and the orgasms are shared between you from sweet kisses whispered in each others ear to a volume which yes, I'm sure my neighbours hear. It's a place where time and space is forgotten. Sometimes till the sun comes up.
Some people are loud when they have sex, some people are quite.
Does sex = love? Does volume = satisfaction?
Sometimes, but not always… if you're true to yourself you might just experience something that blows your mind.
As to a consistently noisy neighbour, have a shuffle and put on some ambient music, to sleep, perchance to dream 'tis also a consummation.
Or try Frankie goes to Hollywood – Relax, at volume… but then they may be up all night.
Thanks Notorious! I'm in love with you, if only from reading your comment. Made me laugh out loud a few times.
Simple solution — have sex. Loudly. And take your time at it.
It will probably only take one time. But why let that stop you? (giggle)
I thought about that. Have my own sex and scream louder so I can teach them a lesson. But I'm too shy, too "nice", too embarrassed and too single.
Oh, when i said passion shouldn't be contained/confined/restrain whatever, i FORGOT to mention "as long as it is not harming anyone." 😉
Wow, this was hilarious and very poetic. Love it!
Comments from Facebook:
Joshua Plant I'm all for getting an amp! My neighbors are loud all the damn time!
Christopher Landry Our feelings expressed : ) ♥
Roberta Cresca just read it, and loved it! tks
Christopher Landry I like the scene from the movie, lol!!!
Rich Krzyzanowski Great article! Thank you!
Rich Krzyzanowski P.S. I hope you get some sleep.
Doug Bowie Wonderful article… very well done…and, as sleep disrupting as it may be, I'm sure there is a bit of 'behind the scenes' appreciation for the enthusiasm of their love…. Be well…(and hopefully more rested)
Hildi Halley There are so many comments to say here… ugghhh but I will refrain 😀 how about Viva Ameile!
Andréa Balt Say them Hildi. Even better to post on the article so others can see as well. No right or wrong here, ey? Just loud or louder.
Nathan Cole Sooooo…. why does hearing sex make us feel awkward? (i think it's trained behavior from conservative society, but… thoughts?)
Rich Krzyzanowski It may be a little weird for me to lay this out there, but here goes, anyway. I get really turned on when I hear other people having sex. Roommates, neighbors, young, old, attractive to me or not, it doesn't matter. People having sex is HOT! And as I was reading the article, I was thinking to myself, "Why don't you just embrace it, have a little fun with yourself, and hope that will help you to fall asleep." Call it a detached threesome, maybe? Maybe moan loudly enough so that they hear that they aren't the only ones enjoying their bodies? Maybe I'm just a pervert, though.
Nathan Cole BTW, makes ME uncomfortable too, @ times, but i don't think i have a good explanation on why…
Scott Yung I really love your writing. And yes….hearing that is a sexy turn on but I tend to be a bit voyeuristic.
Andréa Balt Ha. No Rich, you're not a pervert, just fun. I never said it doesn't turn me on. It does a little, that's the problem, I may not be needing a turn-on while I'm having a meeting on skype or in the middle of something. Physically, there's this. Mentally, there's the "I-don't-want-to-be-a-part-of-this-conversation-or-intimate-moment", the feeling of being forced into someone's privacy without having consented.
Loved your article!
Fantastic article!
I believe it is a freedom of expression
Only thing to do is silence the walls.
"…when my pillow is finally doable," brilliant! You captured the whole scene, external and internal, really well Andrea. Another great piece.
Thanks John! I had so much fun writing this.
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Laura, I love that. Could be a great short story!! – Alexa M.
WOW! Agreed. Wonderful story. This is what I call a "mindful shhhhh". Maybe I should. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!!! This is the kind of writer's-compliment I enjoy the most. The one where the reader doesn't fully agree. I often find that the authors/writers/bloggers I like the most and whose writing I'm most drawn to are those I don't always or fully agree with. Sameness is boring, diversity is fun.
Glad you took the time to read and if you want, while you create your own blog you can submit that mysterious voice of yours to firstname.lastname@example.com. We'd love to hear it.
Never got that link, Nate. Did you send it?
"Scream on, lovers! Perhaps the rest of us will wake up." – love that!
True, on one hand it shouldn't be contained – but as you say in a comment below, as long as you're not bothering. Now, should I or should I not be bothered? I don't think it's necessary to psychoanalyze my Freudian subconscious on this one, because sometimes it's as simple as: I-don't-feel-like-it. There's nothing more to it than that.
So, as I was saying in one of the FB comments, on this level it's as bothersome as if someone were to turn up their music or TV. That would (does!!) bother me too, perhaps even more than sex because it usually lasts longer.
Love? Yes, thank you, more, please! Loud sex? I guess it won't kill me to be an uninvited listener every now and then, but on a daily basis, just keep in mind I might be having a business meeting in the next room.
You DID answer my question. i posted a reply… but it posted in the wrong place… under my comment about "passion shouldn't be contained UNLESS…. Weird. i don't know why it posted there instead of here. D:
Yes, sometimes this approach works. Others – like in the coconut story above – not so well.
You've always been better than me at making new friends (a.k.a lady friends)
Hey Emily, thanks. I am very similar to you. I'm so sensitive about not bothering other people that I end up being too "quiet" about my needs sometimes (in general, not necessarily sex-related). So while others could turn it down a little, maybe we could turn it up some?


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The Chronicles of Rose: A Serial Drama by David Lane
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Seasoned North Adams puppeteer, David Lane, in collaboration with Toronto's Shawna Reiter and Jonathan Davis will bring a Serial Puppet Drama to MCLA throughout the MCLA Presents! season. The Chronicles of Rose depicts the fretful time in Paris during the WWII Nazi occupation of France. Don't miss this complex, yet entertaining five-part drama!
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I honestly didn't not see this one coming. Stratford Caldicott writes about the well-nigh Distributist sensibilities of Prince Charles, a man I always filed under, "Daffy Monarchy: see also, Environmental Extremist, Sordid Love Affairs."
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David Lorimer's Radical Prince: The Practical Vision of the Prince of Wales was the first book to examine the many threads that go to make up the Prince Charles' vision for modern Britain, and his initiatives in "ecology, agriculture, religion, architecture, medicine, business and education." Lorimer defines the Prince as a "radical traditionalist" who believes we need to "rediscover our roots in a living tradition." A more recent book, Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World by Prince Charles with Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly (accompanied by a movie), brings the story up to date. The book is the coffee-table manifesto for a traditionalist revolution.
For more than thirty years the Prince has been promoting sustainable agriculture, organic farming, alternative medicine, and the new urbanism. He has even constructed an experimental village (Poundbury) to see if his Distributist social philosophy and architectural principles can be made to work in the modern world. He seems most at home in a Romantic tradition that goes back to William Blake, blended with more exotic influences from Jung, the Sufis, and Vedic India. It is an eclectic vision associated with the late Kathleeen Raine, whose Temenos Academy now flourishes under the Prince's patronage.
The Prince's populist assaults on architects and town planners often make headline news (he once described the National Theatre as "a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London without anyone objecting," and a distinguished proposal for Trafalgar Square as resembling "a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend"), but his painstaking efforts to develop an alternative vision for Britain are relatively little known, and when known often unappreciated.


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Li Ka-shing at an event to announce the company's annual results, Feb. 28, 2013. (File photo/CNS)
Hong Kong property tycoon Li Ka-shing and his family have sold their assets in mainland China and Hong Kong and increased their investment in European countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, which can be attributed to Li's close relations with HSBC Bank.
The family's seventh sale of its assets in mainland China and Hong Kong since August 2013 took place on April 8 and was executed by Li's second son Richard Li, who sold the Pacific Century Place Center in Beijing to Vinter Star Limited for HK$7.1 billion (US$928 million).
Although Li Ka-shing stated that he is not abandoning the mainland or Hong Kong, the financial reports of his Hutchison Whampoa seem to indicate the opposite.
In 2013, Hutchison Whampoa's operational profits in Europe exceeded combined profits in Hong Kong and mainland China for the first time, according to the Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald, reflecting the company's efforts to expand its European business by acquiring assets in Europe.
Hutchison Whampoa reported HK$24 billion (US$3.1 billion) in earnings before interest and taxes in Europe, making up 37% of the company's total revenue, whereas its EBIT in the Hong Kong and mainland China markets accounted for 35% of the total at HK$22.69 billion (US$2.92 billion).
Among Li's investments in Europe, Li Ka-shing places greater focus on the United Kingdom.
Li Ka-shing said that he was focusing on the UK because of the country's ideal investment environment and good legal system, but sources said that it could also be because of the close connections between Li Ka-shing and HSBC Bank.
On May 15, 1985, Li Ka-shing was invited by the then-chairman of HSBC Michael Sandberg to serve as the deputy chairman of the bank, allowing the Hong Kong business tycoon to become an official part of a British-invested firm.
Sandberg was also crucial in helping Li Ka-shing assume control of his current flagship company Hutchison Whampoa.
Sandberg joined HSBC Hong Kong in 1949 and was promoted to the bank's general manager in 1971. During the same year, Li Ka-shing established Cheung Kong Holdings, focusing on the real-estate business.
Hutchison Whampoa is made up of two separate companies-Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock and Hutchison International.
HSBC, which was chaired by Sandberg at the time, had saved Hutchison International with HK$150 million (US$19.3 million) in 1975 when Hutchison International was undergoing a financial crisis.
In 1977, Hutchison acquired all of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, creating Hutchison Whampoa Limited, of which the bank became a major shareholder.
On Sept. 25 1979, Li Ka-shing announced that Cheung Kong was buying HSBC'S 22.4% stake in Hutchison Whampoa and that Sandberg had agreed to let Li Ka-shing pay 20% of the payment in cash and the remainder in installments.
Li acquired a 39.6% stake in Hutchison Whampoa in November 1980 and successfully began chairing the company.
A former chairperson of Hutchison Whampoa stated that Li Ka-shing was able to buy Hutchison Whampoa because of Sandberg.
Since 2010, the Li family has sold assets worth HK$186.8 billion (US$24.1 billion) located in mainland China and Hong Kong through 11 deals, with 96.8% of the capital from the sale being used to invest in Europe.
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THE Aquino administration has established a P31.6-million natural crumb rubber processing in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday.
The said facility, which will be turned over this month, is a big-ticket project of the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP), a special project under the DA.
Through MRDP's Community Fund for Agricultural Development (CFAD), the Farmers Alternative for Self-Reliance Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FASRMCO) was able to access the P31.6-million fund for the establishment of processing facility, which is equipped with creper and macerator, shredder, trolley dryer, hydraulic baling press and weighing scale.
"The facility is expected to produce high-quality semi-processed natural crumb rubber for tire and footwear manufacturers," said MRDP livelihood specialist Samson Mate.
He said the facility will also improve the consistency and standard of the plasticity retention index of natural crumb rubber products and to increase value of rubber cup lump, the coagulated rubber latex.
"The province has no existing commercial rubber processing plant, except the conventional processing type," Mate said.
"With the facility rubber farmers can have an annual incremental income of at least P3,600-P6,900 per hectare as savings from freight and handling if delivered in processing centers in North Cotabato," he added.
As of 2011, Agusan del Sur has 13,321 hectares planted to rubber and 4,972 are already productive. The total volume of cuplump production was 15,273 metric tons with an average production of 3.1 metric tons per hectare.
"These are the sources of cuplump for milling in the province's crumb rubber processing center which has the capacity of at least 4,337 metric tons," Mate said.
MRDP program director Lealyn Ramos said MRDP through its program advisory board has approved the funding of big-ticket livelihood projects to provide wider opportunities for famers to expand production into enterprise.
"This crumb rubber facility will not only reduced hauling cost but more importantly enabled our farmers to earn more through value-adding activities," Ramos said. (SDR/Sunnex)
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NFPA's Life Safety Code® (NFPA 101) covers a host of topics related to reducing the spread of fire in buildings and providing means of egress from buildings when necessary. The code includes different requirements for different types of buildings such as hotels, homes, and hospitals.
Means of Egress
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- Exit access, defined as the portion of the means of egress leading to an exit. This includes corridors and aisles.
- Exit, defined as the portion of a means of egress that is separated from all other spaces of a building by construction and provides a protected way of travel to the exit discharge. This may include exit doors, protected stairways, and landings.
- Exit discharge, defined as the portion of a means of egress between the end of the exit and a public way, such as a sidewalk open to outside air.
Building Features
Three other major areas covered by NFPA 101 are:
- Construction features such as smoke barriers and interior finish.
- Building service and fire protection features such as utilities, heating, air conditioning, smoke control, elevators, rubbish, chutes, detection systems, and fire extinguishment systems.
- Operating features such as furnishing and fire exit drills.
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Methods of detecting smoke, heat, and fire have been developed, as have systems that can suppress and extinguish fires. The two systems often are integrated.
Detection Systems
Standards exist for fire detection systems addressing performance, installation, and suitability for different applications. The systems are viewed as consisting of two parts:
- Detector. This part senses heat, smoke, flame, gas, or anything else that would indicate a fire. Criteria have been established on performance, modes of operation, location and mounting, and testing (see NFPA 13, 72).
- Control/Indicator. This part provides notification in some form to individuals, signaling them to take appropriate action. Standards and recommendations have been developed for a variety of these systems based on their complexity and intended use. Criteria cover equipment and electrical circuit specifications, operation, maintenance and testing, and other requirements. Addressed are: protected premises fire alarm systems, auxiliary fire alarm systems, remote supervision station fire alarm systems, proprietary supervisory systems, and alarm systems for central station service (see NFPA 72).
Fire Extinguishment Systems
Standards and recommendations have been developed for two types of extinguishment systems used at health care facilities: water and chemical.
- Water. Separate standards exist for sprinkler type and standpipe type water systems. For sprinklers, standards cover design and installation, activation mechanisms, and maintenance. Standpipe provisions cover installation, acceptable configurations and equipment, appropriate uses of different types of systems, inspection and maintenance, and testing. Standards also exist on the selection, installation, and maintenance of fire pumps that may be necessary to pump water to such systems (see NFPA 13, 25).
- Chemical. Five different types of chemical systems typically are used at health care facilities: carbon dioxide (NFPA 12), Halon 1301 (NFPA 12A), dry chemical (NFPA 17), wet chemical (NFPA 17A), and foam (NFPA 11). NFPA standards cover the installation, testing, use, and limitations of each
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Building-wide systems for heating, cooling, lighting, detecting, communicating, extinguishing, and collecting may be affected by, or have an effect on, fire safety. Several codes, standards, and recommendations have been issued addressing these systems.
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Systems that provide heating, cooling, ventilation, or exhausting are covered by NFPA documents addressing three areas:
- Fuels. Safeguards for handling fuels such as oil and gas once on site, including standards for gas piping, have been developed (NFPA 31, 54).
- Heaters. Codes exist for a variety of heating systems, including equipment such as boilers and furnaces that burn gas, oil, fuel oil, and natural gas (NFPA 31, 54, 8501; also, American National Standards Institute standards ANSI Z21.13 and ANSI Z83.3).
- Air Movers. Provisions exist to restrict smoke, heat and fire spread through air ducts, and for various methods of smoke control (NFPA 90A, 90B, 92A, 92B).
Electrical Systems
NFPA has addressed electrical systems in terms of installation of wiring and provisions for emergency power.
- Installation of Wiring. The National Electrical Code® (NFPA 70) is the most comprehensive document on electrical construction and installation. It provides criteria on wiring, design, methods, material, and installation. Specific criteria exist for electrical systems in health care facilities under Article 517 of the code.
- Emergency electrical power. Criteria exist for the power generation system needed to supply electrical power in the event that the normal supply fails, how such a system should be connected to the normal supply, and what circuits, outlets, or functions are to be connected to the system (NFPA 37, 99, 110).
Specific Building-Service Systems
Different NFPA documents address various building-wide systems that perform a specific, more limited function, including:
- Piped gas systems (NFPA 45, 54, 99; also, NFPA Fire Protection Handbook).
- Piped vacuum systems (NFPA 99; also, NFPA Fire Protection Handbook).
- Chutes (NFPA 82, 101).
- Elevators (NFPA 101; also, ANSI/AMSE A17.1).
- Fans (NFPA 91).
Protecting Fixed, Localized Systems
Localized activities that take place in health care facilities such as surgical procedures, X-rays, treatment clinics, and immobilizing patients, as well as computer operations, cooking, storing, and disposal, are covered by various codes and standards. Generally these activities can be divided into two major groups: areas where storage primarily occurs, and areas where some ongoing activity takes place.
Storage Areas
NFPA documents provide criteria for a variety of storage activities, including:
- General storage, for which criteria exist for a broad range of combustibles and address arrangement, building construction, fire protection, and safety practices (NFPA 231).
- Rack storage, which can be considered a subset of general storage but presents some unique hazards (NFPA 231C).
- Data storage, in print or electronic form (NFPA 232, 232AM(manual)).
- Flammable liquids (NFPA 30, 45, 99).
- Flammable and nonflammable medical gas storage (NFPA 99).
- Flammable and nonflammable laboratory gas (NFPA 45, 99).
- Nuclear material storage (NFPA 801).
NFPA also has developed criteria for identifying the relative fire hazard of various hazardous materials using labeling methods designed to enable quick identification by firefighters (NFPA 704).
On-Going Activities
Special NFPA provisions exist that address the following specific on-going activities:
- Inhalation anesthetizing locations, including criteria for electrical wiring (NFPA 70, 99), isolated power system and line isolation monitors (NFPA 70, 99), conductive flooring (NFPA 99), piped gases (NFPA 45, 54, 99), and piped vacuum (NFPA 99).
- Patient care areas of hospitals, including anesthetizing locations, comprising criteria for electrical wiring (NFPA 70, 99) and isolated power system and line isolation monitors (NFPA 70, 99).
- Hyperbaric and hypobaric facilities, including criteria on housing and fabrication, ventilation, illumination, fire protection, and electrical systems (hyperbaric: NFPA 99; hypobaric: NFPA 99B).
- Laboratories, including criteria for fire protection, electrical receptacles, fume hood protection, and ventilation (NFPA 45, 99).
- Non-medical areas, including criteria for computer areas (NFPA 75), kitchen areas (NFPA 54, 96), and two types of waste disposals systems - incinerators and waste compactors (NFPA 82).
Emergency Communication Systems
Systems used to notify building occupants of an emergency are covered by various NFPA codes and standards. Requirements exist for speakers used for emergency communications and alarm signals, as well as for mounting and locating audible and visual indicating appliances such as bells, horns, chimes, or strobe lights (NFPA 72, 101).


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By Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
The first is that facts on the ground matter. The Soviet Union occupied half of Europe after World War II more or less with our blessing. Yes, we felt tricked that Josef Stalin installed communist regimes, but his troops were there because they had been our allies. Once President Truman realized Stalin's true intentions, he tried to counter Soviet expansion with his containment policy. But he was still playing catch up. Not only did the facts on the ground in Eastern Europe favor Stalin, so did the impression, left by years of cooperation with Roosevelt, that the United States was not really interested in fighting another war after the victory over the Nazis.
We are in a similar situation today. Putin must surely understand -- if for no other reason than because we are constantly telling him so -- that Americans are weary of war. He's also likely gotten the impression that Obama, like Franklin D. Roosevelt before him, prefers a world in which Russia is given a fairly wide berth. That was clearly signaled by the Russia "reset" policy, and it was an impression likely reinforced by Obama's casual handling of the Ukraine crisis, complete with comedy TV appearances and Florida vacations, which at the very least indicated a lack of alarm.
There's another similarity: Russian troops now occupy Crimea as they once did Poland in 1945. Because of that, Putin likely thinks the Europeans and Americans are bluffing over Ukraine, as Stalin likely thought Truman was doing when he first protested Soviet actions in Poland. But Truman was not bluffing. He not only resisted Soviet aggression against Turkey and Greece, but eventually made it clear that he would resist Soviet bullying by launching the Berlin airlift in 1948-49. And, of course, he went on to launch his containment policy which lasted for a generation.
Obama faces a similar challenge. At some point he will have to choose between a containment policy of his own or business as usual. Putin may not give him the choice of trying to have it both ways. At some point the president should expect to be tested, as Truman was, to show how much he really believes in all his rhetorical support for Ukraine.
But there the similarities with the Cold War end. Putin may have the military and geopolitical advantage in Ukraine, but he does not enjoy the same strategic assets of the Soviet Union. His military power is not as great; except for nuclear weapons, Russia is not really a global power. The ideological struggle over communism is missing. And unlike in Stalin's time, Putin's political base at home (the nouveau riche oligarchs) do not want economic isolation. They want to continue to shop at posh London shops and to continue getting rich selling natural gas abroad. This means they are far more vulnerable to economic sanctions than were the travel-deprived apparatchiks of Soviet times.
There's another difference. While Putin occupies Crimea, he does not occupy all of Ukraine. Unlike in 1945-47, when about 500,000 Soviet troops occupied Poland, there are today no Russian troops in Ukraine outside of Crimea. Thus most of Ukraine is still free. We should be taking advantage of this window of opportunity because Putin may close it soon. Stepping back and waiting to see what Putin does next is likely to convince him that he can move to the next step, whatever it may be.
One of the most important lessons of the Cold War is that drawing lines in the sand actually works. We often think of how the containment strategy held the Soviet Union in check, but the real tests of strength actually occurred before that strategy was fully in place. Truman "lost" Poland (mainly because he never had it in the first place), but he drew the line with Turkey and Greece. Both countries ended up as NATO allies, not members of the Warsaw Pact. We should be drawing similarly clear lines in the sand today, particularly with respect to the Baltic members of NATO, making it absolutely clear that the United States will honor its NATO Article Five commitment to defend those countries.
The challenge for U.S. policy is not to let Russia'sfait accompli in Crimea signal a complete abandonment of Ukraine. It's one thing to say we will not go to war to defend Ukraine's independence, and another one altogether to consign Ukraine forever to Russia's sphere of influence. Not everything in foreign policy comes down to threatening war. Most Ukrainians want to be part of the West, as the Poles did some 70 years ago, and this matters more in the long run than the strength of Russia's armored brigades.
So let's give the Ukrainians -- and the Russians -- a long-term strategy. In addition to near-term sanctions against Russia that truly threaten its ability to do business with the West, we should be offering to assist Ukraine's economy. We can do this not only by supporting loans and loan guarantees to assist Ukraine through its immediate crisis, but to help the International Monetary Fund and the European Union construct a program of aid-for-reforms that can turn Ukraine's economy around. Part of Kiev's problem is that it pretends to want to join the West but it never gets its economic house in order to actually do it. Economic aid packages are fine, but Ukraine's economy needs serious reform.
The most important thing President Obama could now do is to signal to Putin that he has the patience to follow through on a strategy of isolating Russia. Putin likely believes he lacks that patience. To prove him wrong, the United States should: launch tougher sanctions against Russia; help Ukraine get its economic house in order; start serious military planning for the defense of the Baltic States; restore America's military and strategic defenses; and let it be known that the United States will never recognize Russia's suzerainty over Ukraine.
- Dr. Kim R. Holmes is a distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute for International Studies.
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I Am Guilty
2005. Germany. Directed by Christoph Hochhäusler. With Constantin von Jascheroff, Viktoria Trauttmansdorff, Manfred Zapatka. Armin graduated high school, but he isn't going anywhere. He lives in the suburbs with his parents, who hover around him, hoping he'll amount to something. He begins making anonymous claims of responsibility for crimes he sees on the news—first as a lark, then obsessively, returning to the scene of the crime and skulking around police stations. When he is finally arrested, we see for the first time a smile on his impassive face. Finally, there's a new reality, a moment of rupture, some sort of way out. In German; English subtitles. 90 min.
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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Shocking mistreatment. That's what one veteran received at the VA Hospital, according to her caretakers and a federal lawmaker.
They all want answers. And they've asked Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears to tell this story to help ensure no other veteran goes through the same thing.
Taps rang out through the chapel on Wednesday, Dec. 12 as 78-year-old Navy veteran, mother and medic Sandra Niccum was laid to rest surrounded by friends and admirers.
"Sandi Niccum was a wonderful advocate for any veteran. She was outstanding with blinded veterans," said her neighbor, friend and caregiver, Dee Redwine.
Blind herself as a result of diabetes, Sandi dedicated more than 5,000 volunteer hours to the VA Southern Nevada Health System.
Her house is filled with photos and memories of a life of service. But her death, and the time leading up to it, is the story her caregiver and aide are bound to tell.
"And I told her, I said, 'Sandi, please, I don't want to tell this story.' And she said, 'Dee, you have to.'"
The Las Vegas Review Journal first published the story at Sandi's request.
"She wanted this article and this newscast because she did not want any other veteran to go through what she did," said her aide, Shirley Newsham.
Sandi's ordeal began in the late summer with a visit to the VA Hospital's emergency department for some tests.
"We got checked into ER and we waited at least four hours."
Shirley Newsham said Sandi, a "brittle diabetic," never went anywhere without her insulin kit. But Shirley said VA hospital staff told Sandi, "If you're not going to give up your medicines, then we're going to have to escort you out of the hospital."
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Sandi had to go back to the hospital on Oct. 22 for more tests as her health continued to decline.
Dee said the nightmare started all over again when radiology couldn't find Sandi's orders in the computer.
"The gentleman got up as Sandi was sitting there and he slammed the window down."
So it was back once again to the ER, where Dee said the nearly six-hour wait pushed Sandi over the edge.
"And that's when she would just hit her cane on the floor and say, 'Please, God, please, somebody help me. Please, some doctor, help me, help me.' No one even cared. No one even looked up. I just thought, wow."
Dee took pictures to document Sandi's state as she sat waiting in the VA's emergency department.
"This was so terrible. It was a nightmare. That's why I took the pictures on my iPhone, that this was really happening, and to her."
The VA admits it can improve on treating special needs patients.
Though patient privacy laws prevent them from talking about the specifics of Sandi's care, Isabel Duff said the veteran and her aides got it all wrong.
"Her chronology does not match what we have documented."
"What about her constant pleas for help that they claim were ignored?" Darcy Spears asked.
"Well, what I can tell you is the documents, our notes show continued intervention and assistance and treatment, even ongoing, during a time that the ED was very, very busy and her evaluation was progressing," answered Duff.
She said Sandi misunderstood doctors' orders and refused care and offers of assistance that could have made her experience better.
"I can tell you that her care was appropriate. You've pointed out, and what I'm hearing, is that Sandi reported that she didn't feel that she was treated appropriately. We are looking at that."
Dina Titus and other members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee are also looking at Sandi's case.
Congresswoman Titus sent this statement saying:
"I was appalled to learn of the shocking mistreatment of a veteran who had given so much to our country and community. Our VA hospital should be the gold standard in both caring for patients and customer service. I spoke with Isabel Duff, Director of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, about this issue, and am eager to learn the results of the hospital's working group and the actions they plan to take to ensure no other veteran suffers from a similar experience. As a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, I will take this issue to the highest levels if necessary so that our nation's heroes receive the best services possible."
Sandi died Nov. 15 from complications due to an earlier diagnosis of colon cancer.
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