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A fire sprinkler system quickly extinguished a fire that ignited in a couch early Saturday at the Canterbury House on Market Street. Charleston Fire Department/Provided

A sprinkler system quickly doused a fire at a senior living facility in downtown Charleston early Saturday and may well have saved lives, Charleston Fire Department officials said.

At 3:42 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to Canterbury House at 165 Market St. for an automatic fire alarm, according to a news release from the Fire Department.

When the first unit arrived, firefighters saw smoke in a fourth-floor hallway, the release said. The call was upgraded to a possible structure fire and additional units were summoned. More firefighters and apparatus from the city, St. Andrews and James Island fire departments responded, as well as Charleston County EMS and the Charleston Police Department.

Firefighters entered an apartment on the fourth floor, helped a resident get outside to a safe area and extinguished the remaining couch fire with a hand-held water fire extinguisher, the release said.

The couch fire had been safely and quickly contained by the activation of single sprinkler head in the living room, the release said.

"This is yet another example of the profound benefits of a fire sprinkler system," Fire Chief Karen Brack said. "Fire sprinkler systems consistently prove their value in improving the life safety of residents and emergency responders while limiting property damage."

"Without the fire sprinkler system we would have had a substantial event, damaged multiple apartments, and displaced numerous residents," said Fire Marshal Mike Julazadeh. "The fire sprinkler system, coupled with the fire alarm, was part of the life safety system of this building and provided early warning and fire control."

The department's Fire Marshal Division responded to investigate the fire, the cause of which is still under investigation.

Damage from the fire was limited to the sofa. Management is working to repair water damage and restore minimal smoke and fire damage. One occupant was relocated to another apartment and no injuries were reported.

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YOON C Lee, a Samsung Electronics Co executive, is giving a tour of his US home in Oakland. He shows off his living room and foyer, then takes a look outside to check the garden. He considers turning on the sprinkler system before deciding the plants have enough water.

The thing is, hes not actually in California. Hes 8,000 miles away with a reporter in a Seoul conference room. Lee, a tall, 49-year-old, is at a huge table fiddling with a Galaxy S5 phone thats streaming live video from the US.

This is Samsungs next big bet as it works to build a future beyond mobile phones, where earnings are tumbling. Lee and his colleagues are trying to create another hit from whats known as the Internet of things, technology that stitches together phones, cameras, sprinklers and roads. If they succeed, the effort could propel sales of the companys electronics, appliances and chips for a generation; if they fail, the troubles will likely deepen.

Imagine if all the dumb things around you can be connected, said Lee. For Samsung, this is a big new opportunity, a huge paradigm shift. It will benefit us across all businesses.

Samsungs Internet push comes just as Apple Inc, Google Inc and dozens of others are sizing up the same opportunity. Techs giants are all vying for leadership and collaborating where necessary. The market for the Internet of things is projected to hit US$7.1 trillion by 2020, according to the research firm IDC.

In a sign of how seriously Samsung is taking the effort, the company is transferring about 500 engineers from its mobile-phone division and allocating them largely to the Internet initiative, according to people familiar with the matter. The shift also reflects recognition that the Suwon, South Korea-based company needs another hit after smartphones, they said, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters.

This is a must-have market for Samsung, said Neil Mawston, executive director of the research firm Strategy Analytics. The Internet of things will be too big to ignore.

The mobile-phone unit is faltering as Apple offers bigger screen iPhones similar to Samsungs marquee Galaxy range and Chinese newcomer Xiaomi sells stylish phones at low prices. In the most recent quarter, Samsungs mobile profit tumbled 74 per cent, dragging net income down by 49 per cent from a year earlier.

The Internet of things represents the third revolution in information technology, after the PC and the Internet, Michael Porter and James E Heppelman wrote in this months edition of the Harvard Business Review. Its implications go beyond the increasing number of smart, connected products in the world and are much more than simply a way to transmit information, they wrote.

With more everyday things connected to the Internet, products will have expanded capabilities and the data they generate may change how companies compete and the boundaries of competition, Porter and Heppelman said.

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Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press The Elma Hotel and Beverage Room has been closed and for sale for years. It remains padlocked along Highway 15.

NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES -- Angelo Mondragon remembers growing up hanging around picket lines in California with his mom and dad, who were union organizers.

His dad worked along side Cesar Chavez, the migrant farm worker who founded the Farm Workers Union in the United States, and who became that country's most famous Latino American civil rights leader.

Mondragon, as a child, would accompany his dad to Chavez's house, and was taken along on union rallies. "I didn't understand what these marches were about. I basically grew up in the (union) headquarters in southern California."

How Mondragon wound up in the heart of southern Manitoba owning a hotel beverage room -- and spearheading a drive to save small rural beverage rooms like his from vanishing off the landscape -- is another story. The small hotel bars scattered across the countryside have outlasted many a school, church and grain elevator, and are just as steeped in history, albeit a different kind. But the days for many of the small beverage rooms appears to be coming to an end.

"A friend of mine met a friend of hers," explained Mondragon, who is of Mexican descent, over a beer one afternoon in the Notre Dame Hotel.

His friend met a woman from Notre Dame de Lourdes, about 110 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, who was visiting California, and they ended up marrying. Mondragon flew in from California for the wedding -- that was 10 years ago -- and met the bride's friend. A long-distance relationship ensued. He and Tina Bourdeaud'hui married seven years ago. They tried living in California but Tina, who is a physiotherapist, missed home. They returned five years ago. "How do you decide where to live? She's the boss," replied Mondragon, who is 37.

In Santa Cruz, his early attempts at a career ranged from police officer trainee to stock broker. In Notre Dame, he embraced that rural ethic of wearing several hats. He worked in a pig barn, drove a combine for a couple summers, sold wind turbines, and, most recently, worked for Manitoba Hydro.

The couple have two children with a third on the way, and live on an acreage outside town. "What we have here we could never have in California," Mondragon said.

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Closing time: The hotel beverage room is slowly disappearing from the rural landscape

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Project: Bella Vita Restaurant

Location: 1400 Cowart St., Chattanooga (formerly Nikos Southside Grill)

Owner: Tammie Taylor

Size: About 12,000 square feet

Contractor: Holderfield Development Corp., Knoxville

History: Southside Grill was the buildings original tenant. Nick and Amy Kyriakidis, operators of the Acropolis Grill, bought the property in 2007 and renamed the restaurant Nikos Southside Grill. They operated it successfully until Nick Kyriakidis, who cooked at Nikos, suffered a spinal injury and had to scale back his involvement. Nikos closed Dec. 22, 2012, after helping the Southsides growth and renaissance. Restaurateurs Mike and Taylor Monen bought the property with plans for a ground-level restaurant and office space up top. The property is now owned by Cowart LLC., a group of Chattanooga investors with restaurant experience.

Scope: Bella Vita will feature Mediterranean fare with a Southern twist and a full bar area with TVs. Live performances, produced by an entertainment group out of Nashville, will be held on the second story on select nights of the week.

Schedule: Bella Vita is expected to open sometime in mid-December

Contact: Bella Vita, 423-668- Online: http://www.bellavitasouthside.com

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Bob Sepesy gazed out the windows of his High Point Restaurant and Lounge, overlooking the Monongahela River, the Washington County borough of Newell and California University of Pennsylvania.

If Norman Rockwell lived here, this is what he would have painted, he said.

The Coal Center restaurant's dining room, bar and deck all look out over what many visitors call a million dollar view.

Now that view, and eight acres of property, including the business, is for sale.

Sepesy, 69, and his wife, Loretta, 67, who reside in California, are easing into retirement.

A few months ago the couple listed the property for $1.5 million.

We aren't closing. I enjoy it. I love this place. I'm sad. I'm happy to move on with my life. I still have the passion. I don't have the energy, he said, laughing.

Sepesy defies his own proclamation, taking visitors on a tour and greeting arriving employees and guests. In his spare time, he pilots his own plane and shoots aerial photography.

He and his brother, Joe, operated Sepesy's Tavern in California from 1967 until 1984, taking over a business their father owned since 1948.

I always had my eye on High Point, he said.

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Violi's restaurant located next to Hunter Golf Club in Meriden, Thursday, November 6, 2014. Repair work continues after a fire occurred there on June 3. City officials are hopeful the restaurant will be fully operational for the next golfing season. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal

Published: November 7, 2014 | Last Modified: November 9, 2014 11:05PM

By Molly Callahan Record-Journal staff

MERIDEN Though the rebuilding process at Violis Restaurant has been slow while the city and insurance company negotiate a settlement, city officials are hopeful the restaurant will be open by the start of the next golf season.

Business has been limping along after a June 3 arson fire ripped through the outside of the restaurant and into the attic. Violis has been selling hot dogs, hamburgers and sandwiches in a snack stand.

The restaurant is in a city-owned clubhouse at the Hunter Golf Club on Westfield Road. A survey by a structural engineer revealed that there was very little evidence of fire damage ... within the interior of the building, but rather extensive damage to the wood roof-support beams.

City Fire Marshal Steve Trella ruled that the blaze was intentionally set.

City Manager Lawrence J. Kendzior said about three-quarters of the support beams are damaged and need to be replaced, along with a portion of the roof. The heating, ventilating and air-conditioning units, as well as some of the electrical units, also need replacing.

The city manager estimated it will cost more than $1 million to repair the building. He said that the citys insurance company is estimating closer to $850,000.

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