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The City of Macon, Georgia has a noise ordinance on the books, and yet some people are living in noisy neighborhoods. So far this year, the Macon Police Department has received over 2000 noise complaints.
Writer: Stephanie Susskind • Web Editor: Jovi Irwin
http://www.13wmaz.com/article/20081113/NEWS01/81113012The City of Macon, Georgia has a noise ordinance on the books, and yet some people are... more
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Studies are beginning to reveal that noise-related stress can negatively
affect our health and wellbeing, sometimes significantly so.
Unwanted noise also makes us feel powerless and potentially more aggressive.
The UK Office of National Statistics shows that there are 5 times more
complaints about noise than there were 20 years ago.
Other studies have shown that half a million people moved home in 2006 to
escape a disturbing noise.
by: Sheryl WaltersStudies are beginning to reveal that noise-related stress can negatively
affect our... more
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That is indeed a sad reality of American's "mediocracy" and "anti-social behavior" that started before or with the film "Easy Rider" back in the 60's. The Film was produced in 1969 but this mediocre motorcycle culture started in the 60's by Harley Davidson and its followers that today acoustically terrorizes inhabitants all over United States.
Should we blame the Producers of the Movie, "Easy Rider"?
Not in my opinion! They had all the rights to do the movie. People in society are the ones that suppose to separate their fantasies from reality and recognize that they do not have the right to imitate that. Motorcycle somehow became a symbol of "a fake freedom" that disturbs inhabitants all over the United States. That is indeed a sad reality of American's "mediocracy" and... more
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SARASOTA, FL - Sarasota police are starting a new crackdown. They're trying to get people who pump up the volume to turn it down. And the penalty will be tough. SARASOTA, FL - Sarasota police are starting a new crackdown. They're trying to... more
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The Animals can teach us something.
What is excessive in our society today?
Do you know how to recognize when some people passed over the limits?
Would you respond if they do?
The Animals can teach us something.
What is excessive in our society today?
Do you... more
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The Animals can tell us a lot!
Initially this movie was about how to secure the path of a machine. However I end up to pick up something interesting that is related to humans, acoustic issues and excessive noise.The Animals can tell us a lot!
Initially this movie was about how to secure the... more
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(AP) Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.
It has passed a bill to ensure that the vehicles make enough noise to be heard by visually impaired people about to cross a street.
The measure would establish a committee to study the issue and recommend ways the vehicles could make more noise.
The state Department of Motor Vehicles says more than 300,000 of the vehicles are on state roads. Officials say they don't keep statistics on pedestrian accidents involving those vehicles.
The bill has been sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has not taken a position.
(AP) Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the... more
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A 20-year-old man was stabbed in north Manchester after a disagreement over the playing of loud music.
A statement from Greater Manchester police today described how the victim was approached on Sunday night as he stood outside a house on Joan Street, Moston, with another 37-year-old man.
The offender told the men to turn the music down before producing a 12-inch knife and chasing the 20-year-old for a short distance.
The victim was taken to hospital with stab wounds to his left thigh and torso. He is currently in a stable condition and his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.A 20-year-old man was stabbed in north Manchester after a disagreement over the... more
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New York Commissioner Ray Kelly feels that New York needs new license plate tracking system that records license plates for thirty days to 'fight terror'. Residents feel the invasive measures are akin to living in a Communist police state.New York Commissioner Ray Kelly feels that New York needs new license plate tracking... more
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One man is dead and another is recovering after a fight escalated into a stabbing in Lincoln County.
Police were called to the an apartment complex off of KY 1247 near Waynesburg Saturday night. The fight was reportedly over someone playing loud music.
Mackenzie Ryan Elmore died in the fight. His friend Jack Smith is recovering at UK Hospital where he is in fair condition. A third person involved, James Naylor, was questioned and released by police.
Reporter: Wendy Enneking
Email Address: wendy.enneking@wkyt.comOne man is dead and another is recovering after a fight escalated into a stabbing in... more
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PACOIMA Police say a Pacoima man couldn't take the noise from his neighbor's car stereo anymore and shot him to death early Wednesday morning.
Raymundo Serrato, 58, died at the scene of the 2:15 a.m. shooting in the 13000 block of Kelowna Street, said Officer Kate Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
Lopez said the man was shot by a Jubenal Guillen, 55, during a dispute. Guillen was arrested on suspicion of murder.
"There were words exchanged; a scuffle," LAPD Detective Pat Barron said. "And after the scuffle -- or during the scuffle -- the suspect produced a firearm and shot the victim."
A woman who lives in the neighborhood said that the younger man regularly came home in the early morning hours and made a lot of noise, which may have upset his 58-year-old next-door neighbor.
"So I guess he, just, probably, had enough. He had enough, so he shot him," Lisa Velasquez said.
PACOIMA Police say a Pacoima man couldn't take the noise from his... more
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An interesting story today in the NYTimes about residents opposed to windmills. The article focuses on how members of the town community board have business dealings with the windmill companies and blatantly told residents who raised concerns about the towers to shut up.
While wind power presents an opportunity for America to free itself from foreign oil dependency, windmills present environmental issues of their own: they are an eyesore and noisy. There is no state oversight on the placement and their size of the wind turbines. Some of the towers are 400 feet high and while you can always look away from them, the noise is constant. The noise is described in the article as a hum of spinning turbines.
New York Times
In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption
By NICHOLAS CONFESSOREAn interesting story today in the NYTimes about residents opposed to windmills. The... more
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A Call To The Legal Profession To Defend Citizens Against Noise Pollution
By Arline L. Bronzaft, PhD.
The Natural Resources Defense Council in New York City has estimated that "...international passenger traffic will double by 2010 and domestic passenger traffic will double within the next 20 years." Whereas this potential growth in airport travel is being met with glee by the aviation industry, it is bringing distress to the millions of people who live close to airports and have to live daily with the noise from overhead jets. Similarly in community after community, residents are registering complaints that noises from recreational vehicles, highways, leafblowers, garbage collections, high speed-auto racing, and nearby discos are robbing them of the peace and quiet to which they believe they are entitled. Sadly since too little attention has been paid to noise pollution, many people find their complaints fall on "deaf ears."A Call To The Legal Profession To Defend Citizens Against Noise Pollution
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Broadcast: November 7, 2001 | Producer: Carmel Smyth; Researcher: Colman Jones
Noise, the invisible pollutant, has been blamed for everything from hypertension and learning difficulties, to suicide. More than a decade ago, Health Canada labelled noise as a "real and present danger."
Marketplace ran a series of tests on noise levels the average Canadian encounters at home. We discovered the noise problem is not getting any better.
With notes from Dr. Arline Bronzaft, environmental psychologistBroadcast: November 7, 2001 | Producer: Carmel Smyth; Researcher: Colman Jones... more
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Reflecting On the Lack of Acoustical Consideration at Ground Zero
By Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D.
New Yorkers, like many residents around the world, are being inundated by noise from automobiles, aircraft, trains, cooling devices and power tools, not to mention the most recent invasion of boom cars and cell phones. The result--the number one complaint to the City's Quality of Life hotline is NOISE.
http://www.noiseoff.org/groundzero.shtml
Reflecting On the Lack of Acoustical Consideration at Ground Zero
By Arline L.... more
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Bronzaft, Arline L. Ph.D
Dr Bronzaft is an environmental psychologist, and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Lehman College in New York City. Her research on the New York subway map contributed to MTA's review of the 1972 Vignelli map and its instigation of the 1979 redesign, which was carried out by Michael Hertz. With Dr Stephen Dobrow, Dr Bronzaft tested the Vignelli map and reported on its shortcomings. As a result of publicity given to that research, Drs Bronzaft and Dobrow were invited to join the MTA's map-making committee in 1975. References:
* A.L. Bronzaft, S.B. Dobrow, & T.J. O'Hanlon (1976) Spatial orientation in a subway system in Environment and Behavior, 28:185-203.
* A.L. Bronzaft (Fall 1977) Environmental Psychology Goes Beyond the Laboratory, McGill Journal of Education, Volume 12, No. 2.
* A.L. Bronzaft (1981) Understanding Traveler Information Needs for Decision Making, in: Marketing Public Transportation: Policies, Strategies, and Research Needs for the 1980s, Proceedings Series of the American Marketing Association, edited by Richard K Robinson and Christopher H Lovelock.
* A.L. Bronzaft & S.B. Dobrow (1983-1984) Improving Transit Information Systems in Journal of Environmental Systems, Volume 13.
Bronzaft, Arline L. Ph.D
Dr Bronzaft is an environmental psychologist, and... more
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Day to Day, July 2, 2007 · New York City is filled with culture, excitement... and noise. But now that a revised noise code is in effect, the jackhammers, cabs and dogs will all have to quiet down or face some stiff fines.Day to Day, July 2, 2007 · New York City is filled with culture, excitement...... more
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"Iron Sky" is an independent science-fiction film about Nazis attacking earth from their base on the moon. Don't laugh, yo. It could happen.
Cool thing about this film, besides the beautiful teaser that's been floating around the web for a month or so now, is that it's being produced with a collaborative and distributed production model, as in, with the help of anyone, anywhere in the world, who wants to be involved.
It will be interesting to see if this kind of model can sustain such an ambitious project. While you ponder your thoughts on that issue, enjoy their pretty eye candy."Iron Sky" is an independent science-fiction film about Nazis attacking... more
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When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off?
June 25, 2008 | Henry Bean can't stand the sound of burglar alarms. He hates back-up beepers on trucks and bristles when garbage rigs grind up their fetid loads in the middle of the night, the noise reverberating off Manhattan's buildings. But Bean harbors special resentment for the oblivious car owners whose vehicles blare false alarms. "It bothers me that their cars can shout in my ear, not stop shouting, and I can't do anything about it," he says. "My pride can't handle it. I can't exist if I don't fight back in some way, however pathetically or ineffectually."
By Katharine Mieszkowski;
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/25/noise_pollution/index.htmlWhen noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us.... more
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