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Stop the noise!
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_poll... When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off? ... more -
Prepare yourself for the Space Nazis
"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 earth from their base on the moon. Don't laugh... more -
New York City Implements New Noise Code
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... and noise. But now that a revised noise code is in effe... more
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Who's Who in Underground Railway Maps
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 ... more -
Reflecting On the Lack of Acoustical Consideration at Ground Zero - Part One
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. Bronzaft, Ph.D. ... more -
How loud is your house? A look at the dangers of 'noise'
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. Broadcast: November 7, 2001 | Producer: Carmel Smyth; Researcher: Colman Jones ... more -
A Call To The Legal Profession To Defend Citizens Against Noise Pollution
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 By Arline L. Bronzaft, PhD. ... more
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