41 days ago by fireside feasts

To close out the year, here’s a marvelous article about the need, the importance,and the search for peace and quiet in our daily lives, from the December 29 issue of the New York Times. It’s interesting the lengths that some people will go to in order to experience a bit of quiet in their lives. It’ ...

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42 days ago by othersideoflife

It’s going to be tough to decide on which of these to go to — that is, if we end up not having to work tomorrow night! The Web Brett Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue David Grubbs Rude Weirdo Straight A’s at the Bard’s Town, 1801 Bardstown Road. 9 PM, $6, apparently now it’s all ages. This show, present ...

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50 days ago by Rebel

There was a small victory for bikers the other day in the increasingly unreasonable war on aftermarket motorcycle exhausts. Rockingham County New Hampshire Superior Court Judge Kenneth McHugh ruled that towns in that state cannot impose their own noise standards on motorcycle exhausts. “If each town ...

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52 days ago by Editorial Staff

In the next five years your shoe may be what powers the battery in your cell phone. Engineers are harnessing the power of kinetic energy and one IBM employee thinks widespread usage of the technology isn’t far off. Harry Kolar, an engineer with IBM, described harvesting energy from human movements a ...

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52 days ago by Meghan Kelly

In the next five years your shoe may be what powers the battery in your cell phone. Engineers are harnessing the power of kinetic energy and one IBM employee thinks widespread usage of the technology isn’t far off. Harry Kolar, an engineer with IBM, described harvesting energy from human movements a ...

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54 days ago by Bahti Ganga

Students formed human chain to create mass awareness on noise pollution near AN College in Patna on December 14, 2011. Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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60 days ago by SupremeMasterTV

In an interview on December 5, 2011, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society international director Mark Simmonds states that human-caused ocean noise such as ship propellers, oil and gas exploration and military actions have increased underwater sounds by at least 20 decibels since 1960, affecting t ...

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63 days ago by D.Mohankumar

Unwanted sound is considered as noise pollution which can cause both behavioral and health problems in human beings. Noise pollution can cause physiological changes in the body like hypertension, high stress level, sleep disturbances etc. It can also cause behavioral changes like annoyance, aggressi ...

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67 days ago by justkid

The Premier Travel Inn on Euston Road London has been disuturbing local residents for over a year with a very noisy kitchen extractor fan that runs 24/7. The company says that the fan doesn’t run at night so I filmed this clip on 1 May 2009 at 1am. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Posts Related to PREMIER TRAVEL ...

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67 days ago by Aastha Kukreti

Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for week 48 (starting November 28), 2011.

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