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District 214 to appeal to FAA for funds to soundproof high school
Norridge :: IL :: USA | about 17 hours ago
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District 214 officials recently accused the FAA of reneging on a promise to provide more than $10 million to soundproof the school as part of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission's insulation program. A regional FAA spokesman said this week such...
Tags: FAA Great Lakes Region, O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission, Tony Molinaro, Elk Grove High School, O'Hare Noise Compatability Commission, Parenti, noise level, O'Hare International Airport, Norridge, Education, Noise regulation, Noise, Aircraft noise, Noise pollution, Federal Aviation Administration
Govt to crack whip on noise
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility Are you planning to go out partying or to attend a kesha (overnight prayer vigils) this weekend? If yes then you may just be forced alter these plans. A massive crackdown on noise pollution begins this weekend according to government spokesman Dr Alfred...
Tags: noise pollution, Kenya, Nairobi, Environmental science, Sound, Noise, Noise regulation, Industrial noise, Pollution
New rules to curb noise good for us
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago
Credibility Michuki, as Transport minister, introduced new matatu rules that tamed the notorious drivers and touts who had turned roads into a nightmare...The only people who did not support him were matatu crews. The Michuki Rules, as they were popularly known,...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Image noise, Mombasa District, Noise, Industrial noise, Religion Belief, Disaster Accident, Mombasa
How that noise can drive you mad
Nairobi :: Kenya | 3 days ago
Credibility The World Health Organisation lists some of the health hazards of excessive noise as hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Noise, the health organisation says, causes hearing impairment, interferes with communication, disturbs sleep, causes cardiovascular...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Acoustics, Hearing, Hearing impairment, Noise regulation, Noise, Technology Internet, Noise pollution, Sound, Otology
New attitude
Boston :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility It's loud, brash, and tied up in a whole mess of human emotions that, when properly amped into excitement or aggression, blur together into the swirling, distorted composite we know and love. The rock career of UK upstarts the Big Pink has been one of...
Tags: Big Pink, United Kingdom, Boston, A Brief History of Love, The Big Pink, Entertainment Culture, Alec Empire, Digital Hardcore Recordings, Shoegazing, Denny Cordell, Hardcore punk, Dream pop, Klaxons, Noise, 4AD, Pink, Atari Teenage Riot
Why Grouper is queen of the night
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility Liz Harris's Portland-based solo project has been going since 2006, developing from a drone-heaby basement act into what has become essential listening. Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill was the album that finally made me appreciate Grouper's magnificent...
Tags: Liz Harris, United Kingdom, London, Noise, Entertainment Culture, Grouper, Year of birth missing, Serranidae
Video: Gentle Friendly, “Real Fighters”
New York :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility You can listen to their songs and imagine simultaneously thrashing around in some dude’s grimy basement just as easily as you can imagine it soundtracking a slideshow of all the ill middle school moments at your 8th grade graduation. This video—made by...
Tags: Gentle Friendly, New York, Imagine, Dude, Noise, Slideshow, Hospitality Recreation, Entertainment Culture, Photography, Presentation
Is silence golden?
Nairobi :: Kenya | 4 days ago
Credibility The rule imposes restrictions on any activities that disturb or endanger the comfort and safety of others and the environment. Street preachers, touts and those who promote or sell anything by shouting will now have to apply for a licence under the new...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Image noise, Industrial noise, Siren, Noise, Noise regulation, Disturbing the peace
What about the other polluters? --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 6 days ago
Credibility Now that the Tobacco Bill has been given the green light in the Senate, I hope that lawbreakers are penalised. This said, I find that the bill should be sanitised in terms of the extreme reprimand for selling one cigarette and smoking 15 metres from a...
Tags: noise polluters, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Occupational safety and health, Noise pollution, Industrial noise, Noise regulation, Roadway noise, Noise, Chemical engineering, Pollution, Environment, Disaster Accident
New law to silence noise makers
Nairobi :: Kenya | 7 days ago
Credibility Those who intend to be loud should consult community that will be affected Street preachers, touts and those who promote or sell anything by shouting are some of the people put on notice by a new environmental regulation set to come into force on Sunday....
Tags: Nema, silent zone, Kenya, Nairobi, Environmental engineering, Industrial hygiene, Noise regulation, Industrial noise, Pollution, Noise pollution, Noise, Sound, Disaster Accident, Environment
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