OPEN COURT: All eyes on Brett Oct 4, 2009
Regardless of the white noise that constantly surrounds anything Favre, this is clearly a major sporting event. Love him or hate him, it s still must-see-TV.. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Whitehouse noise recorded at game Oct 2, 2009
For big game days, Penn State football fans wear all white -- and now, officials are tracking the white noise in the Whitehouse. Engineers in Penn State's graduate program in acoustics are measuring the sound generated by the crowd at a football game using a HEAD visor, a device that can measure and pinpoint sound levels. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Death to All Panels Oct 1, 2009
Unless you have the most magnetic of speakers or you roll out the comedic theatrics as Townsend did, panel discussions can be a dry, academic excursion, feeling as if it were birthed by the collegiate lectern and the soothing monotone of white noise. As one panel discussed the merits of Twitter, some in the audience nodded off. (Slate)
Devices Designed to Help You Get Your ZZZs Sep 30, 2009
The machine uses calming sounds or white noise to reinforce a relaxing bedtime routine and shut out intrusive thoughts that would limit your ability to fall asleep and maintain a consistent schedule ... For people who have an iPhone or iPod touch, there's a new white noise option that accomplishes the same thing, but with a simple, inexpensive download ... White Noise Lite is free. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Father: Iraqi perhaps slain in U.K. revenge attack Sep 24, 2009
Singh told the inquiry that soldiers used so-called conditioning techniques stress positions, hooding, sleep deprivation, food deprivation and white noise. Mousa's death already has led to the conviction of Britain's first war criminal, Cpl. Donald Payne, who was dismissed by the army and sentenced to a year in prison for inhuman treatment in 2007. (Florida Today)
Confident Harley is a very cool Cat Sep 19, 2009
But Harley is treating that, and any other reading of his side made from outside the team bubble, as nothing but white noise. Last September, he says, is yet to make the agenda of player meetings 12 months on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
In the belly of the beast Sep 19, 2009
All the televisions work, all at low volume, creating a wall of white noise, and a vague sensation you could be at Cape Canaveral. It's a miracle nobody's head explodes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
• Kimberly Public Library has new materials Sep 18, 2009
"That's Entertainment," "All the Pretty Horses," "Stranger Than Fiction," "White Noise," "The Truth About Cats " "Bend it Like Beckham," "Bella," "A Walk to Remember," "Simon Birch," "The Bad News Bears," "Mr. Smith," "King Arthur," "Forever Strong," "A Knight's Tale," "There Will Be Blood," "Out Of Time," "Cheaper By The Dozen," "Danny And The Dinosaur," "Goodnight Moon," "Pokemon: The First Movie". Videos. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Is Your Puppy's Disobedience Caused... Sep 14, 2009
The clicks are played at 8o decibels and mixed frequencies, and are fed into one ear at a time, while the other ear receives white noise. If either ear is deaf, the BAER will record a flat line instead of peaks from the different parts of the ear. (Suite101.com)
See the light, hear nature's call in art gardens Sep 6, 2009
The recording of the wind in the aspen leaves sounds like white noise, though Livingston has spent years trying to capture it, and was on the western slope of the Rockies recording fresh sound on the day before the opening. "You want to stop the wind from hitting the microphone but still capture the sound of the air moving," he says. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Labor Day sigh over summer books Sep 5, 2009
However, as I know from firsthand experience, the plenitude of newly published books creates a lot of white noise that tends to drown out authors who are trying to be heard. I felt fortunate to have my book reviewed in a modest number of newspapers and magazines, though gaining a profile was an uphill climb. (Christian Science Monitor)
Drake And Trey Songz Get Somber In 'Successful' Video Sep 1, 2009
Clip might not be what you expect from two hot, young talents (VHI.com -- Music News)
Shows we'd like to see on DVDs Aug 31, 2009
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Marshall's shenanigans won't expedite trade Aug 31, 2009
As one veteran NFL general manager told me Friday: "This isn't an isolated incident with [Marshall]. There's other history there, and other issues he's had. It's not just a case of he's had a bad marriage with Denver and somewhere else he'd be fine. Then you've got the whole T.O. situation in the back of your mind, don't you? Who wants to touch this guy with a 10-foot pole right now? Then there's the matter of him wanting a new contract, and deciding on trade compensation. Am I willing to make... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
He died one deed too soon Aug 30, 2009
He would have urged the nation to cut through the white noise of free-floating rage, to zero in on the people who need help but can't get it, and will never get it until we fix our broken system. And he would have been working furiously behind the scenes to broker a deal like the many others in his 47-year Senate career that made us a more humanitarian nation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Its the truth: We area country of liars Aug 28, 2009
Spam e-mail, deceptive advertising, the everyday pleasantries we don't really mean"It's so great to meet you!" "I love that dress"have, as Feldman puts it, become "an omnipresent white noise we've learned to tune out." And Feldman also argues that cheating is more common today than ever. The Josephson Institute, a nonprofit focused on youth ethics, concludedin a 2008 survey of nearly 30,000 high school students that "cheating in school continues to be rampant, and it's getting worse." In... (MSNBC -- Health)
CIA's instructions for breaking a detainee's will Aug 26, 2009
The detainee would be ushered into a world of constant bright light and high-volume "white noise" at levels up to 79 decibels, about the same volume as a passing freight train. He would be shorn, shaved, stripped of his clothes, fed a mostly liquid diet and forced to stay awake for up to 180 hours. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Taking Woodstock is kind of a bummer, man Aug 26, 2009
Eliot and, by extension, the camera never gets all that close to the main stage, so the big show exists mainly as white noise somewhere in the background. Unfortunately, the filmmakers havent done too much to fill the foreground. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Bernie Madoff's Mistress Speaks Aug 26, 2009
My head started filling with a white noise, as if it was going to explode. I could barely hear or be aware of anything else going on about me. (Time.com)
Burliss: This side of summer Aug 26, 2009
I know there s no sea to see out my window, and then I think how important must be the message of the cicadas today as their spirited acoustic talents ring out over the heliport-whirr of the three fans that, beyond reason, become only white noise through the night. I turn carefully in the direction of fan number one in the farthest of the windows that curve above my pillows. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Costa: Memories of a first day at school Aug 25, 2009
People talked in low voices generating a wave of white noise. One boy accidentally knocked over a metal folding chair and the sound cracked like a gunshot. (Westford Eagle, MA)
Download - PM Aug 22, 2009
Because conversations with people when they talk; firstly the conversation goes too fast, secondly there's all the body language and facial expressions which are like white noise or crackling in the back of your radio that decrease your ability to actually hear the meaning of what someone's saying. BARBARA MILLER: The lack of technology when Wendy Lawson was growing up made life tough. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Sport)
Critics' nightmare Aug 20, 2009
Page last updated at 09:30 GMT, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 10:30 UK. Talking Shop: Calvin Harris. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'Bring It On' Aug 19, 2009
Now the blog White Noise Insanity argued, quote, "With a black man in the White House she's just feeling like the founding fathers would be livid because they wanted white power to the end.". Column Archive. (Fox News)
A cot mattress that mimics the womb Aug 17, 2009
Jeanne Tarrant, from the Royal College of Midwives, said: "Babies do respond to hearing their mother's heartbeat or white noise and it usually sends them to sleep. A rocking motion can also help. Anything that reminds them of being in the womb is useful.". More Stories from this section. (India Times, India)
Are you confused about global warming? Let our world-renowned expert enlighten you Aug 14, 2009
Aimee wrote on Aug 11, 2009 8:13 PM:" ...bla, bla, bla...desparate....yak, yak, bla, bla....personal attack...go home...yak, bla, yak.....It's all white noise Lodian, every time you blog. Nobody but your buddy Bob cares what you have to say, don't you get it yet? ". Lodian wrote on Aug 11, 2009 5:02 PM:" Aimee: You only show your desperation for attention by showing up at post 63 with nothing more to add to the board than a personal attack. Hmmm... now who is the one that can't say anything... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
NYPD: Body Found Aug 11, 2009
But the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said such devices offered little more than "white noise" to pilots in such high-traffic areas. "Helicopters often are operating in such close proximity to other traffic that they get a lot of nuisance alerts, so that (to) the pilots it basically becomes white noise," said Deborah Hersman Monday. (Fox News)
A-Rod 'new man' Aug 9, 2009
"Just because it kind of gave me a chance to refocus and rethink things and take, basically, time out from all the white noise I created for myself over the last year and a half.". Rodriguez hit a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw in his first game back, and the Yankees have been off and running ever since. (ESPN -- Baseball)
A-Rod understands Ortiz's plight Aug 9, 2009
"It kind of gave me a chance to refocus and take, basically, a timeout from all the white noise I created for myself in the last year. I feel like now I have an opportunity to play baseball and focus on the gift that God gave me.". A-Rod came up big in the 15th inning for New York on Friday, rocketing a line drive into the left-center-field bullpen off Junichi Tazawa. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Dealing with a Spirited Child Aug 6, 2009
A few hours before they go to sleep, parents can help kids wind down by playing relaxing quiet music, putting on some white noise and turning the lights down low. Help Spirited Kids with Social Skills. (Suite101.com)
Neuromonics used to treat constant ringing in the ears Aug 5, 2009
Other treatment devices for tinnitus use white noise to mask tinnitus, which many patients say can be as annoying as the condition itself. Neuromonics uses relaxing music, similar to what might be played during a massage. (KHOU.com, TX)
Public Enemies Jul 30, 2009
Light bleeds from windows, impressionist clouds are smeared across flat skies, and skeletal tree branches in a forest form a cross-hatched pattern suggesting white noise in the image, a loss of information. Unlike celluloid, video doesn t flatter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
More articles by Heckler Jul 29, 2009
I'm not deaf, just trying to make myself heard over the white noise in this city. Thursday April 23, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
I touched the wall before Phelps, says Cavic Jul 28, 2009
"Throughout this whole year I've just been hearing a lot of white noise over this suit battle. FINA has spoken, they have approved the suits. I don't like it, but they made a decision. "Who knows what would have happened last year if. I guess what I am trying to say is technology is the problem here and I think everybody is blaming the technology. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
5 noise-canceling headphones Jul 24, 2009
I often spot fellow road warriors wearing headphones that play audio and also broadcast a white noise signal at the same frequency as nearby sounds, canceling out most of them. (If it works, you're not supposed to hear the white noise ... One of my audiophile co-workers swore he detected white noise, but I did not, nor did others I tasked with detecting the noise. (CNN -- Money)
Q&A With Broadcast International's Steve Jones Jul 23, 2009
That means a particular segment can be optimized for white noise, or slow motion or fast motion or light or darkness. Because all of those characteristics can be handled better by certain codecs, we break it down so we can employ the best codec for the needs of a particular clip. (Multichannel News)
Radar could save bats from wind turbines Jul 22, 2009
And to discourage bats away from , researchers have tried white noise generators as deterrents. However, these "acoustic scarecrows" have not worked well, Racey said, probably because these sound systems are not strong enough to influence bats within the entire space that rotors sweep through. (MSNBC -- Technology)
2) Cricinfo: Gideon Haigh profiles the extraordinary Muttiah Muralitharan Jul 19, 2009
He made it unintelligible, scrambling the seam, so that the ball approached in a cloud of white noise. Most renownedly, he and fostered the doosra, the googly's evil twin, the finger-spinner's revenge. (Guardian Unlimited -- Sport)
Futility music Jul 18, 2009
Theres some debate as to whether this practice is a form of torture (as the UN Committee against Torture decided in a 1997 ruling against Israels practice of keeping Palestinian prisoners awake for days with loud music) or of inhuman and degrading treatment (as the European Court of Human Rights decided in the case of the RUCs use of white noise against IRA prisoners in the 1970s) ... After all, it could as easily use white noise, or sonic booms, Israels weapon of choice whenever it has... (Harper's Magazine)
TV: Last Word Monologues Jul 17, 2009
In an era when news itself is ubiquitous and programs in general need to cut through a lot of white noise, news magazines like this need to offer a much smarter way into the conversation and they need to turn the volume up. A lot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
RAGE BEHIND THE STAGE Jul 10, 2009
Meanwhile, down in New Orleans, Mitchell Maxwell, another flop king, is causing such strife that he's been banned from his own show, the Broadway-bound musical "White Noise." ... But he was plotting his comeback with "White Noise," loosely based on the neo-Nazi singing group Prussian Blue ... "White Noise," which is aiming to open on Broadway in the fall, is trying out at Le Petit Theatre in New Orleans' French Quarter. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Wind industry official discuss development (934) Jul 10, 2009
How white noise might soon reduce bat kills at turbine sites ... How white noise might soon reduce bat kills at turbine sites. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Entrance exam: Dorm newcomers urged to play it smart Jul 10, 2009
Fans, for both cool comfort and sleep-inducing white noise. Depending on where your campus is, a folding camp chair is useful for outdoor concerts or trips to the beach. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Songbirds Reveal How Practice Improves Performance Jul 7, 2009
To train the birds, researchers monitored their singing and delivered white noise whenever a bird sang a particular syllable at a lower pitch than usual. "The bird hears this unexpected noise, thinks it made a 'mistake', and on future attempts gradually adjusts the pitch of that syllable upward to avoid repeating that error," Fee said. (Science Daily)
Tricks Can Calm Pets On 4th Of July Jul 3, 2009
If that's not enough, she said, you can create white noise for them by turning on a fan. Some owners might take it a step further and turn on a radio. (7 KETV Omaha)
Surprise dawn for "Ice Age" series Jul 2, 2009
The white noise of previous Ice Age films has been filled. Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a lesson on how all sequels should function: keep the best, add some more. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Sleep interrupted - Apnea a common disorder that disturbs sufferers’ dozing Jul 1, 2009
Small enough to sit on my nightstand, it makes a low humming noise (white noise). Now I sleep better and don t snore. (Missoulian, MT)
Sleeping Well on the Road Jun 28, 2009
For travelers sensitive to noise, a white noise machine or a fan can help to muffle any street noise or sounds within the hotel that may affect sleep. Alternately, try opening windows to street noise; turning on the heating or air conditioning unit to the fan setting; or tuning the television to static or a non-stimulating channel to help with relaxation. (Suite101.com)
She Keeps Us Smiling Jun 24, 2009
On a previous visit to our house, Avery left the Clydesdale I bought her posed on the window seat in our bedroom looking out on the lake, an open noise machine beside him, in case he needed white noise to cancel out any household sounds that might prevent him from sleeping. The newest animal to be added to Avery's menagerie is Bambi, which of course is a fawn. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Living End defies tradition to take out top song award Jun 24, 2009
MELBOURNE rock band The Living End has beaten a strong list of contenders to take out the APRA Song of the Year award for White Noise ... Beginning, unusually, with its chorus "All that I'm hearing from you is white noise" the song was inspired by The Beatles' She Loves You, Cheney told The Age, before he raced off to fly to Sweden for a show ... He admitted that it wasn't his favourite song on the White Noise album, but said it was the best for radio. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hits and misses at the APRAs Jun 24, 2009
Melbourne boys The Living End waited more than 15 years, but their first APRA nomination yielded the Song of the Year award for their rocking anthem White Noise. Their chief songwriter Chris Cheney described the song as "the bastard child born out of the ruins of two other songs - writing it proved to be a great learning experience for me''. Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton of The Presets took out Songwriter of the Year for their second full-length album Apocalypso. In other awards, R&B singer and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Parents turn to cell phones as high-tech rattles Jun 21, 2009
Jeff Hilimire uses a white noise application on his phone to make shushing noises for his infant daughter ... Now when his infant daughter gets fussy in the car or during a walk, he puts his iPhone in her carrier to play the free application called White Noise Lite. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Where there's muck there's art Jun 16, 2009
So did two witches hats which were hung from a tree, emitting white noise from hidden microphones. Bicycle tyres and plastic containers dangled in drains. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Noisy Carnival ship ruins family cruise Jun 16, 2009
However, my biggest ally in combating travel noise is my iPod Touch loaded with an application called White Noise. The application emits numerous sounds to block out noise disturbances. (MSNBC -- Travel)
23-year-old aims to keep 93-year-old Le Petit open Jun 3, 2009
We are producing a musical that s opening on Broadway in October called White Noise. . (WWLTV.com, LA)
Digital Radio finally arrives Jun 1, 2009
There are, in fact, many people who do that, and for long-term radio listening - especially serious listening, not just background "white noise" - digital is the way. Looked at another way, digital radio is free-to-air, internet radio is not. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Cool Fun Things to do When Bored at... May 30, 2009
Gregorian Chant Radio for white noise to combat annoying cell phone chatterers. Antonio Vivaldi Radio to increase creativity. (Suite101.com)
How a daughter talks to her dad May 30, 2009
It sounded like static, an incipient white noise holding hostage otherwise erratic thoughts. Talking about operating systems counts as a conversation between my father and me. (CNN)
Campari® Continues Modern Patronage of Contemporary Art May 29, 2009
His newly created work, Ten Thousand Leaves in Darkness, is on view at House of Campari Los Angeles during the run of First Look: An Exhibition of Emerging Artists from Los Angeles Galleries and his solo show at Roberts n, White Noise and Silence: New Paintings and Drawings, will be on display from June 13 until August 1, 2009. Previous commissions were awarded to Nathan Mabry of Los Angeles and Valerie Hegarty of New York in 2007, and Mickalene Thomas of New York in 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Goodbye Rattle: High-Tech Baby Gadgets May 29, 2009
Provides white noise or background noise from 10 relaxing tracks ... Sounds include: Prenatal, Lullaby, Dolphins, Car Ride, Heartbeat, or White Noise. (CBS News -- Early Show)
3.1 Mil Households DTV-Unready May 28, 2009
Many viewers soon will have white noise, ONLY.. I like digital. (TVweek.com)
Ethnic insult poses dilemma for Anchorage TV reporter May 28, 2009
Honestly, I respond, I hear that kind of stuff so much, it becomes white noise. Especially from a conservative radio talk show. (Anchorage Daily News)
Husband and wife duos for top APRA gong May 27, 2009
Others in the category are Nick Cave for Dig Lazarus Dig, Empire of the Sun's Walking On A Dream, and Chris Cheney for The Living End's White Noise. The nominations were announced at an event in Sydney today, with The Potbelleez dominating with three nods. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
ADP could top goal of 1,000 workers May 16, 2009
White noise speakers in the ceiling dampen sound, Mr. Penrose explained. Workers won't even hear what is happening in their neighbor's cubicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
An industrial-strength Animal May 16, 2009
New numbers such as the ecstatic "Summertime Clothes" and a shimmering "My Girls" were amplified and expanded with looped, and loopy, repetition into what occasionally became a monochromatic throb of white noise (which was, depending on your point of view, either precisely the point or pointless after the seven-minute mark). Even older material like "Who Could Win a Rabbit," from 2004's homespun "Sung Tongs," had its acoustic DNA cannibalized into a club anthem. (Boston Globe)
