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She has served as executive producer of four documentary films, including Kicking It, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; A Powerful Noise, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival; She Is the Matador; and The Other City, a critically acclaimed portrayal of the HIV / AIDS crisis in Washington, DC, which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

As a wealthy investor he now spends most of his time running his equity portfolio from an office in the heart of rural Leicestershire, far from the noise of the City of London.

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

Very true Wayne Barker don't worry about the justarsenal fans they're delusional at the best of times, Chelsea, Man City and Man United are way better than Arsenal as things stand, we've only beaten a useless Watford side but fans are making noise as if we've beaten Barcelona!

MIKE KEEGAN: Rumours of a move away from New York City FC for Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira are like the noise of the Big Apple traffic as it crawls t...

on (Video) The incredible noise at Elland Road as Leeds United fought back from 2 - 0 down against Bristol City

However he cancelled all that noise out somewhat with an assist that will please both his detractors and his fans, as he likely survives another week and confirms his place in the first XI for when Manchester City come to Old Trafford in 2 weeks time.

Spurred by her own concerns as well as complaints from Grant Park patrons about the traffic noise, Catherine Cahill, festival director of concert programs, has secured a city permit allowing the Park District to close off heavily traveled Jackson Street between Columbus and Lake Shore on concert nights through July.

Billed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a move toward environmental justice, the East 91st Street project has long gotten flak from locals — who claim it will bring pollution, noise, rats, and wreak havoc on the overall quality - of - life.

MIDTOWN — The city collected a record $ 1.9 billion in fees and fines during the 2015 fiscal year, driven by an increase in motor vehicle violations connected to Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative and a jump in fines for things such as littering and noise pollution, according to a report from Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Based on 1.5 million hours of acoustical monitoring from places as remote as Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and as urban as New York City, scientists have created a map of noise levels across the country on an average summer day.

Rather than deploying costly sensors all over a city, the maps are often created using computer models that predict how various sources of noise, such as airports and railway stations, affect the areas around them.

Currently with the Council on the Environment of New York City, she has addressed noise problems as diverse as a neighbor's too - loud TV, the banging of a bed during sex, and a mysterious whistling in the middle of the night that disturbed Brooklynites in the 1990s.

Once described by John Steinbeck as «a poem, a stink, a grating noise,» the former industrial fishing city of Monterey, now mostly a tourist town, spills into the ocean.

12:15 pm — TCM — Dodes» ka - den For Akira Kurosawa's first color film, he chose the perhaps unlikely location of a city dump, following the day - to - day activities of a variety of characters who make their home there, notably a mentally challenged young boy who makes the title noise as he plays out his fantasy of being a tram conductor.

She felt as though the city noises were welcoming her — the noises of trolley bells clanging, car horns blaring, trucks rumbling!

Excellent visibility and light controls make the Mii a breeze to drive around town, while the low levels of road and wind noise mean it's equally as good on motorways — and that's quite unusual for a city car.

@ 4,500 rpm (226 lb. - ft total) Transmission E-Continuously Variable Transmission (E-CVT) Brakes Four - wheel disc with ABS Tires P225 / 50R17 Price: base / as tested $ 29,590 / $ 35,690 Destination charge $ 1,695 Natural Resources Canada fuel economy (L / 100 km) 3.7 city, 4.0 highway Standard features E-CVT transmission, Eco-Assist Driving Coach System, Hill Start Assist, electric assisted power steering, Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System, Vehicle Stability Assist with traction control, tire pressure monitoring system, immobilizer, security system, power operated heated mirrors, Halogen projector beam headlights, LED daytime running lights, LED taillights, speed sensing wipers, dual - zone climate control with filtration, proximity key entry system, remote trunk release, multi-angle rear camera system, driver's expanded view mirror, Bluetooth phone interface, Lane Watch blind spot display, cruise control, front heated seats, 8 - way power adjustable driver's seat, 4 - way manual adjustable passenger seat, AM / FM / CD / MP3 / WMA audio system with 6 speakers, 8 - inch i - MID (intelligent Multi-Information Display) LED display screen, HondaLink with audio touch screen, Hill - Start Assist, full complement of airbags (including front, side, and side curtain units), ABS brakes with Brake Assist, EV mode button, ECON mode button, Active Noise Cancelation.

Given the choice of driving the Mirage in the city or on the highway, I would always pick highway — its handling and noise issues are not as noticeable once I'm steadily cruising down the interstate with the stereo cranked up.

Though clearly at its most comfortable in city centers, the well - suppressed noise levels, supple ride and light controls are equally as handy to have on highways.

Every bit as luxurious as a premium sedan, great ride quality / low noise for a big truck, and surprisingly good MPG thus far (15mpg city / 19mpg hwy).

As we wound our way through San Antonio, and its associated city noise, we were impressed at the incredibly quiet cabin, which came in handy because we had the man himself, Chief Interior Designer Ryan Nagode of Ram Truck, in the cab with us.

It is very quiet from inside the cabin around the down at city driving speeds as the revs are kept very low thanks to the high torque — you only notice a loud diesel engine noise at higher RPMs nearer to the redline.

At city or highway speeds, road and engine noise is subdued, even while rolling on winter tires, as our test car was.

Pros: - Great exterior styling - Gas mileage is acceptable (I averaged 30 miles on the long drive and roughly 24 during city driving and that included many pedal to the metal moments)- Ambient light inside the car is quite fun to play with - Garage door opener was easy to program - Shaker audio system is great for the music I listen to (mainly EDM and Reggae)- Leather seats - Auto dimming rear - view mirror - CONVERTIBLE (I think this is a must have for southern california)- Sirius radio - Aluminium pedals - Door - sill «MUSTANG» lettering lights up - 6 - way power adjustable drivers seat - HID headlights - Track Apps (this car is not track - worthy but I think this is a cool feature) Cons: - Solid rear axle (although I'm not sure this is a con as it lets you do some Tokyo drifting)- Stitching on the leather seats is low - quality - Stock tires rated to 118 mph (car is electronically limited to 112 mph)-305 hp out of a 3.7 liter V6 is really not that great (ex a Nissan 370z has a 3.7 liter V6 putting out 332 horses)- Cabin noise is quite loud with the top up - Manual passenger seat - Manual shifting is terrible, my old automatic VW Jetta seemed to shift faster when in manual mode Overall I think this is a great car for anyone that wants to enjoy the sun.

I also have a lake - house where I can enjoy calm and quiet as opposed to the noise and rush of the city, so I am lucky that I have both extremes to balance one another.

Over time, as the city amenities and noise pushed into their quiet housing developments the owners sold and purchased newer homes.

As a wealthy investor he now spends most of his time running his equity portfolio from an office in the heart of rural Leicestershire, far from the noise of the City of London.

Puppies raised in country and suburban environments should be gradually acclimated to city noises such as traffic noise, crowds of people and other everyday life scenerios early on.

A Brittany that is afraid of noises will never make it as a gun dog, of course, and will be a nervous pet, particularly in the city or with boisterous children.

The city is full of distractions for a dog such as congestion, noise, crowds of people, cars, buses, bicycles, rollerbladers, trash, sewers, alleys, roadways and other dogs.

It makes it possible to spend your holidays as a family, far from the noise of the city, and discover the joys of nature.

The lush, tranquil and stunningly beautiful countryside, with its magnificent lakes and mountains, vineyards and olive groves, and fertile abundance, enfolds towns and cities that are almost impossibly ancient but are still as frenetic and vibrant with the bustle and noise of modern life as any in the world.

From the moment you stepped out of the hotel, it felt as if you were in the mix of the city, yet still nicely situated along a side street to protect against the noise.

There is nothing better than taking a horse back ride thru beautiful country without the noise of city traffic and horrible highrises as your view.

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As it sails down the Thames, the boat will be both visible and audible to onlookers — the shiny surface will reflect the London skyline, amidst a soundscape of sampled noises the artist has collected from across the world being played through speakers across the city.

As Londoner born and bred, and a lifelong Arsenal supporter, much of his work was informed by his experience of living amid the noise and bustle of the city.

Taking place in high - rise hotel rooms, several stories above street - level, three films find K.E. and Meisenberg walled - in by the clean, generic spaces — it's as if the semi-reflective, screen - like windows offer refuge or vacation from the bombardment of city noise and visual overflow.

This in turn offers a quick return to the real world in which the structure exists, of cars, noise, buildings and people, and is intended as a demystifying tool, reminding us that these structures, beautiful or otherwise, are among us on every corner, in cities we visit or cities where we live.

Rehman has shared her work internationally and nationally at venues such as the Taubman Museum (2013), Queens Museum of Art (2012), Jersey City Museum (2010), Grey Noise Gallery (2008), and Exit Art (2007).

For his first solo exhibition with Lisson Gallery New York and to launch a second space in the city, British artist Haroon Mirza presents an installation highlighting his recent exploration of the perceptual distinctions between noise, sound and light as experienced through the transformative use of psychotropic plants.

CARBON; FIRE; GAS; NOISE; SILENCE; PLASTIC; DIET COKE; DEBRIS; PRODUCT; ALLUMINUM [sic]; INFORMATION; COPY; MARKETING; TRASH; VOICES; BURPS; RECORDINGS; RADIO; CC; FORM - EXFORM; THEORIES; POST-PUNK-POST-PRODUCT; STRATEGIC UNPREDICTABILITY; BORDER - MEXICO - U.S.. In the lead - up to her third solo exhibition at Greenspon, Mexico City - based Adriana Lara supplied this dizzying end - times vocab list to half a dozen writers as fuel for a series of original conspiracy theories, making the (suitably paranoid) results available in the gallery as simple printed handouts.

Miriam Singer, looks perceptually at multiple locations in Philadelphia and expresses the fragmentation of a fictional city as a collage of noise, pattern, and density.

[2] In his early years he was involved with the city's music scene, which spawned bands such as Iggy and the Stooges, and was a member of the noise band Destroy All Monsters.

They seem to invoke the way we experience the city; its noise, movement, pattern, and as a stage for incident.

Abu Hamdan's sound installation inspired by Cairo's city noise, Tape Echo, is currently showing work as part of the New Museum Triennial, on until 25 May.

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We have been contacted with requests for information and assistance by affected people living in urban as well as rural areas, and the noise and vibration sources have included coal mining, gas fired power stations, large refrigeration units with compressors and swimming pool compressors in city apartment blocks.

If everyone, say in a city, were driving 200 - kilo vehicles, it would be just as safe, only more energy efficient, cleaner, cheaper, less congested, more parking, less noise, better health, etc..