Tag: 2024
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MAKING MY PEACE … with transport noise
Making My Peace … with transport noise Noise generates costs to individuals – costs incurred to reduce noise and costs incurred to treat health conditions caused by excessive and debilitating noise. Noise, in this context, is defined as the perception of unpleasant, unwanted, unintentional or harmful sounds that cause disturbances. Noise, including ambient…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with screamers at sporting events
Making My Peace … with screamers at sporting events While volunteering at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, I heard a lot of screamers. Screaming, yelling athletes. No, not in rage, and not yelling at someone else, but to psych themselves up to achieve their best, to scream in exhilaration at scoring a…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with learning life’s lessons while watching the Olympics
Making My Peace … with learning life’s lessons while watching the Olympics The Paris 2024 Olympic Games is not only about sport – it’s about life’s lessons. Observe what a winner does. Observe what a loser does. But not everything in sport is about winning and losing. I observed handball players fight tough…