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Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hempton. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is a "solar-powered jukebox." Quiet is a "think tank of the soul." We take in the world through his ears.
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Through the sounds of the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Hempton guides us on an aural hike to One Square Inch of Silence.
Poke your head inside this giant driftwood log and experience a "surf symphony in the wild" as the surf plucks the wood fibers and cause them to vibrate like the strings of a violin.
An aural journey across three zones — from the Amazon and Central America to the temperate latitudes of the Great Northwest. The difference in silence will astound you.
Taken from his recordings of dawn in the Midwest U.S., Gordon Hempton uses this condensed audio to help people practice true listening in wide, open space.
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Sounds of Silence
"More than ever before, we need to fall back in love with the land. Silence is our meeting place. To experience the soul-swelling wonder of silence, you must hear it."
A lyrical essay in which Gordon Hempton reminds the reader of what we can find inside ourselves through nature and how it makes us better listeners too. A must-read.
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Just a lovely pairing of poetic prose + lyrical photos to ease into the day. Take a few minutes for yourself and reflect with this contemplative piece.
A magical description of the primordial silences of people and places outside urban corridors by Taline Voskeritchian.
A lyrical essay in which Gordon Hempton reminds the reader of what we can find inside ourselves through nature and how it makes us better listeners too. A must-read.
A minute-long time lapse film of the Milky Way taken in Mauna Kea, Hawai'i will surely spark your sense of wonder.
A series of portraits of Buddhist monks in silence from a 1966 doc by Arnaud Desjardins.
A Twitterscript recap of our interview with the man who is trying to preserve the last quiet places.
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Gordon Hempton records the winter silence of the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park near One Square Inch of Silence.
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I heard you and Krista Tippet today, and identified with your passion for silence. As a centering/contemplative pray-er, who lives in the noise (and light) pollution free Adirondacks, your passion for silence affirmed that I am blessed.
My home on Stillwater Reservoir, at the end of an eight mile dirt road, boasting the highest density of loons in the northeast, might just rival the Olympic penninsula. Come... hike, paddle and sit. God fills those who do.
[Sorry, the railroad went belly-up, soon after the 1980 winter Olympics.]
Living on the edge of the Boundary Waters National Park in Ely, MN, I grew up with many moments in the woods. Standing still on my cross country skis feeling the crisp air on my face, soaking in that odd cool lovely quietness- as parents and friends push on ahead. Very precious time with something even as a child I recognized as nourishing. Walks almost daily in summer vacation along the old train tracks, my mother, neighborhood friends, bird song, crickets, the sound of a hot summer day- that life that's there. When listening to the radio program, as I heard the infamous calls of loons accompanied by lush frog song I knew how very blessed I have been. Much of my life, even to this day is infused with loon call and frogs. If u haven't been camping in the boundary waters area, make time. The key- you need at least 5 days- it takes 4 days for your mind and psyche to unload its chatter... The experience you will start to have afterwards will forever change you. You will come closer to feeling what we are originally designed to feel. How to truly listen to life. Your awareness of all that is pulsing around you will finally have the opportunity to expand.
I happened upon this conversation this morning, and this was one of the most profound stories I've heard and listened to in a long long time. The author and this topic of silence is a new area of discovery for me so I will be listening and reading more very very soon. What touched me was the truth of Mr. Hempton's well-founded observations. As a former Benedictine monk, silence has remained important to me before my stay at the monastery, during and in the years since I've left that life. The opportunities for self-reflection, discovery and sharing with others has always been important for me personally in this crazy world with its overwhelming push for more noise, more distractions. Thank you for sharing this wonderful conversation with a very real prophet for our times. I'm looking forward to checking out the website, the books and audio tapes of this author and i thank you for such a marvelous hour this early Mother's Day morning.
Recently in our yoga class we were asked to just sit and listen for a few minutes. Yoga listening, as in just be open to the sounds. Let them come in your ears, and be aware of them, but do not label, judge, go off thinking about them. I've meditated before, but it suddenly occurred to me that this must be the way traditional peoples listen. Modern hunters or even naturalists go into the woods to hear "something" . . . a particular animal moving, a bird call . . . Suddenly I imagined that people who are more in tune with their environment go out and listen. They are just open to it all as that's the only way you won't miss something. If you are trying to tune in on something, you're not aware of all the rest around you.
And this morning, you said it, Gordon Hempton. Awareness of the sounds and awareness of what we don't experience is important.
Even natives go into the
Even natives go into the woods listening for a particular sound. Imagine going hunting in the jungle, your sight can only go ahead to the next trees, which are only a few feet away. You must listen for the sound of what you're hunting: the pad of tiny hooves, the rustle of feathered feet, the leaf-litter clamor of a searching nose. Of course one's ears hear everything, but a hunter must single out the sound he or she is looking for, otherwise it's not really hunting, and your family is hungry, there's no time to waste just waiting for the sound you're looking for to happen by. Plus, don't you imagine a naive might have a favorite bird sound just as we "moderns" might? Why wouldn't native peoples have favorites and listen for those? Now also imagine that you're in a Central American rain forest and you hear the sound of a loud cough, and then a growl. How in tune might you be with that sound? Perhaps the creator is looking for you and is listening to the sounds you make.
Now I'm listening to you about train sounds.
It reminds me that I enjoy hearing the sounds of someone chopping wood, spinning -- basically, at work. Repetitive sounds perhaps, but not mindless. A human hand is guiding the action and you can feel/hear that. It's quite satisfying.
And yeah, I sure love hearing trains . . .
I am a former Minneapolitan who moved to Asheville for reasons I didn't comprehend at the time but, post hoc, I realize that one of the main reasons was for quiet. In fact, the sound of an airplane now startles me; an amazing thing considering I used to live under two flight paths. Now what I hear where I live, 25 minutes outside of Asheville, is the sound of a creek, horses in the meadow across the creek, a pileated woodpecker, my neighbor's wolf/dog howling at night. I rarely hear the traffic on the main road which brings me here, hidden, as it is, behind a slight ridge.
But there is one kind of "silence" that I miss from the Twin Cities—the "silence" which happens when snow falls. There is a change in the sound of traffic, indeed, in all of the modern urban sounds. Perhaps it was only relative, but the silence which the snow brought was so beautiful, and so welcome (as was the silence which came for a few days one year when Northwest Airlines was being struck).
Or don't we all remember that
Or don't we all remember that silence in the sky for those few days after 9/11?
Gunilla Norris who is a psychotherapist and practitioner of meditation has said that both solitude and silence are endangered species. I totally agree. I have to run a fan at night because of a loud drone from a packaging plant close to where I live. Maybe I should get one of Gordon's albums and play it through ear buds instead! I am a musician and have sensitive hearing. I believe that silence is the creative ground of all music. Just as Taoism says that the space within 4 walls is what creates a room, silence is the space between the notes that creates a song. I also agree that people are afraid of silence. I live alone and often do not play music and have no TV. In silence, I find I am able to allow anything to emerge including facing my mortality, something many are afraid to do. I have also had the experience of sitting across from a person and looking at him for 5 minutes in silence. That was a deeply intimate experience. The question for me is simply what is everyone running from which silence and solitude allow us to embrace. I don't know the answer to that question. Perhaps other spiritual teachers do. I very much enjoyed hearing Gordon talk. He has a rare depth of insight into the intimate dance of sound and silence. Thank you SO much. It helped make my Sunday beautiful. Sincerely Robin Riebsomer
Beautiful thoughts submitted
Beautiful thoughts submitted by Robin Riebsomer... thank you.
I suspect you do know the
I suspect you do know the answer! You found it to the extent you are able to face your mortality! I think it is in silence, darkness, emptiness where that confrontation takes place and brings us up short with who we really are, and that what we are and know now is forever changing. What is frightening for some can be awesome to others!
Excellent story. As a caver, I would submit that caves are one place that we have left that have a very long interval of silence. This is one of the reasons that we (cavers) so enjoy visiting such places. In a cave, one can experience silence so intense that it becomes audible and it presses in on one's ears. Visitors who are unaccustomed to such silence tend to giggle nervously in the silence. In addition to being silent places, caves are one place where we can escape from light pollution by experiencing total darkness. I would be interested to hear Gordon's comments and experiences about caves.
In the past, several years of volunteerism co-ordinating a watershed group culminated with two questions (of course leading to many others); How may the human advocate for nature gain momentum in the face of constant development? (my Mazon River is located in industrial agriculture anxious to sell off to development and near the path of the Transamerican Highway project) & Is there research to support the notion the range of nature's frequencies, particularly when a human is immersed in a biodiverse habitat, tune our chakras/clear our energy bodies? Could this information support preservation of wilderness?
I am truly touched as I am listening to your program right now with Christa Tippet. I live in Washington Heights, highest spot in Manhattan.People complain about sleeplessness. If it happens to me, I just enjoy listening. Night sounds. Cars, people, dogs, the traffic humming on the GW bridge. My favorite is the sound of the train whistle. Just like you say, it brings up images. I think about that distant lonely place some writers talk about, the childhood dreams and longings that whistle brought to them. Thank you.
I am back. Again listening to your show on "Silence" I am haunted once again by how your show seems to, well, not make any sense. How can one "record silence" How can "nature" be considered "silent"? I have been in some of the most remote places one can imagine and it is all one can do to fall asleep given the defining "noise of nature" In fact there is nothing "silent" at all about nature. Humans of course cause unbelievable "noise" but this is not always bad, the gentle drone of a distant locomotive when I was living in central rural Kansas was a sound that above most others, makes one feel the ultimate "aloness" and leads to introspection, self doubt, self awareness if you will. On a long driving trip, turn off the radio, put up the windows and sit listening only to the engine taking in what you pass. I know what he is trying to say...but there are many places in which one can feel these things.
Yes! Isn't it really just
Yes! Isn't it really just our own interpretation of the sounds that really matter? I just heard a raucous sound of a band of touring motorcycles pass my house in rural Vermont. They come by every summer. I could be annoyed by that loud noise that invades my quiet life, or I could wish them well in their journey and wonder about their individual stories as they pass my house and wonder if they wonder about my story! I also have a favorite sound - it's a strange one I think - but the passing of cars in the very early morning first light time of day seems to have a different quality to it than any other time of day and has always been a very comforting sound to me from the time I was very small. So is the ticking of a clock (or as in our house - many, many clocks) Different strokes for different folks I suppose. But I also must say I do love and cherish alone time both in nature and my own home or wherever I can find it. It's the ying and yang of being with yourself and with others I think!
Krista, Your show on the last quiet places was great! I think it matched my all time favorite of Rumi.
I did detect a moment where you might have given the author short Shrift. He laughed out loud about it because I'm sure he had to fly, drive and then hike to the lonely spot to get his recording and You said, Yeah, yeah we all know about that." and he just laughed. None of us know about what he is really talking about until we sit way out there some place in silence.
Thanks a really good interview. One with great ideas and recommendations. thanks Rick LaValley
A: Today's story with Gordon Hempton was nothing short of spectacular. A perfect blend of science and religion, history and future, fact and fictional backstories. I LOVE to listen to NPR and almost always find it interesting. But your piece on quiet and listening had me completely spellbound. Thank you for sharing Mr. Hempton's story. I just returned home yesterday from two days in Las Vegas, where it is impossible to find a quiet spot. Not in elevators, not in restrooms, not in hotel rooms, not even in the "relaxing" spas. It is constant over-stimlulation of noise. In that context I found today's broadcast even more interesting and pertinent. I am now making plans to go camping far out in the woods and look forward to hearing beautiful bird songs many miles away. Thank you again for a wonderful, peaceful story. Quietly, A.J. Bus頎ashville
Quite honestly, I feel like I
Quite honestly, I feel like I have been on a quest for silence my whole life although I was born into a loud suburban city. As a child, I'd compulsively lock myself in a quiet place whenever I had the chance- at school or at home or wherever I was. I could feel the trepidation in my parents and siblings or my colleagues when they'd approach the silence I consistently tried to be one with. After spending time in quiet places, I can understand how my entire being can embody the silence. I believe we underestimate the power of the auditory sense. True sensitivity- the sensitivity of being alive, fully conscious- can only be touched when the channels to both silence and sound are open.
I decided to replace my usual
I decided to replace my usual music playlist with On Being for my run this morning. Initially, I thought this show was a little removed from my current reality. However, after settling into the peaceful nature of this conversation, I found my own quiet space in my run. The show and my run concluded at the same time. I found myself looking across the sky and feeling the beautiful presence of silence. Great show.
I listen to On Being podcasts
I listen to On Being podcasts while on long drives, and while many have transported me, and made the miles pass painlessly, this program gave such joy. I want to share it and send the link to friends, and will persist until I learn how to make that happen.
My husband and I listened to
My husband and I listened to this halfway through a camping trip on the Olympic Peninsula. It inspired us to spend a second night in the Hoh rainforest just so we could take another early morning walk around the Hall of Mosses trail and really listen. Amazing!
In the show Krista and Dave
In the show Krista and Dave talked about issue of loving human-made sound (trains). I think this video really illustrates some of that - our work and movement and words as music and rhythm, and how beautiful they can be. Interesting how they are so simple, and often built on a blank, or near blank, canvas of quiet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY&feature=player_embedded#!
Gordon Hemptom has great
Gordon Hemptom has great neural wifi. I could feel it in his voice. I could see it in the way my student worker stood next to my desk to do her work--which she's never done before. She couldn't hear what he said, but she could feel his energy, his frequency passing through me. She's normally quite distracted and giggly. Not today. I"ve seen the parrots in my aviary respond the same way when I'm plugged into my Ipod. They like the emotion passing through. They dance and squeal even though I'm the only one listening to the music. And then when I transfer the sound to the speakers for them but just sit there quietly to see what they'll do. They follow me and stay still.
I'm handfeeding my new 24 year old cockatoo to get him to bond with me, As he gets full, he mimics a Roosevelt Elk. That's it! It's not a whale song, it's an elk! I guess you have to hear it to believe it!
I sent a link to this show to my dad (and all my friends on Facebook). He's the one that taught me to listen to the silence. He also helped me see it's the emptiness you create that allows the whole world to blossom. Thanks so much for putting these ideas into words ... and sounds. Totally gave me the chills.
Recently I returned to port
Recently I returned to port Townsend Washington after living on Kauai for two years. I have delightedin listening to your interview with Krista Tippet as I enjoy the quiet of my yard near Fort Warden State Part. While listening to you Hoh Rainforest recording yesterday I placed this I pad on my chest while ffully enjoying the sunshine on my lounger. Suddenly a Coopers Hawk darted
At me and looked at me square in the eye about one foot from my face fluttering for a few seconds. I wonder if there was a call from a Coopers hawk in this recording that summoned my startled visitor?
I will take a trip to t he Hoh Rainforest before summers end and thank you Gordon for the inspiration!
During the years of being a
During the years of being a parent, I first discovered the necessity for silence, which allowed me to quiet my nerves and clear my mind that made it possible for me to relax. But I really began to appreciate the greater potential of living in silence
when I was a marine life artist/scuba diver from 1972 - 2006.
The ever-present sound of rhythmic breathing becomes white noise while the sounds of the current rustling algae or seaweed and animals (fish and invertebrates) filter through. The visual world of quiet colors including the vibrant colors of soft corals and other animals are softened add to the calming of the soul. When returning to the topside from that environ, I found myself searching for compliments to that experience. No longer a diver, my art is focusing on searching the depths of sights in my earthly environs that includes static structures. The joy from within has grown as I take time to reach within for expression in my art. Even when I'm struggling to grow in that area, silence helps me be in touch with my individual expression.
I look forward to On Being each week and it broadens my perspectives of the soul and the world.
I too loved this interview
I too loved this interview with Gordon Hempton, I have listened to it twice and will do so again. I am an introverted individual, and like others who have replied here, I often stay in my home with no other sounds. I did not own a TV after I left home until I was 29 and then I never hooked it up to the outside world. I had no desire to let the cacophony there inside my home. I love music and listen to it often, but many times I sit and read, or look out into the countryside in silence.
I was in the Air Force for 20 years and you can imagine the noise on an air base. Now, I am retired and live in the countryside of Northern Nebraska. My closest neighbor is a quarter mile away. I love the quiet here that lets me hear the rustle of small birds in the leaves, or the chirp of a lone cricket. I also love the unlit nights where I can see the Milky Way stretching all the way across the horizon.
In my life I have been many things and one of them is a caver and there is nowhere I have ever been that is more quiet, so quiet that I have actually heard my own heart beat, so I guess only the dead could ever achieve absolute silence. I used to clamber deep into the musky earth, wending through narrow passage that twisted and turned, and once I'd found the right place, I'd lay down on the ground and turn out the lights. The darkness and silence are both as complete as nature can create. There, wrapped in a cocoon of silent darkness. I would let my mind settle, like sediment in a puddle, until a clarity came upon me that was achievable no where else. Then I would just "be" for awhile and let the rest of the world rush by overhead.
Listened to this show last
Listened to this show last Saturday on my way to Canada to visit my fiance. Yesterday we were at Cameron Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, and we heard an elk calling through the forest! I never would have known what that amazing sound was had it not been for this show. We were enjoying the quiet of the wind rustling the yellowing leaves on the aspens, soaking in the sun-filled air in that majestic place. OnBeing podcasts have deepened my understanding of an appreciation for the connections between science and transcendence. Thanks!
I enjoyed this immensely,
I enjoyed this immensely, while listening to the podcast at work. It stole me away. The recordings of the elk in the forest was hauntingly beautiful.
Hi Krista and Gordon, I
Hi Krista and Gordon, I listened to your interview today about listening, I am a counselor and agree listening is a lost art, people seem to have already projected a thought when hearing a single word. Last week I spent in the sand hills of Nebraska assisting a friend walking across the panhandle from north to south. I am a bird watcher and birded while running support for my friend. One morning between Hwy 2 and Hwy 26, south of lakeside. It was so absolutely quiet that it felt as if I was hearing the voice of God speaking to me in the midst of the lack of sound. Matt
Gordon Hempton's auditory
Gordon Hempton's auditory missives are simply fascinatiing. What a wonderful take on the world seen through sounds. Thanks for offering this.
This show started out
This show started out interesting, but drifted and then plummeted into the arrogant and absurd. And, I'm one who loves the idea of preserving unspoiled natural spaces.
That said, calling silence an endangered "species" is similarly absurd to some social activists who a number of years ago described the population young black men as an endangered species because of violent crime. Neither is a species and in both cases the dumbing down of the word use just feeds into science ignorance of an intellectually lazy public. The absence of unnatural noise is a CONDITION.
Even worse, should we accept Gordon Hempton's ridiculous arbitrary and arrogant distinction between the rumbling noise of a passing freight train and the distant noise of tires rolling down the interstate because HE likes the sound of train whistles? He described it as a "message". The honking sounds of taxis in midtown Manhattan are also a message, i.e. "Will you get moving *#&%!!!". He, Hempton, might not like the message but it's the same message as the engineer telling anyone at the RR crossing to get out of the train's way. As soon as we make arbitrary, emotional "because I like it" distinctions between good noise and bad noise the conversation about natural and unnatural becomes a non-starter.
I agree with Rick's comments.
I agree with Rick's comments. Hempton has a lot to say, much of it quite valuable, but he struck me as a sort of "Johnny one note" I found his answer to Krista'a query about her son's absorption in the music he enjoys to be unresponsive, and I wish Krista had challenged him on his reply. That said, I prefer quiet in my home. I now live alone after many years living with another person, and I prefer the radio and television OFF. I will on occasion listen to a streaming broadcast from an NPR station which keeps interruptions of the music to a minimum. I think Hempton is right about a lot of things, but the interview all in all left me cold.
I don't know the man's
I don't know the man's history, so perhaps I am wrong, but Mr. Hempton seems to be another urbanite stating the obvious. Silence is endangered, and I applaud anyone who is working to save the quiet places and preserve peace where it exists now, but he comes off as arrogant. I hold that if there is Evil and if there is Satan, then Evil, as we think of the word in religious terms, is Satan blanketing the world in anthro-sound, and driving out the ability to hear creation. I do like that he is getting the message out about our vital need to hear creation, and that he has linked noise and light. It is so easy for regulators to dismiss "noise and light" issues when developers apply for a project -- yet where I live in Alaska, those are some of the top reasons why we do not want development to keep expanding into the wild places.
The portion in which you all
The portion in which you all discussed the way that humans incorporate the sound of their surroundings into their music reminded me of Neil Diamond's song "Beautiful Noise" because it starts, and ends, with honking horns and other urban noises, and the song is the process of making a tune out of it all. It's been one of my favorite Neil Diamond songs ever since he released it.
Beautiful. Closed my eyes to
Beautiful. Closed my eyes to listen intently during listening segments. So sorry to learn Mr. Hempten is losing his hearing. So sad.
Mr. Hempton so echoes my own
Mr. Hempton so echoes my own feeling and experience of silence and beautiful music and birdsong, birdsong, birdsong,
all of which fill my day and have become my sustenance in both good times and bad. This morning's On Being interview was mesmerizing and spiritual in the truest sense. I am distraught to know that he is losing his hearing, yet I know that he has had a life full of conscious and involuntary sound since the moment he left graduate school with deliberation. Thank you, Mr. Hempton.
As an audiologist, I am often
As an audiologist, I am often perceived as a person focusing on loss and its effects. And that is true. My goal is to offset the effects of hearing loss. But my real fascination is the mystery and beauty of the human auditory system and how we relate to the world of sound. This program renewed my fascination and reminded me that 'listening is our source of security'. Not just relationship with talking persons but a relationship with our habitat. Thank you so much for another beautiful program. It filled my listening soul.
I was brought up in the
I was brought up in the Quaker Meeting so know silence well. At least I thought I did.
I am excitedly anticipating a recently awarded artist's residency that will take me to the "silent" sand dunes of Provincetown, MA. The proposal I submitted is to draw "silence". For many years I have been investigating the mark making quality of contemporary chamber music. This past year I started wondering what the "silent" spaces between the musical notes would look like. Thus, the proposed antithesis to this concept, silence.
I LOVED hearing this podcast..... more fodder for project. Thanks!
Thanks Krista and Gordon for
Thanks Krista and Gordon for this journey into a space that I rarely get to explore. Having dealt with tinnitus for some time, listening in silence has become more difficult. I try to relate the high pitch of my tinnitus to a forest full of cicadas and crickets,blended with recorded music to keep from going batty. Noise pollution has to be taken as seriously as air pollution, but most think of it as the price we pay for living in an urban environment.
I used your suggestion Krista and plugged in headphones during the broadcast. The ocean and the forest came alive in a way that was astounding.
Listened in amazement -
Listened in amazement - notably the 'Sitka spruce symphony' - and throughout, found myself looking at the calendar to assure that this is July 7, not April 1.
This is just wacked. Can this guy really be real?
Clearly I'm in a minority here, but the segment on the placement of the cave paintings in France is such a stretch.
My God.
I just finished listening to
I just finished listening to today's episode of on being. I want to say, as a blind person, listening is so important to me. In so saying, when I wake up in the morning, even in my own house, I listen to the silence around me. I do this not only to take in each sound around me, but to listen to my inner being. When I listen to certain sounds, such as music, or the recordings of this show, for instance, I listen with my entir body, not just my ears. Let me put it this way, I feel certain sounds and vibrations. This is the case with music as well.
Today's program on silence
Today's program on silence described me to a tee. I love to be out in the woods and only hearing the sounds that nature provides. This is the greatest religious experience I can ever have. Words from another person cannot produce the words of silence and sounds that nature. Nature to me is the most religious experience that I can have. That is why I cannot get enough of being amerced within it. Thank you for inviting and interviewing this very thoughtful person. I will now seek out more of his writings.
How about Kay Ryan's poem
How about Kay Ryan's poem "Shark's Teeth." It's a one minute version of this program
What I love about central
What I love about central Nevada is the absence of manmade sounds.
I am so grateful to have
I am so grateful to have heard this interview. I know these words are true, "The quiet place is the think tank of the soul." I am very interested in reading more and learning about silence activism.
Thank you!
Hi, I was just wondering if
Hi, I was just wondering if there is way to get a readable copy of this episode? I would really appreciate it if it's possible, thanks!
Hi Anita. We do provide a
Hi Anita. We do provide a free transcript for each episode of our program. Here's the link to this week's episode! http://www.onbeing.org/program/last-quiet-places/transcript/4558#main_co...
Julian Treasure: Why
This brings up a similar argument from a different point of view.
Thanks James.
Thanks James.
I FAVORITED the TED talk.
The TED talk by Julian Treasure was interesting, especially coming a little closer to the more urban issue of Domestic Tranquility but also for the ideas of sound dynamics, etc.
Both provoke thought.
John "Gusty" of Houston, Texas.
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Goals of the project are to make the vocals of a movie more pronounced and easier to understand while keeping the SPL balanced with the rest of my speakers. From what I have read about others LSi upgrades, both of these goals should be attainable. The placement of my LSiC limits my sound quality right now (it is to close to my ceiling), but I hope that this change will help the situation.
I put in an order at SonicCraft today. This is how it turned out....
I asked about the 260uf cap in the LSiC and they suggested the Aeon caps mentioned above. They said they were very similar (made at the same plant) to the Solens - but came out to be about $30 cheaper.PHP Code:
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12uf C2 $20.45 SoniCap Gen1
18uf C3 $28.60 SoniCap Gen1
100uf C4 $18.76 Aeon
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Upper Driver - No Difference
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From OpenwaterpediaOlympic 10K Marathon Swim is the culmination of elite world-class open water swimming and is the featured open water swimming event in the Olympic program. It is also referred to as the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim and, formally, as Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km.
- Rowing Basin at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
- Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games
- Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
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At the 2012 London Olympics, 25 athletes will race six loops around a 10 km course in the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the center of London. 25 women will race on 9 August 2012; 25 men will race on 10 August 2012. Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain is the gold medal favorite for the women; Thomas Lurz of Germany, Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece and Ous Mellouli of Tunisia are the medal favorites for the men.
The open water swimming superstars will be showcased in the world's greatest urban park in front of tens of thousands of spectators who will ring the lake.
The Serpentine is a 28-acre recreational lake in Hyde Park, created in 1730. The relatively shallow lake will be the site of the triathlon swim leg as well as of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
In 1730 Queen Caroline ordered the damming of the River Westbourne in Hyde Park as part of a general redevelopment of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. At that time, the Westbourne formed eleven natural ponds in the park. During the 1730s, the lake filled to its current size and shape. The redevelopment was carried out by Royal Gardener Charles Bridgeman, who dammed the Westbourne to create the artificial lake, and also dug a large pond in the centre of Kensington Gardens (the Round Pond) to be a focal point for pathways in the park.
At the time of construction, artificial lakes were long and straight. The Serpentine was one of the earliest artificial lakes designed to appear natural, and was widely imitated in parks and gardens nationwide. Little did anyone know during the lake's first 275 years that its shape would provide a highly technical course for the world's fastest open water swimmers at the 2012 London Olympics.
The first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in a rowing basin at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The second Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in the Serpentine, a man-made lake in Hyde Park in the center of London, England. The third Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was watched live by fans in 72 countries and was won by Larisa Ilchenko of Russia and Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.
The first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in a rowing basin at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The second Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in the Serpentine, a man-made lake in Hyde Park in the center of London, England. The third Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was watched live by fans in 72 countries and was won by Larisa Ilchenko of Russia and Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands. It took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. It was a new event on the program at the 2008 Games. The races, unlike all of the other swimming events, were held in open water rather than a swimming pool. No preliminary heats were held, with only the single mass-start race being contested.
The 25 swimmers qualified for the event by virtue of their placing at the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships held in Seville, Spain and the Good Luck Beijing Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualification Race held in Beijing, China.
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Results
Gold: Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands) 1:51:51.6
Silver: David Davies (Great Britain) 1:51:53.1
Bronze: Thomas Lurz (Germany) 1:51:53.6
4. Valerio Cleri (Italy) 1:52:07.5
5. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) 1:52:08.9
6. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) 1:52:09.1
7. Brian Ryckeman (Belgium) 1:52:10.7
8. Mark Warkentin (United States) 1:52:13.0
9. Chad Ho (South Africa) 1:52:13.1
10. Erwin Leon Maldonado Savera (Venezuela) 1:52:13.6
11. Ky Hurst (Australia) 1:52:13.7
12. Igor Chervynskiy (Ukraine) 1:52:14.7
13. Francisco Jose Hervas (Spain) 1:52:16.
14. Allan do Carmo (Brazil) 1:52:16.6
15. Gilles Rondy (France) 1:52:16.7
16. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) 1:52:20.4
17. Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic) 1:52:41.8
18. Luis Escobar (Mexico) 1:53:47.9
19. Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 1:54:37.7
20. Mohamed Elzanaty (Egypt) 1:55:17.0
21. Damian Blaum (Argentina) 1:55:48.6
22. Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal) 2:03:39.6
23. Xin Tong (China 2:09:13.4
Csaba Gercsak (Hungary) DNF
Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) DSQ
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Women's Results
Gold: Larisa Ilchenko (Russia) 1:59:27.7
Silver: Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain) 1:59:29.2
Bronze: Cassandra Patten (Great Britain) 1:59:31.0
4. Angela Maurer (Germany) 1:59:31.9
5. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 1:59:36.8
6. Swann Oberson (Switzerland) 1:59:36.9
7. Poliana Okimoto (Brazil) 1:59:37.4
8. Jana Pechanová (Czech Republic) 1:59:39.7
9. Andreína del Valle Pinto Pérez (Venezuela) 1:59:40.0
10. Martina Grimaldi (Italy) 1:59:40.7
11. Marianna Lymperta (Greece) 1:59:42.3
12. Teja Zupan (Slovenia) 1:59:43.7
13. Yurema Requena (Spain) 1:59:46.9
14. Edith van Dijk (Netherlands) 2:00:02.8
15. Melissa Gorman (Australia) 2:00:33.6
16. Natalie du Toit South Africa 2:00:49.9
17. Daniela Inácio (Portugal) 2:00:59.0
18. Eva Berglund (Sweden) 2:01:05.0
19. Fang Yanqiao (China) 2:01:07.9
20. Imelda Martínez (Mexico) 2:01:07.9
21. Aurelie Muller (France) 2:02:04.1
22. Chloe Sutton (United States) 2:02:13.6
23. Natalya Samorodina (Ukraine) 2:10:41.6
24. Antonella Bogarin (Argentina) 2:11:35.9
Kristel Köbrich (Chile) DNF
2012 London Olympics
At the 2012 London Olympics, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in a 6-loop course in the Serpentine, located in the middle of Hyde Park in London within minutes of Buckingham Palace in front of tens of thousands of fans and a worldwide TV audience. There will be 25 women and 25 men competing in their respective races.
2012 Olympic 10km Marathon Swim Women's Results
GOLD Eva Risztov (HUN) 1:57:38.2
SILVER Haley Anderson (USA) 1:57:38.6
BRONZE Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 1:57:41.8
4. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 1:57:42.2
5. Angela Maurer (GER) 1:57:52.8
6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:58:43.1
7. Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) 1:58:44.4
8. Erika Villaecija (ESP) 1:58:49.5
9. Jana Pechanova (CZE) 1:58:52.8
10. Anna Guseva (RUS) 1:58:53.0
11. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 1:58:53.1
12. Karla Sitic (CRO) 1:58:54.7
13. Yumi Kida (JPN) 1:58:59.1
14. Yanel Pinto (VEN) 1:59:05.8
15. Natalia Charlos (POL) 1:59:58.7
16. Heidi Gan (MAS) 2:00:45.0
17. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 2:01:02.2
18. Zsofia Balazs (CAN) 2:01:17.8
19. Swann Oberson (SUI) 2:01:38.0
20. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG) 2:02:33.4
21. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX) 2:02:46.1
22. Marianna Lymperta (GRE) 2:04:26.5
Poliana Okimoto (BRA) DNF
Jessica Roux (RSA) DNF
Yanqiao Fang (CHN) DNS
2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Men's Results
1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia - 1:49:55.1
2. Thomas Lurz of Germany - 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger of Canada - 1:50:00.3
4. Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece - 1:50:05.3
5. Daniel Fogg of Great Britain - 1:50:37.3
6. Sergey Bolshakov of Russia - 1:50:40.1
7. Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia - 1:50:42.8
8. Andreas Waschburger of Germany - 1:50:44.4
9. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria - 1:50:46.2
10. Alex Meyer of the USA - 1:50:48.2
11. Julien Sauvage of France - 1:50:51.3
12. Troyden Prinsloo of South Africa - 1:50:52.9
13. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela - 1:50:52.9
14. Igor Chervynskiy of Ukraine - 1:50:56.9
15. Yasunari Hirai of Japan - 1:51:20.1
16. Brian Ryckeman of Belgium - 1:51:27.1
17. Valerio Cleri of Italy - 1:51:29.5
18. Csaba Gercsak of Hungary - 1:51:30.9
19. Arseniy Lavrentyev of Portugal - 1:51:37.2
20. Ky Hurst of Australia - 1:51:41.3
21. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador - 1:52:28.6
22. Yuriy Kudinov of Kazakhstan - 1:52:59.0
23. Francisco Jose Hervas of Spain - 1:53:27.8
24. Mazen Aziz Metwaly of Egypt - 1:54:33.2
25. Benjamin Schulte of Guam - 2:03:35.1
2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Male Qualifiers
1. Spyros Gianniotis (GRE)
2. Thomas Lurz (GER)
3. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)
4. Alex Meyer (USA)
5. Ky Hurst (AUS)
6. Francisco Hervas (ESP)
7. Brian Ryckeman (BEL)
8. Julien Sauvage (FRA)
9. Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)
10. Andreas Waschburger (GER)
11. Oussama Mellouli (TUN)
12. Richard Weinberger (CAN)
13. Petar Stoychev (BUL)
14. Valerio Cleri (ITA)
15. Troyden Prinsloo (RSA)
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Apple's iOS 7, announced earlier this week, brings a lot of changes to all areas of the operating system, and security is no exception. iOS 7, at least as much of it as has been publicly disclosed by Apple to date, includes a number of security-related enhancements, seeking not just to make your data more secure, but also make security more convenient.
Safari - Do Not Track & Private Browsing
Do Not Track is an optional header that can be sent along in HTTP requests, expressing your preference to not be tracked by websites. Already included in the desktop version of Safari (as well as most other major browsers), the addition to Safari in iOS 7 means people will have the option to opt-out of server-side tracking of their browsing. There is no enforcement of the Do Not Track system, but with a large number of popular websites honoring it, it's certainly a welcome addition to mobile Safari.
iOS 7 has also moved Safari's Private Browsing option to a more accessible place. Enabling Private Browsing means Safari doesn't save your history, record cookies, or sync your browsing data to other devices. Previously this option was hidden away in the Settings app, going unnoticed by most. Now Private Browsing appears in the Safari app itself, allowing you to toggle it on and off quickly from within the browser, rather than having to jump out to Settings every time you want a little privacy.
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One thing that was never covered (and just watched the keynote in full moments ago) is a solution to the rather outdated Address Book. Hopefully some photos in the long list of my contacts would add a bit more color or interest to a often used and overlooked tool (Apple please fix the mess you made of the iPad).
I can't help but notice a few subtle features "paying homage" to many Android based phones with some features but overall the UI elements look great on a white iPhone 5. I bought the black/slate model and have a feeling it's going to look rather odd.
Overall I'm still very excited about this update and hope some new alert sounds come with it to replace the tired ones that have been around for ages.
Will be interesting to see if those of us invested in 1Password will make the switch to the upcoming keychain security features. Given your fondness for 1Password, I trust iMore is planning a review of the strengths and weaknesses of both? (I really like it, too, by the way.) Or maybe I missed it....?
They should make it so you can remit let turn on your device. Someone steals your phone, hop into find my iPhone, turn on your phone to find its location. Also, if you remotely lock your phone, are they still able to reset it back to factory defaults?
How exactly are you supposed to remotely do ANYTHING with a phone that's powered off?
If it's powered off... there's no WiFi.. no Bluetooth. How exactly do you intend to send any sort of instructions to the device hmm?
That would be nice. To be able to power your phone on remotely to find it.
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When you send a command on find my iPhone and the phone it off it will preform the action as soon as the phone is powered up
But if they turn it off right away and connect to iTunes to wipe it, it will not get the command. You won't even be able to find its location once they reset it. Unless you have to turn it on to do that???
From what I've read, once you wipe it you'll then need the Apple ID and password to use the phone again after it's been wiped.
I'm sure it won't be impossible to crack the security but it'll definitely help protect us users.
What I mean is, does the phone have to be turned back on when you plug it in to wipe it? If that's the case, you'd be able to lock it remotely and when they turn it on to wipe it, it would lock. Or can you leave it off to wipe it via iTunes. That is of coarse if its connected to cell/wifi as well. I think this will be a good feature, on mine now you can't access FMIP without a password to turn it off so the only way would be to wipe it.
Also, I think carriers need to do more about tracking stolen devices and share info with eachother. That way if someone steals a Sprint phone and puts Verizon sim in they could still track it via serial #.
no thats the point they have to have you apple id to reactivate the phone once you lock it
Anyone knows when ios7 will officially be released?
In the fall, so most likely seems it'll be October or November. A ways out yet.
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Access Permission for microphone?
Apps need permission to access the microphone, just like they need permission to access your contact info or photos.
There's a fix to prevent 'juice jacking'; such as this - http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/iphones-charger-hack/
When you connect to a new computer, your iPhone will ask if you wish to allow the computer access to your iPhone - therefore creating a 'pairing record'.
Currently in iOS 6 and below, your iPhone automatically creates pairing records with anything you plug in to, if your iPhone was unlocked or has no passcode.
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Are you guys sure on that erasing thing? From the wording, it really seems like it is only activation locked if it is erased from iCloud. It says "This iPhone was lost and erased. Sign in with the AppleID that was used to erase this iPhone." Key part there *that was used to erase this iPhone*, as in the one that sent the erase.
I've been concerned that this would make it more difficult for people to buy used, as someone could lock and prevent the phone from re-activating after selling it just to be spiteful.
im sure if you wipe the phone thought the iOS it will no longer allow you do do that with your apple id on find my iPhone
I don't get the point then, as most of the time, a thief can hold the power button and switch it off, then restore it via recovery (holding the home button) before it can be set to lost...
I always hear about that find my iphone thing, where is it at? i can't find it anywhere. is it an app?
All will be solved when they implement the fingerprint scanner. I'm sure there will be a way to set it up for a certain few to also be granted access to the phone. Such as wife or children.
I'm sure that will slow down the ever growing rate of stolen iOS devices.
I've always wondered about the fingerprint scanner. What if you are a carpenter or young and wild and hurt,scratch,cut,bruise, etc your finger that was used to unlock your phone. Would the option of a pin still be available or do you have to wait for your finger to heal?
These new security features make me even more excited for iOS 7! I can't wait for the 2nd beta! :)
Who is really waiting for this finger print scanner


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