Application for dog kennel near Weaverville pulled, resubmission planned Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times
Plans for a dog kennel near Weaverville were withdrawn by the applicant March 3, after the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment decided an acoustical engineer wasn t an expert in the case.
Applicant and property owner Hailey Hirsch applied for a conditional use permit to allow the construction and operation of the 108-room Orion Daycare and Retreat Center on Pinebrook Road near Weaverville.
In order to build the facility, listed as a dog kennel in county code, Hirsch would need a conditional use permit because the site is currently zoned Residential.
Plans for a dog kennel near Weaverville were withdrawn by the applicant March 3, after the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment decided an acoustical engineer wasn t an expert in the case.
Applicant and property owner Hailey Hirsch applied for a conditional use permit to allow the construction and operation of the 108-room Orion Daycare and Retreat Center on Pinebrook Road near Weaverville.
In order to build the facility, listed as a dog kennel in county code, Hirsch would need a conditional use permit because the site is currently zoned Residential.
Neighbors have opposed the project, citing mainly noise and property value concerns.
Engineering science student receives Acoustical Society of America award
Nathan Kizer, a senior studying engineering science in the Penn State College of Engineering, received $500 from the Acoustical Society of America for his thesis research on 3D printing quality control.
Image: Submitted/Nathan Kizer
Engineering science student receives Acoustical Society of America award
Mariah Chuprinski
March 01, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Nathan Kizer, a senior studying engineering science in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, received a $500 award for his honors thesis work from the Acoustical Society of America.
The $500 award will allow Kizer to purchase an ultrasonic transducer and 3D printing filament for his thesis work, where he plans to use acoustic waves in additive manufacturing to allow for on-the-fly error detection while 3D printing.
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Antarctica is often perceived as nothing more than a lifeless barren of cold. A frozen dessert. However, not many are aware of the booming and flourishing population of Weddel seals that dominated the waters of the frozen south. There, they create a soundscape that a lot of creatures, especially humans, are unaware of.
(Photo : Vassil Tzvetano on Wikimedia Commons)
These pinnipeds typically emit high-pitched pings that sound like laser guns in a science-fiction movie. But that is not their entire repertoire. Research reveals that a significant portion of their calls is at ultrasonic frequencies, high pitches well beyond the 20-kilohertz limit of most human hearing.
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Weddell seals use a breathing hole in the frozen surface of the Ross Sea. Credit: Alasdair Turner
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Above the frozen ocean, Antarctica can be eerily quiet. Gusts of wind are often all one hears. Below, though, the Southern Ocean is a living soundscape dominated by Weddell seals. These pinnipeds typically emit high-pitched pings that sound like laser guns in a science-fiction movie. But that is not their entire repertoire. Research now reveals that a significant portion of their calls are at ultrasonic frequencies, high pitches well beyond the 20-kilohertz limit of most human hearing.
University of Oregon marine biologist Paul Cziko installed a livestreaming audio and video system at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station in 2017, allowing scientists to listen in on the massive mammals’ underwater calls. Data from the setup yielded surprising results: The seals sometimes vocalized at extremely high, ultrasonic frequencies of more than 200 kilohertz, Cziko and his coll