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In our crazy, fast-paced world, it can be tough to take a breath and slow things down, and that even includes places we go to escape the every day. Researchers are taking the time to listen, to make sure that tranquility is never destroyed.When we think of our national parks, we think of birds chirping and water running. Not traffic, honking, planes and helicopters.¡°It's tough,¡± Dr. Job said. ¡°It's cold it's rainy sometimes I sit in the middle of thunderstorms hoping for the best sometimes I'm surrounded by animals that are big.¡±He¡¯s battling the elements in Yellowstone National Park for a purpose; his purpose is to quiet the national parks.¡°It's an issue,¡± Dr. Job said. ¡°Over the last decade visitation to the national parks has skyrocketed.¡±Hundreds of millions of people visit national parks every year, and with people comes noise. Dr. Job manages the Listening Lab, which is part of the Sound and Light Ecology Team at Colorado State University.  The group of students he leads found that noise doubled background sound levels in 63 percent of U.S. parks and protected areas.That¡¯s why Dr. Job¡¯s team spend days in national parks across the country recording their natural sounds. Back at the Listening lab, Elena Gratton is listening through recordings from Yellowstone National Park.¡°I'll probably go back to these spots and pull out those sounds,¡± Gratton said.One of the highlights? Wolves howling without any cars or people.She¡¯ll put together the best parts so people who aren¡¯t able to visit a national park can still listen and be transported.¡°You can see a picture of this place and that's great but it's on a screen,¡± Gratton said. ¡°But the moment you put these headphones on you can shut your eyes and you can be there.¡±Jared Lamb is listening for a different purpose. He categorizes the sounds he hears and that information goes to the national parks. They then use it to determine how to better manage noise pollution.¡°When I first came it was, it didn't really, it didn't really feel like I was doing much,¡± Lamb said. ¡°It just felt like a lot of numbers. But now after being here for a while I kind of see the implications and how important it is.¡±Parks then can do anything from unplugging a generator to limiting helicopter tours. But Dr. Job says it can be even more simple than that.¡±Listen,¡± Dr. Job said. ¡°I always tell people the more you listen the more you'll hear.¡±A renewed appreciation for one of nature¡¯s biggest gifts. 2499

In post-Brexit Britain, trips to the European Union will get a little more expensive for millions of Brits in search of a continental break.The European Commission confirmed on Friday that UK travelers will be required fill out an online form and cough up €7 (.90) for visa-free travel, which will be valid for three years.Natasha Bertaud, a spokeswoman for the commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker, likened the "simple form" to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) scheme used by the United States -- which requires travelers to pay to apply for permission to enter the country.She also pointed out that the EU's version, called ETIAS, will be "way cheaper."But this all comes with a major caveat. If the UK crashes out of the EU with no agreement in place, Brits will be required to get a visa to travel to the EU, a commission spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.ETIAS, which is expected to come into force in 2021, will apply to countries outside the EU whose citizens can currently travel in Europe visa free. There are currently 61 such countries, including the United States, Israel and Singapore.It will cover the so-called Schengen group of 26 European countries that share largely open land borders.The electronic visa waiver system was conceived to "identify any security or irregular migratory risks posed by visa-exempt visitors traveling to the Schengen area while at the same time facilitate crossing frontiers for the vast majority of travelers who do not pose such risks,"?according to the commission. 1554

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis lawyer is accused of flashing a bus carrying a girls' basketball team on two separate occasions while driving. Norwell High School girls¡¯ basketball coach Eric Thornton said he was driving the girls to a tournament in June when a man pulled up beside their bus on I-70 near the airport and exposed himself. ¡°He knew it was a school bus,¡± said Thornton. ¡°(He) knew it was high school aged females on the bus.¡±The man, who police have identified as Raymond Fairchild, then exited the highway before the team could get the license plate on his Honda CRV. ¡°The girls were horrified and just very disturbed,¡± said Thornton. In an attempt to identify the alleged flasher, Thornton posted a photo taken moments before the incident on social media. That post made its way to Union City where a second girls¡¯ basketball team reported a similar incident last February ¨C from what appeared to be the same man. ¡°Once we found out that he¡¯d done it before it was obvious this was a pattern,¡± said Thornton. It didn¡¯t take long before someone on Facebook recognized that man as Fairchild and contacted investigators. The 71-year-old is listed as having a law office in downtown Indianapolis. ¡°He should never be allowed to practice law again in my opinion,¡± said Thornton. ¡°He should be put away for a time.¡±Fairchild now faces six counts of public nudity and indecency charges. His first court appearance is set for October 26. ¡°It¡¯s a crime against innocent, na?ve girls who just saw abnormal behavior and had no idea what would happen next,¡± said Thornton. ¡°He needs to be severely punished for his behavior.¡±  1669

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ¡ª Tyson Foods says it has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant after an independent investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus. The company announced Wednesday that the investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed troubling behavior that resulted in the firings at the plant in Waterloo, Iowa. ¡°We value our people and expect everyone on the team, especially our leaders, to operate with integrity and care in everything we do,¡± said Tyson Foods President & CEO Dean Banks said in a press release. ¡°The behaviors exhibited by these individuals do not represent the Tyson core values, which is why we took immediate and appropriate action to get to the truth. Now that the investigation has concluded, we are taking action based on the findings.¡±Banks traveled to the Waterloo plant on Wednesday to discuss the actions with employees.The names of the employees fired will not be released, the Associated Press reported.According to USA Today, lawyers who are representing the five Tyson workers who died of COVID-19 allege that plant manager Tom Hart organized a "cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool" among other managers and supervisors. 1278

IRVINGTON, Indiana ¡ª An Indiana man has a warning for drivers who park anywhere Bird Scooters are known to be after he says he was left with hundreds of dollars in repairs after one of them blew over and damaged his vehicle. "It was a windy day. I think it was gusting 40 or 50 miles an hour that day," Matt Kawiecki said.The damage to Kawiecki's car was estimated at more than 0, but Bird tells him they're only willing to pay a fraction of that cost. "I offered to get multiple quotes, to see if this is a fair price ¡ª no response," said Kawiecki. He says the company was responsive when he first called to report the damage, but after he got the quote to fix the damage they stopped responding as much. "The quote came back at over 0. So I was a little surprised, just from a dent. Bird offered to pay 25 percent," Kawiecki said. He says it isn't even about the money, he's upset that the company won't take responsibility for the damage their scooter caused. "It's not about the money. I could care less about the money," Kawiecki said. "When they are not owning up to something as small and petty as 0 or 0 for a billion evaluated company, it's a little bit surprising."In the meantime, Kawiecki is urging other drivers to park away from scooters, so they don't have a similar incident. WRTV television station in Indianapolis reached out to Bird Scooters to ask them about the company's obligations to cover damage caused by unoperated scooters. In an email, the spokesperson for the company said they recommend you report all incidents involving the scooters to the company and their support team will investigate all reports.  1702