QUESTION = Why can I fall asleep in noisy environments (school lectures, public transport, cinemas, etc) but an even lesser amount of noise can disturb my sleep when I'm in bed?

GENERATION = I spent a summer at college with noisy roommates. It was because they never shut down any of the electronic equipment that would be running in the room. They were also obnoxious assholes who used vibrators and shotguns in their rooms. I was sick of it, but the amount of ass time I was in that room wasn't that bad. I guess after spending so much time in loud environments you come to associate the loud noise with a bed. Even if you're not at bed there isn't any type of "white noise" associated with a bed so it doesn't seem "loud." I mean, I slept through a thunderstorm with a hurricane, and it still seems loud, but didn't get myself killed in the process. The fact that I could sleep through any noise that would wake me up in the middle of the night was actually the reason I stayed in college. It really just was worth it to me. At first, I even hated it. It was like living in a blast room at night. Then I decided that the constant loud noise stopped making sense, and that it would make more sense to just sleep with my blinds down. 

RETRIEVAL #0 = Sleep No More (2011 play)---to Alfred Hitchcock films) plays steadily throughout the entire building at all times. Other sound effects, such as thunderclaps or bells, happen simultaneously on most floors as well, though with different volumes relative to the area of the performance where the sounds originate. Section::::Overview.:The story. Over the course of the guests' three-hour evening, each character plays a one-hour loop, returning to their initial location at the close of every hour, repeated roughly three times. Some characters are more stationary in their loops, while others are very active across multiple floors of the building. BULLET::::- The Macbeths plot and execute several murders to ensure Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland; BULLET::::- The married Lord Macduff spends his time flirting with other women and playing cards in the speakeasy; BULLET::::- Lady Macduff tries to avoid the hotel's maid, before falling victim to Macbeth's rage; BULLET::::- Said maid, Catherine Campbell, tries to poison Lady Macduff and her unborn child, and pines for King Duncan; BULLET::::- Banquo performs several dances across many rooms, and interacts with the witches before being slain by Macbeth; BULLET::::- King Duncan attends the ball in his honor and is later also murdered by 

RETRIEVAL #1 = Noise regulation---trap the innocent by not providing "fair warning". Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide explicit standards for those who apply them. A vague law impermissibly delegates basic policy matters to policemen, judges, and juries for resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis, with the attendant dangers of "arbitrary and discriminatory application". Third, but related, where a vague statute abuts upon sensitive areas of basic First Amendment freedoms, it operates to inhibit the exercise of those freedoms. (the chilling effect). In one case, the court declared that numerical sound levels were constitutional as well as the term "plainly audible" provided it was associated with a reasonable distance. Two requirements for a noise ordinance provision is that: BULLET::::1. provide fair warning BULLET::::2. avoid the possibility of arbitrary enforcement Section::::Local noise ordinances in U.S. and Europe.:Some legal considerations in the United States.:Free speech. Examples are: slander, hate speech, and falsely calling "fire" in an assembly. Generally, the time, place, or manner of restrictions must: BULLET::::1. be content neutral BULLET::::2. be narrowly tailored BULLET::::3. serve a significant government interest BULLET::::4. leave open alternative channels of 

RETRIEVAL #2 = Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence---only" library in Louisiana in 1965 was powerfully expressive; in that particular context, those acts became "monuments of protest" against segregation. Justice Marshall agreed with the O'Brien Test being applicable in this case but found fault in how it was explored. He explains that in terms of government interest "the issue is whether any substantial Government interest is served by banning sleep that is part of a political demonstration". Justice Marshall's dissent holds a stark contrast to the majority and concurring opinions. Much of his statement makes it clear he believed the demonstrators' request to have the right to sleep was a genuine freedom of expression concern. 

RETRIEVAL #3 = Noise pollution---effects. Beyond annoyance BULLET::::- Noise Pollution in U.S. National Parks BULLET::::- ASBHelp.co.uk – Report Noise Pollution in the UK BULLET::::- World Health Organization – Guidelines for Community Noise BULLET::::- The effects of noisy urban environment may cause the loss of memory to elderly person (abstract published in 1st World Congress of Health and Urban Environment book.) BULLET::::- Clive Thompson on How Man-Made Noise May Be Altering Earth's Ecology BULLET::::- EEA draws the first map of Europe's noise exposure – All press releases — EEA BULLET::::- Scientific American: How does background noise affect our concentration? (2010-01-04) 

RETRIEVAL #4 = Cretin Hall---available on the 5th floor. Each student is provided a bed, dresser, closet or wardrobe, desk and desk chair; all furniture is movable. Most rooms are not carpeted. 

RETRIEVAL #5 = A Child Asleep---Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999 Section::::References. BULLET::::- Percy Young, "Elgar O.M." 

RETRIEVAL #6 = Curfew bell---on the curfew bell as just as a time, not a law: Shakespeare had unusual times for the curfew bell. In Romeo and Juliet, iv 4, he has Lord Capulet saying: In Tempest, v. 1, Prospero says: In the sixteenth century Bishop Joseph Hall's "Fourth Satire" it reads: In the play "The Merry Devil of Edmonton" (published 1608), the curfew was at nine o'clock in the evening: John Milton's put in his allegorical "Il Penseroso"'s mouth the words: In Handel's "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" these words are accompanied by a pizzicato bass-line, representing a distant bell sound. The most famous mention of the curfew in English poetry is in Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750), whose opening lines are: T. S. Eliot "Gus the theater cat" ("Old possum's book of practical cats") Section::::Bibliography. BULLET::::- Andrews, William, "Old Church Lore", William Andrews & Company, The Hull Press; London, 1891 BULLET::::- Brand, John et al.,"Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions", George Bell and Sons, 1901 BULLET::::