In Consciousness Explained, Daniel Dennett ' distinguishes between a purely metaphysical sense of epiphenomenalism, in which the epiphenomenon has no causal impact at all, and Huxley's " steam whistle " epiphenomenalism, in which effects exist but are not functionally relevant.

Meanwhile, the yellow whistle has been the campaign symbol from the start, from 1billionhungry to Ending Hunger.

Above all though, the Satyr with flute has a small companion for him, shows the deep connection with nature, the soft whistle of the wind, the sound of gurgling water of the crystal spring, the birds singing, or perhaps the singing a melody of a human soul that feeds higher feelings.

As the penny whistle was generally considered a toy it has been suggested that children or street musicians were paid a penny by those who heard them playing the whistle.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has in its collection an example of a 19th-century low whistle from the famous Galpin collection.

The tin whistle is a good starting instrument to learn the uilleann pipes, which has similar finger technique, range of notes and repertoire.

The traditional samba whistle has three tones, but as the size of the percussion section rose, pealess whistles became more popular due to their high pitch and their loud sound.

The whistle has been used as an alarm or attention-getting instrument by all manner of industries, sports and revellers.

A civil defense siren ( also referred to as an air raid, civil defence, tornado, tsunami, fire, flood, weather, time, curfew, earthquake, storm, police, emergency, hurricane, or other outdoor warning siren / whistle / horn / alarm ) is a mechanical or electronic device ( modern-day sirens are electrically powered whether they are electronic or electro-mechanical ) for generating sound to provide warning of approaching danger and sometimes to indicate when the danger has passed.

Bob has no lines of dialogue during the first half of " Krusty Gets Busted ;" the character's only communication takes the form of a slide whistle.

Sarbanes Oxley Act has been praised for nurturing an ethical culture as it forces top management to be transparent and employees to be responsible for their acts and also protects whistle blowers.

This building was dismantled in 1980, but beginning in 2002 the Monterey Bay Aquarium has blown the original Hovden cannery steam whistle at noon each day to commemorate it.

However, he is dull-witted and has a weakness: the sound of a bell makes him dance, and he cannot stop dancing until he hears a whistle.

In 2011 the slide whistle has enjoyed somewhat of a revival, with top session players such as Seadna McPhail guesting on a host of top selling pop albums.

The slide whistle is probably thought of today primarily as a kind of " toy " instrument, especially in the West, although it has been and continues to be used in various forms of " serious " music.

The usual aftermath of a fumble, at every level of play, is a pile of players, many still squirming diligently despite the whistle, surrounded by teammates pointing upfield ( the hand signal for a first down ) while the officials slowly extricate them in an effort to determine who has won possession.

The ethnic makeup of the town has most likely been affected by the fact that it is a former " sundown town ", where non-White families were forced out after sunset ; a whistle was blown at 6 p. m. daily alerting Native Americans to leave by sundown.

Bergman says Wigand has to decide for himself whether to blow the whistle on big tobacco.

Casey Junior has a 2-4-0 wheel arrangement, a small four-wheeled tender at the back, a big tall funnel, a little lamp hat, a short stumpy boiler, a short stumpy dome with a whistle on the top and a small cowcatcher at his front.

The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5-10 second pauses between each one second long phrase twee ... tuuu .... tuuu .... tuuu.

The male's call is a soft proop-proop whistle, similar to that of the Common Teal, whereas the female has a Mallard-like descending quack, and a low croak when flushed.

The male has a clear whistle that sounds like: " pjiew pjiew ", whereas the female has a low growl: " rawr ".

This is why a police whistle, a form of flute, is very wide for its pitch, and why a pipe organ can be far louder than a concert flute: a large organ pipe can contain several cubic feet of air, and its tone hole may be several inches wide, while a concert flute's air stream measures a fraction of an inch across.

The tin whistle in its modern form is from a wider family of fipple flutes which have been seen in many forms and cultures throughout the world.

The tin whistle due to its relative cheapness was a popular household instrument and was as ubiquitous as the harmonica.

The whistle is identified by its lowest note, which is the tonic of the lowest major key.

With all the holes closed, the whistle generates its lowest note, the tonic of a major scale.

; Tone: The tone of the tin whistle is largely determined by its manufacturing.

; Scales: While, as mentioned under Fingering, a player will usually play a given instrument only in its tonic key and possibly in the key beginning on the fourth ( e. g. G on a D whistle ), nearly any key is possible, becoming progressively more difficult to keep in tune as the player moves away from the whistle's tonic, according to the circle of fifths.

Reading directly onto the C whistle is popular for the obvious reason that its home key or name key is the all-natural major key ( C major ).

The bassoon is an exception ; it is not a transposing instrument, yet its " home " scale is F. For tin whistles the " home " scale is notated as D major rather than C major — the most common whistle, pitched in D, is therefore not a transposing instrument.

Even as I fell I heard the door slam, which brought me a little comfort … that meant they were not pursuing me down the street with a stick, to beat me .”) “ into an environment where he cannot exist but cannot escape … Whereas Godot ’ s existence remains uncertain, here an external force exists ” “ represented by a sharp, inhuman, disembodied whistle ” which will not permit him to leave ; “ like Jacob, wrestles with it to illustrate its substance .” In simplistic terms the man ’ s actual fall could be seen to represent the fall of Man.

The modern slide whistle is perhaps most familiar in its use as a sound effect ( as in the sound tracks of animated cartoons, when a glissando can suggest something rapidly ascending or falling, or when a player hits a " Bankrupt " on Wheel of Fortune ), but it is also possible to play melodies on the slide whistle.

To warn other members of its herd of approaching danger, the gaur lets out a high whistle for help.

Harry S. Truman, a Mason, came to the city's Masonic Lodge during his legendary ' whistle stop're-election campaign to participate in a ceremony involving a member of his staff who was one of its members.

For decades, residents surrounding the hat factory could set their clocks to its whistle.

Vocal mimicry is very apparent in this species and its calls are very varied, but the most usual are a grating rattle and a high pitched whistle a little like a flute.

Contrary to its common name, the ground calls of the Whistling Swan are not a whistle and neither notably different from that of Bewick's Swan.

Known simply as " Trolley ", it communicates through the uses of its whistle and bell and occasionally moves backwards and forwards to get the other characters ' attention or to show that he is getting impatient, and a musical melody is usually heard every time the Trolley moves through its tracks.

It was invented in 1876 by Francis Galton ; the whistle was mentioned in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development.

Although varying the degree of pucker will change the pitch of a pucker whistle, expert pucker whistlers will generally only make small variations to the degree of pucker, due to its tendency to affect purity of tone.

The low whistle, or concert whistle, is a variation of the traditional tin whistle / pennywhistle, distinguished by its lower pitch and larger size.