Listen. What do you hear at this very moment? You most likely hear something, some sound that might have been unnoticeable at first, but is now obvious. Sound is easy to define. When we hear something, no one will argue whether that was sound or not. Music on the other hand, is a much more complicated topic. It is a manifestation of sounds. Everyone has their own opinion of what is “good” or “bad” music. We have all heard the phrase, “That’s music to my ears!” This is always associated with good news of some sort or something that brings delight to someone, so it should be safe to assume that music is something everyone enjoys at one level or another. While everyone will agree the subject that is “music to my ears” is good, not everyone will associate the same “music” with the subject. Music is also sometimes very difficult to define. There can even be disagreements among different people on what makes something we hear as music. It is then interesting to explore what guides our different opinions on music and how we define it.
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Over the last three decades, changes have been stirring within the chemical industry. Chemical manufacturers have been under immense pressure to reduce the negative environmental impact of their processes. Typically this has been achieved through the reduction of emissions until certain federal standards are met. However, over the last ten years, a new leader in environmental performance methodology has emerged. This new chapter in environmental evolution is called green chemistry. Green chemistry calls for radical changes within chemical processes that will prevent pollution and eliminate the use of toxic chemicals. Since green chemistry has surfaced, the environmental movement has culminated into a green revolution.
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Hello and welcome to RoboCup 2005 here in beautiful Osaka, Japan. This is the ninth annual Robot World Cup Initiative, RoboCup, and it is going to be a great one. RoboCup is an effort to advance research in artificial intelligence and robotics by attempting to solve the problems evident in a soccer game. [1] Autonomous robots compete in five different soccer leagues as well as the RoboCup Rescue and RoboCup Jr. [1] We have over 400 teams entered from more than 35 countries worldwide, and I see a lot of people already crowding around the various fields, but I don’t know if the crowds will total that of RoboCup 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, in which 120,000 spectators enjoyed a great week of competition. [2]
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I am not a philosopher. I am not a religious person. I have no intent to add to the extensive discussion of the philosophic or religious point of view of cloning. What I hope to contribute is a view from the inside. I am clone. I am a woman. But I am also a scientist at the Clone Institute. As a scientist, there is a thrill that I can’t describe when I am trying to discover new things in my field. It is my desire to see how far research on cloning could go. However, on the other hand, I, as a clone, don’t particularly enjoy being one and I, as a woman, don’t particularly like being exploited as an egg donor
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