At the 1992 AAAI robot contest one of the top finishers was Scarecrow – a robot that had no computer in the traditional sense, was built out of less than $200 of parts, and was explained and operated by a five year old. The designers sought to demonstrate the capabilities and competence that can be accomplished by using a strictly reactive architecture for well defined tasks such as that contes...

The Mediterranean diet is upheld in the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines as an example of an eating pattern that promotes good health, a healthy body weight, and disease prevention throughout the lifespan. The Mediterranean eating pattern is based on a variety of unprocessed plant foods including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds that are high in polyphenols. The majority o...

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I would like to begin by relating a brief exchange which took place the other day in the Paris criminal courts. A man who was accused of five rapes and six attempted rapes, between February and June 1975, was being tried. The accused hardly spoke at all. Questions from the presiding judge: “Have you tried to reflect upon your case?” -Silence. “Why, at twenty-two years of age, do such violent ur...

cation and recent anti-affirmative action legislation that poses setbacks in college access for underrepresented minorities (URMs). One important misconception is that K–12 schools have sufficiently addressed past inequalities in providing URMs access to college preparatory education. This article attacks this misconception using the circumstances in K–12 schools and the University of Californi...

We passed by an old barefoot Arab, leading a loaded camel. His ancestors for ages must have driven loaded camels and shepherded sheep, erected tents and at nights ignited f ire baked pitta bred and set around the f ire, smoking and tell ing fables into the quiet night. And I – I just arrived, hardly slept one night in Eretz Israel, hardly drank a glass of water, hardly walked a mile, and yet I ...