Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Visual Prolog

A strongly typed object-oriented extension of the logic programming language Prolog:

Visual Prolog (formerly known as PDC Prolog and Turbo Prolog)

DTD

A kind of XML schema that is a set of markup declarations that define a document type for SGML-family markup languages; e.g. HTML, XML, SGML:

DTD (Document Type Definition)

Monday, March 29, 2010

The Prado

A museum and art gallery, founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture, located in Madrid, features one of the world's finest collections of European art from the 12th century to the early 19th century based on the former Spanish Royal Collection (it also contains important collections of more than 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and almost 2,000 decorative objects and works of art):

The Prado (Museo del Prado)

Gothic Architecture

A style of architecture, flourished during the high and late medieval period, evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture:

Gothic Architecture


Palazzo Vecchio

The fortress-palace that is the town hall of Florence:

Palazzo Vecchio


Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The largest financial endowment of any non-profit organization which primary aims are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF or the Gates Foundation)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Harvard University

The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States:

Harvard University
Harvard University is established in 1636.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Answer for Word Find Puzzle No. 2


1. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by {MICHAELCURTIZ}
2. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe {ANDORRALAVELLA}
3. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce {ADVANTAGE}
4. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by {FYODORDOSTOYEVSKY}
5. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of {DALLAS}
6. The inventors of the hot air balloon {MONTGOLFIERBROTHERS}
7. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II {NUREMBERGTRIALS}
8. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit {SPEEDWAY}
9. The inventor of paper {ANCIENTCHINESE}
10. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by {BOBDYLAN}
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by {VICTORHUGO}
12. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of {ARGENTINA}
13. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of {DALLAS}
14. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization {YALTACONFERENCE}
15. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by {THOMASHARRIS}
16. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of {PISA}
17. The country with the largest national economy in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
18. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by {DARFURCONFLICT}
19. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by {LEOTOLSTOY}
20. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by {ORSONWELLES}
21. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by {BJARNESTROUSTRUP}
22. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan {BAKU}
23. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths {MOSQUITO}
24. The national currency used in China {YUAN}
25. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by {JACKSONPOLLOCK}
26. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by {STEVENSPIELBERG}
27. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence {THOMASJEFFERSON}
28. The capital of Bangladesh {DHAKA}
29. The third most populated country in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
30. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in {QURAN}
31. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him {MOSES}
32. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria {RUBLE}
33. The most popular mainframe operating system {ZOS}
34. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States {GREATBASINDESERT}
35. The biggest coffee producers in the world {BRAZIL}
36. The country known as "country of copper {ZAMBIA}
37. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago {LEEWARDANTILLES}
38. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) {CHERNOBYLDISASTER}
39. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century {AMERICANBISON}
40. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world) {CHATTAHOOCHEE}

Word Find Puzzle No. 2


1. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by
2. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe
3. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce
4. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by
5. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of
6. The inventors of the hot air balloon
7. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II
8. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit
9. The inventor of paper
10. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by
12. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of
13. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of
14. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization
15. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by
16. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of
17. The country with the largest national economy in the world
18. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by
19. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by
20. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by
21. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by
22. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan
23. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths
24. The national currency used in China
25. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by
26. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by
27. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
28. The capital of Bangladesh
29. The third most populated country in the world
30. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in
31. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him
32. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria
33. The most popular mainframe operating system
34. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
35. The biggest coffee producers in the world
36. The country known as "country of copper
37. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago
38. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
39. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century
40. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world)

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer and pianist, who is a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)