Adventures in Rule-Based Programming is a fun introduction to writing applications using CLIPS, a popular rule-based programming language written in C. Originally developed at NASA, CLIPS has been in use for over thirty-five years. CLIPS and the CLIPS source code are available for free.In this tutorial you'll learn the basic concepts of rule-based programming, where rules are used to specify the logic of what must be accomplished, but an inference engine determines when ru...

Bailey and Everest's lives are torn apart when the Professor's evil colleague tries to steal his invention and Everest is dognapped by the criminal gang. Can his best friend Bailey and a pack of local dogs along with one lone wolf come to his rescue? Will the Professor get his invention back and what will the future hold for this four-legged crime-busting pack.

Silence.That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.Discover how two outsiders—Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants—combined their talents to create a song that ch...