Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage and Mila Kunis star in this comedy drama directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Henry Altmann (Williams), a cynical and curmudgeonly Brooklynite, undergoes a drastic transformation when he is mistakenly told by Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis) he only has 90 minutes to live. Desperate to make amends with the people closest to him before he dies, he leaves the doctor's surgery frantically and sets off on a path of redemption. Meanwhile, Sharon, who has realised her mistake but has become aware of a potentially life-threatening brain aneurysm, tries to track Henry down to get him into care.

1911. The plots of eighty-eight operas, grand, romantic, and light, actively in the repertoire of the producing managers within the last few years, are retold here in clear, concise form. Data relative to the history, composer, first production, and cast of characters of each opera are included. The work is designed both for opera-goers and for those living outside of the large cities who wish to have a knowledge of the standard productions.

Elizabeth I as Icon examines how the image and memory of the queen has been used and viewed in the 400 years since her death. Beginning with how Elizabeth created her iconic status during her reign, the book goes on to explore ways in which this image has evolved over the years. Walker shows that centuries of social, cultural and political agenda have been given public appeal by the use of the dead queen's image, and looks at her representation within children's literature, the suffragette movement, the two world wars, and within popular culture, including the Hollywood film Elizabeth.

Throughout the book, you will

find that no topics are off-limits, as

Walker discusses racism, pop culture,

religious dependence, controversial

sports figures, the "n-word,"

hip hop, women's issues, and other

topics that have been swept under

the rug for so long. With such debatable

issues featured, Walker offers

in-depth interviews with persons of

high credential and/or experience

to contribute to the book's legitimacy

through a "Conversation For

Clarity." Several persons include

Darryl Hunt, Terrie M. Williams,

Dr. Peter Salovey, Nikki Giovanni,

and others that will prove influential

to this book's credibility.

Reminiscent of a Familiar Face will

illustrate to the present generation,

and those past, of the necessary

resilience that one must possess

in order to transition from merely

talking about solutions to actually

contributing to the change they

want to see.

With the growth of public and private data stores and the emergence of off-the-shelf data-mining technology, recommendation systems have emerged that specifically address the unique challenges of navigating and interpreting software engineering data.

This book collects, structures and formalizes knowledge on recommendation systems in software engineering. It adopts a pragmatic approach with an explicit focus on system design, implementation, and evaluation. The book is divided into three parts: "Part I - Techniques" introduces basics for building recommenders in software engineering, including techniques for collecting and processing software engineering data, but also for presenting recommendations to users as part of their workflow."Part II - Evaluation" summarizes methods and experimental designs for evaluating recommendations in software engineering."Part III - Applications" describes needs, issues and solution concepts involved in entire recommendation systems for specific software engineering tasks, focusing on the engineering insights required to make effective recommendations. The book is complemented by the webpage rsse.org/book, which includes free supplemental materials for readers of this book and anyone interested in recommendation systems in software engineering, including lecture slides, data sets, source code, and an overview of people, groups, papers and tools with regard to recommendation systems in software engineering.

The book is particularly well-suited for graduate students and researchers building new recommendation systems for software engineering applications or in other high-tech fields. It may also serve as the basis for graduate courses on recommendation systems, applied data mining or software engineering. Software engineering practitioners developing recommendation systems or similar applications with predictive functionality will also benefit from the broad spectrum of topics covered."

Golf Course Management & Construction presents a comprehensive summary and assessment of technical and scientific research on the environmental effects of turfgrass system construction and maintenance. Although the book focuses on golf courses, it also discusses turfgrass systems for residential and commercial lawns, parks, and greenways. The book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of nonpoint source environmental impacts of turfgrass management for turfgrass scientists and specialists, landscape and golf course architects, turfgrass system and golf course developers, golf course superintendents, environmental scientists, and land-use regulators.

Father Leslie Walker's classic translation of Machiavelli's "Discourses" has long been acknowledged as the best available English language version of this seminal work in political theory. Yet it has been unavailable for several years. Much more than a translation, the introductory volume of "The Discourses of Machiavelli" is a landmark in literature. The second volume contains notes, tables, and indexes. Together, they comprise the fullest and probably the best scholarly edition in any language. "The Discourses of Machiavelli" will be a necessary addition to any library with an interest in Renaissance studies or political theory.

This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive ability of great apes to recognize the physical properties of an object and then determine the most effective way in which to manipulate it as a tool to achieve a specific goal. The authors argue that apes (Hominoidea) lack the human cognitive ability of imagining how to blend reality, which requires drawing on memory in order to envisage alternative future situations, and thereby modifying behavior determined by procedural memory. This book reviews neuroscientific findings on short-term working memory, long-term procedural memory, prospective memory, and imaginative forward thinking in relation to manual behavior. Since the manipulation of objects by Hominoidea in the wild (particularly in order to obtain food) is regarded as underlying the evolution of behavior in early Hominids, contrasts are highlighted between the former and the latter, especially the cognitive implications of ancient stone-tool preparation.