Jack Black and James Marsden star in this comedy written and directed by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. Dan Landsman (Black) hasn't achieved much in his adult life and so when his annual high school reunion comes around once again he, as head of the reunion committee, tries to prove himself by getting more people than ever before to attend. As he receives more and more negative responses he begins to think the whole idea of a reunion is stupid, until he sees a television commercial starring his former classmate Oliver Lawless (Marsden). As he hatches a plan to get Oliver to the reunion in the hope that everyone else will attend with the promise of a celebrity, Dan travels to LA to convince Oliver to go along with his master plan.

MasterClass in Mathematics Education provides accessible links between theory and practice and encourages readers to reflect on their own understanding of their teaching context. Each chapter, written by an internationally respected authority, explores the key concepts within the selected area of the field, drawing directly on published research to encourage readers to reflect on the content, ideas and ongoing debates. Using international case studies, each chapter will encourage readers to think about ways that the teaching and learning of mathematics reflect different cultural traditions and expectations and enable them to evaluate effective strategies for their own contexts.

Ceramicists searching for new ways to fire their creations now have a wealth of options. Authors James Watkins and Paul Wandless, along with a group of distinguished artisans, demonstrate in detail how to build low-cost, low-tech, yet high-quality kilns and varied firing techniques. The plans range from an easy, affordable and versatile Raku Kiln to a unique wood-fuelled Downdraft Stovepipe Barrel kiln. These clever devices make it possible to produce rich surface effects from alternative reduction firing techniques. In addition to showing the basic procedures for using each kiln, easy-to-follow directions for many fast-fire methods unfold in color photographs: you'll see how to achieve terra sigillata surfaces with direct chemical application and how to do traditional crackle-glaze raku and smoke finishes.

In spring 1876 a physician named James Madison DeWolf accepted the assignment of contract surgeon for the Seventh Cavalry, becoming one of three surgeons who accompanied Custer's battalion at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Killed in the early stages of the battle, he might easily have become a mere footnote in the many chronicles of this epic campaign - but he left behind an eyewitness account in his diary and correspondence. A Surgeon with Custer at the Little Big Horn is the first annotated edition of these rare accounts since 1958, and the most complete treatment to date. While researchers have known of DeWolf's diary for many years, few details have surfaced about the man himself. In A Surgeon with Custer at the Little Big Horn, Todd E. Harburn bridges this gap, providing a detailed biography of DeWolf as well as extensive editorial insight into his writings. As one of the most highly educated men who traveled with Custer, the surgeon was well equipped to compose articulate descriptions of the 1876 campaign against the Indians, a fateful journey that began for him at Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, and ended on the battlefield in eastern Montana Territory. In letters to his beloved wife, Fannie, and in diary entries - reproduced in this volume exactly as he wrote them - DeWolf describes the terrain, weather conditions, and medical needs that he and his companions encountered along the way. After DeWolf's death, his colleague Dr. Henry Porter, who survived the conflict, retrieved his diary and sent it to DeWolf's widow. Later, the DeWolf family donated it to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Now available in this accessible and fully annotated format, the diary, along with the DeWolf's personal correspondence, serves as a unique primary resource for information about the Little Big Horn campaign and medical practices on the western frontier.

Nausea is a complex sensation that results from the interaction of certain fixed biological factors, such as gender, with changeable psychological factors, such as anxiety. This is the first book to provide a complete, in-depth explanation of what we know about nausea, along with the latest research results on its causes and treatment. As it is the product of long-term collaboration between scientists from the three main approaches to studying and treating nausea-psychology, gastroenterology and physiology-the information this book provides in both comprehensive and well integrated.

In his memoir, A Certain Risk, author Paul Richardson reminds you that the Creator designed you to engage the complexities of your world with creative solutions. Rather than offering a series of how-to steps, Richardson offers you a refreshing vision of what a Spirit-fueled life looks like---a vision that sees Christianity as a fluid, innovative call to love. Many of us lead frenzied lives---but feel we are going nowhere. Every day you may be asking yourself: How can I become a voice of hope when the problems are so great? How can I envision my circumstances through God s eyes and respond to others with the passions of his heart when the dry details of the day take over? How do I begin to live a deeper, richer faith that unleashes God s transforming work in and through me? Drawing on stories from his life as a change specialist in the world s largest Muslim country, Richardson explores what causes you to be pinned down under life s fluctuating circumstances, personal apathy, and disappointment, and he helps you seek the Spirit-fueled life that can set you free. You will come away with a deeper awareness of your dreams, a renewed passion for faith in action, and a richer understanding of how God created you to live straight from the heart of the Creator."

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Software, ICMS 2015, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2016. The 68 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: univalent foundations and proof assistants; software for mathematical reasoning and applications; algebraic and toric geometry; algebraic geometry in applications; software of polynomial systems; software for numerically solving polynomial systems; high-precision arithmetic, effective analysis, and special functions; mathematical optimization; interactive operation to scientific artwork and mathematical reasoning; information services for mathematics: software, services, models, and data; semDML: towards a semantic layer of a world digital mathematical library; miscellanea.