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.

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.

From the War of 1812 to the end of the nineteenth century, U.S. Army officers were instrumental in shaping the American West. They helped explore uncharted places and survey and engineer its far-flung transportation arteries. Many also served in the ferocious campaigns that drove American Indians onto reservations. Soldiers West views the turbulent history of the West from the perspective of fifteen senior army officers--including Philip H. Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer, and Nelson A. Miles--who were assigned to bring order to the region.

This revised edition of Paul Andrew Hutton's popular work adds five new biographies, and essays from the first edition have been updated to incorporate recent scholarship. New portraits of Stephen W. Kearny, Philip St. George Cooke, and James H. Carleton expand the volume's coverage of the army on the antebellum frontier. Other new pieces focus on the controversial John M. Chivington, who commanded the Colorado volunteers at the Sand Creek Massacre in 1863, and Oliver O. Howard, who participated in federal and private initiatives to reform Indian policy in the West. An introduction by Durwood Ball discusses the vigorous growth of frontier military history since the original publication of Soldiers West.

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."

Even as a pup, Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own inimitable style, he describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. His reputation as a b'ar hunter (he killed 105 in one season) sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography appeared, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he would lose his seat in Congress and turn toward Texas and, ultimately, the Alamo.

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.

Since 1953, the Western Writers of America has celebrated the rich heritage of the American West through Spur awards and anthologies. With "Roundup ," edited by WWA Past-President Paul Andrew Hutton, the WWA again offers the very best of contemporary Western writing by the top hands in the field.
From Native Americans, famed frontiersmen, cowboys and outlaws, to contemporary tales of ranching, mining, and urban challenges, the WWA presents the full range of the American West as told in fiction and nonfiction short stories, poetry, and even a novella by television icon and WWA Wister prizewinner for Lifetime Achievement, Andrew Fenady.
Other Wister-award authors include such giants as Elmer Kelton, Robert M. Utley, Matthew Braun, and Richard Wheeler. They join Spur-award winners Johnny Boggs, John Nesbitt, Paul Hedren, Don Birchfield, Miles Swarthout, and Red Shuttleworth. These are not your Granddad's Western stories, but rather a fresh and enlightening look at the West and its people--past, present and future.