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Mad Boys
by Ernest Hebert - University Press of New England , 1993
A darkly comic novel of a boy's picaresque adventure through a surreal American landscape. Hebert offers a satiric road story of a 13-year-old's journey through an America where image has replaced substance, and appearance has become reality.
The Prodigals
by Frank Burton - Philistine Press , 2011
The Prodigals follows the lives of four troubled young men in Manchester and the novel's anti-hero, Travis McGuiggan. It's a book about friendship, religion, drinking, cruelty and love. It's also a book about leaving home and returning.
LA 3-Way
by Ben Borland - Smashwords , 2013
A comedy crime caper about the intertwining lives of a British pop star in Hollywood and an ordinary young man in Scotland who looks just like him. The pop star's attempt to atone for his wife's death leads him into deadly territory...
Too Far
by Rich Shapero - Outside Reading , 2010
The book follows a pair of ultra-imaginative six-year-olds through a transformative summer spent exploring the woods behind their Alaskan homes. As their family lives become increasingly unstable, the children travel deeper into their private world.
Tokyo Zero
by Marc Horne - Feedbooks , 2009
It's the turn of the millennium and a young westerner arrives in Tokyo to join a cult and bring on the end of the world. Visit Tokyo that lies beneath the surface: the city of petty gangsters, slumming millionaires, drunkards and bizarre messiahs.
A Reason for Living
by Billy Casper - Defiance Publishing , 2012
This book is based on a true story and contains details of some horrific events. It tells the story about how various agencies and authorities failed to provide proper care for a child so desperately in need of protection.
Confessions of an Eccentric Old Man
by Sholder Greye , 2011
A dying alchemist's memoir. Having lived for centuries, pursuing the truth of all things through half-baked whimsical notions, progressing not a whit toward his goal, he walks proudly into whatever shall come with nary a glance over his shoulder.
by Peter Darbyshire - ManyBooks , 2002
Please chronicles the life of a young man who drifts through a hallucinatory urban world filled with celebrity wannabes, addictive relationships and jobs that demand he become someone else. The only thing he cares about is finding his ex-wife ...
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
by Steven Sills - Project Gutenberg , 2004
This novel contrasts a silent and overt rebellion. Sang Huin is a Korean American teaching English in Seoul, struggling to exist and understand the language of a culture that seems surreal to him, and yearning for family ...
by Phillip Overton - Smashwords , 2012
A broken marriage sends a father and son on two different paths in life, only for both to realize an Angel is working to reunite them. The Long Way Home tackles the question of why bad things sometimes happen to good people ...
The Darkened Corner
by Tom Hamilton - Smashwords , 2010
A hard drinking conman longs for the gorgeous wife of his cousin. But dread, fear and trepidation dog his every move. Part narrative, part biography, part horror fiction, this novel spans two decades in the miserable life of a struggling soul.
Back(stabbed) In Brooklyn
by Lenox Parker - Feedbooks , 2010
Howard found success once he left Brooklyn, but at a cost that he may regret. When he seizes an opportunity to turn his career around by writing a memoir using their stories, he doesn't heed the risks of getting involved with the old gang again.
Fall Love
by Anne Whitehouse - Feedbooks , 2008
Fall Love is a tragicomedy of love and friendship, an allegory of innocence and experience, and a novel of manners. It tells the intertwined stories of four twenties-something artists and professionals adrift in New York of 1980.
Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo
by Heather Wardell - Feedbooks , 2011
When Candice's in-laws were killed eight months ago, she lost more than just two of her favorite people: she lost her husband Ian as well. After only two years of marriage, their guilt and pain have left them living together but apart ...
The Excess Road
by Joshua Jones - Smashwords , 2011
The path to wisdom starts at the hilltop campus of Wessex College. There you can find a good party but you can also lose your mind like Joaquin Chandler did. He's looking for love and his own trail to tread during his freshman year in 1993.
How To Disappear Completely
by David Bowick - Feedbooks , 2009
Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh's life takes an unexpected turn, things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life's new path, he'll come to take life advice from a family of ducks.
by Vixen Phillips - Feedbooks , 2010
Set in Melbourne in the late 90s, Trapdoor is a psychological journey through darkness and light -- a story of love, obsession and beautiful self-destruction. Sometimes, if you wish hard enough, dreams can come true ...
Love Like This
by Sylvia Hubbard - Smashwords , 2009
Angered that his wife would sleep with his brother, Ethan swore revenge. He becomes involved with the one person his wife never wanted him to get close to - her daughter, Nicole. Once Ethan leaves his wife penniless his revenge will be complete.
Closer Than Breathing
by Alan Keslian - Gayles Books , 2009
A full length novel which tells the story of Ben, a young gay man new to the metropolis, who is confronted by a series of odd, eccentric people, including drug dealers, goths, psychics, a veteran author, Loyd Larcher and ageing rock musicians.
Renegade Robot
by Tom Lichtenberg - Smashwords , 2010
It's the end of the world as we know it when a renegade robot leads the Frantic News Network and a powerful Christian sex cult to collide in a fiery orgasmic freak out, a Singularity event most fitting for these times of constant hysteria.
The American Book of the Dead
by Henry Baum , 2011
Eugene Myers is working on a novel about the end of the world. Meanwhile, he discovers his daughter doing porn online and his marriage is coming to an end. When he dreams about people who turn out to be real, he wonders if his novel is real as well.
The Odd of Sea
by Timothy Hodor , 2010
Homer's age-old tale is retold in a manner that bespeaks elegance, comedy, tragedy, and poetry. A war hero Jules Lissy returns 'home' to find that Penny, his unfaithful wife, has entered into a life-long relationship with a fellow islander.
The Bog Monster of Booker Creek
by Wayne V. Miller , 2009
In an extended letter to his son ten years in the future, John Densch chronicles how he and his family slid into a media circus, one in which a middle-school science project became a national joke. The joke takes an ominous turn.
Looking Through The Windows of Madness
by Leo Vine-Knight - Write Good Books , 2008
Steven is a psychiatric nurse close to burn out. He senses that the boundaries between his own mind, the unit where he works, and society itself are becoming dangerously blurred. He dreams of escape with a glamorous nursing assistant, Kate.
We, The Watched
by Adam Bender - wethewatched.com , 2008
This is a dystopian novel about what happens when one man forgets the propaganda. He makes strides toward getting his life back together, but the fresh perspective granted by his rebirth soon proves to be more a curse than a gift.
The Octopus: A Story Of California
by Frank Norris - Doubleday , 1903
This is a turn-of-the-century epic of California wheat farmers struggling against the rapacity of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad, which will stop at nothing to extend its domination. This is the story of the waning days of the frontier West.
The Variant Effect
by G. Wells Taylor - skineaters.com , 2009
The old furrier building was the perfect place to find a body, and Joe Borland knew they wouldn't have dragged him out of retirement to see it if something hadn't eaten its skin. It's been twenty years since Borland battled the Variant Effect.
Count All This
by P. C. Fergusson - Four Sisters Publishing , 2008
Eddy's struggle with schizophrenia carries him to the deepest recesses of the human mind. In the midst of his descent, Jo is diagnosed with breast cancer. This is a story of love, madness, death, family loyalty and the bond between mothers and sons.
Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: Asian Culture Revealed
by Anson Chi , 2008
This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones, and open a hidden world of long-guarded secrets. Anson Chi is an author, politician, model, activist, and retired engineer.
by Darren R. Hawkins - Wincing at Light Books , 2008
A novel of addiction, recovery and the social cost of substance abuse treatment. It's a novel about redemption and failure. A story of small mistakes, smaller victories and the consequences of decisions made in the name of emotional health.


Albert Einstein was a very smart man. One of the things that he left us with was a banking rule called, "The Rule of 72″. Ever heard of it? It's a simple rule where you take the interest rate that the bank is offering you, divide it into the number 72 and the number that you get represents how long it will take your money to double. So one would look at their lives and determine, 'How many doubling periods might I have in my life'? The numbers begin to shrink the older you get.
Someone gave you $10,000. Woohoo! You'd be pretty happy right?
You deposit that $10,000 into Wells Fargo, Chase, TD Bank, etc.
You would divide the interest rate into the number 72 and it's going to give you a number. In this case the number is 7200.
With a 0.01% interest rate that many banks are offering, it will take your $10,000 investment 7200 years to double. Will you be here?
Make that calculation valuation for any interest rate and determine who's getting the better share. You or them?!
Here's the raw and unadulterated truth. The global economy, places that we shop (Target, Walmart, Costco, Starbucks, etc), has been averaging 10-12% since 1924 in any 4-5 year period of history. So…all of the high rates go back to the banks and then the banks, credit unions and insurance companies, give you and I a portion of that…usually about 0-3%.
Read: Is Social Security Still A Good Deal?
There is no way on this side of heaven that we…us…our families can EVER become financially independent with that little investment return. We cannot! And that is why many people are retiring BROKE. I always say, broke can be fixed, but you have to be properly educated about the "rules" and how they apply to you and your family.
I can help! And I'm glad I can.


Information about the Churches in Crete island, in Greece but also information about churches and monasteries in many locations of the island: The outstanding countryside and charming towns of Crete provide shelter in a great number of holy sites which reflect the religious character through the ages. Mosques and minarets were founded during the Turkish occupation, most of which are present even to this day. Many of them are now have taken over a different role, as they are used for cultural purposes. Crete bears the co-existence of many religious dogmas.
Being under the Venetian occupation for 400 years (13th - 14th century) Crete has been the ideal place for the foundation of many Catholic churches and medieval castles, whereas Orthodox churches can be found to a much lesser degree. Crete has strong influences from the Byzantine period as well where churches are usually decorated with many frescoes and wall paintings. Crete will take you on a long journey back in time.


85 Brant St, Oakville, ON, L6K 2Z5, CA has been leased.
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Owned Hot Water Tank. Nest Thermostat. Tenant Pays Utilities, Lawn Maintenance And Snow Removal. Landlord Is A Rrea, Please Include Disclosure With Offer.
Listing brokerage: WESTEND REALTY CORP.
Homely 2 bedroom + den, 4 bathroom townhouse is set at 85 Brant St. Provided with Stove, Laundry - In Suite, AC - Central, Heat Included, Central Vacuum, and Parking, this townhouse is rated by the Casalova experts as: 3.5 out of 5 pedestrian zone, 2 out of 5 convenient for cyclists, 2 out of 5 transit area, and 4 out of 5 convenient for car owners. In this safe neighborhood you can find Solaris Optical Designer Eyewear, W H Morden Public School and many other venues set within the short distance from your new place of residence. Skim the images attached to this information to have a comprehensive view of the real estate. Arrange your viewing of the real estate for a live visit.


Retro over the knee high tube socks are stylish and fun as well as functional. They're great for teams, dance groups, skaters, cheerleaders or any group that wants a graphic and bold look for their uniform.
These white socks have red stripes at the top. They are 29 inches long, and made from 86% acrylic, 8% nylon and 6% elastic. They are very stretchy, but hold their shape once pulled on.


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New Turkey: old friends become rivals
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 6
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
April 2019 marked two years since since the moment of making the decision for Turkey to move from a parliamentary form to a presidential form of government and the Turkish authorities believe that "New Turkey" was established that month.
Until recently there was such an opinion that in economic terms, "New Turkey" was becoming a more powerful country, however, unfortunately, the economic pressure on Turkey forced Ankara to assess the current situation in a more realistic way.
Moreover, today Turkey's main problem is connected with the economic sphere and the actual collapse of the national currency. So, in early 2018 the official exchange rate was $1 - 3.7625 Turkish liras, while by early 2019 - 5.3279 Turkish liras. According to the Central Bank of Turkey, presently, the official exchange rate is $1 -5.9709 Turkish liras.
However, the policy of the ruling Justice and Development Party, pursued during the last 16-17 years, allowed achieving significant success in many spheres, which earlier Turkey could only dream of.
At the same time, it turned out that the ruling party has recently lost a number of important politicians such as Abdullah Gul, Ahmet Davutoglu, Ali Babacan, Bulent Arinc. Members of the ruling party unofficially accused these party members of treason.
According to the Turkish media, a new party headed by ex-minister of economic affairs and ex-foreign minister Ali Babacan is being created in Turkey. Reportedly, Ahmet Davutoglu, Abdullah Gul, Bulent Arinc will join this political movement.
Davutoglu denied this information. According to some sources, there are serious disagreements between Davutoglu and Gul.
At the same time, President Erdogan's appeal to the party members gives the reason to think that the creation of a new political party in Turkey is a matter of time.
In particular, in one of his recent appeals to the party members, Erdogan said that "you may be lured by new tempting offers, do not give in."
The abovementioned people have not been actively involved in politics for many years. But it is not a secret that in the ranks of the ruling party there is still sympathy for these people, including Ali Babacan, who can hardly be called a strong diplomat as a foreign minister, but at the same time he was one of the most powerful figures in the economic sphere.
So what will happen if a new political party headed by Ali Babacan is created in Turkey?
Before answering this question, it should be stressed that so far, there is no leader in Turkey who could compete with Erdogan in terms of charisma and political experience.
But in case of creating a new party, it is not ruled out that this political movement will be able to gain a great percentage of votes and a number of members of the ruling party, as well as other parties, will join the new movement.
Despite the Turkish authorities officially reject the holding of snap parliamentary election, it is not ruled out that snap parliamentary election will be held in Turkey till 2020.
The creation of a new party in Turkey may completely change the political balance in the country. According to some analysts, this may greatly change the current situation, by contributing to the creation of completely new Turkey.
It is still very difficult to predict future changes in Turkey, but today there are signs of the first great changes. One of them was Erdogan's calls for the creation of "Turkish Alliance" (Türkiye İttifakı). Almost all political parties of the country, and in particular the Republican People's Party, may join it. The only exception is the Peoples' Democratic Party, which was not invited to participate in the Alliance.
According to a number of political experts, the ruling party needs such an alliance to apply to the International Monetary Fund to obtain a loan to get out of a difficult economic situation.
Taking into account the current economic situation in the country, as well as the US pressure, Turkey's politics will face four tense years until 2023.
Rufiz Hafizoglu, deputy editor-in-chief of Trend. Follow him on Twitter: @rhafizoglu
Rufiz Hafizoglu
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Hardly a coincidence – Turkey takes revenge on US
Political situation in Turkey – Achilles' heel in Ankara-Moscow relations
Turkey 10 June 2019 09:10
Istanbul - matter of honor or to succeed until 2023
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This image, which you will note I have appropriated for this blog's header, is a beer label for a brew my brother has made for our father's birthday. We decided to name the beer in French to make it sound classy and European, as opposed to ironic and from San Francisco.
Sketches from Figure Drawing Sessions, etc.


In many fan's eyes Zombie's film THE DEVIL'S REJECTS is arguably his finest hour as far as film goes. He may not have hit a home run at the box office with this one but it has developed an incredible fan base sparking the question of will another one of those films from that story ever be made?
It appears that we may never get a sequel or prequel to THE DEVIL'S REJECTS other than the already existing HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. Never say never though right? The possibility is still there that Lionsgate could try and do something with it down the road. Zombie is currently focusing on his upcoming Horror film 31.


Sam Loliger and Don Behr were two of the participants in the 2004 Keith Gemerek and Madeline Davis Interviews with LGBTQ+ Elders of Buffalo project. The interview project was sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Foundation and CEPA Gallery. Sam and Don were together from 1976 to January 2014 when Sam passed due to illness and both were active members of and advocates for the LGBTQ+ community of Western New York.
Loliger met Behr in 1976 while sitting on his interview committee for a position within the United Church of Christ congregation. After the two moved in together in '77, they participated in several support groups, advocacy organizations, and community associations, both individually and as a couple. Sam, for instance, served as national co-coordinator for the UCC Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Concerns for 13 years from 1984 to 1997. He was also a professor of sociology for Niagara Community College from 1964 to 1999. During that period, he chaired an affirmative action committee that approved a non-discrimination policy regarding sexual orientation in advance of SUNY's own adoption of a similar policy. Sam extended his regional activism by serving as a representative for the LGBTQ+ community of WNY on the New York State Human Rights advisory committee.
Don was a member of the Gay Men's Chorus of Buffalo, beginning at its inception in 2001. He spoke in the interview about the name of the chorus incorporating the identifier of 'gay' as representative of his experience being out-- that facet of his identity is not only out, but emphasized as a source of public pride. He considered the chorus and its music a form of outreach and a means by which to forge connections across communities. Sam and Don together attended meetings with the Mattachine Society, a gay parenting group, and Gay Naturists International, and also gave presentations at local colleges and sat on panels regarding LGBTQ+ identities in WNY.
Both Loliger and Behr were open and proud about their identities as gay men. Sam spoke in the Elders Interview about how he brought that facet of himself into every activity he did and joked that he would bring it up to people he met within the first 5 minutes of meeting them. The couple seemed optimistic regarding the future of LGBTQ+ liberation and considered it an honor to be members of such a vastly dynamic community. The couple married in 2012, 36 years after coming together and 8 years after the interview in 2004. Toward the end of the interview, they criticize the LGBTQ+ activist movement for championing equal marriage over other pressing issues, but ultimately recognize it as a political act.
The Dr. Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archive of WNY houses a 41-minute audio interview (including written transcript) with Sam Loliger and Don Behr, as well as a portion of Sam's collection of political buttons and pins.
"Interview with Don Behr And Sam Lolinger." LGBTQ Interviews, The Dr. Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archive of Western New York. Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.


Visit Australia's largest operating gold mine and Australia's oldest operating mint.
Experience the magic, allure and wonder of gold with a day trip to a working gold mine then on to the splendour of The Perth Mint.
The Mine to Mint day tour will take you on a journey to a working gold mine – the Newmont Boddington Gold Mine, located just 130km from Perth, and the only working mine of this scale so close to Perth. Kitted out in 'high vis' safety gear, you will visit the rim of the mine's giant South Pit to see huge haul trucks transporting their loads and travel through the plant where ore is crushed and copper and gold separated.
After lunch and gold panning in the picturesque Boddington town site, your journey continues to The Perth Mint where Western Australia's golden history comes to life.
At The Perth Mint, you will see the Guinness World Records Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin and the second largest natural nugget in existence. Witness the wonder of a traditional gold pour in our original melting house, touch gold bullion worth more than $500,000 and marvel at precious metal coins and medallions being minted before your eyes.
Morning tea and lunch included. More information can be found here.
Book online through Go West Tours on the link below.


THREE climbers had to be rescued from a mountain after forgetting to bring their map.
The party from Merseyside set off from the Cairngorm ski centre by Aviemore but could not find their way back after reaching the plateau due to the blizzard conditions.
Eight members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) went to their aid after the alarm was raised on Wednesday.
CMRT leader Willie Anderson said: "They were climbing a ridge in the Cairngorms, managed that okay, but they had forgotten to take the map out of the car.
Team leaving the vehicle to continue on foot to find the missing climbing party.
The volunteer rescuers used a tracked vehicle to scale part of the range before making their way on foot.
After five hours battling through poor visibility and snow, the team found the party at around 3,500ft (1,066m) and returned them to safety.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using JetBrains.Annotations;

namespace Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler
{
	internal static class XmlSerializationHelper
	{
		public static object GetDefaultValue([NotNull] PropertyInfo prop)
		{
			var attributes = prop.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DefaultValueAttribute), true);
			if (attributes.Length > 0)
			{
				var defaultAttr = (DefaultValueAttribute)attributes[0];
				return defaultAttr.Value;
			}

			// Attribute not found, fall back to default value for the type
			if (prop.PropertyType.IsValueType)
				return Activator.CreateInstance(prop.PropertyType);
			return null;
		}

		private static bool GetPropertyValue(object obj, [NotNull] string property, ref object outVal)
		{
			PropertyInfo pi = obj?.GetType().GetProperty(property);
			if (pi != null)
			{
				outVal = pi.GetValue(obj, null);
				return true;
			}
			return false;
		}

		private static bool GetAttributeValue(Type objType, Type attrType, string property, bool inherit, ref object outVal)
		{
			object[] attrs = objType.GetCustomAttributes(attrType, inherit);
			if (attrs.Length > 0)
				return GetPropertyValue(attrs[0], property, ref outVal);
			return false;
		}

		private static bool GetAttributeValue([NotNull] PropertyInfo propInfo, Type attrType, string property, bool inherit, ref object outVal)
		{
			Attribute attr = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(propInfo, attrType, inherit);
			return GetPropertyValue(attr, property, ref outVal);
		}

		private static bool IsStandardType(Type type) => type.IsPrimitive || type == typeof(DateTime) || type == typeof(DateTimeOffset) || type == typeof(Decimal) || type == typeof(Guid) || type == typeof(TimeSpan) || type == typeof(string) || type.IsEnum;

		private static bool HasMembers([NotNull] object obj)
		{
			if (obj is IXmlSerializable)
			{
				using (System.IO.MemoryStream mem = new System.IO.MemoryStream())
				{
					using (XmlTextWriter tw = new XmlTextWriter(mem, Encoding.UTF8))
					{
						((IXmlSerializable)obj).WriteXml(tw);
						tw.Flush();
						return mem.Length > 3;
					}
				}
			}

			// Enumerate each public property
			PropertyInfo[] props = obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
			foreach (var pi in props)
			{
				if (!Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlIgnoreAttribute), false))
				{
					object value = pi.GetValue(obj, null);
					if (!Equals(value, GetDefaultValue(pi)))
					{
						if (!IsStandardType(pi.PropertyType))
						{
							if (HasMembers(value))
								return true;
						}
						else
							return true;
					}
				}
			}
			return false;
		}

		public static string GetPropertyAttributeName([NotNull] PropertyInfo pi)
		{
			object oVal = null;
			string eName = pi.Name;
			if (GetAttributeValue(pi, typeof(XmlAttributeAttribute), "AttributeName", false, ref oVal))
				eName = oVal.ToString();
			return eName;
		}

		public static string GetPropertyElementName([NotNull] PropertyInfo pi)
		{
			object oVal = null;
			string eName = pi.Name;
			if (GetAttributeValue(pi, typeof(XmlElementAttribute), "ElementName", false, ref oVal))
				eName = oVal.ToString();
			else if (GetAttributeValue(pi.PropertyType, typeof(XmlRootAttribute), "ElementName", true, ref oVal))
				eName = oVal.ToString();
			return eName;
		}

		public delegate bool PropertyConversionHandler([NotNull] PropertyInfo pi, Object obj, ref Object value);

		public static bool WriteProperty([NotNull] XmlWriter writer, [NotNull] PropertyInfo pi, [NotNull] Object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			if (Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlIgnoreAttribute), false) || Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlAttributeAttribute), false))
				return false;

			object value = pi.GetValue(obj, null);
			object defValue = GetDefaultValue(pi);
			if ((value == null && defValue == null) || (value != null && value.Equals(defValue)))
				return false;

			Type propType = pi.PropertyType;
			if (handler != null && handler(pi, obj, ref value))
				propType = value.GetType();

			bool isStdType = IsStandardType(propType);
			bool rw = pi.CanRead && pi.CanWrite;
			bool ro = pi.CanRead && !pi.CanWrite;
			string eName = GetPropertyElementName(pi);
			if (isStdType && rw)
			{
				string output = GetXmlValue(value, propType);
				if (output != null)
					writer.WriteElementString(eName, output);
			}
			else if (!isStdType)
			{
				object outVal = null;
				if (propType.GetInterface("IXmlSerializable") == null && GetAttributeValue(pi, typeof(XmlArrayAttribute), "ElementName", true, ref outVal) && propType.GetInterface("IEnumerable") != null)
				{
					if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(outVal.ToString())) outVal = eName;
					writer.WriteStartElement(outVal.ToString());
					var attributes = Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(pi, typeof(XmlArrayItemAttribute), true);
					var dict = new Dictionary<Type, string>(attributes.Length);
					foreach (XmlArrayItemAttribute a in attributes)
						dict.Add(a.Type, a.ElementName);
					foreach (object item in ((System.Collections.IEnumerable)value))
					{
						string aeName;
						Type itemType = item.GetType();
						if (dict.TryGetValue(itemType, out aeName))
						{
							if (IsStandardType(itemType))
								writer.WriteElementString(aeName, GetXmlValue(item, itemType));
							else
								WriteObject(writer, item, null, false, aeName);
						}
					}
					writer.WriteEndElement();
				}
				else
					WriteObject(writer, value);
			}
			return false;
		}

		private static string GetXmlValue([NotNull] object value, Type propType)
		{
			string output = null;
			if (propType.IsEnum)
			{
				if (Attribute.IsDefined(propType, typeof(FlagsAttribute), false))
					output = Convert.ChangeType(value, Enum.GetUnderlyingType(propType)).ToString();
				else
					output = value.ToString();
			}
			else
			{
				switch (propType.FullName)
				{
					case "System.Boolean":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Boolean)value);
						break;
					case "System.Byte":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Byte)value);
						break;
					case "System.Char":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Char)value);
						break;
					case "System.DateTime":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.DateTime)value, XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.RoundtripKind);
						break;
					case "System.DateTimeOffset":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.DateTimeOffset)value);
						break;
					case "System.Decimal":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Decimal)value);
						break;
					case "System.Double":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Double)value);
						break;
					case "System.Single":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Single)value);
						break;
					case "System.Guid":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Guid)value);
						break;
					case "System.Int16":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Int16)value);
						break;
					case "System.Int32":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Int32)value);
						break;
					case "System.Int64":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.Int64)value);
						break;
					case "System.SByte":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.SByte)value);
						break;
					case "System.TimeSpan":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.TimeSpan)value);
						break;
					case "System.UInt16":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.UInt16)value);
						break;
					case "System.UInt32":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.UInt32)value);
						break;
					case "System.UInt64":
						output = XmlConvert.ToString((System.UInt64)value);
						break;
					default:
						output = value == null ? string.Empty : value.ToString();
						break;
				}
			}

			return output;
		}

		public static void WriteObjectAttributes([NotNull] XmlWriter writer, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			// Enumerate each property
			foreach (var pi in obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public))
				if (Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlAttributeAttribute), false))
					WriteObjectAttribute(writer, pi, obj, handler);
		}

		public static void WriteObjectAttribute([NotNull] XmlWriter writer, [NotNull] PropertyInfo pi, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			object value = pi.GetValue(obj, null);
			object defValue = GetDefaultValue(pi);
			if ((value == null && defValue == null) || (value != null && value.Equals(defValue)))
				return;

			Type propType = pi.PropertyType;
			if (handler != null && handler(pi, obj, ref value))
				propType = value.GetType();

			writer.WriteAttributeString(GetPropertyAttributeName(pi), GetXmlValue(value, propType));
		}

		public static void WriteObjectProperties([NotNull] XmlWriter writer, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			// Enumerate each public property
			foreach (var pi in obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public))
				WriteProperty(writer, pi, obj, handler);
		}

		public static void WriteObject([NotNull] XmlWriter writer, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null, bool includeNS = false, string elemName = null)
		{
			if (obj == null)
				return;

			// Get name of top level element
			string oName = elemName ?? GetElementName(obj);

			if (!HasMembers(obj))
				return;

			if (includeNS)
				writer.WriteStartElement(oName, GetTopLevelNamespace(obj));
			else
				writer.WriteStartElement(oName);

			if (obj is IXmlSerializable)
			{
				((IXmlSerializable)obj).WriteXml(writer);
			}
			else
			{
				WriteObjectAttributes(writer, obj, handler);
				WriteObjectProperties(writer, obj, handler);
			}

			writer.WriteEndElement();
		}

		public static string GetElementName([NotNull] object obj)
		{
			object oVal = null;
			return GetAttributeValue(obj.GetType(), typeof(XmlRootAttribute), "ElementName", true, ref oVal) ? oVal.ToString() : obj.GetType().Name;
		}

		public static string GetTopLevelNamespace([NotNull] object obj)
		{
			object oVal = null;
			return GetAttributeValue(obj.GetType(), typeof(XmlRootAttribute), "Namespace", true, ref oVal) ? oVal.ToString() : null;
		}

		public static void ReadObjectProperties([NotNull] XmlReader reader, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			// Build property lookup table
			PropertyInfo[] props = obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
			Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo> attrHash = new Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo>(props.Length);
			Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo> propHash = new Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo>(props.Length);
			foreach (var pi in props)
			{
				if (!Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlIgnoreAttribute), false))
				{
					if (Attribute.IsDefined(pi, typeof(XmlAttributeAttribute), false))
						attrHash.Add(GetPropertyAttributeName(pi), pi);
					else
						propHash.Add(GetPropertyElementName(pi), pi);
				}
			}

			if (reader.HasAttributes)
			{
				for (int i = 0; i < reader.AttributeCount; i++)
				{
					PropertyInfo pi;
					reader.MoveToAttribute(i);
					if (attrHash.TryGetValue(reader.LocalName, out pi))
					{
						if (IsStandardType(pi.PropertyType))
						{
							object value = null;
							if (pi.PropertyType.IsEnum)
								value = Enum.Parse(pi.PropertyType, reader.Value);
							else
								value = Convert.ChangeType(reader.Value, pi.PropertyType);

							if (handler != null)
								handler(pi, obj, ref value);

							pi.SetValue(obj, value, null);
						}
					}
				}
			}

			while (reader.MoveToContent() == XmlNodeType.Element)
			{
				PropertyInfo pi;
				object outVal = null;
				if (propHash.TryGetValue(reader.LocalName, out pi))
				{
					var tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(pi.PropertyType);
					if (IsStandardType(pi.PropertyType))
					{
						object value = null;
						if (pi.PropertyType.IsEnum)
							value = Enum.Parse(pi.PropertyType, reader.ReadElementContentAsString());
						else if (pi.PropertyType == typeof(Guid))
							value = new GuidConverter().ConvertFromString(reader.ReadElementContentAsString());
						else
							value = reader.ReadElementContentAs(pi.PropertyType, null);

						if (handler != null)
							handler(pi, obj, ref value);

						pi.SetValue(obj, value, null);
					}
					else if (pi.PropertyType == typeof(Version))
					{
						Version v = new Version(reader.ReadElementContentAsString());
						pi.SetValue(obj, v, null);
					}
					else if (pi.PropertyType.GetInterface("IEnumerable") != null && pi.PropertyType.GetInterface("IXmlSerializable") == null && GetAttributeValue(pi, typeof(XmlArrayAttribute), "ElementName", true, ref outVal))
					{
						string elem = string.IsNullOrEmpty(outVal?.ToString()) ? pi.Name : outVal.ToString();
						reader.ReadStartElement(elem);
						var attributes = Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(pi, typeof(XmlArrayItemAttribute), true);
						var dict = new Dictionary<string, Type>(attributes.Length);
						foreach (XmlArrayItemAttribute a in attributes)
							dict.Add(a.ElementName, a.Type);
						List<object> output = new List<object>();
						while (reader.MoveToContent() == XmlNodeType.Element)
						{
							Type itemType;
							if (dict.TryGetValue(reader.LocalName, out itemType))
							{
								object o;
								if (IsStandardType(itemType))
									o = reader.ReadElementContentAs(itemType, null);
								else
								{
									o = Activator.CreateInstance(itemType);
									ReadObject(reader, o, handler);
								}
								if (o != null)
									output.Add(o);
							}
						}
						reader.ReadEndElement();
						if (output.Count > 0)
						{
							System.Collections.IEnumerable par = output;
							Type et = typeof(object);
							if (dict.Count == 1)
							{
								foreach (var v in dict.Values) { et = v; break; }
							}
							/*else
							{
								Type t1 = output[0].GetType();
								bool same = true;
								foreach (var item in output)
									if (item.GetType() != t1) { same = false; break; }
								if (same)
									et = t1;
							}
							if (et != typeof(object))
							{
								Array ao = Array.CreateInstance(et, output.Count);
								for (int i = 0; i < output.Count; i++)
									ao.SetValue(output[i], i);
								par = ao;
							}
							else
								par = output.ToArray();*/
							bool done = false;
							if (pi.PropertyType == par.GetType() || (pi.PropertyType.IsArray && (pi.PropertyType.GetElementType() == typeof(object) || pi.PropertyType.GetElementType() == et)))
								try { pi.SetValue(obj, par, null); done = true; } catch { }
							if (!done)
							{
								var mi = pi.PropertyType.GetMethod("AddRange", new Type[] { typeof(System.Collections.IEnumerable) });
								if (mi != null)
									try { mi.Invoke(pi.GetValue(obj, null), new object[] { par }); done = true; } catch { }
							}
							if (!done)
							{
								var mi = pi.PropertyType.GetMethod("Add", new Type[] { typeof(object) });
								if (mi != null)
									try { foreach (var i in par) mi.Invoke(pi.GetValue(obj, null), new object[] { i }); done = true; } catch { }
							}
							if (!done && et != typeof(Object))
							{
								var mi = pi.PropertyType.GetMethod("Add", new Type[] { et });
								if (mi != null)
									try { foreach (var i in par) mi.Invoke(pi.GetValue(obj, null), new object[] { i }); done = true; } catch { }
							}
							// Throw error if not done
						}
					}
					else
					{
						object inst = pi.GetValue(obj, null) ?? Activator.CreateInstance(pi.PropertyType);
						if (inst == null)
							throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can't get instance of {pi.PropertyType.Name}.");
						ReadObject(reader, inst, handler);
					}
				}
				else
				{
					reader.Skip();
					reader.MoveToContent();
				}
			}
		}

		public static void ReadObject([NotNull] XmlReader reader, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			if (obj == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));

			reader.MoveToContent();

			if (obj is IXmlSerializable)
			{
				((IXmlSerializable)obj).ReadXml(reader);
			}
			else
			{
				object oVal = null;
				string oName = GetAttributeValue(obj.GetType(), typeof(XmlRootAttribute), "ElementName", true, ref oVal) ? oVal.ToString() : obj.GetType().Name;
				if (reader.LocalName != oName)
					throw new XmlException("XML element name does not match object.");

				if (!reader.IsEmptyElement)
				{
					reader.ReadStartElement();
					reader.MoveToContent();
					ReadObjectProperties(reader, obj, handler);
					reader.ReadEndElement();
				}
				else
					reader.Skip();
			}
		}

		public static void ReadObjectFromXmlText([NotNull] string xml, [NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			using (System.IO.StringReader sr = new System.IO.StringReader(xml))
			{
				using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(sr))
				{
					reader.MoveToContent();
					ReadObject(reader, obj, handler);
				}
			}
		}

		public static string WriteObjectToXmlText([NotNull] object obj, PropertyConversionHandler handler = null)
		{
			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true }))
				WriteObject(writer, obj, handler, true);
			return sb.ToString();
		}
	}
}

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An Alabama man is traveling throughout the nation to mow lawns free of charge. On Tuesday, he stopped in Phoenix to mow a few lawns.
An Alabama man traveling the nation to mow lawns for free for single mothers, senior citizens, disabled people and veterans was welcomed on a 110 degree Tuesday by Phoenix's green(ish) lawns.
Arizona marks the 35th consecutive state in Rodney Smith Jr's monthlong journey, on which he cut two Phoenix lawns – one for an elderly woman and one for a single mother.
"It's hard to find grass out here," Smith humorously told The Arizona Republic, adding that it's "probably the hottest state," he's ever mowed a lawn in.
Smith's "50 states, 50 lawns tour" is funded by lawnmower manufacturer Briggs & Stratton, he said. This marks his second national tour since 2017.
On this tour, which started May 17, Smith, who hails from Huntsville, Alabama, aims to teach children lawnmower safety and demonstrate the significance of community service, according to Briggs & Stratton's website.
Soon he realized that serving the community was his purpose.
"I believe this is my calling; doing what God wants me to do," he said.
After 2016, he started Raising Men Lawn Care Service, a nonprofit organization "designed to promote awareness for the youth of the future," according to the organization's website.
"It is a platform where the younger members of the community can give back," through "mowing lawns, shoveling snow, raking leaves and more, free of charge," for single mothers, senior citizens, disabled people, and veterans, the website read.
"Single moms have a lot of duties that they take on," Smith said. "One less lawn they have to mow is one less stress they have to worry about."
On his tour, Smith is also encouraging kids to join the 50-yard-challenge; participants will receive a free Raising Men Lawn Care Service T-shirt for every 10 lawns they mow. Once they mow 50 lawns, "we fly to wherever they are and do lawns with them and give them a brand-new mower," Smith said.
"Today 12 kids have completed this challenge and 166 worldwide," are in progress, he said.
Smith will travel to California, Nevada, and Oregon next, asking the public to reach out to him via Twitter or Facebook to suggest any lawns that need care.


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WSU Soccer
WSU takes on North Carolina today in College Cup
It's the Cougars' first appearance in the national semifinals.
By CougCenter Staff Dec 6, 2019, 3:00pm PST
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Averie Collins
WSU Athletic Communications
The Washington State Cougars are set for their first semifinal appearance in school history where they will take on the No. 1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels at the NCAA College Cup in San Jose, California.
The game kicks off at 4 p.m. PT and will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU, as well as online at WatchESPN.com.
The Cougars are the tournament's Cinderella story, having stormed as an unseeded team into the portion of the tournament typically reserved only for blue bloods. Along the way, they knocked off No. 1 seed Viriginia and No. 2 seed South Carolina — on each team's home field. The win over the Gamecocks that propelled them to the College Cup took place in overtime, when defender Mykiaa Minniss found the ball at her feet on a corner kick:
The Cougs' attack has been relentless on this run, as it has been all season; WSU has averaged two goals scored over its first four games of the tournament. They're led by third team all-American Morgan Weaver, who has scored three of those eight goals and is second on the program's career goals list with 42. She's scored nine times in the last seven games.
Joining her in the lethal attack are Elyse Bennett, Averie Collins and Makamae Gomera-Stevens, each of whom are goal dangerous and put a tremendous amount of pressure on opponents' back lines.
The defense, meanwhile, has given up only two goals in the tournament — both to Virginia. Goalkeeper Ella Dederick has been outstanding, while the line in front of her, led by third team all-Pac-12 defender Brianna Alger, has been nails.
North Carolina is about the polar opposite of a program. The Tar Heels have won 21 — TWENTY ONE — national titles. The last came in 2012. They've also been runner up four other times, and made it to the semifinals five other times. All told, they've made 30 trips to the College Cup in the 37 years the NCAA tournament has been held — and head coach Anson Dorrance has been there for all of it, having led the program for 41 years.
The Tar Heels edged past USC to get to the College Cup again, coming back from a 1-0 deficit to eventually win 3-2. Earlier, they beat Michigan 4-0, Colorado 1-0, and Belmont 5-0.
"They're one of the top teams in the country," WSU coach Todd Shulenberger said. "They're probably going to start three in the back. They're athletic, and you have to survive that first wave for the first 20 to 25 minutes before they sub players in."
UNC is led by Emily Fox, Brianna Pinto and Alessia Russo, each of whom are finalists for the Mac Hermann Trophy, which is given to the country's top player.
Dorrance said the Tar Heels won't take WSU lightly.
"They hunt. We're not going to be comfortable playing around the back, because they're hunters," Dorrance said. "And when WSU goes, they go to goal. They don't pass around the back for a half-hour to pump up their positional statistics. They understand how the game is – you go forward, stuff the ball in the back of the net, and they're very good at it."
Another night, another chance to write our history. It's gameday at the College Cup!!
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
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| 4 pm
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| ESPNU
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— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) December 6, 2019


Stay in aviation long enough and you'll here just about every type of story. The classic beginning to an army aviator tale begins with. "This is no ....." I listed these books here to help you narrow down your search for some good reading material. All of these books seem to be interesting. I haven't read them all but I'm working on it — one book at a time. Their are five pages of books. Should you know of an interesting book that is not listed, email me and let me know about it.
Book Description: — One of the most enduring and vivid images of Vietnam is the helicopter. There is little doubt that the helicopter revolutionized warfare and how the war in Vietnam was fought. Helicopters lifted troops, supplies, material, equipment, and vehicles. They conducted visual reconnaissance, command and control, medical evacuation, artillery spotting, fire support, and countless administrative tasks. The 40,000 pilots were the men behind this revolution.
Book Description: — Many Vietnam memoirs have appeared in recent years, but not a single one has the humor, pathos, poignancy, and often sheer hilarity of John J. Gebhart's riveting LBJ'S Hired Gun. As Gebhart tells it, he was a "smart-mouthed college boy" who joined the Marines to see the world and "dust a few black pajamas for Uncle Sam."
Book Description: — During the Vietnam War, one out of every eighteen helicopter pilots never made it home alive. At age nineteen, Tom Johnson flew in the thick of it, and lived to tell his harrowing tale.
Johnson piloted the UH-1 "Iroquois"-better known as the "Huey"-as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare.
Book Description: — The Vietnam War saw the use of aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The helicopter particularly, came into its own use in a variety of roles. American airman fought bravely, often at the cost of their lives, whether bombing the North or South, directing artillery fire and bombers, flying fighter cover, rescuing downed aircrew or ground troops, airlifting men and cargo in dangerous areas or quietly resisting as prisoners of war.
Editorial Reviews— Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahns Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was the first helicopter designed from inception as an attack aircraft. It dramatically changed the nature of the war in Vietnam by offering the Army, for the first time, its own powerful and highly accurate weapons platform for close-air-support missions.
Thrust into action following the declaration of the War on Terror in the wake of the September 11th, 2001 attacks, US Army Apache units have been at the forefront in the fight against Taleban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan, followed by the conflict in Iraq. The Apache is still involved in operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and this volume details the campaigns in both countries through the experiences of AH-64 crews.
Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers the development of helicopters from the first successful machines in the early 1900s to their current status as a key component of combat planning around the world. This revealing volume shows how an often denigrated machine became an essential military asset around the world, as well as an important tool in a number of areas.
This is the dramatic history of the HAL-3 Seawolves, the U.S. Navy's first and only helicopter gunship squadron of the Vietnam War. The squadron was established "in country" to support the fast, pugnacious river patrol boats of the brown water navy.
On 1 July 1965 the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) was officially activated and was ordered to Vietnam beginning 28 July 1965. In a matter of three and half weeks the newly formed division, with 16,000 men and 434 helicopters-Chinooks (CH-47s), Flying Cranes (CH-54s), Mohawks (OV-1s), UH-1s and OH-13s-was prepared to enter combat. Within 90 days of becoming the Army's first airmobile division, the 'First Team' was in combat as the first fully committed division of the Vietnam War.
Seawolf 28 Summary An exciting action filled novel of one of the top decorated naval aviators of the Vietnam era brings the reader a dramatic story of a twenty-two year career of a Navy helicopter pilot. By the end of the Vietnam War he was a four tour veteran with well over 600 missions and the recipient of more than thirty-nine citations, including the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross.
This book recounts the Vietnam combat action of a helicopter assault company known as the Rattlers and Firebirds. From 1964 to 1971, hundreds of men served twelve-month tours, participating in some of the fiercest combat ever entertained by American forces. Unlike previous wars, these men lived in constant danger, effectively on the front line for the entire twelve-month tour.
The Vietnam War proved the combat potential and capabilities of the modern helicopter. The combination of swiftly deployable attack helicopters, such as the AH-1G Cobra, and more robust transport aircraft in medical evacuation, fire support and fire suppression roles, allowed for a revision of battlefield tactics. This long-awaited revised edition of Simon Dunstan's classic reference work provides a comprehensive guide to the many models employed during the war and the tactics used.
The author was drawn into the Army through ROTC, and was trained to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to the pilots' day-to-day lives - such as the prankish smoke bombing of Disneyland, the nickname for a United States Army-sponsored compound for prostitution.
The only thing that the air force was willing to give reserve lieutenant colonels like Novosel to fly, however, was a desk. Resigning his commission, he approached the army, which decided that flying dustoffs in Vietnam was a perfect job for this aviator. With two tours, 2,038 hours of combat flight, 2,345 aerial missions that evacuated 5,589 wounded, and a Congressional Medal of Honor, it's easy to see that Novosel is an American war hero.
Seawolf Dan Kelly describes the origins of this extraordinary outfit. Put through a training program unlike any other, these men emerged to perform unparalleled feats of courage. The stories of these elite warriors capture America's real heroes in all their guts and glory, and demonstrate why the Seawolves are known as the most successful and most decorated unit in the Vietnam War.
In Xin Loi, Viet Nam, Al Sever recounts his experiences during his tours and should be applauded for his honesty and his willingness to tell the absolute truth. This book will shock you and show you the reality of what our young soldiers faced.
Within the pages of Rescue Pilot, Naval aviator Dan McKinnon brings to life the dramatic at-sea helicopter rescues he participated in during his anything but peaceful "peacetime service" in the United States Navy from 1956 through 1959.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Inc.
The sensationally titled Chariots of the Damned: Helicopter Special Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo documents death-defying chopper-based Special Ops rescue missions.


National Arbor Day connects more deeply with us here are Safari Tree beyond just our combined love and care for trees – the person responsible for the idea of National Arbor Day originated from Detroit, Michigan back in 1854 by the name of Julius Sterling Morton. He was one of the many pioneers that made their way across the Midwest, moving into the Nebraska Territory. Both he and his wife were nature lovers and they surround their newfound home in Nebraska with trees, plants and shrubs.
This month, April 28th marks the 145th year of celebrating the importance of trees in our environment, in our lives as well as promoting tree planting and care. All fifty states, Puerto Rico and some US territories have passed legislation adopting Arbor day, and throughout the world, many countries are also celebrating the planting of trees, caring for them and learning their value.
The Arbor Day Foundation is one of the world's largest nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to planting trees and each year the Foundation plants and distributes more than 10 million trees. The Foundation is also focused on helping to preserve rain forest land through the Rain Forest Rescue program, and so far more than 48,000 acres of rain forest land have been preserved through their efforts.
So take a moment tomorrow to either plant a new tree or look at what you need to do to care for the trees you have on your property in honor of such a grand celebration that recognizes the value trees bring to our lives, to our environment, to our future.
For more information about the Arbor Day Foundation, please visit www.arborday.org.


Head of Department – Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) supported by Dy. CVO and various Veterinary officers and Doctors across the district.
Animal Husbandry department of Uttarkashi is responsible for livestock and poultry development, disease control, fodder development and other animal husbandry activities related to socio-economic upliftment of rural masses and employment generations.


Rhapsody In White is Love Unlimited Orchestra's 1973 debut studio album. It was a huge success for the Barry White-led group, propelled by the "Love's Theme" single, their signature song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album, which also includes the bedroom classic "Midnight And You" featuring White's distinctive vocal, peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.


SAHANA FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED is a media company with interests in a diversified portfolio of films, broadcast, and digital, entertainment verticals.
JAIMAHARASHTRANEWS makes its content available for the global readers through its news portal JAIMAHARASHTRANEWS.COM. With thoughtful analysis and fearless opinions our team of editors and writers will track news in Maharashtra, India and the world and provide a perspective that is reflective of a changing dynamic.
JAIMAHARASHTRANEWS entering the TV space and it co-owns 24-hour news and current affairs channel 'JAI MAHARASHTRA', through a JV with the Sahana Group.


From the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, comes a spectacularly compelling second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.
Unabridged, 10 CDs, 13 hours Read by TBA A richly imagined new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book.
Bestseller Weisberger's latest, deliciously naughty novel about normal girls left behind by their new-celeb exes--and the girls' fitting revenge!


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Friedrich Voß (* 19. August 1877 in Düsseldorf; † 23. Januar 1950) war ein deutscher Zoologe und Professor an der Universität Göttingen und der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin.

Leben
Während seines Studiums wurde er in Göttingen 1897 Mitglied der Burschenschaft Brunsviga. Voß promovierte 1905 in Göttingen, war seit 1906 Assistent am Zoologischen Institut Göttingen und habilitierte sich 1910 für Zoologie mit einer Arbeit über Entomologie. 1919 wurde er wegen seiner Gegner in der Fakultät vorläufig nicht zum Professor ernannt. 1921 erhielt er einen Lehrauftrag für Landesfauna und Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und wurde ao. Professor. Die Fakultät lehnte 1922 wegen schwacher wissenschaftlicher Leistungen ein Extraordinariat für ihn ab und empfahl ihm 1924 den Weggang aus Göttingen. Voß war 1919 Mitglied des Verbandes zur Befreiung vom Judenjoch zu Göttingen, den der Althistoriker Hugo Willrich gegründet hatte, seit 1932 Mitglied der NSDAP und Scharführer der SA. In der SA war er Sturmschulungswart. Im November 1933 unterzeichnete er das Bekenntnis der deutschen Professoren zu Adolf Hitler. Er forderte Entschädigung wegen der Nichteinrichtung seiner Professur in der Weimarer Republik. 1935 wurde er ao. Professor und Leiter der Säugetierabteilung am Zoologischen Museum der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin.

Schriften
  Über die Muskulatur des Thorax von Gryllus domesticus, Leipzig 1905 (=Diss.)

Literatur
 Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945?, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, S. 646 ISBN 3-10-039309-0.

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James Scott In Contract Negotiations, "Optimistic" About DAYS Future
Not leaving just yet! James Scott (EJ) is 'optimistic' about negotiations with executives to continue on at Days of our Lives.
Fans of soap star James Scott (EJ, DAYS) were sent into a panic this afternoon after rumors of his departure were greatly exaggerated reported by Soap Opera Digest. The headline, "James Scott Leaving DAYS!" told the story of the actor leaving the show at the conclusion of his contract. The magazine said Scott and DAYS were "unable to come to terms on a new deal."
This was news to head writers Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas. The scribe wrote, "This is the first [Darrell Ray Thomas] and I have heard about James Scott. According to Greg Meng, they are in negotiations." Digest would later update their article after receiving "word" that talks with the actor resumed.
About a half-hour ago, TVSource received an e-mail from DAYS rep with comments from James Scott. "It has always been my wish to continue working with 'Days of our Lives,' and in light of recent reassurances given, I am optimistic of my future here at Days!"
Scott's exit would be a severe blow to the series, in which the actor has played a pivotal role in key storylines since his arrival in 2006. The two-time Emmy nominee is also set to play an important role during fall storylines, which include his character EJ DiMera running for mayor of Salem.
TVSource will keep you updated any further information regarding Scott's negotiations.
My POV: If you're a fan of James Scott, make those phone calls and write those letters in support of the star. Let DAYS know just how valuable you think he is to the show.
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The distinction between hanged and hung is one of the odder ones in the language. I remember learning in high school that people are hanged, pictures are hung. There was never any explanation of why it was so; it simply was. It was years before I learned the strange and complicated history of these two words.
English has a few pairs of related verbs that are differentiated by their transitivity: lay/lie, rise/raise, and sit/set. Transitive verbs take objects; intransitive ones don't. In each of these pairs, the intransitive verb is strong, and the transitive verb is weak. Strong verbs inflect for the preterite (simple past) and past participle forms by means of a vowel change, such as sing–sang–sung. Weak verbs add the -(e)d suffix (or sometimes just a -t or nothing at all if the word already ends in -t). So lie–lay–lain is a strong verb, and lay–laid–laid is weak. Note that the subject of one of the intransitive verbs becomes the object when you use its transitive counterpart. The book lay on the floor but I laid the book on the floor.
Historically hang belonged with these pairs, and it ended up in its current state through the accidents of sound change and history. It was originally two separate verbs (the Oxford English Dictionary actually says it was three—two Old English verbs and one Old Norse verb—but I don't want to go down that rabbit hole) that came to be pronounced identically in their present-tense forms. They still retained their own preterite and past participle forms, though, so at one point in Early Modern English hang–hung–hung existed alongside hang–hanged–hanged.
Once the two verbs started to collapse together, the distinction started to become lost too. Just look at how much trouble we have keeping lay and lie separate, and they only overlap in the present lay and the past tense lay. With identical present tenses, hang/hang began to look like any other word with a choice between strong and weak past forms, like dived/dove or sneaked/snuck. The transitive/intransitive distinction between the two effectively disappeared, and hung won out as the preterite and past participle form.
The weak transitive hanged didn't completely vanish, though; it stuck around in legal writing, which tends to use a lot of archaisms. Because it was only used in legal writing in the sense of hanging someone to death (with the poor soul as the object of the verb), it picked up the new sense that we're now familiar with, whether or not the verb is transitive. Similarly, hung is used for everything but people, whether or not the verb is intransitive.
Interestingly, German has mostly hung on to the distinction. Though the German verbs both merged in the present tense into hängen, the past forms are still separate: hängen–hing–gehangen for intransitive forms and hängen–hängte–gehängt for transitive. Germans would say the equivalent of I hanged the picture on the wall and The picture hung on the wall—none of this nonsense about only using hanged when it's a person hanging by the neck until dead.
So despite what I said about this being one of the odder distinctions in the language, it seems to work. (Though I'd like to know to what extent, if any, the distinction is an artifact of the copy editing process.) Hung is the general-use word; hanged is used when a few very specific and closely related contexts call for it.


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Helmut Becker was born in Trautenau (Bohemia) in 1944. He studied physics and geosciences at Munich University from 1965–1971 and received his diploma in geophysics on the topic of magnetometry in Iceland and started a second study of archaeology at Munich University in 1973–1979. In 1978 he wrote his dissertation in geophysics about magnetometry over the neo-volcanic zone in Northeast-Iceland for the evaluation of seafloor spreading. From 1977–1982 he directed the research project «Archaeo- Prospection and Archaeomagnetism» at the Volkswagen Foundation at the Geophysical Institute of Munich University, establishing a laboratory for archaeomagnetic dating and the development of geophysical prospecting methods (mainly cesium-magnetometry). From 1982–2006 he worked at the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (BLfD), where he established a laboratory for digital processing of aerial photos and geophysical prospection following the work of Scollar. At BLfD he acted as the director of the Department «Archaeological Prospection and Aerial Archaeology». He became a member of the German Archaeological Institute in 2001. He retired from BLfD in 2006 and in 2007 he founded «Becker Archaeological Prospection ». Helmut Becker is still actively promoting caesium-magnetometry and is working all over the globe. Some of his main prospecton projects include the detection of the Lower City of Troy, Demircihüyük, Bogazköy, Sirkelihüyük (Turkey), Assur, Uruk (Iraq), Palmyra, Resafa, Munbaqa, Tall Bazi (Syria), Awsan- Hagar Yahir, Mahrib (Yemen), Ras al Jinz, Ras al Hadd (Oman), Dashur, Giza, Saqqara, Qantir-Piramesse, Luxor (Egypt), Suchanica, Cicah, Tuva (Sibiria), Tekirbay Depe, Togolog (Turkmenistan), Sazargan, Kefir Kala (Uzbekistan), Sarasm (Tajikistan), Uivar, Cornesti- Iarcuri (Romania), Durankulak (Bulgaria), Vale de Rodrigo, Monte da Ponte, Alcalar, Perdigoes, Xancra, Moreiros2, Monte do Olival, Carascal (Portugal), El Argar, Ambrona, Cerro de la Virgen, Navarra-Los Cascajos, Metallana, Fuente Salina, Paredes de Nava (Spain), Aiali, Ascoli Satriano, Fabrateria, Ostia, Pantelleria, Ravenna Classe, Vale Celone (Italy), Hindwell Neolithic enclosure (Wales, GB), Sigiriya, Dambula (Sri Lanka), Lothal (India) and Neolithic city of Liangzhou and Wah ze Gang – residence of Emperor Qin ze huang di (China).


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Q: How to smooth restart a c++ program without shut down the running program? I have a server program which should run full time a day. If I want to change some parameters of it, Is there any way rather than shut down then restart way?

A: There are quite a few ways of doing this, including, but almost certainly not limited to:

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*You can maintain the parameters in a separate file so that the program will periodically check that file and update its internal information.

*Similar to (1) but you can send some sort of signal to the application to get it to immediately re-read the file.

*You can do either (1) or (2) but using shared memory rather than a configuration file.

*You can have your program sit at the server end of an IPC conversation, so that a client can open up a connection to it to provide new parameters. Anything from a simple message queue to a full-blown HTTP server and associated pages.
Of course, all of these tend to need a fair amount of work in your program to get it to look for the new information.
You should take that into account when making your decision. By far the quickest solution to implement is to just (cleanly) kill off the process at something like 11:55pm then immediately restart it. It's simpler because your code probably already has the ability to load the information on startup, so this could be a simple cron one-liner.
Some people speak of laziness as a bad thing but that's not always the case :-)

A: If the Server maintains many alive connections from clients, restarting the server process is the last way you should consider. Except reloading configuration files, inserting a proxy process between clients and server can be another way.
The proxy process is Responsible for 2 things.
a. Maintaining the connection from clients and forwarding packets to Server for handling.
b. Judging weather the current server process(Server A) is alive and if it not, switching to another server(Server B) automatically.
Then you can change parameters by restart server without worrying about interrupting clients since there is always two(or more) servers running.

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## Installation

First, install [Yeoman](http://yeoman.io) and generator-frontend-incubator using [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) (we assume you have pre-installed [node.js](https://nodejs.org/)).

```bash
npm install -g yo generator-frontend-incubator
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Create a project folder and run the following command from that folder to generate a new project:

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S in Singapore spells S-A-L-E! In fact, if truth be told, shopping is much of a hobby for the local population of Singapore. The environment in Singapore is exceptionally conducive for shopping and there is literally nothing that can put a halt to this shopping craze. There are more than 100 shopping malls scattered around singapore. Every corner has bargains galore and discounts that every fashionista can't say no to.
In Singapore, keeping up with the latest trend in the high-fashion industry can be a breeze. In fact, hitting the fashion boutiques give every shopper the opportunity to keep up with the latest designs from the runway from all over the globe. Most dress shops in the Lion city cater even to the most discriminating tastes of fashionistas. Upon stepping into the tiled curb of the shopping central, you can instantly feel the breeze of fashion.
Dress shops like Bebe, Calvin Klein, or Karen Millen which are all combination of the best clothing materials intricately created to perfection by the most creative minds in fashion industry are found here. Not to mention that even the high life labels such as Versace, Louis Vuitton, Channel and Dior are not exempted from the discount bugs and special offers. In fact, along orchard road every mannequin inside the showcase glass window is dressed like Victoria Beckham high-end fashion style.
On the other hand, if you are one of those who prefer the less flamboyant and more traditional styles, there are also dress shops that are perfect for you. However, if you are shopping with an airtight budget, don't fret! Cute casual outfits for everyday use is also available for as low as 20 SGD. Plus, these items do not look cheap. What a treat, right?
If you do not want to go through the hassle of purchasing lovely dresses and gowns, there's another option for you. There are online dress shops in Singapore that can surely cater to your love for fashion.
Undoubtedly, Singapore is a fashion paradise for anyone seeking the most famous designer clothes, the haute couture clothing lines or the more casual everyday dresses. Shopping in Singapore is for everyone – it depends on what you need and how much you are willing to spend.


Kara & Malek's red summer wedding took place at Heinz Memorial Chapel and LeMont restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bridesmaids wore ref gowns and carried gorgeous floral bouquets for this red summer wedding. Red Gerber daisies and blush roses filled the bride's bouquet. Fun centerpieces added a whimsical touch to this red summer wedding.
From the photographer: Before the ceremony started, Kara and Malek shared a first touch and prayed together. One of Kara's bridesmaids sang during the ceremony with her husband accompanying her. After the ceremony, the couple and their bridal party had their portraits taken at the Cathedral of Learning and CMU columns. We hopped off the limo at Mt. Washington as one last stop on the way to the reception at the LeMont. The couple shared their first dance to "Love is Here to Stay" by Frank Sinatra. At the end of the night the couple got a few photos of the beautiful Pittsburgh skyline all lit up.
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Q: Axis position in R scatterplot I'm trying to create a simple scatter plot in R, where the x-axis range is -10:10, and to re-locate the y axis to the x=0 point. This seems like a fairly basic operation, but I found no way to do that...
Thanks for any help!

A: x <- runif(50, -10, 10)
y <- runif(50, -10, 10)
plot(x, y, yaxt="n") # don't plot y-axis, see ?par, section xaxt
axis(2, pos=0) # Draw y-axis at 0 line

But personally I think that you should use grid() or Andrie solution.

A: Create some data
x <- runif(50, -10, 10)
y <- runif(50, -10, 10)

In base graphics, you can use the abline function to draw lines on a plot.  The trick is to draw a vertical line and horizontal line at the x=0 and y=0 positions:
plot(x, y)
abline(h=0)
abline(v=0)

An alternative way of achieving a similar result is to use the ggplot2 package:
library(ggplot2)
qplot(x, y) + geom_vline(xintercept=0) + geom_hline(yintercept=0)


How hard do you push yourself when you train? Do you push yourself as hard as you can every time you go to the gym or turn out at training in the park with One Element? Could you work harder? If your answer is – you could work harder some of the time, then you just might be a step ahead of the rest. This blog is about understanding intensity and when to push to your max, and importantly when you should not.
One Element training for an hour = 1200 calories burnt of which 40% is fat Therefore you burn 440 calories of fat.
Whats more, training at a low intensity is dull and with no real results mean it is fairly pointless.
The science of HiiT is robust, it shows you can achieve enormous fitness and strength gains. It has also been shown to reduce blood sugars and blood lipids as well as having tremendous positive effects on the brain and burning fat around vital organs and reducing abdominal fat. The problem is that if you train at 100% every day you will under perform and flirt with injury. It is simply not sustainable to train at your max intensity every day. You'll also be exhausted and not be able to perform well in other tasks.
Most training has come from either military or sports backgrounds. Both of which fundamentally build towards a point in time where you will be expected to work as hard as you can. Be it Olympics, on the sports field or on the battlefield. Athletes and trainers know that you don't "toast" yourself on every session. Instead you get a large number of hours of conditioning and training as opposed to all out pain and exhaustion. Allied with this is a concept known as Periodisation.
This is an idea of moving through strength, endurance and power so that each one affects the other and build over all performance as opposed to just being in the power phase all the time. Again the evidence on this is robust and has been shown to work for years.
There are a number of athletes and sports coaches who are endorsing more of a play or "in the zone" (achieving the balance between fun and intensity) style of training. Think 70 – 85% of max intensity, meaning you can train more often with less injuries. Firas Zahabi a UFC and boxing trainer from Canada has some fascinating thoughts on this. Watch his interview here. Acute injuries tend to happen in the power phase of training sprint, heavy lift & fast movements. This is not to say we should not do these types of training. We should work them into a cycle of fitness training that works through strength, endurance and power or plyometric. The training should be playful and enjoyable as well as leading to long term measurable fitness gains.
We are very excited about this as we have essentially, since 2007, built our training around this concept. Our training has been developed over years to work through these phases while being playful and enjoyable too. We do however have really high intensity sessions, some competitive and some sprint based. But this is part of the HiiT cycle. These sessions are the equivalent to our "match day", it's our chance to push ourselves and improve on previous results. Sign up for your free One Element trial to find out in person why our sessions are so effective!


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Q: How to show ads to users without Google Play Services installed My app uses Google Play Services to show ads (Google Mobile Ads). But I have a problem - when Google Play Services are installed, the ads are correctly shown. But if I delete Google Play Services, these ads are gone.
Is it possible to show Google Mobile Ads when Google play services are not installed? Otherwise, can I "require" that Google Play Services are available when launching my app?

A: Another alternative may be you can use google admob sdk instead from the play services. proceed as follows:

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*just download the Google ad mob sdk from the link

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f9td9rxm2mwabuc/admob_ads_sdk_11.zip

*unzip it somewhere or  in the desktop

*search for. jar file inside libs folder

*Now copy this googleadmobssdk.jar file  into the libs folder of your project

*Right click on the project and look for the properties .click it and look for java build path.

*click add jar,  then locate the libs folder u had copied just before.
7.Done but
You need to implement slightly bit different attributes and methods than in the normal google play services use. Google ,to get its sample code..


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Are there other companies located at 10179 Wayne Ave, Cincinnati, OH?
There are 2 commercial tenants at 10179 Wayne Ave, Cincinnati, OH.
How big is Evp International?
Evp International is estimated to generate $700,293 in annual revenues, employs approximately 6 people at this location. They occupy this facility which is approximately 4,000 square feet.
What is the phone number for Evp International?
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How long has Evp International been in business?
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Evp International generates approximately $700,293 in annual sales.
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Epsilon Leonis est de type spectral G1II et a une magnitude apparente de +2,98. Elle est à environ 251 années-lumière de la Terre.

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Hart girls' golf makes SoCal regionals for…
Hart girls' golf makes SoCal regionals for first time in school history
By Daily News | |
POMONA – For the first time in a year, the lowest score of the day didn't belong to the Hart of Newhall girls' golf team.
And it didn't seem to bother the Indians one bit.
That's because for the first time in program history, Hart secured a berth in the CIF/WSCGA Southern California Regional tournament with its runner-up finish at the Southern Section team final.
Following a 14th-place finish in 2007 and an eighth-place result at last year's final, the Indians relied Monday on a seven-stroke gap between their top five golfers to shoot 385 at Mountain Meadows Golf Course. Torrance captured its second straight title and fourth in five seasons with a 368.
"I'm really proud of our team. To go from 14th down to second feels great because we worked really hard to get there," Hart junior Brenna Carlson said. "There were a lot of good teams here, but we felt like as long as played consistent and were around the (scores) we had been shooting, we'd be OK."
Carlson, Amanda Corr and Nikki Prichard were part of Hart's lineup as freshmen at Dove Canyon Country Club. So, it was no surprise the trio led the Indians in a competitive pairing that featured third-place Palm Desert (388) and fifth-place Canyon of Anaheim (394).
Carlson and Amanda Corr both posted 2-over 74s and Prichard matched sophomore Kendall Dusenberry with a 78. Freshman Jamie Corr was Hart's fifth scorer at 81 and Nancy Harris carded a 96.
"Jamie and Nancy are saving us. You look at all the other teams and they don't have fifth and sixth golfers like we do," Prichard said. "They deserve this as much as we do. It feels awesome and we're all just so happy and so proud of each other."
After enduring some anxious moments en route to repeating as Northern Team Divisional champion Thursday at Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande, Hart took a more relaxed approach as the scores were posted Monday.
The Indians' patience was rewarded when they learned that Torrance – with all six players shooting 78 or lower – was the only group in the 16-team field to post a better score, helping Hart post the best finish by a local team since Harvard-Westlake of Studio City took second in 1999 and 2000.
"This really means a lot," Amanda Corr said. "We're a family and we've known each other for so long and we've all improved together, so have that support feels great. On a team day, at a team competition, you know the other girls will always have your back. You're not just out there for yourself, you're playing for the team."
Despite a 2-under 70 from Pepperdine-bound Danielle Kang – lowering her season total to 49-under for 199 holes – Westlake (396) finished sixth. Kang tied for second individually behind Canyon's Jessica Vasilic (69), with Sophia Chen shooting 75 and Lauren Diaz-Yi posting a 78 for the Warriors.
Royal of Simi Valley (429) finished 15th, led by a 74 from freshman Shannon Holden.