Special Services

Multi-objective highway alignment optimization using a genetic algorithm.(Report)
Journal of Advanced Transportation; 12/22/2009; 7896 words; ...are not continuous in nature. Hence, a special genetic algorithm based multi-objective...transported to those specified points to use the service. A highway has the capability to provide a door to door service, which makes it unique of its kind...

Fantastic .41s: Smith & Wesson has brought back not one but two N frames chambered for the cult fave .41 magnum.
Handguns; 12/1/2009; 2426 words; ...45 Colt, as well as .44 Special. Tepid demand and the expense...Heavy Duty was introduced as a service revolver April 1, 1930. It fired a high-velocity .38 Special round not recommended for lighter...inch longer than the .38 Special's. Its 158-grain bullet...

Ho Chi Minh the OSS: when America's future archenemy was a friend and ally.(Office of Strategic Services)
Vietnam; 12/1/2009; 4319 words; ...and Giap for two months, as part of an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) mission to train Viet Minh guerrillas and gather intelligence...Thomas' farewell dinner with Ho and he and six others from Special Operations Team Number 13, code-named "Deer," had parachuted...

First look: Photoshop Elements 8: a new look and content-aware scaling lead the charge in this update.(Digital Photo)(Product/service evaluation)
Macworld; 12/1/2009; 1575 words; ...look you want from a pop-up window (effects categories include General Purpose. Photographic, Landscape, Portrait, and Special Effects); the effect is automatically applied to the selection. Sure, I could manually create many of these effects, but...

Unholy union: why is the SEIU boss the White House's most frequent visitor?(Service Employees International Union's Andrew Stern)
National Review; 11/23/2009; 3534 words; ...him, the spookier that sounds. Stern is president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a federation of health...local had severed its ACORN ties, but Chris Berg, a former special assistant at the Office of Labor Management Standards, says...