diff --git a/Utilities/Comparers/ReverseComparer.cs b/Utilities/Comparers/ReverseComparer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54132a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utilities/Comparers/ReverseComparer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Utilities
+{
+    public class ReverseComparer<T> : IComparer<T>
+    {
+        private IComparer<T> m_comparer;
+
+        public ReverseComparer(IComparer<T> comparer)
+        {
+            m_comparer = comparer;
+        }
+
+        public int Compare(T x, T y)
+        {
+            return m_comparer.Compare(y, x);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Utilities/Conversion/Conversion.SimpleTypes.cs b/Utilities/Conversion/Conversion.SimpleTypes.cs
index 72fec08..042c16e 100644
--- a/Utilities/Conversion/Conversion.SimpleTypes.cs
+++ b/Utilities/Conversion/Conversion.SimpleTypes.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,29 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Web;
 
 namespace Utilities
 {
 	public partial class Conversion
 	{
+        public static short ToInt16(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToInt16(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static short ToInt16(object obj, short defaultValue)
+        {
+            short result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToInt16(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
         public static int ToInt32(object obj)
         {
             return ToInt32(obj, 0);
@@ -48,5 +63,200 @@ namespace Utilities
             }
             return result;
         }
+
+        public static ushort ToUInt16(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToUInt16(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static ushort ToUInt16(object obj, ushort defaultValue)
+        {
+            ushort result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToUInt16(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static uint ToUInt32(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToUInt32(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static uint ToUInt32(object obj, uint defaultValue)
+        {
+            uint result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToUInt32(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static ulong ToUInt64(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToUInt64(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static ulong ToUInt64(object obj, ulong defaultValue)
+        {
+            ulong result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToUInt64(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static float ToFloat(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToFloat(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+		public static float ToFloat(object obj, float defaultValue)
+		{
+            float result = defaultValue;
+			if (obj != null)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					result = Convert.ToSingle(obj);
+				}
+				catch
+				{}
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+
+        public static double ToDouble(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToDouble(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static double ToDouble(object obj, double defaultValue)
+        {
+            double result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToDouble(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static decimal ToDecimal(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToDecimal(obj, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static decimal ToDecimal(object obj, decimal defaultValue)
+        {
+            decimal result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToDecimal(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static bool ToBoolean(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToBoolean(obj, false);
+        }
+
+        public static bool ToBoolean(object obj, bool defaultValue)
+        {
+            bool result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToBoolean(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static string ToString(object obj)
+        {
+            string result = String.Empty;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToString(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                {}
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static char ToChar(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToChar(obj, new char());
+        }
+
+        public static char ToChar(object obj, char defaultValue)
+        {
+            char result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToChar(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static DateTime ToDateTime(object obj)
+        {
+            return ToDateTime(obj, DateTime.MinValue);
+        }
+
+        public static DateTime ToDateTime(object obj, DateTime defaultValue)
+        {
+            DateTime result = defaultValue;
+            if (obj != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Convert.ToDateTime(obj);
+                }
+                catch
+                { }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/Generics/KeyValuePairList.cs b/Utilities/Generics/KeyValuePairList.cs
index b91be25..093c6e1 100644
--- a/Utilities/Generics/KeyValuePairList.cs
+++ b/Utilities/Generics/KeyValuePairList.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Utilities
 {
@@ -66,5 +67,35 @@ namespace Utilities
                 return result;
             }
         }
+
+        new public void Sort()
+        {
+            this.Sort(Comparer<TKey>.Default);
+        }
+
+        public void Sort(ListSortDirection sortDirection)
+        {
+            Sort(Comparer<TKey>.Default, sortDirection);
+        }
+
+        public void Sort(IComparer<TKey> comparer, ListSortDirection sortDirection)
+        {
+            if (sortDirection == ListSortDirection.Ascending)
+            {
+                Sort(comparer);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Sort(new ReverseComparer<TKey>(comparer));
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Sort(IComparer<TKey> comparer)
+        {
+            this.Sort(delegate(KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> a, KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> b)
+            {
+                return comparer.Compare(a.Key, b.Key);
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/Generics/SortedList.cs b/Utilities/Generics/SortedList.cs
index ffc2160..b8d5f2d 100644
--- a/Utilities/Generics/SortedList.cs
+++ b/Utilities/Generics/SortedList.cs
@@ -35,21 +35,7 @@ namespace Utilities
         /// </summary>
         public int IndexOf(T item)
         {
-            int insertIndex = FindIndexForSortedInsert(m_innerList, m_comparer, item);
-            if (insertIndex == m_innerList.Count)
-            {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            if (m_comparer.Compare(item, m_innerList[insertIndex]) == 0)
-            {
-                int index = insertIndex;
-                while (index > 0 && m_comparer.Compare(item, m_innerList[index - 1]) == 0)
-                {
-                    index--;
-                }
-                return index;
-            }
-            return -1;
+            return FirstIndexOf(m_innerList, m_comparer, item);
         }
 
         public bool Remove(T item)
@@ -117,6 +103,25 @@ namespace Utilities
             }
         }
 
+        public static int FirstIndexOf(List<T> list, Comparer<T> comparer, T item)
+        {
+            int insertIndex = FindIndexForSortedInsert(list, comparer, item);
+            if (insertIndex == list.Count)
+            {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (comparer.Compare(item, list[insertIndex]) == 0)
+            {
+                int index = insertIndex;
+                while (index > 0 && comparer.Compare(item, list[index - 1]) == 0)
+                {
+                    index--;
+                }
+                return index;
+            }
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         public static int FindIndexForSortedInsert(List<T> list, Comparer<T> comparer, T item)
         {
             if (list.Count == 0)
diff --git a/Utilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Utilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 56878dc..a0d0338 100644
--- a/Utilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Utilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCompany("Tal Aloni")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Utilities")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © Tal Aloni 2014")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © Tal Aloni 2005-2016")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
diff --git a/Utilities/Utilities.csproj b/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
index cbd997a..90d8236 100644
--- a/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
+++ b/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ByteUtils\ByteWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ByteUtils\LittleEndianReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ByteUtils\LittleEndianWriter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Comparers\ReverseComparer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Conversion\BigEndianConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Conversion\Conversion.SimpleTypes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Conversion\LittleEndianConverter.cs" />