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Tech toys that make you feel cooler than Marty McFly were in abundance at the North American International Toy Fair this week, such as robots that imitate your movements and a Segway-like device that tracks your thoughts. But not all of the toys at the Jacob K. Javits Center were reminiscent of what Captain Kirk probably played with as a child. There were also some stellar construction sets, high-quality hand puppets, and wooden toys that make you say, "wow." Classic play is not dead, and not all quality toys require a microchip. Some of the most innovative new products for kids feature little to no tech at all. Here are our favorite low-tech new toys from Toy Fair: [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: At Toy Fair 2015, Classic, Low-Tech Play Is Alive and Well
K'NEX Brings STEM-Based Building Sets Designed to Empower Girls
K'NEX Brands is introducing Mighty Makers, a line of construction toys designed to empower girls through creative and stimulating building ideas. An all-female marketing and design team created the new building sets, intended for girls ages 7 and up, to encourage science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) learning.
The sets include colorful rods, connectors, panels, an exploration card for additional educational fun, and engaging story-based instructions that follow the life of a female character included in the set. The Mighty Makers line features the topics of aviation, going green, amusement park rides, making a home, and exploring the depths of the ocean.
COMMENTARY: Hey, Toy Industry! It's Not Too Late for New Year's Resolutions
Ah, the start of a new year. Typically, it's the time in which we take stock of what we have, consider how we can make our lives even better, and then "resolve" to carry out those plans. It's with this in mind that I've put together a list of New Year's resolutions–not for myself, mind you; I've already composed that list, which is why this commentary is up at deadline, instead of several hours past. No, I'm talking about resolutions that I'd like the toy industry to consider taking on. Because as absolutely perfect as a thing is, there's nothing like a detached observer's unsolicited advice to make it even more perfect, am I right? [Read more...]
Lincoln Logs Production Returns to the U.S. with 10 New Sets
Next year's entire line of Lincoln Logs, part of the K'NEX family of brands, will be manufactured in the U.S. by Pride Manufacturing in Burnham, Maine. Following industry trends, Lincoln Logs production was moved overseas during the mid-20th century. K'NEX, which licenses the brand from Hasbro, has been manufacturing Lincoln Logs since 1999.
Pride Manufacturing, the world's leading supplier of wooden golf tees and related golf accessories, met K'NEX's requirements for a wood manufacturing facility that could match the precision and detail required for Lincoln Logs. All sets come with a storage container for clean-up, are intended for kids ages 3 and up, and will be available next fall.
New Lincoln Logs Grand Pine Lodge and Collector's Edition Homestead Unveiled
K'NEX has added two new sets to its Lincoln Logs product line for this year:
The Grand Pine Lodge includes real wood logs, plus colorful figures, play accessories, and cowboy and horse figures. Suggested for kids ages 3 and up, this set is available exclusively at Toys "R" Us and toysrus.com.
Meanwhile, the Collector's Edition Homestead is the largest Lincoln Logs set ever created. This building set features 330 pieces including real wood logs, a frontiersman figure, a buildable covered wagon, and two horses. When playtime is over, kids can put the parts back into the handy storage container for a quick and easy clean-up. Suitable for kids 3 and up, the set is available on knex.com and at toy retailers nationwide.
You can check out K'NEX's new video for the Lincoln Logs: Collector's Edition Homestead below:
License to Build: Familiar Properties Fill Up the Shelves of the Construction Aisle
This article was originally published in the July/August 2014 issue of The Toy Book. To read the entire digital issue, click here.
The construction play pattern has always allowed kids to create buildable worlds and adventures straight from their imaginations. But with a recent surge of licensed toys entering the category, kids are able to build more and more familiar worlds based on their favorite existing properties. According to The NPD Group, dollar sales of licensed building sets grew by 6 percent from 2011 to 2013. As the world becomes more multi-media driven, licensed properties are deeply integrated into kids' daily lives. Established building toy companies, as well as those looking to get their feet wet in the category, are jumping on the bandwagon with characters and environments that are already a staple among kids—and even collectors. [Read more...]
K'NEX Kicks Off Its Prepare for Titanfall Giveaway on Facebook
K'NEX has launched a sweepstakes running on the K'NEX Facebook page, open to U.S. fans 13 years of age or older. Fans can log on to the K'NEX Facebook page through July 23 and enter the Prepare for Titanfall Giveaway daily for their chance to win one of ten Titanfall K'NEX Prize Packs. These include one Titanfall IMC Pilot Strike Building Set, one Titanfall Militia Pilot Attack Building Set, one Titanfall IMC Atlas Titan Building Set, one Titanfall Militia Ogre Titan Building Set, and one Titanfall Angel City Escape Building Set.
In addition, one grand prize winner will be awarded a Deluxe K'NEX Titanfall Prize Pack, which includes all the prizes from the basic prize pack, plus one Titanfall Ultimate Angel City Campaign Building Set. Winners will be chosen at random on July 24.
Participants can enter once per calendar day, and fans can earn bonus entries by sharing the promotion with Facebook friends. Official sweepstakes rules are available online.
K'NEX Promotes Rachel Robbins to Vice President
K'NEX has promoted Rachel Robbins to vice president, legal affairs and general counsel. Hired in 2013, Robbins previously served as associate general counsel for K'NEX Brands, and prior to joining K'NEX, she was a partner in the Commercial Litigation group of the law firm Cozen O'Connor.
In her new position, Robbins will provide legal counsel to company management and business teams as to commercial relationships, as well as all general corporate matters, including contracts, employment, regulatory, and intellectual property.
K'Nex Releases New Building Sets for Plants vs. Zombies
With new licensed building toys from K'Nex, fans of Plants vs. Zombies can now build and play with the characters from the game. The partnership between K'Nex and PopCap Games Inc. combines K'Nex building systems with the digital franchise for the first time ever.
Along with the first series of Mystery Figure Bags, the Plants vs. Zombies line includes the Pirate Ship Building Set, Wall-nut Bowling Building Set, Wild West Skirmish Building Set, and Jetpack Zombie Attack Building Set, all suitable for kids ages 5 and up; and the Cone Mech Building Set, Football Mech Building Set, and Pirate Seas Plank Walk Building Set, suitable for kids ages 7 and up.
COMMENTARY: Video Game-Based Toys Can Ease Kids into Other Kinds of Play
It's summertime, which for a lot of kids means playing outside in the sunshine, swimming, and maybe even going on trips to visit nature. But for others, summer means staying indoors and playing video games all day. It's probably best to moderate any activity that involves staring at a screen; however, the question is, how to get video game-obsessed kids to take up a different form of play? The answer may be toys based on popular video game titles, and there are quite a few of those available right now.
We kick off our non-comprehensive list with K'NEX, which since 2010, has partnered with Nintendo on construction toys based on its popular Mario property. Recently, I spoke to an executive at the company, who said that no small part of the partnership's success came from replicating game elements in K'NEX's construction sets: For example, many of its Super Mario building sets have a mechanism that simulates the avatar's in-game jumping ability. [Read more...]


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As Himachal Pradesh goes to poll on Sunday, it will see the oldest voter and the highest polling station in action.
Shyam Saran Negi, who turned 95 this year, would be the oldest voter in Himachal Pradesh's Kalpa village in Kinnaur district. Having retired from a government primary school in 1975, Negi has cast his votes in all elections that took place in the state since 1951.
On Sunday, as he walks up to the polling station — the world's highest polling booth at Hikkim in Lahul Spiti assembly constituency, located at 15,000 ft above sea level — would also see flutter of activity. The polling station at Hikkam has 333 voters — 180 male and 153 female.
More than 46 lakh voters would exercise their franchise for 68 assembly seats. While the BJP and the Congress are contesting all the seats, the BSP has fielded 66 candidates while the CPM and the CPI have 15 and seven candidates, respectively. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Sharad Yadav's National Congress Party are also trying to gain foothold in the hill state this time.


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Overview of remote access
Updated: January 21, 2005
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Overview of remote access
By configuring Routing and Remote Access to act as a remote access server, you can connect remote or mobile workers to organization networks. Remote users can work as if their computers are physically connected to the network.
Users run remote access software and initiate a connection to the remote access server. The remote access server, which is a server running Routing and Remote Access, authenticates users and services sessions until terminated by the user or network administrator. All services typically available to a LAN-connected user (including file and print sharing, Web server access, and messaging) are enabled by means of the remote access connection.
Remote access clients use standard tools to access resources. For example, on a server running Routing and Remote Access, clients can use Windows Explorer to make drive connections and to connect to printers. Connections are persistent: Users do not need to reconnect to network resources during their remote sessions. Because drive letters and universal naming convention (UNC) names are fully supported by remote access, most commercial and custom applications work without modification.
A server running Routing and Remote Access provides two different types of remote access connectivity:
Dial-up networking
Dial-up networking is when a remote access client makes a nonpermanent, dial-up connection to a physical port on a remote access server by using the service of a telecommunications provider such as analog phone, ISDN, or X.25. The best example of dial-up networking is that of a dial-up networking client who dials the phone number of one of the ports of a remote access server.
Dial-up networking over an analog phone or ISDN is a direct physical connection between the dial-up networking client and the dial-up networking server. You can encrypt data sent over the connection, but it is not required.
For more information, see The remote access server as a dial-up networking server.
Virtual private networking
Virtual private networking is the creation of secured, point-to-point connections across a private network or a public network such as the Internet. A virtual private networking client uses special TCP/IP-based protocols called tunneling protocols to make a virtual call to a virtual port on a virtual private networking server. The best example of virtual private networking is that of a virtual private networking client who makes a virtual private network connection to a remote access server that is connected to the Internet. The remote access server answers the virtual call, authenticates the caller, and transfers data between the virtual private networking client and the corporate network.
In contrast to dial-up networking, virtual private networking is always a logical, indirect connection between the virtual private networking client and the virtual private networking server over a public network such as the Internet. To ensure privacy, you must encrypt data sent over the connection.
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Barcode Scanner+ (Plus)
10,000 - 50,000 downloadsAdd this app to your lists
+ By Sean Owen (of ZXing Team)
Barcode Scanner+ is an enhanced version of the popular, free Barcode Scanner application, which is a product of the ZXing open-source barcode scanning library from Google. Barcode Scanner+ is based on the same code, and has been developed by one of the two primary authors of the original Barcode Scanner, Sean Owen.
Barcode Scanner+ includes all of Barcode Scanner's functionality, and is intended as a drop-in replacement for Barcode Scanner. It adds several enhancements:
Better barcode scanning
- New image processing algorithm for detection of 1D barcode formats, including UPC and EAN product codes
- Uses both cores of dual-core processors
- Optionally, scan for Aztec and PDF417 barcodes (note: PDF417 support is 'alpha' quality)
- Rewritten to take advantage of Java 6, Android 2.2+ APIs, and latest Android SDK features
Refined user interface
- Now scan in tall "portrait" orientation, in addition to "landscape" orientation
- More intuitive pattern-based scanning guide
- Streamlined and improved user interface elements
- Android 4 and tablet device support
- Expanded Help screens
New features
- Decode a barcode from an image file
- Option to scan light-on-dark barcodes
- Activate device's LED light to scan in low light
- Basic support for scanning NFC tags
- Amazon product information
Also available in "simple" version, without functionality that requires special permission. See "Barcode Scanner+ Simple".
Purchasing this application also supports development of the ZXing open-source barcode scanning library.
Barcode Scanner+ does not collect, store or transmit information about its users, nor usage of the application. The application accesses personal information such as contacts and bookmarks only in order to implement application functionality, such as sharing contacts and bookmarks by QR Codes on screen.
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Doing What We Can to Help our Heroes and Their Families
Many U.S. Military veterans and their families are facing extraordinary financial hardships during this time of worldwide economic upheavals. In late 2011 Businessweek reported that the job crisis is dire, citing for example that the youngest of veterans, aged 18 to 24, had a shocking 30.4 percent jobless rate in October, way up from 18.4 percent a year earlier.
Joblessness often leads to homelessness and our veterans are not immune from this frightening reality.
According to the Veterans Administration: "Current population estimates suggest that about 107,000 veterans (male and female) are homeless on any given night and perhaps twice as many experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year. Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal living conditions…"
While we can't solve all the problems our veterans and their families might face, we want to offer support and encouragement where we are able. For the past several months, in cooperation with the leadership and chaplain corps of National Guard units nationwide, Operation Gratitude has assembled and distributed thousands of Military Family Care Packages (MFCPs) to Soldiers who cannot find civilian jobs and/or who are homeless, living in cars.
Additionally, MFCPs have been delivered to homeless veterans organizations and VA hospitals.
These care packages contain donated non-perishable food; personal hygiene products (shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.); household items (soaps, detergent, etc.); gift cards to stores like Target, Walmart, CVS and Walgreens; toys for children; clothing and more, valued at over $100 per package.
With generous assistance from our corporate sponsors and individual donors, we will continue to support deployed troops serving in combat zones and on Navy ships. We will also continue helping veterans and military families — with MFCPs, Battalion Buddy packages and Wounded Warrior packages — as long as there is a need.
Please consider joining our efforts to support these heroes who have selflessly given so much of themselves fighting for our country. Online financial donations may be made here: Donate Now.
For more specific information regarding the types of in-kind donations we accept for the MFCPs, please send an email inquiry to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Troops to Troops: Gifts of Caring for Our Military
To Girl Scout and Brownie Troops Across the U.S.A.:
We are grateful for the Girl Scout and Brownie troops that help us send Girl Scout cookies to our courageous deployed troops. We enjoy working with the Girl Scouts during their Cookie Pre-Sales and Booth Sales to ensure that we can include one or two boxes of Girl Scout cookies in each of the 100,000+ Care Packages we send out during our Patriotic Drive in the Spring and our Holiday Drive in the Fall-Winter.
To increase your sales, and bring smiles to the service members deployed overseas, you can suggest that buyers purchase extra boxes to be donated to the troops. Once you have collected all the donated boxes, please deliver or ship them to Operation Gratitude and we will take care of sending them overseas in our individually addressed care packages.
In the past, our recipients have enjoyed the personal notes that the Girl Scouts (or the donors) have attached to the boxes (2″x 4″ mailing labels work best), and we encourage you to do that again. Please be sure the notes are visible for screening, are addressed generically (Dear Brave One, Dear Hero, etc.), and are upbeat and positive. Please see our Letter Writing flyer for more information: LETTER WRITING
Upon a donor's request, we will provide an Operation Gratitude acknowledgment for an individual donation of 50 boxes or more. If donors request a receipt from Operation Gratitude, we recommend that you have a triplicate receipt book–give one copy to the customer; keep one copy for your records and send the third copy to us so that we can send an acknowledgment to the buyer. Please be sure to include the donor's name and full mailing address on the receipt. Please mail the receipts (but NOT the cookies) to:
Operation Gratitude
16444 Refugio Road
Encino, CA 91436
While we know that Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Patties are extremely popular, we respectfully request that you do not send us those varieties, as we cannot send chocolate products to the desert during the summer. The Caramel Delites (or their equivalent) are fine.
NOTE: If your Girl Scout Council is working directly with Operation Gratitude, please check with your Gift of Caring representative for any special information pertaining to your regional program.
You might also want to reference our "10 Ways to Help" flyer and our "Troops to Troops" flyer, too. If you modify the flyers in any way, please email them to us first for approval before making copies — email@example.com. We can also provide black and white versions of the flyers and additional photos of troops with their Girl Scout cookies.
Please plan to deliver or ship the cookies between March 12 and May 21 for the Patriotic Drive and September 15 and December 5 for the Holiday Drive. Please ship cookies to:
Operation Gratitude/California Army National Guard
17330 Victory Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA 91406
ATTN: Girl Scout Cookies
Phone: 262-OPGRAT-1 (262-674-7281)
Depending on the number of boxes ordered, your cookie supplier may be willing to ship directly to us. Please contact them for details. For large orders to be delivered by freight, please have the shipper contact Rich Hernandez for delivery arrangements.
Find helpful shipping tips, cost-saving ideas and important information here: SHIPPING & DONATION INFO.
For in-person delivery, we will accept donations at the armory during our Volunteer Hours of Operation.
Please print and fill out our Donation Form and send it with your cookies so we can mail a letter of acknowledgment and appreciation to your troop. If you want confirmation of delivery on your shipments of item donations prior to receipt of our acknowledgment letter, please use the tracking system provided by your shipper.
For those Girl Scout troops located in the Southern California region, we welcome volunteers ages 12 and up to participate in the assembling of packages at our facility. If your troop is interested in participating, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Penny, at: firstname.lastname@example.com and be sure to include "Operation Gratitude" in the subject line. The Volunteer schedule and general information can be found here: http://www.operationgratitude.com/volunteer/volunteer-info-schedule/
We are very appreciative of all your efforts on behalf of our brave U.S. Military Service members. As you can see, we need a LOT of boxes of Girl Scout cookies to meet our goal of one or two boxes in each of the 100,000+ Operation Gratitude packages per year. Please pass our information on to all your Girl Scout contacts and encourage them to work with us as well!
THANK YOU for your support!
End-of-Year Gifts = Year-Round Smiles
This is the time of year when many Americans start thinking about charitable giving. Your generous, tax-deductible gifts to Operation Gratitude enable us to continue supporting brave Americans — deployed troops, military children and wounded warriors — with care packages filled with thanks, support and love.
When we receive email and letters like this in reply, we are reminded once again about why we do what we do: "Dear Operation Gratitude: I just wanted to say thank you for the support that you give us. I have deployed three times and every time I have sent in Marines' names — they appreciate the packages that were sent. It really helped my last deployment when I did not get packages from my family. The only packages I got were from Operation Gratitude. The support helps us get through deployments, even through the holidays. Thank you again — we really appreciate the support. Semper Fi! SSgt. R.S.H."
Consider these simple, yet substantial ways you can help us continue our work:
TRIBUTE CARDS: Make a donation in someone's honor or memory. Send our lovely Tribute Cards in your Holiday (or other) Greeting cards indicating that you have made a donation to Operation Gratitude in honor of your friends, relatives, business associates, customers, etc. These make beautiful and very meaningful gifts at any time of year, but especially for the Holidays.
We welcome and appreciate any donation amount. With Tribute donations, we respectfully suggest a minimum amount of $15 to cover the cost of one care package.
Please include the name and address of the person you would like notified (in the designated form field if donating online, or on a note if sending a check), and we will mail a beautiful tribute letter to them; donors will receive a letter of acknowledgment for tax purposes.
BATTALION BUDDY PACKAGES: Hoping to provide some comfort and encouragement to the youngest of America's heroes, Operation Gratitude sends special gifts to the children of deploying or recently deployed U.S. service members. A donation of $45 will send Battalion Buddy care packages to three children who will not be with their deployed parents this holiday season.
WOUNDED WARRIOR PACKAGES: Injured service members who are recuperating in Military hospitals or Wounded Transition Units are cheered when they receive our gifts and realize that their fellow Americans are wishing them well in their recovery. A donation of $150 sends ten wounded warrior care packages.
THINK BIG: Want to do more? Your gift of $750 will lift the morale and put smiles on the faces of every member of an entire platoon!
To make your donation today, click here: DONATE NOW
Or mail your donation by check to:
Operation Gratitude
16444 Refugio Road
Encino, CA 91436
Operation Gratitude can also benefit from your stock donations — the IRS allows you to deduct its full market value without paying any tax on the long-term capital gain. For more information, please visit this link: Stock Donations
Last but not least, another option is to consider donating a used vehicle via the Cars for U.S. Troops website — your donations DO make a big difference!
Thank you so very much for your generous support!
Support the Troops with Pemmican Beef Jerky!
Now through Independence Day, Marfood USA will support deployed U.S. troops with a donation of $100,000+ worth of Pemmican Beef Jerky for Operation Gratitude care packages!
Look for specially marked Pemmican – Operation Gratitude displays in stores! For every bag of Pemmican 3.25oz Beef Jerky you buy during this time period, Pemmican will donate a bag of Beef Jerky to Operation Gratitude!
We are thrilled by this donation because jerky is one of the most requested items by the troops — not only is it delicious, it's packed with protein and can easily be taken out on missions. But don't take our word for it! The troops can speak for themselves:
"I received one of the Operation Gratitude packages tonight. I was very surprised and wanted to thank you and the rest of your organization. The guys and I really appreciate your thoughts. The items included were spot on. Being an old country boy, the beef jerky hit the spot. Thanks for what you do for us. V/R, J.C."
"Well I just want to say that I got your box and I really appreciate the time you took to prepare these items for me and my troops. From the time I put the items out the guys passed by and took them, LOL, and these boys like beef jerky like crazy. Well, I hope to hear from you soon and have a good evening. SGT M.S."
We are thankful for Marfood USA's generosity! Please help us THANK them, and let's make this promotion a big success for our troops!
Don't forget to find us on Facebook, check out our YouTube Channel and follow us on twitter to keep up with all the ways you can join our efforts to put a smile on every service member's face! We can't do what we do without YOU!
When you're looking for more ways to help support the troops, please visit the Great Ideas page on our website.
P.S. If you have a loved one who is deployed in a combat zone and returning sometime AFTER August 1, 2011, please sign him/her up to receive one of our care packages using our online Request Form. Thank you!
Precious Treasures: Letters from Kids!
Time and time again, when we hear back from the troops who receive our care packages, they tell us much the same thing — how wonderful it is to hear from children:
"Received your lovely Operation Gratitude parcel today in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Thank you very much for your kindness to the soldiers. It means so much to us. My favorites were the letters from the children. I have been a soldier for 28 years and have fought in many places. Despite all that, the children's words always hit a hidden place in our hearts. May God bless you richly in all you do. V/R, SGM J.M."
"…You guys are truly awesome. I'm happy I received a package from Operation Gratitude. The letters from the school kids made me proud of serving my country….SPC D.C."
"… I cannot stress how important this organization is to everyone in the service and how incredibly thankful we are that there are people like you and all of your volunteers here to support us! The best things in any packages are the letters, especially the ones from the kids. Thank you again for all that you do. You guys are the true heroes! SSgt K.S."
"…Words cannot describe the joy that I feel when I read the letters from the kids. Their letters will always remind me to be courageous and to always stand tall. I wish to thank every single one of you from the bottom of my heart for your love and support. Keep up the great work and God bless you all. AT3(AW) R.W."
Sure, they definitely appreciate the coffee, snacks, DVDs and all the other goodies we pack into their boxes, but the items that have the most lasting impact on these men and women so far from home are the simple drawings and letters of thanks sent from these young Americans they may never meet face-to-face.
What is wonderful is that writing to the troops is something we all can do! We invite students, parents and teachers, as well as scout, youth and community group leaders to organize letter-writing projects so we can be sure to include several of these precious treasures in each of the care packages we send.
- Keep your message upbeat and positive
- Be thankful–share a little bit about yourself
- Ask questions; however, do not discuss death or killing.
- Avoid politics completely and religion in excess.
- Ask yourself: Will this letter bring a smile to someone's face?
- Sample salutations: Dear Hero, Dear Brave One, Dear Brave American
- Include your own U.S. mail or email address so recipients can choose to reply
STUDENTS: Use first name only plus teacher's name/classroom and school address.
TEACHERS: Use your name and contact information on students' letters.
- No stamps or envelopes are needed.
- Hand-written letters or cards are most appreciated.
- No glitter please.
- All letters will be screened – please do not seal envelopes.
- Send multiple letters together in one large mailing envelope or box.
- If you do not receive a reply from a Service Member, do not be discouraged. Remember: Our troops are busy!
(Download and print our Letter Writing flyer and/or our Letter Writing flyer for Teachers to have these tips and instructions handy.)
Letters may be sent together in one large mailing envelope or box to:
Operation Gratitude/California Army National Guard
17330 Victory Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA 91406
ATTN: Letter Writing Program
Your only cost is in sending the letters to Operation Gratitude. However, any financial contributions toward the cost of shipping the care packages overseas ($15/package) would be greatly appreciated.
Be sure to visit the Mail Call section on our website to read the great letters and email we receive from the troops.
THANK YOU for your support of the troops — your thoughtfulness and generosity goes a long way in helping to bring a smile to each of their faces!
Don't forget to find us on Facebook and follow us on twitter — and please help us spread the word about what we do!
Patriotic Push for Paperbacks and Postage
Patriotic Push for Paperbacks & Postage!
Help us collect new & gently used paperback books to send to our troops!
Help us raise $$ to pay for the postage to ship our care packages!
Friends: It's that time of year again! Time for us to get ready to send thousands of care packages to deployed heroes serving all over the world! We need YOUR HELP to succeed in our mission of putting a smile on every service member's face!
PAPERBACKS: Reading books is a great way to pass the time in the rare moments our service members are able to relax. Let's provide them with reading material they can enjoy and share with their buddies!
Specifically, we are looking for:
- New and used paperback books in excellent condition
- Standard paperback size is best
- All varieties of subject matter; fiction and non-fiction
Please deliver or ship to:
Operation Gratitude/National Guard Armory
17330 Victory Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA 91406
If shipping, please include this Donation Form in every carton you send us. If making an in-person delivery, please check our Volunteer Hours of Operation on our website before coming by the armory.
POSTAGE: Long-gone are the days of 6-cent stamps! It costs $15 for us to assemble & ship each care package. Simply put, every dollar raised helps send another care package to the troops!
Here are simple ways you can help raise funds:
- Donate Now: online or by mail (send checks to Operation Gratitude – 16444 Refugio Rd – Encino, CA 91436)
- Recycle Cell Phones: Support our troops and benefit the environment
- Donate Your Vehicle: Tax deduction for you and funds for packages
- Visit our Great Ideas Page: Gift cards, clothing, jewelry, party supplies, magazines – all purchases raise funds for care packages
- Handwritten letters of thanks
- Beanie Babies or other small stuffed animals
- Small packages Beef Jerky
- Energy Bars
- Individual Packets of Hot Cereal
- DVDs/CDs
- Bandana Cool Ties
- Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Roll-on Deodorant
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"The Manor (firstname.lastname@example.com) is now in its 10th year and it is our high-end property," says Ramon C. Cabrera, general manager of the Lodge. "We don't want to call it (The Lodge) budget but it is an affordable hotel and we cater to yuppies (young professionals) from Manila."
There are "superior" rooms, deluxe rooms and five suites. Prices range from P2,900 to P5,400.
"To increase awareness of the hotel we invited media people late last year," says Cabrera. "We advertised for one month in the national newspapers, in Z Radio 98.7FM (Baguio). We have a website (www.campjohnhay.ph), Twitter and Facebook accounts, and we are in Trip Adviser, an international service which informs you where you can stay and you can blog or write in your comments."
Ely L. Ciudad, director of sales & marketing and based in Ortigas Center, Metro Manila (tel. 6876710), notes that "we focus on group business."
He adds, "Our target markets are the pharmaceutical companies, government corporations, and multinational companies with potential for conventions."
Under Ciudad are one administrator, four salespersons and three convention teams. The conventions are held at the Camp John Hay Trade & Cultural Center.
Peak season at the Lodge is from January to April. "Business has been steady," reports Cabrera. "We have 30-40 percent occupancy rate during weekdays but weekends we have a full house."
He boasts: "We have an edge over the other hotels in Baguio because of the amenities, room size and services."
The return-on-investment (ROI), Cabrera indicates, will become clearer when the hotel becomes fully operational: "We actually have an 8-10 year projection on that."
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I run forward to rig it. The halyard is tied off at the mast. Running to the cockpit are the sheets and a continuos line attached to a block at deck level that pulls the sock up and down. Once it is set up, I can raise the sock to set the sail from the cockpit using the continuos line. I can also lower the sock to douse the sail from the cockpit using the same line. It is basically identical to a roller furler set up in terms of how the control lines work. It has two advantages over a roller furler set up in my opinion:
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#1 is of course my driving motivation for this setup. Note I have never tried to douse the sail in 20 knot winds. If I ever have the misfortune I will report back on how it went. My strategy would probably be to head downwind, raise the main (if needed), and then douse in the shadow of the main.
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Scunthorpe manager Ian Baraclough has no fresh injury worries ahead of the home match against Barnsley.
Defender Eddie Nolan did sustain a lower back problem in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Ipswich, but has taken a full part in training and should take his place in the starting XI.
Niall Canavan and Michael O'Connor are pushing for recalls after dropping to the bench against the Tractor Boys, while Garry Thompson remains sidelined with a groin injury and on-loan Brighton left-back Jim McNulty will miss out again due to an ankle complaint.
Baraclough will be hoping to secure his first win since being appointed permanent boss against the Tykes and his team should be confident following their creditable draw against Roy Keane's high-flying side last time out.
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i will say right off the bat that this is my least favorite book in the twilight saga. i found myself angry a lot while reading it. (if you havn't read the book and don't want to know what happens, stop reading here!) in the first few chapters edward decides that bella is so unsafe in his world that it would be better for her if he and his family leave and never return. so of course im mad at edward for leaving, for one because hes my favorite character, and for two because hes just hurting himself more since he loves her more than anything else. i think i actually cried the first time i read the breakup scene. so then bella of course suffers a major nervious breakdown without her better half, and i felt so bad for her. but then she turns to my least favorite character, jacob for comfort. not that theres anything wrong with her needing friends to help her through but come on hes only bin gone 6months and you little friendship moves along to something else way to fast! so then as we go through chapter after chapter of jacobs neverending attempts at bellas heart, and she finally starts to falter and is ready to give up on edward all togeather when she decides to jump off a cliff recreationally ( though at that point i think i was hoping for non-recreational cliff jumping i was so annoyed with her) and alice sees her jump and assumes shes committed suicide. so of course edward hears of the "sucide" and goes to die himself. this results in a very interesting trip to italy for bella. but before she leaves jacob tries to convince her to stay with him and turn her back on her true love ( he continues to sink lower and lower on my liking scale with every chapter). after saving edward from an untimely death they all return to forks where edward and bella pick up like they were never apart. well edward does anyway, bella however can't seem to let go of jacob even though she claims that edward is the only one she will ever want, does that sound selfish to anyone else?and then the readers are left with a fablious cliffhanger ending in wich edward agrees to let bella join his immortal relm IF she marrys him in the mortal one first. personally i expected her to jump all over the offer, but no no not bella shes so repulsed by the idea of marrying him that she can't think of anything else but how much shes against the idea.
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New Orleans has either interviewed or worked out six players, including one forward (UNLV's Anthony Bennett), three guards (Michigan's Trey Burke, Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams and Kansas's Ben McLemore), one center (Maryland's Alex Len) and one combo guard/forward (Indiana's Victor Oladipo).
The problem for Demps, though, is that at No. 6, where the Pelicans will pick, it's tough to get players to come interview for the job.
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New Orleans will return a bulk of their players from this past season's roster. The biggest free agent is its starting small forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who hasn't hit on his potential.
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Althought La muette de Portici celebrated is 500th performance in 1880, today it is almost entirely forgotten and infrequently presented. The work premiered in the original French at the Anhalt Theater in Dessau under the general music director Anthony Hermus in April 2010 and is now available on cpo.
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We've forgotten how important La Muette de Portici was in operatic history. First performed in Paris in 1828, it was the first French grand opera. The story tells of the 1647 Neapolitan uprising against the Spaniards, and it was said to have inspired the Belgian revolt against Dutch rule in 1830. The chorus has lots to do and is up to the job. Conductor Hermus really keeps things moving. In many ways this is a more stirring performance.
Recording information: Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau, Germany (05/24/2011-05/26/2011).
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel Study we ask subjects to report (a) how their income compares to various groups, such a co-workers, friends, and neighbours, and (b) how important these income comparisons are to them. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much better predictors of subjective well-being in men than in women. Generic (same-gender) comparisons are the most important, followed by within profession comparisons. Once generic and within-profession comparisons are controlled for, income relative to neighbours has a negative coefficient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The perceived importance of income comparisons is found to be uncorrelated with its actual relationship to subjective well-being, suggesting that people are unconscious of its real impact. Subjects who judge comparisons to be important are, however, significantly less happy than subjects who see income comparisons as unimportant. Finally, the marginal effect of relative income on subjective well-being does not depend on whether a subject is below or above the reference group income.
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The lunch buffet was apparently vegetarian, but the menu is not fully vegetarian. We drove a long way to Slottsträdgården, but since it was not a vegetarian place as listed, we left and went to Seyhmus in Stockholm instead.
Very disapointing experience. Would have been a nice place though if they dropped the meat.
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NASCAR defends penalties against Matt Kenseth
Per NASCAR policy, Kenseth's race-winning engine from Sunday at Kansas was taken back to the North Carolina Research & Development Center for a thorough inspection. Once opened up to NASCAR inspectors, one connecting rod was found to be approximately three grams - less than the weight of an envelope - too light.
Kenseth had everything but his trophy taken away, with NASCAR docking him 50 points, plus the three bonus points he earned for the win. Crew chief Jason Ratcliff was fined $200,000 and he and Gibbs were both suspended for six races.
JGR is appealing, so Ratcliff and Gibbs could work Friday at Richmond International Raceway, where Kenseth has gone on record in calling the penalties "grossly unfair" and "borderline shameful."
It's the first technical penalty JGR has appealed in 22 years, Gibbs said.
"One thing that is very important to me is the intent here was not to get an unfair advantage in any way. That's very important to me," said Gibbs, adding that 10 TRD engines have been inspected this year, eight from JGR, without an issue.
"I think basically that's what our appeal is going to be. We want to go forward and go through that process and what we'll be appealing will be the severe nature of the penalties."
Ratcliff also insisted that the No. 20 Toyota had no advantage from the one light connecting rod.
"I respect NASCAR's view on it as far as the part was illegal so by the letter of the law, the part's illegal and there's consequences for that. I do not feel like the spirit of the law was compromised," he said. "That's where we felt like the severity of the penalty is extremely harsh.
"We won Kansas, you can bet your bottom dollar on that. You make that change in that engine and that race doesn't change a bit."
The engines are made by TRD in Costa Mesa, Calif., and shipped to JGR's shop in North Carolina. JGR can't touch the engines beyond installing them in the cars, and TRD has accepted responsibility for the mistake. TRD officials said the manufacturer shipped the part with paperwork that indicated its correct weight, and TRD employees simply missed the fact it was not legal.
Ratcliff argued TRD should have felt the burden of the penalty, not JGR. Although NASCAR did dock Toyota five manufacturer points, the bulk of the penalty went against Gibbs and Ratcliff, who wasn't sure if he would have to pay the $200,000 himself. "I hope not. If I do I'm going to be broke - we need to start a relief fund," he said.
"Back in the day, most of the engines were built by the race team," Ratcliff said. "Now you have a handful of major engine builders that supply engines to most all the teams in the garage. How do you hold them accountable? I think it's time for some change on how NASCAR approaches it because times have changed so much."
The penalties against JGR came a week after NASCAR penalized Penske Racing for allegedly using illegal parts in the rear suspension of defending champion Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano's cars.


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Massage Therapist: Career Profile & Occupational Outlook
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Essential Information
Massage therapists treat the muscles of a client through the use of touch. The treatments they offer may range from a simple massage for relaxation to more advanced forms that provide other benefits, such as injury healing. Earning a certificate or degree in massage therapy may be achieved in less than two years. Nearly all states require licensure or certification in order to work. Therapists are expected to see employment growth, although many of these professionals will be self-employed.
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Therapists typically specialize in several forms of massage, also referred to as modalities, which require different techniques. Common modalities are Swedish, sports, deep-tissue and neuromuscular.
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To become trained, massage therapists typically enroll in postsecondary educational programs that may be completed in a year or less. The curricula may include coursework in kinesiology, first aid, hygiene, anatomy and physiology. Hands-on learning is a significant portion of programs and many schools have clinics that allow students to practice techniques on people.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 44 states and the District of Columbia had regulations for massage therapists as of 2012 (www.bls.gov). While the requirements may vary, most states mandate the completion of an approved program and passing a qualifying exam. Some states have their own exam, while others may require therapists to pass either the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork or the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination. These exams may cover areas in professional standards, body systems, massage assessment and application.
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The BLS indicated that employment for massage therapists was expected to increase by 23% from 2012-2022. The projected increase is spurred by a growing number of spas and massage clinics. Increasing awareness to the advantages of massages and a large population of active senior citizens will also influence growth. New massage therapists may not be able to work full time until they have built up their clientele.
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