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Enhance the telephone user experience with high-fidelity wideband audio, new backlit color displays, and improved navigation options. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G extends the functionality of the existing Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G and 7961G-GE models.
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About the only nutrient that eggs are only lacking is Vitamin C and that's because chickens are able to produce the ascorbic acid they need from their feed. A large egg contains only 75 calories and 5 grams of fat. The biggest misconception I hear about eggs is that the brown eggs are more nutritious and have more flavor than the white ones. The only difference between the two is that white feathered chickens lay eggs with white shells and brown hens lay brown eggs.
I do love eggs. I like them so much that I raise a few chickens, just to enjoy fresh eggs with bright orange tasty yolks. So although I won't be cooking and dyeing big batches of them at this time of year, I always have a number of eggs in my refrigerator at all times. The following recipes will give you some suggestions and ideas for enjoying hard-cooked eggs if you find yourself, as many do, with a number eggs after the Easter "hunt" is over.
Egg Trivia
Europe has had domesticated hens since 600 B.C.
Chickens came to the New World with Columbus on his second voyage in 1493.
About 280 million laying hens produce some 60 billion eggs each year in the United States. That's roughly one hen for every man, women, and child in the country.
An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs a year.
To produce one egg, it takes a hen 24-26 hours, and to do so, she requires 5 ounces of food and 10 ounces of water. Thirty minutes later she starts all over again.
A mother hen turns over her egg about fifty times per day (so the yolk won't stick to the sides of the shell.)
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Caribbean Crab-Stuffed Deviled Eggs
Stuffed eggs are the most obvious ways to use up left-over Easter eggs and deviled eggs are also one my favorite ways to eat them. There are any number of variations of the old standard and these are special enough for an hors d'oeuvre party table. Since older eggs are easier to peel, be sure to use them when you need a smooth, clean egg. Use a pastry bag and pipe in the filling for a fancy presentation.
8 hard-cooked eggs, peeled
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
½ teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
½ teaspoon habanero hot sauce
1/4 teaspoon Dijon-type mustard
6 ounces flaked crabmeat
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Garnish: Finely chopped fresh parsley
Cut the eggs in half lengthwise and remove the yolks. Put the yolks from 5 of the eggs in a bowl and mash with a fork. Sprinkle the vinegar over the yolks and toss the yolks so that the vinegar is distributed.
Add the mayonnaise, thyme, hot sauce, and mustard and mix to combined. Mix in the crab and
season to taste with salt and pepper. Allow the filling to sit for 15 minutes for the flavors to blend. Adjust the seasonings before filling the eggs.
Mound about 1 tablespoon crab mixture in cavity of each egg-white half. At this point, the eggs can be covered and refrigerated for future use. To serve, arrange the filled eggs on a platter and garnish with the parsley.
Yield: 16 halves
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Steelers fumble away a chance for Super Bowl rally
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Year 3 Maths Podcast
Year 3 have started the new term at Michael Faraday by going straight into some mental maths! This is a key part of our numeracy work, enabling the children to think of strategies within their head to solve various number problems. We have started off with addition and subtraction. We allowed the children at first the use of a number grid to help them try and think of some methods for mental maths. We then put this into practise, starting off with two digit numbers, and then progressing to three digits. This is a theme that we will return to throughout the autumn term, to help each child be able to think mentally within their maths work. You can listen to some of the strategies used by our eager young mathematicians in the podcast below.
Both Year 3 classes have also greatly benefited from a trip to the wonderful nearby Cuming Museum. As part of our science work, the children are learning about the properties of different materials. We took part in a fantastic workshop, which helped us to identify different properties. We have also been learning about where different materials come from and how they are made. This work will be followed up in class with a series of experiments involving the materials that we have been learning about.


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Hey guys im a guard on my aau team and my coach is always talking about increasing your basketball IQ. What does he mean and what things should i know to increase my basketball IQ. Thanks.
You can watch higher level players and watch the little things such as movement off the ball, defenses, setting screens, ball fakes, etc.
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Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
- Kevin Durant
Basketball IQ means how smart you are with basketball. That means, do you choose the right plays?
If you have the ball, you have to make a decision what to do with it. It isn't smart to drive if there's a great shotblocker in the paint, if you decide on time to drive and kick it out to a shooter, you have a high chance of score.
So basketball IQ is about making good decisions.
If you want a higher basketball IQ, try to watch everybody on the floor, and think before you shoot, drive or pass.
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HTC Aero could make up for the conservative One M9
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Researchers want to change how we interact with computers by developing screens that you can push, pull and feel.
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Business trips, conferences and the daily commute all demand some well-designed protection for your laptop, Ultrabook or MacBook.
After Google unleashed its Deep Dream code onto the greater public, someone decided to apply the trippy filter to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. safety regulators have fined General Motors $35 million for delays in recalling small cars with faulty ignition switches that are linked to at least 13 deaths.
It's the maximum penalty that the government can impose and the first time an automaker has been fined that much. But the amount is less than a day's revenue for GM, based on the $37.4 billion it took in during the first quarter.
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Thanks for the info on the fan. Sounds like it will fit the bill. Now I just need more bills to get it to fit...
I love the idea you had for the maps. Really gives it that adventure feel! What are your plans for the sides and roof area? I pulled out my entire headliner and am thinking of leaving it out and figuring something different for it. Was yours a full length one?
We're going to be doing the ceiling, the side walls, and the bed platform all in interweave fabric (like the outside vans images I posted a few pages back when we ran into the couple in Crested Butte.
"was yours a full length one?"
Not sure what you are referring to.. the van? It's a 144.. not the long one?
...or are you referring to the headliner? Our headliner ends at the back of the cockpit.
We still need to pull ours out and sound insulate above it.. I'll probably wrap it in matching interweave as the rest.
Hyperboarder: until now we've been using an inflatable queen size bed. Works really well. The wood itself I plan on covering with 1/8" foam and then the interweave just to give it an "interior wall" feeling.
Our long term goal is to go to an upholstery shop and have custom cushions made that make two sofas and backs.. and then all folds down flat and flush to make a bed.
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Celtics try to give Boston a lift against Knicks
"It's not going to be an easy series, we know that, but at the same time it's a series that we're going to win," point guard Raymond Felton said. "We've got home-court advantage, so we've got to take advantage of it."
With NBA scoring champion Carmelo Anthony and top sixth-man candidate J.R. Smith, the Knicks have been able to crack Boston's once-stout defense. But a couple of those Knicks victories came when Kevin Garnett rested, so they expect to see a better Boston team.
But even if forced to play without starting guard Pablo Prigioni, who sprained his ankle in the regular-season finale, the Knicks believe they're stronger than their teams Boston had been beating up on for years, especially knowing they get to start at Madison Square Garden.
"That was our goal to lock down home court and we did that, and now we have the opportunity to do something special, protect our home court," Anthony said. "It won't be easy, but we're up for that challenge. We're willing to take that challenge and it starts Saturday."
The Boston-New York rivalry is one of the fiercest in sports, and the teams had their heated moment in the first meeting this season, when Anthony was suspended a game by the NBA for following Garnett to the Celtics' team bus to confront him after they exchanged words during the game.
Pierce loves to hit big shots in New York and taunt the crowd after. The Celtics don't expect anything to change Saturday, no matter how much support their city is getting.
"You know, I played here. I know how crazy, the mindset of a New Yorker," said Rivers, a former Knicks player who heard `Hey Doc, we love Boston' at the team hotel.
"But I know what they mean," he said. "They mean the city. They ain't meaning the Celtics."
Garnett expects only one type of reception at Madison Square Garden, no matter what's happening back home.
"Terrible," he said. "We're on the road, period. Playoff time, on the road, Boston-New York."
The Knicks will also host Game 2 on Tuesday night before the Celtics get to play in front of the home fans next Friday night.
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TERRI LANGFORD, Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle | October 20, 2006
Photo By ANDY HANSON/APHarriet Miers and Nathan Hecht attend the Dallas Bar Association Gala in Dallas in 1998.
Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht did not violate judicial ethics when he assisted the Bush administration in its unsuccessful bid to place White House counsel Harriet Miers on the U.S. Supreme Court, a special panel ruled today.
The three-judge panel ordered that Hecht's admonishment by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct be dismissed.
The panel was appointed by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.
Hecht, 57, who has served as a justice for the Texas Supreme Court since 1989, was admonished by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct because state rules bar Texas judges from lending their office's prestige to endorse candidate for office.
Hecht, who appealed the ruling, insisted he was speaking as a friend, not as a justice when he gave more than 120 interviews on Miers' nomination.


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We're going kind of sports heavy this week, but I like it!
This past Monday, Rafael Nadal and Ben Stiller teamed up to play a few fun points against Juan Martin del Potro and a little girl at the 2013 BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. Check it out:
Although I didn't like seeing Stiller fire one back at the little girl (which he got boo'd for, rightfully so), that little girl held her own with a few solid volleys. She even goes on to sneak one past the "Little┬ĀFocker."


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Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual
A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model for Training Parents
By Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, Theresa Kellam, Sandra Blackard
Routledge – 2007 – 258 pages
Routledge – 2007 – 258 pages
This manual is the highly recommended companion to CPRT: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model. Accompanied by a CD-Rom of training materials, which allows for ease of reproduction and enhanced usability, the workbook will help the facilitator of the filial training and will provide a much needed educational outline to allow filial therapists to pass their knowledge on to parents. The Treatment Manual provides a comprehensive outline and detailed guidelines for each of the ten sessions, facilitating the training process for both the parents and the therapist. The book contains a designed structure for the therapy training described in the book, with child-centered play therapy principles and skills, such as reflective listening, recognizing and responding to children's feelings, therapeutic limit setting, building children's self-esteem, and structuring required weekly play sessions with their children using a special kit of selected toys.
Bratton and her co-authors recommend teaching aids, course materials, and activities for each session, as well as worksheets for parents to complete between sessions. By using this workbook and CD-Rom to accompany the CPRT book, filial therapy leaders will have a complete package for use in training parents to act as therapeutic agents with their own children. They provide the therapist with a complete package for training parents to act as therapeutic agents with their own children.
"If you want to use this well established program, you will want to have this manual to guide you. It provides everything that the therapist and parent need to know to carry out their respective CPRT roles effectively." - Louise Guerney, Director of Play and Filial Family Training, National Institute of Relationship Enhancement, Maryland, USA
"The detailed Therapist and Parents Notebooks allow the therapist easy implementation of the treatment protocol. The parent handouts are specific and clear. The CD-Rom provides the therapist quick access to professional quality materials. This manual and the text provide the play therapy field with a thorough and detailed CPRT protocol. The field and those we serve are richer for it." - Linda E. Homeyer, Associate Professor of Professional Counseling at Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
"The authors present all information for therapists clearly, thoroughly, and in a well-organized manner. In addition, the detailed study guide section offers metaphors to enliven material, encouragement to model skills that are taught, guidance for optimizing group dynamics within sessions, and ways to display empathy toward parents. Another major asset of the CPRT Treatment Manual is the amount and quality of the material for distribution to parents. These attactively designed materials are written in accessible language for parents, share the rationale behind the techniques, and present skills in a gradual and structured fashion to ease implementation. In sum, those clinicians who have experience with filial therapy and those who want to use this treatment approach will find this treatment manual to be extremely helpful. The authors are well-regarded experts in this area; they adeptly share their scholarly knowledge and clinical wisdon in this accessible and practical book." - Steven A. Meyers, PsycCritiques, Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books
Introduction: Using the CPRT Treatment Manual. Part I: Therapist Notebook. Treatment Outlines and Handouts for Sessions 1-10. Part II: Study Guide. Part III: Parent Notebook. Handouts, Notes, and Homework for Sessions 1-10. Part IV: CPRT Training Resources. Part V: Appendices. Part VI: CD-Rom Contents.
Sue C. Bratton, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S is Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education at the University of North Texas and the Director of the Center for Play Therapy. She is a past President of the Association for Play Therapy.
Garry L. Landreth, Ed.D, LPC, RPT-S is a Regents Professor in the Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education at the University of North Texas. He is the Founder of the Center for Play Therapy and Director Emeritus of the Association for Play therapy. He is also the author of Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, Second Edition and several other books on the topic.
Theresa Kellam, Ph.D. is in private practice in individual, couples, and family counseling in Arlington, Texas, and is an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College. She has worked as a filial therapy program director and primary researcher at the Child and Family Guidance Center in Dallas, Texas.
Sandra R. Blackard, M.A. is an independent consultant in communication and training. She has previously designed and self-published a series of training manuals for parent-child communication courses, "Language of Listening."
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Description: By Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, Theresa Kellam, Sandra Blackard. This manual is the highly recommended companion to CPRT: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model. Accompanied by a CD-Rom of training materials, which allows for ease of reproduction and enhanced usability, the workbook will help the facilitator of the filial...
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The Handbook of Bullying in Schools provides a comprehensive review and analysis of what is known about the worldwide bullying phenomena. It is the first volume to systematically review and integrate what is known about how cultural and regional issues affect bullying behaviour and its prevention....
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Bullying in American Schools
A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention
Much of our knowledge about bullying behaviors comes from research conducted over the past several decades in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Until the past decade, research in the United States has lagged behind our European, Australian, and Canadian counterparts. This book seeks to fill this void...
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*Cameras catch Jackson inside a mall, walking around, he continues to walk until he finally finds the store he was looking for*
Jackson: Ahhh here we are, now I need to find a necklace.
Girl Worker: Hello! How may I help you today?
Jackson: Hi, I am looking for a necklace for my girlfriend.
Girl Worker: Oh okay, is something special coming up, birthday, anniversary?
Jackson: Oh no, she is coming back from a month long vacation and I want to surprise her
Girl Worker: Oh wow, why so long and why didn't you go with her?
Jackson: Work, work problems, it was in her best interest to go alone.
Girl Worker: Oh okay, so what do you have in mind?
Jackson: Sure What do you recommend?
Girl Worker: We have this Open Hearts Necklace. http://www.kay.com/images/products/2...0405_MV_ZM.jpg
The fine jewelry necklace has a total diamond weight of 1/8 carat and is styled in 10K white gold. The price is $400.
We also have this Diamond Heart Necklace http://www.kay.com/images/products/1...4803_MV_ZM.jpg
This stylish heart necklace features round Artistry Black Diamonds™ on one side contrasted with sparkling white diamonds on the other. The price is $268.
If you don't like those two, you can get this beautiful Diamond Necklace http://www.kay.com/images/products/1...3306_MV_ZM.jpg
The necklace, with a total diamond weight of 1 1/3 carats, is fashioned in beautiful 14K white gold. Price is $3,400
Jackson: Wow, all three of them are great! Let's get that diamond necklace, she would love it!
Girl Worker: *smiles* Alright, let's go to the register and get this done.
Jackson: Let's do it.
*Cameras fade to black*
Ok, so my matches for Revolution should be in by tomorrow. Also, I never ever want to do 13 hour graveyard shifts again
I have finished all three seasons of the Game of Thrones.
One certain episode left me like this;
I am ready for season four.
So was reading the PPV again and had another reader:
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Early summary measures of the health status of populations were often measures of a single variable which stood as a more or less crude measure of the health of a population, or as a surrogate for a measure of the health of a population, such as life expectancy or infant mortality. For some purposes, and in the absence of more fine-grained data about population health, these single variable measures can sometimes provide useful information. Health interventions can also be evaluated for the impact they have on increasing life expectancy or reducing infant mortality. Since virtually no one disagrees that it is desirable to reduce infant mortality rates, we can evaluate interventions for their effects in doing so without raising the problem of how to assign relative values to different health outcomes.
The usefulness of life expectancy or infant mortality rates is clearly very limited, however, because they give us information about only one of the aims of health interventions— extending life or preventing premature loss of life—and they provide only limited information about that aim. They give us no information about another aim, at least as important, that of health interventions to improve or protect the quality of life by treating or preventing suffering and disability. Multi-attribute measures like the Sickness Impact Profile 5 and the MOS 36 6 provide measures of different aspects of overall HRQL on which a particular population can be mapped, and an intervention assessed for its impact on these different components of health, or HRQL. Because these measures do not assign different relative value or importance to the different aspects or attributes of HRQL, they do not provide a single overall summary measure of HRQL. Thus, if one of two populations or health interventions scores higher in some respect(s) but lower in others, no conclusion can be drawn about whether the overall HRQL of one population, or from one intervention, is better than the other.
This limitation may not be serious in some contexts. For example, when evaluating some alternative interventions or pharmaceuticals in clinical trials, the impacts of the different interventions may be clustered in a limited domain of HRQL, and the different impacts in that domain of one intervention may be uniformly, or nearly uniformly, better than those of alternative interventions. Nevertheless, even in many clinical trials the outcomes of different interventions may be more multidimensional and conflicting in the sense that no one alternative dominates or is better than all the others in all of its effects on HRQL. For comparing overall population health between and among countries, states, or regions, and for resource prioritization or allocation at national, state, or regional levels, assignments of different relative value or importance to different health-related outcomes or effects are necessary.
Measures like QALYs and DALYs have the important advantage that they address both length of life and health-related quality of life, and they provide a basis for assigning relative value to length versus quality of life, as well as to different impacts on quality of life. The construction of any measure like the QALY or DALY requires a two-step process: first, different states of disability or conditions limiting HRQL are described; second, different relative values are assigned to those different conditions. Instruments like the HUI and the QWB have been developed to play this role. The determination of people's different health-related conditions both before and after a particular health intervention is an empirical question that should be answered by appeal to relevant data regarding the burden of a particular disease and the reduction in that burden that a particular health intervention can be expected to produce; the overall HRQL


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7NEWS crews are offering Broncos fans a sneak peak of what it's like behind the scenes at Super Bowl XLVIII.
Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos reacts as he walks off the field after their 43-8 loss to the Seattle Seahawks during Super Bowl XLVIII.
Two Denver Bronco's fans console each other at the conclusion of Super Bowl XLVIII
Denver fans look on in shock during the second half of Super Bowl XLVIII.
Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas #88 of the Denver Broncos scores on a 14 yard pass during Super Bowl XLVIII.
Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse #15 of the Seattle Seahawks scores a 23 yard touchdown in the third quarter.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson #3 stiff arms Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey #24.
Wide receiver Percy Harvin #11 of the Seattle Seahawks returns the second half kickoff for 87 yards.
Seattle Seahawks Cheerleaders perform during Super Bowl XLVIII.
View of Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show from the stands.
Bruno Mars performs with Anthony Kiedis and the Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show .
Bruno Mars performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show.
Super Bowl halftime show performers prepare to enter the stadium.
A young Denver fan cries during the second quarter of Super Bowl XLVIII.
Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas #88 of the Denver Broncos carries the ball against outside linebacker K.J. Wright #50.
A member of the Denver Broncos cheerleaders performs.
Outside linebacker Malcolm Smith #53 of the Seattle Seahawks runs 69-yards for a touchdown after intercepting a Bronco pass.
Running back Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks scores a one yard touchdown against the Denver Broncos during the second quarter.
Quarterback Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks throws the ball during teh second quarter.
Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos throws an interception caught by Seattle strong safety Kam Chancellor #31.
Running back Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks is tackled by a swarm of Broncos defenders.
Wide receiver Percy Harvin #11 of the Seattle Seahawks runs with the ball while being tackled by strong safety Duke Ihenacho #33 of the Denver Broncos.
Running back Knowshon Moreno #27 of the Denver Broncos recovers the ball in the endzone for a safety against the Seattle Seahawks during the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVIII.
The first Broncos play of Super Bowl XLVIII ends in a safety. 2-0 Seahawks -- quickest score in Super Bowl history.
Kicker Steven Hauschka #4 of the Seattle Seahawks kicks off to start the game against the Denver Broncos.
Joe Namath talks with Phil Simms prior to the coin toss to start Super Bowl XLVIII.
Fireworks over MetLife Stadium during National Anthem.
Opera singer Renee Fleming performs the National Anthem during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Pregame Show at MetLife Stadium.
Fireworks are shown above MetLife Stadium at the start of Super Bowl XLVIII.
Broncos fans converge at the View House Bar to watch Super Bowl XLVIII.
Quarterback Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos looks on during warm-ups
Tight end Joel Dreessen #81 of the Denver Broncos warms up in front of Broncos fans at Super Bowl XLVIII.
Wide receiver Trindon Holliday #11 of the Denver Broncos and teammates take the field prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVIII
Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette #83 (C) warms-up with defensive tackle Clinton McDonald #69 (R) and wide receiver Doug Baldwin #89 prior to start of Super Bowl XLVIII.
The Denver Broncos are warming up on the field at Super Bowl XLVIII.
The Denver Broncos begin their pre-game warm up.
Inactives list just distributed in Super Bowl media center.
7NEWS' Lisa Hidalgo inside MetLife Stadium as it's prepped for Super Bowl XLVIII.
Arran Andersen found a Broncos fan that completes him.
Broncos fans are United in Orange at at MetLife Stadium.
View of one of the scoreboards at MetLife Stadium.
View of Super Bowl XLVIII field at MetLife Stadium.
Welcome packs for Super Bowl XLVIII ticket holders
Broncos tunnel leading to the field at MetLife Stadium
Field view from Broncos tunnel
7NEWS' Arran Andersen and Lionel Bienvenu enjoy a view of the Super Bowl XLVIII field before the game.
The 7NEWS Ralley "Jackets" are ready for Super Bowl XLVIII
View of journalists at work in the Super Bowl XLVIII Media Center.
Super Bowl XLVIII ticket holders had to endure an extensive security check in order to enter MetLife Stadium.
Ticket holders wait to enter Super Bowl XLVIII
Exterior view of MetLife Stadium as ticket holders work their way in.
Workers at Denver International Airport had a little fun with the monitors today in support of Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.


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Members' Extras are special programs, experiences, and trips just for members.
Art Insightsgallery talks, exhibition previews and bus trips offer SCMA members the chance to interact with Museum curators, art historians, Smith College faculty, and other art experts.
Please Be Seatedoffers members reserved seating at select lectures.
Annual Members' Daysoffer members four days of a double discount at the Museum Shop, plus special members-only programs and giveaways.
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Ready to get it started...
We're a little more than 48 hours away from the opening whistle of the 2007 season, and I couldn't be more amped to hear it.
It's hard to believe that the players reported for preseason a month ago already, but I think that extra effort is going to pay dividends once the season gets underway. We had several good scrimmages against local college teams, all building up to last weekend's exhibitions against the University of Portland and the Vancouver Whitecaps. I thought the boys looked very sharp and seemed to be firing on all cylinders in the second half of the U of P game; then turned around on Sunday and held their own against the defending league champs to win the trophy on penalties!
The attitudes of the players in training has been fantastic as well, although it's obvious that they're ready for Saturday. Gavin has spent a lot of time working on set pieces and shooting this week, so hopefully we'll see the fruits of that by putting a few past former Timber Josh Saunders.
From an administrative standpoint, it's been a great few weeks for us as well, with the announcement of two high-profile exhibition matches to be held at PGE Park this summer. Club Necaxa from the Mexican top-flight will be rolling into PDX for a match on May 9 and A.C. Milan will be bringing its Primavera team to face the Timbers on June 19. After experiencing the Coventry match and hearing about how successful Sunderland and the Women's World Cup were here, we're extremely excited to be continuing to bring great opponents from all over the world in front of our fans to face the Timbers.
I can't wait for kickoff on Saturday, under the lights, and in the glow of the new video wall; I hope you'll be there to enjoy it to. Go Timbers!
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Nigel Antonio Carter, a Baltimore teen-ager accused of killin an Owings Mills Mall employee during a robbery Sept. 25, said yesterday that he made up a confession after homicide detectives told him his mother would lose her house because of him.
"That's when I cried," Mr. Carter, 17, said yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court, during a hearing on whether his confession can be used as evidence at his murder trial. The trial is scheduled to begin today.


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Llanidloes Seed Savers, based at the resource centre, holds a seed swap event on the first Saturday of March and also keeps a permanent collection of seeds at the resource centre which are available for people to swap all year round.
Llanidloes Seed Swap is an annual event, open to all. By bringing people together in one place at the start of the growing season the Seed Swap gives people a chance to share seeds and also to talk to other local growers and seed savers. People are encouraged to bring along any spare seeds they have to donate.. The seed 'swap' is not a direct swap, instead all seeds are donated to the Seed Bank, from which people can take any seeds they need. The Seed Swap usually takes place on the first Saturday in March.
Llanidloes Seed Savers is a group of seed savers established in 2011. The group was set up with the aim of collecting seeds which are particularly suitable to local growing conditions and sharing those seeds with other growers in the area. Seed Savers try save at least one variety of seed per year, which they donate to the seed bank. The "Seed Bank" already has a fantastic collection of seeds and we look forward to seeing it grow over the coming years. If you would like to join Llanidloes Seed Savers, please sign up at the Resource Centre.
Llanidloes Seed Bank is a collection of donated seeds kept at the Resource Centre. Seed Savers may come and take any seeds they need from the bank at any time throughout the year. Members of Llanidloes Seed Savers are encouraged to make a donation of at least one locally saved seed per year to the "Seed Bank".
July 1, 2013: Bread News and Bring and Barter
January 30, 2013: Sacred Economics
January 28, 2013: Home Farmer
January 16, 2013: Seed Swap 2013
January 15, 2013: Llanidloes Kitchen Project is go!
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It's so easy during the holidays to get caught up in the craze. So easy to feel like you have to give more than you really have to give and then end up exhausted and overspent in emotionally, and financially come Jan 1. So easy to fall into doing things out of guilt, obligation, habit – instead of out of what brings you the most joy.
But if you do this simple self-love practice – having a bff heart to heart with yourself about whats really most important for you to give and receive this holiday – you can leave the guilt behind and instead BE and GIVE joy, love and peace!
Ask yourself these 3 questions – answer them honestly (no one can see your answers!) and write them down for yourself. Then at the end take the self love promise – and PRESTO! you will have a holiday season that fills you up with love, leaving you more full than when this month began.
1. Looking back at holiday's past – what activities or choices have drained me – emotionally, spiritually, financially and physically? ? List them all. Then for each one label it one of two things: STOP or TRANSFORM. Stop are the things you will no longer do, period. TRANSFORM are the things you will do only if you can change the energy to love. For those you are transforming ask yourself these questions.
2. Looking back at holiday's past – what activities or choices have filled me UP with LOVE, HAPPINESS, PEACE – emotionally, spiritually, financially and physically? List them all. These are things you want to KEEP & GROW! Ask yourself these questions for each:
HOLIDAY CURRENT – TAKE A STAND FOR ONLY LOVING ACTS – for yourself and others
Looking at your lists – the things you are committed to transforming and growing, as well as thinking and feeling into what YOU really want to EXPERIENCE this holiday – GIVE AND RECEIVE – answer these questions
1. What do I want to experience this holiday season – what I want to GIVE and what I want to RECEIVE. Use just a few words – up to four. Write these down – these are your LOVE CHECKS – for every action you take this holiday that feels in question, you ask does this action or choice align with this? if it doesnt you don't do it or you transform the action until it does.
I choose to GIVE…
I open to RECEIVE…
2. What am I GIVING UP this holiday -no longer doing because it doesnt really serve me? Nor allow me to give whats most important to me?
I LET GO of…
3. What am I CHOOSING TO DO FROM LOVE and JOY? What 3 holiday activities are you saying YES to with JOY and HAPPINESS and LOVE!
ME Moments were created by Christine Arylo, author of Madly in Love with ME, the Daring Adventure to Becoming Your Own Best Friend as a way to ensure you are always being a good friend to yourself – making sure you do what makes you happy and as a result, have the capacity to give more love to the world. To learn more about Madly in Love with ME, go to www.TheSelfLoveBook.com


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Premiere Date:Sunday, May 25, 2008
Alabama and the international Olympics are as interlinked as the rings on the Olympic flag. Alabama is home to a multitude of Olympic medalists, and some of the greatest Olympic heroes our country has ever seen. In 1996, Alabama was honored to host some of the summer Olympic games. Legendary Legion Field, often called the Football Capitol of the South gave way to the European version of footballsoccer. Rhonda Colvin explores ties to the Olympicspast, present and future.


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'Royal Pains': Hank gets sweaty with new love interest HarperAdd to Favorites | Royal Pains
Hank ( Mark Feuerstein) is getting down and dirty with the Hamptons' other hot doctor on "Royal Pains."
Harper (returning guest star Kat Foster), the sexy MD who recently helped Hank save a matchmaker's life, returns in Wednesday's (July 18) new episode, "About Face."
In the clip above -- which is exclusive to Zap2it and features a special intro from Feuerstein himself -- Hank crashes Harper's boot camp, where the two trade flirty barbs while doing crunches on exercise balls.
"All I really know about you is you're a doctor who doesn't date doctors and you like to be yelled at when you work out," Hank quips before the drill instructor kicks him out.
Meanwhile, Evan ( Paulo Costanzo) gets lucky, with a little help from Paige ( Brooke D'Orsay), Boris ( Campbell Scott) makes Hank an offer he can't refuse, Diyya ( Reshma Shetty) makes a terrible discovery, and HankMed's patient of the week is an absentminded country club manager.
Anna George, Ajay Mehta, Ben Shenkman and Ashley Williams also guest in the episode, which airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. on USA.
Will Hank and Harper's budding romance "work out"? Guess we'll have to watch and see.
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Springfield MuseumsRead MoreSpringfield Museums showcases a sculpture garden honoring Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), who was raised in Springfield. All four buildings are centrally located around the scenic view of a quadrangle. Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts Most nostalgic images: the Currier & Ives prints at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, the only museum with a permanent gallery dedicated to their lithographs Artists featured in the French Impressionist exhibit: Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Gauguin The setting: The museum is housed in an Art Deco–style estate and opened in 1934 George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum Best way to try on armor without traveling back in time: the Asian-themed Art Discovery Center for kids Why even the windows are masterpieces: Not all the museum's art is framed or behind velvet ropes; some of it is incorporated right into the building's design. The Tiffany Glass Company specially designed intricate windows for the museum, and they're the only museum-specific Tiffany windows to survive today. Most unusual feature: The ashes of George Smith and his wife are interred on the second floor. Springfield Science Museum Two big scientific events of 1859: Springfield Museums received its first exhibit donations and Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species Kids will love: the full-size T-rex replica in the dinosaur exhibit The next best thing to being an astronaut: touching the outer-space rocks in Astronomy Hall Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History Founded: 2009—it's the newest of all the museums What you'll see: items from Springfield in the 19th and 20th centuries, including a Rolls-Royces and Indian motorcycles manufactured in Springfield. What you won't see: proof that this is the Springfield in The Simpsons Museum within a museum: The exhibits of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum have been moved here.21 Edwards St.Springfield, MA US
Hilton Garden InnRead MoreProperty Location With a stay at Hilton Garden Inn Springfield in Springfield, you'll be minutes from Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Titanic Museum. This hotel is within close proximity of MassMutual Center and Dr. Seuss National Memorial. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 143 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while video-game consoles and cable programming provide entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include multi-line phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an indoor pool and a fitness facility. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, an arcade/game room, and gift shops/newsstands. Dining Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). At the end of the day, relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and business services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a ballroom. Free self parking is available onsite.800 Hall Of Fame AveSpringfield, MA US
Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place HotelRead MoreProperty Location Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel is in the heart of Springfield, walking distance from MassMutual Center and Springfield Museums. This hotel is within close proximity of Quadrangle and Dr. Seuss National Memorial. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 325 air-conditioned rooms featuring high-definition televisions. Relax and take in city and river views from the privacy of your room. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and complimentary toiletries. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Enjoy a range of recreational amenities, including a health club, an indoor pool, and a sauna. This hotel also features wireless Internet access (surcharge), gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services. Dining Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). At the end of the day, relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are available daily for a fee. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a business center, a computer station, and business services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center, conference/meeting rooms, and small meeting rooms. Parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.1 Monarch PlaceSpringfield, MA US
La Quinta Inn & Suites SpringfieldRead MoreProperty Location A stay at La Quinta Inn & Suites Springfield places you in the heart of Springfield, convenient to Quadrangle and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. This hotel is within close proximity of MassMutual Center and Dr. Seuss National Memorial. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 208 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with voice mail. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities DonÃât miss out on recreational opportunities including an indoor pool and a fitness facility. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, an arcade/game room, and a television in the lobby. Dining A complimentary breakfast is included. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and audiovisual equipment. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and banquet facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.100 Congress StreetSpringfield, MA US
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameRead MoreCelebrating more than 100 years of basketball history, the halls and exhibits of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honor the players, coaches, referees, and others who helped the game grow to an internationally beloved sport. There are shrines dedicated to more than 300 Hall of Famers, and the 40,000-square-foot basketball megaplex also houses more than 70 interactive exhibits with audio and video components, limited-run tributes to standout teams and players, and special events. The Hall of Fame provides an outlet for freshly inspired visitors to emulate the giants of the sport: a full-size center court, where they can practice alley-oops and half-court slam dunks or attend clinics taught by players and coaches. On the way back to the car, many guests pause for a photograph next to the towering silver sphere that punctuates the buildings' exterior. Named for James A. Naismith, the inventor of the sport, the Hall of Fame stands just "a midrange jump shot" from the site of the original game. Played on December 21, 1891, the first contest tallied a final score of one basket to zero, prompting Dr. Naismith to remove the bee's nests from the backboards.1000 Hall of Fame Ave.Springfield, MA US
Skooter's RestaurantRead MoreDrive-in movies. Car hops. Rock 'n' roll. Though human nature compels us to view the past in varying shades of gold, the 1950s almost transcends nostalgia. For those who were there, the smallest of triggers can set off waves of fond memories: a ringing bell leads the mind's eye back to the polished counter of a soda fountain, and an oldies radio station evokes weekends spent passing quarters through the jukebox slot. On September 11, 2001, in the midst of tragedy and after 19 years as a flight attendant, Brenda Stranberg decided that she was tired of playing back memories of America's greatest decade in her head. Looking around her at a cultural landscape that her childhood self would hardly recognize, she teamed up with old friend Naif Makol Jr. and founded Skooter's, an old-fashioned diner and coffee shop inspired by the simple pleasures of life more than half a century ago. Though somewhat of an anachronism, the diner's open kitchen has proven wildly popular among the various generations that frequent the sit-down counter to sample thick milk shakes, loaded hot dogs, and burgers topped with fried onions. Between bites, guests can toss coins into the antique jukebox or admonish the diner's soda jerks for callously dousing their friends with fountain drinks.365 Boston RoadSpringfield, MA US


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Fit into Your Favorite Fall Jeans
Courtesy of ACE
Brisk weather, football Sundays, and back-to-school shopping can only mean one thing—fall is here! Say goodbye to shorts and hello to skinny jeans. To help you look and feel your best as you slip into your favorite pair of pants this season, I'll show you six of my favorite lower-body sculpting exercises that you can do at-home—no equipment needed! This combination of compound exercises and higher-intensity moves will help you burn calories, build strength, and boost your confidence to rock any of fall's hottest fitted fashions.
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Example sentences for ground zero
Community colleges are both ground zero for retraining and a huge source of online growth.
Starting from ground zero and using basic principles that work need to be incorporated.
Papers and files removed from the concourse shops at ground zero.
They're at ground zero in the war against narco-trafficking, illegal immigration, and terrorism.
Children are at the epicenter of the information revolution, ground zero of the digital world.
Today, ground zero in the sustainable development debate is so-called renewable power.
Unfortunately, the site was ground zero for an overpopulated pack-rat colony.
Then it's about starting from a healthy ground zero and building a new character from there.
Properties in those areas--condominiums especially--have been ground zero for real estate speculation over the past five years.
Mortgage products were in many ways ground zero in the financial crisis.
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Sporty and stylish, the women's Hawaii Jumpsuit says aloha. This French terry short jumpsuit is accented with tropical-print graphics on the belt and bindings and features a mesh top panel for a breezy summer feel.
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I read about the content box to use for 404 pages, I installed this, but I can't find it anywhere in the menu's where I have to add content, can you point me in the right direction?
Then, I read on the page from the content boxes in the comments it can't render shortcodes, if this is the case then I have a problem, how do I render a page with shortcodes in that case for my 404 page.
Question about the 'normal' boxes, there are 3 examples which I can't delete or put in 'concept' mode, so at this moment there is a link available for that box that works, I don't want that actually.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is suggesting customers hit by the Target data breach should consider credit-monitoring.
Target says about 40 million credit and debit card holders may have been impacted by a massive security lapse between November 27th and December 15th, 2013.
Company leaders later said hackers stole personal information from about 70 million customers. Target is now offering free-credit monitoring for shoppers.
Target Customer Ben Roethig says he'll take advantage of Target's offer.
"I plan on changing the numbers, and I plan on signing up for the free protection that Target offers," Roethig said.
Target now says the hackers also gained access to customers phone numbers, email and home addresses. But, experts at DuTrac Community Credit Union says the thieves don't have one important thing.
DuTrac Community Credit Union's Jason Norton said, "The most critical piece of information any person can have of yours is your social security number. You use it to confirm your identity. People say, 'give me the last four of your social'. "
Still, Norton urges everyone to get a credit check. Just in case.
"The hackers can send you a letter that you may think came from, say the state of Iowa. Or Wisconsin. Then they say, 'to confirm this identity please write down your social security number in the return mail piece'. "
As for Roethig, he's a freelance writer for GeekBeat.TV , an online technology program. So he knows a few things about the Internet.
He says simply going back to paying with cash just isn't an option.
"That world doesn't exist anymore. I mean you have a chance to it, " Roethig said.
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The Main Force of the People's Liberation Armed Forces (better known as the Viet Cong or VC in the West) and the NVA (North Vietnamese Army/People's Army-Vietnam) used well-organized logistics methods to supply and equip their fighting forces. This logistics organization contributed to the defeat of their American and South Vietnamese (GVN/ARVN) opponents during the Second Indochina War (better known as the Vietnam War). For related articles on Strategy/Organization and Tactics see:
The VC in this article identifies the PLAF "Main Force" Chu Luc or full-time soldiers of the National Liberation Front, (NLF) an umbrella of groups set up by the rulers of North Vietnam to conduct the insurgency in the south. The term NVA identifies regular troops of the North Vietnamese Army as they were commonly known by their Western opponents. Collectively, both forces were part of PAVN, People's Army of Vietnam, which made up all armed forces of North Vietnam. Certain terms such as "NLF" and "VC" or "NVA" and PAVN" are used interchangeably, and they, along with others used herein such as "Chicom", "Liberation Army", "regime", etc. have no pejorative or partisan intent or meaning. They are incorporated here due to their widespread popular usage by both South Vietnamese and American military personnel and civilians, and common usage in standard histories of the Vietnam War.
Overall, the supplies and equipment of communist units were adequate, and their infantry small-arms were more than a match for those of their opponents. Contrary to some popular impressions of simple peasant farmers armed with pitchfork and machetes, the VC/NVA main units (as well as the local forces in the latter years) were well equipped with excellent modern arms either from Soviet bloc or Chinese sources. In the early years of the insurgency in the South a larger variety of weapons were used, ranging from old WWI bolt-action rifles to Nazi-era weapons, with procurement via a wide range of methods. Such variation and diversity continued throughout the conflict. By 1970 however, the communist inventory was increasingly standardized, even at the village guerrilla level. The following outline shows major weapons categories:
VC/NVA logistics were marked by austerity, but sufficient supplies, equipment and material were on hand to furnish final victory. Consumption levels were much less that those of their American/ARVN opponents. It is estimated that a VC/NVA division in the south typically required only 3 tons of supplies per day. Total requirements to run North Vietnam's overall war machine were comparatively small, an estimated 6,000 tons annually in 1967, well below port and rail capacity. US Intelligence estimates of all Communist non-food requirements in the South averaged about 15 tons per day (or 1.5 to 3 ounces per man) in low intensity periods.
In 1968 with the Tet Offensive and other major operations, these numbers surged but still weighed in at a modest daily 120 tons. By contrast a single US heavy combat division required about 5 times this amount. The problem was not the total incoming quantity but moving material up the Ho Chi Minh Trail and other transmission paths, to the point of battle operations. Soviet bloc and Chinese shipments easily met ordinary communist force requirements. Internal supply from within South Vietnam was also crucial particularly food supplies. Overall, communist logistical operations were successful.
Since China bordered Vietnam, it was an immensely important conduit of material on land, although the Soviets also delivered some of its aid by sea. Soviet aid outstripped that of China, averaging over half a billion dollars per year in the later stages of the war, with some $700 million in 1967 alone. China provided an estimated 150 million to 200 million annually, along with such in-kind aid as the deployment of thousands of troops in road and railway construction in the border provinces. China also provided radar stations and airfields where North Vietnamese aircraft could marshall for attack, or flee to when in trouble against American air forces. These airbases were off-limits to American retaliation.
The railway network in the Chinese provinces bordering North Vietnam was of vital importance in importing war material. American Rules of Engagement forbid strikes against this network for fear of provoking Chinese intervention. Thousands of Chinese troops (the PLA's 1st and 2nd Divisions) made important contributions to Hanoi's war effort- building or repairing hundreds of miles of track and numerous other facilities such as bridges, tunnels, stations and marshalling yards. Chinese troops also built bunkers and other fortifications, and manned dozens of anti-aircraft batteries. In all, some 320,000 Chinese soldiers served in Vietnam during the war.
Construction of what was to become the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail extended over decades, with elements put in place during the anti-French struggle of the Viet Minh. Known to the North Vietnamese as the Truong Son Strategic Supply Route, the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party ordered construction of routes for infiltration as early as 1959, under the 559 Transport Group. The Trail was a complex web of roads, tracks, bypasses, waterways, depots, and marshaling areas, some in total. It snaked through parts of North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. US policymakers made ground attack against Trail networks in these countries off limits, (until limited operations were permitted late in the War) and communist forces took full advantage of this to move massive quantities of men and material into South Vietnam to attack US and ARVN troops. As the war progressed, communist forces expanded and improved the Trail, moving material by truck, installing missile batteries for air defense and laying fuel pipelines. Air interdiction of the Trail hurt communist efforts but failed to stop the logistical buildup on a sustained basis.
Installations on the trail. The Trail had over 20 major way-stations operated by dedicated logistics units or Binh Trams, responsible for air and land defence, and delivery of supplies and replacements to fighting points in the South. Commo-Liaison units also operated along other trail segments and were tasked with providing food, shelter, medical support and guides to infiltrating troops between Trail segments. The Binh Trams were responsible for numerous functions in the sector of the Trail it controlled- including subordinate camps and way-stations, the care and feeding of troops, road repair, anti-aircraft defenses, vehicle repair and maintenance, and medical care. Each binh tram had its own force of porters, guides, engineers, specialists, transportation units and infantry. Some binh trams had extensive anti-aircraft defenses. The Mu Gia binh tram area for example, was estimated to have no fewer than 302 anti-aircraft positions as early as 1966, a deadly flak trap for US aircraft. By 1973, gun batteries had been supplemented with Soviet-supplied SAMs on various parts of the Trail.
Trail movement. Most material movement in bulk was not by gangs of sweating coolies, but modern Soviet-supplied trucks. These vehicles rolled on a "relay" basis, moving mostly at night to avoid American air power, and the trail was plentifully supplied by jungle-like camouflage at all times. Way stations were generally within one day's travel from each other. Trucks arriving at a station were unloaded, and the cargo shifted to new trucks, which carried out the next segment of the journey. Having plenty of both time and manpower, this "relay" method economized on wear and tear upon the valuable trucks, and maximized hiding opportunities from prowling US aircraft. The method also spread out available cargoes over time and space, enabling the entire network to better bear losses from such deadly enemies as the American C-130 Gunship, and such technologies as movement sensors.
Of the Sihanouk Trail and Cambodia, one American military history says:
By 1969 the Trail was a sophisticated logistical web with paved roads, truck parks, maintenance and supply depots, and well organized and defended terminuses and bases, moving thousands of men per month into the battle zone. A fuel pipeline was even in place by 1969, and this was to multiply, together with other installations such as missile batteries, as the conflict extended. The need for massive amounts of construction hand-labor actually decreased on the Trail as heavy quipment like bulldozers and rush crushers were deployed, and both miles of road built and truck traffic expanded. By war's end almost a million soldiers had made the trip down the Trail, and tens of thousands of tons were being transported annually.
Massive American efforts in the air failed to stop the men and material pushed forward by Hanoi. Bomb tonnages dropped on the Trail in Laos offer some indication of the scale of the American campaign: 1969- 433,000 tons, 1970- 394,000 tons (74,147 sorties), 1971- 402,000 tons (69,000 sorties). However with only 15 non-food tons a day needed for low-intensity operations in the South, PAVN could keep its war-fighters in business indefinitely by moving about 6,000 tons annually. Amounts ten times or more this size however, were entering the top of the logistical pipeline before trickling down into South Vietnam, Laos and adjoining border regions.
A post-war analysis by the BDM Corporation, a think-tank contractor in Vietnam, summarized the efficiency and effectiveness of VC/NVA logistics as follows:
While outside material was vital to the war effort, much of the resources needed were obtained inside South Vietnam. Tonnages needed for communist forces were modest for the low-intensity protracted war style. One CIA study in 1966 found that the bulk of supplies needed were generated within South Vietnam. Food was always had locally, taxed away from peasants, purchased or even grown by Liberation Army units. Captured stocks were also exploited. American logistical largesse also provided a bonanza as fraud and corruption siphoned off resources. Both weapons and food for example were readily available on the black markets of South Vietnam.
This capability of generating resources internally contributed to the mixed results obtained by massive US interdiction efforts- such as the bombing campaign in Laos. Big search and destroy operations seized hundreds of tons of rice and other material in remoter base areas, but these could be regenerated and restocked again when roving US troops invariably moved on to their next sweep. The Ho Chi Minh Trail consumed massive amounts of attention, but the internal pipelines were also crucial, and these were not closed off because the US and particularly the GVN failed to control the major population concentrations effectively.
NVA headquarters in Hanoi was responsible for the coordinating the North to South logistical effort. To this end, it deployed 3 special formations.
Within SVN, the NLF military HQ, COVSN, had responsibility for overall logistical coordination. This changed as the war went on, and the NVA took over more responsibility in-country after the 1968 Tet offensive. This takeover involved setting up new headquarters and replacing fallen VC with NVA regulars. Within the southern logistical organization, 3 agencies were responsible. Sub-sections of these operated at different levels, from Interzone to village.
Civilians labor was crucial to VC/NVA success, and was deployed in building fortifications, transporting supplies and equipment, prepositioning material in readiness for an operation, and general construction such as road repair. Labor was recruited primarily by impressment/draft, or as a way to pay off VC taxes, although volunteers motivated by ideology also took part. Twelve to sixteen hours of work per day were expected of laborers. Civilians undertook various pledges as directed by the regime (the "three readies", the "three responsibilities" among others,) as part of a high mobilization of the population for total war in the North and areas controlled by the VC/NVA in the South.
Load bearing by porters was greatly enhanced by the use of ingenious "steel horses" - bicycles specially modified by widening the handlebars, strengthening the suspensions and adding cargo pallets. Guided by two men, the specially modified bikes could move 300-400 pounds, several times that of a single porter. Older men made up many of the long-term laborers as those younger were drawn off into combat and female labor was used extensively in a wide range of logistics tasks.
Communist forces also made extensive use of Vietnam's large network of rivers and waterways, drawing heavily on the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville, which was also off-limits to American attack. Some 80% of the non-food supplies used by the VC/NVA in the southern half of South Vietnam moved through Sihanoukville.
Some port areas of North Vietnam were also vital to the logistical effort, as were ships by socialist nations that fed the continual stream of war material. Attacks on these were also forbidden by American policymakers. Until late in the War, American pilots, hindered by their government's Rules of Engagement, could only watch helplessly as munitions, heavy weapons and advanced components like SAM missile batteries were unloaded at such harbors as Haiphong. By 1966, some 130 SAM batteries were in North Vietnam by US estimates, manned primarily by Russian crews.
VC/NVA weapons had to be moved from shipment points in the North, Cambodia or down the Ho CHi Minh Trail. Small, jungle workshops made simpler types of ordnance such as reloading rifle cartridges or grenades. A large amount of small supply depots, widely dispersed to guard against attack, furnished units on the move. Impressed labor groups of civilians also hauled ammo and supplies for the Front. ARVN and US sources were also significant localized conduits of arms. VC fighters in some areas ironically treasured the American M-16 rifle despite its sometimes quirky performance, for the wide availability of both the weapon and its ammunition on the black market or through purchase from corrupt ARVN soldiers, or through the careless handling and loss of magazines by US troops.
VC/NVA formations suffered a shortage of modern radios. Although wire was sometimes run for field telephones in selected operations, they relied heavily on couriers for transmission of messages on the battlefield. A "drop box" system for couriers was also extensively used for intelligence communications. The whole network was segmented, so that one part did not know the other branches. A courier might leave a message at a specific drop location for another courier (a stranger to him or her). This segmentation helped protect against compromising the network when couriers were captured or killed. Segmentation enhanced security and was also sometimes used in moving troops - with guide units only knowing their section of the trail or transport network.
Food. The bulk of VC/NVA foodstuffs was procured within South Vietnam via purchase, taxation on peasants in controlled areas, and personal farming by troops in remote areas. Households in areas under VC control were required to keep a certain minimum supply of rice on hand, and a large number of secret caches and supply dumps honeycombed the countryside. Food, along with almost any other item, was also obtained on Saigon's thriving black market. This included large quantities of American food aid to South Vietnam, a phenomenon sometimes observed by US troops that found enemy supply caches. Ironically, even the remnants of American airstrikes were pressed into food production. US patrols encountered numerous B-52 bomb craters used as fish and duckponds by Communist troops.
Medical care. Medical supplies used on the battlefield came from several sources, including Soviet bloc and Chinese shipments and "humanitarian" donations earmarked for civilian use from neutral countries, including Scandinavian nations. Medical care like other aspects of the logistical system was austere, and field hospitals, whether in caves, underground bunkers or jungle huts usually suffered shortages. A one day supply of medicines was usually kept on hand, with the rest hidden off-site until needed. About 7% of a typical VC/NVA division's manpower was made up of medical personnel.
Dispersal and decentralization under heavy air attack. From 1965 to 1968, North Vietnam was bombed on a scale heavier than the that of the entire Pacific theater during World War II, and absorbed about 20% of US bombing efforts in Southeast Asia. Targeting however was tightly controlled and limited, and while most major industrial centers had been destroyed by 1967, imports from Soviet bloc countries and China furnished most war-making material. The country continued to function for war despite the aerial onslaught. Facilities and installations were widely dispersed and concealed. Some 2,000 imported generators provided essential power, and oil and gas were shuttled ashore on small craft from Soviet ships and stored in thousands of small drums throughout the countryside. A massive number of civilians were also evacuated to the countryside from the urban areas, along with factories and machine shops.
Personnel mobilization. American bombers caused substantial damage to Northern road and rail infrastructure, including bridges, culverts, depots, ports and docks. Nevertheless an enormous effort kept transportation networks open. Some 500,000 workers were mobilized to repair bomb damage as needed, with an additional 100,000 constantly at work. The largest repair organization was the "Youth Shock Brigades Against the Americans for National Salvation." Numbering some 50,000 to 70,000 laborers, the brigades were made up of recruits between 15 and 30, with heavy female representation as young men were siphoned off for combat. Joined by assorted militia and self-defense forces, these quick-reaction units were often stationed along heavily bombed routes and deployed to repair bridges, roads, tracks, tunnels and other structures. Pre-positioning of these groups allowed them to spring rapidly into action after an attack had passed.
Road and bridge repair methods. There were several ways to keep traffic moving amid the destruction wrought by the bombers. Simple pontoon bridges were made of lashed together bundles of bamboo, topped by heavy wooden planking. Sturdier pontoon structures were made by tying wooden canal boats together - with camouflage measures to hide them during the day from aerial observation. Bridges were also built underwater to escape detection. Supplies, equipment and material was pre-stocked along roads, and near various choke points like ferry crossings so that repairs could be made quickly. Delayed action bombs caused special problems. Designated personnel were tasked with dismantling them, or watchmen kept them under observation- signaling all within blast distance to disperse when the bombs showed signs of detonating. Repairs were often done at night when the enemy aircraft would be less active.
Concealment and evasion. Camouflage was used heavily. Roads were sometimes "roofed" with a network of branches, brush and other greenery, and vehicles on the roads sported foliage to aid in concealment. Night movement was almost constant, with drivers being guided on the roads by white poles painted by the Youth Shock Brigades, or personnel dressed in white. Truck headlights were sometimes mounted under the vehicle to help escape detection from the air. The North Vietnamese also took advantage of US Rules of Engagement. When a buffer zone policy was in effect near the Chinese border, US recon planes could see hundreds of loaded trucks massed in the buffer zone during the day, waiting to roll later at night. Truck driving was a dangerous task, and drivers were expected to not only dodge aircraft but help with vehicle and road repairs. Traffic was regulated by numerous civilian helpers, often young girls.
Effectiveness of mobilization. American bombing could be ineffective against both the landscape and determined repair attempts. A massive 1966 bombing mission by thirty B-52's for example attempted to pulverize vital stretches of the strategic Mu Gia pass. Two days later however the traffic was moving again, despite huge landslides caused by the giant bombers, and the use of numerous delayed action munitions. On the vital China to Hanoi corridor, most major bridges, roads and rail lines were back in operation within 5 weeks after the American bombing halt in 1968. The large number of waterways in Vietnam were also put to good use in moving material. In terms of stopping Hanoi's ruthless drive for reunification, the overall US bombing campaign, with its varied stops and starts, was ultimately ineffective in the face of cascading imports from socialist allies, diplomatic, political and technical restraints on American action, and the stoic determination and endurance of the North Vietnamese.
The most dangerous period for the North appeared to be in 1972, when US aerial forces under President R. Nixon launched the brief but devastating Linebacker I and Linebacker II bombing raids. These attacks removed many of the restrictions upon previous American targeting, seeded Northern waters with mines that cut Soviet and Chinese imports to a trickle, exhausted national air-defenses and crippled whatever significant remaining industrial plant and transportation network was left in the North. However such severely damaging American efforts were not sustained. By the time of the Linebacker offensives (a few weeks each), most US forces (over 500,000 troops) were already out of the Vietnam theater. Over 150,000 Northern soldiers however remained in the South after the 1972 Offensive, expanding the conquered zone and biding their time, until the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975.
NVA infiltration routes were keyed to the Military regions the infiltrators were assigned to. PAVN units headed for the Tri-Thien region closest to the northern border might infiltrate directly across the DMZ. Those headed further beyond might travel through Laos. The Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia was opened in 1966 to enable PAVN to infiltrate and resupply COVSN in the southernmost zone of South Vietnam.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail covered a wide diversity of rough terrain. Steep mountain slopes had steps gouged into them for climbing. Ravines were bridged with crude bamboo suspension bridges. Ferries shuttled troops across rivers and streams, and crossings were sometimes laid underwater to avoid aerial detection. Large gangs of civilian laborers were drafted to keep the network functioning.
A daily march cycle might begin at 4:00am with a pause around noon, and continuation until dusk- 6:00pm. Generally there was ten minutes of rest per hour, with one day of rest every five. Fifteen to twenty-five kilometeres were covered daily depending on the terrain. Movement was in column, with point and rear elements. Armed liaison agents, who knew only their section of the Trail, led each infiltrating group between way-stations. Way-stations were located deep in the forest, and contained caches of supplies for use by the infiltrators. They were guarded by detachments of the 559th Transport Group. Sometimes the troops camped on the Trail itself between stations.
The hardships of the Trail were many. Casualties caused by American airstrikes were low, accounting for only 2% of total losses. More dangerous enemies included malaria, foot infections and a variety of other maladies. Total losses to disease are estimated at around 10 to 20%. Sick soldiers were left to recuperate at various way-stations. Transit time could take months, and sometimes entire units were disrupted and disbanded.
Recruits were generally given an optimistic picture of conditions in the south, with claims that victory was close at hand and that they would be welcomed as liberators by their oppressed Southern brethren. They were often quickly disabused of such notions as they encountered sullen peasants and withering US firepower.
By 1968, business was brisk on the Trail. Ten thousand trucks could move at a time, and improvements were made continuously by the 559th Transportation Group. US air interdiction against the Trail increased as PAVN stepped up its activities. One method used to fight the effects of bombing was to separate the movement of men from the movement of material. NVA soldiers were limited to old pathways, while trucks were increasingly routed along newer, improved stretches of road. Since most of the US effort focused on trucks, the bulk of the fighting men were able to travel without the full weight of US pressure, although they sometimes came under attack.
Great pains were taken to camouflage movement. Wherever possible PAVN units minimized disturbances to the jungle cover, and even transplanted foliage from elsewhere to cover and conceal signs of movement. PAVN sources claim that the 559th Transport group camouflaged some out of the of trail. Techniques used to fool US airpower included underwater bridging and placing gasoline-soaked rags along the trail to fool pilots into thinking they had hit or ignited something of value. About 100,000 people were kept working on the Trail as porters, drivers, mechanics and anti-aircraft troops. By 1970, the entire Trail bristled with anti-aircraft batteries.
PAVN troops also encountered US movement, auditory and chemical ("people sniffer") sensors on various parts of the Trail. Sound/seismic sensors were countered by destroying them, moving them to useless locations, removing their batteries, playing tape recordings of truck traffic, and running herds of cattle over them. Chemical sensors were neutralized by leaving buckets of urine hanging on trees over the transportation network. Esoteric American technology- such as the Calgon brand "mud maker" compounds deployed to slow movement on the Trail were met with typical People's Army practicality. Logs and bamboo were laid over the quickly dissolving mud and the Northern fighters moved on. Special trail-watching and reaction units were also used to counter infiltration by US-MACV Special Operations teams. Local tribesmen recruited by PAVN for example would beat on pots or gongs to warn of the presence or landing of US Special Ops teams and high rewards were offered for assisting with their capture.
VC/NVA Troop strengths during the Vietnam War are the subject of numerous controversies and contradictory claims. Official post-war North Vietnamese sources claim over half a million troops in place by 1967. US MACV estimates posit a more modest total of around 280,000. Force strengths will always be imprecise given the large number of irregular or part-time guerrilla elements.
Infiltration numbers increased yearly. In 1968 alone, some 200,000 NVA troops made the journey south according to some American estimates. Official Communist sources also confirm the massive buildup, although figures differ between American and Northern sources. According to the official People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) History:
Throughout a large portion of the War, North Vietnam denied that any of its soldiers were even in the south, but it is clear that the Communist forces were able to place tens of thousands of troops in the southern war zone, including complete units of regular NVA, rather than simply individual fillers.


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