Today's archidose #689

Here are some photos of the New Reception Building (2012) at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, by <a href="http://www.harter-kanzler.de/">Harter + Kanzler Architects</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/">bcmng</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9192716894/" title="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects" height="427" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/9192716894_17d1cf5a73_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9192718194/" title="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/9192718194_fde41cafc3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9192717728/" title="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects" height="972" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7445/9192717728_2db12d3213_b.jpg" width="648" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9189921989/" title="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9189921989_32b07db48e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcmng/9189922275/" title="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects by bcmng, on Flickr"><img alt="Entrance building german federal justice court Karlsruhe by Harter Kanzler architects" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/9189922275_2f8060f766_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #689

Here are some photos of the New Reception Building (2012) at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, by Harter + Kanzler Architects...

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Today's Teamster News 07.05.13

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/163361/proud-american.aspx">Most in U.S. Still Proud to Be an American</a>  Gallup   ...Despite their widespread national pride, Americans evince a much more negative response when asked if the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be pleased or disappointed by the way the United States has turned out...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/ralph-nader-questions-corporate-patriotism">Ralph Nader questions Corporate Patriotism</a>  Economic Populist   ..."Corporations and their attorneys like to be judged as 'persons' under our constitutions and laws. So it is entirely appropriate to judge the character of a U.S. chartered corporation by the measure of corporate patriotism – especially if it is operating worldwide..."</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.epi.org/blog/years-recovery-austeritys-toll-3-million/">Four Years Into Recovery, Austerity’s Toll is At Least 3 Million Jobs</a>  Economic Policy Institute   ...The fact that four years into the recovery we still have not yet come close to making up the jobs lost in the downturn, (much less the jobs needed to keep up with growth in the potential workforce over that time), is a grimmer situation than anything our labor market has seen in seven decades...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/business/smallbusiness/paid-sick-leave-laws-generate-more-concern-than-pain.html?ref=business&_r=0">Paid Sick Leave Laws Generate Concern, but Not Much Pain</a>  New York Times   ...Among those companies that did have to put a new policy in place, about half reported that adopting and managing it was not difficult, according to the study. And many businesses fearful that paying for sick leave would drive up expenses have since reported that those concerns were unfounded...<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/03/195737/prosecutions-of-offshore-banks.html#.UdazRD6SD6l">Prosecutions of offshore banks may help turn tide against secrecy</a>  McClatchy   ...The U.S. accused the Swiss adviser of working closely with Swiss banks to help Americans access their undeclared money...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/misinformation-on-classified-nsa-programs-includes-statements-by-senior-us-officials/2013/06/30/7b5103a2-e028-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html">Misinformation on classified NSA programs includes statements by senior U.S. officials </a> Washington Post   ...But details that have emerged from the exposure of hundreds of pages of previously classified NSA documents indicate that public assertions about these programs by senior U.S. officials have also often been misleading, erroneous or simply false...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/07/04/eu-votes-to-suspend-u-s-data-sharing-agreements-over-nsa-scandal/">EU Votes To Suspend U.S. Data Sharing Agreements Over NSA Scandal</a>  firedoglake.com   ...The fallout from the NSA spying scandal may be just beginning as the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution that would back the European Commission if it <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eu-votes-to-support-suspending-u-s-data-sharing-agreements-including-passenger-flight-data-7000017677/">decides to suspend data sharing agreements with the U.S.</a>..</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.forwardlookout.com/2013/07/the-next-time-someone-tells-you-scott-walker-balanced-the-budget/19056">The next time someone tells you Scott Walker balanced the budget…</a>  Forward Lookout   ...…tell them that they are wrong...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/04/oregon-legislature-passes-bill-to-give-free-tuition-to-in-state-residents/">Oregon legislature passes bill to give free tuition to in-state residents</a>  Raw Story   ...This week the Oregon Senate passed a bill that would create a fund allowing it to bypass traditional student lenders by giving free tuition to students who then pay it back with a deduction from their paychecks after they graduate...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/teamsters-file-new-complaint-against-state-prison-system/2129800">Teamsters file unfair labor charge against state prison system </a> Tampa Bay Times   ...The Teamsters Union on Wednesday filed a new complaint against the state Department of Corrections, challenging time-off restrictions instituted by Gov. Rick Scott's administration dealing with earned time off for more than 20,000 correctional officers...</span><br /></span>

Today's Teamster News 07.05.13

Most in U.S. Still Proud to Be an American  Gallup   ...Despite their widespread national pride, Americans evince a much more negative resp...

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Writing tip: keep a list of "wasteful words" #blogchat

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18090920@N07/4927034897" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="clutter" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="80" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4927034897_e11e273c25_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 240px;">clutter (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18090920@N07/4927034897" target="_blank">Sean MacEntee</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>Write compelling words that promote action. If you're writing online, it probably isn't just because you want to read it. Study impactful bloggers. See how they use words. Learn from them.<br /><br />Here's a trick that has helped me craft better blog posts. I keep a list of wasteful words. They are enemies of clarity.<br /><h2>What is a wasteful word?</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5J_Gxph_6sW2v-armd6mwTp6h031_bE72EjxKvjdMlsFzGQ02gpnhwPuYEZuzgSmxB0VF_20RSqWf5Z9pQIq6W-uJNyCHfuUyy4wGFVNras9tq-nuPgKKftQ57Yaa1yRgjrEIiM3R_3es/s1600/2013-07-04+11.48.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5J_Gxph_6sW2v-armd6mwTp6h031_bE72EjxKvjdMlsFzGQ02gpnhwPuYEZuzgSmxB0VF_20RSqWf5Z9pQIq6W-uJNyCHfuUyy4wGFVNras9tq-nuPgKKftQ57Yaa1yRgjrEIiM3R_3es/s320/2013-07-04+11.48.22.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my list of wasteful words.<br />What are yours?</td></tr></tbody></table>A word that clouds meaning or takes up space. Word clutter makes you hard to read.<br /><h2>My list of wasteful words</h2><br /><ul><li>There are / There is</li><li>It is</li><li>very * extremely * really * actual</li><li>Given the fact * in fact * the fact is that</li><li>had a * have a * had an * have an * have on * had on</li><li>on how to</li><li>of the</li><li>say that * think that</li><li>successfully</li><li>along </li><li>has </li><li>ones </li><li>specifically </li><li>again * available</li><li>with regard to * with respect to * in reference to * in connection with * for the purpose of</li><li>advance * together * basic * close * end * free * past</li><li>you need to</li><li>a lot</li></ul><h2>Find and eliminate</h2><div>If you press <b>Ctrl + F </b>(on a PC) or <b>Command + F</b> (Mac) you can find and remove these words. Most offending words take up space, clouding your point. </div><h2><b>Create a Word clutter collection</b></h2><div>Add your own crutch words to your list. (Mine is "a lot.") If you put them in your computer, save time by copying and pasting the words in the find box.</div><h2>Teach powerful writing and blogging</h2><div>If you teach writing, keep a word list or add to the list throughout the year. Teach students (especially bloggers) to search for and remove these words as part of writing.</div><h2>4 Times I always clear word clutter</h2><div><ol><li><b>Before I turn anything in to my editor.</b> All chapters or articles get searched for every word. For frequent words, save time and turn on the advanced search feature and check "match exact word."</li><li><b>"Epic Blog posts"</b> - If it takes longer than 30 minutes to write, I'm going to check it. If a post starts going viral, I'll recheck it for clutter words.</li><li><b>When I'm trying to communicate simply.</b> Less clutter words, more meaning. I've used this in important emails and letters.</li><li><b>This post. </b>I am afraid of using these words and harming my thesis here. I've already searched three times! ;-)</li></ol></div><div>Clutter words are a problem for me. I have to intentionally take them out.</div><div><br /></div><div>What are your offensive words? Please share in the comments.</div><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=9d0f2b78-ec47-4e0a-a63e-707fa6d1fc7c" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Blogging Writing Writing tip: keep a list of "wasteful words" #blogchat

clutter (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee ) Write compelling words that promote action. If you're writing online, it probably isn't just ...

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TCM's Friday Night Spotlight in July: Francois Truffaut

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font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";} </style><![endif]--> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWKeBtlsebrcEbPu4C26yQH3ny01cT7OUiXMiGlBFIm7fCBn3gV3YR37DuCm8fBXL0DOJtub4AiU9yj6gWZTaY97XrE5SP8RO3XGE5vNX31mZMxBW2zBIpu6a7dXYuV_QeJKUSsvvwng/s1200/francois-truffaut-directing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWKeBtlsebrcEbPu4C26yQH3ny01cT7OUiXMiGlBFIm7fCBn3gV3YR37DuCm8fBXL0DOJtub4AiU9yj6gWZTaY97XrE5SP8RO3XGE5vNX31mZMxBW2zBIpu6a7dXYuV_QeJKUSsvvwng/s400/francois-truffaut-directing.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Francois Truffaut</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Friday nights in July are going to be hot, and I’m not talking about the weather where I live. Beginning tonight and on the 12^th, 19^th and 26^th, Turner Classic Movies will feature hour after hour of the films of one of the pioneers and masters of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut (1932 – 1984). Film Critic <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David Edelstein</span> of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Magazine</i> and NPR’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fresh Air</i>, hosts the series.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Coincidentally, I’ve been catching up with and revisiting Truffaut on my own lately. It started when I was putting together a birthday tribute to the French actress <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-birthday-tribute-to-francoise-dorleac.html"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Francois Dorleac</b></span></a> in March. Dorleac worked with several legendary European filmmakers in her brief but notable career – Philippe de Broca, Jacques Demy, Roman Polanski, Ken Russell - and Truffaut. I'd seen Polanski's <i>C</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ul-de-sac</i> (1966), Demy's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Young Girls of Rochefort</i> (1967), and set out to find de Broca's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That Man from Rio</i> (1964), Russell's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Billion Dollar Brain </i>(1967) and Truffaut's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i> (1964). I’m still looking for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That Man from Rio</i>, but did manage to get my hands on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Billion Dollar Brain </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3HomJJk2b58dv5QOmT42SHlHVCm76FY01ZHIqBH2F7IIrR2MkYYu8gFBfNm8lRnwv9HUF1mWhrPGHNZgp5P9F5EEam7sQTGBwR1T607nAVAv6lFK9tU7P4-61j_QEVpGdBuX9TEMVQo/s500/soft-skin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3HomJJk2b58dv5QOmT42SHlHVCm76FY01ZHIqBH2F7IIrR2MkYYu8gFBfNm8lRnwv9HUF1mWhrPGHNZgp5P9F5EEam7sQTGBwR1T607nAVAv6lFK9tU7P4-61j_QEVpGdBuX9TEMVQo/s400/soft-skin.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Desailly and Francoise Dorleac, <i>The Soft Skin </i>(1964)</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i> has never been one of Truffaut’s better known films. When it screened at Cannes in 1964, the crowd booed and, in its time, the film was generally dismissed as conventional and disappointing. Following as it did on the heels of his innovative and much-admired earlier works<i> - </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The 400 Blows </i>(1959), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shoot the Piano Player </i>(1960) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jules and Jim </i>(1962) - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i> was derided by some as Truffaut’s bid for mainstream acceptance. Stuffy New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther, who famously fell badly out of step with the times in the ‘60s, called it “a curiously crude and hackneyed drama.” However, as so often happens, with the passage of years came reassessment and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i>, though still relatively obscure among Truffaut’s films, has gained a reputation among film buffs as one of his stronger efforts. A deceptively straightforward but suspenseful modern domestic drama, it deals with the sudden and ardent extramarital affair of a celebrated literary scholar, and features affecting performances by its two stars - Jean Desailly as the besotted intellectual and Francois Dorleac as the beautiful young thing of a flight attendant who turns his well-ordered life upside down. <a href="http://www.criterion.com/explore/81-georges-delerue"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Georges Delerue</b></span></a>, the award-winning composer who scored 11 Truffaut films, composed a striking score evocative of the frantic pace and emotional disconnect that marked the Space Age.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQzcCEqXySpplRl7WL9KMWDzwyF6UKg38MO2Uiiqd7WG1_2N5ryN_fTrykiIGVfFco-pP7Bu7rDCgmfoEw9yXCav-ZfUxtGx5CS7wnW4HFFccqa0r7d0aK0c5aRJrRNccad9wudWdmcE/s626/Hitchcock-Truffaut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQzcCEqXySpplRl7WL9KMWDzwyF6UKg38MO2Uiiqd7WG1_2N5ryN_fTrykiIGVfFco-pP7Bu7rDCgmfoEw9yXCav-ZfUxtGx5CS7wnW4HFFccqa0r7d0aK0c5aRJrRNccad9wudWdmcE/s320/Hitchcock-Truffaut.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin </i>was the first of four films in what is known as Truffaut’s “Hitchcock cycle,” a group of films he was working on at the time he conducted and published his <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393601.Hitchcock_Truffaut"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">now-famous interviews</span></span></b></a> with the Master of Suspense, each of which reflects Hitchcock's influence. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i> was followed in the cycle by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fahrenheit 451 </i>(1966), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bride Wore Black </i>(1968) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mississippi Mermaid</i> (1969). All but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fahrenheit 451 </i>will be screened on TCM this month.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In June, when it aired as part of another TCM Friday Night Spotlight series, I recorded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shoot the Piano Player</i>, Truffaut’s inventive and completely charming New Wave classic. Unpredictable, by turns comic and tragic, its special charms are accentuated by a charismatic and perfectly cast star, Charles Aznavour, and Delerue’s infectious,  jazzy score. I found it irresistible and watched it twice in a sitting. This put me in the mood for yet more Truffaut, and I very soon revisited one of his early ‘70s classics, Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day for Night</i> (1973), a delightful celluloid homage to filmmaking, the great love of Truffaut's life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqr06Vw7UOUTI4ICxLr-JhTgItK9aRLlIR23UduWHfXe_cpKFt67UahT_m-V_XYLITRd_8TwzlFN3iSNiaPXlNgLJkwvmT2da7UciVooPzJDVgAoVKzXJUeABtEEfL0HqhulOqlk-nHCc/s1200/day-for-night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqr06Vw7UOUTI4ICxLr-JhTgItK9aRLlIR23UduWHfXe_cpKFt67UahT_m-V_XYLITRd_8TwzlFN3iSNiaPXlNgLJkwvmT2da7UciVooPzJDVgAoVKzXJUeABtEEfL0HqhulOqlk-nHCc/s400/day-for-night.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre L<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">é</span>aud, <i>Day for Night </i>(1973)</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">TCM's Friday night series includes 21 Truffaut films, from <i>The 400 Blows</i>, his first feature, to his very last, <i>Confidentially Yours </i>(1983). See full program schedule below.</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/642865|0/Scorsese-Screens-for-July.html"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Click here</b></span></a> to read Martin Scorsese’s moving tribute to Francois Truffaut for TCM in his current “Scorsese Screens” column.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Friday Night Spotlight: Francois Truffaut</b> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(begins 8pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific)</span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>July 5 </u></span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The 400 Blows</i>(1959) stars young Jean-Pierre Léaud as Truffaut’s alter-ego Antoine Doinel in his troubled adolescence</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Antoine and Colette</i>(1962), a film short with Léaud as Antoine Doinel; Marie-France Pisier co-stars as the woman with whom he becomes obsessed</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stolen Kisses</i>(1968), Truffaut’s second feature-length film, with Léaud again as Doinel who, by this time, is leaving military service and adapting to civilian life; with Delphine Seyrig and Claude Jade</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bed & Board</i>(1970), the third installment in “the Doinel cycle,” stars Léaud, with Claude Jade as his wife</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love on the Run</i>(1979), the last in the Doinel series, with Léaud as Doinel, Jade as his ex-wife, and flashbacks to footage from the earlier films</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Green Room aka/Vanishing Fiancee</i> (1978), the story of a man unable to stop grieving the death of his wife, starring Francois Truffaut, Nathalie Baye and Jean Daste</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>July 12</u></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bride Wore Black</i>(1968) with Jeanne Moreau in a Hitchcockian tale of a new bride’s single-minded vengeance, with Jean-Claude Brialy; based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Confidentially Yours</i>(1983) - Jean-Louis Trintignant and Fanny Ardant star in the story of a wrong man accused</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mississippi Mermaid</i>(1969), starring Catherine Deneauve as Jean-Paul Belmondo’s mail order bride; adapted from a Cornell Woolrich novel</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me</i> (1972), a black comedy with Bernadette Lafont as a beautiful woman in prison who recounts her life story to a sociologist</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shoot the Piano Player</i>(1960) stars Charles Aznavour as a one-time concert pianist who seeks anonymity but can’t escape his past </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>July 19</u></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Soft Skin</i>(1964), This story of a literary highbrow who falls madly for a beautiful young woman was allegedly inspired by true stories of adultery and mayhem; starring Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorleac and Nelly Benedetti</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jules and Jim</i>(1962) with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner and Henri Serre in the tale of an ill-fated love triangle</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Two English Girls</i>(1971) stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as a young French writer who has romantic involvements with two sisters</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Story of Water</i>(1961), co-directed with Jean-Luc Goddard, is a short film about a young woman determined to leave her village and go to Paris; with Jean-Claude Brialy and Caroline Dim</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Woman Next Door</i>(1981) is Fanny Ardant, who unwittingly becomes the new neighbor of happily married Gerard Depardieu, her former lover</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Man Who Loved Women</i> (1977) stars Charles Denner as Bertrand, a compulsive womanizer whose skirt-chasing has fateful consequences, with Brigitte Fossey and Leslie Caron.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>July 26</u></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day for Night</i>(1973) with Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Francois Truffaut and Nathalie Baye – Truffaut’s timeless paean to moviemaking</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last Metro</i>(1980), set in Paris during the Nazi occupation, stars Catherine Deneuve as an actress whose director-husband is Jewish and must go into hiding</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wild Child</i>(1970), about a boy literally raised by wolves, starring Francois Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Cargol</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Story of Adele H</i>(1975) with Isabelle Adjani as Adele, the high-strung daughter of renowned 19^thcentury poet/novelist/dramatist Victor Hugo, who becomes romantically obsessed with a military officer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8h3h6COzlWb9dVF66gzFmiowe-R8KqhvhlZl7QTVTbJdeFNnnFHeTqY0pQflhBy5qOtZGWHONrEModXoX2BtLphw5Zl3tvboc9Tz8dx-T5hJpjOzHtk3mxvJW9kX4Phz-3qjUK5tdHE/s600/the+bride+wore+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8h3h6COzlWb9dVF66gzFmiowe-R8KqhvhlZl7QTVTbJdeFNnnFHeTqY0pQflhBy5qOtZGWHONrEModXoX2BtLphw5Zl3tvboc9Tz8dx-T5hJpjOzHtk3mxvJW9kX4Phz-3qjUK5tdHE/s400/the+bride+wore+black.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jeanne Moreau, </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Bride Wore Black </span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(1968), poster art</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Motivation for Weight Loss, is indispensable.. works in two ways: to increase pleasure, and avoid pain. People fight with their motivation to exercise, pledge to eating healthy or get off the sofa, because they don’t know what their goal really is, what they really, of course want and all the better things that will happen in their life when they get it.. Rapid progress, praise, feeling more charming, having more vitality. All this positive feedback is interesting, bewitching. Here are some of Motivation for Weight Loss and to keep yourself </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b></b><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Motivation for Weight Loss :</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Think slim:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Think slim" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGuKTvvNswcA0Lk2P0DVPgw9Pya2mbj2vOVO8vLYdW5KvGx4YGKMYi6anYu0zwV7_jNE7XARf9es40UValQWl-xkgCr4VnTwXIjMcso4qat8HgeNfuE5nExlcKwnf5m7cogUfAybsFwg/s1600/Think+slim.jpg" title="Think slim" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Surround yourself with slim people:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Surround yourself with slim people" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XmXtEU3PGqVy91E3aHz-in9n27Hx-eUQX2yODB2Gkd-vkIqIYVzwmoVPjSQTPeAKMXBJsR5vK6GsYb8ilVEesxVwStVprzGMcudM9N3PttSgXofpxKPFFSuuB_K9Kz0b60JJrJDbCyE/s1600/Surround+yourself+with+slim+people.jpg" title="Surround yourself with slim people" /></div><div><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Be fair to yourself:</span></h3> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-5028478688240504"; /* AdSense in Post */ google_ad_slot = "6975892477"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Be fair to yourself" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKGdDX67PPYomUEXgkrWA3s-PkWmc7iYx9y9_JGPNoRQUwcKxNXbBEY9YkEE6BMYt0EigHh_jD4xDx3sTNPoBLaxHa5ah5H3iCuJH3NlFRBFRFQOB4IyL7Lpf7MFGFRvGtarKfeVdPY4/s1600/Be+fair+to+yourself.jpg" title="Be fair to yourself" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Be fair to yourself-motivation" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8kXAU-MLzJ7Y4IY9DKH9imho0WQU-Pt-aK139O3pbQ_d_SjuF6wfjLYR28NzLsQJpcsLf91HMfpTsnhJO9Wl1PvMtVCjlH-8DLsHulyFgx_zJZuiwPxV5uz4CNYQZtoJVtIfhbMFR-w/s1600/Be+fair+to+yourself-2.jpg" title="Be fair to yourself-motivation" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Weight loss is not a cure-all:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Weight loss is not a cure-all" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uv94cqjtSsbK0M7x4hfmXOTTASjQFCX8E6anTF1Ak2f6DiXYuP7VywYGuAofBm5JLTBwGnfe_Zzpcu_piH2tXNAho6YunvLoBzVWZdoRvJw9fkYoG57CCucITeadIzC5EcUmepiMb1k/s1600/Weight+loss+is+not+a+cure-all.jpg" title="Weight loss is not a cure-all" /></div><div><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #274e13; font-family: KarlaBold, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Eat when you’re hungry:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Eat when you’re hungry" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5qMdmZl_40IOmN3BbcaDUojUhpv5u3qPvlJscLjUWtU7EDRwgj6EdbYfRElPECASTbPX9jZVu25DKlpM8OoTiNYue9PAeqr-k2gdY-AVBTzvNFAv7hOhOsHIl37Mb8sht7R5loywTP4/s1600/Eat+when+you%E2%80%99re+hungry.jpg" title="Eat when you’re hungry" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Hangover Has Struck Like Lightning!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi IWS Radio listeners and readers, Ben Franklin here...<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiX_MaudvsOtkco91GZnqTzK_Q5lyhEFrepogOuF82uCwusfq9HGgN8LdQTyUzaTkFid4gorpFvSmHgcfKrWeYOQP5evFvfmT7W_LRAkZP-In6eA-w68fprqlY5F66_JOCfBAMPTf5qM/s580/benjamin+franklin+party+guy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiX_MaudvsOtkco91GZnqTzK_Q5lyhEFrepogOuF82uCwusfq9HGgN8LdQTyUzaTkFid4gorpFvSmHgcfKrWeYOQP5evFvfmT7W_LRAkZP-In6eA-w68fprqlY5F66_JOCfBAMPTf5qM/s400/benjamin+franklin+party+guy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />What?  It was America's Birthday yesterday, and now...I have a hangover...of course I do, and I spent the night with Anna Nicole Smith...is that so wrong?<br /><br /><br />Being Benjamin Franklin, I hope you understandeth...anyhoo...<br /><br />She was a lightning storm of excitement.  Keep calm and carry on, and remember...<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i>"The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."</i></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And let me tell ya...Last night?</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I was chasing happiness all over the place.  Anna and I had fun...when I finally caught up to her that is,  and man...I am still impressed by the speed of angels.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I never realized that once one was heaven sent, that a big girl could move so damn fast.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5QMTun9crOJq9SvYVkzSVQF6j4Hern7Eties-YOE49Zi49SduW6tY-wgWgvoZ7G9SklCKFEEBU6Q0qxLdQTQzFON5mwIwps0SrgTLq0wwoXlOj-Ngpq_blHXuLOH0cDpGhESRGm9bo/s425/Anna-Nicole-Smith+Naked+Boobs+Nude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5QMTun9crOJq9SvYVkzSVQF6j4Hern7Eties-YOE49Zi49SduW6tY-wgWgvoZ7G9SklCKFEEBU6Q0qxLdQTQzFON5mwIwps0SrgTLq0wwoXlOj-Ngpq_blHXuLOH0cDpGhESRGm9bo/s400/Anna-Nicole-Smith+Naked+Boobs+Nude.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">But anyway, Anna ate eight brats, and I drank eight kegs, and we enjoyed a symbiotic relationship that I haven't  experienced  since I stuck my patriotic dork inside of Josephine's puff pastry.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Anyhooeth...I am tired.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And since the 4th of July Holiday has probably made you tired as well, you could always listen t o IWS Radio...</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">They had a great show last Sunday, so give it a listen, it's not going to take away any of your rights by doing so.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/06/30/drunk-on-history#.UdY3Qna8mB8.blogger">Drunk on History 06/30 by IWS Radio | Blog Talk Radio</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Well...I have to go...even in Heaven, Anna still needs her drugs, so I have to swing past Jefferson's place and get her hooked up.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Here's to over developed Americans like Anna Nicole Smith...</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Benji</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@mattmaniws</a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank">Matt's Facebook Page</a></span></span></span><br /><br /></div></div>

The Hangover Has Struck Like Lightning!!

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4th of july tease...

Happy Independence Day everyone!!!<br /><br />So, today I put on a top that was really tight around the arms before.  It was a hair snug, but WEARABLE!  It was not near as tight.  SOOO excited.<br /><br />I then, just out of curiosity, stepped on the scale at home.  Now, I think my scale is off (OVER) a hair form the scales at the doctors.  I won't tell you what my home scaled said, but let's just say, I think I am going to officially be labeled as a "responder".  What is a responder?  You have to lose around 12 to 15 pound in 12 weeks.  Remember, week 1 was 8 pounds.  I am 2 weeks in tomorrow and it looks promising....VERY VERY promising!  Holy Cheetos!  Wait, I need to come up with a healthy saying and can the Cheetos!  HOLY CELERY STICKS!!!!<br /><br />I have chosen to weigh in at my doctors office every 2 weeks.  Friday it won't happen because Karen won't be there and I am on VACA!  So, I will see about getting in Monday/Tuesday to do my weigh in.  Originally it was going to be Friday, but I can't wait.  I will then compare it to the scale I have at home so I can do it here!!!!!!!!<br /><br />ARE YOU READY?????????? I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4th of july tease...

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Straightforward ways to Remove Excess Of Abdomen Fat

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Arthur Antunes</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Plastic surgery is awfully famous in around the world. This procedure is used to change the form of the body. Now that is favored by folk like young generation. Many folks are willing to spend any amount of money for plastic surgery to get a good look. The television presenter and film-related actors are highly worried about their appearance and the pressure on its good appearance to accept this type of surgery to enhance their appearance. The belly reduction is a major surgery that's usually takes 3-4 hours to complete. This process remove the excess fat and skin resection in the stomach area. Doctor will mark the part of the stomach that will be surgically removed. It's also called abdominoplasty.<br /> <br /> Abdominal Reduction Risks<br /> <br /> The <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/procedures/abdominoplasty-tummy-tuck/">tummy tuck DC</a> is a well known and successful process but as same as the other types of plastic surgery. Tummy-tuck is hazardous and people should be fully mindful of all the risk of a stomach reduction before deciding that his/her is a good applicant for a tummy tuck.<br /> <br /> Some of the tummy tuck risks include being allergic to the anesthesia that is administered prior to having the process. Other risks include getting an infection and handling blood clots in the lungs. And somebody can have a hematoma which is blood that is sitting beneath the skin. In addition to the blood can flow under the flap of the skin.<br /> <br /> Permitting the correct amount of rest and recuperation time can go a ways in preventing some of the hazards discussed above and post operation. The tummy tuck will leave you with some swelling in the midsection which should really go down in a couple of weeks. After receiving an abdominoplasty try avoiding energetic activity that may jar the midsection. Letting your body take the time it must heal itself. Otherwise some of the chance factors including infection could happen. Keep the wound area clean and sterile which should also help prevent future infection. These are mostly commonsense issues that go along with any surgery and will help you avoid long-term issues.<br /> <br /> Cost of Tummy Tuck<br /> <br /> The belly reduction is a highly personalized procedure and there are many factors that will have an effect on their costs and prices. You might have to cough up $4000 or even $20000 for the expenses of belly reduction but which will be cash spent wisely since the effects are really good for the body. Gut reduction cost including the price of the process itself as well as hospital costs and anesthesia.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>The tummy tuck is a well-known and successful process but as same as the other kinds of <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/meet-the-doctor/">plastic surgery Maryland</a>. There are numerous other cosmetic procedures available to help you <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/">shed some pounds</a>. </div><br /> </div><br />

Straightforward ways to Remove Excess Of Abdomen Fat

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A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shared Four Ways To Speed Up Your Weight Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Michael Petry</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>A lot of people in San Diego County in California are desperate to lose weight and it's for this reason why you will find a lot of good fitness trainers here. This might be due to the fact that a lot of actresses and supermodels reside on the area or maybe because this place is surrounded with beautiful beach resorts and people just want to look their best while getting a tan.<br /> <br /> No matter what their reasons are, they're certainly doing the right thing. If you are like them and are desperate to lose weight too, read these 4 easy ways to speed up your weight loss as provided by a top personal trainer San Diego County.<br /> <br /> Work Harder<br /> <br /> I'm sure you are aware that the best way to lose weight is to work out. Well, if you want to really be successful with your weight loss goals, then working out is not enough - you have to really work harder. Of course you need to start at a low pace, but you should be able to increase your intensity as you go on with your workout routine.<br /> <br /> In fact, the personal trainer San Diego County would suggest that you double the amount of exercise that you do on your second month of working out. So if you started working out for at least an hour for up to three times each week, make it two hours for the upcoming months and so on. Do not just settle on the same pace because your body could get used to it and you will not be seeing any more changes on your weight as you go on with your workout routine.<br /> <br /> Eat Regularly<br /> <br /> Losing weight does not mean that you deprive yourself of eating. This is certainly a wrong notion and the personal trainer San Diego County suggested that you eat on a regular basis but make sure that you do not overeat since this might just make you to gain even more weight.<br /> <br /> Research shows that if you eat up to five to six small meals each day, your metabolism will increase and if you combine this with regular exercises, you will be able to double the amount of weight that you are going to lose.<br /> <br /> Food Choices<br /> <br /> You should be aware of the kind of food that you should eat and what kind of food to avoid in order to lose weight. Although the personal trainer San Diego County would advise that you eat on a regular basis, you should also be aware of the type of foods to avoid. If possible, eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits and avoid sweets and other unhealthy treats. You can ask your trainer for some nutritional advice or if you do not have any trainer at all, go online and do your research.<br /> <br /> Have Fun<br /> <br /> Losing weight shouldn't be that boring and you should not punish yourself too much just because you're dying to lose weight. Have fun while exercising and if you want, you can indulge in your favorite sports too. The personal trainer San Diego County also suggested that you treat yourself from time to time and set aside a cheat day and spoil yourself of your favorite foods whether it's unhealthy or not. However, always eat in moderation.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in good shape with the help of<a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">San Diego County Personal Trainer</a> not just enhances your physique but likewise your health as well. The rewards that one could get from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">Personal Trainer in San Diego County</a> are endless.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shared Four Ways To Speed Up Your Weight Loss

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Exactly What A Personal Trainer San Diego Ought To Possess

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Brandon Watkins</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>A personal trainer San Diego is someone who will help you get in shape and stay that way. He or she could help you slim down, acquire muscles, become more athletic and be active. They will help you achieve your workout goals in the shortest yet safest way. And to be able to accomplish this, they need to be in charge of the most important aspects of your life - health, diet, physical training, etc. and for this reason, you have to make certain that your personal fitness coach is able to provide you with the most effective and fastest way regarding how to achieve your fitness goals.<br /> <br /> Fitness instructors are to be in charge of you and your overall health. That is why you need to make sure that they are qualified to do so. It is your health and your whole being that is at stake on your every exercise session; so you've got to be sure that your personal trainer San Diego can make you achieve your objectives while keeping you safe.<br /> <br /> Exactly What Your Personal Trainer Should Have<br /> <br /> Here are a few things that you have to ask or find out to make certain that your personal trainer has these characteristics.<br /> <br /> * Proper Education<br /> <br /> Accidents are unexpected and often unavoidable. So make sure that your personal trainer has insurances to cover your expenses when a mishap occurs during your training sessions. You should also ask or check if your personal trainer has liability insurance to make sure that you can claim something when your personal trainer has neglected his or her duty.<br /> <br /> Your health is the most important thing so make sure that you will get something from accidents or negligence on your sessions or program so that you can afford treatment as soon as possible.<br /> <br /> * Insurance<br /> <br /> Accidents are unexpected and often unavoidable. So make sure that your personal trainer has insurances to cover your expenses when a mishap occurs during your training sessions. You should also ask or check if your personal trainer has liability insurance to make sure that you can claim something when your personal trainer has neglected his or her duty.<br /> <br /> Your health is the most important thing so make sure that you will get something from accidents or negligence on your sessions or program so that you can afford treatment as soon as possible.<br /> <br /> * Good Personality<br /> <br /> Educational background and insurance aren't the only basis for an excellent personal trainer San Diego. Personality also plays a major role. If your fitness instructor has no good personality, you won't be able to get along with him or her. Therefore, you won't have the ability to make the best out of your workout sessions.<br /> <br /> It's best to analyze the personality of your fitness instructor first before hiring them or prior to signing any contract. Pay a visit at the gym where they're working and see how they connect with their clients. You can also see how they handle people by enrolling on their free trial sessions if they have one.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting back in good shape through the help of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">www.theperfectworkout.com</a> not only enhances your physique but also your health as well. The advantages that a person could get from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">theperfectworkout.com</a> are limitless.</div><br /> </div><br />

Exactly What A Personal Trainer San Diego Ought To Possess

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Healthy Eating Is A Lifestyle Change, Not A Weight Loss Program.

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jonathan Turk</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>America and much of the world is in the middle of a Health Crisis!<br /> <br /> Why is America and much of the world in the middle of a Health Crisis?<br /> <br /> Our body weight tends to remain the same when the number of calories you consume is equal to the amount your body burns. Obviously America and much of the World is consuming more calories than they burn. WHY?<br /> <br /> Overweight and obesity result from an energy imbalance. Our body weight tends to remain the same when the number of calories you consume is equal to the amount your body burns. Obviously America and much of the World is consuming more calories than they burn. WHY? MEGA FOOD PROCESSORS and THE SLICK ADVERTISING AGENCIES THEY HIRE! They don't care about your Health and they certainly don't understand, Truth In Advertising, it's just words. The average Supermarket has 55,000 products on their shelves. The food is neatly packaged with eye-popping graphics, containing trigger words such as: Low Fat, Fat Free , Sugar Free, Powerful Antioxidants and on and on it goes. The average consumer spends 22 minutes in the store twice a week. You are trying to eat healthy but you get home confused. A friend of mine recently purchased some sausage patties for his 4 year old daughter. His wife who is trying to get her family to eat healthy, read the ingredients (24 of them) and threw it out. Once she left the room he asked me "Is my wife becoming a fanatic"? I assured him she was not. You see eating healthy is a process. You have to look at it as a Lifestyle Change and not a Weight Loss program.<br /> <br /> Start with seeing a rainbow on your plate. Fruits and vegetables of different colors such as green beans, asparagus, raspberries, and strawberries. Then include a lean serving of meat, poultry, or fish and a slice of whole grain bread. Drop the soft drinks you and your family don't need them (too much sugar). Instead drink water, strive for 10 glasses a day. Integrate this type of eating into your life everyday and you have made a lifestyle change. You will feel the energy return.<br /> <br /> Go for a swim together. Take up golf or tennis. It's not only fun but you and the family are exercising. You're all together. having fun and communicating. Wow, that's a Win...Win!<br /> <br /> Resources: Fresh look at cool foods: Exploring Myths and Trends of Frozen Foods; National Diabetic Information Clearinghouse, "What I need to know about eating and diabetes".<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Jonathan Turk has been involved in health and wellness studies for more than 30 years. He has learned that it takes a Healthy Eating to succeed long-term. To get started please visit: <a href="http://www.leanersize.com">http://www.leanersize.com</a></div><br /> </div><br />

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Truth about 6-pack abs Website

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Augustine Gaddy</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Today's society is one that is highly concerned about health and fitness. Many are looking to get bodies that are found only on Hollywood screens. So many concoctions are now on the market promising to give results that only the gym and a proper diet can actually provide. But still, many have been spending countless hours in the gym only to leave looking the same way that they came in. However, some have taken heed to the Truth About six pack abs program as a key to arrive to their fitness destination.<br /> <br /> The Truth About Abs is a program that is specifically designed to create the physique that many have failed to achieve with improper diet and exercise. It's main purpose is to provide consumers with the sculpted body that they want without all the torture and frustration that usually comes along with it.<br /> <br /> This e-book generally gives certain approaches that have previously proven to bring results. It reveals how the body can respond negatively due to the types of foods that it receives. It looks at different activities and the benefits they offer. It doesn't provide false claims and quick remedies like many programs, but instead offers approaches that will give permanent results the right way. Many consumers are tricked by plans that brag about fat loss but actually only bring about a loss in water weight (which comes back faster than it left).<br /> <br /> Mike Geary focuses on certain routines that help in building muscles in the abdomen and other parts of the body. He also talks about free weights and the misconception that certain equipment needs to be used in order to achieve certain results. Many will find that the information in this book goes against all that they have learned about fitness in the past. However, most find that they enjoy the program for the wealth of fresh and uncommon knowledge that it provides.<br /> <br /> Many have been told down through the years that the only way to lose stomach fat and tone the abs was by doing hundreds of crunches everyday. However, many have found that doing so doesn't bring results at all. The author (Mike Geary) teaches that there are other exercises that can be done to target the abs that are far more effective.<br /> <br /> The major mistakes that people make when it comes to dieting are revealed, along with exercises that are specifically for toning the abs. Included is a diet plan that focuses on maintaining a nutritious and healthy balance for the consumer. Many have stated that they have seen a remarkable change within the first couple of weeks.<br /> <br /> This program not only offers a weight loss and conditioning program, but it gives insight to what it is to have a lifestyle change. Each chapter gives the consumer an education about health that they may not have had previously. The first chapter gives a small preview of the rest of the chapters, and chapter two focuses on determining how much fat an individual has in their body. It also focuses on how to keep that percentage low.<br /> <br /> The third chapter is the one that gives a plan for conditioning the abs. It shows the consumer where and how to begin the abdominal training. Individuals will also gain knowledge about the ab muscles, positioning, and much more. Also included are topics ranging from dieting, metabolic rates, and various types of exercises. This Truth About Six Pack Abs Review may convince some individuals to take the next step into moving towards a healthier lifestyle.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>The article writer is a keen user of <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutabscenter.com/">Mike Geary's truth about abs diet program</a> and goes over <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutabscenter.com/is-proper-diet-more-important-than-exercise">the reason eating a sound diet is crucial</a> at his webpage.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Melatonin: A 'Magic' Sleeping Pill for Children? - WSJ.com

My son, who had always been a champion sleeper, was hit with insomnia the fall of his kindergarten year. A new school, a more rigorous academic schedule and the challenge of making new friends kept him up long after I had fallen asleep. He woke up exhausted and arrived home from school sullen and withdrawn. Over the next few months we tried everything to get him to sleep—no TV, warm baths, massage, warm milk.<br /><br><br /><br>Our pediatrician finally suggested that I give my son a melatonin supplement to help reset his sleep cycle. Try it for seven days, he said, but it may take longer. That night, with just 1 milligram of melatonin, my son fell asleep within 20 minutes—and woke up the next morning well rested, at last. It worked just as well the second night.<br /><br><br /><br>At bedtime the third night, he asked, "Mommy, can I have my magic pill to fall asleep?" I began to worry: Was I creating a drug-dependent child? Worse, could this experiment have long-term side effects?<br /><br><br /><br>Our bodies naturally produce melatonin, a hormone that is released primarily in darkness and helps to regulate our sleep and wake cycles. Insomniacs and jet-lagged fliers have used synthetic melatonin supplements as a sleep aid for years. Now there is a growing—and, to some doctors, worrisome—trend of using melatonin supplements to help restless children sleep.<br /><br><br /><br>Sales of melatonin have risen dramatically over the past five years, according to Nutrition Business Journal. Estimates for 2012 put sales at $260 million; in 2007, the market was just $90 million. Melatonin is available over the counter in the U.S., but in the U.K. and several European countries, the hormone supplement requires a doctor's prescription.<br /><br><br /><br>A handful of companies market melatonin directly for children's use, offering flavored, low-dose versions of the supplement. One melatonin manufacturer's website even urges parents to "prepare your child for academic success" by getting him or her to sleep. It cites one study that found "students with C's, D's and F's got about 25 fewer minutes of sleep and went to bed an average of 40 minutes later than A and B students."<br /><br><br /><br>Melatonin has been used in pediatrics for over 20 years. An article in the Annals of Neurology in 1991 reported that melatonin successfully corrected the sleep-wake cycle of a blind child with multiple disabilities. Since then, numerous studies, mostly short-term and involving special-needs children, have shown positive results. Doctors say the supplement can be critical in regulating the sleep patterns of children with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, with few, if any, side effects.<br /><br><br /><br>Stressed-out parents are giving their kids melatonin to get to sleep, prompting doctors to issue warning over long-term effects. WSJ contributor Jennifer Wallace joins Lunch Break. Photo: Amazon.<br /><br><br /><br>Judith Owens, director of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, has studied melatonin and children. She said that the supplement appears to have a good safety record, not only with special needs children but with healthy children as well, when used for short periods with a pediatrician's oversight.<br /><br><br /><br>Still, some doctors say parents are misusing it. "I've never seen such widespread abuse of any drug or therapy in all my years of practice," said Stuart Ditchek, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. One mother told him that "she lines up her six healthy children nightly to give them their melatonin pill." Dr. Ditchek believes the supplement should only be used for the most serious sleep and neurological disorders. The concern, he said, is the lack of long-term clinical studies to see how the hormone supplement interacts with other hormones in the body, potentially affecting fertility or sexual development.<br /><br><br /><br>"Parents are using melatonin because they are stressed out," said Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist and board-certified sleep specialist who knows parents that have given melatonin to their children for years at a stretch. "They come home late, eat dinner late, and they think they can just flick an on-off switch for their children to get to sleep."<br /><br><br /><br>Some parents have made candid online confessions about why they use the supplement. According to one father's review on Amazon, "OK, yes, as parents my wife and I should do a better job starting the bedtime routine earlier, turning off the TV earlier, limiting sweets, etc., etc. Well, for whatever reason, this is not our strong suit. This 1 mg light dosage of melatonin is very helpful winding our kids down and getting them ready for bed."<br /><br><br /><br>As soon as our own son started asking for the "magic" pill, my husband and I stopped giving it to him. Two years later, he still suffers from occasional insomnia. But whenever I get frustrated, I think back to what Dr. Ditchek told me. "For thousands of years our children have been falling asleep without the need for pills," he said. "Giving your healthy child a pill to fall sleep is sending him the wrong message—that he needs a pill to do what should come naturally."<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578567670426190246.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578567670426190246.html</a>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s800/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="userContent">Flags flags flags ... my Air Force veteran husband displays a POW-MIA and 21 American flags every 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day. Today is perfect ... stiff breeze makes the flags fly proudly.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s800/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="userContent"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s717/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s800/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s800/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s640/5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />July 4, 2013

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