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Ellicott City resident Carole Fisher was also there. A cancer and tuberculosis survivor, Fisher was a smoker for 25 years before she stopped in the 1970s. But doctors told her that she paid the price for her smoking when an aggressive strain of tuberculosis left her fighting for her life in 1997.
"I didn't want my seven grandchildren to go through what I did," Fisher said, wearing a bright yellow "I'd [heart] a smoke-free Maryland" sticker on her lapel. "And now they won't have to deal with secondhand smoke. They can live a healthy life."
Jane McConnel, Paula Lawry and Janet Pfeffer, health advocates from Talbot County who have canvassed the state over the past five years convincing Howard and Prince George's officials to adopt similar bans, were front and center at the signing too.
Very risky to fiddle with the squiggle
Oh dear. The marketing boffins at the ABC have got their hands on the squiggle because they believe it doesn't communicate effectively in the 21st century. The iconic brand identity with its superb design represents an organisation with a reputation for excellence and leading-edge intelligence. By all means play with the brand identity as it is expressed in different media and enjoy the flexibility that the mark allows, but please don't go back to the drawing board to create other designs that will only undermine the squiggle. That would be an act of corporate suicide, as it will only create confusion among those of us who instantly recognise and respond to the brand mark. BMW makes engines, cars, racing cars, bicycles and motorcycles, and you only ever see the one BMW badge.
Jennifer Lopez And Hollywood Await The Evil Twin
MUCH excitement now that Jennifer Lopez, aka Jenny From The Block, is preparing the birthing mat for her twins. Twins are vey much the now look among celebrity babies. Julia Roberts gave birth to twins, and Angelina Jolie is, reportedly, carrying a brace of children. You are not anyone unless you have twins. Concerned celebs should circulate Ultrasound pictures of their unborn child and see if they can get a match. Anorak's UltraSound Database is not yet full functional, but if you send in your pictures we will do our best to find a twin. A hasty adoption may well stave off any feelings of Solo Kid Shame (SKIDS), and you should take care to pass off the 'twin' as a genetic throwback. Nice Little Earners In readiness for her twins, People magazine reports that Jenny has opened a "lengthy registry" with a shop called Petit Tresor (Little Earners).
Transporters caught in the crossfire
We do not have enough security here (at Mlolongo) and often we have had to chase away thieves aiming to steal oil or parts of the trucks," complained another driver. Mr Paul Naubembe, a Ugandan driver headed to Juba narrated how they have risked their lives as the violence mounts in many parts of the country. "We cannot travel without escort by security personnel. We have run out of our mileage allowances and we risk starving if the crisis is not addressed," he says. He added that being a Ugandan driver in Kenya at this time when there is rumour of Ugandan soldiers involvement in Kenya is the most disquieting experience. "We are being put under a lot of stress as our brothers in Kenya think our president is involved and we have become a target.
The Insider
George Eliot signed up for membership, and Dickens used the library to research A Tale of Two Cities. The handsome house in the corner of St James's Square, which now has 8,000 members and one million books, has for the past 160 years been the best 'place on the civilised earth', but it no longer caters for those who are 'not rich'. Carlyle's insistence that readers pay only a 'small annual sum' has seemingly been forgotten, and the annual fee is to rise by nearly 80 per cent to £375. Will readers begrudge the cost? For those, like me, who go there a dozen times a year, paying over a pound a day for the privilege may seem a little steep; for the many others who use the library as an office, a sitting-room, or a venue for dangerous liaisons, it is cheap at the price. There is, simply, nothing else like it.
Delphi to Introduce Multec Electronic Fuel Injection for One- and Two ...
Delphi Multec EFI provides manufacturers an easy and convenient way to implement an electronic fuel injection system for gasoline and flexible-fuel powered engines. Designed to help manufacturers meet exhaust and evaporative emissions requirements for one- and two-cylinder engines, the system also achieves targets for engine performance and fuel consumption. Delphi Multec EFI can reduce fuel consumption in motorcycles from 10 to 15 percent. "With Delphi Multec EFI, motorcycle manufacturers around the world can look to Delphi for the most efficient electronic fuel injection system for virtually any demand," said Ran Wu, Delphi's Multec EFI product manager. "Stringent emission legislation is being enacted in all corners of the globe; Multec EFI is one way to achieve these emissions goals." Delphi developed the system for motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and scooter manufacturers around the world.
Edward M. Gomez
Our concern is for the safety of the Serbs and other ethnic minorities in Kosovo....We'll strongly warn against any attempts at repressive measures, should Serbs in Kosovo decide not to comply with this unilateral proclamation of independence." Russia is worried "that Kosovo's move [may set] a dangerous precedent for separatist groups globally." (Press Association) In fact, "the most immediate diplomatic aftershocks" following the news of Kosovo's independence declaration "came in the Caucasus, where two separatist regions of the former Soviet state of Georgia announced they too would be seeking independence. 'Both South Ossetia and Abkhazia have more political and legal justification to declare independence than Kosovo does,' said the South Ossetian president, Eduard Kokoity.
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Franklin Devine and Jennifer MacDonald are the producers.
SADDAM'S CONFESSIONS - In his first television interview, FBI Agent George Piro tells Scott Pelley how he won the confidence of Saddam Hussein and got the truth out of him in a seven-month interrogation before the Iraqi dictator went to trial and the gallows. Henry Schuster is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE- LENGTH SEGMENT.
Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008
60 Minutes will not be seen this Sunday, Jan. 20.
Taking its place will be CBS News Presents: "The Age Of Warming"
Nowhere is the evidence of global warming as striking than near the earths poles. CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley's report brings him to the top and the bottom of the world, where scientists point out the effects of the warming trend.
CAMPO takes on transit – where the rubber doesn't meet the road
Equally broad-spectrum are the plans, funding sources, and authorized service areas of the cities and transit entities presenting: Capital Metro, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District. What's most striking thus far is how close Austin and the region could be to a collaborative solution, if – and it's a big if – the money can be cobbled together. An impressive amount of planning for passenger-rail transit already has been done, albeit in a fragmented fashion. Continued Barton, "Timing is everything, and I have a sense that we might be at a place in the region's history, and in the zeitgeist, where we are all ready to sing 'Kumbaya,' or maybe 'Happy Trails,' together." "This is a historical moment, a remarkable moment!" celebrated Brewster McCracken, vice chair of the group, at its Jan.
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