YES!!!!! It is finally prohibited to smoke in Baden-Württemberg!
Society:
Yesterday I went out for a drink in an Irish pub here in Heidelberg. And where I was used to eat tons of someone else's smoke together with my Guinness, I found a smoke free environment and a bunch of non smoking signs. I got curious and I asked... which sweet soul had the ideia of turning O'Reilys smoke free? And it was the state.... :D How sweet of them.
So I went home and checked the german news:
-Raucher müssen draußen bleiben. In drei Bundesländern treten heute umfassende Nichtraucherschutzgesetze in Kraft. In Baden-Württemberg, Niedersachsen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ist der blaue Dunst ab sofort aus Gaststätten, Krankenhäusern, Schulen und Landesbehörden verbannt. Endlich!!!!!!
This means I can go out for a drink at night and save my nose. :D
With more good news, the regular way:
-Spanish unemployment hits near 30 year low. The National Statistics Institute said that part of the fall was due to more Spanish women joining the work force.
-British troops pull out of Northern Ireland after nearly four decades. After thirty-eight years the British Army is to pull out almost all its troops from Northern Ireland.
-Britain will take troops out of Iraq regardless of US, says PM. Gordon Brown has paved the way for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by telling George Bush he would not delay their exit in order to show unity with the United States. Two good decisions in my opinion.
-Ivorians burn guns for peace. The gun burning ceremony is meant as the symbolic start of the disarmament process.
Medicine:
-New gene therapy tools for inherited blindness identifed. Still a long way to go until we have the therapy itself, but it's a step forward.
Techonology:
-I-Limb a gripping invention. A new hope.
Science:
-Newsflash: Time May Not Exist. Simon Saunders, a philosopher of physics at the University of Oxford. “The situation is so uncomfortable that by far the best thing to do is declare oneself an agnostic.”
Ecology:
-Real green homes of the future showcased. Legislation in the UK means all new houses built from 2016 will have to meet strict energy efficiency standards.
Humour:
And since I am happy with the non smoking policy:
Yesterday I went out for a drink in an Irish pub here in Heidelberg. And where I was used to eat tons of someone else's smoke together with my Guinness, I found a smoke free environment and a bunch of non smoking signs. I got curious and I asked... which sweet soul had the ideia of turning O'Reilys smoke free? And it was the state.... :D How sweet of them.So I went home and checked the german news:
-Raucher müssen draußen bleiben. In drei Bundesländern treten heute umfassende Nichtraucherschutzgesetze in Kraft. In Baden-Württemberg, Niedersachsen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ist der blaue Dunst ab sofort aus Gaststätten, Krankenhäusern, Schulen und Landesbehörden verbannt. Endlich!!!!!!
This means I can go out for a drink at night and save my nose. :D
With more good news, the regular way:
-Spanish unemployment hits near 30 year low. The National Statistics Institute said that part of the fall was due to more Spanish women joining the work force.
-British troops pull out of Northern Ireland after nearly four decades. After thirty-eight years the British Army is to pull out almost all its troops from Northern Ireland.
-Britain will take troops out of Iraq regardless of US, says PM. Gordon Brown has paved the way for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by telling George Bush he would not delay their exit in order to show unity with the United States. Two good decisions in my opinion.
-Ivorians burn guns for peace. The gun burning ceremony is meant as the symbolic start of the disarmament process.
Medicine:
-New gene therapy tools for inherited blindness identifed. Still a long way to go until we have the therapy itself, but it's a step forward.
Techonology:
-I-Limb a gripping invention. A new hope.
Science:
-Newsflash: Time May Not Exist. Simon Saunders, a philosopher of physics at the University of Oxford. “The situation is so uncomfortable that by far the best thing to do is declare oneself an agnostic.”
Ecology:
-Real green homes of the future showcased. Legislation in the UK means all new houses built from 2016 will have to meet strict energy efficiency standards.
Humour:
And since I am happy with the non smoking policy:
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