The ongoing decrease in the number of people smoking in California is a major public health achievement. With California adults smoking 25 percent less than the rest of the nation, our state continues to benefit from lower rates of tobacco-related illnesses.

The Premier Office award recognizes both achievement and teamwork and is the most impressive designation awarded to individual Coldwell Banker offices. Glenn Little, Principal Broker/Owner of Coldwell Banker Miller's Real Estate Services, Inc. has established a standard of excellence for offices throughout the Coldwell Banker system.

The only huge achievement next week will be taking three points off the Bolton Wanderers. If you look beyond that, you trip up very quickly.

The only way to begin, change, and success is to simplify and go step by step. Don't even bother writing everything down or thinking ahead of what you have to do, for this will make things seem complicated, overwhelming and too much. Simplify and begin step by step without the process of thinking too much.

The opposition sought to exploit the achievements of the upheaval, so it brokered a deal in Paris in mid-April, which allowed the Lebanese-Syrian police regime to buy time.