Gemma Arterton, who is starring in the next Bond film, has inadvertently revealed that the secret agent might get married.
Thesun.co.uk reports Arterton saying that she and Bond actor Daniel Craig were filming a scene in a honeymoon suite.
A shocked reporter immediately asked: "Honeymoon suite?" The embarrassed Arterton replied, "I think I've said too much."
Bond had got married in the 1969 hit On Her Majesty's Service, but his rival Blofeld killed the wife.
ECW's John Morrison & The Miz became the first Superstars from the Land of the Extreme to strike SmackDown gold following the SmackDown/ECW working agreement. Morrison & Miz defeated Matt Hardy & MVP - then defeated them again moments later - to walk out of the Nov. 16 SmackDown as champions.
Thanks to a little help from some friends, Edge defeated reigning champion Batista and Undertaker in a Triple Threat Match at Armageddon to claim the World Heavyweight Championship.
A pair of faux Rated-R Superstars got involved in the match, allowing the real Edge to sneak in and nail Undertaker with a chair. With The Phenom incapacitated, the Ultimate Opportunist then pinned an already-decimated Batista to win the gold.
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"It was only because of the enormous leadership and personality of the governor that they got as far as they did," said Paul B. Ginsburg, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change, a nonprofit in Washington. "With the economy souring, it became clear that this was way beyond California's fiscal capacity to pull off." Even if lawmakers had passed the bill, its fate was uncertain because it required approval by voters in a ballot initiative.
The California bill, hammered out by the two leaders, cleared the state Assembly in December, but failed to pass out of a Senate committee Monday. The plan would have covered about 70% of the state's 5.1 million uninsured residents through a combination of state subsidies and mandates on individuals and employers. All state residents, above certain income thresholds, would have been required to buy health insurance, but the cost was uncertain. Employers would have been required to contribute toward their workers' health benefits, or pay into a state fund.
Ms. Mulkey said by focusing on coverage expansion, without mechanisms to curb rising costs, California put itself in "that fast lane of health-care spending" increases. It wasn't clear that state funds would have been able to match program costs because health-care costs continue to increase faster than the rest of the economy. Cost management will likely require constraints that only the federal government can impose through the Medicare program because it accounts for such a huge share of overall U.S. health-care spending, she said.
"Some of the potential policies to address costs aren't really available to the states," agreed Dr. Ginsburg. Only the federal government can make changes in the tax treatment of health insurance, for instance. The federal government has the power to change the way it pays physicians. It is also better positioned to evaluate new technologies and drugs to determine whether they add enough value to justify higher costs.
The California bill's critics said its cost-containment mechanisms were weak. Many lawmakers were unconvinced that middle-class families would be able to afford insurance. Some families might be forced to choose between buying food or clothes or paying for this health-care coverage, state Sen. Leland Yee said. "I can't in good conscience put that kind of cloud over any family," he said.
Achieving universal coverage in California might be tougher than nearly anywhere else, said Len Nichols, a New America Foundation health economist who advised Mr. Schwarzenegger. In California, support for a single-payer, government-run health-care system is particularly strong, especially among labor groups. Republican lawmakers in California were adamantly opposed to tax increases, while some Republican lawmakers in Washington are willing to consider options, Mr. Nichols said.
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Last year's 11 import alerts effectively ban the affected products from the USA until they're tested and proved safe. In the previous two years combined, the FDA added just six alerts that remain in effect, according to FDA data.
Eleven in one year makes for a "busy year," says Ted Poplawski, FDA import alert official.
About 270 FDA import alerts are in effect. Some are 30 years old.
On rare occasions, the agency adds an import alert and then lifts it shortly thereafter. Those aren't included in the FDA's data.
Three alerts added last year covered products from China: vegetable proteins such as wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate, some toothpaste and five types of farm-raised fish. A less-sweeping alert restricted imports of bottled water from three firms in Armenia after tests showed the presence of high levels of arsenic.
The 11 alerts came in a year marked by the largest pet-food recall — caused by contaminated Chinese ingredients — and multiple discoveries of potentially dangerous products for humans.
The FDA's actions may show it is responding to pressure to improve food safety, says Benjamin England, a former FDA attorney.
"They're starting to focus on imported products more, so they're finding more things," he says.
At least two import alerts in 2007 had substantial impact.
Demand for U.S. wheat gluten, a product used in many foods, including bread, has soared 30% since April when the FDA restricted imports of Chinese vegetable proteins, says Steve Pickman of MGP Ingredients, a domestic producer.
From September through November, inbound-U.S. shipments of Chinese wheat gluten fell to 2.4 million pounds vs. 14.7 million in the same period a year earlier, according to import data from Piers Global Intelligence Solutions.
Shipments of Chinese catfish during the same time dropped 68%, Piers data show. Chinese farm-raised catfish and four other kinds of fish were restricted in June after FDA tests found illegal chemicals.
The alert has led to shipping delays and more testing costs, raising wholesale prices for breaded shrimp by 5%, says Carlos Sanchez of Beaver Street Fisheries in Florida.
Foods not covered by alerts enter the USA with little FDA review. Companies can get off import alerts if they prove to the FDA that their products are consistently good.
No Chinese firms producing or exporting vegetable proteins, including wheat gluten, have done so. One Chinese seafood firm has.
