• Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation's Emergency Response State by State highlights progress in preparedness and presents data on a broad range of preparedness and response activities occurring at state and local levels across the nation. (cdc.gov)
  • The 2023 rankings show Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey follow Utah in the nation's top five happiest states. (abc4.com)
  • State Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs are an integral part of the nation's food safety system with about 1,900 small and very small meat and poultry establishments inspected under state MPI programs. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • In 2018, only nine percent of Millennials in the United States described the state of the nation's economy as excellent. (statista.com)
  • How would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days? (statista.com)
  • 6. What does the report tell us about the state of our nation's health? (cdc.gov)
  • The report does not rate the state of our nation's health. (cdc.gov)
  • It evaluates the state of our nation's nutrition status by measuring biochemical indicators. (cdc.gov)
  • The barbaric acts and military gains of Islamic State have succeeded in sowing fear in Australia and other wealthy nations, with a new poll showing the extremist group is considered the biggest global threat in all but one advanced economy surveyed. (smh.com.au)
  • Australia and nine other countries with advanced economies have all ranked Islamic State as the biggest global threat. (smh.com.au)
  • In Australia, 69 per cent of respondents said they were 'very concerned' by the threat posed by Islamic State. (smh.com.au)
  • Threats the United States faces include Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, China's increased military investment and aggressive posture in East Asia, the Islamic State and Sunni-Shia tensions in the Middle East, global terrorism and an unstable and provocative North Korea, he said. (army.mil)
  • But instead the question dominating Washington right now is how the United States should deal with militants who call themselves the Islamic State. (kunc.org)
  • It's a strategy of engaging the countries around Iraq and Syria, shoring up Sunni moderate groups and getting a new government in Baghdad that Sunnis feel that they can buy into, all as a way of fighting the Islamic state. (kunc.org)
  • ROBERTS: And he emphasized that he's not talking about ground troops, it's not the equivalent of the Iraq war and that the Islamic state is not an immediate threat to this country. (kunc.org)
  • Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to New York City on October 24, 2023 to participate in a United Nations Security Council Ministerial on the situation in the Middle East. (state.gov)
  • The average state earns a C-plus. (edweek.org)
  • The average state earns grades of C and C-minus in School Finance and K-12 Achievement, respectively. (edweek.org)
  • For the K-12 Achievement Index, last updated in the 2016 report, it finishes sixth with a grade of C. The average state earns grades of C and C-minus in School Finance and K-12 Achievement, respectively. (edweek.org)
  • But poorer nations overwhelmingly rated climate change as the top menace to global security, according to a report from the Pew Global Research Centre. (smh.com.au)
  • The unhappiest state in America? (abc4.com)
  • That being said, it's abundantly clear that the United States of America, on the whole, does not presently exhibit a Christian worldview. (gotquestions.org)
  • Some "modernization theories" of nationalism see it as a product of government policies to unify and modernize an already existing state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hobsbawm considers that the state made the French nation, not French nationalism, which emerged at the end of the 19th century, the time of the Dreyfus Affair. (wikipedia.org)
  • References to gender relations are deeply embedded in the historical concepts of nation and nationalism, and in the related symbols, metaphors and arguments. (routledge.com)
  • For example, in both India and China, with two economies that increasingly depend on globalization, we see a strengthening of nationalism, understood here as the cultural politics that has the nation as its subject and its object . (lu.se)
  • The critique of methodological nationalism in the study of transnational migration and ethnicity usefully points out that transnational linkages can be more important for ethnic groups than their location in a particular nation-state, but this should not lead us to forget the central importance of national borders and definitions of citizenship that shape the conditions that ethnic groups try to negotiate through their transnational networks. (lu.se)
  • In this light it appears contradictory how the conjuncture of Islam and the Maldivian nation could be threatened by the state, as religious nationalism directly informs state structures, procedures and ideologies. (lu.se)
  • In 1964, the United Nations General Assembly established its Conference on Trade and Development, which was determined to revise Bretton Woods through the official channels of the UN. (thenation.com)
  • Further to that, through its eleventh emergency special session, the United Nations General Assembly adopted three resolutions on the war in Ukraine, including on the protection of civilians, humanitarian personnel, journalists and vulnerable persons. (who.int)
  • also note the early emergence of a relatively unified state and identity in Portugal and the Dutch Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Domestic Roles and the Incorporation of Women into the Nation State: The Emergence and Development of the 'Good Wife, Wise Mother' Ideology Koyama Shizuko 6. (routledge.com)
  • What exacerbates the problem is that investors don't want to come because of corruption, harsh and extreme weather conditions, threats to peace and security, the country's state of low technology and poor internet connectivity, and inadequate and poor quality of infrastructures. (zawya.com)
  • This Academy study focuses on the link between corruption and fundamental political and economic transformation, on the effect of corruption in weak states, and on the ways that state-level corruption radiates into the larger international setting. (amacad.org)
  • Project participants come from universities, research think tanks, international anti-corruption organizations, and the United Nations. (amacad.org)
  • It insists and stipulates that Israel must reconfigure its geo-political environment through the balkanization of the surrounding Arab states into smaller and weaker states. (pravda.ru)
  • Smoking-related deaths were highest in the 13 "tobacco nation" states that have weaker tobacco control policies and higher rates of cigarette smoking. (medscape.com)
  • This volume includes the work of an international group of scholars from Japan, the United States, Australia and Germany, which in many cases appears in English for the first time. (routledge.com)
  • Israeli strategists viewed Iraq as their biggest strategic challenge from an Arab state. (pravda.ru)
  • The original intent of the state of the nations was to set the stage from a vision, strategic and mindset perspective on where we were going to take the Mobile App, web self-serve and marketing content for the upcoming year. (telus.com)
  • The CCS strategic basis for planning as well as to aims to bring together the strength of WHO improve WHO's col aboration with Member support at country, Regional Office and States towards achieving the Mil ennium headquarters levels in a coherent manner to Development Goals (MDGs). (who.int)
  • WHO and its 194 Member States work with many partners, including United Nations agencies, donors, nongovernmental organizations, WHO Collaborating Centres, professional associations and the private sector. (who.int)
  • The report examines how new state and federal strategies are transforming the assessment of school performance, and reshaping the consequences for poor results. (edweek.org)
  • What do you think is the top military threat to the United States, asked a reporter. (army.mil)
  • Asked if the United States is prepared for conventional war with Russia since the Army has been focused on counterinsurgency over the last 15 years, Odierno replied that the Army has been training for the "hybrid" threat for the last 18 months and will continue doing so. (army.mil)
  • Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) has for long pushed the idea of combining state and federal elections as it would also help cut the cost of conducting polls in the world's most populous country. (indiatimes.com)
  • The Ministry of Health in Samoa, in partnership with the Pacific Community, successfully implemented enhanced surveillance for the high-profile Third United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States held concurrently with the popular local Teuila festival during a widespread chikungunya outbreak in September 2014. (who.int)
  • The Index is a topical index with cross references to such topics as child and adolescent health, elderly population, specific race and ethnic groups, State data, and women's health. (cdc.gov)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state of the nation speech on Wednesday at a time of increased tensions. (wbur.org)
  • Just 17 per cent were very worried about territorial disputes with China, despite some security analysts regarding the tensions between China and other Asian nations in the South and East China seas - as well as the Himalayas - as the most potentially damaging security flashpoint for the region. (smh.com.au)
  • The Digital TV Group (DTG), the centre for UK digital TV, has published the full findings of its much-anticipated national TV trends survey in the annual 'State of the Nation' report. (dtg.org.uk)
  • The report features national data and individual fact sheets for the 50 states and four directly funded localities (Chicago, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles County and New York City) supported by CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement . (cdc.gov)
  • Fact sheet data expand and update those presented in CDC's first state preparedness report (2008) , and cover activities conducted in 2008 and 2009. (cdc.gov)
  • The report also highlights state and local preparedness and response activities occurring during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • This year's State Highlights Report also contains the special analysis of student achievement in the NCLB era. (edweek.org)
  • State of the Nation report and infographic are available to download below. (legalandgeneral.com)
  • This landmark report on the experiences and views of Older Australians is the second of the COTA Federation's State Of The Older Nation (SOTON) reports. (cota.org.au)
  • Health, United States is the annual report on the health status of the Nation, submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the President and Congress. (cdc.gov)
  • A variety of resources can be found on the Health, United States webpage, including the full report featuring a chartbook and trend tables . (cdc.gov)
  • A special abridged edition, Health, United States, 2013: In Brief is also available as a companion to the full report. (cdc.gov)
  • State of the United Nations : decline or regeneration in the next fifty years, report of the Twenty-Ninth United Nations of the Next Decade Conference, June 19-24, 1994, convened at Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. (who.int)
  • Through the years it has been my custom when we start a new year to address kind of the state of the nation. (gty.org)
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa, First Lady Tshepo Motsepe and speaker of the national assembly, Baleka Mbete (back), arrive for the annual State of the Nation address on February 7 2019, at parliament in Cape Town. (timeslive.co.za)
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his state of the nation address in parliament on Thursday evening. (timeslive.co.za)
  • These were some of the highlights from President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2019 State of the Nation address. (timeslive.co.za)
  • This address has been appropriately dubbed 'the state of the nation. (telus.com)
  • For new TELUS Digital team members, the 'state of the nation' address might sound like something highly political - it's quite the opposite. (telus.com)
  • We urge you to use your State of the Nation address to explicitly make human rights protection and prosecutions a policy priority over the next three years. (hrw.org)
  • We believe that a meaningful State of the Nation address on July 22, 2013, should include specific initiatives designed to tackle these serious, ongoing human rights violations. (hrw.org)
  • President Obama will address the nation about this on Wednesday night. (kunc.org)
  • In 1925, the Geneva Protocol was signed by 108 nations, including the five nations that would become the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. (medscape.com)
  • A nation-state is a political unit where the state, a centralized political organization ruling over a population within a territory, and the nation, a community based on a common identity, are congruent. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2011, there were 26.1 physicians in patient care per 10,000 population in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite your promises of reform and accountability, a damaging climate of impunity persists within the military and other state security forces. (hrw.org)
  • While much of the federal subsidies have been devolved over the years through local government, First Nation governments and First Nation Development Corporations, all paths lead back to the Federal Government," says Kobayashi. (canadianarchitect.com)
  • It's prompted health officials from the state and provincial governments to declare they will be sending assistance to Attawapiskat, where there are no mental health specialists and only four health care workers, the CBC writes. (npr.org)
  • Even the new constitution of 2008, which was the outcome of a four-year-long democratic reform process, clearly states that the state religion is Islam and only Muslims can acquire Maldivian citizenship. (lu.se)
  • Other state institutions are avoiding solving problems in order to save themselves from extra work, and the correspondence with them shows this very clearly. (baltictimes.com)
  • According to the study, Utah bests the nation in work and community environments, however fell behind in overall emotional and physical well-being. (abc4.com)
  • Utah also reportedly has the lowest divorce rate, is the fourth-safest state, and the fewest work hours. (abc4.com)
  • According to WalletHub, Utahns volunteer three times more than Florida, which donates the least amount of time in the nation for volunteer work. (abc4.com)
  • The Nation at Work: Gendered Working Patterns in the Taishō and Shōwa Periods Regine Mathias 9. (routledge.com)
  • In France, Eric Hobsbawm argues, the French state preceded the formation of the French people. (wikipedia.org)
  • This State of the Nation weekender at Tate Exchange brings together a rich mix of perspectives on homelessness from a range of guests including artists, people with experience of homelessness and politicians. (tate.org.uk)
  • A devastated, war torn nation of, at the time, just under seventeen million people. (pravda.ru)
  • Pretty much a series of artfully crafted talking-head interviews - conducted in cars, homes and workplaces both by off-camera questioners and an affable fellow who appears to be the Austrian Larry King, "State of the Nation" is a bleak look into the private lives of mostly bleak people. (filmthreat.com)
  • This year, as a diverse people and as a united nation, we will celebrate one of the greatest of human achievements. (timeslive.co.za)
  • Statistics Canada says that two factors have contributed to this explosion: high fertility rates, but also a greater confidence that is causing more people to identify themselves as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit on the census. (canadianarchitect.com)
  • One in five Indigenous people lived in a dwelling in need of major repair in 2016, including nearly a third of Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat and almost half of Status First Nations people living on reserves. (canadianarchitect.com)
  • The BBC notes that Canada's 1.4 million indigenous people have a lower life expectancy than other Canadians, and that Attawapiskat is not the only First Nation grappling with a high rate of suicide attempts. (npr.org)
  • In Iraq, on the basis of the concepts of the Yinon Plan, Israeli strategists have called for the division of Iraq into a Kurdish state and two Arab states, one for Shiite Muslims and the other for Sunni Muslims. (pravda.ru)
  • The subsequent nation paralyzing UN embargo followed, then the 2003 decimation and occupation - another orchestrated downward spiral - and tragedy and now open talk of what has been planned for decades, the break up of Iraq. (pravda.ru)
  • Federal authorities estimate the state saw a 7 percent increase in dairy goats over the past year. (wpr.org)
  • We urge Member States to strengthen immunization and surveillance systems and consider immunization infrastructure when discussing efforts to bolster national health security. (who.int)
  • We call on member states, private sector partners, and global health leaders to make explicit commitments to strengthen immunization programs, eradicate polio, and fulfill our collective goals in protecting children worldwide. (who.int)
  • and the discussion around (one nation, one election) is part of evolution," Joshi said, adding that the plan would be discussed in parliament. (indiatimes.com)
  • A "one nation, one election" law will have to be passed by parliament and also ratified by states, about half of which are ruled by rivals of the BJP. (indiatimes.com)
  • There are three main ways to approach the question "Is the United States a Christian nation? (gotquestions.org)
  • Founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation has long believed that independent journalism has the capacity to bring about a more democratic and equitable world. (thenation.com)
  • The committee's bipartisan 8-0 vote in favor of the amendments, she said , is 'an embarrassment for both the Democratic Party and the California State Legislature as a whole' that 'sends exactly the wrong message to other lawmakers across the country. (commondreams.org)
  • Look, we know the Democratic candidates in red states didn't want him to do this before the election. (kunc.org)
  • Information about the causes of fire-associated deaths was obtained from NFIRS, maintained by the U.S. Fire Administration, which gathers detailed reports of a sample of fire-associated deaths collected from approximately 13,500 fire departments in 41 states (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Almost 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States - about 123,000 deaths - were linked to cigarette smoking, new research shows. (medscape.com)
  • While a final text is not yet released, insiders suggest that CEO Blankfein will declare the state of the union excellent, and announce significant bonuses for five of nine Supreme Court Justices. (thenation.com)
  • On Saturday night, Shisheesh and the Attawapiskat Council voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency. (npr.org)
  • But this perspective passes over the major structural changes in the history of the postwar decades, when the United States reconceived its mission in the world and new nations were no longer willing to support it on the same terms. (thenation.com)
  • By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation 's journalism. (thenation.com)
  • Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? (thenation.com)
  • The FSIS provides guidance to state MPI programs under these agreements, reviews each state MPI program and its requirements and activities at least annually, and provides approximately $60 million dollars annually to support the state MPI programs currently operating. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • In the area of adult outcomes, based on postsecondary educational attainment and workforce indicators, Minnesota's grade is a B. It ranks sixth in the nation. (edweek.org)
  • A confederation, a league of sovereign states, which might or might not include nation-states. (wikipedia.org)
  • Research interests include gender and nation, feminist theory, propaganda, visual history and transcultural aesthetics. (routledge.com)
  • For more from The Nation , check out our latest issue . (thenation.com)
  • Moreover, military spokespeople continue to issue statements that malign outspoken civil society activists as enemies of the state or communist operatives - which threatens physical attacks by military personnel. (hrw.org)
  • The leaders of the Attawapiskat First Nation, an isolated Cree community in northern Ontario, Canada, have declared a state of emergency over a series of suicide attempts. (npr.org)
  • According to Andreas Harsono, an Indonesian writer and human-rights activist "Indonesia will either be a rising democracy or follow Pakistan and become a sectarian failed state. (monocle.com)
  • While my role largely revolves around structuring our portfolios and program governance, state of the nations are largely directed by our tribe leaders. (telus.com)
  • The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the State of Oregon have reached a cooperative agreement, under which the state inspection program may inspect meat products produced for shipment within the state. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • Under the cooperative agreement, the state inspection program must develop, administer, and enforce requirements "at least equal to" those imposed under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). (foodsafetynews.com)
  • This program is beneficial to small meat and poultry processors in building their local and state marketplaces. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • We will remember the relief and exhilaration of the day of our freedom, the moment at which we became a nation, a country at peace with itself and the world. (timeslive.co.za)
  • Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan makes a unique contribution to the international literature on the formation of modern nation-states in its focus on the gendering of the modern Japanese nation-state from the late nineteenth century to the present. (routledge.com)
  • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other human rights treaties to which the Philippines is a party, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, require states to provide an effective remedy for human rights violations. (hrw.org)
  • International law also places an obligation on states to investigate and punish serious violations of human rights. (hrw.org)
  • To increase deterrence, the United States needs to continue focusing on interoperability between the armies of NATO, and increasing training and capability. (army.mil)
  • In a more general sense, a nation-state is simply a large, politically sovereign country or administrative territory. (wikipedia.org)
  • A city-state, which is both smaller than a "nation" in the sense of a "large sovereign country" and which may or may not be dominated by all or part of a single "nation" in the sense of a common ethnicity or culture. (wikipedia.org)
  • This article mainly discusses the more specific definition of a nation-state as a typically sovereign country dominated by a particular ethnicity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following a ' major win ' for open internet advocates in the California Senate last month, State Assemblyman Miguel Santiago provoked widespread outrage on Wednesday when he ' rammed through ' amendments that critics say ' eviscerate ' what 'would have been the best net neutrality bill in the country. (commondreams.org)
  • Odierno replied that when the United States pulled its forces out of the country, a decision made in 2008, violence was down and the economy was growing. (army.mil)
  • The 20th annual edition of Quality Counts - Called to Account: New Directions in School Accountability -continues Education Week 's long-standing tradition of grading the states on their performance. (edweek.org)
  • The 21st annual edition of Quality Counts-Under Construction: Building on ESSA's K-12 Foundation -continues Education Week 's long-standing tradition of grading the states on their performance. (edweek.org)
  • Given that these are annual rituals, creating the right atmosphere with a suitable amount of time to prepare is critical to a successful state of the nation. (telus.com)
  • The State of the Union will be a little different this year. (thenation.com)
  • SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) - Utah has been named the happiest of all 50 states across the nation, reclaiming the title after falling a few spots last year. (abc4.com)
  • State of the nations are the opportunities for each tribe to stake their claim on where they will go for the coming year. (telus.com)
  • The state of the nation helps teams understand each other's vision and plans for the year. (telus.com)
  • But the move is complex as it would require curtailing or extending the terms of state legislatures that have been elected at different times for a five-year term. (indiatimes.com)
  • Across the spending indicators, Minnesota finishes with a letter grade of D compared with a national average of D. Minnesota ranks 22nd in the nation in this area. (edweek.org)
  • WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 12, 2015) -- "I believe this nation is at an important inflection point, specifically regarding national security," Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said. (army.mil)
  • India set up a panel on Friday to identify ways to hold state and national elections at the same time, a contentious plan that aims to reduce the time politicians spend on campaigning and get them to focus more on doing their jobs. (indiatimes.com)
  • WalletHub's study also found Utahns are the most giving with their time, ranking first in the nation for volunteer rates. (abc4.com)
  • This isn't the first time the Beehive State has been found as the happiest state in the nation. (abc4.com)
  • Now over the last number of weeks, I gave a series of messages on the state of the church and what it is that we face in the church of our time. (gty.org)
  • The United States must also ensure its military can get there quickly and sustain itself while there over time, he added. (army.mil)
  • Minnesota receives a B in this area and ranks third in the nation. (edweek.org)
  • It finishes eighth in the nation in this area. (edweek.org)
  • A federated state, which may or may not be a nation-state, and which is only partially self-governing within a larger federation (for example, the state boundaries of Bosnia and Herzegovina are drawn along ethnic lines, but those of the United States are not). (wikipedia.org)
  • This research was commissioned by the Federation of nine Councils on the Ageing (COTA) across Australia - including all eight COTA state and territory organisations and COTA Australia - in order to understand the views, life experiences and needs of Australians aged 50+. (cota.org.au)
  • Based on an original state-by-state analysis, this index combines information from 13 indicators that span a person's life from cradle to career. (edweek.org)
  • Of the eight indicators in this category, four assess school spending patterns, while the remaining metrics gauge equity in the distribution of funding across the districts within each state. (edweek.org)
  • In retrospect, Bandung was not the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement founded in Belgrade six years later, but rather, as the anthropologist John Kelly has argued, the point where the third world accelerated its long march into the US-designed global system predicated on the consolidated nation-state. (thenation.com)
  • State of the Nation analyses data from exclusive research commissioned by the DTG to identify the trends to explore key industry drivers, determine critical trends and set the direction for the UK's world-leading digital TV sector. (dtg.org.uk)
  • If you're not fascinated by world politics (i.e., if you're an American) "State of the Nation" is bound to be tough slogging. (filmthreat.com)
  • 194 Member States has the potential make World Health Day a globally-observed event. (who.int)
  • The nation-state is undoubtedly the most important political formation in the world today. (lu.se)