• The 2023 rankings show Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey follow Utah in the nation's top five happiest states. (abc4.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Since the SecurID breach, RSA has been sounding a greater alarm over the threat posed by nation states, and recently gathered a group of CIOs in Washington to discuss ways of combating the advanced exploits they're seeing, which often rely on social engineering attacks . (darkreading.com)
  • RSA has now announced that it believes that with the sophistication of the attacks that only a nation state could have been responsible for the hacks. (slashgear.com)
  • The first clause in the Nationality Law would enshrine as a Basic Law the concept that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. (ynetnews.com)
  • The Basic Law also specifies some of the practical aspects of the State of Israel being the nation-state of the Jewish people. (ynetnews.com)
  • We stand by this decision just as we stand by passing the Nationality Law that will clearly set out Israel's being a Jewish and democratic state, the national state of the Jewish People. (ynetnews.com)
  • The concept of a "Greater Israel" according to the founding father of Zionism Theodore Herzl, is a Jewish State stretching: "From the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates. (pravda.ru)
  • Rabbi Fischmann, of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, stated to the UN Special Committee on 9th July 1947 that: "The Promised Land extends from the River of Egypt up to the Euphrates, it includes parts of Syria and Lebanon", wrote Michel Chossudovsky. (pravda.ru)
  • Netanyahu and Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett reached a compromise Sunday on a controversial clause in the Jewish nation-state bill, making it more likely that the bill will pass into law in the Knesset plenum on Monday night. (jpost.com)
  • The state sees developing Jewish settlement as a national interest and will take steps to encourage, advance, and implement this interest," according to the new clause, which will come to a vote on Monday. (jpost.com)
  • An earlier version, drafted by the Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, said: "The state will encourage, establish, and strengthen Jewish settlement in a way that will make clear that encouraging Jewish settlement is a legitimate way of implementing the Zionist vision and is not unacceptable, discrimination or inequality. (jpost.com)
  • Those who do not know how to defend Israel as a Jewish state in a practical way should return their keys and go home," Smotrich said. (jpost.com)
  • The old version of the clause said: "The state will take action to maintain the connection between the state and the Jewish people wherever they are. (jpost.com)
  • 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)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fresh from passing the 2015-2016 state budget, is now looking to advance coalition talks that will have dramatic political ramifications. (ynetnews.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This book examines the impact of Europeanization on the domestic politics of EU member states, focussing on agricultural policy, cohesion policy and employment policy with a detailed comparative case study on Italy. (routledge.com)
  • 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)
  • Bellamy made Boston the home of The New Nation and made use of the mailing list of The Nationalist to enlist subscribers for the new publication. (wikipedia.org)
  • The New Nation stood in marked contrast to the somewhat apolitical editorial line of The Nationalist, which limited itself to a more abstract and philosophical perspective. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are fears that the law will provoke civil and political clashes, primarily due to the reactions of Arab Israelis and the fear of being depicted globally as a nationalist state that advances nationalist laws. (ynetnews.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This series explores the complex relationship between nation-states and European integration and the political, social, economic and policy implications of this interaction. (routledge.com)
  • This book explores how the Baltic States have adapted to, and been embedded in, a wider European environment and how they have become modern European states. (routledge.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This rhetoric seemed somewhat surprising, as the state sees itself as the principal custodian of Islam in the archipelago, and as the government neither had any intention nor any legal ground to change that. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For nation-sponsored attackers behind advanced persistent threats, it's about stealth and sophistication," he said. (darkreading.com)
  • The European nation state is now placed between the interconnected processes of globalization and European integration. (routledge.com)
  • Moreover, the development of the binary opposition between masculinity and femininity and the development of the modern nation-state are processes which occurred simultaneously. (routledge.com)
  • It was estimated by one prominent participant, Boston journalist Cyrus Field Willard, that by the end of 1889 some 50 newspapers existed which could be counted as supporting this growing national movement, which in the states of the Northeast and California came to resemble a mainstream political fad. (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)
  • Although telecom lobbying has, at least for now, thwarted the California bill--previously referred to as the ' gold standard ' for state-level net neutrality protections--while the U.S. House continues to stall a vote on a Senate-appoved Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would overturn the FCC's nationwide rollback , other states have enacted measures that aim to regulate ISPs. (commondreams.org)
  • California has led the state with renewable energy programs, including putting pressure on the federal government under Obama to adopt tougher emissions standards for cars and a goal for the state's electrical grid to be sourced from 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • Homeowners Associations (HOAs) used to file lawsuits against homeowners in California who installed solar panels on their houses until the state passed a law to curb the practice in 2014. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • The solar industry hopes that California will encourage the rest of the nation to follow its lead. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • California is taking a step further basically recognizing that solar should be as commonplace as a front door welcoming you home," Sean Gallagher, vice president of state affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association, told CNBC. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • The years of the late 1870s and 1880s were marked by a series of strikes and economic crises in the United States - problems which raised questions about the basic structure of the American economy in the minds of many American intellectuals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Federal authorities estimate the state saw a 7 percent increase in dairy goats over the past year. (wpr.org)
  • In 2011, there were 26.1 physicians in patient care per 10,000 population in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • We've not attributed it to a particular nation state although we're very confident that with the skill, sophistication, and resources involved, it could only have been a nation state," he said. (darkreading.com)
  • RSA executive chairman Art Coviello said at the RSA Security conference that he is confident with the resources on the investigation the nation state responsible will be uncovered. (slashgear.com)
  • There are three main ways to approach the question "Is the United States a Christian nation? (gotquestions.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The Nation at Work: Gendered Working Patterns in the Taishō and Shōwa Periods Regine Mathias 9. (routledge.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This will give us an opportunity to serve the students at Southeastern who are employees or members of the Choctaw Nation better in terms of having an office directly here at the Choctaw Nation Headquarters," said Newsom. (kxii.com)
  • To give us better insight into how a state of the nation functions and why it's crucial to digital transformation, we sat down with Tom, the Senior Program Manager of Digital Portfolio Management at TELUS Digital. (telus.com)
  • 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)
  • Declansburg contains 164 nations , the 180th most in the world. (nationstates.net)
  • Canada contains 126 nations , the 215th most in the world. (nationstates.net)
  • 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)
  • The historic vehicle of the rise of Western world power - the nation-state - suddenly seems to be a source of weakness and a path for international influence. (aljazeera.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)
  • 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)
  • disease burden estimates have been yield estimates of Chagas disease in the United States, based on reported national prevalence figures from which we mapped at the local level. (cdc.gov)
  • Likewise, in his keynote opening the RSA conference on Tuesday, Coviello said that the three most dangerous groups now attacking businesses online are cybercriminals seeking information that carries a dollar value, hacktivist groups aiming to embarrass businesses, and nation states. (darkreading.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 West's response has been mired in the local politics of its separate nation-states. (aljazeera.com)
  • The problem for the West is that it must organise its response to global problems and claims through the local politics of its nation-states. (aljazeera.com)
  • 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)
  • This program is beneficial to small meat and poultry processors in building their local and state marketplaces. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nationstates_canada/ - we'd love to see you there. (nationstates.net)
  • 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)
  • It is, with the amendments, a fake net neutrality bill,' declared state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who introduced the original legislation. (commondreams.org)
  • 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)
  • The first issue of The New Nation rolled off the presses dated January 31, 1891. (wikipedia.org)
  • For more from The Nation , check out our latest issue . (thenation.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)