Sentences with phrase «hospitable state»

«Transgressing a boundary increases the risk that human activities could inadvertently drive the Earth System into a much less hospitable state, damaging efforts to reduce poverty and leading to deterioration of human wellbeing in many parts of the world, including wealthy countries», said Professor Steffen.

«Iowa has to be the most hospitable state ever,» she said.

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The bank's home state isn't proving hospitable.

Of course, for Protestants, the fate of the United States and the fate of American Protestantism have been deeply intertwined from the very beginning, so adherence to the civic project must stem not simply from confidence that American liberty was generally hospitable to the flourishing of Christianity but from a deep, if inchoate, conviction that the American experiment itself was the political outworking of a Protestant sense of «nature and nature's God.»

The diffusion of political responsibility that results from popular sovereignty, the belief that every group has a right to its own state, and the decline in the belief in absolute human rights have together fostered a hospitable intellectual climate for terrorism.

A few years ago the United States refurbished and rededicated the Statue of Liberty, a powerful and oft - used icon of our generous and hospitable national spirit.

The poor ranking comes despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushing changes to New York's tax structure and an effort to make the state more hospitable to bringing businesses here.

The New Yorkers leaving our state are more likely to head to south than anywhere else — where both the tax climate and economic climate are generally more hospitable.

He encouraged them to go into practical Farming, Fishery, Snail farming and tap into the agriculturally friendly environment of the state, emphasizing the need for them to take advantage of the pleasant, accommodating, peaceful and hospitable atmosphere in the Sstate, emphasizing the need for them to take advantage of the pleasant, accommodating, peaceful and hospitable atmosphere in the StateState.

The state rated 34th in having an overall hospitable climate toward business.

And unlike the relatively hospitable Council, Albany is home to largely unsympathetic interests: a Republican State Senate, an Assembly full of Democrats aligned with building trades unions and, of course, the mayor's regular tormentor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Few of us think about the state of the atmosphere until it fails to provide us with a hospitable environment.

In late September 2010, a group of astronomers in the United States using spectroscopic data from ground - based instruments announced the discovery of a potentially hospitable planet, Gliese 581g, orbiting the star Gliese 581 just 20 light - years away.

But as existence is a constant state of change, things now aren't the way they always were, and early in its life Venus may have been significantly more hospitable.

Some production notes state that «The appearance of the third monolith, Kubrick has explained, sends space voyager Bowman «on a journey through inner and outer space and finally... to where he's placed in a human zoo approximating a hospitable terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination.

Some production notes found in an earlier DVD release stated that «the appearance of the third monolith, Kubrick has explained, sends space voyager Bowman «on a journey through inner and outer space and finally... to where he's placed in a human zoo approximating a hospitable terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination.

Unions are also active in state and federal legislatures, using their lobbying clout to safeguard their collective bargaining muscle and to ensure that negotiations unfold on a hospitable playing field.

In «Charter Politics,» Christiana Stoddard and Sean Corcoran look at why some states are more hospitable to charter schools than other states.

This tends to lock in the professionalism agenda while rendering states markedly less hospitable to alternative certification, subject - centered preparation programs, and kindred reforms of teaching.

It might work better if 10, 15, or 20 states with sufficient infrastructure and a hospitable political climate develop a governance model that all can buy into.

If you want a grant, said the secretary, your state had better be hospitable to reform.

Delaware passed legislation making the state more hospitable to Teach For America, and Rhode Island put a stop to all seniority - based teacher assignments.

We used this information to rank states based on how hospitable an environment they offer for charter schools seeking to serve preschoolers.

Creating a climate hospitable to education School suspensions at Atkinson were among the highest in the state when Hensley took over.

The state's charter law, as crafted by DeVos allies, has been among the most hospitable for for - profit companies.

Like the animals they encounter, migrating through rural, suburban, and urban areas, the Tush Hogs remain in a state of constant adaptation as they search for a more hospitable habitat.

Although the physical state of 155 Grove Street is no longer hospitable to our continued work there, we're honored to be able to host an event that celebrates the efforts of thousands of artists, curators, volunteers and SFAC staff members who made Grove Street such an important part of Bay Area cultural history.»

While the stated objective of the PB framework is to «guide human societies» away from a state of the Earth system that is «less hospitable to the development of human societies», it offers little scientific evidence to support the connection between the global state of specific Earth system processes and human well - being.

In addition to ticks, other invasive pests like winter moth, Asian long - horned beetles and emerald ash borers are finding Maine's climate more hospitable, which presents challenges to the state's forestry sector, says Small Woodlot Owners of Maine Director Tom Doak.

If we buck this living global system too much, it could move to a state which is no longer hospitable to survival, first for more vulnerable communities, and eventually all of us.

That would make the United States the only country to enact draconian climate and energy rules in the midst of a recession — sending millions of jobs overseas, where energy prices and regulatory regimes are more hospitable and governments believe people have a right to better lives.

The study showed that the dengue - carrying mosquitos have become established in 28 US states, and will likely become more so as as climate change makes conditions throughout the US south and mid-Atlantic states more hospitable for them.

This reputation was to remain with Charleston well into the 21st century when it was named as «America's Friendliest City,» and the most polite and hospitable place in the United States, by Southern Living Magazine and Travel and Leisure.