Sentences with phrase «in fragile»

Plus, our salvaged second - hand fireplace was already in a fragile condition when we got it.

But years of deferred maintenance had left almost everything in a fragile state.

http://www.batonrougerealestatebuzz.com/ — Baton Rouge Real Estate Home Sales: Highs and Lows For September 7, 2010 Rebekah Allen, with the Baton Rouge Business Report, has an update on Baton Rouge home sales as published on September 7, 2010 and quoted below: «After several months of hoping that the worst had passed in the fragile housing market, -LSB-...]

This undermines real estate, which is in a fragile state of recovery.

In the fragile crucible that is early marriage, sparks can fly, egos get bruised and feelings hurt, sometimes effortlessly.

Carlson, M., McLanahan, S. & England, P. (2003) «Union Formation and Dissolution in Fragile Families» Fragile Families Research Brief, no. 4 Bendheim - Thoman Centre for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University.

Learn how marriages are impacted by the mother - in - law / daughter - in - law relationship, the role a husband plays in this fragile relationship, and how to determine between in - law issues and marital issues.

Income instability and complexity after nonmarital birth: Outcomes for children in fragile families.

The better educated the unwed father, the higher his earnings and the more rapidly his earnings grow; high school graduates earn 25 to 33 percent more than dropouts.3 In the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study sample of men who became fathers in the late 1990s, more than one - third of unwed fathers had not completed high school.

For detail on this data set, see the description in the article by Sara McLanahan and Audrey Beck, titled «Parental Relationships in Fragile Families,» in this volume.

Marcia Carlson and Sara McLanahan, «Fathers in Fragile Families,» Working Paper 09 -14-FF (Princeton: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 2009).

Ronald Mincy, Irwin Garfinkel, and Lenna Nepomnyaschy, «In - Hospital Paternity Establishment and Father Involvement in Fragile Families,» Journal of Marriage and Family 67, no. 3 (2005): 611 — 26.

Amanda Geller, Irwin Garfinkel, and Bruce Western, «Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families,» Working Paper 08 -090-FF (Princeton: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 2008).

An astonishing 40 percent of all children born in the United States in 2007 were born to unwed parents and thus began life in fragile families.

In terms of child cognitive development, the FFCWS studies are consistent with past research in suggesting that children in fragile families are likely at risk of poorer school achievement.

Third, our assessment of IPV is limited to the questions included in the Fragile Families and Child Well - being Study, so we may have some imprecision in our measure of IPV.

Additional Contributions: We thank the participants in the Fragile Families and Child Well - being Study cohort.

METHODS: Respondents (N = 2461) participated in the Fragile Families and Child Well - being Study (1998 — 2005), a population - based, birth cohort study of children born in 20 large US cities.

This research is reviewed by Sharon Bzostek and Audrey Beck, «Family Structure and Child Health Outcomes in Fragile Families,» Working Paper 08 -11-FF (Princeton: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 2008); and by Robert Wood, Brian Goesling, and Sarah Avellar, «The Effects of Marriage on Health: A Synthesis of Recent Research Evidence,» report prepared by Mathematica Policy Research for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 2007.

Following the meeting, and with the support of the Funders Collaborative on Fathers and Families, NPNFF was formed to «encourage father involvement in fragile families and support communication among father - focused programs.»

About Blog The Global Partnership for Education supports 65 developing countries to ensure that every child receives a quality basic education, prioritizing the poorest, the most vulnerable and those living in fragile and conflict - affected countries.

Home > Executive Search Information Portal > Ireland The worldwide recession left Ireland in a fragile economic situation, and AESC retained executive search firms are working hard to adapt to Ireland's current state of affairs.

There can be a tendency to steer clear of people whom we think might be in a fragile state mentally.

Most of us are familiar with the argument that bitcoin could help the unbanked, but Ben Parker, co-founder and former director of humanitarian news service IRIN, has seen firsthand how the digital currency could play a crucial role in fragile states.

«Financial technology innovations such as digital currencies have offered productive solutions for the remittance sector for some time now, and have a potential to revolutionize transnational remittance transfers particularly in fragile and post-conflict contexts.»

In those fragile moments, they traded 77 short text messages, which they later shared with CNN.

Undoubtedly the Irish economy remains in a fragile position for the foreseeable future, with its debt burden in particular proving a major obstacle to recovery.

She is a member of HiiL's Measuring Justice team and works on topics related to the rule of law, judicial reform, access to justice, legal empowerment and dispute resolution processes (in fragile and conflict - affected states in addition to stable and developed democracies).

It will be interesting to see, in these fragile economic times, what path the government chooses to take.

Serious injuries often initiate a downward spiral for those whose health is already in a fragile state.

Do I get to abdicate my personal responsibility because the tour company didn't require me to have experience before letting me loose in a fragile environment?

Physical abuse, emotional abuse, and financial exploitation can be tremendously taxing on elderly individuals, especially if they are in fragile or declining states of health.

Four billion live in fragile but growing economies.

«We congratulate the Interior Department on taking these two important steps toward protection of the Arctic Ocean from the threats of drilling in this fragile ecosystem which is experiencing the effects of climate change at a faster rate than anywhere else on earth,» Earthjustice attorney Erik Grafe said in a statement.

Agency gives Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats to the Arctic and the climate

In fragile contexts more than anywhere else, it is essential to realise how climate impacts — such as changing rainfall patterns, increased natural disasters and constraints to carbon - based economic growth — will have knock - on consequences on the national economy, trade, development, equity, governance and political stability.

Whatever their views about onshore development, allowing drilling in fragile ocean waters is a line they don't want to cross.

There has been no warming for 17 years and yet he is going to raise energy costs in this fragile economy which will kill jobs and raise the cost of everything.

He's a busy guy, and despite sending him thousands of comment letters and making hundreds of phone calls, he just doesn't seem to understand that Americans don't want oil drilling in the fragile waters of the Arctic Ocean.

(3) Spreading solar panels (or wind turbines) over a large area will degrade vegetation and animal habitats in fragile deserts and semi-arid areas.

Times News Network: Himachal Pradesh has embarked on the path of green growth and sustainable development, keeping in view its location in the fragile western Himalayan region and the need to undertake development without disturbing the delicate ecological balance.This was stated by Himachal Pradesh chief secretary P Mitra while addressing a brainstorming session on «Green growth [continue reading...]

The notion of our existing in a fragile, dependent relationship with the planet's natural processes seems to owe much more to a pre-existing sense of anxiety and insecurity about the humanworld than to anything produced by science.

And the opening of the Northwest Passage (the trade route through the Canadian Arctic) is fraught with complications — oil spills in this fragile environment being one of the most concerning.

It broadcast 20 programmes a year in its Fragile Earth slot.

Similarly, how realistic is it to expect to have safe nuclear power in fragile states now?

The notion of the Earth as a collection of systems in fragile equilibrium on which society is closely dependent, for instance, forms the basis of a great deal of policy as well as research into «climate impacts».

Further divisions appeared in the fragile developing - country bloc when the US offered to take part in setting up a $ 30 billion «fast start» fund over the next three years to help developing countries adapt to global warming and grow on a more climate - friendly path.

No, we do indeed live in a special moment wherein the world's best oil company has broadly displayed aggressive ineptitude in a fragile, pristine environment, has dumped oil heedlessly across Africa, and has covered up the shortcomings of its own safety procedures.

In the studies, using sticks and glue, Jones tried to capture the body's experience from within — as opposed to simply incorporating a mimetic likeness — in a fragile, three - dimensional template for the full - scale sculpture.

Paintings must be framed; works in fragile media, such as watercolor and pastel, must be framed and under glass.