Sentences with phrase «island states as»

In addition the problems related to the increase in sea levels, including the disappearance of numerous island states as well as the increase in the risk of flooding, with all the suffering and population movements they imply.

First there were there was a round of high fives and thumbs up exchanged among delegates from small island states as the chairman of the conference announced that the money in the long planned adaptation fund would be controlled by the states themselves, rather than doled out via some international organization that could monitor the money, like the older Global Environmental Facility.

Not exact matches

The sprouting of these islands of legality, observers predict, will spur other states to open up their cannabis markets lest they lose out on revenue and tourism, much as the casino gambling pioneered in Las Vegas became ubiquitous across the continent.

The catch: Jobs aren't easy to come by in St. Kitts and Nevis and living costs are about the same as in the United States, so experts say the island may be more suited for retirees than working expats.

In the states of California, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and West Virginia, employers are not allowed to record sounds, voices or videos for monitoring purposes in areas designated for comfort, health and security of the employees such as restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms.

New retail trading laws for WA will affect businesses as varied as Bunnings, Masters, stallholders at short - term markets and even shops on Rottnest Island as the state government moves to widen trading hours and remove anomalies in current regulations.

The exercise was reported in Taiwanese media this week, which speculated it could have been a warning from the United States to China following China's stepped up military presence around Taiwan, the self - ruled island Beijing claims as its own.

Maui — one of the most beloved of all the Hawaiian Islands — lives up to its superlatives with exotic beaches (like Kaanapali Beach), palatial resorts (like the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea) and lush terrain (as seen in Iao Valley State Park).

Why go: Maui — one of the most beloved of all the Hawaiian Islands — lives up to its superlatives with exotic beaches (like Kaanapali Beach), palatial resorts (like the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea) and lush terrain (as seen in Iao Valley State Park).

The original plans of the McKinley administration and the Republican congressional leadership for Puerto Rico seemed to call for the island's «incorporation» into the United States — that is, annexation of Puerto Rico as an integral part of the United States and the bestowal of a constitutional and political status comparable to other American territories destined for statehood.

Residents of the island state, as well as thousands of tourists, woke around 8:07 a.m. local time on Saturday to alerts lighting up their mobile phones and interrupting television programming about a «ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii» and the warning that «this is not a drill» but an «extreme alert.»

It has a sizable presence in the Eastern United States and its office in Rhode Island serves as its home base for projects taking place there.

«These tariffs will damage downstream US steel and aluminum consuming companies, as the US will become an island of high steel prices that will result in our customers simply sourcing our products from our overseas competitors and importing them into the United States tariff - free.

Conceived by former US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953 - 1959), it maintains that if the West is to geopolitically contain China, it must control three chains of islands in the Asia Pacific, as shown below.

The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, or RISLA, is a non-profit state organization that offers not only student loans and student loan refinancing, but also resources such as college planning services, an internship finder, and a scholarship search.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits the holiday island in northern Greece on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 where a state of emergency has been declared as a forest fire burns out of control for a third day, gutting homes and small farms.

Also, fraudulent commercial practices have transferred exports at below - market prices to dummy companies created in Switzerland and the United States, and in offshore banking centers such as Cyprus, the British Channel Islands, the Caribbean islands and Islands, the Caribbean islands and islands and Panama.

There are donor - advised fund charitable sponsors in every state across the U.S., as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

After almost ten years of North American maneuvering, the U.N. Committee on Decolonization declared the island a colonial territory (over the protest of the U.S. and most of the island's population — who argued that in 1953, when Puerto Rico became a so - called «commonwealth» as a result of a popular election, it ceased to be a colony and became instead a «free associated state»).

Rhode Island's Senate has voted 26 to 12 to allow gay couples to get married in the state, in a law that could go into effect as early as August, provided the House falls in suit.

Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

The island state of Singapore is even held up by some as a model of the firm, if somewhat repressive, government.

What started as a principle in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania developed into a necessity in Virginia, and rapidly in the other states as well.

The company says its state - of - the - art facility on Long Island has become known as «the Meat Depot» because it serves as the center for many customers» case - ready programs.

For 20 years, Lasco Foods has been distributing a variety of products island - wide, as well as to the rest of the Caribbean, India, Canada, the United States, Central America and the Middle East.

That has prompted many major growers such as Treasury Wine Estates to look for cooler climate vineyards in places like the southernmost island state of Tasmania.

As the country's traditional wine growing regions including the Barossa, the Hunter Valley and Margaret River grow ever hotter and drier, winemakers are rushing to the tiny island state of Tasmania.

Goose Island beers are now widely distributed throughout the United States and, since 2006, within in the United Kingdom as well.

Jack, District Judge: Plaintiff, McIlhenny Company, a corporation of the State of Maine, which, with its predecessors, for many years past, has manufactured at Avery Island, Louisiana, a condiment known as «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brings this action against defendant Ed.

Founded in 2007 by Major Dan Rooney, an F - 16 fighter pilot in the Oklahoma Air National Guard who served three tours of duty in Iraq, Folds of Honor is proud to have awarded more than 13,000 scholarships in all 50 states, as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, including more than 2,800 in 2016 alone.

As of September 30, 2011, there were 1,532 IHOPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin IslandAs of September 30, 2011, there were 1,532 IHOPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islandas well as in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islandas in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I don't know much about Road Island as I am a Southerner (other than it is totally unfair they get the same governmental representation as the other state, no offence guys) but I can tell you they do these food products right.

«There's never been anyone from the Big Island to make the type of impact he's made in a conference like the SEC,» says Mahelona's coach at Kealakehe High, Sam Papalii, who spent 18 years as an assistant at such schools as Hawaii, UNLV, Iowa State and Arizona.

Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: Rhode Islands» Coordinated School Health Program, THRIVE, has produced a comprehensive District Health & Wellness Subcommittee Toolkit to aid subcommittees in creating and implementing wellness policies as required by state and federal law.

The project will help us better understand and address these challenges as well as incorporate the information into decision - making at local and state levels in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

It is being hailed as the most progressive state policy so far, going further than New Jersey, California and Rhode Island in various respects.

As of 2003, 21 states recognize and regulate direct entry midwives (although for two of the states, New York and Rhode Island, only the CM credential is acceptable).

Those states are Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming, [As an authors note: I am happy to say that my states protects breastfeeding mothers in public, from indecency laws, and at work!]

Mass Audubon has named Mary Griffin, former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game and a longtime official with the state environmental agencies, as its Regional Director for the Southeast, Cape & Islands.

The only states currently requiring paid family leave are California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and, as of April 1, New York.

You have the right to refuse treatment, as stated in the hospital policy and Rhode Island law.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's campaign hit back at the state Democratic Party and its LGBT allies following their slam on the Republican AG hopeful for his opposition to same - sex marriage and attempt to cast this as a deal - breaker for anyone seeking to be New York's top attorney.

There was just a hint of discord last night, however, as Republicans were forced to choose between remaining here in Rye Brook to attend state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's convention dinner, featuring Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, (who, by the way, is facing an uphill battle for re-election himself this fall), and driving to Long Island to pay their respects to the powerful Nassau County GOP chairman, Joe Mondello.

And what it means to be British becomes hazier, as the geographical definition (residing on the island of Britain) and the political definition (being a citizen of the British state) come further apart.

Mr. Schwartz was instrumental in the passage of the $ 100 million Suffolk Clean Drinking referendum campaign, as well as the Long Island Maritime Reserve, the fourth such reserve to be created in the State.

As for Martins» Senate tenure, Fullington said he «successfully fought against Assemblyman Heastie and the New York politicians who redirected Long Island's state school aid to New York City <» adding:

«I am honored that my neighbors have elected me to deliver for Long Island and clean up Albany as their State Senator,» Kaminsky said in a statement.

Schneiderman's campaign has made choice a signature focus, using it as a cudgel with which to smash his GOP / Conservative opponent, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who is personally pro-life, but insists he won't actively seek to change state law in this arena the way attorneys general have done in other states.

«He is widely respected across the entire state, from Buffalo to Long Island and I can't think of a better friend or champion of effective and efficient government to have in my corner as I seek to reverse the Obama - Gillibrand policies that are destroying our nation's future.»

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan was first up this morning at the state GOP leaders convention planning confab at the Ft. Orange Club this morning, and he received what one attendee described as a «generous» introduction from party Chairman Ed Cox.