Sentences with phrase «of kids in the state»

And our Big Government - hating new Agriculture Secretary is currently attempting to return deep fat fryers to our schools, an effort which scored big points for him on Fox News but might be a tad less beneficial for the 36 % of kids in my state who are already overweight or obese.

This school is a nonprofit, independent charter school in the middle of an urban area that serves the most diverse group of kids in the state.

We've reached the tragic point where 74 percent of kids in the States spend less time outside (< 30 minutes) than the two hours recommended daily for prison inmates.

Not exact matches

I live in Canada now, but I gave birth to both of my kids in the United States, and from the vantage point of the Great White North, I can tell you that parents here view the standard three - month American leave as unfathomable and a two - week leave as downright barbaric.

Imagine for a moment a humble family living in the Midwestern United States: a husband, wife, and four kids under the age of 12.

«Parents who respond to their children's emotions in a comforting manner have kids who are more socially well - adjusted than do parents who either tell their kids they are overreacting or who punish their kids for getting upset,» child psychologist Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University said in an interview.

That's the motto of a new charity - Classes 4 Classes was started this year - that encourages students to give back by sponsoring kids in other classrooms all over the United States by raising money and resources.

Kids born in Hawaii in 2014 have a life expectancy of 81.15; but kids born in Mississippi the same year have a life expectancy of 74.91, further below the average than any state in 1Kids born in Hawaii in 2014 have a life expectancy of 81.15; but kids born in Mississippi the same year have a life expectancy of 74.91, further below the average than any state in 1kids born in Mississippi the same year have a life expectancy of 74.91, further below the average than any state in 1980.

Schulman hopes that, armed with new federal funding to tackle these challenges, states will step up and begin filling the gaping holes in the American child care system — smoothing out the child care cliff while also making it easier for families access care in the first place, increasing the number of American kids who spend their days playing, coloring, building, and singing in a safe, caring environment their parents can actually afford.

Sabet, who worked in the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy during President Obama's first term and serves as director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida, said the negative consequences of marijuana legalization include advertising aimed at kids, an increase in drugged - driving incidents and a spillover of marijuana from Colorado into surrounding states, where the drug remains illegal.

When a lone gunman killed 26 at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, parents were told to go home after waiting in a firehouse near the school, and state troopers later knocked on their doors to officially inform them of their kids» deaths.

This kid was one of the best in the state and predicted by many to win it.

I'm an Obama - volunteer, liberal Democrat, separation of church and state, Jewish mom, master's degree in counseling - holder who's worked with Special Olympics athletes and other special needs kids.

With so much bi-partisanship on this issue in the states what is the way forward in the interest of learning from events and better ensuring safety and protection for the kids?

@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belonIn Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belonin science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belonin the realm of sport where it belongs

The fact that there is a lot of Penn State student rallying in support of Paterno is a prime example why college kids should NOT be permitted to vote.

Jonathan Kozol is celebrated in educator - land for his tear - jerking accounts of how poor kids get cheated by the tightwad public schools and the miserable, selfish, capitalist society of the United States.

We live in a more racially diverse area of our primarily white state, so they hang out with kids who don't look like them.

since God made homosexuals, and all these heterosexuals keep producing gay kids and we have evidence of homosexuality occurring in another animals as well as neuroscience and social sciences since 1963 stating that being gay isn't a disease but a natural orientation and since the writers of the bible would have no clue that it could be an orientation (just as they could have no idea that the world isn't flat, not up on pillars, nor is it surrounded by water, nor was the earth created from a leviathan carcass) thus it is permissible and subject to the same statutes heterosexuals are.

In 1970, the state of Mississippi banned Sesame Street from being aired on their local PBS stations, because black and brown kids were playing with white kids, and this would have offended some of the families of that state.

And maybe in your State it's a two year wait but here in California there are children waiting to be adopted, though I can say that there is still a year or more process of vetting the adoptive parents to make sure they are not just using the kids as a means of financial support while locking them in a basement.

BUT I do believe in separation of «church» and state (another founding principal of our country)... so NO religious holiday should result in a day off from school not even CHRISTMAS or PASSOVER etc. if you celebrate the holiday don't send your kid to school and they can catch up later.

Perhaps, the reason that some of our kids are troubled and confused is because some parents tell their children that they are born with something wrong with them, in a state of sin, no less.

Really, who is getting this funding are kids who are already going to private schools, or some of the most well - funded schools in our state.

Also, by your logic, almost ALL Americans and Israelis would be terrorists and extremists as well; most of them support blowing up little kids with drones, and the Republican party wants to create a medieval style, white - supremacist theocracy in the United States.

Live in the bright red State of California, who just took $ 10k in income tax from me this year and still wants me to pay more for my kid's Cal State education then Harvard charges.

He writes about the sixteen days he spent sailing the Pacific Ocean with five buddies and a crate of canned meat, the time he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state, his stubbornness in getting into law school by sitting on a bench outside the dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll, his «office» at Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland, the flowers he sent to the elderly woman who nearly killed him running a stop sign, the work he's done to free Ugandan children from prison.

In fact, the Christians hate the fact of kids not being married with children that there are numerous states with ridiculous «marriage ages.»

wow i graduated with this kid frist we did not tell him he had to bow his head, he just made a big deal because everybody else was praying, and since he is atheist he thinks that it is wrong for everybody else to pray in the military ceremony, he was going to graduate regardless, and i went to AIT with this kid, i knowwhat happend exactly, he made a big deal out of nothing and now its on the news, Thats embarassing for the United States Army that we have privates like him... Sincerly PFC Fuentes proud grizzly 2nd Platoon grad, if you have any questions about the event text me @ [phone]

One day around the dinner table one of the kids voiced their anxiety, stating in our presence that «you never know» if both mom and dad will be there for you as you grow up.

You die and in your Will, that you had made before you passed away, you felt your estate shall go to the community center... Do you feel that your kid should get any part of your estate, especially after you have stated with out question in a legal docu «ment that they get nothing?»

An Arabian Proverb states that «The worst of all disasters is the One that makes laugh... admit many might have laughed out first out of disbelieve that such kids is said to have pulled such unbelievable act to such A Country with such tight Security... then again have laughed in disbelieve of what might happen as a reaction for that pulled act which serves no Arabian nor a Muslim country but rather it served those who want certain accounts or references to burn down or to shake the trade for certain immediate gains or for gains that might result out of the reaction that will follow...

The Truman Administration (a vigorous promoter of the welfare state) saw some merit in this prediction, which is why the tax code came to include a high deduction per kid.

Hey there was twenty years between in this guys supposed life there is no history for so yeah there's all kinds of possibilities so what if he had ten wives and 50 kids that's his business as the bible states let him deal with it heck he could have chilling in the roman bath houses that's were he learned to walk on water... And you know what happens in roman bath houses don't you there lennon

But with two little kids, a husband who works hard at his job then lost his job then immediately interviewed for and got and is working even harder at a new job, my own part time pay / full time hours work from home job, and all that was involved with a relocation to a new state, plus the holidays and vacations and conferences, you would have to be uber - organized and efficient and, you know, maybe have 36 hours in your day and eight days in your week to really be ahead of the game.

Usually you hang your stocking on the eve of Dec 5th and if you have been VERY good, you get chocolates, an orange or tangerine, an apple, some nuts to crack and perhaps a small gift,, this is for my DH (he will get his favorite CD also) and the kids that live in town here,,,,,,, I was wondering, how would this travel, mailing from a cold state (WIsconsin) to an even colder state (Michigan), our temps have been 30's and low 20s at night and heaven knows WHAT upper Michigan has been,,,, at times, below zero (already!

Cookies make great holiday gifts, but how about sending a few of your favorite holiday cookie recipes to your kid who's away at college, your neighbor who just moved, or your cousin who lives in a different state?

A decade later, the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools program (a partnership of the Chef Ann Foundation, Whole Kids Foundation, United Fresh Start Foundation, and the National Fruit and Veggie Alliance) has raised $ 13M, donated almost 5,000 salad bars to schools in every state, and is serving 2.4 M students.

In addition, more than half of Canadian guests stated they would be «somewhat or very likely» to return to Boston Pizza solely because of the Kids Program.

Clif Bar & Company, a leading maker of nutritious and organic food and drinks, will build a new state - of - the - art bakery in Twin Falls, Idaho, where the company will make CLIF Bars and CLIF Kid Zbars.

During this time, select Boston's locations across the United States will collect proceeds from the sale of Gourmet Pizzas in addition to guest donations for the Boston's Pizza Foundation in support of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.

No wonder, in state of coaching Arsenal kids, he choose to explore the China Super League for bigger money, and you have to admit this, bigger challenge.

Step 1 of Wisconsin's renaissance, led by Alvarez, may have been securing its borders and wringing every ounce of potential from in - state talent, but more and more the Badgers are complementing those Wisconsin kids with far - flung players from places like New Jersey, California, and Georgia.

«I think you always go after in - state kids that are that talented,» said Smart, offering the slightest hint of a grin.

Chris, if one starry - eyed high school kid sees you in your current state and decides to head his life in a direction other than pro football, that would be the best example of all.

App State, as it's known in conference, play in picturesque, inhospitable, 16,500 - seat Kid Brewer Stadium, a.k.a. the Rock, where students tore down the goalposts last Saturday night, then deposited one of them on the front lawn of chancellor Kenneth Peacock.

I find it hard to believe that if the kid didn't have at least a little bit of interest in PSU, he wouldn't have made a cross country trip to State College to watch a women's volleyball game with Nickal and Hall.

Then - Longhorns head coach Mack Brown responds to the media: «We are the university in this state, regardless of what some kid tweets.»

Wenger has long stated that the youth system in England is flawed, that we weren't teaching the kids to play right and that the quality of grass roots was not high enough.

None of the parents knew that their beloved and winning coach — this glib, engaging soul who had lived with and among them, who had so generously baby - sat their kids, taken the youngsters to movies and bought them expensive gifts — had undergone more than five years of treatment in two state mental hospitals for child molesting.