Sentences with phrase «poor protection from»

Their short coat is poor protection from freezing weather, and their short snout can make breathing difficult on hot days.

Not exact matches

Hurricane Irma, for its part, spotlighted another kind of housing risk — the low - quality homes and trailers where many poor Floridians live, which offer little protection from extreme weather events.

That's a far cry from the far - reaching American Health Care Act passed by the more conservative House of Representatives earlier this year, which would gut numerous Obamacare protections and massively scale back the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, as well as from the BCRA.

The archbishop also asserted that laws are based upon certain principles: «the pursuit of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity of the human person, the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death, the sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection of minors, and so on.»

We deeply admire your profound commitment and bold witness to the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and to the protection of the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable from womb to tomb.

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

There were a lot of things that just made me cringe: poor quarterback play from both sides, suspect game plans, stupid gimmick plays, bad pass protection and the list goes on and on.

Walter wrote several pieces on the topic and his final conclusion ended where I have always been on the issue: we get so many injuries because we get kicked a lot due to poor to no protection from the referees.

Instead, he argued his only concern is for the poor souls seeking protection from the elements, and for the vain expenditure of state funds, which he said make up 55 percent of the shelter system budget.

But the business secretary will also recommend protection from tuition fee rises for students from poorer backgrounds.

Last month the Times reported that examples of national caveats currently range from a ban on deploying out of area, to no night flying, to no flying in poor weather, no involvement in riot control and no venturing from bases without the maximum force protection or too far from the nearest hospital.

Espaillat's challenges are expected to include protection of longtime residents from gentrification, improving education in poorer neighborhoods and combating gang violence, officials at the event said.

As well as providing protection from the increasingly unpredictable weather, the premiums could also be a powerful way to get poor people to adapt to climate change by encouraging them to invest in measures like drought - resistant crops.

Just as a poor diet has a negative effect on skin and overall health, a real food diet may offer protection from various health problems, including sun - related ones.

This law also required parents to attend meetings on poor student behavior and pledged state protection from frivolous lawsuits against teachers who act reasonably to establish order in their classrooms.

In the frontal offset test, readings from the 6 year dummy indicated poor chest protection and weak protection of the neck.

However, the seat / head restraints in most current minivan models are marginal or poor, indicating they wouldn't provide adequate protection from whiplash injuries for many people in rear - end collisions.

The bumper scored maximum points for its protection of pedestrians» legs while protection of the pelvis was more mixed, with results ranging from good to poor.

The protection provided to the head of struck pedestrian ranged predominantly from marginal to good, with some weak and poor results recorded on the stiff windscreen pillars.

However, the protection provided to the pelvis was more mixed, ranging from good to poor.

In the frontal offset test, dummy readings from the 6 year dummy indicated marginal protection of the chest and poor protection of the neck.

We found that the company had a poor record of consumer satisfaction, with a high rate of complaints lodged with the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) and low ratings from industry watchers like JD Power.

This additional protection is provided under a surety bond issued by the Customer Asset Protection Company (CAPCO), a licensed Vermont insurer with an A + financial strength rating from Standard aprotection is provided under a surety bond issued by the Customer Asset Protection Company (CAPCO), a licensed Vermont insurer with an A + financial strength rating from Standard aProtection Company (CAPCO), a licensed Vermont insurer with an A + financial strength rating from Standard and Poor's.

These poor dogs were confined in cramped, barren wire cages with little food and water and no protection from the elements.

Similar to puppy mill dogs, these animals live in small, filthy cages with little or no protection from extreme weather, are fed poor diets, denied exercise, companionship and veterinary care, and never get the chance to feel the ground beneath their feet.

Without protection from an updated vaccine, the infectious causes of poor performance can lead to high veterinary expenses, as well as days lost in training, riding, showing and racing.

In principle, poor countries would lose from a transition away from the UNFCCC, because its mechanisms are supposed to bring them access to clean technology and money for forests and climate protection.

The workshop brought together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from the fields of social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and had two core objectives: to understand better how social protection can be used to strengthen the poor's resilience to climate and natural disaster risk in developing countries; to create a forum for cross-regional learning about good practice for realizing the potential synergies between social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation.

This dark vision implies the increasing insulation of the world's wealthy minority from the rest of humanity — buying protection for their fortressed communities from the Halliburtons, Bechtels and Blackwaters of the world while the majority of the poor are left to scramble for survival among the ruins.

The benefits to poor and working - class Americans of such an economic stimulus program are clear, but the idea is also business - friendly enough to have attracted support from prominent Democratic moderates and other centrists, including the group Republicans for Environmental Protection.

[10] Critics suggested requiring Duke / Progress to generate more renewable energy, to provide more protection for the poor against future rate increases, to commit to investments in energy conservation and smart - grid technologies, to allow solar - panel owners to sell electricity directly to consumers rather than only to utilities, and to unlink electric company profits from the amount of power sold.

There's nothing preventing a company from deliberately selling their subpar goods in regions with poor legal protection, while leveraging their global reputation to charge high prices.

Scaffolding accidents mainly come from material failure, poor inspection, inadequate fall protection and overloading the scaffolds.

We are always at risk and we are without adequate protection from often very shady business operators and a system suffering from a lack of oversight, poor regulations and no enforcement.

In a lovely bit of shareholder advocacy, Morrison writes, «The risks from poor legal advice also loom for companies, and also affect the same constituents, yet to my knowledge no third party assesses companies comparatively on the quality of their legal staff, the adequacy of their in - house legal resources, the legal surefootedness of their outside counsel, the protections provided their intellectual property, the liabilities faced by them through regulatory and judicial proceedings, and the adroitness of management practices.»

For the second set the battery design itself allowed more room for the jelly roll, but a thinner separator still led to poorer protection and reduced tolerance to manufacturing defects as seen with batteries from company A. Without the apparent flaw in the corners, the combination of missing insulation tape, sharp edged protrusions and a thin separator led to a higher probability of short circuit between the cathode tab and the anode, which resulted in the heating and fire.

Mothers most commonly reported that their children were in the care of relatives (65 %) with 11 % reporting that their child was in the child protection system.15 Disruption to a child's living arrangements, including separation from parents and siblings, can result in psychological and emotional distress.16 17 A recent systematic review and meta - analysis of 40 studies that investigated child outcomes when either parent was incarcerated found a significant association with antisocial behaviour (pooled OR = 1.6, 95 % CI 1.4 to 1.9) and poor educational performance (pooled OR = 1.4, 95 % CI 1.1 to 1.8).18 Other research indicates that children of incarcerated mothers are at risk of increased criminal involvement, mental health issues, physical health problems, behavioural problems, 19 child protection contact20 and poorer educational outcomes.21

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

As per Van Court, instead of teaching kids that life is full of invisible protection nets that safeguard them from their poor decisions, parents should teach kids that life is all about lessons learned, growth, consequences and accountability.

Most women served by Arkansas CARES enter the program single, poor, unemployed, with health problems and legal difficulties ranging from child protection cases to drug - related arrests.