Interior portions of Connecticut have a humid continental climate, while the Connecticut shoreline ( the state's southern four counties ) has a borderline humid subtropical climate ( sometimes statistically meeting this climate's criteria, sometimes not ) with seasonal extremes tempered by proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.

After the War of 1812 ended, Pennsylvania's political climate was chaotic, with two factions in that state's Democratic party vying for control.

The book provides information on each state's geography, demographics, economics, politics, culture, climate, history, education, and finances.

The California painters exploited their state's varied geography, Mediterranean climate and " automobility " to reinvigorate the outdoor or " plein air " tradition ; among the most influential were Phil Dike, Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, Dong Kingman and Milford Zornes.

After seeing the potentially damaging effects on the state's image and business climate, Johnson worked to tone down any racist rhetoric and adopted moderate policies, including requesting that the state comply with the newly-passed Voting Rights Act in 1965.

He also mentioned enhancing the state's business climate and workers compensation reforms as significant achievements.

Austria itself was now facing the direct threat of invasion from across the border in Bavaria where the state's Elector, Maximilian Emanuel, had declared for the Bourbons in August the previous year.

Mussolini claimed that at the stage of supercapitalism, " a capitalist enterprise, when difficulties arise, throws itself like a dead weight into the state's arms.

The concept of terrorism may itself be controversial as it is often used by state authorities ( and individuals with access to state support ) to delegitimize political or other opponents, and potentially legitimize the state's own use of armed force against opponents ( such use of force may itself be described as " terror " by opponents of the state ).

Burgundy was far from safe: the Duchy of Burgundy itself had already been conquered by the French, who were continuing to attack from all sides, taking advantage of the state's instability.

While the existence of hard power has a long history, the term itself arose when Joseph Nye coined soft power as a new and different form of power in a sovereign state's foreign policy.

Jämtland has been linked to the lands west and east of itself, which has been in complete contrast to the competitive Dano-Norwegian and Swedish state's interest.

The League pledged itself to contest the state's attempts to infringe upon the confessional freedom of the churches, and it expressly opposed the adoption of the Aryan Paragraph.

One view is that the application of special rights to minority groups may be inappropriate in some countries, for example newly established states in Africa or Latin America ( not founded on the European nation-state model ), where recognition and rights accorded to specific groups may interfere with the state's need to establish a cohesive identity, and hamper the ability of the minority to integrate itself into mainstream society-perhaps to the point at which the minority follows a path to separatism or supremacism.

Any state able to direct its military forces outside the limited bounds of its territory might be said to have some level of power projection capability, but the term itself is used most frequently in reference to militaries with a worldwide reach ( or at least significantly broader than a state's immediate area ).

Rockwoods Reservation adjoins St. Louis County's Greensfelder Park to the south, which itself abuts the state's Rockwoods Range Conservation Area.

Any state able to direct its military forces outside the limited bounds of its territory might be said to have some level of power projection capability, but the term itself is used most frequently in reference to militaries with a worldwide reach ( or at least significantly broader than a state's immediate area ).

Garrett County, the state's westernmost county, largely aligns itself through marketing and sports with West Virginia and the Pittsburgh area rather than Maryland.

Though the summit itself was not directly threatened, many people protested this action due to the peak's status as the state's highest point.

The northern and southern regions continue to grow toward one another, however, with much of this recent urbanization occurring not along the expensive and crowded coast itself — or even along the somewhat developed first tier of interior coastal valleys — but farther inland along a north-south axis through the midsection of the state in the Central Valley, Antelope Valley, Inland Empire and San Joaquin Valley regions, all comparatively more affordable areas which are becoming increasingly suburbanized as they are within commuting distance ( albeit often a long commute ) of the state's major coastal cities.

A recent case of Austin v Commonwealth ( 2003 ) conflated the original 2 limbed test of the original case into an expanded 1st limb so that a commonwealth law that affects a state's ability to administer itself is constitutionally invalid.

The original ' Ford Center ' name came from a naming rights deal with the Oklahoma Ford Dealers group which represents the marketing efforts of the state's Ford dealerships, rather than the Ford Motor Company itself.

Under the Jacksons ' leadership, the Journal competed with the state's major newspaper, The Oregonian, also based in Portland, with the Journal touting itself as the " strong voice of the Oregon Country.

Israel's State Prosecutor's Office dissociated itself from the state attorney's comments, and said they " reflect neither the prosecution's position nor the position of the state, and were not authorized " and that the " state's position has been and continues to be that HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual and the B ' Tselem organization are human rights organizations ".

Regarding the issue of slavery Reynolds believed in each state's right to decide the issue for itself and that abolitionists or others helping slaves escape should face life imprisonment.

Colombia planned to finance US $ 4 billion of the estimated US $ 7. 5 billion overall cost, most of which would go towards the social portion of the project, but was ultimately unable to do so due to the state's 1997 – 1998 economic crisis.

" Since there are at present no such untaxed Native Americans ( Indians ), all persons inhabiting a state — whether citizens or not — count towards the population of that state in determining the state's congressional apportionment.

The Chelsea school system has historically been towards the bottom of the state's test score rankings.

In general, Friedman favors a heavy U. S. intervention in the Mideast peace process, geared towards forcing the Israelis to withdraw from territories viewed by Israelis as necessary for the Israeli state's security.

Futurist architects were sometimes at odds with the Fascist state's tendency towards Roman imperial-classical aesthetic patterns.

Because this reduces the state's tax income, calls have been raised that the state ( and the public in general ) should pay more attention towards ensuring that charities actually use this ' tax money ' in suitable ways.

As Controller, Westly opposed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to change Proposition 98, which requires a certain amount of the state's budget to go towards funding public education and community colleges, and in 2005, he created a tax amnesty plan that allowed individuals and corporations who owed back taxes to prevent facing criminal charges and increased penalties if they would immediately pay their back taxes.

Specifically, in most U. S. jurisdictions, graduation from an ABA-accredited law school is expressly stated as a prerequisite towards being allowed to sit for that state's bar exam, and even for existing lawyers to be admitted to the bar of another state upon motion.

All new public building projects in Minnesota must comply with the state's “ One Percent for Art ” law, passed by the State Legislature in 1984, which mandates that all such projects in Minnesota costing over $ 500, 000 must devote at least 1 % of their total construction budget towards incorporating public art into these building's public spaces.

The state's efforts towards high speed rail between 2000 and 2005 put Florida ahead of the field in terms of the level of planning already completed, and this proved to be a major factor in winning the funds.

More than a few residents of Western Massachusetts take a critical attitude towards Boston, the state's capital and largest city.

From exile, he continued to advocate a hardline stance towards Israel, refused cooperation with the PNA and repeatedly embarrassed the PLO during negotiations with Israel by making statements denying the Jewish state's right to exist.

In 2006 it also launched The Oxx, a semi-weekly circular geared towards males that in the summer of 2007 was turned into a monthly called OxxCycle, covering the state's motorcycling scene.

During the campaign, Johnston, now Governor of South Carolina, was strongly supportive of Roosevelt's foreign policy, but was now lukewarm towards the New Deal and was able to the snatch the " flag of white supremacy " from Smith by boasting how he countered the US Supreme Court's recent Smith v. Allwright decision, which ruled that racial segregation in state primaries was unconstitutional, by passing a series of laws making the South Carolina Democratic Party a private club which could keep blacks from voting in the state's primary.

Intensified protests over the course of the 1980s led to an improvement in the state's attitudes towards Hindus.

Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from Lake Champlain through the Green Mountains towards ( although not connecting in drainage to ) the Connecticut River valley.