Sentences with phrase «of dramatic transitions»

During the past 25,000 years, the Earth system has undergone a series of dramatic transitions.

And yet, not quite one year to the day it was announced, Godin is shutting The Domino Project down, offering the awkward explanation that «it was a project, not a lifelong commitment to being a publisher of books,» instead of, perhaps, admitting that publishing is harder than it looks if you want to swim at the deep end of the trade pool in the middle of a dramatic transition, as he obliquely acknowledges in many of his noteworthy takeaways, especially this one:

Many potential pathways are designed to utilize a full range of technology options, which may have significant benefits for society by minimizing related costs of a dramatic transition process.

As the idea of a dramatic transition to a clean energy economy in the coming decades takes hold in the Northeast particularly, how does such a speaker get invited to address a group that environmentalists, politicians and regulators expect to help drive this shift?

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The world is on the cusp of generational change in terms of leadership and technology, but must avoid the dangers of past such transitions, which resulted in dramatic wars and huge misery, Sir Bob Gel

«There have been transitions before where the department headed off in new directions, but there is traditionally a period of new people coming in and studying and learning about issues before taking bold and dramatic new policy directions,» said William Yeomans, who spent nearly 30 years at the department.

The most dramatic change was the Catholic transition from Latin to English, but there was a sense in which almost every denomination's «Latin» was being translated into «English,» at the point of music, liturgy, symbol, color and style.

Since God is already fulfilled, indeed the perfection of life, the fulfilling of human persons through the paradoxical transition of death is the new, dramatic, striking event that captures our attention.

This juxtaposition of ancient and modern names testifies to the dramatic transitions the city has undergone.

«This new study shows a dramatic switching on of the insulin receptor and its downstream signals during the breast's transition to a biofactory that manufactures massive amounts of proteins, fats and carbohydrates for nourishing the newborn baby,» says Dr. Nommsen - Rivers.

«The transition to solids is much more dramatic for the microbiomes of babies that are not exclusively breastfed.

Analysts anticipate dramatic cuts and an equally large backlash from the public as the «age of austerity» makes the transition from abstract ideas to political reality.

The hybrid between a simple magnetic material and a transition - metal oxide provides a «window» to understand the metal - to - insulator transition and offers dramatic tunability of magnetic properties.

The connections develop very slowly over childhood, with a dramatic shift toward the end of childhood when the transition to adolescence brings about more adult - like characteristics.

«We're talking about an evolutionary transition that in some ways is as dramatic» as the evolution of flight itself, Clarke says.

Sandy Kawano said: «The transition from fins to limbs marks the most dramatic change in orientation of the locomotor forces from contact with the ground.

There have been several such transitions in the past, but one of the largest and most dramatic transitions happened at the end of the last Ice Age.

Researchers have long assumed that these dramatic transitions resulted in a sort of accelerated evolution in which genes for traits such as skin color and stature changed rapidly to allow humans to survive in their new habitats.

They are thought to have formed in events known as «phase transitions» — dramatic shifts in the structure of matter that took place as the Universe cooled down shortly after the Big Bang.

The archeological record shows that in every measurable way human health declined with this transition, with clear evidence of physical degeneration, including a loss of height and bone density, and a dramatic increase in dental and skeletal problems.

Forks Over Knives also contains inspirational stories of dramatic health recoveries on this program, tips on how to transition to a plant - based diet and 125 recipes.

As you all know, it is that time of year when your closet goes through that dramatic «light to dark» transition.

Mauve is one of those perfect shades for transitioning from a warm to cool season because it feels more dramatic than summery colors without the heft of deep fall tones.

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

Each of the film's transitions, from dating to marriage, from couple to parents, and all the way up to the film's rather unnerving (and maybe overly dramatic) ending, are rough edged.

I think one of the best comedic to dramatic transitions is Adam Sandler in Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH - DRUNK LOVE.

Wiig has had some difficulty in recent years trying to make the transition to the dramatic side of things in quickly forgotten flops like Girl Most Likely and Hateship Loveship but here, aided by the support of Hader and the strong writing of Johnson and Heyman, she's able to stretch her legs and fully convince as a woman so troubled by her life and her own self - destructive actions while never being able to properly express them to anyone around her.

There's a long tradition in film of comedic actors transitioning into dramatic roles with indies that gravitate towards a grey area in between the two genres, particularly in movies that make sure to hit the Sundance Film Festival before their wide release.

With dramatic yet surprising results for himself, his family, and his community, Charlie begins a gender transition while continuing to pursue the dream of becoming a soccer star.

Ms. Mara was outstanding in the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Mr. Law continues his transition from lame rom - com's to quality dramatic actor.

It's fair to say that the premise doesn't deliver huge dramatic impact, but the film has a poignant, reverberant quality shared by another film — A GHOST STORY starring casey Affleck as a dead husband who lurks around his young wife (Rooney Mara), stalled in transition and caught in a loop of time.

If the momentum holds, a century - old pillar of the school system could crumble entirely, leading to dramatic transitions and potential pitfalls for students and schools alike.

The remarkable transition in Tennessee shows that states are capable of dramatic reform when the political leadership is committed to focusing public attention on the problem.

While some Cohen supporters agreed with the state that the school is in dire need of dramatic change to its dismal, lowest - in - the - state performance, many remain skeptical about what they see as a painful transition with an uncertain outcome.

There has never been a more dramatic transition from one Discovery generation to another than the arrival of the latest model in September 2016

The Last Empress is the story of Orchid's dramatic transition from a strong - willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades.

Charles Gillman is an experienced value investor with expertise in the analysis of companies going through dramatic corporate transitions.

These will help add to story and help transition you between worlds and places — I always think of Bioshock's dramatic plunge into the sea, into the heart of Rapture.

As such, composing for film or television will often involve more dramatic ups and downs in the music to closely match the scene whereas in video games, the composer is usually composing music layers (ambient exploration music, combat music, tension music etc.) that will transition between one another,» he noted, adding, «Trailer music is unique in that the music needs to make a very immediate and direct impact on the audience in a short amount of time.

The Yakuza series, infamously slow to transition across the pond, is one of Sega's most reliable brands, consistently delivering quality games containing exactly what their intended audience desire: brutal carnage, dramatic storytelling, hilariously off - tone comedy and lots and lots of baseball practice.

Philip Guston's mini-retrospective is a marvelous, tightly curated display of 50 paintings, which reveals the dramatic transition from successful Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s to his great political paintings.

In order to fill the time so as not to completely halt dramatic action, or, to help transition the mood from one act to the next, an «entr» acte» would unfold before a simple backdrop with a minimum of props; embracing the economy of the gap and the leverage of interval, the «entr» acte» occupies a space between denouement and spectacle, effacing and dispersing the subjective identification and vitalist discoveries often associated with theater.

The result is My Struggle, a series of C - prints that document her dramatic transition.

The Trump Administration's plans for a dramatic and reckless increase in oil and gas drilling in the Western Arctic would threaten core wildlife values and accelerate the impacts of global climate change, at a time when a transition to clean energy alternatives is urgently needed.

«A dramatic energy sector transition would require steady, long - term price signals to be economically efficient, to allow timely adoption of low - carbon technologies and to minimise the amount of stranded energy assets.

We present an overview of the Eocene - Oligocene transition from a marine perspective and posit that growth of a continent - scale Antarctic ice sheet (25 × 106 km3) was a primary cause of a dramatic reorganization of ocean circulation and chemistry.

His role is to communicate to investors the dramatic implications of the energy transition.

In a dramatic turnabout from the days of Bush and Harper, US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced an agreement to help lead the transition to a low - carbon economy and spur other nations to ratify the Paris climate accord.

And the transition toward greater use of natural gas has been particularly dramatic in a number of states.

This is not to trivialize the extreme difficulties posed by a dramatic transition from today's world of steadily growing global emissions to a new world of rapid and sustained global reductions.