Sentences with phrase «sharp change from»

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

The frequency of low and convective clouds also shows a sharp change from the first to the second epoch reflecting the deterioration of the weather throughout Europe.

Born in 1972, the artist witnessed the city's sharp change from its utopian and modernist socialist aesthetic — begun in the aftermath World War Two — to a distinctively neoliberal landscape in the 1990s, dominated by new developments.

The campaign marked a sharp change from the 1970s, when the federal government, then a military dictatorship, had encouraged clearcutting.

That's a sharp change from 2008, when Sen. John McCain of Arizona supported a cap - and - trade program to address rising temperatures as the Republican nominee.

Not exact matches

The Brisbane Baylands project has received sharp criticism from people living in Brisbane, who don't want to see an influx of tech workers change the character of their neighborhoods.

For more than seven months, Sumner Redstone, now 93 and barely able to speak, has asserted (through lawyers and PR teams) that he remains mentally competent — sharp enough to change his health care agent, to erase a $ 70 million bequest to an ex-girlfriend from his will, and, most important, to remain in control of Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS), the jewels in his $ 42 - billion media empire.

Powell, appointed to the Fed board in 2012 by then - President Barack Obama, emerged as Trump's choice from a five - person slate of possible nominees that included Yellen as well as others who would have represented a sharp change in monetary policy.

The official poverty statistics show a sharp decline in the poverty rate between 1959 and 1969 but little real change since then, apart from fluctuations due to the business cycle.

A major change from tax reform was a sharp increase in the standard deduction.

My thesis has been that the sharp break from All Time Highs in late January was a «sign» that the character of the market had changed from a «buy the dip» environment to a two - way trading market and I've looked for opportunities to sell «bounce back» rallies that ran out of steam.

Even movements from elsewhere have tended to change their dynamics in Britain and become more like conversations — though these can sometimes be sharp.

One of the most extraordinary aspects of this referendum was the extent to which bodies which had no business recommending a vote one way or the other took sides: the Industrial Development Authority called for a «Yes» vote, as did the Gaelic Athletic Association, as did the representative organisation of the Irish police in the Republic, the Garda Representative Association — a move which drew a sharp rebuke from Baroness Nuala O'Loan, the legal expert who oversaw the changes in Northern Ireland which improved the policing situation there immeasurably.

It's easy for people who are more liberal on this issue to claim the pastoral high ground (indeed, Chalke's piece is partly pastorally motivated), but that ignores many who will be hurt to read his change of view, and what they will regard as a sharp shift from scripture.

Apart from the difficulty in identifying when a change is a «revolution» and when it isn't, the sharp contrast between normal and revolutionary science has been questioned.

The buffet changes every single day, but we try to concentrate on a certain area of the world that keeps the chefs in the kitchen pretty sharp on cooking cuisines from around the world.

i was not surprised that england lost against iceland, even before the euros started i knew hodgson, s selection will come back to haunt him, he took players that were just back from long injuries not match fit / sharp, also due to media pressure he selected players he shouldn, t have (vardy, rashford) it undermined all the good work done during the qualifications, why on earth just before the tournament would hodgson change tactics, formations, players that served him so well even though it was an easy group they still managed to go unbeaten, i know people laugh when wenger talks about cohesion, continuity....

After the recommendation for newborns» sleep position was changed from prone (tummy) to supine (back), the incidence of SIDS in the U.S. showed a sharp decline (more than 50 percent) over the first 10 - year period.

After the recommendation for newborns» sleep position was changed from prone (tummy) to supine (back), the incidence of SIDS in the U.S. showed a sharp...

Nothing has changed since then to necessitate a sharp rise in VAT to 20 per cent (as Will Straw points out, this was far from an «unavoidable» tax increase).

Just when Nick Clegg was contemplating a change of fortune, hoping to benefit from some good economic news on one hand and a sharper differentiation strategy on issues such as welfare reform and immigration, this hits his leadership.

On a clear day over the ice on the horizon the sky will be much paler or lighter in color and is easily distinguishable from that overhead, so that a sharp lookout should be kept and changes in the color of the sky noted.

But from McCright's perspective it was important to find out to what extent the sharp debate over climate change at the elite level had trickled down into the general public in recent decades.

The email controversy from late 2009 termed «Climategate» roused sharp criticism from opponents, but investigations cleared the scientists involved and didn't diminish the scientific underpinnings of climate change.

«These include the sharp mud - over-peat contacts that are laterally continuous over 5 kilometers, changes in fossil foraminifera assemblages across the buried peat contacts, long - lasting submergence also derived from fossil foraminifera records, and radiocarbon ages of plant macrofossils taken from buried peat deposits that are consistent with other southern Cascadia earthquake chronologies derived from buried peat and tsunami deposits.»

Seeing the sharp declines in parts of the ocean I have come to know and love reminds me that as we look into new ways to protect our planet from climate change, we need to look again at the natural machinery that already works, that developed over four and a half billion years, and do everything we can to restore its functions.

In comparing overall treatment rates from 2007 till 2012, researchers found a sharp decrease of 42 percent, reflecting a change in screening recommendations and adoption of surveillance strategies in select groups of men.

As they changed the resolution from blurry to sharp, the researchers gave participants mental tasks of varying degree of difficulty.

Three Republican presidential candidates stated their belief in climate change last night during two debates that wandered from economic policies to sharp attacks on the media.

According to Sharp, the focus of the findings also marks an important milestone from the perspective of glaciology, which traditionally focuses on sea level as the most direct consequence of the impact of climate change on glaciers.

A sharp bend in the chain indicates that the motion of the Pacific Plate abruptly changed about 43 million years ago, as it took a more westerly turn from its earlier northerly direction.

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

The first one being that it offers a protective layer from sudden environmental changes, softening minor collision impact against various sharp and solid objects.

Conversely, within non-diabetic populations, periods of IER (75 - 85 % ER on restricted days) do not typically affect fasting glucose levels 37, 41, 45, 48 or HbA1c 41, 48; results of which can often be replicated by short term CER studies.62 - 65These findings are unsurprising given that frank hyperglycaemia within the T2DM diagnostic range is effectively a late - stage manifestation of IR, which along with compensatory increases insulin secretion, can precede the onset of T2DM by many years.66, 67 Findings from one large scale prospective cohort study, Whitehall II, reveal a sharp increase in the trajectory towards fasting hyperglycaemia which is only detectable three years prior to diagnosis with T2DM.67 Consequently, it can be argued that changes in circulating insulin concentrations, fasting (hepatic) insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake / clearance are more sensitive markers of deteriorating glucose control than fasting glycaemia in non - diabetics.68 - 70

Director Nora Twomey changes the film's style for the fantasy story, transitioning from the sharp lines and solid colors of the real - life scenes to animation that looks like paper models in motion.

Yakuza's cast is so often made up of sharp - dressed men from big cities that it's a pleasant change of pace to head to the countryside in this game and hang out with simpler folk who are lower — a lot lower — down the criminal family tree.

Not as sharp as it thinks it is but funnier and better handled than it sounds from its description, Us and Them benefits from a solid sense of humor and a sure hand keeping the tone steady even as it changes direction regularly.

While the tone of the film changes in the second portion (from dreamy ideals to stark realities), many sequences and shots still carry that slightly surreal aesthetic, which heightens the intrigue and beauty of this gritty working - class limbo; even more so than his other films, Mud showcases Nichols as a sharp and artistic visual storyteller.

Haigh, Arnold and McDonagh have all benefited richly from the change of scenery — not to mention Lynne Ramsay, whose US - set films We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here both offer sharp, trauma - shaken meditations on uniquely American cultures of violence and domestic dysfunction.

These new policy changes, however, were met by sharp criticism from opponents who felt that new state - level reforms would undermine local control.

Indeed, journalist Toby Young, who is setting up one of the first free schools, said the admissions changes would «enable successful free schools and academies to ensure children from low income families aren't crowded out by sharp - elbowed, middle class parents».

The number of appeals that resulted in rises by two or more grades also soared, from 401 in 2016 to nearly 2,000 in 2017, leading Ofqual to say it was «concerned about the sharp increase in the number of changes on this scale».

That marks a sharp change in tone from previous superintendents, which local charter school founder Earl Phalen described as flat - out hostile to charter schools.

Thankfully, it's a solid platform to work from, and the car offers a compliant ride without feeling dowdy — in fact, the steering is rather sharp, a refreshing change from the novacaine - laden steering racks installed in Cobalts and Cavaliers of days gone.

When test driver John Kiewicz blips the throttle, the note changes to a hard - as - nails V8 holler, with sharp, urgent stabs of noise firing from the sawn - off exhaust stubs like sonic buckshot.

The result was the NX, and along with styling which looked barely changed from the sharp, sexy, LF - NX concept, the production version also marked a first for Lexus, in that it was the marque's first turbocharged model.

It held its line well through corners and was nimble during quick direction changes, while on the straight stuff the ride was comfortable apart from the odd thump over sharped - edged potholes.

Sport mode increases assistance from the electric motor, but the difference is small, with heavier steering and sharper throttle response being the most noticeable changes.

Changing from Eco through Comfort to Sport mode via the Driving Experience Controller delivers sharper throttle response, but no real change in ultimate performance.

Blending the comfort of a Mercedes S - Class with the style of a Coupe the performance pedigree of Mercedes tuning arm, the all - new S 63 AMG Coupe is a tantalising proposition, It's design offers exclusivity and luxury to match a Bentley Continental GT with the promise of handling and performance to rival the flagship Porsche Panamera, and aims to be the ultimate luxury all - rounder, Despite getting the S - Class name, the new Coupe stands out enough from the limousine on which its based, Sharp creases down the sides, a long bonnet, sloping roof and a neat spoiler integrated into the boot lid do a great job of shrinking the S - Class Coupes large dimension.;;» «MEGA SPEC»»; Our example is finished in magnetite Black and trimmed with Black Nappa leather with white stitching and AMG badges, Walnut Veneer Wood Interior, The car comes with the 360 Camera, Distronic system, Active Park Assist, Lane Assist, Brake Assist Plus, Steering Assist, Blind spot Assist, Night view Assist, Head up display, Lane Change Warning, Burmeister Sound System, Memory Package, Dual Cup Holder, MB Connect, Dynamic Front Seats with Hot / Cold and Massage Seats, Electric Roller Blind, Active Body Control, Eco Start Stop, Dynamic LED Lights, Ambient Lighting, AMG 20» Spoked Wheels, Silver Brake Calipers, Adaptive Air Suspension, AMG Sports Package, Full MB Service History, Heated Seats, Keyless Go, Panoramic Glass Roof, Power Soft Close, Satellite Navigation, Memory Electric Seats, 14 Way Electric Adjustable Front Seats, Air Conditioning, Bluetooth Telephone, Central Locking, Climate Control, DAB Digital Radio, Heated Folding Mirrors, Massage Front Seats, Park Distance Control, Reversing Camera with Guidance Lines, 8 Speed Gearbox, AMG 3 - Spoke Sports Steering Wheel, Multi Function Steering Wheel, Multiple Airbags, Anti Glare Rear View Mirrors, CD Auto changer, Day Time Running Lights, Electric Remote Boot / Hatch / Door Release, Light Design Package, Push Button Start, 2 Former Keepers, Black.