However, in recent decades, for what doubtless are multiple reasons, an unannounced but nonetheless readily observable shift has occurred in both facets of national activity.

Agrarianism concentrates on the fundamental goods of the earth, communities of more limited economic and political scale than in modern society, and on simple living — even when this shift involves questioning the " progressive " character of some recent social and economic developments.

Nevertheless, recent developments have shown that the global economy is undergoing a fundamental shift.

Over a third of the funding for asphalt and gravel roads is being covered by the Ethiopian Government which is a considerable shift in recent years financial scheme.

The research interests of historians change over time, and in recent decades there has been a shift away from traditional diplomatic, economic and political history toward newer approaches, especially social and cultural studies.

In recent years, Switzerland has seen a gradual shift in the party landscape.

Although announced in 1988, the AS / 400 remains IBM's most recent major architectural shift that was developed wholly internally.

However, because of the recent influence of managed care and other cost control initiatives by insurance companies, hospitals are less able to shift costs, and end up writing off more in uncompensated care.

Despite recent changes in the field of anthropology and a shift in Taiwanese government ( Republic of China ) objectives, the Gaoshan and Pingpu labels in use today maintain the form given by the Qing to reflect aborigines ' acculturation to Han culture.

Charles Hutchins Hapgood ( May 17, 1904 – December 21, 1982 ) was an American college professor and author who became one of the best known advocates of the claim of a rapid and recent pole shift with catastrophic results.

However, there has been a decided shift toward the Democrats in recent years, who overtook the Republican countywide registration during the summer of 2008.

The recent decades have seen a shift in focus to several large employers in the financial services, insurance and health care sectors of the economy.

In 2004, her recent motherhood, life experiences, and growing affinity toward English rock band Coldplay, caused her to shift toward a more matured outlook and raw nature with her fourth studio album Afrodisiac, a venture into the organic sounds of soul blues, ambient music, and the nostalgic street-wise sound of 1990s hip-hop.

In recent years, however, there has been a shift toward hiring more male workers due to labor shortages and the emergence of heavier industries operating within maquiladoras.

For the most recent example, in 2003 Shimano introduced " Dual Control " to mountain bikes, where the gear shift mechanism is integrated into the brake levers.

The ability to evaluate the form and function of the human mind has undergone almost exponential growth and a paradigm shift in recent years.

The linear movement of the inner cable is most often used to transmit a pulling force, although push / pull cables have gained popularity in recent years e. g. as gear shift cables.

However, recent statements and practices of Pope Benedict XVI have caused a recent shift in Catholic practice ( notably at Papal Masses and amongst more traditional-minded Catholics ) of receiving on the tongue while kneeling, which is also an ancient practice.

Stan's recent shift from football to academics and Casey's sudden courage as potential evidence that they are no longer human.

Over the course of about 30 years due to economic recession, the actual population has declined, but is not receding anymore due to a recent economic shift.

Nipponbashi, locally known as Den Den Town ( Electric City ) was traditionally a concentration for Osaka's electrical appliance outlets, though the emergence of several large electrical department stores over in recent years has seen its shop space make a gradual shift away from the electrical appliance sector.

While the Right has dominated Federally since the 1950s, the gradual shift of the paradigm of economic policy within Australia towards the Right, particularly since the 1970s, has led to the situation where past leaders of the Right, such as Ben Chifley, would now be considered in the Socialist Left ; especially in comparison to more recent Right leaders such as Paul Keating, Kim Beazley and Kevin Rudd.

In recent years, although the term " High Street " is still used to refer to commerce, shopping has begun to shift to purpose-built out-of-town shopping centres and supermarkets.

The recent federal government's student-loan program is another step in the direction of making higher education more available to lower-status youth.

In recent years Anna Xydis has played with the New York Philharmonic and at Lewisohn Stadium, but her program last night at Town Hall was the Greek-born pianist's first New York recital since 1948.

The wineskins episode near the end of the interpolated tale " The Curious Impertinent " in chapter 35 of the first part of Don Quixote is a clear reference to Apuleius, and recent scholarship suggests that the moral philosophy and the basic trajectory of Apuleius's novel are fundamental to Cervantes's program.

If any goal fails in the course of executing the program, all variable bindings that were made since the most recent choice-point was created are undone, and execution continues with the next alternative of that choice-point.

In recent times, members of the Reform Judaism movement began a program to convert to Judaism the non-Jewish spouses of its intermarried members and non-Jews who have an interest in Judaism.

In the 1990s, Applegate, Bixby, Chvátal, and Cook developed the program Concorde that has been used in many recent record solutions.

He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon ( 2004 ), a non-game music visualization program that has been built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Space Giraffe ( Xbox Live Arcade, 2007 and PC, 2008 ), and Space Invaders Extreme ( Xbox Live Arcade, May 2009 ).

In the recent years, the Laboratory has developed a major research program in systems biology modeling, known at LANL under the name q-bio.

However, recent studies conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, showed ineffectiveness of this program.

Mechinat Rabin, an Israeli pre-army preparatory program for training recent high school graduates in leadership prior to their IDF service, was established in 1998.

This, combined with a feeding program that fulfills the proper dietary requirements, has promoted more successful breeding in recent years.

Years of pursuit have led me to believe that, yes, Aurora is most likely in active development, spurred on by recent advances that have allowed technology to catch up with the ambition that launched the program a generation ago.

There was a time when higher-end VCRs provided functions for manually removing and adding these index marks — so that, for example, they coincide with the actual start of the television program — but this feature has become hard to find in recent models.

In recent years, Mali has undertaken an ambitious decentralization program, which involves the capital district of Bamako, seven regions subdivided into 46 cercles, and 682 rural community districts ( communes ).

Its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, following a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, it has remained in the Olympic program at least through 2012.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, serves as the program director and was the most recent president of the American Occupational Therapy Association ( AOTA ).

AIESEC also runs an international exchange program that enables over 16, 000 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and intern in another country .”

In recent years, this logo has reappeared as a secondary logo on the program, and is used in various merchandising by CBC.

In more recent popular and even academic press, the party's program has often been reduced to the single issue of immigration.

While the capitalization program was successful in vastly boosting foreign direct investment ( FDI ) in Bolivia ($ 7 billion in stock during 1996-2002 ), FDI flows have subsided in recent years as investors complete their capitalization contract obligations.

The most recent cultivars released from this program are the prickle-free cultivars ' Black Diamond ', ' Black Pearl ' and ' Nightfall ' as well as the very early ripening ' Obsidian ' and ' Metolius '.

A recent program in western Africa is attempting to introduce a new high-yield variety of rice known as " New Rice for Africa " ( NERICA ).

This will mark the first time since 1998 that the Magic will wear an alternate uniform, though in recent years the Magic's alternate uniforms were worn as throwback uniforms as part of the NBA Hardwood Classics program.

The recent pushes for advancing transportation planning has led to the development of a professional certification program, the Professional Transportation Planner, to be launched in 2007.