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.

There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche -- especially within recent decades.

Let us survey for a moment the development of modern thought -- turning our attention from the Reformation toward the revolutionary and romantic movements that follow and dwelling finally on more recent decades.

National defense considerations have been the major reason behind most Federal training expenditures in recent decades.

`` All too frequently '', points out James O'Gara, managing editor of Commonweal, `` Catholics run roughshod over Protestant sensibilities in this matter, by failure to consider the reasoning behind the Protestant position and, particularly, by their jibes at the fact that Protestant opinion on birth control has changed in recent decades ''.

With their often complex reproductive needs and permeable skins, amphibians are often ecological indicators and in recent decades there has been a dramatic decline in amphibian populations of many species around the globe.

Though wine ( vino ) has traditionally been the most popular alcoholic beverage in Argentina, beer ( cerveza ; the Italian birra is frequently used ) in recent decades has competed with wine in popularity.

In recent decades the number of Welsh speakers in the town has increased dramatically.

In recent decades they have become less frequent.

) Bursa was also known for its fertile soil and agricultural activities, which have decreased in the recent decades due to the heavy industrialization of the city.

Indonesia, South Korea, China, and Malaysia along with Denmark are among the nations that have consistently produced world-class players in the past few decades, with China being the greatest force in both men's and women's competition in recent years.

Some provinces of the Anglican Communion have begun ordaining women as bishops in recent decades for example, the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Cuba.

In recent decades Canadians have become less willing to accept the environmental destruction associated with exploiting natural resources.

The population of Cape Breton Island has been in decline for almost two decades with an increasing population exodus in recent years due to economic conditions.

Coupled with the Fortress of Louisbourg, it has driven the growth of the tourism industry on the island in recent decades.

In recent decades, caving has changed considerably due to the availability of modern protective wear and equipment.

In recent decades, at least two continuations of this fragment have appeared:

In recent decades the Cyclades islands have become popular with European and other tourists, and as a result there have been problems with erosion, pollution, and water shortages.

Cheerleading's increasing popularity in recent decades has made it a prominent feature in high-school themed movies and television shows.

Predominantly rural until recent decades, the region traces many of its cultural activities to those rural resource-based economies of fishing, agriculture, forestry, and coal mining.

Canada has witnessed a " Celtic revival " in which many Maritime musicians and songs have risen to prominence in recent decades.

Regional transportation networks have also changed significantly in recent decades with port modernizations, with new expressways and ongoing arterial highway construction, the abandonment of various low-capacity railway branchlines ( including the entire railway system of Prince Edward Island and southwestern Nova Scotia ), and the construction of the Canso Causeway and the Confederation Bridge.

The Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism has been an exception to this non-proselytizing standard, since in recent decades it has been actively promoting Noahide Laws for Gentiles as an alternative to Christianity.

In recent decades, de Pizan's work has been returned to prominence by the efforts of scholars such as Charity Cannon Willard, Earl Jeffrey Richards and Simone de Beauvoir.

Chiropractic has developed a strong political base and sustained demand for services ; in recent decades, it has gained more legitimacy and greater acceptance among medical physicians and health plans in the U. S., and the principles of evidence-based medicine have been used to review research studies and generate practice guidelines.

A more recent hypothesis is that the Dead Sea basin is a consequence of a " step-over " discontinuity along the Dead Sea Transform, creating an extension of the crust with consequent subsidence.

The Death of Klinghoffer, Nixon in China and Doctor Atomic by John Adams, Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie, and Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage exemplify the dramatisation on stage of events in recent living memory, where characters portrayed in the opera were alive at the time of the premiere performance.

More instrumental and funk and R & B themed than recent releases, The Black Album also saw Prince experiment with hip hop music on the songs " Bob George " and " Dead on It.

: More recent films include Alex Cox's Walker, and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man.

Although impressionists experienced a lull in popularity in the 1990s, the recent success of Dead Ringers ( another BBC Radio cross-over ) and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression has been notable.

For convenient access to many of Ritzer ’ s substantive contributions to modern and postmodern social theorizing, see Explorations in Social Theory: From Metatheorizing to Rationalization ( 2001 ) as well as more recent work often co-authored with his many students, such as ( with J. Michael Ryan ) “ Postmodern Social Theory and Sociology: On Symbolic Exchange with a ‘ Dead ’ Theory ,” in Reconstructing Postmodernism: Critical Debates ( 2007 ).

All the still living members of Traffic's most recent lineup reunited in 1994 for a one-off tour, after a fan left a voice mail message at Bob Weir's ( of the Grateful Dead ) hotel in Chicago during the 1992 " Scaring the Children " tour, and suggested it would be cool if Traffic toured with the ( then Grateful ) Dead.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, bands like Sigur Rós, M83, Mercury Rev, ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Dubstar, Laika, Asobi Seksu, Deftones, Broken Social Scene, Readymade, Bethany Curve, Halou, Windy & Carl, Trespassers William, Southpacific, Amusement Parks on Fire, Mira, Yume Bitsu, Devics, Xinlisupreme, Mew, Air Formation, Psychic Ills, Charlene, Auburn Lull, and ( in their more recent years ) Blonde Redhead have had the dream pop label attached to them.

Although Trygve and Aud filed a complaint against Nederland involving money and naming rights in 2005, Frozen Dead Guy Days is still alive ; the most recent celebration was held March 4 – 6, 2011, and the next is scheduled for March 2-4, 2012.

The schedule spans the decades, from The Goon Show ( 1950s ) and Round the Horne ( 1960s ), through Radio 2 favourites like The News Huddlines, Castle's On The Air and Listen to Les to recent Radio 4 shows such as Little Britain and Dead Ringers.

* In Australia, the postal authority ( Australia Post ) has renamed the " Dead Letter Office " the " Mail Redirection Centre " although documentation as recent as September 2007 still refers to it as the " Dead Letter Office ".

Robert Kirkman, whose black and white series The Walking Dead had emerged as a long-running and popular series, and whose Invincible had become one of the longest-running series featuring a newly-created superhero series in recent years, became the first partner added since its founding.

More recent underground metal bands include Aemaeth, Blood & Thunder, Beyond Mortis, Sword of Judgement, Midnight Idols, Fallen Angels, DEATHBEAT, H. M. P, Big Business, Drown Mary, Evilsmith, Vigilance, Skelator, Ceremonial Castings, Inquisition, Torture Box, Infester, Dead Soul Funeral, Inquinok, Pure Hatred, Riot & Rhythm, Tasty Lixxx, Deathmocracy, Wolves in the Throne Room, Violent Hallucinations, Future Disorder, Edge of Oblivion, and new comers to the Seattle metal scene Sausage Slapper whose racy and humorous lyrics on top of a brutal metal style, have garnered quite a local following for such a new band.

This collection -- which brought together work from two recent volumes, Poems: 1928-1931 ( 1932 ) and the privately printed The Mediterranean and Other Poems ( 1936 ), as well as the early Mr. Pope -- included " Mother and Son ," " Last Days of Alice ," " The Wolves ," " The Mediterranean ," " Aeneas at Washington ," " Sonnets at Christmas ," and the final version of " Ode to the Confederate Dead.

It included several new songs from Lesh and Robert Hunter, longtime Grateful Dead lyricist, as well as one recent favorite from Jerry Garcia and Hunter, and several original contributions from Haynes, Barraco / Mattson and Herring.

His recent projects include A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, DOA: Dead or Alive and Royal Kill.

Relatively recent discoveries such as the Dead Sea scrolls provide additional reference information.

The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is also employed together with the most recent light from lexicography, cognate languages, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The most notable recent Christian crossover artists are Kirk Franklin, Switchfoot, The Afters, Relient K, and many of the artists on Tooth & Nail Records such as MxPx, Underoath, Emery, Lifehouse, Zao, and Dead Poetic.

Other critically acclaimed films in recent years have included Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ( 2007 ), The Savages ( 2007 ) and Synecdoche, New York ( 2008 ).

His most recent work, in collaboration with French cartoonist Pic, is Not Quite Dead, which appeared in Rip Off Comix # 25 and in seven Not Quite Dead comic books.