Sentences with phrase «anecdotal stories on»

Our plan is to collect photos and anecdotal stories on various topics then share with the membership via the E-News.

For more information, check out this BBC Radio program entitled «History of Metaphor» or watch a video of Joseph Campbell telling an anecdotal story on myth as metaphor:

Not exact matches

While I agree that these are among the most important posts Amy does, I think she's smart to run the blog the way she does, alternating science with horrible anecdotal stories, satire, direct attacks on NCB leaders, and other posts that are deliberately provocative.

The last day of my anecdotal survey, the lead story on Technorati wasn't another item on Iraq or an exposé on Madonna's new yoga instructor.

Oren's reliance on anecdotal stories makes many researchers uncomfortable.

«We have already heard anecdotal stories of the Brexit vote causing immediate disruption to career plans, investments, and roles in new consortia that are forming,» the group says on its website.

Although there are plenty of anecdotal stories about stowaway toads, there has been little detailed and reliable information on the topic, until recently.

Eager to show his clear - eyed wisdom through rhapsodic reveries on how evil the world is, Cimber tells his favourite story here and in the docu of how the MPAA didn't like the incest and pedophilia stuff in the flick, as though he were imparting a nugget of incalculable anecdotal value.

Much of the anecdotal information is what he received from John Burris, the prosecuting attorney working on Oscar Grant's case, as well as Oscar's family, so, of course, Coogler is not only hearing one side of the story, but also has allegiances to those who helped him research this story to tell Oscar's tale in a manner respectful to their interests.

Listen to anecdotal stories about teachers and student debt on NPR.

Sure, we have occasional success stories based on anecdotal evidence.

I've heard anecdotal stories of this for physical books, (for Eat, Pray, Love), but for - profit corporations tend to make decisions based on hard data.

Much of the initial evidence for this ability started off as anecdotal — based on stories of dogs acting unusually around their owners until they decided to get themselves checked out.

The robin story is purely anecdotal but the article published on the same day as yours by Jim Robbins (no relation to earlier robin) entitled «In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance» is also an example of the NYT conveying science to the readership.

However, given that the CAGW position doesn't rest on specific numbers, but is instead an unorganized collection of anecdotal evidence, coupled with heavily - tweaked computer models, unfounded assumptions about positive feedbacks, and a healthy imagination about possible future disasters, a lower warming number for the 20th century will simply be brushed over with claims about aerosols being stronger than previously thought, more warming still waiting in the «pipeline» or similar ad hoc «explanations» that keep the overall story alive.

For more on the terrestrial foods topic, see my detailed discussion in this previous post, and this recent (March 30) ScienceNews report on yet another, largely anecdotal «polar bears resort to bird eggs because of declining sea ice» story (see photo below, based on a new paper by Prop and colleagues), which was also covered March 31 at the DailyMail («Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea).

But you go on believing anecdotal stories Bob.

In its Dec. 18 story on the ATRA report, The National Law Journal noted that the report «is based on anecdotal evidence» and that ATRA «does not provide a methodology used to reach results.»

Now four years later, there needs to be research on the efficacy of the project instead of regaling in the anecdotal success stories about which we hear.

While the NCLC report suggests inaccurate criminal background checks are widespread, the report only cites a handful of anecdotal stories and some court cases where an inaccurate background check had grave consequences on a consumer's ability to get a job out of the millions of background checks conducted yearly.

In the article, Rosen — Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR)-- writes that while the NCLC report suggested «inaccurate criminal background checks are widespread,» the report only cited «a handful of anecdotal stories and some court cases where an inaccurate background check had grave consequences on a consumer's ability to get a job out of the millions of background checks conducted yearly.»

In the article, Rosen writes that while the NCLC report «suggests inaccurate criminal background checks are widespread,» the report only «cites a handful of anecdotal stories and some court cases where an inaccurate background check had grave consequences on a consumer's ability to get a job out of the millions of background checks conducted yearly.»

When there's solid empirical (NOT anecdotal) evidence showing that it's effective, we'll be sure to run a story on it.

Written on the «information is power» premise, The Smart Stepfamily weaves together a review of biblical materials, current psychological and sociological research, best practices, practical insights, and anecdotal stories to educate and support stepfamilies and the clergy who serve them.»

On top of that (and this is through anecdotal stories) you hear that lower - end property owners sometimes don't like to do as much upkeep to the units.

Wein said everyone, government included, needs to be careful not to rely on «anecdotal» stories about the real estate market.