Sentences with phrase «general audiences about»

What happened to delay the news getting out to general audiences about such an important story, and for more than ten years?
«The goal of this initial gathering is to spark songwriters» interest and hopefully lead to a collection of songs that can be used to educate general audiences about modern biology and the scientists who do it,» said Louis Gross, NIMBioS Director and UT Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics.
Environmentalist McKibben's 1989 book, The End of Nature, is considered by many to be the first book for a general audience about climate change.
Bill's 1989 groundbreaking book, The End of Nature, is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been published in 24 languages.
Since I wrote one of the first books for a general audience about global warming way back in 1989, and since I've spent the intervening decades working ineffectively to slow that warming, I can say with some confidence that we're losing the fight, badly and quickly — losing it because, most of all, we remain in denial about the peril that human civilization is in.

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As a brand, know what your target audience likes to do, what they tweet about and general information about them in order to cater content to them.
He analyzed Nielsen data about Facebook's online audience over a 14 - month period ending Sept. 2017, and found a small, but general decline in people's use of Facebook.
I think for show about beer to be successful, it would have to have crossover appeal for a larger, general audience.
Write about HD camera's in general in ways that your audience will find interesting and helpful.
The liberal media ecosystem has liberal - produced news for a general audience (ABC, NBC, CBS) and an alternative (MSNBC) for liberals who want their news to make them feel good about choosing Team Blue.
GlobalGiving.org is a general audience website, and does not collect information about a visitor's age.
Some historians, such as Jonathan Phillips or Thomas Asbridge, have even written books for a general audience, seeking to bridge the gap between what historians know and what most people think about Christianity's holy wars.
On several occasions, and notably in a general audience of July 28, 1999, John Paul II has cautioned against excessive certitude in speaking about hell and damnation, while emphasizing that «eternal damnation remains a real possibility.»
His last two general audiences, dedicated to gender and to complementarity between man and woman, are but additions to the many similar pronouncements he has already made — for example, when in the Philippines he warned about the «ideological colonisation of the family».
This illustrates one of the general problems with the book: the author does not seem to be clear about her target audience, so she includes information ranging from the basic to the specialist.
But if Matthew himself put the Lord's Prayer in its present position, and what are now verses 16 - 18 immediately followed verse 8 in Matthew's source, the saying about fasting is probably authentic but addressed to a general audience.
I have had this experience three times now, on three different occasions, in admittedly similar circumstances, but not similar enough to explain the coincidence: I am speaking from a podium to a fairly large audience on the topics of — to put it broadly — evil, suffering, and God; I have been talking for several minutes about Ivan Karamazov, and about things I have written on Dostoevsky, to what seems general approbation; then, for some reason or other, I happen to remark that, considered purely as an artist, Dostoevsky is immeasurably inferior to Tolstoy; at this, a single pained gasp of incredulity breaks out somewhat to the right of the podium, and I turn my head to see a woman with long brown hair, somewhere in her middle thirties, seated in the third or fourth row, shaking her head in wide - eyed astonishment at my loutish stupidity.
So I said, somewhat dubiously, because this was a secular lecture to a general audience and I was afraid of being misunderstood, that my point of view about life was going to show under the story, because that's inevitable, but I never consciously write about moral precepts, and I do not like moralism, which is another form of do - it - yourselfism.
The system helped identify the two extremes — general audience and mature audience films — but what about the muddy waters in the middle?
The website provides general information about corrugated packaging for users, buyers, and other general audiences.
About Children The Site is a general audience site.
«There's been a wonderful opportunity at each of the events to engage with the audience in a discussion about the movie and about the issues in general.
What is also untold about Hon.Bagbin is that he had in early December 2004, just before the general elections foretold a mammoth audience at a constituency rally in Bole, inresponse to the query by Constituents why Hon John Mahama was not frequenting home, that he was inundating Hon. Mahama with so much assignments in order to prepare him to become President of Ghana.
At a recent public talk in English to a general audience in Shanghai, China, he mimed cradling an infant in his arms while he talked about rural parenting.
Charlie and Mary began discussing the idea of a glossy, coffee - table book about corals for a general audience, «to open the eyes of the world to what was emerging as an urgent need to conserve corals,» he tells the audience.
So, these questions I think can be translated for the general audience, but we do have an audience that is less skilled in talking about science than most of us would like.
Budapest, Hungary About Blog Academic Philosophy for a General Audience.
Scientist, offers advice about writing for a general audience..
The fact that the narrative (rewritten by The Devil Wears Prada's Aline Brosh McKenna from a first draft by Emma Thompson) can't raise its rich / poor themes above the level of mobile phone ownership or its modernity beyond an acknowledgment of viral videos, and social media (an Instagram - led helicopter chase seems terribly old - fashioned) is only part of a more general uncertainty about what Annie means to today's movie - going audiences.
There have been rumors of behind - the - scenes tensions about the film, with producers worrying that Garland's adaptation is too cerebral and too weird for general audiences.
General audiences won't get the chance to see Hong Chau's breakthrough performance in Alexander Payne's «Downsizing» until the film is released on Dec. 22, but film festival viewers have already been raving about her heartfelt comedic turn.
Some of the best - received films at earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.
But he also wrote for a more general audience, particularly literary novels such as «Foucault's Pendulum» (1988), about three workers at a small publishing house who hatch their own conspiracy theory, and «The Name of the Rose,» a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the 14th century.
It may be a little early to determine the overall reactions from the general audience, but early buzz from critics and those who have already viewed Thursday / Friday night screenings has fans of the King of Wakanda excited about the impact Black Panther may have in the long - run.
Built around the notion that anything outrageous is funny, the makers of «American Wedding» bank on the idea that easy teen - and college - age audiences won't care about tediously underwritten characters, a general lameness of humor and flaccid attempts at emotional investment (Jim takes Michelle on a romantic walk on the beach) as long as those audiences leave the theater with one or two over-the-top howlers to talk about.
We've often written about the divide between the general audience of GTA and the general audience of Red Dead, and how GTA enjoys a larger player base due to mainstream draw.
Probably the best thing about Star Wars is that general audiences will finally get their first look at Natalie Portman (who right now, is the only person signed on for all 3 prequels) and Ewan MacGregor.
Cooper's last three features Black Mass, Out of the Furnace or Crazy Heart weren't exactly easy sells to a general audience, but no matter how one ended up feeling about them breaking each one down into an easily digestible synopsis isn't particularly difficult.
The general idea is to basically have the three of us talk about certain topics while I record a game as footage for the audience to enjoy.
Like many films that focus on drug addiction, it's often difficult for a general audience to care about a character who exhibits zero redeeming moral value and spins farther into decline with every running minute.
They also talk about making the film in general, from their desire to make Captain America relevant to modern audiences to their decision to keep the relationship between Black Widow and Cap platonic.
Consider your audience Jonathan Skyrme, general manager at BIC UK & Ireland, comments that: «Once you've established how many items you require, and whether they're for art classes, handwriting or general use, it's vital to think about the age of the pupils you're buying for.»
Powerpoint presentation with integrated youtube video Topic: Body language Target audience: Teen ESL learners Lesson: START - first slide - general discussion questions about what body language is VOCAB - move forwards to video - first slide has a list with blanks.
Even though its target audience is meant for special needs students, it is a valuable resource in learning about earthworms in general.
CCSA's general press release about CCSACon 2018 was also released on the wire and picked up by 149 media outlets with a total potential audience of 14,616,160.
«While Universal Design for Learning has changed how many educators think about teaching students with disabilities, Let Them Thrive brings UDL's inclusive message to a broader, general - education audience.
Book publicity can also be defined as the use of the media as a conduit to spread the word about a book to the general public and / or niche audiences.
Then people started using Willmer's site, which started to gain traction about 18 months ago when the market stopped being predominantly technologically savvy individuals and opened up to more general audiences of e-reader owners.
I hope that this book gets the very wide audience it deserves because what it has to say is of relevance to virtually all of us as individuals, and takes on even great significance when one adds in the fact that (according to well - documented and much repeated research, first performed by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s) about two - thirds of the general population will follow the orders of somebody in authority, even if it is to inflict significant harm on others.
Science Writing for General Audiences Gain writing and research skills — everything from general literary techniques to interviewing and fact - checking — that will help you craft engaging nonfiction about scientific discovery, research, and General Audiences Gain writing and research skills — everything from general literary techniques to interviewing and fact - checking — that will help you craft engaging nonfiction about scientific discovery, research, and general literary techniques to interviewing and fact - checking — that will help you craft engaging nonfiction about scientific discovery, research, and policy.
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