Sentences with phrase «not against mainstream»

Said Redford: «I want to make it clear: I'm not against the mainstream.

I'm not against mainstreaming but Rhee and Matt seem to leave them behind.

Not exact matches

The CEO's comments appear to be a way to hedge against the possibility that AR does not catch on with mainstream consumers as fast as Facebook would like.

Detentions and arrests have not been limited to mainstream media, with several people in the last week having detention or arrest warrants issued against them on charges of insulting the president or praising the coup on social media, according to Anadolu.

Such conflicts may stoke Machiavellian suspicion between VCs and Mainstream SPV investors, and worse, they are likely to pit SPV investors against one another as some investors in the SPV may want to participate in the cram - down, while others may not.

Because they were not well equipped to deal with the intellectual challenges posed by modernism, fundamentalists withdrew from mainstream seminaries and secular universities, frequently adopting an anti-intellectual, populist stance that, to use Carpenter's phrase, «often took the form of railing against one's enemies before an audience of one's friends.»

Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler, by Mark Riebling (Basic Books): It's scandalous that this deeply - researched study of Pius XII's involvement in plots to depose Adolf Hitler has been largely ignored by the mainstream press, but the reason why isn't hard to guess — Church of Spies confounds the «Hitler's Pope» rubbish that Catholic - bashers find useful.

Bin Laden's jihad not only pits Islam against America, the West as a whole, and ultimately the rest of the non-Islamic world; it also seeks to overthrow the contemporary Muslim states and mainstream views of Islamic tradition among the great majority of contemporary Muslims.

Endeavour Forum is one of the few women's organisations which speaks out against the oppression of women under Islam — not just radical Islam as in ISIS and Boko Haram, but mainstream Islam which allows polygamy, child marriage, discrimination against women in divorce proceedings and inheritance laws.

From wiki: «Maccoby argued that the real Jesus was not a rebel against the Jewish law, but instead a Jewish Messianic claimant whose life and teaching were within the mainstream of first - century Judaism.

Catholicism is now mainstream and not discriminated against in the public forum any more than Protestantism is.

The problem is mainstream muslims are clueless about how to stop them, we are doing out best to report them to the authorities but sometimes it is not easy even for US to tell and I think perhaps it is going to take a collective effort of all of us together to rid ourselves of this scourge... rather than a «Its us against the Muslim world» approach which only alienates more people, and is contribute to the problem spreading.

A Green Party member, Tom Syracuse, railed against the new Yankee Stadium, not to mention all the mainstream politicians who allowed it to be built.

COLONIE — Speaking in a video message and by phone, Governor Andrew Cuomo told delegates of the Working Families Party on Saturday that he wants Democrats to take control of the state Senate, and he threatened to support primaries against members of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference if they did not re-join with mainstream colleagues.

Finally, while there's plenty of bad blood between Klein and the mainstream Democrats — he's backed primary challengers against some of them, and denounced them as «clowns» and a «circular firing squad» — Stewart - Cousins and her top lieutenants knew that winning a clear majority this year without Klein's members would be a steep if not impossible task.

«Look at what happened to the moderate mainstream Republicans in America who didn't defend their views against a Tea Party - led lurch to the right — eventually they ended up with Donald Trump as their candidate.»

It isn't easy to break old, unhealthy habits, to rebel against mainstream society, to differentiate yourself from family and friends, to take a moral and ethical stand each moment of every day with every action you take, etc..

This all goes directly against what you hear in mainstream health talk... because most health professionals don't truly understand the biochemistry of fats, and falsely believe that saturated fats are bad for you... when in fact, they are actually neutral in most instances... and saturated fats from tropical oils are actually good for you as they contain mostly medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) which are lacking in most people's diets.

It was meant not to go against Hollywood or go against the mainstream, but just add more to it.

More fragmented than perhaps ever before, the films don't seem to be moving any further towards mainstream assimilation or pushing back against it.

I'm not sure if he's being disingenous as a sort of defensive mechanism against the industry group's seal of disapproval or if he is under a genuine misapprehension about the ways mainstream audiences react to this kind of material.

In most sectors, disruptive innovations do not gain mainstream adoption until independent consumers can prove that the new technologies help them make progress against their recurring challenges.

Korean hagwons are a $ 30 billion industry, but unlike private schools in the United States, they do not compete against and therefore create pressure on mainstream schools.

He states, «Be encouraged to take the chance and learn something new today, do not be afraid to go against the mainstream and actually be prepared to work, embrace different cultures, people and encourage diversity, do something for other people, do not just think of yourself, be proud of what you could possibly achieve, have a goal and strive to achieve it, be kind to others, you do not know what baggage they are carrying...»

Concerns were also raised in the consultation that not applying the policy across all school types could discriminate against pupils in mainstream schools who may want to take technical pathways, but who are not able to attend a specialist institution.

Proceeding an extended range of similarly engineered models due out in the not too distant future, it puts BMW directly into competition against some of Europe's best - selling models, taking its premium appeal into the mainstream.

This 218d manual is not the best BMW can do, but the company's first front - drive car is clearly only a sensible transmission and wheel and tyre specification from being among the best and is, in any case, a compelling offering against high - end mainstream rivals.

Not does it employ any methods to scan for ISBN numbers and reference it against the Open Library or any other mainstream database.

For papers that appear to go against the mainstream (in either direction), the likelihood is that the conclusions will not stand up for long, but sometimes it takes a while for this to be clear.

Both these responses (nonsense from the Express / Mail / WUWT, and nothing from the specialist media) confirm a well - known trope about the media in general: The Express covered it because they (incorrectly) saw it as going against the mainstream, while perhaps the specialist press didn't cover it because they (correctly) didn't.

If the «mainstream» experts don't supply this information (i.e. evidence against as well as evidence for), then it is left for Idso et al. to fill in the blanks.

I think the main reason why alternative theories are not given much attention is because they are a threat to AGW theory and with the climate on hold for now mainstream will not budge unless and until the climate moves against them, and even then I expect further excuses.

And, as evidence of the utter intellectual shamelessness of delusionism, you can't beat the campaign against wind power, driven by the kinds of absurd claims of risk that would be mocked, mercilessly and deservedly, if they came from the mainstream environmental movement.

I believe maverick status is achieved when bravery and convictions push outside of the mainstream; better described as someone outside the orthodoxy with reasoned scientific views that haven't been adequately explored, that push against the grain.

The RICO Act can not be used against people exercising their free speech right to disagree with mainstream science.

Given the magnitude of potential harms from climate change, those who make skeptical arguments against the mainstream scientific view on climate change have a duty to submit skeptical arguments to peer - review, acknowledge what is not in dispute about climate change science and not only focus on what is unknown, refrain from making specious claims about mainstream science of climate change such as the entire scientific basis for climate change has been completely debunked, and assume the burden of proof to show that emissions of greenhouse gases are benign.

Given the magnitude of potential harms from climate change, those who make skeptical arguments against the mainstream scientific view on climate change have a duty to submit skeptical arguments to peer - review, acknowledge what is not in dispute about climate change science and not only focus on what is unknown, refrain from making specious claims about the mainstream science of climate change such as the entire scientific basis for climate change that has been completely debunked, and assume the burden of proof to show that emissions of greenhouse gases are benign.

The science behind these higher numbers is therefore not settled at all, except in the sense that few scientists are prepared to go against the mainstream.

Except the mainstream media essentially does not tell Gore's followers about these problems, nor is a science - based, calm, rational rebuttal permitted against IPCC / NASA / NOAA claims.

John, Judith has made accusations against the scientific mainstream that they only appear so certain, not because of the scientific evidence, but through group - think and peer pressure.

«By introducing the concept of «green careers» to mainstream college students and recent graduates, we hope to deliver an inspiring message that young professionals can find jobs that not only present tremendous opportunities for their future, but also aid in the fight against global warming,» said Mark Charnock, vice president and general manager, MonsterTRAK.

We don't have anything against the latter, but mass uptake requires a distinct shift from subculture to a more mainstream and normalized approach.

And even though it doesn't cost quite as much as a mainstream mainstay like the Galaxy S8, that's exactly the sort of phone it will be compared against.

The recent CFTC reports documenting bitcoin futures contracts held on Cboe indicate traders are also not willing to continuously bet against bitcoin — And this week mainstream bitcoin derivatives traders stemming from Cboe are predicting a bitcoin price reversal is imminent.

Oscar said the evident relationship between alcohol and levels of family violence in Aboriginal communities is not widely understood (and differs from mainstream views that alcohol and drugs are reinforcing factors but not a cause of violence against women.)