Sentences with phrase «by peers of»

In 2014 Loretta was voted Realtor of the Year by her peers of the Realtor Association of Lake and Sumter Counties.

Guided by peers of the disputants, peer mediation provides a process for peaceful conflict resolution where parties resolve their own disputes and create their own solutions.

«His election by his peers of over 200 Linux Foundation members is testament to Jeff's reputation as both a technologist and a strategist.»

«for you / for me» consists of a selection of works by her peers of the Master of Fine Arts program.

Guided by peers of the disputants, peer mediation provides a process for peaceful conflict resolution where parties resolve their own disputes and create their own solutions.

This situation has been explored more recently by other social scientists, who have found that it can lead to social norms under which «nerds» are harassed and studious students of color are accused by their peers of «acting white» (see ««Acting White,»» features, Winter 2006).

Grandmother showers are usually attended by the peers of the grandmother - to - be.

He may withdraw from peer relationships in an effort to protect himself from the discovery by his peers of the family stigma.

In fact, over a decade ago, I was told by my peers of the exact same scam, described by neuro - linguistic programming expert Derren Brown of a fool - proof system that could predict the winner of every horse race around the world, used by Wall Street financial consultants on unsuspecting prospects to successfully gather millions of dollars of AUM.

Peer victimization is defined as being on the receiving end of an intentional act of aggression by a peer of a similar age that is perceived by the victim as harmful.

As far as we know, this is the only Jennifer Aniston romcom directed by a peer of the realm.

It is given in the House of Lords, by a Peer of the Realm, so by the rules of the British Parliament, it OUGHT to be accurate.

Not exact matches

Getaround's peer - to - peer car - sharing platform allows car owners to defray the cost of their vehicles by renting them by the hour or daily to folks who don't want or need wheels 24/7.

While the emerging field of neuromarketing seeks to address this issue by peering directly into the brain, there are things we can do easily and cheaply to make sure we're not reacting just to consumers» conscious minds, but to their unconscious as well.

A peer - reviewed study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, published recently in The International Journal of Drug Policy, pegged the retail value of marijuana consumption in B.C. alone at between $ 443 million and $ 564 million.

«Secret arbitration takes away a woman's right to a trial by a jury of her peers and provides a dark alley for Uber to hide from the justice system, the media and public scrutiny,» according to the letter.

That means superseding physical constraints like having an actual hospital by harnessing the power of mobile technology, making the act of taking your medicine less of a hassle, and peering into our very biological building blocks to wage war on the most intractable maladies.

The company's peer - to - peer car sharing platform allows car owners to defray the cost of their vehicles by renting them by the hour or daily to folks who don't want or need wheels 24/7.

According to a survey of 839 millennials, they spend «5.4 hours a day with content created by their peers.

The introverted students gave lower ratings to their extroverted peers compared to their introverted ones, whereas the ratings by extroverted students didn't vary based on the personality of the person they were evaluating.

At this writing, peer - to - peer car sharing is still banned in the state; Getaround's competitor, RelayRides (now called Turo), was fined $ 200,000 in 2013 by the New York Department of Financial Services for noncompliance with insurance regulations.

Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety at Walmart, was so pleased by the pork and mango trials that he rallied peers to join the cause.

The outlook for the U.K. economy looks stable but the level of growth is low relative to both its historic performance and the rates of growth being achieved by the country's international peers, according to a spring forecast.

(i) Assist companies in determining and interpreting their ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to companies to compare and explain ratios among their peers on an industry - by - industry basis, because average worker compensation for Bank of America will be different than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to labor groups to assist them in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).

She points to a 2011 study by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which found that students who started school at 8:30 a.m. got almost an hour more sleep and performed better on tests measuring attention levels than peers who started at 7:30 a.m.

In fact, science tells us that we often withhold ideas in a group setting for fear of being judged by our peers.

«While stability is welcome, especially in the uncertain world we find ourselves in, it is nevertheless the case that the projected level of U.K. growth is low relative to both the U.K.'s historic performance and the rates of growth being achieved by the country's international peers,» EY's Chief Economist Mark Gregory said in the report.

I would tend to give more credence to the competency of their views than those of housing bears who post analyses and charts at the click of a mouse, all the while unconstrained by due - diligence standards or even such things as the peer - review process that serves academia so well.

That said, this manual from San Francisco — based green cleaning supplies maker Method Products rewards more than most of its peers — and not just because the book is informed by the company's enthusiasm for design.

For some, the liberation of living in the city of their choosing is worth the risk of being caught or judged by their peers.

You might as well just close your eyes when you shift into reverse or change lanes in any direction; the windshield is so slanted that, even when peering forward, the view is impeded by the top line of the glass.

Questions are also being asked about the practices of McKesson and its peers by Congress, where the dire public health crisis is increasingly top of mind.

Furthermore, companies that identify openness as a core value outperform their peers by 30 %, according to a survey of 1,700 CEOs conducted by IBM.

It has few peers in terms of product design; its operational prowess is unmatched (by one estimate, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, it produced the equivalent weight of a Boeing 787 in iPhone 6s — every 24 hours).

Analyzing data provided by 50,000 of its own clients for the past year, Bigcommerce determined that auto, jewelry, toys and games and pet care are fast - growing areas where one - of - a-kind merchants are outperforming their big - box or chain store peers.

Employees develop and grow by teaching others, and the people in your organization get to learn from peers with first - hand knowledge of the business.

Lazy nodes can be booted from the network by a quorum of peers, and new ones can join through a similar, reverse process, Camp said.

Companies like Microsoft and KPMG have caught on to this need and responded by giving employees exposure to peers in different divisions, to provide fresh ideas and new ways of thinking.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

By knowing what to improve and how to improve it, I've been able to achieve greater success than have my peers in other areas of life, too.

By tirelessly adjusting to market conditions and seeking peer feedback, Boston startup Way Systems Inc. avoided some of the hazards that can plague early - stage tech companies.

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It would be more akin to the way that «peer - to - peer» networks like BitTorrent function, by allowing users to connect with each other without requiring any kind of centralized authority.

The company emerged from the 2009 financial crisis more easily than most of its peers, helped by stronger digital firepower and the weakness of lower - end rivals like J.C. Penney (jcp) and Sears.

Fueled by deep - pocketed mainland venture capitalists and success at home, the 40 - year - old and his peers are exporting a formula honed in China of pursuing rapid expansion over profitability.

CLEARXCHANGE EXPANDING REAL - TIME PAYMENTS TO INTER-BANK TRANSFERS: ClearXchange, an online peer - to - peer payments network managed by a consortium of US banks, is going to implement its existing real - time payment protocol for inter-bank transfers.

If your own people are active and willing participants, it's also likely that, in some cases, they've been encouraged by their managers and peers (theoretically within the bounds of reason and good taste) to create some of this material on their own in order to «authentically» help to tell your company's story.

The San Francisco based startup is one of the largest companies known as peer - to - peer lenders and runs a website where consumers can apply for loans that are either funded by individual investors or by institutions such as banks.

While there are surely some who are distracted by the «hedonistic treadmill,» most of us — by competing for money, professional standing, love — are gunning for self - respect and the esteem of peers.

Women are also taking longer to pay off student debt, according to a report completed this year by the American Association of University Women, despite being more likely to enroll and earning higher grades than most of their male peers.