Sentences with phrase «for failed ones»

Likewise, student were allowed to take unsupervised online classes to make up for failed ones.

Not exact matches

This ensures that even if one server fails for some reason, the information will not be lost.

Plus, in 2008, the Aurora distribution center had been at the center of another settlement — this one for $ 13.25 million — for the same issue: failing to report suspicious orders (McKesson did not admit wrongdoing).

There are many reasons that people fail to start something new or act now, but one of the biggest is a desire for credit (or, conversely, to avoid blame).

An independent events company responsible for organising one of Fringe World Festival's major venues has allegedly failed to pay about $ 200,000 owed to performers as it prepares for voluntary administration.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«This «split the baby» approach fails to accomplish one of the critical requirements of net neutrality because it allows paid prioritization,» says David Pashman, general counsel for Meetup, a startup that provides a network for local groups to gather.

The media has been criticized for failing to give the other deadly terrorist attack in Beirut just the night before, one that killed 45 and injured 239 others, the same amount of attention.

(One explanation for why pollsters failed to predict Cameron's landslide victory last year was because «Brintroverts» refused to admit they intended to vote Conservative, an uncool choice in everyday conversation.)

But a certain amount of burn rate in startups is often desirable if it comes with commensurate growth and if ones prospects for either raising capital or failing that cutting costs and hitting profitability seem achievable.

WSJ writer John Carreyrou reportedly spoke to four former employees, none of whom are named in his story, including one who «accused the company of failing to report test results that raised questions about the precision» of their tests, which could be «a violation of federal rules for laboratories,» the Journal article said.

Almost half of new startups fail within five years, and the reason is clear: As 42 percent of failed entrepreneurs said in one survey, there wasn't a market need for their products.

And as smartphone cameras began to replace the need for digital ones, Kodak's business failed to keep up.

What Bengen discovered was that the 6 percent withdrawal rate he had read about failed around 20 percent of the time, but 4.5 percent survived for every one of those periods — even those starting just before the onset of the Great Depression.

One is to regard capital as the fuel that is keeping our company alive for a finite period of time, during which one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move One is to regard capital as the fuel that is keeping our company alive for a finite period of time, during which one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move on.

«Having taught at Stanford now for 30 years... one of the things I think that we're failing even in our elite education — and we're failing at Stanford although we're trying — is teaching people to fight constructively,» Sutton said.

[For] one, the adversity I grew up with being a failed student, the empathy and soft skills it created, you have to adapt and learn how to play with others.

One of the hardest achievements in business is creating empathy for our brand, yet we fail to use the true stories all around us, perhaps for fear of being unprofessional.

In doing so, the court failed to address a recurring question, one that's often a matter of life and death for police officers and the public.

Last year, after settling with Goldman Sachs for $ 1.5 million over accusations that the bank failed to supervise a rogue trader, one of Mr. Meister's colleagues objected to the size of the fine.

One of the most interesting things I found in researching my book Mapping Innovation is that the firms that invested in basic exploration eventually hit on something big, What's more, the massive return on investment it generated paid for all of the failed projects many times over.

In addition to punishing Wells Fargo for forcing auto insurance on customers, the regulatory action is expected to cite the bank for improperly charging mortgage customers and for failing to maintain adequate risk management and compliance practices, according to one of the people briefed on the action.

«Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal policy,» he says.

Veteran goers tried and failed to depict the magnitude of the operation: 3,300 companies under one roof battling for the attention of a handful of retailers.

The social network, which is San Francisco's second - largest tech employer, had listed one floor for sublease in 2015 but has thus far failed to find any suitors, according to the Business Times.

I learned that it was a Casascius coin, one of roughly 3,500 minted by a Bitcoin user of the same name before the US Treasury Department shut him down in 2013 for failing to have a federal money transmitter license.

Since the number one reason a start - up fails is because it makes a product no one needs, has there been market validation from customers for what the company is offering?

For example, one company said it could disable the vulnerable features; another said that it could slow down and stop the hacked car if it was in motion and a third said similarly that it would remotely place the car in a «fail - safe mode.»

One final thought on setting a crowdfunding goal: Taking donations and failing to fulfill rewards, or live up to your promises, could lead to legal trouble and will certainly result in negative publicity for you and your idea.

Sure, if one of the drives fails, it's not user replaceable, but StorageReview notes this sort of setup is not uncommon for portable drives.

Beer start - ups, according to Henry King of the Beer Association of America, typically fail for one (or both) of two reasons: they're undercapitalized, or they're not making consistent beer.

«I committed myself to learning, working, succeeding, failing at one thing for a lot of years and eventually, I got really good.»

So it set upon making one for its home market in China, where Glass failed to tread.

But if you fundamentally believe that human beings are hard - wired for growth and adaptation and learning, then the fact that your business failed does not mean your next one will.

Further, as of now, about one in 20 rocket launches fails, or more precisely, explodes in a massive fireball that rains debris down for miles around.

Facebook's Home interface for mobile phones went pretty much as fast as it came while everything Microsoft has tried has failed, sometimes — like the whole Xbox One used games fiasco — in spectacular fashion.

For example this summer one of my horses failed to medal at the Olympics.

Gerard Lyons — one of the few prominent economists to back leaving the EU, and a co-founder of the Economists for Brexit group — told an audience at the Brexit & Global Expansion Summit in London on Monday that by failing to prepare plans for what might happen in the event that Britain voted to leave, Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne left both the new Conservative government and the British people high and dry.

For one, Merck's now - failed BACE inhibitor was also acting on the amyloid hypothesis to prevent the protein from forming and keep the disease from progressing.

I would like such a button - one that ensures, without fail, that I find the perfect tone for each situation and individual.

In 1996, one in four restaurants in the United States that had been open for five years or less failed, according to Dun & Bradstreet.

Indeed, every man can think of at least one experience where he was punished for failing — whether intentionally or accidentally — to obey the dictates of these masculine rules.

In Borneo, one Eco-Challenge team that failed to make a checkpoint in time to qualify for the next leg of the race spiraled into bickering, name calling, and breakdown.

At that rate, even a start - up fail can lead to success for the individuals behind it — if it builds at least one useful thing or displays promise.

One person, for example, felt that Khan failed to credit others for helping him make the switch from research to banking, saying Khan «clawed his way up.»

According to most experts, one of the major reasons why businesses fail is because they do not offer what people are looking for, or more precisely offer what nobody wants.

The EPA found that one in every eight planes failed the agency's standards for water safety and 15 % of of tested aircraft water systems contained potentially harmful bacteria, Business Insider reports.

Failing to acknowledge the potential for unconscious bias is your company's number one mistake when it comes to developing female and minority leaders.

This is rare, as when two people work together to find new, creative solutions, there's usually room for at least one potential path forward, but failed compromises are a reality you'll need to prepare for.

Most startups fail for a variety of reasons, but one is far more common than others — running out of money.