Sentences with phrase «lack of services in»

Smith started the The Lab School of Washington in 1967, when she discovered a complete lack of services in the Washington area for the intelligent child who is learning disabled.

Accepting that simplification in litigation is important, my view has long been that the significant areas where people do not use legal services at all (sometimes called the 85 %) must be addressed and that the cost of providing services is a major part of the reason for the lack of service in the 85 %.

Not exact matches

And then (perhaps more commonly) there are more complex cases, in which lack of business skill (say, at providing high - quality service) results in a desire by some employees to engage in compensatory wrongdoing, and that wrongdoing is made easier by ongoing incompetent accounting.

They typically react (slowly at best) to three outside drivers: (a) their competition brings a new offering to market, and they need a quick competitive response; (b) their customers see and begin to adopt new processes and solutions, and the customers demand that their products and services conform to the new ways of doing business; or (c) they see a new tool, product, or service in the market offered by a new player and they quickly determine that this is a game - changer which they need to own (rather than try to build themselves) because they lack the internal capacity to do otherwise.

But Yankee Group analyst Gary Chen sees challenges to the young technology in the forms of a lack of industry standards, reduced battery life and quality of service issues.

But the lack of competition in search means Google has enormous power over what we see and access on the internet, and critics have charged repeatedly that it has used that power to favor its services.

The lack of stuff like Nintendo's long - running Virtual Console, a service full of Nintendo's most popular classic games, speaks to that «soft launch» — there isn't even a paid online service on the Switch yet (it's planned for launch in «fall 2017»).

«Our view is that General Electric's key challenge is in North America and it relates to the lack of robust demand for new gas - fired power capacity coupled with an installed fleet that is coming off Long Term Service Agreements that were put in place as far back as 2000,» Obin explained.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerIn their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerin poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

The list is conspicuously lacking any female musicians, though this is likely due to the fact that Swift and Adele yanked their most recent releases from Spotify — which counts 20 million paying subscribers and 75 million users of the ad - supported version of the service — in a bid to drive up physical album sales.

«Any time you see softness in the economy, you see some mode shift where customers reevaluate their supply chains and look to see if they could rely on a slower mode of transportation in some cases or the lack of a timedefinite service.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

As the lack of this kind of «windowing» approach was one of the things that led to Swift leaving Spotify in the first place, the announcement sparked speculation that she might return to the service once it was introduced.

«There's kind of a lack of professional services in the northwest and we feel that a development like this is well - located to help meet the need of a growing demand in what is an under - serviced market,» said Rundle.

Frequent moves, gaps in resumes, child - care struggles, and a lack of support services forces spouses to remain unemployed and families struggling to make ends meet.

The alarms over AT&T's deal for Time Warner stem from mounting frustration over high prices and the lack of competition in the telecom industry, with most Americans limited to one or two providers of broadband services.

The lack of banking services has resulted in most Nigeria being cut off from basic financial services.

In regions like the Philippines and India, remittance service providers dominate their respective finance industries due to the lack of affordable and efficient banking systems that accommodate local residents and citizens.

While Portugal's central bank said Banco Espirito Santo SA, the nation's second - largest lender, is protected after its parent missed debt payments, Moody's Investors Service downgraded a company in the group citing a lack of transparency and links to other companies.

These avoidable drug - impacted medical costs are introduced into the system largely due to antiquated platforms, obsolete transactional methodologies, limited service offerings, the inability to derive actionable intelligence, and the lack of a single point of accountability in the care continuum.

This is based on a simple economic model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.

The bank also became a «corresponding bank» with mainstream banks, making banking services available to those in the favela: like many areas of the UK, Brazil's favelas have lacked access to basic financial services15.

In addition, a number of potential customers may choose not to purchase our vehicles because of the lack of a more widespread service network.

Many customers complained at lack of accuracy in the data, forcing Cook to issue an apology and point users to other services from rivals including Nokia and Microsoft.

The inability of Canadian carriers to provide competitive levels of service and pricing compared to other countries is a sad testament to the lack of diversity and competition in the Canadian marketplace.

The lack of statistics on the importance of the trade in services is a key constraint to the study and to better policies to support it.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There is a glaring lack of access to financial services in several parts of the world.

Portuguese 10 yr yield falls 100 bps and 2 yr down 188 bps on the week 2) June Euro region mfr» g and services composite index unchanged at 46, well below 50 and points to clear slowing but was a touch better than expected 3) Lack of a negative rather than a positive but Syriza loses in Greece 4) NAHB home builder survey hangs at 5 yr high at 29 but remains still well below breakeven of 50 5 From construction standpoint, housing permits rise to most since Sept» 08.

But in the aftermath of Irma, it ceased those reports while almost a million people still lacked internet service.

Having lived in Ottawa for a number of years and a federal public service employee for neatly 30 years, I like the Wildrose but maybe lack the necessary experience which might cause the voters to split the vote, hence a minority goverment.

In fact, the pressure on Savvides could well switch quickly from his apparent lack of willingness to cut costs to the far more important question of whether or not he has the ability to execute a strategy of integrating health insurance with health services.

Due to lack of traditional financial services available and also constant need for bitcoins in order to run business, many operators lower sell fees, which is supposed to attract users to sell bitcoins to the machine, so that later bitcoins can be purchased from machine by someone else.

Shared Services Canada has come under persistent fire from departments frustrated with having to cede control of their systems to the central IT agency and complaining about delays in projects and a lack of understanding of individual department's digital needs.

It's possible that a longer ETA in some neighborhoods experiencing worse service simply reflects a lack of demand in those neighborhoods.

«A lack of financing is the most difficult issue exporters face, especially in the services sector.»

Despite the unprecedented market demand for digital currencies all over the world, there has been a surprising lack of high quality and secure, yet easy - to - use products and services in many regions, in particular Europe.

This could be caused by an impractical plan in the first place, a lack of stakeholder buy - in, an organisational culture that does not value collaboration of stakeholders or where an appropriate forum to facilitate collaboration and transparency is not yet in place, says Ukwazi head of site services Ticharwa Chikosha.

Damages include flooded homes, lack of drinking water and electrical services, massive destruction of plantations and crops, risks associated with mosquito - borne and water - borne diseases, collapsed structures, public safety issues, and millions of evacuees in shelters.

Consumers who currently shell out over $ 2,400 a year in interest and fees to payday lenders lack access to a traditional bank could tap the benefits of banking at the post office, argues this 2014 white paper from the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service.

And because of that, your church is clearly seeing every flawed ministry, every lack of programming, every glitch in the Sunday service, and generally everything that was once flying by too fast to see.

He has stirred up some of his allies who, desiring to satisfy their own avarice, are presuming to assert far and wide that the Indians of the West and the South who have come to our notice in these times be reduced to our service like brute animals, under the pretext that they are lacking in the Catholic faith.

A concern for compassion and justice for the victims, however, does not excuse a lack of faithfulness to the truth, and frequently the occasion of sexual abuse by Catholics has itself been abused in the service of dishonest propaganda against the Catholic Church, and our Priests in particular.

Something must be lacking in our church services and programs when a high proportion of members find religion dull, if not empty.

But the lack of «fit» between my dad's theology and the choices of others who had a role in planning elements in the worship service were more often than not due to well - intended but theologically unfortunate inclinations.

And it affirms that «everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well - being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.»

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

Second, I think your way of thinking is due to a reaction to a doctrinal christianity in which you've been raised that lacked much practice in christian service (i just guess!

They had widened the gateway so that all who suffer might pass through, regardless of their belief or lack of belief God was certainly there in our Steps, but He was now expressed in terms that anybody — anybody at all — could accept and try» (Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age [New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1957].

But I think they would look at a complete lack of change in someone's life and wonder if there's really been a conversion at all — or if they are just going through the motions, paying lip service.