Sentences with phrase «as blackwater»

With real - life military actions being partly outsourced to companies such as Blackwater, Irons» Atlas Enterprises doesn't seem too far - fetched — until you note that his company is based in the United States, where private armies are, of course, illegal.

There have been a number of books published in the last few years that tackle the role that modern mercenary companies such as Blackwater and Dynccorp play on the global stage.

A series of hazardous events forced the security contractor formerly known as Blackwater to change its name not once, but twice.

Not exact matches

If your company is up to its neck in scandal, rebranding can limit the onus, as when Blackwater renamed itself Xe Services and then Academi to escape the stink of the Iraq War.

There are kooks like Roy Moore and other bizarre choices, such as Erik Prince of the Blackwater mercenary outfit.

As the lower Murrumbidgee River was already in a state of natural flooding, environmental water could not be used at that time to help dilute the areas of blackwater occurring in the Murrumbidgee River.

Blackwater is a bastardization of Brackwater, as in, the water is brackish, quite salty in fact, because the Essex coast is dry, by English standards anyway.

There is a growing range of commercial artisanal sea salts, such as Jacobsen Salt Co. in Portland, Oregon, drawn from the Pacific on the Oregon coast (which apparently has a lower salinity than the Blackwater).

The lakes can be broadly classified as «clearwater,» in which full - spectrum light passes relatively unimpeded, or «blackwater,» in which most of the visible light is absorbed by dissolved tannins, creating an almost nocturnal environment with only dim, red - shifted light filtering in from above.

Even as the first Clovis tools were being found at Blackwater Draw, other archaeologists were discovering evidence of ancient human activity in Chile at about the same time as the Clovis culture.

Pegged as a criminal and locked up in the Blackwater Penitentiary for a crime that he didn't commit, Danny tries to play it cool but deep down inside he's worried, and rightfully so, as he's «locked down» with criminals, (many of whom are mixed martial arts - MMA experts) that he helped put away and his biggest nemesis, Anton Fargas (Vinnie Jones) has the warden, guards, and most of the cons in his pocket.

WHAT: The power struggle across Westeros continues as Lord Tywin takes over as Hand of the King following his victory at Blackwater Bay, leaving Tyrion suddenly powerless and forcing Stannis back to Dragonstone to lick his wounds.

We know that the game begins in the city of Blackwater, a location that played a central role in Red Dead Redemption as well.

Added to the film's mix are Jessica Biel (as an Army captain who melts over Face), Patrick Wilson (as an untrustworthy CIA agent), Brian Bloom (as the head of the A-Team's Blackwater - style unfriendly competition), and Gerald McRaney as Hannibal's friend - in - high - places General Morrison.

Bibliography Emperor Series (Julius Casear) The Gates of Rome (2003) The Death of Kings (2004) The Field of Swords (2004) The Gods of War (2006) The Blood of Gods (2013) Conqueror Series (Genghis Khan) Wolf of the Plains (2007)(published as Genghis in the USA) Lords of the Bow (2008) Bones of the Hills (UK 2008, USA March 2009) Empire of Silver (2010) Conqueror (2011) The War of Roses Stormbird (2013) Trinity (2014) Bloodline (2015) Ravenspur (2016) Novellas Blackwater (2006) Non fiction The Dangerous Book for Boys (UK: 2006, USA 2007), with Hal Iggulden

As John Marston, you'll travel from Blackwater to Mexico to The Marston Ranch, utilizing all the brilliant gameplay features that the original Red Dead Redemption honed to perfection.

Blackwater Falls are usually cited as the highest above - ground falls (there are higher...

The upshot of all this is a portfolio of quite different subject - matter and style, ranging from beautifully evocative realist landscapes - witness her superb depiction of light and shadow in «The Lookout, Dungarvan», «Co Waterford Mountains», and «Blackwater River, Villierstown» - to Impressionist portraits like «Gillian» and highly expressionist works such as «Treewoman» and «Loss and Hope».

There are blackwater and graywater tanks under the accessible floor, which she describes as an «RV - like setup.»

Former Amway President Dick DeVos and his wife Betsy DeVos (former chair of the Michigan Republican Party and brother of Erik D. Prince, founder of Blackwater / Xe / Academi) are long - time supporters of the Heritage Foundation and SPN affiliates such as Michigan's influential Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

By collecting and treating non-traditional sources of water - such as rainwater, stormwater, blackwater, graywater and foundation drainage - the amount of potable water used has fallen by up to 50 % for residential buildings and 95 % for commercial buildings.

As P.S. to everyone; a «Park Model» is an RV that is not self - contained; meaning, it does not have grey / blackwater sewage holding tanks, and fresh water storage tanks, so it must be hooked into a sewer and a water line... like most RV parks have available... there is a mis - conception with this term lately amongst the tiny house folks; possible because many are not typical RVers, so that world is new to them... I am, though, and I have restored and lived in RVs since 1986....

[59] The primary test to be applied in determining causation is commonly articulated as the «but for» test: a defendant will be fully liable for the harm suffered by a plaintiff, even if other causal factors were at play, so long as the plaintiff establishes a «substantial connection» between the injuries and the defendant's negligence beyond the de minimus range: Farrant v. Latkin, 2011 BCCA 336 (B.C.C.A), at paras 9 and 11; Athey v. Leonati, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458; Blackwater v. Plint, 2005 SCC 58; Resurfice Corp. v. Hanke, 2007 SCC 7; Clements v.Clements,, 2012 SCC 32.

The PAC also received $ 1 million from Silicon Valley billionaire and Trump backer Peter Thiel, as well as a reported $ 100,000 from Erik Prince, the former head of the Blackwater military contracting firm.