Sentences with phrase «as accidents of»

If they had justified their existence merely as accidents of history rather than through particular identities and focused on good governance, they may well have emerged as stable and prosperous entities.

And an old historical relativist perspective reminds me that, like most Christians, my being such is an accident of history and biology just as accidents of history determine other religious traditions and who belongs to them.

Most Christians get heaven on accident of birth, just as accident of birth condemns many if not most people.

Not exact matches

Given the organic way Axiom Zen operates, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that ZenHub developed by accident.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

Southwest Airlines canceled more flights as it worked to complete inspections of engines like the one that failed last week in a deadly accident over Pennsylvania.

Waymo CEO John Krafcik speaks to CNBC's Phil LeBeau about the driverless technology company's partnership with Jaguar as well as the outlook for the safety of autonomous vehicle programs in the wake of the fatal Uber accident.

More than 2,600 pedestrians are injured from motor - vehicle - related accidents in B.C. every year, and as many as 67 of those die as a result.

So, as you can see, Gary's story is one of pure success and that was no accident.

Feinberg, who most recently advised on compensation issues related to the Boston Marathon bombing, was hired by GM as a consultant to advise the automaker how to respond to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for possible ignition switch defects.

Aircraft engines have gone from an unreliable Achilles heel on planes in the 1950s to devices that can operate for millions of hours without so much as a hiccup, said Steven Wallace, the former head of accident investigation at the Federal Aviation Administration.

As with so many innovations, this format was the product of a series of accidents.

BERLIN, May 2 - Aerospace suppliers are starting to explore blockchain technology to keep tabs on their supply chain, potentially tracking parts such as those identified as the cause of a Southwest Airlines accident last month.

A few weeks after the accident, she flew to California on a trip that helped her land one of the most prominent and difficult jobs in technology — becoming CFO at Google goog and helping the tech giant transform itself as it approaches its third decade.

As it turned out, there were swaths of new - employee knowledge that she stumbled upon by accident.

The accident came as France is preparing to celebrate its most important national holiday, Bastille Day, on Sunday, and as masses of vacationers are heading out of Paris and other big cities to see family or on summer vacation.

But the central thesis of «The Bomb,» and one Schlosser made strongly in «Command and Control» (which also premiered at Tribeca as a documentary film adaptation), is that mortifying accidents have happened, and will happen again: People are human and nuclear weapons are machines.

«We have so many casualties proliferating of women and men collapsing from burnout, being distracted, depleted and unfulfilled,» says Huffington, who is herself one of those casualties: She collapsed from exhaustion and broke her cheekbone as a result of the fall — an accident that resulted from working regular 18 - hour days for the preceding two years while she was building HuffPo.

In addition to the wear and tear of the workplace itself on employees» bodies, lifting heavy objects such as boxes of files can result in accidents.

Local opponents of the storage, such as Tom Clements, director of SRS Watch, contend the facility was never built for holding plutonium and say there is a risk of leakage and accidents in which large amounts of radioactivity are released.

For the most part, emergency treatment today looks very much as it did at the time of Reynolds's accident.

If an employee gets in an accident as a result of a client meeting, the employer could be held responsible if that employee was encouraged to drink as a part of winning clients.

An injectable version of InVivo's biomaterial may prove valuable in treating acute spinal cord contusion injuries, common in accidents when the spinal column is compressed, as well as other degenerative conditions.

The future of the industry may depend on whether more cases of environmental damage are documented, and whether they are regarded as unlikely accidents or the inevitable consequence of this expanding search for energy resources.

In addition to the operational and cost benefits, improved parts management could speed up safety checks after an accident, industry experts said, and an increasing number of aerospace suppliers are looking at blockchain as a potential solution.

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters)- Aerospace suppliers are starting to explore blockchain technology to keep tabs on their supply chain, potentially tracking parts such as that at the centre of a Southwest Airlines accident last month.

The accident intensified the board's concern over Ullman's health — as well as the undercurrent of dissatisfaction that the new directors felt with his leadership.

The work on the shop floor, as in any box company, is hard, blistering hot in summertime, and occasionally dangerous (the number of lost - time accidents last year: five).

The technology behind these self - driving cars will be applied to public transportation and will decrease the risk of accidents as well alleviate traffic congestion and lower energy costs.

«We knew before the report was shared with us that he was prescribed various pain medications for a multitude of issues including Fentanyl patches,» the post read, «and we feel confident that this was, as the coroner found, an unfortunate accident.»

It benefits those who have lost their limbs as a result of domestic and work accidents, and has the potential to improve the lives of service men and women returning from conflict zones.

It's as accident - proof as these things get, with a number of automated flight modes, and the ability to automatically avoid trees, buildings, or whatever large obstacle you're about to smash into.

«We have been deeply saddened by this accident, and we have offered our full cooperation to the authorities as we work to establish the facts of the incident,» Tesla said to CNBC.

like the kind of happy but short - lived accident that could soon seem as dated as the Atkins diet or Crocs.

«I think he feels tremendous sympathy for Kate Steinle and her family — we do as well — but unfortunately these types of horrible, tragic accidents happen every day.»

However, the car manufacturer has been under fire in the past several weeks, as Tesla's Autopilot feature was investigated by the NHTSA in the wake of a number of accidents involving the Model S and Model X vehicles.

The changing of the seasons is as good a time as any to remind employees that products like supplemental life, critical illness and accident insurance coverage have the ability to protect their financial security to and through retirement.

This could theoretically result in problems if adults are in the seats in case of an accident, though Tesla says that they haven't seen anything related to this issue in the field, or in any customer car as of yet.

The move comes as Kalanick continues to mourn the sudden death of his mother, who was killed in a boating accident last month that also injured his father.

Accidental death policies typically have restrictions regarding high - risk activities, such as scuba diving or skydiving, and won't pay an accident occurs during one of these.

None of the acquisitions that I have been a part of (either as an entrepreneur or VC) have been accidents.

That framework's been in place since the early 1990s, we have hit the target over that 20 year period, the average inflation rate's pretty close to 2.5 per cent, so we regard that as successful by the terms of the definition that we set ourselves and I think that's made a big contribution to economic stability more generally and I don't think it's an accident that that period of fairly low predictable inflation has coincided with pretty good sustained growth in the economy.

«By compiling millions of accident - free miles, serving hundreds of hours in their communities and articulating the passion they have for their careers as truck drivers, these new captains are excellent examples of the professionalism that's become a hallmark of our industry.»

After the injury occurs, it is important to take notes of the damage, when it happened, how it happened, as well as noting who witnessed the accident.

The fires, which incinerated at least 30 buildings in the core of Lac - Mégantic, a tourist town of 6,000 people about 150 miles east of Montreal, limited the work of accident investigators, as well as attempts to search for survivors and the remains of victims.

It is true that China's economy is slowing down, but lower growth rate in the country should not be a reason for global concern since the pace of growth is «as much by design as by accident,» noted the article, written by British businessman Martin Gilbert, who is the founder and CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management.

As oil - sands output has grown, so has the number of train - loads of oil - and rail accidents.

Liability coverage is a core party of every condo insurance policy, as it is for homeowners and renters insurance, as accidents happen.

They rejected, as Paine wrote, «the savage idea of man considering his species as his enemy, because the accident of birth gave the individuals existence in countries distinguished by different names.»

Uber has paused all of its AV testing operations as a result of this accident, across all cities where it operates, including Pittsburgh, Toronto, San Francisco and Phoenix.