Things go wrong that you have no control over, and, on occasion, things also go right, and you have no control over those, either.
Internal investigations allow an organisation to maintain control and keep things quiet, but law-enforcement agencies have broader powers.
Grant says the company is working with auto manufacturers to explore how on-board computers can help detect whether a driver is drowsy or not paying attention to the road, and allow a driver to control certain things in the vehicle -- like temperature, and in-car stereo -- using eye-control technology.
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"Our industry had communicated and behaved as if control and advice were two opposite things, " says Leemon.
Understanding this simple premise of life and having the wisdom, the will, and the discipline to focus on the things we can control, while steering away from the things we cannot control is the basis for allocating our energies efficiently and effectively, and living in harmony and peace with ourselves and with our environment.
Again, perhaps they were confused, perhaps there was chaos and things got of control.
Obama and Biden are left with explaining why, due to weather, injuries, and other things beyond their control, they have lost so many games.
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"Most Americans recognize the United States should have some immigration, but that there are real problems of enforcement and control and numbers ... or they can say these things in an effort to silence their opponents ... it's not clear it's all that effective, " said Steve Camarota, of the immigration studies center.
Worry only about the things that are in your control , the things that can be influenced and changed by your actions, not about the things that are beyond your capacity to direct or alter.
Gene hunters have long focused on a mere 1.5% of the human genome, an estimated 25, 000 genes that code for proteins and thereby control the immune response, organ growth and brain activity, among other things.
We also felt that central banks would step in and prevent things from getting out of control in the worse case scenario.
Those who argue that tougher gun control legislation and outright bans will make things safer might consider how well they have worked in other countries.
India were always in control, however, and soon wrapped things up when another well-flighted delivery from Kumble deceived Tomlinson (23), who was given out leg before.
Too slow and things will get out of control.
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And entrepreneurial celebrities stepping in to maintain control of--and profit from--their exposure only fuel things further.
We lost control a bit and there are a few things that need looking at.
He could not only see with the iPhone, where he did a control-force system and monitored the various things going on in his house.
Second, European sovereign debt risks seem to be evaporating for the time being, as the EU and the ECB seem to have things under control.
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"I loved things, was materialistic and a control freak, " Power says.
In fact, the Inca were a bit like Mitt Romney's Bain Capital: They had a knack for taking control of long-established things and making them their own.
Two often intertwined instincts are our deep desire to understand why unexpected things happen, and to want control over the events that affect us or our business.
Everything, all of the electronics on the vehicle itself, every component had its own solid-state circuit breaker so that we could turn things on and off, and control what was happening.
And it goes -- going back to earlier questions about the situation in Europe -- we have to take action on the things that we can control and this is something we can control.
We have to focus on the things we can control, and assume that, if we do our work and we do it well that the rest, if you will, will take care of yourself.
Now things truly spiral out of control and into the Twilight Zone.
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You can also control the PC from across the room with a handheld remote control--and that comes in handy for things like playing music and movies.
Sure, a fully connected house with the ability to control things like the TV, lights and thermostat remotely sounds great, but at the end of the day someone's got to hook all of that stuff up, and it's not going to be us.
Your TV will also be watching for gestures to control things like changing channels, volume, and so on.
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