Given that the vast majority of all emeralds are treated as described above, and the fact that two stones that appear visually similar may actually be quite far apart in treatment level and therefore in value, a consumer considering a purchase of an expensive emerald is well advised to insist upon a treatment report from a reputable gemological laboratory.

Given expectations about returns on fixed investment, every level of the real interest rate ( i ) will generate a certain level of planned fixed investment and other interest-sensitive spending: lower interest rates encourage higher fixed investment and the like.

Given local and transient influences on surface height, the values defined below are based on a " general purpose " model, refined as globally precisely as possible within 5 m of reference ellipsoid height, and to within 100 m of mean sea level ( neglecting geoid height ).

Given a confidence level, the VaR of the portfolio at the confidence level is given by the smallest number such that the probability that the loss exceeds is at most.

Given the high level of support within the party for her leadership, MacPhail surprised many by choosing not to seek the party leadership in 2003.

Given that the level of hyperforin was not ascertained at the beginning of the study, and levels of both hyperforin and hypericin were well below that used in other studies, little can be determined based on this study alone.

Given the publicly stated protection level for the earliest M1: 350 mm steel equivalence against KE-penetrators ( APFSDS ), it seems to have been equipped with alumina tiles.

Given the weak level of basketball in the Virgin Islands, Odom was wary about Duncan at first, especially after first meeting him and thinking him to be inattentive ; Duncan stared blankly at Odom for most of the conversation.

Given this outlook, whatever the level of affection Whistler may have felt for his own mother, one finds an even more divergent use of the image in the Victorian era and later, especially in the United States, as an icon for motherhood, affection for parents, and " family values " in general.

Given its production function and cost structure, it knows its average total costs at that output level will be represented as point A.

Given figures ranged from, but it is now generally accepted that the peak is above sea level as a result of a survey carried out by the Bavarian State Survey Office.

Given the need for such warheads to reenter the atmosphere swiftly and retain hypersonic velocities to sea level, researchers developed what are known as SHARP materials, typically hafnium diboride and zirconium diboride, whose thermal tolerance exceeds 3600 C. SHARP equipped vehicles can fly at Mach 11 at 30 km altitude and Mach 7 at sea level.

Given the level of business can vary week to week, it is not uncommon for escorts to be featured by more than one agency provided they are operated by the same ownership group.

Given that the Oostvaardersplassen is below sea level, many of its primary processes have been regulated.

Given the increasing role of the European Union in the political arena, the National Academies acknowledge that the scope of their advisory tasks must exceed the national borders and that it's important not to lose sight of the European level.

Given the overall low level of water tariffs in developing countries even at higher levels of consumption, most consumption subsidies benefit the wealthier segments of society.

Given the variable half-life of flecainide and the characteristic QRS prolongation on ECG elicited in flecainide toxicity, especially at rapid heart rates, starting flecainide or changing the level of the drug is done under telemetry monitoring ( preferably in a hospital telemetry unit ) until a steady state plasma level has been achieved, typically three to five days after the dose has been increased.

Given a connected graph G =( V, E ) with V the set of vertices and E the set of edges, and with a root vertex r, the level structure is a partition of the vertices into subsets L < sub > i </ sub > called levels, consisting of the vertices at distance i from r. Equivalently, this set may be defined by setting L < sub > 0 </ sub > =

Given that the then government of the day, had refused to allow BR to purchase more DEMUs in the mid 1960s, this led to problems of trying to run existing services with a significantly reduced level of motive power available following the total withdrawal of steam in 1967.

Given a square of 2 < sup > 2k </ sup > cells, 2 < sup > k </ sup > on a side, at the kth level of the tree, the hash table stores the 2 < sup > k-1 </ sup >- by-2 < sup > k-1 </ sup > square of cells in the center, 2 < sup > k-2 </ sup > generations in the future.

Given the scope of modern regulation, however, legislatures frequently find areas where it is impractical for lawmakers to apply the level of detail or expertise required to establish complete standards.

Given a small ball or marbles, he would invent games and play by himself for hours.

Given the difficulty of this position, it is not uncommon for the best player on the team to play Number Two so long as another strong player is available to play Three.

Given the questioning of Antisemitism in the speech and also the Nazi use of the play for antisemitic propaganda purposes, the quote is seen as particularly poignant and symbolic.

Given the choice between playing a game at an arcade three or four times ( perhaps 15 minutes of play for a typical arcade game ), and renting, at about the same price, exactly the same game — for a video game console — the console became the preferred choice.

Given that SAD impacts a wide variety of occupational performance areas in a person ’ s life as described in the aforementioned section, occupational therapists ( OTs ) play a key role in helping individuals cope with SAD.

Given that the site envisioned for this museum in Phillipsburg has been sold for development as a townhouse complex and college campus annex, it is unclear what role Phillipsburg will play in this museum.

Given his privileged economic status at the time of the rise in the popularity of football, Wreford-Brown was one of a select few who were able to play sports for no monetary gain whatsoever.

Given that the endgame ( yose ) contains fewer possible moves than the opening ( fuseki ) or middle game, one could suppose that it was easier to play, and thus that computers should be easily able to tackle it.

" Robinson also returned to the stage in 1993 with a Broadway production of Frank Gilroy's Any Given Day, but the play closed after only six weeks.

Given the open-ended aspect of gameplay and the ability to play through multiple character scenarios, heavy emphasis is placed upon the replay value of SaGa games.

His first role on Broadway was a play called Any Given Day, which was performed at the Longacre Theatre.

Given the time that is needed to build a new stadium, in the absence of significant work improving Windsor Park, Northern Ireland may be forced to play their home games at a venue outside Northern Ireland for a period.

Given his " Mickey Mantlesque " approach to playing baseball in New York, and the celebrity status that comes with it, Hernandez became the poster-boy for the " party hard ; play harder " Mets of the ' 80s.

On 13 August 2012, Given announced on Twitter his retirement from international football, describing it as an unforgettable experience to play for his country.

Given the impossibility for the player to recover to play professionally, the company has proceeded to fully write down the residual book value of the player's registration rights with a negative effect on the 2007 – 08 financial year for € 6. 8 million.

Given that ( A ) the Georges are among the most rational, principled and educated persons on the planet, and ( B ) their differences from normal humans are purely physical, they conclude that in any situation where the Three laws would come into play, their own orders should take priority over that of a regular human.

Given that Hetfield recorded all rhythm and most harmony tracks on the band's first five albums, Hammett does not play on the studio recording, making it one of two songs in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with Cliff Burton's "( Anesthesia ) Pulling Teeth ", in which he does not appear.

Given the flatter structures associated with n-ary branching, certain phenomena ( e. g. inversion and shifting ) do not result in discontinuities, a fact that reduces the role that the component for discontinuities must play in the theory.

Given that the Tenn-Tom Waterway has an estimated lifetime of well over 50 years, the Waterway is expected to play a significant role in southern interstate trade for years to come.

In early 2008, both Brendan Casey and Rob Hinchliff left the band, and Donna Crawford, a former member of Rugby-based punk rockers Any Given Day joined to play drums.

Given that observational < ref name = tak02 > and modelling of anthropogenic emissions of CO < sub > 2 </ sub > estimates suggest that the ocean is currently responsible for the uptake of approximately 2 Gt C y < sup >− 1 </ sup >, and that these estimates are poor for the shelf regions, the continental shelf pump may play an important role in the ocean's carbon cycle.

) Given NCAA rules barring paid professional athletes from playing college sports, Ausmus could not play for the Dartmouth Big Green, and instead served as a volunteer coach and bullpen catcher.

Given that Canada had a relatively poor track record at producing world class soccer talent, Montreal fans were likely put off by the prospect that the quality of the team's play would instantly diminish for the 1984 season.