Yet it appears that the equity financiers to the precious metals mining industry have developed sound, profitable business models capable of delivering consistent and above-average returns for investors over the medium and long term.
"Free independent travellers" (FITs), defined as people over 35 and of above average income who like to travel in small groups, usually as couples, are prepared to pay for good advice.
Of the seven states scheduled to hold primaries before the month is over, five are among the above average conservative advantage states identified by Gallup, and all are either in or near the Bible Belt.
The high rainfall recorded over the three study years (60% above average) had a negative influence on wheat growth and yield.
Its 3,300 students, spread over five schools, generally perform above average in most grades.
Tashiro says that to find a man over 6'0" who makes an above average salary and is good-looking reduces a straight person's odds to 1percentt.
All participants were asked to rate their performance at school during the last year (or last year of school attendance in case of no current school attendance) on a three-point Likert scale ranging from below average (1) over average (2) to above average (3).
In May 2012, when the ambient air temperature was in excess of 30 °C, a silica temperature of 66 °C would mean a temperature of about 35 °C over and above the average air temperature, which in turn would correspond to a depth of about 1,000 m taking into account an average geothermal gradient of 30 °C/km (GSI 1991).
And, more so, if there's potential to identify particular lifestyle behaviors that are causing accelerated damage, over and above the average (i.e. above the inevitable DNA damage caused by, y'know, being alive and getting older), and therefore tweak your lifestyle to lessen the DNA damage you suffer.
Behavioural performance on the flanker task was calculated as percent increase in reaction time to incongruent stimuli, over and above the average reaction time to congruent stimuli {[ incongruent reaction time - congruent reaction time)/congruent reaction time] × 100} [ 31].
