On the face of it this seems ridiculous: the idea that California could be the poorest State in the US. However, rankings of this kind really do depend on what it is that you measure.
And it's not just the impact of not extending it would be bad enough for those people whose jobs would be threatened, who might lose their jobs because of it, it would certainly be bad enough for the companies that depend on it.
By now it is so established that it is reducible to jokes that depend entirely on the conventionality of conventional wisdom.
We must insist on this, not simply because the rest of the world would benefit, but because the U.S.' own security and prosperity depend on it to an extent that is by no means minor.
Experts on the North's mercurial ways speculate that it is squeezing Kaesong to prove that it doesn't depend on the foreign exchange income earned there.
Burke says that it isn't just sea-life that will be highlighted on the map, but the dangers to communities that depend on reefs, be it through tourism or fishing, for their livelihood.
My company has thousands of people that depend on it for their incomes.
And if that doesn't work, point out the great number of American families that depend on it for income.
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The answer is yes, because the economic modernisation programme, and the hundreds of millions of dollars of aid that depend on it, are at stake.
So I'd like to speak directly to all those men and women who work in the auto industry or live in countless communities that depend on it.
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As I learned more about environmental issues, I committed myself to a career path that would enable me to work toward protecting the environment and the people that depend on it.
Catastrophe would ensue as a result of the ripple-effect that would occur as widespread disruptions occur in the supply of electrical power to other infrastructures that depend on it to operate.
It will be an opportunity to present and discuss some of the key issues affecting the ocean and people that depend on it, as well as opportunities and solutions for addressing these challenges.
What my colleagues and I are discovering from our own work in Alaskan tundra is that this shift in vegetation cover has implications -- some good, some bad -- for the animals that depend on it for food and shelter.
On the issue of the janitors, it is -- if you work for an hourly wage, and you earn overtime, and you depend on that overtime to make ends meet, it is simply a fact that a reduction in overtime is a reduction in your pay.
Its immense shale-gas potential might make it even less willing to pay up, inclining it to depend less on pipeline gas and to take the risk that it can smooth out ebbs and flows through spot markets.
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That does not seem like a smart idea, nor is it all that wise to depend on one of your competitors to be a reliable supplier.
But fiscal consolidation must continue: the Asian Development Bank pressed the point this week when it said that any new loans it makes will depend on this.
Whether Nigeria can afford to hire him on a permanent or temporary basis may depend on their ability to cover that kind of salary, but it may be a gamble worth taking on the "wily old fox" - as Russia coach and fellow Nigerian wish-list candidate Guus Hiddink referred to him.
Lots of businesses are involved with that complex and depend on it for their livelihood.
Ultimately, the mechanism's success will depend on the countries that sign up to it.
Even the optimists, including the Federal Reserve, warn that it may depend on how Europe handles its debt crisis.
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"It will depend on opposition voters understanding that Chavismo without Chavez is beatable and deeply vulnerable if they mobilize, " he said.
That will depend on whether it achieves what Clinton claims it will.
It can, but over the next year that may depend as much on the performance of other handset makers as it does on Nokia itself.
With India and China realising that their futures also depend on their investment in science, Lord Drayson's argument is that it may well be time for the research community to think about where its research strengths lie, and to prioritise investment in those areas.
The campus's manager, a courteous Islamist called Abu Ehsan, said 66 local villages depend on the services it provides, and he trusted that the government would not disrupt them.
Ms White said "as budgets tighten we're seeing austerity measures that discriminate against migrant workers" and that during the economic downturn it was "worth remembering that whole sectors of the economy depend on migrant workers".
Raymond Highsmith, executive director of the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology, a Mississipi consortium coordinating the ship's research, says there are a lot of unknowns about the plume, but that he fears that if it is oil it could harm the small sealife that bigger fish and mammals depend on for food.
Moreover, if you say that it is based on the Sunnah, I can say that how to depend on Sunnah in this regard.
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