When participating in a defined benefit pension plan‚ an employer promises to pay their employees a specific benefit for life beginning at retirement. The benefit is calculated in advance using a formula based on age‚ earnings‚ and years of service. In the United States‚ the maximum retirement benefit permitted in 2009 under a defined benefit plan is $195‚000. Defined benefit pension plans currently do not have contribution limits. The liability of the pension lies with the employer who is responsible
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Carrying Capacity 1. The carrying capacity is the size of a population that can live indefinitely using the resources available where that population lives 2. For example‚ consider an island onto which is dropped a colony of rabbits. As long as there is an adequate supply of food and water‚ the rabbits will not only survive but they will reproduce and the colony will get larger. 3. The rabbit population can continue to grow as long as food and water are adequate. However‚ if at some point‚ there
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Palm Oil Mill (POM) Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) is one of the key plant to ensure smooth production of the mill. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) generally is about 0.7m³/Mt Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) processed. Total Solids are in the range of 11500 to 79000 mg/l and suspended solids is in the range of 5000 to 54000 mg/l. The organic content of POME is generally biodegradable and could be treated by anaerobic‚ aerobic and facultative processes. The processes are essentially biochemical and depends
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The primary function of congress is to pass laws that all Americans must comply‚ a capacity called lawmaking. Congress bargains in an immense scope of matters‚ from managing TV to passing a government spending plan to voting on firearm control. A hefty portion of the bills considered by congress begins with the official branch‚ yet no one but congress can make laws. Parties intrigue gatherings‚ and constituents all impact individuals from congress in their voting decisions‚ and individuals additionally
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Reflection on Xueping Wei’s“Implication of IL Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition” Summary This paper called “Implication of IL Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition”written by Xueping Wei is about the the definition ‚ the classification‚ presentation and causal factors of fossilization in an attempt to help Chinese students better understand the phenomenon and avoid its influence by the proposal of some suggestions. The paper pointed that the phenomenon that L2 learners failed to
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Introduction to Software Defined Radios A. History B. Definition C. Basic Components II. Operating Principles of SDRs A. Ideal concept B. SDR Receiver Architecture a) Superheterodyne Receiver b) Digital Down Conversion C. SDR Transmitter Architecture a) Digital Up Conversion III. Common SDR Implementations IV. SDR Software V. Advantages and Trade-Offs in using SDRs A. Performance Parameters VI. Current Usage VII. SDRs of the Future References: l Software-defined radio‚ Wikipedia‚
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Kim Il-Sung was the original evil dictator of North Korea. Operating on an ideology of "self-reliance‚" North Korea is the most secretive and oppressive nation in the world. Read on for more facts on Kim Il-Sung‚ the founder of North Korea. Number Seven: Kim Il-Sung Is The "Eternal President" Of North Korea Over twenty years after his death‚ Kim Il-Sung is still considered the president of North Korea. He was named an "eternal president‚" and none of his successors can hold the title. Number
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Sewage treatment plan Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from waste water and household sewage‚ both run off (effluents)‚ domestic‚ commercial and institutional. It includes physical‚ chemical‚ and biological processes to remove physical‚ chemical and biological contaminants. Its objective is to produce an environmentally safe fluid waste stream (or treated effluent) and a solid waste (or treated sludge) suitable for disposal or reuse (usually as farm fertilizer). Origins
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SEWAGE AND LAGOON TREATMENT What is sewage/wastewater? Wastewater is the substance that remains after humans have used water for domestic or commercial purposes. It is consists of about 99.9% water and 0.1% suspended and dissolved solids. primary wastewater treatment -primary wastewater treatment occurs in sedimentation tank‚ also called clarifier. Here‚ heavier particles settle to the bottom forming sludge. Above the sludge most of the waterwaste and on to of this is a layer of oils and
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Sewage treatment The objective of sewage treatment is to produce a disposable effluent without causing harm to the surrounding environment and prevent pollution.[1] Sewage treatment‚ or domestic wastewater treatment‚ is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater and household sewage‚ both runoff (effluents) and domestic. It includes physical‚ chemical‚ and biological processes to remove physical‚ chemical and biological contaminants. Its objective is to produce an environmentally-safe
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