In the United States, National Science Foundation NSFfundinging for environmental research and education increased by about 40% between 2000 and 2004, after which it flat-lined.
The Army Corps study said that in 2008 cargo shipments — which it describes as "flat or declining" since 1994 — were about 26 percent coal, 18 percent aggregates like sand and crushed rock, 17 percent material related to the iron and steel industries and the rest other commodites like fuel, chemicals and minerals.
In contrast, the curve for NPCA increased similarly until the peak point, after which it became considerably flat.
Emu is offering the U.K.'s small businesses fee-less card payments for the first €1,250 ($1,600) of sales — after which it levies a flat per-month fee of €6.50 ($8.40), regardless of how many transactions are processed.
The company also plans to release new game titles to boost sales of its Wii consoles, which it expects to be flat at 3.4 million units this year.
Paella takes its name from the paellera, the utensil in which it is cooked, a flat round pan with two handles; paella is traditionally eaten from the pan.
There was also an extensive use of timber for columns and pillars and for the rafters supporting upper floors and roofs, which, it seems, were usually flat.
"There's the pram, and all the other baby things, and then the nursery fees, and we only have a three-room flat" – which, it turns out, they got through his parents' contacts.
Space is completely flat, which it never is.
In fact, Chopin's signature Nocturne, Opus 9 (the first track on this two-CD set), is virtually an homage to Field's first Nocturne, down to the key in which it's played, E flat major.
The use of harmonic radar (Riley et al., 2005; Menzel et al., 2011) with honey bees is limited in the distance it may transmit (<1 km) and the terrain over which it must be used (flat).
