In a holding portion of a contact fitting, in a state before crimping of core wires, the thickness of a first distal end portion and the thickness of a second distal end portion are both 70% or less of the thickness of the bottom portion. Primary applications runs on primary hosts and one or more replicated instances of each primary application run on one or more backup hosts. A usage rate of a microprocessor of the CPE is detected, and the usage rate of the microprocessor is determined and classified as being between a number of usage levels. A wood-based material may be formed having a permeability which is at least 5 times that of the untreated wood. The slicing blade simultaneously slices and spins the stream of food mass to create the spiral shaped stream of food mass.