A stabilizer device for connecting to the bottom support surface of a machine or article of equipment for supporting such equipment on a floor surface having a foot-actuated rotor for adjusting the length of the stabilizer shank and thereby stabilizing and balancing such equipment. Electric power is supplied across the EL layer, which is located between the linear electrode and the opposite electrode, via the linear electrode and the opposite electrode. The microorganisms include bacteria, viruses, yeasts, protozoa, and fungi. Embodiments determine a historical startup time for a first processing element in the operator graph, where, once started, the first processing element begins normal operations once the first processing element has received a requisite amount of data from one or more upstream processing elements. In one embodiment, halftone dots within a bitmap image are separated into perimeter data and core data. Further, an average amount of double bond of carbon in the gram of separator is in the range of 10 molg to 200 molg, and an average amount of increased nitrogen in the gram of separator after the separator is immersed in an alkaline aqueous solution having ammonium salt dissolved therein is not less than 140 gg.