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Burn Rate

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A popular term for the rate at which a non-income-producing company consumes the funds invested in it by venture capitalists
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Emary disagrees, saying IMR 4064 and Varget have basically identical burn rates. Reloder 15 is on the edge, as are powders such as Reloder 16, N140 and N150.
Some time back I fired hundreds of lead bullet handloads using several powders ranging from Bullseye to Unique in burn rate. Most of those 10-shot groups consisted of ragged holes.
Martha Larsen, manager of campus energy and sustainability at Carleton College, said, 'Using the BuildingOS Budgeting app to create monthly or quarterly reports of our 'burn rate' against our projections and our budget is a useful way to monitor the energy spend.
In addition, as a result, the company expects operating expenses to be between USD16m to USD17m per quarter and its cash burn rate to be less than USD10m per quarter, beginning with its fiscal second quarter ending 31 July 2016.
On longer flights, that peak burn rate is averaged out over more miles, meaning the overall fuel efficiency is better.
But Clinton's so-called 'burn rate' -- the pace at which her campaign spent money in the three months ending September 30 -- was 86 per cent, a number that far outpaced rivals like Bernie Sanders, who spent only 43 per cent, or Republican Ted Cruz who spent 57 per cent.
Energy conservation efforts during flight operations resulted in a lower fuel burn rate (gallons per flight hour) than the historical burn rate for all 26 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet squadrons in two of the four quarters in fiscal year 2014.
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