How it works is that when VTEC is not engaged, two intake cam lobes with different profiles, a mild for one valve and a moderate for another valve are used to create an offset of lift between the two intake valves with one valve opening only slightly to prevent accumulation of fuel in the intake port.

The oiling problem was caused by the passage from the center cam bearing to the cylinder head being offset by an inch and too small.

** Power Glide-Features an offset cam for increased power and speed

The styling of the GT went wilder with the addition of an offset racing-style bonnet scoop, bonnet locks and blackouts, as well as ' Super Roo ' stripes along the full length of the car ( these and the bonnet blackouts were a ' delete option ').

Such byte-range locks specify a region of the file ( offset and length ) and the type of lock ( shared or exclusive ).

Under immigration both groups are better off, but if this increase is offset by increase in the population, then average welfare is lower.

This contrasts with ELF which uses fully position independent code and a global offset table, which trades off execution time against memory usage in favor of the latter

The offset part of the logical address contains an offset inside the segment, i. e. the physical address can be calculated as ( if the address line A20 is enabled ), respectively ( segment_part × 16 + offset ) mod 2 < sup > 20 </ sup > ( if A20 is off ) Every segment has a size of 2 < sup > 16 </ sup > bytes.

Under these conditions, if governments finance deficits by issuing bonds, the bequests that families grant to their children will be just large enough to offset the higher taxes that will be needed to pay off those bonds.

Brinkley's dry wit offset the serious tone set by Huntley, and the program proved popular with audiences turned off by the incessantly serious tone of CBS's news broadcasts of that era.

The four pilots would be used to offset other pilots who were to be pulled off the line to train on the 404, which they did get.

* Unwelcome Visitors: The protagonist's early victory in the agon generally tends to ease dramatic tension early in the play and this is usually offset to some extent by a stream of minor characters or ' unwelcome visitors ' that have to be chased off by the triumphant hero.

The image on the paper can also shift from page to page which is called a bounce, which is generally off by a hairline on an offset press, but can be quite large on lower end equipment such as a copier or a duplicator press.

Using unorthodox tactics to offset their technological disadvantage, Dodge and the Stingray crew win their first objective by getting into and setting off flares in Charleston Harbor.

Purchasing new equipment ( seed drills for example ) is expensive and while the cost could be offset by selling off plows, etc.

To counteract the rising tension and offset the disaster he saw coming, Small convened a short meeting that evening aboard the crowded barge and told the prisoners to " knock off the horseplay ", stay out of trouble and obey the shore patrol guards ( who were black ) and the officers, because the alternative ( white Marines as guards ) would be worse.

In his Corpuscular theory Newton visualized light " corpuscles " being thrown off from hot bodies at a nominal speed of c with respect to the emitting object, and obeying the usual laws of Newtonian mechanics, and we then expect light to be moving towards us with a speed that is offset by the speed of the distant emitter ( c ± v ).

The relatively small offset did not require flying arms to be incorporated, however a 3. 0 mm thick flange was built in between the offset crank pins to prevent the connecting rod big-ends from " walking " off the crank pin bearing journal and interfering with the adjacent big end.

Its analgesic effect is strong ( equivalent to 15 mg of subcutaneous route morphine ) and characterised by rapid onset and offset ( i. e. it is very fast-acting and wears off very quickly ).

In dry summer weather, the Scugog River ceases to flow out of the lake, and its tributary streams of Mariposa Brook and East Cross Creek flow backward into the lake via the river to offset the high evaporative losses off the lake and marsh surfaces.

The United States National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health recommends employers avoid quick shift changes, permanent night shifts, and several days of work offset by several days off.

Each halftone dot has a microscopic relief, and ink will fall off the edge before being eliminated entirely by the fountain solution ( in the case of offset printing ).

Next, the relationship between the heavy solid and the light solid must be such that any orientation of the object off of the vertical axis line must cause the object's centroid to raise and to become offset.

Often, far from paying off the principal of their debt, they were unable even to offset the compounding interest, and this was made the justification for their children working for the zamindar after the death of the initial borrower.

This can lead to errors in software for Earth observing spacecraft, since analysts may read off a 5 meter circular motion and ignore it, while a 20 meter offset exists, fouling the accuracy of the calculated latitude and longitude.

To offset Pastiche's many superpowers, she also has a number of weaknesses: she cannot phase through rope, and all her powers are inhibited near wheat products, such as pasta.

It reduced the action of gravity as the waggons approached the top and bottom respectively and it offset the changing weight of the incline chain / rope.

The main project he developed was the Advanced Payload Transfer Measurement System, which consists of a simplified, robust, centrally operated and portable system that automatically measures the spherical coordinates offset between the trunnion and their supports during transfer operations.

However, this design has problems because the speed of the material flow requires the middle electrodes to be offset to " catch " the Faraday currents.

The falling population was offset, however, by the wide variety of businesses located in the city.

The extra time to cropping may be offset if new trees are planted a few years in advance of old trees finally falling over, furthermore, if the old orchard was grubbed-i. e.

Accordingly, the Big Three directed vehicle development focused on light trucks ( which had better profit margins ) in order to offset the considerably higher labor costs, falling considerably behind in the sedan market segments to Japanese and European automakers.

In particular, the SPD was able to partially offset declines in their vote share in the West with an increase in the East, with the PDS falling below both the 5 % threshold and the 3-seat threshold, either of which is required to qualify a party for top-up seats.

Taku, needing money for the school's trip to Hawaii, took his restaurant busboy job to offset the expense, at the cost of falling grades and his teachers ' disapproval.

Also in the mid 1860s, Mort had been looking at refrigeration as a way of developing manufacturing orders, to ensure better access to the Sydney market for the butter and cheese he was producing at Bodalla and to offset the vulnerability of being exposed to falling wool prices.

His accomplishments, and the fact that he was resident, did much to offset the unkind words travelers used to describe Little Rock after a visit there.

Growth in real output averaged a sound 5 % since 1996, but a rapid population rise offset much of this growth on a per capita basis.

In ordinary applications, this advantage may be too small to offset their much higher cost.

Even considering that the cost benefits are offset by a much reduced cruising speed, many people traveling distances in small boats come to appreciate the more leisurely pace and increased time spent on the water.

Super Saloons are similar to dirt late models with the main differences being the bodies closer resemble production cars, use iron engines up to 434 cubic inch with no rear offset and run much larger sprintcar tyres on the rear.

* increasingly in specialist scientific magnets, particularly where size and electricity consumption are critical ( while HTS wire is much more expensive than LTS in these applications, this can be offset by the relative cost and convenience of cooling ); the ability to ramp field is desired ( the higher and wider range of HTS's operating temperature means faster changes in field can be managed ); or cryogen free operation is desired ( LTS generally requires liquid helium that is becoming more scarce and expensive ).

H-shaped yo-yos are much like the butterfly-shaped, but the center ( toward the bearing / axle ) is offset to a smaller diameter to add to circumferential weight and allow for easy " grinding " tricks.

Optical mice mathematically process these images using cross correlation to calculate how much each successive image is offset from the previous one.

When Proposition 13 passed in June 1978, he heavily cut state spending, and along with the Legislature, spent much of the $ 5 billion surplus to meet the proposition's requirements and help offset the revenue losses which made cities, counties, and schools more dependent on the state.

While the unit price of each physical copy printed is higher than with offset printing, the average cost is lower for very small print runs, because setup costs are much higher for offset printing.

Increases in facility size and improvements in efficiencies have offset much of the lost physical capacity of the industry.

The costs of deploying the English fleet were much greater than expected, and the money sent by Louis to offset the costs did not come close to enough.

The story of the season was much the same, as continued poor home form offset excellent performances away from Toyota Park.

Civilian pilots were much in demand after the war, and the Government of Canada offered a grant of $ 100 ($ in dollars ) to anyone who passed their pilot's license, an amount to offset the $ 355 ($ in dollars ) Lome charged for pilot training in 1949.

Medici was seriously wounded and withdrew to Piacenza to recuperate, forcing Francis to recall much of the Milan garrison to offset the departure of the Black Band ; but the fighting had little overall effect.

The light gets from your clock face to your eyeball almost instantaneously, but the path of the signals from retina through lateral geniculate nucleus to striate cortex takes 5 to 10 milliseconds — a paltry fraction of the 300 milliseconds offset, but how much longer does it take them to get to you.

Their study highlighted interesting findings, such as confirming anecdotal evidence that there had been a strong El Niño in 1791, and finding that in 1816 the " Year Without a Summer " in Eurasia and much of North America had been offset by warmer than usual temperatures in Labrador and the Middle East.

The upkeep of the park lay in the hands of the Earl's bailiff, or ‘ Keeper of the park ’, a much sought after occupation, as the park generated substantial revenue to help offset its huge running costs.

With the advent of modern wire fencing, fields can be fenced with much less time and expense using wire than using stone walls ; however, the initial expense of building dykes is offset by their sturdiness and consequent long, low-maintenance lifetimes.

Professionally-produced inkjet prints are much more expensive on a per-print basis than the four-color offset lithography process traditionally used for such reproductions.

The " texture " of much minimalist music is based on canonic imitation, exact repetitions of the same material, offset in time.

Although Russo's change made Nitro more of a streamlined program ( WCW had been criticized for not featuring much wrestling in the first third of Nitro since its expansion ), the loss of an entire hour of advertising revenue offset whatever benefits the change may have produced.

Inking is controlled by keys very much similar to an offset press.