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A gaming device is described where various events pay players in multiple classes of credits. One class of special credits has no cash value and may only be rewagered in an attempt to win traditional cash-equivalent credits. The player decides when to play a bonus game where the special credits are bet.

A tuning fork flexural crystal vibration device includes a base, two vibration arms, grooves, electrodes, and wirings. The base has a flat plate shape. The two vibration arms have flat panel shapes extending from a side surface of the base in the same direction. The grooves are provided for the two vibration arms so as to extend from base-side end portions of the vibration arms along the longitudinal direction of the vibration arms and are depressed in the thickness direction of the vibration arms. The grooves include front-side grooves which open in the front main surfaces of the vibration arms and are provided at least one by one for each vibration arm, and rear-side grooves which open in the rear main surfaces of the vibration arms and are provided at least one by one for each vibration arm. The bottom surface of the front-side groove does not face the bottom surface of the rear-side groove provided in the same vibration arm in which the front-side groove is provided. The electrodes are formed on the surfaces of the base and the two vibration arms. The wirings electrically connect the electrodes to each other. A crystal vibrator and crystal oscillator are also disclosed.

An elevatable building including a foundation (18) set into a ground surface and a platform (15) that, in the event of a flood, is to be elevated by a lifting mechanism (19). The building includes lightweight walls (14) and a roof assembled on the platform (15) to form a house. An adaptable connection (28) for utility services is provided which adjusts to the height from ground level of the platform when it is raised or lowered by the lifting mechanism so that vital service to the house can remain uninterrupted.

A driving element is divided into two coaxial toothed members elastically attached to one another. A first of the toothed members is fixed to a shaft. The second of the toothed members is freely mounted on this shaft. The second toothed member has a planar face, opposite and facing away from the first toothed member. That face has seats arranged around the shaft to receive first respective ends of deflection rods. The rods extend, with the shaft, outside of the toothed member. A flange has an axial passage for receiving an end of the shaft. The flange has seats for receiving second respective ends of the deflection rods. A device for clamping the flange on the end of the shaft and in an angular position around the shaft fitted to apply a deflection stress to the rods.

A tapered-head bolt for use in attaching axle shafts to hub assemblies in heavy-duty, powered, non-steering (full-floating) axles. Use of the tapered-head bolt eliminates the deficiencies and complexity associated with the current use of studs, cone-nuts, cone-washers, and / or lock nuts.

The invention relates to a method comprising receiving at least one set of data on satellite signals from at least one first GNSS receiver 22, each received set of data being associated to a particular instant of time. The method further comprises estimating data for at least one additional set of data associated to a respective additional instant of time based on the at least one received set of data. The method further comprises providing data from the at least one additional set of data in addition to data from the at least one received set of data for a determination of a position of at least one second GNSS receiver 12 relative to a position of the at least one first GNSS receiver 22.

An amplifier has an input port for receiving an input signal and an envelope port for receiving an envelope signal indicative of an envelope of the input signal, and an output port for delivering an amplified signal. The amplifier has a first transistor and a second transistor. A first biasing circuit is coupled to the envelope port and is arranged to generate a first bias voltage dependent on the envelope signal. A summing stage is coupled to the input port for receiving the input signal, to the first biasing circuit for receiving the first bias voltage, and to the gate of the first transistor. A second biasing circuit is coupled between the envelope port and the gate of the second transistor, and is arranged to generate a second bias voltage dependent on the envelope signal.

Systems and methods for optimizing inventory assignment amongst a plurality of Producers to achieve maximum revenue from a given inventory are provided. The system employs historical analysis of each producer's relative liquidation rate at a given percentage of capacity. The inventory is then assigned to the producers such that the anticipated relative liquidation rate for each producer working the inventory is substantially equal to a target relative liquidation rate.