Abstract: A cooking device includes a cylindrical cooking surface mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis proximate to a heat source. The cooking surface defines a sidewall bounding an interior. Rotation of the cooking surface engenders relative movement between the cooking surface and food applied to the interior and maintains direct contact between the cooking surface and the food so as to cook the food with thermal conduction.

Abstract: A first difference is formed between the speeds of a front left wheel and a rear right wheel. A second difference is formed between the speeds of a front right wheel and a rear left wheel. The higher of the differences is compared with a threshold from a spin threshold generator to provide an indication of wheel spin, which may be used in a traction controller or in an antilock brake system.

Abstract: A traction control system is provided for a vehicle having driven wheels driven via a limited slip differential. The amount of wheel spin of each driven wheel is compared with a threshold to detect excessive wheel spin. If excessive spin is detected for both driven wheels, an engine management system reduces the demand output of a vehicle engine. If excessive wheel spin is detected for only one of the driven wheels an engine output greater than the reduced demanded output is demanded so as to allow the limited slip differential to transfer torque to the other driven wheel.

Abstract: A wheel spin detector monitors the speeds of vehicle wheels and supplies a signal to an engine management system when excessive wheel spin is detected. The engine management system includes a fuel controller which, in response to the signal from the detector, reduces engine torque by inhibiting the supply of fuel to one or more cylinders of the engine such that either all cylinders are continuously fuelled or continuously unfuelled or one and only one cylinder is intermittently fuelled. When an unfuelled cylinder is fuelled again, the mixture supplied to it may be temporarily enriched.

Abstract: A Poinsettia plant named Red Sails is particularly characterized by its brilliant crimson bracts against a background of dark green foliage, its strong, fixed stems and its long lasting keeping qualities in the home. It also has excellent resistance to fade and vigorous growth habits including branch and bract production.