Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness on a shopping trip.
However on her return journey heavy snow and ice prevented her husband, John, from travelling the last 11 miles to pick her up. She was forced to wait a month in a friend’s caravan, before the weather improved and the couple could finally be reunited.
They were separated not just for Christmas and New Year, but also for Mr Ure’s 58th birthday. With no fresh supplies, he was reduced to celebrating with a tin of baked beans. He also ran out of coal, and had to feed the couple’s six springer spaniels on emergency army rations.
“It’s the first time we’ve been separated”, said Mr Ure in December. “We’ve been snowed in here for three weeks before, so we are well used to it and it’s quite nice to get a bit of peace and quiet.”
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The very concept of dynamometer is always attached with technology. Therefore it appears a little bit of tough for those who do not have any idea about it. So if a person wants to know about the ins and outs about the main principles of dynamometer operation, he needs to collate some basic information about it.
Actually there is a basic difference between a dynamometer and a voltmeter. True, both of them are measuring tools and both have to execute some functions in their own arena. If one can understand this, it will be easy for him to grab the other information easily and more accurately. Unlike the voltmeter a dynamometer is consisted with a pliable ring made of metal, which uses to bend whenever something tried to bend it. Its bending condition depends on the force that will be applied on it.
Setting up an engine would be incomplete with out using any automotive Dynamometer. The proper function of an engine is largely dependent on the function of a dynamometer. Therefore it has become imperative to have a dynamometer with a new motor to enhance its functionality. Adding up a gas analyzer with a dynamometer would be a perfect idea as this will achieve one to get a better result. This addiction will help one immensely to enhance the capability.
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Transmission Dynamometers and absorption dynamometers are variant form of Power-measuring dynamometers. This kind of dynamometer uses a device that is largely dependent on the concept of measuring torque. A flexible or a special kind of torque meter is generally infixed in the shaft. Actually the burden which a motor or machine is carrying, is responsible for producing a torque.
The torque produced by a transmission dynamometer is starkly different from a torque that is produced by absorption dynamometers. Absorption dynamometers produced that torque by using fluid friction, electromagnetic induction or mechanical friction.
Using the break blocks can do developing a mechanical friction on the edges of revolving pulley. Then the break blocks are compressed against the wheels by fastening the bolts. This action continued until the friction torque FR balances. A water break uses another system. It develops resistance by the help of the rover flow. This water flow has been circulated between a stationary shell and a rotating impeller. At that particular time, the dynamometer produces direct current electricity, which is also known as the eddy current.
The concept of Torque is important enough to be clarified. Actually it is the direct result of the load of the spring or weight. Its distance from the axis of rotation is also responsible for determining the torque. Actually Dynamometers are used to calculate the production of torque by an engine. This information is needed to determine the overall performance of an engine.
All the information related to this issue is demonstrated on a graph, which can be interpreted easily. By using this graph the engineers decipher the essential information that they need to find out by using the dynamometer.
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Culture of creativity features at Furnal Equinox 2018
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Sunday, March 25, 2018
Visual art, fabric art, photography, performance, dance, virtual reality, and music were all the subject of sessions at Furnal Equinox 2018, a conference held from March 16 to 18 at Toronto’s Westin Harbour Castle. Canada’s largest furry convention by attendance, the annual event offers dozens of subculture-specific programs.
The convention’s communications and public relations coordinator for the event, Ronnie, describes furries as “people that enjoy arts and culture centred around animals and animal-themed topics, essentially. Furnal Equinox in particular, we like to celebrate in a very visual and very […] artistic nature, where we have lots of arts and performances and crafts that go on, and people celebrate with lots of socialisation involved.”
Of the attendees, Ronnie told Wikinews “they come from all walks of life. They are people of all ages, sizes, all sorts of backgrounds, and they come together under one mutual interest, which is their love for animal culture.”
“Programming at Furnal Equinox involves[…] a lot of informational panels, so you can find out about topics from art and how to draw, or how to visually incorporate different elements into your artworks. You can also find panels that teach you how to write better, be a better fiction author for example,” explained the event representative.
At one panel Wikinews attended, members of its all-volunteer organising committee spoke of the year-long process of planning the event, and their reasons for committing such a significant amount of their time. Said one panelist, “if you’re happy, we’re happy.”
The largest hub of activity at the convention was a dealer’s room; nicknamed the “Dealer’s Den”, giving it an anthropomorphic twist. Vendors were selling original visual art, wearables like faux fur tails or ears, or things like jewellery or soap with motifs that would interest attendees.
The back area of the room was dedicated to a charity auction, with proceeds benefiting Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary. According to the convention website, the charity is “dedicated to rescuing abused, neglected, and abandoned farmed animals. Their goal is to provide a safe, life-long home for all of their residents, and to educate the public about the true nature of farmed animals through tours, volunteer programs, and community outreach.”
Split into groups, some attendees played “Fursuit Games” in front of an audience, like trying to toss a ball into a garbage can. The activity made harder, of course, by the limited dexterity and vision the most of the costumes entail.
