Kumho Tires
Kumho Tire Co, Ltd. , formerly known as Samyang Tire, is a South Korean industrial conglomerate (”chaebol”) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Kumho means “bright lake” in Korean. It is a subsidiary of the Kumho Asiana Group, as is Asiana Airlines, Korea’s second largest airline.
It runs three manufacturing facilities in South Korea and three in China. Kumho Tire exports tires from Korea and China worldwide and has a global network of sales organizations. It has three centers for research and development, with the largest in Gwangju, South Korea. The others are in Akron, Ohio, USA and Birmingham, UK, and service the US and European tire markets respectively. The company manufactures a full range of tires under the Kumho and Marshal brands.
Stoney Cooper
Stoney Cooper (October 16, 1918 - March 22, 1977), was a country musician from Harmon, West Virginia. He played the fiddle and guitar. He was married to Wilma Lee Leary, and they had one daughter, Carol Lee Cooper.
While in high school, Cooper was a member of the Leary Family Singers.
Recorded for Rich-R-Tone, Hickory Records, Decca, and Columbia Records.
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Windrow
A windrow is a row of cut hay or small grain crop. It is allowed to dry before being baled, combined, or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed by a hay rake, which rakes hay that has been cut by a mower into a row. For small grain crops which are to be harvested, the windrow is formed by swather which both cuts the crop and forms the windrow.
The term may also be applied to a row of any other material such as snow[1]. In the case of snow, windrows are created by snow plows as they plow streets. The windrow may block driveways. Some municipalities have windrow removal service where a smaller plow goes to each individual driveway to clear the windrow. Most cities simply make the home owner clear the windrow to their own driveway.
A few cities will plow the windrow to the center of the street, blow the snow into trucks, and haul it away. Windrows made of snow are also called berms or more commonly, snow banks.
A windrow can also be the build-up of material on the edge of newly graded earthworks and dirt roads, or it can be a heap of road-building material laid down by a dump truck for collection by a paving machine.
Windrows of seaweed etc also form on the surface of lakes or seas due to cylindrical Langmuir circulation just under the surface caused by the action of the wind.
Windrows are often used in large scale vermicomposting systems.
Snow Hill High School
Snow Hill High School is located in Snow Hill, Maryland. Tom Davis is the principal.
The school is part of the Worcester County circulation.
Snow Hill High School was built in 1957.
According to the Snow Hill, Maryland page, parts of the 1999 film Runaway Bride were filmed on campus.
Mud on the Tires
Mud on the Tires is the third album by American country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley.
- Mud on the Tires - 3:28 (Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois)
- Celebrity - 3:43 (Paisley)
- Ain’t Nothin’ Like - 3:35 (Don Sampson/Wynn Varble)
- Little Moments - 3:39 (Paisley/DuBois)
- That’s Love - 4:43 (Paisley/DuBois/Chris Lovelace)
- Somebody Knows You Now - 3:42 (Paisley)
- Famous People - 4:10 (DuBois/Chris Wallin)
- Hold Me in Your Arms (And Let Me Fall) - 4:24 (Paisley/DuBois/Lovelace)
- Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss) - 4:19 (Bill Anderson/Jon Randall)
- The Best Thing That I Had Goin’ - 4:08 (Jerry Salley/Chris Stapleton)
- The Cigar Song - 3:37 (Paisley)
- Make a Mistake - 1:33 (Paisley)
- Make a Mistake with Me (instrumental) - 3:15 (Paisley)
- Is It Raining At Your House - 4:01 (Hank Cochran/Dean Dillon/Vern Gosdin)
- Spaghetti Western Swing (instrumental) (feat. Redd Volkaert) - 4:32 (Paisley/Kevin Grantt/Rogers)
- Farther Along - 5:23 (Paisley/Traditional)
- Kung Pao (hidden track) (feat. the Kung Pao Buckaroos) - 1:00
Snow Foundation
The Snow Foundation is a non-profit ogranisation operating in Canberra. It was established to assist those in need in the Canberra community whose needs are not covered by government sources.
The Snow Foundation is a response to the long association the Snow family has had with the Canberra region, dating back to 1926 when E.R. Snow, the founders’ grandfather, came to Canberra to establish the Capital’s first general store.
The Foundation is the creation of brothers Terry and George Snow who set it up in 1990 with the aim of helping those individuals and organisations that freely gave their time to help the less fortunate live fulfilling lives.Starting with an initial contribution of $1 million, the Foundation has provided financial help to a diverse range of organisations throughout Canberra and the surrounding region.
In 1997 Terry added a further $500,000 to the Foundation, and in 2005 added a further $1 million to enable it to maintain and set up further activities. Since then, he has given substantive donations to the Foundation, meaning the capital value of the Foundation exceeded $3 million in 1997.
In the 15 years since it was established, The Snow Foundation has reached out to help more than 80 different organisations and individuals. The Foundation does not give ‘blanket’ donations but help with the funding of a specific program/treatment/equipment.
Siping
- For the Chinese city, see Siping (city)
Siping is a process of cutting thin slits across a rubber surface to improve traction in wet or icy conditions.
Siping was invented and patented by John Sipe in the 1920s. Sipe worked in a slaughterhouse and grew tired of slipping on the wet floors. He found that cutting slits in the tread on the bottoms of his shoes provided better traction than the uncut tread.
The process was not applied to vehicle tires on a large scale until the 1950s, when superior tread compounds were developed that could stand up to the siping process. On roads covered with snow, ice, mud, and water, sipes usually increase traction. A US patent to Goodyear claimed sipes improve tire traction as well, and tend to close completely in the tire “footprint” on the road. A 1978 study by the US National Safety Council found siping improved stopping distances by 22 percent, breakaway traction by 65 percent, and rolling traction by 28 percent on glare ice[1].
Tire tread block shapes, groove configurations, and sipes affect tire noise pattern and traction characteristics. Typically, wide, straight grooves have a low noise level and good water removal. More lateral grooves usually increase traction. Sipes are small grooves that are cut across larger tread elements. Up to a point, more sipes give more traction in snow or mud.
As is often the case, there are compromises. Winter tires, and “mud and snow” tires, may have thousands of sipes and give good traction. But, they may feel “squirmy” on a warm, dry road. Treadless racing “slicks” on dry roads give maximum traction. These have no sipes, no grooves, and no tread blocks. They also have very poor traction on wet surfaces. Tire manufacturers use different tread rubber compounds and tread designs for different tires’ usages.
Large sipes are usually built into the tread during manufacturing. Sipes may also be cut into the tread at a later date, called “microsiping”. Bandag developed a machine for microsiping which places a curved knife blade at a slight angle on a rotating drum. The drum is placed so when it is pressed against the tread the tire is pressed into an exaggerated hollow, as if driving down a rail. The drum is lubricated and rotated and the knife makes a series of diagonal cuts across the tread. For improved traction, the tire may be siped twice, leaving diamond-shaped blocks. A significant problem with field siping is that the tread picks up rocks, glass, and other hard road debris in use, and even with thorough cleaning the knife service life is often poor.
Microsiping can dramatically improve tire traction in rain and snow. However, microsiped tires may also have increased road noise and tire wear when operated on dry surfaces.
In Massachusetts in the 1970’s, it was legal to operate a school bus with bald tires, provided they were double microsiped.
Both Bridgestone and Michelin sell snow tires that are siped at the factory, while Saf-Tee Siping and Grooving sells machines that can sipe most standard vehicle tires. Siping can also be done by hand. Be aware that siping the tires can void the manufacturer’s warranty.
Mud on the Tires
Mud on the Tires is the third album by American country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley.
- Mud on the Tires - 3:28 (Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois)
- Celebrity - 3:43 (Paisley)
- Ain’t Nothin’ Like - 3:35 (Don Sampson/Wynn Varble)
- Little Moments - 3:39 (Paisley/DuBois)
- That’s Love - 4:43 (Paisley/DuBois/Chris Lovelace)
- Somebody Knows You Now - 3:42 (Paisley)
- Famous People - 4:10 (DuBois/Chris Wallin)
- Hold Me in Your Arms (And Let Me Fall) - 4:24 (Paisley/DuBois/Lovelace)
- Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss) - 4:19 (Bill Anderson/Jon Randall)
- The Best Thing That I Had Goin’ - 4:08 (Jerry Salley/Chris Stapleton)
- The Cigar Song - 3:37 (Paisley)
- Make a Mistake - 1:33 (Paisley)
- Make a Mistake with Me (instrumental) - 3:15 (Paisley)
- Is It Raining At Your House - 4:01 (Hank Cochran/Dean Dillon/Vern Gosdin)
- Spaghetti Western Swing (instrumental) (feat. Redd Volkaert) - 4:32 (Paisley/Kevin Grantt/Rogers)
- Farther Along - 5:23 (Paisley/Traditional)
- Kung Pao (hidden track) (feat. the Kung Pao Buckaroos) - 1:00
Mark Snow
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman on 26 August 1946 in New York City) is a prolific composer for film and television.
He is brother-in-law of actress Tyne Daly and actor Tim Daly.
Snow graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City. He was a co-founder of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.
One of his most famous compositions is the theme music for sci-fi show The X-Files, which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart, but Snow also wrote the music for Chris Carter’s Millennium, and the background music scores for both shows, a total of 12 seasons’ worth. The X-Files typically used more instrumental music score than most hour-long dramas.
He also composes the scoring for Smallville. He has even composed music for video games, such as Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
He has been nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won 18 ASCAP awards.
Quinzhee
A quinzhee or quinzee is a crude shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of snow.
For fun, or for winter camping and survival purposes, it is possible to construct a simple snow shelter (called a quinzhee in some areas) by creating a large pile of snow and excavating the inside. The snow need not be of the same quality as required for an igloo, and the construction is more forgiving. Such shelters are usually not as sturdy and permanent as proper igloos. After the snow is piled up it needs to be compacted for instance by patting the pile with hands or a spade, since a fresh pile of snow may not be stable.
Before excavating one can put sticks in the roof and wall approximately 10 in (25 cm) deep to be used as a guide when digging out the interior. A trick to building a snowhouse much faster and with less labor is to first make a pile of cardboard boxes and then cover the box pile with snow. Then cut open the door and pull out the boxes. This means one needs to use much less snow or can build a much bigger snowhouse.
To make the snowhouse more robust, one should pour water over it after cutting the door. This makes it harder and sturdier; furthermore its slipperiness discourages anyone from climbing on top of it. People climbing on the house are the primary reason why snowhouses collapse, a collapsing snowhouse can be very dangerous if someone gets caught inside. Just as in an avalanche the weight of the snow often makes it impossible to dig oneself free. Suffocation may occur if the occupants are not rescued quickly enough.
