Archive for November, 2007

Nexen Tire

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Nexen Tire is a tire manufacturer, headquartered in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, and Seoul, both in South Korea. Its major domestic competitors are Hankook Tire and Kumho Tires. The company’s name is reflected in the company slogan, “Next Century Tire.”

Products

Premiere, N2000, N3000, N5000, and more than 30 other passenger car and light truck tires.

Mud on the Tires

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Mud on the Tires is the third album by American country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley.

Track listing

  1. Mud on the Tires - 3:28 (Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois)
  2. Celebrity - 3:43 (Paisley)
  3. Ain’t Nothin’ Like - 3:35 (Don Sampson/Wynn Varble)
  4. Little Moments - 3:39 (Paisley/DuBois)
  5. That’s Love - 4:43 (Paisley/DuBois/Chris Lovelace)
  6. Somebody Knows You Now - 3:42 (Paisley)
  7. Famous People - 4:10 (DuBois/Chris Wallin)
  8. Hold Me in Your Arms (And Let Me Fall) - 4:24 (Paisley/DuBois/Lovelace)
  9. Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss) - 4:19 (Bill Anderson/Jon Randall)
  10. The Best Thing That I Had Goin’ - 4:08 (Jerry Salley/Chris Stapleton)
  11. The Cigar Song - 3:37 (Paisley)
  12. Make a Mistake - 1:33 (Paisley)
  13. Make a Mistake with Me (instrumental) - 3:15 (Paisley)
  14. Is It Raining At Your House - 4:01 (Hank Cochran/Dean Dillon/Vern Gosdin)
  15. Spaghetti Western Swing (instrumental) (feat. Redd Volkaert) - 4:32 (Paisley/Kevin Grantt/Rogers)
  16. Farther Along - 5:23 (Paisley/Traditional)
  17. Kung Pao (hidden track) (feat. the Kung Pao Buckaroos) - 1:00

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Snow angel

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

A snow angel is a human-made depression formed in an area of snow in the shape of an angel. Making snow angels is a common childhood game, though older people also make snow angels.

Technique

The creation of the snow angel is a simple process. The first step is to find an undisturbed plane of snow. The next step is to lie supine, spread-eagled in the center of the snow. The limbs are then swept back and forth, creating a trough through the snow. When it is finished, the snow angel should have the appearance of an angel, the movement of the arms having formed wings, and that of the legs having formed a gown.

Current world record

On March 28, 2007, Guinness World Records confirmed that North Dakota holds the world record for the most snow angels made simultaneously in one place. The record breaking event occurred February 17, 2007 when 8,962 snow angels were created by people waving their arms while lying in the snow covering the state Capitol grounds in Bismarck.Bismarck world record information

Previously, the record was held by Michigan Tech University with 3,784 students, locals, and alumni making snow angels on the school football field.Michigan Tech world record information

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (ballet)

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a non-traditional modern ballet rising from the success of other fairytale ballets such as Cinderella, Coppélia, and Alice in Wonderland.

With the direct correlation between classic fairytale ballets and Walt Disney animations, Snow White became an idea many ballet companies have adopted into their own original work, pulling from the Disney animation and Disneyland Snow White musical for guidelines.

Scenes in this ballet vary from company to company as this is not a traditional performance piece.

Scenes

Scenes appearing in most productions of the Snow White ballet include:

  • Village scene - traditional opening to many classic ballet productions.
  • Palace or Garden - to introduce the queen and huntsman.
  • Enchanted Woods - Where Snow White flees the Huntsman, sometimes with dancing trees.
  • Forest - Where Snow White meets animals and the dwarfs.
  • Wedding - Traditional ending to many classic ballet productions.

Characters

Characters in the Snow White ballet typically mimic those in the Disney production in appearance and costume as that is where most inspiration comes from.

These characters typically include:

  • Snow White
  • queen
  • doctor
  • Huntsman
  • Seven Dwarfs
  • Animals
  • Villagers

Bought deal

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

A bought deal occurs when an underwriter, such as an investment bank or a syndicate, purchases securities from an issuer before selling them to the public. The investment bank (or underwriter) acts as principal rather than agent and thus actually “goes long” in the security. The bank negotiates a price with the issuer (usually at a discount to the current market price, if applicable).

The advantage of the bought deal from the issuer’s perspective is that they do not have to worry about financing risk (the risk that the financing can only be done at a discount too steep to market price.) This is in contrast to a fully-marketed offering, where the underwriters have to “market” the offering to prospective buyers, only after which the price is set.

The advantages of the bought deal from the underwriter’s perspective include:

  1. Bought deals are usually priced at a larger discount to market than fully marketed deals, and thus may be easier to sell; and
  1. The issuer/client may only be willing to do a deal if it is bought (as it eliminates execution or market risk.)

The disadvantage of the bought deal from the underwriter’s perspective is that if it cannot sell the securities, it must hold them. This is usually the result of the market price falling below the issue price, which means the underwriter loses money. The underwriter also uses up its capital, which would probably otherwise be put to better use (given sell-side investment banks are not usually in the business of buying new issues of securities.)

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