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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 13, No. 1 Spring 1986 George J. Murphy UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN A CHRONOLOGY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING IN CANADA: 1850 TO 1983 Abstract: A chronology of significant events in the development of corporate finan-cial reporting standards and practices is presented. The introductory comments to the various sections direct attention to some of the main patterns and trends in that development and provide the framework in which the listing of events is to be interpreted. The particularly significant domestic sources of influence are the leg-islative and professional activities in Ontario and, in more recent times, the activi-ties of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. External influences have been—not unexpectedly—the traditions of English Company law and the close professional, institutional and economic relationships with the United States. Some internationally significant developments unique to Canada are indicated. INTRODUCTION A few introductory comments to the chronology are useful in suggesting some of the broad themes that characterize the whole of the evolution of corporate financial reporting in Canada and in providing a background or setting to aid interpretation. The chronology itself has four divisions each of which in turn are preceded by interpretive comments. The evolution of financial reporting in Canada has developed within the framework of both British and American influence. The traditions of English law and, more particularly, the model of using the Companies Acts to improve financial statement reporting prac-tices have provided an ever-present guideline. Prior to the turn of the century, actual legislated reporting requirements followed the English statutes quite closely; since that time, the Canadian requirements have generally been well in advance of those of The. author appreciates the helpful comment of P. H. Lyons of Deloitte Haskins and Sells and R. D. Thomas of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants; the use of the libraries of the Ontario Archives, the Institute of Chartered Accoun-tants of Ontario and the Ontario Legislature; and the financial assistance of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.


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After a winter in which chicken pox, gastric flu, bronchitis, multiple ear infections and every day common colds have wracked our house, I feel that I have gotten into the habit of adding Pamol to the weekly shop almost by rote.
It never used to be this way for me. I was, once upon a time, the mother of one little boy who, despite being born at 29 weeks, was rarely sick for the first five years of his life. I couldn't believe how much Pamol other kids were given; it astounded and appalled me that it seemed to be given to children in all conditions from highly feverish to just a little unsettled. I secretly felt myself better for not having to give my child as much of the sickly sweet syrup. But of course, as is usual, smug superiority came around to bite me in the ass, and I now find myself hauling out the super-sized bottle for the baby on an all-too-regular basis.
I am not helped in my case by the fact I have a baby with vulnerable ears, and these days the treatment for mild earache is, you guessed it, Pamol. Unless a child's eardrums are ready to burst, doctors will tend to avoid giving anything stronger (such as antibiotics) and wait for the ache to settle, which it often does, luckily. So, home you go with your industrial-sized bottle of Pamol, ready to dispense it to the child (who loves it) whenever the need arises. And it seems to arise quite frequently.
It's worth remembering that while Pamol is an excellent fever-decreaser, it still needs to be dispensed with care, despite being an over-the-counter drug. The odd toddler has been left with severe liver damage as a result of overdosing (usually when he or she has found the bottle and drunk it, admittedly) but opinion varies as to how readily Pamol should be whipped out. I have found that ever since being given an electronic thermometer, I am more inclined to reach for Pamol because I read an elevated temperature, whereas perhaps I would have been more inclined to use my hands (to feel a forehead) and general common sense (is the child not smiling? Lethargic? Whiny?) instead of leaping around playing doctor.
I've read reports recently that too much Pamol (Tylenol, in North America where this study was done) can give children asthma-like symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and tight chests. Others say doling out the drug not just in too-large quantities, but too regularly, can cause problems. On the other hand, most of us have it on hand and many of us use it frequently without too much thought and our kids appear to be fine (if not addicted to the medicine's sweet taste). I have resolved to use it more sparingly from now on anyhow; until next winter's various lurgies come knocking again, anyhow.
After a winter in which chicken pox, gastric flu, bronchitis, multiple ear infections and every day common colds have wracked our house, I feel that I have gotten into the habit of adding Pamol to the weekly shop almost by rote.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Business leaders and deficit-reduction hawks say the "fiscal cliff" deal passed by the U.S. Congress is positive because it averts tax hikes, but falls short.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue said the deal passed Tuesday "does not even begin" to address the fiscal challenges facing the country, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
"The new Congress and the administration must begin work immediately to slow runaway spending through structural entitlement reforms," Donohue said Wednesday, adding that policy-makers needed to spur economic growth by revamping the tax code and pumping up U.S. energy production.
The Business Roundtable, a group of corporate chief executives, said President Obama and Congress only scratched the surface of the nation's fiscal woes by pulling back from the confluence of steep tax increases and deep government spending cuts that would have gone into effect if the fiscal cliff bill hadn't passed.
"When pressed to the limit, political leaders averted some of the most immediate negative consequences of the short-term fiscal cliff, but left unaddressed the most serious and fundamental reforms required for the country's long-term economic health," the roundtable said. "We hope political leaders will now work continuously to agree on market-credible structural fiscal and spending reforms needed for America to compete in a modern global economy."
The deal raises tax revenue by $620 billion over the next 10 years, mainly by allowing tax rates to rise on annual income of more than $450,000 for households and $400,000 for individuals, among other things. However, the deal did not address spending, delaying the automatic spending cuts, or sequesters, for two months.
The Campaign to Fix the Debt, a coalition that also includes top business officials, said the compromise was "a small step forward" in deficit-reduction efforts, the Times said .
But the situation also was a "missed opportunity to do something big to reduce our long term fiscal problems," said the group's co-founders, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, who led Obama's deficit reduction commission.
"Washington missed this magic moment to do something big to reduce the deficit, reform our tax code and fix our entitlement programs," they said.
A short-term deal was necessary to "protect the fragile economic recovery in the short term," Michael A. Peterson, chief operating officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a deficit-reduction advocacy group, said, adding that more needs to be done.
"The goal of any sustainable fiscal policy must be to stabilize the debt as a share of the economy and put it on a downward path," Peterson told the Times. "Until we have a plan that stabilizes our federal debt, uncertainty and lack of confidence will continue to be a drag on our current economy and threaten our future prosperity."
Obama spoke in the White House briefing room soon after the House passed the bill.
"Thanks to the votes of Democrats and Republicans in Congress, I will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans while preventing a middle-class tax hike that could have sent the economy back into recession and obviously had a severe impact on families all across America," Obama said, as Vice President Joe Biden, who negotiated the deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, stood behind him.
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Obama left Washington to resume his family vacation in Hawaii. He arrived there early Wednesday.
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Obama left to return for Hawaii around midnight to resume his family vacation he interrupted to return to Washington after Christmas for talks. He arrived early Wednesday.
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In a marvelous coincidence, the first Sunday of the month coincided with Palm Sunday this year, so the regularly scheduled Choral Evensong at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, enabled the parish to open Holy Week with Anglicanism's signature service. Created by the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, Choral Evensong combines portions of the ancient Roman Vespers and Compline to produce one of the loveliest musical meditations on the end of the Christian Sabbath day.
St. Martin's Choral Evensong was particularly appropriate for Palm Sunday, when the narrative of Christ's Passion is read at the morning liturgy. Its musical and spiritual highpoint came at the Offertory with the singing of Benjamin Britten's "Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac."
The Anglo-Catholic 20th century master was at his traditional and innovative best setting the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac, his son of the Covenant, at God's behest. The Old Testament story is, according to Christian theology, the prefiguring of Christ's sacrifice on the cross on Good Friday.
Britten set his score for tenor, alto and piano. He employed a highly melodic yet harmonically austere tonal idiom for "Abraham and Isaac." No less a triumph was the rendition "Abraham and Isaac" performed Sunday afternoon by tenor Wilson Jeffreys, alto Alyson Harvey and pianist Erik Meyer, St. Martin's music director. Jeffrey's clear timbres blended beautifully with Harvey's higher yet tawny chest tones.
Not to be overlooked was the work of St. Martin's choir in the singing of Psalm 103, the "Magnificat" and the "Nunc Dimittis" in unaccompanied Anglican chant. Ensemble was exemplary, pitch was secure and balance were immaculate. Meyer was no less impressive at the organ in Reger's "Passion" at the start of the service and Bach's "Aus Tiefer Noth" at the close.
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, brought its 26th season and the month of March to a close by visiting Chestnut Hill Saturday, March 31. The concert was entitled "East Meets West Part 2: Musical Sojourn in the New World." Piffaro was joined by the Rose Ensemble choir. Saturday night's performance was heard in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
The program was a continuation of Piffaro's survey of the musical interaction between Spain and its colonies in North, Central and South America. Although Spain was an empire in Europe well before Christopher Columbus came here, it was her holdings in the New World that made Spain the wealthiest and most powerful nation in 16th century Europe.
Piffaro's special genius has always been its ability to energize what might be nothing more than a dry music history lecture by transforming it into a light-hearted entertainment. Striking a balance between the sacred and the profane, the weekend's concerts offered an engaging glimpse into the musical world of 16th century Spanish America.
Co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemkin struck gold by inviting the Rose Ensemble to join the band. The choir added immeasurably to the performance of music of intense emotional appeal and sophistication. The singers' bright tones blended beautifully with the tart timbres of Piffaro's woodwind and brass instruments. Textures were clear, resonant and able to express not merely the immediate meanings of the texts but the fullness of the culture behind them.
James Conlon guest-conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in concerts March 22 to 24 in Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall. In remarks made before the start of Saturday night's performance, he explained the genesis of the program to his sold-out audience: the tonality of D, both major and minor. All five works played have either D minor or D major as their key signature, and yet one could hardly have heard a more varied set of scores and renditions given them.
Conlon — music director of the Los Angeles Opera, the Ravinia Festival of the Chicago symphony and the Cincinnati May Festival — cobbled together an "operatic suite" from the overtures of Mozart's "Don Giovanni," "Idomeneo" and "Le nozze di Figaro" to open the concert, then followed them with the Salzburg master's "Prague Symphony No. 38" to fill out the roster's first half. After intermission, Conlon conducted Dvorak's "Symphony No. 7." The whole idea was one of those rare concepts that not only look interesting on paper but that sound fantastic in concert.
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Two young Southern California hot rodders took on the very best seasoned teams and drivers and beat them. One was California Roadster Association driver Troy Ruttman, who at 22 became the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500 in 1952. The team won $61,743. (According to J.C. Agajanian Jr., Ruttman got 40 percent of that.) Ruttman's fortunes turned sour after his win at the Brickyard and he was never able continue his winning Championship Car ways.
Ten years later, Don Prudhomme won Top Fuel at the Smokers March Meet (considered by drag racers as epic as the Indy 500) at Famoso Drag Strip in Bakersfield, at age 20. Don's recognition, at that time, was centered within a tight group of drag racing fans and racers. Kent Fuller, who Don drove for, said the team—which consisted of Don the driver, Dave Zeuschel the mechanic, and Fuller the car owner/chassis builder—won $3,300. It was split three ways; Prudhomme still has the trophy.
Greg Sharp, Curator at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, researched this headline in Drag News, March 10, 1962. "Prudhomme Top Fuel, 35 Fuel Dragsters qualified for Top Fuel Eliminator on Saturday by running under 9-second e.t. Don Garlits (with Connie Swingle driving) lost to Tom McEwen, Prudhomme set low e.t. of the meet at 8.21 when he beat Hampshire and Steen. Prudhomme beat Gotelli and Leasher in the final round and set Top Speed of the meet at 185.36 mph." The likes of Art Chrisman, Connie Kalitta, Chris "The Golden Greek" Karamesines, and Art Malone went home empty-handed.
Don was still finding his way when he was hired to drive in Top Fuel. The Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster from June 1962 to May 1963 won 236 drag races and lost just seven, a record that still stands today. The funding didn't come from corporate money but a machine shop owner named Tom Greer. Had Don retired from driving in May 1963 that record alone would have cemented Don's place in history. This story will shed some insight on how this championship race car driver/owner got his start.
Don Prudhomme
Don Prudhomme of Santa Fe, California, was born in L.A. in 1941. "Back then, L.A. was a pretty nice place," Don begins. "My dad, Newman, and my mom, Ida, moved from Louisiana in 1938 to California. My dad and his three brothers all came out about the same time. My dad worked in body shops. The one I remember most was Ray Brooks on Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, that was right near a grammar school I went to, Saint Elizabeth School.
"I used to walk from school to the body shop where my dad was working and just look at the cars. My dad had some cars at our house that he was fixing to resell and I got into helping him work on putting front ends on and learned how to work on them. I loved being around the cars.
"What really got me going as far as being hooked on cars was visiting my uncle and my cousin who lived in Gardena. We'd travel over the hill through the old tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard, which was back in the days before the freeway was built, called the Sepulveda Pass. That was the only way to get out of San Fernando if you wanted to go to Gardena. I remember that trip as a little kid because it was a treacherous road. Cars would go over the side and that scared the stuffin' out of me.
"My cousin, who was a lot older than me, he was a teenager, had a '29 Ford roadster. He had a Dodge Red Ram engine in it. To me it was like second to none. He was my hero. He would come out to San Fernando and stay at our house and he'd go street racing. I wasn't cool enough or old enough to go with him. I was just in awe of that. I would say more than anything that really got me hooked on hot rods.
"I walked into my seventh grade art class and I saw this good-looking blonde named Lynn cleaning her brushes at the sink. Much later, I kept running into Lynn at the skating rink I was hanging out at. I didn't think I could get anyone like Lynn. My best friend (since we were 12), Tom McCourry, ran into Lynn and her girlfriend at a dance one night and we took them both home, dropped them to their houses, and that was pretty much it. We've been married 50 years.
"I went to Van Nuys Jr. High School but I never finished. I got so involved with cars … how 'bout I wasn't a good student! I didn't realize the value of a good education at the time.
"I didn't really have a car in school. I walked and got rides to school. Later I got my mom's '48 Merc four-door, which was a family type car, not a hot rod type. When I started working at different body shops painting cars around town, I got a '50 Olds fastback, which was a total. The front end was totaled bad. I took it off and found another front end, which was almost as bad. My dad and I beat it out and straightened the frame.
"The cool part was that was about the time Dick Harriman was it when it came to running San Fernando." (Harriman ran a '50 Olds Gasser at San Fernando Drag Strip. Harriman was the guy who named San Fernando "the Pond" by saying, "Rather than run other big dragstrips he'd prefer to be a big fish in a small pond," and Pond stuck.) "He ran a B&M Hydro in his '50 Gasser Olds. We'd sit on the dirt mound and watch him race. Harriman never had a front bumper on his Olds, for the weight I guess. I left mine off on purpose."
"McCourry was 16 and I was 15 when he had a '36 Ford that was a beater. It had primer spots on it and that was cool. We waxed the primer," Don laughs, "before we went to Bob's Big Boy Drive-In."
The San Fernando Valley income level in the '50s was above the national average. Don's friends, at the time, either had money like Tommy Ivo, or their parents had money, like Kent Fuller and Tom McCourry. That never bothered Don or his friends. "My best friend until the day that he died was Tom McCourry. His dad owned a motel called the San Fernando Valley Motel. Broderick Crawford stayed at the motel and we got to watch them filming Highway Patrol.
"It was all about cars: The cool thing was, Tom's dad would get some old cars ready for the junkyard and park them in the back of the motel property. Tom and I would race them around the motel parking lot. Later Tom and I would go to the Rainbow Roller Rink then he'd drop me off at my house.
"We got jobs together, like mowing lawns, delivering newspapers. The Valley had a lot of chicken farms and we'd get jobs picking the eggs and feeding the chickens. We were like a couple of day laborers that you'd find at Home Depot; we'd look for any kind of job. There was this old guy, Mr. Brooks. He had like a gardening business. He didn't have a pickup truck like landscapers have today, he had an old LaSalle. Tom and I would mow lawns for him. He'd strap the lawn mowers on his running boards and he'd drop us off on the jobs. We had to sit in the back seat. Tom and I were at the age where we didn't want our buddies to see us because he'd take us right down Van Nuys Boulevard so we slouched way down in the seat."
Seat Time
"I worked at General Motors and so did McCourry. I worked there part time while I was painting cars. I painted cars during the day and worked at GM at night. I was a line-guy … a laborer. I worked a gun that squirted dum-dum (a non-hardening rope caulking used by GM in the '50s to fill seams) into the cars as they went by."
Don's dragstrip seat time borders on the immeasurable, but keeping up with the assembly line as the cars rolled by was his immediate concern at the plant. "I started putting seats in the cars as they went by. I lied about my age to get the job. I was probably 17."
Raked Skates
"Tom and I were 14 or 15 when we started going to the Rainbow Roller Rink in Van Nuys. The Burbank guys didn't go to the Rainbow, just us Valley guys. That's where I got the passion for speed. We got into Push Races. McCourry was a bigger, stronger guy than me so Tom would push me. There'd be like 10 of us lined up and they'd blow the whistle. I'd be crouched down sitting on my skates, he was behind me on his toe stops and we'd go into the first corner and I'd lean and he pushed me into the corner. He pushed me the whole race. We didn't have polyurethane wheels like today, we had wooden wheels. I had little bitty wheels in the front and big wheels on the back. So I had racked skates that were cool. They were detachables; you'd take the wheels off, or trucks they were called. They were at a 45-degree angle. We called them '45 trucks'. A lot of times I'd slide and hit the wall and the wheels would explode. The smoother the wheels, the faster you'd go. We were serious about skating. We didn't go there just to pick up girls, we were serious racers."
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Rainbow Roller Rink = Bob's Big Boy = Road Kings = drag racing. It was that combination that landed Don behind the wheel of a dragster. Most, if not all, of the Road Kings hung out at the Toluca Lake Bob's, not the Van Nuys Bob's where Don and McCourry practically lived. They made the mistake of going to the Toluca Lake Bob's once. "Did you ever hear of a guy named Fat Jack Bynum?" Don asked. "He was a badass who would stand there at Bob's and pick fights all the time. We were scared to death of him. We were like nobody. He stuck his head in the car and said, "What are you tamale gobblers doing here?" He felt we were in the wrong neighborhood. We weren't part of that rivalry. We weren't punks … but close. (Get the picture that this was more than a burger/fry joint?)
"We'd go from Carl's Drive-In on one end of Van Nuys to Bob's Big Boy on the other end of Van Nuys, then back and forth pretty much the entire night till we'd go off and street race. We weren't worried about getting robbed or beat up. That era was the best time of our lives."
Road Kings
This is what dreams are made of: A car club that has a race car (you fill in what it is) that every club member gets to race at the track in competition. If you were a member of the Road Kings that's exactly what happened. The Road Kings was a drag racing club that at one point had 36 members actively racing during the '50s.
"Tom and I were in a car club in Van Nuys called the Chancellors. They were more of a cruising car club. We got to know this guy in town who was real popular, Skip Togerson, who was a part-time actor. (Ivo and Togerson met on the set of a movie called A Boy with a Knife. Togerson got Ivo into the Road Kings.) He had a motorcycle called a Mustang and I had a Mustang. That bike was the first thing I had that had a motor in it. His bike was really cool, it was black and had flames on it. We rode around Van Nuys together a lot. Skip was in the Road Kings. He said, 'Why don't you and Tom come to a meeting? I think I can get you into the Road Kings.' Skip said, 'We got this guy Tom Ivo and he's got a dragster and we go to drag races at San Fernando.' I didn't know diddly about drag racing. They'd go out to the San Fernando Drag Strip with a club car they raced. They were the Burbank Bob's; guys like Kenny Safford were in the club."
Bob Muravez of Burbank and Don came into the Road Kings at the same time. Muravez later became known as the engineer (get it?) of the Freight Train, a twin-engine Chevy dragster that became the number one Top Gas dragster in the country and the first to go over 200 in the quarter at Lions in 1967. You might know Muravez by his code name, Floyd Lippencott Jr., because he didn't want his dad to know he continued drag racing after he was told to quit.
First Muravez and Don had to pass the Road Kings initiation, which took place (where else?) at Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake. "Prudhomme was in diapers and I was dressed as a woman," Muravez laughs. One of the members of the club, Tom Jandt's father, was in Japan during the war and brought home a rickshaw. Prudhomme pulled the rickshaw through Bob's with me riding in the rickshaw. Prudhomme didn't think anything about it because he was a Van Nuys guy … nobody knew him at that Bob's," Muravez says. (But he wasn't off the hook because Don had to do the same thing at the Van Nuys Bob's.) "Ivo met us there and had a baby bottle that he tied around Prudhomme's neck."
Once in the club, drag racing became a way of life: "We used to get off work Friday night," Muravez continues, "and drive from Burbank to Taft (southwest of Bakersfield), which had a landing strip … Famoso (Bakersfield) never ran Friday nights. The only light at the strip was a World War II searchlight on the start line facing down the track that lit up the strip. The car cast a shadow, so the further down the strip away from the light you went, the longer the shadow. It was like driving into this big black hole. We'd race until 1 in the morning, then head to Half Moon Bay Drag Strip, which was another airport strip, and race there the next night till 1 in the morning (20 miles from San Francisco). Then we'd head home and race San Fernando Sunday." (Calling in sick Monday morning was not an option.)
"When I got into the Road Kings I wanted to have a roadster," Don adds. "Skip Togerson told me about a roadster for sale and I bought a '32 Ford roadster body and chassis. It was a roller; it didn't have an engine in it. It took every dime I had to get it. I got a Buick engine from Ivo and put it in the roadster. I put portawalls (fake whitewalls) on it. I later took the Buick out of the roadster and put it into the club dragster, which was a B/Gas dragster (so much for cruising)."
Determination to go racing took precedence over having the hot rod of his dreams on the road. "There was no turning back! I sold my Deuce roadster before it was even done and bought the dragster from Ivo."
Tom McCourry was a cruiser, like Don, when he joined the Road Kings but he too became a professional drag racer with a following. McCourry took Ivo's four-engine monster after Ivo parked it and turned it into a graduated Buick Riviera station wagon called the "Wagon Master", complete with a stock roof rack to boot, and went on tour.
The Pond
Harry Hibler not only managed the San Fernando Drag Strip, more importantly, Hibler drove Fuel Cars, so he knew the drill, especially when it came to young, inexperienced drivers. Hibler knew how to keep drivers safe while in a learning curve and remembers Don at the strip: "Don was 16 or 17 years old when I first met him. Don was just wiping tires for Ivo then. San Fernando, aka 'the Pond', was the first place Prudhomme drove a dragster. Between Ivo and me, we suggested to Don what to do and how to do it but Don was good at it.
"From the very beginning I was impressed with Don. He listened, he observed, and he studied. When Don drove the club dragster he handled it very well. I observed that guys with good-looking cars wouldn't run as hard as necessary to win. When Don drove a dragster as beautiful as, say, the Greer-Black car he drove it as hard as necessary to win."
Drag Racing University
Let's say, you, an aspiring racer, were friends with Jimmy Johnson or Dario Franchitti when they were just starting out and they asked you to be part of their pit crew, except it was just the two of you.
Don and Ivo were friends but when Don was asked to go on tour by Ivo, he didn't mean going to Lions Drag Strip or Irwindale and then going home. He meant going full-blast drag racing all the way to the East Coast and back.
"The track promoters back East got together and said, let's contact some guys on the West Coast who are in all the magazines and have them come back here and we'll give them $500 at each stop to do it. Gas was 28 cents a gallon and Motel 6 was $6. They contacted Jack Chrisman and some other racers but they couldn't get away because they had jobs. I jumped at the chance. They lined up 10 races. I stuck in some of my own tracks as we went along. It only took me until the second stop when I saw all those crowds to realize … there's something big happening here because they packed them places."
When Ivo and Don left on tour it was the first time anyone ever toured the country all season long. "We looked like a scene out of Grapes of Wrath," Ivo laughs. "We had our shop in the trunk. I had two short-blocks mounted underneath the trailer. We had a spare head, a sizeable toolbox, gaskets, and rods in the truck. We had our suitcases in the back seat. We ran the last week of March in Denver, until the second weekend in August in Biloxi, Mississippi. This included winning the NASCAR (yes NASCAR) Summer Nationals in Montgomery, New York. A lot of time it was once a week that we raced. But we did some doubles and one triple—the weekend we won the NASCAR Nationals. We ran qualifying on Friday and Saturday in Ohio, then back to the NASCAR National to win on Sunday in Montgomery, New York."
March Meet
"All the Road Kings were at the March Meet in 1962," Muravez continues. "We were a racing club not a hot rod club. There were 28 actual race cars, not street cars, there, from Fuel Roadsters to dragsters. I won the Top Gas part of the March Meet in the Freight Train and Prudhomme the Top Fuel at the meet in the Fuller/Zeuschel car.
"Our club was rich enough in spare parts so if you didn't have a car to race there was a car you could take to the races with a couple of other club members and race it. Drag racing was a way of life to us. Prudhomme quit his job when he went on tour with Ivo and we had a big send-off for them. It is really nice to know that we were part of the Golden Age of Drag Racing.
"The only other club I can think of that was as dedicated to drag racing was the Smokers out of Bakersfield because they took it one step further than anyone with the dragstrip at Famoso."
Don absorbed more in the months he and Ivo were on tour than he would ever experience racing at home; it was a learning experience for both of them. After his return Don's drag racing career became a blur. I will end it there.
What a Career
Don, an open-wheel racing fan most of his life, once asked Dan Gurney about driving a Championship Car. Gurney's reply, "You'll find a way." It was a blessing he didn't because Don not only found a way into Top Fuel drag racing, but he dominated the sport for almost a half century. Had Don had the resources to drive a Champ car or a Formula 1 car at the age he started as a Top Fuel drag racer he would certainly be in Gurney's league today.
Don took himself from behind the wheel in 1994, taking on the heavy responsibility of team ownership, making driving champions of Larry Dixon and Ron Capps along the way. Don retired from drag racing in 2009 and during his nearly half century of competition he cleaned a lot of clocks. Don's no longer watching the clock or fretting the e.t. clock. He's retired.
Don was inducted in the SEMA Hall of Fame, the Hot Rod Magazine Hall of Fame, and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Because of Don's level of knowledge he's been named one of the 100 Most Influential people in the high-performance industry. That shows how much a young man can accomplish in life who wasn't too proud to take on a job riding in the back seat of a LaSalle with lawn mowers strapped to the running boards.
This final chapter brings R&C readers full circle as far the "Valley Guys" who made drag racing history: Ed "The Old Master" Pink, "TV" Tommy Ivo, "Hand Grenade" Harry Hibler, and finally Don "The Snake" Prudhomme. Sadly, Road Kings member Tony Nancy is gone to fill the last part of the jigsaw. It was an honor to write their stories.
Seemingly a century ago, Don Prudhomme joined a gang of teenagers where the drug of choice was racing. Thank God for the '50s. Need I say more?


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The winner of the annual Shed of the Year competition, to search for the UK's most wacky and wonderful sheds, has been announced.
The winning shed was made by Alex Holland from Machynlleth in mid Wales, and is crafted entirely from recycled materials. It contains a wood burner, 12v sound system, a gas cooker and a refrigerator.Picture: Entrant to Shed of the Year 2013 sponsored by Cuprinol


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LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Hoffman and entrepreneur Casnocha (My Start-Up Life) show how to adapt to the challenges of professional life and achieve career goals by behaving like an entrepreneur in this innovative approach to career management. Recognizing the similarities between business strategies employed by successful startups and career strategies used by top individuals, Hoffman began to ponder individuals as startup ventures and realized the importance of utilizing an entrepreneurial mindset to forge new careers. Given the new economic landscape, where young talent is stuck at the bottom of the employment ladder, retirement-age employees are staying on the job, and stalemated middle-aged workers are stalled in limbo, workers at all levels need to develop strategies to gain opportunities, improve their competitive edge, and expand their networks in other words, obtain a startup mindset and skills. To do so, the authors show how to combine assets, aspirations, and market realities and adapt as needed, emphasizing the necessity of building real, lasting relationships and establishing a powerful professional network. With plenty of valuable guidance relevant to any career stage, this book will help readers not only survive professionally in times of uncertainty but stand out from the pack and flourish.
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New Silent Hill Developer is Rush'N Attack Developer
As 1UP notes, the Vatra lists its focus as one on "high-end action titles for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC," which is in-line with the PS3 and/or Xbox 360 graphics of the teaser shown to journalists last week.
Popular speculation is for a Silent Hill 2 re-telling, much in the way Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii) was a "re-imagining" of the original Silent Hill.
As previously stated, we should know more at E3 2010.
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Bristol "The Pistol" Palin is shooting back at critics who say she's remained on "Dancing with the Stars" because of her mother Sarah Palin's political popularity.
"I'm so sick of 'Bristol has the tea party backing her. She's got the Republican Party,'" Bristol told Access Hollywood's Tony Potts at a dancing rehearsal on Friday. "I don't think that's true at all.
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"There's no politics involved in this," Bristol continued. "I think people always focus on how far we've gotten in this competition because of my mom and all of this B.S., when really it could work the opposite way."
The 20-year-old mom and advocate said that while her famous mom may be popular, she's also disliked by many – which could work against Bristol when it comes to "Dancing" votes.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Ballroom Bristol Palin - From Alaska To 'Dancing'
"I've gotten so many people who just attack me everyday because of who my mom is, so it works both ways," Bristol told Tony. "There are pros and cons to it."
"This is not a political affair, this a dance show," Bristol's pro partner, Mark Ballas, told Tony. "It's supposed to be fun and entertaining."
"I think that people out there have seen me out there improving each week," Bristol added. "They've seen the transformation of me as a performer and a dancer. That's why we're still here."
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The Prima Power Laserdyne facility in Champlin, MN, has begun to manufacture the company's Rapido 3D laser-processing system, used for cutting and welding. The machines previously were only manufactured and delivered to the North American market by Prima Industrie headquarters operations in Torino, Italy. The Champlin facility designs, manufactures and services the Laserdyne family of 3D laser systems; www.primapower.com.
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Google's Nexus 7 has no doubt put a damper on Kindle Fire sales. To sum it up best, the Nexus 7 is the best 7-inch tablet to own. Its display is sharper than the Fire, its thinner and it has at least one camera. That's all in the past, because the next Fire will supposedly kick the Nexus 7's heinie.
According to AllThingsD's, sources who were briefed on the next Kindle Fire say that it'll sport a new display with 1280x800 resolution (the same as the Nexus 7) up from the current Fire's 1024x600 that'll boost the pixel per inch to 216PPI, allowing for ultra-crisp text.
The next-gen Kindle Fire will also be thinner and lighter, and will finally come with a built-in camera. It's uncertain if that's a single front-facing camera or one for the back as well. One of the reasons the Kindle Fire doesn't have a camera is because the device is considered a consumption device for media and not really for interactivity.
Cutting out the inclusion of cameras also allowed Amazon to price the Kindle Fire at a low $200. Now that component parts have dropped, it's possible that it's finally affordable enough for Amazon to sell a tablet with a camera — even if it is a low megapixel one like the Nexus 7's.
It's strongly rumored that Amazon will announce a new Kindle Fire either by the end of the month or early August. Rumors persist that Amazon could release a larger 10-inch Kindle Fire, too.
One thing is for sure, the Fire will need to stay competitive with a $200 price or the Nexus 7 will eat it alive. True, Amazon has more content, but Google's encroachment is a signal that it's going after the Fire with its guns blazing. Amazon can't afford to sit on its laurels anymore.
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JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwire - Dec 31, 2012) -
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands Reg. No. 62686 LSE Trading Symbol: RRS NASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD ("Randgold Resources" or the "Company") TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS London, 31 December 2012 - Randgold Resources Limited announces that in accordance with FSA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, its issued share capital consists of 92,070,753 (ninety two million, seventy thousand, seven hundred and fifty three) ordinary shares of US$0.05 each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of Randgold Resources. Randgold Resources holds 9,600 (nine thousand six hundred) issued ordinary shares in Treasury. In addition, 64,944 (sixty four thousand, nine hundred and forty four) ordinary shares, including ordinary shares represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") are currently held by Computershare Investor Services, Inc. on trust for former shareholders of Moto Goldmines Limited ("Moto"), who have yet to claim the ordinary shares (or ADSs, as applicable) to which they are entitled following the acquisition of Moto in October 2009. These shares (and ADSs, as applicable) will not confer voting rights whilst held on trust. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 91,996,209 (ninety one million, nine hundred and ninety six thousand, two hundred and nine). The above figure can be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Randgold Resources under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. RANDGOLD RESOURCES ENQUIRIES: Chief Executive Financial Director Investor & Media Relations Mark Bristow Graham Shuttleworth Kathy du Plessis +44 788 071 1386 +44 1534 735 333 +44 20 7557 7738 +44 779 775 2288 +44 779 771 1338 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.randgoldresources.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END
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ICA 2014 Event Overview
ICA 2014 Video
Washington, DC welcomes you!
Each spring, a miracle arrives on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Gifts from Japan years ago, cherry trees bloom as symbols of friendship and goodwill. Every year, Washington, D.C. welcomes visitors from around the globe to witness their spectacular beauty.
Surrounded by the splendor of the cherry blossoms, visitors soon discover a vibrant city�a world capital rich in history and culture. It is here that actuaries from around the world are invited for the International Congress of Actuaries 2014.
The International Actuarial Association and the actuarial profession in the United States invite you to attend the 30th International Congress of Actuaries, 30 March to 4 April 2014 in Washington, D.C. to learn about the latest ideas, interact with their fellow actuaries through the educational and social events, and grow, as they learn from and network with actuaries from countries and cultures around the world.


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The looming GOP civil war
WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Mitt Romney's boisterous rally here Friday night featured both the promise of the Republican Party's future and a sharp reminder of why the GOP may lose its second consecutive presidential race on Tuesday.
The scene in this Cincinnati suburb also set the stage for the party's coming inner struggle to define itself no matter this cycle's outcome.
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A cadre of young and diverse Republican officials took the stage to speak before Romney. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte each made the case for their nominee and offered a reminder of the strength of the GOP's bench.
( Also on POLITICO: If Romney loses ...)
But they did so before a crowd that was nearly all-white and their appearances were sandwiched in between slashing speeches from a familiar roster of older white males like Rudy Giuliani, who took it upon himself to demand that President Barack Obama resign over the Benghazi attacks.
Regardless of whether Romney wins or loses, Republicans must move to confront its demographic crisis. The GOP coalition is undergirded by a shrinking population of older white conservative men from the countryside, while the Democrats rely on an ascendant bloc of minorities, moderate women and culturally tolerant young voters in cities and suburbs. This is why, in every election, since 1992, Democrats have either won the White House or fallen a single state short of the presidency.
( Also on POLITICO: If Obama loses ...)
"If we lose this election there is only one explanation — demographics," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
But Republicans are divided on the way forward. Its base is growing more conservative, nominating and at times electing purists while the country is becoming more center than center-right. Practical-minded party elites want to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, de-emphasize issues like contraception and abortion and move on a major taxes-and-spending deal that includes some method of raising new revenue.
But many rank-and-file Republicans in Congress and grass-roots activists won't sanction amnesty for undocumented immigrants, are determined to advance restrictions on abortion and have no appetite for any compromise with Democrats on fiscal issues. And that doesn't even get at the growing cleavage on foreign policy in the GOP between the party's hawkish wing and the rising voices who prefer a more restrained role abroad.
( PHOTOS: Final countdown to Election Day)
There's not much of a moderate wing left in the GOP, but the pragmatism versus purity battle that looms on the horizon could be as fierce as Republicans have seen since the Goldwaterites sought to wrest control of the party in the 1960s.
Now, as then, the establishment is made up mostly of older pragmatists, such as Romney, House Speaker John Boehner and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. And it's the younger "Red Dawn Republicans," like Jindal and likely Texas senator to-be Ted Cruz, who are the true believers.


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An ex-General Motors Co. engineer and her husband were found guilty of stealing trade secrets on hybrid-car technology from the automaker to help develop such vehicles in China.
A federal court jury in Detroit reached the verdicts today after a trial that started Nov. 5. Jurors began deliberating yesterday.
The U.S. claimed Shanshan Du, the ex-GM employee, copied the Detroit-based company�s private information on the motor control of hybrids and provided documents to her husband, Yu Qin. Prosecutors accused Qin of using the data to seek business ventures or employment with GM�s competitors, including the Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co.
Qin was convicted of all seven counts. Du was convicted on three counts, including conspiracy to possess trade secrets without authorization. She was acquitted on wire fraud charges.
General Motors contended that the secrets are worth more than $40 million, prosecutors said. Lawyers for both defendants, who pleaded not guilty, argued that the information didn�t consist of trade secrets, wasn�t stolen and was useless for other companies.
Other Cases
The case is one of more than a dozen brought in the past three years by the U.S. Justice Department alleging defendants of Chinese ancestry or citizenship sought to take trade secrets from U.S.-based companies for use by the Chinese government or businesses.
In October in Chicago, a former software engineer for Chicago-based CME Group Inc., the world�s largest derivatives exchange, pleaded guilty to charges of downloading more than 10,000 files containing source code from his employer to support trading activities in an exchange in China.
In September in Newark, New Jersey, a native of China who worked for L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.�s space and navigation division was convicted of transporting stolen property and possession of trade secrets related to precision navigation devices.
In the Detroit case, Du and Qin were indicted in July 2010 on three counts each of trade secrets theft and wire fraud. Qin was also charged with obstruction of justice.
Joint Venture
The U.S. alleged that Du, an electrical engineer who worked at GM from 2000 to March 2005, sought assignment to the company�s hybrid work project to gain access to information on the motor control of such vehicles.
The U.S. claims that Du began providing GM documents to her husband for use in a company they had started, Millennium Technology International. Du copied material and Qin developed a plan to sell hybrid vehicle technology through a joint venture in China, the U.S. said.
The process accelerated after GM sought Du�s resignation in late January 2005, according to the indictment. Prosecutors said at the beginning of the trial that 16,262 GM files were found on Du�s computer.
�These were never trade secrets,� Qin�s lawyer, Frank Eaman said in his closing argument at the end of trial yesterday. The material wasn�t marked secret and, as proof that the documents weren�t significant, he said, �they gave them to Ms. Du, a low-level engineer.�
Secret Information
After Du left the company, the couple uploaded GM documents containing secret information onto a computer at their home, the U.S. claimed. In July or August 2005, Qin �communicated with others, by e-mail and in person, about collaboration on a new business venture which would provide hybrid vehicle technology to Chery,� the U.S. said in court papers.
The U.S. also alleged that Qin destroyed evidence during the government�s initial investigation. In May 2006, the U.S. said, the defendants dumped bags of shredded documents in a Dumpster behind a grocery store.
The case is U.S. v. Qin, 10-cr-20454, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit).


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The second cervical vertebra is named the epistropheus or axis because it forms the pivot upon which the first vertebra, carrying the head, rotates. The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process which rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body.
The body is deeper in front than behind, and prolonged downward anteriorly so as to overlap the upper and fore part of the third vertebra. It presents in front a median longitudinal ridge, separating two lateral depressions for the attachment of the Longus colli muscles. Its under surface is concave from before backward and covex from side to side.
The dens or odontoid process exhibits a slight constriction or neck, where it joins the body. On its anterior surface is an oval or nearly circular facet for articulation with that on the anterior arch of the atlas. On the back of the neck, and frequently extending on to its lateral surfaces, is a shallow groove for the transverse atlantal ligament which retains the process in position.
The apex is pointed, and gives attachment to the apical odontoid ligament; below the apex the process is somewhat enlarged, and presents on either side a rough impression for the attachment of the alar ligament; these ligaments connect the process to the occipital bone. The internal structure of the odontoid process is more compact than that of the body.
The pedicles are broad and strong, especially in front, where they coalesce with the sides of the body and the root of the odontoid process. They are covered above by the superior articular surfaces.
The laminæ are thick and strong, and the vertebral foramen large, but smaller than that of the atlas.
The transverse processes are very small, and each ends in a single tubercle; each is perforated by the foramen transversarium, which is directed obliquely upward and lateralward.
The superior articular surfaces are round, slightly convex, directed upward and lateralward, and are supported on the body, pedicles, and transverse processes.
The inferior articular surfaces have the same direction as those of the other cervical vertebræ.
The superior vertebral notches are very shallow, and lie behind the articular processes; the inferior lie in front of the articular processes, as in the other cervical vertebræ.
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You've got designer t-shirts. You've got gold bullets. You've got Calvin Klein Escape. You've got shorts in every f–in' color. But you don't have Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers on DVD or Blu-ray; in fact, you don't even know when you'll be able to buy it.
Or at least you didn't… until now.
EW can reveal that discs of Korine's candy-colored crime spree flick will hit shelves July 9. The film comes packaged with a behind-the-scenes documentary, deleted scenes and outtakes (oh please, let it include James Franco's Alien listing more of the things he owns!), a VICE featurette that gives "an inside look at the ATL Twins and real life partying in Panama City Beach," and "an insightful look at the music of Spring Breakers," which hopefully means even more footage of stars Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Rachel Korine singing Britney Spears songs.
Clearly, our excitement about this release can be expressed only in the form of GIFs:
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LEGO Star Wars returns in epic style with THE YODA CHRONICLES, a thrilling, funny and action-packed new LEGO Star Wars story told in three animated TV specials! Set in the Prequel Star Wars timeline, THE YODA CHRONICLES stars the one and only Yodathe Jedi Master who has seen it all, done it all, and taught generations of Jedi Knightsin an all-new adventure. With the help of a fresh class of Padawans, Yoda leads the Jedi in a desperate fight to stop Darth Sidious and his minions from creating a new super-weapon that could crush the Republic and win the war for the forces of Evil.
Shoot - I totally forgot this was going to be on. Does anyone know if they're going to re-air it or was it a one-and-done kind of thing?
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Studio Floris Wubben | Potato Family
The Potato Family design is inspired by the chestnut and potato figures we all made during our childhood. The construction of these figures is one of the first moments in which a child experiences a material creative process. This playful way of creating something has inspired Floris Wubben for this series of shelving units.
One can see it expressed in many details of the design as, for instance, the position of the legs and the dynamic shape of each cavity. The shelving units are made out of wood as it is a material that offers many creative possibilities, just like chestnuts and potatoes does for children.
Regarding the materials, Dutch Fir tree wood was used for the shapes and the legs were made of polished stainless steel. These shelving units were constructed in collaboration with artist Bauke Fokkema.Designer: Studio Floris Wubben
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Target Corporation (TGT) operates general merchandise stores in the United States. The company is a dividend champion, which has paid dividends since 1965 and increased them for 46 years in a row.
The company's last dividend increase was in June 2013 when the Board of Directors approved a 19% increase to 43 cents/share. The company's largest competitors include Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Dollar Tree (DLTR) and Costco (COST).
Over the past decade this dividend growth stock has delivered an annualized total return of 7.60% to its shareholders.
The company has managed to an impressive increase in annual EPS growth since 2004. Earnings per share have risen by 9.40% per year. Analysts expect Target to earn $4.36 per share in 2014 and $5.46 per share in 2014. In comparison Target earned $4.52/share in 2012.
Future growth would likely be focused on expanding same-store sales and renovating existing stores, rather than simply by opening a large number of locations. Future growth could be realized by the increased penetration of the RED Card, which the company's cashiers keep promoting to customers. This decreases expenses related for transactions processing of other credit cards. Another venue for growth that could increase the number of customer visits is the remodeling of its stores, which would add fresh foods to the stores. The company is targeting middle-class and upper income consumers, which are more interested in quality and diversity of product offerings, rather than simply looking at the lowest prices. It has in essence managed to differentiate itself from Wal-Mart (WMT), while also retaining its status as a discounter.
The company also is on track to bring the number of stores in Canada to 125 by 2013, which could increase long-term profits. Currently, the costs associated with jumpstarting its Canada operations have been dilutive for earnings, and would be for the next few years.
Target Stores has a goal of earning $8/share by 2017, which would be driven by 5% sales growth in US, share repurchases, store openings in Canada, as well as square footage growth. Risks to growth include worsening of the economy, failure to execute its strategy of effectively differentiating itself from arch rival Wal-Mart as well as credit card risks.
The return on equity has remained consistently in a tight range between 15% and 19%. Rather than focus on absolute values for this indicator, I generally want to see at least a stable return on equity over time.
The annual dividend payment has increased by 18.60% per year over the past decade, which is higher than to the growth in EPS.
An 18.60% growth in distributions translates into the dividend payment doubling every four years. If we look at historical data, going as far back as 1974 we see that Target has actually managed to double its dividend every five and a half years on average.
The dividend payout ratio has increased from 13 % in 2004 to 29.20% in 2013. The expansion in the payout ratio has enabled dividend growth to be faster than EPS growth over the past decade. A lower payout is always a plus, since it leaves room for consistent dividend growth minimizing the impact of short-term fluctuations in earnings.
Currently, Target Stores is attractively valued at 16.90 times earnings and has an adequately covered dividend but only yields 2.40%. In comparison, rival Wal-Mart (WMT) trades at 15.10 times earnings and yields 2.50%. Target could be a decent addition to a portfolio on dips below $69; however Wal-Mart (WMT) continues to be my preferred way to play big box retailers.
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Edelrid Attila Tec Axe
The Attila Tec mountaineering axe features a fold-out grip rest and a plastic head grip. But how well do these additions stand up to the rigours of winter mountain use? Tom Ripley soon finds out.
|DMM Fly:
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Ice axes are possibly the piece of climbing gear that have evolved the most over recent times, with ever more curved, contoured and seemingly wacky designs appearing every season. Away from the very wrong side of vertical (and horizontal) routes of the superheroes, the new techniques and designs have cascaded (sorry) down to the new breed of all-round axes, including DMM's new Apex, and a revision of their old favourite – the Fly.
Both the Apex and new Fly share the same construction of shaft, headset, pick and handle, and both come fitted with handrests in place of leashes.
The forged headset and tubular shaft of the old Fly, and one-piece forged shaft of the Rebel have been replaced by a new design using a forged headset, a tubular upper shaft, and a forged handle section, all joined by double rivets. While seemingly complex, this three-piece design works very well in practice. The headset uses the tried and tested original Fly design, the tubular upper is lightweight and comfy to hold when daggering and the forged handle solidly mounts the upper axe, hand-rests (see below), the fully integral low profile (flush to the shaft) plastic grip and the spike. Using a separate handle section (as opposed to a one piece tube) also interrupts vibrations travelling down the shaft, so there is noticeably less 'buzz' transmitted when the pick connects with the (wrong) target, but a good placement feedback feel remains. Last, for any Rebel users out there – the paintjob is much much tougher!
The basic headset design is that of the original Fly – unchanged on the new Fly, and just a slightly different shape on the Apex. Made from a single piece of alloy with a slot cut into it to accept the pick, the nuts on the two bolts are recessed so only a single allen key (supplied) is required. The back of the pick unit protrudes just above the headset along all it's length on the Fly, and along most of it's length on the Apex, so that should the alloy dent during mixed thrashing the pick should remain removable. Both the Fly and Apex feature a large central hole through the head which can fit a leash and/or allow the axe to be neatly clipped to the harness for e.g. abseil descents.
For both the Fly and Apex, the picks and hammer or adze come as single piece units. While this has the disadvantage of having to replace the whole lot when the pick is worn, given that the replacement pick and hammer/adze units come in at an RRP of £35 - less pricey than many other manufacturers picks alone, the only time this would really present an issue would be if carrying a spare on a route – modern picks are incredibly tough and very hard to break so few it seems carry spares as standard these days. The main advantage of the single pick unit is that it gives much better connection (maximum surface area) of the pick to the axe – held in place by both bolts and the hammer/adze locking against the headset as opposed to the single bolt on other (split) designs. I've had no issues with picks loosening, and removing and replacing the picks is easy provided the bolts don't seize. Lastly, the picks hold their edge pretty well – surviving accidental rock strikes without blunting instantly.
The hot forged handle has an integral (flush to the shaft) solid plastic grip moulded into it – a great improvement on the simple (and often short-lived) rubber tube on the old Fly, and the slightly crude glued over the top design on the Rebel. The plastic is extremely tough – surviving crampon tapping (bad habits die hard) without visible damage though – presumably a durability tradeoff – the plastic isn't quite as 'sticky' as that on some of the competition. The grip is medium sized and a simple profile – no raised 'trigger' bump – so should work for most hand sizes and can be easily adapted with rubber tape to suit. Both the Fly and Apex come fitted with a well-designed removable (allen key supplied) chunky plastic handrest/guard. This gives excellent support and hand protection but it remains relatively small in profile so isn't too much of hindrance for plunging in soft snow. Fitting or removing the handrest is a 10 second job using one allen key that can easily be done on the hill if desired (e.g. for a long descent). The Apex also comes with a neat matching (removable) upper handrest solidly mounted into the top of the forged handle. The Fly comes drilled for the upper handrest, which can be purchased separately (RRP £10). Finishing the axes off is a traditional spike with a hole big enough to easily clip tethers etc. into.
The design of the bottom of the handle and spike is the only bit that draws some (very minor) criticism. First, the plastic grip doesn't extend all the way to the bottom of the grip area leaving a cold metal patch against the heel of the hand – though this is easily resolvable with a bit of self-amalgamating rubber tape (a roll of which comes supplied with the Apex for adding grip to the upper shaft). Second, the spike is just a bit big and straight – great for support walking, but very slightly in the way if wrapping the heel of the hand around the bottom of the handle when swinging the axe on steep ground.
Both the Apex and Fly feel very well-made, functional and inspiringly bombproof.
The Apex replaces the Rebel as DMM's top-end all-rounder, a hard act to follow as my Rebels are still going strong (paintwork excepted) after over 10km of climbing. Immediately noticeable when climbing – especially on steeper ground – is the huge pick clearance given by the very curved upper shaft. This curve is more pronounced than on most other manufacturers current 'traditional' (no offset handle) curved designs giving the Apex an extra cm or more of clearance. This extra clearance is a real bonus both climbing (e.g. letting more of the pick get deeper into turf over a bulge) and when daggering up easy ground – as it holds the hand higher up away from the snow. In fact, the Apex's curve almost exactly matches that of the Petzl Nomic and BD Fusion 2 – both very well proven on vertical and beyond ground. Hooking, the Apex feels very grabby and positive, and as the lower half of the shaft is pretty straight the shift in the pick angle when switching to the upper grip is intuitive and easy to adjust to.
At 635g (adze) and 620g (hammer) the Apex isn't the lightest out there, but is by no means hefty either. After disappearing for a while, removable pick-weights are now making something of a comeback – giving the ability to tweak the balance and swing. The Apex pick-weight (50g) is a simple design attached by a single bolt and stud – though it is a bit less usefully nut-shaped than the Petzl version. While balance and swing is a very personal thing, the Apex's feel very well balanced and have a great natural flick and swing – a tiny bit less head heavy than e.g. BD Vipers, but not as head light as the current Petzl Quark. With the headweights on the overall balance and action most resembles that of the original Quark – high praise indeed. Removing the pick weights makes a noticeable difference – lightening the feel (nice on pure snowed up rock) and making the axe swing a bit less 'flicky' – it's certainly worth experimenting with both.
Pic left: Apex overlain on Petzl Ergo (left), and DMM Rebel (right). The Apex has as much clearance as the Ergo at the head, and much more than the (still curved) Rebel. Aside from the offset handles, the Apex shaft aligns almost exactly with the Petzl Nomic and BD Fusion 2.
Pic right: Detail of Apex handle - handrests removed. Upper rest mounts solidy into the forged handle section while the lower rest is bolted onto the spike.
The T rated standard ice picks work well straight off the shelf – the beveled tip penetrates well and hooks edges securely, the low profile initial teeth make extraction easy, and the long front tooth will allow for a fair amount of sharpening. Towards the shaft, bigger teeth give good bite hooking flakes and chockstones. A serrated top edge gives stein-pull and crack torqueing bite, though will damage glove palms if used lots in walking mode. As with all very curved axes, the adze and hammer are to some extent blocked by the shaft and best used by holding the shaft about halfway up. The ice picks feature a small adze, serviceable for chipping verglas off small footholds, and the hammer is a simple low-profile design that while a little awkward serves its purpose if needed. Alternative, slightly steeper and thicker mixed picks are available, which also come in a 'Fly adze' variant for big adze fans, but the standard ice picks are probably the best all-round option with the business end working as well as anything out there.
The Apex is a seriously impressive go anywhere, do anything (and generally do it brilliantly) jack of all trades technical axe which is perfectly at home on all but the very hardest Scottish winter routes, valley icefalls and alpine lines – well done DMM.
With the Fly, DMM have wisely stuck to the old adage – if it ain't broke, don't fix it – settling for updating the construction and features without messing around with the excellent original gentle curve and burly pick, hammer and adze. Although nowadays generally marketed as a low-to-mid grade all-rounder climbing axe, Fly's have proven their abilities on routes as hard as they come since introduced last century.
At 720 grams, the Flys aren't lightweights, but have a solid, well-balanced feel – the weight in the head gives them a burly, simple swing into ice or turf but as the weight is balanced between pick and adze/hammer they don't feel excessively head heavy and unwieldy when clearing snow or hooking on steep ground.
The beefy T-rated pick and big chunky adze and hammer are only slightly changed from the original design. The business end of the pick works well straight off the shelf – penetrating well for a reasonably chunky design, cleaning easily, and hooking well. At the other end of the pick, the 'top bump' has been slightly reduced and rounded for better comfort when holding the axe-head pick facing back – though they are still more comfortable held pick-forwards.
For those that find the hammers and adzes offered on most modern tools a bit weedy, the Fly keeps it's very effective big simple hammer, and big (any budding Mick Fowlers?) shovel-shaped adze – perfect for torqueing in fist cracks, clearing snow and ice, digging bucket seats and T-axe slots, or hacking through cornices. While the Fly's have much less pick clearance than the Apex, the gentle curve still makes a noticeable difference compared to a straight shaft, and unlike higher clearance axes, the shaft doesn't in any way restrict the easy use of the adze and hammer.
Rounding off the Fly's all-round credentials is that the headset (unchanged from the original) is shared with that of the mountaineering-orientated Raptor, allowing the classic curve Raptor pickset to be fitted if desired for e.g. summer alpine use.
The Fly remains as it was – a very capable all-round package perfect for everything from easy gullies and ridges, to classic mixed and ice routes and alpine faces.
I've been climbing for a bit over ten years, and am currently based in Edinburgh having escaped from the southern flatlands. Climbing highs include Scottish winter climbing, a couple of trips to the Alaska Range, classic alpine routes, sunny ski touring, cragging in the UK and abroad, and beers and craic in the pub afterwards. Lows include Scottish winter climbing, alpine bivies, base camp blues, midges and the UK weather... I guess I'd like to be a jack of all trades and I'm definitely a master of none, but most enjoy the great variety of climbing and look forward to trips back to old favourites and hopefully many new and different places.
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The Attila Tec mountaineering axe features a fold-out grip rest and a plastic head grip. But how well do these additions stand up to the rigours of winter mountain use? Tom Ripley soon finds out.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
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Emily Dickinson
Though Emily Dickinson spent almost all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, her poems represent a broad range of imaginative experience. They are rich in feeling, wide in their knowledge of nature, books, and geography, and expansive in their vision. Dickinson's training in science suggests a source for her skill in accurate observation, whether of plants and animals or the workings of her own mind. The greatest effect of her scientific studies, though, is in her experimental attitude about life's great issues.
For a succinct site containing a biography, a bibliography, and links to other Dickinson sites, see the Academy of American Poets' tribute to the poet.
Columbia University's Bartleby Archive: Emily Dickinson
Misplaced your poetry book? Visit Columbia University's Project Bartleby Archive for Dickinson's Poems (Third Series, 1896), edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. A word of caution: the poems collected here were probably heavily edited, as one of her editors described Dickinson's poetic gait as "spasmodic."
University of Maryland Reading Room: Emily Dickinson
Visit the University of Maryland's Women's Studies Reading Room for 100 selected Dickinson poems. Again, the poems are most likely from heavily edited editions of her poetry.
Emily Dickinson International Society
Although Dickinson spent almost all of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, her fame is international. This site, co-sponsored and supported by the University of Colorado at Boulder, presents a comprehensive forum for scholarship on Dickinson and her relationship to American poetry and women's literature.
The Atlantic Monthly: "Emily Dickinson (Un)discovered"
The Atlantic Monthly (to which the Dickinson family subscribed) confesses its initial failure to recognize Dickinson's poetic genius in Toby Lester's "Emily Dickinson (Un)discovered." Lester's article also contains a link to T.W. Higginson's "Emily Dickinson's Letters" (October 1891) which is, in Lester's words, "a fascinating first-hand account of one of this country's true poetic geniuses."
The above-mentioned link to T.W. Higginson's letter in The Atlantic Monthly, this piece from October 1891 details a correspondence described as perhaps "the most provocative and poignant" in the history of American literature.
Susan Howe: "My Emily Dickinson"
For one poet's candid interpretation of Dickinson's works, read excerpts from Susan Howe's "My Emily Dickinson."
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