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Patterson Thompson PAYTON married Catherine Calhoun Cannon in Lawrence Co., Oh in 1853. He is listed in the index for the 1860 census for Clinton, Vermillion Co., IN. They eventually moved to Missouri. I am trying to pinpoint his place of birth - my great-aunt, his granddaughter, has him born in IN, Va or places not known. I cannot get out to check a microfilm of the census - is it on-line anywhere, or does someone have a copy available to check for me? Their children included John Newton, Charles Wellington, Sarah Belle, George, and five others.
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Yesterday, September 14, 2017, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2017-53, which international grantmakers and their tax advisors have eagerly awaited. As background, private foundations making grants directly to foreign organizations generally must use one of two grantmaking procedures―expenditure responsibility or foreign public charity equivalency. (The latter is known as "FPCE" for short, and also sometimes… Continue Reading
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Final PRI Regulations ReleasedPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Social Enterprise
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service yesterday released final regulations on private foundation program-related investments. These regulations put in final form nine examples of investments that qualify as PRIs, initially proposed by the IRS in 2012. The White House has been enthusiastic about impact investing as a tool to further social and charitable objectives,… Continue Reading
Treasury Releases Final Regulations for Private Foundations Making International Grants Using Foreign Public Charity Equivalence DeterminationsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, International Charitable Transactions & Operations, Private Foundations
Treasury will release tomorrow final regulations regarding private foundations and their use of a process called "foreign public charity equivalence" or "equivalency determination." Treasury's hope in issuing these regulations is to facilitate international grantmaking while ensuring that foundation equivalency determinations are appropriately made. Background and 2012 proposed regulations. As explained in a prior post, before… Continue Reading
IRS Clarifies Position on Private Foundation Mission-Related Investments Under Section 4944Posted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Social Enterprise
In Notice 2015-62 issued on Tuesday, the IRS explained that a private foundation and its managers will not necessarily be penalized under Internal Revenue Code Section 4944 for a mission-related investment that does not qualify as a program-related investment (PRI) and that offers a lower return than more standard alternatives, since a foundation's charitable purposes… Continue Reading
A Smart Pitch for Nonprofit AdvocacyPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Public Charities, Tax Treatment of Lobbying & Political Activities
Campion Foundation Trustee Sonya Campion recently made an intelligent pitch for private foundation directors, and their institutions, to arm themselves with knowledge about the rules governing advocacy by foundations and their grantees, and to use the powerful tools that the tax code provides for funding change. We couldn't agree more! Want to get started? These free… Continue Reading
Fiscal Sponsorship Survey Seeks Responses by May 8thPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Nonprofit Network Affiliations, Nonprofit Structures, Relationships & Transactions, Public Charities
The National Network of Fiscal Sponsors (NNFS) has released a new field survey designed to gather current, relevant information on organizations engaged in fiscal sponsorship. Click HERE to complete the survey no later than May 8, 2015. We encourage all fiscal sponsors to participate in the survey to ensure that the resulting report represents a… Continue Reading
Mexico's Anti-Money Laundering Law Affects U.S. DonorsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, International Charitable Transactions & Operations, Private Foundations, Public Charities
A number of our clients have asked about Mexico's Ley Federal para la Prevención e Identificación de Operaciones con Recursos de Procedencia Ilícita (Mexico's Anti-Money Laundering statute or the "AMLL"), which became effective July 17, 2013. The AMLL identifies specific transactions that require a Mexican entity that engages in these activities to identify and verify the identity… Continue Reading
CalNonprofits Releases Report on Impact of California's Nonprofit SectorPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Public Charities, Religious Institutions, Revenue Generating Activities
On August 5, 2014, CalNonprofits, a statewide alliance of nearly 10,000 nonprofit organizations promoting the interests of California's nonprofit sector, released a report, Causes Count: The Economic Power of California's Nonprofit Sector, "the first report of its kind to examine the nonprofit sector's scope, activities and economic impact" in California. If you don't have time to… Continue Reading
Philanthropic Facilitation Act Encourages Program-Related InvestmentsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Social Enterprise
The Philanthropic Facilitation Act recently was introduced in the House of Representatives by co-sponsors Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Jared Polis (D-CO). The Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to create a voluntary review process by which the Internal Revenue Service would determine whether specific investments qualify as a private foundation program-related investment (PRI). Expedited approval… Continue Reading
California May Introduce Social Impact BondsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Social Enterprise
Social impact bonds ("SIBs"), sometimes referred to as "pay-for-success" financing, may arrive in California. A bill introduced in the legislature, SB9, would establish the Office of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development. The purpose of this governor's office would be "to establish partnerships with government agencies, private investors, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit service providers to facilitate the… Continue Reading
Foreign Public Charity Equivalence Repository Launched by Council on Foundations and TechSoupPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Public Charities
In the wake of new private foundation regulations, I had previously written about the concept of foreign public charity equivalence repositories. Our client TechSoup announced yesterday that their repository, built in collaboration with Council on Foundations, is now up and running. It is always exciting to see a client's hard work come to fruition.
Secretary Clinton Says Proposed Regulations "Clear the Way" for Equivalency RepositoriesPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, International Charitable Transactions & Operations, Private Foundations, Public Charities
Private foundations making grants directly to foreign organizations generally must use one of two grantmaking procedures―expenditure responsibility or foreign public charity equivalency ("FPCE" for short). In FPCE, a grantor makes a good faith determination, based on an affidavit of the grantee or on an opinion of counsel, that the foreign charity meets the basic 501(c)(3) public… Continue Reading
IRS Releases Proposed Regulations for Private FoundationsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, International Charitable Transactions & Operations, Private Foundations
The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have just released proposed regulations for private foundations. Here's a look at what they say. Expanding class of tax practitioners on whose opinions private foundations can rely for foreign public charity equivalency. Currently, private foundations wishing to make grants to non-U.S. charities generally have to exercise expenditure responsibility… Continue Reading
Social Enterprise―Innovating through Impactful PartnershipsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Social Enterprise
OK. I don't know what the title of my post means either, but that is actually my point! Social enterprise is an emerging and developing business approach, whether accomplished through a tax-exempt organization, a traditional for-profit entity, or one of the newer hybrid forms―L3Cs, Benefit Corporations, or Flexible Purpose Corporations. With new approaches necessarily comes new… Continue Reading
New Developments affecting Private Foundation Confirmation of Grantee Charity StatusPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Public Charities
As has been publicized recently, the IRS has a new web search tool, "Exempt Organizations Select Check." This tool allows users to search for organizations that are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (the Publication 78 data), as well as organizations that have been automatically revoked for non-filing (the "auto-revoke list"). This data is, among other… Continue Reading
New Guidance from the IRS on Program-Related InvestmentsPosted in Grantmaking & Social Investing, Private Foundations, Social Enterprise
Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations providing new guidance to private foundations regarding program-related investments. The regulations offer nine new examples illustrating a wide range of investments that can qualify as PRIs. These nine new examples illustrate certain general principles, such as the following: Charitable purposes that may be accomplished through a PRI are broad… Continue Reading

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BREAKING: Clinton is projected winner in Maryland Democratic primary https://t.co/lm1v7NNDJk #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/2tlSM5TDEG— Hardball (@hardball) April 27, 2016
Maryland official exit poll: Clinton 64% - Sanders 36%— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) April 27, 2016
Update: @HillaryClinton leads @BernieSanders in CT Dem primary: https://t.co/TR3aXAMx8O pic.twitter.com/fHsj2pdx6a— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 27, 2016
Official PA Exit poll: Clinton 55% - Sanders 45%— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) April 27, 2016
PA Dem exit— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) April 27, 2016
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JUST IN: @ABC News projects Hillary Clinton will win the Delaware Democratic primary https://t.co/3r0z88t7C3 pic.twitter.com/EOYmvFQ5ij— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 27, 2016
BREAKING: @CNN projects @realDonaldTrump wins Delaware GOP primary for a sweep of all five states today. Congrats to his campaign.— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) April 27, 2016
We did it, Delaware! pic.twitter.com/JmGcdkb1En— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 27, 2016
You don't see this kind of exit poll often for Clinton. Pennsylvania: pic.twitter.com/5XG3qPlAvl— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) April 27, 2016
We are ready to make another call. We are calling Connecticut for Clinton. Margin call to come for this one probably at 30% reporting.— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) April 27, 2016
UPDATE: The Rhode Island Democratic primary is still too early to call, but Bernie Sanders leads. More here: https://t.co/ljW8sfLlN8— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 27, 2016


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In search of my grandmother: Georgiana Louisa Eveleine Whiteley, i found her in the 1881 census living in Limehouse, London.
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Photos courtesy NASCAR Hall of Fame. Each year, a panel of NASCAR luminaries (including officials, retired drivers, track owners, and the current Monster Energy series champion), media, manufacturers' representatives and fans vote on candidates to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Fro ... Read more
Photos courtesy Motostalgia Auctions. Marty Robbins may be best known as the country singer who amassed 43 top-10 records over a career that spanned three decades, but in his heart, he was a race car driver. Blessed with a surprising amount of talent behind the wheel, his NASCAR Cup career included ... Read more
Oscar Davis's 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring spider. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy The Elegance at Hershey. Choosing a theme for a concours d'elegance event is hard enough, but choosing a single automobile to represent that theme is harder still. When The Elegance at Hershey organ ... Read more
Mario Andretti, in the Brawner Hawk at Indianapolis in 1965. Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Amelia Island, whose concours weekend runs March 11-13, is one of a handful of major car events to presents two best-of-show awards; one for a road car, and one for a competition car. So if you ... Read more
Ray Evernham. Photo courtesy The Elegance at Hershey. Ray Evernham may be best known to racing fans as Jeff Gordon's long-term crew chief, or for his role in leading Dodge back into NASCAR as a team owner in 2001, or even for his role as the star of Velocity's Americarna, a show created ... Read more
The restoration shop in Ray Evernham's garage. Photo by Jim Fluharty for NASCAR Illustrated. Though he sold his stake in a NASCAR Sprint Cup team back in 2010, Ray Evernham has no trouble keeping busy. These days, the former racer turned crew chief extraordinaire works part time for Hendrick ... Read more
Smiles like these are what it's all about. Ray Evernham, championship crew chief and former NASCAR team owner, rides along with Oilers Car Club member Travis "Tuki" Hess at the third-annual Race of Gentlemen. Photograph courtesy of Thomas Rowe. As editors of automotive publicatio ... Read more
There's a lovely town north of Charlotte, North Carolina, by the name of Davidson, right off the southern tip of Lake Norman. Great place to hold a car show. Lots of really unique stuff down there, which you can learn for yourself on Saturday, November 30, when the AmeriCarna LIVE car show ta ... Read more
Photos courtesy RKM Collector Car Auctions. Ray Evernham started out racing short-track cars in New Jersey, became a crew chief with the IROC series, headed south with a fuzz-faced Jeff Gordon and became a wrench-turning NASCAR legend. Along with bringing Dodge back into NASCAR with his own team, s ... Read more


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Janet Jackson Postpones Tour Indefinitely: I'm "Planning Our Family" And Need To "Rest Up" — WATCH VIDEO
Janet Jackson announced on Wednesday that she is postponing her "Unbreakable Tour" indefinitely. The singer revealed the news in a short video she posted to Twitter. Watch below.
In the clip, Jackson says, "Hey, you guys. On August 31, as you probably know, I launched the 'Unbreakable World Tour.' First, I just want to thank all the fans for coming out and seeing the show. Thank you so much. You guys made it so enjoyable for me each and every night. We're in the second leg of the tour, and there actually has been a sudden change. I thought it was important that you would be the first to know."
"My husband [Wissam Al Mana] and I are planning our family, so I'm going to have to delay the tour," she continued. "Please, if you can try and understand that it's important that I do this now, I have to rest up, doctor's orders. But I have not forgotten about you."
Jackson added, "I will continue the tour as soon as I possibly can. I want to thank the dancers, the band, my entire crew. You guys were so professional, so incredibly talented, so supportive and loving each and every night. Thank you so much. I can't wait for us to get started again." Jackson went on to thank Live Nation, as well as her fans for their "undying love" and "loyalty."
Despite the seeming implication and resulting speculation, there has not been confirmation that the star is pregnant. As Gossip Cop reported, Jackson previously postponed her tour last December for an undisclosed medical issue requiring surgery. In January, she denied she was suffering from cancer. Jackson was expected to resume touring in May. Gossip Cop will have updates.
UPDATE: In a statement released Thursday, April 8, Live Nation says, "The Janet Jackson 'Unbreakable' tour in North America will be postponed until 2017. New dates will be announced at a later time, and tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Refunds are also available at the point of purchase. Stay tuned to JanetJackson.com and LiveNation.com for further info."
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Back to (un)school
A thank you to Leah McLaren for informing me that my laissez-faire approach to parenting is actually called "unschooling" ('Unschooling' Is A Luxury For The Wealthy – Life & Arts, Aug. 29). Now I can pretend it's intentional and stop feeling so lazy.
Our local public school, where our five-year-old will be starting senior kindergarten this week, has been trumpeting the arrival of full-day kindergarten. We plan to have him attend for only part of the day.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have enough time for his "self-directed learning" – i.e. play (he's working on a dinosaur dictionary and I recently spotted a crayon drawing of the solar system lying around in the living room).
To paraphrase Mark Twain, I wouldn't want to let his schooling interfere with his education.
Tuula Talvila, Ottawa
It's a crime
Re Scant Scrutiny Of Crime Bills In Spotlight As Senate Studies Wrong One (Aug. 29): As we get our daily dose of news, we read/see/hear of many things to cause concern – ebola, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS etc. None of these has the close impact of something happening right here – our federal government running amok.
When the government sends the wrong bill to the Senate for review, and gives those drafting major criminal legislation a week to prepare complex wording, we really need to worry about the impact this incompetence is having right here at home. This despicable state of affairs deserves more media attention.
G. Wayne Brown, Nanaimo, B.C.
To borrow a phrase, it is a crime that over the past few years the politicians of this country have abdicated their responsibility to carefully scrutinize criminal legislation.
It seems that no one has the courage to stand up and meaningfully challenge proposed legislation that is dramatically changing our criminal justice system. Non-partisan experts are either not called to appear before committees or are ignored by them. Legislation is rushed through and too often rubber stamped.
The Fairness for Victims Act debacle could be a catalyst for a new, more careful and principled approach to proposed legislation that affects the cornerstones of democracy.
Is there someone in Ottawa who will rise to the challenge?
William Trudell, chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
The sending of the wrong version of the Fairness for Victims Act to the Senate only reaffirms my belief that we are being governed by a bunch of amateurs. It promotes tears, if not groans of disbelief.
Can we now expect to be entertained by yet another comedic performance by a misguided and uninformed backbencher on the sequel to the drama of the Voter Information Card?
Barry V. Fisher, Lethbridge, Alta.
Commit sociology
The Harper government has not shown any interest in truly working with aboriginal communities. If it did, it would have consulted widely and worked closely with them on a myriad of policies and programs that affect the day-to-day lives of aboriginal peoples (environmental legislation, education, social assistance reform, accountability measures etc.).
Instead, it has resorted to bully-politics, threatening to cut off the funding of those communities and organizations that don't fall in line with its agenda (something other groups – refugees, charities, environmentalists etc. – now know all too well).
Rather than blaming aboriginal communities, perhaps Gary Mason (Are Native Leaders Ready To Be Part Of The Solution – Aug. 29) and Jeffrey Simpson (You Can't Just Denounce Ottawa – Aug. 29) could examine how the federal government approaches, and is accountable for, aboriginal issues in Canada.
Or would that be committing too much sociology?
Isabella Tatar, Toronto
Not protectionism
It is important to clarify some misconceptions around the qualifications that Infrastructure Ontario looks for in the teams that want to bid for large, complex public projects we deliver, such as hospitals, courthouses, public transit and roads (Saskatchewan's Wall Threatens To Retaliate Over Ontario Protectionism – Aug. 27).
Among other things, we require that teams demonstrate local knowledge. Local knowledge is not Ontario ownership or control. It is a demonstrated understanding of critical project management expertise, such as municipal permitting, utilities, building codes, health and safety requirements and skilled trades. These things are clearly spelled out in our qualification materials and are critical ingredients to well-managed and delivered projects.
In the past two years, we've had teams qualified to bid on our projects with lead contractors from throughout Canada, the United States and other jurisdictions.
We have a reputation globally as one of the most open infrastructure programs anywhere. We go to great lengths to make sure that our projects enjoy the benefits of national and international best practices and expertise.
Ultimately, the winning team is the one that delivers to the public sector a high quality asset at a fixed price, where the risks of delivering the project are borne primarily by the private sector.
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Re Russian Incursion Opens New Front In Ukraine Conflict (Aug. 29): This latest display of aggression by Vladimir Putin simply shows that sanctions and words are having no effect.
Both Stephen Harper and John Baird have called him everything but a running dog (with apologies to the dog). This may play well for the Canadian Ukrainian vote, but obviously has no impact whatsoever on the Russians.
Let's show some courage and firepower: Withdraw our diplomatic presence in Moscow, send the Russian diplomats home, ban Canadian travel to Russia and abort any and all commercial relations. This may lead the way for other Western powers to finally do something meaningful.
Martin C. Pick, Cavan, Ont.
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Re Downtown Edmonton's $2.6-billion Gamble (Report on Business, Aug. 29): Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz says: "It is our hope that people from the north [in Alberta], instead of going to Las Vegas for the weekend, they'll decide to come into Edmonton. Stay at the hotel, go to an Oilers game, be at the casino, see some movies."
Right. And I hope that from November to March, there'll be no snow and the temperatures in Edmonton will be around 25 C – but I know they won't. After working outside in the oil fields in winter, I think a weekend in the warmth of Vegas will beat anything Mr. Katz can put up.
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SOUTH Australians can expect big cuts and increased taxes in a State Budget predicted to be brutal.
Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has even refused to rule out measures as extreme as closing hospitals, intimating that hospital beds and health care workers could go as the State Government passes on in full the Federal Government's health and education cuts.
He refused to detail what was "specifically in or out" of the Budget to be handed down on Thursday, June 19.
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"The Premier (Jay Weatherill) and I have said we are going to pass on those cuts in full. It is not for me before the Budget to tell you exactly how we are going to pass on the cuts Mr Abbott has made," Mr Koutsantonis said.
"Their (Federal Government) cuts to SA are coming. They have to explain why we are making them not us.
"These are their cuts, I don't want to make these cuts, I don't want to close hospital beds, I don't want to make tax increases. They are the ones that are doing this.
$5.5 billion out or health and education over the next 10 years — those cuts have consequences and the consequences are changes to services and increased taxes."
Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton condemned the State Government for shifting the blame, saying the State Government should guarantee no health cuts because they were getting more federal funding every year.
"Premier Weatherill and his Health Minister (Jack) Snelling are being deliberately deceptive," he said.
Health leaders have been left in the dark about the size and specifics of the cuts planned by the State Government, and doctors and nurses say they are gravely concerned.
Australian Medical Association state president Patricia Montanaro said the message from doctors was "don't get sick in South Australia".
She said hospital services and bed numbers were "too serious to be a political football", and that closing beds would only be a short-term option.
South Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Association president Dr Marc Agzarian said the doctors' fear was "driven from the unknown".
Dr Agzarian said hundreds of beds could not close without a big impact and that they hadn't heard anything about such plans from SA Health.
'I don't see anywhere where that could be done without causing a major disruption to service," he said.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation SA branch secretary Adjunct Associate Professor Elizabeth Dabars called on the State Government to "urgently clarify" whether hospital beds were safe from cuts.
Opposition health spokesman Rob Lucas said he thought it was unlikely the government would close in the order of hundreds of beds.
"Whatever happens in terms of the health budget, whether there are some bed closures or not, it is a tactic of state Labor to try and blame the Federal Government," he said.
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TREASURER Tom Koutsantonis has defended the $8 million cost of recruiting Martin Hamilton-Smith to the Labor ministry as a fair price, despite his warning to South Australians they will feel the brunt of a "challenging'' State Budget.
"I think that's a small price to pay to keep stability,'' Mr Koutsantonis said. "The cost of government and the cost of democracy is never cheap."
Mr Hamilton-Smith, who declared his defection wasn't about the money, also appears unlikely to make any personal sacrifices. He has refused to state whether he will turn down or donate to charity the extra $114,750 in salary.
The independently wealthy Waite MP, who sold his Mitcham mansion this year for $3.725 million, will receive a total salary of $267,750 as a minister and a major potential boost to his annual pension.
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Sir Raymond Carr is one of the world's leading authorities on the history of Spain. In Spain: A History, he and eight other leading scholarsincluding Sebastian Balfour and Felipe Fernandez-Armestoprovide an authoritative overview of a country that has played a vital role in the history of the Western world.
Here is an up-to-date and engaging tour of Spain through the ages. We read of prehistoric Spain and of the imposition of Roman rule, which created the idea of Hispania as a single entity. There are knowledgeable discussions of the Visigoth monarchy, Moorish Spain, the establishment of an empire, and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, all of which not only chart the political and economic development of Spain, but also examine the extraordinary artistic and literary achievements of the Spanish people. We read of the rise of liberalism in the nineteenth century, and of its fall, which ushered in a period of political instability culminating in the Civil War and authoritarian rule. The book concludes with a look at modern Spain as a fully integrated and enthusiastic member of the European community.
Attractively illustrated with eight pages of color plates and twenty-four black-and-white plates, Spain: A History is the best historical account of Spain currently available for general readers.
Potent yet palatable, this history of Spain is remarkably seamless--especially considering that it traces the development of a fractious society and that it is the creation of nine collaborating authors. The work's fluidity is both evidence of editor Carr's diligence and a manifestation of the authors' unity of purpose. Together and individually they dismiss the romantic notion that, to preserve traditional values, Spain has repeatedly resisted social change and intentionally sacrificed its own prosperity. Instead they propose that Spain's unique path toward integration with modern Europe has been the result of the perpetual clash of its diverse inhabitants and conquerors. Far from isolating itself from Europe, they argue, Spain grew in power by exploiting its ties to other European societies. The authors' shared thesis spans the centuries from Roman domination, to the Islamic invasion, to the tyranny of Franco, but their narrative styles and interests are by no means uniform. Carr (a former warden at St. Anthony's College at Oxford and author of Modern Spain, 1875-1980) displays what amounts to contempt for Spanish culture of the mid-19th century; Felipe Fern ndez-Armesto (professor of history, Oxford) combines effervescence with erudition in his discussion of the Spanish Golden Age; Sebastian Balfour (assistant director of Spanish studies, London School of Economics) employs the brevity demanded by the book's structure to heart-wrenching effect in his account of the Spanish Civil War. As era is layered upon era, the events of history become linked not only by a causal relationship, but by a creative one as well: this book suggests that the concept of Spain has evolved through the continuous and repeated reinterpretation of a rich and controversial past. 8 pages color and 70 b&w illus. not seen by PW. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|


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Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare - one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb.
In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant were failing at an unprecedented rate. The cause was a complete mystery - apparently as much to the technicians replacing the centrifuges as to the inspectors observing them.
Then, five months later, a seemingly unrelated event occurred: A computer security firm in Belarus was called in to troubleshoot some computers in Iran that were crashing and rebooting repeatedly.
At first, the firm's programmers believed the malicious code on the machines was a simple, routine piece of malware. But as they and other experts around the world investigated, they discovered a mysterious virus of unparalleled complexity.
They had, they soon learned, stumbled upon the world's first digital weapon. For Stuxnet, as it came to be known, was unlike any other virus or worm built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it escaped the digital realm to wreak actual, physical destruction on a nuclear facility.
In these pages, Wired journalist Kim Zetter draws on her extensive sources and expertise to tell the story behind Stuxnet's planning, execution, and discovery, covering its genesis in the corridors of Bush's White House and its unleashing on systems in Iran - and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a sabotage campaign years in the making.
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"Part detective story, part scary-brilliant treatise on the future of warfare… an ambitious, comprehensive, and engrossing book that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the threats that America - and the world - are sure to be facing over the coming years.""(Kevin Mitnick, New York Times best-selling author of Ghost in the Wires and The Art of Intrusion)
"Unpacks this complex issue with the panache of a spy thriller… even readers who can't tell a PLC from an iPad will learn much from Zetter's accessible, expertly crafted account." (Publishers Weekly)
"A true techno-whodunit [that] offers a sharp account of past mischief and a glimpse of things to come… Zetter writes lucidly about mind-numbingly technical matters, reveling in the geekery of malware and espionage, and she takes the narrative down some dark electronic corridors.... Governments, hackers, and parties unknown are launching ticking computer time bombs every day, all coming to a laptop near you." (Kirkus)
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This is an utterly engrossing true life tale of the coders who unraveled the where when's and how's of the Stuxnet virus. Part cyber detective story, part geopolitical thriller, Countdown to Zero Day deftly takes the listener through the efforts of a small group of private cybersecurity experts who stumbled upon the virus and through dogged effort began to unravel its components to discover its true purpose. Wisely, the author reveals this piecemeal, mirroring the experiences of the cyber sleuths as they slowly crack the multidimensional virus. There are no big or juicy revelations here - anyone who has followed Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons technology will have heard about Stuxnet and the alleged role the US and Israel played in it. Rather, Countdown intrigues in an All the President's Men sort of way - how intrepid doggedness on the part of ordinary people (substitute coders for reporter) can uncover the darkest and most hidden reaches of power.
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Zierlein mock draft 1.0: Browns get Garrett, Fournette
Note: The Vikings, who traded their first-round pick to the Eagles, have the same record and strength of schedule as the Colts, so there's a tie for the 14th pick. A coin flip at a later date will determine which team picks first.
Pick No.1DETexas A&MGarrett has an all-pro ceiling and combines elite traits with high-end football character. The Browns obviously need a quarterback, but they need great football players first and foremost, and Garrett has a chance to be special.
Pick No.2QBNorth CarolinaWhile he has only one season of high-end production, the tape shows a player with an NFL arm, throwing anticipation and poise. Trubisky might have the toughness to learn on the go as an early starter.
Pick No.3DEAlabamaIf Trubisky falls, the Bears would likely pounce, but Allen is a safe selection with a winning track record. He has been labeled a "tweener" by some, but the bottom line is that he's a productive rusher from anywhere along the line.
Pick No.4SLSUThe Jaguars have some promising young talent, but they looked undisciplined too often last year. Adams is the ultimate "sheriff" in this draft, with an ability to lead from the backend and in the locker room.
Pick No.5CBOhio St.The Titans need to tighten up their secondary and Lattimore is the premier cover man in this draft. He was a full-time starter for only one year, but he showed enough for scouts to believe he could develop into a lockdown corner.
Pick No.6DEMichiganCharlton is long and athletic and the perfect combination player as an edge rusher. He can stand up on early downs and put a hand in the ground when the Jets go to their sub-package.
Pick No.7SOhio St.With only one year of starting experience, Hooker is still fairly raw, but he is the ultimate ball-hawking safety in this draft and has an extremely high ceiling.
Pick No.8OTAlabamaRobinson at No. 8 would be way too early for my taste, but he has tremendous size and power as a run blocker, and the Panthers might feel they have to reach a bit to find help for Cam Newton.
Pick No.9LBAlabamaVontaze Burfict's volatility might make it tough for the Bengals to remain status quo at the position. Foster gives them a three-down linebacker who plays with tremendous speed and physicality.
Pick No.10QBClemsonWatson's draft stock is all over the place in NFL circles. The Bills could make Tyrod Taylor a cap casualty, saving them money and opening the door for Watson.
Pick No.11CBWashingtonThe Saints, who have had issues at the cornerback spot for quite a while, should be making the position a priority in this year's draft. With good length and tremendous ball skills, Jones could step in and start immediately.
Pick No.12RBLSUIf Fournette fell to this spot, the Browns might race their card to the podium. Teams don't typically build around running backs anymore, but Fournette has rare size and speed and the potential to carry an offense on his back.
Pick No.13WRClemsonReceiver was a strength for Arizona a year ago, but that's not the case now with the departure of Michael Floyd, the age of Larry Fitzgerald, and the health concerns with John Brown. Williams is a big ball-winner with WR1 potential.
Pick No.14OTWisconsinProjected trade to ColtsThis might seem a little early, but Ramczyk is the top tackle on my board. New GM Chris Ballard knows he has to start building along the offensive and defensive fronts.
Pick No.15CBAlabamaProjected trade to EaglesEveryone in Philadelphia knows the Eagles have to find a cornerback who can match up with the talented targets in the NFC East. Humphrey has some deep-ball coverage issues, but he's big, fast and physical.
Pick No.16DEUCLAMcKinley burst onto the scene last year with an ultra-productive season as a pass rusher. He's relentless in his pursuit of the quarterback and still has room for more growth as a player.
Pick No.17DEStanfordWashington would be lucky to get one of my favorite players in the draft in this spot. With his ability to reduce inside and rush the passer in sub-packages, the Redskins might be able to challenge the Cowboys' Great Wall 2.0.
Pick No.18TEAlabamaPerfect fit here as Howard has the speed and athleticism of a matchup tight end, but the ability to play in-line. He would be an effective safety-net target for Marcus Mariota.
Pick No.19DTMichigan St.McDowell has Pro Bowl potential, but there is some bust potential as well. He often played on the nose at MSU but can play anywhere along the defensive line.
Pick No.20OTUtahBolles would have been a perfect fit under the Gary Kubiak regime, but Vance Joseph and new offensive coordinator Mike McCoy would still be happy finding an athletic left tackle in this draft.
Pick No.21OLBAlabamaDetroit would love to find another pass rusher, and Williams offers the edge speed that could help the Lions immediately -- even as a third-down specialist.
Pick No.22LBTempleComing off an impressive showing at the Senior Bowl, Reddick is one of the most intriguing prospects in this draft. He has the athleticism to play in space on first and second down, and the talent to rush from the edge on third. Sounds exactly like something the Dolphins could use.
Pick No.23TEMiamiA freaky athlete, Njoku is a former high-school high-jump champion who should light it up at the NFL Scouting Combine. I'll leave him here for now, but I suspect he'll keep bouncing higher as the process plays out.
Pick No.24DTFloridaBrantley isn't the biggest or longest interior rusher out there, but he brings outstanding strength to the point of attack and has the potential to become a disruptive pass rusher in the future.
Pick No.25OGWestern KentuckyLamp showed up and had strong games against LSU in 2015 and Alabama in 2016. He played tackle at WKU, but could step in at guard and become a 10-year starter in the NFL.
Pick No.26SConnecticutSeattle is always looking for athletes and this guy is one of the elite ones in the 2017 draft. Melifonwu is still raw, but he could be drafted as Kam Chancellor's eventual replacement or even as a press-and-trail corner in the Seahawks' defense.
Pick No.27RBFlorida St.Cook is a really talented football player, but he could drop a little because running back just isn't a priority position like it used to be. Cook is eerily similar in playing style to Jamaal Charles.
Pick No.28DETennesseeDallas has taken shots at finding upper-echelon talent on the edge, but has missed for the most part. Barnett isn't as twitched-up as Randy Gregory, but he's strong, productive and consistent.
Pick No.29CBFloridaThe Packers have paid attention to cornerback in recent drafts, but we saw how much they lacked quality depth and consistency at that position in 2016.
Pick No.30WRWestern MichiganAntonio Brown is dominant, no doubt, but the Steelers could use a big, reliable target with the ability to catch the deep ball when it matters most.
Pick No.31SUtahLast year the Falcons added an enforcer in Keanu Neal to lock down their strong safety spot. This season they take a ball-hawking free safety with good range and great ball skills.
Pick No.32SMichiganProjected trade to PatriotsPeppers is being knocked by NFL executives for his lack of production, but his ability to play on defense, offense and as a return man might just make him the perfect fit for the Patriots.
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The only crazy thing here, is the visa matter. People just play according the stupid rules trying to get benefit.
Hahahahaha ... about a year ago, I found a article in China Daily about this ...
Q: had these parents think about the consequences, such as the trouble and cost to renew visas for a baby? The education cost because the kid is non Chinese?
my passport is for sale.. but not cheap :P
(continued) ... took me a while, but I finally found the two articles from CD ...
"I'm Chinese, but as far as the authorities are concerned, I'm a Canadian living in China and I have to keep leaving and renewing my visa," she complained. "I think it was a big mistake to give it up in the first place."
I wonder how many of these children of Chinese parents being born in the US will thank their mother and father for their citizenship in the years to come, when they have to keep leaving China to renew their papers because they are considered foreigners in their own country - all for the sake of gaining access to an education system that may well lag behind China's 20 years from now.
"and we pay the price for it with a lower standard of living for everyone."
Americans would be filthy and starving if it weren't for those illegal immigrants, @Scott. Be thankful that it's impossible for American agricultural workers to assert collective bargaining rights without tipping off the INS. Cheap illegal immigrant labor keeps the US economy afloat.
Actually I think you're better off checking out the situation in places like Immokalee Florida to see how American businesses take advantage of the situation, @Scott. And I resent being called a liberal; I'm a radical.
I'm not saying that I think the borders should be opened and all those here illegally should be given amnesty. But you need to recognize that the whole of America does in fact benefit from the exploitation of immigrant labor.
Your state was "purchased" from Mexico at gunpoint. Cry me a fucking river, gringo. Dry your tears with what's left of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
I'm gonna do what I always do: HEY HEY HEY HEY ARGUE ON THE INTERNET ERRYDAY
For starters, I support extending collective bargaining privileges to anyone who's paying taxes--and those dirty fucking spicks are paying more in taxes than General fucking Electric.
As it stands, U.S. agricultural workers are exempted from the protections offered by many federal labor laws. That exception was originally put into place early in the 20th century to protect farmers. But there are no American farmers anymore. Agribusinesses still take advantage of this while sucking at the government's swollen and bulbous subsidy-teats. All this while using obedient illegal immigrant wage slaves.
I'm not too sure what to make of your China comments. Stop conflating other nations' peoples with other nations' ruling elites, dude. Not all governments are by the people, for the people, y'know?
All of them built castles? Seriously, Scott? Hurray for development journalism.
What do you mean fairly import labor? You mean allowing like allowing people to cross national borders to meet labor demands in other areas?
'Cuz I was thinking more along the lines of just extending federal minimum wage laws to apply to farm workers, so perhaps American citizens might be able to do those jobs again. But hey, post-national anarchy sounds nice, too.
If not all, then what? Many? Some? One or fucking two? So the descendents of some snakeheads who helped swindle their countrymen into hopping on a boat to 'Murrikah own fucking yachts in Hong Kong. Sounds like it's even-steven to me. Look at these pretty photos of the mansions! Bling bling, chinamen! You're on top of the world now!
And that begs the question: So how is that any different from any other time in history when a limited number of Chinese people have gotten rich from the work of many Chinese people through collusion with Westerners?


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The National Opera in Riga that houses both the Riga Ballet and the Riga Opera was one of the first major buildings that were completely renovated when Riga and Latvia reclaimed its independence in 1991. This was very important to the Latvian people, who hold the National Opera house as the home of Riga's cultural scene. The house itself is once again, one of Europe's finest, pleasingly ornate and invitingly cozy, perfect for a luxury evening break at the opera or ballet. The National Opera house has an allure, which operatic and ballet enthusiasts can't resist. The exterior is reminiscent of Moscow's Bolshoi theatre and the interior design continues in the same imperial & extravagant way.
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Application Services
Application Services are used to expose domain logic to the presentation layer. An Application Service is called from presentation layer with a DTO (Data Transfer Object) as parameter, uses domain objects to perform some specific business logic and returns a DTO back to the presentation layer. Thus, Presentation layer is completely isolated from Domain layer. In an ideally layered application, presentation layer never directly works with domain objects.
IApplicationService Interface
In ASP.NET Boilerplate, an application service should implement IApplicationService interface. It's good to create an interface for each Application Service. So, we first define an interface for an application service as shown below:
public interface IPersonAppService : IApplicationService
void CreatePerson(CreatePersonInput input);
IPersonAppService has only one method. It's used by presentation layer to create a new person. CreatePersonInput is a DTO object as shown below:
public class CreatePersonInput
public string Name { get; set; }
public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
Then we can implement the IPersonAppService:
public class PersonAppService : IPersonAppService
private readonly IRepository<Person> _personRepository;
public PersonAppService(IRepository<Person> personRepository)
_personRepository = personRepository;
public void CreatePerson(CreatePersonInput input)
var person = _personRepository.FirstOrDefault(p => p.EmailAddress == input.EmailAddress);
if (person != null)
throw new UserFriendlyException("There is already a person with given email address");
person = new Person { Name = input.Name, EmailAddress = input.EmailAddress };
There are some important points here:
- PersonAppService uses IRepository<Person> to perform database operations. It uses constructor injection pattern. We're using dependency injection here.
- PersonAppService implements IApplicationService (since IPersonAppService extends IApplicationService), it's automatically registered to Dependency Injection system by ASP.NET Boilerplate and can be injected and used by other classes. Naming convention is important here. See dependency injection document for more.
- CreatePerson method gets CreatePersonInput. It's an input DTO and automatically validated by ASP.NET Boilerplate. See DTO and validation documents for details.
ApplicationService Class
An application service should implement IApplicationService interface as declared above. Also, optionally, can be derived from ApplicationService base class. Thus, IApplicationService is inherently implemented. Also, ApplicationService class has some base functionality that makes easy to logging, localization and so on... It's suggested to create a special base class for your application services that extends ApplicationService class. Thus, you can add some common functionality for all your application services. A sample application service class is shown below:
public class TaskAppService : ApplicationService, ITaskAppService
public TaskAppService()
LocalizationSourceName = "SimpleTaskSystem";
public void CreateTask(CreateTaskInput input)
//Write some logs (Logger is defined in ApplicationService class)
Logger.Info("Creating a new task with description: " + input.Description);
//Get a localized text (L is a shortcut for LocalizationHelper.GetString(...), defined in ApplicationService class)
var text = L("SampleLocalizableTextKey");
//TODO: Add new task to database...
You can have a base class which defines LocalizationSourceName in it's constructor. Thus, you do not repeat it for all service classes. See logging and localization documents for more informations on this topics.
CrudAppService and AsyncCrudAppService Classes
If you need to create an application service that will have Create, Update, Delete, Get, GetAll methods for a specific entity, you can inherit from CrudAppService (or AsyncCrudAppService if you want to create async methods) class to create it easier. CrudAppService base class is generic which gets related Entity and DTO types as generic arguments and is extensible which allows you to override functionality when you need to customize it.
Simple CRUD Application Service Example
Assume that we have a Task entity defined below:
public class Task : Entity, IHasCreationTime
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public DateTime CreationTime { get; set; }
public TaskState State { get; set; }
public Person AssignedPerson { get; set; }
public Guid? AssignedPersonId { get; set; }
public Task()
CreationTime = Clock.Now;
State = TaskState.Open;
And we created a DTO for this entity:
public class TaskDto : EntityDto, IHasCreationTime
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public DateTime CreationTime { get; set; }
public TaskState State { get; set; }
public Guid? AssignedPersonId { get; set; }
public string AssignedPersonName { get; set; }
AutoMap attribute creates auto mapping configuration between entity and dto. Now, we can create an application service as shown below:
public class TaskAppService : AsyncCrudAppService<Task, TaskDto>
public TaskAppService(IRepository<Task> repository)
: base(repository)
We injected the repository and passed it to the base class (We could inherit from CrudAppService if we want to create sync methods instead of async methods). That's all! TaskAppService now have simple CRUD methods. If you want to define an interface for the application service, you can create your interface as shown below:
public interface ITaskAppService : IAsyncCrudAppService<TaskDto>
Notice that IAsyncCrudAppService does not get the entity (Task) as generic argument. Because, entity is related to implementation and should not be included in public interface. Now, we can implement ITaskAppService interface for the TaskAppService class:
public class TaskAppService : AsyncCrudAppService<Task, TaskDto>, ITaskAppService
public TaskAppService(IRepository<Task> repository)
: base(repository)
Customize CRUD Application Services
Getting List
Crud application service gets PagedAndSortedResultRequestDto as argument for GetAll method as default, which provides optional sorting and paging parameters. But you may want to add another parameters for GetAll method. For example, you may want to add some custom filters. In that case, you can create a DTO for GetAll method. Example:
public class GetAllTasksInput : PagedAndSortedResultRequestDto
public TaskState? State { get; set; }
We inherit from PagedAndSortedResultRequestInput (which is not required, but wanted to use paging & sorting parameters form the base class) and added an optional State property to filter tasks by state. Now, we should change TaskAppService in order to apply the custom filter:
public class TaskAppService : AsyncCrudAppService<Task, TaskDto, int, GetAllTasksInput>
public TaskAppService(IRepository<Task> repository)
: base(repository)
protected override IQueryable<Task> CreateFilteredQuery(GetAllTasksInput input)
return base.CreateFilteredQuery(input)
.WhereIf(input.State.HasValue, t => t.State == input.State.Value);
First, we added GetAllTasksInput as 4th generic parameter to AsyncCrudAppService class (3rd one is PK type of the entity). Then overrided CreateFilteredQuery method to apply custom filters. This method is an extension point for AsyncCrudAppService class (WhereIf is an extension method of ABP to simplify conditional filtering. But actually what we do is to simply filter an IQueryable).
Note that: If you have created application service interface, you need to add same generic arguments to that interface too.
Create and Update
Notice that we are using same DTO (TaskDto) for getting, creating and updating tasks which may not be good for real life applications. So, we may want to customize create and update DTOs. Let's start by creating a CreateTaskInput class:
public class CreateTaskInput
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public Guid? AssignedPersonId { get; set; }
And create an UpdateTaskInput DTO:
public class UpdateTaskInput : CreateTaskInput, IEntityDto
public int Id { get; set; }
public TaskState State { get; set; }
I wanted to inherit from CreateTaskInput to include all properties for Update operation (but you may want different). Implementing IEntity (or IEntity<PrimaryKey> for different PK than int) is required here, because we need to know which entity is being updated. Lastly, I added an additional property, State, which is not in CreateTaskInput.
Now, we can use these DTO classes as generic arguments for AsyncCrudAppService class, as shown below:
public class TaskAppService : AsyncCrudAppService<Task, TaskDto, int, GetAllTasksInput, CreateTaskInput, UpdateTaskInput>
public TaskAppService(IRepository<Task> repository)
: base(repository)
protected override IQueryable<Task> CreateFilteredQuery(GetAllTasksInput input)
return base.CreateFilteredQuery(input)
.WhereIf(input.State.HasValue, t => t.State == input.State.Value);
No need to an additional code change.
Other Method Arguments
AsyncCrudAppService can get more generic arguments if you want to customize input DTOs for Get and Delete methods. Also, all methods of the base class is virtual, so you can override them to customize the behaviour.
CRUD Permissions
You probably need to authorize your CRUD methods. There are pre-defined permission properties you can set: GetPermissionName, GetAllPermissionName, CreatePermissionName, UpdatePermissionName and DeletePermissionName. Base CRUD class automatically checks permissions if you set them. You can set it in the constructor as shown below:
public class TaskAppService : AsyncCrudAppService<Task, TaskDto>
public TaskAppService(IRepository<Task> repository)
: base(repository)
CreatePermissionName = "MyTaskCreationPermission";
Alternatively, you can override appropriate permission checker methods to manually check permissions: CheckGetPermission(), CheckGetAllPermission(), CheckCreatePermission(), CheckUpdatePermission(), CheckDeletePermission(). As default, they all calls CheckPermission(...) method with related permission name which simply calls IPermissionChecker.Authorize(...) method.
Unit of Work
An application service method is a unit of work by default in ASP.NET Boilerplate. Thus, any application service method is transactional and automatically saves all database changes at the end of the method.
See unit of work documentation for more.
Lifetime of an Application Service
All application service instances are Transient. It means, they are instantiated per usage. See Dependency Injection documentation for more information.


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The new Apple TV connects to wireless headphones
There's a new model of the Apple TV coming out very soon and it seems the box will be able to connect directly to your bluetooth headset
The new Apple TV is bringing a host of changes including a faster processor, fancy remote control with integrated motion sensors and mic and the ability to play games. And it also has plenty of other features which haven't been announced yet.
One was just revealed by a reviewer who got hands on with their model early. It seems the Bluetooth support on the new box will allow you to easily connect a pair of headphones for streaming audio. That's a great addition for those who want to be able to experience big screen visuals with more subtle sounds - like when a significant other has passed out into early slumber on a shared couch and you just want to watch a bit more Netflix.
This is just one little extra that Apple didn't even feel the need to shout about, but it will definitely be an adavantage for those who already have some Bluetooth enabled wireless speakers around the house.
The new Apple TV is coming out at the end of October 2015.


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Last Week: 1
Kyle BuschBusch may have racked up enough frequent flyer miles to send you and your family around the world these last few weeks, but it's clear racing three times on a weekend appears to be taking its toll. In the past two weeks, Busch has flown to Texas, Nashville, Kentucky, and back to Cup races in Pennsylvania and Michigan, respectively. But Busch is 0-for-6 in the win column during that time, and after crashing out at Kentucky and following that up with a ho-hum 13th place finish in the Cup race Sunday, the 23-year-old announced this week he's backing off from plans to go after the Nationwide Series championship. After two bad weeks, his point lead in Cup is down to just 32 over Jeff Burton.
Last Week: 4
Dale Earnhardt Jr.The big on-track story this week continues to be Junior's 76-race winless streak coming to a close on Father's Day, another poignant reminder about the legend we lost (Dale Sr.) as much as his son's success. But it's the way Junior ended this streak that's important moving forward. The much-maligned relationship between he and crew chief Tony Eury, Jr. was aided by Eury's call to leave the No. 88 out on fuel mileage, and if it wasn't for them working together on that, there's no way the car would have made it to Victory Lane. That should help the two put aside their differences, although one question remains: was Junior in violation of rule 10-4-D in the rule book by passing the pace car not once, but several times in his mission to save as much fuel as possible during that final caution?
Last Week: 2
Jeff BurtonOne of Burton's biggest hurdles in going after his first Cup championship was cleared Wednesday, when Caterpillar announced they'll become his primary sponsor in 2009 and beyond. Now, the veteran won't have to face a Fall full of distractions as to who will replace outgoing financial backer AT&T, and can simply focus on getting his team in line and upping the consistency they've shown in recent weeks. That took a small hit with a 15th place run at Michigan, but Burton can still claim he's finished all but one lap of every race this season.
Last Week: 5
Kasey KahneThe red paint scheme on his No. 9 Budweiser car is fully representative of Kahne's red-hot run through the Cup circuit over the past month. Coming home second behind Dale Earnhardt, Jr. at Michigan, Kahne's fuel mileage held up to give him three finishes of second or better in his last four races. Tied for 13th in points before the streak began, Kahne's now 135 points ahead of the Chase cutoff and up to seventh, the only Dodge with a realistic shot of contending for the season title.
Last Week: 3
Carl EdwardsAt this time last year, Edwards ended a 52-race winless streak by taking home the victory in the Irish Hills of Michigan. This time around didn't go as well -- Edwards finished seventh in the race - but his sixth consecutive Top 10 finish showed how far the team has come in the last 12 months. Now 4th in the standings, Edwards remains the top Ford in the Roush Fenway stable heading into a race that reveals his biggest weakness: road course racing. "We recently tested Road Atlanta to get in some practice on a road course and I think it has helped," said Edwards as he looks to better his 21st place average finish at Infineon. "I don't come from that kind of racing background, but getting a few races under our belts has helped a lot."
Last Week: 5
Jimmie JohnsonIt's rare that crew chief Chad Knaus has stood in the way of Johnson's success, but for the second straight week, one of his gambles kept the No. 48 from a solid finish. During a Lap 147 caution, Knaus kept his car off pit road in order to gain track position; but in the long green flag run that followed, Johnson had to pit earlier than the rest of the field and slumped to a sixth place finish. "This track always does something weird at the end and we do the opposite," said Johnson after the race. "It's just the way it works out." However, leading a race-high 65 laps has to be a promising sign for a team that's gotten to Victory Lane just once so far in 2008.
Last Week: 9
Matt KensethKenseth stepped it up a notch at Michigan, leading 41 laps and coming home 3rd for his best finish of 2008. The car had the speed to win, but as Kenseth would tell you himself, it was pit road that continues to be the problem for both him and the rest of the Roush Fenway organization. "I thought we just kind of got beat on the pit deal again," said Kenseth after watching Kahne and Junior finish ahead of him on fuel strategy. "[But] we had an official in front of our car when we did two and that cost us two spots leaving the pits, and that really hurt us. Then, we had a little miscue on our two-tire stop and that hurt us a little bit, too. Just didn't quite work out." On the bright side, Kenseth is now just 14 points from reentering the top 12 in points.
Last Week: NR
Brian VickersVickers was also none too happy about his fourth-place run after the race at Michigan. In his mind, it was a scoring error that cost him a chance to win; having passed Mark Martin before the caution came out, NASCAR disagreed and put him back behind the No. 8 for the green/white/checkered finish. The extra time needed to pass the slower car of Martin left Vickers too far back to challenge Junior and the Top 3, and he was forced to settle for a second consecutive top-5 finish. To NASCAR's credit, they apologized for the error and admitted their mistake to Vickers the day after -- but by that point, it was far too late.
Last Week: 7
Greg BiffleA writing buddy of mine joked around this week that Biffle would be the No. 1 driver at Roush this season if he never needed things like an engine, tires, or fuel. Mechanical failures and pit road miscues have continued to haunt the team all season long, and Michigan was no exception -- a pass through penalty for running over an air hose left Biffle 20th with a car capable of running up front. "The tire changer got his air hose hung up, I think," he said after the race. "We would've been fourth or fifth." That leaves Biffle eighth in points despite being the third or fourth-best car on the race track for the last six weeks.
Last Week: NR
David RaganIf the last few races are any indication, Ragan's preparing for a summer's worth of anxiety. For the past month or so, the sophomore driver's been either occupying the 12th and final slot in the Chase standings or sitting just outside the cut in 13th. On Sunday, he had the type of finish that should have gotten him over the hump -- Ragan had his first top 10 since Mother's Day, an eighth-place run -- but that was only enough to move him to within 10 points of the top 12. "We just kind of hung out all day," said Ragan, who may need to hang out in Victory Lane once in these next eleven weeks in order for him to leapfrog the one spot he needs to make the Chase.
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