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Calling it "an important step" toward ridding the world of chemical weapons, President Obama on Saturday praised an agreement between the U.S. and Russia that will, in theory, result in Syria relinquishing its toxic arsenal.
But the deal doesn't mean the U.S. is backing down from its threat of military force.
"There are consequences should the Assad regime not comply with the framework agreed today. And if diplomacy fails, the United States remains prepared to act," Mr. Obama said in a statement shortly after the deal was unveiled.
SEE ALSO: Obama: Syria weapons deal must be 'enforceable'
The agreement was announced in Geneva by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who have been meeting for the past three days in an attempt to reach consensus on how best to proceed in Syria.
The U.S. and many other nations allege that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions, the most recent attack coming on Aug. 21 near Damascus.
While Russia disputes that assertion, it has agreed that Syria must give up its chemical weapons and submit to international inspections.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Assad regime must offer a full accounting of its chemical stockpile in the next seven days.
"The United States and the Russian Federation expect Syria to submit, within a week, a comprehensive listing, including names, types and quantities of its chemical weapons agents, types of munitions, and location and form of storage, production and research and development facilities," the State Department said in a statement announcing the agreement.
The ultimate goal is the "removal and destruction" of all chemical weapons in the first half of 2014, according to the State Department.
But the White House has continued to express skepticism not only toward the Assad government, but also toward Russia.
In his weekly radio and internet address, Mr. Obama said the deal can't be a "stalling tactic" by Syria and Russia, longtime allies.
"Any agreement needs to verify that the Assad regime and Russia are keeping their commitments," Mr. Obama said.
For now, the deal appears to have staved off military action by the U.S. Mr. Obama is keeping the threat of force on the table, but earlier this week told Congress to delay votes on authorizing strikes against the Assad government.
In light of Saturday's agreement, those votes likely will be on hold indefinitely.


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A world champion with unrealized potential: the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. Photos courtesy Daimler AG.
Had things gone as planned, Mercedes-Benz would have introduced its 300 SLR during the 1954 season; instead, the silver sports racer wouldn't make its debut appearance until the third race of the 1955 season, the Mille Miglia. There, Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson, behind the wheel of 300 SLR chassis 0004/55, would deliver an unforgettable victory for Mercedes-Benz, setting the stage for World Sportscar Championship domination by the German squad in a season forever marred by the tragedy at Le Mans.
Designed by fabled Mercedes-Benz engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the 300 SLR borrowed the best designs from both the 1954 championship-winning W196 R F1 car and the 1952 300 SL sports car. The 300 SLR's steel tube frame, for example, was derived from the one used in the 300 SL, reinforced to meet the demands of sports car endurance racing. In completed form, the 300 SLR's frame weighed just under 149 pounds, thanks to the use of thin-wall tubing measuring 25mm (0.98 inches) in diameter but just 1mm (0.04 inches) in wall thickness.
Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson at the 1955 Mille Miglia.
The 300 SLR's suspension incorporated double wishbones up front and a swing axle in the rear, and was borrowed nearly intact from the W196 R grand prix car, which had captured four victories in six races during the 1954 season. Wide drum brakes were chosen over discs, and were mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight. Brake fade was still a problem for endurance races at high-speed circuits (such as the Circuit de la Sarthe), so the 300 SLRs prepared for Le Mans were equipped with an innovative air brake that increased drag when activated by the driver. As Sterling Moss observed, the downforce delivered by the retracting air brake also improved traction exiting the corner, allowing a driver to get on the throttle sooner.
The 300 SLR's inline eight-cylinder engine was based upon the 2.5-liter unit used in the W196 R, but bored by two millimeters and stroked by 9.2 millimeters to produce a displacement of 3.0-liters (or, more precisely, 2,982cc) for World Sportscar Championship competition. Unlike the W196 R, which used a steel engine, the 300 SLR used an engine cast from a high-strength aluminum alloy called silumin, resulting in an assembled weight of just 517 pounds. Mechanical fuel injection guaranteed precise metering of the fuel, which generally consisted of 75 percent gasoline, 15 percent methanol and 10 percent benzene. Finally, to ensure reliability at sustained high engine speeds, desmodromic valves were used instead of spring-closed valves.
The air brake used at Le Mans in 1955.
Power output varied from 296 to 310 horsepower, depending upon the track and the engine's state of tune. For optimized weight distribution, the engine was mounted just behind the front axle, making the 300 SLR a front mid-engined car (and requiring the driver to straddle the clutch tunnel, as in the W196 R). To lower the 300 SLR's center of gravity as much as possible, the engine was canted to the right, even more so than in the W196 R.
The body of the 300 SLR was made from Elektron, a magnesium alloy even lighter than aluminum, and its shape was similar to the streamliner bodies used by the W196 R at select high-speed Grand Prix events in 1954. The use of Elektron in the bodies was a fact unknown to the Le Mans fire crews responding to Pierre Levegh's crash, and the subsequent use of water to extinguish the burning car only made matters worse. The crash would claim the lives of Levegh and over 80 spectators, prompting Mercedes-Benz to withdraw from the race and from motorsports entirely, for three decades, at the end of the 1955 season.
Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson at the 1955 Mille Miglia.
Before the tragedy at Le Mans came the 300 SLR's stunning debut at the 1955 Mille Miglia. There, Mercedes-Benz entered 300 SLRs for Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson; reigning F1 World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio; Karl Kling; and Hans Herrmann and Hermann Eger. At the start of the 990-mile race, Mercedes-Benz team manager Alfred Neubauer said of the event, "It will be a race of records." Stirling Moss, making his debut with the Mercedes-Benz team, took that one step further, proclaiming simply, "I'll win."
And win he did, finishing the Mille Miglia in a still-record average of 97.96 MPH, thanks in part to the navigation skills of Jenkinson, who relied upon an innovative rolling paper map to navigate the course. The duo's closest competitor was teammate Fangio, who battled through mechanical troubles to finish just over half an hour behind the lead 300 SLR. The next closest competitor, a Ferrari 118 LM Scaglietti driven by Scuderia Ferrari's Umberto Maglioli and Luciano Monteferrario, wouldn't cross the finish line for over another 13 minutes.
Chassis 0004/55 would enjoy continued success throughout the 1955 World Sportscar Championship season. At the Eifelrennen Nürburgring, the car's next outing, Moss would drive the 300 SLR to a second-place finish, following teammate Fangio (driving 0003/55) across the line. Karl Kling and André Simon were slated to drive 0004/55 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, but the car was withdrawn following Pierre Levegh's fatal crash. In July, at the Grand Prix of Sweden, Moss would deliver another second-place finish, while Fangio claimed the victory for Mercedes. Chassis 004/55 would close out the 1955 season (and, sadly, its career) with victories at the Dundrod Tourist Trophy and at the Targa Florio. Moss was instrumental in both wins, pairing with American John Fitch at Dundrod and with Peter Collins at the Targa Florio.
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR soundly trounced its competition, capturing the championship despite its participation in just three of the season's six races. Could the 300 SLR have dominated racing in 1956, had Mercedes-Benz not withdrawn from racing entirely? Perhaps, but instead we can remember the 300 SLR as virtually unbeatable in the hands of racing immortals like Moss and Fangio, for one glorious season.
Sir Stirling Moss and the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR will both be on hand at Lime Rock Park this Labor Day weekend, for Lime Rock Historic Festival 33 (which makes the perfect bookend to Musclepalooza XXII, also taking place Labor Day weekend at the Lebanon Valley Dragway). For details on Historic Festival 33, visit LimeRockHistorics.com.
Sir Stirling Moss's last-raced car, a 1961 Porsche RS61, heads to auction
1961 Porsche RS61. Photos courtesy of Bonhams.
Sir Stirling Moss has a passion for the Porsche RS60/61, calling them, "Just super cars – beautifully balanced and simply tailor-made for such races as the mighty Targa Florio."
In 2010, despite suffering severe injuries in a three-story fall down an elevator shaft just days before, Sir Stirling, via a proxy bidder, engaged in a mighty duel to acquire the 1961 Porsche RS61 Spyder carrying chassis number 718-070. Emerging victorious, Sir Stirling paid $1.705 million to acquire the Spyder, which became the last car the legendary driver ran in competition.
Next month, Sir Stirling's RS61 will cross the auction stage again, as part of Bonhams's Goodwood Festival of Speed sale.
Porsche's RS61 was a variant of the Porsche 718 series, and the evolution of the successful RS 60, which had posted wins at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring and at the Targa Florio. In fact, Porsche 718s had claimed victories or podiums at the Targa Florio in 1958 and 1959 as well, so when Sir Stirling Moss teamed with Graham Hill to run the 1961 event in an RS60, the expectation was that the duo would produce another win.
To reduce the amount of shifting required and lessen the strain on the engine and gearbox, Porsche's engineers changed the engine from the normal 1.7-liter air-cooled flat-four to a 2.0-liter air-cooled flat-four, which seemed to be the correct call in the early stages of the race.
With one 44-mile lap of the island of Sicily remaining, Sir Stirling had amassed a 65-second lead over the second-place car and was on target for a new lap record. Then, less than five miles from the finish line, the car's transmission let go, taking the team and the RS60 out of contention for the win. Despite the disappointment, Sir Stirling long wanted an RS60/61 of his own, but decades would pass before he'd acquire one.
Chassis 718-070 was never raced in such exotic locales, but did enjoy considerable success at the hands of drivers like Bob Holbert, "Gentleman Tom" Payne (so nicknamed for his penchant for driving in sport jackets) and Millard Ripley, racking up 12 wins and 20 podiums in SCCA competition.
Despite its intense competition history through the 1963 season, 718-070 retained its original bodywork at the time of sale to Sir Stirling, though this would not be the case for much longer.
At the 2010 Monterey Historics, while on the pace lap, Sir Stirling suffered a rather ironic gearbox failure in 718-070, but was able to get the car into the grass. There, he was collected by another competitor in a Lotus, causing significant front end damage to the Porsche.
Though his weekend ended early, Sir Stirling vowed to have the car repaired and be back on track the following year, a promise he kept at the 2011 Le Mans Legend, a vintage support race for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The legendary driver ran his Spyder in the qualifying session, but announced his retirement from motor racing the day prior to the race itself.
Chassis 718-070, then, is the last car that Sir Stirling ever drove in competition.
As offered for sale, chassis 718-070 has been mechanically and cosmetically rebuilt by marque expert Andy Prill and Prill Porsche Classics in Hallstead, Essex, England, and comes complete with a period-correct four-cam, 1.7-liter air-cooled flat-four engine, rated at approximately 180 horsepower.
Porsche built just 14 examples of the RS61, making them particularly desirable among Porsche collectors. In January of 2014, RM Sotheby's sold an RS61 with a lesser racing pedigree for $2.75 million; given 718-070's more impressive record, and its close association with one of the greatest drivers in motor racing history, Bonhams is predicting a selling price between $2.6 and $3.1 million when the car crosses the stage at Goodwood.
For more information on the Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, visit Bonhams.com.
UPDATE (26.June 2015): The Spyder sold for £1,905,500, or about $2,996,688.
Sir Stirling Moss and his cars coming to Lime Rock
Sir Stirling Moss, at the 2011 Goodwood Revival. Photos courtesy Daimler Media.
It was one of the most immortal drives in racing history, and the car and champion who combined to achieve it will be reunited at Connecticut's historic Lime Rock Park during its 33rd annual Historic Festival over Labor Day weekend. The champion is Sir Stirling Moss, and the car is number 722, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR that Sir Stirling shared with the journalist Denis Jenkinson during the 1955 running of the Mille Miglia. Their winning drive is considered one of the greatest moments in sports car history.
Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in the 300 SLR at the 1955 Mille Miglia.
The 300 SLR will be displayed from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz factory, as will a second car, a W196 Grand Prix car of the same type that Juan Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling used to finish one-two in the Formula 1 championship standings, also in 1955. The cars will be driven around Lime Rock by Sir Stirling and by Jochen Mass, the official driver for Mercedes-Benz Classic, who won Le Mans in 1989 aboard a Sauber-Mercedes C9, on his way to becoming the winningest driver in Group C history.
The Historic Festival will run from September 3 through 7, and more details can be found at LimeRock.com. If you want to roar some more, it's not far from Lime Rock to Hemmings Motor News' semi-annual Musclepalooza extravaganza at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, New York, which takes place on the Sunday of that same weekend. Stop by!
Sir Stirling Moss is the star at Amelia Island 2015
Sir Stirling Moss. Photos courtesy Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.
Among the other automotive anniversaries that will be marked in 2015 is the 60th anniversary of Sir Stirling Moss' towering, record-shattering victory for Mercedes-Benz in the 1955 running of the Mille Miglia, in partnership with the late motoring journalist Denis Jenkinson. That has prompted the organizers of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance to reprise their inaugural event by bringing Sir Stirling back next year as honoree during the event's 20th anniversary, scheduled to take place next March 13-15.
Moss and Jenkinson behind the wheel of the Mercedes W196 300SLR at the 1955 Mille Miglia.
Moss smiles after winning the 1960 Cuban Grand Prix in a Maserati Tipo 61.
Sir Stirling is widely known as not just a British knight of the realm but also as a patriot, who preferred to run cars from his homeland in Grand Prix racing. His honor as a sporting gentleman was cemented forever in 1958, when he publicly lobbied for Mike Hawthorn to avoid a minor penalty, thereby assuring that Hawthorn won the World Driving Championship that year despite Hawthorn's single win as opposed to Sir Stirling's four. The former equestrian star is thus considered the greatest, most heroic driver to have never won a Formula 1 championship.
A young Stirling Moss poses with the OSCA he drove to victory at Sebring in 1954.
He did battle with Fangio, Collins, Hawthorn, Hill and other greats before a harrowing accident at Goodwood in 1962 that largely ended his Grand Prix career. Since then, Sir Stirling has been a beloved ambassador of the sport; a survivor of its most deadly era. One of the world's truly great car events, Amelia Island takes place in northeast Florida at the famed namesake Ritz-Carlton resort, typically drawing more than 300 premium road and race cars. In 2015, that lineup will include a 20-car class of cars that Sir Stirling personally raced. For more information, visit AmeliaConcours.org.
Stirling Moss conquers Bonneville, 1957
The MG EX181 at speed. Still image from video.
Sir Stirling Moss is most often associated with sports car and Formula One racing, but the English driver, considered by many to be the best of his day, also held a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, courtesy of automaker MG. British Pathe documented the development of MG's EX181 streamliner, as well as Moss's 1957 attempt at the record, in this surprisingly comprehensive three and a half minute video.
Following the same adage of "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" embraced by U.S. automakers, MG executives realized that holding a land speed record would be beneficial to sales of its cars worldwide. Focusing on the Class F record for engines between 1,100 cc and 1,500 cc, then standing at 203 MPH, MG began development of a mid-engine streamliner called the EX181 in 1956. Its teardrop-shaped aluminum body boasted a minimal frontal area, requiring the driver to assume a semi-reclining position to pilot the car. No thought was given to safety, as a mere two inches of dead space existed between the car's nose and the driver's feet, but MG calculated the car's slippery shape would allow it to top four miles per minute (240 MPH) at Bonneville.
Power came from a supercharged 1,500-cc twin-cam engine, fueled by a noxious mixture of methanol, nitrobenzene and sulfuric ether, but its 290-horsepower output was impressive by any measure. In August of 1957, the team headed across the Atlantic to begin practice and testing at Bonneville, and the American driver referred to in the film was none other than Phil Hill. Hill reportedly struggled with fumes in the cockpit at throttle lift off, but details like potential asphyxiation failed to deter Moss from his record attempt.
Stirling Moss in the cockpit of the EX181. Still image from video.
On August 23, Moss piloted the EX181 to a two-way average speed in excess of 245 MPH, besting the existing Class F record of Goldie Gardner by over 42 MPH. Moss would go on to set a total of 10 speed records (five international and five American) behind the wheel of the EX181, but his title of "world's fastest MG driver" would be short-lived. In 1959, MG returned to Bonneville with Hill as driver, and the updated, higher-output EX181 promptly established a new Class F record of 254.91 MPH. Today, the MG streamliner known as the "Roaring Raindrop" occupies a place of honor at Britain's Motor Heritage Center Museum, a proud testament to a time when British sports cars ruled more than just road courses.
Racing Heroes – Sir Stirling Moss
Sir Stirling Moss at Pebble Beach, 2011. Photos by Jim Donnelly.
If you could break the career of the legendary Sir Stirling Moss down into numbers, it would read like this: Over a 14-year professional racing career, he entered 527 races in a variety of series, against the best drivers of his day, finishing 375 and winning 212. Spun another way, of the races he finished, Moss had a 57 percent chance of winning, against drivers like Juan Manual Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Roy Salvadori, Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney. Despite his overwhelming talent, Moss is often remembered as the best driver to never win a Formula 1 world championship, though such an accomplishment was likely within reach when a 1962
testing racing accident cut his career short.
Born in London in September of 1929, Moss began campaigning in local hill climbs in 1948 at age 18. Perhaps a career in motorsports was inevitable, as his father, a successful dentist, had driven in the 1924 running of the Indianapolis 500, finishing 16th. By 1950, Stirling Moss was racing both sports cars (winning his first international race at the Dundrod Circuit in Northern Ireland) and formula cars, and Moss progressed quickly from Formula Three to Formula Two. In 1951, Moss made his Formula One debut at the Swiss Grand Prix, driving an HWM Alta for the HW Motors team, delivering an eighth-place finish. The Swiss Grand Prix was Moss's sole F1 race in 1951, but in 1952 he'd drive a total of
five four F1 races for three two teams. If that was the good news, the bad news was this: Moss failed to finish a single F1 race in the 1952 season, a reflection more on his uncompetitive equipment than on his talent as a driver.
The following season, 1953, also proved disappointing, but Moss managed to finish three of four races entered, delivering a sixth-place finish at the German Grand Prix. Though Moss's stated philosophy was, "it's better to lose honorably in a British car than win in a foreign one," it became painfully obvious that the British F1 cars of the day simply were not competitive against European rivals. In order to advance his driving career, and at the recommendation of Mercedes-Benz, which was returning to motorsports for the first time since World War II, Moss purchased a Maserati 250F and entered his Equipe Moss team into the 1954 F1 season.
Moss in 2012.
Though consistent results escaped him, Moss drove his 250F to a third-place finish at the German Grand Prix, earning him a spot with the Mercedes-Benz team for the 1955 season. There, he'd drive alongside the great Juan Manual Fangio, and Moss quickly became the Argentinian driver's protege. At the British Grand Prix, Moss passed Fangio to take the win, prompting some to speculate that Fangio had simply given Moss the victory. When asked about it over the years, Fangio's response was always the same, along the lines of "On that day, Moss was better than me."
Moss's racing efforts extended far beyond the (then) limited reach of F1, and in 1955 he captured victory in the Mille Miglia, setting a new record and beating the second place car driven by Fangio by nearly half an hour. The previous year, 1954, Moss had become the first foreign driver to capture victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring (though his co-driver, Bill Lloyd, was an American). Moss was even an accomplished rally driver, finishing second in the 1952 Monte Carlo Rallye and earning a Coupe d'Or at the Alpine Rally for three penalty-free runs.
Though success in other forms of racing was attainable, success in F1 remained elusive. Following the tragedy at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing, leaving Moss to sign with Maserati for the 1956 season. Though he delivered two victories (including his unforgettable win at Monaco) and two additional podium finishes, his performance was not good enough to overtake Fangio (now driving for Ferrari), who captured the title by a mere three championship points.
The 1957 season began with Moss and Fangio reunited at Maserati, but by the season's second race, Moss had returned to a British team, this time driving a Vanwall for Vandervell Products. His timing was spot-on; despite a DNF in Monaco, Moss would come back to win three races, but once again was beaten by Fangio in the final points standings. Fangio's 1958 retirement seemed like an opportunity for Moss to earn the championship he so richly deserved, but the British cars campaigned by Moss (including a Cooper Climax and a Vanwall) proved less reliable than the Ferrari campaigned by Mike Hawthorne, who captured the 1958 championship.
In 1959 and 1960, Moss drove for a variety of British teams, including R.R.C. Walker and British Racing Partnership, campaigning a Cooper Climax, a Lotus Climax and a BRM. None was competitive enough to challenge for the championship, and in 1959 Moss finished third in points. His 1960 season was cut short by a practice crash at the Belgian Grand Prix, and Moss sat out two races in recovery. The season's highlights were victories at Monaco and at the U.S. Grand Prix (held at Riverside, California), but Moss again finished third.
For the 1961 F1 season, Moss raced exclusively for the R.R.C Walker Racing Team, driving a Lotus Climax and a Ferguson Climax. Though both proved reasonably competitive, four DNFs erased any chance Moss had at capturing a championship, and once again he finished third in points. Knowing that Moss had the talent to win if given the right equipment, Scuderia Ferrari made motions to sign Moss for the 1962 season.
Moss, with wife Susie, in the 1954 Sebring-winning OSCA MT-4 at Lime Rock in 2012.
Had Moss not crashed heavily at Goodwood in 1962, ahead of the Formula 1 season, he may well have been driving a Ferrari. The accident left him in a coma for a month, and many speculated that Moss would never return to racing. Twelve months later, the British driver proved his critics wrong, climbing into a race car, again at Goodwood, as if to prove a point. After a few laps, Moss returned to the pits, exited the car, and walked away from racing; as he later explained it, what used to come naturally now required conscious thought, and that alone would eliminate his chances of ever winning a championship.
Known for his enduring wit, Moss went on to success as motor racing's grand ambassador, and was knighted in 2000 for his efforts on behalf of British motor racing. Though a Formula 1 world title (and a victory at Le Mans) ultimately eluded him, he is, in the eyes of many fans, no less a champion.
Sir Stirling, still a stud
When we heard that Sir Stirling Moss was going to be the guest of honor at Lime Rock Park's 30th annual vintage festival over Labor Day weekend, well, we couldn't burn it getting down there fast enough. Sir Stirling exuded a lot of candor about his unforgettable career, which officially ended only last year – he is 83 – and will be the topic of an in-depth, exclusive feature coming soon in Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car.
It's been a good 50 years since Sir Stirling, having slithered away from death after a savage Goodwood crash, raced a car in genuine anger. Yet to an extent, he hasn't stepped away yet. Several Moss-driven icons ranging from a Maserati 250F to a Vanwall were under power at the event, yet Sir Stirling chose to lap the OSCA MT4 that he and Bill Lloyd shared to score an unbelievable come-from-behind win during the 1954 12 Hours of Sebring. The OSCA, owned by Briggs Cunningham, ran down several much bigger cars to win overall by five laps. It remains the smallest-displacement car ever to win at Sebring. Sir Stirling took a couple of laps of honor in the OSCA, now part of the Collier Collection at the Revs Institute of Naples, Florida, with Lady Susie Moss alongside him. It was great, timeless stuff, and I'm glad I got to experience it.
Quail Motorsports Gathering to feature the cars of Iso Rivolta
Photo by Georg Schwalbach
The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering, will celebrate a full decade as a prominent part of the Monterey car week this year by featuring the cars and motorcycles of Iso Rivolta and pre-war Alfa Romeos.
As part of the focus on the history of Iso Rivolta, Piero Rivolta will be featured as a guest speaker. Piero Rivolta, who took over as managing director of Iso Rivolta at the age of 25 after the death of his father and founder of the company, Renzo Rivolta, oversaw the creation of Iso Rivolta cars between 1966 and the company's bankruptcy in 1974, during which the company manufactured the Fidia sports sedan and the Lele 2+2 as well as continuing to produce the IR GT and Renzo's final product, the Bertone-designed Grifo. Piero Rivolta is now a published author and poet who often capitalizes on his childhood and early life in the automobile business for use in his writing.
While the focus of The Quail Motorsports Gathering may be on vehicles of Italian descent, they will not be the sole automobiles represented in the show. The Quail will also feature motorcars from a wide range of nations, including many British automobiles such as the new McLaren MP4-12C and the 1997 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR Longtail, which will be auctioned at The Quail's two-day Bonhams auction. The Quail will also feature as a guest speaker Sir Stirling Moss, who just a year ago announced his retirement from driving.
The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering, will take place August 17 at the Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, California. For more information, visit QuailLodgeEvents.com.
Vintage race car owners: Lime Rock wants you
Photo by Casey Keil
If you're a fan of vintage racing and you live east of the Mississippi, chances are good that you've been to Lime Rock Park's annual Labor Day weekend celebration. If you haven't, this would be an excellent year to head to this beautiful corner of northwestern Connecticut, what with Sir Stirling Moss heading the guest list.
Lime Rock has just announced that applications to Historic Festival 30, scheduled for Friday, August 31, through Monday, September 3, are now being accepted. Vintage racing classes include pre-war sports and racing cars; sports/racing cars, 1954-62; sports/racing cars, 1923-66; single-seater race cars, 1956-1964; historic Formula I 1967-83; Porsche 911 and 914, 1956-74; sports racing cars, 1967-1979; GT and production cars, 1946-54, 1955-64, 1965-75; and Formula 2, Formula Atlantic, Formula C. Some 300 vintage race cars are expected.
Applications are also being accepted for the companion Sunday in the Park concours, which takes place on September 2. More than 200 top-quality cars are expected for this year's concours, which stretches from the downhill to Big Bend, with another 500 or so cars expected for the Gathering of the Clubs, which fills most of the rest of the 1.51-mile track.
Don't own a qualifying race car? You're invited, too. All fans get free passes to the paddock areas with their admission, so you can get up close to the machinery and chat with the owners and drivers.
Achievement of a lifetime
When we all were kids, we grew up reading about the exploits of Stirling Moss, the champion equestrian, Englishman's Englishman and, I'll argue, one of the top five greatest racing drivers of all time. I'd seen him at Pebble Beach before, but never had the temerity to approach him.
This year, when I found him standing right next to me, I fixed that. I turned to Sir Stirling and politely thanked him for being such a brave, upright guy. He smiled and thanked me back. Sir Stirling is getting around with some difficulty due to his recent fall into an elevator shaft, hence the cane. As I explained in my earlier post on Arnie Beswick, you really can meet your heroes in this job, a very cool and humbling reality to be cherished.


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Publishers WeeklyJames Bernardin's illustrations gussy up an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, which tells of Farmer Bassett and his family: "They were poor in money, but rich in land and love." When Mrs. Bassett learns that her mother has taken ill, Farmer Bassett escorts his wife on the long drive and, with the best of intentions, the older children set about making the holiday meal. Though a few recipes go awry, Bernardin's energetic paintings convey the warmth and love of a shared holiday event. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Children's Literature - Marilyn CourtotMama is suddenly called away to help her sick mother, but the children, headed by oldest daughter Tilly, decide that they can handle the Thanksgiving dinner. After many mishaps, including an encounter with a neighbor boy dressed up in a bearskin, dinner is underway and happily Ma, Pa, and other relatives come to join in. The dinner isn't perfect, but the loving family and joy of being together makes this a perfect story for a family to share. 1995 (orig.
Children's LiteratureThis is how Thanksgiving should be remembered. A soft snow cover, a feast of turkey and a happy, healthy family are all the ingredients for this festive, thankful, homespun holiday. Bernardin's illustrations present Alcott's classic tale in a picture-book format, clearly more attractive and concise than other editions of the story. It is the early to mid 1800s in New Hampshire and Mrs. Bassett is preparing her family's Thanksgiving meal, but is interrupted by someone " . . . comin' up the hill lively!" with news of her mother being very ill. Immediately Farmer Bassett and his wife leave to be with her, leaving the six children home to prepare the meal. Though none have ever cooked beforehow difficult could it be? Their mother made meals so easily. When Pa arrives later with Ma, Grandma, Aunt Cathy, Uncle Mose and their children, all is well. (Grandma's illness was just a misunderstanding.) Was the children's first attempt preparing Thanksgiving memorable? You be the judge and make plans to weave this nostalgic story into your holiday traditions. Be sure to try out the recipe for Louisa May Alcott's "Apple Slump" which follows the text: very simple with ingredients probably already in your kitchen, or as a class project. 2005, HarperCollins, Ages 4 to 8.
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School Library JournalK-Gr 2-A picture-book adaptation of a story first told in St. Nicholas magazine in 1881. On a farm in New Hampshire in the 1800s, the Bassett children attempt to make Thanksgiving dinner when their parents are suddenly called away because their grandmother is ill. Tilly forgets to put sugar and salt in the plum pudding. Instead of marjoram and savory, Prue puts catnip and wormwood in the stuffing. The parents soon return along with aunt and uncle and cousins in tow. There was even a mistake about Grandma, who arrives in perfectly fine health. The turkey is inedible, but the apple slump is perfect (recipe included). This is a simple, old-fashioned look at family togetherness during the holiday. The colorful, full-page art is stronger than the story and gives a warm glow to the occasion through Bernardin's use of a golden-colored palette reminiscent of a room filled by the light of a fireplace and candles. However, how many times does this lackluster story need to be re-illustrated? Libraries that own previous renditions such as the one illustrated by Jody Wheeler (Ideals, 1993) or the version with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy (Holiday House, 1989) may not need another.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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The conflict that began in Syria in March 2011 has now endured through four winters, with a fifth one on the way. If it seems too early to be thinking about preparing the displaced for winter, consider that each of the past four winters in the region has been greeted with insufficient planning, funding shortfalls, and program cuts. It shouldn't be possible that winter takes us by surprise— winter arrives whether there's a displacement crisis or not. But for the past four years, humanitarians have struggled to meet the needs of displaced Syrians as the weather gets colder.
World Refugee Day: a day to "recognize the lives of refugees and those who are dedicated to helping them." So many of the people dedicated to helping refugees (and IDPs, asylum-seekers, and the stateless, all of whom are included in the purview of World Refugee Day) are refugees themselves. We normally think of international aid workers as the ones helping the displaced, but in places where access is difficult or dangerous, it's often a case of refugees helping their own communities.
It's one of those things you don't think about until someone specifically brings it up. You don't think about it partly because it doesn't seem to be the most urgent need, and partly because you just don't want to have such an image in your head. It's a mental picture that's not easy to get rid of.
"There is nowhere to bury people in Aleppo anymore. The public gardens are all full of bodies."
Imagine that your own birth was never officially recorded. Your family members and friends would know you, and know that you exist. You might receive services from local organizations, like the church or the fire department. But what would happen when it's time to enroll in school, get a job, or apply for a driver's license? Now imagine all of this is happening to you in a foreign country. You fled your home because of war. But when it's time to return home with the rest of your family, how could you prove that you belong there?
In the center of Erbil, northern Iraq, just next to a highway overpass, we met Yezin and his family – refugees from the fighting in neighboring Syria. Nasser himself didn't get up to greet us. He had been wounded in a mortar attack on his Syrian hometown of Aleppo. The field surgery he had received left a metal plate in his leg that doesn't allow him to stand or walk on his own any longer. He and his family of seventeen are now living in an abandoned construction lot in Erbil, where it has been hard for humanitarian agencies to find and help them.
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Today's noteworthy upgrades include: ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP) upgraded on valuation at Roth Capital... AbbVie (ABBV) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citi... Astec (ASTE) upgraded to Accumulate from Neutral at Global Hunter... Atmel (ATML) upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James... BAE Systems (BAESY) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein... BG Group (BRGYY) upgraded on valuation at BMO Capital... Boston Scientific (BSX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Needham... C.H. Robinson (CHRW) upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T... Citi (C) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies... Diamond Offshore (DO) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank... Endologix (ELGX) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BTIG... Infosys (INFY) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Societe Generale... J.C. Penney (JCP) upgraded on confidence in CEO, initiatives at Sterne Agee CRT... Knowles (KN) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at FBR Capital... Lexicon (LXRX) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Gabelli... MTN Group (MTNOY) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank... Natera (NTRA) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush... Omnicell (OMCL) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sidoti... RBC Bearings (ROLL) upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at Global Hunter... Raptor Pharmaceuticals (RPTP) upgraded to Perform from Underperform at Oppenheimer... Regal Entertainment (RGC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at B. Riley... Repsol (REPYY) upgraded on valuation at BMO Capital... Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank... Stoneridge (SRI) upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T... Transocean (RIG) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank... Vertex (VRTX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus... Wabash (WNC) upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at Global Hunter.
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September 24, 2015
On The Fly: Top stock stories at midday
Stocks on Wall Street were sharply lower at midday, with each of the major indexes down more than 1%. Continued weakness in Asia and a lack of clarity regarding the Fed's rate decision last week has kept buyers on the sidelines while the sellers have had their way. Lowered guidance from Dow component Caterpillar (CAT) has weighed on the market in addition to some economic data points that were below expectations. ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., initial jobless claims were 267,000, versus expectations for 272,000 first-time claims. Durable goods orders for August declined 2.0%, versus expectations for a drop of 2.3%. When transportation items were removed, the core reading was breakeven, versus expectations for a rise of 0.1%. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index had a reading of -0.41, versus expectations of +0.24. New home sales jumped 5.7% in August to a 552,000 rate, versus expectations for a rise of 1.6% to a 515,000 rate. In Asia, Japan's stock market reopened for the first time since Friday and the Nikkei suffered a nearly 3% decline as it caught up to other global market trends in the week-to-date. The slide came despite Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiling new economic targets, including a goal for a 20% increase in the target size of the Japanese economy to 600T yen, though he gave no timeframe for achieving this aspiration. Elsewhere, Norway and Taiwan both cut interest rates this morning. The Norges Bank lowered rates by 25 basis points to 0.75%, while Taiwan cut its benchmark by 12.5 basis points to 1.75% in the nation's first lowering of rates since 2009. COMPANY NEWS: A slide in shares of Caterpillar weighed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the heavy machinery maker announced plans for job cuts and lowered its revenue guidance for this year and next. Caterpillar said that it would lay off 4,000-5,000 of its employees between now and the end of 2016 and could lay off up to 10,000 employees by 2018. Before the news was announced, research firm Axiom initiated coverage of Caterpillar with a Sell rating and $28 price target, which its shares were 5.7% closer to at midday following their swoon. Other mining and agriculture equipment makers, including Joy Global and Deere (DE), were also weaker following the Dow member's announcement. MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers was Arrowhead Research (ARWR), which rose 18% after disclosing top-line findings from the Heparc-2001 Phase 2a clinical study of ARC-520, its candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Also higher was Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK), the parent company of Hudson City Savings Bank, which gained 3% after the bank, the Justice Department and CFPB reached a settlement to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of "redlining" predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in its residential mortgage lending practices. Notably, settling the allegations may pave the way for the bank to close out a proposed merger with M&T Bank (MTB). Among the noteworthy losers was Sientra (SIEN), which dropped 42% after disclosing that the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency announced the suspension of the CE certificate for all medical devices made by Silimed, the company's contract manufacturer. Also lower were shares of Twitter (TWTR), which slid 4% after Citi cut its estimates below consensus and lowered its price target on the microblog service operator to $30. INDEXES: Near midday, the Dow was down 186.90, or 1.15%, to 16,092.99, the Nasdaq was down 56.64, or 1.19%, to 4,696.10, and the S&P 500 was down 20.18, or 1.04%, to 1,918.58.
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HIGHER: Arrowhead Research (ARWR), up 35% after disclosing top-line findings from the Heparc-2001 Phase 2a clinical study of ARC-520, its candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection... Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT), up 19% after the company's Phase 2 Portal Hypertension clinical trial of emricasan met its primary endpoints... Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX), up 13% after announcing that the European Commission has approved Fexeric for the control of elevated serum phosphorus levels, or hyperphosphatemia, in adults with chronic kidney disease. LOWER: Caterpillar (CAT), down 5% after announcing restructuring plans, lowering revenue guidance, and having stock initiated with a Sell rating and a $28 price target at Axiom... Twitter (TWTR), down 1.5% after Citi cut estimates below consensus and lowered its price target to $30. DOWN AFTER EARNINGS: Worthington (WOR), down 12.5%... Accenture (ACN), down 3%.
Arrowhead reports peak reduction in HBsAG after single dose with ARC-520
Arrowhead Research Corporation is hosting an analyst day today in New York, with a presentation starting at 11:00 a.m. EDT to discuss top-line findings from the Heparc-2001 Phase 2a clinical study of ARC-520, its candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Additionally, the company will discuss findings from a study of 9 chimpanzees that have been treated monthly with ARC-520 for between 6 and 11 months with a background therapy of nucleotide/nucleoside analog inhibitors tenofovir and/or entecavir. HBV E-antigen positive patients on a background of chronic entecavir receiving a 4 mg/kg single-dose of ARC-520 showed a mean maximal 92% reduction in circulating HBeAg and a best reduction of 98%. Similar mean maximal reductions were also demonstrated in HBV core-related antigen from both HBeAg-negative and -positive patients. ARC-520 is designed to silence all gene products expressed by HBV cccDNA, so this data suggests that it may be substantially disrupting additional viral functions. In a cohort of NUC-naive, HBeAg-positive patients, best peak HBsAg reduction has been 99% and the mean maximum HBsAg reduction has been 1.05 log through 15 days post ARC-520 treatment. This open-label cohort is fully enrolled; data collection is ongoing and will be continued through Day 85 post ARC-520 treatment. These reductions are substantially higher than results from NUC treatment-experienced cohorts.
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Vanda announces listing of new Fanapt patent in FDA Orange Book
Vanda Pharmaceuticals announced that a Fanapt patent, number 9,138,432 ('432 patent), is now listed in the U.S. FDA publication Approved Drug Products With Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book. As described in the Orange Book, this patent covers a method of treating schizophrenia by administering Fanapt to a patient by reducing the dose in patients who are also being treated with the antidepressant fluoxetine. The '432 patent was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in September 2015 and expires in September 2025. Prior to this newly listed patent, the Fanapt Orange Book listed patents were the U.S. composition of matter '198 patent, the '610 patent, the '776 patent, the '638 patent, the '742 patent, the '254 patent, the '255 patent, and the '256 patent expected to expire in November 2016, November 2027, August 2030, October 2030, January 2031, December 2031, December 2030, and February 2031 respectively.
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I confess that I have looked at it as the way to implement a web-based application many times over the years. I have, however, never picked it. Actually, I have usually picked Karrigell. Why? Well, while Webware is very modular, it always seems like I needed to understand all too many modules to do what I could do in Karrigell with a lot less to understand.
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Jerusalem Artichoke and Sweet Potato Gratin
- Active Time 15m
- Total Time 1h 40m
6 Servings
I used to avoid Jerusalem artichokes, or sunchokes, because they were so annoying to peel. Now I enjoy them unpeeled, scrubbed with a stiff vegetable brush.
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 leek, white and tender green, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup homemade dry breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated Gruyere cheese
- 1 pound Jerusalem artichokes, thinly sliced crosswise
- Salt and ground pepper
- 1 medium sweet potato (about 1/2 pound), peeled and thinly sliced crosswise
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Using 1 teaspoon of the butter, grease a 9-inch glass pie plate and a 12-inch square of foil.
In a medium skillet, melt 1 teaspoon of the butter. Add the leek and cook over moderately high heat until softened but still green, about 2 minutes. Transfer the leek to a plate.
Melt the remaining 1 teaspoon of butter in the skillet and add the breadcrumbs. Cook, stirring, until coated and lightly browned. Transfer the crumbs to a plate and toss with the Gruyere.
Layer half of the Jerusalem artichoke slices in the prepared pie plate and season with salt and pepper. Cover with half of the leek slices and half of the sweet potato slices, reserving the nicest slices for the top. Season with salt and pepper and repeat with the remaining Jerusalem artichokes, leek and sweet potato. Pour the cream evenly over the top.
Cover the pie plate with the foil, buttered side down, and bake for 30 minutes, or until bubbling and the vegetables are just tender. Remove the foil and bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Sprinkle the crumbs on top and bake for 20 minutes longer, or until golden. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
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President Barack Obama's senior procurement policy official touted the administration's efforts to crack down on questionable contractors, as suspensions and debarments have been on the rise.
"It is critical that the government take a hard line against those who would defraud taxpayers," Joe Jordan, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, wrote on the OMBlog on Sept. 18.
He cited a new report from the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee, which is a group of officials from various agencies. The committee said the government has increased suspensions and debarments from more than 1,900 in fiscal 2009 to more than 3,000 in fiscal 2011.
It's not just the numbers that matter. Agencies are bolstering their internal systems for dealing with companies accused of potential fraud or abuse. The 24 major executive branch agencies each now have a senior official in place to assess their suspension and debarment programs. Agencies have also formally reestablished programs and directed resources—money or employees—to managing them, Jordan wrote.
In November, then-OMB Director Jack Lew issued a memo requiring agencies to invest more in their suspension and debarment programs.
"Through this increased management attention and building capability where it did not exist before, agencies are now better equipped to protect the public from wrongdoers before critical agency resources are unnecessarily wasted," Jordan wrote.
He added that strengthened suspension and debarment programs are just one of the ways the Obama administration "has attacked waste and abuse to get better value from our contractors." Agencies are competing more contracts, which is another aspect of curbing waste and abuse. Jordan wrote that the amount of contract dollars competed over the last three years is at 64 percent.
Jordan's blog entry takes a slightly different tack than an address he delivered on Sept. 11 to an industry group, in which he urged a balanced approach to the government's relationships with suppliers.
"We've got to continue to build the right buyer-supplier relationship. We've got to have the right vendor communications." he said in that breakfast speech at an event hosted by the Coalition for Government Procurement. "It's got to be a collaborative system, not an adversarial one."
In other words, the government needs to "have enough cops on the beat, looking for things going wrong, but not pushing all your resources into that," he said.
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The Fairness in Procurement Alliance (FPA) applaud OFPP 'hard line' approach with questionable contractors engaged in 'waste, fraud and abuse,' but what about the culprits - within the government - who engage in abusive procurement practices? Their actions are BARRIERS against small business participation which have prevented 'leveling the playing field.'
Many of those barriers, are inspired by alleged ILLEGAL regulations (i.e., the Exemptions on the FAR) and/or contracting actions that circumvent the regulations and restrict competition; offer preferential treatment to brands or suppliers and what's most damaging, conspire to restrict trade, an anti-trust violation. I know and there is a record of them!
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The SBA Office of Advocacy, at the persistence of FPA, first acknowledged the BARRIERS, in 2008, but OFPP has not addressed the problem.
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Dollar Tree, Inc. has posted net income of $124.7 millions and earnings per diluted share of 56 cents for the second quarter versus the period a year ago when it reported net income of $119.2 million and earnings per share of 51 cents. Comparable store sales increased 3.7% versus the 2012 quarter, Dollar Tree announced.
Net sales for the quarter were $1.85 billion as compared with $1.7 billion in the year-prior period, Dollar Tree stated. Operating margin advanced by 10 basis points to10.9% the company maintained, adding that operating income reached to $201.3 million from $184.4 million in the 2012 quarter.
"I am pleased with our second quarter performance," Dollar Tree CEO Bob Sasser said in announcing the company's finanacial results. "Sales, customer traffic, average ticket, earnings and operating margin all continue to grow. Customers are responding in record numbers to our outstanding values in both discretionary and consumable merchandise categories. Our stores are well-stocked with a terrific merchandise presentation for back- to- school and the fall selling season."
In the second quarter, Dollar Tree opened 81 stores, expanded or relocated 32 and closed two.
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