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18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: (Left to right) Adruba Adam and her granddaughter Bishra Abdala, both from Al Madaris, near Saraf Omra, North Darfur, are pictured in their shelter of the new settlement for displaced people in the vicinity of the UNAMID base.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
Displacement- 346 cc
Max. Power- 18.25 PS (13.42 KW) @ 5625rpm
Max. Torque- 32 Nm @ 3000rpm
Nirvana- Unlimited
Two new – and very different – Mercedes models were displayed at the Berlin Motor Show in March 1934. One was the 130, Mercedes-Benz's first production car with a rear-mounted four-cylinder engine which developed 26 hp from a displacement of 1.3 liters. The other was the 500 K, an imposing, elegant sports car with supercharged eight-cylinder engine; with the supercharger engaged, it developed 160 hp from a displacement of 5,018 cc.
The 500 K was the successor to the 380 presented only one year earlier, and a descendant of the tremendously powerful, supercharged S, SS, SSK and SSKL sports cars – genuine muscle cars, as we would call them today, and virtually invincible in motor sport.
The first 500 K – 'K' for Kompressor = supercharger, to distinguish it from the 500 sedan without supercharger – had been designed as an elegant two- or four-seater sports car with roadster and cabriolet bodies tailored at the Daimler-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. With this model, the company bid farewell to the Roaring Twenties and the Big Four mentioned earlier. The latter had still had extremely firm chassis with rigid axles and leaf springs, i.e. hardly any damping at all, and their bodies were plain and above all functional, not to say uncomfortable.
The new supercharged Mercedes sports car appealed to well-heeled buyers because it was not only powerful but also more elegant, more comfortable and easier to handle than its predecessors – features welcomed in particular by the growing number of lady drivers.
Daimler-Benz had laid the foundations for this type of car as early as 1933 by introducing the 380, the first Mercedes-Benz sports car with swing axle. It was the first car that pampered its occupants with independent wheel suspension; the latter featured a sensational world first, a double-wishbone front axle that combined with the double-joint swing axle introduced in the 170 as early as 1931.
In this ground-breaking design, wheel location, springing and damping were for the first time separated from each other, creating a new level of precision in straightline stability. In its essence, this front axle, fitted like the rear axle with coil springs, has remained the design model for generations of automobiles throughout the world to this day, and it also featured in the 500 K, of course.
It was the customers' craving for power, however, that prompted the replacement of the 380, not exactly a lame duck with its supercharged 140 hp, by the 500 K only one year later. The newcomer's engine generated 160 hp with the supercharger engaged; even without the supercharger in action, it still had an impressive output of 100 hp at 3400 rpm. Depending on fuel quality, which varied greatly in those days, the compression ratio was between 1:5.5 and 1:6.5. The fuel was apportioned to the cylinders by a Mercedes-Benz double updraught carburetor. The driver engaged the double-vane Roots supercharger by depressing the accelerator pedal beyond a pressure point.
With the exception of first gear, both the standard four-speed and the optional five-speed transmissions were synchronized. A single-plate dry clutch linked the engine with the powertrain which transmitted engine power to the rear wheels. The car rolled along on wire-spoke wheels which were as elegant as they were robust.
All these features combined to permit a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour – a dream for sports cars in that day and age. The penalty was paid in the form of fuel consumption: between 27 and 30 liters were blown through the carburetor on 100 kilometers. The 110-liter tank in the rear gave the car a decent radius of action.
To meet the individual wishes of the demanding customers, three chassis variants were available for the 500 K: two long versions with a 3,290 millimeter wheelbase, differing in terms of powertrain and bodywork layout, and a short version with 2,980 millimeters.
The long variant, the so-called normal chassis with the radiator directly above the front axle, served as the backbone for the four-seater cabriolets 'B' (with four side windows) and 'C' (with two side windows) and, at a later stage, also for touring cars and sedans.
The roadsters, the two-seater cabriolet 'A' (with two side windows) and the ultra-modern, streamlined Motorway Courier, the first car with curved side windows and classified by the manufacturer as a sports sedan, were set up on a chassis on which radiator, engine, cockpit and all rearward modules were moved 185 millimeters back from the front axle. This configuration was a concession to the zeitgeist, a small trick that created the visual impression of a particularly long front-end and, therefore, the desired sporting appeal.
The most ravishing model of this species was the two-seater 500 K special roadster launched in 1936, a masterpiece in terms of its styling, with inimitably powerful and elegant lines. It has been filling onlookers with enthusiasm to this day, reflecting, as it does, the spirit of its day and age as well as the design perfection of the 500 K models. Its price tag – 28,000 Reichsmark – was 6,000 marks above the average price of 'simpler' models. People were able to buy a generously furnished house for that money.
The short-wheelbase chassis was used only for a few two-seaters with special bodies. On these models, the radiator was back right above the front axle, and the models carried the designations 500 K sports roadster, sports cabriolet and sports coupe.
The 500 K's chassis complete with helical-spindle steering had been adopted – though in further refined form – from the preceding 380: the new double-wishbone axle with coil springs at the front and the double-joint swing axle - complemented by double coil springs and additional transverse balancing spring – at the rear. The vacuum-boosted service brake acted hydraulically on all four wheels, the mechanical parking brake on the rear wheels. The chassis weighed as much as 1,700 kilograms; the complete car tipped the scales at 2,300 kilograms and the permissible gross weight was around 2,700 kilograms.
No matter what version of the 500 K you look at, the elegance of its body sends people into raptures even today: every single one had been given its own, unparalleled personality by the ingenious coachbuilders in Sindelfingen. Only few customers opted for bodywork tailored by independent bodybuilders to their own wishes (the price lists quoted the chassis as individual items), especially since the Sindelfingers rose above themselves in accommodating the customers' special wishes, for instance for individual fender versions, rear-end designs or interior appointments. Within two years, 342 units of the 500 K were produced.
In response to the virtually insatiable craving for performance on the part of well-heeled customers all over the world, the 500 K was replaced in 1936 by the 540 K with supercharged 180 hp engine. This model was sold to 319 motoring enthusiasts.
The history of supercharged Mercedes-Benz cars goes back to World War II and has its roots in aeroengine production. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft had introduced mechanical air compressors which supercharged the engines and thereby compensated for the power loss of aeroengines at higher altitudes, ensuring their stable performance.
The first Mercedes models with supercharged engines were displayed at the Berlin Motor Show in 1921 – between bicycles with auxiliary engines and mini-cars. They caused quite a stir among automotive experts. With the supercharger, an engine booster had been introduced which, from 1926, catapulted Mercedes passenger, sports and racing cars into a new dimension of performance.
The car
Considered the ultimate 540K, the Special Roadster would be an impressive achievement and reflected Mercedes' non-acceptance of anything other than perfection. A massive and awe-inspiring automobile, the Special Roadster has a commanding presence no matter its surroundings.
Deep within the Special Roadster beats the heart of a grand touring automobile meant to deliver its occupants great distances in great comfort. Only 25 of these roadsters would be built between 1935 and 1939. Even fewer of those 25 would be built as one-off designs on the later 540K chassis. However, this car would be just such an example.
Perhaps the final roadster to be built as a result of the war, this car would be completed with a five-speed transmission, the first year in which the five-speed would be introduced. Ordered for the Horn brothers, the Special Roadster would feature some usual features like the raked radiator and low doors. However, the car would boast of a number of unique touches. Those touches would include the lack of running boards, a steeply-raked windscreen that could be opened, chrome accents along the hood and beltline of the car and aerodynamic tapering over the folded top. However, the most easily-recognizable one-off design would be the design of the fenders. Fully skirted, the fenders look almost teardrop in shape and therefore give a very pronounced look over each of the tires.
The roadster would be delivered to the Horn brothers in a dark blue livery and they often would be seen driving it until the war made it almost impossible to do so. Like the lives of so many during the Second World War, much history would be lost. What is known about this car is that it would be discovered in the Soviet Union by Alf Johansson, a Swedish reporter, in 1962.
Johansson had been in the Soviet Union since 1945 and he would come across the car at the summer home of a Soviet general. Following the death of the general, Johansson would try desperately to acquire the car. His persistence would pay off and he would be given the car, but that would be only half of the battle. He next had to figure out a way to get it to Sweden. Boldly, Johansson would drive it to the Swedish border and would end up rescuing the Mercedes-Benz Special Roadster from its unknown fate in the Soviet Union.
A number of years later, the 540K would be imported to the United States and this unique and intriguing Special Roadster would end up the property of Tom Barrett and the Imperial Palace Auto Collection of Las Vegas. After a while, this car would join the extensive Lyon Family Collection in California where it would remain for more than two decades.
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: A group of children in the new settlement for displaced people at the vicinity of the UNAMID base in Saraf Omra, North Darfur.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
Folded Miura-ori Ball With Displacement / Origami Structure
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An infographic exploring changes in the total mass of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic region, supposedly bound to nutation in the cyclical movement of the Earth's axis
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: Fatima Idris, from Jebel area, near Saraf Omra, North Darfur, holds her baby, born few days ago at the settlement for displaced people in the vicinity of the UNAMID's camp. She fled her village with her family due to the inter-communal violence early this month and they still want to remain there until the situation in their village will be safer.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: Kaltoum Abbakar, from Safra, near Saraf Omra, with her family in the settlement for displaced people at the vicinity of the UNAMID base.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
Displacement: 2696cc, 5 cylinder
Engine Type: Diesel
Maximum Power: 173bhp@4000rpm
Maximum Torque: 34.67kgm@1800rpm
Brakes: Front Disk, Rear Drum
Gears: 5 Automatic
Kerb Weight: 2500.00 kgs.
Nov. 12, 2022
Philadelphia
Development in Philly is out of control, worsening conditions for working class people & the environment. Hundreds of community activists took to the streets to set the tone for Philly's 2023 election: anyone running for mayor or city council better have policy solutions for ensuring long-term, working class residents have a place in this city and that Philly is truly tackling and prepared for the climate crisis.
The march was organized by community groups fighting for land justice across our city, including Philly Thrive, Sunrise Movement, VietLead, Save UCTownhomes, Save the Meadows, Cobbs Creek EJ, and more!
Alifa stands surrounded by the ruins of her home in Sheikh Hadid, near Afrin, Syria. The earthquake that hit Syria in February 2023 damaged the building, making it uninhabitable.
© European Union, 2023
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: Halima Abdala, from Zunar, near Saraf Omra, North Darfur, fled her village with her family due to the inter-communal violence early this month. They settled in the vicinity of UNAMID’s base and they want to remain until the situation in their village will be safer. "We can't go back there because we are still afraid," she says.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
Iraq's Displacement Crisis and the International Response
The Iraq War has caused the largest population displacement in the Middle East since 1948. However, the dire situation has elicited neither a major international humanitarian response nor a policy debate over U.S. responsibility for the crisis. Sectarian fighting, political and criminal violence, lack of basic services, loss of livelihoods, spiraling inflation, and uncertainty about the future have pushed some 4 million Iraqis from their homes. Neighboring states, burdened by the influx of refugees and concerned for their own security, have imposed visa restrictions and effectively cut off entry. The Iraqis that have fled to neighboring countries face tremendous uncertainties, including the threat of deportation. Regional governments, coalition forces, and international organizations are grappling with the crisis while protecting against security vulnerabilities. The recent flow of Iraqis returning home may be a promising sign, but until security in Iraq improves and people can safely go back, critical attention must be paid to the remaining options: improved conditions inside Iraq, temporary placement in a host country, or resettlement in a third country.
The Center for American Progress and the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a conference addressing Iraq's displacement crisis, the international responses, and the prospects for improving the situation. The panelists offered their insights on the current challenge and examined the moral and security implications of the crisis, shared strategies, and identified programming and policy options.
UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORY: On Tuesday June 11 more than 300 low-income Downtown Eastside residents and their allies rallied at Hastings and Main against displacement by gentrification. For two hours this spirited group held all four lanes of Hastings Street as they marched, sang, drummed, chanted, and spoke out against the high end condos and shops flooding their majority low-income community, and demanded social housing now!
The framework of their march was a five-point social justice zone which they demanded City Hall implement as the planned future of the neighbourhood. Over 10 days in the lead-up to the action the group carried out a petition drive supporting those five points on the streets, in the parks, and door-to-door in the housing projects of the DTES. This petition gathered 3,000 signatures of support over these ten days, and mobilized the community for this action.
The rally ended with a delivery to the city's DTES planning office of the 5-point social justice zone plan and 3,000 name petition by a delegation of low-income residents who have been involved in the City's official planning process for over 2 years.
Read the 5-point social justice zone plan statement here: ccapvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/dtes-community-pla...
Stop the city’s Developer Plan for the Downtown Eastside
Block condos today to build social housing tomorrow
Downtown Eastside Community Plan for a SOCIAL JUSTICE ZONE to end the housing crisis and stop displacement
We acknowledge that the Downtown Eastside occupies the unceded territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Squamish Coast Salish nations.
SJZ graphic for FBThe future of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) is being decided by rich real estate investors and developers who are profiting off changing the neighbourhood from a place where low-income people feel at home into yet another upscale area. While city planners fuel the engines of real estate corporations by approving boutique condo towers, 5,000 people are living in increasingly expensive SRO hotel rooms that are unhealthy, bug/rodent infested and lacking kitchens/private bathrooms. As these SRO hotels become unaffordable, more and more people are pushed out into the streets and shelters. This housing crisis forces Indigenous women, children and others vulnerable to violence to live in danger and isolation. Gentrification, as a displacement pressure, is making these crises worse and, we fear, soon irreversible.
For two years, low-income Downtown Eastside residents have been working on a Local Area Planning Process (LAPP) that the city promised would “improve the lives of those who currently live in the area, particularly low-income people and those who are most vulnerable,” as stated in LAPP’s Terms of Reference. That’s why we got involved. However, after 2 years of consultations, there’s no evidence that the city plans to stop gentrification, which is displacing low-income residents.
Therefore low-income residents have created a set of specific policies for a SOCIAL JUSTICE ZONE that would bring our vision of our neighbourhood to life:
1. NO CONDOS BEFORE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE’S HOMES Use zoning laws to keep all condos and real estate speculators out of the DTES Oppenheimer District until the SROs are replaced and the homeless are housed in social housing. In the Hastings Corridor and Thornton Park, use zoning laws to make 2/3 of all new developments social housing for people on welfare/pension and also the working-poor. Protect DTES spaces for social housing and advocate for senior government housing programs.
2. REVERSE THE LOSS OF HOMES & SHOPS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS Create and use bylaws to freeze rents and stop renovictions in SRO hotels while improving conditions and making landlords pay for violations. Create a social impact assessment process directed by low-income residents to approve or deny new business applications.
3. ENSURE JOBS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS Create job training programs for anyone who wants them. Adopt hiring policies for low-income residents with barriers, including languages, for jobs in city-owned, city-supported and city-operated services. Order police to exempt survival work, such as binning, street vending and sex work, from ticketing, harassment and arrest.
4. PROTECT RESIDENTS’ SAFETY Create a resident-directed DTES police and security ombuds office to receive complaints and direct investigations. Provide free public transit passes to all low-income Vancouver residents. Expand, don’t cut, funding to support residents and programs organizing for the safety of women, trans and other people vulnerable to violence.
5. END DISCRIMINATION SO EVERYONE CAN ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED
Adopt policies for language, cultural and mobility accessibility in all services, including hiring plans for Indigenous residents, people with disabilities, seniors, queer and trans people and women, as well as Chinese and Spanish speaking workers. Create anti-colonial planning and service organizations. Make the DTES a sanctuary zone where all have equal access to health, housing and social services regardless of citizenship status.
This is a call to the City of Vancouver to adopt the policies proposed by low-income DTES residents as the truthful outcome of the Local Area Planning Process. Our DTES community plan turns away developers and protects the DTES as a SOCIAL JUSTICE ZONE where low-income communities can continue to work to build a healthy, safe and just community themselves.
At the Autonomous Thought's thematic area, I found this multisensorial
installation called Displacements, by Marie Ange Bordas, a master artist
and great photographer. This wonderful work is the culminate process after
three years working with refugees in comunities.
There is her B&W photo (a piece of one installation, iluminated inside), with my shadow's hand (I felt quite near that people while I was imerse in that installation, even I had no refugee's past storys. Probably because it can touches our sense of identity with our living places).
I sugest you to spend some time knowing her beautiful work at
World SocialForum, Porto Alegre, Brasil
With 120,000 people, Bentiu in Unity state is the most overcrowded of six UN protected sites where civilians have sought to escape violence and deprivation caused by the 19-month old conflict. Bentiu has recently seen a spike in malaria and malnutrition. The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) supports various partners in Bentiu to improve the camp environment through basic services such as health care, water and sanitation. ECHO also provides financial support to emergency organisations who are trying to reach those who were not able to reach the displacement sites. Photo credits: EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
Workers remove piles of garbage collected from the compound by the displaced people. Keeping the crowded makeshift camp clean is a major challenge.
UNHCR/ K.McKinsey/ January 2014
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: A group of children in the new settlement for displaced people in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in Saraf Omra, North Darfur.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
2 July 2017. Pultruk: A child drinks milk directly from the cow's breast in a family farm in Pultruk, Jonglei, South Sudan.
Fighting between Government and opposition forces last April pushed thousands of civilians to displace to Padding and Lankien, both still under opposition control. The massive displacement, that duplicated the population, brought an outbreak of cholera and a serious need of health assistance, drinking water and food distribution among the population, according to the local leaders.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - www.albertgonzalez.net
On New Year’s Day, Roman Catholic priests from all over Juba came into the compound to celebrate mass, which was attended by hundreds of displaced people.
UNHCR/ K.McKinsey/ January2014
A semi-displacement 45 metre vessel featuring wide exterior spaces and a distinctive vertical bow.
The yacht was designed with a special focus on the ship owner's need and desire to take full advantage of the outdoor spaces, maintaining close contact with the sea. This explains why the craft was designed with a large, 70 metre aft cockpit offering maximum comfort. The vertical bow and decisive lines give the yacht a "military" look balanced by the harmony and the linearity of the interiors.
The interiors by the French designer Remi Tessier were created with attention even to the smallest details, with a watchful eye on the choice of materials. In addition to the principle essences such as sanded oak and ebony, many additional details were conceived with carbon fiber, precious black chrome and gold foil that adorn a large portion of the ceilings and the walls. A perfect synthesis between refined luxury and contemporary allure.
Considerable attention was also given to on-board entertainment, with an extremely easy to use audio-video system with global control. The Kaleidescape System for on-demand entertainment, Lutron for managing the domotics and the Apple system with integrated AirPlay for complete audio control. In addition to 7 crew members, the motor yacht sleeps 12 guests.
Forced displacement usually means vital years of school are missed. Education and protection challenges to school-age girls and boys threaten children’s potential to develop academic and social-emotional skills in safe, functional schools and learning spaces.
Attending school does not only serve as a nurturing environment for children. It is also a way of providing vulnerable children with a safe and protective space that keeps them out of harm’s way, such as abuse or recruitment by armed groups.
© Njouliaminche Zedou / IRC, 2021. All rights reserved. Licensed to the European Union under conditions.
I picked up these guys while I was traveling around China and Hong Kong during the summer of 2006. As the byproduct of my distaste for making change in foreign currency, they floated around my purse as I traveled from Hong Kong to Mainland China and back again and somehow managed to survive the subsequent purge of Chinese and Hong Kong currency, Chinese candy wrappers and ticket stubs upon my return to the States.
It occurred to me as I sat here waiting for inspiration to strike, that coins have an intensely socially integrated, if rather pedestrian social life. Always the bridesmaid, but never the bride, coin currency doesn't share the prestige of it's older sister paper money, who is so prominently featured in rap videos and movies about Columbian drug lords and illicit business deals. Instead, it's relegated to the more proletarian transactions of feeding vending machines and buying snails at 4am after a long night of Chinese bar-hopping. Given their state of wear, these coins presumably passed through the hands of thousands Hong Kong vendors, taxi drivers, thrifty moms, and boyfriends on dates and could have made several international trips before coming home with me. They also silently bore witness to the transition of Hong Kong's return to Mainland China since 1997. These coins were integrated intimately into the lives of everyday Hong Kong citizens for close to a decade, facilitating the most basic of transactions, from buying food and clothing to baijiu and movie tickets.
Since my return to the states, however, these coins have lost that function. Now, the biggest purpose they serve is to tease me when I'm frantically searching my purse for parking meter change. By removing them from their original context, they are no longer able to fulfill their function as legal tender. And though they still hold monetary value, the spatial displacement I caused has rendered them incapable of expressing that function because they have been taken out of the environment that understands what these coins represent.
Another thing that struck me is that these coins, at least in the foreseeable future, will always be inextricably asian. In fact, it is because they are asian that they are currently rendered useless in my possession, although they have taken on some sentimental value. Not until they return to Hong Kong will they regain their practical use and transcend their current existence of novelty.
A father of five arranges the possessions that his extended family of 17 managed to bring when they fled – or that friends gave them once they arrived in the protected military compound in Juba.
UNHCR/ K.McKinsey/ January 2014
Two new – and very different – Mercedes models were displayed at the Berlin Motor Show in March 1934. One was the 130, Mercedes-Benz's first production car with a rear-mounted four-cylinder engine which developed 26 hp from a displacement of 1.3 liters. The other was the 500 K, an imposing, elegant sports car with supercharged eight-cylinder engine; with the supercharger engaged, it developed 160 hp from a displacement of 5,018 cc.
The 500 K was the successor to the 380 presented only one year earlier, and a descendant of the tremendously powerful, supercharged S, SS, SSK and SSKL sports cars – genuine muscle cars, as we would call them today, and virtually invincible in motor sport.
The first 500 K – 'K' for Kompressor = supercharger, to distinguish it from the 500 sedan without supercharger – had been designed as an elegant two- or four-seater sports car with roadster and cabriolet bodies tailored at the Daimler-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. With this model, the company bid farewell to the Roaring Twenties and the Big Four mentioned earlier. The latter had still had extremely firm chassis with rigid axles and leaf springs, i.e. hardly any damping at all, and their bodies were plain and above all functional, not to say uncomfortable.
The new supercharged Mercedes sports car appealed to well-heeled buyers because it was not only powerful but also more elegant, more comfortable and easier to handle than its predecessors – features welcomed in particular by the growing number of lady drivers.
Daimler-Benz had laid the foundations for this type of car as early as 1933 by introducing the 380, the first Mercedes-Benz sports car with swing axle. It was the first car that pampered its occupants with independent wheel suspension; the latter featured a sensational world first, a double-wishbone front axle that combined with the double-joint swing axle introduced in the 170 as early as 1931.
In this ground-breaking design, wheel location, springing and damping were for the first time separated from each other, creating a new level of precision in straightline stability. In its essence, this front axle, fitted like the rear axle with coil springs, has remained the design model for generations of automobiles throughout the world to this day, and it also featured in the 500 K, of course.
It was the customers' craving for power, however, that prompted the replacement of the 380, not exactly a lame duck with its supercharged 140 hp, by the 500 K only one year later. The newcomer's engine generated 160 hp with the supercharger engaged; even without the supercharger in action, it still had an impressive output of 100 hp at 3400 rpm. Depending on fuel quality, which varied greatly in those days, the compression ratio was between 1:5.5 and 1:6.5. The fuel was apportioned to the cylinders by a Mercedes-Benz double updraught carburetor. The driver engaged the double-vane Roots supercharger by depressing the accelerator pedal beyond a pressure point.
With the exception of first gear, both the standard four-speed and the optional five-speed transmissions were synchronized. A single-plate dry clutch linked the engine with the powertrain which transmitted engine power to the rear wheels. The car rolled along on wire-spoke wheels which were as elegant as they were robust.
All these features combined to permit a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour – a dream for sports cars in that day and age. The penalty was paid in the form of fuel consumption: between 27 and 30 liters were blown through the carburetor on 100 kilometers. The 110-liter tank in the rear gave the car a decent radius of action.
To meet the individual wishes of the demanding customers, three chassis variants were available for the 500 K: two long versions with a 3,290 millimeter wheelbase, differing in terms of powertrain and bodywork layout, and a short version with 2,980 millimeters.
The long variant, the so-called normal chassis with the radiator directly above the front axle, served as the backbone for the four-seater cabriolets 'B' (with four side windows) and 'C' (with two side windows) and, at a later stage, also for touring cars and sedans.
The roadsters, the two-seater cabriolet 'A' (with two side windows) and the ultra-modern, streamlined Motorway Courier, the first car with curved side windows and classified by the manufacturer as a sports sedan, were set up on a chassis on which radiator, engine, cockpit and all rearward modules were moved 185 millimeters back from the front axle. This configuration was a concession to the zeitgeist, a small trick that created the visual impression of a particularly long front-end and, therefore, the desired sporting appeal.
The most ravishing model of this species was the two-seater 500 K special roadster launched in 1936, a masterpiece in terms of its styling, with inimitably powerful and elegant lines. It has been filling onlookers with enthusiasm to this day, reflecting, as it does, the spirit of its day and age as well as the design perfection of the 500 K models. Its price tag – 28,000 Reichsmark – was 6,000 marks above the average price of 'simpler' models. People were able to buy a generously furnished house for that money.
The short-wheelbase chassis was used only for a few two-seaters with special bodies. On these models, the radiator was back right above the front axle, and the models carried the designations 500 K sports roadster, sports cabriolet and sports coupe.
The 500 K's chassis complete with helical-spindle steering had been adopted – though in further refined form – from the preceding 380: the new double-wishbone axle with coil springs at the front and the double-joint swing axle - complemented by double coil springs and additional transverse balancing spring – at the rear. The vacuum-boosted service brake acted hydraulically on all four wheels, the mechanical parking brake on the rear wheels. The chassis weighed as much as 1,700 kilograms; the complete car tipped the scales at 2,300 kilograms and the permissible gross weight was around 2,700 kilograms.
No matter what version of the 500 K you look at, the elegance of its body sends people into raptures even today: every single one had been given its own, unparalleled personality by the ingenious coachbuilders in Sindelfingen. Only few customers opted for bodywork tailored by independent bodybuilders to their own wishes (the price lists quoted the chassis as individual items), especially since the Sindelfingers rose above themselves in accommodating the customers' special wishes, for instance for individual fender versions, rear-end designs or interior appointments. Within two years, 342 units of the 500 K were produced.
In response to the virtually insatiable craving for performance on the part of well-heeled customers all over the world, the 500 K was replaced in 1936 by the 540 K with supercharged 180 hp engine. This model was sold to 319 motoring enthusiasts.
The history of supercharged Mercedes-Benz cars goes back to World War II and has its roots in aeroengine production. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft had introduced mechanical air compressors which supercharged the engines and thereby compensated for the power loss of aeroengines at higher altitudes, ensuring their stable performance.
The first Mercedes models with supercharged engines were displayed at the Berlin Motor Show in 1921 – between bicycles with auxiliary engines and mini-cars. They caused quite a stir among automotive experts. With the supercharger, an engine booster had been introduced which, from 1926, catapulted Mercedes passenger, sports and racing cars into a new dimension of performance.
The car
Considered the ultimate 540K, the Special Roadster would be an impressive achievement and reflected Mercedes' non-acceptance of anything other than perfection. A massive and awe-inspiring automobile, the Special Roadster has a commanding presence no matter its surroundings.
Deep within the Special Roadster beats the heart of a grand touring automobile meant to deliver its occupants great distances in great comfort. Only 25 of these roadsters would be built between 1935 and 1939. Even fewer of those 25 would be built as one-off designs on the later 540K chassis. However, this car would be just such an example.
Perhaps the final roadster to be built as a result of the war, this car would be completed with a five-speed transmission, the first year in which the five-speed would be introduced. Ordered for the Horn brothers, the Special Roadster would feature some usual features like the raked radiator and low doors. However, the car would boast of a number of unique touches. Those touches would include the lack of running boards, a steeply-raked windscreen that could be opened, chrome accents along the hood and beltline of the car and aerodynamic tapering over the folded top. However, the most easily-recognizable one-off design would be the design of the fenders. Fully skirted, the fenders look almost teardrop in shape and therefore give a very pronounced look over each of the tires.
The roadster would be delivered to the Horn brothers in a dark blue livery and they often would be seen driving it until the war made it almost impossible to do so. Like the lives of so many during the Second World War, much history would be lost. What is known about this car is that it would be discovered in the Soviet Union by Alf Johansson, a Swedish reporter, in 1962.
Johansson had been in the Soviet Union since 1945 and he would come across the car at the summer home of a Soviet general. Following the death of the general, Johansson would try desperately to acquire the car. His persistence would pay off and he would be given the car, but that would be only half of the battle. He next had to figure out a way to get it to Sweden. Boldly, Johansson would drive it to the Swedish border and would end up rescuing the Mercedes-Benz Special Roadster from its unknown fate in the Soviet Union.
A number of years later, the 540K would be imported to the United States and this unique and intriguing Special Roadster would end up the property of Tom Barrett and the Imperial Palace Auto Collection of Las Vegas. After a while, this car would join the extensive Lyon Family Collection in California where it would remain for more than two decades.
Alifa from Sheikh Hadid near Afrin is at an aid distribution site, where earthquake-affected people receive emergency shelter kits and tents. With EU humanitarian support, relief continues to reach those most in need.
© European Union, 2023
18 March 2014. Saraf Omra: Kaltoum Abbakar, from Safra, near Saraf Omra, North Darfur, walks around the settlement for displaced people in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in Saraf Omra.
In the aftermath of a conflict that erupted on 7 March between the Gimir and Abbala tribes, an estimated 55,000 people from Saraf Omra and neighbouring villages were displaced. Many sought refuge in the vicinity of the UNAMID base in the town, while others moved to villages in Central and West Darfur.
The feuding communities signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement on 12 March. Post this development, the situation has stabilized and the majority have returned to their homes. However, a few thousand are still displaced.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
A displaced girl in a temporary school that was opened by UNICEF and COOPI in the bush as families are too afraid to send their children back to their home villages. August 2007 (c) UNHCR / Nicolas Rost
4 August 2016. Gumbo: A child looks her relative preparing food at their shelter for her family at the compound of the Salesian's mission in Gumbo, on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, that currently hosts 8,000 displaced people following the clashes between Government and opposition forces between 8-11 July 2016. The conflict in South Sudan, that started in 2013, forced 2.6 million people to flee their homes.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - www.albertgonzalez.net
Abstraction employing layered filters from Photoshop, Enjoyphoto, Superphoto and editing apps installed on my cameraphone.
Iraq's Displacement Crisis and the International Response
The Iraq War has caused the largest population displacement in the Middle East since 1948. However, the dire situation has elicited neither a major international humanitarian response nor a policy debate over U.S. responsibility for the crisis. Sectarian fighting, political and criminal violence, lack of basic services, loss of livelihoods, spiraling inflation, and uncertainty about the future have pushed some 4 million Iraqis from their homes. Neighboring states, burdened by the influx of refugees and concerned for their own security, have imposed visa restrictions and effectively cut off entry. The Iraqis that have fled to neighboring countries face tremendous uncertainties, including the threat of deportation. Regional governments, coalition forces, and international organizations are grappling with the crisis while protecting against security vulnerabilities. The recent flow of Iraqis returning home may be a promising sign, but until security in Iraq improves and people can safely go back, critical attention must be paid to the remaining options: improved conditions inside Iraq, temporary placement in a host country, or resettlement in a third country.
The Center for American Progress and the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a conference addressing Iraq's displacement crisis, the international responses, and the prospects for improving the situation. The panelists offered their insights on the current challenge and examined the moral and security implications of the crisis, shared strategies, and identified programming and policy options.
This theme ‘Displacement’ investigated the theme of both rural and urban erosion. To demonstrate my ideas, people were displaced in these carefully selected run down environments, placement was not always the decision of the photographer; an array of figures scattered into the landscape made for a surreal experience. This displacement is to signify how the economy can change and reshape lives as simply as the wind changing direction. The impact throughout time of an economic down turn can dramatically impact on the lives of those who live in both urban and rural communities. As banks and creditors tighten their belts, more and more businesses both big and small face the consequences. As large supermarkets are eager to continue their capitalist profiteering decide to source products abroad at cheaper rates, local farms and small businesses face closure unable to meet such cheap supply and demand. It is paradoxical as ordinary people no longer able to afford the finest foods or luxuries of organic produce seek cheap fodder for their hungry brood driving down prices even more.
These beings in the landscape stand still, only their heads moving back and forth, up and down, like standing to attention; attention to what their minds exude, maybe this twenty second capture allows them to forget all the troubles in the world or maybe they are shaking their heads in annoyance at their current situation. The sequence of the head movement suggests hidden identity and emphasizes the subject’s vulnerability and instability. I have always allowed the viewer to perceive what they wish to perceive, the title stands purposely structured in brackets so that the viewer is open to other interpretations. To create the illusion of levitation I photographed the space twice from the same tripod position, first with the objects and figures and then without. In Photoshop The Buckets and ladders etc. where replaced with the same space of the empty Photograph. The sepia filter juxtaposes the old with modern times. Reminiscent of time long gone; capturing the uncertainty of the atmosphere.
The decision to represent my thoughts at night – with the stars above, illustrates the magnitude of the problem, and closure of everything at night adds to a sense of fear of it all. Nightmares and sleepless nights go hand in hand with anxieties and troubled minds. I appear in some of my photographs deliberately to show my concerns about the environment and indeed my own employment in the future. It also adds for a more spiritual and meaningful work for myself as an artist.
A humanitarian observer interviews a man who has been displaced from his village near Paoua. UNHCR and CARITAS have set up a network of observers in the northwest of the Central African Republic to monitor the protection situation and displacement patterns. August 2007 (c) UNHCR / Nicolas Rost
Navel displacement Cure (Guaranteed) by Yoga Guru Suneel Singh
Solar Plexus which is located behind the belly button or the Navel is the central location of the body according to various theories. This is also known as Nabhi, Nal , Nada and Dharan in Hindi. This is located approximately at the center of the body. Importance of the Solar Plexus increases due to the fact that one of the chakra also known as Manipur Chakra is also located at this location. In spiritual context of yoga, nabhi is the third chakra of the subtle body. We can call the centre for ‘Jeevani Shakti’ (life force). Healthy nabhi means healthy body which can be attuned for higher spiritual practice.
After the nabhi has shifted once, it is a problem which occurs frequently thereafter unless yogic precautionary practices are started. There are lots of reasons for navel displacement like an excess weight lifting, Weak stomach muscle, high stress, lower back pain, , hyper or hypo nature, excess gastric, Vata domination etc. The displacement is directly connected with the navel nerves, stomach muscles and movement of prana, and will affect each of these in some manner. The misalignment may be detected by many methods. Yes First time in world. Yoga guru suneel singh came with navel displacement permanent cure by “ Nabhi chakra Yoga DVD” . Guru suneel singh having more than 22 years experience with 3000 yoga programs, many articles and Yoga Healing workshops. He is one of the most seen and read yoga gurus in India. In this DVD he has explained about Nabhi , symptoms, Diagnose and easy to follow acupressure, Beej mantra, subtle kirya, yoga and home remedies . Correct Nabhi chakra Yogic treatment, for a short period, says 3 to 4 days is seen to eliminate this trouble.
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A semi-displacement 45 metre vessel featuring wide exterior spaces and a distinctive vertical bow.
The yacht was designed with a special focus on the ship owner's need and desire to take full advantage of the outdoor spaces, maintaining close contact with the sea. This explains why the craft was designed with a large, 70 metre aft cockpit offering maximum comfort. The vertical bow and decisive lines give the yacht a "military" look balanced by the harmony and the linearity of the interiors.
The interiors by the French designer Remi Tessier were created with attention even to the smallest details, with a watchful eye on the choice of materials. In addition to the principle essences such as sanded oak and ebony, many additional details were conceived with carbon fiber, precious black chrome and gold foil that adorn a large portion of the ceilings and the walls. A perfect synthesis between refined luxury and contemporary allure.
Considerable attention was also given to on-board entertainment, with an extremely easy to use audio-video system with global control. The Kaleidescape System for on-demand entertainment, Lutron for managing the domotics and the Apple system with integrated AirPlay for complete audio control. In addition to 7 crew members, the motor yacht sleeps 12 guests.
With 120,000 people, Bentiu in Unity state is the most overcrowded of six UN protected sites where civilians have sought to escape violence and deprivation caused by the 19-month old conflict. Bentiu has recently seen a spike in malaria and malnutrition. The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) supports various partners in Bentiu to improve the camp environment through basic services such as health care, water and sanitation. ECHO also provides financial support to emergency organisations who are trying to reach those who were not able to reach the displacement sites. Photo credits: EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
A fashion client of mine wanted a catalog page design that was edgy and attention grabbing. When I produced this comp everyone flipped out (in a good way) and it was exactly what they wanted. It's always rewarding when design produces an immediate and visceral reaction.
To create this design, I used one of my favorite Photoshop tools, displacement mapping, to wrap a design around a photograph I took of a samurai sculpture.
Never can quite figure out the point of putting a 4-way display like this against the wall.
Bradford, PA. December 2023.
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Inclusion/displacement of bronchial cartilage in a lymph node previously sampled by EBUS-TBNA. First described by Dr. Lara Pijuan, is known as Lara's lesion.
Images contributed by Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay - @smlungpathguy
Even though the space between the plates of a capacitor is empty, current flows through the capacitor when the voltage across the plates is changing. That current is equal to the capacitance times the time rate of change of the voltage.
Unlike the wires in which the current consists of moving charged particles (electrons), the current that flows between the plates is due to moving electric fields. The current flowing between the plates is known as the displacement current.