rhythmic gymnasts will head to Fellbach-Schmiden March 15-16 for the 2025 Schmiden International Tournament Nev./Nevada Rhythmic Academy) and Alexandria Kautzman (Simi Valley Calif./California Rhythms) will compete in individual competition while Alicia Liu (San Diego Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy) and Natalia de la Rosa (Woodland Hills Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) will contest for junior titles as a team March 15 with juniors taking the floor for the team competition at 4:30 a.m The seniors will follow with Kautzman in Group A beginning at 8 a.m All apparatus finals are slated for Sunday beginning at 5 a.m All information, including the event schedule and live streaming, can be found on the competition website a processing and packaging technology provider to the pharmaceutical and food industries is preparing for the next phase of its growth strategy by selling its Waiblingen facility as well as a relocation of other assets With the sale of its Waiblingen site to Andreas Stihl AG & Co and the planned relocation of its production and administration activities to Fellbach and Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart) this year Both Syntegon and Andreas Stihl AG & Co KG signed the corresponding purchase agreement on March 31 "We are pleased that our long-standing property will be in good hands," Torsten Türling Chief Executive Officer of the Syntegon Group State-of-the-art pharmaceutical plantThe activities of the Pharma Solid business unit located in Waiblingen will move to a dedicated pharma site in neighboring Fellbach in the second half of 2025 A modern production center is being established there significantly increasing manufacturing capacities and enabling further growth The site will feature an optimized production and office concept tailored to the needs of the growing pharma industry Business Excellence CenterSyntegon will establish its central administrative functions in a Business Excellence Center in the Stuttgart district of Bad Cannstatt in the third quarter of 2025 they will optimally support the worldwide expansion of the Syntegon Group under modern working conditions The sustainably developed office building is conveniently located close to Stuttgart's main railway station and airport Related:Anton Paar Opens New Plant in Midwest "With the new locations in Fellbach and Bad Cannstatt we are creating the ideal conditions for further growth and will even better fulfill our role as a strategic technology partner to the global pharmaceutical industry," said Türling Kristen also worked in television as the digital producer helping write scripts for advertiser spots and other consumer magazines owned by Petersen Publishing and Weider Publishing She also worked at a Microsoft partner magazine Redmond (formerly Microsoft Professional magazine) as the associate editor Kristen worked as the editorial assistant for a regional weekly newspaper while earning her B.A in journalism with a concentration in public relations from Central Michigan University Conagra Brands to Sell Chef Boyardee for $600M This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Focused pharma site in Fellbach creates new production capacities Syntegon a strategic partner of the pharmaceutical and food industries is continuing its successful development and preparing for the next phase of its growth strategy With the sale of its former site in Waiblingen to Andreas Stihl AG & Co Syntegon is setting the ideal conditions for further growth The activities of the Pharma Solid business unit located in Waiblingen will move to a dedicated pharma site in neighboring Fellbach in the second half of 2025 Syntegon will establish its central administrative functions in a Business Excellence Center in the Stuttgart district of Bad Cannstatt in the third quarter of 2025 The sustainably developed office building is conveniently located close to Stuttgart’s main railway station and airport Syntegon has sold its previous location in Waiblingen to Andreas Stihl AG & Co Both parties signed the corresponding purchase agreement on March 31 “We are pleased that our long-standing property will be in good hands,” says Torsten Türling chief executive officer of the Syntegon Group “With the new locations in Fellbach and Bad Cannstatt we are creating the ideal conditions for further growth and will even better fulfill our role as a strategic technology partner to the global pharmaceutical industry,” says Torsten Türling An English-language packaging industry B2B platform in print and web Packaging South Asia is in its 19th year of publication We do not make any claims about being the best or the most 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editorial info@ippgroup.in — for advertisement ads1@ippgroup.in and for subscriptions subscription@ippgroup.in Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription and website in this browser for the next time I comment Arts and ArchitectureArt education faculty member takes arts and cultural advocacy efforts to KosovoCommunity members view the immersive installation at Fellbach-Haus Center for Creative Education in Suhareka The installation was facilitated by Arts Action Group — What does arts and cultural advocacy look like in a context of community development and social transformation What is the role of arts and culture in the context of oppression or rebuilding after war Those are questions that Penn State Art Education faculty member Ann Holt explores through the facilitation of community arts workshops in Suhareka/Theranda Holt has visited Suhareka — a region where arts and culture are seen as critical to community development — in 2017 she spent 10 days in the southeastern European municipality continuing a collaboration with AAG partner Refki Gollopeni an artist and administrator at Fellbach-Haus Center for Creative Education AAG is an international collective of arts educators artist-teachers and educators committed to facilitating socially engaged arts and education initiatives with children and youth in conflict-affected environments Members of the group were introduced to Gollopeni and the dynamic community at Fellbach-Haus in 2009 “While the beginning of the collaboration was about arts and healing and entrepreneurial rebuilding the relationship has become more geared toward STEAM and looking at ways that arts and culture can help to bring up the economic well-being of the country,” explained Holt who holds a doctorate in art education from Penn State Kosovo is still recovering from the 1998-99 war including ethnic cleansing that marked the end of the fall of Yugoslavia It is estimated that more than 80% of the houses and buildings were destroyed by Serb forces and more than half the population of surviving ethnic Albanians were internally displaced or made refugees during the two-year-long conflict launched by the former Serbian president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which resulted in Milošević being charged as a war criminal despite its declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 China and Serbia do not recognize Kosovar sovereignty all G7 and most European Union countries do “It’s an interesting kind of context to be thinking about arts and culture,” Holt said “But Kosovo has always had a very rich cultural and artistic heritage Animation has long been a part of their cultural output.” The theme of the 2024 collaboration with Fellbach-Haus was “Imagining Place: Mapping New Worlds,” and resulted in an immersive installation — created by children and youth at the community center and students studying robotics — featuring high- and low-tech kinetic drawing machines animations and large-scale video projections with audio linked to the theme It also featured an entire range of handcrafted With assistance from Penn State maps specialist Heather Ross Holt was able to bring a digital topographical map and print analog maps of the region to use for creative inspiration While AAG members make plans with Gollopeni and the youth prior to arriving in Suhareka the art projects evolve organically once they are on-site “This year we surpassed what we usually accomplish in a week because we set out to do an installation and it became super-immersive,” Holt said “There was so much artwork going on that we could not keep track of all of it Goals this year included working with other local educators — they collaborated with an art teacher and a robotics teacher — and facilitating more dialogue among participants “Some of this is about creating more spaces so that we can have more time for dialogue and more time not only working with the students so we [educators] can stop and just sit at a table that is part of how we operate in the sense that we embrace not knowing It lends itself that way because it’s not us making all the decisions.” Every year AAG members invite volunteers to join them in Suhareka including international colleagues and former students a Penn State English faculty member who was born in Albania accompanied Holt to Suhareka in March to explore ways the project could incorporate partners from other disciplines Holt met Darragjati when Gollopeni visited the United States in fall 2023 where he presented his arts advocacy work and experiences in context to war and rebuilding to Holt’s grad students enrolled in "Art Education 524: Arts Education and we need to consider projects that allow for more collaboration,” said Darragjati they were almost like family after working with them for a few days You want to do what you can to help them.” Helping the kids — by using the arts to show what they are capable of — is AAG’s primary mission AAG collaborates with local partners engaged in the arts with children and youth to foster capabilities associated with the arts — from creative expression and reflection to big-picture thinking “It’s not one of those things where you just go and don’t go back,” Holt said “The relational component is key to making it work Language may get in the way but when you know each other language does not truly get in the way— there are workarounds According to Holt, the challenges mainly lie in supporting the work of AAG and its partners in meaningful ways. AAG members self-fund where they go, participating in fundraising efforts when possible. This year AAG was partially supported by the Suhareka municipality with additional funding from ProfVal, a company building bridges for international academics and professionals who seek to contribute their expertise in the United States Holt said she is exploring the possibility of developing a Penn State study abroad program or immersive experience where she takes students to Kosovo to engage in international community-based arts and cultural education work Reflecting on her experiences in Suhareka over the years Holt said it’s inspiring to see how engaged the students are and what they accomplish in one week The workshops culminate in a public exhibition and celebration attended by participants and their families A celebratory dinner features local singers performing traditional Albanian songs “These trips are always successful,” she said “We are creating the conditions for relationships to happen outside this program — it’s the beginning of lifelong friendships.” For more on AAG’s work in Kosovo, visit the AAG website It was early March and the eye-catching asparagus was already on prominent display at my local grocery store which was a surprise to me and an elderly lady standing nearby she said in an excited pitch that quickly turned to disappointment She walked off empty-handed after closer inspection revealed the bright green stalks were from Spain rather than Germany “Spargelzeit,” the much-anticipated time of year when the asparagus starts to sprout only really counts when it’s grown locally With the lady’s disappointment still fresh in my mind I decided to seize the spargel moment now that the season is in gear a farm restaurant in the town of Fellbach that’s held in high regard for the quality of its stalks has been on my list of places to visit for years with the asparagus grown on site along with a wide range of other produce When they launched their annual asparagus menu on March 26 my family made a reservation just a few days later we were brought a small serving of asparagus broth to get our palates warmed up includes many dishes with white and green stalks served in different ways Typical options include 500 grams (about a pound) of asparagus served in hollandaise sauce I ordered the green served with a side of smoked salmon Another in our party opted for the white asparagus with hollandaise and a crispy schnitzel Several meals offering asparagus with crepes or meat offerings were in the 20 euro range The white and green asparagus all were cooked to perfection And the flavor beats any import likely to be found at the local commissary where it seems like asparagus is available year round and not particularly popular That tendency to eat in season adds to the experience of Bauerle which has an appealing modern atmosphere indoors that contrasts with the farm setting the farm’s restaurant turns to a beef-oriented menu in August and a goose-focused one in the fall I made a return trip for a little more Spargelzeit — this time at the produce stand for takeout SOUTH BEND — The Studebaker National Museum presents “The Birth of the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz Racing” at 1:30 p.m The racing cars of Mercedes-Benz have been known as the “Silver Arrows” (Silberpfeile) since the 1930s in the years immediately preceding the Second World War Along with the racing cars of the Auto Union company the silvery-liveried German machines of the two companies dominated Grand Prix racing from 1934 to 1939 Back home again: Studebaker National Museum purchases race car built for the Indy 500 After World War II, Mercedes-Benz once again returned to racing with a new generation of Silver Arrows in 1954 and 1955. In recent years, the Mercedes Formula 1 team has won six world championships in a row also using a livery that is basically silver But how and why the Silver Arrows of the 1930s came into being has often been attributed to an incident that occurred during the weigh-in for the Eifelrennen (Eifel Race) at the Nűrburgring in June 1934 For many years, the account given by the manager of the Mercedes-Benz racing team, Alfred Neubauer was accepted at face value and repeated in books and magazines In recent years, some have challenged this account, and the Mercedes-Benz Heritage Information Center held a symposium in July 2007 at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach will take the audience through this fascinating story and explore whether or not there is truth in the famous story or there is more to the story than meets the eye For more information, call 574-235-9714 or visit studebakermuseum.org A rhesus monkey sitting in water up to his chest (Photo by Hansel Meith/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation) After Mieth extensively photographed a rhesus monkey study she was furious that LIFE editors ran only one picture: a sullen runaway rhesus she had pursued into the water she resented it: “I call him the monkey on my back.” Nisei Japanese-Americans participating in a flag saluting ceremony at relocation center in forced internment during WWII Wartime prejudices faced by the German-born Mieth and her husband helped them empathize with the plight of Japanese-Americans LIFE assigned the duo to photograph the internment camps For the article “We Return to Fellbach” they explored the postwar emotions in their hometown 20 years after they had left Mieth’s sister died of heart disease —Adapted from The Great LIFE Photographers A rhesus monkey sitting in water up to his chest. (Photo by Hansel Meith/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation) Nurses at Children’s Hospital tending to young polio patients. (Photo by Hansel Meith/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation) Travel back in time with treasured photos and stories, sent right to your inbox SwitzerlandName your mountain thrill: whether it’s peak bagging you’ll find it deep in Switzerland’s heartland. Hikers explore the trail behind the Mittaghorn in Saas-Fee Switzerland with a view of the Mattmark reservoir.Saastal Tourismus AG/Filme von DraussenByKerry WalkerMay 4 2023•6 min readA haven for winter sports enthusiasts Saastal’s Alpine charm is just as strong when the weather warms This valley is located in the Swiss canton of Valais and home to four villages; all wood and gabled roofs Make this car-free resort your base to explore this cinematic corner of the Alps this summer — here's how The Saas Valley is set sky-high among Alpine giants. The valley is surrounded by 18 summits above 13,000ft — including Dom, Switzerland’s highest — and visitors can take them all in on the cable car ride to the Hohsaas viewpoint a dedicated circular trail departs from the cable station with knockout vistas and information boards on the mountains along the way where you can put your feet up on a sun terrace while the Hohsaas Bike Trail hightails it back to the villages with glimpses of mountain streams and larch forests the icy expanse between the Dom and Allalinhorn summits can be explored with crampons in summer; negotiate its seracs and crevasses with the help of a guide The five-mile circular trail around this earth dam — Europe’s largest — is gentle enough for families and offers views all the way to the Allalin and Schwarzberg glaciers is the starting point for a more challenging 18-mile loop up old smuggler routes; Monte Moro Pass grazes the border with Italy and opens up to views of Monte Rosa the Fellbach Falls are never more spectacular than in summer Come as the weather warms for the full crash-bang spectacle watching this 130ft cascade tumble over a wooded cliff face in wispy plumes stop for a picnic at the nearby village of Saas-Balen which charms with rustic sights: there are cow-nibbled pastures dark timber huts and a 19th-century round church that’s unique in the country trails wind for miles to tiny hamlets and some of Europe’s highest mountain pastures where the silence is broken only by chiming cowbells then go higher still with the Metro Alpin underground funicular Make sure to wrap up warm: this viewpoint has an ethereally lit ice cave sculpted directly from the belly of the Fee Glacier pros can be spotted training in Saastal's summer ski area KQED Live Events PRX Podcast Garage Events Events Around the Bay Area Member Benefits with KQED Live Videos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events Featured That's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel left their home town of Fellbach they would make their careers as socially conscious photographers creating beautiful and heartbreaking images of America’s working classes Leaving Baltimore for California in 1930 they braved the harsh realities of the Great Depression worked as migrant farm laborers and documented all of these experiences with a second-hand Rolleiflex camera Mieth and Hagel began their long careers with images of poverty and harsh work conditions on California’s farms many of which are currently on display at the Sonoma County Museum in LIFE and Purpose: The Photography of Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel the largest exhibition of their work ever shown in the United States The collection blends the heaviness of Dorothea Lange’s iconic Depression-era work with the energy of late night strike meetings Cotton picker families offer emotional glimpses into California’s historical struggles; a stark contrast to today’s highly developed Mieth’s 1932 image of a shanty town (informal settlements once called “Hoovervilles”) near the Sacramento city dump is especially profound — countless men and boys dig through the trash Mieth and Hagel also documented the San Francisco Longshoreman Strike of 1934 a time when people were so desperate for food and a day’s work that the couple had their apartment robbed Mieth’s 1934 image Outstretched Hands relays that desperation with immediacy; it soon became an icon of the union The couple’s work reflected the times outside of California as well eventually leading to job offers for both at LIFE Magazine while Hagel opted to work for the magazine on a freelance basis Mieth’s photography rose to a new level of radicalism for the time; she documented issues like birth control Japanese interment camps and female garment worker strikes Although both Mieth and Hagel became known and respected for images that humanized the experiences of poor working families their viewpoints and friends resulted in scrutiny during the McCarthy era especially after refusing to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) The McCarthy era didn’t scare them away from social justice issues forever One of the most powerful images in the exhibit is one of a series on the local Pomo Indians The photograph shows a tribal burial for the leader’s son Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel’s work captures the beauty heartache and adventure of the immigrant experience in America But it also pays homage to the often-unseen players who toiled on the land we inhabit today And though the exhibit includes glimpses of their personal lives and circles of famed friends it’s the nameless workers and families who leave the most meaningful impact LIFE, Labor, and Purpose: The Photography of Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel is on view at the Sonoma County Museum through August 30, 2015. For more information visit sonomacountymuseum.org Amelie Bachmann wasted no time getting acclimated into American lifestyle She was hosted by the Tami and Travis Armstrong family The Armstrongs already had a wedding to go to that next weekend in Granite Falls the family went to the Omaha Zoo and a water park she started volleyball practice at Blue Earth Area High School “There are so many new things here compared to back home I find myself sitting in class thinking about what I have going on for the rest of the day- and even week- sometimes.” and is not used to having a full schedule all the time She says that schools in Germany do not have as many activities “I have never played volleyball before but it seemed like a fun experience,” Bachmann says “I want to get the most out of this exchange student program and do things I would not normally do in Germany.” Back home she really enjoys dancing and belly dancing A belly dancing club was only 10 minutes away from her home She has been doing it for the last two years Bachmann also plans on doing gymnastics at BEA this upcoming winter She believes her belly dancing experience will carry over and help her grasp gymnastics “The best part about having Amelie around is her willingness to try and do different things,” host parent Tami Armstrong says “It is scary to put yourself out there and do something different for a change.” The most glaring differences Bachmann says are the proportion sizes of food quality of acting on television shows and deer roaming around freely but there are quite a few small differences,” Bachmann says “The first time I saw deer running across the road I seriously freaked out.” Another difference is the recommendation as to what to do after high school graduation jobs and corporations in Germany want older kids with life experience “Teachers recommend to take some time off after high school graduation,” Bachmann says “College is not a common choice for new high school graduates.” The German native did not know what to expect coming to America She only knew that she was very curious and excited Bachmann did not fully commit on doing the exchange student program until late March of this year She recalls one of her friends telling her about the exchange student program Bachmann always was curious about life in America “My days seemed to be so robotic,” Bachmann says “It was the best choice I have ever made.” Bachmann admits her English has become more fluent Being around so many English speakers really helps her concentrate on what she is actually saying has also loved the experience according to Bachmann Lucia gets her bigger sister’s wardrobe while she is gone to America “Being a Buccaneer and being a part of a high school with so much school spirit has been a great change of pace for me,” Bachmann says The school day is two hours longer here according to Bachmann “At first it felt like a very long day “I really enjoy my practical software class because back home we use computers for everything and not everyone knows basic technology skills.” In addition to being pleased with American high school life her favorite American food by far is taco salad She also believes that the quality of McDonald’s and Subway is second to none “The Armstrongs have been so great and I could not have asked for a better host family,” Bachmann says “It is never boring and there is never a quiet minute around here.” Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Minnesota | https://www.faribaultcountyregister.com | 125 N You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience The Fraunhofer ISE has designed a novel method for assessing the potential of low-temperature heat sources for large-scale heat pumps The five-step process was tested on the German city of Fellbach enabling the identification of heat sources with LCOH lower than €0.1/kWh Image: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) Researchers from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have proposed a novel method for assessing and comparing low-temperature heat sources for integration with industrial heat pump operations The proposed method is based on five steps: Identifying heat sources; evaluating their heat availability and potential; approximating the cost of heat source extraction and supply; comparing the potentials and costs; and finally yielding recommendations to municipal heat planners “All local municipal heat sources need to be assessed for their potential and availability,” the group said “Individually assessing each heat source and soil (surface and deep geothermal) will contribute to more informed decision-making for municipal energy planners this paper suggests an indicator-based heat source evaluation method using open-source data.” The first step uses open-source geographic information tools like Open-StreetMap This information – which includes industrial sites and river and lake areas – is collected within a geoinformation system (GIS) the team highlights that heat sources like deep geothermal and industrial waste heat sites may not be identifiable without detailed research The second step includes considering all the different indicators for potential low-temperature heat sources A total of 40 indicators are considered in technical are used to assess the potential of the different air-based The next step is the cost approximation one which is based on technical potential assessment “Each identified heat source is evaluated based on the expected investment and operating cost of thermal generation units The required generation capacity is matched with heat demand close to the location in an area of two-by-two km2 to estimate the possible capacity sizes of heat exchangers and other necessary generation components and allocate their cost,” the academics explained The fourth step of the proposed method compares the results in four frameworks The first is compression in absolute terms by heat exchanger and source as yearly energy quantities for the specific analyzed area The second is a relative comparison when only sources of the same geographical type are compared The third framework compares the certainty of the heat sources based on a quantitative data quality assessment The last proposed framework compares the heat sources by the levelized cost of heat (LCOH) “The recommendation in step 5 is based on the previously introduced four steps of the methodology and concludes with a list of promising heat source candidates within the chosen boundaries of the study subject,” the researchers explained “The recommendation process summarizes the results in a repeatable way for the deciding planners.” the scientist took a case study of the German city of Fellbach Located in the country's southwest and home to about 45,000 residents its combined heat demand for 2022 stood at 472 GWh and its electricity demand amounted to 193 GWh The city primarily relies on gas and oil boilers for heat supply the researchers have identified the river Neckar various large industrial plants and supermarkets and potential heat extraction areas in residential proximity as potential heat sources Based on the technical and economic estimation of each possible source “The case study-specific LCOH for five of the analyzed sources falls below 0.1€ (0.104$)/kWh while the LCOH of the five soil-based heat sources exceeds 0.1€/kWh,” the results indicated “The case study results show competitive thermal supply cost for five heat sources: Industrial waste heat wastewater and supermarket waste heat.” Based on LCOH compression and the other framework the team recommended further developing a proof of concept for extracting heat from the river water They also recommended considering the possibility of extracting heat from a near-surface geothermal close to a new housing estate The method was presented in “Evaluating low-temperature heat sources for large-scale heat pump integration: A method using open-source data and indicators,” published in Applied Energy More articles from Lior Kahana Please be mindful of our community standards Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to 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View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Darja Varfolomeev has seen her childhood dreams come true as the 17-year-old won Germany first Olympic medal since 1984 and first German gold in history on rhythmic gymnastics 9 (Xinhua) -- Grace and perfection have been her desires since Darja Varfolomeev first stepped into a sports hall at the age of three 14 years later the Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast seems to have come near her boldest dreams Taking the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris gave proof of her profound development in the sport she loved from the first moment The 17-year-old dominated the all-around competition with the hoop the clubs and the ribbon (142.850) securing the top position ahead of Bulgaria's Boryana Kaleyn (140.600) and Italy's Sofia Raffaeli (136.300) The story behind the German success might be one of the most unusual in sports Leaving Russia at the age of 12 without her parents she joined the German federal Olympic training center for gymnastics in Fellbach-Schmiden near Stuttgart "It was a tough time to go to a country I didn't know without speaking the language," said the 2023 five-time world champion she and her mother Tatjana applied for German passports "I have worked my entire life to get to the Olympics I always admired the mental strength of athletes performing perfectly under pressure," she said adding that she loves to deliver gymnastic routines after choosing the music for her performances Under the supervision of 42-year-old coach Julija Raskina a Belarus-rooted silver medal winner of the 2000 Olympics the breakthrough followed in 2023 when she won all competitions at the Valencia World Championships but we took it easy to allow her to get used to the new environment," Raskina said adding her athlete has been ambitious every day to gain perfection postponed her school exams "as that can wait as we decided the Olympics comes first." The strategy paid off in the La Chapelle Arena after months filled with 60 hours of training every week "I am sure the school exams come early enough," Varfolomeev said with a smile running over her face "I am so happy to have done what I always dreamed of aside from her friends and her brother witnessed her triumphant march in Paris and tears of joy came quickly after the final score This is the first German Olympic medal since 1984 and the first German gold in history of the sport. ■ Cars, Mercedes-Benz Mercedes invested $3.2 million and seven years in the restoration of a 1975 600 Pullman limo It was to breathe life into an outdated limo The brand also wanted to bring the classic up to contemporary standards DISCOVER SBX CARS: The global premium car auction platform powered by Supercar Blondie The restoration aimed to make the limo look like a classic from the outside but perform like a modern Maybach The Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman was a favorite of the wealthy of the mid-1970s This anthracite gray metallic and blue leather example was made on the German production line It boasted self-leveling suspension and hydraulic windows and was delivered to Lebanon in 1975 that Mercedes-Benz Classic bought it in 2007 repainted in ‘Mother of Pearl White’ Mercedes built just 2,677 units of the 600 luxury sedan – internally known as the W100 – with a short or long wheelbase and four or six doors Only 304 of them were hand-built Pullmans and 59 had the ‘Landaulet’ tag Daimler AG shipped to Mercedes-Benz Classic in Fellbach There the seemingly classic luxury sedan was donated some unexpected and expensive contemporary features It’s not cheap to procure parts for a car that’s so rare and has been out of production for decades The owner’s brief was comfort using what the modern stretched Maybach 62 offers The car now features an electro-transparent panoramic glass roof shifting from clear to opaque at the touch of a button Plus Maybach analog gauges from the 62 sedan provide speed a button controls a power glass partition for privacy en route The red-garnet leather seats are also borrowed from a 62 complete with electric adjustment and cooling with automatic and ambient lighting While spacious, it’s nowhere near the size of this 10-seater V8 Dodge Viper limo. To raise the comfort to private-jet heights and built-in nav on a sliding LCD TV screen integrated into the center wall A Dolby surround audio system with Bluetooth connectivity means you won’t skip a beat and the Becker Grand Prix AM/FM radio in the dashboard The owner also resisted the urge to soup up the engine too much the original 6.3-liter single-overhead cam V8 engine was rebuilt with its four-speed automatic transmission sending 247HP through the rear wheels the car came with only 691 miles (1,112 kilometers) on the clock In a less elegant conversion, this Learjet was converted into a limo that cost $1m to build. Well despite entering the luxury used car market at well below its remake cost at $2.32 million The car went unsold in 2020 when it was originally listed – and has been relisted several times It was previously offered for roughly $2 million (€1,844,500) That’s been cut to $1.6 million (€1.5 million) which doesn’t cover half the cost of the restoration cost Even though it’s a bargain, it looks like the 1975 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman is going to just sit there, on the website of the German dealer for a while In an example that didn’t fare as well, these YouTubers had to get a rare 1963 Chrysler New Yorker limousine running in a matter of days. London-based Amelia cut her journalistic teeth covering all things lifestyle Fast-forward a decade and the senior content writer and editor has put pen to paper for glossy magazines When her OOO is on from writing about cars and heading up on-site SEO you can find her spending quality time with her young family Modern Art are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by the American artist Josh Kline entitled Civil War Civil War builds upon Kline’s project Unemployment made and exhibited over the last two years which looks at the potential human consequences of automation and mass-unemployment in the decades ahead Civil War explores the socio-political implications of these transformations in the context of the United States The exhibition includes a large-scale installation of cast sculptures that appear as concrete rubble as well as a new short film set in a utopian future America Civil War is part of an ongoing cycle of installation-based projects by Kline about human life in the 21st Century Recent solo exhibitions of his work have taken place at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Kline has been included in groups shows such as Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection NY (2016); the Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial NY (2015); 2015 Triennial: Surround Audience NY (2015); Looking Back/The 9th White Columns Annual NY (2015); ICA@50: Pleasing Artists And Publics Since 1963 PA (2014); Speculations on Anonymous Materials Kassel (2013); and New Pictures of Common Objects Please enable JavaScript to view this page correctly International Flair at the traditional Gymnastics- Tournament in Fellbach-Schmiden: The best 12 gymnasts after the all-around-descisions Largely because the SL is a sporting legend it took second and fourth places in the Mille Miglia a threefold victory in the Prix de Berne sports car race fourfold victory in the Nürburgring Anniversary Sports Car Grand Prix and a double victory in the 3rd Carrera Panamericana in Mexico We're guessing MB won't be in an enormous rush to test its 142mph top speed Now check out the new 'un Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. 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Look out for your regular round-up of news No money from the licence fee was used to create this website The profits we make from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes BBC is a trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation A wall of F1 cars is just a small part of a 1000-strong collection of one-offs, motorsport stars and production classics hidden in secret bunkers Mercedes-Benz calls The Holy Halls MERCEDES’ temple to the car as a work of art is a dramatic nine-level aluminium and glass building it houses 160 glistening cars and 1100% exhibits in 16,100% square-metres of floor space or almost the area of the Sydney Cricket Ground By the time this architectural jewel opened in 2006 the museum located just outside the Unterturkheim factory gates at 100 Mercedes St Worth it; since then more than seven million people (40 percent foreigners) have taken the tour through this giant atrium space with no straight walls and no closed rooms unheralded series of 11 warehouses that store an amazing collection of almost 1000 cars everything from a three-wheel 1888 Benz to Lewis Hamilton’s 2015 championship-winning F1 car They are the heart of the astonishing Mercedes-Benz Classic collection and this visit by Wheels’ is the first time a media outlet has been allowed in with cameras Immediately behind the showroom is the Classic Centre’s workshops where a team of seven specialist mechanics work on maintaining the collection and especially those legendary models that are sent all over the globe Seventy percent of their work is for the collection and definitely not for sale 30 percent for owners who want the best restoration and service available a monster late 1920s SSK roadster and a ‘streamliner’ W196 the last model of any series to come off the production line or just a one-of-a-kind sample of rolling history The Holy Halls are the supply chain to the museum where cars are stored before rotating into the museum or classic car events Some cars – especially modern F1 racers – are stored in hermetically sealed glass cases stacked like scale-models until you get up close and see that they really are full-size Mercedes-Benz has been saving and storing important cars for more than a century It’s company policy to keep at least one example of every production car it has sold Mercedes adds 30-50 cars to the collection It is currently looking for AMG models to round out next year’s 50th anniversary AMG celebrations ideally with an example of every significant AMG model An unmarked door set in a non-descript wall opens to reveal a tiny reception area and a door to a single toilet There is no clue to what lies beyond the other door The low hum of air-conditioning is the only noise though I’m told there is a clever alarm system The vast space is hangar-like in its floor area An elegant 1938 320 combination coupe-convertible has a removable hardtop A few hundred metres away we enter a second anonymous hall rallying and sports-racers including the Group C Saubers At one end there’s a collection of about 30 more recent F1 cars: Petronas-sponsored Silver Arrows and Mercedes-powered Vodafone McLarens the gorgeous rotary-powered gullwing coupes that almost made it to production in the early 1970s Mercedes’ commitment to the collection, and using it intelligently to promote the brand globally, is obvious. For the recent W213 E-Class international press launch in Portugal, Mercedes provided examples of nine generations of Mercedes-Benz E-Class for the journalists to drive “As long as the guys above appreciate what we do who manages both the museum and the collection A couple of days later CEO Dieter Zetsche tells us he is a great fan of the collection and its global work “The whole war was a nightmare,” Wittmann says some were sent to Dresden along with three million detailed blueprint drawings that miraculously survived unscathed.” the Dresden Technical Auto Museum returned 12 cars some that ended up in Russia have never been returned or even seen again Unlike this priceless and fabulous collection No other car company celebrates its past quite like Mercedes-Benz Maybe that’s because none have a history as long In this file photo Tim Kretschmer is seen on July 6 The grandparents of the German school gunman Tim Kretschmer have spoken for the first time of their "totally normal" grandson said it had fallen to them to present to the world the other side of a boy now cast forever as a brooding social inadequate who only got the respect he wanted through the barrel of a gun Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel