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Connochaetes gnoublack wildebeest(Also: white-tailed gnu)
By Barbara Lundrigan and Jennifer Bidlingmeyer
Geographic Range
Lifespan/Longevity
Communication and Perception
Food Habits
Ecosystem Roles
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Originally, black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnus, ranged the highveld temperate grasslands during the dry winter and the arid karroo during the rains. However, due to hide-hunting in the 19th century, they were reduced to living on protected game farms in southern Africa. (Estes, 1991)
Biogeographic Regions
Connochaetes gnou lived in grasslands similar to the habitat of the common wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, when it ranged free. However, with its thicker, darker coat, black wildebeest are able to range farther south than the Orange River, past the edge of the acacia savannah, into colder climates. They rarely seek shade, and need little winter shelter. (Estes, 1991)
Habitat Regions
Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
scrub forest
Black wildebeest are dark brown to black in color, males being darker in color than females. Both sexes become lighter in coat color in the summer, and develop shaggier coats in the winter. Like common wildebeest, C. gnou possesses a bushy beard and mane. However, C. gnou has a mane that stands up from its neck, rather than draping across the neck, like that of C. taurinus. This bristly mane is cream to white in color and black at the tips. The beard is black in color and stretches only along the lower jaw, not the length of the neck, as in C. taurinus. Additionally, black wildebeest have an area of longer, dark hair between the forelegs, covering the chest, and another patch of bristly black hair along the bridge of the nose. Male C. gnou stand 111 to 121 cm high and can be up to 2m in length, females are slightly smaller. Paired horns curve down, forward, and then up, like hooks, and are up to 78 cm in length (slightly thinner and shorter in females). The base of the horns is widened and flattened to form a protective shield. These differ from C. taurinus in that they project anteriorly, rather than laterally. Scent glands are present preorbitally, under the hair tuft, and on the forefeet.
Dental formula: 0/3, 0/1, 3/2, 3/3 (Talbot 1963) (Estes, 1991; Talbot and Talbot, 1963; Walker, 1968)
Other Physical Features
endothermic
homoiothermic
bilateral symmetry
Sexual Dimorphism
male larger
Range mass
110 to 157 kg
242.29 to 345.81 lb
Range length
2 (high) m
6.56 (high) ft
Dominant males defend access to a harem of females with which they mate. These territorial bulls are able to mate at any time, will call at twice the normal tempo, and may even froth at the mouth. There is suggestion that this calling helps to stimulate and synchronize female estrus, although there is also evidence that the lunar cycle triggers the mating peak. A rutting bull will never eat nor rest, as long as there are females within his territory. There are few courting rituals, besides males herding females with neck outstretched and chin in-line, urination on demand and flehmen (urine scenting). If a receptive female is uncooperative, a bull may rear in front of her with a full erection in a copulatory display. A receptive female will raise her tail when approached by a bull, swishing it across his face. Her tail remains up, sometimes, vertical, during mating, as the cow stands with her legs bowed, back arched. Females mate dozens of times with a male, often 2 or more times in a minute. (Estes, 1991)
Mating System
polygynous
Offspring gestate for 8 to 8.5 months, only 1 extremely precocial calf is born. Calving peaks in November-December (semi-dependent on timing and location of rains). Like C. taurinus, 80-90% of all calves are dropped within the three week birth peak. Calves can stand at 9 minutes post-parturition, and are grazing at least part time within one month. Calves are weaned after 4 months. Females mature at 1.5 to 2.5 years of age, males don't mature until 3 years of age.
Key Reproductive Features
iteroparous
seasonal breeding
gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
viviparous
Breeding interval
Females breed once yearly.
The breeding season coincides with the end of the rainy season, February to April.
Range number of offspring
Average number of offspring
Range gestation period
8 to 8.5 months
Range weaning age
Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
1.5 to 2.5 years
Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
Like most mammals, female black wildebeests nourish their young in utero, and then nurse them for several months after birth. Males provide no care for their young. Calves stay with their mothers until the next calf is born. Black wildebeest calves are capable of standing and running within hours of birth.
Parental Investment
altricial
pre-fertilization
pre-hatching/birth
pre-weaning/fledging
pre-independence
post-independence association with parents
Black wildebeest can live for 20 years.
Typical lifespan
Status: wild
20 (high) years
Average lifespan
Status: captivity
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Like C. taurinus, wild C. gnou were migratory in large herds. Black wildebeest were never studied in their natural habitat, interacting with natural predators, however they seem to be more aggressive than their wild cousins, and have attacked and killed keepers while in captivity. The largest existing herd numbers 330 head at Willem Pretorius Game Reserve, Orange Free State. Herd size increases with forage density, female herds ranging from 14 to 32 and maintain a social dominance hierarchy. Unlike common wildebeest, black wildebeest do not groom each other or rub their foreheads on other wildebeest's croups because of the projection of their horns. However, they occasionally rub their cheeks on companions' necks.
Calves stay with their mothers until the next calf is born. These yearlings are driven out by the adult males. During this process, calves are often separated from their mothers, resulting in what may be the main cause of captive calf mortality. The yearlings form peaceful bachelor herds that may be tolerated by female groups late in the dry season. (Estes, 1991; Huffman, 2004; Walker, 1968)
Key Behaviors
cursorial
terricolous
diurnal
motile
migratory
dominance hierarchies
Black wildebeest herds maintain a range of approximately 100 ha, dependending on the availability of space and quality of vegetation.
Male wildebeest determine dominance through classic head-ramming and front-pressing behaviors exhibited in most bovids, however the females maintain their rank primarily through head-nods and head-shakes. The white tail is lashed or waved in most C. gnou interactions, signalling anything from dominance to submission, and possibly serving as an auditory signal, as it can be heard up to half a kilometer away.
Perception Channels
Black wildebeest eat the foliage of karroid bushes and shrubs. They live in somewhat arid regions and can subsist without drinking every day. (Estes, 1991)
Primary Diet
folivore
Plant Foods
wood, bark, or stems
Black wildebeest were once important herbivores in the ecosystems in which they live and served as an important prey base for large predators, especially in calving seasons.
Black wildebeest are part of the diverse wildlife that attracts tourists for safari.
Wild gnu are seen as competitors of commercial livestock. As well, many bovine diseases, such as rinderpest, travel from wildebeest to cattle. Wildebeest also carry parasites, including several kinds of ticks, flies, lungworms, tapeworms, and paramphistome flukes. (Talbot and Talbot, 1963)
Negative Impacts
causes or carries domestic animal disease
Indiscriminate hunting and restriction of the best fertile land for farming has reduced the population sizes of many African antelope, including this species. Connochaetes gnou now exists only in contained populations on game farms and in zoos (Macdonald 1995). The IUCN rates it a species of Least Concern because of the large number of captive individuals. (Macdonald, 1995)
US Federal List
No special status
George Hammond (editor), Animal Diversity Web, Tanya Dewey (editor), Animal Diversity Web.
Barbara Lundrigan (author), Michigan State University, Jennifer Bidlingmeyer (author), Michigan State University.
living in sub-Saharan Africa (south of 30 degrees north) and Madagascar.
uses sound to communicate
young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
either directly causes, or indirectly transmits, a disease to a domestic animal
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
ranking system or pecking order among members of a long-term social group, where dominance status affects access to resources or mates
humans benefit economically by promoting tourism that focuses on the appreciation of natural areas or animals. Ecotourism implies that there are existing programs that profit from the appreciation of natural areas or animals.
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
an animal that mainly eats leaves.
A substance that provides both nutrients and energy to a living thing.
An animal that eats mainly plants or parts of plants.
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
makes seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
having more than one female as a mate at one time
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
breeding is confined to a particular season
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
sexual ornamentation
one of the sexes (usually males) has special physical structures used in courting the other sex or fighting the same sex. For example: antlers, elongated tails, special spurs.
associates with others of its species; forms social groups.
uses touch to communicate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
the region of the earth that surrounds the equator, from 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
tropical savanna and grassland
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
temperate grassland
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
uses sight to communicate
reproduction in which fertilization and development take place within the female body and the developing embryo derives nourishment from the female.
Estes, R. 1991. The Behavior Guide to African Mammals. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press.
Huffman, B. 2004. "Connochaetes gnou" (On-line). The Ultimate Ungulate Homepage. Accessed 09/09/04 at http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Connochaetes_gnou.html.
Macdonald, D. 1995. Encyclopedia of Mammals. London, Sydney: George Allen and Unwin.
Talbot, L., M. Talbot. 1963. The Wildebeest in Western Masailand. Wildlife Monographs, 12: 8-88.
Walker, E. 1968. Mammals of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Order Artiodactyla even-toed ungulates
Artiodactyla: information (1) Artiodactyla: pictures (866) Artiodactyla: specimens (581) Artiodactyla: sounds (1)
Family Bovidae antelopes, cattle, gazelles, goats, sheep, and relatives
Bovidae: information (1) Bovidae: pictures (394) Bovidae: specimens (470)
Genus Connochaetes gnus and wildebeest
Connochaetes: pictures (22)
Species Connochaetes gnou black wildebeest
Connochaetes gnou: information (1) Connochaetes gnou: pictures (1)
To cite this page: Lundrigan, B. and J. Bidlingmeyer 2000. "Connochaetes gnou" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 21, 2022 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Connochaetes_gnou/


Farmers need to shout aloud about their story.
Much like his tour across the Midwest in a recreational vehicle, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue covered the gamut in an address to the Iowa Ag Summit Saturday.
He covered issues such as helping young farmers get started in agriculture, helping rural communities, helping farmers operate with less regulation and urging farmers to remain confident that the USDA will stay focused on increasing exports, 2018 Farm Bill, and the dicamba crop damage.
On the sidelines of the Iowa Ag Summit, Secretary Perdue told Agriculture.com that he is monitoring the hot agriculture topic of dicamba, the herbicide that is doing damage to crops that weren't sprayed with the product.
In a recent Agriculture.com article on the dicamba issue, it was reported that dicamba damage complaints have been rampant. "So far, Arkansas has received 760 reports from farmers of dicamba drift damage – a record for one product – spanning 209,000 acres, according to the state plant board," the report stated.
The Arkansas State Plant Board relies on the "honor system" to enforce its ban, said director Terry Walker. Violations are punishable by fines up to $25,000.
At the Iowa Ag Summit, Perdue reassured farmers and agribusiness leaders that U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on helping farmers sell more products around the world.
Secretary Perdue weaved into his speech the purpose of his Back To Our Roots RV tour. "Much like I'm talking to you, the young farmers that we are talking to after this event, we started our tour in Wisconsin visiting with farm groups, visiting farms. We're finding ideas where we can be of help and counsel for Congress in thinking about the next Farm Bill," Purdue says.
"We want a stable safety net for producers. While we recognize that we don't want Congress interfering with the market, we want producers producing for the market and not the (Farm Bill) program," Purdue told the Iowa crowd.
Also, Purdue reminded farmers and agribusiness attendees that although this is a time when folks think that the lawmakers have their minds made up on farm policy, it's not true.
Perdue reminded those in attendance that no longer can farmers talk amongst themselves only.
"All of us in ag country can't just stay on our farms and only talk to neighbors and talk in a huddle. We know now that federal, state, and public policy is going to influence what we do as farmers everyday," Perdue says.
Plus, the consumer is having increasing influence as to how we do our business in agriculture.


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Final Photo Of People Taken Right Before Tragedy Struck (44 Pics)
Morbid curiosity is a part of human nature that most of us just can't help. Maybe the reason we're all drawn to tragedy has something to do with natural human grapplings with mortality.
For some, reading about death is depressing. For others, facing their mortality through such stories is purely terrifying. Despite that, it's nearly impossible to stop reading stories about fatal tragedy...which is exactly what the following 25 photos deal with.
Each photo tells the story of someone's journey to the end — a journey that we'll all have to take one day. In some, you can see a knowledge of the end in their eyes. In others, they're blissfully ignorant of the fate awaiting them.
All of them are tragic, and maybe just a little bit beautiful...
1. The mayor of St. Louis sits alongside other politicians before a fatal test flight on a military glider in 1943.
2. Mayinga N'Seka, a nurse during the first outbreak of Ebola in 1976, with two of her colleagues just a few days before she succumbed to the virus.
3. Concorde Flight 4590 as it caught fire during takeoff.
4. Actor Paul Walker getting into the car that would crash and kill him later that day.
5. Soviet guerrillas executing a traitor behind German lines in 1944.
6. Johnny Cash's final performance.
7. William "Dave" Sanders was a teacher at Columbine High School. He warned students in the cafeteria that a shooting was happening, saving hundreds of lives.
8. Final image of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 that collided with another aircraft over San Diego in 1978. All 139 passengers perished.
9. Ian Curtis, singer for '70s rock band Joy Division, posing with his infant daughter just five days before he took his own life in 1980.
10. The last picture of the Titanic afloat.
11. A musician noticing the start of a fire that would kill 100 people at The Station nightclub in Rhode Island on Feb. 20, 2003.
12. Rapper Notorious B.I.G. leaving a party minutes before he was killed in a drive-by shooting.
13. Joe Kelly with his two sons at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2001. Kelly was killed the next day during the attacks on the Twin Towers.
14. This picture of a bear was snapped by a hiker in New Jersey. Moments later, the hiker was attacked and killed by the same bear.
15. The 1961 U.S. figure skating team posing for a photo before their flight to the World Figure Skating Championship in Belgium. The plane crashed while attempting to land.
16. Picture recovered from the crash site of Japan Airlines Flight 123, which shows the cabin before tragedy struck. All 509 people aboard were killed.
17. George Mallory and Sandy Irvine at their Mount Everest base camp in 1924. Neither came down from the mountain alive.
18. The Hally family before taking off for their dream vacation aboard the doomed MH17 flight, which was downed over Ukraine shortly thereafter.
19. Margaret Thatcher with her children several months before she died.
20. The moment when a hot air balloon in New Zealand stuck several power lines and caught fire. All 11 people on board were killed.
21. Final image of Robin Williams posing with a fan.
22. The last known photo of Patrick Swayze before he succumbed to cancer.
23. James Dean at a gas station with his Porsche just hours before his fatal car crash in 1955.
25. Robert Overacker was jet skiing over Niagara Falls to raise awareness for the homeless. He fell to his death when his parachute failed to open.
Self portrait of Chris McCandless taken days before his death as he wandered the Alaskan wilderness.
Final image of Vladimir Lenin --- founder of the Soviet Union --- in 1923.
The Plymouth, Massachusetts Police Department saluting their K-9 officer on his way to the vet to be put down.
The crew of the Challenger.
The last photo of Freddy Mercury.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the days before his assassination, which would then spark World War I.
Serial killer John Wayne Gacy receives a visit from his sister just days before his execution.
Hank Carr (center), who later used a hidden key to escape incarceration and murdered the two detectives on the left and far right. Carr then led cops on a high-speed chase before being killed in a standoff.
Russian freerunner Pavel Kashin attempting a backflip on top of a 16-story building. He landed successfully, but lost his balance and fell to his death.
In 1853, Joseph Avery became stranded on a log in the Niagara River after his boat capsized. Avery managed to cling to the log for 18 hours before he was swept over the falls.
NYPD Officer Moira Smith helps an injured man on the morning of 9/11/2001. Shortly after the photo was taken, she returned to the lobby of the south tower. She was killed ten minutes later when the building collapsed.
22-year-old Afghani taxi driver Dilawar was falsely accused and sent to Bagram prison by American soldiers. Five days after this photo was taken, Dilawar succumbed to injuries sustained during torture.
Surveillance footage of American terrorist Timothy McVeigh stopping in his rental truck to light the fuse. Minutes later, the truck exploded in front of the Oklahoma federal building. The attack killed 168 people.
The last known photo of Hitler. It was taken just days before his suicide.
Final image of author J.R.R. Tolkien
Former president Richard Nixon attending a wedding shortly before his death.
A stowaway on a flight from Japan to Australia accidentally falls from the wheel well of a plane.
Former president Ronald Reagan on his 89th birthday. This is the last known photo of him before his death.

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The football look: what the player's uniforms are all about
Michaela Roman
Junior wide receiver Jaquan White runs down the field in UTEP's new uniforms.
Julia Hettiger, Staff Reporter
Many football fans are familiar with the rules, regulations and plays of football, but there are few who know the amount of work that goes on outside of the playing field. Maintaining a football player's image and the cost of preserving a player's uniform can be quite shocking.
Nathan Garrido, graduate assistant at the athletics department, said it costs around $28,000 to purchase new pants and jerseys for every player on the team.
"We bought new uniforms this year, and it cost $28,000 to replace the pants and jerseys for the whole team. Although we usually buy extras and blanks ones just in case," Garrido said.
Alan Luna, a kicker for the UTEP football team, said when choosing a uniform, most choose the one they are most comfortable with.
"It's like buying anything else, the sizes come in small, medium and large," Luna said.
Luna also said there's something different about wearing a football uniform compared to everyday clothes like jeans and shirts.
"Everything is tighter, it fits to your body and is comfortable," Luna said. "But personally, I like wearing a uniform because it makes me feel different than everyone else."
Garrido said helmets are a separate expense, and it usually costs $35,000 to replace the helmets, although they usually send them in for reconditioning instead.
To recondition the helmets, the athletics department sends the helmets in to Riddell, a company that specializes in sports equipment for football. There, they re-spray the outside, change out the pads and replace the facemasks.
"Replacing the facemasks is an extra cost and can be anywhere from $35 to $50 per facemask," Garrido said. "Since we are a university, we receive a reduced cost, as do most high school and university teams, but if we were a random person going in, they would probably charge us double."
Along with the yearly maintenance performed on the helmets, the managers also work to preserve the uniforms by washing them carefully.
"We spray them down after games, and then wash and hang them out to dry to avoid issues with the dryer," Garrido said. "The head manager prefers we do that so none of them shrink. If they are torn, we sew them and stitch them up to make them useable again, but if it's real bad we will replace them altogether. But usually they're small holes that don't do much damage."
The coach managers will try to preserve the uniforms for as long as possible, but will replace them if they are not reusable.
"We replace uniforms yearly only if they are damaged or torn, so that's when we'll order new ones," Garrido said. "If not, we'll use them as long as they are needed, but sometimes we have to replace them if they are damaged really badly during the game by the paint."
Unless they are badly damaged, uniforms are passed down from player to player once a player graduates.
"Their names are nameplates sewn onto the jerseys, so once they graduate we remove them and replace them with the next player's nameplate," Garrido said. "It's like a bumper sticker, just to put it into perspective."
Although the paint used on the field can damage the uniforms, Garrido said they rarely have to actually replace the jerseys during the game.
"I think we only had to once when a lineman had a small hole in his jersey and someone grabbed him and completely ripped the shirt to where his chest was exposed. We had to run and get him a new, blank one," Garrido said. "Just in case it does happen though, during the game we'll give a player a blank one and then have it remade with his name."
A football uniform consists of a helmet, facemask, jersey, pants and padded shirt to protect ribs, sternum and shoulders. Many of them like to wear tight, fitted shirts under their jerseys. Under their uniforms they also wear girdles, which provide them with padding on their hips, thighs and buttocks.
In the past, the girdle came without pads and players had slots to put the pads in instead. Players, like linebackers and running backs, wear other padding like kneepads to protect them from rough low hits.
While components of the uniforms have remained consistent, there have been slight changes and improvements made to them in recent years.
"Over the years the uniforms have changed in the sense that they've become tighter, more fitted and better suited for protection against rough plays," Garrido said. "They're thinner, more stretchable and more durable."
A recent trend for the uniforms is to bring back helmet styles from different decades.
"For the centennial, we brought back the style of the helmets from the '80s because coach Kugler played then," Garrido said. "It was a big thing; we brought back the logos, and it was a good walk down memory lane, reminiscing good times."
Brittany Huerta, junior health promotion major, said she was unfamiliar with the maintenance of football uniforms.
"I'm more of a hockey person than a football fan, but I didn't realize maintenance for the uniforms was so extraneous," Huerta said.
Although she was unfamiliar with the process, trying to preserve a jersey is something she can relate to.
"I own a hockey jersey, but I haven't washed it yet because I'm kind of scared to." Huerta said.
UTEP Football Uniforms
Michaela Roman, Editor-in-Chief
Michaela is a Senior Digital Media Production major at The University of Texas at El Paso. As the Editor-in-Chief, and former Photo Editor of The Prospector,...


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Marion es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en el condado de Flathead en el estado estadounidense de Montana. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 886 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 20,22 personas por km².

Geografía
Marion se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Marion tiene una superficie total de 43.82 km², de la cual 43.69 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.29%) 0.13 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 886 personas residiendo en Marion. La densidad de población era de 20,22 hab./km². De los 886 habitantes, Marion estaba compuesto por el 95.37% blancos, el 0% eran afroamericanos, el 0.56% eran amerindios, el 0% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.11% eran de otras razas y el 3.95% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 1.47% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Lugares designados por el censo en Montana
Localidades del condado de Flathead

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Stybar and Aernouts Win Superprestige Opener in Ruddervoorde – Full Results, Race Report, Photos, Video
Zdenek Stybar leads over the stairs © Bart Hazen
by Bart Hazen
Ruddervoorde, Belgium – World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) is the man of the moment. After winning the opening race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Namur last week, he was also the best in the opening race of the Superprestige series in Ruddervoorde. In sunny weather conditions, Stybar won after shedding Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant Offroad) in the final lap. Belgian Champion Sven Nys reached the podium after coming back from a mechanical in the first part of the race. France's Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) was fourth and Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) rounded out the top five.
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), racing for the first time in this young season after back-to-back bouts of illness and injury, took the holeshot, followed right behind by Zdenek Stybar, Bart Aernouts, Sven Nys and the rest of the pack. But the former world champion misjudged an early turn, losing ground to his nearest competitors and triggering a chain reaction pileup behind that delayed a number of riders, including Klaas Vantornout and Phillip Walsleben, both of whom had to fight to bring themselves back into the race from behind.
Albert's bobble was all Zdenek Stybar needed to take control, joining with the impressive Bart Aernouts. The two quickly created a big gap on Sven Nys, Bart Wellens, Niels Albert, Sven Vanthourenhout, Steve Chainel and a few others, and it became clear the winner of the race was in front. Sven Nys tried to get rid of his companions but broke one of his spokes in his wheel and, by the time he changed bikes, the others had bridged up to the Belgian champion.
Aernouts battled Stybar until late in the race © Bart Hazen
Aernouts and Stybar, who are both residents of Essen in northern Belgium and often train together, rode together for much of the race until Aernouts attacked just before a technical stretch of sand. Aernouts, who took one of the day's few clean trips through the sand while Stybar was forced to run, emerged with a five second gap and the support of a huge crowd who had waited for some real drama for most of the race's 60 minutes. But the attack was not quite enough, and Stybar reconnected with Aernouts on the next lap. When the Belgian rider bobbled the descent from the next-to-last set of stairs, Stybar immediately took advantage, hitting the gas and stretching a 10-meter lead that Aernouts couldn't close.
After the race, Aernouts told Cyclocross Magazine that he was happy with the race's outcome, despite falling short of the podium's top step. "I was thinking during the race about what I had to do to beat [Stybar]," he said, "and I was thinking that the only chance was to do a surprise, since in the last lap he is so strong. So I tried it the second-to-last lap; it was a good effort, I put some pressure on him, but he came back. It wasn't enough – he was the strongest, but I'm happy that I was not so far behind."
Aernouts, whose early season results have been the best of his career, said he's hopeful he can carry some momentum deep into the year. "It is a great start, I hope I can make it until the end of the season. I believe I can because in past years I've been able to do a very steady season. So I'm hopeful that I can do it this year also, but the start is fantastic. Now I have three podium places, so I'm really happy with that."
Stybar, known among racers perhaps most of all for his easygoing attitude, told reporters that he had just been happy to show off his rainbow jersey today. "I am just enjoying," he said. "You know, it's beautiful, and I don't know if next year I can ride again in [the rainbow jersey]. Maybe it's the first and last year I can ride in this jersey. And it's sunny, so it's nice white, it's not dirty, so there's not much washing to do this evening, so why not enjoy it?"
The world champion also told reporters that, as happy as he was to win, he was also happy to see Aernouts' strides forward this season. "Last year he was always fourth, fifth or sixth, and he was never on the podium. Now he did it, and he almost won the race," said Stybar. "I didn't want to try attacking like three laps from the end, because I was happy that Bart was riding for the win and I was thinking he's my friend and I didn't want to ride away from him and take his big chance to be on the podium."
Niels Albert is finding his way back to peak performance © Bart Hazen
Deeper in the field, Niels Albert said he was satisfied with his season's first efforts. "Seventh place was the best I could do today," he told Cyclocross Magazine afterwards. "I did my best, but the last lap I was totally lost. I'm just happy that I'm back, and for the moment I'm just working on getting higher. And we'll see when this happens."
Albert said that, for the moment, he was taking things step-by-step. "I didn't train for 14 days, and now I trained only from Friday of last week, so I have 10 days of training. And now I finished seventh, so I think I have to be happy. My knee is a little bit better, for the moment [it's doing] very well. We'll see tomorrow, but I think there's no problem any more. Not it's just getting into better condition, and we will see."
American Jonathan Page rode a gutsy race, climbing from deep in the field during the first lap to contend for ninth place for much of the race. Page worked his way to the front of a large group of riders who, he said, weren't willing to contribute to pace setting on the fast, mostly flat track. "I caught Klaas Vantornout and Dieter Vanthourenhout, and they just sat up," he told Cyclocross Magazine after the finish. "So I attacked them here, and of course they came with me and had energy for the end of the race. I gave it my shot, but it was one lap too much."
Page finished 15th, a disappointing result that didn't reflect the American's doggedness or his efforts to motivate the race. "I'd rather try than not," he said. "I did what I could today. Unfortunately results count, but how I rode today was better than them. I was pissed off today, that was my goal today. I wanted more, I wanted to be there at the beginning, but there was a crash in the first corner. I had to put my foot down and so I was one step behind. But I tried to keep that throughout the race, just going forward. I don't want to talk about luck, but a little luck at the start and I'm there."
Aernouts and Baestaens off the front © Bart Hazen
Jim Aernouts wins U23 race in Ruddervoorde
Belgian U23 Champion Jim Aernouts (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the U23 race for the Superprestige in Ruddervoorde, his first big win of the season. Aernouts took a solo win after an exciting race with a slight advantage over compatriot Vincent Baestaens (Telenet-Fidea) and U23 World Champion, and last week's winner in Namur, Arnaud Jouffroy (BKCP-Powerplus).
Last year's winner Micki van Empel (Telenet-Fidea) took the hole shot followed by Aernouts, Jouffroy, Baestaens, Van der Haar, Joeri Adams and the others. With constantly changing positions, lots of riders had a chance to win the race. In the final laps, a group of five riders finally broke clear: Aernouts, Jouffroy, Joeri Adams, Lars van der Haar and Baestaens.
Aernouts created a small lead in the final lap on his rivals to win his first race of the season. Baestaens won the sprint for second followed by Jouffroy, Van der Haar and Adams.
The youth races were won by Laurens Sweeck (Juniors) and Mathieu van der Poel (Beginners).
Video – Final Lap:
Photo Galleries:
1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:59:38
2 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabo – Giant Offroad Team. 0:00:05
3 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:00:47
4 Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:48
5 Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:00:54
6 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:00:59
7 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:01:02
8 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:01:22
9 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:01:27
10 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:01:36
11 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) BKCP-Powerplus 0:01:40
12 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus
13 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus
14 Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
15 Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike
16 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Sunweb Revor 0:01:57
17 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Zeitfahren La Brevine 0:02:13
18 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) KDL-Trans 0:02:23
19 Françis Mourey (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:02:34
20 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 0:02:55
21 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team 0:02:56
22 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team
23 Marco Bianco (Ita)
24 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi)
25 Mariusz Gil (Pol) Baboco – Revor Cycling Team
26 Patrick van Leeuwen (Ned) 0:03:10
27 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) 0:03:13
28 Ian Field (GBr) 0:03:22
29 Petr Dlask (Cze) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
30 Ben Berden (Bel) Qin Cycling Team 0:03:27
31 Romain Villa (Fra)
32 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team 0:03:40
33 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:04:15
34 Kevin Cant (Bel) Van Goethem – Prorace – cycling team 0:04:27
35 Robert Gavenda (Svk) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:04:31
36 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Team Mooserwirt Ridley Bike's 0:04:35
37 Rudi van Houts (Ned) 0:04:42
38 Florian Le Corre (Fra) 0:05:05
39 Steven De Decker (Bel) Flemish Cycling Projects 0:05:35
40 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team 0:05:38
41 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Baboco – Revor Cycling Team 0:05:42
42 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 0:05:50
43 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Lingier Versluys Beachbikers Team Vzw 0:06:03
44 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Van Goethem – Prorace – cycling team 0:06:17
45 Sascha Weber (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 0:06:28
46 -2 laps Wilant van Gils (Ned)
47 -4 laps Bram Schmitz (Ned)
48 -6 laps Caballero Candelas (Spa)
U23 Men:
1 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:49:50
2 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:00:01
3 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) BKCP-Powerplus 0:00:03
4 Lars van der Haar (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team
5 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabo – Giant Offroad Team. 0:00:04
6 Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:00:26
7 Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb Revor
8 Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb Revor 0:00:29
9 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Team Kuota – Senges
10 Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:00:38
11 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Sunweb Revor 0:00:41
12 Arnaud Grand (Swi) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
13 Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb Revor
14 Michi van Empel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team 0:00:59
15 Ritchie Denolf (Bel) Baboco – Revor Cycling Team
16 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:01:19
17 Stef Boden (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:01:30
18 Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Rabo – Giant Offroad Team. 0:01:32
19 Kristof Cop (Bel) APB cycling team 0:01:34
20 Geert van der Horst (Ned) WTC Woerden
21 Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned)
22 Jelle Brackman (Bel) MTB dreamteam 0:01:48
23 Matthias Bossuyt (Bel) Sunweb Revor
24 Karel Hnik (Cze) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
25 Tim Merlier (Bel) C.T.- DJ.Matic-Kortrijk
26 Matthieu Boulo (Fra) 0:01:58
27 David van der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Powerplus 0:02:07
28 Robby Cobbaert (Bel) SDC – Rogelli Cycling Team
29 Mike Teunissen (Ned) 0:02:18
30 Angelo De Clercq (Bel) Sunweb Revor 0:02:23
31 Ole Quast (Dui)
32 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Scott USA Cycling Team 0:02:37
33 Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:02:43
34 Sonny Volders (Bel) APB cycling team 0:02:47
35 Ruben Veestraeten (Bel) APB cycling team 0:02:59
36 Michael Schweizer (Ger) 0:03:06
37 Jonathan Bervoets (Bel) APB cycling team 0:03:20
38 Michiel van der Heyden (Ned) 0:03:23
39 Kobus Hereygers (Ned) ZZPR.NL 0:03:31
40 Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) Koninklijke Hoboken W.A.C. VZW 0:03:36
41 Fabian Danner (Ger) 0:03:38
42 Pierre Garson (Fra) 0:03:42
43 Raf Risbourg (Bel) Koninklijke Hoboken W.A.C. VZW
44 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Baboco – Revor Cycling Team
45 Niels Koyen (Bel) APB cycling team 0:03:48
46 Sieën Veestraeten (Bel) Sport En Steun – Leopoldsburg 0:04:32
47 Jeffrey Mellemans (Bel) Heylen Meubelcentrale Zlwc St.Truiden 0:05:01
48 Robin Poelvoorde (Bel) Tieltse Rennersclub 0:05:08
49 Mattia Rossi (Ita) 0:05:18
50 Dimitri Corriette (Fra) 0:05:24
51 Stijn Mortelmans (Bel) Palmans-Cras 0:05:31
52 Frederick Catrysse (Bel) 0:05:38
53 Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) KDL Trans 0:05:44
54 Jelle Cant (Bel) Van Goethem – Prorace – cycling team 0:06:13
55 Pieter Dewitte (Bel) 0:06:17
56 -2 laps Simon Geets (Bel) APB cycling team
57 -3 laps Klaas Vankersschaever (Bel)
58 -4 laps Jonas Plasschaert (Bel) Cycling Team Pajot VZW
59 Matthias Boetens (Bel) Style & Concept Cycling Team
60 Jon Gomez (Spa)
61 Joachim Janssens (Bel) Cyclocrossteam Freddy Sport Dilbeek
62 Michael De Meyer (Bel) KSC Denderstreek Labiekesvrienden
63 Bart Barkhuis (Ned)
64 -6 laps Jean-Baptiste Taleux (Fra)
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Is antibiotic resistance real?
Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process. A growing number of infections – such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and salmonellosis – are becoming harder to treat as the antibiotics used to treat them become less effective.
What caused the FQ antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance is a consequence of evolution via natural selection. The antibiotic action is an environmental pressure; those bacteria which have a mutation allowing them to survive will live on to reproduce. They will then pass this trait to their offspring, which will be a fully resistant generation.
What bacteria is amoxicillin resistant?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) MRSA has become resistant to common antibiotics such as beta-lactams, including methicillin, amoxicillin, penicillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, and cephalosporins. MRSA is spread by contact. MRSA usually affects the skin, such as surgical sites.
What is the most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
MRSA is one of the most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Symptoms of MRSA infection often begin as small red bumps on the skin that can progress to deep, painful abscesses or boils, which are pus-filled masses under the skin.
Why would amoxicillin not work?
Likely causes of amoxicillin-unresponsive AOM include infection caused by amoxicillin-resistant bacteria, inadequate dosing or absorption of amoxicillin, poor penetration of amoxicillin into the middle ear space, reinfection with a second organism, and AOM caused by viral infection or viral and bacterial co-infection.
Does antibiotic resistance last forever?
Without the selective pressure of antibiotics killing off the competition, bacteria with this mutation should disappear over time. But when the genes responsible for resistance can also be swapped between cells, the equation gets more complicated.
How can we prevent antibiotic resistance?
What can I do to prevent antibiotic resistance?
Don't take an antibiotic for a virus.
Don't save an antibiotic for the next time you get sick.
Take antibiotics exactly as prescribed. Don't skip doses.
Never take an antibiotic prescribed for someone else.


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She and Him
'Volume 3'
M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are entertaining enough people. Ward is a perfectly acceptable guitarist and Deschanel gamely holds up the vocals. But there's this niggling part of me that can't help but ask: If Deschanel was just another girl, would this group have two No. 1 albums on Billboard's U.S. folk chart? The indictment is alluded to in the cover art — the focus clearly on She. "Volume 3" is an inoffensive mix of covers and Deschanel-penned originals. The best ditty off the album is probably the poppy "Somebody Sweet to Talk to," but the whole album has a fairly uniform sound. If you're into the Leslie Gore-throwback sound, pretty much all of She and Him's catalogue will scratch that itch. But for what it is, "Volume 3" is the best of the duo's efforts, and a lot of that is due to Deschanel's songwriting, which has gotten stronger as she has gotten more confident. CV
'Modern Vampires of the City'
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Chad Taylor is an award-winning news journalist and music writer from Des Moines.


Chessia+Medea+Starter/Timetunnel is a no brainer.
I don't even know how to explain, boundary breaking is a useful utility. But if you don't like it you don't have to farm it, js. lel.
Boundary breaking has been one of the few skills out there that have survived power creep because of its versatility as both burst and utility. Up till now I'm still using PR starters in my team be it for normal stages, SMs, or arena (especially ueful).
Take it from 2 veteran players when we say it's useful, because you'll find alot of use for it, that I can guarantee.
If you have 5 memory travelers, 20 harpies (assuming you start feeding them from skill level 8), and around 20 mil EXP, then go ahead I guess. Personally I would rather advise players to max this card so that resources can be prioritized elsewhere.
For older players that have maxed PR starters, there's a combine skill: 3 extra rows, 15s unlimited movement. It's santa, but with better leaders.
As someone who already all max 5 starters, i would still max this card.