Heibe dust battle: schachmann convinces at strade bianche

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Heibe dust battle: schachmann convinces at strade bianche

Victory narrowly missed, re-start gluckt: maximilian schachmann started the shortened cycling season with a podium finish.

On the hard course of the strade bianche in and around siena, the professional cyclist from berlin rode to third place behind belgian wout van aert and italian champion davide formolo.

Despite missing out on victory, schachmann was satisfied with the result. "I felt really good in the race. I was also surprised that I coped so well with the heat. In the end, it became very difficult due to the numerous climbs," the 26-year-old bora-hansgrohe pro told the deutsche presse-agentur. The thermometer showed up to 43 degrees at times.

The second aspect that made the race difficult were the sections of track with female gravel. The color gave the race its name: strade bianche, weibe straben. The bikes of the pros then also kicked up white dust in coarse clouds. "You couldn't see the ground because of the dust," schachmann said.

The german road champion was part of a funfer group that broke away in the decisive phase of the race. From this group he attacked about 20 kilometers before the finish line. "I noticed that many are already broken and wanted to try it out," he said. But schachmann was no longer able to counter van aerts' attack about seven kilometers later. "Wout made the decisive move in the downhill in the last sector. I then tried to get him back on track, but I didn't get as much cooperation," said schachmann.

Nevertheless, team bora-hansgrohe was satisfied. "We wanted to race for the win here. That's what we did with max," said sporting director enrico poitschke. The second captain – and actual classic king at bora – peter sagan, could not intervene in the decisive phase. "It wasn't his temperatures, the race was also a bit too hard for him," said poitschke.

Because of the expected heat battle in tuscany, team manager ralph denk had switched early to schachmann. "Mountain riders will have advantages over pure classic riders in this race," he predicted. With the ex-mountain biker van aert, someone from whom belgium also expects successes in round trips has prevailed.

Schachmann also has qualities as a cyclist, which he intends to demonstrate during the polish tour. He is also booked for the tour de france. Since his victory in the tradition-steeped paris-nice race before the cycling lockdown in march, schachmann has been one of the stars of the team. To be co-captain of a classic race with ex-world champion sagan is proof of the growing appreciation of the value of greening.

Eighth death in meningitis wave in the usa

More than 30 000 people could have been affected. The drug, which contains the active ingredient methylprednisolone-21-acetate and is injected near the spinal cord, has been supplied in 23 of the 50 U.S. States, according to the CDC.

A total of 76 medical facilities received the drug, which is mainly used to treat chronic inflammatory diseases. So far, the traps have been limited to nine states. The form of meningitis transmitted with the drug is not contagious. Doctors are now searching for additional patients who may have received the contaminated drug. Affected batches have been administered since may, CDC said.

At first, the symptoms seem almost harmless: patients feel weak and have headaches and fever. In addition, however, there will be dizziness and symptoms of paralysis – as in the case of a mild stroke. Because symptoms sometimes do not appear until four weeks after infection, the disease is not easily recognized.

It is still unclear how the contamination of the drug occurred, the CDC said. The entire production of the manufacturer NECC in framingham (US state of massachusetts) was already confirmed on 3. October stopped for now. Most of the affected states record few cases so far, but in virginia there are 23, in michigan 21 and in tennessee 35.

The world should become different and more just, fairer. At least that is what the "weltfairanderer" have decided at the dr.-ernst-schmidt-realschule ebern on their flags. They want to draw attention to the fact that the resources in our world are not inexhaustible and that everyone can contribute to making the world a better place. It is not only a matter of talking about it, but also of taking concrete action.

Verena hack, education officer at the church youth work of the diozese of wurzburg, is active in a theme tent in ebern with eight employees who lead and accompany the project. "The idea for the project came from mainz and is now being continued in several dioceses," says verena hack, says the young woman. Not only students from the secondary school took part in the project in ebern, but also various other groups, such as the "I-have-a-dream-group" from kirchlauter committed to social causes. A group from the kindergarten and the senior altar boys from ebern also took part in a workshop. "Oh yes, from sendelbach the evangelic church group 'rocksofa' was there, who held a service in our tent", says verena hack.

Under the motto: "the little you can do is a lot" (albert schweitzer) liked the educational offer "become a fair-trade world traveller". Sensitizing children and young people to the important issue of sustainability and social justice in their own living environment. Since 2010, teams have been visiting schools to promote the "weltfairanderer" for a school week-to set up a tent and conduct workshops with the students. "The aim is not only to make children and young people aware of the important issues of sustainability, but also to show them a way to become active themselves, says verena hack.

In the project, which has already received several awards from unesco, children and young people are encouraged to take an active role in shaping their own lives and not just to talk and listen, but also to act.

Four focal points

As there was a church fair in ebern last weekend, some visitors came by the tent and there was also a parents' evening, where everyone was able to get the appropriate information. "The project has four focal points" tells verena hack. She mentions the key words: theological, social, economic and ecological.
One topic was fair trade, where the children were shown how the profits are distributed among producers, intermediaries and supermarkets, and how the relationship changes when "fair trade products" are sold buys. This way, more money reaches the actual producer.

"We also took up the topic of water to make clear which products contain water, what is needed for washing, drinking or showering, and how much water is needed for the production of various products, says verena hack. For example, there is a lot of water in the peppers that are imported from countries where there is a shortage of water. Her colleague katy says that it takes 11,000 liters of water to make one pair of jeans, for example. The company is trying to communicate this knowledge to children so that their future consumption behavior can be based on it.

Next year, too, the project will take place in a place of the diozese. Verena hacks balance sheet: "i have the impression that many children are very interested and that they get a slightly different perspective and therefore also think about shopping." If some of them succeed in drawing attention to the fact that the world's resources are exhaustible and everyone contributes a small part to making the world a little better, a lot can be achieved, says the education officer. Ecological and social action can make everyday life "sustainable and fair" change.

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