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When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study
By Public Health Expert • 25/05/2020 This post was syndicated from Public Health Expert - View original source
Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Matthew Parry, Dr Ayesha Verrall, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Martin Eichner (author details*)
This blog details a recent modelling study we conducted.
In it, we estimated that it would take between 27 and 33 days of no new detected cases of COVID-19 for there to be a 95% probability of epidemic extinction in NZ (at around current testing levels). For a 99% probability of epidemic extinction, the equivalent time-period was 37 to 44 days. So now the country urgently needs the Ministry of Health to provide an official definition of elimination and to upgrade the data on its website so that the public, the media and researchers can monitor progress towards achieving the goal.
NZ is a rare example of a country to clearly articulate an elimination goal for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus that causes COVID-19.1 In Australia, such a goal has been discussed as a potential option2 but it has not been adopted by the central government. There are other island jurisdictions that may also be approaching elimination (eg, Taiwan and Iceland) and there are some small island jurisdictions that have only ever had sporadic cases – but then have gone for weeks with no reported cases, suggesting successful containment and a likely return to COVID-19 free status (as Trinidad and Tobago have just declared).
Once NZ can declare itself having achieved SARS-CoV-2 elimination status, it can potentially phase out nearly all restrictive disease control measures, while maintaining tight border controls with quarantine for incoming travellers. It could also then explore permitting quarantine-free travel with other COVID-19 free nations, as envisaged by the Prime Ministers of Australia and NZ in terms of a trans-Tasman "bubble".3 More realistically however, it might be that such quarantine-free travel with NZ first begins with other island jurisdictions that have never had cases of COVID-19 and for whom NZ is the main or only air-traffic transit hub (eg, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue), or which might declare elimination status before Australia (eg, possibly Taiwan).
A very brief description of the model we used is in the Appendix below with the full description of the model and more detailed results published as a pre-print.4
What we found: Estimating time to epidemic extinction
This modelling work estimated it would take between 27 and 33 days of no new detected cases for there to be 95% probability of epidemic extinction, assuming effective reproduction numbers (Re) in the range of 0.5 to 1.0, combined with effective case isolation (Table 1, Figure 1). This range was 37 to 44 days (around 5 to 6 weeks) for the 99% probability level.
We also considered various scenarios with lower levels of symptomatic cases of COVID-19 seeking medical attention and lower levels of testing. For example, the time-period was up to 53 to 91 days (second scenario in Table 1, for the 95% level of probability).
Table 1: Probability level of SARS-CoV-2 elimination by number of days since the last detected case of COVID-19 (starting with 10 infectious cases for each value of Re in the range of: 0.5 to 1.0; using 10,000 simulations per parameter set).
Base case and scenarios 50% probability 95% probability
Base case analysis: 39.5% of symptomatic cases seek medical attention in primary care [based on Flutracking data for NZ] and assuming 95% of these people are tested for SARS-CoV-2 (and accounting for PCR test sensitivity) 12 to 15 days 27 to 33 days
Scenario 1: 30% seek medical attention, 60% of them are tested 17 to 24 days 38 to 51 days
Figure 1: Probability that pandemic virus extinction has occurred according to different Re values. The chart shows extinction probabilities if no new COVID-19 cases have been reported for a given number of days (10,000 simulations starting with 10 infectious cases for each value of Re). The curves from left to right relate to Re = 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, respectively.
Interpreting these results
These results suggest that with an effective surveillance system (high levels of testing symptomatic cases with cough and fever and testing of respiratory cases being hospitalised), it is possible to achieve high assurance that an elimination goal has been achieved in around four to five weeks of no cases being detected (Figure 1). Of course this modelling assumes that Re values have been successfully suppressed (at Re ≤ 1.0) during the critical period – which appears to have happened during the lockdown during Alert Levels 4 and 3 in NZ.5 6 Since the move to Alert Level 2, there is probably some on-going suppression of Re due to persisting interventions and behaviour changes (eg, restrictions on event numbers, hand washing and respiratory hygiene, some people still working from home, some mask use and people staying home when unwell).
The time period for no new cases we have identified of four to five weeks is similar to a provisional "28 days since the onset date of the last known infection" that has been suggested for NZ previously.7 This is also the span of two maximal incubation periods (14 days, which is being used for determining the length of quarantine for incoming travellers in NZ). Furthermore, the Ministry of Health defines a cluster of COVID-19 cases as "closed" when there have been no new cases for two [maximal] incubation periods (i.e. 28 days) from the date when all cases complete isolation". The same interval is the WHO definition of the end of an Ebola outbreak.
A 28-day period for elimination has also been proposed for the Australian setting.2 Nevertheless, it is possible that the 99% level of probability provides a safety margin that might be preferable (ie, the 37 to 44 day period we have estimated).
So when might the clock start ticking for reaching a defined elimination point in NZ?
It is now becoming urgent that the Ministry of Health publish a definition of the elimination of SARS-CoV-2 for NZ. As some of us have argued previously,7 this should be a science-based definition that defines a minimal level of high quality surveillance occurring, and ideally should be done in conjunction with Australian health authorities. But the Ministry also needs to provide critical information on its website (as stated previously8), and in the elimination context this needs to be:
What was the date of the last newly notified case from SARS-CoV-2 transmission within NZ (ie, not an infected incoming traveller put into supervised isolation whose data needs to be clearly differentiated on the Ministry's website and who is not relevant to the elimination goal)?
What was the last estimated date* that this last notified case was still infectious while out in the community; the date* they went into isolation; the date* they were reported as having become non-infectious (based on testing while in isolation); and the date* they were released from isolation. Further details could also help with interpretation as it could be a person tests positive at the end of a period of being isolated but this may reflect residual viral RNA fragments in their body when they are no longer considered to be infectious.
*All these asterisked dates could be plausible options for when "to start the clock" for a 28 day (or whatever) period before SARS-CoV-2 elimination can be declared by the Ministry of Health for NZ.
In the context of a high level of testing, a period of around one month of no new notified cases of COVID-19 would give 95% certainty that elimination of SARS-CoV-2 transmission had been achieved in NZ. But the country urgently needs the Ministry of Health to provide an official definition of elimination and to upgrade the data on its website so that the public, the media and researchers can monitor progress towards achieving this important goal.
*Author details: Nick Wilson1 2, Matthew Parry,3 Ayesha J Verrall,4 Michael G Baker2, Martin Eichner5 6 (1 BODE3 Programme, University of Otago Wellington; 2 HEIRU, University of Otago Wellington; 3 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin; 4 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, University of Otago Wellington; 5 University of Tübingen, Germany; 6 Epimos GmbH, Germany)
Appendix: Brief description of the model we used
To run "time to elimination" analyses for NZ, we used a stochastic SEIR type model, specifically a stochastic version of CovidSIM which was developed specifically for COVID-19 (http://covidsim.eu; version 1.1). Work has been published from previous versions of this model,910 and a similar simulation approach was taken previously for a poliomyelitis elimination study.11 The stochastic model was built in Pascal and 10,000 simulations were run for each set of parameter values.
The parameters were based on available publications and best estimates used in the published modelling work on COVID-19 (as known to us on 13 May 2020). Key components were: a starting position of 10 infected cases, the assumption of effective border control with no new imported cases, 80% of infected COVID-19 cases being symptomatic, 39.5% of cases seeking medical consultation in primary care settings, and 4% of symptomatic cases being hospitalised (see the full article:4). The level of testing of symptomatic cases in primary care and for respiratory cases being tested when hospitalised (both at 95% coverage with test sensitivity of 89%12), was as per a fairly optimal surveillance system conducting 7,800 tests per million people per week (slightly less than the level in NZ as per mid-May 2020 at 8,190 tests per million people per week13). Identified cases were transferred to supervised isolation which was assumed to be 95% effective. We considered different levels of transmission with the effective reproduction number (Re) of SARS-CoV-2 to be 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0 (with extinction still occurring in the last case [Re = 1.0] due to accumulation of immune individuals after infection).
In each stochastic simulation, the delay since the last detected cases was stored on a daily basis together with the information as to whether infection was still ongoing or was extinguished. The probability that extinction had occurred if no cases have been reported for a given number of days was calculated by dividing the number of such delays during extinction by the total number of such delays (ie, with ongoing transmission or with extinction). Other scenarios considered the impact of higher starting numbers of infected cases, and lower levels of attendance for medical consultations in primary care and also for the level of testing.
Baker M, Kvalsvig A, Verrall A, Telfar-Barnard L, Wilson N. New Zealand's elimination strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic and what is required to make it work. N Z Med J 2020;133(1512):10-14.
Group of Eight Australia. COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation. The Group of Eight Ltd. 2020. https://go8.edu.au/research/roadmap-to-recovery
Radio New Zealand. Trans-Tasman bubble: Jacinda Ardern gives details of Australian Cabinet meeting. Radio NZ 2020;(5 May). https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/415869/trans-tasman-bubble-jacinda-ardern-gives-details-of-australian-cabinet-meeting.
Wilson N, Parry M, Verrall A, Baker M, Schwehm M, Eichner M. When can elimination of SARS-CoV-2 infection be assumed? Simulation modelling in a case study island nation. medRxiv 2020;(20 May). https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.05.16.20104240v1.
Pallippadan-Johny J, McDermott J, Jones R, Duddin M. Monitoring and Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Zealand Including the Successful Impact of the Lockdown. Public Health Expert (Blog) 2020;(22 May). https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/05/22/monitoring-and-forecasting-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand-including-the-successful-impact-of-the-lockdown/.
Binny R, Lustig A, Brower A, Hendy S, James A, Parry M, Plank M, Steyn N. Effective reproduction number for COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. 2020. https://www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/files/2020/05/Reproduction-number-NZ-draft-21May.pdf.
Baker M, Wilson N, Hendy S, Skegg D. The need for a robust scientific definition for the elimination of COVID-19 from New Zealand. Public Health Expert (Blog) 2020;(5 May). https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/05/05/the-need-for-a-robust-scientific-definition-for-the-elimination-of-covid-19-from-new-zealand/.
Purdie G, Wilson N, Baker M. What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health's website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination. Public Health Expert (Blog). 2020;(2 May). https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/05/02/what-we-would-like-to-see-on-the-ministry-of-healths-website-to-better-inform-progress-on-covid-19-elimination/.
Wilson N, Telfar Barnard L, Kvalsig A, Verrall A, Baker M, Schwehm M. Modelling the potential health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a hypothetical European country. medRxiv 2020;(23 March). https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.03.20.20039776v1.
Wilson N, Telfar Barnard L, Kvalsvig A, Baker M. Potential health impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic for New Zealand if eradication fails: Report to the NZ Ministry of Health. Wellington: University of Otago Wellington, 2020. https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/report_for_moh_-_covid-19_pandemic_nz_final.pdf.
Eichner M, Dietz K. Eradication of poliomyelitis: when can one be sure that polio virus transmission has been terminated? Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:816-22.
Kim H, Hong H, Yoon SH. Diagnostic Performance of CT and Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction for Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Meta-Analysis. Radiology 2020:201343.
Ministry of Health. Lab testing and capacity. New Zealand Ministry of Health. [Data on 7-day rolling average up to 14 May 2020]. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-current-situation/covid-19-current-cases#lab.
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Is an uneasy peace at hand in the ongoing ad blocker battle?
by Shachar Shamir — in Contributors
Google has recently confirmed what was previously just a rumor: that an "ad filter" is coming to Chrome. Though many are skeptical about Google's move, it's clear the new technology will be different from traditional ad blockers. The new feature, which will conform to the advertising guidelines of the Coalition for Better Ads, will block ads that significantly disrupt the user experience. It is less forgiving to ads that don't abide by the rules.
Integrating improved ads standards into ad blockers isn't new. Eyeo, the owner of Adblock Plus (ABP), has declared it will put more emphasis on the user experience, setting up an Acceptable Ads Committee that includes representatives from all parts of the publishing ecosystem. More recently, the company has released the names on this committee and has revealed some of the logistics regarding the program's operations.
At first glance, Eyeo's adoption of Acceptable Ads standards looks good for publishers. But will it really put an end to publishers' concerns? Though Eyeo certainly thinks so, it's unclear whether the move will improve the ad blocking industry for publishers.
In order to hear the other side of the story, I spoke to Gal Glikman, CEO of ad recovery platform Uponit, about both Eyeo's and Google's ad blocking efforts. Since ad recovery platforms, which restore blocked ads, make it their mission to combat ad blockers, I knew he'd have an interesting perspective.
Shachar Shamir: Can you give our readers a brief understanding of the Adblock Plus Acceptable Ads program?
Gal Glikman: AdBlock Plus (ABP) has created guidelines that indicate which types of ads it will allow to be displayed to users by default. Users can opt out of all ads, but since that option is buried in the ad blocker menu, less than 10% of users select it. This is done intentionally. ABP makes money from allowing large publishers and ad networks to serve ads to users–even though users download ABP in order to block them.
In the course of time, ABP has been relaxing its guidelines and allowing more types of ads to be presented to users. This conflicts with its users' interests. If the guidelines had approved only a handful of "good" ads, ABP wouldn't make as much money from publishers. And ABP, after all, is a for-profit corporation.
There have also been cases where animated and video ads that breach ABP's guidelines have been displayed in websites when ABP was active, even after users reported the breach. This undoubtedly raises some concerns.
SS: What do you think about the notion of improving advertising standards, including Adblock Plus's strategy concerning the Acceptable Ads Committee?
GG: In general, I agree with the idea that we need better standards for digital advertising. Improved standards would support the publishing industry and also take the user experience into account. The Coalition for Better Ads, of which Google is a part, has a set of initial Better Ads Standards that it uses to determine which ads are and aren't acceptable to display. Their goal is to display publishers' ads but still restrict those ads to user-friendly ones. So, these guidelines would not allow for pop-up ads and other intrusive ad types, like sticky ads that follow a user's page scroll.
The stated goals of Eyeo's Acceptable Ads Committee are also to create new ad standards that improve the user experience while delivering value to publishers and advertisers. But, unlike the Coalition for Better Ads, it's clear this program will cause no real industry change.
The rules Eyeo's committee is subject to–including the 75% threshold needed to pass new resolutions, and the fact that it meets only twice a year–indicate that it will be practically impossible to alter the Acceptable Ads guidelines. Members will quickly get into a gridlock and realize this committee has no real teeth.
The committee's member composition, and the fact that major advertisers, agencies and networks are absent from it, is another clear testament that this committee won't have much effect. Founding this committee is a clever way for Eyeo to hide Adblock Plus's true motivations, which are to legitimize itself in the eyes of publishers and gain more business from them.
SS: I'd like to hear your thoughts on Google's new ad filter. Do you think ad blockers could ever incorporate improved ad standards in a way that's fair to both users and publishers?
GG: Yes, definitely. While I don't think a model like Eyeo's is fair to publishers or users, Google's new ad filter is an example of one that would be friendly to users while supporting the publishing industry. This ad filter will abide by the Better Ads Standards of the Coalition for Better Ads. Unlike Eyeo's Acceptable Ads Committee, the Coalition is made up of diverse organizations in the industry and is very actively developing standards for better ads, so the Chrome ad filter's adoption of good ad standards wouldn't just be for show.
The Better Ad Standards that Google's ad filter will follow are more relaxed than Eyeo's Acceptable Ads program–but Google, unlike Eyeo, isn't charging publishers to display those ads. However, Google will penalize the publishers who do not comply with the standards by stripping their websites of all ads. And the company will give users the option to pay for a more comprehensive removal of ads, with the users' money going primarily to publishers and Google taking a 10% cut.
Google is also making an effort to improve the user experience. It's providing publishers with an Ad Experience Report, which helps them make better ad choices by showing them places on their sites where their ads could improve. And it's released a beta version of Funding Choices, which allows publishers to show customized messages to visitors with ad blockers.
Still, Google's ad filter isn't the panacea for all of publishers' concerns. While Google plans to notify ad-blocking users that they must either pay for the content or disable their ad blocker, ad blockers might just remove this message in the same way that they disable content blockers. We may very well see new initiatives from ad blockers.
Nonetheless, Google's new tool is a step in the right direction for the publishing industry. It will filter ads based on quality, thereby "policing," rather than altogether controlling, the publishing ecosystem. Because Google has so much clout, its ad filter will pressure publishers and advertisers to create ads that follow the Coalition's Better Ads Standards, potentially changing the culture of online advertising.
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Obertraubling ist eine Gemeinde im Oberpfälzer Landkreis Regensburg in Bayern.

Geografie

Geografische Lage
Die Gemeinde liegt unmittelbar am südlichen Stadtrand von Regensburg.

Gemeindegliederung
Es gibt 15 Gemeindeteile (in Klammern sind der Siedlungstyp und die Einwohnerzahl angegeben):

Geschichte

Bis zum 19. Jahrhundert
Spätestens seit 5000 v. Chr. leben Menschen im Gemeindegebiet. Dies beweisen Funde gut erhaltener verzierter steinzeitlicher Gefäße in Obertraubling und einer unbeschädigten kräftigen Steinaxt in Piesenkofen. Aus der Zeit um 1800 v. Chr. (Hügelgräber- beziehungsweise Bronzezeit) sind Hockergräber in Niedertraubling erhalten. Im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. existierte in Niedertraubling bereits ein römischer Bauernhof.

In der Amtszeit des Bischofs Baturich (817–847) kam es zu einem beurkundeten Landtausch zwischen dem Bischof und dem edlen Maurentius und damit zur ersten urkundlichen Erwähnung Obertraublings. Der Name geht auf das Adelsgeschlecht der "Traublinger" zurück, die im 11. Jahrhundert neben den "Gebelkofener'n" die Grundherrschaft ausübten. Später waren die "Weichser" und die "Nothaft", die "Auer" und die "Lerchenfelder" die Grundherren. In Niedertraubling und Gebelkofen gab es Wasserschlösser. Im Jahre 1340 wurde die Burg Traubling gestürmt und 1492 im Löwlerkrieg belagert. Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg (1618–1648) wurden Obertraubling und Gebelkofen stark zerstört. Viele Höfe gingen in Flammen auf, die Pest besiegelte das furchtbare Kriegselend. In der Napoleonischen Zeit von 1799 bis 1815 war durch Truppendurchzüge und Einquartierungen die Bevölkerung stark belastet. Im Jahre 1842 wurde die sogenannte Walhallastraße zur Nachbargemeinde Barbing gebaut. 1859 fuhr der erste Zug von Regensburg nach München und hatte eine Haltestelle in der neu errichteten Station Obertraubling. 1873 wurde die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Obertraubling gegründet.

20. Jahrhundert
Im Jahr 1937 wurde im Nordosten von Obertraubling, auf dem jetzigen Gebiet der Stadt Neutraubling, ein Militärflugplatz errichtet und im Herbst 1938 eine Fliegerhorst-Kompanie stationiert. Ende 1940 errichtete man auf dem Gelände eine weitere Produktionsstätte der Messerschmitt GmbH und ein Kriegsgefangenenlager, die sogenannten Russenlager für rund 2750 Zwangsarbeiter. Vom 20. Februar bis zum 15. April 1945 befand sich auf dem Messerschmitt-Werk das KZ-Außenlager Obertraubling.

Nach 1945 kam es zur Ansiedlung von Gewerbebetrieben. 1977 wurde die Gemeindebücherei eröffnet. In unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft wurde in den 1980er Jahren das Regensburger BMW-Werk angesiedelt.

Eingemeindungen
Im Zuge der Gebietsreform in Bayern wurde am 1. Januar 1971 die Gemeinde Niedertraubling eingegliedert. Am 1. Januar 1972 folgten Gebelkofen und Oberhinkofen. Teile der aufgelösten Gemeinde Neudorf kamen am 1. Januar 1974 hinzu.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Zwischen 1988 und 2018 wuchs die Gemeinde von 5242 auf 8406 um 3164 Einwohner bzw. um 60,4 %.

Politik

Gemeinderat
Der Gemeinderat besteht aus dem Ersten Bürgermeister und 20 Mitgliedern. Das rechts dargestellte Ergebnis der Wahl am 15. März 2020 führte zu folgender Sitzverteiliung:

Von den 6.654 stimmberechtigten Einwohnern in Obertraubling haben 4.158 von ihrem Wahlrecht Gebrauch gemacht, womit die Wahlbeteiligung bei 62,49 Prozent lag.

Bürgermeister ab 1926
 1926–1941: Sebastian Pindorfer
 1941–1945: Josef Wieland
 1945–1948: Max Hirtreiter
 1948–1967: Josef Bäumel (PWG)
 1967–1981: Hermann Zierer (CSU)
 1981–1996: Leo Graß (FW)
 1996–2014: Alfons Lang (CSU)
 2014–: Rudolf Graß (FW)

Erster Bürgermeister seit 1. Mai 2014 ist Rudolf Graß. Er wurde bei der Kommunalwahl vom 15. März 2020 mit 53,52 % der Stimmen wiedergewählt.

Wappen

Städtepartnerschaften
 Dobřany, Tschechien

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten

Bauwerke
 Pfarrkirche St. Georg in Obertraubling: Es gab wohl bereits eine romanische und später eine gotische Vorgängerkirche. 1759 wurde der Grundstein zu einer barocken Kirche gelegt. Nachdem diese Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts trotz Instandsetzungen immer baufälliger und zu klein wurde, begann man am 4. April 1907 mit dem Abbruch. Nach nur einem Jahr konnte das nach Plänen von Johann Baptist Schott aus München erbaute neue Gotteshaus bereits am 5. Juli 1908 benediziert werden. Aus der alten Kirche wurden einige Teile der Ausstattung übernommen. Der neobarocke Bau besitzt auch klassizistische und Jugendstilelemente. Der Turm mit mächtigem Helm und Zwiebel weist eine Höhe von 56 Metern auf.

 Wasserschloss in Niedertraubling:

Von Geschlecht der Traublinger erbaut, wurde 1343 erstmals erwähnt, 1852 abgebrochen, heute nicht mehr existent bis auf Reste des ehemaligen Weiherhauses

 Wasserschloss Gebelkofen:

Vierflügeliger Gebäudekomplex, in Privatbesitz, von Herren von Gebelkofen erbaut, 1200 erstmals erwähnt, dann im Besitz der Lerchenfelder, nach Zerstörung im 17. Jahrhundert 1750 neu aufgebaut
 St. Martin in Piesenkofen:

Die Bausubstanz stammt teilweise noch aus dem 12. oder 13. Jahrhundert. Die Kirche wurde wohl vom Adelsgeschlecht der Pysenchovener erbaut. Der Hochaltar im Rokokostil besitzt ein Altarblatt von Martin Speer (1751).

 St. Petrus in Niedertraubling:

Die Kirche aus dem 17. Jahrhundert besitzt unter anderem eine spätgotische Terrakotta-Figur der Pietà um 1470. Der Turm stammt aus dem Jahr 1533. Der Hochaltar von Paul Dilger (1720) wurde 1885 von der Pfarrei Köfering erworben.
 St. Michael in Oberhinkofen:

Die Kirche wird erstmals 1508 erwähnt. Die heutige Kirche stammt aber im ältesten Teil aus dem ausgehenden 17. Jahrhundert. Der 32 Meter hohe Turm bekam 1900 anstatt der barocken Zwiebelhaube einen Spitzhelm.

 Wielandhof:

Der Wielandhof wurde als einer der vier Urhöfe Obertraublings bereits 1294 urkundlich erwähnt. Der Hof stand bis zu seinem Abriss 2013 neben der Pfarrkirche St. Georg.

 St. Johannes in Gebelkofen:
Saalbau mit eingezogenem Chor, zweigeschossiger Sakristei mit Walmdach und Giebelturm, 1792 unter Erhöhung des im Kern romanischen Turms; mit Ausstattung; Friedhofsmauer, 18./19. Jahrhundert, mit eingelassenen Grabsteinen.

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Sport
 DJK Gebelkofen
 FC Oberhinkofen
 Hundesportverein Fetzige Hund'
 Kreisschützenverband Oberpfalz und Donaugau
 Luftsportverein
 Reitverein Hofgut Einthal
 Schützenverein "Edelweiß" Gebelkofen
 Schützenverein "Edelweiß" Piesenkofen
 Schützenverein "Eichenlaub" Oberhinkofen
 Schützenverein "Freischütz" Niedertraubling
 Schützenverein "Immergrün"
 Schützenverein "Weidtal" Scharmassing
 Sportschützen Höhenhof
 SV Obertraubling
 Top Ten Kickboxing

Bildung
 Hermann-Zierer-Grundschule Obertraubling
 Realschule Obertraubling
 Gemeinde- und Pfarrbücherei

Söhne und Töchter
 Josef Gangl (Offizier) (1910–1945), deutscher Offizier und Widerstandskämpfer in Österreich
 Wolf F. Wieland (* 1948), Urologe und Gynäkologe, Hochschullehrer und Klinikleiter
 Hermann Magerl (* 1949), Hochspringer, Vierter bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1972 in München

Literatur
 Ulrich Fritz: Obertraubling. In: Wolfgang Benz, Barbara Distel (Hrsg.): Der Ort des Terrors. Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. Band 4: Flossenbürg, Mauthausen, Ravensbrück. C.H. Beck, München 2006, ISBN 3-406-52964-X.
 Peter Schmoll: Messerschmitt-Giganten und der Fliegerhorst Regensburg-Obertraubling, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-934863-09-4
 Heike Wolter (Hrsg.): "Wenn der Krieg um 11 Uhr aus ist, seid ihr um 10 Uhr alle tot." Sterben und Überleben im KZ-Außenlager Obertraubling. edition riedenburg, Salzburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-902647-49-8.

Weblinks

 Website von Obertraubling

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Landkreis Regensburg
Ersterwähnung im 9. Jahrhundert
Bayerisches Alpenvorland
Kirchdorf (Siedlungstyp)

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Québec's native milkweed
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Photo: Jardin botanique de Montréal (Michel Sokolyk)
Photo: Ministère des Ressources naturelles du Québec
Milkweeds should never be considered just another weed. They in fact have very important ecological roles to play. Without them, monarch butterflies would be deprived of a plant essential to their survival.
Milkweeds, previously classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, are now grouped in the family Apocynaceae.
In Québec, there are 4 native species:
Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed)
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Asclepias tuberosa var. interior (Butterfly milkweed) – endangered species in Québec
Milkweeds are perennials with flowers arranged in umbels. We call them milkweed because of the milky-white latex-based sap that flows out when the plant is damaged. That latex contains substances that are toxic for most animals. Milkweeds produce fruit called follicles, which when ripe split open longitudinally, releasing their many seeds to the wind. These seeds have long silky hairs, sometimes called floss, which facilitate their dispersal.
A number of milkweed species contain substances that act on the heart. As a result, all species and all parts of the plant are considered potentially toxic for livestock and for humans. And latex may cause an allergic reaction in some susceptible people.
Ecological roles
The nectar of milkweed flowers attracts numerous insects and pollinating animals such as bees, wasps, butterflies, beetles, flies and hummingbirds. Besides pollinators, milkweeds are visited by predatory and parasitic insects that are very useful both in the garden and in agriculture.
Some insects feed, at one stage or another, exclusively on milkweeds. That's the case with the monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus plexippus). Adults must lay their eggs directly on these plants so that young caterpillars have access to the food they need to live. Which is why the survival of the monarch is closely linked to milkweeds.
The decline of the monarch and of milkweeds
Climate change is making itself felt over the entire monarch migration area, notably at the wintering grounds in Mexico, strongly affecting the populations of this butterfly. But the loss of natural habitats and the eradication of milkweed by pesticides in agricultural areas are the principal causes of the monarch decline. The problem is, despite the importance of native milkweeds for pollinators and for monarchs, these plants are often perceived as weeds and are wiped out in fields and along roadsides.
The loss of natural habitats and the important reduction in milkweed populations, essential to the breeding of monarchs, demonstrate the urgent need to protect the remaining milkweed populations and to encourage restoration activities.
With the aim of safeguarding the monarch butterfly, research and conservation programs such as Monarch Watch, and awareness-raising and community science programs like the Insectarium's Mission Monarch, monitor the populations of this butterfly. These initiatives also promote the planting of milkweed in gardens, as does the Space for Life My Garden program.
Milkweed has been used by the First Nations as a medicinal plant, as food, and to make rope.
In the early 20th century, a number of efforts were made to commercialize the plant, from extracting the latex to using the silky hairs in the manufacture of various textile products. During the Second World War, the "floss" was used as stuffing for life jackets. That floss, which is in fact made of microscopic tubes, has good flotation and insulating properties.
Long looked on in agriculture as just a weed, the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is enjoying a revival because of the qualities of its fiber, which is produced from the silky hairs of the seeds. It bears the nickname "silk of America" because it produces a flexible, resistant and hydrophobic fiber that offers excellent qualities as acoustical, but especially thermal, insulation.
Today, the silk from commercially grown milkweed is used for stuffing quilts and pillows, in the textile industry for making moisture-resistant warm clothing, in the production of thermal and acoustical insulation, and even as an absorbent material for use in oil spills.
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Last Friday Göteborg received a visitor from Australia, who happened also to be a friend of mine and to whom I was quite eager to show off my city.
As I explained to him (repeatedly) he was extremely lucky with the weather. The day started with fog, which then turned to bright sunshine and clear skies and stayed so until evening, which was slightly chilly and still clear. The fact that the next day was mostly cloudy proves my point I think.
The fact that the following few days have been bright and sunny is something that I choose to ignore in this discussion.
We met at noon and began the tour with a stroll to Brunnsparken and then down Östra Hamngatan to Kungsportsplatsen, dodging political cabins, placard-bearers and trams, and mingling with the sun-blissed Swedes filling the pavements.
At Kungsortsplatsen I pointed out the Kopparmärra, chuckling with someone who I suspect was hoping to entice me to vote for some party or other, about the obvious inaccuracy of the 'mare' title. Hoping to escape more hopeful pamphlet bearers, we crossed the street and made for the first destination of our tour: Saluhallen.
We stared around at the cheese, meat, baked goods and spice stalls, pausing for a bit at the baked goods, and then found 2 seats at one of the restaurants in the centre. I had been introduced to this place by a friend, with whom I'd shared a delicious lunch of fish burgers and salad, and planned to present my visiting friend with something authentically Swedish. As the days special was no longer fish burger, we instead tucked into also very traditional beef burgers with potato and lingonberry sauce.
Well fortified for a day of wandering, we left Saluhallen and strolled along the canals, where people basked on the walls and grassy slopes. A tram ride then took us to Saltholmen, where we caught a ferry to Brännö, an island in the southern archipelago. I've been to Brännö before, for a walk and a drink, but I hadn't explored as much as this time. The sun was out and the trees were overflowing with apples, unfortunately all out of reach of my hands, if not my hungry eyes. It was quiet, apart from the occasional local and chatty sheep, and we even found some lingering blackberries.
We then caught a ferry back to the mainland, and a tram back to town and continued our strolling through Haga, one of the prettiest parts of Göteborg. The cafes were still open and a brass band was playing in the main square. We didn't climb up to Skansen Kronen, choosing instead to admire it from below, and then continued along Vasagatan. The political posters were still adorning every tree, pole, lamp post and bus stop, and we took our time considering their positions and trying to spot SD. Vasagatan then turned into Avenyn and so we went up to ogle the statue of Poseidon, and example of what art ought not to be.
Then to a restaurant for drinks, food and meeting my partner, with whom we wandered to another bar for more drinks and finally wandered back to the hotel to bid my friend goodbye. We both assured him, again, that the weather had been pretty miraculous and that he'd be welcome to explore out fine little city the next time he was up north. We then parted ways and headed home.
I hope that we will get more visitors who we can show around town, if only so that I have an excuse for a leisurely walk on a sunny island.
As promised, I have finally written a post about our visit to Nordens Ark last year. It is a tale of a surprisingly sunny day, playful red pandas, hungry snow leopards and extremely unimpressed cats. Plus a little ponderance about the ethics of zoos and the power of caged animals.
As you may have guessed from the name, Nordens Ark is a zoo, and it specialises in endangered and threatened animals, running breeding programs and educating about the issues that endanger these creatures. For obvious reasons it specialises in European animals, though some of the critters that are exceptions to this rule greeted us as we walked in. They were furry, red and continually pounced on each other, tumbling about in a manner that made all 4 of the women in our little group coo and melt slightly. I dare anyone to resist the charms of red pandas, even from a distance.
The two guys stood at a slight distance, trying to translate the cooing sounds (there is a specific Swedish word that refers to cute things, it seems), but not protesting about staying at the enclosure for a bit longer.
Continuing along the designated trail, we found very sure-footed mountain goats, lynxs hiding on cliffs and owls, inlcuding Hedwig who looked rather miffed to be in captivity, though given that she was killed I'd have thought she'd be relieved (I'm not going to apologise for spoilers, because if you're worried about them you really should have read the books by now, honestly).
We also came across some animals that I had been looking forward to seeing since I'd first heard about Nordens Ark, and started badgering my partner into visiting. A herd of the slightly hard to pronounce, and spell, Przewalski's wild horse. These horses are the only remaining species of wild horse left in the world, a breed that has never been domesticated and until recently was extinct in the wild. As a historically minded horsey-girl from way back, I have long wanted to see one, and practically ran down the path when we neared the enclosure. They looked like fuzzy ponies, as they had already grown their winter coats, and I was enraptured.
Further along, we encountered a breed of cat that was even less impressed with us than Hedwig had been. Despite it's name, the Pallas cat, implying to me some sense of wisdom (see: Pallas Athena), the impression I got was a sense of extreme grumpiness and just cannot-be-botheredness. For most of the time that we stood and watched (and giggled) at the cat, it sat with it's back to us, apparently staring at a rock. The picture below was taken in the brief moment it deigned to glance at us, grumpily, and then turned back to it's vital rock-staring.
Very soon, however, we came across other felines who were not of the grumpy persuasion. They were some of the most beautiful animals I have ever seen, and whose near extinction seems one of the most tragic. Fortunately for them, and us, the breeding program seems to be going well, and so we were able to see a total of 5 snow leopards. The father was in his own enclosure, lazing about and considering the hunk of meat that had been hung from a tree for his lunch, while the mother and 3 cups were variously relaxing and attempting to reach their own lunch. From what we could tell, the cubs have a lot to learn about such things as climbing trees, reaching out for food and critically, not falling down all the time.
While the cubs tumbled, swiped and climbed the mother watched and walked around. She reminded me of one of the negative aspects of a zoo; it is more or less a prison. Yes, it protects animals that may otherwise starve or be hunted in the wild and it helps educate people, but at the same time it deprives those it protects of their ability to be wild. Maybe someday we'll find a compromise, and I hope that the descendants of the snow leopards we saw that day will still be around to benefit from it.
By this point it was reaching our own lunchtime, and so we headed for the wolf building, a large hut with glass sides that looked out over the wolf enclosure. As we sat and enjoyed our picnic and sipped hot chocolate mixed with Baileys (oh yes), we saw no sign of the wolves. It seems that there had been some health scare or breeding issue, so all but one of the wolves in Nordens Ark had been removed. After lunch we had another look, but could see nothing. As the others went on to the next enclosure I saw a small movement among the trees and watched carefully for a while until it coalesced into the shape of a wolf. It stood there for a short time and then disappeared. It was the first wolf I had ever seen.
We then passed reindeer, frogs, raptors and almost missed seeing the most threatened cat in the world. There was only one Amur leopard in the park, sitting on a rock in what seemed a smaller enclosure than the snow leopards. It too seemed bored, and beautiful, which I suppose the reason for it's status (the beauty, not the boredom).
One of the next animals was one that certainly isn't endangered due to it's luxurious pelt, and in fact isn't as threatened as the other animals that we had seen. The description of the wolverine, and what we saw of it, indicated that it's reputation for viciousness and strength aren't exaggerated. A solitary wolverine can apparently take down an elk, which is quite a feat for an animal that ranges from between 60-100cms long. While we were there, the first sign we had of it was a pine tree shaking as it climbed down the branches, thereby ruining my possible idea about escaping from them up a tree if I even spotted one in the wild. I really hope I never do, as I am smaller and quite a bit less fearsome than an elk. Usually.
After passing a few more unimpressed cats, we reached the enclosure of a cat that definitely fit into the impressive category.
I have seen tigers before, and remember then being struck by how trapped they seemed and how threatened by human stupidity they were. The Amur tigers at Nordens Ark were bored, walking around the tracks that had been made by their repeated loops, but I was also able to get a glimpse of how wonderfully stunning and powerful they are. I didn't know until I just looked it up right now that Amur tiger is another name for Siberian tiger, an animal that I have been fascinated about for a very long time, as it is the largest of the big cats. There were 2 enclosures, one with a high platform that the tigers were sitting on, only able to be spotted by their tails and paws over the sides, but in the other enclosure a single tiger was in full sight, prowling around and ignoring us for the most part. I don't think I need to go on about how amazing it is to see a tiger, and how sad it is as well, knowing how few are left, as anyone who has ever seen one will know what I'm talking about.
Even more impressive than the sight of the tiger prowling however, was when it lay down in a secluded part of the enclosure. Some of us walked around to find it and once there agreed that we were lucky that there was a fence. The tiger lay on the other side and watched us intently, barely moving as we took photos. Staring back into those eyes I wondered what it would be like without the fence and the cage, to be at its mercy. Perhaps, like that day, I would be too transfixed to run.
That visit was about 2 months shy of a year ago now, and I still think about the animals I saw there, and my conflicted feelings about zoos and how to protect endangered creatures. As I look at the photos I took there though, there are two things that stand out, more so even than the grumpy cats and cute pandas. One is a brief glimpse of a wolf, an animal that has played such an important part in human culture for most, if not all, of our history.
The other is the stare of an immense and powerful cat, trapped behind a fence as a result of human greed, but capable of making me feel like prey, while at the same time wanting to worship it.


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import java.io.FileInputStream

import com.google.protobuf.ByteString
import org.apache.mesos.Protos.{Credential, FrameworkID, FrameworkInfo}
import org.apache.mesos.{MesosSchedulerDriver, Scheduler, SchedulerDriver}
import FrameworkInfo.Capability
import com.typesafe.scalalogging.StrictLogging

object MarathonSchedulerDriver extends StrictLogging {

  def newDriver(
    config: MarathonConf,
    httpConfig: HttpConf,
    newScheduler: Scheduler,
    frameworkId: Option[FrameworkID]): SchedulerDriver = {

    logger.info(s"Create new Scheduler Driver with frameworkId: $frameworkId and scheduler $newScheduler")

    val frameworkInfoBuilder = FrameworkInfo.newBuilder()
      .setName(config.frameworkName())
      .setFailoverTimeout(config.mesosFailoverTimeout().toDouble)
      .setUser(config.mesosUser())
      .setCheckpoint(config.checkpoint())
      .setHostname(config.hostname())

    // Set the role, if provided.
    config.mesosRole.foreach(frameworkInfoBuilder.setRole: @silent)

    // Set the ID, if provided
    frameworkId.foreach(frameworkInfoBuilder.setId)

    if (config.webuiUrl.isSupplied) {
      frameworkInfoBuilder.setWebuiUrl(config.webuiUrl())
    } else if (httpConfig.sslKeystorePath.isDefined) {
      // ssl enabled, use https
      frameworkInfoBuilder.setWebuiUrl(s"https://${config.hostname()}:${httpConfig.httpsPort()}")
    } else {
      // ssl disabled, use http
      frameworkInfoBuilder.setWebuiUrl(s"http://${config.hostname()}:${httpConfig.httpPort()}")
    }

    // set the authentication principal, if provided
    config.mesosAuthenticationPrincipal.foreach(frameworkInfoBuilder.setPrincipal)

    val credential: Option[Credential] = {
      def secretFileContent = config.mesosAuthenticationSecretFile.toOption.map { secretFile =>
        ByteString.readFrom(new FileInputStream(secretFile)).toStringUtf8
      }
      def credentials = config.mesosAuthenticationPrincipal.toOption.map { principal =>
        val credentials = Credential.newBuilder().setPrincipal(principal)
        //secret is optional
        config.mesosAuthenticationSecret.toOption.orElse(secretFileContent).foreach(credentials.setSecret)
        credentials.build()
      }
      if (config.mesosAuthentication()) credentials else None
    }
    credential.foreach(c => logger.info(s"Authenticate with Mesos as ${c.getPrincipal}"))

    // Task Killing Behavior enables a dedicated task update (TASK_KILLING) from mesos before a task is killed.
    // In Marathon this task update is currently ignored.
    // It makes sense to enable this feature, to support other tools that parse the mesos state, even if
    // Marathon does not use it in the moment.
    // Mesos will implement a custom kill behavior, so this state can be used by Marathon as well.
    if (config.features().contains(Features.TASK_KILLING)) {
      frameworkInfoBuilder.addCapabilities(Capability.newBuilder().setType(Capability.Type.TASK_KILLING_STATE))
      logger.info("TASK_KILLING feature enabled.")
    }

    // GPU Resources allows Marathon to get offers from Mesos agents with GPUs. For details, see MESOS-5634.
    if (config.features().contains(Features.GPU_RESOURCES)) {
      frameworkInfoBuilder.addCapabilities(Capability.newBuilder().setType(Capability.Type.GPU_RESOURCES))
      logger.info("GPU_RESOURCES feature enabled.")
    }

    // Enables partition awareness in Mesos to receive TASK_UNREACHABLE status updates when a task is partitioned
    // instead of a more general TASK_LOST. See also Mesos documentation.
    // Note: This feature is available since Mesos 1.1 and Marathon 1.4 requires Mesos 1.1
    frameworkInfoBuilder.addCapabilities(Capability.newBuilder().setType(Capability.Type.PARTITION_AWARE))
    logger.info("PARTITION_AWARE feature enabled.")

    // Enables region awareness in Mesos to receive offers from other regions
    frameworkInfoBuilder.addCapabilities(Capability.newBuilder().setType(Capability.Type.REGION_AWARE))
    logger.info("REGION_AWARE feature enabled")

    val frameworkInfo = frameworkInfoBuilder.build()

    logger.debug("Start creating new driver")

    val implicitAcknowledgements = false
    val newDriver: MesosSchedulerDriver = credential match {
      case Some(cred) =>
        new MesosSchedulerDriver(newScheduler, frameworkInfo, config.mesosMaster().unredactedConnectionString, implicitAcknowledgements, cred)

      case None =>
        new MesosSchedulerDriver(newScheduler, frameworkInfo, config.mesosMaster().unredactedConnectionString, implicitAcknowledgements)
    }

    logger.debug("Finished creating new driver", newDriver)

    newDriver
  }
}

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Dave Brockie comments on Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot's passing
Gwar singer/leader Oderus Urungus (real name Dave Brockie) issued a statement about the tragic and sudden passing of his friend and band mate Cory Smoot. Cory was the man behind the mask of lead guitarist Flattus Maximus, a role he has played for the better part of the last decade. Sadly this story isn't a story in the Gwar lore, it is unfortunately very real. Brockie's statement is as follows:
After a restless night spent hurtling through the desolate Canadian wilderness, I crawled from my bunk on the tour bus to face reality, grudgingly aware that the dark dream that gripped us would not fade with the day. We have lost a brother, a husband, a son, and one of the most talented musicians that ever slung an ax. Cory Smoot, longtime lead guitar player for the band GWAR, has passed at the age of 34.
As the singer of GWAR and one of his best friends, I feel it is my duty to try to answer some of the questions that surround his tragic and untimely death. I know the sense of loss and pain is far greater in scope than in the insulated environment of a band on tour, and I will do my best to provide what clarity and comfort I can.
The most glaring question is how? And unfortunately that is the hardest question to answer. The truth will not be known until the medical officials have finished their work. All I can do is relate what we saw with our own eyes.
The last time I saw Cory was after our show in Minneapolis on Weds. night. It was a great show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, one of our favorite places to play. Cory was happy. He was excited about the band and especially the new studio he was building in the Slave Pit back in Richmond. He was deeply in love with his wife, Jamie, and was busily planning their family and future in the beautiful home they had. As usual, after some autographs and banter, I was probably the first person in their bunk as we got ready for a big drive into Canada, and Cory and the rest of the guys were not far behind. As I fell into the slumber that only playing GWAR shows can induce, everything seemed right in the world.
We found Cory the next morning as we collected passports for a border crossing. He was in his bunk, unresponsive, and it quickly was clear that he was dead. It was without a doubt the most horrible moment of my life. That's all I can say about it.
Within moments everybody was off the bus, standing in a wind-swept parking lot in the middle of nowhere, trying to come to grips with the shock of it. First the ambulance arrived, and then the police, but there was nothing that could be done other than fully investigate the scene and remove Cory with care and respect.
We are completely devastated and shocked beyond belief. One night we had our friend and colleague, happy and healthy in the middle of our best tour in years and the next morning, so suddenly, he was gone. Never have I seen starker proof of the fragility of life.
Cory will be transported home to Richmond over the next few days, and an announcement regarding services will be made soon. We ask everyone to respect the families wish for privacy, and especially to keep his wife, Jamie, in your thoughts and prayers.
As we work our way through these difficult days the question is — what will GWAR do? After a lot of consideration, we have decided to carry on with the tour. Although the great temptation would be to return home, curl into a fetal position, and mourn, we can't do that. First off, Cory wouldn't want that. He would want us to go on and would be pissed if we didn't. Plus we know the fans don't want us to quit. They are going to want a chance to come to grips with their loss, and there is no better place to do that than at a GWAR show. Though it's hard to believe, I think we all would feel a lot worse if we stopped. For better or worse we have to see this through.
That doesn't mean that Cory will make his final journey without us. When the arrangements have been finalized, Cory's best friend and GWAR's music tech Dave "Gibby" Gibson, and myself will return home to attend the services and pay the proper respects to our comrade.
Out of respect to Cory, we have officially retired the character of Flattus Maximus. Flattus has decided to return to his beloved "Planet Home", and will never return to this mudball planet again. And this is a sadder place for that.
Just the other day I heard Cory tell a story about how some 20 years ago he was fourteen years old, at his first GWAR show, grabbing at the rubber feet of our then- current Flattus, and how blown away he was at the fact that now HE was the one getting his feet pulled by the same kid that he used to be. Cory was always in awe of the patterns of life and went through it with a wide-eyed amazement that translated through his playing. I've never known anyone who could pick up literally any instrument and rock it the first time he touched it, and more than that make it look easy. Behind that rubber monster outfit, and sometimes even obscured by it, was one of the most talented and beautiful people I have ever known. I know everyone whose life was touched by Cory truly loved him, as do we, his band mates and brothers.
There should be some kind of announcement soon regarding services, etc. It would be great to have a memorial show at some point soon, where some of the bands that Cory worked with could come together and show their love for this truly amazing man who left us all too soon and will be sorely missed by many, many people.
Dave Brockie, Nov. 4, 2011
Again condolences go out to Cory's family, friends and band mates. Gwar won't be the same without him and his character and he will be missed.
Coroner confirms Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot's cause of death
Gwar guitarist found dead
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— компьютерная игра, разработанная и изданная компанией Sega. Часть серии Yakuza. Изначально игра была выпущена для игровой приставки PlayStation 3 в 2009 году и в последующем переиздана для платформ PlayStation 4, Xbox One и Windows.

Сюжет

Кадзума Кирю работает в детском доме «Солнечный свет» на острове Окинава, архипелаг Рюкю вместе с его приёмной дочерью Харукой Савамурой.

Детский дом находится на земле, которая принадлежит Сигэру Накахаре, боссу местного клана якудза, известного как Клан Рюдо. Накахара находится под давлением правительства страны, чтобы продать землю, которую планируют сделать морским курортом. Но когда на шестого председателя клана Тодзё, Дайго Додзиму, было совершено покушение, Кирю вновь попадает в серию сложных ситуаций и ему опять нужно бороться за защиту чести и достоинства.

Игровой процесс
В отличие от других игр серии Yakuza, действие игры происходит на острове Окинава, архипелаг Рюкю, и на Камуротё.

Нововведения
Появились трофеи на PlayStation Network (50 в японской версии, 45 — в европейской и североамериканской версиях), появилось четыре новых видов геймплея:

  — потоковое мультимедиа, с помощью которой без загрузок можно поменять режим боя на приключение или наоборот.
  — новый режим боя, заменяющий регулярные драки.
  — используя камеру мобильного телефона Кадзума Кирю может узнать новые приёмы. Похожий вид геймплея появлялся в спин-оффе серии Yakuza Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!.
 Вид от первого лица (): при нажатии кнопки «R3» (то есть аналоговым стиком), переключается вид от третьего лица к первому. Это позволяет лучше наблюдать за улицами и людьми, но, глядя на некоторых людей используя вид от первого лица, можно спровоцировать их на бой.

Приключенческий режим
В основном это под-сценарии, которые являются миссиями. Доступны более 20 мини-игр: восточный массаж, маджонг, история Японии (все три присутствовали только в японской версии), дартс, бильярд, боулинг и т. д. С помощью дополнительного контента может присутствовать мультиплеер.

Режим Событий
В данном режиме показывают сюжет в двенадцати главах, вместе с прологом. Как и в предыдущих играх, каждая глава является катсценой, которая позже становится доступной в галерее.

Режим Битвы
В Камуротё есть  (он также доступен и в других играх серии Yakuza). Здесь проводятся смешанные боевые искусства в клетке. Режим напоминает на игры Virtua Fighter 5 и SpikeOut, в разработке которых принимал участие Тосихиро Нагоси. Всего 50 бойцов и 11 турниров.

Есть также и  (). В ней всего 35 миссий. Если все 35 миссий выполнены на ранг «S», игрок получаешь талисман «Божья борьба».

Через дополнительный контент можно открыть . Всего 10 миссий, каждую надо выполнить за 3 минуты. В «Битве выживания» () нужно победить главного босса — Ёситаку Минэ, а в «All Star Tag Tournament» () Кадзума Кирю вместе с Горой Мадзимой должны участвовать в боях против 7 команд из боссов и персонажей.

Озвучивание

Выпуск

Японская версия продавалась с монографией «Kamutai Magazine». Компания Sony выпустила бандл, в комплекте которой была игра Yakuza 3 и PlayStation 3 белого цвета с изображением дракона.

Европейская и американская версии вышли на год позже японской из-за низких продаж первых двух игр серии Yakuza за пределами Японии. В европейской и американской версиях были заменены субтитры, из 50 трофеев осталось 45, был убран 21 квест.

За пределами Японии продавался Yakuza 3 Premium Edition в котором были: 3 видеодневника разработчиков, 3 дополнительных контента, саундтрек, 4 трейлера и фамильное древо Якудзы в цифровой версии.

На мероприятии The Game Awards 2020 было объявлено, что обновленная версия Yakuza 3, а также Yakuza 4 и Yakuza 5 будут выпущены одновременно на Xbox One и персональных компьютерах под управлением Windows 28 января 2021 года. Игры можно будет приобрести как в составе сборника Yakuza Remastered Collection, так и по отдельности.

Дополнительный контент

Япония
С 5 марта 2009 года в течение 8 недель можно было бесплатно скачать восемь дополнений. Дополнения содержат: новые костюмы для Каздумы Кирю, Харуки Савамуры и для Рикии Симабукуры, поддержку мультиплеера в мини-играх, игры на тему «вопрос — ответ», игру «Желание Харуки» и режим «Ex-Hard».

Четыре эксклюзивных режима «Премиум Приключения» появляются в дополнении:
 Survival Battle ()

 All Star Tournament ()
 All Star Tag Tournament ()

Европа и Северная Америка
В день релиза игры в Европе и Северной Америки были доступны четыре дополнения:
 Борьба за выживание — все боссы игры против Кадзумы (известная как «Survival Battle» в японской версии).
 All-Star Tournament. Всего 7 видов турниров.
 All Star Tag Tournament. Всего 8 турниров.
 Желание Харуки — серия миссий для Кадзумы Кирю, в которой надо играть в мини-игры и развлекать Харуку.

Интернет-магазин GameStop подарил всем игрокам эксклюзивное дополнение к игре тем, кто оформил предзаказ на Yakuza 3. Дополнение включает три мини-игры: пул, дартс и боулинг, в также одежду для Кадзумы Кирю, Харуки и для Рикии Симабукуры.

Саундтрек

 был выпущен лейбом Wave Master 26 февраля 2009 года и продавался вместе с игрой. Музыка была написана Хидэнори Сёдзи, Хидэки Сакамото, Кэнтаро Коямой, Такахиро Каем, Ёсиро Цуро, Хироёси Като и группой «Love Sound System». Саундтрек состоит из 31 композиции. 2 песни из них исполнили сэйю Такая Курода (Кадзума Кирю) и Риэ Кугимия (Харука Савамура). Эти песни звучат как караоке в одной из мини-игр.

Оценки и мнения

Yakuza 3 получила высокие оценки от критиков. Критикам понравился драматический сюжет, проработанная до мелочей графика, большое количество мини-историй и мини-игр. 1UP.com назвали игру «фантастической». Game Revolution отметил, что в настоящее время большинство японских игр заимствуют многие элементы с запада, но Yakuza 3 «отказывается сдвинуться с места».

Японский журнал Famitsu поставил оценку игре в 38 баллов из 40 возможных.

Российский журнал «Страна игр» оценил Yakuza 3 в 8,5 баллов из 10 возможных. В своём обзоре они заявили, что «новое творение Amusement Vision почти наверняка придётся по вкусу», однако из-за того, что журнал приобрёл японскую версию игры, то критик из минусов отметил «засилие иероглифов и слабую надежду на появление англоязычной версии».

Игра получила награду «за выдающиеся достижения» на «Japan Game Awards» в 2009 году. Игра также получила на SCEJ's PlayStation Award 2009 золотой приз за более чем 500 000 проданных копий игры в Японии. Yakuza 3 была также хорошо оценена критиками на Западе: UK's Official Playstation Magazine поставили игре 9 баллов из 10, снизив оценку из-за удалённых 23 мини-игр в европейской и американской версиях.

Продажи
Тосихиро Нагоси в своём блоге сообщил, что за первую неделю было продано более 300 тысяч копий в Японии. Сколько было продано копий игр в Европе и Северной Америке — неизвестно, но представители Sega сообщают, что довольна продажами.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт игры
 Yakuza 3 на сайте Sega Retro
 Yakuza 3 на сайте Yakuza Wiki

Компьютерные игры 2009 года
Игры для PlayStation 3
Игры для PlayStation 4
Игры для Windows
Игры для Xbox One
Серия Yakuza
Продолжения компьютерных игр
Компьютерные игры, разработанные Amusement Vision
Компьютерные игры, разработанные в Японии
Компьютерные игры с открытым миром


Young blood is all over the world which took the initiative to paint their bodies with their favorite art termed as Tattoo and the process is known as tattooing. It has already taken a steep graph throughout the world and now India is competing in the sphere. As a result, the rate of growth of tattoo shops has also increased a lot and still in the process of growing. Now, the term or the process might be fascinating but at times painful for certain individuals. Not many know about the process or aftercare of tattooing.
Tattooing enhances the beauty of your body plus it also adds to the style factor within you. But not all tattoo artists sitting in the tattoo shops are professionals. Therefore, the inexperienced ones might cause severe damage to your body if proper care and precautions are not taken. If you are going for tattoo, then you should consider the below mentioned pointers.
The first and the foremost is having some basic idea of how tattooing is done.
Finding a tattoo artist who is just not the other artist but a certified professional.
It is recommended not to do a tattoo without having a prior consultation with your dermatologist and the tattoo expert.
If possible, visit the tattoo artist and see how he does a tattoo. If you are convinced enough then go for tattooing from the professional.
Tattoo shops also known as tattoo parlours or tattoo studios are the best place for tattooing as one the ambience matters, two, do not fall for low cost of tattooing as it might affect permanently in the body part where tattooing is done. Also, let know your professional if it pains and note down the after care of a tattoo from him.


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Q: Using both leaf and stem images for plant disease detection using convolution neural network? I am conducting a research on plant disease detection using Deep Learning methods. The method I'll use is called CNN (Convolution Neural Network). The disease symptom is coloring of the plants leave and stem. When I review previously conducted researches, almost all of them used images only leaf or stems of the plant, but not both. How can I use both stem and leaf images in the data set to train my model.

A: One way I can think of is to have a two stream network:

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*One network takes in the leaf only. The other takes in the
corresponding stem.

*These two networks then connect together at some higher layer and from
there reach the output layer.

The idea is that each network below performs a feature transformation of the corresponding image on their own to derive useful features and then these two sets of features are combined at the higher layers before being used by  even higher layers to generate a prediction.
    output
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  _________
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 |_________|
 / \ / \ / \
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|cnn1|  |cnn2|
|____|  |____|
  ^       ^
 Leaf    Stem

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Q: ArcGISOnline request fails for more than 2 outfields with .Net proxy. But working in browser I am trying load ArcGIS FeatureService with ArcGIS JavaScript. As this featureservice is secure service so I have enabled proxy in ArcGIS JavaScript. The main Problem is Service request fails while request goes with proxy. When I checked in Event viewer I see error The remote host closed the connection. The error code is 0x80070057. at authproxy.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in. Anyone have Idea about this?

A: Well, If you are accessing the token service via a cross-domain request and both the browser and web server support CORS the ArcGIS API for JavaScript can make a request from an HTTP page to the token service over HTTPS. If CORS support is not available you will need to setup and use a proxy page. The proxy page will then communicate with the token service via HTTPS. In the case of Internet Explorer the entire application needs to be accessed via HTTPS.
Once you have configured the proxy with the application, test the application to ensure that requests are processed correctly. The application should function as it did before the proxy was implemented. If not, you may need to troubleshoot the proxy.
The following troubleshooting tips may help you find and fix the problem:

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*If your application environment supports debugging mode, you may be able to set breakpoint in the proxy and detect whether it is operating correctly.

*Set the ProxyConfig mustMatch attribute to false to proxy all requests. If the application works when this value is set to false then you may not have listed your service in the serverUrls section or you may have a typo in the serverUrl. Don't forget to set this attribute back to true when you have finished troubleshooting the proxy.

*Enable logging for the proxy. Once enabled messages are written to the log that may be useful when troubleshooting the issue.

*Make sure you've specified the correct location for your proxy in your application code. You can use browser developer tools to determine if the proxy is located. To do this activate your browser debugging tools then examine the network reqeusts and look for requests that POST to the proxy. If you see a 404 error this means that the proxy was not found. Inspect the request properties to view the path where the application is looking for the proxy.
Source1- https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jshelp/ags_proxy.html
Source2- https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jshelp/ags_secureservices.html
Hoping this will help you :)

A: In Proxy.ashx file just changed
response.Flush();
response.End();

to
context.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest();

and it started working properly. This changes also available in proxy.ashx file in latest version of resource proxy.


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Chad's News
News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
Apple Announces The iPad
Last week Apple introduced its latest invention, the iPad. Despite the fanfare, I don't believe the iPad will dramatically change the state of the art. I expect the chief reason for buying an iPad will be its advanced e-book reading capabilities.
The iPad has been described as a large iPhone. It can run all existing iPhone apps without modification. It runs the Safari web browser but has no support for Flash, which disables quite a few websites. It does not have a built-in camera, nor does it allow you to make phone calls (even VoIP is prohibited for now).
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[link] josh Says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:00 am
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/30/ipad-v-a-rock/
[link] Chad Cloman Says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Oh that's good Josh.
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I felt like coming home today, and letting my ears ring with some Evanescence today. I don't know why, but I get these urges to listen to certain songs/artists randomly and I just can't stop singing! Although, I decided to match my outfit with the song of course, and I managed to pull off a gothy light summer look! I have Fantasy Faire goodies, some KV Summer Fashion Month, and new from K-Pie Designs! Talk about a load! Haha. First, KV Summer Fashion Month! The event is going on NOW, so if you want a unique wardrobe with unique designers... this is your event! I will have a link below to that :D Secondly... K-Pie Designs has come out with these bootylicious bows! <3 They fit even the biggest of butts! Plus they come with a texture hud changer, so you can change up your look if someone else is copying you :P Thirdly! My headdress, earrings and mouth piece are from the Fantasy Faire! Aren't they cute? Lol. Oh, and thank you Kelpie for the hair :D Enough of me babbling... to the details!
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Several hundred students attended a budget-related walk-out/protest today at the University of Vermont. Organized by the campus group Students Stand Up, the event featured both faculty and student speakers. A few students held massive cardboard signs with life-sized cut-outs that read, "MISSING FACULTY" and "MISSING STAFF." One student shouted into a megaphone. A white sheet hanging from the Davis Center read, "VETOFOGEL," referring to UVM President Dan Fogel.
For background on the walk-out/protest, see Tim Johnson's coverage for the Burlington Free Press. See also Shay Totten's most recent "Fair Game" column.
I shot several videos at today's event and pasted two here. In one, I interview Nathan Stehle, a sophomore political science and philosophy major. The other video features freshmen Laura Lee Graffman, Juliet Kibbe and Heather Graig.


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Die Leguanartigen (Iguania) sind ein Taxon der Schuppenkriechtiere, zu dem unter anderem die Familien der Leguane (Iguanidae), der Agamen (Agamidae) und der Chamäleons (Chamaeleonidae) gehören.

Viele Arten dieser Gruppe sind mit stachligen Kämmen auf Rücken und Schwanz, mit Hörnern, helmartigen Kopfauswüchsen und Kehlsäcken ausgestattet, die beim Droh- oder Balzverhalten wichtig sind.

Leguanartige leben weltweit in den Tropen und Subtropen. In Europa gibt es nur acht Arten an den Rändern des Kontinents, darunter den Hardun (Stellagama stellio) und die Chamäleon-Arten Chamaeleo chamaeleon und Chamaeleo africanus.

Zu den Leguanartigen zählen viele baum- aber auch wüstenbewohnende Echsen. Die südostasiatischen Flugdrachen (Draco) sind sogar zum Gleitflug fähig, die Meerechse (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) sucht ihre Nahrung im Ozean.

Systematik
Iguania wird oft auch synonym zu Iguanidae verwendet. 1989 teilten die Herpetologen Frost & Etheridge die große Familie der Leguane (Iguanidae) in eine Reihe von kleineren Familien, die zuvor den Status von Unterfamilien hatten. Unter "Leguanartige" fasste man die neuen Familien sowie die Agamen und Chamäleons zusammen. Die ursprünglich unter
Iguanidae zusammengefassten Familien haben als gemeinsames Merkmal Zähne, die wurzellos an der Innenkante der Kiefer sitzen. Da man diese Art der Zahnbefestigung als pleurodont bezeichnet, werden alle ehemaligen Leguanfamilien in das ranglose Taxon Pleurodonta gestellt. Bei Agamen und Chamäleons sitzen die Zähne auf der Oberkante der Kiefers (acrodont), sie bilden das Taxon Acrodonta.

Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der einzelnen Familien zeigt folgendes Kladogramm:

Quellen
 Volker Storch, Ulrich Welsch: Systematische Zoologie. 6., bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Spektrum – Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1112-2.
 Darrel R. Frost, Richard Etheridge, Daniel Janies, Tom A. Titus: Total Evidence, Sequence Alignment, Evolution of Polychrotid Lizards, and a Reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania) (= American Museum Novitates. Nr. 3343, ). American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 2001, online.
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System: [ Iguania]

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