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November 19, 2014 | By ENCOD In 2014
A response to Bushka Bryndova's letter to president Putin
A response to Bushka Bryndova's letter to Vladimir Putin by Czech drug experts and activists
Dear ENCOD members,
The Czech activists and persons involved in drug policy, signed below, would like to express their concerns over the recent letter to Vladimir Putin, written by a Czech activist Bushka Bryndova, published on the ENCOD website and probably sent in the name of ENCOD to the Russian president.
First of all, as the citizens of the Czech Republic, we would like to correct a false statement about the popularity of Russian president Putin in our country.
In the letter, Mrs. Bryndova says: "I have joined the Facebook group 'Přátelé Ruska v České republice' (Friends of Russia in the Czech Republic), a few times mentioned in the Russian media. Its ranks are constantly growing; we have already over 7000 members, which is more than many political parties in our country."
It is extremely weird to compare number of fans of any Facebook (furthermore FB) page with membership in political parties; however, the statement itself is not true even if we would take this comparison seriously.
The 7,000 members of this particular FB group (most of whom are communist supporters who hate the current Czech democratic political system) is about three times less than, e.g., membership in the FB group of the Czech Green Party – and even this party is one of the minor players if we look at election data in the past 5 years.
Also, recent polls showed that about 65–80 % of the Czechs consider Putin and his regime a significant threat to peace in Europe and a danger to our country. The obvious reason is that overwhelming majority of Czech citizens prefers democracy over a totalitarian political system.
Secondly, the letter is supposed to be a balanced plea to change drug policies in Russia, however, it lacks any sign of critical attitude towards the current drug situation and policies in the Russian Federation. Instead, it praises and fawns on Putin and his regime several times and makes several claims that, compared to the reality, are actually very naïve, to say the least.
One of many striking examples is Bryndova's request to "adopt the harm reduction programs that have already been established in Sevastopol, Simferopol etc. I am talking about 140 people who were involved in the methadone substitution program. Looking at the situation from a purely scientific, technical aspect, Russia has the opportunity now to take advantage of this situation and carry out a pilot experience that could be of great value to the modernization of its drug policy."
The real situation is that the Russian government has already failed to use this "opportunity" – utterly and totally. Immediate closure of all the methadone programs in the occupied/annexed Crimea (and the ones in Sevastopol and Simferopol as the very first ones, actually) occurred by 25 May 2014 and led to – at least – 20 deaths of patients of this treatment already.
While the international organizations such as the Council of Europe are not allowed to make any assessment of the situation at the occupied Crimea or even to entry the peninsula (Ritter, C., Welle-Strand, G., Habrat, B., & Pustoslemšek, M. (2014). Substitution maintenance treatment in Ukraine: Humanitarian and medical mission 16 – 21 May 2014 (pp. 32). Strasbourgh: Council of Europe – Pompidou Group), these official data published by authorities of the Russian Federation are most probably heavily underestimated. What is known for sure is that most of the OST patients in annexed Crimea were not provided by any medical service or social assistance, and they continue to pay their death toll.
Do the author and the Steering Committee of ENCOD (who co-signed the letter) not know about the real situation? Or why do they present us with this kind of dramatically late request while in the reality Russian drug policies have already shown their "best" in this region? The deaths and suffering of drug users and their dear ones are to be directly attributed to the Russian "opportunity" to practice their drug policies in a way predicted by major public health scholar and prominent drug users' rights activist immediately after Russia annexed Crimea (Kazatchkine, M. (2014). Russia's ban on methadone for drug users in Crimea will worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic and risk public health (Vol. 348)).
The opioid substitution/maintenance treatment (furthermore OST) is prohibited by a special law in Russia, despite it is globally widely recognized as the most successful and the most cost effective treatment of opiate addiction and problem use of opioids (World Health Organisation. (2014). Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations. Geneve: World Health Organisation. – World Health Organisation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, & Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2012). Technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users – 2012 revision. Geneve: WHO. World Health Organisation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, & Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2008). Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment Discussion Papers (1st ed., pp. 32). Vienna: UNODC.)
Russian system of addiction treatment – so called "narcology" that maintains all the obsolete paradigms of its communists founders – deliberately and systematically misinterprets the global consensus on the effectiveness of OST and loses tens of thousands of human lives every year because of bizarre "narcological ideology" that has nothing to do with either medicine or science.
As for the results of Russian drug policy, it is enough to know that the Russian Federation leads injecting drug use prevalence in Eastern Europe and central Asia at 2.29%, and that from 18 to 31% of Russian drug users are infected by HIV (UNAIDS. (2014). GAP Report (pp. 432). Geneve: UNAIDS.)
This represents probably the largest per capita number of injection drug use worldwide with the Russian population of injectors being most infected by HIV. It is far too obvious that the largest – and still growing – extra-African HIV epidemic that swipes through Russia is a dire and direct consequence of failed Russian drug policy.
The data above clearly show that the Russian drug policy is among the most harmful ones in the world, that it inflicts harms both to the drug users and to the society as a whole, and – taking into account the large migrations both from Russia and into it – it is also endangering the drug using and non-using populations in neighboring and even more distant countries. It is difficult to believe that Mrs. Bryndová does not know these facts that are very crucial for any debate that aims to change the situation for better.
We feel that the whole concept of the letter and the choice of words are based merely on personal admiration of. Mrs. Bryndová to Putin (for whatever reasons) and lacks any evidence-based data, personal experience and reflection of the reality. To a degree larger than small, it resembles the omnipresent communist propaganda of the 1980's Czechoslovakia (and Soviet Union), as it similarly displays a divine (communist) political leader capable of starting a global change in the course of war on drugs, being so far misled by some bad counsellors – but who, if enlightened, will use its supernatural powers "properly". In fact, Mr. Putin is one of the most prominent prohibitionists in the global drug policy scene, constantly attempting to block any steps to more sane, more human and more effective drug policies anywhere in the world.
Anyone who wants to get a real picture of what Putin drug policies look like and most likely will until the end of his reign, should read the article "Russia's Drug Users Have a Right to Needles, Methadone, Dignity" by Anya Sarang, the president of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice in Moscow. Anya Sarang, real Russian field worker activist who works with real, suffering drug users, would obviously like Putin to change the policies at least as much as Mrs. Bryndova and all of us do, yet she shows the need for change by showing reliable facts and valid data rather than naïve and false claims and non-critical admiration of the Russian president.
Besides, Bushka Bryndova contradicts her own words when she criticizes the West and its financial interests: The illicit drug trade is a key engine behind organised crime, and the bulk of its revenues is under control of powerful financial interests well established in the Western World, and then quotes Colorado's legalization as an example for Putin to follow.
We all agree that the West is far from being perfect when it comes to drug policies and human rights. There is certainly no need to argue over that.
However, we believe that Russia has been not only blindly following the ill-conceived Western drug policies – it has happily adopted them to a full extent when it was directed to a harsher prohibition and more punitive approach, but pretends to be dumb and deaf when the development has turned counterwise. Bushka Bryndova is therefore asking Putin to do the exact opposite of what he personally and his governments have been doing and saying for years.
It is not just the distortion of facts that is alarming. We are also upset by the overall tone of the letter, with statements such as "status of a world power that rightfully belongs to [Russia]", "[Putin becoming president] was a blessed choice for [Russia]", and so on. That's considerably more than just being polite. That is ENCOD's toadying to a dictator that represents one of biggest current threats to peace. It is evident that Bushka Bryndova admires Mr. Putin greatly. We can hardly understand that (with regard to the opposite views on drug policies, at the very least), but we can and will respect that – it is her personal opinion. However, we are saddened by the fact that the ENCOD Steering Committee supports and endorses a letter that feels like a textbook example of heavily biased pro-Russian propaganda that uses lies as legitimate tools. The fact that the Western countries are far from being flawless is not really an excuse for idealizing and misinforming about the situation in Russian Federation that is, by any indicator, far worse than in the West.
That is why we, the Czech drug experts and activists, feel obliged to reflect on the tone and content of the letter written by a fellow Czech activist, to reject it and to clearly state that albeit signed by ENCOD St. Committee, it strictly contradicts the opinions of Czech activists in the field, and the Czech nation as whole.
Lukáš Hurt, M.A. – activist, translator, editor and journalist, ENCOD member
Hana Gabrielová, B.A. – a former member of ENCOD Steering Committee and activist, ENCOD member
Tomáš Zábranský, M.D., Ph. D. – medical doctor and drug epidemiologist, expert on drug situation in former Soviet Union countries, medical cannabis expert, advocate of rights of drug users and medical cannabis patients
Pavel Kubů, M.D. – addictologist, medical cannabis expert, patient advocate and legalization supporter
Robert Hýsek, M.A. – activist, translator and editor
Lukáš Pokorný – activist and journalist
Michal Řehák, M.A. – activist and journalist
Leopold Svatý – activist and former Drug War prisoner
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A response to Bushka Bryndova's letter to Vladimir Putin by Czech drug experts and activists 18 November 2014
  Dear ENCOD members, The Czech activists and persons involved in drug policy, signed below, would like to express their concerns over the recent letter to Vladimir Putin, written by a Czech activist Bushka Bryndova, published on the ENCOD website and probably sent in the name of ENCOD to the Russian president. First of all, as the citizens of the Czech Republic, we would like to correct a false statement about the popularity of Russian president Putin in our country. In the letter, Mrs. Bryndova says: "I have joined the Facebook group 'Přátelé Ruska v České republice' (Friends of Russia in the Czech Republic), a few times mentioned in the Russian media. Its ranks are constantly growing; we have already over 7000 members, which is more than many political parties in our country." It is extremely weird to compare number of fans of any Facebook (furthermore FB) page with membership in political parties; however, the statement itself is not true even if we would take this comparison seriously. The 7,000 members of this particular FB group (most of whom are communist supporters who hate the current Czech democratic political system) is about three times less than, e.g., membership in the FB group of the Czech Green Party – and even this party is one of the minor players if we look at election data in the past 5 years. Also, recent polls showed that about 65–80 % of the Czechs consider Putin and his regime a significant threat to peace in Europe and a danger to our country. The obvious reason is that overwhelming majority of Czech citizens prefers democracy over a totalitarian political system. Secondly, the letter is supposed to be a balanced plea to change drug policies in Russia, however, it lacks any sign of critical attitude towards the current drug situation and policies in the Russian Federation. Instead, it praises and fawns on Putin and his regime several times and makes several claims that, compared to the reality, are actually very naïve, to say the least. One of many striking examples is Bryndova's request to "adopt the harm reduction programs that have already been established in Sevastopol, Simferopol etc. I am talking about 140 people who were involved in the methadone substitution program. Looking at the situation from a purely scientific, technical aspect, Russia has the opportunity now to take advantage of this situation and carry out a pilot experience that could be of great value to the modernization of its drug policy." The real situation is that the Russian government has already failed to use this "opportunity" – utterly and totally. Immediate closure of all the methadone programs in the occupied/annexed Crimea (and the ones in Sevastopol and Simferopol as the very first ones, actually) occurred by 25 May 2014 and led to – at least – 20 deaths of patients of this treatment already. While the international organizations such as the Council of Europe are not allowed to make any assessment of the situation at the occupied Crimea or even to entry the peninsula (Ritter, C., Welle-Strand, G., Habrat, B., & Pustoslemšek, M. (2014). Substitution maintenance treatment in Ukraine: Humanitarian and medical mission 16 - 21 May 2014 (pp. 32). Strasbourgh: Council of Europe – Pompidou Group), these official data published by authorities of the Russian Federation are most probably heavily underestimated. What is known for sure is that most of the OST patients in annexed Crimea were not provided by any medical service or social assistance, and they continue to pay their death toll. Do the author and the Steering Committee of ENCOD (who co-signed the letter) not know about the real situation? Or why do they present us with this kind of dramatically late request while in the reality Russian drug policies have already shown their "best" in this region? The deaths and suffering of drug users and their dear ones are to be directly attributed to the Russian "opportunity" to practice their drug policies in a way predicted by major public health scholar and prominent drug users' rights activist immediately after Russia annexed Crimea (Kazatchkine, M. (2014). Russia's ban on methadone for drug users in Crimea will worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic and risk public health (Vol. 348)). The opioid substitution/maintenance treatment (furthermore OST) is prohibited by a special law in Russia, despite it is globally widely recognized as the most successful and the most cost effective treatment of opiate addiction and problem use of opioids (World Health Organisation. (2014). Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations. Geneve: World Health Organisation. - World Health Organisation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, & Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2012). Technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users – 2012 revision. Geneve: WHO. World Health Organisation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, & Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2008). Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment Discussion Papers (1st ed., pp. 32). Vienna: UNODC.) Russian system of addiction treatment – so called "narcology" that maintains all the obsolete paradigms of its communists founders – deliberately and systematically misinterprets the global consensus on the effectiveness of OST and loses tens of thousands of human lives every year because of bizarre "narcological ideology" that has nothing to do with either medicine or science. As for the results of Russian drug policy, it is enough to know that the Russian Federation leads injecting drug use prevalence in Eastern Europe and central Asia at 2.29%, and that from 18 to 31% of Russian drug users are infected by HIV (UNAIDS. (2014). GAP Report (pp. 432). Geneve: UNAIDS.) This represents probably the largest per capita number of injection drug use worldwide with the Russian population of injectors being most infected by HIV. It is far too obvious that the largest – and still growing – extra-African HIV epidemic that swipes through Russia is a dire and direct consequence of failed Russian drug policy. The data above clearly show that the Russian drug policy is among the most harmful ones in the world, that it inflicts harms both to the drug users and to the society as a whole, and – taking into account the large migrations both from Russia and into it – it is also endangering the drug using and non-using populations in neighboring and even more distant countries. It is difficult to believe that Mrs. Bryndová does not know these facts that are very crucial for any debate that aims to change the situation for better. We feel that the whole concept of the letter and the choice of words are based merely on personal admiration of. Mrs. Bryndová to Putin (for whatever reasons) and lacks any evidence-based data, personal experience and reflection of the reality. To a degree larger than small, it resembles the omnipresent communist propaganda of the 1980's Czechoslovakia (and Soviet Union), as it similarly displays a divine (communist) political leader capable of starting a global change in the course of war on drugs, being so far misled by some bad counsellors – but who, if enlightened, will use its supernatural powers "properly". In fact, Mr. Putin is one of the most prominent prohibitionists in the global drug policy scene, constantly attempting to block any steps to more sane, more human and more effective drug policies anywhere in the world. Anyone who wants to get a real picture of what Putin drug policies look like and most likely will until the end of his reign, should read the article "Russia's Drug Users Have a Right to Needles, Methadone, Dignity" by Anya Sarang, the president of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice in Moscow. Anya Sarang, real Russian field worker activist who works with real, suffering drug users, would obviously like Putin to change the policies at least as much as Mrs. Bryndova and all of us do, yet she shows the need for change by showing reliable facts and valid data rather than naïve and false claims and non-critical admiration of the Russian president. Besides, Bushka Bryndova contradicts her own words when she criticizes the West and its financial interests: The illicit drug trade is a key engine behind organised crime, and the bulk of its revenues is under control of powerful financial interests well established in the Western World, and then quotes Colorado's legalization as an example for Putin to follow. We all agree that the West is far from being perfect when it comes to drug policies and human rights. There is certainly no need to argue over that. However, we believe that Russia has been not only blindly following the ill-conceived Western drug policies – it has happily adopted them to a full extent when it was directed to a harsher prohibition and more punitive approach, but pretends to be dumb and deaf when the development has turned counterwise. Bushka Bryndova is therefore asking Putin to do the exact opposite of what he personally and his governments have been doing and saying for years. It is not just the distortion of facts that is alarming. We are also upset by the overall tone of the letter, with statements such as "status of a world power that rightfully belongs to [Russia]", "[Putin becoming president] was a blessed choice for [Russia]", and so on. That's considerably more than just being polite. That is ENCOD's toadying to a dictator that represents one of biggest current threats to peace. It is evident that Bushka Bryndova admires Mr. Putin greatly. We can hardly understand that (with regard to the opposite views on drug policies, at the very least), but we can and will respect that – it is her personal opinion. However, we are saddened by the fact that the ENCOD Steering Committee supports and endorses a letter that feels like a textbook example of heavily biased pro-Russian propaganda that uses lies as legitimate tools. The fact that the Western countries are far from being flawless is not really an excuse for idealizing and misinforming about the situation in Russian Federation that is, by any indicator, far worse than in the West. That is why we, the Czech drug experts and activists, feel obliged to reflect on the tone and content of the letter written by a fellow Czech activist, to reject it and to clearly state that albeit signed by ENCOD St. Committee, it strictly contradicts the opinions of Czech activists in the field, and the Czech nation as whole. With best regards, Lukáš Hurt, M.A. – activist, translator, editor and journalist, ENCOD member Hana Gabrielová, B.A. – a former member of ENCOD Steering Committee and activist, ENCOD member Tomáš Zábranský, M.D., Ph. D. – medical doctor and drug epidemiologist, expert on drug situation in former Soviet Union countries, medical cannabis expert, advocate of rights of drug users and medical cannabis patients Pavel Kubů, M.D. – addictologist, medical cannabis expert, patient advocate and legalization supporter Robert Hýsek, M.A. – activist, translator and editor Lukáš Pokorný – activist and journalist Michal Řehák, M.A. – activist and journalist Leopold Svatý – activist and former Drug War prisoner


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Lissac-sur-Couze (Lissac en occitan) est une commune française située dans le département de la Corrèze en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Géographie

Commune située dans l'aire urbaine de Brive-la-Gaillarde. Comme son nom l'indique, la commune est arrosée par la Couze, un affluent de la Vézère. En bordure sud de la commune, elle est retenue artificiellement au lac du Causse.

Localisation

Lissac-sur-Couze est limitrophe de cinq autres communes, dont Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche au nord sur .

À l'est, le territoire communal est distant de moins de  de celui de Noailles.

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique altéré », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du même type de climat dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Il s'agit d'une zone de transition entre le climat océanique, le climat de montagne et le climat semi-continental. Les écarts de température entre hiver et été augmentent avec l'éloignement de la mer. La pluviométrie est plus faible qu'en bord de mer, sauf aux abords des reliefs.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Brive », sur la commune de Brive-la-Gaillarde, mise en service en 1987 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000, à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Lissac-sur-Couze est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Brive-la-Gaillarde, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des forêts et milieux semi-naturels (53 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (56,8 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
forêts (53 %), prairies (20,6 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (16,9 %), zones urbanisées (5 %), eaux continentales (4,4 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (0,1 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Lissac-sur-Couze est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité très faible). Il est également exposé à un risque particulier : le risque de radon. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels

La commune est vulnérable au risque de mouvements de terrains constitué principalement du retrait-gonflement des sols argileux. Cet aléa est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 77,4 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (26,8 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019,  sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 65 %, à comparer aux 36 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Par ailleurs, afin de mieux appréhender le risque d'affaissement de terrain, l'inventaire national des cavités souterraines permet de localiser celles situées sur la commune.

La commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par les inondations et coulées de boue survenues en 1982, 1999 et 2001. Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par la sécheresse en 2005, 2018 et 2019 et par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risque particulier
Dans plusieurs parties du territoire national, le radon, accumulé dans certains logements ou autres locaux, peut constituer une source significative d'exposition de la population aux rayonnements ionisants. Certaines communes du département sont concernées par le risque radon à un niveau plus ou moins élevé. Selon la classification de 2018, la commune de Lissac-sur-Couze est classée en zone 3, à savoir zone à potentiel radon significatif.

Toponymie

Histoire

Héraldique

Le blason appartient aux descendants de la famille de Laporte de Lissac

Politique et administration

Démographie

Économie

Lieux et monuments

Monuments historiques
 Grotte du Moulin de Laguenay : grotte ornée datant du Paléolithique, inscrite au titre des monuments historiques depuis 1994.
 Château de Lissac des , inscrit au titre des monuments historiques depuis 1997.
 Le château de Mauriolles du , ses terrasses et ses dépendances, sont classés au titre des monuments historiques depuis 2004 alors que le promontoire et l'habitat troglodytique sont inscrits depuis 2002.
 Église Saint-Pierre du  et modifiée aux , , inscrite depuis 1972.

Autres sites
 La base nautique et de loisirs du lac du Causse est implantée sur la commune.
 Émetteur de radio FM et de télévision du Grandmont.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Adolphe Godin de Lépinay (1821-1898), ingénieur, né au château de Moriolles, à Lissac-sur-Couze.
 Bernadette Sers (1928-2000), artiste peintre inhumée à Lissac.

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Corrèze
 Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive

Liens externes

 Site de la mairie de Lissac
 Lissac-sur-Couze sur le site de l'Institut Géographique National (archive)

Commune en Corrèze
Commune dans l'arrondissement de Brive-la-Gaillarde
Commune dans la communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive
Commune touristique en France
Aire urbaine de Brive-la-Gaillarde
Aire d'attraction de Brive-la-Gaillarde

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Diabetes is very common in the United States, with more than 29.1 million people living with the condition nationwide. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, then you're already aware of the many ways in which your disease affects your body, from increasing your risk of eye diseases to slowing your healing time. This slowed healing time, in particular, is of concern if you are considering dental implant surgery. Although many diabetics do recover successfully from implant surgery, it's important that you're aware of your increased risk of poor healing and how to mitigate it.
To insert an implant, your dental surgeon will drill a hole in your jaw bone and insert a titanium screw. The healing process then involves the bone integrating itself with this screw. The soft gum tissues surrounding the implant must also heal. It is well-established that soft tissue healing is impeded in diabetics, but little research has been done to examine bone healing works in diabetics. Most dentists assume that this process is also slowed. Typically, it takes a non-diabetic patient about 6 weeks to heal from implant surgery, but takes a patient with well-managed diabetes 8 – 12 weeks to fully heal.
Dentists are careful to monitor the healing of their diabetic implant patients, and they use several strategies to encourage safe, prompt healing. One of these strategies is prescribing a longer course of antibiotics than is used for the typical patient. It is absolutely essential that you take these antibiotics as instructed in order to prevent infection. Antiseptic mouth rinses are also often prescribed. Sticking to a healthy diet and regulating your blood sugar closely are even more important than ever in the weeks before and after surgery.
If healing from dental implants is so challenging for diabetics, why do dentists continue to recommend implants for these patients? The reason is that leaving someone with a missing tooth tends to lead to further problems down the road. When a tooth is not replaced with an implant, the jaw bone breaks down and becomes weakened, which may put the remaining teeth in danger.
Dental bridges, which attach to the surrounding teeth and replace the crown portion of the teeth, but not the root, are often used in elderly diabetic patients and those whose blood sugar levels are poorly managed. However, most dentists recommend that if a diabetic patient can take the necessary steps to promote healing, he or she opt for implants rather than a bridge, since only implants prevent bone loss.
If you are missing one or more teeth and are a diabetic, make sure you tell your dental surgeon about your diabetes. He or she will likely collaborate with your physician to find a course of treatment that will allow you to have a complete smile again, while also avoiding worrisome infections and slow healing.


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Mark S. Grinblatt
Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A., economics, Yale University
Professor Grinblatt's past research, which appeared in most major finance and economics journals, focused on asset pricing, rational expectations equilibria, performance evaluation, stock market anomalies, corporate finance, derivatives valuation, and agency theory. His most recent research explores the consumption function, tax policies and the weighted average cost of capital, and behavioral finance. He has authored a corporate finance textbook and approximately 40 papers on finance and economics, one of which received a Smith Breeden 2001 distinguished paper award. Professor Grinblatt served as a visiting professor at the Wharton School from 1987-1989 and a visiting fellow at Yale University in 1999-2000, and worked as a vice president for Salomon Brothers, Inc. from 1989-1990. He currently serves as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an associate editor of four journals, and as president-elect and program chairman of the Western Finance Association.
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In the last 10 games played Home team has earned 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 loss. Since the start of the season in Premier League, Rubin Kazan has so far 6 victories, 12 tie and 6 defeats. In these games the team has scored 20 goals and conceded 23.
In their 5 games at home Rubin Kazan has recorded 1 wins, 3 draw and 1 losses. As a host this season, Rubin Kazan records total of 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 loss. In these matches Home team has scored 10 goals and conceded 8 goals.
Rubin Kazan is in bad shape, as it has only 1 win in last 5 games.
Away team has recorded 2 victories, 6 tie and 2 defeats on the last 10 games. Since the beginning of the Premier League season, Away team has 9 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses. In these games Away team has scored 21 goals and conceded 18 goals.
In their last 5 games played outside their stadium Away team has recorded 0 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats. As a guest this season FK Rostov has recorded total of 4 wins 3 draws and 5 losses. In these matches the team has scored 10 and conceded 13 goals.
In the last five years matches between Rubin Kazan and FK Rostov , Home has 1 wins, 2 of the games have ended in a draw and 1 victories for Away team.


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Neal Ardley on return of Kane Hemmings for Notts County
'Kane got a hell of a lot more minutes than I wanted him to have'
Notts County's Kane Hemmings in action at Field Mill (Image: Dan Westwell)
Notts County boss Neal Ardley admitted Kane Hemmings played more minutes than he had originally planned for the striker, after he made his long-awaited return from injury.
The striker came off the bench in the second half against his former club Mansfield where he spent last season on loan before moving to the Magpies from Oxford in the summer.
Hemmings came on with 30 minutes to play of the League Two clash as the Stags claimed derby bragging rights courtesy of a goal in each half from winger CJ Hamilton.
Notts County boss Neal Ardley reveals January transfer plans
Ardley said that he had not envisioned giving Hemmings that long on the pitch especially after missing a month of action because of a troubling calf problem.
Notts County's Kane Hemmings on his return to action at Field Mill (Image: Dan Westwell)
But he said the forward's involvement was dictated by Notts' slow start to the second half as he looked for a way back into the game against their fierce rivals.
"Kane got a hell of a lot more minutes than I wanted him to have," he said.
Notts County's Kane Hemmings (Image: Dan Westwell)
'We will get it right' - Neal Ardley vows to sort out Notts County's problems after derby defeat
"He was due 15 to 20, but I put him on with 30 to go.
"I just felt in the second half that we didn't start it as well as we had finished the first.
"I just thought I would change the shape and get two up front and have a go early rather than leave it late and then have a go."
Neal Ardley


For a little dead hen, she looks pretty darned good. I deserve some credit for resurrecting her, but she has been very cooperative so if I continue to take good care of her, she'll be talking back to me for a while yet. You can see in the photo below that she's sitting down instead of standing up, scratching for bugs in the barn shavings like an old lady.
Samantha came to the Funny Farm a little less than a year ago. She was the last of her flock and the bobcat circling her coop every afternoon was not an incentive to increase the chicken population.
Samantha is a very shy hen. She was excited about joining her new flock, but there are rules about seniority. Establishing the "Pecking Order" is a serious undertaking and I am careful to sequester new additions to the flock. They can get acquainted through the fence without any casualties and once everyone is bored with the new denizen, it's usually safe to introduce them, with supervision.
Not ready for Prime Time, Samantha looks hopefully at the gate into the communal barn area.
Samantha made friends easily, and Eartha politely asked to join her in the Bully Pen. They were inseparable and this partnership helped Samantha to be accepted by the rest of the flock.
It didn't hurt that Conchita was still in the infirmary, recovering from a broken leg. As the Boss Hen, she determined whether the pecking order met her requirements. But not from the infirmary. With her status in limbo, the remainder of the flock had settled upon an easy democracy, with no single hen taking leadership.
Samantha taunts the Boss Hen, Conchita.
Almost as soon as Samantha left the bully pen, Conchita moved in to complete her recovery. Samantha continued her induction into the flock through the fence. The other hens were deferential to Conchita, even in her diminished capacity: limping and sequestered from the flock.
Obligatory photo of Dobby, Samantha in background.
Recently arrived hens are reluctant to join the garden party outside the aviary each afternoon. Wild beasts populate the back yard, after all. Three months after her arrival she was as eager as the rest of them to dash out and destroy the back yard in search of bugs and greens.
She's not ordinarily mud-colored (2/8/18).
The photo above was taken in early February. She isn't the chubbiest hen I've had, but she looked okay then. She has never been as heavy as my Wyandottes, who remind me of the Chicken Run hens. Bend your knees when you heft those beauties.
Look at Samantha in late June of this year. Can you see her sunken chest? I had already become concerned about her weight loss, but most hens come to me at an advanced age, and they are notorious for not living much past 5-6 years. They have been bred for either meat or eggs, depending upon the breed. Samantha was a five year old New Hampshire. She hadn't laid for a year when I received her and she has never laid an egg for me. That's not really the point, here, and what makes it a sanctuary. We don't judge hens based upon their egg laying skills. All I ask is that they make me laugh once in a while, an easy task for hens.
Samantha is on the left, acting perfectly normal (7/13/18).
The photo above was taken in late July. August was the same and then I found her dead on September first.
This dead crow photo illustrates the position I found her in, wings splayed out, head at an awkward angle. Tiny Princess Blur was clucking over her and several other hens looked on from a safe distance. Except that instead of being on display like this crow, Samantha was in a drainage ditch, covered with mud, looking more like a pile of debris than a little red hen. It honestly took me a minute to figure out I was looking at a chicken, so throughly camouflaged was she (that's the gecko photo), a trickle of muddy water displaced by her ghoulish presence. I picked her up by the feet, as one does with a filthy dead chicken, and set her on a picnic table. I quickly looked around to see if a raccoon was in the aviary, or if there was any other collateral damage. When I saw no other carcasses, I returned to the table.
I turned over the corpse to look for evidence of an attack but her head didn't flop like a dead chicken. I nudged her noggin and felt a very slight resistance. She was alive! Her eyes were closed and her head was covered with mud. Her feathers were so caked with wet mud I could see her skinny breast and protruding breastbone, skin visible between the matted feathers. I took her to the infirmary and set her under a heat lamp. I didn't dare add to her misery by trying to clean her up. I syringed some water over her muddy eyes but they didn't open. Her breathing was shallow and I feared that she would aspirate any water I tried to get down her throat. I shut the infirmary door and continued my chores, assuming she would die.
At noon, she was still alive. I syringed her eyelids clean but she didn't open them. At the end of the day, her feathers were dry so I removed the heat lamp and set her prone body onto a heated kennel pad. I didn't want the heat lamp to roast her. I worked some more on her eyes and cleaned her face a bit and said good night . . . and good-bye.
The next morning, she was still laying there, but she tried to move her head when I spoke to her. When she didn't choke on the water I syringed down her throat, I gave her some pain meds (meloxicam). Then I finished cleaning her face and turned her over on the kennel pad. When I checked on her in the afternoon, her eyes were open. I started her on antibiotics (enrofloxacin).
My cornbread, before baking, with birdseed, mealworms and shrimp. It made the house stink for days.
The following morning she was struggling to sit up. I righted her, gave her more water, pain meds, and antibiotics. I made up a tray of food: layer pellets, bird seed, and lettuce. I went in to get some rice, her favorite, from the refrigerator. By now, her former owner had texted, recommending grated cheese. I added a little slice of The Bartender's Famous Cornbread and took it out. She took a few excited bites and was done. She should have been hungrier.
Seriously, this girl is skinny.
On the fifth day my little dead hen stood up. Her feathers had started to fluff out and she tentatively explored the infirmary. She was still on antibiotics and I attributed her lack of appetite to the meds. I added yogurt to her meals, along with mealworms and dried shrimp, some of Dobby's leftover probiotics, oyster shell grit, an apple from under the tree, and some other fancy chicken treats, no longer an item to scoff at. She was very interested, but not ravenous.
Decidedly more animated, nearly one week post-death (9/7/18).
She looked- and looks- perkier every day. She's skinny, though. Also, she is molting, always stressful and never a good look.
Get out a black crayon and color everything black, even her eyes. You can even color outside the lines, that's how bad it was.
I pack her a fancy lunch every day. Today she had scraps of whole-grain bread, frozen peas, LMF Digest 911 (probiotic powder), honeydew melon, and cottage cheese. No hard-boiled egg today. She scampers over to look, takes a few pieces out, and then she's through eating. What more can I do?
I took out Conchita's abacus. If I set it up perfectly, I can tell when/if she's pushed the markers around. They have been moving, so it must keep her busy for a couple minutes a day. I ordered her a xylophone, The Bartender is going to buy her a cabbage to hang up.
The heated kennel pad blanket is in the foreground, by the door. She sleeps on it, as close to her friends as possible.
When the abacus and mealworm cornbread failed to do the trick, Samantha went to the vet. Her recovery had reached a plateau. She was not dead, but she had not improved beyond where she had been before her death. Dr. Vincenzi is the best veterinarian in the world, (he kept Dobby going for many years) and I had done all I could do.
Samantha was very well-behaved and several assistants came through to meet and pet her. She left a stool sample, and I folded the towel over it, so as to preserve it in pristine condition for the vet.
I had brought a fresh corn-on-the-cob for her, out of habit, I suppose. What self-respecting hen doesn't attack a piece of corn? Samantha stared at it while Dr. Vincenzi chanted incantations and performed some ritual voodoo outside of the exam room. He returned with the verdict: Lymphoma. Samantha has lymphoma.
Everything tastes better at home.
I am crushed, but I will give her the best care I can. No wonder I found her face-down in the big muddy. No wonder I couldn't make her gain weight. She will spend time in the barn (out of the infirmary) while the others are having Garden Party in the back yard. Today I put Eartha in with her, sprinkled dried shrimp on the ground for them to forage. I'll pack Samantha an interesting and tantalizing lunch every day. I once had a hen, Lula, who took metacam every day for two years, for arthritis. I can do this, too.


In past months, we've read The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory, Unraveled (Whiskey Sharp) by Lauren Dane, An Extraordinary Union (Loyal League) by Alyssa Cole, The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, Death's Dancer (Grace Bloods) by Jasmine Silvera, and The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke) by Tessa Dare, and Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn.
November's Romance Book Club selection will be Roomies by New York Times Bestselling author Christina Lauren! And if you like that one, check out her latest, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating—both are ready at the store.


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package com.roche.iceboar;

import com.roche.iceboar.settings.GlobalSettings;
import com.roche.iceboar.settings.GlobalSettingsFactory;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import javax.jnlp.BasicService;
import javax.jnlp.ServiceManager;
import javax.jnlp.ServiceManagerStub;
import javax.jnlp.UnavailableServiceException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
import static org.testng.Assert.fail;

public class GlobalSettingsFactoryTest {

    @BeforeMethod
    public void setup() {
        // reset all properties
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.1");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.2");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.showDebug");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.frameTitle");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaVersion");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.main-class");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.initial-heap-size");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.max-heap-size");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.java-vm-args");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.setting1");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.setting2");
        System.clearProperty("jnlp.setting3");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldThrowExceptionWhenTargetJarIsNotDefined() {
        // given
        // it is minimum to set to verify that target JAR is not defined
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL", "abc");

        // when
        try {
            GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);
            // then
            fail("It should throw an BootstrapException");
        } catch (IceBoarException e) {
            assertThat(e.getMessage())
                    .isEqualTo("Please specify minimum a one JAR file in property: jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0");
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadShowDebugSettings() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.showDebug", "true");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.isShowDebug())
                .isEqualTo(true);
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadFrameTitle() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.frameTitle", "My Test Frame title");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getFrameTitle())
                .isEqualTo("My Test Frame title");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadTargetJavaVersion() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaVersion", "1.7");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getTargetJavaVersion())
                .isEqualTo("1.7");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadMainClass() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.main-class", "MyClass");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getMainClass())
                .isEqualTo("MyClass");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadTargetJavaURL() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL", "myURL");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0", "xyz.jar");

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getTargetJavaURL())
                .isEqualTo("myURL");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadTargetJavaURLRelativePath() throws UnavailableServiceException, MalformedURLException {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL", "myURL.zip");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0", "xyz.jar");
        BasicService service = mock(BasicService.class);
        when(service.getCodeBase()).thenReturn(new URL("http://example.com/codebase/"));
        ServiceManagerStub stub = mock(ServiceManagerStub.class);
        when(stub.lookup("javax.jnlp.BasicService")).thenReturn(service);
        ServiceManager.setServiceManagerStub(stub); //lookup("javax.jnlp.BasicService")).getCodeBase()

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getTargetJavaURL())
                .isEqualTo("http://example.com/codebase/myURL.zip");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadAllDependencies() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0", "MyJar1.jar");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.1", "MyJar2.jar");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.2", "MyJar3.jar");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL", "terget");

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getJarURLs())
                .containsOnly("MyJar1.jar", "MyJar2.jar", "MyJar3.jar");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadAllCustomProperties() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting1", "abc");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting2", "def");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting3", "ghi");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getAllPropertiesForTarget())
                .containsOnly("-Djnlp.setting1=\"abc\"", "-Djnlp.setting2=\"def\"", "-Djnlp.setting3=\"ghi\"");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadAllCustomPropertiesAsText() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting1", "abc");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting2", "def");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.setting3", "ghi");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getAllPropertiesForTargetAsText())
                .isEqualTo("-Djnlp.setting3=\"ghi\" -Djnlp.setting2=\"def\" -Djnlp.setting1=\"abc\"");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadApplicationArguments() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();
        String[] args = new String[]{"arg1", "arg2"};

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(args);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getApplicationArguments())
                .containsOnly("arg1", "arg2");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadApplicationArgumentsAsString() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();
        String[] args = new String[]{"arg1", "arg2"};

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(args);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getApplicationArgumentsAsString())
                .isEqualTo("arg1 arg2");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadInitialHeapSize() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.initial-heap-size", "128m");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getInitialHeapSize())
                .isEqualTo("-Xms128m");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadEmptyInitialHeapSize() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getInitialHeapSize())
                .isEqualTo("");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadMaxHeapSize() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.max-heap-size", "256m");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getMaxHeapSize())
                .isEqualTo("-Xmx256m");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadEmptyMaxHeapSize() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getMaxHeapSize())
                .isEqualTo("");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadJavaVmArgs() {
        // given
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.java-vm-args", "-Xdebug -XX:+UseParallelGC");
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgsAsText())
                .isEqualTo("-Xdebug -XX:+UseParallelGC");
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgs())
                .containsOnly("-Xdebug", "-XX:+UseParallelGC");
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadEmptyJavaVmArgs() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(new String[]{});

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgsAsText())
                .isEqualTo("");
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgs())
                .isEmpty();
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReadNullJavaVmArgs() {
        // given
        minimumSettingsProperties();

        // when
        GlobalSettings settings = GlobalSettingsFactory.getGlobalSettings(null);

        // then
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgsAsText())
                .isEqualTo("");
        assertThat(settings.getJavaVmArgs())
                .isEmpty();
    }

    private void minimumSettingsProperties() {
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.targetJavaURL", "abc");
        System.setProperty("jnlp.IceBoar.jar.0", "xyz.jar");
    }
}

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In April 2009, General Electric (GE; Fairfield, CT) requested USG support for its campaign to provide the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water with a combined cycle power plant. Commercial Service staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait and U.S. Ambassador Deborah Jones engaged the local authorities on GE's behalf, encouraging a fair and transparent tendering process. Following these efforts, on September 14, GE signed a contract to provide the 2,000 Megawatt power plant in Subiya, Kuwait. The project is valued at $2.6 billion, with approximately $1.1 billion in U.S. export content. GE states that it uses an extensive network of domestic suppliers; the company estimates that 240 suppliers, located in 24 states, will supply components to build the gas turbines used for this project.
In the Spring of 2009, after two failed cycles of bidding for this much needed power project, the Senior Commercial Officer in Kuwait City conducted meetings with Kuwaiti officials in the Ministry of Electricity and Water, to offset European competitor's advocacy and urge fairness and transparency in the tendering process. Subsequently the U.S. Ambassador met with a newly appointed Minister, who affirmed his determination to push this tender and a subsequent one to completion to alleviate the persistent electrical power shortage in Kuwait. In August 2009, the Senior Commercial Officer paid a final call on the Minister, who reported that he expected the award to clear both the Central Tenders Committee and the State Audit Bureau before Ramadan ended on September 20. Ministry Officials described GE's win as them picking the superior technology, despite heavy political pressure. Even after the award was announced, determined local agents for European bidders leaked sensitive documents to the media in efforts to discredit GE's victory.
Under its share of the contract with partner Hyundai of Korea, GE Energy will supply 6 9FA combined cycle gas turbines along with three steam turbines, related equipment, and associated services and plant level control protection system. They will also dedicate a highly skilled workforce to run the power station and provide training for the Ministry of Electric and Water. The Subiya power plant is scheduled to come on line in two phases. The first will add 1,300 MW of capacity to the Kuwait electricity grid in 2011, and the second half in 2012.
Upon the completion of the process, the U.S. Embassy received letters of thanks from GE's Sr. VP and General Counselor and GE's Region Executive for the Middle East, Joseph Anis, thanking the Embassy and the U.S. Commercial Service for this well coordinated effort involving 20 Embassy meetings, dozens of e-mails and about 50 phone calls to gain information and overcome obstacles.


Is there a way to automatically trigger a (re)scan, either on StartUp or on a defined/scheduled frequency?
No, there is no such option. PSI scans automatically every 7 days. You can always manually start a scan.


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2019 Rugby World Cup: Wales prepare to hit heights in Swiss Alps
By Gareth Griffiths
BBC Sport Wales
From the section Welsh Rugby
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/48922294
Wales players training in 2015 in Switzerland
The Swiss Alps might be the ideal destination for some holidaymakers but there will be very little chance for Wales' leading players to enjoy the stunning surroundings in the next two weeks.
As Wales look to scale the heights of the rugby world, preparations continue high in the picturesque mountains of Switzerland as the 42-man squad flies out on Wednesday for a gruelling training camp.
With the World Cup in Japan looming in September, there will be little time to enjoy the scenery of Fiesch as Wales return to the training base they used before the 2015 global tournament.
'Live high train low' will be the mantra once more. The players will be staying 2,250 metres above sea level but dropping down to training at an altitude of 1,000 metres.
The idea is the players become more accustomed to recovering when there is less oxygen available, making their bodies more efficient at using oxygen when it is available.
As well as altitude issues, extreme heat was something to contend with in 2015.
Four years ago, there were often three energy sapping sessions a day at times. Exercises included tossing a gigantic truck tyre around - as though emptying the bins - and tug-of-war contests.
This time, players will also be tackling extreme weights sessions in a gym that has been transported from their Wales training base in the Vale of Glamorgan hotel resort.
They will go through a series of exercises that will leave them exhausted before they drag themselves to the cable car that climbs back to their living quarters 1,000m higher than the training ground.
Beautiful but brutal
George North training in the Swiss Alps in 2015 alongside Dan Biggar
There will be repeat offenders such as Wales wing George North, who was in Switzerland four years ago and is preparing for his third World Cup.
The Ospreys wing summed up the contrast between the beauty of the surroundings and the pain suffered by the players.
"The last time we were there it was not much fun," said North.
"It is a stunning place to train in but a horrible thing to do. It is visually a beautiful place but it won't be beautiful for us.
"The altitude also adds a bit of a fun to it! But it is an intense two-week training camp which is not designed to be a laugh.
"If you look at the preparation camps in 2011 and 2015, they were brutal but they got us into a position where the boys felt as if they were in the best shape in the world.
"Switzerland is going to be another level up again. The guys are going to be excited but nervous and apprehensive and ready for that challenge again."
No pain no gain
Ken Owens (right) and Kristian Dacey with the tractor tyre in 2015
British and Irish Lions hooker Ken Owens is another who will be returning to the house of pain.
"The prize is always worth the sacrifices," he said.
"It is not pleasant but you know why you are doing it and what the purpose is.
"We know the graft that needs to go in and how difficult it's going to be, but you have to put the hard work in to get the rewards.
"If you have been through it before, you can see the results it gives you and the places you can get to in those close matches.
"The first thing you can turn to is your fitness and you back yourself to be able to go the distance and dig in when it's tough.
"It serves a massive purpose and worked over the last two World Cup cycles so you reap the benefits."
James Hook was not selected in the original 2015 Rugby World Cup squad but came in as injury cover during the tournament
Some players will go through all the pain and miss out on World Cup selection.
This is just the latest part of the preparation as Wales face World Cup home and away warm-up games against England and Ireland and another fitness camp in Turkey.
The provisional squad will be whittled down to 31 at the beginning of September.
Ospreys back James Hook was one of the players to miss out on the initial World Cup squad four years ago, although he was called up as injury cover during the tournament.
"They are brutal," said Hook.
"You are living near the top of a mountain. There is not a great deal to do there when you are not training, you are there for two weeks and you don't have many days off.
"It is like Groundhog Day. In the morning you have skills and conditioning and power and endurance, and in the afternoon you will have the weights and more skills.
"The boys will have been dreading this for the last six weeks but the day has come to travel out there and they will be wanting to get on with it.
"It is a tough old slog with boys being away from their families but there is a big carrot at the end of it."
Ken Owens and Kristian Dacey in training in 2015
One player who has not endured the pain of this environment before is uncapped Cardiff Blues wing Owen Lane.
"Everybody has got a few stories about how brutal it was but I expected that from videos I have seen," said Lane.
"Four years ago I was following it on social media and I could tell how tough it looked.
"Now I have experienced a few weeks with the squad, I know how tough it is and am expecting it to step up in Switzerland.
"I would not say I was looking forward to it. But on the other hand I sort of am because I want to get involved and see how I react."
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Q: New BigQuery pricing 'tiers' According to the pricing page, a new tiered pricing model will be introduced for BigQuery on January 1st 2016.
We'd like to be able to predict any cost implications this may have to our applications. So we've taken a look at the JSON response for some of our more complex queries to see what 'tier' has been assigned to it.
The billingTier tier is clearly visible in the JSON response.
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  "kind": "bigquery#job",
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  "totalBytesProcessed": "45319172942",
  "query": {
  "totalBytesProcessed": "45319172942",
  "totalBytesBilled": "45319454720",
  "billingTier": 1,
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Is this just a default tier assigned (tier 1) until the new pricing model kicks in on Jan 1st 2016, or is it a true indication of the tier assigned to the query?

A: The billingTier field is a true indicator of the tier assigned to the query according to our upcoming pricing structure. If this field is set to 1, then your query would be billed at current (tier 1) rates under the new pricing structure.
Note that billing tier is computed separately on each invocation of a query, so there's no strict guarantee that the same query will always fall in the same billing tier. I'd recommend spot-checking a reasonable sample of your queries to get a general sense of where your workload will fall under the new pricing structure.

A: If you're interested i've written a simple script that if run daily will add audit data to a table in big query containing homogenized queries by user. We are using this to audit query costs and determine which tables may require sharding.
https://gist.github.com/ericuldall/ac475fe71d0ee2f3a5f0
This script is estimating costs around $5/TB of data billable.
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Stefanie Fournier is a self-starter whose positive can-do attitude has benefited her tremendously in her technical career.
Stefanie defines herself as a mixed-media professional specializing in graphic design and photography. In an industry as competitive as visual communications, Stefanie makes clear that it's often comes down to the individual to hone their skills.
Having graduated from the University of Fraser Valley in 2007 with an associate's degree in communications, Stefanie knew she needed to grow her skill set beyond what she learned in the classroom.
Today, Stefanie is continuing to build her mixed-media portfolio. She's spent the last three years with Victoria-based boutique web-design company, Caorda Web Solutions. She's taken the principles from graphic design, and applied them to her passion for photography. Her advice is simple, "Visual communications is a competitive industry; you need to constantly push the envelope. Stay hungry, be resourceful, and network, network, network!
"It's the hours of time you put in that no one sees, that's what counts – it gives you confidence. Whether you're learning to weld, or becoming a pro in Photoshop, all trades and technical skills require the same self-motivated, committed mindset," Stefanie says.


Why do Costa Ricans love invading your personal space?
Alright! Every new post I am getting more fascinated by the topics of non-verbal communication and cultures.
I love thinking about Costa Rican customs a little deeper, but don't worry: I won't get to the point of an academic/scientific research article.
**Now I have my coworkers saying that I always find a theory to explain cultural aspects (I am probably driving them crazy during lunch, haha).
Well, this probably gives you an idea of the passion I feel for this topic… So here is what I found about personal space in Costa Rica and other cultures. It is called: Proxemics…. Pro? What!?
Don't worry, let me explain: Proxemics is the name of the study that explains how people treat their space and other people in their proximity. It's a subcategory of our nonverbal communication.
While this may sound obvious or irrelevant, do you ever think about how you move around others?
How far do you stand from someone else when talking with him\her? Or why do you choose a certain seat and not some other?
It's not a random decision. People have a deeply integrated, subtle code when it comes to personal space and territory.
While you don't actually measure the exact distance, you somehow just know it's the right distance.
What is the right distance?
Proxemics was coined by anthropologist Edward T Hall. He pointed out the different categories of the distance of space around the body. It varies according to cultures since each culture structures its physical space differently. Depending on what you think of as "personal space," this space can be invaded.
Someone might come and sit touching you with their bags or their kids hanging off of their lap onto you and no one will look at this as if it's some funny scene. If you are standing on a bus, you will feel people leaning all of their weight on you.
But I know you can experience this awkward situation in public transportation around the world.
So the "right" distance is usually the socially acceptable one for interactions among acquaintances or speaking to a stranger. In most cultures, people don't like to stand closer than about 3 or 4 feet away from someone they just met.
In Costa Rica, however, Ticos are comfortable using the "personal" distance of 1.5 to 2.5 feet (46 to 76 cm), even with people that we just met, treating them like friends and family.
I don't doubt that is linked to the fact that I talked about in another blog post: we are a very hospitable culture. Costa Ricans want to be friendly, and we forget that not all cultures feel comfortable with that invasion of personal space.
Ticos love to touch, embrace, shake hands, or stand close to one another. We hug and stand close to people quickly, so some people might think that two Ticos have known each other for a very long time even if they have just met.
People typically greet one another with a kiss on the cheek, and they may touch each other's arms during conversation. This is used in formal and informal contexts around the country.
Some visitors feel uncomfortable with how touchy Costa Ricans can be. But not everyone dislikes this Costa Rican invasion of personal space.
A volunteer from England once told me how he didn't expect his host mom to welcome him with a big hug and a kiss as if they had known each other for a long time.
He asked himself what happen to his personal space. But far from feeling uncomfortable, he loved it because it made him feel welcome and like part of the family.
In the days after he first arrived in Costa Rica, people at the projects and other locals that he met kept doing the same a little less intense, but always warmly.
At first, he didn't know how to put his face to receive the kiss on the cheek. It was funny to see.
In the end, he just adopted it as part of his experience and left the country as the happiest person. He said he wanted to make a store in England where the people provide kisses and hugs because he said it makes a deeper connection with the country and the people.
So …Why do Costa Ricans invade personal space?
It simply goes back to the fact that we are high-contact culture. The value of personal interactions and nonverbal communications is just different here than it is in other places.
Latin Americans – Yes! Here we are!
These cultures usually keep small distances among themselves.
Don't let these stereotypes affect your judgment of other cultures either. Like Einstein said, "it's all relative." If you come from a "warmer" culture, for example, some cultures may seem distant—but only for you. Among themselves, Latin Americans feel natural and "OK" with their personal space.
So when arriving in a foreign country, it would be smart to adjust yourself to the cultural codes of personal space—it will serve you better in creating good connections if you know what body language is normal and friendly and what is considered rude.
¡ Muchas gracias! Your article is very useful.
I'm a spanish learner from China. Now I'm doing homework about the nonverbal communication of Costa Rica.
I'd like to ask for more detail. Would you please give me some information?
Could you tell me more data about the "Proxemics ( including four distinct zones: intimate space, personal space, social space, and public space) " ? O whether Ticos just keep the "1.5 to 2.5 feet" frequently?
And about the "Chronemics" in the article mentioned as "The famous 'Tico Time' " is very helpful for me as well.
I would appreciate it very much if you would help me.
Hola Laura! Sure, We will be happy to give you more information.
Regarding "Proxemics" when you get to know someone for the first time we don´t mind to kiss on the cheek and I will consider this 2.5 most of the time. However, is less common but we have seen people in a public space in 1.5 distance without caring about who is watching them. For example, a couple can be in a public swimming pool with a public display of affection that might even bother others a little bit but people learn to ignore.
And yes the tico time is very common in all kind of meetings, I think people assume that the first part of the event is not as important or won´t be as important as the rest so they don´t mind much if they are running late because they know won´t be big consequences and people will just accept the fact they are late.
Now I have had some people in my life that have called me the attention if I am running late so I want to clarify that some professional or academic environments that Tico time will not well received.


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1For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain, 2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict. 3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception. 4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts. 5For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), 6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of the AnointedOne. 7But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us. 9For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God. 10You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe. 11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, 12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory. 13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe. 14For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in AnointedOne Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews; 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men; 16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost. 17But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire, 18because we wanted to come to you - indeed, I, Paul, once and again - but Satan hindered us. 19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20For you are our glory and our joy.


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The Republican signed the legislation Wednesday. The new law allows parents or guardians to administer a "cannabis-infused product" to a student on school property or on a school bus if both parent and child have been cleared to use the product by the state's medical marijuana law.
The law does authorize a school to prohibit dispensing the drug if administrators determine it would create a "disruption to the school's educational environment" or if it would expose other students to the product.


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Replay, Refresh, And Rekindle: What Game Do You Return To Every Year?
The world of gaming has come a long way since the days of Pong and other classic titles. Every year, new games are released that break boundaries and keep us entertained for hours. But what about the games we return to each year? Is there a title you find yourself revisiting, replaying, and refreshing your memories with each passing year? Let's explore in this blog article why certain titles remain timeless and why it's worth returning to them every now and then, along with some of our all-time favorites!
It's that time of year again. The leaves are changing, the air is getting crisp, and you can't help but feel the itch to start playing your favorite games again. For some of us, that means dusting off the old NES and revisiting classic titles like Super Mario Bros. 3 or The Legend of Zelda. Others might fire up their PlayStation 4 to catch up on the latest releases they missed during the summer months.
But what about those special few games that we return to year after year, no matter what else is new or exciting? What are the timeless titles that always manage to bring a smile to our faces? Some of the classics include the following:
Pong is a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. The player controls an in-game paddle by moving it vertically across the left or right side of the screen. They must then hit the ball with the paddle in order to keep it from falling off the bottom of the screen. Points are earned when the opponent fails to return the ball.
Pong was one of the first video games to gain widespread popularity. It was released in 1972 and became an instant classic. Many people consider Pong to be one of the most important video games of all time.
There are few video game characters more iconic than Pac-Man. The little yellow dot-muncher has been a gaming staple since his 1980 debut, and his popularity has only grown in the decades since. Whether you're playing the original arcade game, one of the many console ports, or one of the many modern interpretations, there's no denying that Pac-Man is one of the most classic video games of all time.
Pac-Man is simple to pick up but difficult to master, which is likely part of its enduring appeal. The goal of the game is to eat all of the dots on the screen while avoiding ghosts. Eat a power pellet, and you can turn the tables on the ghosts, chomping them up for points. It's a deceptively simple concept that can lead to hours of addictive gameplay.
There have been countless Pac-Man games over the years, but the original arcade game is still considered by many to be the best. It's an essential piece of gaming history, and it's as fun today as it was 40 years ago. If you've never played Pac-Man, do yourself a favor and seek out a copy. You won't be disappointed.
Donkey Kong is a classic video game that was released in 1981. The game was developed by Nintendo and was one of the first games to feature a character who would later become iconic, Mario. In the game, players take control of Mario as he tries to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong. The game is split into four different levels, each with its own unique challenges. Donkey Kong is considered to be one of the most influential video games of all time and helped to popularize the platform genre.
Space Invaders is one of the earliest and most influential video games of all time. It was released in 1978 by Japanese game developer Taito and became an instant hit. It was soon ported to a wide variety of home platforms, including the Atari 2600, which helped to popularize video gaming in North America.
Space Invaders is a simple but addictive game. The player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen, shooting at waves of enemy aliens that march down from the top. The goal is to score as many points as possible by destroying the aliens.
The game spawned numerous sequels and imitators and remains popular to this day. It is considered one of the classic video games of all time, and its simple gameplay mechanics have been reused or appropriated in many other games.
Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow. The first commercially available game version was published by Spectrum HoloByte for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC in 1985. Tetris became popular when it was ported to consoles, handheld devices, and PCs.
The game is simple: players must stack Tetriminoes (blocks consisting of four squares each) as they fall from the top of the playing field. When a player completes a horizontal line with no gaps, that line disappears, and any blocks above it fall down. The object of the game is to keep the playing field clear as long as possible. As lines are cleared, the level increases, and Tetriminoes fall faster.
Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. It was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. The game has been featured in several Super Mario Bros.-related merchandise, including soundtracks, clothing, and plush toys.
The player controls Mario, or his brother Luigi in two-player mode, as they travel through the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser. The game became the best-selling video game of all time for over three decades until Wii Sports took the title in 2009. Along with Pac-Man and Tetris, Super Mario Bros. is one of the most influential and acclaimed video games of all time, with critics praising its precise controls, clever level design, and unique graphical style.
The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-releases have been outsourced to Capcom, Vanpool, and Grezzo. The series gameplay incorporates elements of action, adventure, and puzzle-solving games.
The series centers on Link, the main protagonist, and player character. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda from the primary antagonist, Ganon. There are a total of 18 official games in the main series, as well as numerous spin-offs.
The first game in the series was released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Since then, there have been five more mainline entries released for home consoles: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Nintendo 64 (N64), GameCube (GCN), Wii U (WiiU), and Switch (SW). In addition to these main titles, there are several side games released for handheld consoles, such as the Game Boy Advance (GBA) or 3DS/2DS systems; these usually take place either before or after one of the main story arcs.
The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's most prominent and successful franchises. Many of its games are considered by critics to be among the greatest video games of all time. Sales of the franchise exceed 100 million copies worldwide, with over 64 million copies of the main series alone. The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's most profitable and well-known franchises, having been listed among the greatest video game franchises by many publications.
Why Replaying Games is a Rewarding Experience
There are few things more satisfying than replaying a game you love. Not only does it give you a chance to relive your favorite moments, but it also allows you to see the game in a new light.
For example, when I replay The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I'm always struck by how much richer the experience is now that I know what to look for. I can appreciate the small details that I missed the first time around, and the game feels like a completely different adventure.
But even if you're not looking for anything deep or meaningful, replaying games can still be a lot of fun. It's a great way to take a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and escape into another world for a while. And who knows, you might even discover something new about yourself along the way.
Different Types of Games that We Replay Every Year
We all have that one game that we just can't seem to put down. The game we replay over and over again, no matter how many times we've beaten it. Whether it's the sense of nostalgia or simply the fact that it's an amazing game, there are certain titles we return to year after year. Here are some different types of games that we tend to replay every year:
RPGs are known for their incredible storylines and complex character development. It's not uncommon to spend hundreds of hours playing through an RPG only to start all over again once you've reached the end. Some of the most popular RPGs that people replay every year include the "Final Fantasy" series, "The Elder Scrolls" series, and "Dragon Age."
First-Person Shooters
FPS games are fast-paced and action-packed, making them perfect for a quick gaming fix. While most FPS games don't have the same depth as an RPG, they still offer plenty of replay value thanks to their online multiplayer modes. Popular FPS games people replay every year include "Call of Duty," "Battlefield," and " Halo."
Open-World Games
Open-world games offer players a vast sandbox to explore at their own pace. These types of games often have multiple side quests and activities to keep you busy for dozens of hours. Some open-world games people return to every year include "Grand Theft Auto," "Assassin's Creed," and "The Witcher."
Sports games are perfect for those who want to pretend they're a professional athlete. Players can customize their teams and play through entire seasons or take on other players online. Popular sports games people replay yearly include the "FIFA" and "NBA 2K" series.
Strategy games require players to think ahead and plan out their moves in order to achieve victory. These types of games can be quite addicting as you try to outsmart your opponents with clever tactics. Popular strategy games people replay every year include "Civilization," "Age of Empires," and "Total War".
Popular Video Game Franchises and their Cultural Impact
There are certain video game franchises that have withstood the test of time. These are the games that we return to year after year, regardless of whether or not there's a new release in the series. They're the classics that we always come back to.
But what is it about these particular franchises that make them so timeless? And what is their cultural impact?
The Legend of Zelda is one of those franchises. It's been around for over 30 years, yet it's still just as popular as ever. Part of the reason for this is that each new installment in the series offers something fresh and unique while still staying true to the core gameplay elements that fans know and love.
But The Legend of Zelda is more than just a great video game franchise – it's also had a profound impact on popular culture. For example, the original NES game inspired an entire generation of fantasy authors, such as J.K. Rowling and George R.R. Martin.
Another franchise that has had a significant cultural impact is Super Mario Bros. This series defined the platforming genre, and its influence can still be seen in many modern games. In addition to its gameplay innovations, Super Mario Bros. also helped popularize Japanese video games in the West.
Finally, we have Halo – a franchise that has single-handedly changed the way people think about first-person shooters. Halo popularized many features that have since become staples of the genre, such as regenerating health, character customization, and vehicular combat. The series has also created an entire online gaming community that continues to thrive to this day.
These are just a few examples of how popular video game franchises have shaped our culture over the years. There are many more out there, and they all deserve recognition for their lasting impact on both gaming and pop culture.
Benefits of Replaying the Same Game Multiple Times
When you replay a game, you get to relive the experience with all the knowledge you've gained since your first playthrough. You can see all the things you missed, try out different choices, and get a deeper understanding of the game's mechanics and story.
Replaying a game can also help you appreciate it more. With each playthrough, you notice new details and nuances that you didn't catch before. The more you play, the more layers of depth you uncover, and the richer the experience becomes.
Finally, replaying a game is simply fun! It's a way to revisit a world and characters you love and have fond memories of. It's like revisiting an old friend – only this time, you get to control the outcome.
How to Find New Experiences in Old Games
When you're feeling burned out on the newest games, it can be helpful to return to an old favorite. But after a while, even the most beloved game can start to feel stale. If you find yourself in this situation, there are still ways to keep the game feeling fresh. Here are a few tips:
1) Try a new game mode. If you normally stick to the story mode, branch out and try something different. Maybe there's an online multiplayer mode you've never tried or a secret level that you've never unlocked.
2) Change up your routine. If you always play at night, try playing during the day. Or if you always play alone, invite some friends over and make it a social event.
3) Turn off the TV and play with just the sound of the game. This can help you focus on details that you may have missed before and makes the experience more immersive.
4) Take on a challenge. If you're breezing through the game without any trouble, make things more difficult for yourself by upping the difficulty setting or trying to beat your previous high score.
5) Modify the game. With modding tools readily available for many popular games, there's no reason not to experiment with changing up the gameplay or graphics. You might be surprised at how much new life this can breathe into an old game!
Personal Favorite
For me, it's definitely Animal Crossing: New Leaf that does the charm. I've been playing the game religiously since it came out in 2013, and I still can't get enough of it. Every autumn, I create a new town and start fresh, decorating my house and landscape just the way I want. I love spending my evenings catching fish, digging for fossils, and chatting with my animal neighbors. It's such a relaxing and charming game that I can't help but come back to it every single year.
What about you? Is there a game you always return to when the leaves start falling? What game do you return to every year? Is it a classic that you can't get enough of? A modern masterpiece that you can't get enough of? Or something else entirely? Let everyone know with WorldNoor.
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