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From the Dept. of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, Marina del Rey, CA.
Correspondence: Dr. Caroly Pataki, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Received August 17, 2010; Revised December 07, 2010; Accepted January 14, 2011.
Effective interviewing skills are an essential core competency of psychiatric training, especially when eliciting sensitive clinical information from child and adolescent psychiatric patients. Since it is not always possible to interview patients with the full range of psychiatric disorders during training, simulations such as "standardized patients" (SPs), that is, actors hired to portray patients, are nearly universal in current medical education (1, 2), and have been used to evaluate trainees' skills with objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) (3). Use of computer-generated "virtual human patients" (VPs) is increasingly appealing as technology produces VPs that are consistent and realistic (4–7). A recent randomized trial found that both VPs and SPs produced equivalent improvements in diagnostic ability among nurses, physicians, psychologists, and public health workers (8), and the versatility of VPs makes them well suited to teach clinical reasoning skills (9). VPs can be programmed to reflect a wide variety of clinical symptoms and behaviors useful in teaching trainees critical thinking and diagnostic acuity (9). VPs can also be utilized to evaluate psychiatric residents' and medical students' clinical-management strategies.
Both SPs and VPs offer a supervised practice for trainees before they encounter a challenging, live patient (e.g., patients with trauma exposure, sexual assault/rape, physical attacks, and physical/sexual abuse); however, VPs, unlike SPs, are not limited by potential financial constraints to train actors (2). At present, there is little published data to guide the design and integration of VPs into psychiatric education; thus, research is needed (9). The potential benefits of VPs in medical education are the unlimited realistic simulations of patients of all ages and diverse ethnic and cultural characteristics to students, in a safe and reproducible manner (10).
The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility of interviewing a virtual adolescent patient (VP) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to increase trainees' and educators' awareness of this technology (5–7).
The first phase, the development of "Justina," a virtual adolescent patient (VP) with PTSD, was achieved through a collaboration between a group of child and adult psychiatrists and a virtual-reality design and computer programming group. The "psychiatry" group contributed a written script of pertinent clinical (interviewer) questions and relevant (patient) responses to simulate a diagnostic interview with a traumatized adolescent, while the "virtual reality" group programmed the voice-recognizer and speech, and provided voice-overs of Justina's responses, enabling a dialogue between interviewers and Justina. Justina moves her mouth when speaking, but does not exactly mouth the words that she is speaking. The interviewer speaks into a headset and then depresses a button in order to hear Justina respond, which varies, from approximately several seconds to approximately half a minute. Justina has several body gestures that are linked with particular responses and convey emotional reactions; for example, she lowers her head when responding about "sadness" or "depression" and raises her arms when she does not understand the question.
In the second phase, 15 trainees volunteered to conduct a 15–20-minute clinical interview with Justina. Each trainee received a brief clinical vignette consisting of Justina's chief complaint and parents' concerns, and was instructed to interview Justina as a new adolescent patient. Trainees spoke to Justina, and listened to her responses through a headset in front of a computer.
Trainees' pre-interview assessment included:
I. Tellegan Absorption Scale (TAS) (11). This 34-item scale measures openness to absorbing and self-altering experiences . This instrument measures an individual's self-rated likelihood to become absorbed in a task and has been used as an indicator of the tendency toward hypnotizability
II. Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (ITQ) (12, 13) This questionnaire measures the tendencies of persons to feel immersed , rather than [feeling] like an observer, in a variety of situations, including watching television, movies, playing video games, reading books, daydreaming, and leisure activities. The ITQ comprises 18 items, each rated on a 7-point scale.
III. Author-developed questionnaire assessing experience with virtual reality (5 questions). These included demographic information and perceptions of anticipated performance with the VP.
IV. A brief pre- and post-interview test of knowledge of DSM-IV-TR, PTSD; 10 multiple-choice questions were developed by the authors to determine trainees' knowledge of PTSD symptoms pre- and post-interview.
Trainees' post-interview measures included:
I. Presence Questionnaire, (PQ) (12, 13). The Presence Questionnaire contains 32 items pertaining to an individual's sense of mastery, response to sensations, control, and involvement "with regard to the index environment experienced."
II. Author-developed, self-report questionnaire querying the believability of the VP and the quality of the experience on a 7-point Likert scale (1: minimum; 7: maximum).
Instruments are available upon request.
Fifteen trainees (mean age: 29.8; standard deviation [SD]: 3.67; 6 women, 9 men; Caucasian: 67%, Indian: 13%, Asian: 20%) participated in this pilot test. There were 7 medical students, 4 psychiatry residents, and 4 child-psychiatry residents. We obtained IRB approval from the USC Keck School of Medicine.
The majority of trainee questions and VP responses pertained to building rapport with Justina, similar to what one might expect to find in an initial brief interview with a live adolescent patient. On average, there were 23 interviewer questions and 44 VP responses per interview related to rapport. Interestingly, there were more responses elicited from Justina related to rapport than questions asked. This indicates that even when the VP was asked about other topics, her answers were largely related to rapport with the interviewer. The average number of questions and responses pertaining to symptoms of PTSD were lower, on average—avoidance: (8 questions, 9 responses) and re-experiencing: (8 questions, 4.5 responses). Overall, the focus of the interviews reflected successful attempts by the trainees to engage the VP and develop rapport, rather than elicit a preponderance of diagnostic symptoms.
Trainee scores on the pre-interview TAS ("absorption") and ITQ ("immersiveness") were positively correlated with the post-interview Presence Questionnaire ("presence") scores. The strong correlation for these pre- and post-interview scales (r=0.78) is predictable, since all three of these scales measure the trait of feeling immersed in experiences; in this case, interviewing a VP. It is encouraging, however, that trainees' anticipation of "involvement in the experience" with the VP closely matched their actual experience.
Post-interview ratings provided information regarding the trainees' subjective experience of working with the VP. Trainee mean scores were: Believability of System (4.5), Understanding the VP (5.1), and Frustrating to Interview (5.3). Trainees were also asked to describe their experience with Justina in their own words. Overall, they expressed satisfaction in being understood and subsequently eliciting responses from Justina that were understandable and in context, despite frustration when Justina at times was unable to decipher questions. The source of Justina's misunderstanding appeared to be related to voice-recognition limitations, resulting in Justina's "default" response, "I don't get what you mean," which occurred overall about half of the time.
The appeal of using a VP such as Justina in psychiatric training is that it is interactive and programmed to consistently simulate a particular clinical disorder with a high degree of realism. The increasing sophistication of speech-recognition technology is enabling VPs to be utilized for educational, diagnostic, and treatment applications (6). Furthermore, use of this technology can provide another "standardized patient" modality for teaching trainees interviewing skills, diagnostic skills, and management strategies. It would be of interest in a future study to compare the content and process of the brief initial interview with the VP to live "standardized patients."
The 15 trainees in this pilot study focused most of their dialogue with Justina on developing rapport. This is instructive, since it simulates a real first-interview with an adolescent psychiatric patient. Trainees were intrigued by the experience of interviewing a Virtual Patient. This was demonstrated through trainee comments such as: "Think this technology would be useful;" "Enjoyed experience;" "Liked trying different ways to talk to the character and getting an emotional response." Trainees indicated positive feelings about the VP experience, despite the fact that the VP was sometimes frustrating to interview.
Among the limitations of this initial pilot study of the VP is that all of the trainees and investigators were affiliated with the same academic medical center; this may have created an inherent bias for trainees to perceive the VP experience as positive. Another limitation was a lack of change in knowledge of PTSD symptoms from the pre- to the post-interview test; thus, if the trainees did learn about PTSD symptoms from the interview, the change was not captured with our test instrument. Our small and heterogeneous test sample, ranging from medical students to fellows, many of whom were already fairly well trained in PTSD diagnostic criteria, may have been too advanced and varied for our "test" instrument, so, in the future, the test instrument may need to be modified to better match the subject sample used. Also, as explained in the Method section, the technology is still being developed in facial and body features, which could be particularly important in psychiatric symptom recognition by the interviewer, given the importance of nonverbal cues.
Fortunately, VP technology is in rapid development, including advancements in enhanced speech-recognition, increased body gestures, and facial expressions. This pilot study with the VP, Justina, with PTSD, is encouraging in that trainees experienced the VP as a potentially useful interview exercise.
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A few years later, when Clinton visited Rwandan capital of Kigali, the president said: "It may seem strange to you here, especially the many of you who lost members of your family, but all over the world there were people like me sitting in the offices, day after day after day, who did fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror."
The CIA's national intelligence daily, a secret briefing that went to Clinton and Vice President Gore and hundreds of senior officials, had almost daily reports on what was happening in Rwanda.
In the weeks that followed, more than 100,000 Marielitos washed upon America�s shores, and Carter did not know where to place them. He telephoned Governor Clinton, who said he would be willing to detain some of the escapees at Fort Chaffee, where they could be assimilated.
The detainees overflowed the grounds. The Arkansas KKK drove to Fort Chaffee to express its disapproval. As a result, a riot ensued between Cubans inside and KKK belligerents. Soon, law enforcement arrived, but for Clinton�s reelection, it was too late. The entire fiasco was captured by news organizations for all to see, and Arkansans, led by GOP candidate Frank White, asked why such a debacle had been permitted to happen.
A few months later, Bill Clinton was defeated.
Hillary did not blame Bill for the inaction, but rather �the failure of the world, including my husband�s administration.� Bill later claimed that he and other world leaders �did not fully appreciate� what had been going on in Rwanda. In fact, his intelligence agencies and newspaper, radio, and TV journalist had made it all clear to the world. Hillary would have had to ignore the news for weeks, as well as the frantic pleas of human-rights activists and some members of Congress, not to know what was happening. There is no evidence she did anything substantial to help.
When the Bush administration, which appeared to be more sympathetic to Cedras than I was, began to return the refugees, there were loud protests from the human rights community. I wanted to make it easier for Haitians to seek and obtain political asylum in the US, but was concerned that large numbers of them would perish in trying to get here, as about 400 had done just a week earlier. So, I said that, instead of taking in all the Haitians who could survive the voyage to America, we would beef up our official presence in Haiti and speed up asylum claims there. In the meantime, for safety reasons, we would continue to stop the boats and return the passengers.
We agreed to institutionalize our cooperation, with a commission headed by Vice President Gore and Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who worked through a host of difficult, contentious problems.
On that day, Bill persuaded Yitzhak to shake hands with Arafat as a tangible sign of their commitment to the peace plan. Rabin agreed. Unfortunately, the handshake and agreement were seen by some Israelis and Arabs as a rebuke to their political interests and religious beliefs, which later led to violence and Rabin�s tragic assassination.
Then the news got worse: The body found of an American serviceman had been dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, an appalling act of barbarity orchestrated by the Somali warlord General Mohamed Aideed.
Bill was given terrible news about Russia, too. There had been an attempted military coup against President Boris Yeltsin. On October 5, in Culver City, California, Bill cut short a town hall meeting about health care reform and returned to Washington. Over the next few weeks, Bill, the news media and the nation were consumed by Somalia and the unrest in Russia, and health care reform took a backseat.
I attended some tense meetings Bill held with the frustrated general in command of Fort Chaffee, and representatives from the White House. Bill wanted federal assistance to contain the detainees, but the White House message seemed to be: "Don't complain, just handle the mess we gave you." Bill had done just that, but there was a big political price to pay for supporting his President.
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This continued right through to when Bush and Clinton supported the military junta directly, right through the worst terror. That was another thing that I saw personally for a couple of days. Right now, in Queens, NY, one of their leading criminals, Emmanuel Constant, is hidden by the US. He's already been sentenced in Haiti for terrorist crimes. He was the head of the paramilitary force that was responsible for killing maybe 5,000 people in Haiti in the early 1990s when Bush and Clinton were supporting the military junta. Haiti has tried to extradite him, but of course the US doesn't even bother responding, and the press won't even comment on it.
There certainly are those who will claim that Clinton's approach to Haiti eventually worked, since Cedras was ousted and Aristide returned to power.
But political observers were not particularly impressed with the manner in which Clinton and Carter arrived at the agreement with Cedras. [Based on] the waffling evidenced in dealing with Haiti, what assurance is offered to Americans that the same lack of perspective is not present in foreign policy dealings of a grander scale?
[Despite the criticism], Clinton would have considered Haiti a foreign policy victory.
On June 20, 1994, North Korea responded that it would "never allow inspections" of two suspected nuclear waste sites and warned that sanctions would lead to war. China, an ally of North Korea, upped the ante in announcing its opposition to sanctions.
Nevertheless, the Clinton Administration went forward with plans to put the issue of sanctions before the UN Security Council for a vote, as a wary South Korea stepped up civil-preparedness measures. Three days later, North Korea relented, agreeing to freeze its nuclear program.
We want NATO to work with Russia and other institutions and other institutions of European integration to produce what in all Europe�s history has never before been more than a dream: a truly united, free Europe.
But we haven�t been shy about voicing our differences-and acting on them. When China conducted menacing military exercises in the Taiwan Straits, I sent the Seventh Fleet to the area to demonstrate out commitment to ensuring peaceful relations between China and Taiwan.
But that wasn't the point. Moynihan painted a doomsday scenario of what would happen if the tax credit were dropped. First, American firms would pull out of Puerto Rico, causing the unemployment rate to double to about 30% and creating an economic crisis. [That would affect the] upcoming plebiscite on statehood. In all, it would be a political nightmare. How would the US look in the world? So the tax, which would save some $5 billion over 4 years, just couldn't be done, Moynihan said. He could never let such a proposal out of the Finance Committee--for reasons, he noted, that couldn't be explained publicly.
The image of rabid Cubans running through the streets of Arkansas past the homes of "good folks" became a perfect rallying point for the campaign efforts of Clinton's opponents. Frank White let out word throughout Arkansas that Bill Clinton had basically gone to Cuba, picked all the most violent and depraved criminals out of Castro's jails, and invited them to their state out of the perverse kindness of his heart.
Bill Clinton first saw the commercial in the governor's mansion in late October. After he watched the ad, Clinton turned to the others in disbelief.
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There is nothing surprising about what followed: a 1995 USAID report observed that the "export-driven trade and investment policy [that Washington mandated will] relentlessly squeeze the domestic rice farmer," accelerating the flight to miserable slums that reached its hideous denouement in the catastrophe caused by the January 2010 earthquake--a class-based catastrophe, like many others, striking primarily at the poor whose awful conditions of existence render them particularly vulnerable (the rich escaped lightly).
The meeting took place, and at the end I could see Pat Robertson and Bill Clinton yukking it up at the front end of the room, and I turned to that anxious staffer and said, "Now do you believe in miracles?"
Good politics shouldn't be "us" or "them". It shouldn't be about winning or losing. Good politics should be about doing.
Indeed, foreign policy had traditionally been practiced by a secular priesthood of academics, diplomats, and financiers who saw their work as different, higher and certainly more important than the tawdry business of domestic policy (which was considered a lowly legislative activity, as opposed to the distinctly executive nature of foreign affairs). This was, of course, nonsense--especially in a world where global economic trends had an increasing impact on American's domestic economy and where America's "soft" power (that is, its cultural and economic power) hade become a more pervasive influence than its military force.
These escapists are just plain wrong-as wrong as their isolationist predecessors were in the years following the First World War. If we want to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of this new era, we have to stay engaged. Our well-being as a nation and our strength as a people depend on maintaining our leadership abroad.
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This should be a playable scenario...
The much ANTicipated rough draft release, my first scenario ever, and sincere thanks to Valmont, Cyrion, Krashka (sp cheers mate!) Harry Tuttle, Broken Erika, Harrison, etc. for technical advice, graphics, suggestions and such on the previously existing thread...
Harry's ant-shields/rank bars will be added to units, and the space ship dll'S need to be replaced. But I'd like to show-off what I've got so far and get some feedback if possible, so here's where we're at!
This should be a playable scenario...
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and the sounds. kinda fun!
All advice, criticism, and compliments welcome. Thanks guys for the help so far. I enjoyed working on this as much as I do playing Civ, if you know what I mean. Also, I am still committed to the project, and it's not done yet.
Please keep a special eye out for bugs in the game, of course.
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The name debate is possibly still open if anyone is interested. Left-off that I objected to 'For Queen and Colony' and recommended 'Queen and Colony' instead (big, risky leap!) with no further comment on the topic so far...
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shield emphasis and rank indicators will be added to units, thank Harry Tuttle!
Previous link to scenario has been moved, sorry!
small but irritating problem fixed with spiders reset to no-no. Also changed most units to ignore zone control: 1) spice up combat a little, 2) who's gonna tell an ant where it can't go, and 3) solves problem with stalling around invisible ant-lions.
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Biru, the spiders seem to still be set on "nil, nil" allowing me to build them. I'm guessing from your last post this should be "no, no" ?
Ok, I'm on turn 87, things are going so-so on queen level. There are plenty of interlopers and my exploring has paid off big time. I have 5 colonies, after losing four to interlopers. The blue ants just stole my firey genome, bastards...
I would change the roads to be called "scent trail", just to add that bit to the game. I know you have changed the word "roads" to scent trail in part of the files, but I think you need to find where it is in the "game.txt" and changed it there to make it the same across the scenario.
All in all it's looking good. Any idea on sounds?
alright, this one should do it; spiders should be set to no-no!
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Sounds aren't working on your end? Should have about five different ones, from small ant to horde of angry ants. It's working on my end...
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Will dive back into game.txt asap; noted and appreciated.
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Ok, I got the sounds. Very neat, I feel like I'm in the insect section at the zoo.
Oh and "barbarian uprising" can be changed too. I think all of this will be contained in the game.txt and the labels.txt.
Alright, I'm most of the way through my first thorough play test. I've added 3 wonders that were accidentally set to no-no and given them via carpenter-genome, weaver-genome, and leaf-genome to those three species respectively, to counter-balance the advantage the other species have when their special ants appear with the discovery of exotic ants.
couple probs though! Harvesters went out early, and were replaced by the Persians. I like that they came back, but not that they are named the Persians. I have had strange things happen in the past when I tried to change the names of the back-up civs in the games.text. Question; if I can't fix the other civs names, can I set the scenario to not re-start eliminated civs after the scenario is under construction? civ tweak, etc?
Also, tried to add some spacing in the civ pedia text between paragraphs with the ^ mark, but nothing happened. strange I think.
Other small things, some missed sounds, names and labels in games.txt, labels.txt, etc being fixed as I find them.
Smilies cities in the non-units thread are making my head spin with improbable possibles. Will definitley take another look at terrain and cities (maybe a 2-square fantasy nest?) before final version.
Anyway, I back to work...
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I think Hex-editing is the only way to turn off the "restart players" option. Ask Agricola for help on that.
I think the spacing requires two ^ marks "^^". I'll check when I get home.
As for "Smiley Structures", since you already use the roads for, well, roads, I suggest the following, which has been commonly used by Kobayashi and a few others, including myself...
...you could switch out the forest terrain tiles on your map with the jungle terrain tiles. Since you seem to have them spaced one tile at a time this should not get in the way of any graphical concerns.
Since the forest terrain tile uses the extra tiles from terrain2.gif when the tiles are placed next to eachother, you could use the terrain2 forest tiles for special tiles, like a candybar or a dead grasshopper.
These tiles could be high food yielding tiles or could be a place where "candy bar pieces" are generated by events. Kill a candybar piece and your ant kingdom gets cash.
no negative effects to ^^, but the paragraphs are still running together. 3:59am here and slightly hammered. Still working though. . .
Thanks for the help!
Other people have hinted at human interaction, including Valmont suggensting trashcans. So far, I have limited human interaction to ending the scenario at 4000 B.C. with the advent of human agriculture. no reason except that humans seemed like a big bit to chew at the time. of course, human related events are very apealing. ...
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Just played a few turns of this. Fantastic work on creating a realistic miscroscopic world! It reminds me of that evolution scenario that came with FW to a certain extent, only better.
I'd say this is ready for a full release; my only suggestion is that instead of having all those individual flags to prevent tribes from talking you can select ANYBODY and that will do for all of them.
STDs are like pokemon... you gotta catch them ALL!!!
Actually, now that I think of it. I don't think you can create paragraphs for the civ pedia. In fact, I think that ^^ only centers the text in the initial intro pop up box.Originally posted by biru biru
no negative effects to ^^, but the paragraphs are still running together. 3:59am here and slightly hammered. Still working though. . .
Thanks for the help!
Originally posted by our_man
It reminds me of that evolution scenario that came with FW
instead of having all those individual flags to prevent tribes from talking you can select ANYBODY and that will do for all of them.
Damn, thanks!
I would like to slim down the events language, but kept getting errors. Got a lot of probably uneccessary induvidual flags probably in the 'kill a unit' events
inspired back to work.
Harry, re: smilie structures. Do you mean that forest tiles from terrain2, which appear 3-D in the game (when two forest squares are next to each other), can be used to make other 3-d objects; for examply candybars or big bugs?
I would like to have somed 3-d cities. The nests in the game right now were made with graphics from the original hills. These taller (wider) cities could add some depth to the "microscopic feel". Probably nothing extreme (ly difficult) like the screen shopts from the mafia scenario under construction)
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Yep, exactly that.Originally posted by biru biru
Harry, re: smilie structures. Do you mean that forest tiles from terrain2, which appear 3-D in the game (when two forest squares are next to each other), can be used to make other 3-d objects; for examply candybars or big bugs?
I think that's possible. The larger parts of the mound would be fashioned like the mountains Favoured Flight made for his Lord of the Rings scenarios and the same ones I used in Gold Gulch. City on top, mountain base below the city.I would like to have somed 3-d cities. The nests in the game right now were made with graphics from the original hills. These taller (wider) cities could add some depth to the "microscopic feel". Probably nothing extreme (ly difficult) like the screen shopts from the mafia scenario under construction)
Hey, guys; if you happened to have dowloaded this scenario, please don't delete it! I'm not even kidding, my computer won't boot and I think that I lost everything. again. Anway, it's safe here, but help me back it up? cheers!
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I've got a copy. I'll post it tonight.
thanks, I'm at public computer labs. I will download, tune it up, and save this version to cd tonight. Anyway, the link here at apolyton seems ok, so i should be alright. Will have lost a couple weeks of tinkiering, but nothing major.
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OK, I'm about to burn the beta to cd. Many small things fixed, a couple of new probs discovered (my GAME.txt may have some probs...)
Previously working title page doesn't seem to work now. Anyone spot the problem? shares name with the scenario.
^^Queen and Colony
Compete as one of seven ant species for domination of a native
river-basin ecosystem. Win by law of the jungle, Fight or Flight.
Eliminate rival species or be the first to complete a
mass-migration project to another region.
This scenario is tough to beat! Beware of spiders and other nasty
barbarian insects.
Special rules: Protect your First Queen at all costs! Losing her will
lead to the rapid extinction of your species. Likewise, destroying
an enemy First Queen will eliminate the species from the game.
As a gentle ladies rule queens, rather than workers, should be used to
found new nests. Of course their paradrop ability makes them better
colonizers anyway!
Lastly, flourish or perish. There are no negotiations.
@end -- this line must be here!
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Sorry, forgot to post this:
I don't see any problems with the title. It's the same as before. I think that your problem might be with the game.txt. Try moving the various text files out of your scenario directory one at a time to find out what the problem is.
It must have had something to do with the computer I was using. When I got hope and loaded the game to my girlfriends computer, it worked again.
Also, Harry, thanks for the post. current version is saved to cd, now comfortably backed-up. Dark cloud to the siver lining, my computer might have a major hardware problem, so it may be a while before I can get back to work on it!
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I bought wagon to help with trips to the beach or other activities were I could haul kid and stuff easily. Wagon took about 45 mins to assemble, fairly easy instructions, only thing missing was an umbrella. Luckily we own several Little Tikes products that the umbrella's are universal and fit the wagon just fine. Only suggestion I have for wagon is a step for children and a door for easy access into wagon.
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Jeers to library staff members who talk as if their quiet roles do not apply to them. I have heard some of them speak in the main area of the library as loudly as if they were in their own living rooms.
People use the libraries to read, do research on the computer, or just seek refuge from the everyday noise. Some patrons and staffers do not respect the need for silence, or recognize how constant noise can cause a lot of stress. If you like to talk that much and that loudly at work, you may want to work somewhere other than a library.
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Whales and dolphins are part of the Order Cetacea. From here, whales are divided into two sub- orders: those with teeth (Odontocetes) and those without teeth (Mysticeti). Whales without teeth instead have plates of 'baleen'- coarse grey bristles that are used to filter food out of the water. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are baleen whales, and are also known as rorqual" whales because of the pleated skin grooves on their throats.
General CharacteristicsEach whale has around 300 baleen plates that hang vertically from their jaw. The edges of these plates are frayed (like bristles) and this is where food gets trapped during feeding. The rorqual grooves on the throat of the whale expand like an accordion to allow huge intakes of water which is filtered back out through the baleen. Their primary prey is krill, plankton and small fish.
Baleen whales are characterised by having two blowholes to breathe with, and humpbacks also have the longest pectoral flippers of all whales, reaching up to one third of their body length. Humpback whales grow to approximately 15m long, and weigh between 27-45 tonnes (males are usually slightly smaller than females). The life expectancy of a humpback whale is around 40-50 years.
Body colouring in humpback whales ranges from all black to mottled black and white markings, with the belly area generally white. They may have clusters of barnacles on their bodies, often on their flukes. Humpback tail flukes are unique, with the markings on the underside (ventral) used in photo identification studies. Flukes can be up to 3.7m wide, and are often out of the water.
Migration and BreedingDuring the summer months, the Southern Hemisphere population of humpbacks can be found in their feeding grounds near the South Pole. Each year this population migrates north to the sub-tropical coastal waters around Australia and the South Pacific islands where they mate and give birth to their young.
The northern migration begins around June, and the return trip starts around September. These migrations can be up to 6000km long, travelling at speeds between 5-14kph. Humpbacks travel in loose aggregations called pods, and most associations are temporary. The exception is the bond between mother and calf. An adult male will often escort a pod of returning mothers and calves.
The gestation period for humpbacks is 11-12 months, so mating and birthing occur in the same northern migration period. Females calve every 2-3 years, and calves stay with their mother for around 2 years. During the migration adults do not feed, instead living off their layer of blubber (fat). Calves feed off their mothers fat-rich milk, increasing their weight 5 to 8 times in its first 11 months.
Whale SongsMale humpbacks are the most vocal of all whales. Songs are intricate variations of squeaks and growls, can last for 10-15 minutes, and be repeated for hours. Songs are localised to certain areas and evolve over time. The sounds can travel up to 50km underwater, making it a possible means of communication. It is believed that songs may serve as a sexual display or as intimidation to other competing mating males, though this is not certain.
Humpback BehaviourHumpbacks are aquatic acrobats, often putting on some spectacular performances. These are just some of the more common behaviours:
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Forums >Look What I Can Do!>Pedaled 147ish miles across the state of MI, yesterday!
Needs more cowbell!
I'm REALLY tired today...a little sore all over. And very happy. Can't wait to do it again next year!
• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
✓ 1st olympic distance duathlon - AG 2nd!!
• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race - no MTB in '13
✓ Half Fanatic
✓ punch Type 1 in the junk
congrats and i bet your butt hurts!
OCD If you don't laugh ...
Bacon Party!
zoomy, you're nuts!
Can't wait to read the details - right down your beer strategy. You WILL be posting a ride report, yes?
pace sera, sera
Details here.
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Being the best tiny spec that I can be!
Nope. I've not had significant sit-bone pain since my early months on a bike. Consistent saddle time year-round makes ALL the difference. And I am on a relatively firm saddle (Selle San Marco Aspide Glamour Arrowhead...say that 5 times fast!). Looks like this, but in white:
Less is more with bike saddles.
You did good kid lots of accomplishments around here!! ...me? I'm at the pool
Oh, man...floating around in a pool sounds heavenly, right now! *jealous*
Oh dear.... looks like I might need to take a little trip to pick up some Brewery Vivant! (perhaps if I'm actually functional come Old Boys')
So, it was more than 50% harder than a century?
Well done!
How thoughtful of them to give you a convienent little slot to pee on the go....nice.
Once we rode together in a metal firecracker
zoomy, youre cool.
Bwahahaha...ewwww...I'm not an Ironman, gross! Though my bike is so filthy after riding through rain for a few hours that pee would have been probably the cleanest thing to run down the frame.
Birds of a feather...
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It's the "ish" that'll get you! Great job! I didn't know MI was that far across.
Free, like a river ragingStrong, as the wind I'm facing.Chasing dreams and racing father time.
Oh dear.... looks like I might need to take a little trip to pick up some Brewery Vivant! (perhaps if I'm actually functional come Old Boys') So, it was more than 50% harder than a century? Well done!
It's hard to say if it was 50% harder than a century. It was easier than my first century, really, but maybe not 50% harder than the century I did 2 weeks ago--that one was hot, humid, and hilly. It helps that it wasn't hot, yesterday. I talked to a couple of people who agreed that coldish weather and rain was MUCH more conducive to riding well than heat would have been. I really appreciated not having to deal with sunblock at all.
As the crow flies it's probably closer to 130, but we were on noodly backroads for most of it, so that added distance.
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My #1 priority was a healthy baby, but escaping pain was a close second.
I have three birth stories I usually tell to pregnant women. But there is another one, and I am going to tell that story today.
I don't know why I didn't slap her.
family drama
I wholeheartedly recommend hypnosis for childbirth (and migraines, and stress, and dental work, for that matter).
I would do anything to hear her heartbeat again. Why didn't I record it? I smell her little hat and cry.
Sex can help speed up labor. But should couples be doing it in the delivery room?
At 29 weeks pregnant, the only thing more exciting than getting 5 uninterrupted hours of sleep was my upcoming trip to Hawaii.
Other than being of the "advanced maternal age" of 33 when I gave birth, no other risk factor applied to me. My wonky placenta was just the luck of the draw.
You will suffer this psychotic laughter at very inopportune moments. Like when you are watching Rue die in "The Hunger Games" in a crowded theater on opening weekend.
With two uteruses in the relationship, I thought getting pregnant would be simple.
This is how screwed up my brain was: I actually weighed the merits of having a baby vs. having cancer.
Some people struggle with depression and anxiety for years after having children. It may never feel worth it.
I couldn't do it, but then again, I'm not making $1 million per year.
Let me just preface this by saying this is one of the few things I have managed to do well in my life.
My twin boys were born by C-section at 27 weeks. I was desperately hoping for a third trimester, but failed.
If these shady drugs don't hook me up with a belly full of triplets or at least one good set of conjoined twins within six months, I think it's time to move on to the harder stuff.
It seems crazy that I could just have SEX with Quentin and get preggers, but if I want his seed catapulted into me via the miracle of modern medicine, the FDA wants to get involved.
Quentin comes over carrying an unwieldy, hand-written protest sign. Occupy SF has been shutting down the financial district since the early morning, and Quentin has been down there all day, celebrating his birthday with some free speech and outrage.
I'm not positive, but I think that trying to get yourself knocked up is considered private business in the mainstream heterosexual universe, like money.
birth shaming
If you don't know a woman well enough to know how she feels about what's happening with her vagina, then you don't know her well enough to advise her on it.
The more I learn about pregnancy, the more I marvel at how any of us are born at all.
body issues
A mom -– a gorgeous, glamorous mother of two -- looks me up and down and says, "You got to eat ice cream every day."


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Rep. Barbara Lee tells Gregg Rosen: will reintroduce 99er legislation next week By Michael Thornton Rochester Unemployment Examiner February 2, 2011 http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/rep-barbara-lee-tells-gregg-rosen-that-99er-legislation-will-be-reintroduced Rep. Barbara Lee tells Gregg Rosen: will reintroduce 99er legislation next week According to Gregg Rosen of the American 99er Union, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) will be reintroducing The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act next week. Part of Mr. Rosen's statement follows: Today as promised, I have an update to provide with respect to the reintroduction of The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 09, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Rep. Lee and Rep. Scott will be addressing the media. I have also been asked to speak representing the American 99ers Union. They have also asked if we can find some 99ers willing to be there to stand with us, and possibly be available to speak to the press after the announcement and ensuing statements. So, it's here and it's real. I would suggest that we all need to keep working together, now more than ever. I would ask you to please use all of your resources to get the word out. The American 99ers Union offers this update for February 2: Reintroduction of the emergency unemployment compensation act is on the way.... The american 99ers union was contacted by the office of Rep. Barbara lee (d-ca9) on 1/13/11 with respect to the reintroduction of the emergency unemployment compensation act. We are now working with them to advance our shared interest in extending these critical benefits to the 99er community. Below is the information we currently have on the Bill: - This extension will be paid for under The Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008. - The 14 week extension will be attached to the first tier extension that was created under the Bush Administration. In doing so all 99ers would be included, as there are no individual State "triggers" like those found in the fourth tier extension. - The Authors of this Bill are now gathering additional supporters in the House and they are developing a strong media plan. The goal is to have everything in order within the next two weeks. - Per the request of Rep. Lee's office, The American 99ers Union drafted and sent an official letter of support for this Bill. - In the interim, the best course of action is to continually take action. Contact your respective House Representatives by phone, fax, e-mail, and visits to their local offices. Identify yourself as a member of The American 99ers Union and request as a constituent, that it is in the best interest of the district they represent to support (and by support we mean vote yes on) any proposed legislation that would extend UI for the longest termed unemployed. Since the Bill has not been officially introduced, this is the best course of action. The next update should be posted by week's end. The American 99ers Union is honored to work with Rep. Barbara Lee and her Staff. We shall continue to provide updates as they become available. -End Statement- Mike White, co-founder of the American 99ers Union sent this statement: "Good news! Gregg (Mr. G) Rosen, co-founder of the American 99ers Union, received a call from Rep. Barbara Lee's office and was told that the bill (currently known as HR 6556) WILL BE REINTRODUCED next week for sure and there will be a Press Conference in D.C. next Wednesday in which they will announce the re- introduction of the bill, which would provide 14 more weeks of UI compensation to 99ers as an extension of Tier 1. Gregg has been asked to appear with them as representative of the American 99ers Union and speak at the Press Conference, and they are also asking that a few 99ers be present at the Press Conference. We need you to help us find a few suitable 99ers who would be willing to appear at the Press Conference in D.C.. The 99ers would not have to speak at the podium as Gregg will be doing, but they might be interviewed (?) by the Press after the Press Conference. 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SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil fell to near $86 a barrel Friday in Asia amid doubts that Europe and China's interest rate cuts will be enough to halt an economic slowdown.
Benchmark oil for August delivery was down $1.17 at $86.05 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude fell 44 cents to settle at $87.22 on Thursday in New York.
In London, Brent crude for August delivery was down $1.24 at $99.46 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Central bankers in Europe and China cut lending rates Thursday while the Bank of England pledged to boost money in circulation in a bid to spur weakening economic growth. Some analysts said the moves weren't sufficiently drastic to spark growth while others expect more stimulus measures soon as the global economy deteriorates.
Crude has plummeted from $106 two months ago as Europe's economic and political turmoil dampens global growth expectations.
"We still believe that disappointing economic data going forward, while suggesting curtailed oil demand, will also increase the likelihood of some form of stimulus capable of reviving oil's appeal," energy trader and consultant Ritterbusch and Associates said in a report.
Investors also brushed off a larger than expected drop in U.S. crude supplies, which suggested demand may be improving. The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said Thursday that crude inventories fell 4.3 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted a decrease of 2 million barrels.
The U.S. June employment report due later Friday is likely to provide another cue for the oil market. Analysts are forecasting the economy added about 90,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate was steady at 8.2 percent.
Heating oil was down 2.2 cents at $2.75 per gallon and gasoline futures slid 1.8 cents to $2.75 per gallon. Natural gas gained 3 cents to $2.98 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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