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Cardiac glycosides are a class of medications used to treat heart failure and certain irregular heart beats. Cardiac glycoside overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
Long-term (chronic) poisoning can occur in patients that take these medications every day. This can occur if patients develop kidney problems or become dehydrated (especially in the hot summer months). This usually occurs in elderly patients.
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Cardiac glycoside is a chemical that has effects on the heart, stomach, intestines, and nervous system. It is the active ingredient in many different heart medicines. It can be poisonous if taken in large amounts.
Cardiac glycosides are the main (active) ingredients in certain prescription medicines, including:
Cardiac glycosides also occur naturally in certain plants, including the Lilly-of-the-Valley plant. For information on poisoning from other such plants, see:
Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.
* These symptoms are usually only seen with chronic overdose cases.
Do not make the person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care provider.
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The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
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The health care provider will measure and monitor your vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. You may receive:
The greatest risk of death and bad outcomes is seen in young children and older adults. Older persons are especially likely to suffer from problems of chronic (long-term) cardiac glycoside poisoning.
Lapostolle F, Borron SW. Digitalis. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 58.
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By Lindsey Willhite | Photos by Ross Dettman
Matt Climie never operates without a backup plan.
That's because he's all too familiar with being the backup.
"It's been funny," Climie said. "Honestly, every team I've been on since I was IN Pee-Wee, I've always gone in as the underdog role. Nothing's been easy for me. Nothing's really been given to me. Ever."
When he played junior hockey for the Kimberley Dynamiters in British Columbia, he wasn't even the best Climie on the team. His older brother, Chris, was the team's primary goaltender. Oh, by the way, their team went bankrupt and folded – during the playoffs.
Matt found work the following season with the Bonnyville Pontiacs, but the job stability didn't get much better. He was traded for $500 shortly before his second season started, so he had to steer his aging Pontiac Sunfire 2,950 miles across Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia) in order to report to his new team.
After enjoying two seasons in Nova Scotia and exhausting his junior-league eligibility, Climie signed with Bemidji State University at the age of 20. He wasn't exactly a hot recruit. "I was pretty much a walk-on," he said. "I was slated as a third goalie going in. Not much scholarship money at all. Probably the smallest scholarship on the team."
Sensing a pattern here? Climie certainly did.
That's why, fearing he'd never earn a professional contract after playing for Bemidji State, Climie wrapped up his college degree in three-and-a-half years and earned his teacher's license in 2008.
"I student-taught Grade 6," Climie said. "I was teaching everything. Math, Science, Social Studies. That was my career path. I wanted to get into the whole administration thing. Teach for a couple years, then get my master's. Principal, vice-principal, one of those. Maybe even athletic director."
Though Climie has long since outgrown the need to teach in order to make a living – he ranks among the American Hockey League's top goaltenders this year and rests just one step away from a spot in the National Hockey League – the 29-year-old carries two backup options into this upcoming offseason.
"I'm actually starting my own goalie school in my hometown (Leduc, Alberta)," Climie said. "I want to get into coaching and running hockey schools in the summertime. At the same time, I'm probably going to go back and get my firefighting license. I'd have that to fall back on if I want to go in that direction."
Climie has buddies who are firefighters, but that's not what inspires his desire to join their ranks.
"Being a firefighter, it's kind of like a hockey team," Climie said. "You're working together as a team. You're hanging out a lot. The job in general just kind of fits me. It's competitive and you've got to be in shape."
The word "competitive" or its variations invariably are used to describe the 6-foot-3, 197-pound Climie – whose perpetual smile contradicts his persistent nature.
"I see a high degree of competitiveness," said Wolves head coach Craig MacTavish. "He's a real competitor in the games. He's a patient, experienced, competitive goalie. He gives us a chance virtually every night. He won us some games early, as did Eddie (Lack), that our team would not or should not have won without their goaltending being at that level."
Some goalies would have noticed the 23-year-old Lack's name on the depth chart (he's the Vancouver Canucks' top goalie prospect) and opted to sign with another National Hockey League team. Climie noted Lack's presence on the roster – as well as the Chicago Wolves commitment to winning – and thought it was the ideal opportunity.
"Really, I feel that competition is good," Climie said. "It's good to have and obviously Eddie's a great goalie. I just feel that competition makes you a better individual. It just develops you. I feel I play that much better when I have to earn my ice time. I don't want to be given anything."
Lack handled seven of the Wolves first 10 games this season. But after Climie held strong for a 2-1 victory on Nov. 4 at Peoria, he was rewarded with four consecutive starts and he repaid the Wolves with four consecutive wins.
His spree ended because the Canucks called him up for one game due to an injury to Vancouver starter Roberto Luongo. Climie didn't appear in that game (backup Cory Schneider handled the net), but it wasn't like he missed out on his first opportunity to appear in a NHL game. Contrary to his traditional career trajectory, Climie reached the NHL with unexpected swiftness after graduating from Bemidji State.
Less than 13 months after playing his final game for Bemidji State, Climie won his NHL debut for the Dallas Stars on April 4, 2009. He leaped straight from Dallas' East Coast Hockey League affiliate because the Stars didn't have an AHL team at the time. He stayed for three games and posted two wins.
"It doesn't happen too often where a guy goes from the East Coast to the NHL," Climie said. "Such a good experience. I got my puck and obviously the gear that I used in those games. I've still got all my equipment."
But then it was back to fighting for anything he could get in the minors. After his ECHL team was swept in the first round of the playoffs, the AHL's Houston Aeros picked him up and Climie became part of a four-goalie rotation for a team that reached the 2009 Western Conference Finals.
"It was kind of a crazy deal, but I just took it for what it was and enjoyed the process," Climie said.
Climie moved to the Texas Stars in 2010 and sparked them to the Calder Cup Finals (he helped knock out the Wolves in the West Division Finals) before posting 26 wins and a 2.64 goals against average last season with the San Antonio Rampage.
In each of those seasons, Climie appeared in one NHL game. Like everyone else wearing a Wolves uniform, he'd like to move to the NHL to stay – and he has done nothing but improve his chances while with the Wolves.
"I knew Matt was a really good goalie, especially because he single-handedly defeated us in that series a couple years ago," said Wolves general manager Wendell Young. "But even with all that said and how confident I was in him when he signed this year, he has exceeded expectations even above that.
"He is a student of the game. He is a competitor. Since I started watching him in the American League, his positioning is way better. He's a lot more under control."
Through the games of Feb. 15, Climie owned a 15-7-0 record with a 2.39 GAA and a .927 save percentage. The latter number ranks third in the AHL. His success presents a bit of a dilemma for the Wolves. Climie has a two-way contract with Vancouver this season, but a one-way deal with the Wolves next year. That means he'll return to Chicago in 2012-13 unless he gets a one-way deal with an NHL team.
Young jokes that he wants Climie to be really good, but not THAT good, before turning serious.
"No, we want our guys to succeed," Young said. "That's what we want. We're excited as an organization that they go up. It speaks well of our organization. If players keep going up to the NHL, it speaks to what we've done. If he can succeed somewhere else next year, then we did our job."


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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The Pinewood Prep football team traveled to Cardinal Newman Friday and fell 38-3 to a strong Cardinal team.
A Pinewood turnover early in the game led to a Cole Halverson TD pass to Stefone Brown and Cardinal Newman took the lead. The Cardinals were able to score again on a 22-yard field goal by Cam Bohannon. Then a Pinewood fumble was returned 68 yards by Evan Dubois for a 17-0 Cardinal Newman lead by the end of the first quarter.
By halftime the game was out of reach as Cardinal Newman scored two more touchdowns to extend the lead to 31-0.
Pinewood had a better second half and only allowed the Cardinals to score one more touchdown for the remainder of the game. Senior kicker Kevin Weber was able to put some points on the board for the Panthers in the third quarter as he kicked from 32 yards out.
"I was proud of how we played and defensively we managed to have a couple of stops," Pinewood coach Michael Wright said. "We need to have more consistency and stop giving the other teams a short field to work with. They scored 21 of their points from turnovers and that hurt us."
Defensively, Andrew Latham had a solid game with eight solo tackles. Zach Latham and Alex Nelson had four each and Kevin Weber had four solo tackles and an interception.
On the other side of the ball, Lesley Redden ran hard and quarter back Lewis Vaughn passed for 123 yards.
"Lewis is doing the things he should and understanding the game better and better each week," Wright said.
Pinewood is now 0-4 and returns home this week to take on Augusta Christian. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture (inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Neil Young has written his eagerly awaited memoir: "I felt that writing books fit me like a glove; I just started and I just kept going."
Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical career, spanning his time in bands like Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crazy Horse; moving from the snows of Ontario through the LSD-laden boulevards of 1966 Los Angeles to the contemplative paradise of Hawaii today. Candid, witty and revealing, this book takes its place beside the classic memoirs of Bob Dylan and Keith Richards.
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"Great book for Neil Young Fans"
I recently read Clapton's autobiography and found it a complete bore. Almost the entirety of the book was about his failed relationships and lifelong addictions - who cares. Neil Young, on the other hand, is a fascinating well rounded personality. Not only does he get into the music and musicians of the most musically influential period of our time, but we find out about his obsessions with model trains, electric cars, and a new high resolution digital music delivery system as well as his battle with epilepsy.
Neil Young obviously wrote this book without any help and it shows. The story wanders from subject to subject and jumps around in time like a sci-fi movie, but somehow it all works. I never got lost and never lost interest, however, I doubt that non-fans would find this book worthwhile.
"the ultimate entertainer..."
You know, I was never a huge Neil fan of his music, I really liked it of course but not like some people I know, but I admired him, his longevity, his talent being undeniable, a few stories I've heard and we were just at a farm near his place. Somehow I became intrigued by him and when I read that he'd written a book I thought I'd check it out. Not sure what I was expecting but his take on music, music production, the state of music actually wowed me. Being a musician also I was so happy to hear what he was saying about all that. I was braced for a good story sure, but it is a great story and I'm so glad he put it all in writing. His life has been amazing, his mind behind the song writing and decisions he's made in his life so wonderful to discover. After listening to this book I now want to listen to all his music again, in a new way, like he's someone I know now, like I'd met him and really liked him and wanted to know all about his art. I feel this is the best autobiography I've ever read (listened to). How great that we have people in the music industry have something to say that is interesting, thoughtful, inspiring - people making art not just people who want fame and to make money. I do hope though that Neil makes money from this and all his ventures for himself and that he also does good things with it. I have a new warm heart for Neil Young.
Neil Young's take on music production. Talking about getting back to good music 'sound'. Inspiring. I also loved the way he spoke of his family, his father, his daughter with such love and respect. It made me research his daughter too also a wonderful artist.
I like Keith Carradine's voice. I liked that it felt respectful and was easy to listen to and not distracting from the story but felt more like Neil was speaking.
It surprised me and delighted me.
Thank you Neil Young for being the eternal entertainer with something solid to say.
"way to go Neil"
truth, clarity, heavy
This is a work of art in itself .... Neil wonders if he can write anymore since he has stopped getting high first .... for me his songs have always been about truth and getting to the heart of the matter ... he has done it here
The performance was okay dispite the fact that some Canadian place names were given distinctive new pronunciations.
I am a fan of Neil Young's songs for 45 years or so. He knows how to get a reaction from people whether it be the words or the musical notes and this book is no different. This book is for his fans and he has given a context for his lifelong body of work. I have read numerous other autobiographies and this one is like no other. This book is about life, personal demons and passion and not about ego and fame.
I pray that it is not his way of saying good bye.
"Neil Being Neil"
I love the fact that it is Neil talking in his own singular voice about his passions. Neil Young has been my favorite rock star for many years because he does things in his own way and his songs speak the truth regardless of what anyone else thinks. He is one of the few of his generation who hasn't sold out his music and is still vital in trying to make the world a better place. The book comes across as Neil talking to you as a friend,;not a dictation of the facts.
Neil' son Ben who's bravery is incredibly inspirational. He has lived a full life in spite of his severe disabilities and has helped a lot of people in similar circumstances.
I have not listened to an audio book read by Mr. Carradine before, but he did justice to the book-great job.
WE have the power to change things for a better world.
Neil thanks many people who have touched his life in this book-thank you Neil, for reminding me to be grateful!
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"If you're a Neil Young fan, this is excellent"
And excellent maybe if you're not. While there's a lot of stuff that is meaningful to the artist/musician alone (his obsession with cars, with creating bringing back better sound in our music devices), there are enough moments of genuine passion, cool rock history, behind-the-scenes stories of his fellow musicians, to make this a book to recommend to anyone who loves audible memoir.
I almost wish I'd bought hard copy because many of the things he writes are better than his songs and I wanted to underline them for further reflection, which I don't normally do. Young is a good prose writer, so good in fact, that I, who have written more than a dozen of my own books, including a memoir, have to work not to imitate his unique cadences. Some of the prose is pedestrian stoner rock icon grooviness. But the guy can really write, and not just songs.
If you want to know what it's like to be in Neil Young's head, this takes you there. It was a real pleasure to be inside the head of such a thoughtful, kind, and grateful man and a true artist. What an inspiration for doing what you care about and f--k it if people like it.
I wish he'd read it, but as he shows, he has better things to do with his time and I'm glad he does. Keith Carradine does an excellent job filling in. Young could have at least recorded the preface, it's one of the main things the guy does, record, after all.
Hey, Neil Young, if you read this, here's a vote that you keep on writing books. Your dad would be proud.
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I'm a Neil Young fan so.... I may be biased but I loved this book. I saw a review that commented negatively on the narrator but I enjoyed the narrator. I thought he sounded a lot like Neil Young and would frequently forget it wasn't Neil reading his own book to me. Neil is certainly eccentric and obsessive / compulsive but he's also honest to a fault about his vices and accepts himself for who he is as much as he can. He expresses his regrets in a way that reminds you of your own regrets and how maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge. He is very scattered in his thoughts and never keeps a chronological timeline but that's easily forgiven because...he's Neil Young.
"Idiosyncratic nerd!"
I have read several biographies and auto-biographies of musicians (Miles Davis, Janis Ian, Jimi Hendrix, etc.) recently, and, content-wise, this one is probably the least moving and dramatic. And yet, I still liked what Neil Young had to say. As he mentioned in this book, for a hippie-type, he is materialistic. He writes a lot about cars (old ones, mostly). He cares a lot about sound quality. He went trough a lot in terms of his illness and his children's conditions. But he does not make a big deal out of them. The events in the book are not organized chronologically and are somewhat disorganized, which reflects his spontaneity style (a former pothead?). He is a peculiar nerd who happened to experience the 1960s and 1970s and thus was influenced by the attitude of the period. But he keeps up with the technology, knows what he wants, and intends to be around for awhile (and thus gave up drinking and smoking, for now anyway). Often, the book read like a diary, but I still enjoyed it.
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"Neil says "look inside my head for a minute""
I give this 4 stars for performance but Keith Carradine was a great choice and he did a great job - particularly in the second half of the book when he really seems more emotionally connected. But I would only give 5 stars if Neil Young had narrated this himself. But give it up for Mr. Carradine. As the book moved on I was not only hearing his voice but I was picturing him as if he was reading stuff he saw for himself.
On at least one occasion I was at a hockey game with Neil Young sitting beside me. That only happened because we each have a son with cerebral palsy so we were in the handicapped section. During intermissions some people would come up behind where we were sitting and just kind of stand there awestruck. Neil Young has a lot of fans. Me too although I had a slight worry that someone might mistake me for David Crosby. I mention this only to illustrate that I know Neil Young as a real person besides being a rock icon. And also to note that my favorite scenes were often about "Ben Young". He almost always referred to his son that way (and there is one scene that illustrates the confusion that might occur otherwise) yet he is just as likely to refer to Bob Dylan as "Bob" even if he hasn't mentioned him in the previous half-hour.I also found myself fitting into this story at various other places. I completely understand the love of model trains, going on road trips, getting the most out of music as a listener, building electric cars. I bet a lot of people will find connections to his story. The ones likely to be disappointed are the ones who expect a lot of chapters (and he tends to write many, small chapters) to start with "I was so wasted that I ...".
This book is not even close to being in chronological order. And maybe that would take spirit out of the author if you made him cut/paste it into something resembling a narrative. But I think he wrote this book as if it was a phase of his life between two other phases and he didn't have the time (or the inclination) to futz with it.
Overall I liked this a bit better than the Heart memoir even though I tend to like to hear about women's lives more than men's. I also think it is interesting how people will write about their drug history and say "it wasn't so bad" and I'm thinking "oh, you were lucky". And they write about their sex lives and they seem to say "I guess I got around" and I'm thinking "that's it - where's the rest of the stories". I'm very glad I read this book but I think I'm temporarily done with Rock bios and Actor bios and Comedian bios. Might go looking for Science or Philosophy bios.
I had high hopes for this book, and had considered buying it for my son for Christmas, but didn't get around to it. So I picked up the audio version. But I hard as I tried and as much as I wanted to like this book, there just wasn't a lot of substance, at least in the first third, after which I just gave up. A recounting of my everyday activities would have been just about the same as this, so...
"You Gotta Love Neil"
Neil Young, presents an autobiography that, true to his convictions, does not take commercial acclaim into consideration. He says what he wants when he wants as many times as he wants. This book is clearly for Neil Young lovers who want to get a taste of what's in his head but not for the masses. Awaiting the sequel.
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If you have been living under a rock, you may not have heard that we have opened our second retail store in Arizona - Glendale to be specific, the Westgate City Center to be precise.
For 10 evenings this summer and fall, the WaterDance Plaza at Westgate will be transformed into a premier concert venue, as Westgate and title sponsor Nissan host a series of concerts featuring both national recording artists and local musical acts. The McFarlane store will be providing action figures at selected concerts as free giveaways to the crowd.
Featuring live music from a variety of genres, the Nissan Concert Series at Westgate will see bands playing concerts in the open air on the one-of-a-kind plaza, which also features a $6 million Bellagio-inspired dancing water feature and a ring of "Times Square" style media boards, which tower 100 feet over the plaza.
On Sept. 22, locally based national recording artists the Phunk Junkeez will host their national record release party for their upcoming CD, "Hydro Phonic." This is the sixth album for the Arizona band - known for fusing punk, funk and rock music styles. The Phunk Junkeez fan base has supported them throughout 15 years of touring worldwide, playing shows with bands like No Doubt, 311, Green Day and Linkin Park to packed venues. The band's high-energy mix of hip-hop and rock fusion is sure to bring an electric vibe to the venue.
Featuring local rock bands as opening acts, this show is FREE to the public and open to all ages. Food and beverage vendors will be set up on the Plaza, and those showing 21 and over ID will be given a wristband to purchase alcoholic beverages.
If you are in the area, come out and support the Phoenix Coyotes on Sept. 22 as they host the Dallas Stars. Then, exit the north end of the arena and enjoy the concert.
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Jan, as our seller's agent, and her daughter, Waterfall, as our buyer's agent, are very knowledgeable women in all aspects of the real estate world. They provided the professional expertise that we needed with a recent sale and purchase agreement on our next home.
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Jan, as our seller's agent, and her daughter, Waterfall, as our buyer's agent, are very knowledgeable women in all aspects of the real estate world. They provided the professional expertise that we needed with a recent sale and purchase agreement on our next home.
My wife and I were 1st time home owners and Jan was so helpful and patient with us. I recommend her to everyone. Was such a pleasure to work with.
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Actually the developers don't typically listen to the players on the developement of the game. Which is why we end up with games like SWTOR. Companies do it their way, and only fix minor things that might appease the players.
As for a modern version of Runescape, just maybe. I don't doubt you could play it on a tablet or what not now. It's only JAVA after all. But a game that's a runescape clone has to surpass Runescape itself to become a "wow-killer".
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Think of it this way, the MMO market can be compared to lets say the market for Chips. Each brand has its different style or flavor, but the best will succeed and become very popular. We have all been to the supermarket and seen the massive selection of potato chips that be being sold. Many brands like Lays, UTZ, and etc. are superior to other brands.
Well this can be said exactly the same way for MMO's. Essentially the market is being oversaturated with subpar MMO's. Developers are making off brands of the good ones and not succeeding. Why? Because when you make a copy of an already well established game it's not going to have the amount of content as said game that's made. Nor will it be as bug free and stable.
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Good topic
We will no doubt see more of the "sandbox" no level type games in the future however the EvE skill point system isn't without flaws.
In general, players like to level and see tangable progress and building. How fast that progress is always the 100 million or more dollar question. The hope is that regulated "leveling" will hold back the "content locust" term that has been talked about of late.
Frankly, I'll be glad when the "free" to play era MMO is dead and buried.
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Interesting that you used a City of Heroes screenshot for this article, since they pulled off the "never-ending progression" quite well, just not in the endless scaling method way. Instead of letting a player play the same character forever, entice them to try out one of countless different combinations. Sure, you might hit the cap eventually, but then you can go play through again with your fire/ice blaster and experience the game quite differently from your previous characters.
Originally posted by TwiPhoenix
I'm sorry but isn't that how most mmo's with customizable skill trees do it? being able to make a character one way to the end. Then play a new character the exact same way and experience it a little bit differently?
Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
A game like City of heroes is actually very far from endless progression. You're not further progressing your characte; just your knowledge of the games skills. All cycled through new characters.
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DDO has a rebirth system..
Not sure if it's endless but you can level characters to max and then use that character to make a slightly stronger new character.. and get that one to max and use them to make an even slightly stronger new character and so on.
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EVE online has a levelling system, but no overarching levels. There's no 'level cap' because it simply isn't possible to max out all the skills in the game at any point in time. I think I read to become proficient in everything would take, literally, 15 years. But even so, the parts of it that are newb unfriendly aren't really the fact that there are people orders of magnitude more powerful than you, but simply because it is such a sandbox most people drop in and say what do I do?
I think that system applied to a normal(fantasy) mmo would be just perfect, it may just be this is what Pathfinder Online is going to become(I just missed out on that kickstarter!).
Though people it seems have a hard time setting personal goals without a quest telling them to, I almost think the old days of Everquest's grinding were better than what most games are now.
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Originally posted by Ryowulf
I realize this will mostly fall on deaf ears, but Rift does this better than GW2 imo. In Rift, you get to select the exact level you scale down to. If you don't want to scale down for a lower level area? You don't have to. But if you do, you get rewarded with things relative to your actual level.
To the OP, I like having having levels. I am not one to rush to level cap, but I enjoy reaching it with various characters and starting the alternate progression.
I see what you're trying to do, but I don't think what you describe is something that I would enjoy more than what we already have. This, of course, is just one guys opinion.
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Instead of levels, a simple penalty on a skill or attribute would suffice.
I believe it could even become part of the adventure.
Have extremely rare, or crafted items that help eliminate the penalty, or have the penalty be something that has to be worked at to be removed. You could even throw in player crafted item that are crafted from rare resources where the risk is close to the reward you recieve economically.
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Originally posted by strangiato2112
Equality is only important in regards to PvP, which is not something EQ cares about or in the distribution of reward systems to the different kinds of play styles. Otherwise, it shouldn't matter if people have to catch up.
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My First Response: Progression as a Function of Arbitrariness and Novelty
Progression is so tricky in MMOs because it's all completely arbitrary but we all want it anyway. For every given character level or power level that the game allows you to achieve, the game issues content that is appropriately challenging players at exactly those levels. It's a simple matter of tweaking numbers. Any level 55 zone, for example, can be turned into a level 20 zone simply be reducing all mobs' stats by a certain percent.
If it's so absurdly arbitrary, why have such level progression at all? I'm sure everyone has experienced certain answers to that question for themselves. For my part, I'll use a common denominator game like WoW as an example. I can still vividly recall accidentally exploring my way into the Burning Steppes, an endgame level 50+ zone, as a level 20 character questing in Redridge Mountains. Needless to say, I swiftly became an afternoon snack for the dragons there. I took some screenshots of them fighting over my corpse for my scrapbook. The fiery terrain of that zone burned in my memory throughout the rest of my leveling adventure. When I eventually reached the level 50s, I was directed to Blackrock Mountain for several dungeons and quests. I instantly realized what zone I had to travel through to get there, summoning the trepidation that had been instilled in me. But this time I was stronger. When I got there, I hesitantly challenged a dragon...and won. With my group, we took on a few elite dragons. We carved our way into the mountain's jaws, one dragon at a time.
The sense of strength I had gained and progress I had made was palpable. It was exhilarating. I was in the big leagues now, and it felt good.
The thing is, like many MMO experiences, this stark, satisfying sense of increased strength was so much more intense the first few times I experienced it. The same thing still occurs in virtually every MMO I play. It just doesn't have nearly the same effect. I'll call this the novelty effect. Things like this are fascinating and profoundly powerful the first times you experience them; but their effects become ever diminished with each subsequent experience. Think of the first time you ever played an MMO or online game. How cool was it when you realized for the first time that those characters running around on your screen were actually other players? It was mind-blowing for me! Now I'm so desensitized to other players' presence that I practically don't even notice them.
I have other thoughts on the subject, but this one was lengthy enough on its own that I figured I should give it its own post, as well as an unnecessarily academic title, or else the wall of text would become so great that nobody would bother reading it--a fate far too many of my posts suffer.
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MU Online did the so called "never ending progress" thing you're so striving for , a long time ago.
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I think the concept of 'vertical progression' is flawed in several ways. Game developers need to start thinking of ways to reward players with other incentives, other than the accumulation of linear or exponential 'experience'.
'You' may hate me for saying this, but I believe GEAR should have a larger impact on a persons advantage in combat than an automagic level difference.
Look at Ultima Online. There are no levels, only skills and gear. The game is over 15 years old, and people are still playing it.
Does that mean UO is perfect, and every game developer out there should copy it? Of course not. Rate Over Time or Use Over Time has its own issues, but it is a place to start looking.
If you think doing mundane quest after quest, or farming your 1,000,000th mob to get to your next level is the reward you are looking for, I think you are not considering the REAL reason levelling up is exciting. It is for the 5 stat points to put into your vitality, or your 1 skill point to distribute through your skill tree, or the ability to wear that new piece of armor you have been waiting to put on. Or maybe it is to participate in that new warzone / battlegrounds, or participate in arenas, or get your flying mount, or go into the 'high level' dungeon.
Levelling up in itself is meaningless and pointless. It is the other things which come with the new level, which drives us. If those things could be achieved in a different way, where there are no levels required, now that is a game worth taking a look at.
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I think the problem is that when a game scales, levels then become meaningless.
Part of the sense of progress comes from having things in the game that are super easy > doable > impossible and watching as more and more things become easy and they are able to do things that were previously impossible. It also serves as somewhat of a difficulty slider because if things are too hard in a certain area you can level up a bit and come back.
Also believe it or not, doing the same area over and over again is not all that appealing, even if it scales. The sense of progress is not only about numbers but about enablement.
Scaling is a nice feature to have for playing with friends that may be a different level, but it is most certainly not a silver bullet to solve all the woes of progression.
Having a real system of continuous meaningfull progression(the progress you make impacts how you interact with the world around you, and enables you to do new things) generally ends up in having a huge gap in power between new players and the old guard.
So really you need to
1) Keep progress meaningfull
2) Fix the new player > veteran power gap
3) Provide new content to continously challenge the player (because doing the same content on a harder difficulty gets old fast is only going to be acceptable to a small part of the player base)
Those are some tough issues to fix, and often an individual fix for a particular issue has a negative effect on another.
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Originally posted by jbombard
I completely agree
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Glad you decided to take this on. It's been my complaint for years. I usually phrase it differently though:
"When I kept playing this game after thie first month, it was because I enjoyed what I was doing. What I was doing was leveling. What makes a developer think that I'm willing to leave behind what I enjoyed and now try to enjoy something completely different?"
You don't need to go any further than that to understand the "retention problem" in modern MMOs: people leave because the thing they enjoyed is over and now you need to learn to enjoy something new...or not.
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It's called MU online, welcome to never ending hell.
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sorry but this just sounds like a big add for wow clones. With a new twist nah that's never been tried , the last couple theme park wow clones crashed and burned . we need inovation not stagnation. the console market is practically the renaissance comapred to the stagnant MMO market.
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Hello all, long time no post.
So here's my issue. I'm in the military as a cop and I work a weird shift. Gotta show up at 1230pm and usually don't go home until 10 or 11 at night. On my first and third of my work cycle, I'm required to attend unit PT for about an hour. This usually includes running (sprints or distance) and calisthenic circuits. What makes it even weirder is that I work six days in a row and then have three days off, so I'm never really on or off on set days of the week. Also, two to three times a week, I attend Krav Maga classes for 2 to 3 hours. It is a pretty intense workout in itself.
Anyway, Even with these two physical activities combined, I'm not looking as good as I want. I'm 5'10 and 210lbs. I'm not really sure what my body fat percentage is but I'll say it like this, I look decent in jeans and a t-shirt, but if you saw me at the beach, you wouldn't look twice. My plan is to cut some fat and increase my athleticism, so three times a work cycle (my third and fifth day of work and second day of break) I do a full body weight training routine after work. I've seen stuff about it online but don't ever really remember it being advocated here, so I'm looking for opinions. My typical routine looks like this:
Incline Bench- 3x8
Squats- 3x20 (I love 20 rep squats)
Pull-ups- 5xfailure
Shoulder press- 3x10
Seated Calf Raises- 5x15
Hammer Curls- 3x10
Skull Crushers- 5x10
Cable Shrugs- 5x12
Continuous abdominal circuit coming out to 100 reps.
So.. is doing this routine 3 days out of 9 including the other stuff I was talking about going to border on over training? I don't feel over trained. Well this work out, coupled with a good diet, help me get toned and increase my athleticism (ie- chasing some one down, extended foot patrols with 40+ lbs of gear, sparring, fire team/squad training exercises)??
If you read this far, thanks! Any advice or comments are much appreciated.
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I'd say make them upper/lower body splits. wherein, you would train your upper body twice the first 9 day phase and once the second 9 day phase. then upper body would be once the first 9 day phase and twice the second 9 day phase. Center your workouts around compound movements and vary your reps over the 9 day phases. i.e. first phase is 8 reps, second phase is 12 reps
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Your time would definitely be better spent on more compound movements than the last 4 isolation movements you listed in your routine.
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I feel like your full body work out is not sufficient to really hit any one muscle group, so there is no concern of overworking. "A set of bench press does not a chest workout make." I'm sure some wise man once said that. Whether it be the upper/lower body split as recommended above or a more conventional routine that might require you to bump your classes to make room for another standard gym day (you can always switch 4 or 6 months on straight gym bulk time, followed by equal time back with your classes on a cut), I think it's clear you should be targeting muscle groups more effectively to actually require that rest period before your next work period. I don't know that your work-required training will necessarily interfere with any heavy weight training on the other days. Ideally the muscle groups would be resting, but it doesn't sound like you're asked to do any hardcore muscle fiber attacking, so I don't believe it would lead to over training or limit your gains.
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And by the way, I do want to say that I very much admire your work ethic, and thank you for your military service! You sound like a very driven person from the amount of effort you are willing to put into training.
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Besides the pullups and the hammer curls, you basically have no 'pulling exercises,' meaning that when it comes to actual lifting, ignoring PT and krav maga, you have nothing for your hamstrings, the entirety of your back (outside of those pullups), and your glutes are getting much at all either. I'd love to see some deadlifts in any full body workout, some good medium for rows (TRX are my favorited, but a seated row works well in my opinion), and as stated...that is a lot of shrugs. Honestly from a purely musculoskeletal balance perspective, I cringe at seeing that many shrugs. Are the shrugs purely for size and aesthetics, or do you find them helpful for geared mandatory "hikes?" Are you getting good glute work in Krav Maga? Im somewhat familiar with the style but I haven't trained in it, do you have much in the way of back kicks that may help to train the glutes? If not I would highly suggest some dedicated glute work as you certainly have a need for functional glute strength, and personally squats don't do it for me.
In the end I'm mostly trying to push adding deadlifts and rows on top of what you have, not replacing any of it, and suggesting caution with the shrugs.
I'll leave split advise as said by the others.
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OK then this is really helpful in getting the desired level of the fitness required to feel a good athleticism in you .. though I'm not at the same level of the work schedule and body fat still finding a better clue about how to manage your fitness well by going with a proper exercise and supportive diet plan ..
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If you have a goal? what is it? do you want to gain muscle or lose fat or gain strength because each it has a different program and diet for each goal that you will target.
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Par BARBARA
de CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH
I ordered the red spinel. I was excited to have the opportunity to buy such a rare gemstone until I received them. these earrings are not attractive in any way. The stones are so dark as to appear a dull black. Absolutely no sparkle at all. the stones are too small to be a nice stud. Definitely NOT worth the price. I have purchased from Carol's line before and liked the blue topaz earring very much. However, these are such a poor deal that I will hesitate to purchase from this line again.SO disappointing!
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Par My Lady
de Barrie
Have been looking for pink studs for awhile. Unfortunately these did not match, which was not what I expected. Needles to say I returned them. For the price I was really surprised that they were so different. How about pink sapphires!
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I was looking forward to receiving these earrings. What a disappointment! They didn't even match, one spinnel was a deep pink and the other a washed out pink. This is the 1st time I have ordered this line and probably will be the last. If you care about the customer prove it. I don't like wasting my money on s/h charges to receive an item of such poor quality such a high price. Walk the talk.
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de Hamilton
I ordered these because they looked beautiful on the TV presentation and I had just received my first Carol Brodie necklace which was wonderful.I bought the pink and even though the colour was nice there is no sparkle. On one earring the butterfly back is very loose while the other one is good.Both backings are flimsy for the price.I'm very sad but must return them.
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de Montreal, Quebec
I bought the pink, blue and purple studs and returned them the same day. I love Carol Brodie's jewellery so far but this was not up to par. TSN has to pay attention to detail when receiving merchandise. Purple means purple, not greenish...a pair of earings have to match in colour also. I received a pink pair, which where ok, the blue pair - well one was beautiful royal blue, the other ear didn't match AT ALL, it was greenish, and my 3rd pair which where supposed to be purple where greenish (muddy sage green?) I cannot even describe it. Very, very, very disappointing...needless to say, returned all 3 pairs. I love your energy and your jewellery Carol, but PLEASE pay attention to whoever is putting your packages together, quality control is lacking. I would recommend this to a friend with caution!Also, why is this item hidden from your pages?


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Artist's BiographySoprano chair of the renowned PRISM Quartet and acclaimed soloist, Timothy McAllister has emerged as one of today's premier concert saxophone performers and teachers. Since his solo debut at age sixteen with the Houston Civic Symphony, his career has taken him throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria, garnering prizes at many prestigious national and international competitions, with solo performances in such venues as Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Boston's Pickman Hall, the Krannert Center, Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Rotterdam's Zaal de Unie.
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As a jazz and commercial musician, he has performed with notable big bands, and in many regional music theater and studio orchestra touring productions, having appeared with numerous entertainers including Broadway icon Patti LuPone. He has also performed behind such jazz artists as saxophonists Jimmy Heath, Rick Margitza, Dave Liebman and trumpeteer Ed Sarath. Since joining PRISM, he has premiered several jazz compositions by composer/performers Greg Osby, Tim Ries, Matt Levy, Tim Berne, and has collaborated with guitarist/composer Ben Monder and drummer Anthony Pinciotti.
Highlights of McAllister's most recent seasons includes solo and chamber music appearances in London, Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York City; as well as new recordings on the AUR, Summit and Naxos labels, and the critically-acclaimed premiere of Jennifer Higdon's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone under the baton of Maestra Marin Alsop at the 2007 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA. Albany Records just released his world premiere recording of Daniel McCarthy's "Towers of Power": Chamber Symphony No. 4 for saxophones and winds with the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Gregg Hanson, conductor. During the summer of 2008, he performed concertos by Higdon and Etezady with the Texas Festival Orchestra at the Round Top Festival-Institute (TX), and recorded John Adams' Nixon in China with Opera Colorado conducted by Marin Alsop for the NAXOS label. Other honors include being selected as a featured soloist for the Opening Gala concert of the 2008 NASA Biennial Conference with the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Donald Portnoy, conductor.
In the 2009-2010 Season, he will appear as saxophonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Maestro Gustavo Dudamel's Inaugural Gala concert, performing the world premiere of John Adams' major new work, City Noir, and will perform with the orchestra during its 2010 U.S. Tour, with appearances in San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and New York City. He will also be featured soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony and The United States Navy Band among other ensembles.
McAllister was named Associate Professor of Saxophone at the Herberger Institute School of Music at Arizona State University in Fall 2008. He previously served on the faculties of The University of Arizona School of Music, and SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, and spends his summers as artist/faculty for the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He has given clinics and recitals at many of the nation's elite universities and conservatories, and has been a visiting instructor and sabbatical replacement for Donald Sinta at The University of Michigan. In 2003, he was invited by French virtuoso Claude Delangle to serve as a Guest Professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, and also served as visting instructor for Jean-Pierre Baraglioli's class at the Conservatoire de Montreuil (Paris).
He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and other degrees in music education, conducting and performance from The University of Michigan where he studied saxophone with Donald Sinta and conducting with H. Robert Reynolds. He is the only saxophonist to ever receive the School of Music's most distinguished performance award--the Albert A. Stanley Medal. Alongside composer Derek Bermel, acclaimed countertenor David Daniels, and New York Metropolitan Opera coach Howard Watkins, McAllister has been honored with the Paul C. Boylan Award from the Michigan School of Music Alumni Society for his significant contributions to the field of music.
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Rig crash may close I-10 for weekend
Truck spills tons of steel; damage includes hole and closes all lanes
HOUSTON CHRONICLE : July 12, 2013 : Updated: July 12, 2013 10:17pm
An overturned 18-wheeler punched a hole in I-10 westbound on July 12, 2013. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle)
An overturned 18-wheeler punched a hole in I-10 westbound on July 12, 2013. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle)
Emergency crews respond to over turned 18-wheeler on I-10 westbound on July 12,2013. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle)
HPD detours traffic in response to over an turned 18-wheeler on I-10 westbound on July 12, 2013. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle)
Emergency crews respond to over turned 18-wheeler on I-10 westbound on July 12, 2013. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle)
Photo By Mayra Beltran/Houston ChronicleAll westbound lanes of I-10 are closed at I-45 North due to an overturned flatbed 18-wheeler.The accident was verified by Houston TranStar at around 2:30 p.m.Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Danny Perez says that drivers are to avoid the area. He says that there looks to be some damage to road and that TxDOT will need to repair that before traffic can get back to normal.
Photo By Mayra Beltran/StaffEmergency personnel examine an overturned 18-wheeler that caused major traffic headaches along the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near downtown on Friday.
Photo By Mayra Beltran/StaffA Texas Department of Transportation employee inspects the damage to the Interstate 10 overpass after the crash.
All westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at the North Freeway are expected to be closed until Sunday morning as emergency crews repair the highway after an 18-wheeler overturned Friday afternoon.
The truck was hauling a 48,000-pound roll of steel when it flipped over about 2:30 p.m., said officials with the Texas Department of Transportation.
The driver lost his load, sending the truck and giant spool crashing onto the pavement. It caused "significant damage on multiple locations," officials said.
"Under the circumstances, we believe the pavement performed well and one could have expected there to be even greater damage than what we have," department spokeswoman Raquelle Lewis said in an email to the Houston Chronicle.
The driver had a laceration on his arm and was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center for treatment.
No other injuries were reported, officials said.
Emergency repairs
Even as officials assessed the damage, which included broken concrete and a large, gaping hole in the freeway, and made plans for "emergency full-depth repairs," they began the task of moving Friday afternoon commuters away from the scene.
The best bet, officials said, was to avoid the area altogether.
Motorists were advised to loop around the wreck, taking the East Loop to the southbound North Freeway then returning to westbound Interstate 10.
Drivers who didn't take that warning were diverted to the Southwest Freeway.
Officials said it was "possible" the contractor may complete the repairs earlier than the Sunday estimate.
"But, we certainly need to provide time for the prep work, the pavement work, the cure time and inspection," Lewis said in the email.


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As thousands of government employees picketed Social Security Administration offices around the country, a poor turnout muted protestors in Aiken.
The American Federation of Government Employees and Social Security workers picketed across the street from the SSA's Corporate Parkway office between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The small office, with a staff of just 17, saw workers rotating to protest during their lunch break.
AFGE members held signs proclaiming the impact cuts to the SSA would have on service.
"We are representing the AFGE, protesting the idea of cutting the Social Security Administration's budget, because of the impact it's going to have on … everybody," said Mari Edwards, a representative of the AFGE. "It should be off budget. Social Security was off budget up until the Reagan era. It is self-funding, the money from FICA goes into Social Security. Social Security uses that money. It's a closed system. It's not going to affect the deficit."
AFGE said any cuts to the social program could wreak havoc on the elderly, disabled and other claimants.
"What's already happened with the cuts is that the Allendale office has closed down. Now people from that area have to come into Aiken to get things done," Edwards said. If no deal is reached, SSA "will be reducing our hours, we will be open to the public for an even shorter amount of time. And with less staffing, it is going to take us longer to process claims people file."
"Also, we are facing furloughs, which means we will be open less for the public, and nobody is going to be there behind the scenes working," Edwards continued.
The group claims that sequestration could cut $600 million from SSA's budget and Rep. Paul Ryan's budget or the Simpson/Bowels recommendation would cut $1 billion.
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