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Everything in "Moderation:" Social Media Ethical Dilemmas
Some of our clients have asked us to serve as moderators on their Facebook Fan Pages.
I know such pages are a dime-a-dozen on Facebook, but we are talking about some big-league brands in this case. Names you know. "Fan clubs" of which you may well be a member.
Although we strongly adhere to a full-transparency ethic when it comes to Social Media, the clients simply do not want SHIFT's name to be explicitly affiliated with their Facebook sites.
"Too confusing" … "Brand dilution" … "Won't ever get approved."
To be clear, approximately 90% of the posts are approved in advance, by the client. In addition to helping respond to user inquiries, we also often have a pre-developed "editorial calendar," created in cooperation with our Marketing contacts. We're not running amok or anything.
Additionally, when a SHIFTer responds to a user's query, they typically do so from their own Facebook account ("on behalf of" the client), so that if the user were to click on their profile, they'd quickly discern that they are interacting with an external PR representative.
In other words, there is a fair bit of transparency, but, our team members' roles are not always explicitly called-out, nor is there 100% compliance: sometimes our people are moderating/responding using the client's name/account info (when requested).
The clients trust us to do so; the posts are generally pre-approved and always innocuous and on-message … but, yea, "authorship" in such cases is not always clear.
Have we crossed a line?
I don't lose sleep over this one, though it could represent an egregious breach to Social Media purists.
I would understand their complaint: Social Media Marketing's power stems from the ability to spur direct dialogue between brands and consumers. Inserting an agency representative in the mix (with not-always-clear distinctions about their role or employer) begs the question, "how is this any different from the crap marketing foisted on users in the first place?"
There is still more transparency than in the past. There is still a direct connection to the brand (trust me, the clients care VERY MUCH about feedback we report from Facebook and Twitter). Any and all "major" responses, i.e., to user complaints, are truly drafted and posted by client representatives. Ninety-percent of the posts are pre-approved by the client.
Although our agency brains get involved in terms of the core digital strategy, including how-to improve our clients' interactions online with consumers, at this tactical level we are essentially serving as the execution arm (and listening post) for the clients. It's all "on-brand" activity in terms of the messages, and if anything our aid ensures that our busy clients can never be accused of not being engaged at all times — a metric that is increasingly important to them, yet is incredibly hard to scale.
Got feedback? Accusations and plaudits are both welcome. Help me figure this out, if you feel we're taking a wrong-headed approach!
Posted on: March 4, 2010 at 12:51 pm By Todd Defren
I think the whole issue goes back to exactly what PR is about. A PR agency is a bit like a cosmetician, applying tactics to help the clients achieve their ideal brand/corporation images. If applying chemical makeup to make a person look prettier than s/he naturally is, is legitimate, so do PR agencies. Viewers won't care whether that person applied makeup herself/himself or somebody else did it for her/him. Customers won't see it as a deceit as long as the communication is effective and their problems are solved properly. After all, hiring PR agencies to communicate with customers is no more than a specialized step along a corporation's assembly line.
A very interesting post and this seems to be an issue that a lot of people are concerned about. I am a student studying PR at the University of Westminster and for the agencies we have visited, classes we have done and even for our blogs (http://ayeshasattarblog.wordpress.com/) that we have to keep as part of course work, we reflect on this issue of social media and businesses and how it is changing the relationships and means of business.
I completely agree with transparency as the rule, but if the client hires me as a full time employee does that make me better at communicating on their behalf? I do not believe so. Agencies (and PR pros) can communicate authentically on behalf of clients. Should we spell it out in every response? No.
Yet another important discussion here. I guess where I get tripped us is when your employees are responding from their personal pages. They aren't responding as SHIFT/the agency but they are then responding as an individual. That being the case, would the reader realize they are representing the brand? I'm not sure but it seems this is where the picture gets a little cloudy, or maybe I am not understanding.
It would be so much easier if you could respond as the brand. Then there's no lack of clarity, maybe with initials after the post or something.
Hi Todd,
As a few commenters have already mentioned, the PR agency should serve as an extension of the company it's representing. So while some people may scoff at PR pros moderating and updating a client's Facebook fan page, I don't think what your team is doing is unethical.
What about the PR agencies who also serve as the marketing department for their clients? Some smaller budget clients have their PR agencies wear several communications hats. If it's acceptable for internal marketing/PR teams to update and moderate the company's social networks, what's the difference if an external agency that serves as the marketing arm does this?
This series is shedding light on some really tricky topics. Looking forward to the remaining posts!
This is a very interesting dilemma that you are faced with. It seems that the client is scared of brand dilution, which shouldn't be a problem if they are big wigs as you said they are. My first thought is that your company brand (shift) should only add to the brand equity if someone was to inquire who exactly is this 3rd person speaking on behalf of this company.
So to be clear, the client wants all posts, replies and comments to be made under their name and not yours? For someone starting out with a social media campaign I understand their hesitancy to have someone "outside" the company represent them. I don't think the problem is so much whether you are crossing the line or not, I think it's just whether or not the client feels comfortable with it. The way I look at it, is that at the end of the day you need to tuck them in, read them a bed time story and tell them everything is going to be ok so that they can sleep at night. Your employees are competent, savvy and have done this for years so that there should be no problems.
PS: you used the words "Trust Me" because it's you, that's all you had to say.
it appears to me that these are not earth shattering issues, that if they were they would be discussed an handled at the appropriate level.
For those that want direct authorship perhaps they would do away with speechwriters, editors, and all forms of non-original thought which will leave us with little content. Sure I take this to an absurd point that's where the comedy is, which brings me to my point to those with so rigid a position, lighten up Francis. (Old School the movie is Stripes)
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Excellent post here, Todd, and enjoying the thread of comments as well. This is an issue we've come face-to-face with in our moderation work for brands on several social sites and networks, including (more recently) Facebook.
Our view for Facebook brand Pages, for example, is that our LiveWorld moderators or community managers are acting as agents of the brand on the brand's digital property, and that not explicitly disclosing that they are paid by LiveWorld is much like a part-time employee/contractor from the brand itself wouldn't be expected to state so (e.g. "Thanks for your comment to our Starbucks Facebook Page, Bill. Before I go further, let me disclose that I'm an intern and only here on Tuesdays and Thursdays." Kind of weird and confusing.
Another element on Facebook is that when an individual with admin privileges on a Facebook Page posts a message, that message will always appear as being from the brand rather than from the individual. Only way to differentiate is with name or initials after the comment. Possible, yes, but sometimes more clunky and confusing than anything else.
I would also draw a distinction between posting as "the brand" and posting as an individual (ghost-blogging for a CEO, for example). In the latter case, we'd be passing ourselves off as another person–which we're obviously not–rather than as the brand, which we DO represent. (But recalling you posted about ghost-blogging in your ethics series, too, so we may not see eye-to-eye on this one!)
We've conferred with WOMMA (we're paying members) on our stance, too, just to make sure we're not running afoul of its ethical guidelines. From my reading here, neither is SHIFT.
Let the debate continue, and keep on sharing, Todd!
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I'm glad you've shared this example. It shows exactly how to manage social media programs without having to elevate a personal or in-house individual. In many cases, it seems more authentic provided no one is pretending to be someone they are not.
People don't always need an individual to be connected to in order to have their needs met when it comes to the client-brand relationship. It's nice to see someone share another positive case study on the practice.
We do the same for many of our clients and despite the complaints from purists – I think it is completely acceptable. I look at the PR agency as merely an extension of the company. I don't think the purists would have a problem with an internal PR contact moderating the company FB page, so why is it a major faux pas if the outside agency does the same? The only difference is where the paycheck gets delivered.
This is something I've struggled with from time to time because it seems like cheating, but it's really not (or is it?) Conflicted? You bet.
I just answered a LinkedIn question on behalf of a client that truly conforms to their messaging and does not really need their attention (since the answer is so pat). But I answered the question myself (as their agency representative).
I have to agree with Craig and Meghan. If someone is stubborn on being a purist with this issue, it's possible the amount of valuable content posted and monitored might not be as great as if the agency steps in from time to time. Like you said, everything is approved by the client and any major news / responses are always drafted by the client. At no point would the consumer feel like they're always dealing with the middle man and aren't *really* hearing from the client. I think you're doing a great job and it's great that you question these things. It shows you put the work into every aspect. Keep it up!
Yes you cross the same line as discussed in the first article in this series. I commented here:
that following that logic, you would end up walking the clients dog.
Well here you are. By 'moderating' for the client under the clients account, you are walking their dog. You can either be a strategist or a dog walker.
The whole point behind these 'Social Media' strategies is to get the client front and center. If the client is unwilling to speak in their own voice, this is an error in execution or a bad fit, PR wise.
This is the old PR in digital clothing.
Hi Todd:
Just a quick note to tell you that I've been enjoying this series on social media ethical dilemmas. It's great that you're sharing how you've dealt with them and for us to know that we all face the same types of challenges.
I have to agree: While purists may cringe, I think there has to be a comfort level with agencies and/or consultants having some reasonable amount of involvement on behalf of a company or brand. One can't expect company marketing departments to be as knowledgeable and savvy as the most experienced practitioners of social media; that's why they're hiring us.
So, for example: Ghost blogging? The devil is in the details, of course, but I generally don't have an issue with that one: Often the person in question is a terrible writer, so there's a real need for someone to articulate his or her thoughts in a best-practices-for-blogging way.
Facebook page and Twitter account management? I've done both for very well-known brands. As I note above: The devil is in the details — ghost-tweeting for a *brand* is one thing; I would never ghost-tweet for an individual.
There *has* to be a middle ground of comfort in this issue. Look at it this way: Many of the very purists who scream about the horrors of ghost-blogging (or tweeting or Facebook posting or whatever) would be the first in line to scream about the deterioration of social media when ham-handed practitioners of same pollute the social media waters on behalf of brand marketing.
I personally don't feel like any line is being crossed. I mean the point of using social media in a corporate way is to get the lines of communication open between the company and consumers. This is clearly being accomplished here. So what if there is a middle man? Consumers are being heard and companies are gaining helpful insight. And as you have said you are working more with the tactical side of the social mediums. I don't feel like your cutting corners at all but putting your company and its consumers in a position to talk. Efficiency and practicality shows through in this endeavor. Keep up the good work!
Isn't the point that they're not then 'engaging' with their customers – you're engaging with their customers for them – a bit like paying someone to sleep with your wife because you cant be arsed?
It's a fair question, but, again, mostly what we are doing is MONITORING/FILTERING/REPORTING/BROADCASTING – the engagement piece involves clients directly, as often as possible. We're helping with the SCALE issue.
p.s. Stay away from my wife!
Although I'm not an attorney, I do look at this from a legal perspective. Specifically, "agency" is a well-defined legal concept, as in "Statements made by you or your agents…" Generally, agency means that you act as if you were a part of the company you're representing, with problems arising only if you act in a way counter to their interests or do something illegal. My guess is that your contracts with your clients have this concept deeply embedded, either implicitly or explicitly.
Thus, I'm not too bothered if you moderate on behalf of a client — you're (legally) bound to act in their best interests and they're bound to take responsibility for your actions. It's no different to me, at least legally and ethically, from if they had hired in a contract temp to moderate.


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Today I changed out both of the flex discs. I note this in case it has anything to do with the trans. I then drained the trans fluid, removed the pan and the filter, and installed the new trans filter and pan gasket. Replaced fluid with one of the recommended types, in this case Castrol Dexron VI. I only put in 4 qts as this was about the same amount that came out. (I realize that this trans has about a 7 qt capacity. I was going to drain and refill again to at least get most of it). After I filled it, started the car, and placed into gear, I have to rev it to about 4k before it starts to just creeeeeep forwards or back. It doesn't 'slam' or 'jerk' into gear, it is as smooth as can be. Just nowhere NEAR what a car should be.
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Let's start by establishing that I have no personal problem with Bay Area Rapid Transit. I ride the subway/rail system three or four times per week. It's my third favorite transit agency in the Bay Area. But there's a point when benefit-of-the-doubt time is over, and a person has to speak his mind. And my mind is telling me that BART is harboring an extraterrestrial in its Powell Street station.
The evidence is all circumstantial, but I would gauge my certainty at about 85 percent. Of the remaining 15 percent, there's a 12 percent chance asbestos work is being completed, and a 3 percent chance they're building a Stargate.
First some background: Starting about a month ago, BART began some kind of enormous "construction" endeavor in the Powell Street station, which involves boxing off large (occasionally shifting) sections of the station, plastic sheeting that's taped to seal off gaps and other assorted H.R. Giger-looking randomness.
Here are five reasons why I think an injured, deceased or trapped alien is involved …
No. 5: It looks like the place where the scientists took E.T.: If there's one thing we learned from Steven Spielberg, it's that government conspiracies to hide aliens are sponsored by the color white. White walls. White equipment. People dressed in white. And lots of semi-transparent white plastic, often in cylindrical shapes. And this "construction project" is whiter than a new Apple product from the 2000s.
No. 4: The signs look hastily completed. Everything about the signs posted around the project scream last minute. My now 6-year-old son made better-looking signs for his stuffed animal's birthday party. These don't look like the exit signs of a contracting firm that went through a competitive bidding process and had six months to prepare. These are the exit signs of a bureaucrat who said "Holy @#$%! There's a glowing meteorite covered with protoplasm in the middle of the terminal. Quick! I think I have a Sharpie in the back of my truck!"
No. 3: It would be just like BART to hide an alien. I appreciate the relatively reliable service and aging but mostly functional infrastructure at BART. But it would be just like them to do something like this. As matter of fact, I would argue that performing an unauthorized alien autopsy with taxpayer dollars, if true, would be viewed by passengers as the second worst thing BART did in the last year. "Did you hear BART was hiding an extraterrestrial from the public?" "I'm just thankful they didn't shut down our cell phone service again."
No. 2: No self-congratulatory plaque: Have you ever heard of a huge construction project in the Bay Area without a self-congratulatory plaque on the wall, with a pastel-shaded drawing of the finished product — plus the names of every elected politician in the city and a few appointed board members in a serifed font? Neither have I. But I looked everywhere and it's not here.
One more thing, the construction happening on the other side of this wall sounded suspiciously prerecorded. (A colleague of mine first noticed this. But I'll never tell you who.) Note to BART: Next time pick an audio track with more drilling and less hammering. The fake sound you're using now sounds like an Amish barn raising.
No. 1: The Powell Street BART station is the perfect place to hide an alien: If you tried to build an alien containment facility on Telegraph Hill, in Noe Valley or North Beach, you'd have every other gadfly and neighborhood association leader scouring City Hall for permits, organizing protests and lobbying for the structure to be named after them. But if there's one place in San Francisco where no one is paying attention to their surroundings, it's the Powell Street station. I'm pretty sure you could have an alien spaceship in plain sight and the six passengers who look up from their smart phones would assume it's part of Target's new ad campaign.
Questions remain. How did the alien get there? Is it alive or dead? Are rates going to raise because of this alien autopsy, or will it come from the rainy day fund?
"You're employed by a newspaper," you're thinking. "Why not just ask BART?"
Why don't you ask BART. Asking BART is the worst thing I could do. I'd be lucky to get a Tweet off before I get Tasered and shoved in a van, or the vacuum cleaners in my house come alive and I disappear like that kid in "Close Encounters."
Better to bide our time. Worst case scenario, we'll all be harvested for food by Easter. Best case scenario, BART is using the E.T. technology to create a hover-train that will allow an extension to San Jose without dealing with right-of-way issues.
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You know things must not be going quite as planned for President Obama, when despite all the good will he has received from the media over the years, he has taken appearing on fluff outlets like People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight. Obama, who has evaded the White House Press Corp for more than two months now, decided to sit down with hard-hitting journalist, Nancy O'Dell, who still managed to make him look like a fool.
"One thing I admire about this President… is the way he takes the media head on," Glenn joked on radio this morning. "He never avoids a challenging interview. It's – I think it's the gutsy, gusty call side of him. You know? It was on display this week as he braved the hot seat of both People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight."
"That's murderer's row of journalism," Pat added sarcastically.
One of the ET highlights of the interview came from this gem, in which the President claims there is nothing divisive about his campaign tactics.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: And I don't think you [O'Dell] or anybody who's been watching me campaign would suggest that in any way, you know, we have, you know, tried to divide the country. We've always tried to bring the country together.
"Oh, he's so right. So, when Joe Biden said Paul Ryan was going to put chains back on black people, what's the big deal? I mean, nobody could say that – nobody on Entertainment Tonight could ever say that he was trying to divide. Honestly I'm not sure how this guy sits there on camera with a straight face and says that."
Considering President Obama's refusal to reach across the aisle and work with Republicans, his constant dismissal of anyone and everyone who dares to disagree with him, and his darn near Marxist ideology, its hard to fathom how he could be considered anything but divisive.
"The man's done nothing but divide us," Glenn said. "He pushes Marxist leftist stimulus bills, government healthcare, and wonders why the Republicans won't work with him. Because, Mr. President, it's okay in America that we disagree. In fact, 70 percent of America disagrees with you. Being a uniter doesn't mean Republicans and conservatives shut up and sit in the back of the bus."
One can only hope that the honeymoon is over between the White House and the media, and journalists can now go back to doing their jobs – not pandering to the needs of the administration.
"This guy is a progressive Democrat where the press has been making him into the Messiah by putting the little halo around him for the last four years and now he's afraid to go to them. He's got to go to Entertainment Tonight," Glenn concluded. "He's a coward."


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On 15/01/13 12:20 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 01/14/2013 09:10 AM, Toby Thain wrote:I was just thinking the same thing. :-) I may have to yank my rtVAX-300 off of this VME board (it's socketed) and put it on a piece of perfboard or something. :)We need a support group for "people who dream of building SBC's". I have a couple of J11's sitting around, and a dozen Transputers. I'd love to learn enough electronics, and have enough spare time, to build the support circuitry and run them.Transputers are cool. I've gotten two T800s wire-wrapped onto a preexisting SBC of mine, but haven't gotten it talking yet. (it's not difficult, I just have to get back to the project)
Oh, man, if that were documented well, it could be exactly what I'm looking for! I wouldn't mind building a replica of someone else's useful design.
In the meantime, some of my other small SBC escapades (with photos) are briefly documented here: http://www.neurotica.com/wiki/Projects:SBCs
Thanks :) --Toby
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of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five
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to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid
Origin: [Cf. F. iodique. See Iodine.]
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On your way to the top, you have calculate wisely and should always keep an eye on your opponents - else you simply will be flushed...Read full description
Toilet Tycoon is an unusual economic simulation in which you can prove your skills as a leader of the saniterian installations of a whole town!
On your way to the top, you have calculate wisely and should always keep an eye on your opponents - else you simply will be flushed...
New features of version 188.8.131.52 are improved graphics, better game balance, special events at turn end as well as support for Windows XP functions like multiuser installation and much more.
The game is mainly aimed at beginners as well as at "normal" players.
How would you like to be in a line of business that's totally crisis proof? You can see for yourself that money doesn't stink as a MANAGER of pay toilets!
When you start up as a toilet cleaner, you will need to make sure that your SEED CAPITAL of 500,000 euros is wisely invested. Therefore, you purchase your first allotment and equip it with only what is absolutely necessary: basic model toilets and paper...
But that's just the beginning; with competitors that never sleep and the escalating tastes of your customers, you will need INNOVATIONS to increase profits. Next stop: Golden bowls, silk toilet tissue and seats with handy cup holders.
Your goal is to monopolize every john in town and rake in the DOUGH on your way to becoming a total "Toilet Tycoon"!
DirectX 7.0 or higher
I usually don't go for games like this, but I did so anyway, against my better judgement, all for the laughs. And laughs I did get. I didn't expect a lot of things, though it did give me a lot of surprises. I mean, there's not much left to do with these "tycoon" games: you keep earning money to upgrade your units, which will attract more business, which will help you earn money, etc. Lather, rinse, repeat. But it did keep me busy for a while before I eventually moved on. Perhaps it's me. Either way, if you enjoy toilet humor and the occasional grind, then this is definitely for you. And if you don't, then at least try it out a bit before you call it stupid, because it's not. Really.
My friend recommended this game to me as a joke and it turns out it is fairly fun. I cannot complain about much of anything as it was only a couple of bucks. overall i would recommend this game to anyone looking for a cheap laugh.
Naturally with the subject and the price of this game I wasn't expecting much, but for two pounds I thought I'd give it a try. I have to say, I am pleasantly surprised. The basic concept is to build and maintain toilets, dull I know, but added to that fact is the ability to have an 'opponent' of sorts, who is running a rival toilet. Most of my fun from the game has been from trying to sabotage their efforts and fending off their attempts at sabotage. As examples, you can send a vandal or a vomiter to your rivals toilet, have them do misdeeds, and then report the toilet to the sanitary board, who may fine or even repossess their toilet. This concept is incredibly fun (particularly if you play 4 player local multiplayer) because it adds a whole level of tactical thought to the game, despite the fact that it sounds as though it should be fairly pointless. On top of that, this game doesn't take itself too seriously and has a good sense of humour (really bad toilet-based puns, for example) which amused me. I'm not going to go out and say that this is the best game ever, or that it has fantastic graphics because it doesn't, but it is a fun, slightly tongue-in-cheek experience and for the price here I would really recommend that you try it.
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Leftover mashed potato gnocchi
Gnocchi done easy? Absolutely!
Turn your leftover mashed potatoes into gnocchi, then top with this delicious sautéed spinach-lemon topping. Gnocchi from leftover mashed potatoes is a real treat — plus the mashed potatoes don't go to waste!
Leftover mashed potato gnocchi
Serves 4
For the gnocchi
- 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
- 1 beaten egg
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Stir together the potatoes, egg and flour. Dump the mixture onto a floured surface and knead dough together. (You may find that you need more flour, and just add a little bit at a time.)
- Cut the dough into three sections, then gently roll each section into a long rope.
- Cut each rope into small sizes, about 1/2-inch in size.
- Take the tines of your fork and make tiny indentions on the top of the gnocchi.
- Bring a large pot of water (add about 1 tablespoon of sea salt or kosher salt) to a boil, then drop one batch at a time (one batch being what you cut from each rope) into the boiling water. At first, the gnocchi will sink to the bottom. When they float to the top, they are done, but let them cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Serve with the spinach sauce or your favorite marinara sauce.
For the sauce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 shallot, finely diced
- 1 clove garlic, finely diced
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- Handful of fresh basil, chopped
- Juice of one lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a medium sized skillet on medium heat, sauté shallot and garlic in olive oil then add shrimp.
- Cook until all of the spinach has wilted down, then add basil and lemon juice.
- Pour over gnocchi and enjoy!
More gnocchi recipes to try
Fried gnocchi
Gnocchi in Parmesan cream sauce
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Is this the end of Yakuza?
Mysterious ad for new PlayStation 3 Yakuza game pops up in Famitsu.
Sega's promotional campaign for the next PlayStation 3 Yakuza game took a major twist this week as this mysterious ad popped up in Famitsu:
The two page ad appears on the first two pages of the magazine as you open up the cover.
Depicted in the ad is the primary entrance of the main Yakuza setting of Kamurocho. Only something is different. It looks like the city has been hit by an earthquake
So far, Sega has said little about the new game. It hasn't even announced a name.
Series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi made first announcement of the game in late June. In an interview with Famitsu, Nagoshi said the game's concept and keyword is "destruction."
Since that announcement, Sega has revealed a series of playable characters. Four have been announced so far: Goro Majima, Kiryu Kazuma, Shun Akiyama and Ryuji Goda. These characters all appeared in previous Yakuza games.
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Hi all
I've been starting a lot if threads lately but the advice I've got has been great so excuse my prolific posting.
I'm 25 weeks with baby number 1. Always been anxious ever since I can remember but had it under control by taking 40mg of fluoxetine.
Doctor told me to stop taking at my booking in appt back in November but an fast feeling like a basket case. I've been really ill with various things throughout the pregnancy and unable to work which I know isn't helping.
I'm currently consumed with feelings of absolute doom. I worry a lot about my younger sister- who has asbergers and is in her early 20s- and that is consuming a lot of my thoughts . She's having a minor op in a couple of weeks and I'm consumed with intrusive thoughts that she will become really ill or die. I also worry about her or my parents or husband "disappearing" - wandering off and never coming home for some reason. All this news stuff about the disappearing plane is adding to this weird "disappearing" worry which I know is odd.
Husband is away for work this weekend and has been since Thursday and I'm feeling nuts. Being pregnant and ill I don't want to go out with my friends so I've hung out at my parents. They're being lovely and keeping me company but I come home and I'm crawling out of my skin with anxiety and sadness and this unending feeling of doom- like something terrible is iust around the corner.
Last night I resorted to taking half a amitriptyline (I was prescribed these for anxiety pre pregnancy) just to relax and get my heart rate down. My heart feels permanently like it's beating too quickly and I'm on the verge of hyperventilating.
I don't know what to do with myself really. I haven't told DH because I don't want to worry him and consequently not told anyone at all. I miss him so much it feels like a physical ache- which is pathetic, he's back on Tuesday and pre pregnancy I had no issues being on my own for a weekend (sometimes I even relished it!!! ).
I don't want to tell my doctor and be labelled a basket case during pregnancy. What I want is to take a pill and sleep for the next three months until I have the baby. If I can't have that the next best thing would be fluoxetine I guess- it's always helped me in the past but I know I can't have it.
I feel very lost and cast adrift and so permanently anxious that it's having an effect on my physical well being. I'm permanently jelly like and my stomachs churning.
If anyone has any tips or advice I'd appreciate it. Sorry for the epic post.
you need to go to your doctor or midwife. Mental health in pregnancy is really really important to keep an eye on and its perfectly normal for it to be like your describing.
There is usually a perinatal mental health team specifically for helping you manage symptoms and medication throughout pregnancy for this reason.
you wont be labelled anything but a good mum for wanting to manage your symptoms before baby comes, for which you really need to be as stable as possible.
Either your gp or midwife is the place to go.
There are specific MH midwives/nurses who can prescribe pregnancy-OK drugs and/or offer counselling. Really push for one of these. I had one 'check me over' and it was a positive experience, I felt e weight had been lifted off me. INSIST on one: every hospital has one employed!!
I agree I think it is very important that you seek help from doctor or midwife. I understand why you don't want to admit this as you worry about how they will think of you but this should be an experience you can enjoy (at least some of the time). This way there can also be support on hand if your feelings continue after birth of baby.
I suffered from depression and anxiety very severely as a teenager and was on fluoxetine for about 18 months and then went on it again for a few months a couple of years later. Although I have been more or less 'fully recovered' for several years I am aware that this predisposition will put me at a higher risk of depression in pregnancy (and there certainly has been a notable effect) and post natal depression - so it is something hormonal that does happen and is nothing to be ashamed of. Given that you were on fluoxetine right before pregnancy and had to come off it straight away, the doctors should be aware of this as a potential concern and be offering you support.
It's nice that you don't want to worry your husband, but he is also there to support you during this time, and especially if you feel anxious will be able to help you pass any hurdles to get the support you need!
I hope you feel better soon
I would recommend counselling for anxiety. Before I was pregnant I had horrendous anxiety and stress which was aggravated by work and ended up in counselling and found that and going to yoga every week really helped. I'm not one for taking tablets so counselling was the way to go for me. You'll learn techniques to calm you down and breathing exercises to. Hope you find something that works for you.
Please go and see someone. You won't be thought badly of in any way and it's far better than taking medication without medical advice. I have severe ocd and suffered with alot of anxiety in my recent pregnancy -dc2 is 9 days old -but I had great support from the perinatal mental health team. I elected not to take medication (although I came very close) but there are lots of medications that can be taken. I think fluoxetine may be ok but obviously you'd need to check this out. There may also be other treatment options such as cbt available. And if you speak to your midwife you'll probably find there's a specialist mental health midwife for your area.
And I think you should really think about talking to your dh. I'm sure he'd hate to find out how much you're struggling. I also struggled when dh was not around, especially in the last trimester, but he's been amazingly supportive and we've got through it together.
Good luck, I hope you feel better soon.
Give your MW/GP a ring and get booked into see someone. They can point you in the right direction of who to see for a bit of talking therapy at the least and help you come up with coping strategies for the thoughts you are having and methods of dealing with the anxiety. Really do not worry about being labelled a basket case. It is very much in your favor that you seek help because you want to take control of this, not have it control you. You could even say that that is what you want to do when you go for your first appointment.
Good luck
I agree with all the other posters.
I suffer from anxiety due to mild OCD and emetophobia. I've spoken at length with my GP with regards to my meds and I'm now taking the lowest dose the I feel I can cope with. I've also been told that there is plenty of support for me if I need it.
Please go to see your GP or midwife. You won't be labelled.
Thanks all. I will speak to someone on Monday- either MW or GP. This is definitely the worst I have felt in some years. I'm at my parents on the sofa, struggling not to cry tbh but trying to pretend everything is ok. All I want to do is go home and knock myself out with some kind of sedative and wake up when DH is back next week.
i recommend staying with someone this weekend if you can not nice to be on your own feeling like that
Be kind to your self. Get lots of sleep and eat well.
Make an emergency appointment to see your g.p on Monday and contact your midwife.
Some pre natal yoga may help to support any treatment your doctor provides.
Please don't bottle your feeling up x
Have a good cry and stay at your parents if you can x
Thanks for all the kindness everyone- that's made me cry
I am feeling really lonely at the moment and I think it's probably just the hormones and major life changes. I feel bad because I so wanted to get pregnant and now feel like I'm moaning about it.
I was about to post something to do with anxiety and then i read this thread. I still have lingering anxiety off the back of pnd after my boy. You're not alone, it's a valid illness like any other. No one is invincible or superiour for never encountering any kind of mood disorder. You definitely should see your gp i agree with previous posters. I take ADs and had lots and lots... and lots of therapy based on CBT am i'm soooo much better but i still get bouts of twitchiness in certain situations. You're not a basket case hun, anxiety does not make you 'mental' and neither does depression. It's just an illness.
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Bless ya chuck, i have had severe mental health in the past and know how you feel. What would your parents say to you staying until ur hubbys back? It would help you and make you feel safer. Definatley see your doc though as it will escalate if you dont and i know you dont want that. They wont see you as a basket case lol they will be more than happy to help. Pregnancy in itself can bring on anxiety...im struggling to deal with mine sometimes as i had to stop taking my happy pill aswel. Dont hide away, it makes you feel more alone. I have had quite a few panic attacks since being pregnant and they were bad, made me pass out everytime! Hope you get some help soon and get better. Dont be scared to tell hubby as he will be upset that you never told him xx
Go see your gp again, there's are many suitable drugs that can be used in pregnancy, don't suffer for nothing. Anxiety is the pits, I do sympathise and know the feeking well. Try to keep busy, get some fresh air every day & carry rescue remedy around with you x
Hi dizzy how are you
I wanted sleeping tablets as well. The best thing to do is to discuss it with your doctor as some are not recommended in pregnancy. I had to put my usual ones to one side for 9 months.
They won't label you a basket case and will be well used to dealing with pregnant women experiencing anxiety I blub regularly over my psychiatrist and obstetrician and they are great about it.
Hope it goes well.
Did you get referred to a perinatal psychiatric team out of interest? That might help too.
Hello again
I managed to keep it together quite well until today- DH is back from his work trip- and have just been to doctors, had a big cry and got prescribed Sertraline. She has also referred me to the perinatal psychiatric team.
Feeling incredibly anxious this evening and back to just wanting to be sedated for the next few weeks but at least I have admitted that I have a problem and that I need help- both to DH and doctor.
Sister is having an operation next week and baby isn't moving much today and both of these things are really weighing heavily on me, but trying to deal with both in a sane manner.
Wish there was a magic wand someone could wave and make everything okay :-( I have been anxious all of my life but don't think it has ever been this bad before.
Hi there
glad you managed ot get an appt and have a bit of a plan. Anxiety is a bloody nightmare, especially when you end up getting anxious about being so anxious!
have you ever done yoga or anything? I quite enjoy it while I am there and find the breathing techniques really help calm me down and especially help me relax when I can't switch off to sleep.
Not going to solve your problems, but might help a little bit? my pregnancy yoga class is really nice, just a small group of us in a really relaxed atmosphere, no pressure on how much you do etc.
baby seems to quite like the yoga too!
Hi there, glad you managed to get some help. I've had a lot of depression & anxiety in the past and know it is the pits. Keep breathing, keep taking each day as it comes, and try not to worry about tomorrow and all that's going on next week/etc.
Have you had sertraline before? I've taken it several times in the past, but it usually takes a few days to kick in. Also I found the first few days on it could sometimes be a but rough, so make sure you rest and try to relax as much as possible. Maybe have a nice hot bath, go for a walk, watch a soppy movie, things like that, just stuff to take your mind of it all.
I met with the prenatal mental health team this week, and couldn't believe how lovely they were, so hold on, help is on it's way. Take each day a step at a time, and do what helps you relax. Don't be afraid to ask family & friends for support and hugs. Most of mine were upset when I hadn't told them last time I went through a rough patch!
Hello OP.
Sorry to here about your anxiety, it is awful and I am currently experiencing the same thing and often hyperventilate!
I spoke to my Midwife and have an appointment with a psychology team on the NHS.
I feel optimistic about this and hope that it really helps, the midwife said they are great. She was completely understanding. I would talk to your GP/midwife, don't go through this alone.
Also, MN has been a great place for me
To come and ask questions and get stuff off my chest so
Don't be afraid to post regularly! People are here to help.
Glad your hubby is back and you've seen the doctor. I feel for you, I suffer terribly and it's an awful feeling xxxx
I have suffered with much milder anxiety than you're describing but I highly recommend hypnobirthing CDs to bring your heart rate down, calm you, make you all sleepy. They always calm me down/ send me to sleep if I'm feeling the prego rage or feeling agitated before bed. It may be worth though addressing the root of your anxieties/worries about your sister/being abandoned - counselling ? Or hypnotherapy to help change negative/destructive thought patterns an rewire your brain to feel more in control of those thoughts ? Good luck xx
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7.1 It is widely recognised that the incidence of taxation on land and property can have profoundly distorting effects on property markets. Many taxes impinge on property and the design of each has the potential to affect the market in different unintended and undesirable ways. But there may also be ways in which the tax system encourages beneficial consequences. Table 4 illustrates the complexity and scope of the issues although it is not comprehensive or applicable in all circumstances.
7.2 Clearly any review of the effect of taxes on property as an investment or how tax affects access to land and property must have regard to many other wider factors: the wider economy, the existing pattern of taxation and the incidence of taxation on investments other than land and property. Taxation is of course primarily about raising revenue and is therefore an issue that goes well beyond the property market and land administration.
7.3 The first action is to review the incidence of taxation on land and property and identify any distortions caused by taxation. Remedies can only be devised in the light of the larger economy, the need to raise revenue, the national capacity to implement new taxes and political realities.
7.4 In the final analysis, property taxes can play an important role in developing sustainable rural livelihoods and communities. The tax is transparent, cheap to administer, efficient to collect and well understood by the taxpaying public. It is administratively feasible in virtually any circumstances.
7.5 It is particularly suitable as a source of locally generated revenue for local government. It enables local communities to provide for locally determined needs. This is important in transition countries because central governments may find it increasingly difficult to respond to local rural needs. Rural livelihoods will be inhibited without sound rural infrastructure. Property tax has an important part in providing it.
Consequences of taxation
Taxes on Land and Property
Consequences for Property Markets
Property taxes using market values as a basis of assessment.
A system that uses up-to-date market values (capital or rental) as a basis does not distort the market provided the categories of exemption are those conventionally used. It will tend to reduce the market value and may thus make property more accessible.
Capital Gains Taxes
Capital Gains Tax and its design is likely to be a factor considered by those investing in property. In most countries houses used as primary residences are exempt. This does distort the market in favour of owner-occupation of residential properties, but this is regarded as a benign result in most countries. This tax need not affect the operation of the land market or the operation of property tax.
Transfer taxes or Stamp Duties
If the total cost, including tax, of officially transferring property becomes too great the market will not use the official systems thus leading to a less secure and less transparent market.
Capital or Wealth Taxes
If applied evenly and with few exemptions the distorting effects are few. The incidence of the tax can have some relevance to property tax. Both taxes impinge on the same target.
Income tax
The income tax system affects the property market in a number of ways. The treatment of capital allowances (how capital investments in property may be written off against income) will affect the decisions of investors. Arrangements can be made to assist farmers but unintended effects may occur: concessions often result in increasing land prices and impeding access to land. Applying property tax to rural property will tend to correct this distortion.
Taxes on inheritance
This tax can have a beneficial effect. Its redistributive nature can cause more land to come on the market.
Value added taxes and the effect on sales and building costs
The design of the tax, categories of exemptions and zero rating and level of tax payable are all factors relevant to property as an investment and the market
7.6 Many of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have introduced a property tax in some form or other. Generally the advantages of property tax as a means of generating local revenue are understood. In many instances the tax in force is not yet on a true ad valorem basis due to perceived difficulties in assessment. There is a concern about the lack of valuation expertise. In some cases it is thought there is not a sufficiently strong property market. It is considered that this is not now the case even in rural areas. Well administered transparent property taxes have the potential to generate a greater revenue and reduce the opportunities for corruption.
7.7 Most tax reforms take time and property tax is no exception. The longest and most unpredictable phase is the public debate and policy planning. Only when this stage is complete can the execution begin. Thereafter there are a number of interrelated steps which will take not less than two years. Thus time from initiation of the policy debate to the flow of tax revenue is likely to be about five years. Time is thus an important element. The single most complex step is the assessment process which must be completed within a certain period (say a maximum of three years) because the information captured becomes out of date and undermines the credibility of the tax. The most important step is setting the tax rate. If the tax rate is set too high, there will be widespread resistance. If the tax rate is set too low, the system will not be cost-effective. The aim should be to set the tax rate at a level high enough to generate sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile but not so high that it becomes impossible to collect the taxes because of an 'inability to pay'.
7.8 Property tax is an ancient and very well understood tax. There is plenty of experience from countries all over the world and it is well known what works, and what does not. There are probably no circumstances in which property tax cannot be introduced if there is the political will to do so. The overall message is that property tax in rural areas is technically feasible and will benefit the rural economy.


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One of the things Harry Tullis loves about living in Southeast Alaska is the nearby wilderness, he said last week before leaving for a deer hunting trip on Admiralty Island.
What the program director for the U.S. Forest Service says he doesn't like is cleaning up other people's messes.
"All too often my hunting trips begin with frustration as I step into the woods only to discover a campsite that's been left a complete mess by a previous group," he said.
Sometimes the site is destroyed, if a fire wasn't extinguished properly, he said. But it's bad enough to find a site strewn with garbage. There can be tattered tarps and plastic Visqueen in trees, where limbs are sometimes chopped and scarred. People leave behind toilet paper and other trash.
It isn't simply a question of aesthetics or the fact that Tullis has had to clean up such messes as part of his job, he said.
"Birds eat plastic that disrupts their digestive systems," he explained. "Live trees that are scarred by burns or other damage are open to disease."
Even when he's taking time off to hunt, "I usually clean things up rather than move to another site," he said. "When I leave, you'd never know I was there."
It's the ethics of Leave No Trace, a national educational initiative started by federal land management agencies in the early 1990s to educate hikers, campers and hunters on how to enjoy their wilderness areas in a way that will ensure others will be able to enjoy a wilderness experience.
Leaving no trace isn't even a matter of treading lightly.
After he returned late last week, Tullis said his party's campsite was clean, although he could tell it had been used within the last 10 to 20 years he said, because there was a fire ring, but it was covered with twigs and natural forest debris.
Closer inspection revealed the campsite may have been used more in the past. A tree showed signs that it had once been cut for its sap, a fire-igniting aid long ago.
"A lot of the ideal campsites have been used, sometimes for hundreds, if not thousands of years," Tullis said, adding that archaeological significance contributes to the importance of hunters not to trash them.
Using them responsibly today will ensure such popular spots can be used in the future, he added.
Leaving no trace doesn't mean limiting enjoyment of the wilderness, Tullis said. He had a successful trip, getting two deer himself.
"We could have filled our tags," he said. "We didn't shoot everything we saw."
On his recent trip, his party didn't even have a fire, using a stove instead. A tarp covered the campsite and its tents, but the tarp was tied with slip knots so it could be taken down easily.
It's certainly easier in a wilderness area near the capital of Alaska than it is in a wilderness area near the more heavily and densely populated capital of Arizona, he said.
A hunting party packing supplies in for a hunting or camping trip to an island can pack supplies out, he said. The empty bottles and cans aren't as heavy, he added.
The base of a tree that provides good cover for a campsite may seem like a good place to build a fire, but people should be careful about damaging living trees.
"I've seen places where people built fire at the base of a 20-foot spruce," he said.
Tullis said he also doesn't like to see nails and spikes that can leave permanent damage to trees. Tarps covering campsites can be held up with knots that can be easily untied so there aren't even any remnants of cord in branches.
And while Tullis said he doesn't like to see the occasional candy wrappers in the forest - and will pick them up and put them in a pocket when he sees them - the level of garbage at trashed campsites can be much worse, he said.
He recalled one on Glass Peninsula on Admiralty Island.
"We pulled two boatloads of garbage out of there," he said. "There was 200, 300 pounds of garbage. They cut 20 or 30 trees."
He said that camp may have been used by hunters who returned to the spot for several years in a row. It's a big wilderness, and the Forest Service may not become aware of a trashed site right away.
The agency also sometimes comes across "trespass cabins," Tullis said. The illegally built structures are often camouflaged by the people who have set up their own little "personal getaway" in the wilderness.
"The way the Forest Service looks at it, that land does not belong to you," Tullis said.
The Admiralty Island wilderness got its designation in 1980, and in the late 1980s and early '90s "we probably tore down 25 (trespass cabins). We're getting fewer and fewer."
Tullis said he believes most hunters act responsibly, but he doesn't like to see any hunters do things that will reflect badly on hunters in general. "Statistics show that about 10 percent of U.S. citizens are avid hunters and 10 percent are avid anti-hunters," he said.
The way hunters behave can influence the 80 percent without strong opinions on the subject.
"Hunting responsibly preserves our wild lands and wilderness areas to be enjoyed by all who follow."
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Apple's share of the global market in mobile phones -- not just smart phones, but all mobile phones -- has expanded from 3 percent in 2010 to just under 9 percent today. That doesn't quite sound like the dominance you'd expect from the world's most profitable technology company. But then you look at the profit pie, and boom: Apple devours three out of every four dollars of mobile phone profit in the world. From a new quarterly report by Asymco's Horace Dediu (via Fortune):
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Pickens Sells North American Producers Encana, Cabot and Apache
Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens cut his energy equity fund's holdings, selling North American oil and gas producers including Encana Corp., Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG) and Apache Corp. (APA) during the third quarter.
Pickens's Dallas-based BP Capital Management LP sold 341,380 shares of Encana valued at $7.1 million, 165,902 shares of Cabot valued at $6.5 million and 42,216 shares of Apache valued at $3.7 million in the three months ended Sept. 30, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The fund sold off holdings in seven other energy companies including Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY) and power producers NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) and Calpine Corp. (CPN)
Natural gas producers' earnings and cash flow have been trimmed by a plunge in prices as gas futures traded in New York touched a 10-year low in April amid a glut of the fuel. The prices have since risen, and climbed to a one-year high today as colder weather approached parts of the U.S.
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Pickens sold down stakes in Transocean Ltd., McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR) and National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV) His fund increased stakes in Valero Energy Corp. (VLO), Sandridge Energy Inc. (SD), Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC)
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Skier dies in avalanche near Solitude
Update: UAC Second Hand Report
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Preliminary details of fatality in Meadow Chutes of Silver Fork from talking with the Solitude Ski Patrol
Meadow Chutes is a popular area for backcountry skiing, which are a series of east-facing, open slopes just west, and across Silver Fork drainage from Solitude Ski Area.
The party consisted of 3 skiers. One descended from the ridge while the other two stood on the ridge. About 5-10 turns down, the skiers on the ridge felt a collapse and they saw the avalanche start down below them and they saw the dust cloud descend into the bottom of the canyon and up the other side of the drainage.
They quickly descended and began a beacon search. The victim was buried about 6 feet deep. After about 5 minutes of digging, the ski patrol from the nearby Solitude Ski Area showed up, who were presumably notified by a 911 call. After about 20 minutes of digging, they recovered the victim. He did not have pulse or respiration and he appeared to have suffered quite a bit of trauma, presumably from hitting the many aspen trees on the slope. Many trees were also buried in the debris. Initial estimates of total burial time is around 40 minutes.
The avalanche broke near the top of the slope, 3-4 feet deep and 200 feet wide on a 35 degree, east-facing slope. It crossed over the creek at the bottom and ran partway up the opposite side of the canyon.
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Rethink hockey arena plans
Letter to the Editor | Monday, October 9, 2006
As the University looks to invest money in the aging Joyce Center, a few questions need to be asked. First of all, an arena that admittedly was built too small is now going to be losing seats. Second of all, the hockey arena has been deemed inadequate and needs to be moved away from the other inhabitants of the North Dome. They want to build a new hockey arena. Has the idea ever been considered to fix both problems with one construction?
Rather than build a new hockey arena, take the South Dome, which currently houses the basketball arena, and turn that into a nice and permanent hockey arena. The seating would be adequate for a good-sized arena that would rival the quality of conference foes such as Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan etc. As for the money that would be spent on the renovations of the Joyce Center and on a new hockey arena, use that plus additional funding to build a new state-of-the-art basketball arena. Under this plan you would be utilizing the limited space that we already have in the Joyce Center and would have nice and adequately sized arenas for both basketball and hockey. I would think that the University should step back and look at a plan that's best for both programs, instead of one that still creates problems in limited seating and adequate arenas for both.
Tom Staudt
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