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By Amanda Webb of Spiderworking.com
Facebook is the world's largest social network expected to tip one billion users by the end of the year, so it's not surprising that so many businesses are keen to utilise it as a marketing tool. As with so many other kinds of marketing it's not enough just to set up a page, to be successful you need to work at it and measure the results against business goals. Here are some tips on how you can ensure the success of your Facebook marketing.
Is Your Target Market There?
With such a large user base it's safe to assume that almost everyone is there. Facebook users span all ages, genders, occupations and interests. There are particular age groups and genders that are prevalent however. Currently the largest share of visitors to Facebook fall into the 25 – 34year old segment (but the spread is pretty even across all age groups) and 57% of users are women. http://allfacebook.com/facebook-statistics_b76427
If your target market isn't female between 25-34 there is still a strong chance they are on Facebook so how do you find out?
B2C – If your target market is consumers Facebook is probably a good bet. As revealed in the statistics above whether male or female, young or old a massive proportion of the online population are on the network. If your target is either too young to use Facebook or elderly you might think about targeting their parents or children instead.
B2B – If your target market is other businesses the best way to discover if your clients and potential clients are online is to look. Make a list of existing clients and Google the company name and 'Facebook'. If a good portion of your customer base have Facebook pages then you should too. Once you have set up your page you can go into 'business mode' by using Facebook as your page (select use page as and your page name next to 'home' on the top tool bar) and connect with these companies and business to business.
Define Your Goal
Once you've discovered that your customer is online the next step is to decide what you want to get from your Facebook campaign. It's not enough to just to be there, you will soon get tired at working away at it unless you start to see results so you need to decide what those results should be. Having a defined goal for what you are doing will make it easier to devise a strategy.
Here's some goals you might consider as a small business:
Lead Generation
- More footfall in shop
- More traffic to website
- More subscribers to mailing list
Existing Customers
- Increased spend from existing customers
- More visits from existing customers
- Reactivate dormant customers
Once you have set your goal it's easier to find content that will help you achieve this goal. For example you could broadcast a special 'whisper code' that customers have to say when they come into store in order to get something for free, or a discount code for your website. You can also share in store special offers with customers.
Example shows Kerrigans Meats, Dublin Facebook Page
Create Interesting Shareable Content
Not every post can be a sales post, creating interesting or amusing content relevant to your target market will help spread your message further and encourage others to connect with you.
Some kinds of content have a better rate of engagement than others. For example a photograph tends to get more Likes than a link or a status update and Videos get more shares. If you upload a video or photo directly to Facebook when it's shared your information will travel with it, this will bring people back to your page and encourage more likes and interaction.
Example JustEat.ie http://www.facebook.com/JustEatIreland
Sharing Is Caring
Whether you're B2B or B2C interacting with other business pages on Facebook will help you build relationships with other businesses. If you are B2B you will want to engage with clients, potential clients or those that share your target markets, if you are B2C you should be forging relationships with other business pages that share your customers. Leaving valuable comments on their posts and sharing their content when relevant to your target market will help you build these relationships, you may even progress to running a cross promotion or a joint competition.
Ask Questions
Engagement is key to success on Facebook, every time that someone likes, comments or shares one of your posts you have the opportunity to reach their friends. The average user has 130 friends so each interaction is potentially reaching an extra 130 people. Our friends very often share interests so this viral spread of your message is invaluable. There are lots of ways you can encourage more engagement. For me the number one thing you can do is ask a question. Try and end each post with an open ended question.
Example Sage Ireland Facebook Interaction
Now and then it's worth asking a question outright, you might find that a simple question will spark massive interaction .
Example Spiderworking.com Facebook page
How To Get Facebook Likes
This is the question I get asked the most. The number of Likes you get shouldn't be your specific goal but of course you do need to have people Liking your page in order to get engagement and interaction. Here are some tips on getting people to Like your page.
Have you any tips for Facebook success? I'd love to hear them.


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The closure follows in the wake of others across the United States after the franchise filed for bankruptcy and sold its assets to DISH Network in April for an estimated $320 million.
DISH spokesman Aaron Johnson said the franchise remains committed to maintaining only those stores that can turn a profit. In general, he said, "Stores can close for a number of reasons, such as the store reaching the end of its lease, a store may be too large in size, or property owners may be unwilling to reach a reasonable lease renewal."
As many employees as possible — each store employs 8 to 12 on average, according to Mr. Johnson — will be relocated to other stores, he said.
The manager of the Menlo Park store declined to comment on how many employees the closure will affect and said the store's inventory is being sold.
Art in Action wins honors for education
Art in Action, the nonprofit art education organization based in Menlo Park, has been selected as the recipient of the Diamond Award for the Arts Organization of the Year by the Peninsula Arts Council.
The Peninsula Arts Council is a nonprofit founded to advance the arts in San Mateo County. Each year it presents the Diamond Awards to recognize local contributions to the arts by artists, educators, volunteers, foundations and corporations. The award ceremony will take place Feb. 2 at the Kohl Mansion in Burlingame.
Art in Action, founded in 1982, helps students at local schools learn art history, appreciation and skills.

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Building in the African bush has never been for the fainthearted. Turning a slice of raw terrain with zero amenities into a safari lodge or private home requires not only vision but gritty determination and unflagging optimism. Those who are fortunate enough to visit these radically transformed places—often in impossibly dramatic settings—never fail to wonder how the extraordinary levels of comfort and style were achieved.
The making of Benguerra Lodge, situated in Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago, is one such story—of trials and tribulations—one that now can be recounted with a smile and a glass of wine in the shade of a sala on the main deck facing the channel that runs between the mainland and the island.
Back in 1989 the country was in an uneasy truce after a long civil war. Public buildings had been destroyed, and roads were in poor condition. In what seemed like a hopeless situation, a group of six—friends and family members who knew and loved the country—decided to find a location and invest in a lodge. "It was a bit of a dream, I suppose," says co-owner Margie Adcock, "but the Landrey family [other co-owners] had been working in the area and decided it was worth the risk." The ocean was famous for its game fishing, and the beaches were pristine. So Trevor Landrey and his brother, Kim, explored the island and found the last forested site on a beach with a permanent deepwater channel by which supplies could be brought in.
Materials were shipped from Durban, including over 14,500 crates of assorted goods, two Land Rovers, a tractor and trailer, boats, a generator and 400 cubic feet of thatch. Once everything had arrived, a temporary camp was set up, and, in 1990, construction began. "It was miraculous that it worked," says Adcock.
In the beginning, interior design was not a serious consideration. The fishermen who frequented the camp at the time were too focused on a long day of sportfishing to be concerned about the décor. The original nine-room lodge, the first to be built on the island, kept its raffish, rustic character until, says Trevor Landrey, "improved conditions, air transport and issuing of visas assisted us in shifting our market to visitors from Europe and the United States."
Mozambique—thanks to its newfound stability, its remoteness and the charm of its people—has become an alluring new destination. Four years ago Trevor Landrey and the group began modernizing the existing rooms. They also built an exclusive villa on the beach, a discreet distance from the main complex, for guests who might want to enjoy total privacy. And two honeymoon suites opened in 2005.
Inspiration for the design came from the architecture and history of the region. The Bazaruto Archipelago was once on the trade route to Arabia. Landrey chose a blend of Arabic and East African furnishings and architectural elements. The design motifs—pointed arches and screens—along with the commissioned furniture and a selection of rich fabrics and colors give the lodge a uniquely African coastal look.
Although getting there does require a couple of flights—one from Johannesburg and then a 10-minute hop from Vilanculos over shimmering blue waters to the grass strip on the island—the feeling of remoteness and privacy is worth it.
Guests can opt to do very little during their stay—except enjoy the food and atmosphere. The restaurant's dishes change daily, depending on the catch, and the chef makes use of the plentiful supply of king prawns and lobster.
But if there is just one activity that completes the experience there, it is taking a castaway picnic to one of the distant sandbars. An open-sided tent is erected with all that guests might need. A boat then leaves them to beachcomb, swim, fish or savor the privacy. Robinson Crusoe could not have enjoyed more fabulous isolation.


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We are now renting a new building however there are only two adult toilets and no facilities that are child size. With upto 30 children on site at any one time the facilities are stretched. We want to promote independence and provide th children with child facilities. We are a Pre School run by a voluntary committee of mums, and whilst we are fundraising for the project, in a small village this is going to take some time to achieve without any help.
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The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in conjunction with Newark Public Schools, will present the Arts High Jazz Sextet in concert with internationally acclaimed jazz saxophonists Jimmy Heath and Antonio Hart on June 20th at Newark's Horizon Theater located in NJPAC's Center for Arts Education. The concert, featuring three generations of jazz artists, is made possible through major funding from The Prudential Foundation which provides year-round music programs at Arts High and other Newark public schools through the Monk Institute.
Heath and Hart will serve as artists-in-residence at the school during the three days leading up to the concert. The event marks the culmination of the Institute's 2011-2012 National Performing Arts High School Jazz Program, which helps prepares students in Newark and eight other cities across the nation to become jazz's next generation. Thelonious Monk, Jr., Chairman of the Institute's Board of Trustees and son of legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, will be on hand to introduce the concert and talk about the program. "The group is comprised of some of the very best music students in Newark," he said. "Seeing and hearing these extraordinary teenagers play this music at a level that so belies their years is heartening; they've come a long way since we introduced our program there last August."
The Arts High Sextet, under the direction of flutist Lawrence Liggins, is comprised of trombonist Shadic Anderson, 18; trumpeter Justin Charles, 18; drummer Sabrina Dias, 17; guitarist Rahsaan Pickett, 16; bassist Joseph Quiles, 16; and pianist Keryn Williams, 18. "We've had a great year," said Pickett who with his band mates recently performed at the United Nations along with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, and other legendary artists for International Jazz Day.
"The Monk Institute has made all the difference." Also performing will be combos from two additional Newark public schools with whom the Institute has worked this year: Barringer and East Side High Schools. The Barringer Septet, under the direction of trumpeter Greg Sneed, is comprised of bassist Manny Anim, 18; saxophonists Melvin Hernandez, 18, and Jeffrey Ramirez-Garcia, 18; guitarist Kristina Sanchez-Cartagena, 16; drummer Abner Santiago, 17; and pianist Marquise Wilson, 17. The East Side Quintet, under the direction of saxophonist Ariel Ocasio, is comprised of guitarists David Barbosa, 17, and Robert Palacios, 18; drummer Victor Camargo, 18; bassist Rafael Hubner, 18; and pianist Joe Mattina, 16.
The concert will be held on Wednesday, June 20th, beginning at 7:00 PM at Newark's Horizon Theater located in NJPAC's Center for Arts Education (24 Rector St.). Free and open to the public, the concert will feature an evening of standards, jazz classics, and contemporary jazz, programmed for an audience of all ages, including the young performers' peers.


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The Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences is pleased to announce a new PHP course to be offered this Fall.
Professor Kim Gans will teach Public Health Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies. This course provides an introduction to the concepts and scope of public health nutrition with a focus mainly on the U.S. Students will gain an understanding of the science behind national dietary recommendations and learn about dietary assessment methods, determinants of food intake, and interventions to improve diet. The course will emphasize the ways in which environment and policy can influence the nutritional status of diverse population groups. It will also focus on controversial topics in nutrition and will employ hands-on activities such as self-dietary assessment, in-class debates, evaluation of popular media, and individual presentation of nutrition topics of interest. Enrollment limited to 25 juniors, seniors, and graduate students.


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The air inside the Mayweather gym is stingy. Swarms of smelly, sweating reporters, fans, children and hanger-ons surround Floyd Mayweather Jr., 35, as he looks at his reflection in the mirror. The whipping sound of his jump rope falls in time to James Brown chanting "The Big Payback" over the loudspeaker.
At this training session he is a whirlwind—in one breath performing feats of magic with his standing sit-ups, sparring with his uncle Roger Mayweather, and punching the heavy bag. In another breath, he's talking with reporters and family, entertaining the crowd with his best friend 50 Cent, or cursing out a member of his promotions team. It's like watching a power saw whizzing and trying to count the blades.
He's unstoppable. With 26 knockouts and 42 wins, and more than $200 million in earnings, he is an undefeated world champion in five different weight brackets. He has re-invigorated the energy of a sport where corrupt promoters reduced its glory.
Of course, with all of this glory comes the guts.
There he is on HBO's "24-7" eating fried chicken and French fries, onion rings, El Pollo Loco. He has bags of cash divided into 10K bankrolls that he can spend on a whim, recklessly gamble, burn it, or tout its importance. He has a fleet of white cars in Vegas, black ones in Miami. He's arguing with his father, not speaking to him for nearly a decade. He's copping a plea for a domestic violence charge that will land him in Clark County Detention Center for 90 days starting in early June. He's generously supporting his crew, dozens of family members, their children, paying tuition, paying medical bills. He's being sued by Manny Pacquiao for defamation of character. His father's knee was practically blown off by a 20-gauge shotgun at the hands of his uncle, while as a 1-year-old he sat in his father's arms. He says his father sold his mother crack. The seven member family lived in a one-bedroom apartment, sometimes without heat or hot water. He dropped out of high school to support his family. He visits his mother every Sunday. His life is complicated.


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It's a big day for Hollywood birthdays! Victoria Beckham is celebrating her 38th today, while Jennifer Garner is blowing out 40 candles. In honor of the occasion, take a look back at Jennifer's Hollywood transformation in the gallery, from a dimpled high-schooler to a glamorous mother of three.
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Manchester United's stars of tomorrow back for 2013 Dallas Cup tournament
Manchester United, the globally popular English Premier League club, will send its Under-21 team back to Texas for the 2013 Dallas Cup. The Red Devils lost to Brazilian club Cortiba FC in the 2012 Gordon Jago Super Group final.
England's most decorated club has yet to win the Super Group. International standout David Beckham competed in the event with Manchester United in a lower classification, and Wayne Rooney, one of the Red Devils' most recognizable names now, participated in Dallas with a different club. This year's tournament is March 24-31, with some marquee matchups in this year's event to be played near Downtown Dallas to the Cotton Bowl.
"We are really looking forward to playing in the Dallas Cup again this year. We got to the final last year which was a great experience for everyone involved," said Manchester United Under-21 manager Warren Joyce in a release. "Hopefully we can go one step further this year and bring the trophy home."


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" Manufacturer: Tesco / Type: Pies "
Tesco do a Value Minced Beef and Onion Pie for just 30p and I don't know how they manage it quite frankly. This tastes just as good as any pie I've had from say Marks and Spencer. I eat them cold when I go to the garage to fill up, I usually get a couple at a time if I'm eating on the move.
They have shortcrust pastry which is light and golden and they are filled to the top with the juiciest minced beef and onion gravy. Sometimes there is so much of the fillign that it spills out down the sides. They definitely don't hold back with the filling in my personal opinion.
It is probably high in fat as I know each of them has 471 calories and they are a good size. Usually some of the kids from school pop into the garage on a lunch time and buy these. They keep you filled up for ages. They are probably a bit salty but not too much but they have managed to get the flavours just right.
I have eaten them hot before and they smell really good as they are heating up in an oven but to be honest I think I just prefer to eat them cold as then the contents down't pop out as easily as the solidified fat helps to hold it inside the pastry.
Definitely recommended by me.
This pack of three Minced beef and onion pies, from Tesco's value range, is yours for the not unreasonable sum of £1.18, which works out at just less than 40p each. Considerably less than many other competitors similar offerings but are they any good? Time will tell.
So what do you get for your £1.18 then?
You get a typical Tesco's Value range, Blue and white "Logoed" thin cellophane wrappered package containing a thick plastic tray housing the three Minced beef and onion pies. The label contains large amounts of information, the type of which I generally ignore but which many others find interesting and relevant. This includes Nutritional info - detailed below, Ingredients, and usage / defrosting / heating instructions along with some other statutory rubbish. There is also mention of associated Allergy advice - also detailed below, along with Storage and recycling instructions - talk about a load of Tosh.... They're just 3 cheap meat pies for Pete's sake - I do find it hard to be polite sometimes...
Each pie weighs in at just over 5 oz (150g) and is, visually, quite appealing. They are of a good size with a good depth. The pastry is a nice shade of Golden Brown, decorated with a spread of 45 degree angled cuts across the top - very pretty...They look good enough to eat, but are they?
According to the packaging these pies are suitable for either Oven or Microwave cooking with Oven cooking recommended as giving the best results. It would be wouldn't it, as I prefer mine done in the Microwave. Well Oven "wallahs", hard cheese, my comments will refer to Microwave cooked results only. I could lie and make up some sort of waffle about Oven cooking but I don't do that sort of thing so no comments from me on that front - sorry.
Microwaving couldn't be simpler, remove the pie from all packaging, place it on a plate and cook as follows:-
650W - 2 mins on full power
750W - 1.1/2mins on full power
850W - 1.1/2 mins on full power
Leave to stand for two minutes and devour... Not exactly Rocket science is it?
Oh I nearly forgot, the Health and Safety police have added a note here for you - CAUTION....Take care as the product may contain steam. Well at least they didn't say it might be hot! Maybe that gem will be on the next revamp of the packaging.
As I am a Friendly and generous type I will drop in the Oven cooking instructions here for you even though I don't use them myself. Leave the pie in its foil wrapper and place in a preheated Oven at 200C / 400F for 20 / 22 mins. Interestingly enough here, you DO NOT get the dreaded safety warning about steam... Don't ask, I don't know and I care even less.
Right - to the Eating.
I was pleasantly surprised by how good this pie was, for the money! Remember it is a cheap pie and should be rated accordingly. The pastry was naturally quite soft and soggy; don't forget it was microwaved, because that's how I like them. The filling was, as you would expect for a minced beef pie, very small pieces of beef mince mixed into rich dark gravy which, in this case, has resulted in quite a tasty filling. The overall result is a good mix of flavours with nothing particularly strong or too overpowering. Quite often cheap ranges have too much onion or similar types of seasoning in order to hide the shortcomings of the so called meat content. That is not apparent in this case, well not in my opinion anyway. If you are looking for chunks of meat in the filling of your pie then this one is not for you. The clue is in the name of the pie - Minced beef...
I am always reminded of a Cold Saturday afternoon at a Football match when I eat one of these. I suppose the memories of that help to make it taste better than it probably is. No that's unfair; the pies really are pretty good, especially at only 40p each. I have certainly eaten much better pies than these, and paid much more for them, but I have certainly eaten far worse pies
than these as well, also having paid more for them.
All in all, not a bad offering from Mr Tesco, in fact quite a good one..
Miscellaneous gen as promised earlier, - lifted directly from the packaging...
Allergy Advice:-
Contains Milk, Wheat and Gluten
Recipe does not contain nuts, but cannot guarantee that it isn't free.
Ingredients - Cannot guarantee nut free
Factory - No nuts.
Make of that little lot what you will - I am confused, (Not difficult these days)...
Wheat flour, Water, Beef ( 18%), Vegetable oil, Onion (4%), Corn flour, Beef fat, Salt, Yeast extract, Dextrose, Malted barley extract, Milk proteins, Onion powder, Black pepper, Glucose syrup.
Nutritional Information:-
Per Pie.
Energy 2019kJ ( 485kcal )
Protein 10.1g
Carbohydrate 33.0g
of which sugars 1.7g
Fat 34.8g
of which saturates 16.2g
Mono-unsaturates 13.5g
Fibre 5.0g
Sodium Trace 0.5g
equivalent as salt 1.3g
No comment on the above, it's getting late and I am getting tired.
As with all my ramblings, sorry reviews, with regard to this type of product, I would say to you all, please do not expect this product to compare extremely favourably with some of the "Top of the range" Pies available out there but to judge it for what it is, a 40 pence pie sold as a Value product. If you do that I think you will be reasonably happy with the result. To compare it with an expensive "Home made" or Butchers pie would be unreasonable and unfair.


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Lomopedia: Zenza Bronica S22014-06-04 1 5 Share Tweet
The Zenza Bronica S2 is one of the successors of the 6×6 focal plane shutter SLRs from Bronica. Read on to find out more about this nifty medium format SLR in this installment of Lomopedia.
Zenza Bronica cameras are known for their sharp images and box-type appearance. Bronica focal plane shutter SLRs use 120 film and sports a look that rivals that of the Hassleblad C camera. The Zenza Bronica S2 , introduced in 1965, is the successor of the Bronica S and is acknowledged for its switch to a removable helical focusing mount that could focus lengths from 40mm to 200mm. Additional features like being able to switch from 120 to 220 film also made the S2 a versatile medium format SLR.
The Bronica S2 has a shutter speed range of 1 second to 1/1000s and an option to do long exposures with the bulb mode. Another thing that sets the Bronica S2 apart from other 6×6 cameras during its time is the fact that it uses specific backs for different purposes. For example, the S2 has a designated peel-back Polaroid back and a dark slide for a safety feature. Basically, you need to remove the dark slide from the S2 before shooting to make sure that you don't get blank shots on your film. Matched with a solid tripod and fine-grained film, the Bronica S2 can produce high-quality analogue photos beyond the capabilities of smaller film types.
Technical Specifications:
- Type: 2 1/4 x 2/14 (6cm x 6cm) single lens reflex camera
- Film: 120 roll film, 12 exposures and 220 roll film, 24 exposures
- Finder: Fresnel lens and large magnifier
- Viewfinder hood: interchangeable with pentaprism finder or magnifying hood
- Focusing: Helicoid type, stroke 14mm, rotating angle of focusing ring 250 degrees
- Distance Scale: for 75mm, 50mm, 135mm, and 200mm lenses
- Mirror: flip down, instant return, automatic mirror system
- Diaphragm: Fully automatic diaphragm – 75mm, 0mm, 135mm, 200mm and 400mm lenses
- Depth-of-Field: Depth-of-field can be checked by pressing preview button
- Shutter: Vertical-travel focal plane shutter
- Shutter Speeds: B, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/500, 1/1000 and 'X' (1/40).
- Film winding: winding crank or knob.
- Dimensions: 100mm x 100mm x 140mm
- Weight: 1.790 kg
All information and photos used in this article were sourced from Camerapedia, Wikipedia Commons, and Howard Somervile on Flickr.
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Lomographers are known to be hypersaturation fiends and anything that comes short of it is considered a bad photo and doesn't really correspond to their analogue aesthetics. So it's somewhat rare to meet someone like Mapix who enjoys using a panchromatic film!
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Weapon of Choice: Kodak BW400 CN
Why is this film your Weapon of Choice?
Really love its overwhelming tolerance because of the C-41 technique.
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It differentiates finest grey-nuances, but at the same time contains a great range of contrast. Never vindictive if you`re not sure of the ideal exposure. It's only available for 35mm now, but there is a superb
alternative for medium format : the similar Ilford XP 2 (also uses C-41 process)
Would you recommend this to other Lomographers? If yes, to whom do you have in mind?
Of course, but to nobody particular. Black and white is a great experience, like diving into another world. Less is more! For me it`s not easy to change between colour and b+w films cause I have got to see things with complete different eyes. Like turning a switch in my head. But black and white has it`s very own character, far away from being nostalgic!
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Mayor Richard Daley today introduced a plan to cut down diesel gas pollution by companies that receive city contracts by setting progressively stricter diesel emission standards for trucks and other heavy diesel equipment the next several years.
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- BSO Case Number: 02-1312-2033
- PIO Number: 13-12-30
- Date: 12/25/13
- Time: 10:15 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 3905 SW 47 St., Dania Beach
- Jurisdiction: Dania Beach
- Carlos Idarriaga, 3905 SW 47 St., Dania Beach
- At least three unidentified males (only two are seen on video)
Description of Incident:
Two burglars were caught on home surveillance video resting in the backyard of a Dania Beach townhome on Christmas night after their efforts to commit a burglary were futile. Detectives are seeking the public's help identifying the pair.
The video shows the first suspect around 10:15 p.m. ringing the doorbell at the home at 3905 SW 47 Street. No one answers the door and the suspect walks to an awaiting dark pickup, possibly an F-150. Around 10:40 p.m., a second suspect goes into the backyard with a firearm covered with a towel. A video camera at the rear of the home records the man as he fires at least nine shots at the sliding glass door, then tries to kick through the door. His accomplice enters the yard, and together they continue trying to kick the door down but are unsuccessful. The suspects then stop to rest, sitting on a hammock and on the ground. They chat for about three minutes, before leaving defeated and empty-handed. Luckily, no one was home at the time of the incident.
The resident of the home had filed a police report on November 1 after someone stole his motorcycle from the front of the house. He had since purchased another motorcycle, which he kept inside the home.
The first suspect, seen ringing the doorbell, is a light-skinned, possibly black or Hispanic male, of slim build, with a short afro. He's wearing a long-sleeve, button-down shirt and jeans and has a hair pick in his hair. The second suspect, who shoots at the door, is a stocky-build, white male. He's wearing a tank top, jeans and a white hat.
Anyone with information about the identity of the suspects or this armed burglary is asked to contact BSO Dania Beach Detective Christopher DeGiovanni at 954-518-0138. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org. A reward of up to $3,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.
***MEDIA NOTE: Decent video of the armed burglary is available on our website www.sheriff.org.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. DeGiovanni, C.I. Dania Beach; Dania Beach; Crime Scene
- THIS REPORT BY: Keyla Concepción/PIO 12/27/13 1500
Posted At: 12/27/2013 03:09 PM
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i am wanting to get lipo suction done on my arms, upper back,lower back, flanks and abdomen and just want to know the difference and is one have more complications then the other. What technique are needed for aggressive?
What is the Difference Between Regular Lipo and Aggressive Lipo?
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Agressive versus regular liposuction
There is no plastic surgeon that exactly can answer this question. Each surgeon defines his own concept of minimal, medium, and aggressive liposuction. If too little is done that is not going to make a happy patient. If extreme liposuction is done, that can cause deformity that is nearly impossible to correct. I don't like the word aggressive liposuction. Possibly safely aggressive and appropriate is the best term. It is your surgeons job to take the correct amount in each area. If that is not done, the result falls short of expectations. I will say that if a surgeons is to error, it best be on the conservative side. This is easy to repair by taking a little more. If excessive liposuction was done and deformity results it can be an impossible situation. In the famous words of Harvey Lash, MD to other surgeons: My Colleagues, it is not what you take that counts, its what you leave behind! My Best, Dr C
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Regular or aggressive liposuction
Thank you for asking about regular vs aggressive liposuction - not scientific terms.
- liposuction should remove fat to improve your contour without distortion and scarring. It can be more aggressive in heavier people and thick skinned areas.
- So liposuction of the arms and lower abdomen of a slender woman must be cautious. For the back, sides and upper abdomen liposuction of an obese person, it would be more aggressive in how much is removed. Hope this helps!
Definition of Aggressive Liposuction
It would be interesting to know where the term "aggressive" originated. It can mean several things, but if used in relation to the number of areas treated, there is no problem with managing multiple sites What does matter is the total volume that is removed at one time. The general guideline is that if more than 5000cc of fat is removed, the patient should be kept overnight for observation.
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Liposuction and techniques
Aggressive vs regular? I did not know there was a difference or even a term like this for liposuction? Find a good surgeon that is the key.
What is the Difference Between Regular Lipo and Aggressive Lipo?
I think the easiest way to answer this is just to look at the before and after pictures. Some surgeons can create night and day difference and others create changes that are barely perceptible. Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of liposuction procedures each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Learn more: http://www.hughesplasticsurgery.com/Liposuction.php
Liposuction results have nothing to do with how much fat is removed
Liposuction results have nothing to do with how much fat you remove, it is all about how much fat you leave behind and the elasticity of the skin. It is important to leave a variable amount of contouring fat. If all of the fat is removed it will not look good. Once you have seen a patient who has been overly liposuctioned you will understand the difference. If a large defect is created under atrophic skin it will not only look bad but will be almost impossible to correct.
What is the Difference Between Regular Lipo and Aggressive Liposuction?
I would suggest that you do not concern yourself or become confused by the variety of different terms used to describe liposculption surgery procedures. You will find a number of terms used, some of which may be for marketing purposes, most of which are unhelpful and confusing.
I would also caution you about anyone using the word "aggressive"; no doubt, any procedure that is overdone can be associated with increased risk of complications. The more appropriate word may be "judicious". Keep in mind, that if the patient is not a good candidate for liposuction surgery, no amount of "aggressiveness" will achieve satisfactory results.
Select your plastic surgeon carefully based on his/her ability to achieve outcomes safely.
Best wishes.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_liposuction.htm
Regular or Aggressive Liposuction?
These terms are meaningless and do not reflect a proper understanding of liposuction. It sounds to me like regular would be under correction and aggressive would be over correction (with waves, dents and bumps). Neither is appropriate. The best liposuction is done by the most skilled plastic surgeon. It depends on skill and aesthetic sense, which come with practice, practice and more practice. It does not depend on the tool in the hand of the surgeon but rather it depends on the hand that holds the tool. The web reference below is relevant to this question.
Agrressive lipo???!!
Not sure what that even means. In my practice. I speak with patietns who communicate their goals and desires. Based on that a plan is formulated. I would not use "aggressive" but rather speak about removal of more fat from one area versus another.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero is unlikely to join Real Madrid in the summer, according to Atletico Madrid general manager Miguel Angel Gil Marin.
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Aguero, 23, has impressed for City since joining the Premier League leaders from Atletico for £38 million last summer, scoring 16 Premier League goals in 25 appearances.
Recent speculation, though, has suggested the Argentina international could seal a return to Spain in the summer, with Real mooted as potential suitors for his signature.
That conjecture was fuelled when Argentina legend Diego Maradona urged Aguero to ignore his Madrid connections and join Real, but Gil Marin has moved to quell the rumours.
He told AS: "I do not see it as a possibility. I know the owners of Manchester City and a transfer is pretty much impossible as long as the player is performing well. In the hypothetical case of a transfer, Atletico will receive €2 million."
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I think Lynch is right. (As you might expect.) It is not a feel-good position to take, but I do think his hands-off policy is rational.
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> Posted by the Smart Campaign
The Smart Campaign is thrilled to announce that a new milestone for client protection in microfinance has been reached: there are now 50 financial institutions that have been awarded Smart Certification, recognizing their commitment to fair client treatment and responsible practices. In total, these institutions serve roughly 25 million clients.
The threshold was crossed with a handful of recent certifications – Fortis Microfinance Bank and Grooming Centre in Nigeria; Banco ADOPEM in the Dominican Republic; Fundacion Paraguaya in Paraguay; Pro Mujer in Nicaragua; and AgroInvest in Serbia. Each of these institutions worked over a several month process to assess and upgrade their operations to meet every one of the indicators signifying strong consumer protection practices.
Grooming Centre and Fortis Microfinance Bank collectively reach over a half million clients. Founded in 2006, Grooming Centre operates in 22 states in Nigeria with a network of 376 branches. Grooming Centre offers a range of financial services, including savings and credit, small business loans, agricultural loans, and clean energy financing. Fortis Microfinance Bank, along with offering financial services, provides clients with business support in areas including management, marketing, and administration.
> Posted by Ben Lebeaux and Jessica L. Cassel, Senior Communications Specialist and Staff Attorney, Accion
One of the fastest, most efficient ways to promote financial inclusion is to make sure that regulators create policy that encourages innovation and collaboration. Because regulators can singlehandedly affect everything from microfinance institutions to financial technology startups to credit bureaus, helping them make the best possible decisions is one of the best ways to help the two billion financially excluded people access savings accounts, credit, checking, insurance, and more.
That's why the Microfinance CEO Working Group's Model Legal Framework and Commentary for Financial Consumer Protection (MLF), published in the spring of 2015, is such a valuable tool. Regulators can use the MLF as a framework to either evaluate existing regulation or to adopt new best practices. Rather than reinventing the wheel, it allows policymakers to quickly find, adapt, and use the best available legislation.
Global law firm DLA Piper and its nonprofit affiliate, New Perimeter, were instrumental in creating the MLF. The firm's dedicated team of roughly 20 lawyers has worked with the Working Group for the last two years, contributing nearly 3,000 hours of pro bono time to draft and refine the MLF. New Perimeter continues to support the project, traveling with Accion's lawyers and financial inclusion experts to train Latin American regulators on the MLF, and plans to update it periodically.
We spoke with Sara K. Andrews, the Assistant Director of New Perimeter, and DLA Piper Associate Erik Choisy about how they got involved with the MLF, the work they did to support it, and why they dedicated such significant time and energy to support financial inclusion.
Accion: Tell us more about New Perimeter. Why did DLA Piper commit to providing international pro bono legal assistance?
Sara K. Andrews (SA): DLA Piper created New Perimeter in 2005 to expand the firm's extensive pro bono programs beyond the United States, and to give our lawyers opportunities to address some of the critical issues confronting underserved regions of the world. One of our first projects was in Kosovo, helping to restore the country's judicial and prosecutorial systems. Since then we have worked on over 100 multi-year pro bono projects involving more than 800 DLA Piper lawyers from across the firm.
> Posted by Center Staff
2015 was a year full of great reads (and listens). As we enter 2016, we wanted to take a look back at last year and what we were most excited to explore. Through our work writing the FI2020 Progress Report, which assesses global progress in five key areas of financial inclusion, we benefited from important research from many in the financial inclusion field. As part of this effort, we were eager to update our FI2020 Resource Library with the most informative reports and research outputs. We encourage you to check it out – and in the meantime to review the highlights listed below. The organizations responsible for these reports cover a wide array of stakeholder types, from support organizations, to telecommunication companies, to financial service providers – proof that progress in financial inclusion is being driven by many.
What Happens to Microfinance Clients Who Default? (January)
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Author: Jami Solli
This report looks in-depth at the enabling environment, the practices of providers, and customer experiences in Peru, India, and Uganda, to understand what happens when microfinance clients default on their loans. We were especially interested in the paper's findings that demonstrate that effective credit bureaus give financial service providers the confidence to treat customers who default more humanely.
Money Resolutions: A Sketchbook (January)
Author: Ignacio Mas
This working paper explores the underlying logic for how people make money resolutions, including how people organize their money and make decisions about financial goals and spending. The paper focuses on peoples' approaches to making financial decisions – rather than evaluating the decisions themselves – identifying the inner conflicts they face in the process.
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Last week, FI2020 Week created a global conversation on the key actions needed to advance financial inclusion, grounded in the findings of the recently launched FI2020 Progress Report. From November 2-6, 2015, stakeholders around the world participated in more than 30 events and shared their voices over social media, with #FI2020. As part of the week, global financial inclusion leaders offered calls to action. We started to provide highlights, but found that every single contributor had an important perspective to add, so this post includes all of their voices.
If there were any doubts about the potential to achieve global financial inclusion, it would be dispelled by the passion and sense of opportunity in the calls to action that were posted last week as part of FI2020 Week. A visionary tone was set by the inaugural posting by Ajay Banga of MasterCard, who declared that "financial inclusion is both economic and social inclusion and necessary for the future well-being of our planet." Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo, former Governor of the Central Bank of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, draws the link between financial inclusion, economic growth, and poverty reduction, while also—appropriately, given his role–noting the link to financial stability. Yves Moury of Fundación Capital heightens the urgency by stating that "poverty is the greatest scandal of our times," and Martin Burt of Fundación Paraguaya adds that "poverty elimination must be the endgame of all financial inclusion strategies."
This strong sense of social mission comes out in a call from Dr. William Derban of Fidelity Bank Ghana to "leave no one behind" in the march toward inclusion. Michael Miebach of MasterCard also talks about meeting the needs of all members of society, including women, and Bindu Ananth of IFMR Trust mentions smallholder farmers as another group that is often excluded. In light of breakthroughs in technology, Sonja Kelly of the Center for Financial Inclusion urges us to reach out to those who are traditionally excluded from technology, and not just early adopters. As Larry Reed of the Microcredit Summit Campaign puts it, "We need to approach the challenge with the end in mind, designing a system that can sustainably reach clients in the most remote areas and who transact in the smallest sums."
FI2020 Week is a global conversation on the key actions needed to advance financial inclusion, grounded in the findings of the recently launched FI2020 Progress Report. From November 2-6, 2015, stakeholders around the world are participating in more than 30 events and sharing their voices over social media, with #FI2020.
We're two days in! FI2020 Week thus far has been a whirlwind few days, with events all over the world, a handful of public webinars, and robust social media conversations. We hope you've had the opportunity to take part in the action!
To get you up to speed, though certainly not comprehensive, here's a snapshot of what's been happening.
In Bangladesh, BRAC conducted an internal debate about the impact and benefits of its own microfinance program. Answering tough questions like "Does BRAC risk doing more harm than good by using microfinance in its model of fighting poverty?" staff shared their perspectives, providing insights into how to improve the program. Check out some of the presented arguments on BRAC's Twitter feed.
In Nigeria, Accion and Accion Microfinance Bank discussed financial inclusion strategies for the country. The three biggest industry gaps identified were the lack of mobile and agent banking infrastructure, human capital in the microfinance banking sector, and a spirit of collaboration and partnership among the various players. Moving forward, the discussion participants will apply greater focus on savings as a necessary service offering that can be improved.
The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) conducted a webinar on the lessons drawn from a six year project (2009 – 2015) carried out with 12 WSBI member banks aimed at creating usable savings services in the hands of the poor. One call to action from the webinar was the need for greater connectivity to combat the challenge of reaching clients in rural communities. As WSBI aims to add 400 million customers to its network by 2020, it will need to partner with more organizations in order to reach very remote village groups.
> Posted by Alex Counts, Founder, Grameen Foundation
I have written extensively about how I believe practitioners and researchers can work most effectively together in reducing poverty, often using some of the missed opportunities for this kind of collaboration in microfinance as a point of departure. In the process, quite a few people have come to believe that I am opposed to randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Perhaps part of the issue is the tendency of many people, especially those in the media, to reduce a point of view to whether it is "for" or "against" something else.
In fact, my position has always been that RCTs have an important place in improving development policy and practice. I have, however, been uneasy with the way they have been promoted – dare I say "over-hyped"? – as a "gold standard" and also with the misleading assumptions and comparisons some of its proponents routinely make. The limitations of RCTs are frequently minimized, as are the potential contributions of other research methodologies.
In the case of microcredit, the way RCT studies have been digested, interpreted, and acted upon has done considerable and unnecessary damage to policy and practice, even as it has increased our knowledge of some important issues. No one group bears responsibility for this damage, but too many continue to ignore or minimize it.
Enter Angus Deaton
Like many others, I have struggled at times to articulate the source of my unease. Now comes powerful commentary on RCTs and related topics by 2015 Nobel laureate economist Professor Angus Deaton in his interview with Tim Ogden of NYU's Financial Access Initiative.
> Posted by Bobbi Gray, Research Director, Freedom from Hunger
Known as the "hardest interview you'll have with a client," the interview you have with a client who is leaving is also, however, one of the most important interviews for a microfinance institution – and likely any organization or company concerned about the costs of client acquisition and retention.
The latest debates on the success of microfinance have encouraged Freedom from Hunger to dig deeper into our repertoire of "impact stories" and critically review the reasons why microfinance clients whose lives were not improving were dropping out, particularly since critics often suggest that microfinance tends to result in negative outcomes among participants.
Since 2007, Freedom from Hunger has been developing and testing an "impact story" methodology to discover client experiences that are representative of the entire clientele of an MFI or even multiple institutions, ranging from success to failure and whatever is happening in between.
Thus far, Freedom from Hunger has collected over 700 client impact stories from 25 local partners located in ten countries throughout Latin America, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Six countries were visited a second time after an interval of three or four years to re-interview the impact story participants. This is a significant effort to take qualitative interviews and conduct them with a small random selection of clients and use the information for fairly meticulous research purposes.
With these impact stories, we wanted to answer some basic questions. Why are some clients successful and why are some not? Why do some clients drop out? Are all the reasons for drop-out negative and does the drop-out result in a client being worse off than if they stayed a client? Can we tell if microfinance is to blame for their negative status? What can we do to improve?


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These Valentine Goody Bags from Jaime at That's My Letter are made from gingham and drop cloth canvas, and are super small and cute at around 5″ x 5″. You could make a full set! Search Jaime's crafty tutorials by holiday, find things to build and enjoy over 25 pouch projects at That's My Letter.
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These are SO cute! And what a great opportunity to put my new embroidery machine to use and test my applique skills! I need a simple project like this to start. I have a few special girls at work that would love one of these for Valentine's Day. Thanks!
Do you have bigger bags?
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