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-- Net sales in the period amounted to MSEK 128 (83) and Net sales for the quarter were MSEK 83 (40).
-- The Gross margin for the period was 34% (53%) and Gross margin for the quarter was 31% (46%). Gross profit for the period was MSEK 44 (43) and Gross profit for the quarter was MSEK 26 (18).
-- Earnings before depreciations and amortizations (EBITDA) for the period were MSEK -90 (-35) and EBITDA for the quarter was MSEK -35 (-23).
-- The Result after tax for the period was MSEK -102 (-35) and the Result after tax for the quarter was MSEK -40 (-29).
-- Earnings per share before and after dilution for the period were SEK -0,08 (-0,05) and for the quarter SEK -0,03 (-0,04).
-- Cash flow during the period was MSEK 30 (3) and Cash flow for the quarter was MSEK 32 (-27). Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital during the period was MSEK -83 (-32) and for the quarter MSEK -29 (-28). Cash flow from financing activities during the period was MSEK 199 (36) and for the quarter MSEK 169(16).
-- Acquisition of Pen Generation Inc. was completed on May 31. The acquisition was another step in consolidating the Anoto ecosystem to realize synergies in hardware and software development, supply chain and operations, as well as to give Anoto access to additional market channels for online sales and retail distribution. Pen Generation financials and revenues of 3.6 MSEK was included in Q2 from June 1st.
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Q2 revenue was MSEK 83, an 84% increase over Q1 2016 and a 108% growth YOY compared to Q2 2015. Several factors contributed to this sharp increase in revenue. Anoto now has a stable revenue flow from recent acquisitions such as Livescribe and Pen Generation which combined contributed MSEK 23 for the quarter. Also the successful delivery of pens in the Japanese insurance company project account for MSEK 30.
Gross profit increased from MSEK 18 in Q1 to MSEK 26 in Q2. Diversification of product portfolio and reduced dependency on higher margin Enterprise Forms business is continuing to put pressure on the Gross Margin. Gross Margin remained at 31%, a 9 percentage point drop over Q1. The decline in gross margin is somewhat expected as a result of the addition of increased revenue base with higher volume and lower margin businesses.
In terms of operating losses, Anoto reduced operating losses from MSEK 62 in Q1 to MSEK 42 in Q2. Operating expenses still remain high due to the fact that the restructuring efforts in Q2 does not take full effect until Q3 and Q4 of this year. For example, due to restructuring charges, total compensation and consultant expense remained virtually unchanged at MSEK 52 in Q2 vs MSEK 53 in Q1. However, we expect this number to go down in Q3 and further employee count reduction measures in Q2 and Q3 will take effect in Q4 of this year. To date, we have achieved more than 15 MSEK savings per quarter in labor costs.
Another reason for high operating expenses is attributable to the development costs for the HP pen. A significant part of Anoto's resources and headcounts are dedicated to the development of HP pen. In addition, we are incurring costs related to the external consultants in preparation for the mass production which adds to the cost base. We expect a substantial portion of the work and expenses will be done by Q3, thereby allowing us to reduce costs in Q4 of this year.
Anoto is expanding its business lines from hardware centered business (digital pen) to software and pattern technology based businesses. It is also reducing its dependence on the Enterprise Forms business which typically has long sales lead time and long development time in coordination with SI partners.
Anoto's dot pattern technology enables multi-surface collaboration work including paper. Anoto currently has interactive walls (We Inspire), Desktop solutions and screens (LFDs) which can be combined with paper based solutions to create a multi-user, multi-surface collaboration software. This is going to be an important line of business in 2017.
The addition of Livescribe and Pen Generation provides much needed pen portfolio diversification. More importantly, it opens up the possibility of working with large corporations to a multi-million dollar, high volume businesses. For example, a Pen Generation's customer, a large education company in Korea, buys more than 200,000 pens per year. Anoto is in the final stages of discussions with Tstudy China for a minimum purchase of 100,000 pens in one year in the Chinese education markets. Chinese government, the Ministry of Education, recently passed a decree mandating all primary schools to purchase digital writing instrument in order to teach writing and calligraphy of Chinese characters to its students. The Chinese government is concerned about children not learning how to write as they are becoming more and more dependent on typing on mobile devices.
In Japan, we are in the final stages of negotiation for additional order of 4,000 pens and 6,000 cradles which is a follow-on order for our Boxer Jr. pens. We expect to deliver this order in Q4 of 2016.
Lastly but most importantly, our recent transaction with Digiwork provides an ability to use mobile phones to read patterns rather than using digital pens. On July 15, 2016 Anoto entered into a Strategic Cooperation and Investment Agreement with Digiwork, a specialist in pattern based image encoding technology using mobile phones and tablets as a device for pattern recognition. In addition, Digiwork has a proprietary technology to print such patterns on all surfaces including, but not limited to, metal, plastic, glass and fabrics.
This alliance includes a co-marketing agreement of each other's' products. Digiwork produces a near-invisible pattern which can be read with mobile devices for the authentication and security. Digiwork has extensive clients in Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand and Korea. Through Digiwork's client base, Anoto is expected to increase its exposure in rapidly growing Asian economies. Digiwork also has an ability to encode 16K data into its pattern which enables mobile connectivity and data gathering in its Apps. Anoto's global sales force is already engaged to sell this product worldwide and are working on multiple sales leads.
Anoto and Digiwork are collaborating to migrate Anoto's unique pattern generating ability to Digiwork's mobile solutions to create a new business line called the "Product DNA" Anoto's unique pattern becomes a product ID which can be linked to consumer's mobile phones and tablets which could gather information on the digital connectivity, ecommerce activities and use of various mobile apps. This technology enables product registration and bridges physical objects to digital space.
Anoto is entering into a new phase of evolution. Anoto is no longer just a pen hardware manufacturer. Our focus on collaboration software and alternate use of patterns will expand our business lines beyond paper and screens. Although we only started this process, Q2 2016 was a critical time where we laid a foundation for this future.
Joonhee Won CEO, Anoto Group AB (publ)
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Vets in Woking issue warning about batteries
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Studies show all batteries are highly dangerous if swallowed or chewed.
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Michael Fields Agricultural Institutue's Whole Farm Workshops: Training Programs, Courses, and Learning Opportunities
At Michael Fields, you will engage with Farmer Faculty in interactive workshops and on-site field training. View the Schedule and Course Descriptions. Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is training the next generation of sustainable farmers. Join us in East Troy, Wisconsin where beginning farmers and advanced growers develop the skills and competencies they need to take their agricultural careers to the next level. REGISTER for Whole Farm Workshops 2010.
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Regular verbs such as look, walk, and jump, in English simply add -ed to the root verb to form the past: looked, walked, jumped.
There are some spelling rules that apply to English regular verbs, and you should learn these. You can watch my video to help you learn them.
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Irregular English verbs, like the irregular English verb to interbreed, however, don't do this and must be remembered individually.
What you need to remember about the the irregular English verb to interbreed, is that the infinitive form is to interbreed, the past simple form is interbred and the past participle form is interbred.
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Donald Trump has claimed to have been "great friends" with legendary opera singer Luciano Pavarotti – a claim the late tenor's family would likely dispute.
Mr Trump made his claim at a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. In his opening remarks, Mr Trump called Italy a "beacon of artistic and scientific achievement," and lauded Italian artists like composer Giuseppe Verdi and Mr Pavarotti.
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The band Art vs. Science recently confirmed on it's Twitter page that "The Experiment", upcoming new album is due for release on March 08, 2011 via Kobalt Records. In December 2010, the album was made available to pre-order on iTunes. "Magic Fountain" and "Finally See Our Way" were released as singles in 2010, prior to the album's release.
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Random thoughts
Do you remember those days when we seemed to be soooo much younger, more free and more alive???
Was it that way or am I just creating a past of fun and passion that didn't actually exist?
I don't know... I was just strolling along the street with my little one and started feeling really nostalgic...or maybe I just realised how terribly stuck and controlled I feel.
I just don't feel like I have any fun anymore....I almost feel dead inside, moving through each day just managing the basics, isn't that sad??
My little one is my brightness, my light and joy....she makes me smile and giggle and she keeps my heart open, but she reminds me that there are gaps and spaces in my life.
She reminds me that I am not bringing creativity into my day to day living.
She reminds me that I am not pushing myself in any direction... that I don't even work up a sweat when we go for a walk.
I am feeling like I want to hear my feet pound down on the road and feel the wind rush into my face as I run as far and fast as I can everyday.
I am feeling like I want to splash red and purple and orange on my walls and draw rainbows and the curves of women's bodies.
I want to dance until I am totally out of breath.
Laugh until my belly aches.
Eat delicious food around the table for hours.
Walk under the full moon light.
Watch the sun set.
Cry over a good movie.
Make beautiful toys using luscious coloured wool and other sensuous fabrics.
Plant herbs and other edibles for me and my family to enjoy.
Tune into nature.
How do I get to do these things???
Where do I begin???
Why have I stopped living life???
What am I afraid of??
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*sigh* I can SO relate to much of this....ReplyDelete
I often feel like I've lost all the fire and drive I used to have...traded it in for the day-to-days (not that I don't adore those)...I feel ineffectual, weak, chicken-hearted....complacent.
I used to be a warrior.....
Sometimes I feel like this too...and then I try to do one of these things (the things from your list), and it helps...Kids are a wonderful blessing in this way, because they show us when we are getting numb, or shut down, or have lost the sense of joy in life, I think....ReplyDelete
For myself, I feel like I go in phases, in and out...it's tough with young kids sometimes, to make the time to find our individual joys, so much of our time is spent on the needs of others...I hope you reconnect to yours in coming days...
Thankyou for your support Mel and mommymystic....it is nice to know you are out there :)ReplyDelete
I've had frequent wibbles about all of this over the years. I really hear you. I have looked up at a beautiful, starlit sky and wondered where my part in the beauty of the night is, and wondered why I can't feel the freedom and sensuality of who and where I am now. Where did it go? What happened to that wild, passionate, brave woman? But she's still in there isn't she? She just gets so bloody tired sometimes.ReplyDelete
And for me, reconnecting with this energy means catching up with women friends who will dance and laugh with me, ritual, listening to loud music, moonlit walks. It is really challenging to redirect our energy, or just give a little back to ourselves when we're immersed in mothering and the needs of others.
You will dance again! I hope you can give yourself at least one of those things on your list...you've certainly given me ideas!
oh yes..i get this. i have ineffective and "better" ways of listening to the calls. right now i'm actually amazed that my response to these sorts of feelings has been to slow down even more. stare into my little guy's eyes. engage completely. and dance with him...a lot. i also remember that I often felt this stuff before i had a child...ReplyDelete
I've learned to just "be" in the moment. Whatever the heck makes me feel good in that moment, instead of worrying about what I have to do, or feel compelled to do out of habit. I really wanted to paint with Michael, and even though I didn't have the right paint or the right supplies, I just used what I had, and went to it. Michael ended up not enjoying it too much, but I loved it. It inspired me to do some more, so I am planning to get more paint next time I am at the craft store. You just have to do it. I don't know how else to explain it. Make something, anything, a priority for a day. You can really do it if you prioritize it. Just choose one little thing, and be determined to do it. This is how I get my photo shoots done with Michael. It really takes all my effort that day to do it, and I don't worry about the chores, the shopping, or any other activity.ReplyDelete
What am I saying here? Sometimes it can be spontaneous, and sometimes you have to plan it.
Some good advice from everyone above. I think we can all relate to what you are feeling.ReplyDelete
When you look at your list as a whole it is overwhelming and no wonder you can't think where to start to get these things back into your life! Take one at a time and consider each one individually. As Lisa says, pick one and then make it your goal for one week to spend a few minutes every day or 4 days out of the week to work on that one activity. Once you've done that, try it again for another week. Slowly but surely you can do the same thing for each activity. It will take time and a bit of effort but you can enjoy these things again and you will!
Get friends and family on board to encourage you in these activities too. Good luck!
Oh, sweet thing the creative energy will come to you when the time is right. When my oldest was new to us, when all my energy went into her and nothing else I felt the same way. It took baby steps and a lot of soul searching to get where I am now. I figured out how to mingle both my creative domestic side and my care for the girls together. Since they are now 6&8 it is much easier to do the things we do now. Creativity has just become a necessity, a way of life for us.ReplyDelete
That spark will hit you, a spark that you cannot ignore and it will lead you in the direction you want to be; jump in when it happens.
Take care- lisa
I love this blog land and the space it provides for women to connect and to support one another. I feel so inspired by many of you and I feel so nurtured, so understood and cared for.ReplyDelete
Thank you for embracing me and my words :)


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Appendix A:Leeds Drug
Intervention Information Sharing Agreement
Substance Misuse Information Sharing Agreement
Leeds Integrated Offender Management Information Sharing Agreement
001/ Leeds IOM
To reduce crime and offending in the Leeds City Council area through joint and coordinated action by partner agencies to achieve integrated offender management.
Leeds City Council
West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Probation Board
The Youth Offending Service
Her Majesty's Prison Service
Group 4 Securicor
Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities
Crime Reduction Initiative
Date agreement comes into force:
Date of Agreement Review:
Agreement Owner:
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Detective Inspector Granville Ward
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1.1 The Safer Leeds partnership is committed to the successful implementation of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) processes within Leeds. IOM is the process of delivering to those offenders identified as of most concern to police and communities a range of diversion, enforcement and rehabilitation interventions intended to stop, reduce or prevent offending behaviour.
1.2 This agreement is an Appendix to the document Integrated Offender Management Leeds Operational Guidelines which describes detailed processes for joint inter agency working to achieve IOM and compliments the documents Leeds Drug Intervention Information Sharing Agreement (February 2008 and Appendix A) and the Leeds Substance Misuse Information Sharing Agreement (Appendix B). Those documents describe detailed procedures facilitating the sharing of information in relation to drug misusing offenders in receipt of services related to that drug use who are engaged with the Criminal Justice Intervention Team (CJIT). The constituent members of the CJIT are detailed at (3) below and are signatories to this agreement in their own right.
2.1 The purpose of this document is to enable routine and effective information sharing between partner agencies to ensure a successful IOM process in Leeds. This information exchange will take place at Divisionally located interagency PPO/IOM Case Conferences and in the course of routine day to day case management by the agencies party to this agreement.
3.1 This agreement is between the following partners:
West Yorkshire Police
Leeds City Council
West Yorkshire Probation Board
The Youth Offending Service
Her Majesty's Prison Service
Group 4 Securicor (G4S)
Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities (DISC)
Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI)
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Realistic expectations prevail from the outset
Ethical standards are maintained
A mechanism exists by which the flow of information can be controlled
The integrity of the data
Appropriate training is given
Adequate arrangements exist to test adherence to the Agreement
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Prevention of processing causing damage/distress
Prevention of processing for marketing
Rights in relation to automated decision making
Right to compensation if harm suffered
Right to amend/delete inaccurate data and
Right of appeal to a commissioner if the Act has been breached.
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Accurate and up to date
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Protected against unlawful processing or loss
Not transferred outside the European Union.
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The prevention or detection of crime
the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
This is not a cover all exemption from the need to obtain consent and is only available where there is a real likelihood of prejudice to one of those purposes were consent to be sought.
Section 115 of this Act provides authority for specified bodies, including the police and local authorities, to disclose information to each other for purposes specified in the Act, and particularly section 17, their duty to prevent crime and disorder.
Article 8.1 provides that:
Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and correspondence.
Article 8.2 states that:
There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right (except) in the interest of national security, public safety, or the economic wellbeing of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals or for the protection of the rights and freedom of others.
The duty of confidentiality requires that unless there is a statutory requirement to use information provided in confidence it should only be used for purposes that the subject has consented to, but that this duty is not absolute and can be overridden if the holder of the information can justify disclosure as being in the public interest, that is to protect others from harm.
This agreement has been formulated to facilitate the exchange of information between Partners. It is however, incumbent on all partners to recognise that any information shared must be justified on the merits of each case.
i. Details of previous criminal convictions
ii. Details of all arrests
iii. Offender management action plans/ tasking subject to operational restrictions (e.g. potential none disclosure in operationally sensitive situations such as covert surveillance)
iv. Domestic violence incidents: The rights of the victim are recognised and must be protected in the exchange of any information relating to domestic violence. Consideration will be given to the provision of an anonymised history. Where issues of risk to a particular victim or potential victim are apparent consideration will be given to the provision of additional information.
v. Child protection reports and investigations where relevant to current risk of offending;
vi. DOMU police officers seconded to the CJIT DIP will provide details of Custody drug test results, restriction on bail (ROB) status and compliance, details of attendance at Required Assessments and information as at part (vii) below where that is commensurate with the Leeds Drug Intervention Information Sharing Agreement cited above.
vii. Any other Information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example known associates, places frequented or significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending where that information may be disclosed in compliance with the assigned National Intelligence Model dissemination code.
i. Details of complaints received and investigations commenced in respect of PPO/ IOM designated individuals;
ii. Details of pre Court measures taken such as warning letters and ABCs;
iii. Information re past, current or proposed Court proceedings in respect of anti social behaviour complaints, for example evictions, ASB Orders, Injunctions and Undertakings;
iv. Information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example associates, places frequented or significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending obtained in the course of case investigation;
v. Relevant tenancy information drawn from the Orchard system;
i. Details of Offender Assessment System ( OASys) risk assessments including static and dynamic risk factors, the level of risk of reoffending and seriousness of that offending and against whom ;
ii. Details of proposed or current licence conditions and proposed amendments;
iii. Details of Sentence Plans and associated information, for example earliest release dates, HDC dates, and licence and sentence expiry dates;
iv. Details of Community Orders;
v. Reporting and compliance behaviours;
vi. Hostel placements and compliance with hostel requirements;
vii. Details of proposed breach action;
viii. Any other information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example associates, places frequented or significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending and obtained in the course of routine case management;
i. Relevant sections of the Asset assessment including the level of risk of offending and the risk of serious harm ;
ii. Intervention Plans, objectives and reviews;
iii. Details of reporting and compliance behaviours;
iv. Details of breach actions;
v. Any other information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example associates, places frequented or significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending and obtained in the course of routine case management ;
i. Information re daily prison releases including End of Custody Licence (ECL) releases, including release addresses;
ii. Details of internal prison transfers;
iii. Details of proposed/ projected release dates;
iv. Information detailing offender's prison history including adjudications, course attendance and self harm incidents;
v. Any other information which has a relevant intelligence value or other significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending in the community and obtained in the course of routine management ;
i. Details of all offenders subject to a Tagging Order as either a condition of bail or sentence order;
ii. Details of all cases where it has not been possible to install monitoring equipment;
iii. Where an offender subject of bail conditions has breached the bail conditions in respect of his tagging curfew ;
iv. Where an offender is subject to a tagging order as part of a sentence and breaches that curfew, details of the breach, action taken to return the offender to Court and the progress and outcome of that action;
v. Where an offender is subject of a tagging order as a result of a sentence and is subject to additional terms and under Probation or YOS supervision, details of any breach of the tagging terms;
vi. Any other information which has a relevant intelligence value which may influence the likelihood of reoffending in the community and which is obtained in the course of routine management of the tagging process ;
i. Subject to the necessary restrictions indicated in the above detailed Leeds Drug Intervention Programme Information Sharing Agreement (Appendix 1) in respect of confidential medical information, DISC will supply all information contained in the offender's Management Plan, for example details of employment and housing. This will include objectives of the plan, progress and the offender's engagement, and any other information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example details of current associates, life style factors or other significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending in the community and obtained in the course of routine management ;
ii. Subject to the provisos in respect of confidential medical information DISC will disclose such information as necessary to prevent self harm by the offender or harm to others, or where there is a substantial public interest served in doing so;
i. Subject to the necessary restrictions indicated in the above detailed Leeds Drug Intervention Programme Information Sharing Agreement (Appendix 1) in respect of confidential medical information, CRI will supply all information contained in the offender's Management Plan, for example details of employment and housing. This will include objectives of the plan, progress and the offender's engagement, and any other information which has a relevant intelligence value, for example details of current associates, life style factors or other significant events which may influence the likelihood of reoffending in the community and obtained in the course of routine management
ii. Subject to the provisos in respect of confidential medical information CRI will disclose such information as necessary to prevent self harm by the offender or harm to others, or where there is a substantial public interest served in doing so;
5.2.1 The information shared must not be disclosed to any third party and must not be used or disclosed for any other purpose. It must be stored securely and destroyed when it is no longer required for the purpose for which it is provided.
5.2.2 Disclosure of personal data must be relevant and only the minimum amount required for the purpose and can only be used for the purpose for which it is supplied.
5.2.3 The identity of the originator must be recorded against the relevant data. No secondary use or other use may be made unless the consent of the disclosing party to that secondary use is sought and granted in writing.
5.2.4 Disclosure of personal information should only be made provided that it can be demonstrated that it is required for a policing purpose as defined in the code of practice for the management of police information. E.g.
Protecting life & property
Preserving order
Preventing the commission of offences
Bringing offenders to justice
Any duty or responsibility arising from common or statute law
5.2.5 Disclosure must be compatible with the second data protection principle:
"Personal data shall be obtained for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes"
5.3.1 The sharing of information must only take place where it is valid and legally justified.
5.3.3 The Leeds IOM Project Group should regularly discuss in the course of routine meetings how the agreement is working.
5.3.4 Any request for personal information must meet one or more of the policing purposes.
5.3.5 Within West Yorkshire Police, the ISA must be held and managed centrally by the Head of Information Management.
5.4.1 This Protocol governs only the exchange of information between the participatory agencies for the purposes of Integrated Offender Management in accordance with the Integrated Offender Management Leeds Operational Guidelines of which this document is an Appendix. This exchange will take place on a daily basis between agency staff engaged in joint offender management and through the Divisional Case Conference procedures detailed in that document.
5.4.2 Detailed guidance of how information will be shared by participatory agencies is contained in the document.
5.5.1 Partners to this agreement undertake that personal information shared will only be used for the specific purpose for which it is requested. The recipient of the information is required to keep it securely stored and will confidentially shred and destroy it when it is no longer required.
5.5.2 Files containing information from partner sources will be reviewed every six months by each holding agency to ensure that the retention of the information is justifiable.
5.5.3 The recipient will not release the information to any third party without obtaining the express written authority of the partner who provided the information.
5.6.1 The ISA will be monitored six months after its implementation by the IOM Implementation Group and annually thereafter.
5.6.2 The nominated holder of this agreement is West Yorkshire Police. It is based on the national template for information sharing which forms part of the guidance issued on the Management of Police Information by ACPO and the Home Office.
5.7.1 All the partnersdetailed at 1 as receivers of police information will accept total liability for a breach of this Information Sharing Agreement should legal proceedings be served in relation to the breach.
6.1 Information discovered to be inaccurate or inadequate for the purpose will be notified to the data owner who will be responsible for correcting the data and notifying all other recipients of the data who must ensure that the correction is made.
6.2 Any disclosure of personal data must have regard to both common and statute law e.g. defamation, the common law duty of confidence and data protection principles as well as any relevant codes of practice and Human Rights.
7.1 Signatories to this agreement must designate an individual within their organisation to assume responsibility for data protection, security and confidentiality and compliance with legislation. The designated person will ensure that Data Protection registrations or notifications are in place to cover the holding and use of personal data.
7.2 It is expected that partners of this agreement will have in place baseline security measures compliant with BS17799: 2005 and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and HMG standards in relation to information security.
7.3 All signatories will ensure that they have these appropriate security arrangements in place. Only nominated representatives can access, request information, and make disclosure decisions. Data should be stored securely to prevent unauthorised access and disclosure.
7.4 Any changes in nominated officers will be notified in writing as soon as practicable and in any event within 5 working days after such a change has occurred.
7.5 The Information Security Officer from West Yorkshire Police will, by arrangement, undertake a physical review of the security in place to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability and non-repudiation of the Force information being stored under this agreement.
8.1 Complaints from data subjects, or their representatives, regarding information held by the Partnership will be investigated first by the organisation receiving the complaint. Action that affects other signatories will not be taken without the consent of all parties to this agreement.
9.1 Any partner may make suggestions for amendments to the agreement at any time.
9.2 To enable partners to exchange views prior to changes being made it is suggested that such changes be discussed at the appropriate forum. No changes can be made unless each is agreed
10.1 When an agency receives a subject access application and personal data is identified as belonging to another agency, it will be the responsibility of the receiving agency to contact the data owner to determine whether the latter wishes to claim an exemption under the provisions of the Data Protection Act.
10.2 Where a data controller cannot comply with the request without disclosing information relating to another individual who can be identified from that information, he is not obliged to comply with the request unless: -
a) The other individual has consented to the disclosure of the information to the person making the request, or,
b) It is reasonable in all circumstances to comply with the request without the consent of the other individual.
10.3 In determining whether it is reasonable, regard should be had to:
Any duty of confidentiality owed to the other individual.
Any steps taken by the data controller with a view to seeking the consent of the other individual.
Whether the other individual is capable of giving consent, and
Any express refusal of consent by the other individual.
11.1 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives people the right to request information from public authorities or any publicly-funded organisation. In each public organisation's Freedom of Information Publication Scheme on their Internet site, details of how to contact the Freedom of Information Officers are given. Requests must be passed to that Officer in the first instance.
In public organisations, that officer will handle the request.
In non-statutory organisations, the request must be passed to the appropriate Manager or Chair of the partnership
Should a Freedom of Information Act request be received, before a response is finalised and released to the requester, ALL interested parties will be informed as to the likely response and their views sought.
12.1 By signing this agreement, all signatories accept responsibility for its execution and agree to undertake a level of training of staff that ensures that requests for information and the process of sharing itself is sufficient to meet the purpose of this agreement.
12.2 Signatories must also ensure that they comply with all relevant legislation.
Signed on behalf of West Yorkshire Police:
Rank/ Position:
Signed on behalf of West Yorkshire Probation Service
Signed on behalf of Leeds Youth Offending Service
Signed on behalf of HM Prison Service:
Signed on behalf of Leeds City Council
Signed on behalf of Crime Reduction Initiative:
Signed on behalf of: Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities
Signed on behalf of : Group 4 Securicor


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MATTHEW 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
* The provisions' purpose is to further God's plan in the earth! This is first and foremost. Maybe you don't understand…but God does.
Americans are so funny sometimes. Most of the wealth of the world is here in this country. The whole country is mired deep in debt including the body of Christ. My beautiful neighborhood with homes once owned by Judges, Doctors and affluent politicians who cashed in when they sold their houses; is now filled with more vacant houses than we'd care to admit, that no one could afford. Our block doesn't have any, but 6 empty houses in an affluent area is a problem. My mom's neighborhood has more. Neighbors scurry in summer to make the vacant homes appear occupied and mortgage companies have turned into high end landlords and banks have become leasing agents! Mortgage Brokers have been forced to close up and find new offshoot businesses. Pride of ownership? Well, not like it used to be. God doesn't want it that way. He wants us out of debt, paying our bills and furthering His cause. Christians are forced to apologize when they talk about prosperity…but I won't do it.! It's been taboo too long!
Christians silently want to be wealthy; but publicly it is almost a crime to say it!
Oh my goodness…where do I start?
I've written so many hundreds of articles and this may be the "first" on Prosperity. It may well be the "most" misunderstood word that the Body of Christ has ever known and Satan continues to use that to his advantage! I pray the God will give me the grace to explain it to you in a way that you can receive it. The devil has deceived the Body of Christ so much when it comes to prosperity. He has made people think prosperity simply means getting money and "lots" of it. As a result of that…people in the body have gotten it all mixed up.
Simply put: the condition of being successful or thriving; it also refers to a state or a condition. It is a 13th Century word and society tended to equate it to material wealth which is certainly an incomplete description. One can be successful academically, emotionally, physically, psychologically, spiritually, athletically, and in many other ways. God wants us to be successful.
Here's where the problem lies: the problem arises when the focus becomes a fixation on material wealth with a lack of responsibility and a drive to get it at all costs and an ever so slow move away from God. Honestly, it is really easy to miss it and to misinterpret the message. Yes, God wants you to be able to pay your bills, but He does want you to pay them yourself and not to ignore them while you're waiting for a windfall. ( I'm certainly not saying waiting for a windfall is good if that is the only way that you think that God can Bless you; God chooses, not us.) This is a fact. As Christians we're to be responsible.
One of my dear friends had a niece who had a nervous breakdown. The entire family blamed the church that she attended. This is what they told me: This young woman became an active part of a ministry and began to tithe. She soon threw her whole life into the Ministry. At some point, she became interested in getting a husband which somehow in her mind caused her to serve and be present at the church all of the time. Apparently, she began to not pay her bills because her house was in foreclosure and they didn't have food. There were other signs of disarray involving her children. When the story was told to me; I was told the church would not help her. So the question I ask is: "Do I believe it and if I do; who's at fault? (The family blamed the church)
At the time that I heard it…I admit that I was perplexed to some degree. You see, my Social Work background allowed me to recall how easy it is for people to lose focus and not pay bills. In fact, forget the Social Work stuff; I learned the hard way to pay my bills. So, could I objectively have sympathy for someone who couldn't or wouldn't? Yes I could. But…could I blame God or the Church? No, I couldn't do that. We all make choices and they cannot be fueled by our emotions. This young lady allowed her family to convince her to leave the church. That's sad, but my prayer is that she will get before God, make her comeback and find a good church home.
For years I had attended church and never…I repeat never had any intentions to tithe. That was for the rich people. For those of substantive financial means or in other words; those who could afford it. I didn't even feel guilty.
And then….I got some teaching and instruction on it. That changed my life and it changed me.
I finally decided to try tithing. After all, it is God's money. At first, I practiced…smile. I tried 5 %. That wasn't easy I thought but thank God it wasn't ten percent, I thought. Somehow deep in my spirit I felt guilty, I began to believe God for me to make the transition to 10%. Mind you; I paid all of my bills. I was coming up short on one but I didn't realize it. I made the switch to 10% without much fanfare. I continued to pay my bills. I prayed and asked God to balance my life and to send me some Godly friends of good report. At the time, all of my friends had abandoned me because they felt uncomfortable with all of this "God talk."
Soon, after I "really" began to tithe; a financial crisis arose. It was of great proportions. I went to God in prayer and asked what to do. He sent someone to pay the bill. It was out of the blue and the crisis was averted. By that time, unfortunately much pressure was placed on me to stop tithing by my family and I stopped for almost a year. During that time, I paid bills, saved money and prepared myself for a return to my tithing. God touched hearts and had people to volunteer to take over the bills for me so that when I began to tithe again…there would be no financial crisis. It was after tithing that my credit was cleared up …mainly because I was responsible about making payments on time and because God gave me great favor in my life. By the by: God sent the friends…in droves. I dove into the water and began to find constructive ways to further the kingdom. What a journey it has been. It's not about me…so let's not lose our focus.
I'll tell you that prosperity is misunderstood because people want a bucket of money to fall in their lap without the benefit of hard work or responsibility. As they see people prospering in the body of Christ; they think it's a sin. When in fact God says these things about prosperity:
GENESIS 9:1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
LEVITICUS 26:9 For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.
DEUTERONOMY 2:7 "For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing."'
JOSHUA 1:7 "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
JUDGES 18:10 "When you go, you will come to a secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that 2 SAMUEL 6:12 And it was told King David, saying, "The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.
1 KINGS 2:3 "And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;is on the earth."
1 CHRONICLES 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested.
2 CHRONICLES 1:12 "wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, nor shall any after you have the like."
NEHEMIAH 9:21 Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
JOB 36:11 If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
PSALM 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
PSALM 25:13 He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
PSALM 29:11 The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace
PROVERBS 22:9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
ISAIAH 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
ISAIAH 30:23 Then He will give the rain for your seed with which you sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth; it will be fat and plenteous. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures.
JOEL 2:26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be put to shame.
MARK 10:29 So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's,
MARK 10:30 "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time–houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions–and in the age to come, eternal life.
LUKE 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
JOHN 8:32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, have an abundance for every good work.
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
1 TIMOTHY 4:8 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
1 TIMOTHY 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
JAMES 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
JAMES 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
JAMES 5:11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord–that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
1 PETER 3:9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
God's personal message to us:
3 JOHN 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
So…it is a Lie…that Christians are not to be prosperous. It is also a trick of the enemy to get people focused on greed and being irresponsible about paying their bills and "not" being people of integrity who keep their word.
How much of the "Lie" do you believe?
ADDENDUM: ***God wants prosperity for the Body of Christ so that HE can further His kingdom. It is not about you getting rich. If someone else is rich or not there is no way that you can know what they're doing…keep your eyes on God and make very certain that when you come to judgement that you may be counted…worthy.
ECCLESIASTES 5:19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor–this is the gift of God.


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John 3:22-36Jesus is above all things and people. He is the ruler of Heaven and earth. Nothing can happen on earth without His knowledge, for all things come from Heaven. "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from Heaven." (3:27). We must remember that He has complete control. Our decrease is His increase. All we have was given by Him. God is true and only in this belief can we live. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on Him." (3:36). We are nothing and He is all.
Photo: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent, 1885-1886


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Political fairytales told around an LED campfire.
Make your own Tiny Tiny Space
Led by Hannah Doucet, these workshops saw paticipants create a personal, analogue virtual world using Google Cardboard Camera.
Project Tomorrow People workshop
Alison Gill and Iain Nicholls, the people who made the physical and virtual artwork in the centre of Alt-Real. They discussed their work and how they developed the VR piece live.
Alt-Real PechaKucha Night
Artists and friends of Alt-Real shared their ideas and works in an evening of quick-fire presentations around the themes of post-truth, alt-facts and virtual reality.
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Andrew Marsh and Alex Schady staged a one day curatorial collaboration between Stage One BA Fine Art and BA Culture, Criticism and Curation students.


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McKenzie Lewis has a gift. It allows her access to a world few have seen, and even fewer can comprehend. It's her secret. And it exists in the shadows… McKenzie was a normal college student, save for one little twist: she's a shadow reader, someone who can both see the fae and track their movements between our world and the Realm. It's a gift for which she has been called insane, one for which she has risked family and friends—and one that has now plunged her into a brutal civil war between the fae. With the reign of the king and his vicious general at an end, McKenzie hoped to live a more normal life while exploring her new relationship with Aren, the rebel fae who has captured her heart. But when her best friend, Paige, disappears McKenzie knows her wish is, for now, just a dream. McKenzie is the only one who can rescue her friend, but if she's not careful, her decisions could cost the lives of everyone she's tried so hard to save.
Sandy Williams has done it again. The Shattered Dark is an action-packed tale filled with love, betrayal, rebellion and heartache. It is an intense, well-written book that will have you shouting for more when you read the final page. After reading this book, the upcoming third book in this series has become my "most anticipated book" of 2013.
The Shattered Dark begins with the kidnapping of McKenzie's best friend, Paige. McKenzie immediately begins the search for Paige and is convinced that the fae are responsible. At the same time, a battle is waging between the "rebels" (Aren and Lena's group) and the "remnants" (those still loyal to the recently deposed king). McKenzie is in the middle of this war because of her shadow reading abilities, and she is trying to take her relationship slow with Aren, even though in her heart, she seems to want nothing more than time with the sexy fae.
That's just like him, shrugging off the fact that people want to kill him, but I hate that he's a target. I might be trying to take our relationship slow, but losing him would devastate me.
Without rehashing the plot, I can say that there are various plot lines that Williams weaves together effortlessly. One thing I want to touch on are the relationships in this book. There are many relationship focal points, and some of the relationships are not what we thought they were after the first book in this series. The main relationship centers around Aren and McKenzie, although Kyol is present and plays an extremely important role in this book. After The Shadow Reader, I think it's safe to say that Kyol's judgment does not always ring true. There is a scene in The Shattered Dark where his judgment of former Court fae leads to major problems.
The other obvious relationship in this book has developed into one of my favorite fictional couples. Aren and McKenzie grow more as a couple, especially on McKenzie's side of things. However, all is not smooth sailing, and the readers are faced with shocking ending in regards to these two. Although Mackenzie spends a great deal of this book coming to terms with Aren's past, it is obvious what her feelings are by the end.
Aren pulls me gently toward him. "You told me you wanted time. I've given it to you, and I'll give you as long as you need, McKenzie. I love you." He tucks a lock of my hair behind my my ear. "You're worth waiting a decade for."
Another significant plot point is McKenzie's struggle with her life as a shadow reader versus her desire to lead a normal human life. At this point, I think it would be difficult for McKenzie to extract herself from the fae realm. She has been in too deep for too long. However, I think that she does need to find a balance between the two worlds so that she can grow a bit as a person.
The character that shows the most development in The Shattered Dark is Aren. Kyol isn't in this book quite as much as the last one, and McKenzie is still deciding what she really wants in her life. We learn a lot more about Aren and his past, and how he's been spending all of his time making up for past sins. Aren had a difficult past, without a lot of direction. We see why he followed Thrain, what he did when he realized what type of fae Thrain was, and we see the man Aren is trying to become. We see that Aren has a very strong sense of honor, as much or more so than Kyol.
The ending of this book left my head spinning. Decisions are made for McKenzie that she has absolutely no control over. The ending broke my heart. McKenzie sacrificed her well-being for her friends, and is rewarded with something that is a game changer, and something that she really doesn't want. It will be interesting to see how this twist in the story is handled moving forward.
Sandy Williams writes a brilliant story that I couldn't put down. If you are a fan of fae, PNR, and expertly written fantasy worlds, you need to read this series now. I'll be counting down the days until the next book in this series is released.
A million chaos clusters somersault in my stomach, and when he kisses me this time, I'm undone. Nothing matters but him and us and this, the way he makes me feel like I'm everything to him.


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Raising America's Pay
An initiative of the Economic Policy Institute
Right now there is much debate over what to do about rising income inequality in America. These discussions too often miss that the key to shared prosperity is to foster wage growth. Pay of the vast majority of Americans has been stuck for decades, even though productivity and earnings at the top are escalating. Americans are working harder, more productively, and with more education than ever, but are treading water, as an enormous and ever-increasing share of income growth goes to corporate profits and executive pay. This is a solvable problem. It can be traced in no small part to policies that have allowed labor standards, business practices, and ideas of fairness to increasingly favor employers at the expense of workers.
That is why the Economic Policy Institute launched Raising America's Pay, a multiyear research and public education initiative to make wage growth an urgent national policy priority. By explaining wage and benefit patterns—and the role of labor market policies and practices in suppressing pay—the initiative is identifying policies that will generate broad-based wage growth. This work is connecting with and supporting civic engagement and community organizing groups working on pay and job quality issues to support their campaigns. Click on the research and events highlighted here to learn what's been happening to Americans' pay and what we can do about it. More on the initiative »
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Higher hourly wages for low- and middle-wage workers, achievable through a variety of labor-market policies, would unambiguously generate savings in government safety-net and income-support programs—savings that could be used to strengthen and expand anti-poverty programs or make critical public investments to boost productivity and grow the economy.
Closing the pay gap and beyond: A comprehensive strategy for improving economic security for women and families
Closing the gender wage gap is absolutely essential to helping women achieve economic security. But to bring genuine economic security to American women and their families, we must also reverse the decades-long trend of stagnant wages for the vast majority of workers.
Understanding the Historic Divergence Between Productivity and a Typical Worker's Pay: Why It Matters and Why It's Real
The data series and methods we use to construct our graph of the growing gap between productivity and typical worker pay best capture how income generated in an average hour of work in the U.S. economy has not trickled down to raise hourly pay for typical workers.
We Can Afford a $12.00 Federal Minimum Wage in 2020
By every common benchmark, today's federal minimum wage is far below its 1968 value. Raising the federal minimum to $12.00 by 2020 would raise the purchasing power of the minimum wage modestly relative to where it was five decades ago.
Raising America's Pay: Why It's Our Central Economic Policy Challenge | Report
The Raising America's Pay launch report makes the case that broad-based wage growth is the key to reversing the rise of income inequality, enhancing social mobility, reducing poverty, boosting middle-class incomes, and aiding asset-building and retirement security.
How to Raise Wages: Policies That Work and Policies That Don't | Report
Wage stagnation is not inevitable. It is the direct result of public policy choices on behalf of those with the most power and wealth that have suppressed wage growth for the vast majority in recent decades. Thus, because wage stagnation was caused by policy, it can be alleviated by policy.
The Agenda to Raise America's Pay | Agenda
Wage suppression is the result of intentional policy choices, and it can be reversed by changing policy. To raise Americans' wages, policymakers must tilt bargaining power back to workers. Here's how.
Productivity-Pay Gap | Economic Indicator
The huge gap between rising incomes at the top and stagnating pay for the rest of us shows that workers are no longer benefiting from their rising productivity. Before 1979, worker pay and productivity grew in tandem. But since 1979, productivity has grown eight times faster than typical worker pay (hourly compensation of production/nonsupervisory workers).
Labor Secretary Perez: We Can Do This | Multimedia
We are up to the challenge of tackling wage stagnation, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez declared at the June 4 launch of Raising America's Pay. He noted the administration's efforts to raise wages by working to raise the minimum wage, extend protections for overtime pay, and increase the wages paid by contractors—and he affirmed the importance of restoring workers' rights to collective bargaining.
New CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Sets Off Alarms | Report
"The fact that CEOs make almost 300 times what workers make should set off alarms," said EPI President Lawrence Mishel of EPI's 2014 report on CEO pay. CEOs at the top 350 firms earned an average of $15.2 million in 2013, up 937% since 1978. CEO pay is growing faster than worker pay (up only 10.2 percent), the stock market, and the wages of the top 0.1%.
Wage Calculator: $ You Lose | Interactive
Today, the gap between American workers' productivity and their wages is at an all-time high. EPI's "potential wages" calculator shows you what you'd be making if wages had grown with productivity.
Wage Stagnation Is a Solvable Problem | Report
Currently, when wage stagnation is identified as a problem, it is wrongly presumed to stem solely from globalization and technology— factors people assume we either cannot or should not change. We can tackle the policy decisions and business practices that have suppressed wages, including the decline of collective bargaining, expansion of workplace abuses such as wage theft, misclassification of workers as independent contractors, and unpaid overtime. As this EPI report explains, raising the federal minimum wage is one place to start.


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After a loooooong hiatus I've finally brought back Monday Music Round-Up. The reason for the long hiatus, well there's 2. 1 I was just to busy and 2 there was never enough songs coming out to fill a post up with. Well finally there are. Here are my favorite new songs from the past week. We got a banger from Nas, a nice to joint from Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi's track off of the Hunger Games soundtrack, a release from MMG and so much more.
More music from Kid Cudi, MMG, Machine Gun Kelly and 2 Chainz
Kid Cudi – The Ruler and The Killer
Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Wale & Gunplay – Same Damn Time Remix
Machine Gun Kelly Feat Steve-O, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, French Montana, Mystical and Yo Gotti – Wild Boy Remix


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Fear In Wake of Raid On City's 'Crown Jewel'
April 6, 2017 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Bicycle Hotel and Casino reopened in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday following a raid by federal agents that temporarily closed the facility to the public.
But not before raising fears about the possible hit the closure could have on workers and the city of Bell Gardens where it is located.
Dozens of law enforcement officials with the Los Angeles High Intensity Financial Crime Area Task Force — which includes the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (ICE), IRS Criminal Investigation, the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Gambling Control and the United States Attorney's office — descended on the property around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday to execute a search warrant. Sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the warrant was related to money laundering by "high-rollers" who frequent the gambling facility.
Bell Gardens police have in the past taken part in these types of joint federal task forces, but told EGP Tuesday they were not involved in Tuesday's raid.
It is not yet clear what the task force was looking for because, according to Virginia Kice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "The search warrant issued by a United States magistrate judge was filed under seal in relation to an ongoing investigation.
"Because the warrant is under seal, we are not able to comment on the scope or nature of the investigation."
The task force, however, is known to target money laundering, so there's speculation Tuesday's raid could be related to organized crime.
The Casino did not respond to EGP's request for comment, but in a statement released prior to the reopening, said: "We are serving our customers and resuming normal operations immediately. Our priority is to provide a safe and fun environment for our guests."
With the exception of a few hotel and casino managers, most employees were allowed to leave the premises Tuesday.
Boxes of items believed to be financial documents were removed from the Casino. No arrests were made.
As the raid got underway, players inside the Casino were told to leave immediately. Some were left scrambling to gather up their chips, unsure if or when they would be allowed to exchange them for cash. The Casino was closed to the public until 3 a.m. Wednesday, but hotel guests with a room key card were allowed inside.
News of the raid spread quickly through the small Southeast city, drawing people to stand outside the facility to get a closer look.
It also sparked conversation amongst neighbors, with some venturing their own ideas about the early morning raid.
Jorge Gonzales, a longtime city resident whose mother at one time worked for the Casino, told EGP he believes federal investigators are looking into criminal activity he says has been going on for years.
"I'm not surprised, it's actually about time they look into what's going on here," he said.
"This place was put up with gangster money," he said, referring to the Casino's early history.
Founded in the mid-1980s, the Bicycle Club was seized in 1990 by the federal government after investigators said the club was partly built with laundered drug money.
For Bell Gardens City Manager Phil Wagner, retelling the past seems unfair.
"Some in the media have used the events of today as an opportunity to dredge up unrelated issues that happened 27 years ago when the Casino was under completely different ownership and management," he told EGP in an email. "That's totally unfair to the Casino and to this community."
Many Bicycle Hotel and Casino employees live in Bell Gardens, so the raid Tuesday on the city's top source of revenue is a serious concern to some residents, both for their wallets and their reputations.
"Most people who work here are honest, humble, good people," said one employee, who did not want to use his name out of fear of putting his job at risk.
"The people gambling are not from Bell Gardens," he added, implying the raid may have been targeting activity by foreigners.
Bell Gardens' financial stability depends heavily on the Casino and Tuesday's raid put the spotlight on the importance of that relationship.
"I can't imagine what will happen if they close this place down," said one worried employee.
"It's not beneficial for the casino or the city" for it to be closed down, interjected a woman in Spanish.
The Bicycle Casino Hotel opened to great fanfare in December 2015. Gov. Jerry Brown was at both the groundbreaking and grand opening of the $50 million, seven-story, 100-room hotel.
In years past, nearly half of Bell Gardens' General Fund revenue has come from the Casino. It is expected to generate $13 million in funds for the city during the 2016-17 fiscal year that ends in June, an amount projected to be slightly higher in 2017-2018.
While Casino operations appear to have returned to normal, a long time closure or the revoking of its license, or any event that results in a big drop in business, could have a negative impact on city finances. In 2012, for example, when Casino revenue dwindled to an all-time low, Bell Gardens found itself with a budget deficit that required a great deal of belt-tightening.
However, such drastic action – long time closure or revoking the Casino's license – seem unlikely based on similar raids of other casinos.
Federal authorities last year investigated the Gardena card club formerly known as the Normandie Casino for violating anti-money laundering laws.
The partnership that ran the Normandie was ordered to pay about $2.4 million to settle federal charges that the poker club failed to report large cash transactions to federal authorities, as required.
As part of an agreement with the government, the four partners agreed to pay a $1 million fine and to forfeit nearly $1.4 million for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and conspiring to avoid reporting to the government the large cash transactions of some of the casino's "high-roller" gamblers.
Under the Bank Secrecy Act, casinos are required to implement and maintain programs designed to prevent criminals from using the clubs to launder the large sums of cash that illegal activity can generate.
For example, casinos must record and report to the government the details of transactions involving more than $10,000 by any one gambler in a 24-hour period.
Wagner said he does not believe the current Casino owners and management are the targets of this investigation, citing reports that the probe is focused on individual gamblers who may or may not have used the casino to launder illegally obtained cash.
"Unfortunately for the many law-abiding customers of the Casino, its employees and the community which has suffered a great deal of negative publicity," Wagner told EGP.
Longtime Bell Gardens resident Nury Balmaceda calls the Casino the working-class city's "crown jewel."
It "helped build all this," she said, pointing to the surrounding development that now includes high producing retailers like Ross and Marshals and the newly opened Dunkin' Donuts and Chipotle.
"It helped bring all these businesses here."
She found the presence of ICE agents in the Southeast city, home to a large immigrant population, alarming.
"A lot of undocumented people may be afraid to come out," said Balmaceda, who hopes nothing bad comes out of the raid.
In addition to city revenue, The Bicycle Casino Community Foundation provides scholarships for local students, recognizes local businesses and hosts an annual Christmas celebration for low-income residents.
"This is hit for the people of Bell Gardens," Balmaceda said. "In the end we are the ones who will pay for it."
An earlier version of this story was posted Tuesday to EGPNews website. Information from City News Story was use in this report.
Bell Gardens Finances Continue to Improve
June 23, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
The opening of the highly anticipated hotel at The Bicycle Casino turned into a $1 million jackpot for the city of Bell Gardens, which wagered on the success of the project to increase city revenue.
It was only a couple years ago that the city faced a $1 million budget deficit resulting from the economic recession and state closure of its redevelopment agency (RDA), which had contributed millions of dollars to rehabilitate the city's blighted areas.
Bell Gardens' luck has since turned around and the city is anticipating a $1 million dollar surplus in its 2016-2017 Fiscal Year Budget of $29.7 million. $200,000 of the surplus will go to the city's reserves – a fund set aside for emergencies or unexpected expenses.
Mayor Pro Tem Pedro Aceituno credits the surplus to staff being frugal and holding the line during troubled times.
"We didn't overspend," Aceituno said.
Bicycle Casino profits continue to play a major role in the predominately Latino blue-collar community's financial health, with nearly half of the city's general fund revenue coming from Casino fees.
In 2012, Casino revenue dwindled to an all-time low of $9.3 million, sparking a budget deficit that year. Now on the rebound, Casino revenue is expected to reach $13 million this year, $1.8 million more than in 2015-2016 and $170,000 more than its peak in 2008.
"For years, we were losing players to other casinos with hotels, [but] now we are able to keep them here," City Manager Phil Wagner told EGP, referring to the opening of the Casino's new hotel.
However, "It's not just the economy doing better or hotel improvements, but a lot of it was that we managed our money very well," he said.
The added revenue will offset $234,000 in lease revenue lost when the city was forced to sell of two city-owned shopping centers, as part of a settlement with the state over the closing of its redevelopment agency. Wagner believes the city is in the "9th inning" of the RDA ordeal, "it's over when the state says it's over," he added.
"The key thing is the loss from the RDA negotiations could have been much bigger."
Staff worked hard to minimize the damage, which could have reached up to $4 million, said Director of Finance Will Kaholokula.
Mayor Jennifer Rodriguez also credits city staff and elected officials for Bell Gardens' "thriving" economy. "We're one of the cities that had a plan to get us through rough times," she told EGP.
Unlike some neighboring cities, "we have worked efficiently together without worrying about the politics," she pointed out.
That's a major step forward from years past when Bell Gardens City Council meetings were often the scene of loud political bickering. Rodriguez and Aceituno, both longtime councilmembers, believe the lack of political turmoil is why food retailers like Dunkin Donuts and Chipotle are now flocking to the city, despite its predominately Latino, working-class demographics and being only 2.4-square-miles in size, factors that have been deterrents to investments in other cities.
As a result, sales tax revenue is up and unemployment is down.
Like neighboring Montebello, the Bell Gardens City Council will continue to grapple with its aging and money losing water system.
After years of putting off a decision, plans are in the works to hold workshops and public hearings on the water utility's future. Experts say the 50 year old infrastructure needs costly long term repairs, but the utility does not generate enough revenue to even cover current operating expenses. Purchased in 1991, the Bell Gardens water system services about 30% of city residents. Rates have not been raised in over 20 years.
The city can continue to offer the low rates but it will require long term planning, according to Wagner. "The city council will have to decide whether they want to maintain the system, sell the system or increase water rates," he explained.
Another bright note in city finances has been the significant reduction in golf course related losses, from a deficit of $90,000 per year to $18,000 after turning the facility over to an outside management company.
"We do a lot that doesn't make money but we want to be able to make enough to cover the costs," said Wagner.
The rising cost of California Public Employees' Retirement (PERS) obligations will continue to challenge the city, but Wagener says there's not much the city can do except save up. City staff has proposed starting an irrevocable trust fund to cover future pension obligations as part of a long-term solution.
Like most southeast communities, Wagner says Bell Gardens must address infrastructure and general capital improvement projects including streets, alleys and parks.
Turf on the soccer field at Ford Park needs be replaced at a cost of $1 million, notes Assistant Manager John Oropeza.
"Now that we have a little surplus we can make sure that comes back to our residents," said Aceituno who would like to see some previously cut programs return.
But Rodriguez believes a surplus does not translate to a party.
"We can't start splurging just because there's a surplus," she told EGP. "Before we even touch the money we have to exhaust all other options and continue to plan ahead."