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CSG Begins New Era of Growth Under Newly Appointed CEO Brian Shepherd
5.1.2021 08:00:00 CET | Business Wire
CSG officially welcomed Brian Shepherd into his new post as CEO, effective January 1, ushering in a new era of growth, innovation, inclusiveness, and diversification on the back of a successful 2020 for the company.
Shepherd, who since 2016 has been integral to the company's strategic growth as executive vice president and group president, was selected to succeed Bret Griess in August last year.
Recognized for his passion in creating and fostering a values-based, results-driven culture, Shepherd is known for his ability to lead and grow profitable businesses engaged in enterprise SaaS and cloud-based solutions. He brings extensive global sales, services and delivery, strategy, corporate development, and marketing expertise to the CEO role for CSG.
"I am honored to lead this company into its next phase of our growth and evolution," Shepherd said. "CSG's proven capabilities and strong track record of helping solve our customers' biggest business challenges creates a strong foundation as we focus on building a bigger, better, and more future-ready company."
"I'm equally passionate about amplifying what our employees love most about working at CSG, which is our values-based culture. Our people are at the center of our success and growth. As we continue to ensure that all voices are heard and represented, we will also build on our commitment to an action-based approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion," Shepherd added.
Today also marks Shepherd's appointment to the CSG Board of Directors:
"As multiple industry verticals evolve at a record-breaking pace, Brian's depth of experience combined with his energy, entrepreneurial spirit and executive acumen uniquely position him to take CSG to the next level," said Don Reed, CSG board chairman.
"We are confident that his vision and strong relationships across the service provider, enterprise and partner landscape will strengthen CSG's growth trajectory and capture market share in the dynamic wireless, customer experience, payments and enterprise market segments," said Reed.
An experienced technology veteran, Shepherd has held leadership positions at TeleTech, Amdocs, DST Innovis and McKinsey & Company, among others. In these roles, he also successfully acquired and integrated over two dozen software, payments, analytic and consulting companies. He received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
He is based in and works out of the company's global headquarters in Denver.
For more than 35 years, CSG has simplified the complexity of business, delivering innovative customer engagement solutions that help companies acquire, monetize, engage, and retain customers. Operating across more than 120 countries worldwide, CSG manages billions of critical customer interactions annually, and its award-winning suite of software and services allow companies across dozens of industries to tackle their biggest business challenges and thrive in an ever-changing marketplace. CSG is the trusted partner for driving digital innovation for hundreds of leading global brands, including AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, DISH, Eastlink, Formula One, MTN and Telstra. To learn more, visit our website at csgi.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Noteworthy among the rich manuscript collections of the National Library of Russia, the first Russia's state public library, are the handwritten books came from the oldest Christian monastic community of St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. The Codex Sinaiticus, dating from the 4th century, is the best known of these manuscripts as the earliest and most complete surviving copy of the Greek version of the Scripture (the Septuagint). Written in Biblical uncial script in four columns on parchment, the manuscript holds great interest for scholars not only with virtue of its content and venerable age but also with its remarkable history.
The origins of the Codex Sinaiticus are buried in remote antiquity. The manuscript is thought to be one of the 50 copies of the Bible that Emperor Constantine (272-337) commissioned Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (260-339) to produce for churches in Constantinople. It is also possible that the splendid manuscript might have been donated by Emperor Justinian to the new monastery established near the foot of Mount Sinai and the church built there (548-560). For fifteen hundred years, the manuscript was preserved at Mt Sinai Monastery, a centre of ascetic and mystic theology, and was first introduced to the research community only in the 19th century.
A distinctive part in discovering, studying and publishing the Codex Sinaiticus was played by the German Biblical scholar Constantin Tischendorf (1815-1874). He paid his first visit to the East in 1844 to explore manuscripts of the New Testament in library collections in Palestine and on Mt Sinai. In late-May 1844, Tischendorf arrived at Mt Sinai Monastery. There, while studying in the library, he discovered 129 sheets of an old manuscript on parchment in a waste basket. Tischendorf was allowed to take 43 sheets back to Germany, where he made a lithograph edition of this part of the Codex Sinaiticus. It was published in 1846 under the title of the Codex Frederico-Augustanus and dedicated to King Frederick Augustus of Saxony who had sponsored Tischendorf's Eastern trip. Since then, the 43 sheets of the Codex Sinaiticus, brought by that Tischendorf from Mt Sinai, have been held in the Leipzig University Library.
Tischendorf never stopped thinking of the remaining 86 Codex sheets on Mt Sinai but he could not raise finance for a second trip to Mt Sinai. At that time St. Catherine's on Mt Sinai was twice (in 1845 and 1850) visited by Bishop Porphyrius (Constantin Alexandrovich Uspensky, 1804-1885), the head of the first Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. In his account of the first visit in 1845, Porphyrius described the most important manuscripts in St Catherine's Monastery Library. His description of the Codex Sinaiticus covers the 86 sheets that Tischendorf found and left behind, and 260 more sheets of the same manuscript.
In the process of investigating Eastern monastery libraries, Bishop Porphyrius obtained manuscript fragments for paleographic studies, ordered copies of miniature paintings, and even was presented with icons. The items, brought him from the East, formed a collection of essential research value. Since 1883, the Porphyrius (Uspensky) Collection have been housed in the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Russia. The collection contains 3 fragments of the Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: Greek 259). Judging from two of the fragments, there can be no question that the old parchment was later reused by the monks for binding repair. Fragments of the Codex Sinaiticus from the Porphyrius (Uspensky) Collection were published by Tischendorf1.
Tischendorf returned to Mt Sinai in 1853. Yet he could not see the manuscript of his primary interest already hidden by the prudent brethren. While examining other manuscripts, Tischendorf discovered a scrap of the Codex Sinaiticus served as a bookmark in a hagiographic volume. The fragment was included in the celebrated Tischendorf collection, acquired by Imperial Public Library in 1858 and currently kept in the NLR (Shelfmark: Greek 2). The fragment has also been published by some journals of authority2.
To accomplish his research, Tischendorf applies for support from the Russian Government and received it. The grant was used for the scholar's third visit to Mt Sinai where he could see the available sheets of the Codex Sinaiticus: those 86 discovered by him, and the 260 first registered in Bishop Porphyrius's Description - altogether 346 sheets. The monastic housekeeper showed the precious manuscript to Tischendorf in his cell.
From that moment on, Tischendorf began editing the Codex Sinaiticus for the publication that was made possible thanks to sponsorship of the Russian Government, and gained fame throughout the world. The exceptional project of that time was attended with making a confirmatory deed of gift of the Codex to Emperor Alexander II by Mt Sinai community. Diplomats negotiated the donation for some years. The twists and turns of the process are traced by A.V. Zakharova in her article The History of the Acquisition of the Sinai Bible by the Russian Government in the Context of Recent Findings in Russian Archives. In September 1859, by agreement with Mt Sinai community, Tischendorf had taken the manuscript from the monastery to Petersburg in order to prepare the publication, although the deed of gift was signed by the Holy Councils of St. Catherine's Monastery and its daughter house - Cairo Metochion only in November 1869. In return, St. Catherine's community obtained 9,000 rubles from the Russian Government at the time, and consistent Russian support thereafter.
The 4-volume edition of the main portion of the Codex Sinaiticus appeared in 1862 as Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus, with dedication to Russian Emperor Alexander II3.
The publication was released in a record short space of time (a mere three years) and impressed everyone by its splendid design and the outstanding quality of printing. Photography and lithography was undertaken in Saint Petersburg and Leipzig, and the printers were Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig. Some of the copies were printed on special plant-based paper imitating parchment. The edition was published in a run of 327 copies, of which 227 were distributed among major Russian and West-European institutes and libraries, , or presented to eminent persons by the Russian Government's decision. Two copies were forwarded to St. Catherine's - one for the Monastery Library and the other for the library of Cairo House. The publication cost worked out at 20,000 rubles, exclusive of shipping costs. The lithographic facsimile edition of the Codex Sinaiticus drew unprecedented public and scholarly attention and provided a good opportunity for further investigation.
Having a stately audience with Alexander II at Tsarskoe Selo on 10 November 1862, Tischendorf presented the Emperor with the facsimile edition, and the original Codex he used for editing purposes. In 1869, the Codex Sinaiticus entered the Imperial Public Library (a former name of our Library) and was preserved in the Manuscripts Department along with the most important manuscripts like the oldest dated East Slavic book Ostromir Gospel of 1056-1057. In December 1933, the Codex Sinaiticus was sold by the Soviet Government to the British Museum and transferred to London. Since the British Library was established in 1978, the precious manuscript takes its deserving place among the British Library's collections. In London the old manuscript underwent careful conservation treatment, and was bound in two volumes.
However, the efforts of Constantin Tischendorf and Bishop Porphyrius (Uspensky) to discover parts of the Codex Sinaiticus at St. Catherine's Monastery of Mt Sinai, and the grandiose facsimile edition of the monument did not represent the final event in the history of discovery of the ancient relic. Over the course of time, other parts of the Codex Sinaiticus have been found, and other facsimile editions of the treasure have been printed using advanced techniques.
Towards the end of the 19th century the Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature in Saint Petersburg (OLDP) acquired a fragment of a parchment leaf bearing a washed Greek text. Vladimir Beneshevich deciphered, identified and published the text in his catalogue of Mt Sinai St. Catherine's manuscripts, attributing the fragment to the Codex Sinaiticus4.
The fragment from the Library of the Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature is reproduced in a facsimile of the Codex Sinaiticus prepared by Helen and Kirsoff Lake. In contrast to Tischendorf's lithograph version, the Lakes made their edition from photographs. The Codex Sinaiticus was photographed in Petersburg in summer 1908. The fragment from the collection of the Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature was taken by the prominent photographer Karl Bulla in 1916. The Lake edition was published in two volumes in 1911 and 1922 respectively5.
In 1932 the collection of the Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature added to the holdings of the Public Library a considerable number of manuscripts, among them one further fragment of the Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: OLDP. O. 156).
A quite small fragment of parchment with Greek text was discovered in a manuscript of the collection of Bishop Porphyrius (RNB. F. �. I. 83). On the basis of the paleographic characteristics, Evgenia Eduardovna Granstrem determined it as part of the Codex Sinaiticus and identified the text as the fragment of The Shepherd of Hermas6. The discoved fragment has been placed in the library's collection of Greek manuscripts at the shelfmark Greek 843.
History of the discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus concludes with exciting finds in St Catherine's Monastery on Mt Sinai. During the reconstruction works on the building on 26 May 1975, a forgotten store-room, where damaged and decrepit books had been kept at one time, was found out under St. Gregory Chapel at the north-western wall of the monastery. Among the books were 12 leaves and 24 fragments of the Codex Sinaiticus.
Most recently, on 3 September 3 2009, an interesting report about one more sensation appeared on the Internet, referring to an article by The Independent newspaper. Nicholas Sarris, a member the Codex Sinaiticus Project, noticed a previously unseen piece of Codex Sinaiticus glued to the binding of a book, when he was looking through photographs of manuscript bindings in the library of St Catherine's Monastery. Archimandrite and the librarian of St Catherine's Monastery on Mt Sinai, Father Justin confirmed that the sheet was a part of the Codex Sinaiticus, and identified the text as the beginning of the Book of Joshua, Chapter 1, Verse 10.
It is hard to tell whether more fragments of the Codex Sinaiticus will ever came to light. Today different parts of the precious codex are held across four world famous manuscript treasuries - St Catherine's Monastery on Mt Sinai, the British Library, Leipzig University Library, and the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg. Their official representatives signed a partnership agreement on the international Codex Sinaiticus Project in London, March 2005. The project is planned to end in 2010. Outcomes of the project will include: 1) the preservation of all leaves of the Codex Sinaiticus according to a common standard; 2) the digitisation of all parts of the Codex into a common format; 3)the transcription of the Codex with expert commentary; 4) the online publication of the Codex; 5) new research into the history of the Codex. The project aims have been nearly accomplished, and the experience of international cooperation in preserving, studying and publishing written heritage items of world importance has provided an essential foundation for the continuation of this noble humanitarian activity.
As part of the Codex Sinaiticus Project, the National Library of Russia will host the international conference The Codex Sinaiticus: Manuscripts in Modern Information Environment (the 5th Zagrebin Readings) on 12-13 November 2009 in Saint Petersburg. For the conference members and visitors, the NLR offers an exhibition of rare manuscripts in the ancient rooms of the Manuscripts Department. This display is accompanied by the online exhibition that provides access to the unique treasures of world culture in the collections of the National Library of Russia to a global audience. The virtual exhibition was produced by staff members of the Library's Department of Manuscripts C.Krushelnitskaya, I.Lebedeva, Zh.Levshina, T.Romanova, E.Borisovets, the lecturer at the Chair of General Art History of the Lomonosov Moscow State University A.Zakharova, the web-master V.Chernousova, the designer I.Podoprigora and the translator I.Rozhkova.


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Mount Gerry Andrews is part of the Trachyte Mountain Range in the Kootenay Land District.
VICTORIA – Gerald Smedley Andrews pioneered the use of aerial photography for mapping and forestry in the province, and now his name is a permanent part of the B.C. map.
A 2,205-metre peak in the Flathead region of the Kootenays has been named Mount Gerry Andrews, the latest in a series of honours for B.C.'s longest-serving surveyor general. Andrews died in 2005, after serving as B.C.'s surveyor general and director of mapping and provincial boundaries commissioner from 1951 to 1968.
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If you suffer from excess bloating you may want to assess the carbohydrate proportion of your meals and whether you are fully absorbing these sugars. Gas producing bacteria is kept in check by monitoring your intake and feeding the friendly (less gas producing) bacteria with fibre and vegetables instead. If you are avoiding it be aware that the sugar content foods and drinks is not always obvious on food packaging, and may be hidden in all sorts of different names. For gas leak in car example, you might see a small amount advertised on the label of a bottle of chicken stock, but also in the list of ingredients is maltose, sugar derived from starch. Also watch out for barley malt extract powder, dextrose, corn syrup and dried glucose syrup.
An interesting fact to bear in mind is that food manufacturers have to list the largest ingredient first in their list. They know this; so to avoid having to put 'cane sugar' as the first ingredient (and therefore potentially reflect badly on their product), they are starting to put multiple forms of sugar in, but in smaller amounts, so these do not need to be listed first. For example you may find a product which contains glucose, cane sugar, sucrose, molasses and so on.
Agave nectar is currently being researched as a potentially better alternative sweetener to sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (often used as a sweetener in processed foods). It is thought that agave can improve the body's glucose control, and help reduce glucose intolerance which can lead to type 2 diabetes, hypertension electricity human body (high blood pressure) and obesity.


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Georgije "Đura" Jakšić (cyr. Георгије "Ђура" Јакшић; ur. 27 lipca 1832 w Srpskiej Crnej, zm. 16 listopada 1878 w Belgradzie) – serbski pisarz, dramaturg i artysta malarz.

Był jednym z głównych reprezentantów romantyzmu serbskiego. W swojej liryce wyraził bunt przeciwko ówczesnej rzeczywistości w imię ideałów wolnościowych i patriotycznych. Był autorem realistycznych opowiadań z życia wsi oraz tragedii historycznej Seoba Srbalja (1863). Jako malarz tworzył głównie kompozycje historyczne i portrety.

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Championship transfer rumours: Birmingham City talks, Leeds United £13m offer, Forest bid
Championship transfer news and rumours from around the competition
Scott McKenna of Aberdeen celebrates after he scores the opening goal during the Scottish Ladbrokes Premiership match between Rangers and Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium on December 5, 2018 (Image: Getty Images)
This is the time of the year when the transfer rumour mill goes into overdrive and the latest gossip round-up is a prime example of that.
Here is the latest from the Championship in terms of transfer news and rumours.
Leeds stance on Petagna
Reports in Italy suggest that Leeds United have made a €15m bid for Andrea Petagna.
The 24-year-old striker is currently with SPAL in Serie A, having spent 2018/19 on loan from Atalanta.
But Leeds Live are reporting that the reports of a transfer offer are 'wide of the mark' at this stage.
First pro deal announced
Staying with Leeds momentarily and the Whites have confirmed a first professional contract for Connor Leak-Blunt.
The midfielder is highly rated at Elland Road, with the club confirming a three-year deal for the 17-year-old on Monday afternoon.
Forest bid
Nottingham Forest are on the verge of offering another bid for Scott McKenna, according to reports.
The Aberdeen star took his game to another level last season in Scotland and is courting interest from around the UK.
The Daily Record claim that Forest are preparing a new bid for the centre-back, while Hull City are also interested in the 22-year-old.
Transfer rumours: Nottingham Forest linked with Wolves striker, Coventry City star wanted by Derby County and Huddersfield Town
Birmingham City in talks
Birmingham City goalkeeper Connal Trueman is reportedly in talks to sign a new deal, according to Football Insider.
Trueman is in the final year of his current contract but it's said that Blues want to extend his stay at the club.
Villa to miss out on Stoke star
Aston Villa will not secure the signing of Stoke City keeper Jack Butland after they refused to meet the club's £20m valuation.
That's according to The Sun, who state that the 26-year-old is likely to stay at the Championship club.
Transfer deadline day


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Ingo Schultz, né le  à Lingen (Basse-Saxe), est un athlète allemand, évoluant sur 400 m.

En 2001, il devint vice-champion du monde à Edmonton. Une année plus tard, il a été sacré champion d'Europe. En 2003, il dut presque arrêter sa carrière victime d'une mononucléose infectieuse mais en 2004, il se qualifia pour les Jeux olympiques où il fut éliminé avant la finale.

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques
 Jeux olympiques de 2004 à Athènes ()
 éliminé lors des demi-finales du 400 m
  en relais 4 × 400 m

Championnats du monde d'athlétisme
 Championnats du monde d'athlétisme de 2001 à Edmonton ()
  Médaille d'argent sur 400 m

Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme
 Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme de 2002 à Munich ()
  Médaille d'or sur 400 m

Lien externe

Sprinteur allemand
Naissance en juillet 1975
Naissance à Lingen
Coureur de 400 mètres
Champion d'Europe d'athlétisme
Athlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004


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Q: How can I know my app is working in background? I have written this program, it is work when the app is displaying on screen
If the app in background, it stop to print the latitude, when I resume the app, it will start to print again.
I have enabled background modes in xcode, and also checked Location updates, why my app still not running in background?
If the app is running, just the print function does not work in background, how can I know the app is running?
class ViewController: UIViewController,
    CLLocationManagerDelegate {

    var locationManager: CLLocationManager = CLLocationManager()
    var startLocation: CLLocation!

    func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager,
                         didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation])
    {
        let latestLocation: CLLocation = locations[locations.count - 1]
        print(latestLocation.coordinate.latitude)
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
        locationManager.delegate = self
        locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
        locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
        startLocation = nil

    }
}

A: First, your problem:
locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()

This requests your location manager to update its location only when your app is in the foreground. You have to change this to:
locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()

If it still doesn't work, make sure your location manager is firing updates at all by adding a print statement in the delegate functions.
Second, how to print stuff in the background:
My favorite way is to log things in UserDefaults, because those persist across app restarts. I will set my print statements as the value to a log key for example. Upon restart I will read the contents of UserDefaults from the log key.

A: If your app uses location in the background ).you have to set allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates to YES in addition to setting the background mode capability in Info.plist. Otherwise location updates are only delivered in foreground.
if CLLocationManager is first called startUpdatingLocation method, and in the projectname-Info.plist file is added Required Background Modes -> App registers for location updates.

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and hindsight will always be the spoiler of women.
Just like Cadillacs, chrome blenders, and the benefits of penicillin.
I resolved to treat him with the same benign neglect as the rest of my family.
Thousands of commercial enterprises fail each year. You will never be rich, never.
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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy concluded its 25th anniversary celebration with a discussion on the success and effectiveness of President Obama's foreign policy plan. Tomas L. Friedman, Martin Kramer, William Kristol, Robert Saloff, and David Makovsky were among the panelists who discussed issues such as Israel/Palestine, nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and what to do with Iran's nuclear ambitions.
"What's going on today in America is the greatest show on earth," said Friedman on the sweeping changes the Obama administration has implemented on the domestic front. On the international front, however, he said the Administration hasn't had the conviction to stand strong and take action on necessary issues. He did praise two efforts of the administration: the training of a Palestinian police force in the West Bank and having the Vice President lead Iraq across the finish line in the coming months.
Kristol said the President also deserves credit for efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not with Israel or the threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon. "With this regime, nuclear weapons would be a disaster," he said. The U.S. lost its window of opportunity to act forcefully during the political unrest on June 12 and has not seriously considered military action. These factors, he said, have slowly led us to two terrible choices: an Israeli strike on Iran or Iran's creation of a weapon.
Military action would be a high-risk operation and would create huge implications for the global and U.S. economy, Friedman noted.
The real debate, he said, should be on what happens the morning after the morning after? What happens when Iran gets a bomb, and God forbid, does something with it? Or what happens the morning after Israel attacks an Iranian nuclear site?
First, there will be attacks on Jewish sites, U.S. embassies and individuals. The global economy would weaken, and Iran would now have justification for attacking and creating a weapon of their own.
Soon, other Middle East countries will obtain weapons, like Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and then conflicts will escalate between Shiite and Sunni nations.
Troops in the Middle East will be more exposed, the "War on Terror" will be more difficult, and Iran would enjoy united support of all its people against one enemy, which hasn't existed in the past year. They also could channel what weapons they have to terrorist groups outside the country.
Makovsky said if Iran did obtain a weapon, it would be a severe blow to U.S. prestige in the Middle East and the prestige of future presidents.


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The role of carbon offsetting in 2021
As efforts to reduce carbon ramps up globally, offsetting has become a necessary element of corporations' drive to counter their emissions.
Carbon offsetting doesn't work without avoidance and reduction measures. Without that understanding, it's little more than greenwashing, which has been a criticism levelled at carbon offsetting in the past. But according to one industry expert with 20 years' experience in green energy and climate action, in the short to medium-term it's necessary if corporations are to meet emissions reduction targets.
"Offsetting is more or less an indispensable instrument, because 2050 is right around the corner and we're far from meeting the Paris targets," says Dr Sascha Lafeld, head of carbon offset and green energy services at Climate Partner, a carbon offsetting firm. "We need offsetting today in order to get engaged, but it's not the ultimate solution."
Lafeld hopes the work he currently does won't be necessary in 20 years, but for now, it's something corporations must engage in. The spotlight is on the activities companies are undertaking to reduce their impacts, with investors in particular piling on the pressure.
There are four basic categories of carbon offset projects. The first is renewable energy. These projects have to follow certain standards and only work in certain geographic locations where the technologies are still deemed to be additional measures.
The second includes forest protection and reforestation, agricultural soil treatments and planting projects that sequester carbon. "These are very simple measures, as easy as changing your tillering methods. It's sometimes really astonishing how easy it can be to keep carbon in the ground."
The third category includes social impact projects, such as drinking water schemes providing water filters to families. "These projects usually have a huge social impact. They're really development projects and carbon is just the trigger; that's what you can easily measure."
The fourth is not strictly an offsetting project as it would count as 'double counting' carbon reduction, but corporates also have the option of contributing to national carbon reduction or reforestation schemes. "If they still want to claim they are carbon neutral, they obviously cannot."
The process is very transparent and adheres to strict guidelines. Credibility is at the forefront of everything, which is why offsetting is becoming more and more successful, says Lafeld.
The first question that Lafeld always asks his client is: what message do you want to convey? That forms the basis of a goal that the carbon offsetting project aims to meet.
"It's an iterative process," Lafeld explains. "It's usually a carbon offsetting strategy that fits the nature of the company itself. For example, when you work with somebody like Nestle, you should have something in the agricultural space, because that's where 97% of Nestle's footprint is."
Lafeld also outlines that a lot of what he and his team do is about trying to make offsetting and insetting work together – bringing the projects into the supply chain to reduce emissions there as well.
Corporate emissions are divided into three scopes. Scope one is direct emissions: CO2 emitted from direct processes. Scope two includes indirect emissions such as energy use within its facilities – this accounts for around 50% of the operational emissions of service companies.
Scope three includes things such as business travel by employees – another big one for service companies. Scope three for food and beverage companies includes their entire supply chain. "This is the hardest to assess, but there are guidelines for how you can do this. The Gold Standard has been working on this. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the overarching 'roof' for how to calculate this, but it also depends on the industry we're talking about. It can be really complex."
You have to work through every single detail, says Lafeld, and calculate all the logistics behind creating and shipping every component of a product. "It takes time, it's super cumbersome. But at the end of the day, it's common sense. There's a lot of data and resources available. Most of them do contradict themselves all the time, so you really have to make sure that you're using a credible value and that you compare the various sources."
That's why Lefeld believes it's helpful to bring in outside help when initially designing your strategy for carbon reduction and offsetting, because it can be overwhelming. "As soon as people open their minds and have a look at what's really behind it, they understand how much complexity and quality is involved. That's the reason why so many big brands are getting engaged in this."
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Las Vegas is one of the best places to go for entertainment on the west coast of the United States. Sporting a wide variety of Las Vegas hotels and casinos, nightclubs, restaurants and other things to do in Las Vegas, you will be able to find a little bit of something for everyone.
This site is dedicated to giving you information on booking a room in a Las Vegas Hotel.
When you visit Las Vegas, you will want to plan your trip so you can experience at least a little bit of everything. Your first step is to pick the hotel and casino that you would like to stay at. Being on the Strip is the best place to be right in the action all of the time, although there are a variety of beautiful hotels and casinos off of the Strip as well.
There are 113 hotels currently in the Las Vegas area. On the Vegas Strip itself, there are approximately 38 large hotels for you to choose from. Most of these include at least 1,000 rooms. A few of the popular hotels for accomodations on the Strip include the Mirage, the Venetian, the Bellagio, the Hard Rock, the Sahara, Paris Las Vegas, Caesars Palace and Mandalay Bay. Off the Strip, you will find luxurious hotels like Green Valley Ranch and the Fairfield Grand Desert Resort.
In many of the hotels, you will find casinos to enjoy exciting evenings in. Some of the most popular casinos include the one at Caesars Palace Casino, the Hard Rock Casino and the casino at the Venetian.
When looking for social based entertainment in Las Vegas, the nightclubs are the first place you should look. Ranging from wild parties at the Coyote Ugly in the New York New York to sophisticated evenings of wine and champagne at the Risque, there is a club to suit everyones desires and tastes.
If you intend on being in Las Vegas over the holidays, such as around New Years, you will want to arrange in advance for reservations, as these clubs become the soul of the party in Vegas. Most hotels and casinos have at least one club within them.
Perhaps one of the most enjoyable aspects of Vegas is experiencing the various restaurants located on and off of the Strip. Every hotel tends to have a variety of different restaurants. The Venetian, as an example, has world class restaurants like the Delmonico Steakhouse and the Royal Star. The Bellagio sports the Le Cirque and Michael Mina. The Mandalay Bay has the House of Blues and the Chocolate Swan. There are also many buffets and good deals to be found, which makes the strip a surprisingly affordable place to eat if you take the time to have a look.
There are many attractions in Las Vegas to attract visitors to the Strip. Among them include seeing the world's largest gold nugget at the Golden Nugget, the Cirque du Soleil at New York New York, the Bellagio, the Cher Las Vegas show, the MGM Grand and Treasure Island. There are many other shows and events, such as the Fremont show every night, the Volcano eruptions at the Mirage, and the fountain displays at the Bellagio that are free of charge for any who want to see it. With this much to see and do, there is never a dull moment when visting Las Vegas Hotels.


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An analysis of the salaries of over 2,000 professors, lecturers and staff at the College of William and Mary revealed a pattern that continues pay tendencies of years past. Professional experience is a factor, but it is not the only one. Among arts and sciences employees, professors of certain academic disciplines earn more than others, and, as a whole, the College has lower average pay than other public research universities.
In October 2017, the Richmond Times-Dispatch released its report on public employee salaries for the 2016-17 fiscal year, which includes data for 2,240 employees of the College. In addition to academic faculty, the report also contains employment data for part-time assistant positions as well as custodial and secretarial staff. The report divides salaries at the College into seven distinct brackets. Only four professors earn salaries in the lowest two brackets, which correspond to yearly earnings of less than $50,000. Meanwhile, almost a third of the College's total employment falls into this category, with 899 out of 2,240 staff members receiving compensation below $50,000.
Departmental differences
College President Taylor Reveley receives the College's highest salary. He earned $550,000 in gross pay for the 2016-17 fiscal year. Other administrative officials, including Provost Michael Halleran and Marshall-Wythe School of Law Dean Davison Douglas, earn salaries of $428,000 and $332,000, respectively. A significant portion of professors, especially ones designated as eminent scholars, earn yearly salaries upwards of $100,000. Since eminent scholars tend to have contributed greatly to their field of study, the report suggests that seniority plays an important role in salary determination.
The College's average pay is approximately $72,000. According to the report, faculty members earning salaries within $100 of this average pay level are professional lecturers, assistant professors and information technology specialists. The median pay for all of the College's employees is several thousand dollars lower at $58,000, which corresponds to the wage earned by an employee in the university's technology services department; the difference between average and median pay is above $10,000, indicating that the salaries earned by employees in the College's highest income bracket may have inflated the average pay and caused it to drift from the median.
The report shows that differences in compensation persist across departments. Professors in the College's graduate programs, receive higher salaries than their counterparts in other subjects. Over two-thirds of the 32 non-administrative professors with salaries at or exceeding $200,000 for the 2016-17 fiscal year worked in either the Marshall-Wythe School of Law or for the Raymond A. Mason School of Business; only a handful of professors from undergraduate disciplines met this threshold. Undergraduate professors earning salaries above $200,000 include Charles Johnson in mathematics, Tracy Cross in the School of Education, Melvin Ely in history and Don Campbell in economics.
Elizabeth Radcliffe, who chairs the College's undergraduate philosophy department, said she views the existence of differentiated pay levels as essential for the College's success. While she said she recognized the importance of all disciplines to an immersive liberal arts education, she did not dispute the need for higher salary-based incentivization for professors in more competitive fields.
"The reality is that, in some disciplines — for instance, the natural sciences, computer science, and business — there are alternative careers outside of academia that can pay more," Radcliffe said in an email. "So, the competition keeps salaries higher in these areas than in arts and humanities. It's like this at all universities. So, differential pay is justified by demand, but it does not necessarily reflect the value of a discipline to the William & Mary students."
This is a common sentiment, and professors from multiple departments acknowledge the College's justification for offering various pay levels to its faculty.
But while members of the College's faculty see the administration's economic prioritization of certain disciplines as logical, some departments have struggled to hire new faculty because of relatively low salary offerings. Economics professors, for example, are among the College's best-paid faculty members in the arts and sciences. All 11 individuals listed as professors of economics on the department's faculty directory earned salaries in the 90th percentile compared to staff members of the College as a whole. Despite the fact that the lowest salary for an accredited economics professor at the College is approximately $132,000, Berhanu Abegaz, chair of the economics department, stated that even his department has trouble attracting prospective professors due to the College's relatively low compensation standards.
"Economics is probably the highest paid in Arts & Sciences but we still have a hard time hiring in some fields — we just had four of our offers declined in part due to salaries (but also for personal reasons or the small size of the 'burg)," Abegaz said in an email.
Across the Commonwealth
Outside of Williamsburg, the report also contains employment data for other public universities in Virginia, including nearby Christopher Newport University in Newport News and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In spite of the College's close academic and athletic relationship with UVA, the report shows that on average, faculty members at UVA earned higher salaries than those at the College for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The median salary at UVA is approximately $63,000 and the university's average salary is slightly above $81,000 per year.
However, the disparity in salaries between faculty at UVA and at the College is not a cause for concern, Halleran said. Higher salaries at UVA are the result of higher research activity and do not necessarily indicate a higher quality of undergraduate education.
"UVA's salaries are on average higher than W&M's," Halleran said in an email. "[This is because] it is categorized as a 'doctoral university — highest research activity,' while W&M is a 'doctoral university — higher research activity,' the difference obviously reflecting the amount of research conducted at the institutions," Halleran said in an email.
Furthermore, College officials maintain their commitment toward increasing salaries for faculty and staff over time. College spokesperson Suzanne Seurattan said that the university has made great strides in meeting statewide benchmarks for salary raises, and that the gap between the College and other collegiate salaries across the nation is dwindling.
"[The College is] working toward its and SCHEV's (State Council of Higher Education) stated goal of having faculty salaries at the 60th percentile (to national peers)," Seurattan said in an email.
In an effort to promote transparency, the Richmond Times-Dispatch publishes the salaries of employees at public universities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia on a yearly basis. The newspaper's report, which also publishes information about various other state-run institutions, contains the names, salaries, and official occupational titles of thousands of Virginia employees. Counted among these public employees are those at the College, whose salaries are publicly accessible. The Richmond Times-Dispatch report can be accessed at data.richmond.com/salaries/2016/state/college-of-william-mary.
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Our last article talked about reviewing the current year and projecting for next year. Once you have completed your evaluation and you know both the good and the bad about your year's performance this year, it is time to plan the changes needed.
By now, you should have a real good idea of what your business did this year. What you did right, and maybe what you could do better this next year. Remember, you didn't make mistakes; you just gave yourself the opportunity to make improvements next year. It helps to have something to look forward to, right?
Now we're going to make things happen. In a recent newsletter, we used an example of setting an annual projected volume of $855,000. You need to set your own volume – it might be 10 times that or half as much. Use figures that are correct for your business and remember we are just using numbers to give an example.
How will you get $855,000 in the door next year? Look back this year to find your average sale price. Let's say that this year our revenue will be about $792,000. By the end of the year we expect to sell, build and collect on 40 jobs with an average sales price of $19,800. (Be careful when calculating your average. If you sell primarily large jobs with a few small ones, throw out the small ones when calculating your average sales price. You want the average to be as close to average as you can get.) To reach our projection of $855,000 next year, we'll either have to sell more jobs, or sell larger jobs. What do you think you can do? It's your call. For our example, we'll try for more jobs. Next year, to reach $855,000 in volume with an average sales price of $19,800, we'll need to sell 43 jobs.
1 in 6.0+ – Either improve or find a new salesperson. You're wasting leads.
If you know that this year you sold about 1 in 4 leads, that means you'll need 172 leads next year. For safety's sake, add about 25 percent to cover the possibility of more "tire kickers", "I want a square foot price", or "I am just looking for the cheapest price" calls. When the economy is down you can expect more calls of this nature. 172 plus 25 percent means you need 215 leads.
In your review of this year, you found that your average lead cost you $58. So next year to generate 235 leads, you can reasonably expect to spend 215 x $58, or $12,470 to get the leads in the door.
Where To Spend Your Advertising Dollars?
List all of your various lead sources.
Then calculate the cost of each lead in each category.
That tells you where the best place is to spend the initial investment of $12,470. But since $12,455 is far short of a normal budgeted 3-5% for advertising, let's enhance the number of leads that come in from each source. If you know that your web page generated half your leads last year, it would be smart to enhance your website so you get the maximum advertising value from that page. We have found that over the last year, more and more companies have focused energy on improving their websites. You need a positive presence there, and that means a quality website.
If you do kitchens and baths, why not have a website for each? Can you add testimonials or pictures? Have you thought about having an Ugly Kitchen or Ugly Bathroom contest on your site? How about the Dirtiest Gutter contest? Worst plumbing nightmare? Those dumb contests work, and some times they work surprisingly well. Whatever you do, make sure you are including videos on your web site.
For some, email marketing and social media are difficult to understand and work, but the results can be great. If you need to, hire an expert to help you through it.
Focus your money on what has worked before, but always be open to new technology. Check your results monthly to see the results and adjust your advertising as needed.
Let me add - if you are not getting the type of leads you want, or if you are getting leads from clients whose only focus is price, you are advertising in the wrong place. This also happens when you work by referral only - you end up with many leads that are a waste of your time. This is a new year and we need to start thinking creatively.
Recalculate your markup using your new budget and projections so you can charge the right price for your jobs. If you don't charge enough for the work you are doing or the service you provide, you won't be around long. (Make life easier, use the Markup Calculator Software.) You don't get a second chance when it comes to pricing your jobs. No one will volunteer to pay the bills that accumulate if you don't charge a fair price for your work. So do it right.
The markup for most remodeling companies is between 1.50 and 1.70. The markup for specialty contractors is usually between 1.35 to 1.50. The markup for new home construction is usually 1.26 to 1.40 and up. But it's critical that you calculate your markup based on your numbers. If you are outside the range, that's okay, as long as your numbers were calculated correctly.
Now is the best time to review any problems with your contract or your change work order forms. Incomplete or unclear contract language, and incomplete or non-existent change work orders are two of the top three reasons that contractors go out of business. Did all your jobs this year have signed and completed Change Work Orders? Were you paid for all changes when the CWO's were signed? Do your employees know the proper procedure to handle a change work order, and is your procedure outlined in your contracts so your clients know what will happen if a change is requested? And, while we are on that subject, does your employee manual clearly spell out for your employees the company policy on change work orders and what the employee responsibilities are regarding any changes on jobs they are working on?
Our Fast Track Proposal Writing software has been designed and built to help you write good solid contracts that will keep you out of trouble, get you paid on time and help you make a good profit on each job you do. Only the uneducated or the foolhardy try to conduct business working with one or two page contracts (unless you are doing handyman work). Most important, be sure your attorney okays the contract language you use before you start using it with your clients.
You need a forced savings account to CYA (Cover Your Assets) on those unexpected expenses that march through your doors on occasion. Set aside between 1 percent and 4 percent of every dollar in the door for your Operating Capital Reserve Account – put it in your budget. Let's not make any more excuses about why you haven't established and put the OCRA in place. It can be and has been the saving grace for many companies over the past few years. If you don't have one, today is a very good day to get one started. You can read more about an OCRA in Chapter 5 of Markup & Profit Revisited.
We talked about evaluating your employees, this needs to include an annual review of each employee and the officers of your company. Remember you need to document everything you talk about and fill out any forms that apply to each interview.
When you consider employees, look at the effort you need to expend to get them to do their job correctly. Can you give them a task or project, explain what you want done, and turn them loose knowing that the end result will be what you wanted? Or do you have to deal with a lack of initiative, progress and a result that is far from what you wanted. It doesn't take much to classify most folks, just a couple of thoughts about the last two or three projects you gave them and you probably have them pegged fairly well.
As you analyze the company performance over the last year and set your goals for next, how does each of your people fit into your plans? If one or more of your employees is high maintenance, maybe it is time to give them a transfer to your competition. There are plenty of good people out there on the unemployed roster who would love to have a good job. If you have good people on board, be thankful and treat them well.
If you have an employee manual (and if you have employees you need an employee manual), review it, make changes as necessary and provide each employee with a new copy. Make sure they sign the revised employment agreement that applies to the manual.
This would also be a good time to have the key people in your organization evaluate your performance. You must guarantee them that they're bullet proof when they do this, or you won't get an honest appraisal. If you do have your employees appraise your performance, say thank you and incorporate needed changes without any comments or complaints. No excuses, no rationalizing, just listen and make the changes.
Just as you would schedule your vehicles and equipment for regular maintenance, scheduling a financial check-up for your company is a sound idea.
Please keep in mind that almost all financial problems of any construction company show warning signs well in advance. Ignore them at your own peril.
If you are new in business or have been in business less than two years, check your financial position every other month at least. After that you should have the experience to check things quarterly and make adjustments as needed.
The key issue here is to put the financial checkup in writing, with check lists and a definite schedule, then make darned sure you do it. If you assign parts of this task to employees, make sure they do their part as well. No excuses, no stories, no procrastination.
Are you involved with an association? If you are, it is time to ask some tough questions. It is all too easy to get caught up in association work and involvement at the expense of both your business and your family.
If you are on the Board of Directors, is it taking time away from your business that is costing you money? In most cases it will. You need to look long and hard at your level of involvement and weigh the value of your time and money invested compared to the return you are getting. Some folks will tell you that you need to give something back to the industry. That's true, but not at the expense of your own family or business. All too often business owners work through the chairs of their association while their business goes from bad to worse to bankrupt. Let someone else take that trip.
Associations are generally good for our business. There is little question on that issue. They provide political clout to keep bureaucrats and elected people focused on what is important to us. They provide marketing that, done correctly, can be a boost for your business. And the networking available, the ability to spend time with others who fight the same battles you fight, is invaluable. But make darned sure that your involvement stays balanced with the discretionary time you have available from your business and family. Family first, then business, and then maybe your association.
You need a business plan. The exercise we are walking through is a one-year plan, but you also need a statement of why you are in business and how you operate, with long-term goals and how you plan to reach them. This plan could be handed to anyone who wants to know how you run your business. More importantly, when the going gets tough, it will remind you why you are in business and how you want to conduct your business. A well-written business plan helps to keep you focused.


Located in the Californian citys upmarket Nob Hill district, the Grosvenor Suites San Francisco offers guests a number of accommodation options that make it suitable for both leisure tourists and business visitors.
The 3-star establishment consists of 62 hotel style guest suites and 130 extended stay apartments. Guestrooms are ideal for those visiting San Francisco for its fine heritage and tourism attractions, whilst apartments are suitable for those visiting the Bay Area as part of a prolonged business trip.
Each of the suites offers a private bathroom, kitchenette, and bedroom space. The kitchenette is fitted with a coffeemaker refrigerator, microwave, stove/oven, crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils. Other amenities include cable television, complimentary wireless internet access, iron and ironing board, telephone (with free local calls), and an in-room working space.
For those staying for a longer period, apartments include full facilities, whilst the hotel also features laundry facilities, a business center, garage parking, and discounted entry to a nearby health club. A complimentary continental breakfast is also served each morning for all guests.
Grosvenor Suites are located close to many of San Franciscos amenities and attractions. Those in the city on business will find both the financial and business districts just a few blocks away, as well as the likes of the Moscone Convention Center. The hotel is also positioned close to the Bay Bridge, offering efficient access to the likes of Oakland and Fresno.
Leisure tourists will find that the Nob Hill district is conveniently positioned close to many of the citys finest attractions and institutes. Grosvenor Suites San Francisco is just a block from Chinatown, one of the most popular and colorful districts in the whole city. Here visitors can enjoy the spectacular Oriental architecture as well as a large range of restaurants and eating options.
Other popular attractions in this area include Fishermans Wharf, the Embarcadero, and the Marina. All three of these offer access to the waters of San Francisco Bay, and the Californian shores that can be found on the opposite side of the bay.
Visitors can also enjoy a wide range of museums, galleries, and restaurants within a short walk of the hotel building. The citys excellent transport links, including the iconic cable cars and streetcars make it easy to traverse the city streets, either around Nob Hill or further afield.
Of course the most popular destination for those visiting San Francisco, CA is the Golden Gate Bridge. Millions of tourists visit the two mile wide suspension bridge that passes from San Francisco to Marin County every year, as well as those commuting in and out of the city.
The Golden Gate Bridge offers fantastic views of the Bay and the Golden Gate Recreational Park, as well as Alcatraz Island when the fog allows. Boat trips to Alcatraz itself prove very popular. The former high-security prison, which historically held some of the countrys most notorious criminals, now serves as a museum.
Such is the rich heritage and diversity of the Northern California city, guests at the Grosvenor Suites San Francisco will find no shortage of activities to enjoy and attractions to visit.


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Excess super contributions tax: "Perfect storm" gives taxpayer a win
Terry Hayes
The superannuation contributions limits continue to pose problems for some taxpayers. Cases involving taxpayers making excess superannuation contributions continue to come before the courts and tribunals.
The new rules giving a once-only opportunity to have up to $10,000 in excess contributions refunded might now be in play, but that hasn't stopped cases that pre-date those rules being litigated.
One might be forgiven for suggesting that the excess super contributions tax system does not seem to be working properly – unless you consider the imposition of thousands of dollars in penalties means a properly working system. The people being caught are often the innocent victims of laws that are too draconian.
In a recent case however, a taxpayer had what is a rare win. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decided that the Tax Commissioner's discretion should be exercised so that a superannuation contribution made by a taxpayer to his super fund on July 10, 2007 should be attributed to the previous year i.e. the 2006-07 financial year. While it is often stated that ignorance of the law is no excuse, the AAT accepted that the taxpayer had missed the deadline as a result of a "misunderstanding" of the rules.
The taxpayer was employed by a company of which he was also the sole director and shareholder. He travelled overseas between June 21 and July 8, 2007. He had emailed his accountant to check whether he needed to make a superannuation payment before June 30. However, there was no record of a response, though the AAT understood the taxpayer was "given an impression" that he had a period of grace in which to make payments which would be backdated.
The taxpayer visited an ATO webpage (titled "Superannuation guarantee – a guide for employers") which pointed out that an employer could make super contributions in respect of an employee up until July 28 and still have those amounts credited to the quarter ending the previous June.
The webpage does not refer to the consequences for an employee when contributions are made after the end of the financial year under the excess contributions regime, but based on the information the director saw, he assumed he was able to make super contributions up until July 28 without any adverse consequences.


Who is he, and what is he on about? - Distinguishable From Magic - WARNING: Contents may be hazardous to your health.
The newsletter is not necessarily the greatest source of tech news, but it does give more coverage to local events and news, which is probably why my work subscribes to it.
However an odd note turned up in relation to their speculation on the anticipated Apple tablet device.
SYDNEY – Apple's handheld reader/media pad – reported to be nearing release after the design was worked on by CEO Steve Jobs while on sick leave (CDN yesterday), definitely exists, says CDN special reporter Gareth Powell who adds he's seen, and held, a prototype.
CDN had noted a Business Week report that said the device – larger than an iPod Touch or Kindle, but smaller than a notebook – would be called the "iPad", and reckoned they were probably guessing.
Writes Powell: "They may well be, but it exists already in prototype as I have had one in my hands. Think Newton only larger. I think it a certainty – it will kill the Sony market and hammer the Kindle market -- and I want one. For the record, I read Hornblower and the Hotspur on a demo version inside a factory where they were ironing out the bugs of making it in quantity.
"Which is well down the line from concept but well away from certainty of launching. But mate, it does exist, and I will be the very first customer. And possibly the very first Australian/Welsh user."
Now Gareth Powell is something of a bete noir of many in IT in Australia. This gives some background on it. Or you can try looking up the FAQ for aus.flame.gareth-powell. I was somewhat alarmed when I found out that he wrote for CDN regularly, but kept reading it and just tried not to take his contributions too seriously. This aside, there are a number of interesting things about this report.
Firstly, Gareth Powell, despite being a "Technology" "Journalist", has no discernible web presence, like CDN itself. He has a column in The Australian's IT section, but that's it. There is a web site for a Gareth L. Powell, but he's a British Science Fiction novellist. This absence from the tubes makes it hard to verify anything he's said.
Secondly, how did Gareth get access to a prototype device from Apple. He was well known for his dislike of Apple back in the day, and he's a barely recognisable writer from Australia. Was the factory he used it in Sydney? Singapore? China? San Francisco? Cupertino? Which Apple employee is to blame?
Thirdly, what the hell is he (and David Frith, editor of CDN) doing violating a Non-Disclosure Agreement? He's unlikely to get further access to equipment from anyone, if he goes blabbing his mouth off at the drop of a hat. An experienced journalist should know better than to bite the hand that feeds him information. If he didn't sign an NDA, we're back to how he got access. Was he visiting a plant in China that has been making the units for Apple? And isn't blabbing about what he's seen putting his source at risk?
Finally, where is the other coverage of this story? I personally forwarded it to AppleInsider and CNET (including the contact information for CDN), and have heard nothing back. Neither has either of them used it. I suppose without a website to link to, it might be difficult for a modern organisation to credit such a rumour. Or it could be that they are all in the know on the device but have signed NDAs and are honouring them. Or it could be a well-known fake that's been doing the rounds, and I (and probably Powell as well) have been suckered. Be nice to get some acknowledgement that they got the e-mail, though. Maybe they didn't get the e-mail, in which case they need to update their contact information.