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The Negative Voice In Your Head Lies! Time to Fire Your Inner Narrator
FULL TRANSCRIPT – Season 2, Episode 52
Jessica: Welcome to today's episode of Divorce etc… podcast. We are so excited today to have one of my good friends Valerie Gordon, who I worked with for a million years at CBS News. This woman is a force to be reckoned with. She's won 10 Emmy Awards, three Edward R. Murrow Awards, and countless other awards. She really knows the impact of a story. What she's done is she's taken all of her expertise and created a program to help people be able to write their own chapters, their own next chapters in their lives, which are so relevant, obviously, for everybody who's starting a next chapter after going through a divorce. Val is not divorced, but the program is so relevant and her book that's out now, 'Fire Your Inner Narrator!' we felt like we had to do a podcast with her so you can hear all of her wisdom and tips and take action now. Val, thank you so much for being with us today.
T.H.: Welcome!
Val: Thank you. I love that story, the one you just told. Let's go with that. That sounds really good. That's right.
T.H.: Well, you lived it, so that's pretty fab all on its own.
Jessica: Right, exactly. I first want to start off with letting people understand what it is that you're doing and that you're bringing to different corporations, businesses, individuals, the program that you're working, because you've taken your broadcast and journalism experience and created this program to help people focus on a positive mindset and move forward in life. So break it down for us.
Val: Right, so everything is a story. When you think about it, the skills we use in putting stories on the air, what makes people care, how do you create a story that has impact and influence, basically, what I do now is I translate those storytelling strategies that we use in media, but for our own lives. What that looks like is I work with corporations and I train individuals on how to better tell their story. We're talking the external story, how you interview, how you negotiate for yourself, your personal brand. But more important than that, and I know what we're going to talk about today, is the inner story. It's the way we speak of ourselves to ourselves, and how you can't create a great external store story if you're struggling with an inner story that is faulty or overly questioning, or overly critical.
T.H.: What made you even think to tap into this? I mean, you're coming from a very different world. You're in a healthy relationship. Were there just so many people you're meeting like, oh my god, she needs help, he needs help?
Jessica: Everyone's a fucking train wreck.
T.H.: I'm going to help them. Are there so many train wrecks out there?
Val: No, I was thinking about my own train wreck and the way we speak to ourselves, and how that holds us back. So really, everybody has a story. Especially in times of conflict, stress, or challenge, which divorce would be one of those major ones, we all start to tell ourselves a story about what that means, what that means to us. So I'm sure you've heard from your audience, when someone is facing a divorce, whether they've chosen to do this or whether it's been thrust upon them, now they're entering a whole new chapter, and they're going into it with their own inner story of what it means to them. And so tapping into that inner story and understanding the thoughts we have is going to be important before you try to start reframing it to create that next chapter. Let's take the idea of divorce, the concept of divorce, what do you think is the number one story people tell themselves when they are facing a divorce?
Jessica: I think it's easily that, 'I failed'. 'I failed with my marriage'.
T.H.: And it's my fault.
Jessica: And it's the shame and the stigma and all the negativity. I think the first place people go is negativity and embarrassment. They have to tell people. How am I going to get through it? It's all my fault. That's what I think.
T.H.: Yeah, like, what's wrong with me?
Val: Right, absolutely.
T.H.: What's wrong with me? Why can't I be better so that it could have worked out better?
Val: Right, and think about the power of that story. And so if you think of it as, oh, I failed, or even forecasting no one's ever going to want me again, I'm going to be alone forever, I call that the runaway narrator. So if we tap into the inner story that we have, that's that inner narrator you have in your head that voices over your day and certainly in times of stress can jump ahead and start running with the emotion of the story without really looking at the circumstances, I became fascinated by how do we take the actual elements of storytelling that I know from putting stories on the air for years and translate that into our own personal success and satisfaction, particularly when you face times of conflict. Interestingly enough, you've never read a story watched a movie, seen a TV show that didn't rely on a key storytelling element, and that storytelling element is conflict. I mean, conflict is an essential story driver. Yet in their own lives, who likes conflict? – Nobody. We immediately get stuck in the conflict itself. Oh no, I'm getting divorced. Oh no, I've lost a job, here's what's going to happen next. Do you ever notice when we're in that state of conflict, we don't look to the potential to improve the story? It's almost as if we have a negative bias in the face of that challenge that keeps us stuck. What I do is I help clients with that inner story, how do we reclaim our own narrative so that we can author a better next chapter? I would start by challenging the very notion of if the first thing you think in the situation is I'm a failure, that's your inner story. Why would you want to take action from a position like that? If you have an inner story like that, you need to reframe and rewrite that before you can move on to the external actions. One of the first things I would suggest is, okay, so where's the evidence for this? Who says it so? Who says that you are a failure?
Jessica: Society, all of the people that are still in happy marriages, all of the people who in your family are disappointed in you for maybe not putting in the effort, or your kids feeling like you didn't try hard enough. I think this is stuff that everybody going through divorce struggles with.
Val: Absolutely.
T.H.: Are they really saying it to us? Or we're just assuming that's what they think? No one said it to me, but I brought it on more myself than someone else.
Jessica: I think I've heard enough people say it outwardly in the open, maybe not directed at me, but I think we grew up hearing those types of things about other people. I think it's I hate to say, sort of safe to assume that then when we're in that situation, that's what those people are thinking about us.
T.H.: So guilty by association?
Jessica: Yes.
Val: Well, that's very much the internal narrative that you have become accustomed to based on receiving those reactions elsewhere, or hearing those stories. So now based on that, we've created an inner story that is if you get divorced, you are a failure, right? Then we're very in tune with any time we see anyone happily married, people say that I'm a failure, or my ex certainly thinks that I'm a failure, we start re-inhabiting the story and replaying it over and over in our minds. One of the tips that I suggest is to just neutralize the statement and seek out the evidence because there's a difference between circumstance and story. Meaning, a circumstance is something that happens, and the story we have then, the internalized story becomes a thought process that we recycle over and over again. That might be as simple as instead of saying, I am a failure, you can say my marriage has failed, that the marriage is over, the marriage is ending, but that doesn't mean that I am a failure. In other words, so many of us have that hyperactive internal critic that we are quick to internalize those external circumstances. A marriage ending is a circumstance. A thought process of I am a failure because my marriage ended is an inner thought pattern that we can disrupt by thinking about the story. So that's one of the first tips that I have is just to neutralize the statement. Where's the actual evidence? What is the circumstance we are looking at? Before that inner narrator again, that sort of internal voice we have starts running with the story with all of the fears and emotions that would normally come along with a type of challenging situation like that, which would be my next tip too. Rather than just seeking the evidence, name the emotion. Before we can proceed with any action, which would be important to turning the page, creating the next chapter, sit with the emotions for a little bit so that it's okay to feel disappointed, or regret, or anger, or shame, and to actually name out those emotions. By separating the emotions from the actions we plan to take, we can move forward in a way that is unrelated to the weight of those emotions.
Jessica: So you're talking about trying to help people almost compartmentalize your emotional state from the factual part. But, I mean, you referenced the inner narrator as the inner voice. For people who really still don't get it, what exactly do you mean? What does it mean "the inner narrator"?
Val: Sure. So when you think about it, and a lot of people call this your inner critic, this is the voice that narrates over your day. It's an inner monologue that we have. It's constantly judging. It's constantly looking at you. It's constantly criticizing you. You are very much in your own head. When I wrote my book, 'Fire your narrator! – A storyteller's guide to getting out of your head and into your life, it very much talks about the impact of those inner stories. Because what it does, that inner narrator creates your narrative point of view, the way you look at the world. So, Jessica, you mentioned this before, this thought pattern of divorce is a failure. Therefore, if I get divorced, I'm a failure. Happy people stay in happy marriages. I must be the problem. Whatever that inner story is, that's your narrative point of view. One of the reasons I call it your narrator, as opposed to a critic, is because actually in the book I map out 10 different types of narrators, and a critic is just one of them. But also, because of the incredible influence a narrator has, the narrator of a story is the tone or the voice of the story. So if you've got all this mumbo jumbo in your head of just negativity around a challenging situation that you have now personalized: I am the cause of this. I am bad. Not the situation is bad, I am bad. And moving forward, I will not have anything good because I'm bad. Now we're not only taking a past circumstance that's really unfortunate, but we're allowing that past circumstance to guide our present actions, and then the present actions will create our future. Starting with the inner story of at least just compartmentalizing or acknowledging the thought process and the emotion behind us will allow for clarity when you think about what do I actually want to happen next. So another tip that I have is, and I don't know if you two have done this, but I have named my inner narrator. I've named her Squash [I love it] because I picture her in my head as this awful Vikingesque woman who is very harsh and very judgmental and says things to me that I would never say to another person. I would imagine that a lot of your listeners can probably relate to this in any area of their life where if you make a mistake, that I have this voice in my head that's very critical. Because I have a critical inner narrator that's ruminating, another of the narrative types, meaning that I have a hard time of letting go of past mistakes, just learning from them and moving on, and also a striving narrator, which means that I feel like no matter how hard I work and what I accomplish, it is never enough. And by identifying those sort of narrative characteristics, when they pop up in my head, when I find myself saying something to myself that is unhelpful, that I would never say to someone else, that is making me actually feel bad, I'm able at least to sort of turn the volume down a little and reframe it. I would imagine that in times of stress, high stress, and high conflict, like a divorce, that narrator in people's heads is just going crazy with all sorts of stories. So I say we just stop to slow it down and really process what are we thinking and what is the value of the story?
T.H.: We were speaking right before we got on with you, just even the process of recognizing–for me, it was recognizing why that voice was similar. Like, who else has been talking to me like that other than my ex-husband, coming from a completely different looking individual, but someone who raised me. But it wasn't easy to identify. It was totally an aha moment. I was like, holy shit. I know where I've heard this before. But that is a growth process. When you are in the muck of it all, and you have all the lawyers and everybody telling you, then you got all the noise in town telling you, and then your kids or mom or whatever, it's hard to even give a chance to hear that. I think even your very first step is so critical because just so everybody knows, all of this, the minute you can own your story, even just own it, like recognize it, is a huge moment of growth. That is not sucking it down. That's not not-hearing it. That's not keeping your armor up so nothing hurts you. That's like your biggest strength moment. I know those aren't the exact right words, but I think you're getting my message because now that's a big step forward. And then you might take a few steps back and muddle around a little bit, but just even being able to name it, whether you name it Squash or you have other choice words and identifiers for it, is huge. I just want everybody to really let that sink in because that definitely happened to me, and I didn't like the answer. I didn't like the relationship. But you have to face it otherwise you're going to be stuck in it.
Jessica: You do, but I wonder–I feel like, Val, correct me if I'm wrong, that a lot of this, we go through these challenges in life and there are so many people out there who are like, it's going to get better. You have to get past it and everything. Then there's this whole other side of things that's like, you have to sit back and you have to be in the pain, and you have to be in all of the negative feelings to be able to find your way out of it all. I feel with what you're talking about to be able to actually have that aha moment at any given time in your day and hear that voice, like, am I journaling? Am I writing down negative thoughts throughout the day that I'm having? And then going back later and being like, okay, these are the examples of that voice? How am I even starting to recognize that if you're just so used to it, that you don't acknowledge it?
Val: Right, well, you start by acknowledging it. I think we're all so accustomed to our own voice in our head that we don't even question it. It's so much a part of us that we don't even question what it's telling us, especially even when it says horrible things that you would never say to another person–
T.H.: You can read it. You're like, it must be real.
Val: Yeah, we would never say that to someone else. So I actually think Jessica, the very first step is to just stop. Stop, literally say stop and acknowledge that what you are thinking is nothing more than a story you are telling yourself, just like a story like, if I were a better wife or a better husband, I wouldn't be getting divorced. We can break it down and really look at evidence, or what marriage means to me, what kind of story are we telling around that? But I have two key really easy questions that I think you can ask in the moment, really in any moment, including those really deep, dark muddle down moments when yes, some people need to sit in it and think it through, and other people like to move on as quickly as possible. But I have two key questions, regardless, and they're easy questions. The first is this one: So what?
Jessica: I love it.
Val: Yeah, so you're getting divorced. Okay, so what? Now, we can take that and talk about that for hours because what we're really getting at is what does that mean to you? And why does it bother you? Or why is it upsetting to you? So what? And then once we explore that question, we can ask the next one, which is, now what? So you're getting divorced, so what? Now what? What do you want to happen next? Because I think if you're going to hold on to emotions of shame, or regret, or anger, or this inner voice that's telling us that it's our fault, we're not enough, we're not lovable, we'll never fall in love again, how are you going to create a next chapter that has any joy or satisfaction in it with that kind of an inner story? And believe me, it's not as simple as asking two questions. It's not like we ask the questions and we move right on. But it does allow you to give thought to this is your story. If you want to be the active author of it, you have to first start with realizing that everything you are telling yourself is nothing more than a story. And yes, we can figure out where did that voice start, who did it first come from, and why are we holding on to it, but just separating it from who we know we are, and a better inner voice like that inner gut voice that you really want to listen to, like, things aren't right in this marriage, and I need to do something about it, but then the brain voice jumps in, that narrator jumps in with, but if you leave then this or that will happen. If you can quiet down that narrator, your inner Squash, whatever you might call that voice, you might be able to tap into a better and more intuitive voice. Then to answer the question, now what, and what do you want to happen next, let's start writing that story instead of focusing on all the stories we're telling ourselves that are keeping us feeling like we're stuck. It is not an easy process. It is certainly not something that happens over the course of a single workshop which I lead. It's a process of self-exploration and ownership, ownership of both that voice in your head, which is by far the most influential character in your story and ownership over your future story, this next chapter of what's going to happen next. You actually do get to decide that.
Jessica: It's so funny because I feel after my second divorce, I remember getting ready to start going back out on dating apps and things like that, and I would say I was projecting, but I think what I was doing is exactly what you're talking about. I had this inner narrator telling this story about the fact that being divorced once is bad enough, being divorced twice, I was totally damaged goods. Ever since I started dating, I've always made it a point like pretty fast in the first few exchanges with whoever it is that I'm messaging with to say, full disclosure, just want you to know I've actually been married twice. They're both really amicable and we talk and hang out all the time, but I just like to put it out there for complete transparency. It is a story that I had created because, surprisingly enough, there has not been one man that I'd come in contact with where that was an issue where they then didn't want to meet me because of that, or whatever the case may be. Things that petered out petered out naturally and wasn't because of that. The best ones were when guys would respond, like I had one guy who responded and he was like, only twice? What are you waiting for? Get to work. Another guy was like, well, that just means your marriage material. Another one was like, and we're leaving a date, don't get married on the way home. I love it when someone can–
T.H.: Oh my god, that's so funny. You didn't tell me that.
Jessica: And it's so me. I do still feel compelled to let people know because I sort of think to myself, it's not a judgment that I would hold against someone else, but I feel don't drop that on me on your fourth date. Let me just have all of the facts to go in with. But I think it goes directly to what you're saying. That was a story that I created that people were not going to want to date me because they were going to be like, what the hell is wrong with her? How fucking high maintenance is she that she had to get divorced twice?
Val: Right. And what's the benefit of holding on to that story? I mean, that's where we can really examine it. I think you bring up a good point. I mean, there are circumstances like it's a fact you've been divorced twice. That is something that you would like to disclose on early dates just as a point of reference for the person to see really how they respond to it. But isn't it interesting how when you fact-check your own story that you were telling yourself about what it meant, it didn't hold up? The evidence you were receiving, it didn't hold up to your own story. You were telling yourself a worse story in your own head and holding on to it and leading from that place, as opposed to questioning your own self-beliefs. I think it's really interesting that the evidence there showed you otherwise and made you question why you were telling yourself that story.
Jessica: 100%. And so why do you feel like stories in and of themselves are so powerful? How and why are we doing this to ourselves?
Val: So first of all, there's amazing science behind it, which we don't even have time to get into. But there's neuroscience around the power of a story and why certain stories stick with us. The main thing you need to know is that we all have a bit of a negative bias. It's a survival instinct. It's from way back when is this thing going to eat me or not? And so we have a tendency to remember bad things over good and perceived threats even when they don't exist. And so this inner narrator, this voice in your head that's talking to you actually believes it's protecting you, believes it's keeping you safe. Don't put yourself out there, you might make a mistake. Don't forget about the time this happened. I think in many ways it's evolutionary. But the idea of understanding that we are responsible for our own stories, and I call that active authorship, instead of waiting for something to happen, go ahead and decide what you want this next chapter to include. Let's start plotting out those plot points. But it's got to start with the stories we tell ourselves.
T.H.: There are there are so many people especially I feel, perhaps I'm speaking in general terms, women going through divorce that will sit with that pain and continue to allow that inner narrator to prevent them from having a life. I mean, literally, there are so many groups on Facebook that are bashing sessions and they're toxic because all they're doing is telling the same story over and over again and giving more and more strength to that inner narrator instead of just getting out of the group. I mean, that's the easiest first step. But misery does love company sometimes. You want to feel heard. But after a certain–how do you know at what point–how do you get out of that cycle? I mean, what is it?
Val: I don't mean to suggest that this isn't a challenging time and that it's wrong to have those kinds of–
T.H.: No, it is. No–
Val: It absolutely is. All I'm saying is of all the hurdles you have in front of you and all the roadblocks and all the challenges that you will face through this process, why add one with the story you are telling yourself about that you're unlovable or that it's your fault, or that you'll never meet anyone again? I mean, you have enough to deal with right now just to get through this conflict in the story. The interesting thing about if we were to look at a narrative arc of a story, conflict is what sets the story in motion. And so for all those women just bashing and reliving the pain without moving on, they're just stuck in the conflict. You can't even actually get to the story arc and the eventual resolution and that happily ever after unless you're willing to work through that conflict. Again, the conflict sets the story in motion. But of all the challenges you're going to face in this type of challenge, why add one more by creating an inner story that doesn't serve you? And so that's really what we focus on because that is the one thing we can control. There are a lot of external factors we can't, but your inner story about yourself and what happens next, that 'so what?' and that 'now what?' is something that you can rewrite.
T.H.: It's literally a lifeline. It's a lifeline. Val is holding out a lifeline for all of you and simplifying it so that even no matter what our brains are processing, you can process those few words to ask yourself the important questions and get yourself out of there. And by the way, I think you should totally be crashing all of these Facebook groups. You should just go in and be the ultimate disrupter and be like, everybody stop the insanity! Because that's what it is. It leads to other things in my head, but identifying noise and all that stuff just gives the positive inner narrator more strength so that the noise doesn't reignite your negative stuff. I think it's so interesting. I love the idea of being able to tell your own story.
Jessica: I mean, for us, it's so relevant for everybody going through a divorce, because you do have to be able to get to that place where you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and that you can envision how much better your life can be. But the truth is, the skills that you're teaching, I feel would relate directly to all of us who walk around with imposter syndrome. I ran live TV shows for 10 years and every day was like, one day they're going to find out that I don't fucking know what I'm doing.
Val: And that's the story. That's the story you're telling yourself. There's no evidence behind that.
Jessica: I was talking to my friend in LA who was a huge human resources VP at an enormous company, and they're just throwing money at her. She's like I just feel that they're going to figure out one day that I'm totally an imposter. I'm like, well, they're not because you're almost 50, and this has been your career, and you do know what you're doing. But it's like negotiating a raise, having that tough conversation with your boss, and having even conversations about how your relationship with your ex can continue to grow. Maybe it's not in the best place right now and so maybe people are stuck in that story. But maybe part of the story can be how you can improve that relationship and get to a place that feels better for yourself, for your kids, or whatever it is. I feel like it's just relevant on so many different levels–
T.H.: And anybody you come into connection with and as well as going to sleep at night.
Val: Everything. You get up in the morning, and you spill your cup of coffee, what's the first thing you say to yourself? I'm such a mess. I can't do anything right. The day is ruined. I mean, that's a story. That's nothing more than a story we tell ourselves. So stopping that process, so what? So I spilled my coffee. Now what? Okay, you know what? I'm going to clean it up. I'm going to move on with my day, as opposed to berating yourself over and over again. So we do all get stuck in these stories, because most of the time, we don't even realize they're so automatic. We don't even realize we are in charge of it. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about it with you guys. I mean, there's so much there. I certainly don't mean to shortchange the challenge of divorce, but let's focus on the one thing we can control. What does that story mean to us? And how can we examine that and maybe reframe, or rewrite that own story in our own minds so that we can face the external world at least feeling good internally about where we'd like the story to go?
Jessica: I love it. I love it.
T.H.: Thank you so much.
Jessica: Yeah, thank you for taking the time. And everybody listening definitely go onto our website www.exEXPERTS.com because you'll find Val's page as the expert on our page that has the links to all of her social, the links to her website where you can find out more about the program and get her book. Her book is on the exRATED page also because we recommend it. Get yourself going in the direction that you want to be moving in because that's what this journey is all about. That's what we're here for. Thank you, Val!
T.H.: Thank you.
Val: Yeah, it's your story. What happens next? Thank you for having me.
Why We Chose her: Valerie has simplified the process of telling your authentic story in a way that you can take pride in. The inner voice is tricky, and she teaches you to tame yours (she named her inner voice' "Squash"). Coming from a place of trauma (like divorce) it's all part of growing, understanding where you came from and how you can get to a positive place moving forward.
One Thing she wants You To Know: You can't create a great next chapter in your life if you're struggling with an old or unhelpful inner story...
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Under the category that "Elections have Consequences," less than 6 months after the City Council Elections of 2015, folks are finding out the "Make Glade Road Safe" campaign is actually "Make Glade Road Wide and Oh Yeah We were Kidding about not taking your trees!" Now for all of those citizens that have hung on to your outdated concept that "Colleyville Should Keep it's Rural Feel," your elected City Officials have embarked on a concept that, "When Saying We Are For a Rural Feel, We Meant High Density Rural." And Oh Yeah, about those water bills, well apparently, you are paying for all of the necessary "infrastructure" today, to accommodate the high density of tomorrow!
It seems the results in Colleyville's City Council election have set the stage for Mayor David Kelly and the Majority of City Council to roll back more than 50 years of City Administrations to protect the density levels and rural feel of Colleyville. The last chance to derail this Mayor and council's train to high density housing in Colleyville will be in upcoming public meetings on November 9th at the Planning & Zoning Board at 7:00 pm followed by the November 17th City Council Meeting for the first reading and public hearing beginning at 7:30 pm and the final die will be cast on December 1st at the City Council meeting where the change in density proposal will be voted on.
While Master Plans, that required numerous public meetings and months of preparation, for the past decades have called for 1.8 dwellings per acre average as the guideline the proposed change is to 3.5 or more dwellings per acre "on average" in Colleyville. The justification will be, of course, that people are down sizing and don't want large yards but smaller houses on postage stamp back to back lots. So if you take all the homes in Colleyville built on larger lots, imagine how many of these high density plans can be approved UNTIL the OVERALL average finally equals to 3.5 dwellings per acre.
"In comments shared with the Colleyville Courier, Nancy Coplen highlighted, "her desire to preserve the city's rural atmosphere," while Mike Taylor said his campaign, "focused to preserve quality of life." Curiously both winning candidates were directly tied to the "progressive" VOTE NO on the proposition to protect Glade Road. So it will now be left up to citizens to monitor the actions of this council to determine if the "rural feel," is still a prominent underlying theme in their perception of that quality of life along Glade Road.
So with actions less than 6 months later, the "Rural Feel" of Colleyville is proposed to be changed from "large yards and a pastoral landscape will be replaced by more compact, but still luxurious, homes." If there was ever a time that Colleyville residents need to understand that elections have consequences; it was the election in May 2015.
LNO has obtained a copy of the draft "Destination Colleyville" a "Comprehensive Plan" and offers pertinent sections with highlights added.
"There is an opportunity to provide for a range of residential options for empty nesters and retirees. While Colleyville's predominant attraction is the city's beautiful neighborhoods, a growing segment of the population is increasingly interested in more neighborhood amenities, where large yards and a pastoral landscape are replaced by more compact, but still luxurious, homes and quick and ready access to amenities such as trails, parks, shopping, and dining areas that promote social experiences.
"The results indicate that the city could reach a maximum population between 27,064 and 30,204 people depending on the type, form, and density of development that occurs over the next 20 years and beyond. The city can feasibly accommodate this population growth by utilizing sound land use planning and associated implementation tools.
In addition, a separate analysis was undertaken to determine a population estimate using current market trends. Although the Land Development Code provisions specify minimum lot sizes ranging from 15,000 – 40,000 square feet (i.e., R15 – R40), some of the city's recent development approvals had minimum lot sizes averaging less than 12,000 square feet. These developments with smaller lot sizes were allowed in specific locations factoring in surrounding conditions and using strictly controlled planned unit development (PUD)requirements.
Using these development approvals as an indicator of actual market trends, it was determined that recent development had an average residential density factor of 2.7 dwelling units per acre, which falls near the mid-point of the low and high estimates (see trend estimate below). For the purpose of this plan, the trend estimate of approximately 28,700 people will be used as the maximum population when determining the community's ultimate service needs.
These assumptions reflect the best case scenario considering current market trends. However, if market trends decrease or change (changes in housing type preferences, etc.), or the City adopts changes to the Land Development Code, the population forecast may be higher or lower. The differences in population should not have a significant impact on the city's ability to provide services or meet infrastructure needs.
So in conclusion, if you look forward to high speed trains roaring through your neighborhoods, don't really care about the "rural feel", are prepared to widen Glade Road in a scorched earth, the "Hell with the Trees" and like your current water bills…stay at home, don't go to these public meetings and for sure, DON'T VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION!


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FAQ - The Dunker interests and Trelleborg
Who is the largest shareholder in Trelleborg?
The Dunker Interests have a majority shareholding. There are two classes of shares: Series A shares carrying ten votes and Series B shares carrying one vote. All Series A shares – 28,500,000 – are owned by the Dunker Interests, which corresponds to 10.5 percent of the share capital and 54.0 percent of the votes. On December 31, 2018, the Dunker Interests owned 400.000 Series B shares.
What are the Dunker interests?
The Dunker interests mainly comprise of two foundations, The Henry and Gerda Dunker Donation Fund No. 2 ("The Donation Fund") and The Henry and Gerda Dunker Foundation ("The Foundation"), both created through provisions in the will of the founder of the Helsingborg and Trelleborg rubber companies, Henry Dunker, and his wife Gerda. In addition, the Donation Fund and The Foundation are the "Parent Company" of three companies: Henry Dunkers Förvaltnings AB, Förvaltningsaktiebolaget HD and Aktiebolaget Hevea. The shares in Trelleborg are divided among these five legal entities.
Who was Henry Dunker? Read an excerpt from the Trelleborg Anniversary book (pdf)
What is the Dunker interests' mission?
The main mission is to monitor and develop Trelleborg AB, which is the Dunker interests' most important asset. This task is executed primarily by two members in the Trelleborg Board of Directors. It was also Henry Dunker's very clearly expressed wish in the will that the ownership should be retained in this form, that is to say the foundation form.
After a part of the net annual income in the Donation Fund has been added to the capital, the remainder is placed at the disposal of Helsingborg City to be used, to quote the phrasing in the will, "for an independent purpose of benefit to the citizens of Helsingborg." However, the Dunker interests have no influence over how the City interprets this and uses the money, their task being simply to manage the capital in the best possible manner in accordance with the testator's wishes.
Part of the income from the Donation Fund also goes to Henry and Gerda Dunker's siblings, nephews and nieces and the latter's children, but for not more than at the most three generations. Thereafter, this part of the income also goes to Helsingborg City.
The income in the Foundation goes in its entirety to operation of the Dunker Hospital, housed in Henry Dunker's former private residence in Helsingborg, Villa Hevea.
Payments from the Dunker interests, SEK M
Helsingborg City 54.0 54.3 44.7 37.7 33.5 30.9 22.5
Beneficiaries 40.5 40.8 33.5 28.5 26.3 24.3 17.8
Villa Hevea 14.8 14.3 13.1 11.5 10.1 8.8 8.2
How does Helsingborg City use the money?
Over the years, the funds have been used for such purposes as the construction of the Helsingborg City Theater, the Cultural Center in Fredriksdal, a new grandstand at the Olympia soccer arena, the Dunkers Kulturhus and the Helsingborg's Arena.
How are the Dunker interests managed?
The Dunker interests are administered by a Board of Directors consisting of six members. Ragnar Lindqvist is the Chairman. The other members are John Abrahamson, Anders Dahlvig, Johan Malmquist, Bengt Kjell and Gunilla Fransson. Johan Malmquist and Gunilla Fransson is also on Trelleborg AB's Board of Directors. The first members of the Foundation's Board of Directors were appointed in Henry Dunker's will. When any member leaves the Board of Directors, the remaining members select a new member, with the proviso that at least three Board members must be resident in or near Helsingborg. Michael Thurow is responsible for the operation of the two Foundations as well as CEO for the companies within the Dunker Interests.
How are the Dunker interests governing Trelleborg?
The Dunker Interests are represented in Trelleborg's Board of Directors by, normally, two representatives. They hold in turn assignments in the Audit Committee, the Finance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
The Dunker Interest representative in the Nomination Committee also acts as Chairman of the Committee.
How large have the dividends received from Trelleborg by the Dunker interests been in the past few years?
The Dunker interests' dividend from Trelleborg, SEK M
128.2 121.1 114.0 106.9 92.6 87.0 73.6
Can the Dunker interests sell their shares in Trelleborg?
As stated above, the Dunker interests' main task is to develop, preserve and protect Trelleborg AB. But as farsighted as he was, Henry Dunker also prescribed that, in the event of pressing necessity, the original assets could be "divested or converted in some other manner to other assets." This is, however, subject to the provision that the Board of Directors is unanimous and that both Helsingborg City and the supervisory authority, that is, the country administrative board, give their approval.
The deed of donation is formulated in such a manner that leaves scope for interpretation and the interpretation of the Foundation's Board of Directors is outlined above.
Is it prescribed in the statutes that the head office must always be in Trelleborg?
No, there are no such provisions. Instead, this issue is regulated by the Annual General Meeting, which at present prescribes that the Board of Directors shall have its registered office in Trelleborg. For this to be changed, a decision of the Annual General Meeting is required in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act.
What other ownership interests do the Dunker interests have?
In addition to their holding in Trelleborg, the Dunker interests have a significant amount invested in a securities portfolio. The Dunker Interests have no dominant holdings in any other company.
To contact the Dunker Foundations:
© Trelleborg AB (publ), Johan Kocksgatan 10, P.O. Box 153, SE-231 22 Trelleborg, tel: +46 (0)410 670 00

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L'année 1533 est une année commune qui commence un mercredi.

Événements
 14 janvier : Pedro de Heredia débarque en Colombie où il fonde Cartagena (20, , ou ). En 1534, il parvient au Zenú, aux confins de la cordillère centrale, après une exploration de mille kilomètres.
 9 avril : Ahmed Gragne met Lalibela à sac. Il lance toutes ses forces contre les provinces du nord de l'Éthiopie.
 Mai : Khayr al-Din se rend à Constantinople où le sultan Süleyman le nomme capitan pacha (amiral en chef). En août, il débarque à Bône avec une flotte turque. L'Algérie est rattachée à l'empire ottoman.
 26 juillet (ou le 29 août) : Atahualpa, le dernier empereur inca capturé par traîtrise par Pizarro, est condamné à mort et étranglé. La résistance inca est désorganisée.
 Pizarro partage les Indiens entre ses hommes selon le système de l'encomienda. Chacun reçoit  indigènes. Ce système ruinera le système économique de l'empire inca. L'introduction de l'économie monétaire et de nouvelles formes de tribut (travaux forcés dans les mines), achèvera de désintégrer l'équilibre du système. Les Espagnols utilisent l'ancien système de pouvoir et d'échanges à leur avantage, mais sans que fonctionne le principe de réciprocité dans l'échange, qui en était le fondement.
 Octobre : révolte de Rumiñahui qui veut prendre le pouvoir depuis Quito avec l'armée d'Atahualpa (). Belalcázar le bat en plaine avec 200 fantassins et 80 cavaliers pendant l'éruption du Cotopaxi, qui terrifie les Indiens. Rumiñahui parvient à s'enfuir dans la montagne. Capturé, il meurt des suites de ses tortures le .
 15 novembre : les Espagnols occupent Cuzco où ils placent Manco Capac II, frère d'Atahualpa, sur le trône des Incas (fin en 1537). La ville est mise à sac.
 Viêt Nam : Nguyễn Kim se révolte contre les Mac qui ont usurpé le trône en 1527 et restaure la dynastie Lê dans le sud. Le pays se sépare en Tonkin et Annam.

Europe

 15 janvier : traité de paix perpétuelle signé entre la Pologne-Lituanie et l'empire ottoman. Il garantit l'exclusivité de la suzeraineté ottomane sur la Moldavie et la Valachie.
 25 janvier : Henri VIII d'Angleterre épouse secrètement Anne Boleyn, alors enceinte.
 Février, Suède : Gustav Vasa réprime à  Kopparberget la révolte des cloches (Klockupproret), mouvement contre la réforme luthérienne en Dalécarlie.
 30 mars : Thomas Cranmer est sacré archevêque de Cantorbéry.
 7 avril : bulle de Pardon (bulle de Perdão) qui accorde aux nouveaux chrétiens du Portugal l'amnistie pour toutes leurs offenses passées et le droit de se justifier, pour toute accusations d'hérésie, devant le nonce apostolique. Elle est abrogée en 1536.
 10 avril : mort de Frédéric  de Danemark. Début de la querelle du comte (Grevens fejde, 1533-1536). Son fils Christian III, luthérien, doit combattre, pour imposer son pouvoir, les partisans de Christian II. Le Conseil laisse le trône vacant et Christian III doit lever une armée dans les duchés pour le conquérir et s'imposer aux Danois.
 Après la mort de Frédéric, l'archevêque de Nidarós, , convoque une Diète générale du royaume de Norvège. Prenant acte de la guerre civile au Danemark, elle décide que le Conseil du royaume doit élire un nouveau roi de Norvège. En attendant, les fonctions de régent sont dévolues à l'archevêque de Nidarós
 12 avril, Angleterre : Thomas Cromwell, déjà membre du Conseil privé, est nommé chancelier de l'Échiquier et secrétaire du roi.
 21 avril, Roses : retour de Charles Quint en Espagne. Il tient les Cortès d'Aragon (Monzón, -) et de Castille (Madrid, ) pour réunir les fonds nécessaires à l'armement d'une flotte et à la solde d'une armée pour lutter contre les Turcs et Barberousse, qui progresse en Afrique (prise de Tunis en 1533).
 23 mai : Thomas Cranmer affirme que le mariage d'Henri VIII d'Angleterre et de Catherine d'Aragon, tante de Charles Quint, était nul depuis le début. La dispense pontificale de 1505 est invalidée. Cranmer et Hugh Latimer secondent le roi dans les affaires religieuses.
 28 mai : Cranmer prononce l'union d'Henri et d'Anne Boleyn, cérémonie qui avait été célébrée en secret en janvier.
  : couronnement d'Anne Boleyn. Catherine est reconnu princesse douairière du prince Arthur.
 3 juin : ouverture du synode ecclésiastique de Strasbourg. Il adopte un règlement de discipline fondé sur la Confession de foi tétrapolitaine, complété par 16 articles.
 23 juin, Istanbul : armistice entre les Ottomans et les envoyés de Ferdinand de Habsbourg, qui se reconnaît vassal du sultan pour la partie occidentale de la Hongrie (Hongrie royale) qui reste en sa possession. Jean Zapolyai, également vassal de Süleyman , reste roi de la partie occidentale du pays occupée par les Ottomans. Cette paix de compromis ne sera jamais reconnue par l'empereur Charles Quint, mais dure de facto jusqu'à la mort de Jean Zapolyai.
 11 juillet : Première excommunication par le pape Clément VII de Henri VIII d'Angleterre et Anne Boleyn, et de l'archevêque Cranmer, mais rendue publique peu de temps après, et renouvelé le . L'Église d'Angleterre se sépare de l'Église catholique.
 7 septembre : Anne Boleyn donne naissance à la princesse Élisabeth.
 12 octobre : entrevue de Marseille entre le pape Clément VII et François , qui négocie une adaptation de la bulle Inter Coetera qui stipule que les dispositions de cette dernière ne concerneraient que les terres découvertes par les Portugais et les Espagnols, mais ne s'appliqueraient pas à celles qui seraient reconnues ultérieurement pas les navigateurs d'autres nationalités.

 28 octobre : Henri d'Orléans, futur roi de France, épouse à Nice Catherine de Médicis. La France se rapproche ainsi du pape. François envisage de reprendre le Milanais son appui.
  : discours imprégné d'évangélisme, inspiré par Calvin, du recteur de l'Université de Paris, Nicolas Cop. Tous deux s'éloignent de Paris. Cop s'installe à Bâle et Calvin trouve asile chez un chanoine d'Angoulême, Louis du Tillet, puis à la cour de Marguerite de Navarre à Nérac.
 4 décembre : début du règne d'Ivan IV le Terrible en Russie (fin en 1584). Régence d'Héléna Glinska (fin en 1538), mère d'Ivan IV et veuve de Vassili III, mort d'une tumeur à l'aine le 3 décembre. Elle gouverne avec son favori Ivan Ovchina-Telepnev-Obolenski. Ils continuent la politique de Vassili III, réagissent aux intrigues des boyards. Pour assurer les droits d'Ivan, Hélène fait emprisonner ses deux beaux-frères Iouri et André.
 24 décembre : trois artisans italiens fondent une briqueterie à Cracovie.
 À la suite d'une fausse manœuvre, deux galères vénitiennes sont prises à la hauteur de Valona, dans l'Adriatique, par 12 galiotes barbaresques.
 Les étudiants de Caen placardent les quatre-vingt-quinze thèses de Martin Luther sur les murs de leur université.

Naissances en 1533
 2 janvier : Johann Major, poète et théologien protestant allemand († ).
 16 février : Gianfrancesco Gambara, cardinal italien († ).
 28 février : Michel de Montaigne, moraliste et  philosophe français († ).
 ? mars : Anne d'Egmont, Comtesse de Buren et Lady d'Egmont, première épouse de Guillaume  d'Orange-Nassau († ).
 10 mars : François III de Mantoue, noble italien, duc de Mantoue et marquis de Montferrat († ).
 5 avril : Giulio della Rovere, cardinal italien († ).
 8 avril : Claudio Merulo, compositeur italien († ).
 24 avril : Guillaume Ier d'Orange-Nassau, prince d'Orange, comte de Nassau († ).
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 Filippo Pigafetta, explorateur, historien et capitaine d'armée italien († ).
 Catalina Tomas, béatifiée en 1792 par le pape Pie VI et canonisée en 1930 par le pape Pie XI († ).
 2 mai : Philippe II de Brunswick-Grubenhagen, souverain de la principauté de Grubenhagen († ).
 20 mai : Girolamo Fabrizi d'Acquapendente, anatomiste italien († ).
 4 juin : Henri de Brunswick-Dannenberg, duc de Brunswick-Lunebourg († ).
 30 juin : Martin de Rada, missionnaire augustin espagnol († 1578).
 12 juillet : Antonio Possevino, prêtre jésuite italien, théologien, auteur spirituel et controversiste († ).
 25 juillet : Alphonse Rodríguez, frère jésuite espagnol, portier au collège de Majorque durant presque toute sa vie († ).
 2 août : Theodor Zwinger l'ancien, savant suisse († ).
 7 août : Alonso de Ercilla, poète espagnol († ).
 5 septembre : Jacopo Zabarella, philosophe humaniste italien († ).
 7 septembre : Élisabeth , reine d'Angleterre et d'Irlande († ).
 15 septembre : Catherine d'Autriche, princesse de la dynastie des Habsbourg, fille de Ferdinand , Empereur, et d'Anne Jagellon, reine de Hongrie († ).
 18 septembre : Yūki Harutomo, un des premiers daimyo de la province de Shimōsa († ).
 24 septembre : Asakura Yoshikage, samouraï japonais et daimyō d'Echizen († ).
 27 septembre : Étienne Bathory, voïvode (synonyme de Prince de Transylvanie), puis roi de Pologne († ).
 21 octobre : Thibault Métezeau, architecte français († vers 1596).
 22 novembre : Alphonse II d'Este, cinquième duc de Ferrare († ).
 13 décembre : Erik XIV, roi de Suède († ).
 Date précise inconnue :
 Abdullah Khan, khan de la dynastie turco-mongole des Chaybanides d'Ouzbékistan († 1598).
 Francisco Arias, religieux ascète et écrivain espagnol († ).
 Elazar Azikri, rabbin, kabbaliste, poète liturgique et homme de lettres († 1600).
 Francesco Buonamici, médecin, écrivain et philosophe italien († ).
 Giovanni Antonio Dosio, architecte et sculpteur italien († 1611).
 John Fortescue of Salden, homme d'État anglais († ).
 Pierre de Gondi, ecclésiastique français († ).
 Mark Sittich von Hohenems, cardinal allemand († ).
 Johan Baptista Houwaert, conseiller et maître ordinaire de la Chambre des comptes du duché de Brabant, poète et dramaturge humaniste d'expression néerlandaise († ).
 Isaac de Troki, un des plus grands Sages et érudits karaïtes († 1594).
 Jacques Kisaï, frère jésuite et catéchiste japonais († ).
 Pons de Lauzières-Thémines, maréchal de France († 1627).
 Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, cartographe et illustrateur français († 1588).
 Stoldo Lorenzi, sculpteur italien († 1583).
 Juan Maldonado, prêtre jésuite espagnol († ).
 Anne de Marquets, poétesse française († ).
 Ōmura Sumitada, daimyo de l'époque Sengoku de l'histoire du Japon († ).
 Loÿs Papon, auteur dramatique français († 1599).
 François Perrin, poète et moraliste français, chanoine d'Autun († ).
 Giacomo della Porta, architecte et sculpteur italien († 1602).
 Martín Ruiz de Gamboa, conquistador basque-espagnol et Gouverneur du royaume du Chili († 1590).
 Sadiq Bek, miniaturiste persan, calligraphe, poète et historien-chroniqueur de l'époque safavide († 1610).
 Shimazu Yoshihisa, daimyo de l'époque Sengoku de l'histoire du Japon († 1611).
 Kobayakawa Takakage, samouraï au service de Hideyoshi Toyotomi durant l'époque Sengoku de l'histoire du Japon († ).
 Valentin Weigel, penseur mystique allemand († 1588).
 Yun Doo-su, écrivain et homme politique coréen de la période Joseon et érudit néo-confucéen († 1601).
 Kaihō Yūshō, peintre japonais († 1615).
 Vers 1533 :
 Henri Agylée, jurisconsulte et helléniste néerlandais († ).
 Gerald Fitzgerald,  comte de Desmond († ).
 Edmund Hooper, compositeur anglais appartenant à l'école des Virginalistes († ).
 Wilhelm Klebitz, théologien protestant et mathématicien allemand († 1568).
 Adam Loftus, lord chancelier d'Irlande († ).
 Pierre Merlin, ministre protestant française († ).

Décès en 1533
 10 avril : Frédéric  de Danemark (° ).
 6 juillet : L'Arioste, poète italien, auteur du Roland furieux (° ).
 26 juillet : Atahualpa,dernier empereur de l'Empire inca indépendant (° entre 1497 et 1502).
 8 août : Lucas de Leyde, peintre et graveur néerlandais (° 1494).
 3 décembre : Vassili III, grand-prince de Vladimir et Moscou (° ).
 11 décembre : Étienne Le Court, curé français, étranglé puis brûlé à Rouen (° ?)
 Date précise inconnue :
 Chaitanya, prédicateur brahmane, en Inde (° 1486).
 Juan del Encina, poète, musicien, compositeur et dramaturge espagnol (° ).

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BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
College of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship
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Оксид лития-кобальта(III) (кобальтит лития, кобальтат лития) — неорганическое соединение,
двойной оксид лития и кобальта с формулой LiCoO (LiO•CoO),
тёмно-серые кристаллы,
не растворяется в воде.

Получение
 Спекание нитратов лития и кобальта при 400-700°C.

Физические свойства
Оксид лития-кобальта(III) образует тёмно-серые кристаллы нескольких модификаций:
 тригональная сингония, пространственная группа R m, параметры ячейки a = 0,28156 нм, c = 1,40542 нм, Z = 1;
 кубическая сингония, пространственная группа F mm, параметры ячейки a = 0,799 нм.

Не растворяется в воде .

Применение
 Большая часть используемых в портативной электронике литий-ионных электрических аккумуляторов изготавливается с применением положительного электрода из кобальтита лития.

Примечания

Соединения кобальта
Оксиды лития


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Home » Economic policy » Income disclosure requirement will do little to address inequality
Income disclosure requirement will do little to address inequality
POSTED ON: October 18, 2021 IN Economic policy, Employment by Admin
The remuneration of CEOs and senior executives is a sensitive topic in SA given high levels of income inequality – but it's an important issue globally.
The remuneration of CEOs and other senior executives is a sensitive topic in South Africa given high levels of income inequality – but it's an important issue globally with perceptions of excessive executive pay in the face of growing concerns over income and wealth inequality.
Since rules came into force in terms of the 2008 Companies Act, public companies have had to provide full disclosure of individual executive and non-executive directors' total remuneration in their annual financial statements. Now, in terms of the Draft Companies Amendment Bill, listed companies and state-owned enterprises will have to go further, disclosing the percentage differential between the five highest and five lowest earners, as well as aggregate earnings levels.
Wage gap disclosure is gaining traction globally. In the UK, disclosure requirements kicked in from January 2019. These require companies to disclose the ratio between their CEO's pay and the median, lower quartile and upper quartile pay of their UK employees. In the US, disclosure requirements kicked in in 2018, stemming from the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that was introduced in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. It introduced the "CEO pay ratio" in which companies are required to disclose the ratio between the CEO's total pay and the pay of the median employee, with young and smaller companies excluded.
This was politically contentious with Researchers Steven Bank of the UCLA School of Law and George Georgiev of the Emory University School of Law describing the seven-year rule-making process as generating "a level of public engagement that was virtually unprecedented in the long history of the SEC [US Securities and Exchange Commission] disclosure regime".
South Africa needs to tread carefully. Bank and Georgiev, writing in the Boston College Law Review, describe the disclosures themselves as "soundbites", saying the sizeable pay gaps highlighted by the newly reported pay ratios "attracted extensive attention … fuelling public outrage, motivating new proposed legislation and reinforcing concerns over pay inequity and economic inequality".
They say the US approach "is characterised by (1) high public salience—the pay ratio is superficially intuitive and resonates with the public to an extent much greater than other disclosures; and (2) low informational integrity – the pay ratio is a relative outlier in terms of certain baseline characteristics of disclosure, meaning that the information is lacking in accuracy, difficult to interpret and incomplete".
BLSA is concerned that both those factors will be amplified in the South African context, particularly given that here the ratio is between the highest and lowest paid while in the US it's between the highest and the mid-range income. Public reaction will be based on "soundbites" of information without any granular context – something at which social media excels. But even in more thoughtful media outlets, the lack of quality information would limit the quality of the discourse.
Bank and Georgiev recommend that: "The SEC should seek to improve the rule's informational integrity by mandating a narrative disclosure approach that provides information about median worker pay and the resulting pay ratio with more context, nuance and explanation."
SA's legislation makes no attempt to contextualise the pay ratio. The figure reported by a national retailer which employs a lot of lower-paid people will differ markedly from that of a bank but that doesn't mean it is more or less exploitative. Also, with two companies in the same sector, one might make use of part-time or contract workers to a larger degree than the other which permanently employs more lower-paid workers. In such a case, the second company is likely to have a wider ratio and therefore attract more controversy, even though its employment practices are more in tune with SA's needs. The legislation makes it likely that more companies will resort to using part-time workers our even outsourcing low-paid roles.
That brings us to the purpose of legislation, which the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition states is to "address public concerns regarding high levels of inequalities in society". Yet the legislation requires only listed companies to report their wage ratios of which there are only about 330, so it is impossible to generate any sort of national picture of income inequality.
This legislation appears designed to attract controversy. A more thoughtful approach is needed that is constructive in meeting SA's needs but introducing this in an extremely difficult business environment struggling to shake off the effects of lockdown restrictions will not benefit our economy. If anything, it adds to the layer of legislative and compliance factors that deters investment.
We believe this income disclosure requirement will do little to address inequality in South Africa, which is driven primarily by unemployment rather than income disparity of the employed. The surest way of addressing South Africa's triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment is to develop business-friendly policies that promote economic growth and employment.
There is no magic wand but, while it's a long-term process, it could certainly be happening a lot quicker. The economic reconstruction and recovery plan, approved by both labour and business as well as by Cabinet, is designed on that basis. Central to the plan are numerous structural reforms that have unfortunately stalled. That's where we need to remain focused as a country. Government should be doing all it can to accelerate the plan's implementation to get us on a sustained economic growth trajectory as quickly as possible.
This column was first published in fin24.
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Q: Image of the upper half complex plane, under the function $g(z) = e^{2\pi i z}$ Problem: Given $W = \{z: z=x+iy, \ y>0\}$ and $g(z) = e^{2 \pi i z},$ what does the set $g(W)$ look like, and is it simply connected?
Attempt: $W$ represents the upper-half complex plane. And $$g(z) = e^{2 \pi i (x+iy)} = \cdots = e^{-2\pi y}(\cos (2 \pi x) + i \sin (2 \pi x)).$$ (Am I on the right track?)
I know simply connected means that there are no holes in the set, but I don't know how to describe the set geometrically.
Further attempt: Since $e^{2 \pi i z} = e^{-2 \pi y}(e^{2 \pi i x})$ then $|e^{2 \pi i z}| = |e^{-2 \pi y}|$ and $y>0 \implies |e^{-2 \pi y}| \in (0,1).$ So $|e^{2 \pi i z}| \in (0, e^{2 \pi i x}).$
Right?
Thanks in advance for help.

A: I like your first attempt very well, and your "Further attempt" rather less well, unless by "$(0,e^{2\pi ix})$" you mean the open straight-line segment from the origin to the point $(\cos x, i\sin x)$ on the unit circle. I think that what you already have should be enough to answer your questions, as long as you ask yourself whether there are any missing points in the image-set ("range").

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The Northumberland Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Northumberland. They played their home games at Stocksfield Cricket Club Ground, Stocksfield. They competed in the Women's County Championship from 1998 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, it was announced that Northumberland was merging its team with Durham, becoming North East Warriors. They are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.

History
Northumberland Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Durham. They joined the national county structure in 1998, playing in the Women's County Championship Division 3, winning one out of five games. They played in the Championship for a further two years with little success, before withdrawing and only returning in 2005. Since then, Northumberland consistently played in the bottom tier of the Championship, with their best season coming in 2016, finishing 3rd in Division 4 N&E.

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Northumberland performed similarly, playing in Divisions Three and Four. In 2010, they reached a Divisional Final to play for promotion, but lost to Northamptonshire. Northumberland did not compete in the 2019 tournament, but will return in 2021 as North East Warriors, a combined side with Durham.

Players

Notable players
Players who have played for Northumberland and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):

 Dorothy Macfarlane (1957)
 Margaret Rutherford (1960)
 Sara MacLean (2001)
 Linda Spence (2001)
 Anuradha Doddaballapur (2020)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

See also
 Northumberland County Cricket Club
 North East Warriors
 Northern Diamonds

References

Cricket in Northumberland
Women's cricket teams in England


Montana's white-tailed jackrabbit changes its color from brown in the summer to white in the winter, helping it blend in with its surroundings and avoid predators.
Whoever loves snow and cold, like we've had this month, please raise your hand.
Okay, you in the back. You may lower your hand now.
Let's face it. As February grinds into March, the ranks of the smiling have thinned mostly to snowplow drivers, ski area owners and, perhaps, auto body repairers.
And white-tailed jackrabbits; brown in the summer and white like snow in the winter.
When your house is on the open prairie, and lots of things daily want to eat you, life is complicated. It sure helps if you can blend in with your surroundings.
Montana hosts seven species of hares and rabbits. They are all in the same family, Leporidae, but have several differences.
Among the rabbits we are home to the pygmy rabbit and three species of cottontails.
The larger hares number three species: snowshoe, and black-tailed and white-tailed jackrabbits. Despite their name, jackrabbits are hares. And the white-tailed version, which can weigh up to six pounds, is much more numerous in Montana.
more folks than usual are reporting this winter.
One fellow north of Great Falls even asked if there could be something like a damage hunt because he had too many jackrabbits and they were into his pasture. I kid you not.
For years, it was more common to hear people ask what happened to all the jackrabbits they remembered from their younger days. This winter, however, there seems to be something of a resurgence in jackrabbit numbers.
The short answer is no one knows for sure. Or it's complicated.
What we do know is rabbits and hares are prey species, and predator and prey species' populations generally go in opposite directions, occasionally intersecting.
When predator species are on the upswing, prey species numbers go down until they get so few, predator numbers decline. Then the prey species start to increase.
As prey, jackrabbits, like their cousins the true rabbits, live short, fertile lives.
The jackrabbit breeding season extends from late February into July. Gestation lasts four to six weeks and litter sizes average four to five young.
Females can breed again soon after giving birth, so that a female can have four litters a year.
All those numbers mean one female jackrabbit can have an average annual output of 15 offspring. And females can breed when seven months old.
Again, looking at the numbers, if half of a jackrabbit's young annually are female and half survive their first year to reproduce, one female in a year can have about 55 grandkids (grand bunnies?).
That's a lot of food for their numerous predators; like coyotes, bobcats and fox on the ground and raptors from above.
But there are other factors involved in jackrabbit population cycles – things like habitat destruction, disease, and severe weather. Humans play a role, too, though mostly from habitat degradation and destruction.
Of the two jackrabbit species, our more abundant white-tailed species does not thrive as well as the blacktailed around cultivated sites.
Translation: When humans change prairie ecosystems to urban areas or predominately crops, some species don't handle the change well.
That would explain the long downhill population trend of white-tailed jackrabbits. But why do their numbers seem to be increasing now?
Bruce Auchly is the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 4 information officer.


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MSU roundup: Softball team routed by Notre Dame, 11-3
Notre Dame exploded for a six-run fifth inning to blow open a two-run contest and went on to an 11-3 victory over Michigan State on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans fall to 15-8 overall, while the Irish even their record at 13-13 on the season.
Down 4-0 after the first inning, MSU battled back to make it a 5-3 ballgame on a home run by Lea Foerster in the third and an RBI triple by Ebonee Echols and a sacrifice fly by senior Sarah Gutknecht in the fifth.
MSU gave up double-digit hits for the fourth straight game, as the Irish tallied 11 hits in addition to taking advantage of 10 walks and a pair of hit batters.
Bridgette Rainey got the start and went 2.1 innings in taking the loss, surrendering five earned runs on four hits and striking out two. Jordan Watson came on in relief and also threw 2.1 innings, surrendering seven hits.
The Spartans begin Big Ten play at 6 p.m. Friday at Purdue, where they will tangle with the Boilermakers in a three-game weekend series.
Spartans Finish Sixth in The Briar's Creek Invitational
JOHNS ISLAND, South Carolina - The Michigan State women's golf team wrapped up the Briar's Creek Invitational in Johns Island, South Carolina, on Tuesday, finishing the tournament at 8-over par 872 (288-296-288) to take sixth place. The Spartans' even-par 288 in Tuesday's final round was the third-lowest score of the day in the 18-team field that included 10 teams in the Golfstat top 50.
Helped by a pair of even-par 288s in rounds one and three at The Golf Club at Briar's Creek, the Spartans' 8-over par 872 marked their lowest team score of the season.
Katie Sharp led all Spartans with a 1-under par 215 to take eighth place. After an even-par 72 and 2-over par 74 in rounds one and two, respectively, that had her in 27th place, Sharp shot a season-best 3-under par 69 on Tuesday. Sharp birdied four of the last five holes and had a team-high six birdies on the day.
Sarah Burnham and Allyson Geer both tied for 22nd place at 3-over par 219.
Paz Marfa Sans finished 9-over par 225, good for 53rd place. She had a pair of 2-over par 74s in rounds one and two and then shot a 5-over par 77 on Tuesday.
Like Sharp and Burnham, Carolyn Markley also posted her best round of the tournament on Tuesday. Markley tied her season best with a 1-under par 71 in the final round and finished 12-over par 228 (75-82-71) for the tournament.
No. 6 Florida won the event with a tournament record 15-under par 849 (277-286-286). Maria Torres of Florida claimed medalist honors with a 7-under par 209.
- MSU Athletic Communications


If you were asked to design a camera sensor, you'd naturally put the photo receptors on top, closest to the light. Oddly enough, because of the way chips are fabricated, until recently most camera sensors have captured light at the bottom, underneath layers of interconnections. The recent introduction of back-illuminated (BI) sensor technology (also referred to as backside-illuminated or BSI) has changed all that. It is now possible to build sensors "the right way round" with the photo receptive layer facing the light. Back illumination has made some headlines for allowing better low-light performance, but its worth diving into the technology, as it is going to be a lot more important than that.
Silicon is both the substrate on which chips are built and the material that performs the magic of turning photon energy into electrical energy that can be used to create images. It is therefore the simplest solution to create the photosensitive areas in the substrate silicon and stack the electronics on top — leaving openings in the wiring over each photosite (pixel) to allow light to pass through. As camera resolutions have increased, pixel sizes have decreased, especially in smartphones with their tiny sensors. The result is that more and more of the surface area of the sensor is covered by wiring, resulting in less and less light reaching the photosites. So there is a natural need to find a way to move the photosensitive region to the top of the chip, allowing it to gather more light.
Curiously, the human eye and most animal eyes are also built with the photosensitive pigments on the side furthest away from the light streaming through the eyeball. It isn't known exactly why eyes are designed that way, but designing them this way definitely makes it easier to provide circulation to the energy-hungry rods and cones, as well as allowing cellular debris to be whisked away without floating around inside the eyeball. Creatures like cephalopods who rely on their eyes in the dark waters of the deep ocean do indeed have their photoreceptors close to the lenses of their eyes, to maximize the sheer amount of light captured.
If a sensor was only a layer of photosensitive silicon, it wouldn't matter much which side was up. A pixel is a lot more than just the photodiode, however. It typically includes transistors and wiring for amplifying the charge, transferring it to the signal processing portion of the chip, and resetting itself between frames. Those electronics get placed on top of the silicon layer, partially obscuring it from the light and resulting in a well-like appearance for a typical pixel.
As you'd expect, putting the photodiode at the bottom of a well reduces the amount of light that reaches it, with some light bouncing off the wiring above, and some just not having the right angle to make it to the bottom of the well. Microlenses are used to reduce this problem (the human eye uses waveguides known as Muller cells), but a meaningful amount of light is still lost before it gets to the photodiode to be captured. Typical sensor fill factors — the portion of light successfully captured — range from 30% to 80%. By contrast, a back-illuminated sensor can have a fill factor of nearly 100%.
Light bouncing around inside the electronics can also cause other problems such as vignetting and crosstalk. Thus a design which puts the photodiodes on top is clearly desirable. Having the photosensitive area on the side of the chip facing the light also dramatically improves the angular response of the sensor. No longer does light have to be aimed "down the well" of the pixel, but it can strike it from nearly any angle.


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The cost of owning or renting commercial space for your business is high. As your business grows, you may find yourself outgrowing your existing building. In other cases, your current building may have structural problems. While the idea of finding a new larger office may seem attractive, there are other options. Still, sometimes its easier to expand your current building by contacting an underpinning company. Remember, your business is already established in that location.
Many businesses under utilize the basements in their building. And there's good reason for this. Buildings with improper underpinning have damp basements that are unsuitable for commercial use.
In most cases, these problems can be fixed and you may be able to convert the basement and put it to use for storage or as additional office space.
Solving these problems can help you find extra space in your building, fix structural problems, and remove any headaches associated with finding a new building. And, of course, the cost is far lower. Interested in learning more? Here are several tips your underpinning company will use to transform that dank basement into a usable space.
The first step is to carefully examine existing architectural plans for your building. Working with an engineer, the construction company will be able to identify where to place the concrete pockets to have a stable and proper foundation. This step is essential if you are planning to add additional floors.
Before construction begins, proper municipal building permits must be obtained from your city. Depending on how large your building is, roads in the area may need to be closed. Your underpinning company can handle obtaining the building permits for you if you want.
A fairly large construction project such as underpinning a basement can interfere with utilities like electricity, heating, and water. The company you hire will contact all of the relevant utilities and work out how to perform the underpinning without damaging power lines or water pipes.
Your underpinning company will handle the hoarding process for you. Hoarding involves building a temporary solid structure around the construction project in order to hide it from view and prevent unauthorized access. This will help keep your customers, residents, and employees safe during the project.
In order to protect the walls and structure above the basement, excavation tools are needed. These tools will be used to dig out pockets in the floor of the foundation to pour concrete into. You do not need to rent or otherwise deal with this equipment. The underpinning company you hire will handle all of it.
If you want to use the basement for your business, as opposed to just solving the structural problems in your building, a waterproofing project needs to be completed by your underpinning company as well. Once completed, your basement will be a fully usable space for storage, work, or anything else you can think of.
If you have decided that you want underpinning done in your basement, NTL Contracting is a reliable and experienced underpinning company. Our fully Canada-owned and operated business has served Toronto and the GTA for over 20 years. We offer free online quotes for your specific situation. For your peace of mind, our fully insured work comes with a guaranteed, transferable 25-year warranty.
If your building has structural problems, or you want to use your basement for your business, underpinning is a good option for you.
An underpinning project is a specialized construction project that needs an experienced underpinning company.
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Community Outreach – TwinkyOverlord of EmpyreaL, Current MWO Champs!
courtesy of mwomercs.com
Welcome back to Community Outreach! This week we have TwinkyOverlord from EmpyreaL, the reigning champs of the MechWarrior Online World Championships. We talk about how he got into competitive MWO, how EmpyreaL came to win the recent championship in Vancouver, and what the future holds for the best team of MechWarriors in the world. Enjoy!
Sean (Sarna): Who are you? Tell us a little about yourself.
TwinkyOverlord (Ryan): Well, to begin, my real name is Ryan. In-game I go by the call sign "TwinkyOverlord". I used to be in the Air Force but recently separated and started college. I'm working towards a degree in computer science. In Mechwarrior Online a lot of people might define me as an assault mech specialist. I play assaults almost exclusively for EmP.
Sean: Other than MWO, what other BattleTech/MechWarrior games have you played?
"Unlike most people who start the game out with no help, I was given mentorship from a lot of well-established players."
TwinkyOverlord: Unfortunately, I've never played another BattleTech/Mechwarrior game. I didn't get into the MechWarrior franchise until my friend introduced me to Mechwarrior Online during closed beta five years ago. I ended up really liking the gameplay but never found myself absorbed with the lore enough to take an initiative to explore the older games. I guess I'm a casual in this regard.
Sean: How did you get started in competitive Mechwarrior?
TwinkyOverlord: Back when I initially started playing MechWarrior, my friend Final Fortune invited me along to play with his team, Swords of Kentares. Unlike most people who start the game out with no help, I was given mentorship from a lot of well-established players. They steered me towards better builds and kept me from falling into bad habits that would have otherwise made me a less effective player. If I didn't sort of fall into good fortune and join this team when I did I doubt I would have pursued playing the game competitively. I guess in this regard I really lucked out.
Sean: What 'Mech did you most often use in the tournament?
TwinkyOverlord: During this year's tournament I played the Marauder IIC almost exclusively. In preparation for Mech_Con, I had a large assortment of assaults to choose from that could have also been viable. It just so happened that this mech ended up being my favorite for the strategies we were utilizing. If I were given the option though, I would have played the Annihilator. Unfortunately, a large portion of the teams voted to not have it in the tournament.
Sean: What's your favorite 'Mech to use that's not really competitive meta?
TwinkyOverlord: At the moment my favorite non-competitive 'Mech would be the Commando. I'm really drawn to the polarized end of the spectrum when it comes to my 'Mech selection. I gravitate towards either overwhelming firepower or going extremely fast with hardly anything in between. If the Commando is seen as too competitive I would fall back and say that I really enjoy the Annihilator. As far as I'm aware it's not allowed in any tournaments and isn't labeled as "competitive meta".
Sean: How does EmpyreaL prepare for the tournament?
TwinkyOverlord: We prepare with lots and lots of practice. Due to how the rules were written for MWOWC, we knew that we would only have to come up with strategies for three of the five maps. With this in mind, we approached our practices by simulating every potential scenario that we could think of. You could almost compare the process to machine learning. We would start with an opening strategy and have the other team do whatever they could to counter it. After a while, we sort of had a playbook for how to react in almost every scenario and if the strategy is any good. What the viewer see's during the tournament, however, is the strongest opening move we could come up with that had the most room for flexibility. Our strategies are mostly reactive to how the opponent decides to play the game.
Sean: After your first win at the World Finals in 2016, how did you feel going into 2017?
TwinkyOverlord: I can't speak for every member of my team but going into the 2017 tournament I think we were pretty confident. We picked up a few more players during the 2016 offseason that ended up being big players for us.
Sean: You've been undefeated in 2016 and remained so for most of your 2017 run. How did it feel when EON Synergy gave you your first ever tournament loss?
TwinkyOverlord: It was honestly very disappointing for us. We knew going into that particular series that even if we lost the set we wouldn't be knocked out of the tournament because of the double elimination rule. In part, I think this made us complacent. We didn't try to change up our strategies despite EON wising up to our tactics and we paid for it.
"By the time we were done with that it was so late that the bars were all closed and people were so tired that we all went to bed."
Sean: How did the team rally to come back and take the World Championship?
TwinkyOverlord: After our initial loss against EON there was a short break between the game sets. We took that time to have a strategy meeting with both our starting players and those watching from the crowd. We determined that our gameplay was becoming too predictable. People weren't being dynamic enough despite knowing how to react to a given situation. There were also other factors at play that we didn't account for. After discovering how devastating the laser hit registration was on LAN we decided to change up our lights and mediums. This alteration proved useful in the last set of matches.
Sean: What did EmpyreaL do to celebrate their victory last December?
TwinkyOverlord: To be honest we didn't do that much in celebration of the games. After the games were finished PGI made all the players wait in a room above the venue for a couple of hours so that everyone could receive their prize money. By the time we were done with that it was so late that the bars were all closed and people were so tired that we all went to bed. The next day most of our players boarded up on their respective plane and headed home. In short, I guess we celebrated with a good night's rest.
Sean: What are you going to do with your share of the tournament prize?
TwinkyOverlord: It isn't very glamorous, but my portion of the tournament prize is going straight to bills. Being a full-time student doesn't pay as much as I'd like, unfortunately.
Sean: How would you like to see the tournament changed for next year?
"I honestly never thought that I would have made it to where I'm at today when I installed the game all those years ago."
TwinkyOverlord: First and foremost, I would like the venue to have soundproof booths for the players. The headphones that the players were provided for both the 2016 and 2017 MWOWC were technically noise-canceling headphones. However, they weren't giant crowd, really loud subwoofer noise-canceling headphones. It honestly made it extremely difficult for the players to have effective comms during the matches and influenced our gameplay.
The second thing that I would like to see changed is PGI's stance on using 60hz monitors for the competitors. As far as I'm aware most competitive gamers use 120-144hz monitors. The jump down to 60hz panels is very jarring to those who are unused to it and is a big game changer for players like myself who are more accustomed to better gear.
Sean: Will we see EmpyreaL back in Vancouver for 2018's tournament?
TwinkyOverlord: The simple answer is I don't know. There is a good chance that a lot of the players will still be driven to play but the EmP as you know it will likely not return. I have personally decided that this will be my last MWOWC that I will take part in as a competitor. I'll probably keep playing the game as a casual player. As such, I'd like to thank Ninox for being the team's first sponsor. I know a lot of the guys have enjoyed the hardware and they've been outstanding to work with. I also want to thank everyone else for giving me so many great memories. I honestly never thought that I would have made it to where I'm at today when I installed the game all those years ago. This is has been the best gaming experience of my life and I think it's all thanks to the great community that this game has.
Thanks so much for telling us your story, TwinkyOverlord, and good luck in all your future endeavors. Hopefully, we'll see EmpyreaL back in some form for next year's MWO World Championship.
And as always, MechWarriors: Stay Syrupy.
This entry was posted in Community, MechWarrior Online on 2018/01/15 by Sean.
Hooked on BattleTech at an early age, Sean honestly can't remember whether it was the cartoon, the serial novels or the short-lived TCG that did him in. Whatever it was, his passion for giant shooty robots never died, so now he writes about the latest and greatest in 'Mech related news.
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Go-NoGo 2018/01/21 at 1:30 am
Top tier quality interview. Top tier interviewee too.
Much appreciation for producing this piece. Cheers, All