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Real Estate Lobbyists Promise Luxury Towers Won't Totally Shroud Central Park In Eternal Darkness
Rebecca Fishbein
Modified Nov 13, 2015
Rumor has it that Central Park will soon be drowned by the giant shadows of skyscrapers full of rich people and their tax havens, thanks to the unrestricted development of residential towers along 57th Street. But it appears at least the entire park won't be shrouded by monoliths to the wealthy—or so says the Real Estate Board that functions as a lobbying arm for this kind of development.
Skinny, glass-walled luxury skyscrapers like One57, 432 Park Avenue, and 217 West 57th Street have been springing up along so-called Billionaire's Row, prompting alarm that the future pincushion skyline will cast mile-deep shadows across the park. The Real Estate Board of New York, however, claims in a new report [pdf] that these concerns are "overblown."
"The five so-called 'supertall' buildings adjacent to the Park account for an infinitesimal percentage of the over 4,000 buildings within a two-block radius of the Park—a quarter of which are overbuilt and nearly 70% of which are restricted from redevelopment by landmarks designation," the report reads, adding that "the Central Park Conservancy, a valuable steward of the park, has stated that the shadows have not significantly impacted the horticulture or experience of the park."
REBNY worked with a number of experts, including an architect, urban planner, and environmental scientist, to come to this conclusion, though it's hard to take the word of a group specifically formed to lobby for policies that help the real estate industry—policies, for instance, that contribute to the no-holds-barred development in Midtown—as gospel.
Activists who have opposed the development and its impact on Central Park are not assuaged by REBNY's report. Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair of the Central Park Sunshine Task Force of Community Board 5, told us, "The current zoning in no way addresses the cumulative impact of shadows onto our open space. The overdevelopment along Central Park South will have a tremendous detrimental impact regardless of the slenderness of each individual building."
The City Council agreed yesterday to assemble a task force that will address the effect of the megatowers on Central Park, which is great news, since we know no real estate group can sway them!
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Q: SQL database design to achieve scalability at early stage The project I am working on has a lot of dependency on foreign languages. In order to capture all required content in foreign languages I have designed the following DB diagram.

Since I want to address the issue of scalabilty at early stage of DB design, I want to know is this a good way to go? An alternative solution would for each table Products, Agents (and any futher tables) to have its own content/content languages table such as ProductsContent, ProductsContentLanguages, AgentsContent, AgentsContentLanguages.
Splitting and duplicating table structure would shrink table size, and would improve performance, especially since each table would not contain equal number of entries. I believe the difference would be more then obvious  when tables get very large.
So what would be a good database design in this particular case?

A: Here are some tips and links that maybe useful for your current scenario,
"Multilanguage Database Design in MySQL"
What are best practices for multi-language database design?
What is the best database design for multi-language data?

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I leave this one to your imagination.
So I am ARG! has made it into the next round of the NSFW Webcomic tourney! I want to thank you for all your continued voting! It's truly crazy how much you guys can shift the tide of a vote like this.
Voting for this round started yesterday! You can vote once every day so if you feel I am ARG deserves your vote and you've got two clicks to give today, go vote for I am ARG!
That's one heck of a shot Tex, but how'd he not see you cocking to fire?
Nice aim. Must've been pretty loaded.
is it just me or do the characters who are the victims of this awesome tomfoolery end up looking like eric from hatefarm as of recent? or do they just commonly have the whole shaved head look?
if it is, then poor eric! he was already eaten by the phallsaurus yesterday, then gets reincarnated just to get a white willy!
Best ARG smile-face, I totally approve.
That last panel could definitely be used for other things, like ads or meme things.
I have to focus on that, or I'll be thoroughly disturbed.
Oh yeah, you got my vote. ARG FTW!
A wet willy is one thing, but one comprised of the sweat of one's nether regions might be viewed as excessive.
It's a 50-50 race! though looks like you still have slightly more votes 😀 hope you win!
OH MY GOD THAT WAS AWSOME!
I sincrely hope people don't try this in RL.
It's pretty funny…right until the cops show up.
I saw this COMING from the first panel… actually.
His face at the end could not have been more perfect.


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Alcoholic Beverages›
Fermented beverages: UK import value 2001-2018
Value of fermented beverages imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
by Nils-Gerrit Wunsch, last edited Apr 5, 2019
This statistic presents the value of fermented beverages imported to the United Kingdom (UK) annually from 2001 to 2018. Imports of fermented beverages were valued at approximately 127 million British pounds in 2018.
Import value in thousand GBP
Product code 2206 'Cider, perry, mead and other fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic ...'
Figures calculated by International Trade Centre (ITC) based on UN Comtrade statistics.
Figures have been rounded.
Release date given is the date of access (the database is constantly updated by the source).
Global stainless steel production 2005-2018
Global use of steel scrap 2007-2017
Crude steel annual production in the United Kingdom (UK) 2009 to 2017
Steel industry employment in Great Britain 2016, by region
Statistics on "Steel and metal import trading in the United Kingdom (UK)"
Overview of the metal industry in the UK
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Turnover of the basic metals manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2015 (in million euros)Turnover of basic metals manufacturing in the United Kingdom 2008-2015
Number of local units in VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in the manufacture of basic metals industry in the United Kingdom in 2018, by employment size bandLocal enterprise units in the UK basic metals industry 2018, by employment size
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Value of iron and steel wires used for fencing imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Import value of iron & steel wires for fencing in the UK 2010-2017
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Import value of sparkling wine into Sweden 2007-2017
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Volume of fermented beverages imported to Finland 2008-2018
Value of fermented beverages imported to Finland 2008-2018
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Spain: protective or corrective spectacles and goggles import value 2012-2017
France: buckwheat, millet and canary seed import value 2012-2017
France: dressings packaged for medical use import value 2012-2017
Fresh fruit: UK import value 2001-2018
Dried vegetables: UK import value 2001-2018
Mexico: pulque production share 2017, by region
Import volume of fresh or chilled olives into Denmark 2012-2017
Portugal: dressings packaged for medical use import value 2012-2017
Scotch whisky industry in the United Kingdom
Scotch Whisky Association Statistical Report 2015
The Economic Impact of Scotch Whisky Production in the UK
Global stainless steel production from 2005 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Global steel scrap use from 2007 to 2017 (in million metric tons)
Crude steel produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand tons)
Annual steel ingot production in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2017 (in thousand tons)
Turnover of the basic metals manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2015 (in million euros)
Number of local units in VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in the manufacture of basic metals industry in the United Kingdom in 2018, by employment size band
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Number of enterprises in the basic metals manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by employment size band
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Volume of ferrous waste and scrap imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of aluminum waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of lead waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap imported globally by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Value of ferrous waste and scrap imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Amount of nickel ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Amount of iron ore and concentrate imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of zinc ore and concentrate imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of lead ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of aluminum ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of copper ore and concentrate imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of niobium, tantalum, vanadium, and zirconium ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Manganese ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of tungsten ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of chromium ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Amount of titanium ore and concentrates imported by the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (measured in metric tons)
Molybdenum ore and concentrates imported into the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of other iron and non-alloy steel bars and rods (not further worked than forged) imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of other iron and non-alloy steel bars and rods imported to the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in metric tons)
Value of iron and steel nails, tacks, and staples imported globally to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of iron and steel wires used for fencing imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of sheet pilings and welded forms of iron and steel imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of non-stainless alloy steel bars and rods* imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of flat-rolled products of stainless steel (of a width <600 mm) imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of stainless steel in ingots, primary forms or semi-finished products imported to the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Volume of iron and steel screws, bolts, and nuts imported globally to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Main import countries of United Kingdom (UK) made iron/steel products in 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
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Value of live trees, plants, bulbs, roots and cut flowers etc. imported to Portugal from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of protective or corrective spectacles and goggles imported to Spain from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of buckwheat, millet and canary seed imported to France from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of dressings packaged for medical use imported to France from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of fresh fruit imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value of dried vegetables imported to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
Distribution of the pulque production volume in Mexico in 2017, by region
Volume of fresh or chilled olives imported into Denmark from 2012 to 2017 (in tons)
Value of dressings packaged for medical use imported to Portugal from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)

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Commented singer and guitarist Lupus: "When we signed our first deal back in 2012, all of this was just a mere idea. Since then a lot has happened and after 3 records, 2 live albums and quite a few singles, we're very happy to continue working with Nuclear Blast".
Ripple Music is thrilled to announce the release of "Supercluster", the brand-new album from LA-based rock trio Salem's Bend.
Cutting their teeth in various outfits over the years, after idly deciding to crawl into a garage one day, three unassuming dudes emerged into sunlight as a mighty hard rock triumvirate skilled in the execution of maximum Sabbath, Priest and Zeppelin worship… for on this day, Salem's Bend was born.


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Sepetys' flowing prose gently carries readers through the crushing tragedy of this tale that needs telling.
BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
by Ruta Sepetys ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2011
This bitterly sad, fluidly written historical novel tackles a topic woefully underdiscussed in English-language children's fiction: Joseph Stalin's reign of terror.
On June 14th, 1941, Soviet officers arrest 15-year-old Lina, her younger brother and her mother and deport them from Lithuania to Siberia. Their crammed-full boxcar is labeled, ludicrously, "Thieves and Prostitutes." They work at a frigid gulag for eight months—hungry, filthy and brutalized by Soviet officers—before being taken to the Siberian Arctic and left without shelter. Lina doesn't know the breadth of Stalin's mass deportations of Baltic citizens, but she hears scraps of discussion about politics and World War II. Cold, starvation, exhaustion and disease (scurvy, dysentery, typhus) claim countless victims. Lina sketches urgently, passing her drawings along to other deportees, hoping they'll reach Papa in a Soviet prison. Brief flashbacks, seamlessly interwoven, illuminate Lina's sweet old life in Kaunas like flashes of light, eventually helping to reveal why the repressive, deadly regime targeted this family.
Sepetys' flowing prose gently carries readers through the crushing tragedy of this tale that needs telling. (maps, timeline, author's note) (Historical fiction. 12-adult)
Publisher: Philomel
Review Posted Online: Jan. 8, 2011
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION
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by Ruta Sepetys ; adapted by Andrew Donkin ; illustrated by Dave Kopka & Brann Livesay
THE FOUNTAINS OF SILENCE
Beautifully written historical fiction about giddy, queer first love.
National Book Award Winner
LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB
by Malinda Lo ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 19, 2021
Finally, the intersectional, lesbian, historical teen novel so many readers have been waiting for.
Lily Hu has spent all her life in San Francisco's Chinatown, keeping mostly to her Chinese American community both in and out of school. As she makes her way through her teen years in the 1950s, she starts growing apart from her childhood friends as her passion for rockets and space exploration grows—along with her curiosity about a few blocks in the city that her parents have warned her to avoid. A budding relationship develops with her first White friend, Kathleen, and together they sneak out to the Telegraph Club lesbian bar, where they begin to explore their sexuality as well as their relationship to each other. Lo's lovely, realistic, and queer-positive tale is a slow burn, following Lily's own gradual realization of her sexuality while she learns how to code-switch between being ostensibly heterosexual Chinatown Lily and lesbian Telegraph Bar Lily. In this meticulously researched title, Lo skillfully layers rich details, such as how Lily has to deal with microaggressions from gay and straight women alike and how all of Chinatown has to be careful of the insidious threat of McCarthyism. Actual events, such as Madame Chiang Kai-shek's 1943 visit to San Francisco, form a backdrop to this story of a journey toward finding one's authentic self.
Beautifully written historical fiction about giddy, queer first love. (author's note) (Historical romance. 14-18)
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT SOCIAL THEMES
More by Malinda Lo
A LINE IN THE DARK
by Malinda Lo
Love in a Covid Climate
Malinda Lo Is on the Level
For July 4: YA Books That Reflect Our Many Voices
A stunning novel that exposes modern fascism and elevates human resilience. (author's note, research and sources, glossary,...
by Ruta Sepetys ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 22, 2019
The pitiless dictatorship of Francisco Franco examined through the voices of four teenagers: one American and three Spaniards.
The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936-1939, but Franco held Spain by its throat for 36 years. Sepetys (Salt to the Sea, 2016, etc.) begins her novel in 1957. Daniel is a white Texan who wants to be a photojournalist, not an oilman; Ana is trying to work her way to respectability as a hotel maid; her brother, Rafael, wants to erase memories of an oppressive boys' home; and Puri is a loving caregiver for babies awaiting adoption—together they provide alternating third-person lenses for viewing Spain during one of its most brutally repressive periods. Their lives run parallel and intersect as each tries to answer questions about truth and the path ahead within a regime that crushes any opposition, murders dissidents, and punishes their families while stealing babies to sell to parents with accepted political views. This formidable story will haunt those who ask hard questions about the past as it reveals the hopes and dreams of individuals in a nation trying to lie its way to the future. Meticulous research is presented through believable, complex characters on the brink of adulthood who personalize the questions we all must answer about our place in the world.
A stunning novel that exposes modern fascism and elevates human resilience. (author's note, research and sources, glossary, photographs) (Historical fiction. 15-adult)
Pub Date: Oct. 22, 2019
Review Posted Online: July 21, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 2019
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE
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1. Trump's Paris Exit A blow to climate politics, but a boon to regional climate policy?
Author: Milan Elkerbout
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Abstract: The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement represents a setback for global climate action. But the damage will be felt more in political and diplomatic terms than in terms of climate policy or reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which depend at least in the near term on domestic climate policies. The election of Donald Trump and the strong Republican majorities in both Houses of Congress that accompanied his election immediately dispelled any hope that the US would implement or maintain ambitious climate policies. Indeed, in the first months of his Presidency, Trump signed an executive order to review (and thus likely roll back) President Obama's landmark climate policy – the Clean Power Plan. The latter initiative aimed to reduce power-sector emissions by 32% by 2030 through federal legislation. Other US climate policies, such as vehicle standards and methane regulations, are also destined for the axe. Taken collectively, these measures will make it very difficult for the country to meet its Paris pledge of reducing GHG emissions by 26-28% by 2025 compared to 2005, even if another personality occupies the White House by 2021. 1 Improving fundamentals for renewable energy may still allow the US to reach its 2020 target of a 17% reduction in emissions compared to 2005. But the difference between this target and the formal pledge made by the US in Paris is roughly equal to the annual emissions of the entire transport sector in the EU.
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I have just bought an Ideapad S205. With the power lead plugged in the battery icon keeps showing 50% available, (plugged in,not charging). Is this right?
Should the battery be charging whilst the computer is running?
yes, it should be charging while the computer is running.
can you try to remove/replace the battery first?
Go to Start -> All Programs -> Lenovo -> Energy Management -> Power management options.
Start the program. Look at the summary at the top. Does it say "Best Battery Health" next to the blue gear icon? If so, this will limit the charge on your S205 to 50% (but your battery will last longer ... overall battery life, that is).
If you want to change this, select the gear in the lower right, and when the new menu appears, select "Optimize For Battery Runtime." This will enable your battery to charge to the full 100% (but your battery life will be shorter).
Found that, thanks for answering. If i want to use the computer for some time using the battery, how do I make sure that I charge the battery fully?
Also, I have just bought the Ideapad from a retailer in the UK (PC World). It was the display unit, and I discovered when I tried to register the unit that it had already been registered in September 2011 and I could not register or change the warranty. I tried phoning Lenovo which was expensive and a waste of time. After speaking to 7 people the result was that i should email Lenovo and explain the problem - unfortunately no one could give me an email address that would definitely work. I tried a couple of suggestions, but I'm not convinced. Does anyone on the forum have any suggestions please?
about the warranty, do you still have the receipt?
Yes I have all of the receipts, but no one to inform.
have you tried to contact support line?
Unfortunately, I have spoken to 7 different people on various phone numbers in the UK and noy been able to get any help. No one seems to know who should be sorting this out. That was why I was trying to get an email address that might work. I don't know why Lenovo find this so difficult, all I want to do is sort out my registration and warranty.
So far their customer services has proved useless, which is a shame as the Ideapad seems great.
I'm sorry to hear about your experience with the warranty registration.
I would like to see if I can help with the matter.
I've sent you a request for additional information via private messaging.


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New solid-state lithium battery can be recharged 10,000 times
The lithium-metal battery could increase the lifetime of an electric vehicle to 15 years.
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Harvard University researchers have made a breakthrough in battery tech: a long-lasting solid-state lithium battery.
"A lithium-metal battery is considered the holy grail for battery chemistry," researcher Xin Li told the Harvard Gazette.
Strong, cheaper, faster: Most of today's electric vehicles (EVs) are powered by lithium-ion batteries, the same type of battery you'll find in your laptop or smartphone.
These batteries degrade quickly and take a long time to charge. They also sometimes catch on fire — all features that can dissuade people from switching to an EV.
Harvard claims its new solid-state lithium battery can be charged and discharged at least 10,000 times. That could increase the life expectancy of an EV battery to 15 years — currently, most are only warranted for 8 years or 100,000 miles.
The battery could also allow people to fully charge their EVs in just 10 to 20 minutes.
Battery basics: Batteries have four main components: a cathode (positively charged), an anode (negatively charged), a separator (so they don't touch), and an electrolyte (a liquid or gel that carries the current from one side to the other).
When the battery is in use, ions in the electrolyte move from the anode to the cathode, creating an electric current to power a device. When the battery is charging, they move back to the anode.
The challenge: A solid-state lithium battery replaces the liquid electrolyte with one made of a solid material, usually some type of ceramic. It also replaces the heavy anode, usually made from graphite, with a lighter one made of lithium metal and just a coating of graphite.
These changes reduce the risk of fire and allow the battery to charge more quickly and hold more energy.
However, needle-like structures called dendrites can form on the anode of a solid-state lithium battery. The little spikes can then pierce through the ceramic, causing the battery to short circuit.
Our strategy to stabilize the battery feels counterintuitive.
Luhan Ye
How it works: To avoid this issue, the Harvard team developed a solid-state battery with two different electrolytes: one that's prone to dendrite penetration but more stable, and the other that's less stable but dendrite-proof.
They sandwiched this second type of electrolyte between layers of the first. Dendrites could then penetrate the layers containing the first electrolyte, but because they couldn't breach the layer containing the second, they couldn't cause the battery to short circuit.
"Our strategy of incorporating instability in order to stabilize the battery feels counterintuitive but just like an anchor can guide and control a screw going into a wall, so too can our multilayer design guide and control the growth of dendrites," co-author Luhan Ye explained.
As a bonus, the chemistry of Harvard's solid-state lithium battery causes it to fill any holes caused by the dendrites, meaning it essentially heals itself.
Battery companies say one thing, automakers say another thing.
Xin Li
The cold water: Harvard has only made a coin-sized prototype of its solid-state, lithium-metal battery so far. To power a vehicle, we'd need something about the size of a textbook — and getting to that point won't be easy.
"Scaling up to EVs is not a trivial problem — there are many engineering aspects we'll have to figure out later," Li told IEEE Spectrum.
As for when anyone might be able to buy an EV containing Harvard's solid-state lithium battery, that depends who you ask, according to Li.
"Battery companies say one thing, automakers say another thing," he said. "My guess is five to 10 years."
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getkahoot.com Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!
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Ask thought provoking questions to stimulate student thinking.
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The drag & drop interface lets you quickly build quizzes with images and video.
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Employee Career Development Resources
McMaster University supports and empowers employees with strategies to achieve personal and professional potential.
Internal Career Development Resources
Career Framework
Career Framework provides information on the current career opportunities at McMaster and useful resources to help guide you in navigating your career journey. Feel free to use any of the resources available on this website to help you understand and decide on the right career for you.
This online career planning resource will help you assess your current career situation, discover who you are, decide what you want, and map out the best path for your future. This resource is available to all employees of the University.
Hiring Resources – Resume & Interviewing Resources for Employees. Log into Mosaic, click on the Career Opportunities tile and then click on the Hiring Resources menu on the left hand side.
Individual career coaching is available to employees (and their dependents) who are eligible for McMaster benefits through the terms and conditions of their appointment. Homewood Health, McMaster's Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) will connect you to a career coaching professional.
If you need to check for eligibility please contact Human Resources.
Individual Coaching for Strategic Leaders in Administration and Academia
Are you interested in developing and advancing your leadership capabilities? Leadership coaching focuses on individual objectives to help build a stronger leadership presence, strengthen your influence and coaching, help you navigate difficult conversations to name a few. For more information about leadership coaching contact Melanie Garaffa, Associate Director Talent, Equity and Development, Human Resources Services by calling ext. 28660 or emailing garaffa@mcmaster.ca.
Coach Approach Resources for Managers
A "coach approach" is an essential management skill that focuses on developing and optimizing employee abilities and talents to achieve their best. It may be used for individual employees as well as teams. The "coach approach" management style is curious, collaborative and supportive. Explore the various resources to help yourself develop a "coach approach" style.
Leader Key Person Advice and Coaching
Managers, supervisors, and expert leaders have access to a Homewood Health senior level clinician for immediate just-in-time consultation and coaching should a situation arise in the workplace that could benefit from professional input. This service is available to employees who are eligible for McMaster benefits through the terms and conditions of their appointment.
Career Development Sessions
Human Resources Services hosts a menu of career development sessions for employees to build skills and strategies in career planning, resume writing, preparing for job interviewing and more. Please check the Human Resources Events web page for future offerings. For more information contact Melanie Garaffa, Associate Director Talent, Equity and Development, Human Resources Services at ext. 28660 or garaffa@mcmaster.ca.
At McMaster, we believe in the ongoing cultivation of human potential, leveraging the diverse talents of our employees, and recognizing that everyone is a leader in their own role. We encourage you to explore, review and engage in a variety of learning and development opportunities for leaders at all levels of the organization.
Active McMaster students, faculty and staff have free, unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, a self-service training site with over 11,000 online video tutorials covering business, career planning, resume building and job interviewing, personal skill development, creative and technology topics. Courses are available 24/7.
External Career Development Resources
Employment Hamilton
This is a free service (funded by federal and provincial governments) that provides assistance with resumes, interviewing, job search coaching and offers a wide range of resources available online and in-person.
Careers by Design
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Career Compass Canada
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US calls on countries to take ISIL prisoners from Syria
February 05 2019 15:39:00
WASHINGTON – Reuters
The U.S. State Department on Feb. 4 called on countries to take in foreign fighters captured by YPG in Syria, two days ahead of a meeting in Washington of dozens of coalition partners fighting ISIL to discuss the way forward in Syria.
The department's spokesman, Robert Palladino, did not say how many prisoners had been detained by the illegal PKK's Syria branch YPG - but U.S. officials believe they number about 850.
The United States has long said it wants to see the fighters returned to their countries of origin in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to face prosecution.
"The United States calls upon other nations to repatriate and prosecute their citizens detained by the YPG," Palladino said.
U.S. officials say there has been a slight uptick in the number of foreign fighters in custody as U.S.-backed YPG militants retake the last remaining Islamic State-held areas.
The issue is likely to be raised today at the first high-level meeting of allies since President Donald Trump's announcement in December that he was pulling U.S. forces from Syria.
A Pentagon adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity said the State Department statement reflected the dilemma about what to do with the prisoners created by the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
"This was a problem created by surprise with an ill-coordinated and ill-considered announcement of complete U.S. withdrawal from Syria," said the Pentagon adviser. "We now have precipitated a crisis because our allied counties were not expecting to have to bring back home their foreign fighters."
YPG, Northern Syria, ISIL, fighters, United States
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