How Solar Cells Work

You've probably seen calculators with solar cells -- devices that never need batteries and in some cases, don't even have an off button. As long as there's enough light, they seem to work forever. You may also have seen larger solar panels, perhaps on emergency road signs, call boxes, buoys and even in parking lots to power the lights.

How Solar Cells Work

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Dealbook: After Storm, Wall Street Gets Back To Work

Following a weekend of speculation about how much havoc Hurricane Irene would wreak, the nation’s financial center was largely back to normal.

DealBook: After Storm, Wall Street Gets Back to Work

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Blackberrys Work Through Quake In Boon To Rim

BlackBerry e-mail worked as usual after Tuesday's earthquake while calls failed, which could help Research In Motion's bid to win back market share

BlackBerrys Work Through Quake in Boon to RIM

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Blackberrys Work Through Quake While Calls Fail In Boon To Rim

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- BlackBerry e-mail messages were delivered as usual after an earthquake struck Virginia today while calls failed, a potential boon to manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd. as it tries to win back lost market share.

BlackBerrys Work Through Quake While Calls Fail in Boon to RIM

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How Earthquakes Work

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest of Richmond, Va., today shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island. Can earthquakes happen anywhere?

How Earthquakes Work

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Ford And Toyota To Work Together On Hybrid Trucks

Ford and Toyota have decided to work together on a gas-electric hybrid engine to power pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Ford and Toyota to Work Together on Hybrid Trucks

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Verizon Says Striking Employees To Return To Work This Week

Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said 45,000 striking workers in the northeast U.S. will begin returning to the job tomorrow night, while the two sides keep negotiating what the company called “major issues.”

Verizon Says Striking Employees to Return to Work This Week

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Ibm's Work With World’s Thinnest Material To Create Faster Pcs

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A one-atom-thick layer of carbon may one day help International Business Machines Corp. and the U.S. military build more precise radar and computers that operate at near the speed of light.

IBM's Work With World’s Thinnest Material to Create Faster PCs

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Vital Lines: How Stem Cells Work

In a recent breakthrough, researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston produced mouse offspring using stem cells from two fathers and no mother. How have scientists applied stem cell research to help people so far?

Vital Lines: How Stem Cells Work

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Your Money: Putting That Tax Holiday To Work

A little planning will help you get the most out of a yearlong discount on your payroll taxes in 2011.

Your Money: Putting That Tax Holiday To Work

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Your Money: Putting That Tax Holiday to Work

A little planning will help you get the most out of a yearlong discount on your payroll taxes in 2011.

Your Money: Putting That Tax Holiday to Work

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Indy cartoonist elated to find torrents of his work

Dubber sez, "NZ cartoonist Dylan Horrocks stumbled across a torrent of all 10 issues of his independent comic 'Pickle' on Demonoid. Rather than issue a takedown notice or complain, he left a complimentary note on the site and linked to it on his blog. Share and enjoy." (Thanks, Dubber, via Submitterator)

Indy cartoonist elated to find torrents of his work

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Work with EFF's international team as a Google Policy Fellow

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is now accepting applications for its Google Policy Fellowship, which runs next summer. This year's Fellow will be working with EFF's international team on global treaties, censorship and other issues:

Google Policy Fellows work to advance debate on key policy issues affecting the public for a minimum of 10 weeks in June - August 2011. Google kindly offers a $7500 stipend to the selected fellows. Google is now accepting applications at its GPF application page before January 17, 2011. Applicants will then be reviewed by host organizations and the successful applicant for each organization will be informed by Google by February 28, 2011. EFF is looking for a fellow with a global perspective, who has substantial knowledge about the international issues in which we are involved. More information about the focus of the work our Google Policy Fellow will take on are available here. More information about the GPF program is available in the FAQ.

Law students: there's also a program for legal interns.

Work with EFF's international team as a Google Policy Fellow

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What Should I Consider When Giving Gifts at Work?

Giving gifts at work can be a tricky procedure. Since each office has its own culture and customs, a new employee may find it difficult to determine what the norm is. You may wonder if you should give gifts during the holiday season, or if baby and bridal showers encouraged or frowned upon. There are several criteria to take into consideration regarding gift giving at work, including both formal...


What Should I Consider When Giving Gifts at Work?

What Should I Consider When Giving Gifts at Work?

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HOWTO be a Michelangelo of work avoidance

Columbia Business School prof Eric Abrahamson studies "leadership and organizational problem solving" and has identified what he calls the "Michelangelos of work avoidance" -- workers who excel at doing nothing without getting fired. Forbes magazine reports on his research:

One of her skills was spending little time at her desk or anywhere near the department where she supposedly worked, so that her bosses didn't even think about her much. Out of sight, out of mind, you might say. "If people don't think of you, they can't give you work," Abrahamson says. Other ways to accomplish that: Arrive at different, unpredictable times of day. Work from home. Set up your schedule so that you frequently change locations.

Another tactic: Don't empty your voicemail box. That way when people call they'll get the impression you're working so hard you don't even have time to delete messages. This has the added advantage of making it impossible for bosses or colleagues to leave you verbal instructions about work assignments.

If your boss does manage to track you down and try to give you some work, you can strategically deploy a kind of good-natured cluelessness. "The principal here is that you try to give work to a person and come to the conclusion that they can't even understand the instructions," Abrahamson explains. In such a case most bosses will figure it's easier to do the work themselves.

If you perform a specialized function within your office, you can distort the time it takes to get it done. Among June's supposed jobs was keeping time sheets for her department's staff. No one else knew the system she'd set up or how long keeping the data took. Thus she could make a task that took minutes appear to consume hours of toil. People with computer expertise who work among Luddites can easily exploit this tactic.

How To Get Paid To Do Nothing (via Futurismic)

HOWTO be a Michelangelo of work avoidance

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Itineraries: Hotel Rooms With the All Comforts of Work

Hotel chains are adding more ergonomic work chairs, bigger desks and more outlets to help business travelers who need to work in their rooms.

Itineraries: Hotel Rooms With the All Comforts of Work

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