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work In physics,
energy transferred in moving a force. Measured in
joules, it equals the magnitude of the force multiplied by the distance moved in the direction of the force. If the force opposing movement is the object's weight
mg (where
m is the object's mass and g is the acceleration due to gravity), the work done in raising it a height
h is
mg
h. This work transfers to the object in the form of
potential energy; if the object falls a distance
x, the
kinetic energy at the bottom of the fall equals the work done in raising it through the height
x.
Energy is the capacity to do work, and
power is the rate of doing work.
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FREMONT AVE RESURFACING WORK NEARING COMPLETION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 504 words
; ...the following news release: Resurfacing work on Fremont Avenue from Battlefield Road...wrapping up over the next few days. The work is being finished as MoDOT prepares to...7. As of Thursday afternoon, milling work on this section of Fremont is now complete...
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STUDENTS PRESENT WORK AT ENGLISH CONFERENCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 404 words
; ...will present their original creative, scholarly and critical work at the Sigma Tau Delta English Studies Conference from noon to...of WMU students, giving them the opportunity to present their work in a professional setting in front of an audience of students...
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PARENTAL LEAVE IS ONLY FIRST STEP TOWARDS WORK-LIFE BALANCE, SAY MEPS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 520 words
; ...resolution on EU measures to support gender equality in balancing work and family rights and responsibilities (17 votes in favour...social partners in 2005: further measures in support of flexible work methods still need to be developed in order to strike the right...
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GOVERNOR, STATE LEADERS APPLAUD ALCOA CLEVELAND WORKS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 686 words
; ...more than $110 million at its Cleveland Works location, including refurbishing a 50...This investment will make the Cleveland Works facility a premier producer of aerospace...such as those found at Alcoa Cleveland Works, creates market-based demand for Ohio...
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ETHICS PANEL ADDRESSES DARWIN'S WORK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 422 words
; ...1809, setting off a wave of events commemorating Darwin's work. Panelists taking part in the WMU event will be Drs. Fritz...Room (Room 204) of the Bernhard Center. Darwin's principal work, "On the Origin of Species," was published in 1859. In addition...
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SENATOR KERRY ISSUES STATEMENT ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS PASSAGE OF KERRY-BOXER CLEAN ENERGY JOBS, AMERICAN POWER ACT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 468 words
; ...of their legislation out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW): "Congratulations to Chairman Barbara Boxer...Democrats and Republicans across the ideological spectrum, the hard work continues on the path to 60 votes in the Senate under the leadership...
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SEN. REID: RELIEF IS ON WAY FOR OUT-OF-WORK AMERICANS AFTER HOUSE PASSAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LEGISLATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2009; 518 words
; ...American families who are struggling to find work in our recovering economy. With today...extending unemployment insurance for out-of-work Americans by up to 14 weeks - and up to...across the country who are still looking for work in this difficult economic environment...
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...our differences to the exclusion of the work that we must do together. I have carried...mutual interest and mutual respect. And our work must begin now. We know the future will...Bay closed. And we are doing the hard work of forging a framework to combat extremism...
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REP. HARRY E. MITCHELL CHAIRMAN REP. HARRY E. MITCHELL HOLDS A HEARING ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES BONUSES
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...awards as large as $60,270. The V.A. does outstanding work in many areas, but there are some areas where improvement is...clear that this committee is not here to denigrate the dedicated work of the V.A. employees. We have no intention of targeting...
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HOLDS A MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV OF RUSSIA
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...family. More importantly, we got a lot of work done that I think will be bearing fruit...that when the United States and Russia work on critical issues like nuclear non-proliferation...are satisfied with the current pace of work. The teams that were tasked to work on...
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Caring for Children
Book article from: Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth
...young children were much more likely to work outside the home than they had been three...it more possible for women to return to work after the birth of a child. In 1976 tax...financially feasible for women to return to work. In 1978 the Pregnancy Discrimination...
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Anthropology
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...societies, especially those passed on through later generations. Also called culturology . dendranthropology the theory and work based on the theory that trees were involved in the origin of man. —dendranthropologic, dendranthropological, adj...
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Art
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...producing nonformal work characterized by sinuous...the art of carving works in low relief. 2...premise that earlier works were somehow purer...especially of a work of art, as a painting...Western society; their works, illustrating absurdity...painting or other work executed in a ...
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Astronomy
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...perihelium perihelion. perilune in orbit around a moon, the point nearest the moon. Cf. apolune. phantasmatography Rare. a work or treatise on astronomy or celestial bodies. planetarium 1. a representation of the planetary system, particularl
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Books
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...appendix added to a book or other written work. adversaria 1. a commonplace book. 2...used or consulted in the preparation of a work or referred to in the text. —...page of a book, particularly a reference work with thumbindexing. enchiridion a handbook...
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