For those who came in on sunny days, the added distraction of the sunny-day photographs had little effect on performance.
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Half of the participants were asked to come to the lab on days forecast for rain, while the other half came in on sunny days.
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With solar energy harnessed on rooftops, showers are warm on sunny days and lukewarm when it rains.
Furthermore, on both rainy and sunny days, some participants were deliberately reminded of the outdoors.
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On sunny days, plan for a picnic in one of the many beautiful parks that dot the city.
For example, the cells would have high output on very sunny days, most of which would also be hot.
It all sounds great, but before the sunny days for solar thermal arrive it needs to start raining cash.
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Volunteers live in dormitories or permanent safari tents, and spend their sunny days clearing bush, cleaning out cheetah enclosures and even babysitting baby baboons.
We have very thick walls which insulate the house perfectly and on sunny days in winter we don't have to use the heating.
Stock market returns are higher on sunny days than cloudy ones.
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By 1886, sunny days brought one-fifth of the city's population to their park, ignoring the city's newspaper dire warning that its scenic benches could lead to "excess hugging".
But it also excites utilities because it generates the most power just when it is needed: on hot, sunny days when people turn on air conditioners.
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With the royal-wedding circus over, London is refocusing on its more down-to-earth pleasures, making the sunny days of early summer a strategic moment to pop over.
Inside, black and white photos of Coniston line the walls of the rambling bar, while the front patio is always packed with post-hike drinkers on sunny days (1 Yewdale Road).
They can be programmed to automatically dim the lights on sunny days or switch on the a.c. for an employee's cubicle when he swipes his ID badge at the front door.
The purpose of the lab study was to determine whether the distraction created by the temptation of outside activities was indeed what caused a decrease in worker productivity on sunny days.
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During lunchtime on sunny days, crowds of students grab food at the many small cafes, restaurants or bistros by Metro Saint Michel or Vavin and picnic in the Jardin du Luxembourg.
In the weather, we can see positive feedback when a series of hot, sunny days create a static high pressure system which keeps storms from moving in to cool things off.
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The project joins a growing roster of giant solar farm proposals in California, which has been an epicenter for solar project development in the country thanks to its pro-solar policy and abundant sunny days.
In the summer and on hot sunny days like Davis saw late this week, the solar panels will ideally generate even more electricity than is needed for the site and send some back to the grid.
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You can choose different colors and mirrored or non-mirrored, but all are packaged with matched low and high VLT duos to cover sunny days, overcast days, and days when you get both sun and late day flat light.
That chip, along with the custom charging circuitry developed by OLPC and Marvell means that the tablet can be charged by a hand crank at a 10:1 ratio (10 minutes of usage time for every minute spent cranking), or by the optional four watt solar panel cover at a 2:1 ratio on sunny days.
The station is not interested in telling us about clear skies and sunny bluebird days.
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The best season for visiting New York is autumn, when days are crisp, but sunny.
Still, delays of one to three days are continuing, says Sunny Ho, executive director of the Hong Kong Shippers' Council.
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On particularly sunny or windy days, leaders in renewable energy like Germany now produce more electricity from renewable sources than their grids can handle.
The days were crystal clear, sunny and cool, with little wind.
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