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Checking out the roster for WSU Golf, I think I'll be able to make it on with some more play time :)

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Checking out the roster for WSU Golf, I think I'll be able to make it on with some more play time :)

Good luck!

Good job, Jacksonville State and North Dakota State :drink40:

SLOW Sunday

Cleaning out the attic

old waterbed frame (my grandparents), a set of stock running boards off Ole Blue, couple of old tires from Silver, bunch of other random shit

eBay time eh Peng?

J

I don't think I could give half of this away, much less sell it

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Attended an NSPL show today with Don of SDS. The turn out was ok. Oddly though, NSPL now is set up where anyone can register for Finals and go regardless of season points.

apparently if there's a holiday in the week that means all the shows that are supposed to come on that week don't; also, if said holiday is on a Monday, all shows three days prior are also reruns

for example, since Labor Day is on Monday, basically all television shows on Friday, Saturday (yesterday), Sunday (today), obviously Monday, Tuesday, all the way until next Sunday are reruns

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Chat room is busy tonight. :)

Checking out the roster for WSU Golf, I think I'll be able to make it on with some more play time :)

Good luck!

Thanks Aaron!

Spent the evening scaring people at our regatta.

Yay more gym time!!!!!!!!!! Wrist is still fucking sore though............

Oh well another week started.

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Plants are extremely efficient converters of light into energy, setting the bar for researchers creating photovoltaic cells. A team of MIT scientists believe they've created a synthetic chloroplast that can be broken down and reassembled repeatedly, restoring sun-damaged solar cells.

While the leaves on a tree appear to be as static as the PV cells on a solar panel, they're not; sunlight is actually quite destructive, and to counter this effect leaves rapidly recycle their proteins as often as every 45 minutes when in direct summer sunlight. This rapid repair mechanism allows plants to take full advantage of the sun's bountiful energy without losing efficiency over time.

To recreate this unique regenerative ability, the MIT team devised a novel set of self-assembling molecules that use photons to shake electrons loose in the form of electricity. The system contains seven different compounds, including carbon nanotubes that provide structure and a means to conduct the electricity away from the cells, synthetic phospholipids that form discs that also provide structural support, and other molecules that self-assemble into "reaction centers" that actually interact with the incoming photons to release electrons.

Under certain conditions, the compounds assemble themselves into uniform structures suitable for harvesting solar energy. But in the presence of a surfactant (similar to the stuff used to disperse oil during oil spills) the structures break down into a solution of nanotubes, phospholipids, and other constituent molecules. By pushing the solution through a membrane to remove the surfactant, the elements once again assemble into working, rejuvenated solar cells undamaged by their prior exposure to the sun.

The cells are work at 40 percent efficiency, and researchers think with some tweaks they could push that efficiency much higher. And because they don't degrade over time – just give ‘em a quick shake with the surfactant and they're essentially brand new – the tech could be the next big step forward for solar technology.

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