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Author has written 1 story for Naruto.
Pen name: RikuOfTheDesert
Gender: Female (though I would have to say males have the better deal in life, I'd really like to see one male go though period pain or giving birth, JUST ONCE!!)
Age: I don't really fell like telling you that, lets just said that I am illegal age, yet I have maturity of a 8 year old.
It would seem that you have found me in a vast ocean of endless stories and tales and have decided to read my creations.
I have read fan fiction stories for ages and have decided to write some of my own, so please don't judge them to harshly.
Anyways, if you're reading this, I know that some god is smiling down on me, which is weird since people keep telling me I'm the child of the devil. I hope you like my stories if you're reading them. All my stories main characters are OC characters that i have made up. Let me know what you like and what you don't like. Tell me what works and what doesn't and I could always use a little criticism (just please be nice about it), make sure it make them constructive criticism.
So ... Yeah. Enjoy yourself and I'll try to up date my stories as much as I can, but I'll tell you this I have a bad habit of starting a story and not finishing it, cause I have writes block (I always get writes block just as I start a new chapter and can't get it going), or I am to busy fighting to stay alive (aka- high school senior years).
About me:
About me:
I am very violent, I love to torture people (maybe that's why people call me the devil's child heh heh...)
I love to draw and paint (when i start up my own deviant art account I will put pictures of my OC characters if people would like to see them)
Bookstores that sell endless choices of manga (aaahhh... I am in heaven)
Music (I play the violin and some piano, I like all music type except country, KILL THE PERSON WHO INVENTED IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHH...!!)
I would like to learn martial arts (My friends think it's a bad idea cause then I'll know how to really hurt someone)
Sports (I'm really lazy, but when (IF) I go out for sport I'm really good at it... (I think is runs in the family), my fav. are soccer and archery (I go to Centenary Archery Club))
People who complain a lot (I think I might complain a lot too …… Oops!)
Having no money and not able to steal for my parents and really want to buy this manga or anime
Fakes, Hypocrites (though I think I'm a bit of a Hypocrite when I said I hated people to complain a lot)
Too much Homework (Not that i do homework to begin with, I have a strict no homework rule)
Maths (Maybe I should do my maths homework, I might not fail then...oh well)
Nothing to watch on TV
My sister and brother are on the family computer and my computer doesn't have internet (wwwhaaaaa... ToT crying)
Two-faced people (like one of my ex-boyfriends)
Favorite Manga/Anime:
Favorite Manga/Anime:
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Alchemist
Vampire Knight
Hack//Rooks (Hack//Signs and Hack//GU)
Ouran High School Host Club
Absolute Boyfriend
Favorite Guys of Anime:
Favorite Guys of Anime:
Sesshomaru, MirokuFruits Basket:
Sohma Kyo, Sohma Hatsuharu, Sohma Hatori
Gaara, Hyuuga Neji, Nara Shikamaru, Aburame Shino, Hatake Kakashi, Sasori, Diedara, Pakkun (he is male and cute...for an ugly dog...), Inuzuka Kiba
Hitsugaya Toshiro, Urahara Kisuke, Ishida Uryuu, Ulquiorra (his my Fav.)
Full Metal Alchemist:
Roy Mustang, Edward Elric
Vampire Knight:
Keryu Zero
Haseo, Sakisaka
Ouran High School Host Club:
Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin( personally i love Hikaru better I LLLLLOVVEEE HIM), Tamaki Suoh, Kyoya Ootori, Takashi Morinozuka
Souga Okita, Gin
Favorite Pairings (even if I don't write them myself):
Favorite Pairings (even if I don't write them myself):
Anime: Inuyasha
Sesshomaru/Kagome (This one is my all time fav. pairing in Inuyasha)
Anime: Fruits Basket
Anime: Naruto
Shino/Sakura (My fav. Fanfic on this couple is Bugger Up! GO READ)
Anime: Bleach
Fullmetal Alchemist:
Roy/Riza (I love this pairing; Riza always is looking after Roy and always has his back)
Edward/Winry (It is so obvious that they love each other in the manga it is so annoying……so I have to read fanfic on this pairing)
Anime: Vampire Knight
Yuki/Zero (I love this pairing, they were meant to be . . . . . awwwwwww and Zero is HOTT!! I love him I am going dress as him for my semi)
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club
Fujioka Haruhi and Hitachiin Hikaru (I love Hikaru, he's the bad boy you always wanted...well technically both Hitachiin twins are bad but he is the more aggressive twin and he is gorgeous...well both are gorgeous but whatever he totally kicks ass and I simply adore this pairing!!)
Fujioka Haruhi and Tamaki Suou (I adore these two when they're put together especially Tamaki since he's such an idiot, but a breathtakingly gorgeous idiot nonetheless. Anyways I like this pairing, so kawaii and very funny)
Fujioka Haruhi and Ootori Kyoya (Eh, this pairing is okay...but I like it still...)
Anime: Hack//
Shino/Haseo (This the only pair that I have read so far)
Ainme: GinTama
Kagura and Souga Okita (There are not enough of these in the world)
Pairings I Dislike:
Pairings I Dislike:
Anime: Inuyasha
Sesshomaru/Rin (Father Daughter, ewwwwwwww)
Miruko/Kagome (No he has to get with Sango)
Inuyasha/Sango (NO just no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
Inuyash/Kikyo (I hate Kikyo end of story)
Naraku/Kikyo (Naraku dose not disserve to be in a pairing and I hate Kikyo)
Naraku/Kagome (There is something really wrong about this pairing)
Anime: Fruits Basket
Kyo/Yuki (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Kagura/Kyo (No I hate they whole I love you so much so I punch you a lot love, love, love punch, punch, punch)
Yuki/Hatsuharu (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Uo/Hana (I hate Girl on Girl, ewwwwwww)
Anime: Naruto
Sasuke/Sakura (No he left her, so he can't have her)
Sasuke/Naruto (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Shino/Kiba (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Hinata/Neji (They are cousins' nooooooo)
Shikamaru/Temari (I just not like this pairing)
Anime: Bleach
Orihime/Grimjaww (I don't like Grimjawww)
Orihime/Ichgo (no I just don't like this pairing)
Ichgo/Renji (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Renji/Byakuya Kuchiki (I hate Boy on Boy, ewwwwwww)
Anime: Vampire Knight
Yuki/Kaname (I not like Kaname, Zero stood shot him then Zero can get with Yuki yeah)
Anime: GinTama
Shin/and anyone
My current stories ideas yet to be written:
My current stories ideas yet to be written:AND IF ANYONE TAKES MY IDAS I WILL HUNT THEM DOWN AND KILL YOU FOR I AM THE DEVILS CHILD MWWWWHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA... (I have saved all this ideas on my computer...)
Naruto: Desert Lice – OCXOC Sequel to Since Then, Until Forever
Everyone has lived in peace since the death of the Uchiha Clan and Konoha is getting ready for the peace treaty festival between Konoha and Suna, and with it comes Ai. The daughter of Gaara and Kohana, the boys of Konoha better watch out.
Fruits Basket: Akito's Wish – KyoXOC
Akito is dieing, but what is the thing she has been hiding from the rest of the family? A prophecy, but what dose it say and what's with the new girl at school?
Naruto: The Love Of Revenge – ShinoXOC, KibaXOC, ShikaXOC, NejiXOC
Four strong Kunoichi come to Konoha, lead by a girl after revenge. Each specializing in strategy, tracking, information gathering and taijustu. Their target...Aburame Shino?
Bleach: You're My Opposite, Yet We Fit Together – ToshiroXOC
Toshiro and his team are stuck in the human world waiting for the espada, until they are distracted by a short girl in their class. She is just as much a child prodigy as Toshiro, and while he is a cold as ice, she is as hot as fire, and yet there's something about her he doesn't quite get.
Naruto: No Possible Way – NejiXOC
The war is coming, and Konoha is not ready, until a naked girl with wings floats from the sky. She can't speak and she doesn't know how to get dressed, she knows nothing, and she won't leave Neji's side no matter what. How will he deal with her.
Inuyasha: Long Lost Mate – SesshomaruXOC
One half of a contract lost for centuries, is found again in disguise, the power of ice and snow will rule the south again, as soon as she finishes yelling at Sesshomaru.
Naruto: Love Found In Unlikely Places – SasukeXOC
Kakashi says, there is no one in Konaha close to him, yet what about from another village. Iwa has been attacked and only one person has survived, and they happen to look just like Kakashi.
Harry Potter: Money Isn't Everything – DracoXOC
Luna Lovegood could tell you a list of creatures she thinks exist, but there's one creature even she doesn't know about and Draco's about to get the challenge of a life time, trying to tame it.
Harry Potter: Happy Memories – SirusXOC
A knock on the door and a familiar face, starts a long walk down memory lane for Sirus Black, as a long lost school love walks back into his life.
Ouran High School Host Club: Is Yet To Be Titled - HikaruXOC KaeroXOC
Kyoya has thought of a new way to gain money for the club, but the best person for the job wants the twins dead most of all Hikaru. with both at each others throats and their siblings trying to stand as peace makers the world of the host club is turned upside down.
Naruto: Falling In Love With A Fallen Star – NejiXOC Sequel to No Possible Way
She is gone, along with the Akatsuki, but left him behind. Now the treat of Orochimari is becoming larger, so back she comes, will he be able to keep her this time.
Currently working on:
Currently working on:
Naruto: Since Then, Until Forever – GaaraXOC
Lost within a dark world, Gaara is nothing, but the Demon of Suna, until he finds a girl with the same sad look in her eyes. Chunin exams, evil plotting snakes, Kazekage duties and annoying elder councils are put on hold, while Gaara tries to keep track of one mischievous girl.
Bye and yes i am crazy


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March 30, 2017, Blog, homeslider
Martinsville Speedway Race Advance 4.2.17
STP 500 True Test of Short Track Program for Almirola and No. 43 Team
Iconic Sponsor Returns to No. 43 STP Ford
The STP 500 will be the true test of the No. 43 team's short track program. Almirola and team felt good about the program at Phoenix but know that Martinsville is a different beast. Hard on the car and its brakes, the No. 43 STP team is ready to take the paper-clip shaped track.
Almirola has 16 starts at Martinsville Speedway. He scored one Top-Five and three Top-10 finishes. He made his best start of third in 2008 and finish of fourth in 2012. Last season, he had an engine issue early in the race that ended the team's day. In the fall, he finished 16th and raced in the Top 20 all day.
Fans can follow STP on social media for videos from the #STPAmericanDrive to see Almirola, Richard Petty and Dale Inman take an All American Road Trip with Steve Letarte.
Petty and Inman will do a Q&A at the Fanatics stage.
When: Sunday, April 2, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Fanatics Stage
"We raced pretty well at Phoenix but that track races like an intermediate track. Martinsville is a true short track that is hard on the car and heavy on the brakes. We've had some good runs there in the past. Our main focus this off-season was our intermediate track program, so I'm excited to see how we unload this week and am ready to work hard to get what we need to get a good finish this weekend."

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The funny thing about back then was I may have run 4 different events---but I was a sprinter. The longest I probably ever ran was a mile and that was just conditioning to be a sprinter.
College came and I pretty much hung up my running shoes. I didn't really have a desire to keep "sprinting" and I surely had no desire to run any distance whatsoever.
Fast forward ... by a lot.
Jude was born March 5th, 2011 .... Fall 2012 I had the startling realization that I was still carrying baby weight, but more than numbers on the scale, I had fallen into a complacent lifestyle. Don't get me wrong--life was busier than ever--just personally I had zero exercise in my life. I think what scared me the most was how easy I had gotten comfortable with the complacent, no exercise lifestyle, that I felt like I could blink and ten years would pass and my whole family would be living a very unhealthy lifestyle. If anything I wanted an active lifestyle to be present in our home and I knew it had to start with me.
Enter in the couch to 5k program. Not gonna lie--I thought I was going to die the first week--but I pressed on. That was September. In October I asked for birthday money to buy new running shoes and I made real changes in my diet. I knew enough that the two go hand in hand.
At this point I set for myself the following goals: a 5k by the end of 2012, a 10k in the Spring of 2013, and a half marathon in the Fall of 2013--by my birthday in October.
At Thanksgiving Runner's World put out a statement saying that Americans gain the most weight between Thanksgiving and New Years. They issued the challenge to run one mile every day during that season. I put the link on Facebook and my friend Katie responded. We both took up the challenge and we took to holding each other accountable! I'm here today to tell you as for getting in shape, her accountability is the best thing that happened to me! Each day we sent texts. We didn't make it the entire season, but I still think we did really, really good. It was during this season that Katie asked me if I wanted to sign up for the Nashville Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon in April.....wait....what???? This was way before my October goal.....but we signed up for what would be for each of us our first half marathons!
After the first of the year we started our training and continued our daily text messages and holding each other accountable. We both suffered some set backs--she had a knee injury--I had crazy sickness--thankfully they were at the same time and neither one of us lost heart. We were able to encourage and speak life into each other just when the other one needed it!
We watched the miles increase. We tried to run a 5k together that got cancelled due to thunder & lightening. We encouraged each other when a three mile run was tough and we screamed with joy when we both went on our first for real long distance runs. I can promise you that accountability is what made all the difference for me. I've been blessed by both her and my friend Sam who is the ultimate athlete and every technical question I send to her. She even made me download an app so she could watch my training--which held me to a whole new level of accountability!!
All this to say 7ish months ago I was living a very complacent lifestyle. Now I crave the simplicity of a run. To have the time with the Lord--letting Him refresh my heart as my feet hit the pavement has been lifesaving and life giving over the course of these past months. Like I said earlier, I thought I was absolutely going to die my first time out there on the couch to 5k program. And sure, there are some days that my run does not go great---but it's about getting out there and being active, and for me encountering Jesus in another beautiful way.
To close my running story....I want my son to grow up living an active lifestyle and I am so thankful that I woke up before he settled in. And if we want the real truth....we all really do this.......
Kidding. Kinda. But the real beautiful truth in this sticker is that in October I took my birthday money to our local running store and bought real--tested to my feet--running shoes. I haven't been back till this past week to ask them a question and while I was there the hubs bought me this sticker (and then put it on my car for me--isn't he wonderful!!!). Not going to lie--it felt good...okay...great! To go from being there buying my shoes (and I happened to sign up for my 5k while I was there) to buying a sticker showing I had completed my half marathon. It feels absolutely incredible to be living an active lifestyle once again. I promise if I can do it, anyone can!
A few updates for the rest of 2013 on Instagram:
Half Marathon #2:
Half Marathon #3:
A wrap up of my journey as a Half Marathon Runner:


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This year's AIA National Convention takes place in Atlanta, GA. Between May 14th and 16th GRAPHISOFT will showcase the latest version of its premium BIM software, ARCHICAD® 19. The convention brings together the world's brightest architects, designers, innovators, provocateurs, and thought leaders. GRAPHISOFT will demonstrate optimized speed and performance enhancements found in ARCHICAD 19.
During demonstrations of ARCHICAD 19 on the show floor – convention attendees will be able to discover how the software can benefit your a firm's workflow or a sole proprietor's practice. With ARCHICAD 19, GRAPHISOFT continues to provide users with solutions that simplify processes, improve profitability and grow business.
"By enhancing software performance GRAPHISOFT powers up an already intuitive and responsive set of tools for the architect," said Steve Benford, Managing Director, at GRAPHISOFT North America. "With ARCHICAD 19 our users will have access to cutting edge technology and one of the fastest BIM tools available."
With so much to see and do at the AIA show, GRAPHISOFT North America would like to highlight some presentations scheduled from seasoned and newly established ARCHICAD firms. These sessions provide a wonderful opportunity to hear about their experiences in using BIM to achieve growth and improve profitability.
Featured Session: Sustained & Long Term Growth from BIM Adoption
On Friday morning, Don Whitten, AIA of Marietta GA based – Collins Cooper will present "Sustained and Long Term Growth from BIM Adoption" in Room B313. Since transitioning to a BIM workflow a decade ago, Collins Cooper has made the most of that strategic advantage. During the presentation, Whitten, joined by Clayton Daspit of The Beck Group will provide real-world examples that demonstrate the impact of the adoption of an integrated BIM workflow had on their firm's future.


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Indians bag Bears
Fri., July 3, 2009
Timely hitting, relief pitching lead the way
YAKIMA – Aja Barto finished 4 for 5 and leadoff batter Joseph Bonadonna drove in two runs Thursday night to lift the Spokane Indians to a 6-3 win over the Yakima Bears in Northwest League baseball play at County Stadium.
Spokane (5-8) has won the first two games of the three-game set to close within one game of second-place Yakima (6-7) in the East Division.
Kyle O'Campo (1-1) pitched two hitless innings for the win. O'Campo entered with the Indians protecting a 4-3 lead. Chris Matlock pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.
The Bears reached Indians starter Ben Henry for an unearned run in the first. Ryan Wheeler was hit by a pitch with two outs, took second on Matthew Davidson's single to center and scored on shortstop Denny Duron's error.
Spokane took the lead for good with a two-run second off Andrew Wolcott (0-2). Barto and Jared Prince both singled and scored, Barto on a groundout and Prince on an infield error.
The Indians added a run in the third as Vinnie DiFazio doubled to right with one out and scored when the next batter, Barto, singled to right.
The lead grew to 4-1 in the fourth. Kyle Rhoad singled to center with one out, stole second base and scored on Bonadonna's two-out single to center.
The Bears trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in their fourth. Gonzaga University product Tyson Van Winkle started the rally with a one-out single to left. After Tyrell Worthington struck out, Gerson Montilla hit his first homer of the season, scoring Van Winkle.
Spokane gained insurance with a two-run sixth, aided by walks to Prince and Rhoad by Ariel Brea. The Bears turned to reliever Alex Thieroff, who allowed an RBI double to the first batter he faced, Duron. Rhoad then scored on Bonadonna's groundout.
Yakima threatened in the eighth, with runners at first and second and nobody out. Joseph Ortiz coaxed a double play and got Van Winkle on an infield pop.


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High level ab initio computations in vacuum and with the IEFPCM implicit solvent model are carried out on 5-hydroxy-methyl-tetrahydropyran to investigate the effects of water on the exocyclic torsional surface. Rotamer populations evaluated from the ω (C-C-C-O), θ (C-C-C-O) solvent surface agree almost quantitatively with experimental values for the closely related methyl 4-deoxy-α-D-xylo-hexopyranoside. Potentials of mean force obtained from the two surfaces show substantial solvent stabilization of the TG (ω = 180 ± 60°) rotamer and the barriers at ω = 120 and 240°, but solvent destabilization at the cis barrier (ω = 0°). Natural bond orbital analyses indicate that energetics of these effects are largely explained by overstabilization of the vacuum GT (ω = 60 ± 60°) and GG (ω = 300 ± 60°) rotamers. Solvent stabilization of θ conformations provides entropic stabilization.
The common form of hexoses such as glucose is a six membered ring (or pyranose) with an exocyclic primary alcohol group (-CH2OH). While the ring is relatively rigid, the exocyclic torsion angle readily isomerizes and samples the three conformational states denoted GT, TG, and GG (Figure 1).1 This flexibility allows the primary alcohol in polysaccharides to form an array of intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Examples include the O-antigen of E. coli,2 cellulose3,4 and the antithrombin-heparin complex.5 Along with sugar and linkage type, such hydrogen bonds and the overall flexibility of the torsion angles contribute to the ability of polysaccharides, glycopeptides and glycolipids to play their critical structural and functional roles in biology.
Ultrasound,6 IR,7 NMR,7–11 CD,12 and neutron diffraction13 studies indicate substantial variation in hydroxymethyl conformation and dynamics for exocyclic torsions of different mono- and disaccharides. In addition, numerous computational studies have been carried out, primarily with density functional theory, to address the energetics of hydroxymethyl conformation.14–20 Nevertheless, a satisfactory understanding of the effects that govern hydroxymethyl structure and dynamics is still not available. As recently described by Naidoo et al.,21 present carbohydrate force fields yield dramatically different surfaces for the glucose exocyclic torsion. The importance of internal hydrogen bonding between the hydroxymethyl and the endocyclic oxygen is also under debate.7,20 Consequently, there is a critical need to apply high level quantum mechanical calculations to provide a through description of the interactions determining the conformational surface in different solvent conditions.
Although for molecules such as alkanes the ab initio surfaces can be used directly to reproduce condensed phase properties,22 biomolecules typically require adjustments for satisfactory agreement with experiment.23 Unfortunately, it is presently not possible to carry out calculations at a high level of theory and basis set with sufficient water and adequate sampling of the hydroxyl group rotamers to model a carbohydrate/water solution. This limitation motivated the approach recently applied to study the glycosidic linkage of the model carbohydrate 2-ethoxy tetrahydropyran.24 Calculations were performed at the highest level of theory practical, the effects of water were approximated with an implicit solvation model, and primary hydroxyls did not have to be considered. This report addresses the exocyclic torsion of carbohydrates using the same approach: conformations on the ω,θ surface of 5-hydroxy-methyl-tetrahydropyran (Figure 2, I) were optimized at the MP2/cc-pVTZ level of theory, and the IEFPCM model was applied at each point (without further geometry optimization) to account for solvation.25 Calculated rotamer populations of the vacuum and solvated surfaces are compared with experimentally determined populations from the closely related, methyl 4-deoxy-α-D-xylo-hexopyranoside (Figure 2, II).4 The substantial differences between the vacuum and solvent surfaces, including the barrier heights, are then simply explained by a natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis.26,27 The Supporting Information presents results from a higher level of theory for the vacuum surface using the recently developed Layered Composite Method (LCM)24 to rule out significant methodological artifacts. The magnitudes of commonly neglected terms in the IEFPCM model are also provided.
Figure 3 plots E(ω,θ), the potential energy surface for vacuum (top), and W(ω,θ), the potential of mean force (PMF) for implicit solvent; the latter is a PMF because the solvent degrees of freedom are implicitly averaged. Both surfaces exhibit three rotamers along ω (O5–C5-C6-O6). These are denoted GT (ω = 60± 60°), TG (ω = 180 ± 60°) and GG (ω = 300 ± 60°) (see Figure 1 for Newman projections). The θ (C5-C6-O6-H) surface has more stable minima in solvent than in vacuum.
To proceed, p(ω), the probability of a particular conformation in ω, was obtained by Boltzmann averaging over θ; i.e., for vacuum
and for implicit solvent
where R is Boltzmann's constant, T is temperature; the double sum in the denominator of the preceding equations was obtained from all 576 points on each surface. W(ω) were evaluated directly from each surface as -RT ln p(ω). Table 1 compares the calculated populations for GT, TG and GG in vacuum and solvent. While the populations of GT are comparable, TG is substantially more stable in solvent (and thereby GG is less stable). The agreement of the solvent ab initio populations of Compound I and the experimental populations for Compound II is near quantitative. Although I and II are not identical, this result implies that the underlying interactions modulating their exocyclic torsional surfaces are the same. Populations from the higher level LCM(3,4) treatment are comparable (see Supporting Information for further discussion).
W(ω) are plotted in Figure 4. There is an apparent solvent induced stabilization of TG and the barriers at ω = 120° and 240°. In contrast, the barrier at ω = 0° (cis) is higher in solvent. This implies that transitions over the cis barrier are expected to be rare, and the primary pathway from GT to GG passes though the TG state. In vacuum, roughly 50% of the GG to GT transitions would proceed over the cis barrier. The solvent induced stabilization of TG is important for accurate modeling of carbohydrate structure. For example, although glucose's dominant conformation in water is the GT state, cellulose (a homopolymer of glucose) fibers are exclusively TG,3,4 thereby facilitating intra-and inter-chain hydrogen bonding.
It is clear from the ω,θ surfaces (Figure 3) that the free energy shifts observed in the PMF (Figure 4) can be attributed to both energetic stabilization and favorable entropy changes. In particular, four new θ states in the GT and GG wells, which were not accessible on the vacuum surface, are populated on the solvated surface. Furthermore, the GT/TG and TG/GG barriers on the PMF are entropically stabilized because transitions that are energetically unfavorable on the vacuum surface are accessible. Specifically, the barrier at ω,θ ≈ 120°,300° is the only likely route from GT to TG in vacuum, while there are three possible transition states (120°, 60°; 120°, 180°; 120°, 300°) in solvent.
To examine the solvent induced effects in greater detail NBO analyses were performed on the minima and transition states listed in Table 1. The last column in Table 1 lists the total differences of vacuum and solvent stabilizations (ΔE) for the lone pair of the exocyclic oxygen, O(LP). There is essentially no difference in stabilization at ω = 120°, 180° and 240°; rather, there is overstabilization of the vacuum states at ω = 0°, 60° and 300°. Taken together with the entropic arguments presented earlier, these ΔE largely account for the differences in the vacuum and solvent PMF curves (Figure 4).
A detailed analysis of the NBO results (Supporting Information) indicates that O(LP) stabilization with the C-C anti-bonding orbital is significantly increased when rotating from GT to TG. However, a larger loss of stabilization results from hyperconjugative interactions with adjacent C-H anti-bonding orbitals. Both surfaces show destabilization, though the magnitude in vacuum is larger. This leads to an effective solvent induced stabilization for those states with ΔE ≈ 0. The opposite occurs at the cis barrier (ω = 0°/360°, ΔE ≈ 1), where loss of solvent state O(LP)/C-H anti-bonding interactions relative to GT and GG leads to the net destabilization of approximately 0.5 kcal/mol observed in Figure 4.
There is active debate regarding the nature of solvent and rotameric stabilization. In particular, it has been postulated that rotamer populations are governed primarily by intra-molecular hydrogen bonding in the GT and GG rotamers.20 Examination of the lowest energy geometries from the present surfaces indicates that intra-molecular hydrogen bonds, if present, are poor (Figure 5). The O···H distances in GT and GG are 2.2 and 2.5 Å, respectively, and the O-H···H angles are 112°. These are weak hydrogen bonds on the Jeffery scale28 (distances of 2.2–3.2 Å and bond angles of 90°–150°). The interactions between the hydroxyl, hydrogen and the endocyclic oxygen may be better described as weak electrostatic attraction. Hence, the current results argue against rotameric stabilization by strong intra-molecular hydrogen bonding. Rather, rotamer populations and pathways are governed by a mixture of structural and stereo-electronic effects.
In addition to providing insight into solvent induced effects on rotamer populations, the results presented here can aid in the development of carbohydrate force fields. Figures 3 and and44 show that the adjustments to vacuum generated surfaces for Compound I are not obvious: some barriers are lowered by solvent and others are raised. Many force fields have large barriers between GT and TG.21,29 This limits transitions that occur through TG and favors transitions over cis, in contrast to the results presented here. While the present results are admittedly based on a relatively simple treatment of solvent, as shown by the NBO analysis they are physically reasonable. At a minimum, they could be used to inform the direction of adjustments which could then be tested against experimental target data.6 It is possible that an experimental system could be designed to distinguish between these pathways.
In summary, the stereo-electronic and entropic stabilization of the THP-CH2-OH exocyclic torsion leads to significant differences in the vacuum and solvent ab initio surfaces. Rotamer populations from the solvent surface agree well with experimental results from a similar compound, and transitions over the cis barrier are rare. NBO analyses indicate that both vacuum and solvent surfaces are destabilized with the solvent surface suffering less from this effect and inducing an effective stabilization.
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NHLBI, and utilized the high-performance computational capabilities of the Biowulf Linux cluster at the NIH (http://biowulf.nih.gov). We thank Damian Moran and Göran Widmalm for helpful discussions.
Supporting Information Available. Analysis of neglected terms in the IEFPCM model; comparison of energies from MP2/cc-pVTZ and the layered composite model; additional NBO results; Cartesian coordinates and complete ref. 25.
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This isn't meant to be a list of the best free agents, but instead it's a list of five free agents that any team could use. The NFL is a passing league, and flexible players who can help in the passing game on offense or defense are more valuable. These aren't all the players available who can fill these roles, but they are a few players I would consider if I was running any team. It would be understandable if any team pursued these players even if in reality it's unlikely to happen.
CB Nnamdi Asomugha. He's arguably the best defensive player in the NFL. The game requires all teams to have at least three quality cornerbacks, and there isn't a team that wouldn't be improved by having him on its roster. Some teams would benefit by his presence more than others, of course. If he wants to stay on the west coast, a team like the 49ers would be dramatically improved with him, and he could even be the difference in winning the lowly NFC West division crown.
LT Doug Free. He's always had the size (6-6, 320) that every team wants in a tackle, and he finally got his chance to prove it in 2010 as a quality pass protector on the blind side. No team will pay him to play at guard, but he has some experience there too. He'd make any offensive line better.
DE/LB Matt Roth. He's played defensive end and outside linebacker, and at 6-4, 275, he can play in either a 3-4 or 4-3 defensive alignment. As a linebacker, he has enough size to play on the strong side, and enough ability as a pass rusher to play on the weak side. His pass rushing ability would also make him a good defensive end in a 4-3 scheme.
DE/DT Cullen Jenkins. It remains very hard to find a big man (6-2, 305) who can provide an inside pass rush. Jenkins has done it in a 4-3 scheme as a defensive tackle (6.5 sacks in 2006) and as a defensive end in the 3-4 (7 sacks in 2010). Most teams frequently rotate their defensive lineman, and Jenkins can provide versatility to any team.
WR Braylon Edwards. Despite several big free agent names at wide receiver, many of them come with question marks due to recent injuries or suspensions. Edwards hasn't come close to his breakout 2007 season as a Jet, but he's still got great speed and size (6-3) that can't be coached. He could play a role in any offensive scheme.


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Let's say you have an agent Health Service that has been restarting for some reason. One thing you can do to help identify Health Service restart trends is to collect and examine some relevant local agent performance counters. In particular, this will not pinpoint root cause. But it's a good place to start, and I thought I would blog about something fun and easy!
On the agent computer, open Performance Monitor. Right-click Counter Logs, click New Log Settings.
Type in a name for the new log.
Click Add Counters. Under Performance object, select Process from the drop-down list. In Select counters from list, select Private Bytes. In Select instances from list, select HealthService. Click Add.
Also select any MonitoringHost instance in the list. You can make multiple selections by holding control key. Click Add, then close.
Under the General tab, you should see your added counters. Just keep the defaults here, and note the location of the Current log file name.
Click on Schedule tab. One setting here that may need to be adjusted, is the Stop log setting. Depending on how often the HealthService is restarting, you should adjust this accordingly so that you'll have enough data to trend the Private Bytes counters.
That's it. Click OK, and your new counter log should appear with a green icon (indicating that it's running).
Let it run for the allotted time, then open it to view the data. Here's how.
In Performance Monitor, select System Monitor in left pane. Right-click in the graph pane, and click Properties.
On the Source tab, click Log files. Click Add button and locate your counter log.
Notice the Time Range area. If these counters were collecting for days, you might want to zoom in on a specific day/hour to view a more detailed graph of the counters. You can move the viewable timeframe by clicking on either side of the bar (highlighted yellow) and moving to desired range.
Click the Data tab and add the counters you collected to the list. Remove other counters.
On the Graph tab, you may need to adjust the minimum/maximum values. If a counter is off the chart, come back to the graph tab and adjust the maximum value up until you can see all data.
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Chris Canavan
George Christopher Canavan (6 June 1928 – 1 March 2013) was a British television and stage actor. On television, Canavan was known for his recurring roles as an extra on the British soap opera, Coronation Street, for more than fifty years, from 1962 until 2013.[1][2][3]
Born in Belfast, Canavan moved to Preston, Lancashire with his family when he was eleven years old. Canavan served in the Merchant Navy. Canavan owned and operated a window cleaning business, which he acquired after beginning his acting career. He continued to work as a cleaner until 2012.[2]
Canavan became an actor after marrying his wife, Maureen. He studied in Southport drama school.[2][3] He continued to act on the side after taking over his window cleaning business. He joined the companies of the Preston Drama Club and Broughton Players during the 1950s.[2] His career in television began after he was spotted by a television professional while performing in a Roy Barraclough-directed play at the Skipton Festival.[3] Canavan was soon cast on television shows on the BBC and Granada Television spanning several decades. He appeared in the 1981 series, Brideshead Revisited, starring Laurence Olivier, as well as The Liver Birds and Prime Suspect.[2][4]
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Chris Canavan first appeared as an extra on Coronation Street in 1962. He would continue to appear in multiple background roles on the show for more than fifty years from 1962 to 2013, becoming the longest serving extra in the show's history.[1][3][4] It was not uncommon for actors to play several characters on the show during the early years of Coronation Street. For example, Canavan played a construction worker named Dusty and a mouse and rat catcher.[2][3] He often appeared as a customer and a rover at The Rovers, a fictional pub often featured in the show.[2] Another of Canavan's characters attended the wedding of Rita Sullivan and Dennis Tanner on the show.[2][3] Though much of his work on Coronation Street, included small, nonspeaking parts, Canavan developed a following among fans.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Family and friends pay tribute to Preston's Coronation Street stalwart". Lancashire Evening Post. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Coronation Street's longest serving extra who regularly featured in the Rovers Return dies from a heart attack aged 84". Daily Mail. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Curtis, Beth (2 March 2013). "'Coronation Street' extra dies after 50 years' service". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 March 2013.


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We need to start marching on Government buildings and hanging politicians and Bloomy is a good place to start!
. Tar and feathers would still work ... if LE will STAND DOWN. Along with politicians, various school teachers/administrators race baiters and especially members of the enemedia need to join the tarred and feathered on the rail out of town. The revolution will start when LE attempts to get in the way.
agree, this country has gone insane and the officials think they;re God
Judges to decide on what marriage is, have they gone mad we know what it is, and having their own family there to profit from their decision is hardly fair.
Then cuts on what to drink, to smoke, what is displayed, te high taxes, occupy smellies allowed to camp.
It seems the only think the communist left and socialist NAZI's understand is force.
Yhey are afriad of people rising up and if it takes millions of us outside the white house then so be it.
People are angry, seeing what they are seing, being told what marriage is by a few handful elitist corrupt fools, , tens of millions have voted on this issue, seeing the military be robbed, the younger generations be brainwahsed and have to pay for this spending


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gauge pressure
Hi.! I noticed that there are two kinds of pressure in Fluent, gauge and operational. I've read the user guide, but still I dont really understand about the difference.
I conduct simulation on M=0.13 and M=0.044. I want to compare with an experiment. The problem is that the description of this experiment is only that the q (dynamic pressure) is =1192 Pa which corresponded to M=0.13. the experiment conducted in an area with atmospheric pressure of 101325 Pa (only 3.4m above sea level).
So, is this 1192 is the gauge or operational pressure?
Thanks a lot :D
Re: gauge pressure
where: Pop=Patm Pabs=absolute pressure and for compressible fluid: Pt=Ps(1+(gamma-1/2)*M^2)^(gamma/gamma-1) where: Ps=static pressure Pt=total pressure M=Mach # gamma=cp/cv
Re: gauge pressure
sheila remember that fluent wo
Re: gauge pressure
sheila remember that fluent woring with the guage pr. and as you know Pr.abs=Pr.g+Pr.oper
and the operation pr. mean the atmospher pr. at the certain location so if you have guage pr you can compare it directly with the results of fluent and if you have absolute pr. you must convert it to guage to be abale to compare with the results of fluent
I hope this helpful for you
Re: gauge pressure
hi nick and rosol. thank you for your immediate response.
for nick:
I want to ask other question now (sorry if this sound dummy...)
since u gave me the total pressure equation. is the total pressure the same with absolute pressure? is gauge pressure similar to dynamic pressure?
data that I have are dynamic and operational pressure.
for rosol: so, If I use the gauge pressure in the initialisation, I can compare the result directly?
if not, then the pressure -> force -> coefficient in Fluent is not directly comparable to experiment?
Thanks a lot
Re: gauge pressure
sheila, absolute pressure it's (gauge) local pressure (static or total) + Patm (or Pop). Gauge pressure it's local pressure without Patm contribution. Dynamic pressure is due to the motion of the fluid. For incompressible flow is Pdyn=.5*density*v^2 and Ptot=Pst+Pdyn. For compressible flow use the formula in my previous message.
Re: gauge pressure
Thanks nick.
Now I understand the difference between gauge, operational and absolute pressure.
The problem is that in the paper that I refer to, there are only dynamic pressure and mach number as the experiment description.
How can I find out the gauge, operational and absolute pressure.
Thanks again
Re: gauge pressure
If u r getting too confused u can set the operating pr.=0 in operating conditions panel and use a 3ddp solver... since ur mach number is >0.01 this approch is going to be accurate and not result in any error.
then all the pressure r absolute pr.
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hi Mayur,
thanks for ur reply.
I tried this before, but the result could not converge.
Re: gauge pressure
u can get the solutioin converged by changing the URf's
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if u r talking of dynamic pr. then it does not depend on operating pr. Pdyn=Ptot-Pstat ... it only depends on the maich number and the velocity I think.
Re: gauge pressure
the dynamic pressure is Pdyn=0.5*density*v^2=0.5*gamma*Pst*M^2, then you can get Pst(gauge). I assume you have Pop=Patm which you can add to Pst to get Pabs.
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hi nick!
thanks for your answer.
the paper that I refer to, stated the Pop, q and M, so I know that the rho is 1.225 kg/m3.
i have tried to use the p gauge (from your formula) and p operation (known). the display result from fluent showed that the rho in pressure far field (around the object) is 2.3 kg/m3.
If i enter the right Pop, P gauge and V; can u help explain to me about this result.
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1.225 kg/m3 is the value of air density at Patm and Tamb. the formula for density is: ro=(Pgauge+Pop)/(R*T/MW) where Pgauge is your input and Pop=101325Pa is the default value in the operating condition panel.For M=0.13,T=300K,q=1192Pa,gamma=1.4, you get Pst=100760Pa. Thus Pgauge+Pop=202000Pa, and ro=2.3kg/m3.
Re: gauge pressure
thanks nick...
now, it's crystal clear.
thanks again
Re: gauge pressure
nick, if you could tell me...
from where are these equations?
i have read some fundamental aero books, but never found it. or maybe it was just me who skipped it.
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In Deuteronomy 34:9, the Bible made us to understand that Joshua needed wisdom because of where God was taking him to.
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I really didn't know any other way to put it. My friends are coming in from out of town and want some really good sushi. Of course I got a reservation at Yasuda. Then I began to second guess my self. First of all, we would be a group of 5. Two of the three have never been to the city before and are already so excited about coming they are going to be beyond pumped. Which is fine except they get LOUD! They just have loud laughs, loud voices and honestly can be a little too much for even me.
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Khalid Boulahrouz, the Chelsea defender, is a target for Eric Gerets, the Marseille coach. The 26-year-old played in Holland's opening game of Euro 2008, a 3-0 win over world champions Italy, after missing out on the original 23-man squad but receiving a call-up following an injury to Liverpool's Ryan Babel.
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"A dark money group called the Legacy Foundation Action Fund is spending $275,000 on ads linking" Mesa Mayor Scott Smith (R) to President Obama. "Smith is president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which supports the Affordable Care Act and background checks on gun sales." The ad calls Smith "Obama's favorite mayor" and shows pictures of Smith, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
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The group, a 501(c)(4) which has roots in Iowa, previously spent almost $350,000 in the Nebraska Senate GOP primary in support of Midland University President Ben Sasse (R), which included the pro-Sasse TV ad aired in March. It's also not the first time the LFAF has spent money in Arizona. In 2011 they set up a legal defense fund to support two sheriffs being sued by the U.S. Justice Department and the ACLU for enforcing the state's controversial immigration law.
Former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones (R) was the first candidate to go on the air in the GOP primary with a positive, introductory biographical spot that aired on broadcast in the Phoenix and Tucson markets in early March.


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Appendix A: Resources 213
Appendix B: Glossary 219
Index 229
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Spikes, the No. 4 rated outside linebacker in the country hailing from Shelby (N.C.) Crest Senior feels that his team got off to a good start at practice. His fire inside still comes from just looking around at all the talent and seeing how his hard work has paid off.
"It's a privilege to be surrounded by great players in the state of North Carolina," Spikes said. "We've got a real good group and for our first practice early in the morning, everyone seems to be adjusting well to the speed of the game. We want to get that win on Saturday and work as one unit."
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Spikes' North Carolina teammates certainly include some of the best. Four-stars Aleric Mullins, Raeshon McNeil, and three-star athlete Deunta Williams are just a few that line up for the squad.
However, one player in particular on offense, Florida commit Carl Johnson, has been talking a lot with Spikes. The two have spoken about the game this weekend, but also college choices.
"I'm down to three right now with Virginia Tech, Alabama, and Florida," Spikes said about his final schools on the board. "All three of those are great places and my decision is really going to come down to the people there. Carl has actually been in my ear a little bit about Florida."
"He said he wants me to come down and be a Gator with him, so he's been doing a little recruiting of his own."
In-home visits have come from all three colleges including Alabama coach Charlie Harbison, Florida John Holliday, and Virginia Tech's Bud Foster. All spoke about early playing time and though there have been reports of him leaning this way or the other, Spikes says everybody is even.
"They all give me great opportunities," Spikes said. "I need to sit back and think about each visit to decide which place I had the most fun. That's going to be real hard for me because they all felt that way."
Spikes is rated as the No. 2 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina and the No. 65 overall prospect in the country.


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I'm also looking at the fruit draped across the top of the card, which of course symbolises bounty, but I'm taking literally. I see fruit and water in this image. Last week when it was so very hot, we didn't feel like eating much and we ate salads and fruits and drank lots of water, but this week, I've had a rebound effect with the chocolate, and it's not a good thing. So I'm reminded to eat better today and over the weekend as well.
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About Shula's Steak House - Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
Each Shula's Steak House is themed after 1972's Undefeated Miami Dolphins and their "Perfect Season" - the only team in NFL history to finish a season 17 - 0. The menus are hand painted on official NFL game footballs and signed by Coach himself. At Shula's Steak Houses, one of the featured entrees is the 48-Ounce Porterhouse. Those who finish it join Shula's 48-Ounce Club, which currently has more than 26,000 members. I invite you to enjoy an undefeated dining experience at Shula's Steak House, where we only offer the best beef money can buy, The SHULA CUT ® .
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Shula's Steak House - Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Ratings and Reviews
Everything was delicious only disappointment was we requested a booth and although I saw one available, we were sat at a table. When I mentioned our request, I was told that there booths are large and can hold larger parties.....strange, since we've sat in booths many times with only the 2 of us and this was a Wednesday night, not sure the real reason.
We had a good experience. The only drawback was when requesting a to go box the server did not pack up one of our vegetables (more than half a serving left, not sure why he did not bag it up) he instead sit the plate on top of the vegetables and when I asked about it he lifted the plate and attempted to bag up the vegetables that plate had been sitting on top of ..... my wife was insulted, but we just settled our bill and left. I thought that was pretty messed up, for us that was a special date night because we can't afford to eat at these types restaurants to often ... anyhoo ... we had a good time except for that and of course the loudness of the place felt like we were at a night club or something
Service was exceptional...the food was very mediocre....my steak was cooked to medium though I ordered medium rare...a restaurant that is known for their steaks should know the difference....the crab cakes were bland....the carrot cake was ok but not great....for s
Not terribly impressed with this place. For a $36 steak, it was dry and rather bland. The "twice-baked" potato was bland and dry as well. For a high-end restaurant, service was lacking - and not because the place was full of occupants.
Would NOT recommend. Not a good value AT ALL.
Does not live up to the hype. Waiter spent several minutes telling us how great their Beef was.... how it was aged... how it was the BEST Prime cut.... how skilled their Chefs are at preparation. BS. I wouldn't say this was the worst Filet I ever had, but it certainly was not the best. Ordered 8 oz Filet cooked Medium Rare. Filet arrived at the plate Medium to Medium Well. Waiter did not check. An aged Medium Rare Filet should be Buttery. This was dry and chewy. Bad meal all around. To make matters worst, I attended the University of Miami in Florida when Don Shula was Dolphins Coach. Been waiting these many years to eat in one of his restaurants... what a major disappointment. $200 bucks, and I honestly believe I could have had a better meal at Arbys.
This is one of my all time favorite places to dine. When asked what I wanted for my birthday by my husband, my only reply was take me out for a steak at Shula's! Such a delicious cut of meat and the sides are to die for. The wine by the bottle list is endless and the desserts are yummy. I love this place!
We asked for a window and got one. After a few minutes our attention was at the table, and we forgot about watching the casino below. Jennifer was what made our dinner feel so special.
Her attention to our want and needs as are server was outstanding. Shula's is defiantly a do over.
First of all - Our Server JENNIFER was courteous, friendly, very knowledge of the food explanations, Well dressed -- over-all SUPER.....
JENNIFER'S Assistants were prompt with serving......
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We 3 had the Shrimp Cocktail and that is delicious - attractively arranged on our plate.
We enjoyed the evening leisurely -- we were not rushed
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Runtime: 115 minutes
Angus Buchan, Anton Dekker, Lucky Koza, Jaco Muller, Anrich Herbst, Robin Smith, Hannes Muller, David James, Kate Normington, Michelle Douglas, Norman Anstey, Alex Radntiz, Kaz McFadden, Charlie Bouguenon, Simeon Hamman and Cher Harris.
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The Bailey's Prize 2016
The Baileys Prize, formerly known as the Orange Prize, was launched in 1996 after the Booker shortlist of 1991 failed to include a single woman. It goes to the best piece of full-length fiction written in English by a woman from anywhere in the world.
With the 2016 winner announced on 8 June, here's a quick rundown of the shortlisted books, including which you might fancy putting on the TBR list, and which one's tipped to claim the prize.
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East-Texas town. For Ruby Bell, Liberty was a place of devastating violence from which she fled to seedy, glamorous 1950s New York.
Years later, pulled back home, thirty-year-old Ruby is faced with the seething hatred of a town desperate to destroy her. Witnessing her struggle, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.
SYP verdict: Ruby is one of three debuts on the shortlist this year. It's got a captivating heroine, luminous prose, and is a page-turner on the redemptive power of love. Oh, and it's also a New York Times bestseller.
Ideal for: Fans of American or historical novels with love and relationships at their core. This provides emotion and beautiful writing in spades.
The Green Road by Anne Enright
A darkly glinting novel set on Ireland's Atlantic coast, The Green Road is a story of fracture and family, selfishness and compassion – a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we learn to fill them.
The children of Rosaleen Madigan leave the west of Ireland for lives they never could have imagined in Dublin, New York and various third-world towns. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that she's decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas, with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their personal history bought and sold.
SYP verdict: Winner of the Irish Kerry Group Novel of the Year award, shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Green Road has garnered glowing praise despite its less than original theme, and is the bookie's favourite to win the Baileys.
Ideal for: If you like rural Ireland, fractured families, the fragility of life, or just being drawn in by a master of her craft. If you want to read one book this year to sound appropriately literary at publishing's next wine-fuelled networking opportunity, pick this one.
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a fifteen-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father Tony, whose obsession with this unhinged next-door neighbour threatens to ruin him and his family. Georgie is a prostitute whose willingness to feign a religious conversion has dangerous repercussions, while Maureen, the accidental murderer, has returned to Cork after forty years in exile to discover that Jimmy, the son she was forced to give up years before, has grown into the most fearsome gangster in the city.
In seeking atonement for the murder and a multitude of perceived sins, Maureen threatens to destroy everything her son has worked so hard for, while her actions risk bringing the intertwined lives of the Irish underworld into the spotlight…
SYP verdict: The second debut and second Irish novel on the list, this one has caused huge excitement, and after The Green Road, is the most likely to win. It's sweary, polarising and darkly funny.
Ideal for: If you've already read and enjoyed A Little Life and want another literary 'gritty' gem, or if you fancy an insight into current working-class Ireland.
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
Meet Veblen: a passionate defender of the anti-consumerist views of her name-sake, the iconoclastic economist Thorstein Veblen. She's an experienced cheerer-upper (mainly of her narcissistic, hypochondriac, controlling mother), an amateur translator of Norwegian, and a firm believer in the distinct possibility that the plucky grey squirrel following her around can understand more than it lets on.
Meet her fiancé, Paul: the son of good hippies who were bad parents, a no-nonsense, high-flying neuroscientist with no time for squirrels. His recent work on a device to minimize battlefield trauma has led him dangerously close to the seductive Cloris Hutmacher, heiress to a pharmaceuticals empire, who is promising him fame and fortune through a shady-sounding deal with the Department of Defence. What could possibly go wrong?
SYP verdict: Described by one reviewer as Wes Anderson-esque, this book is frankly bonkers and was a surprise inclusion on the list, but if you're craving something light and quirky, this could be perfect.
Ideal for: Fans of talking squirrels.
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
When lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous London art world, populated by exiled Russian oligarchs, avaricious Sheikas, desperate auctioneers and unscrupulous dealers, all scheming to get their hands on her painting – a lost eighteenth-century masterpiece called 'The Improbability of Love'.
Delving into the painting's past, Annie will uncover not just an illustrious list of former owners, but some of the darkest secrets of European history – and in doing so she might just learn to open up to the possibility of falling in love again.
SYP verdict: The third debut, from the only British author on the shortlist, this is perhaps the most accessible of the novels, but by no means does that diminish the writing; it recently won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and was chosen as a Waterstones Book of the Month. It's perhaps best been described as Michael Frayn meets Bridget Jones.
Ideal for: Art lovers, and people who want a laugh (but not The Portable Veblen).
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel painter pursuing fame in the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented lawyer yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by a degree of trauma that he fears he will not only be unable to overcome – but that will define his life forever.
SYP verdict: Also shortlisted for the Man Booker, this novel has divided opinion over the unrelentlessly upsetting scenes concerning the character of Jude. However, it's also a Great American Novel with brilliant characterisation that completely draws you in, so don't be put off by its 700 odd pages. The SYP's sneaky personal favourite to win.
Ideal for: Fans of Donna Tartt or David Foster Wallace, but steer well clear if you're looking for a light-hearted read.
Georgie Carter


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"Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time," said Dr Wright the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment said upon releasing her submission on the amendments to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) today.
"The changes I have recommended are intended to prevent weakening the ETS to help achieve its stated goal – [to reduce] New Zealand's net emissions below business-as-usual levels."
The ETS will work by putting a price on the carbon you emit, encouraging a move to a low carbon economy. Unfortunately, some proposed amendments reduce its effectiveness by almost removing the price signal altogether for some.
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"When we give free credits to heavily carbon emitting industry the taxpayer will end up picking up the tab," said Dr Wright, "and without the incentive to invest in low carbon-intensive technologies, emissions will continue to rise."
"The public deserves transparency around how many free credits are given away and who's getting them. My other major recommendations will ensure greater transparency and accountability of the scheme through regular reporting and reassessment," said Dr Wright.
The full submission and list of recommendations can be downloaded at www.pce.parliament.nz or phone 04 471 1669 to request a copy.


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