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I loved this quote from Dust City by Paul Weston - "Ever since his father's arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood, teen wolf Henry Whelp has kept a low profile in a Home for Wayward Wolves . . ." Going to add this one to my list. My favourite cover is The Replacement and Twelfth Grade Kills doesn't work for me at all. Plain Kate (Bow), Wired (Wasserman), Rot and Ruin (Maberry), and Past Midnight (Purnhagen) are buys for my TBR shelf.
You can also view the Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance Releases list. Happy September book buying! Tomorrow I will post the September Fantasy list...
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Holly Black
September 21, 2010
It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan. This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?
Block, Francesca Lia
The Frenzy
Love is a werewolf, influenced by the moon and terror, and always about to change. Liv has a secret. Something happened to her when she was thirteen. Something that changed everything. Liv knows she doesn't belong anymore—not in her own skin, not in her family . . . not anywhere. The only time she truly feels like herself is when she's with her boyfriend, Corey, and in the woods that surround her town. But in the woods, a mysterious woman watches Liv. In the woods, a pack of wild boys lurks. In the woods, Liv learns about the curse that will haunt her forever. The curse that caused the frenzy four years ago. And that may cause it again, all too soon. While Corey and Liv's love binds them together, Liv's dark secret threatens to tear them apart as she struggles to understand who—or what—she really is. And by the light of the full moon, the most dangerous secrets bare their claws. . . .
Bow, Erin
Plain Kate
Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden charms are so fine that some even call her "witch-blade" -- a dangerous nickname in a town where witches are hunted and burned in the square. For Kate and her village have fallen on hard times. Kate's father has died, leaving her alone in the world. And a mysterious fog now covers the countryside, ruining crops and spreading fear of hunger and sickness. The townspeople are looking for someone to blame, and their eyes have fallen on Kate. Enter Linay, a stranger with a proposition: In exchange for her shadow, he'll give Kate the means to escape the town that seems set to burn her, and what's more, he'll grant her heart's wish. It's a chance for her to start over, to find a home, a family, a place to belong. But Kate soon realizes that she can't live shadowless forever -- and that Linay's designs are darker than she ever dreamed.
Brewer, Heather
Twelfth Grade Kills
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #5
As a teenage vampire, Vlad has spent the last four years trying to handle the pressures of school while sidestepping a slayer out for his blood. Now he's a senior, and in this final, action-packed book in the series, Vlad must confront the secrets of the past, unravel the mystery of who he really is, make decisions about his future, and face his greatest enemy. It's a senior year that totally bites.
Caine, Rachel
The Morganville Vampires
Volume 2
Two of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampire novels-in one bloodthirsty volume.
Midnight Alley - Claire Danvers has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. But her protection doesn't offer much comfort when people start turning up dead and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home, giving a terrifying new meaning to "night school"...
Feast of Fools - The tenuous good-neighbor policy between the vampires and humans of Morganville is turned on its head with the arrival of bad-to-the-bone Mr. Bishop. What the ancient old-school vampire wants from the town is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball that Claire realized the elaborately evil trap Bishop has set for the warm-blooded souls of Morganville.
Desrochers, Lisa
Personal Demons
If you had to choose between Heaven and Hell, which would it be?
Are you sure about that...? Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a wicked streak. She's spent years keeping everyone at a distance--even her closest friends--and it seems her senior year will be more of the same...until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can't seem to stay away from him. What she doesn't know is that Luc works in Acquisitions--for Hell--and she possesses a unique skill set that has the king of Hell tingling with anticipation. All Luc has to do is get her to sin, and he's as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn't stand a chance. Unfortunately for Luc, Heaven has other plans, and the angel, Gabe, is going to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luc doesn't get what he came for. And it isn't long before they find themselves fighting for more than just her soul. But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay...for all of them.
Devlin, Ivy
Low Red Moon
The only thing Avery Hood can remember about the night her parents died is that she saw silver—deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who killed them, she can't, and there's nothing left to do but try to piece her life back together. Then Avery meets the new boy in school—Ben, mysterious and beautiful, with whom she feels a connection like nothing she's ever experienced. When Ben reveals he's a werewolf, Avery still trusts him—at first. Then she sees that sometimes his eyes flash inhuman silver. And she learns that she's not the only one who can't remember the night her parents died.Part murder mystery, part grief narrative, and part heart-stopping, headlong romance, Low Red Moon is a must-read for teen paranormal fans. As breathless as Twilight and as spooky as Shiver, this is a book to be devoured in one sitting—by an acclaimed YA author making her paranormal debut under the pseudonym Ivy Devlin.
Diver, Lucienne
Vamped #2
The fanged fabulousity of Vamped, FLUX's fastest-selling new release, is back! Gina's Rules for Surviving Super Spy Club Training:
1. First, the dirt and sweat are just too horrible to contemplate.
2. Unless you enjoy cold showers, be the first one to the bathroom in the morning.
3. Cargo pants make you look hip-py.
4. Making out on missions, unless it's part of your cover, is totally grounds for extra push-ups.
5. When going goth, you've totally got to strike words like totally, awesome, and phat from your vocabulary.
6. Who's actually running the Super Spy Club, you ask? I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Funke, Cornelia
Beyond the mirror, the darkest fairy tales come alive. . . . For years, Jacob Reckless has enjoyed the Mirrorworld's secrets and treasures. Not anymore. His younger brother has followed him. Now dark magic will turn the boy to beast, break the heart of the girl he loves, and destroy everything Jacob holds most dear. . . . Unless he can find a way to stop it.
Harrison, Lisi
Monster High
From Lisi Harrison, the New York Times bestselling author of The Clique and Alphas, comes a new series with a fresh twist on high school, romance, and the horrors of trying to fit in. They prefer to call themselves RAD (Regular Attribute Disorder), but some call them monsters. So far, the "monster" community has kept a low profile in Salem, but this year two new girls enroll at Master High School, and the town will never be the same. Created just fifteen days ago, Frankie Stein is psyched to trade her father's formaldehyde-smelling basement lab for parties and cheerleading. But with a student body totally freaked out by rumors of monsters who might be stalking the halls, Frankie finds that life in the "normi" world can be rough for a chic freak like her. She thinks she finds a friend in fellow new student Melody Carver--but can a normi be trusted with her big secret?
Holder, Nancy and Debbie Viguié
The ultimate battle. The ultimate love. For the past two years, Jenn has lived and trained at Spain's Sacred Heart Academy Against the Cursed Ones. She is among the few who have pledged to defend humanity or die trying. But the vampires are gaining power, and the battle has only just begun. Forced to return home after death takes a member of her family, Jenn discovers that San Francisco is now a vampire strong-hold. As a lone hunter apart from her team, Jenn is isolated — and at risk. She craves the company of her fighting partner, Antonio: his protection, his reassurance, his touch. But a relationship with Antonio comes with its own dangers, and the more they share of themselves, the more Jenn stands to lose. Then Jenn is betrayed by one who was once bound to protect her, causing her to doubt all she had held as true. To survive, Jenn must find the courage to trust herself—and her heart.
Jordan, Sophie
Draki #1
A hidden truth. Mortal enemies. Doomed love. Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form. Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will's dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away—if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She'll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy. Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.
Kate, Lauren
Fallen #2
Hell on earth. That's what it's like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans. At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn't told her everything. He's hiding something—something dangerous. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else? The second novel in the addictive FALLEN series . . . where love never dies.
Maberry, Jonathan
Rot and Ruin
In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.
Metz, Melinda and Laura J. Burns
Shay has always been different—and she is about to find out why. Shay could never do the things her friends could—never try out for sports, never go to parties, never fall in love. Because of the mysterious and incurable blood disorder she was born with, she can barely make it through three days of school a week. But now, her doctor-turned-stepfather has a brand-new treatment that he thinks will change everything. And it does. As soon as the new blood starts pumping into Shay's veins, she has visions of a different life…Gabriel's life. She sees an orphanage, loss, fangs, blood, and lust that she can't explain. Is Gabriel real? And if he is, could he really be what she thinks he is?
Owen, Lauri J.
Fallen Embers
Embers #1
Was it the unnatural flame that transported Kiera and her nephew to an alternate feudal Alaska one snowy afternoon, or did the strange dog's attack have something to do with it? All she knows is that now she and Alex are in an icy land ruled by a class of decadent mages who have enslaved the shapechanging, indigenous peoples. Kiera soon finds herself fighting to save three children from an army -- and does so, to her astonishment, by summoning fire. Before she can find her way home she must learn more about the local systems of magic and her own powers. On whose side should she fight? Whom can she trust -- Marco, the young mage she saves, or fierce and handsome Laszlo, the slave captain of ruling Lord Vayu's army? Kiera's path leads her deeper into Alaska, to joy and to heartbreak. Choosing to follow her heart may cost her everything.
Purnhagen, Mara
Past Midnight
Let me set the record straight. My name is Charlotte Silver and I'm not one of those paranormal-obsessed freaks you see on TV…no, those would be my parents, who have their own ghost-hunting reality show. And while I'm usually roped into the behind-the-scenes work, it turns out that I haven't gone unnoticed. Something happened on my parents' research trip in Charleston—and now I'm being stalked by some truly frightening other beings. Trying to fit into a new school and keeping my parents' creepy occupation a secret from my friends—and potential boyfriends—is hard enough without having angry spirits whispering in my ear. All I ever wanted was to be normal, but with ghosts of my past and present colliding, now I just want to make it out of high school alive…
Tiernan, Cate
Immortal Beloved
Nastasya has spent the last century living as a spoiled, drugged-out party girl. She feels nothing and cares for no one. But when she witnesses her best friend, a Dark Immortal, torture a human, she realizes something's got to change. She seeks refuge at a rehab for wayward immortals, where she meets the gorgeous, undeniably sexy Reyn, who seems inexplicably linked to her past. Nastasya finally begins to deal with life, and even feels safe--until the night she learns that someone wants her dead. Cate Tiernan, author of the popular Sweep series, returns with an engaging story of a timeless struggle and inescapable romance, the first book in a stunning new fantasy trilogy.
Turner, Max
End of Days
Night Runner #2
Zachariah Thomson has spent the past year getting used to the idea that his best friend, Charlie, and the lovely Luna are now vampires, like him. As they learn to cope with the changes this brings, a mysterious creature appears. Likened to the Beast of the Apocalypse, it begins to dismantle the network of support around Zack, who discovers he is more than just an orphaned vampire – he is the subject of an ancient prophecy that relates to the End of Days. As friends and enemies, old and new, throw his world into chaos, he is forced to re-examine what it means to be good at a time when it seems that only the strong and ruthless can survive.
Wasserman, Robin
Skinned #3
One year ago, Lia Kahn died. A few days later, she woke up.
She had a new body: Mechanical, unfeeling, inhuman. She had a new family: Mechs like her, who didn't judge her for what she could no longer be. She had a new life, one that would last forever. At least, it was supposed to. But now everything Lia thought she knew has turned out to be a lie; everyone she thought she loved has been stolen away. And someone is trying to get rid of the mechs, once and for all. Lia will risk everything to save herself and the people she can't live without. But not before facing one final truth: She can't save everyone.
Werlin, Nancy
Phoebe finds herself drawn to Mallory, the strange and secretive new kid in school, and the two girls become as close as sisters . . . until Mallory's magnetic older brother, Ryland, shows up during their junior year. Ryland has an immediate, exciting hold on Phoebe-but a dangerous hold, for she begins to question her feelings about her best friend and, worse, about herself. Soon she'll discover the shocking truth about Ryland and Mallory: that these two are visitors from the faerie realm who have come to collect on an age-old debt. Generations ago, the faerie queen promised Pheobe's ancestor five extraordinary sons in exchange for the sacrifice of one ordinary female heir. But in hundreds of years there hasn't been a single ordinary girl in the family, and now the faeries are dying. Could Phoebe be the first ordinary one? Could she save the faeries, or is she special enough to save herself?
Weston, Robert Paul
Dust City
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? His son, that's who. Ever since his father's arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood, teen wolf Henry Whelp has kept a low profile in a Home for Wayward Wolves . . . until a murder at the Home leads Henry to believe his father may have been framed. Now, with the help of his kleptomaniac roommate, Jack, and a daring she-wolf named Fiona, Henry will have to venture deep into the heart of Dust City: a rundown, gritty metropolis where fairydust is craved by everyone and controlled by a dangerous mob of Water Nixies and their crime boss leader, Skinner. Can Henry solve the mystery of his family's sinister past? Or, like his father before him, is he destined for life as a big bad wolf?
White, Kiersten
Evie's always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she's falling for a shape-shifter, and she's the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours. But Evie's about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures. So much for normal.
Woon Yvonne
Dead Beautiful
A haunting love story about desire, danger, and destiny. After Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in California's Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, "crude sciences," and Latin: the Language of the Dead. It's here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. As they get to know each other better, Dante can't seem to control his attraction either, and their desires gradually deepen into a complex and dangerous romance. Dangerous because Dante is hiding a frightening secret. A secret so terrible, it has him fearing for Renee's life. Dante's not the only one with secrets, though. Turns out Gottfried Academy has a few of its own… Like, how come students keep disappearing? Why are the prefect-like Monitors creeping around campus during the night? And what exactly are the Headmistress and Professors really up to? Renee is determined to find out why. Dead Beautiful is both a compelling romance and thought-provoking read, bringing shocking new meaning to life, death, love, and the nature of the soul.
Yovanoff, Brenna
The Replacement
Mackie Doyle is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement, left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in the human world. Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs. Edward Scissorhands meets The Catcher in the Rye in this wildly imaginative and frighteningly beautiful horror novel about an unusual boy and his search for a place to belong.


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TOWN OF WALLKILL — After a year of legal wrangling, a stop-work order and a second bid, the Exit 122/Route 17 project has again gone to the same company that had the job last year.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — After a year of legal wrangling, a stop-work order and a second bid, the Exit 122/Route 17 project has again gone to the same company that had the job last year.
A. Servidone/B. Anthony Construction, which was the low bidder the second time around at $68.4 million, was awarded the contract Nov. 14, according to the state comptroller's office. The other bidders were Yonkers Contracting at $68.5 million; Halmar International at $68.7 million; and Tully Construction at $68.8 million.
Servidone was the second-lowest bidder last year, and also got the work then. Servidone agreed to a project labor agreement — an agreement between an employer and unions setting a project's costs before work starts — which last year's low bidder, Lancaster Construction, didn't. Work started, Lancaster sued, and a judge ordered the work stopped in March. The state rebid the project in July, this time after a study that said a project labor agreement would benefit the project.
Lancaster sued the state again in August over the agreement in the rebid terms; the suit is pending. The state's study said the agreement would save $1.8 million to $2.4 million, largely through a two-year wage freeze and a workers' compensation agreement. In court papers, Empire Associated Builders and Contractors, who are suing with Lancaster, argue the cost savings in the study won't occur, and it ignored account evidence that a nonunion contractor could do it more cheaply.
The exit's reconstruction is part of the ongoing upgrade of Route 17 into Interstate 86, and will improve access to a busy area of town that includes Orange Regional Medical Center.


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One of The Sanctuary's significant estates stands as a timelessly elegant presence in an idyllic setting on a tranquil deepwater canal. Created for absolute luxury, this meticulously updated Sanctuary Deepwater estate villa captures a clean modern twist with French oak and limestone flooring. Arched galleries open to serene spaces for entertaining. Plush master suite with sitting room and balcony. Lavish resort-style pool/patio with grand loggia and 115+/- feet of yacht dockage, with 30klb lift.
From chic-elegant entertaining spaces to the casual gathering areas are five luxurious bedroom retreats, completed with modern Montecito style appointments of French white oak floors with washed beamed ceilings, includes custom cabinetry and decorative archways are showcased throughout this spacious yet inviting residence comprising over 11,000 +/- total square feet featuring Crestron Management System and Sonos Sound System.
Fireplaces create welcoming focal points in both the grand salon and large gathering room, while French doors flow to the wonderful outdoor entertainment area and figurine fountain in pool, enveloped in manicured tropical gardens alongside the canal. For the yachting enthusiast, approximately 115+/- feet of prime deepwater dockage completes the property.
Reflecting uncompromising standards, this exceptional estate offers a luxurious lifestyle in The Sanctuary, a prestigious yachting community designed with the utmost privacy and security in mind.
Tern Point Circle, Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton's internationally acclaimed yachting enclave, The Sanctuary, offers superb amenities including a 27-acre bird/wildlife preserve, Har-Tru tennis courts, and a 20-slip manna. Private seclusion is ensured with a 24-hour guard gate along with road and water patrols. Beautiful beaches and Mizner Park's world-class shops and restaurants are close by. Boca Raton is served by a private executive airport.
This stately Deepwater estate presides over 115+/- feet of deepwater yacht dockage on a protected canal. Surrounded by manicured tropical gardens and swaying palms, the waterfront loggia is richly appointed with antique terracotta tile flooring, Old World lanterns, a pergola sitting area, an elaborate summer kitchen, and a cabana bath. An authentic coquina coral Terrace frames a classical pool alongside the waterfront.
Inspired by a chic casual Montecito style, this deepwater villa combines classic elegance with state-of-the-art construction standards and the latest technologies. Generously scaled with 8,890+/- square feet of exquisitely furnished interiors, the palatial residence offers five bedrooms, six full and three half baths, an elevator, and a three-bay garage. Features include: impact windows, hydraulic elevator, Crestron Management System, Sonos Sound system, 30klb "No Profile" boat lift and whole-house generator.
First Floor: Guests are welcomed in a formal foyer with chiseled limestone flooring and sweeping staircase with ironwork balustrade. A temperature controlled wine room, and powder room adjoin. Just ahead, the grand salon is styled with French white washed wide plank oak flooring, a wood cross-beamed ceiling, and a baronial cast-stone fireplace. Triple sets of French doors open to the pool and waterfront. Off the galleria, Moorish archways present a waterfront library/office with rich wood paneling and built-in cabinetry. Opposite is a banquet-sized formal dining room with adjacent butler's pantry. Featuring furniture-grade cabinetry and quartz counters, the chef's kitchen facilitates large-scaled entertaining with double islands, two Bosch dishwashers, a Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer, and a new Gaggenau dual gas ovens. Leading to the waterfront loggia, the morning room adjoins an open gathering room with handsomely carved cabinetry and marble-faced fireplace. A laundry room, another powder room, and staff quarters complete this level.
Second Floor: A sumptuous retreat, the grand master bedroom suite features French white oak floors, tray ceilings, a fireplace. A separate sitting area and study open to a private waterfront balcony. Completing this suite are his and her dressing rooms, walk-in closets, and baths, hers with Carrara marble mosaic, spa tub, and marble walk-in shower. Three additional bedroom suites include a VIP suite with luxurious bath and private waterfront balcony. Completing the second level is a media/game room off the spacious loft overlooking waterway. Elaborate stone arches frame the vaulted galleria, sun-lit illuminate by clerestoried towers. A utility room serves this level.
- List Price
- $6,950,000
- Property Type
- Single Family
- Lifestyle
- Intracoastal/Deepwater
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bathrooms
- 6 full / 3 half
- Total Square Feet
- 11,274
- AC Square Feet
- 8,882
- Garage Spaces
- 3
- Year Built
- 2004
- Taxes
- $110,053
- Tax Year
- 2018
- New Construction
- No
- Bar
- Built-in Shelves
- Closet Cabinets
- Cook Island
- Elevator
- Fire Sprinkler
- Fireplace(s)
- Foyer
- French Door
- Laundry Tub
- Pantry
- Roman Tub
- Split Bedroom
- Upstairs Living Area
- Volume Ceiling
- W/D Hookup
- Walk-in Closet
- Stories
- 2
- Carpet
- Marble
- Wood Floor
- 2 Master Baths
- Bidet
- Dual Sinks
- Mstr Bdrm - Upstairs
- Separate Shower
- Separate Tub
- Spa Tub & Shower
- Pets Allowed
- Yes
- Auto Sprinkler
- Cabana
- Covered Balcony
- Covered Patio
- Custom Lighting
- Fence
- Open Balcony
- Open Patio
- Zoned Sprinkler
- Mediterranean
- Barrel
- 2+ Spaces
- Driveway
- Garage - Attached
- Vehicle Restrictions
- Pool
- Yes
- < 1/4 Acre
- 1/4 to 1/2 Acre
- Cul-De-Sac
- Paved Road
- Private Road
- Waterfrontage
- 115 ft
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Overseas Tax Holiday to Dutch Caribbean under the Free Movement of Capital spoiled by CJEU in TBG Limited-case
By Wessel Geursen
The free movement of capital provision of Art. 63 TFEU applies ratione loci 'worldwide': to both capital movements within EU's internal market and to movements from the internal market to third countries (and vice versa). Or perhaps almost worldwide, since the question arises whether the free movement of capital also applies to the British, Danish, Dutch and French Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), which are not part of the internal market but associated with the EU?
In 2011, the CJEU decided in Case C-384/09 Prunus that Art. 63 TFEU also applied to the OCTs as if they were third countries; they are not third countries, since they áre part of the EU Member States (such as the Caribbean island of Curacao which is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, both constitutionally as under public international law; under EU-law, Curacao is an OCT).
Now, only three years later, the CJEU has decided otherwise in joined cases C-24/12 and C-27/12 X BV and TBG Limited. It came to the conclusion that not Art. 63 TFEU applies to the OCTs, but that a special capital movement provision which is contained in the OCT Association Decision applies in relation to the OCTs. This latter provision liberalises – in my view – 'less' than Art. 63 TFEU, since it 'only' applies to 'direct investments in companies', whereas Art. 63 TFEU also applies to (at least) 12 other categories of capital movements, such as investments in immovable property.[1]


text: Hey Geeks and Non-Geeks , I'm planing to set up my Debian Squeeze VPS for development and personal web projects. The VPS comes with these humble ressources: CPU 1000MHZ guarranted RAM 512 MB / dynamic 1.024 MB HD-Space 10 GB Network connection 100 Mbit/s (shared over the host system) Bandwidth 100 Mbit/s (shared over the host system) Traffic incl. 1 fix ip Root Access My goal is to set up: SVN Server with at least 2 users and multiple repositories. MySQL Server or PostgreSQL Server with multiple databases and an appopriate Web admin interface. Apache Server with multiple growing virtual hosts and one host with ssl support (for svn). Java Runtime Environment So considerting these criteria, I'm looking for a "leightweight" web-based system administration solution, to manage this VPS in a speedy manner, in order to create/edit/delete virtual hosts, create/delete databases and some simple system configuration tasks like creating/maintaining cron jobs or something along those lines. I already had a look on the features of ISPConfig / Webmin / Virtualmin, and found them rather for fully large enhanced systems with multi-user hosting support, and mail server ability, which is IMHO superfluous in my case. So please don't hesitate to tell me your suggestions, indicating your reasons for the choice. Thank you in advance Regards Wahid


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Jennifer Fattell joins company as sales manager.
Nada Cirjanic and David Bishop [pictured] have been named joint directors of sales at expanding Protagonist Pictures.
Cirjanic has been at Protagonist since 2008, most recently as sales director.
Bishop joins the company from Revolver, where he had been head of acquisitions since March 2011.
The two will assume the role previously held by Charlotte van Weede, who left the company at the start of this year.
Jennifer Fattell joins the company from A+E Television Networks as sales manager. She will report to Cirjanic and Bishop.
"In an invigorating year of change at Protagonist, it's very exciting to announce our expanded sales team with Nada and Dave at the helm," said Protagonist CEO Mike Goodridge.
"Nada has done an extraordinary job this year delivering outstanding results from our new slate. She has been a key member of the team since the company's inception and works tirelessly for each one of the films we handle.
"I am delighted to welcome Dave Bishop to Protagonist. Dave has a fantastic reputation as a smart deal-maker with good taste and a firm grasp on new distribution models. His extensive experience of studio and independent distribution around the world will be invaluable as we expand our slate."
Before Protagonist Cirjanic was head of library sales at Channel 4. Bishop was previously head of acquisitions, northern Europe and UK, for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
In a further internal move within Protagonist, David Bartholomew moves into the newly created role of manager, contracts, markets & festivals. Bartholomew, who has been at the company since 2008, will continue his oversight of markets and festival bookings, and now take on new contract and marketing support responsibilities.


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Honor given to top rookie in Training Camp
New York, October 6, 2010 – Center Derek Stepan has been named the winner of the 2010 Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award, given to the best Rangers rookie in training camp, as voted on by the members of the media. Stepan played in five preseason games, registering three goals and two assists for five points. He tied for the team lead in goals, ranked first in shots (14), and tied for second in points. His one shorthanded goal was tied for the league lead.
Stepan, 20, was originally the Rangers second round choice, 51st overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Ranked 16th overall among NHL prospects by The Hockey News on their 2010 Future Watch list, he registered 12 goals and 42 assists for 54 points, along with eight penalty minutes in 41 games with the University of Wisconsin Badgers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). He established career-highs in games played, goals, assists, points and penalty minutes. Stepan ranked among the NCAA leaders in several scoring categories, finishing tied for first in the nation in assists and ranked second in points. He registered six points (two goals and four assists) in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, including a four-point performance (two goals and two assists) and the game-winning goal in the National Semifinal contest vs. R.I.T., to lead Wisconsin to the National Championship game.
Stepan served as Captain of Team USA at the 2010 World Junior Championship, leading the United States to their second Gold Medal (2004) in the elite tournament. He led all skaters in assists and points en route to being named to the tournament All-Star Team, as selected by the media. Stepan finished the tournament with four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in seven games.
The Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award was established in memory of Lars-Erik Sjoberg, who was one of the first European scouts to work with an NHL team and was influential in the drafting of twenty New York Rangers players. Previous winners include Matt Gilroy, Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist, Marc Savard, Tony Amonte and Mike Richter.
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This section is for information about commercial products, Academic and non commericial products that use the OpenSceneGraph. Please add information about your own products/projects and if appropriate links to your company/project websites and testimonials of how the OpenSceneGraph has contributed to the success of your products/projects.
Commercial users of the OpenSceneGraph
http://www.greythornassociates.com Visualisation and Multimedia Consultants
http://mekensleep.com/ Video Games Studio
http://www.simauthor.com/ Flight data visualization and analysis
http://www.noodleheaven.net/ Interactive music player
http://www.triangraphics.de/ Terrain generation and visualization
http://www.autosim.no/ Driving simulators
http://www.vires.com/ Visual simulation
http://www.stoanymoth.co.uk/ Volume rendering, visualisation and simulation
http://www.worldviz.com Python based VR toolkit
http://www.scaner2.com/ Driving simulators
http://www.oktal.fr/ Virtual reality & Simulation
Objexx Engineering Structural and vehicle impact modeling
Academic users of the OpenSceneGraph
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Ca. USA
The Australian National University Supercomputer Facility Vizlab
MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland http://www.miralab.unige.ch
VRlab, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Switzerland http://vrlab.epfl.ch/
Computing & Visualization Department of High Performance University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
VideaLAB - University of A Coruña, Spain
VRLab ,Umeå University, Sweden
RE-FLEX, flexible reality centre , Lund, Sweden
Sensorama Laboratory, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark (screenshot section)]
BRGM, French Geological Survey, France
Research Institute EOR, Research Institute EOR, Russia
HIT Lab NZ - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
TUDelft VRLab - Data Visualization/VR Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens Greece
OpenWalnut visualization framework mainly based at University of Leipzig and MPI CBS
Non commericial users of the OpenSceneGraph
Fearann Muin, On-line Role-Playing Game
Delta3D Open source, cross platform game and simulation engine (License : GNU LGPL).
Diskursmaschine An artistic project to visualize and understand social discourses.
Global Conflict Blue An open-source real-time 3D naval wargame.
Combat Simulator Project is an open-source community dedicated to development of combat simulators.
Virtual Terrain Project An open-source, cross platform terrain modelling and visualisation suite.
Direction de la Recherche de la SNCF The VR Lab at the French Railways Research Dept. is creating a VR Engine based on OSG. More soon..
Flying Cities an artistic project based on OpenSceneGraph ( screenshots)
Yag2002 a 3D game framework using OpenSceneGraph. Here are some screenshots.


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Free Score Report Gov has created an identity theft infographic that demonstrates how identity theft can affect people and how to take steps to prevent and deal with it.
— Identity theft is no longer rare, with user data from online sources now the prime target for many of the most ambitious criminals, allowing them to use sensitive password data to access bank details and exploit these to spend other people's money. Dealing with identity theft can seem overwhelming at first, as there is no obvious target to defend against. Free Score Report Gov has created a new infographic demonstrating best practices for dealing with identity theft in a fun and engaging way.
The infographic, entitled The Adventures of Identity Girl, shows a two pronged approach to exposing the crime and bringing the justice, taking individuals step by step through what they should do when suspicious activity occurs, cancelling and re-opening credit cards with new account numbers, filing incident reports with the bank and local police, setting up a fraud alert with a credit bureau and more.
The infographic is a helpful step by step procedure to deal with identity theft, but it all starts with keeping a close eye on credit scores, something Free Score Report Gov specializes in with their free credit report gov. By using their site to compare credit report providers, users can keep on top of their finances, be alerted to suspicious activity and manage their credit score in addition to avoiding the cost of identity theft.
A spokesperson for Free Score Report Gov explained, "We are expanding our range of identity theft resources as more of our users demand this kind of knowledge. We understand that the digital age is one in which such crimes can take place with amazing speed and yet leave huge damage to individuals' credit scores if they do not act. Keeping an eye on credit ratings and taking action as we have described is the best way to protect your financial future. Consumers will find lots of innovative solutions that protect them from identity theft on our website."
About Free Score Report Gov:
Free Score Report Gov is a site related to free credit reports and scores. An annual credit report isn't enough, and users who need to see their credit scores can find out how to get them on the site. The site offers a comparison chart of free credit score offers, as well as a blog section with interesting and informative articles about credit reports and scores, identity theft prevention and more.
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Season 30: Into the Amazon
The remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon in 1913.
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a "better" American race,
The Eugenics Crusade
Revisit the heyday of America's traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
The Circus, Part 2
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American entertainment.
The Circus, Part 1
As RFK began to move beyond the shadow of his brother, he, too, was assassinated.
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act remained in force for more than 60 years.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Honolulu's tranquility was shattered when a Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape.
The Island Murder
The fateful narrative of James Earl Ray who shot Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968.
Roads to Memphis
The mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation's financial center that left 38 dead.
The Bombing of Wall Street
The Gilded Age: Full Film
The Gilded Age
Story of a Wall Street tycoon who helped alter course of history in World War II.
The Secret of Tuxedo Park
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During Super Bowl week, Ted Ginn passed on a chance to air grievances about his lack of a role in the 49ers offense.
The man who shares his name wasn't quite so magnanimous while speaking with Tim Warsinskey of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ted Ginn Sr., a long time high school coach in the Cleveland area, said Monday that he thinks it is time for his son to move on from the 49ers.
"They don't use him. He has to find a home," Ginn Sr. said.
Ginn showed off his ability to make plays in the return game when he helped the 49ers comeback with a 32-yard punt return to set up a Frank Gore touchdown in the third quarter, but he continued to be a non-factor in the passing game. Despite injuries to Mario Manningham and Kyle Williams, Ginn caught just two balls all season and it's pretty clear at this point that the Niners don't see value to him as a receiver.
He'll be a free agent this offseason, which offers him the chance to go to a team offering him at least a chance at a role as a wide receiver. That may not lead to much more than a role as a returner, but it's something more than he's likely to find with the 49ers next season.


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imastermind necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Interview Mastermind
Dear Bidder,
We need an experienced graphics designer to create an eye-catching and unique "news worthy" Wordpress design design (no coding). The winner's design will likely be seen by a large audience as we are planning to feature a book that will be featured on the NY Times Bestseller's list (hopefully)… so we need intelligent, sophisticated, Apple-quality designers to participate in this contest...
Brand Name:
NOTE: The #1 objective of this Wordpress theme is to BUILD TRUST with our visitors! Attract attention, stop them in their tracks as they scour the internet for interview tips, grab their attention, and make them think "I MUST BOOKMARK THIS SITE AND COME BACK BECAUSE I've discovered a genuine, trustworthy blog that wants to help college grads like me!"
-We want a simple "News Worthy" design: Example blog sites that convey this:
• http://www.wellnesswithrose.com/index.asp ← This is the main site you should get inspiration from in your layout design!!
• http://www.cosmopolitan.com/ ← this is also a GREAT site to get inspiration from for design and style!
• http://www.askmen.com/ ← Great color and very "news worthy" (a little too much noise though)
Potential Audience of the blog site – Generation Y College Seniors/Grads who are actively looking to improve their job interview skills and are frustrated from getting ineffective interview advice from their career centers, teachers, and over the internet. This demographic is used to having their attention under siege by "scam-like" marketing gimmicks and advertisements and their B.S. detection radar is very keen. This generation favors the design elements displayed in all Apple products.
1. I will check back frequently to give lots of feedback and guidance.
2. We assure you that we will be choosing a contest winner.
3. The copyright for the winning blog site design will be wholly owned and all rights reserved by Interview Mastermind LLC.
***Additional Requirements***
•Accepted File Formats: Layered .psd
•A visible "Follow us on Twitter" graphic link somewhere on the homepage
•Fonts that we like:
-Times Extra Condensed (see http://www.interviewmastermind.com)
-All Cosmopolitan Fonts (See http://www.Cosmopolitan.com)
-All creative interpretations are welcome
-We imagine blue or white to be the featured colors in the background, but are open to any creative interpretations. Also, the design should use similar colors as to what is used on our logo which can be found here:
or on our blog here:
or from this site:
BUT PLEASE DONT MAKE THE BACKGROUND BLUE!! I'm shooting for a white background like on http://www.rosecole.com
Some essential links/features/navigation menu:
•Home → New Stuff
•Meet Landon → Buzz & Bio
•Accelerated Programs → Bootcamps & Coaching
•Fast-Track Education → Products & Recommendations
•Secrets & Advice → Blog, Articles, Videos
•Success Stories → Customer Testimonials
•Get In Touch
Features to include from http://www.cosmopolitan.com:
•"Cosmo On The Go" email optin box on the homepage (only replace "Cosmo" w/ Interview Advice)
•"Talk to Us" Comment Box w/ email capture box (Sample question to ask: "What do you HATE about finding a job?"
Features to include from http://wageslaverebel.com/:
•"Click Here To Subscribe" header/link on top of page
Features to include from http://www.rosecole.com:
•Member login in top right corner
•800 number at top left corner
•Profile headshot of Landon Long on homepage (download pics at http://www.interviewmastermind.com/…landon.zip
•Member association logos along the bottom (Use rosecole's logos as place fillers)


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RIM doesn't have an official presence at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, but the company is still in Las Vegas showing off its upcoming mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10.
Here's one of BB10's developers Michael Clewly showing off the new home screen and how you'll be able to check your notifications.
Don't miss hands-on photos with even more BB10 features >
Keep in mind this isn't the final version of the software and it's just running on a test device. We'll get the final look at RIM's big press event on January 30.


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Toll Free: +1 (800) 267-9345
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"I provide comprehensive customized financial planning-based solutions to build and protect my clients' wealth, and help them achieve their life-stage planning goals."
Servicing the needs of clients takes special skills. To this end, I have made a conscious effort to build on my experience in financial and estate planning, investment advisory and insurance knowledge as well as obtaining the designations of Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Elder Planning Counselor (EPC). This training enables me to better service the growing "fifty-plus" population as they transition towards the various stages in their lives. I am also a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' "PrimePlus/ElderCare Services Practitioners Group," servicing the financial needs of active life-style "fifty-plus" individuals and seniors.
Formerly with one of Canada's leading professional service firms as a tax specialist, I joined CIBC Wood Gundy (and predecessor firm) in 1998 as an Investment Advisor. I am a graduate of Queen's University's Bachelor of Commerce program and have over 31 years of experience in the tax, investment and financial planning industry.
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My primary role is to assist my clients in establishing realistic wealth management and life-stage planning goals, and to help achieve these goals through quality investment strategies, value-added services and expert advice.
I believe in a long-term, diversified and disciplined investment strategy. A well-balanced portfolio that matches the client's risk tolerance, investment time horizon and investment goals is the best way to build and protect wealth.
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- Assisting clients with cash management and asset allocation decisions
- Providing timely tax savings strategies and investment ideas
- Providing insurance strategies to build and protect wealth
- Being a facilitator of life-stage planning goals and elder planning issues
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battery life: 6
memory leak: 8
boot up time: 8
waiting for willyboy's new hybrid...!!!
I'm seeing a little weirdness with this OS -- anyone else? After rebooting my battery is a good 5-10% less than it was prior to the reboot. Also, I'm finding that SMS conversations I had deleted tend to reappear following a reboot as well.
Free memory seems to be holding steady (I have more free than before on .464) ... and otherwise this seems pretty stable. Unfortunately I haven't talked on the phone enough to see if the random voice stutters I had in .464 are gone as well just yet.


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On behalf of all Animal Rescue organizations we would like Facebook to change their current policy of restricting posts to pages from or about these topics. We feel we do a great service to our community and to our country by sharing and cross posting for all organizations involved in animal rescue. We can accomplish a great deal by being allowed to operate as before without the currently popular changes that have been made. Currently we are barely reaching 1% of our audience. People who have already Liked our page and expressed interest in receiving information from us. This is a death knoll for many animals and also the rescues who have come to depend on Facebook as a way to spread the word about animals in need.
Susie Rae Ray
This petition closed over 5 years ago
If Facebook would apply the older rules to animal welfare and rescue groups we could continue to save many animals in desperate need.


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Physicians Who Treat Anxiety Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders Who Accept PacificSource SmartHealth Oregon Members Near Chicago, IL
Anxiety Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health disorders in which anxiety can become excessive including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder and others. Patients may have symptoms that are psychological or physical. Dissociative disorders involve breakdowns of memory awareness or identity often due to psychological trauma. Somatoform disorders is a mental disorder with physical symptoms, like pain, that cannot be traced back to a medical condition.


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Welcome to Masters Comic Cast!
The monthly Podcast dedicated to the New Masters of the Universe comics!
The premise is simple; each month your hosts AlternativeMindz, Jukka and joseephus
will take one of the new comics about Masters of the Universe and discuss it at length.
From the 3 mini-comics by Dark Horse to the 6-issue mini-series by DC Comics.
Each episode will focus on one comic.
Whenever a new comic is released during 2012, an episode of Masters Comic Cast is soon to follow.
** NOTE: While the hosts will talk about their first impressions upon receiving the comic,
the episodes will contain spoilers about the storylines and any rumors the hosts might have heard.
iTunes link
- Episode 01 - Introductions
Topics discussed:
- Hosts introductions
- What we know so far from comic-news (SDCC 2011, MTV Geek interview, Scott's comments at Mattycollector)
- Expectations for the comics
What we learn:
- Joe reeeally wants confirmation for Randor >< Keldor brotherhood
- Rob places bets for DC Comics story being in MOTUC canon
- Jukka is a fan of Preternia but fears for the mini-comics
Direct link to Episode 01 [mp3-file]
Duration: 1h 45min
- Episode 02 - Powers of Grayskull Mini-Comic Part 1
This time gang discuss Powers of Grayskull mini-comic part 1 for the Masters of the Universe Classics!
Special guest "Pixel Dan" Eardley joins to give his input!
Direct link to Episode 02 [mp3-file]
Duration: 1h 53min
- Episode 03 - Listener E-Mails
This time the gang are discussing Fan Mail and are down one co-host with Jukka not being able to keep the peace.
Will chaos prevail?
Direct link to Episode 03 - Fan Mail [mp3-file]
Duration: 50 min
- Episode 04 - Powers of Grayskull Mini-Comic Part 2
This time gang discuss Powers of Grayskull mini-comic part 2 for the Masters of the Universe Classics!
With again a Special guest on the show! Danielle "Penny Dreadful" Gelehrter joins the guys to chime in with
the discussion of He-Man's continued adventure in Preternia!
Direct link to Episode 04 [mp3-file]
Duration: 2h 04min
- Episode 05 - DC MOTU Digital Comic #1 - "The Lost Knight"
DC Digital First(!) gets Rob, Joe and Jukka talking about Sir-Laser-Lot's story and how it connects to printed DC Comic,
MOTUC canon and everything under the sun!
Direct link to Episode 05 [mp3-file]
Duration: 1h 46min
- Episode 06 - DC MOTU Digital Comic #2 - "Man-At-Arms" and SDCC Talk
The guys talk all the SDCC reveals and then turn their gazes on DC Digital Issue #2 with Man-At-Arms going
up against the Knoll-Clan! Special guest on this episode is Dylan Cook (From "What the Shell" podcast) and he gives his
views on Man-At-Arms' armor and the anatomy on Sorceress!
Episode has SDCC talk at the beginning and Digital Comic discussion starts at 1h 20min mark!
Direct link to Episode 06 [mp3-file]
Duration: 3h 21min
iTunes link
Send us e-mail or comment via @MOTUComicCast and we will read them on the podcast. We'd love to hear any comments and feedback!
Individual twits: @AltMindz, @ToonJukka and @JoeAmato2!


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- After a three-week break in tournament action, the Tennessee Tech men's golf team returns to competition this week at the Murray State Invitational Monday, Oct. 3 and Tuesday, Oct. 4.
The Golden Eagles are looking to improve upon a ninth-place finish at the Wasioto Winds Fall Kick-Off Classic on Sept. 12-13, their only tournament of the fall season thus far.
"I'm very excited about heading to Murray," head coach Polk Brown said. "It seems like it has been forever since the men have played and I'm looking forward to seeing how things go with the team. We have been successful at this golf course before, and I believe we will be again this year."
The tournament will be held at Miller Memorial Golf Course, the home course of the Racers. The Miller course measures 6.592 yards from the championship tees to a par of 71.
The longest hole on the course, the par-five 17th, is 535 yards long, while the shortest hole is the par-three 16th, measuring 171 yards.
Tech will go with a lineup that features senior Tyler Cassetty in the No. 1 slot, followed by sophomore Greg Kitts, sophomore Mason Griffin, senior Travis Ramsey and junior Lee Maxwell.
Freshmen Taylor Diegel and Maxx Verble will play as individuals.
The MSU Invitational begins with two rounds of 18 holes on Monday followed by one 18-hole final round on Tuesday.
Results will be posted on TTUSports.com as they become available.


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Commentary on Psalms - Volume 3
by John Calvin
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Calvin found Psalms to be one of the
richest books in the Bible. As he writes in the introduction, "there is
no other book in which we are more perfectly taught the right manner of
praising God, or in which we are more powerfully stirred up to the
performance of this religious exercise." This commentary--the last
Calvin wrote--clearly expressed Calvin's deep love for this book.
Calvin's Commentary on Psalms is thus one of his best
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Researchers tinkering around with a cancer drug said Thursday it might also work as a male birth control pill.
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Tests in mice show it can make testicles "forget" how to make sperm — yet the mice became completely fertile again and fathered normal babies after they stopped getting the drug. The drug isn't ready to test in people yet, but if it worked, would provide a hormone-free way to help men control when they have families.
"These findings suggest that a reversible, oral male contraceptive may be possible," said Dr. James Bradner, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, who helped lead the study published in the journal Cell.
Many teams have tried, and failed, to make a male birth control pill. Recently, Scottish researchers discovered a gene necessary for sperm production, opening hopes for a hormone-free male contraceptive. Bradner and colleagues believe this one might work if it turns out it really does just temporarily stop men from making sperm, with no other side-effects.
Female contraceptives interfere with hormones such as estrogen, but it turns out that messing with the "male hormone" testosterone doesn't necessary affect fertility and has a range of unwanted side-effects, including breast enlargement. Drug companies have steered clear.
Bradner's team was working to develop a new cancer drug. They developed a molecule called JQ1, named after a chemist in the lab, Jun Qi, Ph.D.
This molecule affects a structure on tumor cells called BRD4, which seems to make cells "remember" they are cancer cells. Just like a key fits into a lock, JQ1 can slide up against BRD4 and inactivate it, making the cells "forget" to be tumors. Bradner's lab is getting ready to test it against lung cancer, some blood cancers and other tumors.
When making a new cancer drug it's important to be sure it won't have side-effects on healthy cells, so Bradner started looking around for structures similar to BRD4 that might play an important role in human health. He found BRDT. The "T" in the molecule "stands for testicles," Bradner said.
"We started to wonder whether BRDT might be involved in the memory of how to make sperm," Bradner said. "We wondered whether JQ1 would enter the testicle, inhibit BRDT and cause the testicles to forget how to make sperm."
But Bradner's lab is a cancer lab, not a fertility lab. He contacted fertility specialist Dr. Martin Matzuk of Baylor College of Medicinein Houston.
The two academic labs collaborated via Skype and Internet file-sharing programs, something that never would have happened between competing private drug companies.
Matzuk's lab had already tested mice that completely lacked BRDT in their cells and knew they were infertile. "If a mouse without the gene would be infertile, of course if you had a drug that blocked that gene expression, the mouse would also be infertile," Matzuk said.
Tests showed they were. Even better, when they stopped giving mice the drug, they became fertile again and fathered healthy mouse pups.
Matzuk's team looked at human versions of the BRDT protein, and found JQ1 inactivated it, too.
While they injected the mice, Matzuk says there's no reason the drug couldn't be given as a pill. But he said most people might want some kind of longer-term delivery system, like an injectable or an implant. But even if the pill is an effective contraceptive, it's unclear whether women would trust men to take a daily pill, Matzuk points out.
While it doesn't look like JQ1 affects anything else in the body, the teams plan further cancer trials of the drug. Meanwhile, they are tracking male cancer patients to see if they also become infertile while taking it.
Dr. William Bremner, an expert in fertility at the University of Washington in Seattle, called the work exciting and says the need for more safe contraceptives is dire. The World Health Organization says half a million women die every year globally from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 360,000 American teenagers give birth every year, and tens of thousands more have abortions.
"Men should be given additional opportunities to participate in safe contraception, both to allow them more control over their own fertility and to ease the health burden of unwanted pregnancies and contraception incurred by women," Bremner wrote in a commentary in Cell.
More men's health news:
New pill help prostate cancer patients live longer
Hair-loss drug linked to severe depression in men
3 health worries guys should discuss with their docs
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LOCKPORT – A plea deal for Paul J. Schubert, the Niagara Falls man accused of a string of armed robberies at 7-Elevens and other stores this fall, was aborted by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Wednesday after Schubert accused his court-appointed attorney of not doing his best, an accusation decried by the judge.
When Farkas asked Schubert whether anyone had coerced him into pleading guilty, he said no, but the judge remarked that Schubert's "body language" told her otherwise. Schubert then charged that attorney David J. Mansour had told him he wasn't being paid enough to get him a better plea deal.
Mansour had lined up a deal limiting Schubert's prison time to a maximum of 12 and a third to 17 years: 10 years for two robbery counts and two and one-third to seven years for a burglary to which he had previously pleaded guilty. He was assigned in June to a court-supervised drug treatment program in the burglary case, but was booted from the program in September after his arrest in the robbery cases.
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said she believes Schubert, 21, of Townsend Place, committed four robberies in Niagara Falls, one in Wheatfield and perhaps a sixth in North Tonawanda. If indicted and convicted of each holdup, he could be sentenced to as long as 25 years per robbery.
"I'm not going to force this young man to do anything he doesn't want to do," Farkas said. "I would bet my life Mr. Mansour never said he wasn't being paid enough."


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Phenols, anilines, and malonates have been arylated under metal-free conditions with twelve aryl(phenyl)iodonium salts in a systematic chemoselectivity study. A new "anti-ortho effect" has been identified in the arylation of malonates. Several "dummy groups" have been found that give complete chemoselectivity in the transfer of the phenyl moiety, irrespective of the nucleophile. An aryl exchange in the diaryliodonium salts has been observed under certain arylation conditions. DFT calculations have been performed to investigate the reaction mechanism and to elucidate the origins of the observed selectivities. These results are expected to facilitate the design of chiral diaryliodonium salts and the development of catalytic arylation reactions that are based on these sustainable and metal-free reagents.
The first part of this thesis describes the efficient synthesis of several hypervalent iodine(III) compounds. Electron-rich diaryliodonium salts have been synthesized in a one-pot procedure, employing mCPBA as the oxidant. Both symmetric and unsymmetric diaryliodonium tosylates can be isolated in high yields. An in situ anion exchange also enables the synthesis of previously unobtainable diaryliodonium triflates.
A large-scale protocol for the synthesis of a derivative of Koser's reagent, that is an isolable intermediate in the diaryliodonium tosylate synthesis, is furthermore described. The large-scale synthesis is performed in neat TFE, which can be recovered and recycled. This is very desirable from an environmental point of view.
One of the few described syntheses of enantiopure diaryliodonium salts is discussed. Three different enantiopure diaryliodonium salts bearing electron-rich substituents are synthesized in moderate to high yields. The synthesis of these three salts shows the challenge in the preparation of electron-rich substituted unsymmetric salts.
The second part of the thesis describes the application of both symmetric and unsymmetric diaryliodonium salts in organic synthesis. A metal-free efficient and fast method for the synthesis of diaryl ethers from diaryliodonium salts has been developed. The substrate scope is wide as both the phenol and the diaryliodonium salt can be varied. Products such as halogenated ethers, ortho-substituted ethers and bulky ethers, that are difficult to obtain with metal-catalyzed procedures, are readily prepared. The mild protocol allows arylation of racemization-prone a-amino acid derivatives without loss of enantiomeric excess.
A chemoselectivity investigation was conducted, in which unsymmetric diaryliodonium salts were employed in the arylation of three different nucleophiles in order to understand the different factors that influence which aryl moiety that is transferred to the nucleophile.
At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Accepted. Paper 5: Submitted. Paper 6: Manuscript.
This thesis concerns the preparation and use of diaryliodonium salts. In Project I various unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts were reacted with three different nucleophiles in order to study the chemoselectivity of the reactions of the salts. The main focus of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying factors that affect the chemoselectivity in transition metal-free arylation reactions. They were found to be very nucleophile-dependent. Some nucleophiles were very sensitive to electronic effects, whereas others were sensitive to steric factors. Ultimately, some arenes are never transferred. A very interesting scrambling reaction was also observed under the reaction conditions, where unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts form symmetrical salts in situ.
Project II details the preparation of N-heteroaryliodonium salts via a one-pot procedure. The salts were designed so that the N-heteroaryl moiety was selectively transferred in applications both with and without transition metals. The chemoselectivity was demonstrated by selective transfer of the pyridyl group onto two different nucleophiles.
The third project in the thesis discusses the synthesis of alkynyl(aryl)iodonium salts and alkynylbenziodoxolones from arylsilanes. This protocol could potentially be a very useful complement to the existing procedures, in which boronic acids are used.
The last part of the thesis (Project IV) describes a C-2 selective arylation of indoles where diaryliodonium salts were used in combination with hetero-geneous palladium catalysis. This transformation was performed in water at ambient temperature to 50 °C, and tolerated variations of both the indole and the diaryliodonium salt. Importantly, several N-H indoles could be arylated. The MCF-supported Pd-catalyst showed very little leaching and it was demonstrated that the main part of the reaction occurred via heterogeneous catalysis.
At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Accepted.


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The way we consume music is changing rapidly. With CDs and CD players a thing of the past Adam Gifford looks into home audio's future
As you try to decide which media or download format to use for your latest music fix, be relieved that scientists at Harvard Medical School may have come up with the ultimate data storage platform.
They stored the contents of a book on DNA and then reproduced it almost error free. One gram of deoxyribonucleic acid can theoretically store the contents of more than 100 billion DVDs.
That means every piece of music ever made may eventually be inserted into your earlobe.
While it may take some years for the discovery to become useful and the playback technology invented, eventually someone will be touting the need to invest in 3D sound.
For now though it's enough of a challenge to decide what format you want music to come in, let alone what to play it on.
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand says sales this year are tracking about 50/50 digital and physical media.
On the physical side, while sales of the shiny beer mats are dropping, vinyl is making a comeback of sorts - last year a Toy Love album re-issue became the first vinyl-only release to hit the New Zealand album charts in decades. Even so it's unlikely vinyl will ever be more than a niche product again.
Global analyst firm Ovum is picking the global digital music market to grow at 15 per cent a year, driven by 46 per cent a year compound annual growth of subscription services as consumers switch to picking streamed songs rather than owning libraries of CDs.
People's initial experience of music is coming through computers rather than hi fi gear - which may be one of the reasons overall sales by record companies into New Zealand retail channels has halved over the past decade.
Gary Steel of audiophile web site witchdoctor.co.nz says people are waking up to the limitations of computer speakers and sound cards, and are increasingly turning to after-market solutions like audio servers and digital to analogue converters, or DACs.
"For people who want to hear good sound, it's the way of the future," Steel says.
His fellow witchdoctor, Ashley Kramer, says the trend is definitely that people want to get the music on their computer onto their sound system, and also to get it to play in multiple rooms.
"There is no one way to play those files. There are so many different ways of doing it, there is no standard, so that can be frustrating.
"If you walk into 10 different chain stores you will get 10 different solutions pushed as the best. The confused customer base out there just wants it to be simple.
"It's easiest for people in the Apple environment, but they pay for the experience," he says.
At the higher level, audiophiles are looking beyond the compressed MP3 files on most of the download sites, which are fine for your iPod, but lack the data needed to drive the sound stage of a $10,000 stereo set up.
They are hunting for high definition or high audio files to enhance their listening pleasure.
While CDs store sound at 16/44 or bit sampling rates and 44 kilohertz, increasingly consumers can get files online at up to 24/192 - the same as a studio master.
CD-standard 16-bit/44kHz to native 24-bit/96kHz high-resolution.
Of course it's not so simple. Buyers need to know whether that file did indeed come from a studio master, or is it copied from one that has been compressed for CD.
Stand alone DACs can cost anything from a couple of hundred to many thousands of dollars.
If you're buying a new system, a modern amplifier is likely to have one built in.
Kramer recommends people who want to upgrade their system to be prepared to spend some time looking around specialist hi fi shops to see what fits the budget.
"Because there are so many solutions, people need to find one that works for them."
The poor quality of the headphones that ship with MP3 players means there is a booming after-market in headphones, often driven by their endorsement by some musician or celebrity.
On the analogue side, vinyl sales are up, with more new releases and reissues being pressed in the format than for many years, and more turntables and accessories being sold.
"The quality of turntables has gone up, and as the price goes up, the quality can get dramatically better," he says.
That doesn't mean spending big amounts on components, and other factors come into play.
"It's hard to get the wife to okay a floor stand for the speakers. And as for speakers in the walls or ceiling, they don't work for anyone but the wife."
A shopping tip from Kramer: "If the sales guy tells you the next amplifier or turntable or speaker he's going to demonstrate will make it sound three times better - you believe it. That's how the mind works."
Just don't expect it to sound so good at home.
Anthony Muriel over at North Shore Hi Fi confirms that audio servers or network storage devices and DACs are an increasingly important part of the system.
"An audio server costs more than a laptop, but inside a laptop there are so many potential problems from the power supply, component noise and so on," Muriel says.
Services have sprung up burning people's CD collections to audio servers or external hard drives.
The Naim servers he sells allows people to use wifi on smart phones or tablets to access track information and cover art and control the server.
He expects the wider adoption of servers will make people more selective about downloads.
"Most downloads are compressed mp3 format and you only notice the sound quality when you when put them into a good system.
"If you have a high quality download, you can make a lower quality one for your iPod and leave the original on the server."
That may mean upgrading some favourite music with higher quality versions, and then keeping a close watch on track quality for future downloads.
To hear what's possible at the high end, acolytes will troop out to distributor Jason Parmenter's Muriwai Beach listening room.
What he calls mid-range would probably be considered high end by most dealers, but he says the business is driven by passion for music.
"I like to sit back and listen to music and get lost in it," he says.
That's why he designed and built his Fat Boy speakers, 200kg boxes with 16 inch horns that effortlessly drive the deepest dub track.
"You've got to have a reference point," he says.
"For a 40hz bass note, you need to move a lot of air. That's why it has a big driver. The sound shouldn't be forced."
They're $60,000 a pair and he's recently sold them.
But he hasn't sold any of the solid silver interconnect cable from Australian company PSC Audio that goes for $42,000 a metre - though it's on his stock list.
Most customers are after mid-priced speakers, starting at just over $3000 for a pair of English-made Harbeths, possibly with a Leben amplifier to drive them.
Parmenter will try to talk you into solid maple speaker stands at $1150 a pair, and maybe tube traps and room treatments to turn a corner of your home into a temple of sound.
He'll sell you a new turntable, but he's also a fan of the classics - a Garrard 401 set into a 58kg, $5000 slate plinth with a $6000 arm is on display. "It can sound as good as today's best if it's set up right."
That's not where he starts though.
"Pick the speakers first, find one you like the sound of. Then look at the pre amp and power amp, with the source last.
"If you have a reasonably good turntable on great speakers you can get an incredible sound, but an incredible turntable on average speakers and amps won't give you a good sound. "Once you get to certain level, the system is only as good as its weakest link."


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The variety of test and measurement products available today can boggle the mind. From the mundane to the exotic, these instruments can practically lead you by the hand. However, if you don't have a full understanding of the measurements you're getting, you can become confused and possibly mislead others.
Let's take a brief walk through this potential minefield and discuss some important instrument measurement and performance characteristics.
Methods of meter calculations. All digital multimeters (DMMs) are calibrated to give rms indication. However, depending on the voltage or current signal you're measuring, the different methods used in instruments to calculate rms value may yield vastly different measurements.
Let's look at the most popular types to see how they arrive at rms values.
- Peak method
Meters using this method read the peak of the measured signal and divide the result by 1.414 to obtain rms value of that signal. So, if the signal waveform is undistorted, this method gives relatively accurate measurements.
- Averaging method
With this method, a meter determines the average value of a rectified signal. For a clean sinusoidal signal, it relates to the rms value by the constant "k" (1.1). As with the peak method, it gives accurate measurements if there's no waveform distortion.
- True rms-sensing method
This method uses an rms converter that does a digital calculation of rms value. It squares the signal on a sample-by-sample basis, averages the result, and takes the square root of the result. It gives accurate measurements, regardless of waveform distortion.
Let's take a look at the accuracy of each method's calculation, based on the signal being measured. Tables 1 and 2, on page C16, and Table 3 show sine, square, and switch-mode power supply current waveforms with an rms value of 1.0 per unit (p.u.), along with the corresponding measured value for each type of meter, "per unitized" to the 1.0 p.u. value. (See "The Basics of AC Current," on page C22.)
Crest factor. The crest factor (C) of a waveform is equal to its peak amplitude divided by its rms value, or C = XPEAK ÷ XRMS. As you can see, crest factor is a dimensionless quantity. The IEEE dictionary has a somewhat different definition — one that is attributable to average reading or rms voltmeters: "The ratio of the peak voltage value that an average reading or root-mean-square voltmeter will accept without overloading to the full scale value of the range being used for measurement."
DC voltages have a crest factor of 1, since the rms and peak amplitudes are equal, and it is the same for a square wave (50% duty cycle). For an undistorted sine wave, the crest factor is 1.414. For a triangle wave, it's 1.73. Crest factors for other waveforms are shown in Table 4 (click here to see Table 4).
Crest factor is an important parameter to understand when trying to take accurate measurements of low-frequency signals. For example, given a certain digital multimeter with an AC accuracy of 0.03% (always specified for sine waves) with an additional error of 0.2% for crest factors between 1.414 and 5.0, the total error for measuring a triangular wave (crest factor = 1.73) would be 0.03% + 0.2% = 0.23%.
A "true-rms" measuring instrument typically has a crest factor performance specification, which relates to the amount of peaking this instrument can measure without error. The higher the performance number, the better the performance of the device. You'll find these specification numbers in the range of 2.0 to 7.0. A typical DMM will have a crest factor number of 3.0, which is adequate for most distribution measurements.
Total harmonic distortion. The presence of harmonic currents will distort sinusoidal waveforms. In fact, the main culprit of power distribution harmonic problems is voltage distortion. As harmonic currents pass through a power distribution system's total impedance, they create voltage distortion. This is a simple application of Ohm's Law (VH = IH × ZH), where VH is the voltage at harmonic H, IH is the current at harmonic H, and ZH is the system impedance at harmonic H. The cumulative effect of these drops at each harmonic frequency produces voltage distortion.
Total harmonic distortion (THD) indicates the amount of waveform distortion. Voltage THD (VTHD) is the root mean square of all harmonic voltage drops. Current THD (ITHD) is the root mean square of all the harmonic currents. Percent harmonic distortion is the ratio of the square root of the sums of the squares of all rms harmonic voltages and currents to the fundamental.
You can characterize harmonic distortion at any point by the frequency spectrums of the voltages and currents present. However, you should take measurements over time to determine the statistical characteristics of the harmonic components. This is where spectrum and harmonic analyzers come into play. IEEE Std. 519, IEEE Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electric Power Systems, lists current distortion limits for general distribution systems.
Meter symbology. You'll find numerous electrical symbols on your DMM or oscilloscope, many of which are internationally accepted. Table 5 lists the symbols most commonly found on DMMs, along with an explanation of each. Table 6 on page C20 does the same for oscilloscopes. Make sure you're thoroughly knowledgeable of these symbols and functions before you set out to analyze a system or pinpoint that trouble spot.
To help you better use your diagnostic test instrument, we've included the following list of commonly used (and misunderstood) terms and definitions:
AC coupling: A mode of signal transmission that passes the dynamic AC signal component to both inputs of a scope but blocks the DC component. This is useful when you want to view an AC signal that's normally riding on a DC signal.
Attenuation: The decrease in amplitude of a signal.
Bandwidth: The range of frequencies a test tool can display accurately with no more than a manufacturer-specified amount of attenuation of the original signal.
Average: A technique to obtain the average value of a repetitive signal.
BNC: A coaxial-type connector used for the inputs of your test tool.
DC coupling: A mode of signal transmission that passes both AC and DC signal components to both inputs of a test tool.
Digital storage capability: Because of the design of digital oscilloscopes, these test tools do not display signals at the moment they're acquired. Instead, digital oscilloscopes store these signals in memory and then send them to the display.
Dual trace: A feature that allows a test tool to display two separate live waveforms at the same time.
Duty cycle: The ratio of a waveform with respect to the total waveform period, usually measured in percent.
Frequency: The number of times a waveform repeats in 1 second, measured in Hertz (Hz), where 1 Hz is one cycle per second.
Maximum peak: The highest voltage value of a waveform.
Minimum peak: The lowest voltage value of a waveform.
Percentage of pulse width: The ratio of signal on-time to its total cycle time, as measured in percent.
Root mean square (rms): The conversion of AC voltages to the effective DC value.
Sampling rate: The number of samples taken from a signal every second.
Time base: The time defined per horizontal division on a test tool display, expressed in seconds per division.
Trace: The displayed waveform showing the voltage variations of the input signal as a function of time.
Trigger level: The voltage level that a waveform must reach before a test tool will read it.
Grounding terminology and measurement devices. You may have seen the terms "isolated" and "grounded" on some test and measurement devices. Perhaps you've wondered, "What's the difference?" All manufacturers use the term "isolated" (and sometimes "electrically floating") to denote a measurement where you do not connect your test tool's common (COM) to earth ground but instead to a voltage different from earth ground.
The term "grounded" is used to denote a measurement where you do connect the COM to an earth ground potential. Knowing this difference is important for your safety and the life of your test instrument.
Do not use an isolated test connection, as shown in Fig. 1, while taking measurements on an AC or DC circuit of several hundred volts to ground. Instead, use the differential 3-lead connection system, as shown in Fig. 2, for dual input measurements.
On almost all handheld scopes, you should connect the A-channel to the higher voltage (in relation to ground) and the B-channel to the other. If both test points are equal in voltage to ground, it makes no difference. Regardless, you should connect the A-channel to the signal (voltage) designated as the phase or zero-crossing reference (such as for the trigger sweep). Then, set both of your test tool's channels to the same input attenuation, AC or DC setting, and V/cm levels.
Safety and test equipment. Every manufacturer includes specific cautions and warnings to encourage safe use of its test instrument. Usually, a caution points out a condition and/or action that may damage your test tool. A warning, on the other hand, actually calls out a condition and/or action that may pose a hazard to you. Cautions and warnings are found throughout a user manual. Where absolutely necessary, you'll find them marked on the specific test tool.
Other helpful safety tips include a couple more rules of thumb. Don't exceed the working voltage of the input channel probes to ground. Check your instrument manual to find this value. Also, use available accessories to safely make differential measurements if your instrument doesn't have differential input capability or sufficient voltage rating.
Sidebar: The Basics of AC Current
The Figure shows a replication of the current waveform, which starts at zero, reaches a peak on the positive side of the zero axis, returns to zero, continues onto another peak on the negative side of this axis, and then returns to zero again. One combination positive-and-negative loop represents one cycle. In the United States, 60-Hz current goes through 60 complete sets of this loop in 1 second.
Thus, the question is, "If current reverses itself 60 times in 1 second, how can it be measured? After all, equal positive and negative values will cancel each other. The net result, then, should be zero." The answer here is obvious. You're not measuring the actual current of the sine wave. Instead, you're measuring its heating effect.
Let's expand on the concept of heating effect. When a direct current is passed through a given resistance, this current produces heat. A car cigarette lighter is a good example of this phenomenon. Now, if you pass an alternating current through this same resistance, it will also produce heat. For both direct and alternating currents, their respective heating effects are proportional to I2R. In other words, the heating effects of both types of current vary as the square of their respective currents for the specific resistance. The larger the current, the more heat will be produced in the given circuit.
As mentioned above, don't base the value of alternating current on its average; instead, base it on its heating effect. In fact, the definition of an alternating current ampere is "that current which, when flowing through a given ohmic resistance, will produce heat at the same rate as a direct current ampere."
For example, suppose you have 1A of direct current and 1A rms of alternating current. Because the magnitude of rms alternating current equals the magnitude of direct current, the former is equal in heating to the latter. If we square the alternating current by squaring each of its instantaneous values for both its positive and negative loops, we generate an I2R waveform. Because negative quantities squared are positive, the I2R wave for the negative loop of alternating current appears above the zero axis. Therefore, the average value of the I2R wave is 1A.
As previously discussed, heating varies as the square of the current (I2R). The square root of 1 is 1, so the 1A rms of effective current is equal to the square of 1A of direct current.