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State officials brace for online gambling controversy

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 02:57 AM PST

Tim Poulin hands over an after-tax check for $14,700 to a winner at the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery in Hallowell recently.

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LostWinds

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:12 PM PST

[Platform: Mobile (iOS)] Originally released as a WiiWare download back in 2008, LostWinds has finally wafted its way to the iOS device world, bringing with it the same shining visuals, imaginative gameplay, and creative use of physics, all told through the wide eyes of a young boy. LostWinds combines traditional platforming elements with a touch of wind manipulation, giving you control over more than just the main character as you explore the lush world before you!

Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 369-389: Silaphenolates and Silaphenylthiolates: Two Unexplored Unsaturated Silicon Compound Classes Influenced by Aromaticity

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Monosilicon analogs of phenolates and phenylthiolates are studied by quantum chemical calculations. Three different silaphenolates and three different silaphenylthiolates are possible; the ortho-, meta-, and para-isomers. For the silaphenolates, the meta-isomer is the thermodynamically most stable, regardless if the substituent R at Si is H, t-Bu or SiMe3. However, with R = H and SiMe3 the energy differences between the three isomers are small, whereas with R = t-Bu the meta-isomer is ~5 kcal/mol more stable than the ortho-isomer. For the silaphenylthiolates the ortho-isomer is of lowest energy, although with R = H the ortho- and meta-isomers are isoenergetic. The calculated nucleus independent chemical shifts (NICS) indicate that the silaphenolates and silaphenylthiolates are influenced by aromaticity, but they are less aromatic than the parent silabenzene. The geometries and charge distributions suggest that all silaphenolates and silaphenylthiolates to substantial degrees are described by resonance structures with an exocyclic C=O double bond and a silapentadienyl anionic segment. Indeed, they resemble the all-carbon phenolate and phenylthiolate. Silaphenylthiolates are less bond alternate and have slightly more negative NICS values than analogous silaphenolates, suggesting that this compound class is a bit more aromatic. Dimerization of the silaphenolates and silaphenylthiolates is hampered due to intramolecular Coulomb repulsion in the dimers, and silaphenolates with a moderately bulky SiMe3 group as substituent at Si should prefer the monomeric form.

Materials, Vol. 5, Pages 85-107: Acetic and Acrylic Acid Molecular Imprinted Model Silicone Hydrogel Materials for Ciprofloxacin-HCl Delivery

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

Contact lenses, as an alternative drug delivery vehicle for the eye compared to eye drops, are desirable due to potential advantages in dosing regimen, bioavailability and patient tolerance/compliance. The challenge has been to engineer and develop these materials to sustain drug delivery to the eye for a long period of time. In this study, model silicone hydrogel materials were created using a molecular imprinting strategy to deliver the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. Acetic and acrylic acid were used as the functional monomers, to interact with the ciprofloxacin template to efficiently create recognition cavities within the final polymerized material. Synthesized materials were loaded with 9.06 mM, 0.10 mM and 0.025 mM solutions of ciprofloxacin, and the release of ciprofloxacin into an artificial tear solution was monitored over time. The materials were shown to release for periods varying from 3 to 14 days, dependent on the loading solution, functional monomer concentration and functional monomer:template ratio, with materials with greater monomer:template ratio (8:1 and 16:1 imprinted) tending to release for longer periods of time. Materials with a lower monomer:template ratio (4:1 imprinted) tended to release comparatively greater amounts of ciprofloxacin into solution, but the release was somewhat shorter. The total amount of drug released from the imprinted materials was sufficient to reach levels relevant to inhibit the growth of common ocular isolates of bacteria. This work is one of the first to demonstrate the feasibility of molecular imprinting in model silicone hydrogel-type materials.

Polymers, Vol. 4, Pages 20-31: Hydrodynamic Behavior of Dendrigraft Polylysines in Water and Dimethylformamide

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

The four first generations of dendrigraft poly-L-lysine have been studied in dimethylformamide (aprotic solvent) and in 0.2 M NaCl aqueous solutions by isothermal translation diffusion, 1H NMR and viscometry methods. The relationships between diffusion coefficient, intrinsic viscosity and molar mass have been determined for dendrigraft poly-L-lysines, and the scaling index values have been compared to classical trifunctional dendrimers. Dendrimers and dendrigraft poly-L-lysines exhibited similitudes in their hydrodynamic behaviors. Nevertheless, dendrigraft poly-L-lysines displayed a specific behavior in solution. In contrast to dendrimers, a significant change of hydrodynamic dimension of dendrigraft poly-L-lysines according to the nature of the solvent has been observed. In aprotic solvent, the dendrigraft poly-L-lysine dimensions are about two times lower than in aqueous media (i.e., the hydrodynamic volume is contracted by a factor 8 in dimethylformamide), revealing the softness of dendrigraft poly-L-lysine compared to classical trifunctional dendrimers.

Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 373-390: Marine Vehicle Sensor Network Architecture and Protocol Designs for Ocean Observation

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

The micro-scale and meso-scale ocean dynamic processes which are nonlinear and have large variability, have a significant impact on the fisheries, natural resources, and marine climatology. A rapid, refined and sophisticated observation system is therefore needed in marine scientific research. The maneuverability and controllability of mobile sensor platforms make them a preferred choice to establish ocean observing networks, compared to the static sensor observing platform. In this study, marine vehicles are utilized as the nodes of mobile sensor networks for coverage sampling of a regional ocean area and ocean feature tracking. A synoptic analysis about marine vehicle dynamic control, multi vehicles mission assignment and path planning methods, and ocean feature tracking and observing techniques is given. Combined with the observation plan in the South China Sea, we provide an overview of the mobile sensor networks established with marine vehicles, and the corresponding simulation results.

Try to Survive

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:13 AM PST

The name says it all...try surviving in a hostile planet populated with vicious aliens. Use deadly weapons and upgrades to survive.

OnyX 2.4.3 - Mac OS X maintenance and optimisation tool.. (Free)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST



OnyX is a multifunctional utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Spotlight, and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.

Version 2.4.3:
  • OnyX doesn't relaunch anymore after restart or shut down
  • Deleting the Logs improved
  • Enable/disable Text Selection in Quick Look
  • Enable/disable iTunes notifications
  • Choose search option by default in Safari
  • Path Bar displayed from the Home folder or root
  • Show/hide the path of background image on the Desktop
  • Enable/disable Time Machine Local Backups
  • Translations improved
  • New version integrated 3.7.9 of sqlite3
  • Info panel improved
  • Bug corrected while rebuilding the Mail Envelope Index
  • Bug corrected while emptying the trash


Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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Phone to Mac 4.3.3.4 - Copy media from an iOS device to your Mac.. (Shareware)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST



Phone to Mac lets you easily copy, transfer or rip the music, videos and playlists from any iPod, iPhone, iPad directly into iTunes on any Mac. By decoding the iOS binary database, Phone to Mac rapidly reveals the contents of your device and then lets you choose what to do with the tracks. Play counts, ratings and the other track details are all recovered for every song transferred. The program's features also include audio and video track previews, sortable columns and more!

Version 4.3.3.4: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later
  • iTunes 8.0 or later


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Xlog 1.0.1 - Displays the Mac OS X system log on your desktop.. (Free)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:21 PM PST



Xlog displays the Mac OS X system log on your desktop. 



Many applications and processes provide valuable information and error messages through the system log. Xlog lets you see what is happening on your system as events occur. 



Whether you are a developer, QA specialist, IT manager or power user, you will find Xlog very useful. 



Xlog's features:

    

  • An unobtrusive and elegant interface, always available and out of the way 

  • Xlog can run in the background and automatically launch at user login 

  • Displays logs above other windows using a special shortcut, and lets you scroll the logs 

  • Customize the background color 

  • Change the font and text color used to display logs 

  • Select the screen on which to display logs if you have multiple screens connected to your Mac


Version 1.0.1:
  • Fixed a bug that would make the view not automtically scroll to the bottom in some situation.


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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iCompta 4.0.11 - Manage personal finances.. (Shareware)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:33 PM PST



iCompta is a simple and powerful personal finance management application. iCompta is designed to be as easy to use as possible while maintaining an array of features to help you track your money down and start saving!

Main features:

  • Multiple currencies: Each account can have its own currency and you can organize transactions by category.
  • Compatibility: iCompta lets you reconcile transactions which are on your bank reports by downloading your transactions from your bank site either with the embedded web browser or via OFX direct connect for supported financial institutions. Factory settings are even available for most financial institutions to let you setup your account quickly.
  • Budgets: You can set budgets for your accounts to track your income and expenses on a periodic basis.
  • IOU's: iCompta lets you deal with the common problem of who owes what to who when you buy things with people.
  • Synchronization: Sync your iPhone with a wireless network via Bonjour.
  • Analysis and Statistics: You can sort and filter transactions to make statistics on your incomes and expenses. You can show a graph of the balance evolution of an account and even have a forecast for the next months.
  • Rules: You can create rules to modify your transactions automically in order to be more productive.
  • Import / Export: iCompta can import / export the following formats: CSV, QIF, OFX
  • Transfers: Make funds transfers between multiple accounts.
  • Security: iCompta documents can be password encrypted.


Version 4.0.11:
  • Fix: Preview column was not updated in some cases.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Silverlight 5.0.61118.0 - Cross-platform plug-in delivers interactive applications for the Web.. (Free)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:13 PM PST



Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing Web applications. Silverlight supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS X or Windows.

Version 5.0.61118.0:
  • Improved media support
    • Low Latency Audio Playback: Use the SoundEffect API to trigger low-latency sound
    • Variable Speed Playback: allows video to be played at different speeds and supports fast-forward and rewind. At up to twice the speed, audio pitch correction allows users to watch videos while preserving a normal audio pitch.
    • H/W Decode of H.264 media: Significant performance improvements with H.264 media decoding of unprotected content
    • DRM Key Rotation/LiveTV Playback: Long-running live TV playback protected through the use of rotating licenses
    • Application-Restricted Media: Prevents playback of protected content in unauthorized applications
    

  • Improved Text support
    • Text Tracking & Leading: Exercise fine-grained control over the spacing between characters and lines in your text
    • Linked Text Containers: Create linked RichTextBlocks that allow text to flow seamlessly from one to the next
    • OpenType and Pixel Snapped Text : Improved text clarity
    • Postscript vector printing: reduces the size of print jobs and improves rendering quality of text
    • Performance improvements for Block Layout Engine.
    

  • Building next-generation business applications
    • PivotViewer -- now included in SDK. Adds support for dynamic client-based collections, XAML-based visuals, and customizability.
    • ClickCount: Add support for multi-click to your application
    • Listbox/ComboBox type-ahead text searching: Listboxes and ComboBoxes can now scroll based on text input
    • Ancestor RelativeSource Binding: Bind to a property on a parent control
    • Implicit DataTemplates: Allow DataTemplates to be defined implicitly
    • DataContextChanged event
    • Added PropertyChanged to the UpdateSourceTrigger enum
    • Save File and Open File Dialog: Specify a default filename when you launch your SaveFileDialog and specify a default directory when you launch your OpenFileDialog
    • Databinding Debugging: Set a breakpoint directly in XAML, examine locals, and debug your bindings
    • Custom Markup Extensions: Execute custom code at XAML parse time
    • Binding on Style Setters: You can now specify a binding within a style
  • Silverlight 5 performance improvements
    • Parser Performance Improvements: Improved XAML parse times for UserControls & ResourceDictionaries
    • Network Latency Improvements: Significant performance improvement in ClientHttpWebRequest scenarios
    • H/W accelerated rendering in IE9 windowless mode: Silverlight now uses the new SurfacePresenter APIs for H/W accelerated rendering in IE9 windowless mode
    • Multicore JIT: Shortens the start-up time for Silverlight apps
    • 64-bit browser support
  • Graphics improvements
    • Improved Graphics stack: The graphics stack has been re-architected to add features such as Independent Animations
    • 3D: Use the XNA API on the Windows platform to gain low-level access to the GPU and draw vertex shaders and low-level 3D primitives. Includes Render targets, XNA built-in effects, surface composition settings for depth/stencil buffers and multi-sample anti-aliasing
    

  • Silverlight 5 extends features of the "Trusted Application" model
  • Silverlight 5 extends features of the 'Trusted Application' model to the browser for the first time. These features, when enabled via a group policy registry key and an application certificate, mean users won't need to leave the browser to perform complex tasks:
    • Multiple window support: Launch multiple top-level windows inside a SL OOB application
    • Full-Trust in-browser: Using Group Policy, deploy signed in-browser applications that harness the full power of full-trust functionality
    • In-browser HTML support: Host your WebOC within an in-browser SL application
    • Unrestricted File System Access: Read from and write to any directory on your system, from a full-trust application
    • P/Invoke support : Allows existing native code to be run directly from Silverlight
    

  • Tools improvements
    • Visual Studio Team Test support.


    • Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
    • Firefox 3 or later, Safari 4 or later, or other modern browser


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iBank 4.3.2 - Intuitive personal finance manager; widget available.. (Demo)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:31 PM PST



iBank is a new standard for Mac money management.

With its intuitive user interface and a full set of money management features, iBank 4 is the most complete software available for Mac personal finance. iBank 4 lets you enter and edit your transactions with ease, download your online account data, reconcile your statements, and track your investments with versatile and robust tools.

In iBank, it's simple to split, schedule or categorize transactions. With a couple of clicks, you'll be able to create powerful, dynamic reports using iBank's flexible templates (Income & Expense, Net Worth, Forecast and more). And iBank's new envelope budgeting feature helps tailor your spending while building savings.

Version 4.3.2:

Bugs fixed

  • Autofill in import window
  • Deleting Scheduled Transactions in 4.1.2 caused iBank to crash
  • Bi-weekly loan payments miscalculated by account setup assistant
  • Memo doesn't appear when printing investment transactions
  • iBank 4.3 file (Lion) does not sync via WiFi
  • Income expense report miscalculation
  • iBank can crash when backing up
  • Report shows main transaction memo instead of split memos
  • Net Worth prior year histograms can reference dates in other years
Requests implemented
  • Ability to print a reconciliation report
  • Check number should increment from the last number entered
  • Net Worth prior year histograms should be anchored to 12/31


Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later

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ImageJ 1.46d - Scriptable Java app for scientific image processing and analysis.. (Updater)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:37 PM PST



ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It runs, either as an online applet or as a downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.1 or later virtual machine. Downloadable distributions are available for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Linux.

It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and "raw". It supports "stacks", a series of images that share a single window. It is multithreaded, so time-consuming operations such as image file reading can be performed in parallel with other operations.

It can calculate area and pixel value statistics of user-defined selections. It can measure distances and angles. It can create density histograms and line profile plots. It supports standard image processing functions such as contrast manipulation, sharpening, smoothing, edge detection and median filtering.

It does geometric transformations such as scaling, rotation and flips. Image can be zoomed up to 32:1 and down to 1:32. All analysis and processing functions are available at any magnification factor. The program supports any number of windows (images) simultaneously, limited only by available memory.

Spatial calibration is available to provide real world dimensional measurements in units such as millimeters. Density or gray scale calibration is also available.

ImageJ was designed with an open architecture that provides extensibility via Java plugins. Custom acquisition, analysis and processing plugins can be developed using ImageJ's built in editor and Java compiler. User-written plugins make it possible to solve almost any image processing or analysis problem.

ImageJ is being developed on Mac OS X using its built in editor and Java compiler, plus the BBEdit editor and the Ant build tool. The source code is freely available. The author, Wayne Rasband, is at the Research Services Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Version 1.46d:

  • Added the Plugins>New>Macro Tool and Plugins>New>Plugin Tool commands.
  • Single macro tools are now installed in the first available toolbar slot, or if no slots are free, in the last slot.
  • Added the ij.plugin.tool.PlugInTool class, which was inspired by Johannes Schindelin's AbstractTool class in Fiji (examples).
  • Added the getC(), getZ(), getT(), setC(), setZ() and setT() methods to the ImagePlus class.
  • Thanks to Norbert Vischer, fixed a bug the caused the setZCoordinate() macro function to not work as expected.
  • Thanks to Ian Lim, fixed a bug that prevented some AVI files from opening.
  • Thanks to Cheryl McCreary, fixed a bug that caused the run("Histogram","...") macro function to sometimes not work as expected.
  • Thanks to Jerome Mutterer, fixed bugs in Process>Batch>Macro and Process>Batch>Virtual Stack that caused them to fail with macro code that duplicated or opened images.
  • Thanks to Paul Jurczak, fixed a bug that caused some RGB BMP files to fail to open.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the makeText() macro function to not work if the text was too wide.
  • Fixed a regression, introduced in v1.46a, that caused measurements of spline fit freehand and traced selections to be inconsistent with earlier versions of ImageJ.
  • Wilhelm Burger fixed a bug that caused the Edit>Crop command to not correctly handle overlays.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Mercury 3.0 - Crystal structure visualisation and exploration.. (Free)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:35 PM PST

Mercury offers a comprehensive range of tools for structure visualisation and the exploration of crystal packing.

Its features include:

  • Input of hit-lists from ConQuest, or other format files such as CIF, PDB, MOL2 and MOLfile
  • A full range of structure display styles
  • The ability to measure and display distances, angles and torsion angles involving atoms, centroids and planes
  • The ability to create and display centroids, least-squares mean planes and Miller planes
  • The ability to display unit cell axes, the contents of any number of unit cells in any direction, or a slice through a crystal in any direction
  • Location and display of intermolecular and/or intramolecular hydrogen bonds, short nonbonded contacts, and user-specified types of contacts
  • The ability to build and visualise a network of intermolecular contacts
  • The ability to show extra information about the structure on display, such as the chemical diagram (if available) and the atomic coordinates
  • The ability to calculate, display and save the powder diffraction pattern for the structure on view
  • The ability to save displays



Version 3.0:
  • Ability to display only asymmetric unit, by right-clicking on the 3D view, and selecting Packing->"Asymmetric unit" [5749], [11563]
  • Ability to customise the colours of all elements [6268]


Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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PhotoSketcher 1.3.1.1 - Turn photos into an artistic pencil sketch.. (Commercial)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:17 PM PST



PhotoSketcher is a little app to effortlessly turn your digital photo into an artistic pencil sketch. Just drag and drop your photo on to PhotoSketcher window and see the magical result.

Key features:

  • Intelligent algorithm produces great result out of box, no painful tweaks needed.
  • Works on images of all sizes, large or small.
  • Save sketch in original size with print quality.
  • Copy/Paste
  • Conveniently switch between orignal and sketch display. Or even show both in a split view. (Fun tips: drag the split line and move it!)
  • Colorize with original colors.
PhotoSketcher supports JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF file formats.

Version 1.3.1.1:
  • Bug fix that saving translucent sketch sometimes fails


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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BeHealthy 2.0.0 - Reminds you to take regular work breaks.. (Free)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:16 PM PST



BeHealthy is a utility that helps you avoid eyes-related problems when working at a computer for several hours. Concentrating your eyesight on a computer screen can cause eye strain. You can prevent this by taking regular breaks during the work and look at distant objects. BeHealthy is a tool that reminds you about taking those breaks. It a very flexible utility.



Version 2.0.0:
  • New popover user interface;

  • removed unused short breaks support;

  • adapted for Mac OS X 10.7 users;

  • Growl 1.3 support;

  • added Ukrainian localization.


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

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Daily Sudoku - January 2 - Easy

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:42 PM PST

The key choices may seem unusual, but the navigation has to avoid key presses that are reserved for the browser, for example we couldn't use CTRL+1 to highlight all squares that contain a as this is opens the first window in Firefox, nor SHIFT+P as it is reserved for printing, etc.

Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot tracing of the adventure movies it borrowed from

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

David Weinberger sez, "An amazing video from StooTV shows the first 13 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark paired with identical shots from 30 different adventure movies made between 1919 and 1973. Yup, that's how culture works ... at least if we let it."

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Mobile Monday

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:45 PM PST

[Platform: Mobile (Android)] As you can probably tell, we had a bit of an elemental kick for this week's edition of Mobile Monday. Hey, sometimes you get an idea in your head, and you just run with it! Fortunately, the Android Marketplace is filled with creative (if unpolished) games that try to bend the rules a bit. And we've got a few of those below!
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