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Four Sets of Designers, Six New Typeface Families, A New Font Technology from Apple – and an Apology
U&lc Volume 19 is a feast of world-class typographic design. Each issue is a tour-de-force created by a different studio or designer. WBMG Design (Walter Bernard, Milton Glaser, and Frank Baseman) designed Volume 19, Number One. The work of Alexander Isley, Seymour Chwast and Paul Davis followed in succeeding issues.
An update to Apple's TrueType font platform was heralded in the pages of Volume 19, as akin to having a typographer living inside your computer. Maybe you've heard of the technology…
The updated TrueType platform was called "TrueTypeGX" and it allowed users the ability to automatically access a variety of typographic tools. The technology was unique in that it was integrated in Apple's operating system as well as in the fonts themselves. The "GX" part was additional tables in the "sfnt" font file format that was part of QuickDraw GX. This offered powerful extensions in two main areas. First was font morphing, (allowing fonts to be smoothly adjusted from light to bold or from narrow to extended). Second was Line Layout Manager, a technology that provided for automatic insertion of alternate characters, such as small caps, ligatures and swash letters. (Sounds a little like OpenType, doesn't it?)
Unfortunately, the lack of user-friendly tools for making TrueType GX fonts limited their development to no more than a handful of these "smart" fonts – primarily from ITC, Linotype, and Bitstream. Much of the technology in TrueTypeGX, including morphing and substitution, however, lives on as AAT (Apple Advanced Typography) in Mac OS X.
The calligraphic ITC Syndor family, from Hans Edward Meier, was announced in Volume 19, Number One. This was followed, in Volume 19, Number Two, by condensed designs to complement the earlier released ITC Lubalin Graph family. The display designs of ITC Ozwald and ITC Mona Lisa Solid, in addition to a phonetic character suite for the ITC Stone family, were announced in Volume 19, Number Three. The first of what was to become the very large – and very popular – ITC Legacy typeface family, by Ron Arnholm, was announced in Volume 19, Number Four.
Volume 19 also contained the first apology from ITC for potentially offensive content in the pages of U&lc. Can you find it?
Click the PDFs below to find out what else was in U&lc Volume Nineteen.
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Allan Haley is Director of Words & Letters at Monotype Imaging. Here he is responsible for strategic planning and creative implementation of just about everything related to typeface designs.
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7 Tips for Successful Blogging
By Michele Schermerhorn
So, you have a blog! Do you have traffic? Do you know how to build traffic to your weblog? There are seven proven methods for building readership of your blog. They start with defining the purpose, or life, of your blog. Then, after you have a blog worth promoting, driving traffic is crucial to your ongoing success at blogging.
Here are seven tips to help you build and hold an audience for your blog:
Tip #1: Provide quality content.
On the Internet, whether you are talking about websites or blogs, a lot of space is given to content. Everyone directs you to provide quality content. But, what is quality content? The quality of your blog's content is directly related to how well you have defined your ideal audience.
A successful blog is written with a distinct audience in mind. In this way, you can provide content that is unique to your audience's issues, needs, or desires. If you create content they like and wish to return to read, you have quality content.
The second issue is to stay true to your audience and tone of your blog. If people are reading your blog, it's because they like your topic and tone. Try not to stray from your typical topics and style too much. This will give your readers a reason to link back to your blog on an ongoing basis, as will posting on a regular basis.
Tip #2: Blog regularly
If you don't update your blog often enough, blog readers will move on to other blogs. There are too many blogs out there competing for attention. Blog readers will go where they can get enough of what they want.
Successful blogging takes a commitment of your time. When you begin blogging and wish to capture an audience, you should be prepared to blog every day. In this way, you can develop an audience who counts on you to help them begin or end their day.
This means you should also try to post at the same time each day. Your readers will get accustomed to your schedule and check your blog at the appropriate time. The time of day is not as crucial as the consistency in your posting.
Since you now have quality content and a regular posting schedule, it's time to drive traffic to your blog. Your readers will do a lot to promote your blog just by telling their friends. Don't count on this alone! You need to do some additional work.
When you post, make sure you set your blog to "ping" blog tracking sites every time you add a new post. Think of this as a means to get their attention. The ping says "Hey, we just added a new post". An alternative to automatically pinging from your blog is to use pingomatic.com. This is a one-stop place to automatically ping everyone you should notify of your new post and only takes a couple of minutes to accomplish.
Tip #3: Mention your blog wherever you can
Mention your blog's address in your email signature line, in forums where you post, on your business cards, on address labels and in conversations with anyone you meet. Use a tag line under your blog address to further entice them to visit. Mine reads:
Michele Schermerhorn http://www.imarketblog.com
A sassy little marketing blog
Beyond just mentioning your blog in writing and conversation, you must actively participate in the blogging community too.
Tip #4: Participate in the blogosphere
Get involved in other people's blogs. Visit blogs that interest you and are in line with the general topic of your blog. Then, leave thoughtful comments. Almost every comment option on someone else's blog will allow you to post your blog URL and your email address. Help other bloggers out with traffic and they will help you.
If a blogger really likes your site, they will add you to their blogroll. A blogroll is generally found on every blog which understands linking to the rest of the blogosphere helps drive traffic. A blogroll is a listing of other blogs. Think of it as a "recommended reading list". Don't be stingy with your blog roll either. Add those blogs that you read and enjoy to your blogroll too.
Tip #5: Think keywords when you post
Think about keywords with your use of titles, links and blog posts. Search engines, like Google and Yahoo, like keywords. The more targeted your keywords, the better the chances of your blog appearing in search results. Search results can drive that extra traffic you want.
To increase the value of the key words in your content, make certain keywords are part of the hot link in your posts. Don't use "click here" as the hot link. You will be wasting valuable real estate in your post. Instead use the relevant keywords for the hot link, like "a great marketing idea. This gives the keywords added emphasis with the search engines.
One last thought on keywords for driving traffic; if you want a real leg up in the traffic game, in your linking code add rel="tag". This helps Technorati, a major blog resource, index your blog for their directory. But don't stop there! It's time to submit your blog to blog directories.
Tip #6: Submit your blog to blog directories
In addition to submitting your blog to the major search engines, make certain you submit the blog to exclusively blog directories like blogwise, blogcatalog, or bloghub. Many people find blogs through these online directories.
When you do submit your blog to these directories, remember to add a description that will entice your targeted audience to check your blog out. For instance, when I post my blog in blog directories, under description I put "General musings, rants, advice and strategies from a battle-worn veteran of the Marketing Wars, online and off". Your description should help the potential reader understand your blogging topic and the flavor of how you write.
In addition to submitting your blog to blog directories, join a few of the free or inexpensive traffic exchange sites like blogexplosion or blogclicker.
Tip #7: Use free and inexpensive blog traffic exchange communities
There are many sites which can be termed "traffic exchange" sites for the blogging community. It won't cost you anything to sign up. At the very least, join blogexplosion, blogclicker, and blogazoo. Once you sign up, you have two options to help drive traffic to your blog. Use both of them!
The first method is to earn credits (guaranteed visitors to your site) by using the "surf member sites" function. As you surf through those sites, you will be earning credits (visitors to your blog). When you find an interesting post, leave a comment as discussed above. When you find a blogger you like, add them to your blogroll and let them know you did.
The second method to drive traffic is to purchase credits. The cost is very cheap for the traffic you will drive to your blog. The more traffic to your blog, the more customers you'll have. The more happy customers you have, the more they will tell others. The more they tell others, the more customers you get. Don't you love this dance!
In summary, blogging may not be for everyone. However, it can be a great method for bringing your unique perspective to the Internet. You will surely find others who think the same way you do. Some bloggers will entertain you, some will inform you, and some will drive you to tear your hair out. Decide what type of blogger you want to be and be the best you can. See you in the blogosphere!
Michele Schermerhorn calls herself a "Corporate Freedom Fighter" dedicated to freeing cubicle prisoners to experience their own successful online business. She has over 30 years experience in the business world and over 12 years running her own successful online businesses. She is President of Online Business Institute Inc. ( http://www.obinstitute.com), authors a sassy marketing blog ( http://www.imarketblog.com), and regularly conducts free online seminars. Online Business Institute Inc. exists to "Create Successful Online Business Owners One Person At A Time".
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The prompt for week 6 is Journals and Diaries
Do you keep a journal or diary?
How far back do they go? What do you record?
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Do you always buy the same one or vary them?
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Do you intend to pass along your journals or destroy them?
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The Guide to the Social Galaxy
I do not proclaim to be a social media guru, expert, or marketing maven. I am, like many of you, learning to use the tools through observation, success and failure, and absorption of the mass quantities of information. While my journey with Twitter began only three months ago for DrinkNectar, I have been using social media for two years for Real Estate and personal connection. There is so much great information out there for businesses to digest. Getting started can be a challenge and once you're involved, filtering the knowledge can be downright overwhelming.
Many sites are dedicated to collecting and distributing Social Media tips and information. Mashable is among the best. I highly recommend bookmarking their site and following them on Twitter for a real time stream of new information. Below are items I've bookmarked over the last few months that may be valuable, regardless of if you've been using Facebook / Twitter since they came on the scene or are just getting started.
Building the Brand:
The Difference Between Logo, Branding, Advertising, Marketing and Promotions
This great post by Rick Bakas, Director of Social Media for @StSupery Winery, helps businesses clarify each of these categories. Before launching any Social Media strategy (or any marketing strategy period), it would be beneficial to start here and identify the difference with your own brand.
Develop your Strategy:
Once you've established your brand, logo, and marketing strategy, you'll want to include Social Media as a part of that strategy. Social Media is not your strategy, it's a part of your overall brand voice. I recently asked Oregon winery Sokol Blosser about social media strategy,
"We didn't want to just jump in and hope that social media worked… we created a plan that mapped out several specific things: what kind of information we would post, the "voice" of our brand on social media, how many times a day we would post… goals, etc. Having a plan from the beginning helped us to have a clear understanding of what social media could provide for us, spared a lot of headaches and helped us to feel confident." – @sokolblosser
Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Interview with Gary Vaynerchuk
In this video Gary V talks about the four "C"s to social media strategy: Content, Community, Customer Service, and Care. Gary is enthusiastic and his passion is contagious. Check out this short video to help light the fire.
Wine Social Media: Do You Have What It Takes?
For more on strategy, I really enjoyed this post from Eric Hwang @bricksofwine. Eric's post is geared for wineries but contains great information for all businesses developing a brand, marketing and Social Media strategy.
Going to Social School:
Learning the tricks of the trade can help make Social Media tools more efficient. When you are efficient, you can be more effective. On the surface these tools look to be simple but as you'll soon find out, there are several nuances that can make using them infinitely more powerful.
Twitter Lingo for Wine Geeks (Part 1: Finding & Following)
Twitter Lingo for Wine Geeks (Part 2: #Hashtags)
The folks at @enobytes are on to a great educational series on Twitter. Parts one and two contain information that is beneficial for the 'new' user as well as the 'veteran' of Social Media. These two posts (and I'm sure there will be more) are great starting points for using and understanding Twitter.
32 Ways to Use Facebook for Business
Twitter and Facebook are two powerful Social Media tools. They are not interchangeable and a smart business will be on both and have modified strategies for using each. Tweeting your Facebook status to Twitter seems to be a major turn off to Twitter users. While Twitter is a real time stream of information for interacting and connecting with your followers, Facebook provides a landing page where fans can interact with you AND each other AND your content.
Time to Take Action:
Ok, you have your brand strategy set and you've tackled the basics of integrating Social Media into that strategy. You've take some steps to become educated on the key tools of Social Media. Now you're ready for action!
What Can Social Media Do For You and Your Winery
Barbara Evans (aka @seattlewinegal) is an excellent resource for action oriented Social Media advice. In this post she talks about six great action items that can come out of using Social Media tools.
This post is one I wrote to provide specific action that businesses can take when jumping in to the Social Media world. The post covers three high level ideas, 1) Connect with connectors, 2) Go local, 3) Don't be shy. Specific granular suggestions are given for each are.
17 Blog and Video Topics for Your Winery
I love specific ideas and suggestions. Eric Hwang shares 17 very specific ideas that can help your winery generate good content for Twitter or Facebook. Great resource for overcoming the all too common 'writers block.'
Eight Things Wine Lovers Want from Wineries on Twitter
Shannon of @michbythebottle pulls back the covers on eight very simple ways wineries should use twitter to engage the wine community and their customers. If you need some very basic steps to follow, this list will help drive your success.
Other Resources:
Social Media Do You Need a Professional?
Ten Tips to Get Re-Tweeted on Twitter
Still on the fence about Social Media? Watch this!
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Sip with Me!
A very comprehensive guide and wonderful resource; I'm truly impressed!
Shannon Casey
Fantastic resource! And thanks for including my post.
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Eric Hwang
Great stuff and I learned some things. That's one of my favorite SM videos but I wish someone would update it. So much has changed in the SM landscape since that came out.
Thanks for including my posts. Hope to have another one you might like by this weekend. Cheers my friend.


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The newly launched Mac App Store may sport a familiar, iTunes-like face. But there's still plenty to discover with Apple's new source for buying Mac software.
We asked if you had any questions about the Mac App Store and came up with a list of our own. Then, we spent Thursday diving into the Mac App Store to get some answers to those questions. Here's what we've been able to find out so far.
The basics
How do I access the Mac App Store?
It's as simple as upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6.6, an update to Snow Leopard that Apple released Thursday. Once you've installed the 10.6.6 update, you'll find an App Store icon in your Dock, right next to the Finder. (You can also access the store from the Apple menu.) That's a different approach than what Apple used with its iOS App Store, which you access through iTunes. But the layout of the Mac App Store is similar to what you've become accustomed to with Apple's retail outlet for mobile apps.
I have a Mac that's not running Snow Leopard. Can I use the Mac App Store?
No. The Mac App Store only works on Snow Leopard. Apps you download might work if you moved them to a Mac not running Snow Leopard, though. However, if you have an older PowerPC-based Mac, the apps won't work—App Store apps are all Intel-only.
Do I have to update to OS X 10.6.6 to use the Mac App Store?
Yes. As noted above, Mac OS X 10.6.6 actually enables the Mac App Store and installs the new App Store app. It's a must.
What's the average cost of apps found at the Mac App Store?
There's a lot of variability. There are free apps, of course. But then, Apple's Aperture is $80, Things and Acorn cost $50, Delicious Library sells for $40, OmniGraffle Pro will run you $200, and Distribute is listed at $700. Apple has priced its iWork apps at $20 each (twice the cost of the iPad versions), and its iLife apps at $15. Some developers have cut their prices, while others have kept them the same. It will take a while for people to figure out what the right prices for Mac Apps are in the Mac App Store.
Can I buy apps from the Mac App Store just like I buy iOS apps?
Pretty much. On your iOS device, you'd use the App Store app, and so it is on the Mac. When you want to buy something, you enter in your iTunes ID and password and, boom—it's purchased. The app downloads automatically, too, and what you bought is automatically placed in the Dock. (You can move it out later, if you want.)
If I live outside the U.S., can I buy apps from the U.S. Mac App Store?
The Mac App Store is open to pretty much every country that lets you buy stuff from Apple—90 in all. It seems like most of the international exclusion issues involving iTunes media do not exist on the Mac App Store, so you should be able to buy in your own country and get the same stuff you'd get in the U.S.
Do apps download directly to my Mac's Downloads folder or will they be added to iTunes like iOS apps?
Neither. When you buy a Mac App Store app, it's installed directly in your Applications folder and added to your Dock.
Does that mean that Mac App Store purchases have to remain in my Dock permanently?
No, once they're in your Dock they behave like any other app. You can drag them out (or control-click and deselect Options -> Keep in Dock) to banish them.
What happens when you move an app from the Applications folder after buying it on the Mac Apple Store? Will it still be recognized and updated?
You can move the app out of the Applications folder after it has been installed, and they'll run fine. We're not sure how this will affect updates, since the apps we just bought haven't required updating yet.
What happens if I install the App Store version over top of an existing version? Like Evernote, for example.
We had that exact experience. When we installed Evernote 2.0.1 from the Mac App Store, it replaced version 2.0 that was already installed on the Mac. All the saved data was preserved—no problems.
What if I lose my purchased apps because my Mac crashes or hard drive dies. Will I have to pay for them again?
No. Like iOS App Store apps, if you try to buy an app you've previously bought, the App Store realizes this and offers to let you download it again for free.
Is there a download size limit for apps sold in the store?
None that we're aware of, though of course the bigger the app, the longer the download. So developers are encouraged to keep file sizes down.
Is Apple applying content standards to the apps sold in the Mac App Store?
As with the iOS App Store, Apple is curating the Mac App Store, both for content and for technical reasons. The difference is that on the Mac, if someone's app is rejected by Apple, they can still sell it to Mac users. They just won't have the marketing engine of Apple's App Store behind them.
What are some of those restrictions? In other words, what apps won't I see in the Mac App Store?
You won't see trial, demo, or beta apps in the store. (Apple encourages developers to post those things to their company Websites.) Like the iOS App Store, Mac apps that use programming techniques not blessed by Apple won't make the cut. Neither will apps that offer their own update mechanisms or misuse the tidy Mac OS X file system. (For example, apps cannot store databases in ~/Documents.) To win Apple's approval, apps also cannot download standalone apps outside of the store, and they can't install kernel extensions.
In other words, apps like WireTap Anywhere, TotalFinder, and CandyBar are not allowed by Apple's current policies.
What are the alternatives to the Mac App Store? Will software (including demos, betas, and other non-commercial versions) still be available from traditional sources—vendor web sites, mail order, the Apple store, and so forth?
The entire Internet is an alternative to the Mac App Store. Developers do not have to make their apps exclusive on the Mac App Store. All traditional sources of Mac software remain unchanged as of January 6; there's just a new source, the Mac App Store. Presumably it will very quickly become the most important source, given Apple's backing, but the others aren't going to go away any time soon.
How does the Mac App Store software-update process mesh with the existing Apple Software Update tools?
It's a good question and we're not really sure what the answer will be. Presumably all the apps you bought in the Mac App Store will update via the App Store app itself, using the Updates tab. Some Apple-made apps like iLife and iWork currently use Apple's Software Update mechanism, it's unclear if that will continue, or if Apple will funnel all of that into the Mac App Store over time. (You may update in different places based on where you bought your software, in the short term. In the long term, the App Store app will probably be the answer.)
Can iTunes gift cards be used in the Mac App Store?
Yes. So far as we can tell, there's no wall between money you spend in one part of Apple's gigantic e-commerce empire and another part. If you've got a gift card to redeem, you can just click on Redeem in the App Store app and put in your codes, just as you would in iTunes or in the App Store app on iOS devices. Then again, we've also seen some people on Twitter report that the two stores may not be connected. We're just not sure yet.
Licenses and copy protection
Can I buy an app on one Mac for use on all my computers?
Yes, you can install apps bought from the Mac App Store on any and every Mac that you personally own and use.
What about the five-Mac restriction that I have with videos I bought from iTunes? Does that work for Apps too?
No. Apps don't check to see if you've using an iTunes-authorized Mac. They can ask you to verify your Apple ID and password, but that's a single check and it's just to verify you are who you say you are. Once your identity is verified, that's it. There's no authorizing or deauthorizing or counting of different Macs.
Does that mean I could buy one copy of an app and install it on every Mac in my business?
No, the license you agree to when you enter the Mac App Store says that app downloads are for Macs that you personally own, and that's a license for personal use. Apps that are intended for professional use are licensed for you or for a single computer used by several people. While there's no technical impediment to you installing them on multiple Macs at work, you'll be violating the license agreement. It's the same scenario as if you buy a single-user copy of iWork and install it on ten Macs at work—you can do it, but you're violating the license agreement, making the act ethically questionable.
Are there family pack licensing options in the App Store?
No, apps are purchased for and owned by a user linked to a single Apple ID. But if you log in with that ID on all the Macs in your household, you can download and install your apps on each one.
How does the Mac App Store handle volume licenses? How about educational discounts? Are those offered in the App Store, or do I have to go straight to the software vendor for that kind of discount pricing?
As far as we know, there is no volume licensing for Mac App Store apps. However, according to Ken Case at The Omni Group, educational discounts are available, but only on a volume licensing basis. For that, you'll have to contact Apple.
Is there any DRM that would prevent me from using a Mac App Store purchase on another computer?
Some apps allow you to freely copy to other Macs and they'll run without a hitch (though this seems to be a technical oversight, and not an intentional design). Other apps will require the purchaser of the app to log into the Mac App Store. When you launch such an app, a login window appears, displaying the purchaser's account name; you then have to enter that account's password. If you enter a different account, the app doesn't work.
Say I migrate to a new Mac. Will I be able to take my App Store purchases with me?
As mentioned above, when you move an app to another Mac, you might have to enter in the login information of the purchaser. If you have that info, you're all set. You can also just re-download all your apps straight from the Mac App Store (as long as they're still available) by logging in on the new Mac and checking the Purchases tab.
Existing apps
Does the App Store recognize software I already own? Will that prevent me from inadvertently buying software that's already on my Mac?
Well, the good news is that the Mac App Store can acknowledge some of the existing third-party apps that you own… provided that they are installed, of course. Instead of a button with a price, you will see a button labeled "installed," so you can't make an impulse buy upon seeing a familiar face in the store. But this doesn't work with all apps—the store is just looking for apps with the same version number and "bundle ID," a unique identifier, in all the apps installed on your Mac.
If the version of the app you have installed matches the one in the store, it will register as "installed." Some developers changed their version numbers on the apps they submitted for the store, others changed only the bundle ID but kept the version number, while a few left everything alone, which is why some apps appear as "Installed." Read on for the downside to this money-saving perk.
If I have an existing Mac application that is recognized as "Installed", does that mean I'll get updates through the Mac App Store? Will I get update notifications for apps I bought directly from developers?
Once a developer updates their app in the Mac App Store, it will no longer register as "Installed," and you will need to re-purchase it from the store in order to begin getting updates from the store. At this time, Apple offers no sort of system for transitioning an existing license you own for an app into the Mac App Store. This is partly why some generous developers have gone out of their way to offer highly discounted prices on their wares for a limited time at the store's launch. They want to give users who prefer the Mac App Store way of updating software a cheaper way of opting into the ecosystem.
What if the Mac App Store doesn't recognize my previously purchased software as installed?
You'll have to be careful not to purchase the software until you decide that you want to opt into the Mac App Store ecosystem, perhaps when there is a major new version or the developer has a fire sale. Many developers have stated that they will maintain separate, non-Mac App Store versions of their apps and update them, at least for some time, for users who cannot or do not want to buy into the Mac App Store. A few developers, though, have moved their apps exclusively into the Mac App Store, and significantly slashed their prices, at least for a limited time, to help with the transition.
How do I uninstall apps installed via Mac App Store?
The same way you uninstall most other Mac apps: open your Applications folder and drag the app to the trash.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Monday marked the first day of live batting practice for Twins pitchers and catchers, and no one was more pleased to participate than right-hander Mike Pelfrey.
Pelfrey, who had Tommy John surgery on May 1, remains ahead of schedule and threw 38 pitches in a live bullpen session against Drew Butera, Wilkin Ramirez and Chris Colabello. He estimated that he also threw about 40 more pitches off the mound to warm up.
"I forgot how much fun that was," Pelfrey said. "It had been a long time. That was my reward for busting my butt the last nine-and-a-half months. I had a blast out there and wanted to keep going. I felt great. It surprised me how well the ball was coming out of my hand."
The former Met said he's feeling good enough that he'll be on the same schedule as the rest of the pitchers in camp, and he's set to throw again on Wednesday and on Friday. He threw all of his pitches in his bullpen session -- without the use of the protective L-screen -- and was generally pleased with the exception of his slider, which he didn't throw for a strike.
Pelfrey also maintained that'll he'll be ready for the start of the season. The Twins open against the Tigers on April 1 at 3:10 p.m. CT.
"I'm going to be ready," he said. "I guess it's hard for some people to believe, maybe. But I feel great. There are some doctors who are a little more aggressive. Dr. James Andrews is that way, and that's who I went to. So I have no doubt in my mind that Opening Day, I'll be on the team."


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Aisha Hinds
The "Underground" and "Shots Fired" Interview
with Kam Williams
Hinds Finds Tubman a Spiritual Calling!
Here, Aisha talks about playing American icon Harriet Tubman on Underground, a docudrama about the Underground Railroad. The second season of Underground is set to premiere on the WGN network on March 8th. Aisha also reflects upon her role as Pastor Janae James on Shots Fired, a timely TV series debuting on the Fox network on March 22nd.
Kam Williams: Hi Aisha, thanks for the interview.
Aisha Hinds: My pleasure, Kam. I deeply appreciate this opportunity. So, thank YOU!
KW: I told my readers I'd be interviewing you, so I'll be mixing their questions in with mine.
AH: Sounds great! Delighted to talk with the readers as well as yourself.
KW: What interested you in Underground?
AH: I became an instant fan of the show seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride. I saw that this show was about to elucidate this age-old narrative in a way that was both edgy and engaging. The artistry on the show is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction, the masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line. The cherry on top was the pulsating and powerful use of music to punctuate the story.
KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier would like to know what Harriet Tubman means to you and how you prepared to play her.
AH: She is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God, as well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit. She lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy. I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find, so that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale her. However, the real truth is that her spirit is so POWERFUL that it consumes you. I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
KW: Since Patricia is from Canada, she would like to know whether any episodes will be shot on location there and if the series will explore the historical connections between the Underground Railroad and Canada?
AH: Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative and beyond, Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as "freedom." Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved. The second season of Underground does explore Canada's role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders. Though this part of history is included in the season, we did not shoot on location in Canada.
KW: Patricia was also wondering whether the show will cover less well-known aspects of Tubman's life. like the fact that she was a spy during the Civil War for the Union army, and that she collaborated with John Brown to free slaves.
AH: There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in this season pertaining to Harriet Tubman. That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
KW: How would you describe the series' main message?
AH: Each season, the series has explored a theme. This season, it is "Citizen vs. Soldier." Are we citizens watching the world and its atrocities unfold from the sidelines, or are we engaged in the battle as soldiers, taking a stand and joining the army to fight against injustice?
KW: Tell me a little about Shots Fired. Sanaa Lathan was very excited about the show, when we talked about it last fall.
AH: I share her excitement!! It was a project that, interestingly enough, provided a unique opportunity as an artist to engage in the fight against injustice, and explore the ongoing debate and dialogue surrounding who and what lives matter. The show is an autopsy of our criminal justice system, a space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
KW: The plotline sounds very timely, although it flips the script by having a black cop shooting a white teenager.
AH: Sadly, this plot is one that doesn't lack source material. It's a narrative that has been timely for a very long time. In such, when Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood began to assemble the cast, which is a rather large ensemble of very talented powerhouse players, everyone wholeheartedly signed up to stand in service of this story, knowing and understanding how important it is to exhaust and explore its many facets.
KW: What's it like playing a pastor and what role does your character play in terms of keeping the peace?
AH: It was such a delight to express a part of myself that has long been reserved for my own sacred journey through life-spirituality. Digging into the depths of my heart to widen its capacity and unpack what it would mean to carry the burden for an entire congregation and community that looks to you for answers and guidance during trying times was both a joy and a revelation. Pastors carry a tremendous responsibility. Pastor Janae is a lifelong Gate Station resident, a community activist, and a powerful pastor vested in the lives which have been entrusted to her by way of The Chosen House, her small neighborhood church. Throughout the 10-hour event series, she finds herself in positions that challenge the government, expose deeply-rooted conflicts, and contemplates effective methods for her community to resist in the face of blatant injustice. Her journey also demands she take an autopsy of her own humanity, examining what she is driven by and what she cares about ultimately.
KW: AALBC.com founder Troy Johnson asks: What was the last book you read?
KW: Ling-Ju Yen asks: What is your earliest childhood memory?
AH: One that comes to mind was being double-parked outside of my grandmother's house in East New York, Brooklyn while my mom ran inside for a moment, and I moved the gear on the car from PARK to DRIVE… and the car started to move. I was so scared. I was way too little to know how to drive, and so I quickly threw the gear back into park and the car stopped moving, thankfully. This was back in the day when the gears were controlled by the stick that was next to the steering wheel as opposed to in a center console area like most modern cars. Needless to say, my mother let me have it.
KW: The Morris Chestnut question: Was there any particular moment in your childhood that inspired you to become the person you are today?
AH: Yes, one of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen. I felt validated and valued, and here was this woman inside my television screen who gave me a voice. It didn't immediately register with me that this was what I would eventually be doing with my life for today's generation. It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoopi. I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
KW: Who loved you unconditionally during your formative years?
AH: My Granny.
KW: Was there a meaningful spiritual component to your childhood?
AH: Definitely! I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon. I am indebted to them always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?
AH: Stuffed snapper.
KW: Craig Robinson asks: What was your last dream?
AH: Tuh, that is based on the assumption that there's actually time to sleep these days. We're living in a time where we all got to STAY WOKE!
KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
AH: An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose, the dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?
AH: A just world.
KW: The Sanaa Lathan question: What excites you?
AH: My nephew's laughter!
KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?
AH: None that I can honestly think of right now, which means the folks have asked some great questions thus far in my lifetime.
KW: The Uduak Oduok question: Who is your favorite clothes designer?
AH: Does this come with a free shipment of clothing from them?! I got questions about your questions!
KW: Harriet Pakula-Teweles asks: With so many classic films being redone, is there a remake you'd like to star in?
AH: Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original. But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I'd love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
KW: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?
AH: Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we've completed any course of study… and approach the work as a servant, not a star.
KW: The Tavis Smiley question: How do you want to be remembered?
AH: As a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
KW: Finally, what's in your wallet?
AH: Here you go! I got more questions about your questions. [LOL] Is someone volunteering to put something IN it, if it's empty, or naw?
KW: Thanks again for the time, Aisha, and best of luck with both TV-series.
AH: I appreciate you taking the time to give me a space to discuss the work and the journey to and within it. Thank you so very much, Kam.
To see a trailer for Underground, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCjINoMFpxc
To see a trailer for Shots Fired, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9qDc_1ub0


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The United States of America the United Kingdom are among countries providing aid to Dominica.
The United States Embassy in Barbados said USAID is in the process of providing humanitarian assistance totaling USD$50,000 for the immediate supply of storm-related disaster relief supplies. Working through the Dominica Red Cross, USAID will provide essential relief items to citizens in nine hard-hit areas identified by the government of Dominica.
USAID/OFDA has deployed a four-member assessment team to provide initial damage assessments and needs analysis.
The team is expected to be joined by Regional Advisor John Kimbrough, and Disaster Response and Management Specialist, Audrey Mullings, who will provide on-island coordination of the United States Government's disaster response efforts, including helicopter reconnaissance
Additionally the UK Department of International Aid said a British ship is sailing to Dominica with relief supplies.
The Department said the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay has been rerouted to assist humanitarian relief efforts here.
The British ship is carrying a range of disaster relief stores including bedding, shelter, torches and stretchers, as well as a Lynx Mk 8 helicopter and considerable supplies of fresh water.
RFA Lyme Bay is stationed in the Caribbean and as part of its primary task, acts as a first responder in the event of a disaster in the region.
British Member of Parliament Justine Greening said, "It is clear that Dominica has borne the brunt of this storm, with a number of deaths already confirmed and hundreds of people made homeless. Roads, bridges and health clinics have been affected and large parts of the island are without water and electricity. Part of RFA Lyme Bay's tasking is to respond to just this sort of emergency and the ship is already en route to assist with relief efforts. As well as essential supplies and helicopter support, the ship can also provide vital expertise to help clean-up operations and recovery efforts."
Victoria Dean, British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said: "We've been very saddened in the UK to see the devastation that this tropical storm has had on Dominica. The UK Government is working hard to offer the very best support we can. Our Department for International Development (DFID) has already committed £300,000 in immediate humanitarian aid and I'm very pleased that a British Government ship, RFA Lyme Bay, is on its way now to Dominica with further emergency supplies and expertise. Our thoughts and prayers are with all Dominicans."


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The earthquake activity at Mount St. Helens had built to a crescendo. When a volcano shakes this hard, it almost always spells trouble: magma rising, an eruption imminent. You can't know exactly what they are going to do, and when, and to what degree. But you suspect. You prepare as best you can.
On March 27th, the USGS issued a Hazards Watch, informing public officials of the dangers St. Helens might pose. After a week of increasing shakes, there was little doubt in any scientist's mind that "something dramatic" was about to happen. By 11:20am Pacific Standard Time, something dramatic had.
It must have been eerie for the observer in the Army National Guard plane who first saw the gaping hole in her formerly-pristine summit. A dark gray streak of ash stained the snow, following the winds to the southeast. The deep snow had cracked. She was awake. And it wouldn't be long before she let folks know she was feeling feisty.
At 12:36pm, a boom echoed through the wilderness near the volcano. Portland reporter Mike Beard, flying above her, saw ash roiling "like smoke out of a chimney" through the clouds.
When volcanoes erupt, many people think lava. Lots of lava. And that is true for some volcanoes, like the lovely shields that make Hawaii such an interesting place to live. But a volcano like St. Helens doesn't start with lava. She begins by clearing her throat, so to speak, gargling a bit, putting on a small performance before the main event. In her case, thick, sticky dacite, a type of magma rather rich in silica, was making its laborious way up toward the surface. Dacite has a tendency to form domes. It also has a distressing tendency to blow up. But the rising dacite hadn't reached the surface just yet: it had just gotten close enough that its heat flashed water to steam. The result was a phreatic (steam) eruption, strong enough to break and pulverize summit rock and blow a hole in the top. Steam and ash gave Mike Beard a jolly good show, and made a racket. But no lava. Not yet.
Still. The phreatic eruptions caused some pretty dramatic changes.
Three days before, all had been serene snowfields. Cascades volcanoes tend to look like ice cream cones, with their steep rounded shapes and their deep white coats. Mount St. Helens, for all the seismic excitement, was still a perfect example of the type.
Nothing would ever be the same again.
Compare the two photos above. They're the same area. They hardly look it.
The afternoon that had started with a bang continued on a sustained dramatic note. At 2:00pm, seismologists at the University of Washington watched their equipment register a hefty magnitude 4.7 earthquake, the second-strongest of the swarm. They couldn't see events on the mountain, but others witnessed a gigantic black plume unfurling to a respectable 2,134 meters (7,000 feet). Earthquakes during the eruption happened at such a frequency that seismologists had trouble telling them apart on the graphs. David Gibney, an aerial spotter for the United States Forest Service, saw fractures open and close, the north flank break and rise, as he flew over in the hours after that first eruption. Think of that: a mountain, hurling ash and steam, cracking and breaking beneath your gaze. Something dramatic, indeed.
At the end of that opening sequence, Mount St. Helens sported a crater 61-76 meters (200-250 feet) across nestled within the old, ice-choked summit crater. The summit had been cracked like an egg, split open by an eastward-trending fracture that slashed her flanks from northwest to northeast, a gash measuring nearly 1524 meters (5,000 feet) in length. Other fractures ran alongside it. They defined the south side of an uplifted block, possibly already pushing outward, on her north flank.
The Bulge had been born.
Previous: Prelude to a Catastrophe: "The Unusual Character of the Seismic Activity Became Clear."
Next: Prelude to a Catastrophe: "Pale-blue Flames."
Klimasauskas, E. and Topinka, L. (2000-2010): Mount St. Helens, Washington, Precursors to the May 18, 1980 Eruption. Cascades Volcano Observatory website, USGS (last accessed June 13th, 2012).
Korsec, M.A., Rigby, J.G., and Stoffel, K.L. (1980): The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington. Department of Natural Resources Information Circular 71. (PDF)
Lipman, Peter W., and Mullineaux, Donal R., Editors (1981): The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1250.


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THE 206 Intermediate Acting
The process of acting, its history, theory, and practice, are examined through classroom exercises, text analysis, and scoring. Students will explore various problems in acting styles and perform scenes from the extant works of Greek tragedy, Renaissance drama, commedia dell'arte, Neoclassical comedy, and modern and contemporary drama. This course is offered in the spring semester.
Prerequisite: Theater 105 or consent of instructor.
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Ending with that quote I had given a 'time management' presentation to my class back in university. I have always been the organized kind of person, having my daily to-do lists, planning my day and the week; it's a different question whether I finally get everything done or not. But I liked having a schedule, however tentative it may be. And if I didn't find a certain kind of organizer, diary, or calendar of my choice – I made it. I actually do that with anything – when I don't find what I want, I make it if I can. My calendar is one of them.
|(a picture from Sept 2009)
|(here, pencil is better than pen, you know why?)
And may be this month on I'll start making sad faces on it again, especially writing "he's not buying me a KitchenAid Stand Mixer :( :( " all over – who knows when miracles may happen.


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Tax Hikes At Center Of Fiscal Cliff Talks
Orrin Hatch argues against raising rates on top earners
Massachusetts Offers Tuition Break To Illegals
Hobby Lobby Loses Bid To Block Obamacare
Federal Judge Nixes Nativity Displays In Santa Monica
NJ State Senator Introduces Early Voting Law
NYPD Officer Pleads Not Guilty To Cannibalism Charges
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Evidence now implicates top BP executives as well as its partners Chevron and Exxon and the Bush Administration in the deadly cover-up—which included falsifying a report to the Securities Exchange Commission.
Yesterday, Ecowatch.org revealed that, in September 2008, nearly two years before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP rig had blown out in the Caspian Sea—which BP concealed from U.S. regulators and Congress.
Had BP, Chevron, Exxon or the Bush State Department revealed the facts of the earlier blow-out, it is likely that the Deepwater Horizon disaster would have been prevented.
Days after the Deepwater Horizon blow-out, a message came in to our offices in New York from an industry insider floating on a ship in the Caspian Sea. He stated there had been a blow-out, just like the one in the Gulf, and BP had covered it up.
To confirm this shocking accusation, I flew with my team to the Islamic republic of Azerbaijan. Outside the capital, Baku, near the giant BP terminal, we found workers, though too frightened to give their names, who did confirm that they were evacuated from the BP offshore platform as it filled with explosive methane gas.
Before we could get them on camera, my crew and I were arrested and the witnesses disappeared.
Expelled from Azerbaijan, we still obtained the ultimate corroboration: a secret cable from the U.S. Embassy to the State Department in Washington laying out the whole story of the 2008 Caspian blow-out.
The source of the cable, classified "SECRET," was a disaffected U.S. soldier, Private Bradley Manning who, through WikiLeaks.org, provided hot smoking guns to The Guardian.
The information found in the U.S. embassy cables is a block-buster.
The cables confirmed what BP will not admit to this day: there was a serious blow-out and its cause was the same as in the Gulf disaster two years later—the cement ("mud") used to cap the well had failed.
Bill Schrader, President of BP-Azerbaijan, revealed the truth to our embassy about the Caspian disaster:
"Schrader said that the September 17shutdown of the Central Azeri (CA) platform…was the largest such emergency evacuation in BP's history. Given the explosive potential, BP was quite fortunate to have been able to evacuate everyone safely and to prevent any gas ignition. … Due to the blowout of a gas-injection well there was 'a lot of mud' on the platform."
From other sources, we discovered the cement which failed had been mixed with nitrogen as a way to speed up drying, a risky process that was repeated on the Deepwater Horizon.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance and senior attorney for Natural Resources Defense Council, calls the concealment of this information, "criminal. We have laws that make it illegal to hide this."
The cables also reveal that BP's oil-company partners knew about the blow-out but they too concealed the information from Congress, regulators and the Securities Exchange Commission. BP's major U.S. partners in the Caspian Sea drilling operation were Chevron and Exxon.
The State Department got involved in the matter because BP's U.S. partners and the Azerbaijani government were losing more than $50 million per day due to the platform's shutdown. The Embassy cabled Washington:
"BP's ACG partners are similarly upset with BP's performance in this episode, as they claim BP has sought to limit information flow about this event even to its ACG partners."
Kennedy is concerned about the silent collusion of Chevron, Exxon and the Azerbaijani government. "The only reason the public doesn't know about it is because the Azerbaijani government conspired with them to disappear the people who saw it happen and then to act in concert, in collusion, in cahoots with BP, with Exxon, with Chevron to conceal this event from the American public."
Kennedy's particular concern goes to the connivance of the State Department, then headed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in the cover-up and deception. Chevron, noted Kennedy, named an oil tanker after Rice who had served on the oil company's board of directors. "BP felt comfortable—and Chevron and Exxon—in informing the Bush State Department, which was run by Condoleezza Rice," he said, "and they felt comfortable that that wasn't going to come out."
The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission requires companies to report "material" events. BP filed a "20-F" report in 2009 stating, "a subsurface gas release occurred below the Central Azeri platform," suggesting a naturally occurring crack in the seafloor, not a blow-out. This contradicted the statements of three eyewitnesses and the secret statement of BP's Azerbaijan President in then WikiLeaks cable.
"The three big actors, Chevron, Exxon and BP all concealed this from the American public," concludes Kennedy. "This is a criminal activity."
And why would the Azerbaijan government cover up a disaster costing it $40 million to $50 million a day? According to another insider, Les Abrahams, it has to do with at least $75 million in bribes that he paid to Azeri officials in Baku.
Abrahams was a BP executive in Baku in the 1990s working simultaneously, at BP's insistence, with MI6, British intelligence. We met with Abrahams in London who told us he was joined in his payoff runs by BP's CEO and Chairman Lord Browne who insisted on handing over a "sweetener" himself.
BP refused to be interviewed for this investigation, but did answer our questions in writing. The company will neither confirm nor deny the 2008 Caspian Sea blow-out. As to the failure to tell Congress and US regulators and the SEC about the blow-out, BP states only that it informed the government and regulators of Azerbaijan. However, the company does implicate its partners (Chevron and Exxon). BP states it, "shared the facts of its investigation with the Azerbaijan government, regulators, partners and within BP."
In response to further questions, BP does not deny the payment of bribes to Azerbaijan officials by company executives. It should be noted that at the time, that, unlike under U.S. law, Britain had not made bribery of foreign officials a crime.
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Office of the Provost
The Office of the Provost works collaboratively with the Office of the Executive Vice Provost and the Office for Student Affairs to ensure academic and student success. The Executive Vice President and Provost serves as the Chief Academic Officer of Oregon Health & Science University. In conjunction with the President and in cooperation with the faculty, the Provost is the primary leader of the academic mission of the University and has responsibility for providing vision, creating strategies, prioritizing resources, and ensuring the quality of that mission.
The Provost reports directly to the President, and along with the other members of the President's Executive Leadership Team, provides the overarching vision and strategic leadership for all the missions of Oregon Health & Science University.
Oversees the following areas of service
College of Pharmacy
The College of Pharmacy program in conjunction with Oregon State University offers the Doctor of Pharmacy degree that allows you to work as a pharmacist anywhere in the United States, whether it be advising other healthcare professionals, working in regional districts for nationwide retail, assisting with relief response or owning a private pharmacy.
Global Health Center
The Global Health Center is a university-wide program that promotes interdisciplinary global health education, research, service and advocacy to reduce the burden of illness and injury at home and abroad.
Interprofessional Education
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Eli Friedman has landed his "units patch" (bug 177805).
This was a monumental effort spanning two years from posting the first patch to finally landing. The original design was proposed (by me, as it happens) back in 2002. Congratulations to Eli for pushing this through to resolution.
This patch is a major cleanup of the way we work with length units in Gecko. The new design is very clean and gives us some important new capabilities. The design revolves around CSS pixels. Think of a CSS pixel as 1/96 of an inch, rounded to the nearest device pixel, assuming the user is looking at a typical desktop screen. It's an abstract measurement that we use to make sure Web sites using measurements in "px" look reasonable. In particular, if the user has a (say) 200dpi screen, we don't want to set one CSS pixel to be one device pixel (as we currently do), because Web pages will simply look too small.
The new design focuses on three clearly defined quantities:
- The number of "application units" per CSS pixel. We make the "application units" we use for internal layout smaller than CSS pixels because we want to support subpixel positioning of elements. This value is device-independent and currently set to 60.
- The number of device pixels per CSS pixel. This is device dependent and depends on the device DPI. For devices up to 144 DPI, the value is 1. For 144 up to 240 DPI, the value is 2, and so on, increasing by 1 every 96 DPI. This means that effectively on a 144-240 DPI device, everything is specified by CSS pixels is scaled up by a factor of 2.
- The number of device pixels per inch. This is just the device DPI. This value is used to convert CSS length-based measurements (e.g., CSS "in" units) to device pixels and then to application units.
The net results are that if you have a high DPI screen, trunk builds will be scaling everything up by a factor of two or more, including Firefox UI. This is basically a good thing except that for now, there are some bugs that make it hard to use. If you can't bear it, you can use about:config to set the preference "layout.css.dpi" to something like 100 to turn the scaling off. (For a good time, you can use this preference to test the scaling feature if you have only a regular screen.)
Also, whatever your DPI, we now support much better matching of CSS physical length values to your actual device. If you draw a 1in x 1in box on the screen, it should really be a square inch if your system DPI is set correctly or you set the preference in Firefox. Up until now it has been a rather poor approximation.
Another benefit of this patch, by the way, is that scaling in printing and print preview has been reimplemented so that you can use any scale factor you like. Up until now only we've only been able to scale at certain mysterious predefined ratios.
This is not the end of the story about scaling, however. User-controlled zooming into Web pages is a separate feature that we will implement for Firefox 3.
For people working with Gecko layout code, this means that the old pixels-to-twips (and back again) conversions have been replaced with new conversion functions in nsPresContext, that convert between application units, CSS pixels and device pixels. Whenever you work with pixels you need to know which sort of pixels you're dealing with. In lower level code without access to an nsPresContext, you can get similar information from an nsIDeviceContext. Note that because the application units to CSS pixels ratio is device independent, you can access it via static methods of nsPresContext and nsIDeviceContext.