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Hi folks:
February 8th is a busy day. We are all invited to attend the opening of the Mac Lab called “The Hub” at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Huntsville. In the evening we will have our regular Mac User Group meeting. Meg and Brian will make a report on the Hub. Meg provide an update to the proposal she presented at the last meeting. We have have a good look (as much as we can without actually having one to hold) at the iPad. And anything else that you bright and enthusiastic Muskoka Mac Users have to share. Here is the invitation from Jez. I will bring some video footage when I make my report.
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Further to Brian’s entry about Internet I received this today from Tony Clement. The nub is:
“Access to the Internet is a key issue for Canadians. Industry Canada
continues to monitor domestic and international developments to ensure
that our legislative and regulatory frameworks remain effective.”
In its entirety:
Thank you for your email providing your views on the Canadian
Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision on Internet
traffic management practices (ITMPs).
As you are aware, on October 21, 2009, the CRTC issued Telecom Regulatory
Policy 2009-657, which establishes a framework for analysis that guides
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in their use of ITMPs. The framework
allows the Commission to determine whether or not specific ITMPs are in
compliance with subsection 27(2) of the Telecommunications Act, which
prohibits unjust discrimination and undue preference.
The CRTC, of its own motion or upon the receipt of a credible complaint,
can review ITMPs using the established framework. This manner of
proceeding is frequently referred to as an ex post (i.e.,
complaints-based) regulatory approach. The burden of establishing that an
ITMP discriminates or results in a preference or disadvantage is on the
complainant. However, ISPs must demonstrate that any such discrimination,
preference, or disadvantage is not unjust, undue, or unreasonable in their
response to complaints, and explain why their ITMPs meet the requirements
of the framework. Information on how to file a complaint with the CRTC
can be found on its website at
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/rapidsccm/register.asp?lang=e.
Access to the Internet is a key issue for Canadians. Industry Canada
continues to monitor domestic and international developments to ensure
that our legislative and regulatory frameworks remain effective.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write. I trust that you will
find this information helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Tony Clement
Bill Rathbun
New Year Greetings to all!
Our first meeting of the year is coming up. Everyone is invited to share iLife projects that they have created recently. Meg will present the tips that she was going to present at the Christmas meeting. We can learn so much from one another. Also, Meg has an important proposal to make regarding the future of the group. Hope to see you all there–7:30 p.m.–in the Digital Life Centre at macs@work. Don’t forget to bring a chair.
Many of you have sent your regrets and after being out in the weather running errands I am taking the initiative and cancelling the meeting. It would have been fun but no point in suffering to get here. We’ll see one another in the new year and in meantime, I will post a summary of what I was going to present.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!
Meg
P.S. If any of you are looking for something meaningful to do with others on Sunday Dec 20th at 6:30 pm. check out this link
This is our last meeting of the year. Meg will make a short presentation based on iLife ‘09 with a view to putting together some quick last minute gifts using some of the new features of iLife ‘09. Meg also has a proposal for the new year–something a little different to spice things up! Come ready for some useful tips, some food for thought and some good conversation. Hope to see you all there. By then we should be into full swing of Muskoka winter survival mode!! Refreshments will be served.
7:30 at the Digital Life Centre of macs@work. Come ready to tell us about your Mac Christmas project!
I have just gone though a satisfactory — if tedious — two-hour session with an Apple Tech in California.
My problem: I had just completed my annual Christmas newsletter in iWeb 09. The composition of text, photos, colour panels and sound went like clock work. I published to my Apple MobileMe account. Worked a couple of times like a charm. Now I was ready to send to about 125 people in my Address Book. It crashed.
Meg of Macs@Work did some research and fund that the crash: “iWeb quit unexpectedly while using the SFWordProcessing plugin” was a frequently-reported problem. She recommended I call Apple Canada’s tech support. In turn, they transferred me to the Apple Techs in California for an all-afternoon session.
I gather this occurs often enough that the tech wanted his engineering geniuses to look at it and try to find out why crashes occurred. He felt at one point that it would require sending my desktop back to Apple for adjustments.
But he did get me back on track.
Whether the root problem in iWeb 09 was corrected, he did have me clean out my copy of iWeb 08 which was still in the computer. I do not know why I retained ‘08 when I installed iWeb 09 (as part of iLife 09) but I have a recollection I was either told or read that some feature of ‘08 were still necessary. The tech said that the ‘09 upgraded everything and replaced ‘08. We also did a reinstall of iWeb 09.
Therefore, if you still have any part of iWeb 08 or earlier lurking about, it should be eliminated when iWeb ‘09 is installed. Take it out!
My problem was that ’08 corrupted one of nine pages and caused the freeze.
It now works like it is supposed to do.
Bill Rathbun
MMUG Member
Updated Feb 2010
Part or all of this problem seems to revolve around font issues. See this link for more details, but the short version seems to be disable or delete the Hoefler Text font, and any other duplicate fonts you may have. Click on that link for more info.
Yes, it’s happening. We now have colour data projection. Turned out to be a faulty VGA cable. See you there!
Tony Clement is our local MP, and directly involved in the Net Neutrality issue.
As residents of Muskoka we might have a little more ‘pull’ on this one.
Please, if you believe in Net Neutrality – visit this link
http://saveournet.ca/TonyClement
Read the article, and if you agree click on the TAKE ACTION NOW link.
That will bring you to convenient pre-done letter you can email Tony Clement as well as Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and the Prime Minister.
Be sure to click on the ‘click here to take action as another user’ link on the right.
Then the letter will actually have your name and number etc.
It only takes a minute – Please consider adding your voice.