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I've worked with a lot of organizations switching between Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions in my career. And I've seen the migration projects go both really, really well, and really, really poorly. In most cases, the migration is somewhat painful no matter what you do. But in this (my first) article on the JAMF blog, I try and organize my thoughts around a few things to look out for when migrating between MDMs/MAMs, and some context/experience around those.
krypted June 23rd, 2016
Posted In: Articles and Books, iPhone, JAMF, Mac OS X
Under the hood on iOS is a hard place to get; especially without bricking or jailbreaking a device. There are a few tools that can provide insight into what's on a device, and about the device, though. One is an app called SysSecInfo, available at https://www.sektioneins.de/en/blog/16-05-09-system-and-security-info.html.
Once installed, you'll see how much CPU and memory are in use, and not in use, on your device.
Scroll down and tap on Process List to see a list of each process running on the device.
Tap Details towards the bottom of the screen to see more information about the OS build running on the device.
Overall, a handle little tool, with lots of information about devices, including how to derive whether the device has been jailbroken (although note that for each method of jailbreak detection, there's a method for defeating detection).
krypted June 8th, 2016
Posted In: iPhone
Tags: App Store, devices, jailbreak detection, syssecinfo
As with many a wearable that tracks movement, running and the such, the Apple Watch comes with… Badges. Wait, no, they're called Trophies. No, crap, sorry, they're called Achievements. You could just call them gamification incentives. Either way, they're nice, they're modern, and to me they're a little bit more meaningful than some of the others that I've seen out there. As with the Fitbit, there aren't a ton of Achievements to be had (for example, as compared to the Fuelband, which has dozens and dozens of them).
There is a unique twist with the Apple Watch Achievements in that many are deferred until you've used the device for a few days, a few workouts or a few weeks. This way, you get a little bit of a baseline before you start breaking your own records. One of the smarter innovations, albeit a minor one – shows how much thought was put into minor details on these devices. Another interesting twist is that it primarily uses active calories, rather than just looking at all calories expended. Another twist I like a lot.
So here's how they work. Use the Activity app on the watch to track your progress.
When you hit an achievement, the watch tells you.
Use the Activity app on your iPhone to see the status of your achievements. Pretty simple.
Here's a list of all of them, straight out of the Activity app:
I'll make this into a page accessible in a nav bar, available at here. I also have lists of FitBit and Nike badges, if you'd like to see how the three platforms stack up.
krypted May 10th, 2015
Posted In: Apple Watch, Wearable Technology
Tags: achievements, apple watch, badges, devices, Nike Fuelband, trophies
New in Lion Server, Profile Manager is the most substantial new service added to Mac OS X Server in recent memory. A lot of engineering has gone into it since the introduction in 10.7.0 and in 10.7.3, Profile Manager represents a service that is ready for actual deployments. I have written a number of articles about Profile Manager, but they all revolved around working with Profile Manager once the service is setup and configured. Therefore, I have decided to document the steps used to take a system out of the box and configure it for Profile Manager.
Before we get started, let's prep the system for the service. This starts with configuring a static IP address and properly configuring a host name for the server. In this example, the IP address will be 192.168.210.75 and the hostname will be mdm.pretendco.com. We'll also be using a self-signed certificate, although it's easy enough to generate a CSR and install it ahead of time. For the purposes of this example, we have installed Server from the App Store (and done nothing else with Server except open it the first time so it downloads all of its components from the web) and configured the static IP address using the Network System Preferences. Next, we'll set the hostname using scutil.
sudo scutil --set HostName mdm.pretendco.com
Then the ComputerName:
sudo scutil --set ComputerName mdm.pretendco.com
And finally, the LocalHostName:
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName mdm
Now check changeip:
sudo changeip -checkhostname
The changeip command should output something similar to the following:
Primary address = 192.168.210.75
Current HostName = mdm.pretendco.com
DNS HostName = mdm.pretendco.com
The names match. There is nothing to change.
dirserv:success = "success"
Provided the IP address and hostname are correct, then if you don't see the success and that the names match, you might have some DNS work to do next, according to whether you will be hosting DNS on this server as well. If you will be hosting your own DNS on the Profile Manager server, then the server's DNS setting should be set to the IP address of the Server. I have downloaded and installed the Server Admin Tools and then opened Server Admin, connected to the server and configured just the mdm server as a single record in the pretendco.com zone:
Provided your DNS looks just like this (your host name not mine) then changeip should work. If you're hosting DNS on an Active Directory integrated DNS server or some other box then just make sure you have a forward and reverse record for the hostname/IP in question.
Now let's open the Server app from the Applications directory. Here, use the Next Steps drawer at the bottom and verify that the Configure Network section reads that "Your network is configured properly" as can be seen here:
Profile Manager is built atop the web service, APNS and Open Directory. Therefore, let's close the Next Steps drawer, click on the Web service and just hit start. We're not going to configure anything else with this service in this article so as not to accidentally break Profile Manager. Do not click on anything while waiting for the service to start. While the indicator light can go away early, note that the Web service isn't fully started until the path to the default website is shown instead of /var/empty (the correct entry, as seen here, should be /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default). If you touch anything too early then you're gonna' mess something up, so while I know it's difficult to do so, be patient (honestly, it takes less than a minute, wait for it, wait for it, there!).
Once the Web service is started and good, click on the View Server Web Site link at the bottom and verify that the Welcome to Lion Server page loads.
Provided the Welcome to Lion Server page loads, click on the Profile Manager service. Here, click on the Configure button.
At the first screen of the Configure Device Management assistant, click on Next.
At the Configure Network Users and Groups screen, click on Next.
At the Directory Administrator screen, provide the username and password you'd like the Open Directory administrative account to have (note, this is going to be an Open Directory Master, so this example diradmin account will be used to authenticate to Workgroup Manager if we want to make changes to the Open Directory users, groups, computers or computer groups from there). Once you're done entering the correct information, click Next.
At the Organization Information screen, enter your information (e.g. name of Organization and administrator's email address). Keep in mind that this information will be in your certificate (and your CSR if you submit that for a non-self-signed certificate) that is used to protect both Profile Manager and Open Directory communications. Click Next.
At the Confirm Settings screen, make sure the information that will be used to configure Open Directory is setup correctly. Then click Set Up (as I've put a nifty red circle next to – although it probably doesn't help you find it if it's the only button, right?).
The Open Directory master is then created. Even if you're tying this thing into something like Active Directory, this is going to be a necessary step. Once Open Directory is setup you will be prompted to provide an SSL Certificate.
This can be the certificate provided when Open Directory is initially configured, which is self-signed, or you can select a certificate that you have installed using a CSR from a 3rd party provider. At this point, if you're using a 3rd party Code Signing certificate you will want to have installed it as well. Choose a certificate from the Certificate: drop-down list and then click on Next.
If using a self-signed certificate you will be prompted that the certificate isn't signed by a 3rd party. Click Next if this is satisfactory.
You will then be prompted to enter the credentials for an Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) certificate. This can be any valid AppleID. It is best to use an institutional AppleID (e.g. firstname.lastname@example.com) rather than a private one (e.g. email@example.com). Once you have entered a valid AppleID username and password, click Next.
Provided everything is working, you'll then be prompted that the system meets the Profile Manager requirements. Click on the Finish button to complete the assistant.
When the assistant closes, you will be back at the Profile Manager screen in the Server application. Here, check the box for Sign Configuration Profiles.
The Code Signing Certificate screen then appears. Here, choose the certificate from the Certificate field.
Unless you're using a 3rd party certificate there should only be one certificate in the list. Choose it and then click on OK. If you are using a 3rd party certificate then you can import it here, using the Import… selection.
Now that everything you need is in place, click on the ON button to start the service and wait for it to finish starting.
Once started, click on the Open Profile Manager link and the login page will open. Adminsitrators can login to Profile Manager to setup profiles and manage devices.
The URL for this (for mdm.pretendco.com) is https://mdm.pretendco.com/profilemanager. Use the Everyone profile to automatically configure profiles for services installed on the server if you want them deployed to all users. Use custom created profiles for everything else.
To enroll devices for management, use the URL https://mdm.pretendco.com/MyDevices (replacing the hostname with your own). Click on the Profiles tab to
From Profiles, you'll need to install a Trust profile in order for the client to enroll. Tap or click on the Install button for the Trust Profile and complete the installation process.
Click back on the Devices tab. From here, click or tap on the Enroll button and complete the enrollment process on the client (following the defaults will suffice).
Once enrolled, you can wipe or lock the device from the My Devices portal. Management profiles from the MDM server are then used. Devices can then opt out from management at any time. Saving these two profiles to a Mac OS X computer then allows you to automatically enroll devices into Profile Manager using Apple Configurator.
krypted March 21st, 2012
Posted In: iPhone, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Mass Deployment
Tags: Code Signing Certificate, devices, Enrollment, Lion, lion server, mdm, MyDevices, profile manager, ProfileManager, sign configuration profiles, Trust Profile
My traditional interpretation of Apple's vision on how iOS devices are used is that everyone has an AppleID. That AppleID enables them to access their apps from any iOS device they own or Mac that they own. That AppleID enables them to access mail, contacts, calendars and even files through iCloud. That AppleID also allows users to remotely wipe their device through Find iPhone and track their friends iOS devices (as in social networking via breadcrumb tracking) through Find Friends. All of this "Just Works" in a consumer sense. And it even allows for a little sharing of content across devices you own. However, larger organizations need more. They need centralized management, content distribution and most other things you find that you rely on traditional desktop computers for.
Over the years, Apple has added tools for centralized control of devices. This started with ActiveSync compatibility and early forms of Mobile Device Management and has grown into a pretty robust, albeit disconnected, set of tools. Of these, Apple Configurator is the latest. Apple Configurator was released about a week ago and since, I've been trying to figure where it fits into the solutions architecture that surrounds iOS integrations. There are a number of other tools already available that can aid in the deployment and management of iOS devices, and Configurator is a great addition.
To me, there are 3 classes of management tools for iOS. These were roughly broken up into Over the Air (OTA), cradled (USB) and content management. Apple Configurator ends up fitting into all of these scenarios in some way. Let's start by looking at the traditional uses of these three and then look at how they are impacted by Apple Configurator.
Mobile Device Management
Over the Air tools, such as Profile Manager, allow for Mobile Device Management (MDM) without cradling, or syncing a devices. These tools allow you to configure policies via profiles. There is also a bit of App pushing built into most MDM solutions. Apple's Profile Manager can push applications written in-house, but no content from the App Store. 3rd party solutions, such as JAMF's Casper Suite, Absolute Manage MDM, AirWatch and about 15 others are able to push apps from the App Store as well, leveraging the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) to issue apps to devices. However, when an app is pushed through one of these tools, the app becomes associated with the AppleID for the user who owns the device.
Note: While we use the term push, the user has to accept all App installations on the device.
For large environments, MDM is a must as it allows for centralized command and control. Pushing apps is one aspect of such control. Policies enforceable through MDM include disabling cameras, configuring passcode policies on devices (not pushing passcodes), disabling YouTube, silencing Siri, unstreaming photos, disabling iCloud Backup, forcing encrypted backups, disabling location services, controlling certificates, blocking pop-ups, controlling cookies, disabling access to the iTunes and App Stores, and controlling what kind of media can be accessed on devices.
Additionally, MDM can be used to push SSIDs for wireless networks (and their passwords/802.1x configuration information), setup mail, setup Exchange ActiveSync, configure VPN connections, configure access shared calendars (iCal shared files, CalDAV and Exchange), configure access to shared contacts (LDAP, CardDAV, Exchange and Exchange Global Address Lists), deploy Web Clips and manage certificates (either with cert files or via SCEP). In short, whether you're using the practically free Profile Manager from Apple, Mobile Iron, Casper, AirWatch, FileWave or one of the many other tools, there are a lot of things that MDM can configure on devices.
Reporting can also play a major role in how MDM tools are used. iOS Apps are owned by AppleIDs, not devices. MDM does not manage AppleIDs, but you can trigger fields in MDM databases to report back unauthorized AppleIDs being used. Reporting can also identify when devices join non-approved wireless networks (which cannot be blocked through MDM), identify devices that have been jailbroken (a major security concern for many organizations) and report on device use.
Because devices can fall outside of our control, MDM also plays an important role in being able to wipe and lock devices. While some of these types of features are available via Exchange, not all people use ActiveSync. Users and administrators alike can wipe, lock and de-enroll devices at will, potentially crippling what any device with an Enrollment Profile can do.
There are really 3 kinds of MDM tools: those that can push apps, those that can't and Apple's Profile Manager. The reason I put Profile Manager into its own class, is that it can push some kinds of apps, it's cheap ($49.99 one time as opposed to per device per month or per device per year billing) and it's great for some things. But Profile Manager should be used in very specific environments unless the price is the only decision making factor behind a tool. In larger environments, choosing a MDM solution is one of the most important aspects of managing mobile devices and the iOS platform is no different in that manner than other mobile platforms.
MDM has some limitations, though. A good MDM solution can manage the infrastructure side of device configuration. However, content requires a completely separate tool. Additonally, MDM is a completely opt-in experience. If a user wants, they can remove their device from the MDM solution at any time. Rather than a limitation, think about the opt-in experience this way: if a user removes themselves from MDM then all content that was given to them via MDM is then taken away, except that which they have moved to the local device. Therefore, if an administrator pushes an Exchange configuration then all content from that Exchange profile is forbidden fruit, removed alongside the de-enrollment.
MDM also works with Lion. Policies, centralized management, etc can be integrated with Lion. You can't do app distribution per se, but you can push out a policy to change where the dock is on the screen, add a printer to a Mac and configure a login hook through a Profile Manager-based policy. Many of the MDM providers have begun adding functionality to their tools to allow for Mac management as well as iOS and I would expect that to become the standard in years to come. iOS is a single-user device and OS X is a multi-user device, which completes that paradigm, but Apple has made it no secret that policy-based management for Mac OS X is moving to the realm MDM (even if that is enforced through a traditional lens of directory services based policy-based management).
Content Management
One of the unique aspects of the iOS platform is that it doesn't have a file system that is exposed to users. There's no /Volumes, no C: drive and no home folders. The devices don't log into a server, because there's no way to interpret a server connection. The file system that is exposed to iOS devices is through the lens of each application. Sandbox is a technology that limits each application's access in terms of memory, hard drive, etc. Each application can only communicate with resources outside of itself if there is an API to do so, APIs mostly reserved for Apple (e.g. photos, contacts, etc). Therefore, when you discuss content management from the perspective of building a large iOS solution, you're talking about apps.
The apps used for content management come in a few flavors. There are those that allow you to edit content and then there are those that allow you to read content. One way to look at this is through Safari. Sharepoint, WebDAV and various document management portals allow users to access data through the Safari browser on an iOS device. Safari will let you view various file types. But to edit the data, you would need to send it to an app, or copy it to the clipboard and access it in an app. Pages is an example of an app that can browse a file tree via WebDAV and edit content. However, planning how each type of file is accessed and what type of editing can be done on each file type or what type of resources need to be accessible can be difficult (e.g. there are a number of transitions in Keynote presentations that do not work in iOS).
Cradling Devices
Then there's iTunes. iTunes allows you to backup and restore devices, update devices, etc. iTunes allows you to drop content into each application. If you look into the ~/Library/Mobile Documents, you can drop content, edit default documents and other tasks that can be done through a command line, then perform a cradled sync to an app. If networking is built into an app then you don't have to plug a device into a computer. If an app can leverage iCloud, SMB or AFP then you can access data over the air. If you are trying to replace computers with iOS devices (a la post-PC) then you would need to plan each business task that needs to be performed and make sure not only that there is an app for that (or an app you build for that) but also make sure that you can round trip data from a shared repository and back to the network storage that the data resides on.
You can also access many of the benefits of MDM without having an OTA element. This can be done with iPhone Configuration Utility. iPhone Configuration Utility can configure the same policies available through Profile Manager but relies on either a cradled or email/web server/manual way of getting policies onto devices and updating. MDM automates this, but iPhone Configuration Utility is free and can be used as well. Additionally, profiles can be exported from Profile Manager and installed in the email/web server/manual way that iPhone Configuration Utility profiles are installed.
This is all probably starting to seem terribly complicated. Let's simplify it:
Basically, there's a few holes here. First, AppleIDs cannot be centrally managed. Second, you need to use gift cards or the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) to distribute apps, and Third, even when you push an app to an AppleID, the app follows the AppleID to their next organization (which causes many organizations to treat apps like consumables). Fourth, synchronizing content is done primarily through iTunes, which only syncs a device at a time, making preparation of large numbers of systems terribly complicated.
Apple Configurator
Enter Apple Configurator, a free tool on the Mac App Store. This tool basically fixes all of the problems that we reference, but does so over USB. This means that Apple Configurator is not necessarily a replacement for MDM. In fact, you can deploy Trust and Entrollment profiles for MDM and automate the MDM enrollment for a device through Configurator. Instead, Apple Configurator is a tool that can either Prepare or Supervise an iOS deployment and do so in a manner that is easy enough that you don't need a firm background in IT to manage devices on a day-to-day basis.
Here is what Apple Configurator can do:
Apple Configurator has some caveats:
I see a number of uses for Apple Configurator. Some of these use cases include:
These can enhance practically every environment I've worked with. But unless it's a small environment (e.g. the labs), Apple Configurator isn't a replacement for the tools already in use in most cases. Instead, it just makes things better. Overall, Apple Configurator is a welcome addition to the bat belt that we all have for iOS management and deployment. Now that we've looked at the when/where of using it, let's look at the how.
There are two ways to use Apple Configurator. The first is to Prepare Devices. You would use this mode when you're going to perform the initial setup and configuration of devices but not when the devices won't be checking back into the computer running Apple Configurator routinely. Preparation settings do not persist. And while applications can be pushed through Preparation, updates for those applications will be tied to the AppleID that purchased the app.
The second is Supervise. Supervising devices is an option when preparing and allows you to have persistent changes to devices, to layer new settings the next time devices are plugged in, to add applications and the most intriguing aspect of iOS management here is reallocating VPP codes to new devices when a user or device is retired. Supervising devices also allows for assigning a given user to a device and thus pushing data into an application.
Setting Up Apple Configurator
Apple Configurator is installed through the Mac App Store. When installed, you are presented with three options. The first (going from left to right) is to Prepare Devices.
Before we get started, we're going to add our AppleID. The computer running Apple Configurator needs to be able to connect to the App Store and it needs to have an AppleID associated with it if you're going to use VPP codes. So let's set that up before moving on. To do so, from Apple Configurator, click on the Apple Configurator menu and click on Preferences… From the Preferences menu, click on Set for the Apple ID and provide an AppleID (not the VPP Program Facilitator).
Then, when prompted, provide the credentials for your AppleID. If you have any problems with this, try Authorizing the computer in iTunes, if you can't do one it stands to reason you can't do the other and it's either an invalid AppleID or that the computer cannot communicate with Apple's servers (ports, DNS, Internet connectivity, etc might be the issue).
Also, let's configure the Lock Screen settings, which is what's displayed to users when you're supervising devices. If you have user pictures in Open Directory, this will show each user's photo at the lock screen (we will discuss device supervision later).
Using Apple Configurator to Prepare Devices
In this example, we're going to prepare some devices for deployment. Before we do anything, we're going to do a backup of the iOS device to use for testing. To do so, simply click Prepare Devices to bring up the main Apple Configurator screen and then click in the Restore field.
At the Restore menu, click Back Up…
Then choose the device to backup and click on Create Backup… to bring up the screen to select where to save your backup to (by default it should be your Documents but you can save them anywhere, like /iOSBackups). Click Save to make the first backup.
Notice how fast that went (assuming you didn't load it up with 10 Gigs of crap)? The reason is that we're not backing up iOS, just the data. This will become a little more obvious the first time we go to restore a device. In the meantime, if you look at your target directory, you'll see a file with the name you provided followed by .iosdevicebackup. If you aren't supervising you would need to delete these from the filesystem to remove them from the menu of available backups. If you are supervising then you'll have a menu to manage the backups. You can also use the Other option in the selection menu to browse to another location and select another backup (e.g. you're pulling them from other machines, etc.
Now that we have a backup, let's do some stuff to the device. Let's join the wireless network, change the wallpaper, create some contacts, make some notes and in general do some of those things that you might do on a base image of a computer, aside from of course configuring local admin (it's not a multi-user device), installing anti-virus (to date, AV companies for iOS are snake oil salesmen) and other things you might not do. But as with imaging, if you can do something in Profile Manager or Apple Configurator, let's reserve doing it there. In fact, I would probably try to set everything in Profile Manager or your MDM provider that you can (if you have one) and use Apple Configurator for as little as possible. That goes with imaging as well, do as much in directory services/managed preferences/profiles as you can and keep the image as simple as possible…
Anyway, once you have the device as you want it, make another backup. This is akin to baking an image with DeployStudio or System Image Utility. We can't asr them out yet, but we're in a much better place than we were.
Once you have a good backup, let's leverage Apple Configurator to tell the device erase, update to the latest version of iOS, restore our image, join the SSID of our enrollment network (let's consider this similar to a supplicant network in 802.1x). Then, let's add a profile that will throw a Web Clip to our MDM solution and even add a Trust Profile to cut down on the number of taps to enroll (and the confusion of tap here, tap there, etc). From the Prepare screen in Apple Configurator, click on Settings and type the naming convention for your devices (in this case we're going to call them krypted 1 and up) in the Name field. Then check the box for Number sequentially starting at 1 so it's going to name them from 1 to 1,000,000 (which is how many iPads my krypted company is going to end up writing off at the testing rate I'm on now). Leave Supervision set to OFF (we'll look at that later) and set the iOS field to Latest. Then, check the box for Erase all contents and settings and choose your image from the Restore menu.
Now for something that users of iPhone Configuration Utility, Profile Manager and Casper MDM will find familiar, click on the plus sign in the Profiles field and select Create New Profile. Here, we see what is the standard policy sheet (apologies to HIG if that's not what those are officially called but I've not been able to find the right term) and give it a name in the Name field. This is how it will appear in the Profiles section of Apple Configurator. Because you can deploy multiple profiles, I'm just going to configure the SSID and Web Clip and call it MDM Enrollment. Optionally, give it some notes, organization name, etc.
Click on Wi-Fi and then click on the Configure button. Here, enter the SSID of the deployment network (MDMEnroll in this example). We'll use the Hidden Network field to indicate the SSID is suppressed and we'll use the network type of WEP and throw the password into the Password field as well. Now, before we move on, notice that there's a plus and minus sign in the top right of the screen? You can deploy multiple of each, so if you have 10 wireless networks, 4 Email accounts, 9 VPN connections, 29 SSL Certs etc, you could deploy them all easily with multiple entries of each.
Scroll down in the sidebar a little and then click on Web Clips. Click on the Configure button. The Label is how the web clip's name will appear on the device. We're going to enter Enroll Here. In the URL field, provide the URL for your MDM server (e.g. When using a Profile Manager server called mdm.krypted.com the URL would be https://mdm.krypted.com/MyDevices). Not to get off topic, but did anyone else notice that Profile Manager in 10.7.3 now requires SSL certs? Anyway, you'll also choose whether the web clip should be Removable (I think it should if it's to enroll) and optionally choose an Icon. We'll skip that (if we were using a 3rd party tool, I'd throw their logo in here; otherwise I usually like to use the company logo. I also like enrollment links to be Full Screen.
Go ahead and click Save and you'll see MDM Enrollment listed in the Settings. If you notice, you can also click on the profile and then click on the export menu to export the profile or under the plus sign ("+") you can Import Profile…, which is how we'll bring in our Trust Profile from Profile Manager. From Profile Manager we already downloaded the Trust Profile. Now we're going to click on Import Profile… and browse to it on the desktop, clicking on Trust profile.mobileconfig (or whatever name yours may have). Click Open.
We could go a step further and actually enroll the device by exporting the enrollment profile as well, but again, I want each user to provide their username and password so I as an administrator don't have to go through and attach each device to a user in this scenario. I've been looking at importing devices and associating them with users via postgres, but that's going to be another 3am article, on another night…
Next, check the box for each profile and click on Apps. This is where things start getting kinda' cool. For this you're going to need some app ipas. Each app in iTunes is stored as an .ipa file. We're going to look at two different kinds of apps. The first is a free one and the second is a paid for app, both we'll pull from iTunes. To do so, open iTunes and click on an app (iBooks in our example) and click on Show in Finder.
Note: Not all app .ipas are called the same thing as the filename. If you Show in Finder from the contextual menu of an app in iTunes it will automatically highlight the correct app in the Finder when it opens a Finder screen.
From the Finder you can either copy the app to the machine running Apple Configurator or if you're using iTunes on that machine, you can go ahead and drag it to the Apple Configurator apps list. We're also going to add an App that we used a purchase code from the VPP store to buy. You'll get an error when you drag the paid app in (or browse to it if you so choose) that indicates the app is paid and in order to deploy it you'll need to use VPP codes. Once added, you'll notice it has an error indicator and the number 0 beside it.
Click on the numerical indicator beside the app name and you'll be able to import redemption codes. These are emailed to you when you buy apps through the Volume Purchasing Program. BTW, no drag and drop in this screen, use the Important Redemption Codes button to browse to the XLS files.
Using Apple Configurator to Supervise Devices
Now, supervising devices may seem more complicated, but it isn't. Back at the Prepare screen, we set Supervision to OFF. Change the iOS field to No Change. Now, let's turn it ON. When you do so, the iOS field automatically switches to Latest. This means that supervision is going to require updates (which is fine in my book as updates have yet to break a single app for me). Get all the same settings the same as they were previously.
Once you enable Supervision, click on Prepare in Apple Configurator and connect a device again. The device will then be imaged as with the same settings that you've given it from before. However, once it's done, you'll be able to click on the Supervise tab and see devices (Note: You supervise devices rather than users).
The subsequent Starts and Stops will now allow you to enable and disable profiles and apps on the fly, as well as restore backups, update devices and as you can see in this screen, reclaim those valuable VPP codes!
Do a Get Info on a device and you'll also see a bevy of information about that device.
You can also click on Assign, once you've enabled Supervision. Assigning devices requires directory services. When you click on Assign, click on the plus sign ("+") to add the first user. Type the first few letters of the users name and they should appear in the list. Click on them and they'll be added. You can then use the right panel to assign content to the apps that you assign to that user's devices.
Once added, the user will by default have no device. To assign a device to a user, use the Check Out box at the bottom of the screen and then match the users with the devices you want them to have.
The final piece of this application is to assign content to users. As I mentioned earlier in this article, the file system of an iOS device is through the lens of the applications that the device has installed. Therefore, we'll be associating files to applications. DRMd content is not distributed through Apple Configurator. So iBooks, etc, aren't applicable. The various third party applications can open and therefore host file types that they support, as with iTunes. From the Assign pane of Apple Configurator, click on a user and then click on the plus sign ("+") to add documents. At the Choose A Target Application screen, choose the application you'll be loading content into.
When you click Choose, you'll then be able to select files to use with that application.
Then just dock the iOS device, sync and viola you've got content distribution over USB all handled. You can also add groups of devices and groups of users and distribute content to groups of users rather than to one at a time.
Apple Configurator is really a great tool when used in the right scenarios. In learning how it works and interacts I actually learned a lot about both iOS and Mac OS X that I didn't know before. I hope I did the tool justice with how easy it is to use. This is a fairly long article and it's probably more complicated than it needs to be in parts, but that's more my method of trying to figure out what it's doing than the tool being complicated. It's not hard to figure out at all. I am sure I could teach any non-technical iOS admin to use it in less than an hour.
My wish list includes logs and OTA. You can't use iPhone Configuration Utility while you're using Apple Configurator and therefore, you can's see up-to-the second logs about things like key bags to figure out why this isn't working or that. This makes it kinda' difficult to figure out why a profile doesn't get installed with an image if you're not using an AppleID with the tool or other weird little things like that. I'd love to see a little more logging. Obviously, if you could run this thing Over the Air then it would be nerd nirvana. I guess the OTA isn't as much as wish list for this tool, but features that could be imported into Profile Manager and other tools.
One of the more important aspects is the impact on AppleID use and app ownership. I started this off by saying "My traditional interpretation of Apple's vision on how iOS devices are used is that everyone has an AppleID." Well, when using this tool an AppleID is no longer necessary for app deployment.
Overall, we have a new, powerful tool in our arsenal that makes up the iOS administration ecosystem. I hope that I've managed to dispel a few rumors with this article and look at some great uses for where this tool should and should not be used. I also hope that no matter what, if you manage iOS devices, that you'll take a look at it. I expect you'll find it useful in some part of your management toolkit!
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Mickey vs. The Time Lapse…Published by Mike W on October 13th, 2009
I hope you all remember last week when I first talked about Epic Mickey, because I'm here to talk about it again. Well, not so much talk about it as show off a bit of artwork from the game and an amazing time lapse video of said artwork. I remember I used to love the film Fantasia, and I think it was because it was a bit creepy. I don't know, just something about it always made me feel uneasy, but I liked it. It was nice seeing Mickey in a darker environment, which is what is making Epic Mickey so tantalizing. Granted, we know next to nothing about the game, and for all we know it could be Mickey in Candyland. I seriously doubt it though. I'm hoping for something more along the lines of a darker Kingdom Hearts. Warren Spector has the pedigree to make this game amazing, let's just hope he delivers. As for delivering, here's that artwork I was talking about earlier…
You know what, I'm feeling generous today so I'm going to set it off with the latest trailer from Nerf: N-Strike Elite. I got a chance to play this game a month or so ago and was seriously impressed. I'm not saying that this game is going to blow any minds or anything, but it wasn't horrible. It's kind of like Matthew McConaughey. You see a trailer for his movie and are like, "Ugh, Mateo is at it again. I'm not gonna enjoy this." Then you get Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from Netflix and realize it's not as bad as you though. Especially if it's a rainy Monday afternoon. I'm guessing N-Strike will be perfect for those sorts of days. You can judge for yourself this month as Nerf will put blaster in hand this month. Fun fact for you guys, I just read on the EA Press Kit that the original Nerf game was EA's second best selling Wii game in 2008. I don't know whether to be impressed or sad about that. Maybe if the guys at Sport didn't drop the ball with FIFA… Whatever, check the trailer below. Enjoy, and stay thirsty my friends.
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Two sensitive wavelength (SW) selection methods combined with visible/near infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy were investigated to determine the levels of some trace elements (Fe, Zn) in rice leaf. A total of 90 samples were prepared for the calibration (n = 70) and validation (n = 20) sets. Calibration models using SWs selected by LVA and ICA were developed and nonlinear regression of a least squares-support vector machine (LS-SVM) was built. In the nonlinear models, six SWs selected by ICA can provide the optimal ICA-LS-SVM model when compared with LV-LS-SVM. The coefficients of determination (R2), root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) and bias by ICA-LS-SVM were 0.6189, 20.6510 ppm and −12.1549 ppm, respectively, for Fe, and 0.6731, 5.5919 ppm and 1.5232 ppm, respectively, for Zn. The overall results indicated that ICA was a powerful way for the selection of SWs, and Vis/NIR spectroscopy combined with ICA-LS-SVM was very efficient in terms of accurate determination of trace elements in rice leaf.
Recently, variable selection or uninformative variable elimination has attracted more and more attention for the development of multi-component calibrations using spectroscopic techniques. The recently developed methods for variable selection include generalized simulated annealing [
Various calibration methods have been used to relate near-infrared spectra (NIRS) with measured properties of materials. Principal components regression (PCR), partial least squares (PLS), multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural networks (ANN) are the most used multivariate calibration techniques for NIRS [
The least-squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) can handle the linear and nonlinear relationships between the spectra and response chemical constituents [
The objective of this study were (1) to investigate the feasibility of using Vis/NIRS to predict trace elements such as Fe and Zn in rice leaf; (2) to compare the performance of ICA and the newly proposed ICA-LS-SVM model, variable selection methods (PCA, LVA and ICA) to predict the trace elements in rice.
The experimental samples in this study were 15 basins of rice, which were planted in conditioned soil with three nitrogen levels: 0, 120, and 240 kg/ha. To avoid accidental damage to the basins or samples, a duplicate set of basins was prepared, so there were 30 basins in total. For each nitrogen level, there were 10 basins, including the additional basins. Each basin's inner diameter and height were 30 and 45 cm, respectively. Each basin contained 10 kg soil and four rice plants. The basins were placed in a slotted field using the surrounding soil for backfill, and they were placed along the line from north to south. The soil used in this experiment was from the 20 to 40 cm depth of the experimental field.
Three leaf samples from each of 15 basins were selected for spectral measurement. Samples were also selected from another 15 replicate basins, so a total of 90 samples were obtained. The measurements were made at the booting stages. All 90 leaf samples reflectance measurements were made using a portable Spectroradiometer (FieldSpec Vis/NIR, Analytical Spectral Device, Boulder, CO, USA), with a sensitivity range from 325 to 1,075 nm. The instrument uses a sensitive 512-element, photo-diode array spectroradiometer, with a resolution of 3.5 nm. The scan number for each spectrum was set to 10 at the same position, and for each sample, three reflection spectra were taken, thus a total of 30 data points were properly stored for later analysis. To achieve the relative reflectance measurements, the white reference (a white panel purchased with the spectroradiometer used as white reference) was collected before scanning samples until a nice, clean, 100% reference line was obtained. All leaves were randomly divided into two sets, one was used as a calibration set (n = 70) and the remaining samples as a validation set (n = 20). In order to compare the performance of different calibration models, the samples in the calibration and validation sets were kept the same for all the models.
In the study, we used the national standard method to measure the trace elements Fe and Zn [
Due to the potential system imperfections, obvious scattering noises could be observed at the beginning and end of the spectral data. Thus, the first and last 75 wavelength data points were eliminated to improve the measurement accuracy,
Reducing the number of inputs to the LS-SVM can reduce training time. Furthermore, it can also reduce repetition and redundancy of the input spectra data. PCA is a method of data reduction that constructs new uncorrelated variables, known as principal components (PCs). They account for as much information as possible for the variability of the original variables, which are then used as the inputs of network. In addition, PCs can also eliminate noises and random errors in the original data. The equation of PCA could be described as follows:
In the development of PLS model, calibration models were built between the spectra and the content of trace element (Fe and Zn), full cross-validation was used to evaluate the quality and to prevent over-fitting of calibration models. Latent variables (LVs) can be used to reduce the dimensionality of data, and the optimal number of LVs was determined by the lowest value of predicted residual error sum of squares (PRESS). The prediction performance was evaluated by the coefficients of determination (R2) and root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) or prediction (RMSEP), and bias. The ideal model should have higher r value, lower RMSEC, RMSEP and bias. The RMSEP and bias could be calculated via:
Independent component analysis is a well-established statistical signal processing technique that aims to decompose a set of multivariate signals into a base of statistically independent components with the minimal loss of information content. The independent components are latent variables, meaning that they cannot be directly observed, and the independent component must have non-Gaussian distributions. A brief explanation of noise-free ICA model could be expressed by the following equation:
There are lots of algorithms for performing ICA [
Least squares-support vector machine can work with linear or non-linear regression or multivariate function estimation in a relatively fast way [
In the model development using LS-SVM and radial basis function (RBF) kernel, the optimal combination of gam(γ) and sig2(σ2) parameters was selected when resulting in smaller root mean square error of cross validation (RMSECV). In this study, gam(γ) were optimized in the range of 2−1–210 and 2–215 for sig2(σ2) with adequate increments. These ranges were chosen from previous studies where the magnitude of parameters was optimized. The grid search had two steps the first step was for a crude search with a large step size, and the second step was for the specified search with a small step size. The free LS-SVM toolbox (LS-SVM v 1.5, Suykens, Leuven, Belgium) was applied with MATLAB 7.0 to develop the calibration models.
The lack of trace elements such as Fe, S, Mg, Mn may reduce the chlorophyll content of plant leaf, and will affect the solar radiation absorption by the leaf, so the changes of plant nutritional elements such as nitrogen, water content, and trace elements may directly result in the spectral reflectance changes [
Calibration models were built between the spectra and content of trace elements (Fe and Zn). Different LVs were applied to build the calibration models, and no outliers were detected in the calibration set during the development of PLS models. The models were used to predict the left 20 samples, and the best performance was achieved with six LVs for Fe and five LVs for Zn. The R2, RMSEP and bias were 0.3820, 26.1431 ppm and −9.3674 ppm for Fe, 0.5800, 6.9637 ppm and 2.2320 ppm for Zn, respectively.
PCs obtained from PCA were applied as inputs of LS-SVM models to improve the training speed and reduce the training error of Vis/NIR model because the training time increased with the square of the number of training samples and linearly with the number of variables. From the aforementioned analysis of the performance of PCA models, the PCs from the Vis/NIR region were used as new eigenvectors to enhance the features of spectra and reduce the dimensionality of the spectra data matrix. Several PCs were extracted from the spectra of 90 samples.
Before the LS-SVM calibration model was built, three steps are crucial for the optimal input feature subset, proper kernel function and the optimal kernel parameters. Firstly, the six PCs obtained from PCA analysis were used as the input data set, and the accumulated contribution of it was reached 95.2%. Secondly, radial basis function could handle the nonlinear relationships between the spectra and target attributes. Finally, two important parameters gam (γ) and sig2 (σ2) should be optimal for RBF kernel function as aforementioned in multivariate analysis.
The performance of the Vis/NIR models was evaluated by 20 samples in validation set. The R2, RMSEP and bias for validation sets were 0.4012, 23.9920 ppm and −7.8789 ppm for Fe, 0.6109, 6.5308 ppm and 2.0571 ppm for Zn, respectively.
Latent variables obtained from PLS were applied as inputs of LS-SVM models to improve the training speed and reduce the training error of Vis/NIR model. From the aforementioned analysis of the performance of PLS models, the LVs from the Vis/NIR region were used as new eigenvectors to enhance the features of spectra and reduce the dimensionality of the spectra data matrix. Several LVs were extracted from the spectra of 90 samples.
The performance of the Vis/NIR models was evaluated by 20 samples in validation set. With a comparison of the results for calibration and validation sets, the best performance was achieved with six LVs for Fe and five LVs for Zn. The R2, RMSEP and bias for validation sets were 0.4070, 23.3845 ppm and −7.4975 ppm for Fe, 0.6067, 6.4869 ppm and 2.2336 ppm for Zn, respectively.
Independent component analysis was applied for the selection of sensitive wavelengths (SWs), which could reflect the main features of the raw absorbance spectra. FastICA was used to the preprocessed spectra data, and the main absorbance peaks and valleys were indicated by the spectra of ICs. The SWs were selected by the weights of the first four ICs, which wavelengths with the highest weights of each IC were selected as the SWs.
Compared with the above PLS, PCA-LS-SVM, LV-LS-SVM and ICA-LS-SVM model, the nonlinear PCA-LS-SVM, LV-LS-SVM, ICA-LS-SVM models turned out to be better than linear model of PLS. The best model was obtained by using the ICA-LS-SVM model for prediction of trace elements in rice.
The ICA-LS-SVM models had a better performance, and the reason might be that the LS-SVM models took the nonlinear information of the spectral data into consideration and the nonlinear information had improved the prediction precision. The ICs from ICA were obtained by a high-order statistic that is much stronger condition than orthogonality, so the SWs selected from ICs were more effective, and it could be very helpful for the development of portable instrument or real-time monitoring of the rice trace elements.
Vis/NIR spectroscopy was successfully utilized for the determination of some trace elements (Fe, Zn) in rice. A new combination of ICA-LS-SVM was proposed with comparison of nonlinear LV-LS-SVM models, PCA-LS-SVM modes and linear PLS models. ICA-LS-SVM model turned out to be the best for prediction of trace elements in rice, and was better than the nonlinear LV-LS-SVM model. The R2, RMSEP and bias by ICA-LS-SVM were 0.6189, 20.6510 ppm and −12.1549 ppm for Fe, and 0.6731, 5.5919 ppm and 1.5232 ppm for Zn, respectively. The overall results demonstrated ICA was a powerful tool for variable selection, and the newly proposed ICA-LS-SVM method could be applied as an alternative fast and accurate method for the determination of trace elements in rice.
This work was supported by the 863 National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2011AA100705), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Z3090295), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2011M501009).
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See placenta jelly mango taste 10 g * 7 sachet ', is a jelly with placenta extract 15,400 mg per 1 bag. Contains collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. Enjoy daily beauty and health. Stick easy to eat.
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The same Pacific system is expected to dump snow in the western part of the state. Winter storm warnings have been issued for late Wednesday night through Friday morning. The mountains could get up to 18 inches of snow.
In Denver, KUSA-TV reports the record high of 74 degrees set this day in 1966, could be broken. Highs could reach into the 80s on the Eastern Plains.
The high temperatures will put eastern Colorado under a red-flag warning, meaning the fire danger will be high.
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Before we implemented the Starfish system, our students would get frustrated with so many people trying to help but not knowing the whole picture.
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) July 09, 2013
Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of student success systems, today announced that Manhattanville College has successfully completed its second academic term using the Starfish® system to support its efforts to improve campus communication. The strategic program enables the institution to more efficiently determine which students need additional help and then effectively address any issues in order to improve student retention.
Manhattanville College is an independent, coeducational liberal arts institution. Located just 30 minutes from New York City, Manhattanville serves 1,700 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students from 51 countries and 33 states. Founded in 1841, the college offers more than 50 undergraduate areas of study in the arts and sciences and specializes in graduate programs in education, business, creative writing, and continuing education.
As a small institution, Manhattanville offers its students an open-door policy with faculty, advisors, and student services readily available to assist students in any way possible. This flexibility, however, had sometimes led to confusion on the part of both students and faculty/staff members because they did not have a way of centrally recording the various conversations that took place and what follow-up actions were agreed upon. "Before we implemented the Starfish system, our students would get frustrated with so many people trying to help but not knowing the whole picture," said Megan Stanton, retention coordinator at the college.
As a result, the institution sought a solution that could foster a more strategic communications approach among faculty, administrators, staff, and students. The Starfish system, including Starfish EARLY ALERT™ and Starfish CONNECT™, was implemented to ensure that the whole campus community was on the same page in terms of what the concerns were, tracking progress on the particular issues, and ultimately seeing resolution.
A primary reason that the institution selected the Starfish system was its ability to seamlessly integrate with the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory™ (CSI) predictive instrument. The institution has used the student surveying tool for the past six years to gather incoming students' perceptions about their own strengths and challenges and their receptivity to receiving help. Through the integration, Manhattanville imports the results of the CSI survey into the Starfish system to automatically raise flags on individual students who are predicted to be at risk. The flags then enable the advisors to know more quickly which students may need particular attention. In addition, the individual student reports that are generated by the CSI are uploaded into the student folder within the Starfish system, providing advisors with easy access throughout the academic term.
"When students are flagged in the Starfish system based on Noel-Levitz data, they are automatically sent a referral encouraging them to schedule time through the Starfish system to meet with their advisors," said Stanton. "This connection makes students aware of any concerns as quickly and as appropriately as possible, so that they can share ownership and help to address issues. As a result, we can work together to keep them on track."
Advisors are pleased with the enhanced convenience of accessing the Noel-Levitz CSI data from the Starfish system. Specifically, advisors can spend more time connecting with students and less time analyzing the data. In addition, the Noel-Levitz data is augmented by the real-time data collected by the Starfish system, including classroom performance as reported by the instructor or automatically from the learning management system, as well as academic flags, attendance concerns, and notes. With the data brought together, advisors are provided a holistic view of how each student is doing.
The institution has configured the Starfish system to survey faculty three times throughout the academic term. The first survey is completed in week one to confirm student attendance. The second survey is designed to reconcile the student roster following the add/drop period. The third survey collects mid-term grades. Faculty participation in these surveys has increased by 80 percent from the fall 2011 to the spring 2012 semester.
The Starfish system is an enterprise solution comprised of Starfish CONNECT and Starfish EARLY ALERT. Specifically, Starfish CONNECT offers online appointment scheduling as well as the ability for student services staff to document their interactions with students via success plans and other case management features. Starfish EARLY ALERT identifies at-risk students based on the reported observations of advisors, instructors, and other student services staff members and based on data within each institution's academic and administrative systems. The systems then work together to resolve the issues and assess the effectiveness of the process of helping students. A unique design component of the Starfish system includes Intelligent Data Integration™, offering a seamless, fully automated, and centrally managed integration with the learning management system and student information system.
"It is very common that a lack of campus communication and data sharing is a major roadblock in an institution's efforts to improve student success and retention. There are often so many different groups and departments playing a role in each student's success that they need to be able to securely and efficiently coordinate with each other," said David Yaskin, CEO of Starfish. "Starfish Retention Solutions is proud to be working with Manhattanville College to provide an effective communications platform so that more students can get the help they need in order to achieve their academic goals."
Webinar Invitation. Megan Stanton, retention coordinator at Manhattanville College, and Naomi Aiken, manager, client relations at Starfish, will be co-presenting a complimentary Webinar presentation on Thursday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m. ET. The presentation will include an overview of the Starfish system. To register, click https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/325180374.
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Medves says Justice was off-duty this past weekend when he was involved in a head-on crash on Station Road in Medina County. The State Highway Patrol is determining whether alcohol played a role in the wreck.
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Norwin students take holiday cheer to cancer patients
A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating and the treatments that follow can take their toll.
Last year, two Norwin School District students decided to make themselves a bright spot for patients arriving for treatment. They continued that mission Thursday afternoon at UPMC McKeesport's Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology Unit.
"I thought it would be nice to help make people happy with gifts like cards," Tyler Funk, 12, of North Huntingdon Township said.
To raise awareness about the disease and the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, Tyler designed a T-shirt in conjunction with World Cancer Day on Feb. 4. The logo is a pair of boxing gloves above the phrase "Keep Calm and Fight On." The shirts are purple, the official color of the society's annual Relays.
Shirts and purple bracelets with the logo were sold to students and teachers throughout the school district to raise money for cancer research.
A "purple out" was organized at a Norwin basketball game.
So far this year, more than $4,000 has been raised and 906 T-shirts have been sold.
During Thursday's visit, Tyler and his friend Zachary Waugh, 12, of Irwin, gave handmade Valentine cards to patients waiting for treatments.
"I like to see smiles on people's faces," Zachary said. "One woman was so happy that she got a Valentine today. She said it was the first one she got this year. It made me feel good to know we made her happy."
"It was very nice and it made me feel good," said Mike Moran of Hempfield Township, a former McKeesport area resident.
Moran was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago and recently began daily 15-minute radiation treatments.
"I started with 'watchful waiting,' as the doctors call it," he said. "I just started a series of 44 treatments."
Although he was shocked by the diagnosis and nervous about starting the treatments, Moran said he has no problems.
"I'm doing what they tell me," he said. "I was a little afraid of the radiation, but so far I'm going along good."
Tyler's desire to help cancer patients stems from his father's bout with skin cancer.
"That was a driving force for me to do this," he said.
Carol Waterloo Frazier is an editor for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-664-961 ext. 1916, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In Marley & Me Owen Wilson played the owner of a Labrador he referred to as "The world's worst dog." Now in Marmaduke Wilson provides the voice of a Great Dane that makes Marley look like Lassie herself. The original "Marmaduke" comic strip was only one panel long and typically merited no more than a smile. It's hard to imagine that a producer read a "Marmaduke" comic strip and said, "This would be great source material for a motion picture." I suppose Marmaduke is just further evidence that Hollywood will literally attempt to stretch anything into a feature.
I can't quite remember the last great live-action movie centered on talking animals. It probably goes as far back as the early '90s with films like Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and Babe. Everything since then, from Good Boy! to Beverly Hills Chihuahua, has been down right horrendous. Unfortunately Marmaduke is no exception. The problem with all of these movies is that filmmakers no longer think giving animals the ability to talk is enough. They need to sing, dance, surf, constantly knock things over and make terrible puns to hold children's attention. Movie studios should take a note that when it comes to talking animals sometimes less is more.
Lee Pace demonstrated terrific appeal as an actor on the show Pushing Daisies. In Marmaduke though, Pace is given the thankless role of Phil Winslow. When Phil gets a job offer at a dog food company in Orange County, he decides to pack up his wife, played by Judy Greer, his three children, and his trouble-making dog Marmaduke. There's also the families pet cat, Carlos, voiced by George Lopez. Why is it that all of these movies require at least one talking animal with a Hispanic accent?
When Marmaduke arrives in the O.C. he falls into a pack of mutts lead by a dog named Mazie, voiced by Emma Stone. Marmaduke has the hots for a foxy Collie named Jezebel, voiced by Fergie. But she's going out with Bosco, the toughest dog on the playground, voiced by Kiefer Sutherland. That's right, Jack Bauer himself as a bullying dog. It'd be funny if the entire experience of Marmaduke weren't so depressing.
There are virtually no laughs in this movie. Much of the attempted humor is derived from the well-intentioned Marmaduke accidentally making life hell for the long-suffering Phil. There are at least 15 instances in this movie in which the Winslow family whines "Marmaduke" in a disappointed tone. But when Marmaduke runs away and Phil must decide between finding him or giving an important sales pitch, which do you think he's going to choose? There's also a subplot about the overworked Phil not being able to find family time because we haven't seen that in a million other movies before.
Parents, I understand that between this and Shrek Forever After, there's not much in theaters right now to hold your kids over until Toy Story 3. Perhaps some children will say they like Marmaduke because it's colorful, loud and has no nutritional value. But given all the quality family movies available at your local video store, such as The Princess and the Frog, Where the Wild Things Are and Fantastic Mr. Fox, Marmaduke is certainly not worth your hard-earned money. Especially after Dug the Dog made his triumphant debut in Up last year, Marmaduke isn't a very compelling protagonist.
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Laura Greenfield of Women's Voices Worldwide is scheduled to visit Ferris State University on Thursday, Feb. 28 to conduct a workshop and lecture designed to empower women.
The event, titled "Lost Without My Voice: How Women Can Find the Powerful Speaker Within," includes an 11 a.m. workshop in the Interdisciplinary Resource Center connector and a meet-and-greet at 6 p.m. in the Michigan College of Optometry atrium followed by a 7 p.m. lecture in MCO Room 210.
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Lance Bass Says WHO Must Be Gay?
Lance Bass from N-Sync says that statistically, one of the guys in "One Direction" is probably gay. He says that it is so hard for a boy band member to come out because the fan base is 100% young women who fantasize about these men.
He said, "The market is 100 percent young women and they fantasize about these [One Direction] guys. Then you have the record labels and everyone kind of grooming you to make sure that you don't even mention that you have a girlfriend."
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Police detail fatal crash
There are 51 comments on the Evening Sun story from Jun 13, 2011, titled Police detail fatal crash. In it, Evening Sun reports that:Conewago Township Police have released the findings of an investigation into a three-vehicle crash in Brushtown that resulted in the death of a Gettysburg man.
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#1 Jun 14, 2011
OK, this isn't details, what caused him to cross into the opposing lane? My sympathy goes out to the families.
#2 Jun 14, 2011
Just an FYI...the FD removed the roof from the car, it was not sheered off during the accident as the article and other articles have hinted.
#3 Jun 14, 2011
So what CAUSED him to veer into the other lane? Apparent family members were on a previous post stating he was texting, then that he "fell asleep". Which was it, if either?
#4 Jun 14, 2011
The only person who knows the answer to this question died as a result of the accident. Seriously, no one needs to know more than what was written in the article.
#5 Jun 14, 2011
Others know.... was he "tired" when he left the house, was he driving for 10 hours, was he awake for 38 hours straight, or did a couple family members or friends receive text messages around 5:45-5:50pm? Seconds before the crash? People on the scene said there were PILLS all over the seat/floor?
If you were the driver of the truck or motorcycle wouldn't you want to know why?
#6 Jun 14, 2011
The fact of the matter is that this young man is now DEAD nomatter what the cause and thankfully noone else was killed...it may be for the other drivers involved and their families to know but NOT for all of the readers. Just pray for ALL families involved as this has got to be a terrible tragic time for them
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#7 Jun 14, 2011
I would want to know. But before jumping to conclusions, toxicology tests should be run and cell phone records pulled. With more and more "text and cell phone" related accidents occuring, I think it should be standard operating procedure, to pull records after an accident. I would hope this would bring more awareness of how dangerous it is.....Not only to the driver, but to the others on the road as well. Of course, the sad thing is, that it still will not stop these careless folks that do this on a daily basis. Bottom line, the roads are VERY unsafe place, filled with irresponsible people. Please everyone, be careful. Regardless of the reason behind the accident, my prayers to the family for their loss.
#8 Jun 14, 2011
RIP Nate. My prayers go out to your family, n the families of anyone else involved - PH 2003
#9 Jun 14, 2011
It is horrible that this man lost his life. But thank goodness he didn't take anyone with him. C'mon people wake the hell up and keep your eyes on the road and be aware. And yes it is important to know why he crossed the center line, whether it was a medical or texting reason. I had a friend who had just passed through that area before it happened! This is how statistics are made!
If someone crosses in to the lane of any of my loved ones and kills them. They better hope they die also, because I will see to it that they no longer will be amongst the breathing...I don't care if it isn't illegal to text or for that matter punching in a phone number, either way you take your eyes off the road to do it!
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#10 Jun 14, 2011
Sounds like a suicide.
#11 Jun 14, 2011
A suicide possible.... but for the publics sake... whether it was drunk driving or pills or falling asleep.... we should be made aware of what is going on in our home. As to take precautions or WHATEVER
#12 Jun 17, 2011
Sure lets talk to some imaginary sky fairy and all will be better. It would be better to spend your time educating others about the dangers of driving while impaired or using a phone, or eating, or aything else that takes your eyes off the road for even a second.
I do not know what caused the accident but I can guarantee it was not your "god". Something happened and now this guy is dead, use this as a tool to prevent it from happening again.
#13 Jun 17, 2011
You're a real class act. Do you see anything about GOD anywhere in the post? People like you make me sick. Instead of talking about the " imaginary sky fairy" let's talk about dumbass people like yourself. It will be a short conversation. Nothing interesting there.
#14 Jun 17, 2011
You start to make an interesting point but then end with threatening to kill someone. Face it, you don't have the stones to kill someone. Never did and never will. This is supposed to be a somewhat civilized society. We don't murder in revenge.
You also don't want to be in the same class as the idiot two posts above. It would post something ridiculous like that.
#15 Jun 17, 2011
How about asking people to pray there numb nuts!! Do you have to follw me everywhere and make yourself look even dumber with each post? If you keep it up, soon you will be too stupid to breathe.(I hope)
#16 Jun 17, 2011
I got a rise out of you, the intended response. You are my little puppet on a string.
#17 Jun 18, 2011
I'll find out who you really are too, hero.
#18 Jun 18, 2011
That little ache you feel in your abdomen is a growing cancer. You won't be around much longer. Remember the things you've said and written. When you take your last breath the real suffering will begin. It was your choice.
#19 Jun 18, 2011
The best part of dying is that I will no longer have to put up with retards like you.
Good luck finding me on my wireless that I do not pay for.
#20 Jun 18, 2011
No problem tough guy.
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(CNSNews.com) – Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss says he "disapproves" of President Barack Obama, particularly because he believes Obama has simply carried on the policies of his predecessor George W. Bush.
"I think it's one of the great opportunities lost and one of the great chances of a character in the American story to be much smaller than he might have been," said Dreyfuss of Obama.
At the National Press Club on Tuesday, CNSNews.com asked Dreyfuss about his past criticism of President George W. Bush: "You cited in the past the wiretapping as a disapproval of President Bush's policies, the war in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, the PATRIOT Act, the Bush tax cuts--President Obama has continued all of those. Do you feel the same way about him?"
Dreyfuss said, "I don't feel the same way about Obama as I did about Bush, but I disapprove of Obama. I disapprove of him furthering all of Bush's policies. I think it's one of the great opportunities lost and one of the great chances of a character in the American story to be much smaller than he might have been."
Dreyfuss spoke with CNSNews.com after he gave a speech on civic education and civility in politics as part of his "Dreyfuss Initiative," at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Dreyfuss said, "You know, I made a promise to myself in 2004 that I wasn't going to follow local current affairs closely. I figured if something important happens, someone would tell me, okay? But the signing letters [statements] that Obama signs, which he got from Bush, are terrible. And not explaining thoroughly, completely, and openly, and going to the Congress to do it, his continuation of Bush's war policy is wrong."
The "signing letters" or signing statements refer to legal letters issued by the White House relating to how certain legislation passed by Congress is applied by the executive branch, and usually addressing whether provisions in the legislation potentially are unconstitutional restraints on presidential power.
Dreyfuss continued, "And just bringing the executive back down into shape, into the same size as the Congress and the Judiciary is something that Obama could do and bonfires would be lit all over Europe and Asia if he did it -- because there's a 100 percent agreement in the world that everyone wants America to be run by adults, not willful, ignorant children."
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