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A pickup and a decent-sized flatbed trailer would be capable of hauling 100 hives. No need for a tractor-trailer for only 100 hives.
A pickup and a decent-sized flatbed trailer would be capable of hauling 100 hives. No need for a tractor-trailer for only 100 hives.
Yeah a 1 ton a 12' flatbed a loader and a half an hour gets 100 hives for someone willing to take the risk. Overloaded a bit for sure but that isn't going to bother a crook much maybe they even "borrowed" that for a night.
It isn't the load of bees being stolen that is hard to believe... It is the nobody seeing it that is hard to believe. Truck loads of bees attract a lot of attention...I have hauled truck loads of bees and am constantly stopped by curious onlookers when at the filling station or getting ready to make a turn at a light.
That is the South for you.... that Good ole Boy mentality is one of the things I dislike about the South... A dozen people could see something and nobody is going to say a thing about it.
I have seen a few posts about people who are expecting to receive Nucleus hives from Russell Apiaries this spring.... I think they are likely going to receive the OPs bees. In other words; those hives didn't go anywhere which is why nobody saw them go anywhere.
Keeper.... the Good ole boy mentality DOES flourish down in the south... but in this case I think you mis-applied the term. Remember... it was a very small community.... if someone WITNESSED a robbery taking place.... you better believe they would be the first to call the law.... they will get much attention, maybe even get in the paper.... know what I mean??? As I said in an earlier post... a possible reason no one saw anything is cuz it was nothing out of the ordinary.... meaning they have seen the same folks moving bees around before. But then again... they may not have left all on the same trailer. Could have been 5-10 nucs at a time.... now would that seem out of the ordinary for YOU had you been there to pick up some nucs from someone?
There are some truths about the south AND the north also.... but in this case I do not think that is why no one would have seen anything.....just my .02
Good ole boy mentality? Yea right, this could have happened anywhere with the same results.
I remember a story told by one of my relatives:
Seems that my relative had a couple neighbors who shared a pasture. They each had a few horses in that pasture. One day, one of them discovered that his bay horse with a white blaze and white stockings had been stolen. The other fellow happened to have acquired a solid bay horse that same day. The first time it rained, the horse with the white blaze and stockings miraculously reappeared, and the solid bay was no where to be seen.
I'm not surprised that people could haul of a truck load of hives. I work in the IT field and I can usually go were I want to go without anyone asking any questions and this includes banks, schools and hospitals. If you look like you belong there you don't draw any attention. My guess is that it was done in broad daylight as that draws the least attention to your acts. I don't think it has anything to do with a good ole boy mentality.
Somone saw what happend - someone driving to work, a paper boy, a ups man, that someone just isn't found yet. The real break will come once the guilty ones get a little heat. Criminals who commit crimes and get away with with it always run their mouths, someone else knows, a girlfriend, wife or mother in law gets mad, the weak link in the chain breaks and suddenly it becomes crystal clear. Criminals who think they are smarter than everyone else, smarter than the police, like to puff out their chest when they think they've gone undetected. Like most of us would do for doing something good at an honest job. Often the thief is very close by, like the arsonist watching the fire, running their mouth in the middle of what's going on to "throw people off the scent", "create confusion" - I would look for the one who's trying to be helpful and talks the loundest and then look hard, that person wants to be close to what's going on for a reason.
Out here it's called "homie" dismentality. Same difference. Actually, I'd rather deal with Good Ol' Boys than homies of any race, any day. The difference is a thread of ethics - what you will do, what you won't do. It's like the joke, "what's the difference between a rat and an attorney? There are some things a rat won't do.
Joel has it right - sooner or later, the truth comes to light. A guy who gives it all back, confesses, and does something more to make things right should be forgiven and considered a friend who learned his lesson, as all of us has at some time in our past. A guy who never learns and is a repeat offender, who gets defensive and goes for his gun goes down in flames.
One thing is certain - don't become a beekeeper until you have your branding iron.
Everybody preaches standardization in equipment... here is a perfect reason to have a non-standard hive... I doubt anybody will steal a Dadant Deep hive, they are too heavy and the frames will not fit in any other standard box.
I really don't mind everything standard except the brand, and the hidden tag, although I admit that I use 10-frame mediums, and I'm going to 2" x 8" material for the short (16 1/4") ends for two reasons. One reason is the finger box joints are VERY strong, the other reason is that the smile handles can be cut a bit deeper for my big, fat fingers.
I guess this thread suggests reason #3 - OK, so it's NON-standard and therefore more identifiable....but are you gonna go make pentagonal beehives so you can spot them a mile away? That might not be the most practical idea.
Most passive observers (ie., non-beekeepers) are not going to notice the difference between a standard Langstroth and a Dadant Extra-Deep. Many are still expecting to see a skep basket hive!
The National registry and state / county ID numbers - a standard code, perhaps (?) - and a website / hotline for stolen bee equipment (Brand you honey extractor, you flash heater, your pump, your decapping tank, etc., as well as your woodenware) is what's going to get stolen equipment returned. Maybe a bit slow, but something is better than nothing.
Now we have the National Bee Laboratory, The Eastern and Western Apiculture Societies, State Associations of Beekeeping Clubs, state troopers, state bee inspectors, et cetera - the structure is there, system could be up and running in a month if all the right people decided that stolen bee equipment $uc&$. A programmer with $$$ in his eyes could make it a smartphone app' and sell it to law enforcement agencies, or perhaps bee inspectors / agricultural commissioners, etc. MTINAZ could get his hives back in 3 months.
I'm sure the branding iron guys love me....hahaha
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How many people have gotten their hives back that were branded?
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
I've heard many a story of ordinary "good guy" beekeepers calling and notifying proper owners of the whereabouts of their hives, returning hives that got mixed in with their own equipment, asking around at bee club meetings regarding, "Who owns XYZ Apiaries? I found some of his boxes and there's no phone number".
One of my nucs was returned, just because of my color scheme and building style.
Most of us seem to think, "Wouldn't I want him to do that for me? It's the right thing to do." You usually get a friend for life and a vote for president, get to meet other beekeepers, and learn more about beekeeping. It's a win/win situation.
With a system intact, EVERYONE would get their hives back.


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From the time when, in his twentieth year, he introduced a folksong air into his first published work, the pianoforte sonata in C major, he returned again and again to the German folksong: in the years 1850–59, 38 times; 1860–69 , 39 times; 1870–79, 50 times; 1880–89, 24 times; and 1890–94, 56 times … As a source for German folksongs Brahms used for the most part the collections of Friedrich Nicolai, Andreas Kretzschmer and August Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio.
Herein lies the problem with Brahms as a student and exponent of folksong: he lived rather too early to benefit from real, disciplined scholarship in this field, and he trusted his various sources to be as truthful and reliable as he himself would have been. There were obviously a considerable number of melodies and texts that were indeed gathered from authentic folksong sources, but at a time when there was a vogue for this kind of music, and a market that allowed and encouraged a romanticized view of the form that went back to the Des Knaben Wunderhorn anthology, it was easy for someone like Zuccalmaglio (who clearly had a knack for pastiche) simply to invent folksong-like ditties and pass them off as age-old material. Brahms was completely fooled by this, and on several occasions lovingly lavished his attentions on what he imagined were genuine folksongs and were in fact Zuccalmaglio's original compositions. It is little wonder that composers of a later age who used folksong material tended to trust the melodies most that they had gathered for themselves.
Brahms was particularly proud of the 49 folksong settings with piano accompaniment—42 solo songs and seven songs with solo singer and chorus (SATB)—published in 1894. He regarded this as the crowning achievement of his life's work, a body of work that had a connection with the soil of the country and his reply to the output of Wagner who had created works around old German sagas. The practitioners of the so-called music of the future, such as Liszt, Berlioz and Wagner, had no interest in genuine folk music. With the arrival of the new century, and composers like Bartók, Kodály, d'Indy, Vaughan Williams and Grainger, Brahms's earlier enthusiasm for folk material makes him something of a pioneer; his admiration of Antonín Dvorák was enlightened for the time in Viennese terms and was inextricably connected with that composer's absorption in the folksong of his own country. It is interesting that there was no great composer in the more modern German tradition who attempted to broach this repertoire and arrange it with greater authenticity. Instead the Knaben Wunderhorn settings of Mahler created an even more sophisticated simulacrum of folk music tinged with humour, and irony—a palimpsest of sources old and new, genuine and fake, where so-called authenticity ceased to be an issue of importance or interest. Perhaps the question of authenticity mattered less with a dominant language and culture like German, than with those languages like Hungarian and Czech (and to an extent English) that were struggling to achieve their independence from the very German tradition that Brahms represented. Nevertheless, when it comes to folksong in Germany there is no composer before or since who has done as much as Johannes Brahms and this may have something to do with the fact that he always identified himself deep down, and with considerable contrariness, as a working-class, rather than a middle-class, artist.
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Have you ever tried a brand new product and almost immediately wondered why you thought that it would be good? Well, that is how I felt upon trying my first bite of these chips. However, they really, really grew on me and I can honestly say that I really enjoy them now. I think that I was expecting a typical potato chip or baked potato chip and these are nothing like that whatsoever. These chips are very light & crispy and have a nice flavor to them. They almost taste like they have a touch of parmesan cheese in them, but the label says nothing about cheese.
These chips are relatively healthy, chip speaking, of course. They are only 120 calories for a serving (approx. 22 chips) and haev only 4 grams of fat. They have no trans fats and aren't baked or fried. They are popped! They also state on the package that there are "no gluten ingredients used"! Yay for Trader Joe's! The price was decent on this bag of chips as well, though I don't remember exactly what it was. I believe it was right around $2.00.
Definitely would buy these again. Great to snack on with lunch or with some cut up cheese.
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Store bought products contain safe amounts of each individual ingredient, but when mixed with many other cleaning supplies the combination may not be safe. If you make your own, you won't be handling and inhaling toxic fumes while you clean.
2. It's good for the environment – First, no more empty containers will be going into the recycling, or worse yet the trash. Second, no more harmful chemicals going down our drains and into the water supply. Many municipal water filtration systems are not designed to remove those types of chemicals. Therefor, they end up back in our water supply. What comes around goes around – whatever we put down the drain will come back in one way or another.
A few things to keep in mind when working with homemade cleaning products…….
1) Residue – The first few times you use home cleaning products (especially window cleaner) you may notice some residue. There are two reasons for this. First, there is build-up from your previous cleaner that becomes visible. Second, homemade cleaners require a little extra elbow grease. You will have to work that sponge or rag (hopefully not paper towel) a little more, but it's worth it.
2) Essential Oils – Although they are natural, they can be quite potent, so make sure to wear gloves when working with Lavender and Tea Tree Oil.
Essential Oils are a great way to add natural fragrance and power to your homemade cleaning products.
They can add a powerful punch of antibacterial, and anti-fungal properties as well as many other benefits.
Here is a quick guide to some common essential oils you can use in home cleaning products.
My advice is use what you like to smell. Lately I've been using mainly lavender and the house smells amazing after a cleaning!
I usually buy my oils at our local health food store, or you can buy the same brand on-line at Aura Cacia.
Here's a quick list of some of the most common Essential Oils used in home cleaning products.
Bergamot Antibiotic
Chamomile Antibiotic, Antibacterial
Cinnamon – Antiviral, Antiseptic
Citronella – Antibacterial
Clove – Antibiotic, Antiviral
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Eucalyptus – Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Antiviral, Antifungal
Ginger – Antibacterial
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Pine – Antibiotic, Antibacterial, Deodorizer, Antiseptic
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Thyme – Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antifungal, Antiseptic
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There are approximately 133 million babies born each year, worldwide. The journey from pregnancy to birth and beyond is filled with hundreds of special moments. Billions of photos are snapped every day, in an attempt to preserve those precious and fascinating milestones.
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Scott Larson, the CEO of UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) also says both cameras — one that shoots photos, the other video —were successfully installed and data was being received from them.
"We were able to confirm that the cables were working and that we could communicate with the cameras," he said in an email to The Canadian Press.
"We will be continuing to update internal software on the ISS (International Space Station), but we are certainly moving from the installation phase of the company, to the commissioning and calibration phase."
It had earlier been reported that Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy successfully installed one of two cameras for Earth observations, a task requiring multiple power connections outside the space station, but that the second, medium-resolution camera did not provide good data to ground controllers after Monday's hookup.
Larson said in a phone interview that there was a small connection issue, but the camera eventually started to send data down.
"I don't think anyone here is too worried about it," he said. "This is kind of what happens."
All the external camera connections are believed to be solid, Russian Mission Control told the astronauts, and it was suggested that some files might be to blame.
The astronauts had hooked up both Earth-observing cameras during a spacewalk right after Christmas.
But ground controllers received no data from either camera, and the spacewalkers had to haul everything back in. The problem was traced to indoor cabling.
Larson said work still has to be done before the cameras are completely functional.
"We're going to spend three months basically getting the cameras fully commissioned and calibrated," he said.
"Then we'll slowly start to sell pictures to governments, earth observation companies — people who want pictures of Earth from space".
Larson said that UrtheCast has signed agreements with the UN, "lots of non-profits, lots of aid organizations who want pictures from space."
While still cameras are not unique in space, all eyes will be on the high resolution video camera that Larson hopes to have operating by the end of July or August.
"The video camera is entirely unique, it's full colour, will have a 90-second video clip, will take 150 of those a day and that's at one-metre resolution," he said.
"It's one-metre big so you can see buildings, cars, planes, buses, groups of people, things like that (but) you'll never see the guy mowing a lawn."
Larson said he and his team enjoyed a pancake breakfast in Vancouver while the two Russians outside the space station were hurtling through space at 25,000 kilometres per hour as they worked on the UrtheCast cameras.
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MCAS Math Scores Of Hundreds Of Students To Increase
The MCAS math scores for 70,000 10th-graders in Massachusetts have been revised, thanks to an error pointed out by a Newton North High School student.
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Mitchell Chester, the states commissioner of elementary and secondary education, told the Boston Globe that the testing contractor, Measured Progress, calculated the raw scores of the math portion of the MCAS accurately, but scaled them incorrectly.
The error was pointed out when Michael Safran, 16, a Newton North junior contacted the department to contest the results.
A principal at Westwood High School also reported the error the same day.
Safran, who only missed one question on the math portion, said he checked a pamphlet to see what questions he got wrong and noticed he lost more credit than he should have.
I figured it was just me, said Safran. I had no idea it would turn into something so great and life changing for 70,000 10th graders across Massachusetts.
Safran then examined how the raw scores were converted to the scaled scores on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Educations website.
With the help of his father Alan, the error was reported.
In all these numbers he found the problem, said Alan Safran. Im so proud of him, not because he was looking for four extra points, because he saw a problem and he just wanted an answer. Thats who he is.
As a result, the scores of 3,521 students statewide were misclassified with a low performance level.
While education officials said they are working with Measured Progress to address the reporting error, the performance levels for 1,364 students will increase from "needs improvement" to "proficient." The performance levels of 1,887 students will increase from "proficient" to "advanced."
Safran was called out of class the other day to take a phone call from Gov. Deval Patrick who thanked him for making a huge difference for thousands of students.
I know he's a busy man, he doesnt need to make these kinds of calls, but the fact he took the time to personally thank me was really great, said Safran.
In a bit of irony, Michael's dad is a former deputy education commissioner who pushed for the MCAS.
It's an embarrassing error, said Alan Safran. The good news is the government fixed it in 36 hours and the governor personally called to say thanks.


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Avoid These eBay Trading Violations
eBay buyers and sellers can commit trading violations by attempting to manipulate the outcome of an eBay auction or sale. Many of the violations aren't necessarily buyer- or seller-exclusive, but apply to both. Regardless of the nature of a violation, such bad behavior harms everyone who's part of the eBay community.
As a valued member of the community, it's partially your responsibility to look out for such violations so that eBay continues to be a safe venue in which to do business. Should you see a violation, report it immediately to the eBay Security Center.
Unfortunately, you may sometimes encounter non-community-minded sellers who interfere with your auctions or sales. This interference can take on several forms, such as sellers who illegally drive up bids or "steal" bidders.
Shill bidding: Placing a bid on an auction to artificially inflate the final value is forbidden. It's the bane of every eBay user (whether buyer or seller) and undermines community trust. Shill bidding may be a violation of the Federal wire fraud statute, which encompasses the practice of entering into interstate commerce to defraud; it's a felony and not something to toy with!
The practice of shill bidding has been a part of auctions from their beginnings. To prevent the suspicion of shill bidding, people in the same family, those who share the same computer, and folks who work or live together should not bid on each other's items.
Shill bidders are fairly easy to recognize, even for the eBay user who isn't privy to things such as IP addresses. By checking a bidder's auction history, you can easily determine a user's bidding pattern. A bidder who constantly bids up items and never wins is suspicious.
Transaction interference: Have you ever received an e-mail from an eBay seller offering you an item that you're currently bidding on for a lower price? This is called transaction interference, and it can prevent sellers from gaining the highest bid possible.
Transaction interception: This occurs when an eBay scalawag keeps track of closing auctions and then, when the auction is finished, e-mails the winner as if the scalawag were the seller. The e-mail often looks official and is congratulatory, politely asking for payment. Interceptors typically use a post office box for such mischief. This behavior goes beyond being a trading violation; it's actually stealing.
The best way to protect yourself from such miscreants is to accept payments through a payment service, such as PayPal, by using a Pay Now link.
Fee circumvention or avoidance: This is the practice of evading paying eBay fees by going around the eBay system. An eBay member can commit fee avoidance in many ways — sometimes without even realizing it:
Don't use an eBay member's contact information in an attempt to sell, off the eBay site, a listed item.
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At a recent dinner, my culinary guru/friend Jolene Worthington served guests a delicious, perfectly glazed, broiled salmon steak atop vinaigrette-dressed spinach.
The salmon's cooking juices gently wilted some spinach leaves, a tangy vinaigrette played well with the rich fish.
As her sous-chef for that entree, I loved its simplicity and tried to replicate it — with a few twists. Diced mango tossed with the spinach produced a mellow version.
Another friend suggested citrus, perhaps ruby red grapefruit. Tried that too, with the grapefruit's tartness brightening the salmon. Would halibut, swordfish or tilapia work? I tried each with tasty results.
Tiny red potatoes (halved, boiled and buttered) plus a meal capper of vanilla ice cream drizzled with caramel sauce with toasted pecans filled out the feast.
Tips: Use a barbecue grill rather than the oven to cook fish. Serve with iced tea or a French Chablis or Oregon pinot noir.
Citrus-glazed salmon with spinach
Prep: 15 minutes
Marinate: 15 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
1 large ruby red grapefruit
12 to 16 ounces fresh spinach
3/4 cup white balsamic vinegar, or white wine vinegar with a touch of honey
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper
4 salmon fillets or steaks, about 4 ounces each
1 medium shallot, finely chopped
1. Peel and section grapefruit over a bowl, catching the juice; you'll need about 1/4 cup. Dice grapefruit segments; place segments and spinach in a large bowl.
2. Combine 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper to taste in a small bowl. Arrange salmon on a plate; pour 1/2 cup vinaigrette over salmon (reserving remaining vinaigrette). Let stand 15-20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, heat broiler. Line a broiler pan or shallow baking pan with foil; brush with oil. Remove salmon from marinade, discarding marinade; place salmon in pan. Broil 8 to 10 minutes.
4. To dress spinach, put reserved vinaigrette in a heavy saucepan; reduce slightly over medium-high heat. Mix remaining 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 tablespoon oil in a bowl with the shallots and reduced vinaigrette. Pour over spinach; toss to coat. Divide spinach among four dinner plates; top with salmon.
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Per serving: 365 calories, 47% of calories from fat, 19 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 72 mg cholesterol, 19 g carbohydrates, 29 g protein, 281 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.
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Nearly a dozen ski resorts worldwide are starting to use a GPS tracking system for students and instructors called flaik (pronounced like snowflake). A flaik is a small beacon the size of a deck of cards that is strapped to the leg. If a student moves beyond a certain distance from her instructor, it sends out an automatic alert. The distance is set by the ski resort based on the level of the class.
"If we see that a student is not with the rest of their class, we'll call the instructor to resolve the situation," said Paul Reuter, the flaik supervisor at the Steamboat Springs ski resort in Colorado.Slideshow: Hit the lifts (on this page)
During busy times at Steamboat, on a day between Christmas and New Year's for instance, about 10 to 15 of the 800 students will become separated from the 115 instructors, Reuter said. A slower day might have about 300 students, and still somewhere between 1 percent and 2 percent will be located by flaik.
The public can't access the flaik tracking information during the day, but when ski school is over, each student is given a card with a code that will allow him to log into the flaik website. There, parents and kids can view a map, charts and graphs that show where they skied, how long they spent on each run, the difficulty of each trail, their vertical feet, the distance covered, their average speed and their top speed.
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Because it's fun to look at the tracking information, Steamboat and Smugglers' Notch in Vermont also rent the flaik to anyone who wants it for $10 a day — including adults who'd like a record of their own day in the snow.
A word of caution: Skiers who go to the flaik website and create an account will see a pull-down menu of more than three dozen ski resorts. Not all of these use the flaik in their ski school programs; some only use them for specific events. As of early 2011, resorts using it in teaching programs include: Steamboat, Winter Park and Copper Mountain in Colorado; Alpine Meadows and Homewood Mountain Resort in California; Smugglers' Notch in Vermont ; Pats Peak in New Hampshire; Mont Tremblant and Whistler-Blackcomb in Canada, and Meribel and Courchevel in France.
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Oprah is already on record as a Kindle fan. Jon Stewart–not so much.
"The Daily Show" host let Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on his show last night to pitch the Kindle 2.0, which started shipping yesterday. And while Bezos is an enthusiastic salesman, I think the clip below is pretty indicative of the Kindle's strengths and weaknesses as a mass-market device.
That is: For some folks, the ability to download books over the air, store a gazillion titles on a single device and have a "freaky" voice read them aloud to you are compelling reasons to shell out $359 for the gadget. For skeptics like Stewart, it's hard to see how Amazon (AMZN) has improved upon the ink-and-paper book, which uses technology that has worked pretty well for several hundred years.
But if you've got five minutes, this is a pretty entertaining back-and-forth.
One aside: I particularly enjoyed Stewart's befuddled reaction when Bezos mentions "DRM," the digital lock-and-key system that supposedly enrages consumers.
And since we're talking about Seattle-based tech CEOs visiting "The Daily Show," let's take a couple seconds to recall Bill Gates's 2007 interview, when he was pitching Vista. Best way to describe that one: Buggy.


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R.I.D.E.S is a program designed to offer students a responsible mode of transportation when one is needed. R.I.D.E.S. allows students to obtain their very own Metro Card assigned to their individual student ID number. Students can register for their card at the Drug and Alcohol Resource Center. Once registered, students may call any Metro Taxi in Connecticut at any time, and swipe their Metro Card to pay for the charge.
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Every year, tech geeks look forward to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas the way many children anticipate Christmas morning.
But reports from this year's show, which ended Sunday, indicated there was little under the tree to get excited about. As one report I heard said, no one is talking about 150-inch plasma TVs. The focus was much more on what people can realistically afford in today's bad economy.
One idea that generated a lot of buzz was Web-enabled TV. Last August, Intel and Yahoo announced "The Widget Channel." The feature will let you use "widgets" to access Internet services, such as stock quotes and news feeds, on your home television.
To do this, however, you must own an Internet-enabled TV. So at CES, Yahoo announced that it would work with TV manufacturers, such as Toshiba and Samsung, to build sets that can access the Widget Channel. The idea was also pushed by one of the Widget Channel's partners, MySpace, which wants to move aggressively into the TV "space."
Well, I'm sorry, but I'll believe it when I see it. The idea of watching the Internet on TV is like cold fusion. People will tell you that it's a great idea and will revolutionize society as we know it. But no one has been able to do it, regardless of how many times they've tried.
Industry experts keep saying that in the battle for the interactive future, the TV will come out on top. Yet desktop computers, laptops, and mobile devices seem to be consistently winning the battle for eyeballs.
This idea of putting the Internet on TV has been around for a while. I went back into the Monitor archives and found several articles about how the marriage of the TV and the Internet was inevitable.
For example, Monitor writer Laurent Belsie wrote in 1996 that "in the next few years, someone is going to marry the action of television with the data of the Internet in such a compelling way that consumers will flock to see it. A new medium will be born."
The first idea was WebTV, a box that cost about $300, with a monthly subscription fee of $20. It was not intertwined with TV programming. It basically was a way to access the Web. In 1997, Microsoft bought it for about $450 million, and it went nowhere. Ultimately, its biggest market was seniors, who found it easier to read than a computer screen.
Attitude toward the Internet on the tube tempered a bit after that, but we were still hearing about "the revolution" in 2000. In another Monitor article, Harry Brunius wrote: "so far, attempts by the high-tech industry to make TV even more the center of American life – with games, online shopping, and e-mail – have been met with all the avid interest generally shown to cooking infomercials.
"That may be about to change. Later this month, America Online will launch AOLTV, its version of interactive television. With its online community of 22.5 million members and its pending merger with TimeWarner, AOL could become one of the first to bring the new era of digital television to a broad audience."
Anyone out there who remembers AOLTV raise your hand ... anyone? That's what I thought.
So now we have The Widget Channel. The names change, but the tune remains the same. I don't mean to rain on Yahoo and Intel's parade, but here is why I don't think it will work:
•The experience of watching TV as opposed to using a laptop computer or mobile device is different. I watch TV when I want to "veg out." It's a passive activity, while using a computer or cellphone is more interactive. And watching TV with a keyboard in your hand just won't fly, in my opinion. I mean, we argue now about who gets to use the remote control. Imagine if that argument expands to an interactive TV keyboard.
•TV is a "one to many" medium. When a show is on the tube, the entire family can sit and watch. But when I'm online, whether checking e-mail or reading the news, I want to do it on my own.
But some aspects of the Internet-TV marriage can work. For example, downloading movies from Netflix to your TV is brilliant, because movies are a shared viewing experience. In this case, we're using the Internet not as an interactive medium, but as a quicker delivery mechanism than the US mail.
I can also see a widget working when you want to vote someone off "Survivor" or for your favorite singer on "American Idol." (Then again, who at home gets to decide how to vote if one of you likes David Archuleta and the other likes David Cook?)
But don't be surprised if, in four or five years, we're hearing about yet another breakthrough in the struggle to get us to move from the computer to the TV. And then we can also look for news on the latest breakthrough in cold fusion.


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One of the many shots compiled for Zuckerman's book Creature, this quite gorgeous and graphically-framed image of a Bald Eagle was created with 4 lights.
Camera: Hasselblad H1 with 120mm macro lens and Leaf Aptus 75 digital back, set on a tripod 6 feet back from the bird. Shot at 1/125, f5.6, ISO 200.
Lighting: Andrew's goal is to make the bird look as "natural" as possible, so the light is crisp, but flat. A large octabank at f5.6 without any baffle is boomed over the camera and 3 feet toward the bird. A silver beauty dish at f5.6 is boomed below the camera and 3 feet toward the bird. Two large strip banks at f8 are camera left and right of the bird, and 5 feet behind it, to light the white backdrop evenly.
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Com2uS is the maker of big hit iphone games like Slice It! and Homerun Battle 3D.
Specializing in the mobile gaming space for more than 10 years, Com2uS is a company that craves creativity, innovation and challenging to take these values in to action.
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Touch The Beat(TTB in short) is the next big project from Com2uS that will change how everyone plays music games.
Up to now, Music games have been boring taps on the same space again and again.
Touch the Beat allows users to mix the music beats and rhythm with beat charts that are much more active and fun. (Check out the attached files)
The best par of Touch the Beat is that it lets users create their own game based on the music and songs they have on their devices and share with friends. This is the biggest differentiation point from all other music games.
The game will pimp up your music and music will never be more fun than with Touch the Beat!!
is a mobile games studio with 13games in the Apple Appstore and Android gaming arena.
With strong titles like Homerun Battle 3D, Slice It! and Chronicles of Inotia, Com2uS is one of the leading mobile game maker.
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The sun burns through the morning fog in San Diego as the Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Freedom gets underway for certification trials under Cmdr. Tim Wilke, the commanding officer.
As Freedom steers toward the harbor, Wilke tells the crew by intercom that the trials are "our Super Bowl." The ship, which just finished a successful overhaul, speeds to nearly 40 kt. without a hitch.
But neither Wilke nor the Navy brass sees clear sailing for the ship or the LCS program. The USS Freedom, commissioned in 2008 but beset by problems, must still resolve some issues before it can cruise to Singapore this spring for a 10-month deployment and prove its value as a surface combatant. Compressors have been giving engineers fits. The fire-control radar has been causing gun issues. And operation of the stern ramp and door has been creating problems.
Issues loom for the LCS program, as well. While Navy brass has been more transparent by detailing fixes for some of the ship's larger problems, service officials have made other revelations. While the Navy was clear about plans to build the first two LCS vessels as "operational research-and-developmental" ships, the brass did not effectively communicate this outside the Pentagon, says Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, who heads the LCS council of service admirals charged with shepherding USS Freedom to deployment and the program to success.
Furthermore, Hunt acknowledges, such ship development is a new course for the Navy. "We've never done this before," he says.
The Navy's "operational R&D" branding of the LCS vessels (there are now three) appears to run adrift of earlier congressional testimony. Consider the March 10, 2009, testimony of then-Rear Adm. William Landay, program executive officer of ships, before the seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee: "There was a belief held by some in the Defense Department and the shipbuilding industry that we needed a different approach, one that allowed less conventional designs, greater use of commercial standards and focused on adapting systems available throughout the world instead of along the R&D effort."
Instead, the Freedom-class vessels were redesigned to resolve engineering and fabrication issues, with more improvements planned.
Hunt says most of the work needed for Freedom, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, and for LCS-2, the USS Independence, built by a team led by General Dynamics and Austal USA, was mostly elemental shipbuilding and combat system development—items that should have been addressed early on. "It's as though the ship designers didn't know what the ship operators would use some of this equipment for, or how they would use it at sea," Hunt says. "It wasn't 'sailorized,' if you will."
In a recent article in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Rear Adm. Tom Rowden put it another way: "In the interest of quick delivery to the fleet, ship design began before requirements were finalized, and building started before designs were stable."
One recent Navy acknowledgment is that while LCS vessels are only rated for Combat 1+ levels—lower than a tanker—they will, not surprisingly, face greater dangers due to their coastal mission. Congress may wonder if the Navy will have to rewrite its doctrine for all Level 1 combat ships or just tailor certain procedures for LCS.
Many defense analysts say if the Navy had been upfront about LCS developmental problems earlier, the service would not have faced the intense scrutiny by Congress and the media that has buffeted the program.
Now, though, analysts say the Navy's efforts to come clean on LCS problems is helping the service regain credibility and prove it has the program on course.
Navy officials say the LCS will eventually be useful in ways yet to be envisioned. Congress, however, may well put future LCS dual-block buys—or even later contracts under the current one—under a sharper lens after evaluating how the operational models fare.
Lawmakers, meanwhile, will be waiting to see if the USS Freedom deploys as scheduled to Singapore, and how well it performs there.
For a look at the background to the controversy over LCS-1's build quality and how the LCS designs measure up to small combatants worldwide, check out the digital AW&ST Defense Technology Edition on leading tablets and smartphones, or go to AviationWeek.com/lcs.


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Just an hour's drive south of historic Charleston lays the picturesque sea island community of Edisto Island, South Carolina. Nestled in rural Colleton County, this idyllic waterfront community boasts a rich and colorful history dating back more than 500 years. It's this history and geographic location that makes Edisto Island beach rentals a popular place to explore the rest of what coastal South Carolina has to offer.
Originally inhabited in the 1500s by the Edisto tribe of Native Americans, the island was later explored and settled by Spaniards in the 1600s. This was followed by the English during the reign of King Charles II.
In the 18th century, this coastal barrier island was nearly devastated by pirates, drought, boll weevils, the plague, fires and hurricanes, all of which took a terrible toll on the Native Indians and the European settlers. These natural disasters have long since dissipated and as such, have allowed for Edisto Island beach rentals to flourish in the years since.
Prosperity returned to the region in the 1800s as a result of the demand for rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton. However, the Civil War destroyed many of the plantations and historic homes. Some plantations remain and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which continue to be popular tourism sites among those who book Edisto Beach rentals for their visit to South Carolina.
Today, the island boats approximately 3,400 residents who rely primarily on the tourism industry. These same people who book Edisto Island rentals are welcomed by residents, who work hand-in-hand to keep the local economy humming. There are excellent outdoor recreational opportunities, local seafood restaurants, a marina, a golf course and Edisto Island beach rentals currently available.
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Episode 62 Talking with Teen Librarians
Episode 62 Talking with Teen Librarians
When it comes to motivating and inspiring teens to read, teen librarians have a lot to teach us. Tune in to hear a conversation with teen librarians Mary Arnold and Walter Mayes, two experts on connecting teens with books. Youll hear about the approaches they take to their work with teen readers, ways they go about sharing and promoting new titles, plus a short list of their favorite books for teens.
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SNK has revealed that The King of Fighters XII will arrive in Japan on July 30. Originally slated for July 16, SNK wanted to polish the PS3 and Xbox 360 title a bit more before releasing it. Being published by Ignition in the US and Canada, it's slated for a "summer" release. More through Kotaku.
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Ignition sent over some new King of Fighters XII shots this morning, and it's all looking very nice indeed. Get them after the break. The game's out in July for 360 and PS3.
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SNK and Ignition just confirmed that The King of Fighters XII will release this July for both 360 and PS3. The game was rumoured as a summer launch for PS3 this morning. "Our development slogan for KOFXII is 'KOF Re-Birth' and we've aimed to create an entirely new King of Fighters game. To make this […]
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The King of Fighters XII trailer after the break – which looks blinking stupendulous – apparently shows the game as having a summer release date for PS3. We say "apparently," because the "summer" bit looks distinctly stuck on. So does the "PlayStation 3" bit, if we're being honest. The game was always pegged for a […]
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Something tells me the chances of us seeing officially licensed Dishonored LEGO are slim. Rats, murder, prostitutes...I don't think it's quite LEGO's thing. But hey, where LEGO misses an opportunity, custom builders are always there to come through with the goods.
Nathan Proudlove built this Dishonored "Tall Boy" walker, a unit in the game that spends its time trying to kill you while at the same time trying to not trip over the slightest bit of debris.
This, though, will just spend all of its time sitting on a shelf. Safer for everyone, really!
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With just a few days to go until Christmas Day, Royal Mail is getting in the festive spirit by revealing the UK's 40 favourite festive house names.
The popular Christmas carol, 'The Holly and the Ivy' has no doubt helped propel these evergreen favourites to the top of the list.
Holly appears on 9353 homes in the UK, while ivy adorns 6926.
Those looking for chestnuts roasting on an open fire' won't be disappointed with Chestnuts third on the top 40, appearing 4,14 times across the country.
In Scotland, the 'G' (Glasgow) postcode area has the highest concentration of festive street names. Holly tops the list, appearing in eight Glasgow addresses. In Edinburgh (EH postcode area) and Dundee (DD postcode area), Ivy tops the list.
Royal Mail unearthed the top festive house names in the UK after analysing its Postcode Address File which contains 29.3 million home and business addresses.
Those on the lookout for Rudolph should head over to Waterlooville in Hampshire PO7 as he may be hiding in one of the 12 homes there that bear his name.
When it comes to accommodation for Joseph and Mary this Christmas Eve, they certainly don't need to worry as there are plenty of Bethlehems (69) and Stables (4287).
Poplar in East London E14 has the highest concentration of Bethlehems (29) with Chartham in Kent CT4, housing the most stables (35).
Christmas film classics ''The Snowman'' and ''Elf'' have also made their mark on the housing landscape.
Snowman can be found on 103 addresses across the country while Elf hangs proudly on 23.
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Namena Marine ReserveThe Namena Marine Reserve, part of the Bua Province encompasses the entiure reef around Namena Island which is located between the two main Fijian Islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu.
Villagers of the Kubulau District on Vanua Levu own the traditional fishing rights (qoliqoli) of the Namena barrier reef, on which they depend for their livelihood.
In the 1980's and 1990's, an increase in commercial fishing posed a serious threat to Namena's reefs. The chiefs of Kubulau responded in 1997 by placing a total ban on fishing through the creation of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) - The Namena Marine Reserve.
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In 2008, we started as a family owned and operated business in the heart of Hollywood. Having personally experienced the many benefits of reflexology, we decided to share it with the rest of the world in a clean and modern environment. Since then, we have expanded to a second location in Beverly Hills to better serve our guests and provide them with more convenient choices.
Using the ancient art of Chinese Reflexology, at Aurora Foot Spa we provide you with the most enjoyable foot massage experience to heal your mind, body, and soul. We believe in providing our guests with the highest standards of service and quality possible.
All our therapists are highly qualified, undergoing a strict selection process to ensure your satisfaction. Not only do our expert masseuses relieve your stress and fatigue, but they can also help you restore the balance and harmony within your system.
Reflexology is an ancient practice in Chinese medicine that consists of massaging and squeezing on parts of the feet or other areas of the body to promote improved health and wellbeing.
It has been used in China since 2704 B.C. to compliment other natural healing methods while stimulating your body's recovery abilities. It is more than just a foot massage as its therapeutical effects are numerous.
Through a gentle yet effective therapy, foot massage reflexology relieves tension and clears blockages by stimulating sensory receptors in the nerve fibers of the foot. As a result, energy is produced that branches to the spinal cord where it is dispersed throughout the entire nervous system. It is based on a system of zones and reflex areas that reflect an image of the body on the feet. During a foot massage reflexology session, endorphins are released into the bloodstream, easing aches and pains, promoting a feeling of deep relaxation and balance.
A foot massage reflexology session greatly relaxes the body, thereby reducing any constriction of blood vessels and improving circulation. In turn, it helps to break up and dissolve crystal deposits caused by an excess of uric acid, which has built up in the body and settled in the feet. Reflexology helps restore and maintain the bodies' natural equilibrium and encourages the body to work naturally to restore its own healthy balance.
Researches and studies have shown foot massage sessions to assist in conditions such as: arthritis, back pain, migraine headaches, sleep disorders, hormonal imbalances, sports injuries, digestive disorders, high blood pressure, and stress related issues.
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Command-line Work on Linux Server
The storage/delivery server operating system is SUSE Linux, and the default shell (command line interpreter) via ssh (Secure Shell access) is BASH.
The following are a few commands to help the beginner locate files and open, view, and close them on the server, as well as to run command-line scripts. More information is available at the links provided:
- SSH User Manual
- BASH Reference Manual
- VI Editor commands
- Using the PS command
- Linux / Unix ps / kill
SSH: to get to the server
SSH offers 2 interfaces: a command-line interface (the white window icon) and a graphical user interface (GUI: the yellow folder icon). While you may use the GUI for browsing to locate content, you will need the command-line interface for running scripts. So the following instructions are for this latter interface.
- Click on the white window icon, or use your computer menu of programs to select the Secure Shell Client.
- You may either select the libcontent1 profile, if already programmed in, or click "Quick Connect" and enter in "libcontent1.lib.ua.edu" and the user name.
- Enter your password, and click "ok".
- You are now at the command line on the server, and within the BASH shell. If at this point, you click on the yellow folder icon at the top, it will open up the graphical user view of your home directory, which may help. Also, clicking on the white window icon at the top will open another command-line interface of your home directory. You may open as many of these as is helpful, so as to work in multiple directories at the same time. This can be useful if you want to run scripts from one directory, view the output in a second directory, and examine the files to be processed in a third directory.
- You can resize the windows by dragging their corners, and you can relocate the windows by clicking/dragging the top bar.
- to change settings, such as font size, color, type, and background colors, click "edit", click "settings", and select Global Settings/Appearance/Font or Colors. Make your selections and click "OK". It helps if you select text colors and cursor color that will stand out against the background selected.
- To exit the server, type "exit" on command line of each window open, or simply close all SSH windows. Before you exit, be sure to close any files you have opened, or the server will retain the "opened" file for recovery until you return.
- Never leave your desktop unattended while you have an SSH window open on the server; this is a serious security risk. If you must leave your desktop while SSH is open, lock the access to your desktop first.
For further information: SSH User Manual
BASH: to get around on the server, and run scripts
To find out more about any of these commands, go to Google and type in "manpage" and then the command. Or, on the commandline, type in "man", space, and the basic command without the parameters which follow it. This will open the text version of the manpage stored on the server, and it will open it in VI (next section discussed). For example, "man ls" will give you an option of two versions of the 'ls' command. Enter "1" and a text file will open in the window. Use "control-F" to move forward in the file and "control-B" to move backwards in the file. Alternatively, you can use the arrow keys to scroll up and down. To close the file, type colon q (':q').
All commands should be followed by hitting the "enter" key.
- 'ls' means "list." This is the command you type in to list the contents of the current directory.
- 'ls -l' (that is el ess space hyphen el) will provide a complete (el is for 'long') listing of all non-system files in a long format, so you can see who the files and directories belong to, permissions issues, size of files, and date created.
- To also see system hidden files, use 'ls -la' (a is for 'all').
- To list the contents of a directory, add the name of the subdirectory: 'ls UploadArea' will list the contents of the UploadArea subdirectory. 'ls UploadArea/MODS" will list the contents of the MODS directory within the UploadArea directory. In the Linux operating system (as opposed to a Windows operating system) the marker between directory and subdirectory is a forward slash ("/") instead of a backward slash.
- 'cd' means "change directory." This is the command you type in to change directories on the server.
- If you type in 'cd' with no parameters (nothing following the command), you will be returned to your home directory, where you entered the system.
- If you type in 'cd UploadArea' you will change directories to the UploadArea subdirectory. If then you type in 'ls' you will see the contents of that directory.
- To move up into the parent directory, type 'cd ..' -- that will take you up one level. 'cd ../..' takes you up 2 levels.
- To change to a sister directory that's in the same directory you're in, type 'cd ../sister' where 'sister' is the name of the adjacent directory. Example: 'cd UploadArea/scripts' takes you into the scripts subdirectory of the UploadArea. If then you want to go to the "output" subdirectory of the UploadArea, then type in 'cd ../output'.
- To run a script, it is best to change into the directory where that script is located, as often it expects to find the output directory in a relative location to the script. Once you are in the scripts directory, type in the script name and hit enter. If this fails, that means your classpath is not properly set; so report that, but type in './scriptname' instead; that is, preface the script name with './' (period forward slash) to indicate to the BASH shell that you want to run the script located in the directory where you are.
- Viewing file content:
- To view a file's contents on commandline, type in 'cat filename' where filename is the name of the file you want to view. If that file is in the sister directory to the directory you are in -- assume it is in the output directory and you are in the scripts directory -- type in 'cat ../output/filename'.
- To view a file, type in 'view filename' where "filename" is the name of the file you want to view. If you are wanting to edit the file at the command line, type in 'vi filename' instead. If that file is in the sister directory to the directory you are in -- assuming it is in the output directory and you're in the scripts directory, type in 'vi ../output/filename'. See the VI section next.
For further information: BASH Reference Manual
VI: to view files from the command line on the server
- 'view filename' will open the file in view mode. While it is possible to edit a file in view mode, saving those changes will require the addition of an exclamation point to the save command.
- Control-f will move the view forward a page at a time
- Control-b will move the view backward a page at a time
- arrow keys will scroll
- 'G' means "Go", I think. If you follow it with a space and number, it will take you to the line in the file corresponding to that number. By itself, it takes you to the end of the file. (thanks, Nitin!)
- ':q' (meaning "quit") closes the file. If you have inadvertantly made edits that you don't want to save, ':q!' will get you out of the file without saving changes. Alternatively, if you want to save your edits, type in ':wq' for "write quit".
- Some characters change the mode to where whatever you enter will be typed in, so if you don't want to edit the file, try not to hit any other keys. If by accident you do get into insertion mode, use Control-Esc to get out of it. And be sure to use ':q!' to get out of the file without saving your changes.
For further information: VI Editor commands
PS (Process Status) to find background processes
The moveContent and makeJpegs scripts both include a "fork" process. This means that they fork off another process on the system before exiting. This allows you to close your ssh window and forget about the script, while it goes on working between the servers, sometimes for several hours.
However, sometimes things don't work the way you expect, or you find you need to stop and start over for some reason. In these situations, you need to be able to find out if any processes are running, and you need to be able to stop them (for the latter, see the next section on "kill").
'ps ux' will show all the processes currently running by the user who types in this command. For example:
jlderidder@libcontent1:~> ps ux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND 1002 10409 0.0 0.0 48848 1944 ? Ss 10:08 0:00 /usr/lib64/ssh/sftp-server 1002 11071 1.3 0.0 21416 2532 pts/3 Ss 16:06 0:00 -bash 1002 11163 0.0 0.0 12960 1048 pts/3 R+ 16:06 0:00 ps ux 1002 32667 0.0 0.0 85640 2016 ? S 08:04 0:02 sshd: jlderidder@pts/1,pts/2,pts/3 1002 32668 0.0 0.0 21416 2532 pts/1 Ss 08:04 0:00 -bash 1002 32669 0.0 0.0 21416 2536 pts/2 Ss 08:04 0:00 -bash
The above lists me as user #1002, with 6 processes running. PID is the Process ID Number; this is the number you need to know in order to stop a process. In the above listing, PID 10409 is my ssh graphical window, which is often used for transferring files (SFTP means Secure File Transfer Protocol). I have 3 commandline windows open, listed in PID 32667 (pts 1, 2, and 3); and in each of those, I'm using a BASH shell. Each of those is indicated as a separate process, which the server started for me automatically when I opened the terminals. Those three BASH processes are listed as PIDs 11071, 32668, and 32669. Also, you'll see that the command "ps ux" that I just typed in, is listed as a process, PID 11163.
So now I'm going to pretend I'm Jeremiah, start the makeJpegs script and see what ps prints out:
jeremiah@libcontent1:/home/jeremiah/UploadArea/scripts> ps ux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND jeremiah 10153 0.0 0.0 21288 2428 pts/2 S 16:05 0:00 bash jeremiah 11887 0.0 0.0 21288 2424 pts/1 S 16:15 0:00 bash jeremiah 11903 0.1 0.0 17152 3708 pts/1 S+ 16:15 0:00 /usr/bin/perl ./makeJpegs jeremiah 11926 0.0 0.0 12960 1048 pts/2 R+ 16:16 0:00 ps ux
As you can see, Jeremiah has 2 BASH shells open (PID 10153 and 11887). The ps command I just typed in shows up as PID 11926. The makeJpegs script is running as PID 11903. Under STAT it says "S+". S means it's sleeping. (R+ means "runnable"; more info here: [1]) The START value tells me when it was started (16:15 = 4:15 pm).
In order to see a particular script ps ux | grep (script name). If results only list the grep script name, then the process is no longer running. If the results list #usr bin perl, then the script in question is still running.
More info about the PS command can be found here: [2]
Kill (to kill a process located with the PS command above)
So you've used the PS command and found the PID (process ID) number for the process you want to stop. How do you stop it? On the commandline, type in the following, replacing "PIDnum" with the PID number of the process you want to stop:
kill -9 PIDnum
That's it. The "-9" will force the exit of the script, even if it's hung up in an endless loop or something. You can rerun the ps command above to verify that the script has been killed. Be aware that you probably have to clean up now, as the script may have been in the middle of writing or copying files at the time you stopped it. Double check the last several files it wrote (it would be writing quite a few at once) -- or better, delete all it did, and start over.
See Linux / Unix ps / kill for more information.