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Guest lecturing at Leeds Trinity University
A blog by Nicola Towler
Last week I was invited to guest lecture at Leeds Trinity University College and as an ex-student it was a surreal, but worthwhile experience.
As a media and marketing student, I graduated from the University in 2011, where I was then invited to join virtualDCS as a marketing executive. During the last four years I kept in touch with lecturers and volunteers, as I was thankful for the positive experience that I received.
Consequently, when my old teacher, Senior Marketing lecturer Nick Beaton called and asked me to speak to his 'marketing strategy and planning' class it was an opportunity that I could not turn down. I will, however admit that it was somewhat nerve-racking to step back into the classroom to present as an expert, rather than listening intently and hurriedly taking notes!
Inviting guest speakers into the classroom is something which Nick also did during my time at the University as it allowed us to get a 'real world' perspective on the techniques and concepts which we were learning. In my case, I spoke to the class about how I put the theory I learnt at the University in to practice at virtualDCS – from marketing strategy planning to online advertising – the lessons I've learnt and my advice for the current students.
In addition to presenting lectures, virtualDCS has also taken on several placement students over the last four years, along with some of our employees acting as mentors for the students.
I'm proud to be able to work in an organisation which gives back to the local community and enables me to continue to support worthwhile organisations. Hopefully the students also found my presentation a worthwhile experience!


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The cracking, and closure, of the Rustock botnet in March this year did not impact spam traffic as much as other closures have in the past year. According to Kaspersky Lab, last year's Pushdo, Cutwail and Bredolab closures, whereby the quantity of spam fell by 2-3 percentage points for a day or two before bouncing back again.
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Trojan-Spy.HTML.Fraud.gen maintained its leading position in the Top 10 rating of malicious programs distributed via mail traffic in the first quarter of 2011. This Trojan uses spoofing technology and appears in the form of an HTML page. It comes with a phishing email containing a link to a fake site resembling that of a well-known bank or e-pay system where the user is asked to enter a login and a password that will be used by fraudsters to access his/her confidential data.
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"Notably, in the first quarter of 2011 Google services such as Google AdWords and Google Checkout were attacked less often. The phishers switched their attention to the highly popular Brazilian social network Orkut which is owned by Google. The attacks on this social network reached 1.96% of the total, putting it in 12th place in the list of organisations most often targeted by phishers," said Maria Namestnikova, Senior Spam Analyst at Kaspersky Lab.
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The big news in college football is about Hugh Freeze. Nope. The NCAA and its list of allegations didn't catch up to Freeze. At least not yet. His "misdialing" an escort service is what proved to kill his career at Ole Miss. And now the Rebels are looking for a new head coach.
Matt Luke is serving as interim head coach as Ross Bjork begins the not so long search process. Being a month away from the 2017 season means that the pickings are slim. Due to that time constraint, the perfect candidate may seem like a long shot. This ideal candidate would need to have a sparkling image to go along with the ability to coach top-shelf talent. And in the perfect world, this candidate would bring enough name recognition to piece the 2018 recruiting class back together.
What if I suggested Les Miles as the perfect candidate for Ole Miss? Would he be someone you'd be interested in?
It has been reported that Miles has been in contact with Ole Miss. It's no secret that he's wanted back in coaching ever since LSU cut him loose. And with the season looming, who else with a national championship pedigree is going to be available or interested in the cleanup job at Ole Miss? The timing couldn't have been better for Freeze's escapades to surface if you're Miles.
Miles does come with a certain amount of baggage. But it's not NCAA baggage or $100-for-an-hour-in-the-backseat type of baggage. The baggage that Miles comes with is an inability to find and develop a quarterback. The last few offenses that Miles had at LSU were offensive. And that was with Leonard Fournette in his backfield.
Freeze's strong suit just so happens to negate the offensive coaching deficiencies of Miles. Freeze was a magical recruiter. Was it always on the up-and-up? We'll let the NCAA's kangaroo court decide that. But Freeze will have left Miles with a stud of a quarterback in Shea Patterson. All Miles would have to do is hire an offensive coordinator to hand Patterson over to. And this time the offensive coordinator has got to be better than Cam Cameron.
Miles could win right away at Ole Miss provided he hires the right offensive coordinator and then gets out of his way. A name that I would like to see considered if Miles lands in Oxford is Dave Christensen. Christensen is now a consultant at Arizona State so he's arguably available and his abilities as an offensive coordinator can't be ignored. Just look at what he did as Gary Pinkel's offensive coordinator at Missouri. Give his offense a quarterback like Brad Smith or Chase Daniel and his offenses will hum. Patterson and Miles would do just fine with Christensen as their offensive coordinator.
As far as the potential contract is concerned, Miles holds all the leverage. Miles could basically name his price, and if Bjork is smart, he'll say yes. Remember, there is money for a new football coach since Freeze gave up his buyout when he resigned rather than being fired. At the age of 63, Miles could sign a 5-7 year contract with a clause that lets him walk away if the NCAA does end up hammering the football program.
Ole Miss needs a football coach. Miles wants a job and would be the best available candidate for most jobs. It's now up to Bjork to make it happen.
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Thomas Glave was born in the Bronx and grew up there and in Kingston, Jamaica. A two-time New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, he is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Brown University. His work has earned many honors, including the Lambda Literary Award in 2005 and 2008, an O. Henry Prize (he is the second gay African American writer, after James Baldwin, to win this award), a Fine Arts Center in Provincetown Fellowship, and a Fulbright fellowship to Jamaica. While there, he worked on issues of social justice, and helped found the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays.

Thomas Glave is the author of Whose Song? and Other Stories, the essay collection Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent (winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award), and is editor of the anthology Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles (winner of a 2008 Lambda Literary Award). He is the 2008-2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature

A woman is haunted by the atrocities committed by her husband, and makes a heart-wrenching decision about atonement; secret fears and unspoken desires reveal the profound ambivalence at the heart of an interracial couple's relationship; a Jamaican man mourns his friend's death at the hands of anti-gay vigilantes; and two extraordinary young men escape the horrors of slavery when they leave their bodies behind on the Middle Passage.

Known for his courageous explorations into the heavily mined territories of race and sexuality, Thomas Glave offers a series of profound portraits of the traumas of war, the ravages of homophobia and racism, and the ultimate triumph of desire.

"The Torturer's Wife is one of the most interesting American books I have read . . . a literary text that incites the reader to become a conscious and seduced re-reader." —Juan Goytisolo, The Marx Family Saga

"Glave's disruption of form is a powerful metaphor for sexual, racial and geopolitical disjunctions. Glave is a gifted stylist . . . blessed with ambition, his own voice and an impressive willingness to dissect how individuals actually think and behave." —New York Times Book Review

"Thomas Glave walks the path of such greats in American literature as Richard Wright and James Baldwin . . ." —Gloria Naylor, The Women Of Brewster Place

"Glave is a brilliant writer of startingly fresh prose . . . his stories are intricate tapestries of life rendered through a triumphant act of the imagination." —Clarence Major, My amputations

Thomas Glave is an O. Henry award-winning author and was named a Village Voice Writer on the Verge in 2001. He is the author of Whose Song? and Other Stories, Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent (winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction), and editor of Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles. He has taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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"In many ways the experience of the dreamers, their inscrutable relationship with the dream-text, is akin to the experience of the reader of this collection. Stories often take on the texture of dreamscapes: enigmatic, elusive, difficult to decode."
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"Glave's prose is vibrant, and immediate. It carries the reader along as it delves deep into the grim places of the human mind. . . . Putting this book down, I felt I will go back at some point soon and reread, in order to more fully understand and appreciate this beautiful and intriguing look at post-postmodern war fiction." —Alan Chin
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"Glave's tales of desire, love, and fear during times of trauma simply should not be ignored. . . . The stories in this book are not pleasant, but they are important nevertheless. I would love to see Middle America give this book a try." —Martin Goffeney
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"Thomas Glave has emerged as a unique author within GLBT letters, and his latest collection of short stories, The Torturer's Wife, stands to solidify his reputation. Indeed, while many of the books marketed to a gay readership rely on facile themes, Glave bravely defies the usual commercial interests by dealing with difficult subjects clothed in experimental prose." —Eduardo Febles
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"Few of the nine short stories in Glave's second collection are explicitly Queer. But his themes are universal: the trauma of haunting memories, the puzzle of erotic longing, the intersection of intimacy and desire, the gnawing disease of unacknowledged racism, the parallel horrors of war and anti-Gay violence. . . Glave's daringly experimental but eloquent prose style, often elliptical and interspersed with lines of poetry, is a challenge. But a deep, attentive reading will yield exciting literary rewards." —Richard Labonte

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"Short story collections are as good as their authors, as is the case with these three books. Lambda Award-winning author Thomas Glave followed his first collection (Whose Song? and Other Stories) with an even better set in The Torturer's Wife, a group of violent and disturbing but nonetheless compelling tales."

—Jesse Monteagudo
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"Interruptions, run-on sentences, and unorthodox punctuation waltz with graphic, grisly descriptions and sudden bouts of poetry. Teeming with unnamed characters and secrets galore, Glave's collection impressively and collectively presents itself as a trembling sheath barely concealing the horror and dubious complexities of modern-day life as we know it."

—Jim Piechota
 http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=books&article=432 02 00 Publishers Weekly "Glave's second collection is a disquieting, graphic, semiexperimental compendium examining violence and ignorance in and out of wartime. After opening with a contemporary relationship drama, Glave makes the jarring transition to armed conflicts, invasion and genocide. What most unifies these works is what's left unsaid—secrets are a constant, and there are virtually no names. Glave's style, full of interruptions, ellipses, unconventional text treatments and poemlike breaks, sends each story whirling thickly toward its end: in the title story, a woman called "She" is haunted by grotesque nightmares of dismembered body parts raining on her house and garden, after discovering her high-ranking husband's wartime atrocities. In the allegorical "Milk/Sea; Sentience," the dreams of a sleeping village of women heal war's wounds. . . . an intriguing experiment in post-postmodern war fiction. " http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6599457.html?industryid=47159 01 00 The Advocate
"In May, Glave stood up at a Caribbean literary festival and bravely criticized antigay remarks made by the Jamaican prime minister. Now he delivers a story collection focusing on the redemption of desire amid violence and homophobia."
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"Thomas Glave, who has been compared to fellow O. Henry Award winner Richard Wright, returns with his second collection of short fiction, The Torturer's Wife. In passionate, disquieting prose, Glave bears eloquent witness to human traumas both large and small."

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"Glave's stories focus on characters who haven't been allowed a voice or whose ability to speak has been silenced through death and the machinations of government and/or society. Though the subject matter is heavy, the author's beautiful use of language gives meaning and substance to what are sometimes horrific events. More importantly, Glave bears witness to incidents often ignored just as he did in his collection of essays Words to Our Now. . . . Glave's narratives seamlessly interweave components of speech with descriptions of place and the internal thoughts of the characters. His olfactory-driven prose give an immediacy to the time, location and physicality of his characters, making his stories come vibrantly alive. . . . Identity is divided in order for the individual to cope with the extremity of emotion and maintain aspects of themselves they don't want to lose. Glave employs radically diverse styles and structures to describe this process making his writing some of the most exciting and spirited I've read for a long time."

—Eric Karl Anderson

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"In The Torturer's Wife, Thomas Glave has reproduced Lady Macbeth's descent into murder and madness. Set in a modern paradise controlled by terror, people disappear during midnight flights over the ocean, while a charismatic military leader parades his stunningly lovely wife through mansions and banquets. This is a story that, once read, will replay itself in your nightmares forever."
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These facts are well known to everybody. However, what is not very apparent is the possible areas that the LPO/KPO providers in India may explore. One such possible area is "Techno-Legal LPO and KPO" in India. Till now only global leaders like Perry4Law alone is providing techno-legal LPO/KPO services in India. This may be so because techno-legal LPO and KPO requires domain specific and highly specialised knowledge about both technology and law that very few can possess.
For instance, if an assignment pertaining to cyber forensics or cyber security is forwarded to India, there are very few firms like Perry4Law that can manage the same. The existing LPO and KPO firms and organisation must upgrade their work structure and manpower to meet this future requirement.
Another point that must be kept in mind by the LPO and KPO providers in India is that they may also face stiff competition from other Asian countries. In order to remain the World leader and first place for LPO and KPO business, Indian LPO and KPO providers must also enhance their research skills.
KPO is a very different game and the same must not be considered as mere extension of LPO. KPO requires domain specific and highly specialised services that cannot be managed in the absence of adequate talent and expertise. Realising this fact, Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) of Perry4Law has started techno-legal training for law graduates, lawyers, etc. Similarly, Perry4Law Techno-Legal ICT Training Centre (PTLITC) would provide higher level techno-legal training to all stakeholders.
LPO and KPO services in India are going to stay but how long and up to what extent depends upon the LPO/KPO service providers of India. Further, with the use of information and communication technology, newer frontiers of LPO and KPO may be seen in future. LPO and KPO providers of India must be well prepared to not only meet the future challenges but also to encash future opportunities.


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Every night as I lay on my bed, I peep through my window over to the bedroom across from mine. The lights are still lit. She's still up.
Some nights I see her doing work with a serious face. Some nights I see her singing to herself. And there are nights where the lights are turned off before mine. Tonight, she's doing a little dance which seems like a celebration of some sort. I wonder, what made her so happy today.
She turned over and I dodge, I hope that she didn't see me this time.
Her lights go off. I wrap myself under the covers, thinking of her, the way she danced. I smile to myself, and this warm fuzzy feeling hits me. I don't know how long I've been feeling this, but every night has ended like this ever since she caught my eye a year ago when I moved in. I wonder if I will ever gather enough courage to speak to her.
But till then, please be well, and good night, dear neighbour..
The lights in his room went out. I guess he's going to bed earlier today.
I'll stay up a little longer because I can't seem to sleep yet. Today was a good day, I went for one of the most amazing concerts ever, and I can't stop thinking about it. Cues a dance move!
I sneaked a peak into his room while doing a twirl so I wouldn't be so obvious. Wait, was he looking in too? Oh well, maybe I am just hallucinating like the other times. I remember seeing him a few times when I was walking home, and I always felt like he sneaked glances at me, but I was never sure.
I turn off the lights. I wrap myself under the covers and think to myself, will I ever gather enough courage to speak to him?
But till then, please be well, and good night, dear neighbour..


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July 26, 2012
The Diamond In The Rough: The Rakim Session
Released on July 7th, 1987; Paid In Full is considered one of the 500 Greatest albums of all time. It has received many accolades over the years along with it's key performers. Rakim is arguably the best rapper of all time, and this album is a big reason why.
Since the release of Paid in Full, Rakim has been many of your favourite MCs, favourite MC. His way of rhyming, pioneered the use of internal rhymes in hip hop, set a higher standard of lyricism in the genre and served as a template for future rappers. Rakim's rapping set a blueprint for future rappers and helped secure East Coast hip hop's reputation for innovative lyrical technique.
Worthy of being celebrated, psychology digs in the crates to pay homage to Rakim with The Diamond In The Rough: The Rakim Session.
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Buckeye Brownies
My family is a driving family. Mike wants to gouge out his eyes with his car keys when he has to drive for over a couple of hours, but when I was little, my family would trek 10 hours to Orlando, 14 hours to Missouri, 10 hours to the Gulf Coast. We just piled in the car and dealt with it.
I never minded too much, but it did make the trip go faster if I had something good to read. Before one epic trip to Missouri to visit extended family, my parents bought me an activity book based on The Simpsons. It was giant, glossy, bright. It beckoned to me from my mom's bottom nightstand drawer. But I was NOT allowed to read it before the trip.


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Karen Johnson McWilliams was away at graduate school when she got engaged, so her mother threw a wedding shower back home in Joplin, Montana, without her. Friends brought special family recipes, which mom mailed to the bride and groom. This recipe remains one of Karen's favorites.
How to Make It
In a large bowl with a mixer, beat butter and sugar until very well mixed and no lumps remain. Add milk, yogurt, egg, and vanilla; beat just until blended. Add flour, soda, and pecans; stir until mixture is evenly moistened.
Spoon batter equally into 12 buttered or paper-lined muffin cups (2 1/2 to 2 3/4 in. wide).
Bake in a 425° regular or convection oven until muffins just begin to pull from pan sides and spring back in the center when lightly pressed, about 15 minutes.
Cool muffins in pan about 5 minutes, then invert onto a rack and turn rounded side up. Serve hot, warm, or cool. If making up to 1 day ahead, wrap cool muffins airtight and store at room temperature; freeze to store longer. To reheat, seal in foil and bake in a 350° regular or convection oven about 10 minutes.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Jae from Topiary in Pumpkin This pumpkin was really nice and well made. I bought it on sale and it was much nicer in person. I was surprised it even had lights in it. I would recommened it to others for sure.
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102.4 SYNOPSIS: Ben introduces Grace to Saanvi, who is treating Cal, and whom he met earlier at the airport. Grace wants to tell Ben something, but cannot bring herself to tell him.
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Cal, the artist
Scene switches to the waiting room at the cancer clinic where Cal is sitting on the floor drawing, Ben is standing in front of television, and Grace is reading.
REPORTER ON TV: A hollow shell is all that remains of Montego Air Flight 828. While multiple government agencies survey the wreckage and look for clues…
CAL (to GRACE): Do you have any different-colored pens?
GRACE: Uh, no, but we can get you a whole bunch at the store. Sketchpad, like you had, the works.
CAL: Okay.
Saanvi, the doctor
/CELLPHONE RINGS, CLICKS/ Grace looks at it; SAANVI walks into the waiting room.
SAANVI: Hey, guys.
BEN: Honey, this is, uh, the doctor I told you about.
GRACE: Nice to meet you.
SAANVI: Oh, hi, there.
GRACE: You all being on the plane together, it's miraculous.
SAANVI: Yeah, so my parents say. They've been praying at every meal. But right now, I'm gonna focus my energy on this guy. You ready for round two, buddy?
CAL: Yep.
BEN: See you, bud.
GRACE: Get 'em.
SAANVI: Later, Mom and Dad.
Points on a Continuum
I find it interesting that the three main passenger characters are sort of points on a continuum.
- Ben is an almost pure materialist, and is certain he can figure everything out;
- Michaela has been more or less running on faith ever since the plane landed.
- Saanvi is right in the middle: she's a scientist and looks at things analytically, but she also accepts that there are things happening to her and the other passengers that science can't explain.
I get the impression from a couple of passing remarks in previous episodes that her parents are observantly religious, and this has rubbed off on her to at least some degree.
SOURCE: Baby M at Doux Reviews
Grace, the caterer[CELLPHONE RINGS AGAIN, CLICKS]
BEN: Need to take that?
GRACE: No, it's just a work thing. I'm catering this office party, and the client's always checking in.
BEN: [SIGHS] Of course. I keep forgetting. My wife, the entrepreneur.
GRACE: Ah, well. [CHUCKLES]
Ben, the unemployed
BEN: Look, you must have a ton to take care of, so why don't I take a walk?
GRACE: No, no, no. You don't…
BEN: I can make some job-search calls, and we can meet later back home. I'll take tomorrow's shift. I'll call you later.
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So, my keyboard is broken and is a huge pain in the ass. I hope it isn't incredibly lame of me, but I'm really just going to repost an ad I put up a week or so ago, and hope that it goes as well or hopefully better then last time. I've just got a couple of notes to add that I didn't really highlight enough I guess First off, the term curvy doesn't apply to size fives as far as I'm concerned, but most people don't see it that way apparently, so I'll say... I really hate the term BBW but I guess I am one. I'm comfortable with that, you should be too. Second I just turned 19. If you're more then ten years older then me, just... no. I'm mature, yeah. But I want someone I can grow with, and I find that age really does impact things in that realm, no matter the maturity level. Thirdly and most importantly, I'm NOT interested in pursuing anyone. I'm turning my back on a relationship that I was obviously the weaker party in. I'm done waiting for callbacks that don't come, I'm done wondering if I care more then the other person does, or wondering if the other person is even interested anymore. If I tell you to call me and you don't, chances are I'll let it end there. I'm no longer subjecting myself to that bullshit! So basically, if you can pursue me without getting/seeming stalkery, read on! Basically, I'm trying to get out of being very much in love with a guy who absolutely tortures me emotionally by simply not being there AT ALL. I think the only way I can move past it is to distract myself, and I need something really decent to be distracted by! I'm sort of heavy, but pretty from what I hear at least? I'm not vain, idk. Curvy, artistic, new to town. I'm going to spoof up this add later, as right now I'm rushing through it to leave for a job interview... but, it's a Friday and I'm hoping to find someone to meet over the weekend, so bare with me for now. The criteria are as follows Physically I like tall guys over 6 ft, please... for the sake of feeling like the d
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Stopping/killing jobs
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- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 19.01
Is there a safe way to stop a job once it has begun?
Killing jobs is a unix system function and you should consult your unix system administrator for whatever local policies you might have. That said, we can offer these guidelines: There are ALEPH utilities for stopping servers (util w), daemons (util e), and the batch queue (util c). If these don't work, you may need to kill the underlying process in a fashion similar to what we describe below. There is no utility for stopping a batch job.
You need to use the unix "kill" command. First, you should be certain that the job really needs to be killed. To locate the processes associated with the job, you enter a command like this:
ps -ef | grep manage_01 . (Note: some systems may require tick-marks:
ps -ef | grep 'manage_01' )
You should *not* include the "p_" prefix.
Then you do a kill command for each process. The process number you enter in is the *first* number in the line. You can include multiple processes in a single kill command. Your grep process will show up in the display. You don't want or need to kill that.
So, let's say you see this:
aleph 7207 7178 0 11:37:24 pts/7 0:00 grep manage_01
aleph 8651 7730 0 00:55:28 ? 0:00 csh -f p_manage_01_a VCU01,1,0000 00000,999999999,,4, p_manage_01 3
aleph 7730 7729 0 00:54:42 ? 0:00 csh -f /exlibris/a50_5/aleph/proc /p_manage_01 VCU01,1,000000000,999999999,,4,
aleph 19001 8595 21 08:36:54 ? 137:51 /exlibris/a50_5/aleph/exe/rts32 b_manage_01_a
You would enter in: kill -1 8651 7730 19001
Then do the "ps -ef | grep" to verify they are gone. If not, repeat the process using "kill -9" instead: kill -9 7730 19001
*When you kill a job like this, it will leave the library locked. Before restarting the job you will need to use util c/6 to unlock the library.
The above sequence should be enough. The kill -1 (or -9) should kill all subsidiary processes which were spawned. As a double-check you can look for tables this job might be loading: ps -ef | grep -i z9 or ps -ef | grep -i z0
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Exhibitionco recently partnered with Sony Australia to develop a 13sqm zone to raise awareness for their MDR-1000x headphones at Sydney's International Airport. We were presented with the challenge to create an interactive, dynamic, modular space which held its own parameters and limitations. The product was specifically noise cancelling headphones and our brief was to create an in-situ setting that would showcase the headphones working in "real life" to show their benefits.
Given the airport location, Exhibitionco's design was focused around aeroplane noise cancelling and the setting followed suit being 'up in the clouds'. The floating clouds were illuminated, developed and fabricated in-house with the vinyl floor graphic being directly applied on site and the entire installation going in overnight. The space focuses on the demonstration of the product, giving customers the opportunity to test and trial the product in an interactive and fun space.
Exhibitionco are proud to have done everything for the experiential display from design, build, styling, logistics and installation with Sony reporting three weeks worth of targets were smashed in the first day of the site going live!
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November is a season for rarities. The main waves of avian migration have already passed through, but there are plenty of stragglers still milling about. Strong storm systems and sustained periods of wind blowing in the same direction are fairly common at this time of year, and they can play a role in depositing birds far from their typical range. Sometimes, long-distance travelers simply get lost or follow the wrong leader, and they continue on their way until they reach strange new lands. The possibility of improbabilities is a powerful lure for birders, drawing them out into increasingly chilly conditions to survey the scenery for vagrants.
A lone individual far from home may stand out from the locals, but somebody still needs to spot it and recognize it for what it is. If an intercontinental visitor lands in a public park and no birder is around to ID it, it still exists. Naturalists and scientists place a great deal of importance on record-keeping: it collectively represents all that we know of what's happening in the world around us. I've talked before about how technology has changed birding, and record-keeping has taken leaps and bounds in recent years. Improved interconnection and widespread access to personal photography equipment have made it much easier to document and share an observation that otherwise might have gone unnoticed by the community of interested parties.
2016's "rarity month" started with a bang. I was sitting in the faculty lounge at work on Tuesday, November 1st when my Dad texted me the following photo.
The first picture was attached to a simple two-word text: "Pink foot." I could tell from the background that it had been snapped at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream, one of my father's preferred places to bike. Unlike Valley Stream State Park to the north, Hendrickson has very little in the way of natural habitat, which leads to it being generally overlooked by birders. On eBird, I am documented as the individual with the most species ever reported there, and my total is on par with a slow day at Jones Beach. Due to its proximity to my home, a convenient bike path, and it's short-lived status as the local Pokémon GO hotspot, I've spent more time there than most folks toting binoculars. I've encountered my fair share of goodies at this site over the years: Wood Duck, Yellow-throated Warbler, Common Raven, and even Greater White-fronted Goose. This bird, the Pink-footed Goose, was on a whole different level.
Dad was out for his morning ride, as recounted to me later, when he noticed a large flock of Canada Geese. They were smaller and lighter colored then the large local individuals, so he rightfully deduced that they were migratory individuals from a northern population. Being familiar with the Lost Goose Phenomenon, he paused to check it there was a Snow or something similar among them. A pair of bright pink feet gleaming in the sunlight stopped him in his tracks. He knew there was such a creature as a Pink-footed Goose, and he knew it was not from around here. My all-caps, punctuation-heavy response to his photos confirmed his suspicion that it was not from anywhere remotely near to here.
The Pink-footed Goose is an Old World bird that breeds in Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard. Flocks migrate to the British Isles in winter, and until about 30 years ago this species was absolutely unheard of on our continent. The first few Pink-foots to appear on our shores were met with incredulity, but this breed is not common in waterfowl collections and the recorded individuals had no signs of living in captivity. Since then, Pinkies have followed in the footsteps of the Barnacle Goose in becoming regular vagrants from Greenland each winter. A bird which was not even included in field guides as recently as the early 2000s is now somewhat expected on serious Northeastern birders' year lists. It is still rare and good-looking enough to be a welcome find, and there has never been one recorded in Nassau. Suffolk is a good place for goosing, and even Queens has gotten in on the fun, but my home county had never noted its own Pink-foot. Until now.
I got the details from Dad about his discovery and sent them out to the community at large. My sudden news blast targeted the New York listserv, a local Facebook group, and Ed's birder group text. A personal text to Brendan was met with profanity, and he immediately made plans to follow up on his lunch break. He found the bird with little trouble, stating that he owes the original finder a beer. Dozens of birders congratulated my dad and thanked me for spreading the word, and more positive reports from happy chasers came in throughout the day. It was all very exciting, but there was a snag. Tuesdays are the only day of the week that I have grad school obligations after work, so I wouldn't be back on Long Island until about 10 PM. I talked to Brendan, Dad, and Miriam about possible strategies, and decided the park has enough light fixtures that it was worth stopping by late. After a busy day and an intense eductation class, Miriam and I finally made it to Hendrickson. Surprisingly, the binoculars were capable of picking up the color patterns of the geese on the lake despite the very low light levels. There were fewer geese present than others had reported earlier, and flocks continued to depart throughout our visit. By the time we left at 11, there were only about two dozen geese on the water and the Pink-foot was not among them.
We all hoped that our target would return. Flocks of geese often move between several feeding and roosting stages in a given area, and you never know where or when they will turn up. Dad and I journeyed back to Hendrickson early the next morning, hoping to rediscover our friend from across the pond before my train to Queens. The sun had not yet risen when we arrived and began to scan. It was immediately apparent that many geese had returned to the park, and I soon noticed a paler individual floating on the dark water. Simulataneously, dad asked me to check the silhouette "between the two light beams." When I lowered my binoculars, I saw that he was referring to the same bird I'd been looking at. The gradually brightening conditions revealed that it was indeed the Pink-footed Goose, and Dad had picked it out with his naked eye by silhouette before dawn. The shadowy picture above, which DOES show the Pink-foot, is an accurate approximation of what he could see at the time. He owns this bird.
My uncharged camera died as the sun rose, but I was able to snap some phone pics through the scope of a nearby birder who was happy to hear we'd found the goose. He'd flown in from the West Coast to see some Barnacle Geese upstate, but they'd disappeared and robbed him of his first North American sighting. The report of this bird convinced him to drive down, and we had the pleasure of pointing out a welcome lifer for him. It's always great to help make somebody's day, and that feeling of mutual enjoyment and connection is one of my favorite parts of birding.
Miriam had enjoyed our moonlit walk around the lake, but she was still hoping to meet the famous fowl. I coordinated with her to meet after work and lab so we could try again with some better lighting. The goose was reported absent at midday, but determined observers hung on and relocated it in the early afternoon. We set out on the trails of Hendrickson, scanning every Canada as we went. Sneaking up on some flocks resting along the western edge, I spotted the Pink-foot grazing adjacent to the path on the eastern side.
"There it is, across the lake!"
"Awesome! Which one is…? Oh. Wow. I can see the feet from here."
We strolled on over to the opposite shore, taking care to keep a respectful distance and avoid disturbing the bird. It was very alert and wary, pausing to eye us when we first walked up, but it seemed generally comfortable and content feeding on the grass with its Canadian cousins. I tried to take some more pictures through my own binoculars and let Miriam do the same, but I quickly noticed she knew something I didn't. Comparing our first round of shots, hers were far superior. She has experience taking phone photos through a lens for microscopy in lab classes. For years, I've been holding the camera directly against the eyepiece, while the proper technique of holding them slightly apart is more challenging but provides clearer shots with a better field of view. I just learned a valuable lesson!
Dad's discovery has been the main talking point of the New York birding community for the past few days, and as of this writing the Pink-foot continues to delight observers at Hendrickson Park. As with all wayward winged wanderers, I hope that this bird survives its journey and eventually continues onwards. In the meantime, get out to Hendrickson Park while the getting is good! It's not every day that you get to see a goose from Greenland, and those highlighter-hued feet are a spectacle to behold. Thanks again, Papa Healy! This bird was an amazing find, made extra special by of the number of people who've gotten to share the experience.
UPDATE: The goose has continued to stick around, and I returned a few days later to take photos with a real camera. Check out the results…I'm pretty proud of myself.
Year List Update, November 2 – 403 Species


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This week I decided to venture a little out of the comfort zone. We trekked all the way to Egmore to visit the recently opened Donut House. Bright yellow dominates the decor and gives a warm, chirpy feel to the whole place. The live kitchen is a nice touch.
Quickly we got down to business and ordered a bunch of donuts. The donuts have an obvious chocolate bias. The Coffee Roasted Almonds was a hit. The donut was sophisticated with a hint of coffee, a sprinkling of almonds and a nice dose of dark chocolate.
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The Alien is all about the chocolate. Liberal layers of dark chocolate topped with white chocolate dusting. I took a gluttonous bite and the chocolate stuffing came oozing out. Yumm! That said, I do wish the dark chocolate had been richer. Would have made it perfect.
The Oreo was a bit of a letdown. It was good but it didn't knock my socks off, the way I expected it to.
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My favourite donut was the Italian Spices. This savoury donut was incredibly good. Lots of cheese topped with some not-too-spicy spices and herbs complemented the inherently sweet dough perfectly. I preferred this to all the chocolate donuts and given my incorrigible sweet tooth, that's saying something. I highly recommend that you try this.
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The donuts were all warm and soft. The dough was not oversweet and tasted good. Thankfully, it wasn't all about the toppings.
They also have a kiosk at EA. Deciding to see if this one was as good, I hopped over to the stall later that day. The Peanut Dark Chocolate had a lovely flavour and strong peanut butter overtones.
However, the variety at the EA kiosk is limited and the donuts not as fresh. If you can manage the time, I recommend that you hop across to the main branch.
Donut House brings some much needed variety to the quick eats scene in Chennai. I see myself visiting this place soon and am fervently hoping that they produce some delicious Bavarian custard filled donuts.
Donut House delivers to select localities.
Pricing: Glazed donuts cost Rs.42 and others cost Rs. 46.
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The Huffington Post reports and the National Review comments on the fact that at long last Detroit has formally filed for bankruptcy. Click here.
Now comes the best part. Back in 1944, Detroit's Mayor Jeffries, speaking in a congressional hearing, predicted that putting freeways into cities, specifically Detroit, would make it not only easier for suburbanites to come into the city to work, but also for city dwellers to move to the suburbs, with the result that this would lead to abandonment of Detroit by its residents, and be the "ruination of Detroit." Mayor Jeffries' quotation may be found in Robet M. Fogelson's book, Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950, at p. 117.
So it was written, and so it has come to pass.
Follow up. The causes of Detroit's downfall, according to the city's 16-page filing involved several factors that contributed to the city's financial woes, including a long-dwindling tax base, population flight, financial mismanagement and overall decay of a city that once had more than 2 million residents and was the world's hub of auto manufacturing. Nobody seems to wonder out loud why that Detroit population fled in such enormous numbers, what role redevelopment (and its abuses at which Detroit has been a champion) played in destroying swaths of low-cost housing but not replacing them.* As for that "financial mismanagement and overall decay" of the city, we must recommend that you read at least Chapter 6, the part devoted to Detroit and subtitled See the U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet, pp. 217-225, in Mark Steyn's book, After America. Steyn is an insightful and devastatingly funny writer, and candidly a pessimist. Still, his depiction of Detroit on its way to its fall, and his thesis that Detroit did it to itself is not to be missed.
And last but not least, how can one mention the decline (and now fall) of Detroit without mentioning the assorted abuses of the city's eminent domain power (e.g., Foster v. Detroit) and the wretched Poletown case** in which a divided Michigan Supreme Court approved the condemnation of a functioning, well maintained, and integrated community of Poletown in order to raze it and turn over the land to General Motors for a new Cadillac plant.*** Hundreds of homes, scores of businesses and churches and a major hospital were thus destroyed at a cost of some $200 million to state and federal taxpayers, to say nothing of years of tax abatement for GM. Ditto in the case of Detroit v. Vavro (same thing — what's good for General Motors is good for Chrysler). But in spite of all that both General Motors and Chrysler, as well as Detroit went bankrupt, but nobody was held accountable for this disaster. As the inimitable Mark Steyn put it, if the British/Canadians were to cross the border, capture Detroit a la the War of 1812, and did to that unfortunate city what its duly elected Democratic and union functionaries had done, they'd be on trial in the Human Rights Court in the Hague.
There is bound to be much ink spilled on the subject of Detroit's decline and fall, and we are certain to revisit this subject in the future. So stand by, folks. There is more to come, although we have a hunch that you won't hear much (anything?) from the media about Detroit's misuse and abuse of eminent domain that contributed greatly to its woes.
Second Follow-up. We are confused. CNN reports that an effort was made to get a state court order to enjoin Detroit from filing for bankruptcy in federal court, on state constitutional grounds. But the request for the injunction came minutes too late — the federal bankruptcy case had already been filed, rendering the state proceeding moot. However, CNN also reports that Detroit was forbidden by a state court from filing for bankruptcy. So we propose to get a night's sleep and hope that by tomorrow morning all this nonsense will be sorted out.
Third follow-up. It's now "tomorrow morning" and we think we understand what happened. The city filed for bankruptcy first (if only by minutes) and once the federal bankruptcy court acquired jurisdiction we don't see how a state judge could oust it of its constitutionally-based jurisdiction. Federal supremacy clause (Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution) — look it up. So what that state judge did was to order the city to withdraw its bankruptcy petition. Nice try. We are no bankruptcy maven, but it seems to us that once a federal petition for bankruptcy is filed, all lawsuits against the bankrupt entity are stayed, and we don't see how a footling state court judge can rule otherwise and thereby de facto overrule the federal court applying federal bankruptcy law.
Fourth follow-up. We hear that the federal bankruptcy court in Detroit has decided to proceed with the city's bankruptcy action, notwithstandig a state trial court's ruling that under the state constitution, the city could not seek the protection of federal bankruptcy law. So it would appear that, at least up to now, the federal court agrees with us. Stay tuned.
* This is no place to go into the demographics of this phenomenon, but we should mention that — though Detroit has been the "worst case scenario" as by degrees it slid into becoming America's urban basket case, there are lots of other cities that have experienced similarly catastrophic declines in population and financial condition but have not [yet] filed for bankruptcy, and are not [yet] getting the ink they deserve.
** To give the Michigan Supreme Court credit where credit is due, it eventually overruled the Poletown case in the more recent case of Wayne County v. Hathcock. But that, alas, turned out to be a case of too little – too late.
*** Full disclosure: your faithful servant was one of the lawyers representing the Sisters of Mercy whose Poletown hospital fell victim to Detroit's bulldozers.


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Click here, ref=sr_1_8 to download for free. It's "Airhead In Space, Alice From Wonderland, Adventures In The Seventh and a Halfth Dimension." Guaranteed to make you laugh from beginning to end. You can also get the paperback if you prefer a hard copy. The books are also illustrated with lots of my silly drawings. Enjoy!
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The Martian Conspiracy," Download for free!
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Thank you, everyone, for the great response to last month's eBook giveaway, "Airhead In Space, Planet 3." As promised, I'm giving away the next in the "Airhead" trilogy, "Airhead In Space, The Martian Conspiracy," in which Airhead's brain is swiped again, this time by Martians. This is not a story about a dumb blonde! Airhead is a twenty-third-century rocketship crash test dummy who works for JPL and NASA. Although he's made of Kevlar, titanium and carbon fiber, he acts much like anyone else in the twenty-third century. The hilarious illustrated story involves aliens, seven dimensions, a digital sweetie, Hunter Thompson, little blue pills, an ex-wife, and some "R" rated activities in the "Low-Grav All Night Motel. Several happy readers have mentioned that I have a very unique and entertaining writing style that keeps them laughing page after page.
Do you remember "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson? Whether you do or not, you will laugh again and again as Johnny interviews Airhead and Alice, his ex-wife. This sci-fi fantasy story is available for a free download this Saturday and Sunday on Amazon/Kindle. Click here to download. This book is part of a three-episode series but can be read alone. I have also illustrated each of these books with dozens of insane sci-fi fantasy drawings that will also tickle your funny bone. You can read about the other two books when you go to Amazon, but to learn more about Airhead you can visit his website at airheadinspace.com. All three of these eBooks are also available in paperback.
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The Bizbeings!
Those of you who know me, know that I paint watercolors from life, usually in a realistic style. However, being a Gemini, I see this duality, like two sides of a coin, or in my case, opposite ends of the stick. Now and then, yesterday, for example, I like to get away from the realistic style that I usually work in, staring at images and photographs as I lay down each brushstroke. The other end of the proverbial stick, for me, is all the shit in my head, the stuff I think up, imagine or remember from a recent abduction.
I love Bisbee, but we all know it's a little strange. Oh no, not you of course, but you know what I'm saying . . . So, yesterday my brain bubbled over and this came out, "The Bizbeings." I'm not sure yet on how to detect Bisbonians. I'm sure that will also bubble over soon. With all the art crap I've got, it's interesting that my favorite drawing tools are a number 2 pencil and a ballpoint pen. So, on a 9″ by 12″ sheet of Arches HP, I first drew everything in pencil, simplified. The ballpoint pen has the ability to draw a very faint line or a dark bold line and the whole range in between, something that the marker style pens cannot do. I drew over the pencil, refining, adding detail, having fun.
These are not, however, my only tools. They like me at the art supply store. I used a medium Faber-Castell marker to draw the six panels and outlined the lettering. At this point, I erased all the pencil marks with a kneaded eraser. The coloration is a variety of Winsor Newton watercolors, Tombow watercolor markers, bug juice, and alien blood.
So, until I get my next inspiration to paint something realistic, I offer you, "The Bizbeings." This piece is for sale for $225. at my studio. Contact me if interested. I also take commissions. I do amazing portraits of people, kids, dogs, grandmas, or? Go to my website, www.vonprum.com to learn more about me and see lots of examples of my work. As always, thank you for visiting my page. Please leave a comment or a like or something.
Last day for free sci-fi ebook
Today until midnight, my hilarious ebook, "Airhead In Space, Planet 3" is free to download. It's a uniquely funny space opera fantasy that will keep you laughing to the end. No Kindle needed. Some computers and phones may need to download a free Kindle app. Enjoy. Let me know what you think.
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Hey Guys! All this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, my insane sci-fi fantasy ebook, "Airhead In Space, Planet 3" will be free to download.
It's available on Amazon/Kindle. Click this link: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?rh=n%3A133140011%2Ck%3ALance+von+prum&keywords=Lance+von+prum&ie=UTF8 or go to Amazon and type Lance Von Prum in the search window. That will take you to my library page. You'll see some of my other books. Scroll down until you see Airhead and the free download offer. This should begin after midnight tonight.
The "Airhead In Space" trilogy was a three year effort that has resulted in what others have told me is some of the funniest, most unique humor they have ever read. That was my intent, to make you laugh, to make you squirt milk out your nose. You be the judge. It's free! You don't need a Kindle to read this. Some of you may have to download a Kindle app but many computers now will open ebooks.
"Airhead In Space, Planet 3" is the hilarious story of a twenty-third and a halfth century spaceship crash test dummy whose brain is stolen by aliens, and travels across the universe to recover it. The story involves aliens, spaceship crashes, an ex-wife, blue pills, Hunter Thompson, Timothy Leary, sex, drugs and lasar weopons! What more can you want?
If you love, love, love the crazy adventures of Airhead, please go back to Amazon and leave me a nice review. That would really be helpful. Thank you. You can see the other two books in the Airhead trilogy. All three are also available in paperback but they won't let me give away the paperbacks. I'll try to offer the other two "Airhead" books sometime soon. Let me know what to think.
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