Index: modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/common/AbstractQueuePoller.java
===================================================================
--- modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/common/AbstractQueuePoller.java	(revision 3329)
+++ modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/common/AbstractQueuePoller.java	(working copy)
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 
     public void start() {
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug("Starring " + name + " poll thread.");
+            logger.debug("Starting " + name + " poll thread.");
         }
         Thread t = new Thread(this);
         t.setName(name);
@@ -239,4 +240,28 @@
     	}
     	return null;
     }
+    
+    protected int getTokenIndex(String s, String token) {
+    	int currentToken = -1;
+    	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);
+    	while(st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+    		currentToken++;
+    		if(st.nextToken().equals(token))
+    			return currentToken;
+    	}
+    	return -1;
+    }
+    
+    protected String getToken(String s, int tokenIndex) {
+    	int currentToken = -1;
+    	String token = "";
+    	StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);
+    	while(currentToken != tokenIndex) {
+    		if(st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+    			token = st.nextToken();
+    			currentToken++;
+    		}
+        }
+    	return token;
+    }
 }
Index: modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/QueuePoller.java
===================================================================
--- modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/QueuePoller.java	(revision 3329)
+++ modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/QueuePoller.java	(working copy)
@@ -51,16 +51,17 @@
         String header = br.readLine();
         // sge qstat outputs nothing when there are no jobs
         if (header != null) {
-            int jobIDIndex = header.indexOf("job-ID");
-            int stateIndex = header.indexOf("state");
+        	int jobIDIndex = getTokenIndex(header,"job-ID");
+            int stateIndex = getTokenIndex(header,"state");
             // skip the -----
             br.readLine();
             processed.clear();
             do {
                 line = br.readLine();
                 if (line != null) {
-                    String jobid = parseToWhitespace(line, jobIDIndex);
-                    String state = parseToWhitespace(line, stateIndex);
+                    String jobid = getToken(line, jobIDIndex);
+                    String state = getToken(line, stateIndex);
+
                     if (jobid == null || jobid.equals("") || state == null
                             || state.equals("")) {
                         throw new IOException("Failed to parse qstat line: "
Index: modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/SGEExecutor.java
===================================================================
--- modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/SGEExecutor.java	(revision 3329)
+++ modules/provider-localscheduler/src/org/globus/cog/abstraction/impl/scheduler/sge/SGEExecutor.java	(working copy)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             }
             line = br.readLine();
         }
-        throw new IOException("None of the qsub lines matches the required patten: " + JOB_ID_LINE);
+        throw new IOException("None of the qsub lines matches the required pattern: " + JOB_ID_LINE);
     }
 
     private static final String[] QSUB_PARAMS = new String[] {};