Abstract: A bucking machine with internal motor rollers includes a frame and first and second rollers mounted on the frame. Each of the first and second rollers includes an internal housing inside the roller, and a motor is disposed inside the internal housing within each roller. Each motor is completely housed inside the roller such that external motors are not necessary to drive rotation of the rollers. Each motor roller is connected to a motor control via a cable that provides power and instructions to the motor. A stem on a plant is inserted into a bore in a debudding cone such that the stem is received between the first and second rollers and is pulled through the machine. As the stem is pulled through the machine between the first and second rollers the flower is separated from the stem by engagement with the debudding cone.

Abstract: The method of treating patients by administering N-[3-[5-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-2-thienyl]-1-methyl-2-propynyl]-N-hydroxyurea for treatment of leukotriene related pathologies, and compositions for this use.

Abstract: The method of treating patients by administering N-[3-[5-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-2-thienyl]-1-methyl-2-propynyl]-N-hydroxyurea for treatment of leukotriene related pathologies and compositions for this use.

Abstract: Method for monitoring delivery of e-mail messages includes delivering an e-mail message to a primary, recipient, determining the time at which the e-mail message was delivered to the primary recipient, and determining whether the primary recipient reads the e-mail message within a primary maximum time frame. When the primary recipient does not read the e-mail message within the primary maximum time frame, delivering a copy of the e-mail message to a secondary recipient, determining the time at which the e-mail message was delivered to the secondary recipient, and determining whether the secondary recipient reads the e-mail message within a secondary maximum time frame. When both the primary and secondary recipients do not read the e-mail message within the secondary maximum time frame, appropriate action is taken such as notifying a predesignated available recipient to enable the available recipient to attend to facilitating a response to the e-mail message.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method is disclosed for making a cluster of processor nodes appear as a single processor node to client applications that operate in conjunction with that cluster. More particularly, the cluster is provided with a skinny stack application for selecting a processor node, to which a connection will be established, after consideration has been given to the TCP port numbers that the processor node is listening for. Further, the cluster is provided with a method for tunneling data packets between processor nodes of the cluster such that the data packets do not have to be re-transmitted across a network. Further still, the cluster is provided with a virtual subnet to which the cluster alias address is associated. The route to that subnet is advertised to the network routers by the processor nodes that are associated with the virtual subnet.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method is disclosed for making a cluster of processor nodes appear as a single processor node to client applications that operate in conjunction with that cluster. More particularly, the cluster is provided with a skinny stack application for selecting a processor node, to which a connection will be established, after consideration has been given to the TCP port numbers that the processor node is listening for. Further, the cluster is provided with a method for tunneling data packets between processor nodes of the cluster such that the data packets do not have to be re-transmitted across a network. Further still, the cluster is provided with a virtual subnet to which the cluster alias address is associated. The route to that subnet is advertised to the network routers by the processor nodes that are associated with the virtual subnet.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a method is provided for managing TCP port numbers used by applications running on a cluster. Using that method, ranges of TCP port numbers are locked (reserved) by a processor node of a cluster. An application running on one of those processor nodes uses a locked TCP port number when issuing a data packet that includes the cluster alias address as the source address. With such an invention, applications running on each processor node within a cluster will use unique TCP port numbers when using the cluster alias address. Therefore, connections between a source and destination application can be uniquely registered at the destination processor node using an index formed by a combination of the source address and the TCP port number with the destination address and TCP port number.

Abstract: Document generation and delivery system that allows a user to download a plurality of sets of data to a document preparation system. The document preparation system has a memory that stores pre-defined forms with a plurality of fields. The downloaded data begins with a definition of the order in which data will be sent for use in filling in the fields of a form. The data sets are then used to populate fields in the form thereby generating documents to be transmitted via facsimile to a plurality of destinations.