Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis in clusters attractive double deep pink blossoms with a white eye. As the Blossoms mature, they fade to an attractive range of pale pink to hot pink. The blossoms also display a slight sweet rose fragrance. The plant exhibits a small, dense compact and bushy growth habit, attractive semi-glossy medium green foliage, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green semi-glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the deep pink blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens. The plant performs well in front of a border, as a low hedge, or in a container.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a recurrent basis in clusters attractive double lemon yellow blossoms that mature to pale yellow creating a blend of yellow tints. The blossoms also -display a medium rose fragrance. The plant exhibits a dense upright and bushy growth habit, attractive semi-glossy medium green foliage, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green semi-glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the medium yellow blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens. The plant is most attractive when planted in groups with other shrubs and perennials.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis in clusters attractive double intense medium red blossoms with ruffled petals that fade with a hint of bright red-purple. The blossoms also display a light spice fragrance. The plant exhibits a dense upright and bushy growth habit, attractive semi-glossy medium green foliage, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green semi-glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the bold ruffled medium red blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms heavily in June in clusters and recurrently thereafter attractive fully double deep red blossoms that are blended with lighter shades creating an orange tone near the petal edge. The plant exhibits a compact upright rounded growth habit when grown in a cooler climate and a climbing growth habit when grown in a warmer climate. The attractive medium green glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new foliage is tinted with red-purple coloration and the adult foliage is satiny medium green. High tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew is displayed. The plant can be grown to advantage to provide attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms during June and on a recurrent basis thereafter single bold red blossoms having a golden eye. The blossoms also display a mild rose fragrance. The plant exhibits a compact, dense and bushy growth habit, attractive semi-glossy dark green foliage that initially bears a tint of red-purple, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive dark green semi-glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the bold red blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Floribunda Class is provided which abundantly forms on a nearly continuous basis attractive semi-double self-cleaning blossoms with reflexed yellow-orange petals that are strongly bordered in red. A very short time between bloom cycles is observed. The growth habit is vigorous, compact, and bushy. Dark green glossy foliage is formed in abundance that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. Above average disease resistance, especially with respect to Black Spot is displayed. The blossoms possess a slight spice fragrance, and no hips have formed during observations to date. The new variety is well suited for providing distinctive ornamentation in the garden.

Abstract: A cyclic reduced Gray code in n-many bits having 2k-many entries, for any natural number k, where 2(n?1)<2k<2n and n is a positive integer, is found by first constructing a 2n-many entry code in n-many bits with a reflected binary technique, and then selecting the last k-many ordered entries in the first half of the full reflected binary code, followed by the first k-many ordered entries in the second half of the full reflected binary code. These ordered 2k-many entries are a shortened cyclic reduced Gray code in n-many bits. Alternatively, the first k-many ordered entries in the first half of the full reflected binary code can be selected, followed by the last k-many ordered entries in the second half of the full reflected binary code.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a continuous basis single cup-shaped light soft pink blossoms having a white center. The plant exhibits a compact, tight, and rounded growth habit, glossy medium green foliage, and excellent tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the light blossom coloration. A tough rose plant of small stature and good hardiness is provided. The plant can be grown to advantage as a specimen, border planting, or as a mass planting.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a continuous basis double rich red blossoms blended with pink that fade to deep pink at full maturity. The blossoms also display a slight sweet rose fragrance. The plant exhibits a compact and bushy growth habit, satiny medium green foliage that initially bears a tint of red-purple, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green foliage contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

Abstract: A method, a program product, and a system for assigning resources to tasks in a rule based, resource constrained system. This is done by receiving as inputs tasks and task attributes; resources and resource attributes; and assignment rules. These inputs are used to searching a database of tasks, task attributes, and assignment rules thereof, to search a database of resources including resource attributes thereof, and to retrieve resources based upon the resource attributes. Resources are assigned to tasks based upon matches and scores of the resource attributes, the task attributes, and the assignment rules.

Abstract: A method of and system for collecting, storing, and retrieving data in a data base management system. The database management system includes a master database server (4), at least one workgroup server (315), and a plurality of workgroup user clients (310). The workgroup server (315) is interposed between the master database server (4) and said workgroup user clients (310). The method creating a transaction in a local database resident on one of the workgroup user clients (310), entering the transaction into a transaction log resident on the workgroup user client (310), and creating a transaction file corresponding to the transaction in an outbox of said workgroup user client (310). Next, the transaction file is copied to an inbox identified to the workgroup user client (310) and updating the transaction file into a workgroup database (305) resident on the workgroup server (315). The workgroup database (305) includes a transaction log.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for replicating data among sites is provided. The method allows changes to the same body of data to be replicated synchronously to some destination sites and asynchronously to other destination sites. Such mixed propagation configurations allow synchronous updating to selected remote copies of replicated data where data integrity is a high priority, and asynchronous propagation to remaining copies of replicated data in order to allow transactions to be committed locally regardless of whether the transaction is committed at a remote copy of the replicated data. The propagation mode is selectable by a user on a site-to-site basis for each replicated body of data, thus providing a mix of availability and consistency that is not possible in purely synchronous or purely asynchronous replication systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for replicating data in a computer system having a plurality of sites is provided. Data stored at a first site is organized as one or more sets of formatted data. A mapping is created between subsets of data within the sets of formatted data and one or more object groups. These logical mappings to object groups allow distribution of the subsets of data at a finer level of granularity than previously provided and allow the subsets of data to potentially span multiple sets of formatted data. For each of the object groups, a replica of each subset of data that is mapped to the object group is created at one or more replication sites. When a data modification is detected to a subset of data that has been mapped to one of the one or more object groups, the data modification is propagated to the corresponding replication sites.

Abstract: A distributed system modeler for modeling a distributed system architecture. The distributed system modeler includes logic for receiving interdependency information specifying interdependencies between a plurality of data objects and programs, logic for defining a plurality of modules, wherein each module of the plurality of modules represents a different grouping of a portion of the plurality of data objects and programs, logic for assigning the modules to nodes in a distributed system, and logic for assigning a distributed transfer methodology between modules in the distributed system. The distributed system modeler includes logic for generating impact analysis criteria defining a quality of said distributed system. The impact analysis criteria includes performance metrics, conflict metrics, data object or program availability metrics, and transaction consistency metrics.