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The Labour Party is keen to move on from the Darren Hughes saga at their National Council meeting in Wellington today, saying there were bigger issues for New Zealanders.
Hughes resigned from Parliament after it was made public police were investigating a sexual complaint against him.
Arriving at the meeting today Labour leader Phil Goff said he expected it to be a very positive meeting but he would explain his handling of the Hughes situation.
He said he had put justice ahead of politics and would do it again.
Goff knew about the police complaint for several weeks before it was made public and failed to tell other senior party members.
The first two hours of the meeting were spent discussing the handling of the situation. Goff said he would learn from it but everyone wanted to move on.
"There was a lot of regret about the circumstances that lead to the resignation of a very capable and a very popular Member of Parliament, that has now happened, Darren is no longer a Member of Parliament the Labour Party decision is to move on."
Nominations will reopen for the Otaki candidate Monday and former minister Judith Tizard was expected to decide tomorrow if she would return to Parliament.
As next on the party list she should do so, but President Andrew Little has suggested she and others on the list should stand aside and let Manurewa candidate Louisa Wall enter.
Little reiterated that the party was ready to move on. "What the Council was adamant about is that we reflect on the (Hughes) issue but we've got bigger fish to fry, we've got a bigger task to under take this year and it's about fighting on those issues that are really affecting so many kiwi households today."
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A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.
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I'm trying to create three separate graphs, this code will give you the idea:
f[t_] := Sin[10 t] + Cos[15 t];
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var = Dynamic[Fourier[Table[f[t], {t, 0, 100, dx}]]];
This won't work because var hasn't been evaluated an so ListLinePlot/Abs/Re/Im does not recognize it as a list of numbers. Dynamic has to wrap ListLinePlot.
Wrapping ListLinePlot and everything else with Dynamic works. But then I would have to calculate Fourier[Table[... once for each graph. Per principle, I don't want to have this duplication of code.
This is a way that avoids duplication of code but is not as semantic as my proposed not working example above, plus it puts all series in one graph and not in three separate:
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LOS ANGELES Everyone in Hollywood wants to be a multi-hyphenate, right? Everyone wants to show they can do it all. A key figure in that tradition is the model-turned-actor. Maybe they wanted to act but had to take modeling gigs first; maybe they modeled first but wanted to prove they were more than just a pretty face.
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker continues her crossover this week with supporting roles in two very different films: "Battleship" and "What to Expect When You're Expecting." There are countless other examples of performers who've done this, but here's a look at five who've staked out serious careers in front of both kinds of camera.
- Milla Jovovich: Born in Kiev, she was spotted at age 11 by famed photographer Richard Avedon, who featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" ads. Jovovich went on to appear on dozens of magazine covers and in campaigns for several brands including Banana Republic, Donna Karan, Gap and Versace. But she's also carved out a major acting career as star of the sci-fi "Resident Evil" series (directed by her husband, Paul W.S. Anderson) and has appeared in films as varied as "The Fifth Element" "He Got Game" and "Stone." But she still keeps a hand in fashion, in recent years serving as co-designer for the clothing line Jovovich-Hawk and sitting in the front row of shows for Chanel, John Galliano and Nina Ricci. (Jovovich also recorded her first album when she was just 16. But that's a whole `nother list.)
- Charlize Theron: The statuesque stunner from South Africa started modeling in Milan at 16. She later moved to New York to train as a ballerina, but a knee injury forced her to quit dancing and nudged her toward acting. Since then, she's shown a fearlessness in her choices and an eagerness to play parts that are less than beautiful on the outside (her Oscar-winning performance as a frumpy serial killer in "Monster") as well as on the inside (her blistering portrayal of a delusional former prom queen in "Young Adult"). In recent years, she's been watching others walk the runway at Fashion Week shows including Rag & Bone and she's been the face of Christian Dior's J'adore perfume.
- Ashton Kutcher: The 6-foot-2 Kutcher dropped out of the University of Iowa, where he'd planned to study biochemical engineering, after an agent recruited him at a bar to take part in a modeling competition. He ended up winning first place and went on to work the catwalks in New York, Milan and Paris. Kutcher made his name playing dumb pretty-boy roles on the TV series "That `70s Show" and in movies like "Dude, Where's My Car?" But as any of the nearly 10.7 million Twitter followers of (at)aplusk can attest, he's got more substantive matters on his mind. Now he's replaced Charlie Sheen on the unfathomably popular "Two and a Half Men" and he's about to play the late Apple founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic.


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Giant bluefin tuna are in trouble, primarily because the powerful muscles that propel their extensive ocean migrations come with an Achilles' heel: They're tasty.
Prized by sushi lovers for their savory succulence and by fishermen for the incomparable price they command-one 607-pound fish fetched over $90 per pound at a January auction in Tokyo-all three species of bluefins have seen their population plummet in the past 50 years thanks to worldwide demand.
However, there is hope for bluefin, as new advances fueled by modern technologies in ocean science may be clarifying how best to manage Atlantic bluefin, according to Barbara Block, the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Professor in Marine Sciences at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. Block is scheduled to discuss her work during a press briefing scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston. She also will discuss her work during a seminar at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18.
Block has spent more than a decade tagging Atlantic bluefin tunas and tracking their travels. She and her team from Hopkins Marine Station and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have spent years at sea on a project called "Tag A Giant (TAG)," implanting 995 electronic tags in bluefin tunas. That is no small accomplishment, considering that giant bluefin can grow to 1,500 pounds, live in offshore waters and must be hauled onto boats to be measured, implanted with sophisticated electronic tags or have fin clips for DNA analysis removed.
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Anchor-actor Manish Paul, who makes his debut as lead actor in "Mickey Virus", says his anchoring experience helped him when he faced the camera to act.
The 31-year-old has hosted shows like "Dance India Dance Li'l Masters" and "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar". However, he was hugely appreciated for his energetic and spontaneous performance on "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5" as its host.
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MIAMI (REUTERS) - World number two Novak Djokovic ended Andy Murray's reign as Sony Open champion on Wednesday easing past the sixth seeded Briton 7-5 6-3 to advance to the Miami semi-final.
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1. In a medium bowl mix together all the ingredients of sauce and set aside.
2. In a pan add in 1 tbsp. oil and green part of the cabbage, stir fry for 2 minutes.
3. Add in the remaining cabbage and stir fry for 10 minutes.
4. Season with salt and pepper, stir well. Take out the cabbage from the pan and set aside.
5. In the same pad add in the remaining oil and chicken. Stir fry for 5 minutes, until chicken is done.
6. Add in the onion and stir fry for 1 minute.
7. Add in the cooked cabbage and mix up together.
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James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is the official video game based on the highly anticipated film James Cameron's Avatar. The video game will take you deep into the heart of Pandora, an alien planet that is beyond imagination. Gamers will encounter the Na'vi, Pandora's indigenous people and discover other life forms the likes of which have never been seen in the world of video games before. When conflict erupts between the RDA Corporation, a space-faring consortium in search of valuable resources, and the Na'vi, gamers will find themselves thrust into a fight for the heart of a planet and the fate of a civilization.
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It may be Mark Fleetwood's first year at Peachtree Ridge, but he knows the Lions' recent history.
"Mill Creek knocked us out of the playoffs last year," the Lions' coach said. "Our idea is we are going into this game, we want to win our next game and the rest will take care of itself."
That "rest" is a potential Region 7-AAAAA championship game next Friday against North Gwinnett. But that keeps its luster only if Peachtree Ridge can beat Mill Creek tonight. It's a dangerous Hawks team despite its underwhelming record. Untimely injuries hurt Mill Creek's early-season success, but head coach Shannon Jarvis refuses to accept injuries as the culprit.
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Even after allowing 29 points to North Gwinnett last week, Mill Creek's defense played well, save for giving up big plays. Patrick Waugh made nine tackles to tie for the team high in the game and every week the defense gets more experience against offenses with the speed it will face tonight against Peachtree Ridge.
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A method and system provides collaborative caching of transformed Web objects in a proxy network. The proxies collaboratively provide a set of object transformations by partitioning the different types of object transformations, and caching the transformed Web objects among proxies in order to reduce duplicate object transformation and caching effort. The transformations may include language translations, currency conversions, units of measure conversions, shipping cost calculations and sales taxes calculations. Other transformations are also possible.
1. A method of satisfying client requests using a plurality of proxy servers, comprising the steps of:
partitioning said plurality of proxy servers into transformation groups, each of said transformation groups for performing a respective translation of data,
storing in at least one of said proxy servers information regarding which of said transformation groups performs which translation of data; and
directing one of said client requests to one of said transformation groups based on said information stored in said one of said proxy servers.
2. A method of satisfying client requests according to
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7. A network comprising:
a plurality of source servers, each associated with information;
a plurality of clients each making requests for said information; and
a plurality of proxies partitioned into transformation groups, each of said transformation groups for performing a respective translation of said information for said clients, wherein one of said proxies includes indications regarding which of said proxies performs which translation, wherein one of said proxies includes directing means for directing one of said requests to another of said proxies based upon said indications included therein.
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This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/027,832 filed on Feb. 23, 1998 which is now U.S. Pat No. 6,122,666.
The present invention relates to data networks and more particularly to the ability to perform transformations of data available on data networks. Specifically, a plurality of proxy servers are disclosed which furnish transformations of network data based upon the source of the data request.
As the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) has increased in popularity, traffic over the Internet has increased considerably. The Web has now become one of the primary bottlenecks on network performance. For example, a Web user may experience noticeable delays when documents or information are requested by the user who is connected to a server via a slow network link. The Web's transferring of the information over the network to the user further increases the level of traffic over the network. The increased traffic reduces the bandwidth available for the requests of other users, contributing to additional potential delays.
To reduce access latencies for clients, the prior art has stored or cached copies of popular documents of information closer to the user at network nodes, from which the access latencies are more acceptable. The caching can be implemented at various points on the network. For example, a large university or corporation may have its own local cache, from which all the users subscribing to that network may fetch documents. A local cache may be implemented in the form of a specialized server.
A specialized server, which is called a proxy server (or caching proxy), may act as an agent on the behalf of clients to locate any potential cached copy of requested information. Proxy servers usually serve as secondary or higher level caches because proxy servers are concerned only with misses left over from failed client caches. Client caches are built into various Web browsers. Client caches may either store only the document accesses during the current invocation (nonpersistent cache such as Mosaic) or may cache documents across invocations.
Previous work on the caching of Web documents has mainly been in the area of on-demand caching. On-demand caching means a caching decision is made after an object is requested. For example, Abrams et al., "Caching Proxies: Limitations and Potentials", Proc. 4th International World Wide Web Conference, 1996, describes different on-demand caching policies that have been examined for the Web.
Under various situations, a Web user may request a document and the user may then have difficulty using the document. The document may be, for example, in a language which the Web user does not understand. Alternatively, the document may include information (e.g., units of measure, currency values, product delivery information) which are desirably converted for better understandability by the Web user.
In a network comprising a plurality of servers, a plurality of clients and a plurality of proxies which handle data between the clients and the proxies, clients request data. The client request is received at one of the proxies. The client request is determined to be satisfied by providing a transformation of original data. A proxy which is capable of generating the transformation is located. The transformation is provided to one of the clients.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an Internet environment in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram which illustrates a proxy environment in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart diagram which illustrates the configuration of proxy servers in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram which illustrates operation of a proxy server when it is receiving input in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart diagram which illustrates a proxy server receiving a client request in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart diagram which illustrates a proxy server determining whether a transformation is desired in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are flowchart diagrams illustrating operation of the L-buffer manager and the G-buffer manager, respectively, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
The entire disclosure of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/027,832 filed on Feb. 23, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,122,666 is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the overall architecture of a proxy network in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown, clients 120, 121, 122, 123 may be connected through proxy servers (or proxies) 110, 111, 112, 113 to access content servers 140, 141, 142, 143. This may be accomplished, for example, on network 170. Proxies are generally employed to facilitate network accesses, providing services such as caching or content filtering. For example, a corporation or a popular Web site may consist of a number of proxies and an Internet service provider often has a large number of proxies deployed over various locations. Alternatively, of course, in certain applications, a single proxy may be desired. Global proxy controller (GPC) 150 is a node that configures how requests flow through the proxy network. GPC 150 is also capable of assigning tasks and transformations to certain proxies.
A transformation (as referred to above) may be one of several conversions. One form of transformation is a language translation. This is the process of converting data (e.g. a document such as sales literature) from one language to another. Another form of transformation is a units of measure conversion. This is the process of converting units (e.g. weight, temperature, distance) from one measuring system (e.g. English) or another measuring system (e.g. metric). Other transformations may relate, for example, to currency conversions, data encryption techniques (e.g. a user's preferred technique), shipping charge calculations to certain geographic destinations, etc.
As an example of transformation, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with regards to language translation. The description is for illustrative purposes only, and it is understood that other transformations are possible. For language translation, GPC 150 may determine the languages handled by each proxy. For example, in one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, GPC 150 may assign a set of proxies (at least one proxy in each set) to handle the translation into each language. This is referred to as a language cluster. Each proxy may optionally be limited to only handle the translations of a few languages. Furthermore, different proxies in a language cluster can be assigned different subsets of the object space. The partition of the object space can be based on URLs. This partitioning can result in more efficient caching of the translated objects and avoid duplication of translations, i.e. a particular object gets translated at multiple proxies in the same language clusters. Thus, for each Web object request, the path through the proxy network depends upon the nature of the request, i.e. the language requested.
As an example, assume that proxy 110 is assigned translation from English to Spanish, proxy 111 is assigned translation from English to German, and proxy 112 is assigned translation from English to Italian. Furthermore, assume that client 120 is in the same geographical region (say Madrid, Spain) as proxy 110 so that it is logically connected to proxy 110. If client 120 requests a Spanish translation of a Web object, proxy 110 obtains the Web object and performs the translation. If client 120 requests a German version of the Web object, proxy 110 passes the request to proxy 111 which obtains the Web object, makes the translation and passes it back to proxy 110.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, client 120 may include, for example, a personal computer (PC), a workstation, a set top box, etc. Proxy server 110 may be, for example, Internet Connection Server (ICS) sold by IBM. The network may be, for example, the Internet, the World Wide Web, an Intranet and local area networks (LANs). Content servers 140-143 may include Lotus Go Web server, and or Lotus Domino server. The proxy server or content server can run on any computing node, which includes, but is not limited to, products such as are sold by IBM under the trademarks S/390 SYSPLEX, SP2, or RS6000 workstations. Typical service requests include World-Wide-Web page accesses, remote file transfers, electronic mail, and transaction support.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram, which illustrates a general proxy environment in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Proxy server node 201 is used to represent a computing node that can service requests through network 295. Proxy server node 201 preferably includes a CPU 205, memory 215 such as RAM, and storage devices 210 such as DASD. Proxy server logic 220 may be situated within memory 215. Proxy server logic 220 may preferably be embodied as computer executable code, which is loaded from DASD 210 into memory 215 for execution by CPU 205. Proxy server logic 220 is described in greater deal with reference to FIG. 4. Proxy server logic includes object handler 225 (with details depicted in FIG. 6) and object request handler 230 (with details depicted in FIG. 5). Language translator 240, which translates a given block of text from one language to another, may also be included in proxy server logic 220. Language translator 240 may be a program which is described, for example, in Bennett, W. S. et al., "The LRC Machine Translation System," The Journal of Computational Linguistics, Vol. 11, Numbers 2-3, April-September 1985, 111).
Proxy server logic 220 may also include G-buffer 250 and L-buffer 260. G-buffer 250 is used to cache the object translated or transformed by the proxy to avoid repeated translations (or transformations) when requested again in the future. The L-buffer 260 is used to cache recently accessed objects to reduce network access delay for repeated accesses. L-buffer 260 can be used to cache objects not translated locally. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, management of G-buffer 250 and L-buffer 260 may be accomplished using different methods. The G-buffer replacement policy may take into account the translation or transformation cost. The caching value (referred to as G-value) increases with the processing cost of the transformation or translation. The L-buffer replacement policy takes into account the network access cost or network delay. The caching value (referred to as L-value) increases with the access cost of the object. The relative sizes of the two buffers will depend on the average transformation cost (i.e. the time needed to perform the transformation). The higher the average translation/transformation cost relative to the average network access delay, the larger the G-buffer size relative to the L-buffer size. For example, for language translation, the translation cost is quite high and the G-buffer size can be chosen to be ten times the L-buffer size.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that there are many different variations of providing different management methods to manage the different groups of objects in the different language translations and object space partitions. More than two buffers or logical buffer partitions can be maintained to provide finer granularity of different treatments. The size of each buffer can be determined a priori based on transformation cost, reference (access) frequency or other workload characteristics. The buffer sizes can also be changed dynamically based on the run-time workload behavior. Furthermore, there are many other variations of replacement policies that can be applied to manage the buffer, including: Least-Recently-Used (LRU), putting restrictions on the size of the cacheable objects or other buffer admission policies, replacing incoming objects with larger objects, etc.
GPC node 202 is an exemplary computing node that can manage the proxy network and assign translation or transformation tasks to proxy nodes 201. GPC node 202 preferably includes CPU 270, memory 275 (e.g. RAM), and storage devices 272 (e.g. DASD). Memory 275 includes GPC logic 280 (with details depicted in FIG. 3) preferably embodied as computer executable code which is loaded from DASD 272 into memory 275 for execution by CPU 270.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram, which illustrates the configuration of proxy servers in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. At step 305, GPC node 202 collects the proxy request statistics from each proxy to determine the composition of requests in terms of languages. For example, for a proxy located in Beijing, 80% of the requests may require translation into Chinese, 10% of the requests accepting the (unmodified) English version, and the rest desiring translations into other languages. At step 310, based on the request composition, GPC node 202 can assign a set of proxies to handle the translation of each language. Each such set of proxies is referred to as a proxy cluster for its assigned language or simply a language cluster. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, proxies are assigned the handling of the languages with a presence of more than x percent, say 15% of all object requests. If there are not enough proxies (or no proxy) assigned the translation of a particular language (e.g., Sanskrit), the processors receiving the largest number of requests for that language are assigned to the language cluster (i.e., will be assigned the handling of that language). At step 315, the GPC node 202 further divides the translation load among the proxies in a language cluster. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, GPC node 202 uses a hash partitioning method to partition the Web object space based on the URL of a Web object. The URL of a Web object is hashed to a hash table entry, and the hash table entries are partitioned among the proxies in the language cluster. The number of hash table entries assigned to each proxy can depend upon its processing power. Other factors to be considered can include the loads assigned to it, e.g. the number of languages handled by a proxy. At step 320, the assignment information is sent to all proxies.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that there are many different variations of partitioning the proxies for translation or transformation tasks. This is true for both the language assignment and object space partitioning. This assignment or partitioning can also be done or modified dynamically to balance the load among proxies. For example, if an event with great interest to a particular ethnic/language group occurs, the translation load for a particular language can suddenly increase. Dynamically reassigning more proxies to handle the translation of that language can balance the proxy load and improve the response time. One way to do this is to dynamically monitor the loads on each proxy, sort them in increasing load order and reassign the proxies with the least load to the most overloaded language groups. If the load within a language group is unbalanced, then re-partitioning the object space can be performed to reduce the objects (or hash table entries) assigned to the overloaded proxies, reassigning them to the least loaded proxies in the language group. Furthermore, the object space partitioning need not be a strict partitioning. It can allow replication of (popular) objects to be cached or handled by multiple proxies in the language group.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that each language cluster can also form a proxy hierarchy. A cluster hierarchy with a treelike structure has a root node. In this case, a proxy receiving a request requiring a language translation not handled locally can forward the request to the root of the language cluster. The cluster root then sends the request down the hierarchy to the appropriate proxy handling the object space partition containing the requested object. This reduces the amount of information exchange needed in the case of dynamic (language) assignment or partition adjustment in order for each proxy to have up-to-date information to determine where to forward a request for translation. To reduce the number of forwards through the proxy hierarchy required to reach the desired proxy, each proxy performing the object translation can include its ID (e.g. the IP-address) in the header when returning the translated object. A proxy node can maintain an address stack to track, for each recently requested object translation, the proxy ID handling the translation. So for a repeated request, a proxy node can go directly to the target language proxy handling the object (without going through the proxy hierarchy of the language) to get the translated object, if it is not cached in its L-buffer. The Platform for Internet Content Selection ("PICS") protocol specifies one method of sending meta-information concerning electronic content. PICS is a Web Consortium Protocol Recommendation (see http://www.w3.org/PICS). PICS protocol can be used to pass the proxy ID handling the translation (by using a PICS category value to represent the proxy ID) back to the requester.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram which illustrates operation of a proxy server when it is receiving input in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. At step 410, the proxy server waits for the input. Depending upon the input received, different actions will be taken. If the input received is an object request at step 415 (e.g. an HTTP request from a conventional web browser), then object request handler 230 is invoked at step 420. A detailed exemplary implementation of object request handler 230 is described with reference to FIG. 5. If the input received is an object O (e.g. an object returned to the current proxy server in response to a request the proxy server made, see steps 520 and 545) at step 425, the object handler at step 430 is invoked. A detailed exemplary implementation of the object handler is described with reference to FIG. 6. For other types of inputs, such as FTP requests, the miscellaneous handler is invoked at step 440.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart diagram, which illustrates a proxy server receiving a client request in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. At step 505, the proxy first checks to see whether the requested object O, which may be a translated version, is in the L-buffer or the G-buffer. If it is in either buffer, the object O is returned to the requester at step 510. Otherwise, at step 515, a determination is made as to whether the requested object should be translated. If a translation is not needed, then, at step 520, the object is requested from the content server. Otherwise, at step 525, it is checked whether the requested language translation (or transformation) can be carried out at this proxy. If the language is not handled by this proxy, at step 530, the object request is forwarded to the appropriate language proxy which can handle the requested language translation (or transformation) and also the Web object. Otherwise, at step 535 it is checked whether there is an unmodified version in the L-buffer. If not, at step 540 it is checked whether this requested object is to be handled by this proxy, i.e. whether this object is in the object space partition assigned to this proxy, and thus a caching candidate for the G-buffer. If so, the proxy sends a request to get the unmodified version in step 545 and sets the translation requirement on for this object at step 550. This condition is checked at step 605 as described below with reference to FIG. 6 when the object handler is invoked to handle the object requested at step 545. At step 560, it is checked whether this object is in the object space partition assigned to this proxy. If so, then at step 575 the language translator 240 is invoked to translate the object. At step 580, the G-buffer manager (depicted in FIG. 8) is invoked to cache the translated object. In step 585, the translated object is returned to the requester. In step 565, it is checked to determine whether the translation cost is less than the access cost. If not, then at step 570 the proxy requests the specific (translated) language version of the object from another proxy handling the language and the appropriate object space (containing the requested object).
FIG. 6 is a flow chart diagram which illustrates a proxy server receiving a client request in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 relates to object handler 225 of FIG. 4. At step 605, it is determined whether the object received needs language translation. If so, language translator 240 is invoked to make the translation at step 610, and the G-buffer manager is invoked to cache the translated object at step 620. Otherwise, at step 615, the L-buffer manager (depicted in FIG. 7) is invoked to cache the received object. At step 625, the requested version of the object is sent to the requester.
FIG. 7 is a flow chart diagram illustrating operation of the L-buffer manager. At step 705, S is set equal to the object size of object O. At step 710, it is determined whether the available space in L-buffer is larger than S (so the object can be cached). If so, then at step 720, the object is cached in L-buffer. Otherwise, at step 715, the buffer replacement method for the L-buffer is invoked where the object with the lowest L-value in the L-buffer is discarded, where the L-value of an object is defined to be the access frequency multiplied by the access delay for the object divided by the object size, where the access frequency can be estimated as the inverse of the time since last reference.
FIG. 8 is a flow chart diagram which illustrates operation of the G-buffer manager. At step 805, S is set equal to the object size of the translation version of object O. At step 810, it is determined whether the available space in G-buffer is larger than S (so the translated object can be cached). If so, at step 820, the translated object is cached in G-buffer. Otherwise, at step 815, the buffer replacement method for the G-buffer is invoked. Thus, the object with the lowest G-value in the G-buffer is discarded, where the G-value of a translated object is defined to be the access frequency multiplied by the processing cost for the translation divided by the size of the translated object.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the transformation or translation method of the present invention is not limited to HTTP proxy. The transformation can occur in other proxy environments, such as mail proxy to provide transformation or language translation on E-mail.
As described above, transformed Web objects are cached in a proxy network in order to reduce transformation processing (which can cause excessive access delay) by assigning the proxies to perform specific types of object transformations and cache transformed objects with different preferences. The proxy division/grouping can take into account the common user request patterns at each proxy.
Furthermore, each proxy can apply different caching management to different groups of objects such as transformed object versus original object. Proxies may maintain separate buffers to address different requirements such as reducing transformation cost versus network delay. When a proxy makes an object transformation, the newly transformed object can be cached. One or more of the currently cached objects may need to be replaced to make space available. The order of removal of the objects by the buffer replacement method may be prioritized based not only on the size and the frequency of access of an object, but also on the transformation cost. Even if an object does not need to be transformed by a proxy, it can still be cached based on a different criterion such as access time.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, each type of transformation is assigned to a subset of the proxy nodes. The proxies collaborate on the division or specialization of transformation task. When a proxy receives an object request requiring transformation not performed locally, it will forward the request to the appropriate proxy to perform the transformation. For proxies assigned to perform the same type of transformation, the object space can be partitioned so that each proxy provides preference to transform and/or cache a subset of the Web objects, i.e. objects in the object space partition assigned to it. This further partitioning can reduce duplication of caching or transformation with minimum communication cost.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the method is applied to language translation of Web objects, where translation of each language is assigned to a subset of the proxies.
Methods are also provided to enable the present invention to support global on-line retail electronic commerce. In particular, methods are provided which enables buyers from a given location or country to have the Web pages and forms through which they order products translated into their local language (e.g., customers from Brazil can have their web order forms translated in Portuguese). Furthermore, methods are provided allowing other factors, such as units of measure, currency, shipping costs and taxes to be tailored or translated for the buyer, e.g., buyers from Japan can have prices translated into yen. Methods are also provided to encrypt requested or purchased data using the buyer's preferred technique.
While preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown and described herein, it will be understood that such embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous variations, changes and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the appended claims cover all such variations as fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Geographic Range
White-tailed mongooses are found in most areas of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the especially arid regions. They also range into areas of southern Arabia and have been found on Farasan Kabir Island, located in the Red Sea. Within their known geographic range they are fairly common. (Estes, 1991)
White-tailed mongooses are found in a variety of terrestrial habitats within their known range including savannahs, woodlands and grasslands, but they are most commonly found in woodland areas with substantial coverage. They are not found in habitats with high moisture, such as rainforests or swampy areas. White-tailed mongooses are also present in agricultural areas and often occupy dens made from old termite mounds. They are found at elevations less than 2,500 m. (Admasu, et al., 2004; Estes, 1991)
- Habitat Regions
- temperate
- tropical
- terrestrial
- Terrestrial Biomes
- savanna or grassland
- scrub forest
- Other Habitat Features
- suburban
- agricultural
- Range elevation
- 2,500 (high) m
- ft
Physical Description
White-tailed mongooses are a rather large species of mongoose, with both sexes reaching an average of 103 cm in length, from their head to the tip of their tail. Their weight averages 3.6 kg for males and 3.4 kg for females. They have gray or gray-brown under fur, normally about 15 mm long, which is thickest along their tail and hindquarters. Projecting out from their under fur are long black and white banded guard hairs. The terminal end of their tail is normally pure white, with the exception of individuals found in west Africa, whose terminal tail ends are sometimes black. White-tailed mongooses have 5 toes on each foot, with stout curling claws; the area extending from their palm to their wrist is hairless. Their molars are broad and flattened. Both sexes have 2 pairs of mammae located on their abdomen. (Estes, 1991; Taylor, 1972)
- Other Physical Features
- endothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Sexual Dimorphism
- sexes alike
- Average mass
- 3.4 to 3.6 kg
- lb
- Average mass
- 3500 g
- 123.35 oz
- AnAge
- Average length
- 103 cm
- 40.55 in
There is not an extensive amount of information available on the reproduction of white-tailed mongooses, but some aspects are known. Copulation is thought to occur over about a half hour, with multiple mounts occurring, each mount is ended by the female breaking away. (Skinner and Chimimba, 2005)
- Mating System
- polygynous
The time at which breeding occurs is still under debate, but it is thought to occur shortly after the dry season, which runs from August to November. The appearance of litters occurs most often in the wet season, from February to May, but there is documentation of litters occurring in the dry season. The female normally gives birth to 1 to 3 young. There is currently insufficient information on the gestation period, birth mass and the age at which white-tailed mongooses reach sexual maturity. (Estes, 1991; Skinner and Chimimba, 2005)
- Key Reproductive Features
- iteroparous
- seasonal breeding
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- viviparous
- Breeding interval
- With litters appearing mostly in the wet season and weaning occurring at 9 months, it is thought that breeding occurs only once yearly.
- Breeding season
- Breeding is thought to occur from December to March, shortly after the dry season.
- Range number of offspring
- 1 to 3
- Average number of offspring
- 2.3
- AnAge
- Average weaning age
- 9 months
- Average time to independence
- 9 months
Parental care is provided by the female and young are weaned at around 9 months of age. Just before 9 months, the weaned offspring begin foraging by themselves for several hours each night. By 9 months old the young are completely independent, but are known to continue foraging on maternal ranges for up to 4 months. Where food is plentiful, some females may remain and start an overlapping home range of their own. (Estes, 1991; Skinner and Chimimba, 2005)
- Parental Investment
- female parental care
- female
- female
- provisioning
- female
- female
- provisioning
- female
- female
- provisioning
There is no information on the average lifespan of white-tailed mongooses. One individual who resided in the Zoological Gardens of London had a recorded lifespan of 10 years and 29 days. (Taylor, 1972)
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity
- 10 (high) years
- Range lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 12.0 years
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- Average lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 10.0 years
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- Average lifespan
White-tailed mongooses are normally solitary, with the exception of a mother and her young. They are primarily nocturnal and are more active on cloudy overcast nights than on clear nights. White-tailed mongooses are sedentary and do not migrate to new locations except to leave parental territories to establish their own. White-tailed mongooses live in dens made from inactive termite mounds and depressions at the base of trees; they do not dig their own dens. They are ground dwellers and unlike many other mongooses, such as slender mongooses, they do not sit on their hind legs. They have a trotting gait, similar to a dog and walk digitigrade on their toes. They keep their head low, with their shoulders lower than the base of their tail, which normally trails on the ground. When threatened they have a running gallop. Both males and females perform a characteristic tail arch and lift when they urinate. The function of this arch is not known but it is thought to serve as an alert to other mongooses of their presence through scent marking. (Estes, 1991; Skinner and Chimimba, 2005; Taylor, 1972)
- Key Behaviors
- terricolous
- nocturnal
- motile
- sedentary
- solitary
- territorial
- Range territory size
- 8 (high) km^2
Home Range
White-tailed mongooses may have a home range size of up to 8 sq km. The average home range size for a male is 0.97 sq km, while the average for a female is 0.64 sq km. Males do not have overlapping ranges but they may completely overlap with female ranges, likewise, several females may inhabit the same range. (Nowak, 2005)
Communication and Perception
White-tailed mongooses use forms of olfactory and vocal communication. Both sexes scent mark using anal glands, urine and dung. While urinating, these animals perform a characteristic tail arch. The purpose of this behavior is not known, however, solitary mongooses perform this action less frequently than those traveling together. They use a wide array of sounds to communicate with conspecifics and deter predators including whimpering, growling, shrieking and barking. (Estes, 1991)
- Other Communication Modes
- scent marks
Food Habits
The diet of white-tailed mongooses consists primarily of insects, including beetles and mole crickets. They also eat rats, mice, shrews, small birds and lizards as well as berries and fruit when they are in season. During the rainy seasons, they eat a large amount of dung beetles and dung beetle larvae, while feeding mainly on termites during the dry season. When found in civilization, these mongooses are common raiders of garbage cans. They have also been seen eating eggs; they throw eggs between their back legs, against hard objects to acquire its contents. (Estes, 1991; Nowak, 2005; Taylor, 1972)
- Primary Diet
- eats terrestrial vertebrates
- insectivore
- Animal Foods
- birds
- mammals
- amphibians
- reptiles
- eggs
- carrion
- insects
- Plant Foods
- fruit
Humans are the main predator of white-tailed mongooses. They are hunted in several areas of Africa using guns, traps and dogs, after which they are either eaten or sold in markets. Young may also be at risk of predation by large birds of prey and large snakes. White-tailed mongooses ward off predators by releasing a noxious scent from their anal glands, making it unappealing to possible hunters. (Carpaneto, et al., 2007; Nowak, 2005)
- Known Predators
- humans (Homo sapiens)
Ecosystem Roles
White-tailed mongooses play the role of both predator and prey in their ecosystem. They prey on insects, eggs and small vertebrates. Their main predators are humans but they may also be prey upon by large birds or snakes. They are also to host ticks. (Punyua and Newson, 1985; Taylor, 1972)
- ticks (Ixodidae)
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
White-tailed mongooses hold economic importance for humans in the form of food and income. They are sold in markets for food and fur. In rural markets they can be sold for 1,500 to 2,500 CFA, the equivalent of 3 to 4 US dollars, in urban markets they can be sold for 4,000 to 6,000 CFA, the equivalent of 8 to 12 US dollars. Although they are trapped in some areas, white-tailed mongooses may make good household pets if they are raised from a young age. Since their main food source is insects, they may help control insect populations in areas inhabited by humans. (Carpaneto, et al., 2007; Nowak, 2005)
- Positive Impacts
- food
- controls pest population
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
White-tailed mongooses have no significant negative impact on humans. They are, however, considered pests when living in close proximity. When they find themselves close to civilization they may steal chickens and tip over garbage cans to find food. (Nowak, 2005)
Conservation Status
White-tailed mongooses are common within their geographic range. They are widely adaptable even where human civilization dominates and their natural environment has been modified. (Hoffmann, 2012)
- IUCN Red List
Least Concern
More information
- US Federal List
- No special status
- No special status
Malorey Matson (author), Northern Michigan University, John Bruggink (editor), Northern Michigan University, Leila Siciliano Martina (editor), Animal Diversity Web Staff.
- Ethiopian
living in sub-Saharan Africa (south of 30 degrees north) and Madagascar.
- acoustic
uses sound to communicate
- agricultural
living in landscapes dominated by human agriculture.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- carnivore
an animal that mainly eats meat
- carrion
flesh of dead animals.
- chemical
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
- endothermic
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
- female parental care
parental care is carried out by females
- food
A substance that provides both nutrients and energy to a living thing.
- insectivore
An animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.
- iteroparous
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- nocturnal
active during the night
- polygynous
having more than one female as a mate at one time
- scent marks
communicates by producing scents from special gland(s) and placing them on a surface whether others can smell or taste them
- scrub forest
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sedentary
remains in the same area
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- solitary
lives alone
- suburban
living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- temperate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
- terrestrial
Living on the ground.
- territorial
defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement
- tropical
the region of the earth that surrounds the equator, from 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
- tropical savanna and grassland
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
- savanna
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
- temperate grassland
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
- visual
uses sight to communicate
- viviparous
reproduction in which fertilization and development take place within the female body and the developing embryo derives nourishment from the female.
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Carpaneto, G., A. Fusari, H. Okongo. 2007. Subsistence hunting and exploitation of mammals in the Haut-Ogoouse province, south-eastern Gabon. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 85: 183-193.
Djagoun, S., P. Gaubert. 2009. Small carnivores from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure. Small Carnivore Conservation, 40: 1-10.
Durant, S., M. Craft, C. Foley, K. Hampson, A. Lobora, M. Msuha, E. Eblate, J. Bukombe, J. Mchetto, N. Pettorelli. 2010. Does size matter? An investigation of habitat use across a carnivore assemblage in the Serengeti, Tanzania. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79: 1012-1022.
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text: Damn Larry, now I have to meet you and buy you a coffee. I missed that in the instructions somewhere, but I was just talking with the misses last night about how the return postage works. I've got a lot to learn. You tell me once all the flies arrive and I'll come meet you on your turf...maybe you can show me that secret point, creek or beaver pond!!


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About Labopharm Inc.
Labopharm is an emerging leader in optimizing the performance of existing small molecule drugs using its proprietary controlled-release technologies. The Company's lead product, a unique once-daily formulation of tramadol, is now available in 17 countries around the world, including the U.S., Canada, major European markets and Australia. The Company's second product, a novel formulation of trazodone for the treatment of major depressive disorder, is under regulatory review in the U.S. by the FDA. The Company also has a robust pipeline of follow-on products in both pre-clinical and clinical development. Labopharm's vision is to become an integrated, international, specialty pharmaceutical company with the capability to internally develop and commercialize its own products. For more information, please visit www.labopharm.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events could differ materially from those projected herein and depend on a number of factors, including the uncertainties related to the regulatory process in various countries for the approval of the Company's products and the successful commercialization of the products throughout the world if they are approved. Investors should consult the Company's ongoing quarterly filings and annual reports for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to these f
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Alabama Is Too Slow On Equality For The LGBT Community
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spilled the t when it comes to Alabama's treatment of its LGBT community. During an event that included AL Gov. Robert Bentley and other of the state's elected officials, Cook took his criticisms directly to their sources. The Montgomery Advertiser reports: