The log positioning and conveying apparatus is used for conveying a log from an upstream end to a downstream end, and for positioning a log according to a predetermined downstream position. The IP addresses given in response to domain name resolution requests are selected to provide increased reliability andor dynamic load-balancing over paths. Then, for each term in the query phrase, the system determines whether the term is a lexical synonym of a corresponding term in the candidate synonym or the term shares meaning with the corresponding term in the candidate synonym. In order to reduce the skew produced at relatively high frequencies, all of the first conductors have substantially the same inductive impedance at the frequency of operation of the module.