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The remote control unit supports multi-modal dialog with the user, through which the user can easily select programs for viewing or recording. The remote control houses a microphone into which the user can input natural language speech. The input speech is recognized and interpreted by a natural language parser that extracts the semantic content of the user's speech. The parser works in conjunction with an electronic program guide, through which the remote control system is able to ascertain what programs are available for viewing or recording and supply appropriate prompts to the user. In one embodiment, the remote control includes a touch screen display upon which the user may view prompts or make selections by pen input or tapping. Selections made on the touch screen automatically limit the context of the ongoing dialog between user and remote control, allowing the user to interact naturally with the unit. The remote control unit can control virtually any audio-video component, including those designed before the current technology. The remote control system can be packaged entirely within the remote control handheld unit, or components may be distributed in other systems attached to the user's multimedia equipment.
1. A remote control system for controlling at least one audio/video component comprising:
a handheld case;
a microphone disposed in said case for receiving speech input from a user;
a communication system disposed in said case for transmitting data signals to a location remote from said handheld case;
a speech recognizer for processing said speech input;
a memory for storing a semantic representation of an electronic program guide; and
a natural language parser in communication with said speech recognizer and with said memory, said parser being operative to extract semantic content from said processed speech input and to access semantic representation of said electronic program guide using said extracted semantic content to generate control instructions for said audio/video component such that the natural language parser is a task-based parser employing a grammar comprising a plurality of frames having slots representing semantic structure of said electronic program guide, wherein the natural language parser further comprises a local parser adapted to identify predetermined task-related fragments in said speech input, and a global parser adapted to receive task-related fragments and to extract overall semantics from the task-related fragments.
2. The remote control system of
3. The remote control system of
a processor component remote from said handheld case and wherein said speech recognizer is disposed in said processor component.
4. The remote control system of
5. The remote control system of
a processor component remote from said handheld case and wherein said natural language parser is disposed in said processor component.
6. The remote control system of
an electronic program guide acquisition system coupled to said memory for downloading said representation of an electronic program guide via a telecommunications link.
7. The remote control system of
8. The remote control system of
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10. The remote control system of
a dialog manager in communication with said parser for generating prompts to the user based on said extracted semantic content.
11. The remote control system of
a dialog manager having speech synthesizer for generating speech prompts to the user based on said extracted semantic content.
12. The remote control system of
a digitizing tablet disposed in said handheld case for pen-based input of user-supplied information.
13. The remote control system of
14. The remote control system of
display unit disposed in said handheld case for providing information to the user.
15. A remote control device comprising:
a handheld case having a communication interface through which control instructions are issued to a remote component;
a display screen disposed in said case;
a microphone disposed in said case;
a speech recognizer system coupled to said microphone;
a user profile data store for storing information selected from the group consisting of prior use information, preference information and combinations thereof;
a dialog manager coupled to said speech recognizer system, to said user profile data store, and to said display screen for issuing control commands through said communication interface and for displaying information on said display screen based at least in part on information obtained from said user profile data store; and
a natural language parser in communication with said speech recognizer system, said parser being operative to extract a semantic content from said processed speech input and to access semantic representation of an electronic program guide and using said extracted semantic content to generate control instructions for said remote control, such that the natural language parser is a task-based parser employing a grammar comprising a plurality of frames having slots representing semantic structure of said electronic program guide, wherein the natural language parser further comprises a local parser adapted to identify predetermined task-related fragments in speech input received from said microphone, and a global parser adapted to receive task-related fragments and to extract overall semantics from the task-related fragments.
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26. A remote control system for controlling at least one audio-video component comprising:
a handheld case;
a microphone disposed in said case for receiving speech input from a user;
a communication system disposed in said case for transmitting data signals to a location remote from said handheld case;
a speech recognizer for converting said speech input to text output;
a memory for storing a semantic representation of an electronic program guide;
a natural language parser in communication with said speech recognizer and with said memory, said parser being operative to extract semantic content from said processed speech input and to access semantic representation of said electronic program guide using said extracted semantic content to generate control instructions for said audio/video component, such that the natural language parser is a task-based parser employing a grammar comprising a plurality of frames having slots representing semantic structure of said electronic program guide, wherein the natural language parser further comprises a local parser adapted to identify predetermined task-related fragments in said speech input, and a global parser adapted to receive task-related fragments and to extract overall semantics from the task-related fragments.
This application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 6,324,512 issued on Nov. 27, 2001 and entitled "System and Method for Allowing Family Members to Access TV Contents and Program Media Recorder Over Telephone Or Internet".
The ubiquitous remote control, often a multitude of them, has found its way onto virtually every coffee table in the television viewing rooms throughout the world. Few television viewers have not experienced the frustration of trying to perform even a simple command, such as turning on the television and watching a pre-recorded movie, only to be thwarted because he or she cannot figure out which button or buttons to press on which remote control units.
In an attempt to address the proliferation of multiple remote controls, many companies offer a universal remote control that is able to operate a variety of different audio-video components. These remote controls, of necessity, feature a panoply of buttons, many of them having dual functions, in order to control the principal functions of all devices in the user's multimedia setup.
While the conventional universal remote control may eliminate the need for having multiple remote control units on the coffee table, it does little to simplify the user's interaction with his or her audio-video or multimedia system. On the contrary most universal remote control units are so complex that they actually impede the user's ability to control the equipment.
The present invention tackles this problem through speech technology recognition and sophisticated natural language parsing components, that allows the user to simply speak into the remote control unit and have his or her commands carried out. While the spoken commands can be simple commands such as "Play VCR" or "Record Channel 6", the natural language parser offers far more complex commands than this. For example, the user could speak: "Show me a funny movie starring Marilyn Monroe." Using the speech recognition and parser components, the system will search through an electronic program guide or movie database and can respond to the user (for instance) that "Some Like It Hot" will be playing next Friday. The user could then, for example, instruct the system to record that movie when it comes on.
Recording commands need not be limited to the entire movie or program. Rather, the user could enter a command such as: "Record the last five minutes of tonight's Toronto-Los Angeles baseball game." Again, the speech recognition and parser components convert this complex command into a sequence of actions that cause the recording device in the user's system to make the requested recording at the appropriate time.
The remote control of the invention can be constructed as a self-contained unit having all of the parser and speech recognition components on board, or it may be manufactured in multiple components, allowing some of the more complex computational operations to be performed by a processor located in a television set, set top box, or auxiliary multimedia control unit. In the latter case, the hand-held remote and the remote command unit communicate with each other by wireless transmission. Preferably, the hand-held remote control unit includes an infrared port through which the remote control can interact with older equipment in the user's multimedia setup. Thus the remote control of the invention even allows sophisticated natural language speech commands to be given to those older audio-video components.
For a more complete understanding of the invention, its objects and advantages, refer to the following specification and to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the remote control in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the components of the presently preferred embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram depicting the components of the natural language parser of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 4 is a block diagram depicting the components of the local parser of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention.
The remote control of the invention can take many forms. An exemplary embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 1, where the remote control is shown at 10 and an exemplary television set is shown at 12. In the preferred embodiment the remote control 10 and television 12 communicate wirelessly with one another through suitable radio frequency link or infrared link.
The remote control is designed to operate not only more modern digital interactive television and hard disk recorder equipment, but also older models of televisions, VCRs, DVD and laser disk players, surround sound processors, tuners, and the like. Accordingly, the remote control includes a light-emitting diode transmitter 14 with which the unit may communicate with all popular home entertainment and multimedia components. This same transmitter can serve as the communication link between the remote control and the television (to implement some of the features described herein).
In an alternate embodiment, the remote control 10 and television 12 communicate through a bidirectional data communication link that allows the speech recognition and natural language parsing components to be distributed among the remote control, television and optionally other components within the multimedia system.
Although not required to implement the speech-enabled dialog system, the presently preferred remote control 10 also includes a lighted display 16 that may supply prompts to the user as well as information extracted from the electronic program guide. The screen may be touch sensitive or tap sensitive, allowing the user to select menu options and provide handwritten input through the stylus 18. Users who regularly employ pen-based personal digital assistant (PDA) devices will find the stylus input modality particularly useful.
The remote control 10 also includes a complement of pushbuttons 20, for performing numeric channel selection and other commonly performed operations, such as increasing and decreasing the audio volume. A jog shuttle wheel 22 may also be included, to allow the user to use this feature in conjunction with recorders and disk players.
By virtue of the bi-directional link between remote control 10 and television 12, the system is capable of displaying on-screen prompts and program guide information on both the television monitor screen, as illustrated at 24, and on the display screen 16 of the remote control. If desired, the on-screen display 24 can be suppressed, so that the user may make menu item selections and electronic program guide selections using the remote control screen, without the need to display the same information on the television while watching a program.
A particularly useful aspect of remote control 10 is its natural language speech modality. The remote control is provided with a microphone as at 26. The user speaks in natural language sentences, and these spoken utterances are picked up by microphone 26 and supplied to a sophisticated speech understanding system. The speech understanding system allows the user to give the television set and other associated equipment (such as hard disk recorders or VCR recorders) search and record commands in interactive, natural language.
As an example of a spoken search command, the user could say into the microphone, "Show me a funny movie starring Marilyn Monroe." Using its speech recognition and parser components, this system searches through an electronic program guide or movie database and responds to the user whether any options meet the user's request. The system might respond, for instance, that "Some Like It Hot" will be playing next Friday.
Armed with this information, the user may elect to record the movie, by simply speaking, "Please record Some Like It Hot."
Recording instructions can be quite explicit, thanks to the sophisticated natural language system of the invention. Thus, the user could enter a complex record command such as, "Record the last five minutes of tonight's Toronto-LosAngeles baseball game." Again, the speech recognition and parser components convert this complex command into a sequence of actions that the recorder within the system will carry out.
Referring to FIG. 2, the major functional components of the remote control system will now be described. In this regard, it is important to understand that the components of the remote control system can be packaged entirely within the remote control device itself, or one or more of these components can be distributed or implemented in other components within the system. The more processor-intensive functions of the system may be performed, for example, by processors located in larger, more powerful components such as set top boxes, interactive digital television sets, multimedia recording systems, and the like.
For example, the microphone and basic components of the speech recognizer may be housed in the remote control unit, with the remaining components housed in another piece of equipment. If desired, the speech recognizer itself can be subdivided into components, some of which are housed in the remote control and others of which are housed elsewhere. By way of example, the component housed in the remote control may process the input speech by extracting speech features upon which the speech models are trained. The remote control then transmits these extracted features to the component located elsewhere for further speech recognition processing. Alternatively, the input speech may simply be transmitted by the remote control in the audio domain to a speech recognition component located elsewhere. These are of course only a few possible examples of how the functionality of the invention may be deployed in distributed fashion.
Speech input supplied through microphone 26 is first digitized and fed to speech recognizer module 40. The output of speech recognizer module 40 is supplied to the natural language parser 42. This parser works in conjunction with a set of grammars 44 that allow the system to interpret the meaning behind the user's spoken instructions. In the presently preferred embodiment these grammars are goal-oriented grammars comprising a collection of frame sentences having one or more slots that the system will fill in based upon the words recognized from the users input speech. More detail about the presently preferred parser and these goal-oriented grammars is presented below.
The natural language parser 42 has access to a stored semantic representation of the electronic program guide 46. The electronic program guide can be downloaded from the internet or supplied via the entertainment system's cable or satellite link. These sources of electronic program guide information are illustrated generally at 50. Typically, the television tuner 52 may be used to obtain this information and furnish it to the semantic representation stored at 46. Alternatively, this information could be supplied by telephone connection to a suitable Internet service provider or dedicated electronic program guide service provider.
The typical electronic program guide represents a complex hierarchial structure that breaks down different types of program content according to type. Thus a program guide may divide programs into different categories, such as movies, sports, news, weather, and the like. These categories may further be subdivided. Thus movies may be subdivided into categories such as comedies, drama, science fiction and so forth. A semantic representation of the electronic program guide contents is stored at 46, based on the same goal-oriented grammar structure used by the natural language parser. This allows the parser to readily find information about what is available for viewing. If the user has asked for comedy movies, the comedy movie portion of the semantic representation is accessed by the parser, and the available programs falling under this category may then be displayed to the user as will be more fully described below.
In some instances the natural language parser will immediately identify a program the user is interested in watching. In other instances, there may be multiple choices, or no choices. To accommodate these many possibilities, the system includes a dialog manager 54. The dialog manager interfaces with the natural language parser 42, and generates interactive prompts for synthesized speech or on-screen presentation to the user. These prompts are designed to elicit further information from the user, to help the natural language parser find program offerings the user may be interested in. The dialog manager has a user profile data store 56, which stores information about the user's previous information selections, and also information about how the user likes to have the information displayed. This data store thus helps the dialog manager tune its prompts to best suit the user's expectations.
The presently preferred natural language parser will now be described. FIG. 3 depicts components of the natural language parser 42 in more detail. In particular, speech understanding module 128 includes a local parser 160 to identify predetermined relevant task-related fragments. Speech understanding module 128 also includes a global parser 162 to extract the overall semantics of the speaker's request.
The local parser 160 utilizes in the preferred embodiment small and multiple grammars along with several passes and a unique scoring mechanism to provide parse hypotheses. For example, the novel local parser 102 recognizes according to this approach phrases such as dates, names of people, and movie categories. If a speaker utters "record me a comedy in which Mel Brooks stars and is shown before January 23rd", the local parser recognizes: "comedy" as being a movie category; "January 23rd" as a date; and "Mel Brooks" as an actor. The global parser assembles those items (movie category, date, etc.) together and recognizes that the speaker wishes to record a movie with certain constraints.
Speech understanding module 128 includes knowledge database 163 which encodes the semantics of a domain (i.e., goal to be achieved). In this sense, knowledge database 163 is preferably a domain-specific database as depicted by reference numeral 165 and is used by dialog manager 130 to determine whether a particular action related to achieving a predetermined goal is possible.
The preferred embodiment encodes the semantics via a frame data structure 164. The frame data structure 164 contains empty slots 166 which are filled when the semantic interpretation of global parser 162 matches the frame. For example, a frame data structure (whose domain is tuner commands) includes an empty slot for specifying the viewer-requested channel for a time period. If viewer 120 has provided the channel, then that empty slot is filled with that information. However, if that particular frame needs to be filled after the viewer has initially provided its request, then dialog manager 130 instructs computer response module 134 to ask viewer 120 to provide a desired channel.
The frame data structure 164 preferably includes multiple frames which each in turn have multiple slots. One frame may have slots directed to attributes of a movie, director, and type of movie. Another frame may have slots directed to attributes associated with the time in which the movie is playing, the channel, and so forth.
The following reference discusses global parsers and frames: R. Kuhn and R. D. Mori, Spoken Dialogues with Computers (Chapter 14: Sentence Interpretation), Academic Press, Boston (1998).
Dialog manager 130 uses dialog history data file 167 to assist in filling in empty slots before asking the speaker for the information. Dialog history data file 167 contains a log of the conversation which has occurred through the device of the present invention. For example, if a speaker utters "I'd like to watch another Marilyn Monroe movie," the dialog manager 130 examines the dialog history data file 167 to check what movies the user has already viewed or rejected in a previous dialog exchange. If the speaker had previously rejected "Some Like It Hot", then the dialog manager 130 fills the empty slot of the movie title with movies of a different title. If a sufficient number of slots have been filled, then the present invention will ask the speaker to verify and confirm the program selection. Thus, if any assumptions made by the dialog manager 130 through the use of dialog history data file 167 prove to be incorrect, then the speaker can correct the assumption.
The natural language parser 42 analyzes and extracts semantically important and meaningful topics from a loosely structured, natural language text which may have been generated as the output of an automatic speech recognition system (ASR) used by a dialogue or speech understanding system. The natural language parser 42 translates the natural language text input to a new representation by generating well-structured tags containing topic information and data, and associating each tag with the segments of the input text containing the tagged information. In addition, tags may be generated in other forms such as a separate list, or as a semantic frame.
Robustness is a feature of the natural language parser 42 as the input can contain grammatically incorrect English sentences, due to the following reasons: the input to the recognizer is casual, dialog style, natural speech can contain broken sentences, partial phrases, and the insertion, omission, or misrecognition of errors by the speech recognizer even when the speech input is considered correct. The natural language parser 42 deals robustly with all types of input and extracts as much information as possible.
FIG. 4 depicts the different components of the local parser 160 of the natural language parser 42. The natural language parser 42 preferably utilizes generalized parsing techniques in a multi-pass approach as a fixed-point computation. Each topic is described as a context-sensitive LR (left-right and rightmost derivation) grammar, allowing ambiguities. The following are references related to context-sensitive LR grammars: A. Aho and J. D. Ullman, Principles of Compiler Design, Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Mass. (1977); and N. Tomita, Generalized LR Parsing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Mass. (1991).
At each pass of the computation, a generalized parsing algorithm is used to generate preferably all possible (both complete and partial) parse trees independently for each targeted topic. Each pass potentially generates several alternative parse-trees, each parse-tree representing a possibly different interpretation of a particular topic. The multiple passes through preferably parallel and independent paths result in a substantial elimination of ambiguities and overlap among different topics. The generalized parsing algorithm is a systematic way of scoring all possible parse-trees so that the (N) best candidates are selected utilizing the contextual information present in the system.
Local parsing system 160 is carried out in three stages: lexical analysis 220; parallel parse-forest generation for each topic (for example, generators 230 and 232); and analysis and synthesis of parsed components as shown generally by reference numeral 234.
Lexical Analysis:
A speaker utters a phrase that is recognized by an automatic speech recognizer 217 which generates input sentence 218. Lexical analysis stage 220 identifies and generates tags for the topics (which do not require extensive grammars) in input sentence 218 using lexical filters 226 and 228. These include, for example, movie names; category of movie; producers; names of actors and actresses; and the like. A regular-expression scan of the input sentence 218 using the keywords involved in the mentioned exemplary tags is typically sufficient at this level. Also, performed at this stage is the tagging of words in the input sentence that are not part of the lexicon of particular grammar. These words are indicated using an X-tag so that such noise words are replaced with the letter "X".
Parallel Parse-forest Generation:
The parser 42 uses a high-level general parsing strategy to describe and parse each topic separately, and generates tags and maps them to the input stream. Due to the nature of unstructured input text 218, each individual topic parser preferably accepts as large a language as possible, ignoring all but important words, dealing with insertion and deletion errors. The parsing of each topic involves designing context-sensitive grammar rules using a meta-level specification language, much like the ones used in LR parsing. Examples of grammars include grammar A 240 and grammar B 242. Using the present invention's approach, topic grammars 240 and 242 are described as if they were an LR-type grammar, containing redundancies and without eliminating shift and reduce conflicts. The result of parsing an input sentence is all possible parses based on the grammar specifications.
Generators 230 and 232 generate parse forests 250 and 252 for their topics. Tag-generation is done by synthesizing actual information found in the parse tree obtained during parsing. Tag generation is accomplished via tag and score generators 260 and 262 which respectively generate tags 264 and 266. Each identified tag also carries information about what set of input words in the input sentence are covered by the tag. Subsequently the tag replaces its cover-set. In the preferred embodiment, context information 267 is utilized for tag and score generations, such as by generators 260 and 262. Context information 267 is utilized in the scoring heuristics for adjusting weights associated with a heuristic scoring factor technique that is discussed below. Context information 267 preferably includes word confidence vector 268 and dialogue context weights 269. However, it should be understood that the parser 42 is not limited to using both word confidence vector 268 and dialogue context weights 269, but also includes using one to the exclusion of the other, as well as not utilizing context information 267.
Automatic speech recognition process block 217 generates word confidence vector 268 which indicates how well the words in input sentence 218 were recognized. Dialog manager 130 generates dialogue context weights 269 by determining the state of the dialogue. For example, dialog manager 130 asks a user about a particular topic, such as, what viewing time is preferable. Due to this request, dialog manager 130 determines that the state of the dialogue is time-oriented. Dialog manager 130 provides dialogue context weights 269 in order to inform the proper processes to more heavily weight the detected time-oriented words.
Synthesis of Tag-components:
The topic spotting parser of the previous stage generates a significant amount of information that needs to be analyzed and combined together to form the final output of the local parser. The parser 42 is preferably as "aggressive" as possible in spotting each topic resulting in the generation of multiple tag candidates. Additionally in the presence of numbers or certain key-words, such as "between", "before", "and", "or", "around", etc., and especially if these words have been introduced or dropped due to recognition errors it is possible to construct many alternative tag candidates. For example, an input sentence could have insertion or deletion errors. The combining phase determines which tags form a more meaningful interpretation of the input. The parser 42 defines heuristics and makes a selection based on them using a N-Best candidate selection process. Each generated tag corresponds to a set of words in the input word string, called the tag's cover-set.
A heuristic is used that takes into account the cover-sets of the tags used to generate a score. The score roughly depends.on the size of the cover-set, the sizes in the number of the words of the gaps within the covered items, and the weights assigned to the presence of certain keywords. In the preferred embodiment, ASR-derived confidence vector and dialog context information are utilized to assign priorities to the tags. For example applying channel-tags parsing first potentially removes channel-related numbers that are easier to identify uniquely from the input stream, and leaves fewer numbers to create ambiguities with other tags. Preferably, dialog context information is used to adjust the priorities.
At the end of each pass, an N-best processor 270 selects the N-best candidates based upon the scores associated with the tags and generates the topic-tags, each representing the information found in the corresponding parse-tree. Once topics have been discovered this way, the corresponding words in the input can be substituted with the tag information. This substitution transformation eliminates the corresponding words from the current input text. The output 280 of each pass is fed-back to the next pass as the new input, since the substitutions may help in the elimination of certain ambiguities among competing grammars or help generate better parse-trees by filtering out overlapping symbols.
Computation ceases when no additional tags are generated in the last pass. The output of the final pass becomes the output of the local parser to global parser 162. Since each phase can only reduce the number of words in its input and the length of the input text is finite, the number of passes in the fixed-point computation is linearly bounded by the size of its input.
The following scoring factors are used to rank the alternative parse trees based on the following attributes of a parse-tree:
Number of terminal symbols.
Number of non-terminal symbols.
The depth of the parse-tree.
The size of the gaps in the terminal symbols.
ASR-Confidence measures associated with each terminal symbol.
Context-adjustable weights associated with each terminal and non-terminal symbol.
Each path preferably corresponds to a separate topic that can be developed independently, operating on a small amount of data, in a computationally inexpensive way. The architecture of the parser 42 is flexible and modular so incorporating additional paths and grammars, for new topics, or changing heuristics for particular topics is straight forward, this also allows developing reusable components that can be shared among different systems easily.
From the foregoing it will be appreciated that the remote control system of the invention offers a great deal of user-friendly functionality not currently found in any electronic program guide control system or remote control system. While the invention has been described in its presently preferred embodiment, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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Vaskania - 08 January 2014 11:48 PMCould be one of three things.
1. Genesis Starter Essentials aren't installed.
1. Genesis Starter Essentials aren't installed.
This was the fix that worked when this happened to me.
Feel free to read my 3D Tutorial collection, focusing mainly on the technical aspects of 3D rendering.
If you install Genesis Starter Essentials through DIM but you don't have the install location mapped in your content directory manager then you could run into this problem.
DIM automatically adds the metadata for the product to the database, this means the icons to load the product will show up in smart content. However, when Studio goes to find the the back end files to load the content it looks through the files and folders that are in mapped directories. If it doesn't find anything it loads place holder geometry (those blocks).
Make sure you have mapped your install location into DAZ Studio 4.6
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Gentlerain - 08 January 2014 11:20 PMMy genesis is blocks in work space,,I forgot how to fix this
It loads, but looks like made of blocks?
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Hey everyone and welcome to part 2 of the D-Backs team analysis. Today we are going to take a look at their Bullpen. When i think of the D-Backs bullpen the first name that comes to mind is Clay Zavada. Not neccesarily because of his talent but because of his mustache, although he is a pretty good pitcher. The D-Backs have several quality relievers so lets take a look at them.
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MR- Juan Gutierrez
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MR- Leo Rosales
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Chad Qualls has been an excellent reliever, and over the course of his career has never had an ERA higher than 3.76 and has never had a BB/9 ratio over 2.84. He has the potential to be an excellent closer an hopefully with a better team behind him he can put up great numbers. He did save 24 games in 29 chances last season so we know he can get saves. I really think that he can be a solid closer but we'll have to wait and see. Juan Gutierrez put up solid numbers in his first full season, mantaining a 4.06 ERA and had a 8.37 K/9 ratio. Hopefully he will continue to develop into a solid set-up man, another interesting stat about Gutierrez is that he managed to accumulate 9 saves in 10 oppurtunities.Esmerling Vazquez is another 26 year old reliever who showed some promise last season. He had a high ERA last season (4.42) and that was probably due to his high walk numbers (4.92 BB/9). Throughout his minor league career he has struggled with walks so it wont suprise me if that trend continues throughout his career. He decent strikeout potential but is very average. Clay Zavada is the dude with the coolest mustache, you have to look him up on google images he is ridiculous. But Zavada is actualy a good pitcher, he is only 25 years old and posted a 3.35 ERA over 51 innings. He also has strong strikeout potential posting a 9.18 K/9 ratio but he does struggle with walks posting a 4.24 BB/9 ratio. All of his numbers are pretty good and he could turn into an excellent set up man for this D-Backs bullpen. Leo Rosales is an average middle reliever who is more suited for a mop up role. He posted a 4.76 ERA over 45 innings although outside of that his numbers are not that bad. He had a .238 opponent batting average and his walk numbers (2.38 BB/9) arnt that bad. As i said before an average middle reliever. Blaine Boyer bounced around a lot last year but he finally settled down in Arizona and performed well. In Arizona he posted a 2.68 ERA and struck out 18 over 37 innings. His career numbers do not suggest that he will perform that well but he could be a solid middle reliever. For a reliever his batting average against is not that great (career .267) and he has a career ERA of 4.76, including a 5.88 ERA last season over 72 innings. He is another mop up guy. Daniel Schlereth is only 23 years old so dont judge him on this years stats (5.89 ERA) and it was only over 18 innings. He's put up good numbers in the minors so far but he hasnt been there long so its hard to say how good he'll be and his major league stats are to small of a smaple size for me to judge him. At best he is a solid middle reliever at worst he gets sent down to the minors. Overall this is a pretty solid bullpen, they are pretty young but that will probably help in the long run. I wouldnt change anything with this group, lets just see how they do this season and move from there. But all in all they have the potential to be very good.


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The two double bedrooms, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor both have lovely views over the garden. The double downstairs has an ensuite shower room. Next door is a bedroom with two single beds which is probably more suited for children . In between is the downstairs loo. Upstairs the fourth bedroom has twin beds plus a child's bed. A single folding bed and two travel cots are also available. The upstairs bathroom has a bath/shower and loo. The fifth bedroom with a double bed is in the garden and was the old chicken house! It is a lovely romantic place to escape to or could be a handy teenage bolthole.The garden is an oasis of peace with plenty of shade under the apple trees to disappear with a book or snooze in the hammock. Swings, trampoline, tabletennis, bicycles and barbecue available.
The village: Dancevoir is a quiet village set in the Aube valley, with its rolling hills mostly covered with forest. The stream run through the village (children love fishing for tiddlers!) and it is delightful to walk along to the playground or further on to the Auberge where delicious Alsacian meals are served. The house is opposite the church and the quiet is regularly punctuated by the chiming of the hours. The village shop for basic groceries and bread and croissants is only 5 minutes walk.
Activites: The area is due to become a National Park for Forests. There are limitless possibilities for walking and cycling either along the quiet country roads or along forest tracks. Nearby lakes proved plenty of opportunity for swimming and other water sports.
There is a lovely old Pleyel grand piano upstairs in the Salon which is in good condition having been restored. It is available by agreement but is otherwise kept locked.The acoustics are excellent for chamber music.
For those wanting to explore Abbeys and Chateaux there is plenty to see. There are excellent museums nearby including a knife museum at Nogent, La Grande Forge de Buffon (dates from 1768) and la Musee de Chatillonais in nearby Chatillon with a stunning bronze vase. For artists the Renoir museum at Essoye where he spent his last years is a must. The magnificent cities of Troyes, Dijon and Beaune make a good days outing. The daily market at Troyes is excellent for food and local produce.
Alternatively sample the wines in the local vineyards where the 'Cremant' (similar to Champagne but much cheaper) shouldn't be missed! For those who must have Champagne the route du champagne is les than an hours drive away.
Nicola is a Newzealander, Nick was born in St.Albans. We live in Twickenham and have two daughters currently at college/university. We are both musicians and love gardening and walking/cycling.Nick has a passion for apples.
Nicola Jackman purchased this house in 2010
We bought the house in a completely unplanned way having received an email about it being for sale from the previous owner. We totally fell in love with the house with its huge fireplaces and beams and the peaceful garden with apple trees. Nicola loves the open spaces in France which remind her of Newzealand.
It is the peace and quiet we love, being able to sit in the sunny courtyard even in October and eat breakfast in the sunshine.You can often hear the sound of nuthatches and woodpeckers. The area is perfect for walking and cycling because the roads and tracks are so free from traffic. we love the cycle to the next village (Lignerolles) where there is a great picnic spot by the river.
putting our money where our mouths are, we came back for a second time after already having posted an enthusiastic review the first time. we were not disappointed. we were there with three kids and between the trampoline in the large garden, the swimming hole down by the river or the centre d'equitation in the next town, no one got bored. to be recommended highly.
Les Pommiers is a beautiful old house which has kept its charm and demeanor while at the same time featuring up to date comforts. Everything rings true, from the graveled front courtyard, to the main room with kitchen and fireplace, the upstairs salon, the bedrooms and finally the huge, walled garden in the back. The atmosphere is calm and relaxing. A mere five minutes walk will take one to open fields in one direction and to the little shop and bar in the other. We had a wonderful stay in early October, with something for everyone and apples for all.
We had a fantastic weeks stay here at Les Pommiers, the house is immaculate, very spacious and comfortable with lots of amenities for all the family. The village is lovely with a shop/bar which sells lovely bread and croissants, amongst other items. There is also a lovely restaurant in the village, which was open weekends. The location is very good,it is on the Route de Cremant and about an hour and half from Chablis.
The owner is very helpful with any queries. We cannot wait to return.
My husband and I spent the most wonderful relaxing holiday in your lovely home, we adored everything about it , the house is so comfortable with lovely character features, perfectly furnished with everything you would ever need, add to that the village, the garden, the bikes and the surrounding area , it is a perfect place to rest, unwind and experience real France, we didn't want to leave and we will be back ... PH x
Dancevoir is a beautiful village within easy reach of Calais, our journey took less than five hours with one stop, taking us along smooth roads with no hold ups.
The House was everything and more than I anticipated, lovely wide oak floor boards, and beamed ceilings made from huge timbers. One evening we lit the wood burning stove with logs provided, this gave the whole house a warm romantic feel.
My Wife and I went on our own which was a bit like a second honeymoon, the shops are well stocked with a delightful selection of meat shellfish and wine. Alternatively there are nice restaurants within easy reach, with a typical meal for two costing 50 Euros'.
Although we went on our own the house would be ideal for a family, the garden is completely enclosed by walls where children could play on the swing and trampoline.
The most tranquil holiday ever, so peaceful. Paul & Jane – Thame.
Escaping Christmas and Ney Years in Germany. The perfect house! We came in and felt at home right away. It was exactly how we imagined it in our dreams.
Cosy, warm and charming. We felt like the "Earl of Dancevoir". Fireplace, Grand Piano and a sleeping village.
Perfect relaxation and french food. What more do you need?
We'll defenately come back in Summertime to also enjoy the beautyful garden. We all can't wait to come back!
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The area is superb for walking and cycling on the quiet roads and forest tracks. If you have never visited eastern France you will be amazed by the lack of traffic which means it is safe for the whole family to cycle. If you love wild flowers, orchids, birds and soft undulating hills and valleys you will not be disappointed. There is a wonderful serene silence in the forests which make up a significant part of the landscape. In the summer there are good opportunities to swim in either lakes or swimming holes in the nearby rivers.
As well as enjoying the countryside there are splendid old towns such as Langres with it's fortifications, Chattillon sur Seine which has a beautiful hilltop church where St Benedict had a chapel.
Of course wine is important and there are nearby vineyards where you should not miss tasting the local 'cremant' which cannot be called champagne but drinks very easily at a fraction of the cost! The house is close to the Champagne region so makes a good base for visiting the Champagne trail.
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A typical dose of the medication Pyrazinamide, key to treating tuberculosis, may be too low because of modern-day physiques, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Dr.
The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said.
The discovery of a large number of slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis (TB), in the lungs of TB patients could be an important step forward in the design of new anti-TB drugs.
By Chang, Kwok C Leung, Chi C; Yew, Wing W; Lau, Tat Y; Tam, Cheuk M Rationale: Relatively little is known about the hepatotoxicity of pyrazinamide.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin with or without resistance to other drugs is among the most worrisome elements of the pandemic of antibiotic resistance.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a pathogenic bacterial species in the genus Mycobacterium and the causative agent of most cases of tuberculosis. Robert Koch first discovered it in 1882 and that it had an unusual, waxy coating on the cell surface which makes them impossible to Gram stain. M. tuberculosis is highly aerobic and requires high levels of oxygen. It generally infects the respiratory system of mammals. Tuberculin skin test, acid-fast stain, and chest radiographs are the most...
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Foundry Disabled (July 28, 2011)
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Lt. Commander
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# 30
You people need to calm down.
First, the editor was still turned off anyway, so they only disabled PLAYING missions.
Second, look who wrote that: 2Crypticops, that is the generic "dev account" that the nightime guys who monitor things use sometimes to post notices.
Third, look at the time: thats 4AM Cryptic time.
Obviously, during the maintenance/patch something was botched in relation to the Foundry and the maintenance guys had to turn if off emergency-like. They are NOT devs and thus can't tell you specific thinga.
Once the guys get in and discover the issue, they'll give us the info.
Relax yourselves.
Edit: Also a crash bug on Holodeck as well, so, you know, priorities.


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Lionsgate keeps taking this down due to copyright infringements, but here's the official trailer for Oliver Stone's upcoming George W. Bush biopic, W. Patriarch George H.W. Bush (James Cromwell, sounding absolutely nothing like 41) to his delinquent son (played by real-life delinquent James Brolin): "Partying, chasing tail, driving drunk … what do you think you are, a Kennedy?" It's all downhill from there.
On the plus side, Thandie Newton looks like she really nailed Condoleeza Rice.


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Betas are nasty and the sensor beta stacks are silly... however I have witnessed what Kilo is talking about. I have seen it from people that have no buffs up at all with the exception of FAW. Kilo and I spent a good amount of time last night trying to replicate the effect with weapons / ships / classes. We didn't run every possible of course, but some people seem to be able to get the bleed up with out anything else going on ??? Could be in my head too.