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The Playback Settings menu allows you to configure settings related to audio playback.
Turning shuffle on will cause Rockbox to randomly re-order the playlist. Thus, to shuffle all of
the audio files on the player, you first need to create a playlist containing all of them. For more
information on creating playlists refer to section 4.4.
Options: Yes/No.
Configures settings related to repeating of directories or playlists.
Options: Off / All / One / Shuffle / A-B:
Note: If you have the Auto-Change Directory option set to Yes, Rockbox will move on to the next directory on your hard drive. If the Auto-Change Directory option is set to No, playback will stop when the current directory or playlist is finished.
This setting controls what happens when you select a file for playback while shuffle mode is on. If the Play Selected First setting is Yes, the file you selected will be played first. If this setting is No, a random file in the directory will be played first.
These settings control the speed and acceleration during fast forward and rewind. The setting FF/RW Min Step controls the initial speed and FF/RW Accel controls the acceleration.
This setting controls how early Rockbox starts refilling the music buffer from the hard drive when playing. A longer Anti-Skip Buffer helps prevent skips in music playback if Rockbox has trouble reading from the disk. This can happen if the player is knocked, shaken or jogged heavily while Rockbox is trying to read the hard drive.
The anti-skip buffer can be set to various values between 5 seconds and 10 minutes.
Note: Having a large anti-skip buffer tends to use more power, and may reduce your battery life. It is recommended to always use the lowest possible setting that allows correct and continuous playback.
Enables and disables a fade effect when you pause or stop playing a song. If the Fade on Stop/Pause option is set to Yes, your music will fade out when you stop or pause playback, and fade in when you resume playback.
Enables unstoppable music playback. When new songs are selected, they are queued at the end of the current dynamic playlist instead of being played immediately. Pausing and stopping playback is disabled as well as skipping songs and launching plugins.
This section controls the behavior of the crossfader. The crossfader, when enabled, smoothly
fades one track into the next. This can occur in two situations: an automatic track
change or a manual track skip. An automatic track change occurs at the end of
the track, moving to the next track in the playlist without user intervention. A
manual track skip goes to the next track immediately when the appropriate button is
Options for crossfade settings are:
Note: The rules above apply except in the instance where Fade Out Delay plus Fade Out
Duration is less then Fade In Delay (which would create a gap in the audio). In this case, the
Fade In Delay is reduced to eliminate the gap.
The graphic below illustrates how the different settings work in practice.
This allows you to control the replaygain function. The purpose of replaygain is to adjust the
volume of the music played so that all songs (or albums, depending on your settings) have the
same apparent volume. This prevents sudden changes in volume when changing between songs
recorded at different volume levels. For replaygain to work, the songs must have been
processed by a program that adds replaygain information to the ID3 tags (or Vorbis
Options for replaygain are:
Controls the volume of the beep that is heard when skipping forward or backward between tracks. The beep is disabled when set to Off.
Control what Rockbox does when it reaches the end of a directory. If Auto-Change Directory
is set to Yes, Rockbox will continue to the next directory. If Auto-Change Directory is set to
No, playback will stop at the end of the current playlist. Using the Random feature requires
you to first generate a folder list via the Random Folder Advance Configuration plugin (see
section 12.4.19).
Note: You must have the Repeat option set to No for Auto-Change Directory to function
Note: This feature only works when songs have been played from the file browser. Using it with the database may cause unexpected behaviour.
If enabled and you have set Start File Browser Here to a directory other than root, Auto-Change Directory will be constrained to the directory you have chosen and those below it. See section 4.1.2.
Enables logging of your played tracks for submission to http://www.last.fm. This service was
formerly known as Audioscrobbler. When you enable this option, you'll have to reboot to start
the logging. The log-file is called .scrobbler.log,and is to be found in the root directory of
your player.
Note: See LastFMLog for a further description, and for tools you can use to submit your Last.fm log.
Enables reading of cuesheet files for played tracks. If a cuesheet is found for a track, track markers are displayed on the progressbar and it is possible to skip between the tracks within the cuesheet. Also the information found in the cuesheet file will replace the information from the ID3 tags. When you enable this option, you'll have to reboot for it to come into effect.
Cuesheet files should have the same file name as the audio file they reference, except with the extension .cue. This file can either reside in the same directory as the audio file (checked first), or within the .rockbox/cue directory.
The contents of a cuesheet file can also be embedded within the metadata of an audio file. There is currently support for the FLAC tag/ Vorbis comment CUESHEET or the ID3v2 TXXX CUESHEET tag.
Designed to speed up navigation when listening to long audio tracks, Skip Length changes the behaviour of the Rewind and Forward buttons so that they skip by a given time instead of skipping to a new track. The Skip to Outro option changes the behaviour so that the buttons skip to just before the end of the track, so that the last few seconds are played before the next track.
If this option is enabled, the ability to manually skip tracks is disabled in order to avoid accidental track skips. It does not prevent changing tracks if a track ends, which can be achieved by combining this option with Repeat set to One
When restarting a track or a bookmark, a short rewind can be done before the playback is started. This can be useful when listening to speech material, to help remember what was being said just before playback was stopped. The size of the rewind can be set to various values between 0 (off) and 60 seconds.
Note: This option does not apply to resuming a paused track. Use the next option for rewinding on pause.
Note: The actual rewind distance may differ a little from the requested value, depending on the file in question.
This option rewinds the current track by a small amount whenever it is paused (not stopped). The amount to rewind can be set between 0 and 15 seconds.


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File consists of photographs of six large-scale carving projects created by Douglas Cranmer. There are five totem poles photographed, which include a mosquito totem pole, a thunderbird, man and Sisiutl totem pole for private commission in Illinois in 1965, two smaller-scale totem poles and, predominantly, the process of carving the St. Catherine's Centennial 40 foot totem pole in 1966, including photographs of the initial stages of carving and transportation of the pole. Photographs also show the process of creating a Nootka canoe for the Royal Museum of British Columbia building in Victoria, B.C. Photographs include sketched plans for the canoe and Douglas Cranmer and Godfrey Hunt working on the carving of the canoe outdoors and indoors.
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The next time you fly, be prepared for travel delays. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been making some passengers remove snacks they've packed in their carry-on luggage as they go through the security line. That means that if you have a bag of chips or a piece of candy in your bag), you may be asked to take them out and put them in a bin to be checked."It's a new policy. Anything edible must now be screened separately," a TSA officer told a New York Times reporter. A TSA spokesman explained that this year-old rule, which isn't mandatory, was enacted because "some food materials look similar to explosives in an X-ray."Despite one officer telling the Times that, there is technically no official policy.According to Lisa Farbstein, Spokesperson for the TSA Office of Public Affairs, TSA continuously makes adjustments to its screening procedures to best protect passengers. Farbstein told The Daily Meal via email, "TSA has no policy that mandates that travelers remove food items from their carry-on bags to be placed in separate bins for checkpoint screening, however TSA recommends that passengers consider doing so to lessen the likelihood that there will be a need to open a carry-on bag for a more thorough inspection." Farbstien noted that while removing foods is not required, "it is recommended. As such, it would be a good idea for travelers to keep their food items in one area of their carry-on bag so that the items can be easily divested and just as easily returned to the carry-on bag after screening." There have been no changes regarding which foods passengers may bring with them through security checkpoints.As you can imagine, flyers are not pleased about adding time to their security routine. And because many aren't aware of this rule, they're unprepared, meaning you're likely to hear lots of impatient sighs as you search for the granola bar you tucked away… somewhere.Stellene Volandes, editor-in-chief of Town and Country, told the Times that she was delayed five minutes due to a bag of dried peaches she'd forgotten she was carrying. When you consider adding even five minutes of extra time to all the passengers in a typical security line, you can see the potential for epic delays.Blogger Eileen Cotter Wright of group travel blog Pure Wander told The Daily Meal that families will be hit the hardest by these regulations. While adults may opt to forgo bringing food entirely or dine in an airport restaurant to speed the security process along, parents rely on bringing snacks and activities to keep kids calm during flights.To make going through a TSA airport security line quicker, Wright recommends you keep any food items contained in plastic bags, alongside your liquids. "When it's time for the security line, pull all plastic bags out and have them screened separately. Make sure they're easily accessible, and on top of your bag," she said.The good news is that while you may find yourself facing these delays, you can still bring your favorite foods with you - as long as you can find them in your bag among the other things savvy travelers always pack.


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I'm so thankful that my mother-in-law passed on two scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings that she received from her mother-in-law. So often I find that when I transcribe an article for my blog from these scrapbooks, I find out new information for my tree. So many clippings. Eventually they'll all get scanned, transcribed and posted. Right now, I'm just delighted to have found out some new information, albeit sad information. Harvey was younger than I am. It's very sad to see anyone go at so young an age.
I'll have to track down his tombstone when I go back to Wisconsin for Christmas.
"Pneumonia Is Fatal To Harvey Dart, 37
Harvey Dart, 37, 935 Day street, died this morning in a local hospital after a two-day illness with pneumonia. He was born in Tonet and 17 years ago married the former Lorraine Laurent of Green Bay. the Darts moved to Green Bay six years ago.
At the time of his death the deceased was employed by the Badger Bay company. During the war he was employed in the shipyards at Sturgeon Bay.
Survivors include his wife; three children, Mary Jane, Beatrice and John, all at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dart, Tonet; and three brothers, Frank, Green Bay, George, Tonet, and Richard, Algoma.
The body is at the Dupont-Malcore Funeral home, where the rosary will be said at 8 o'clock each evening. The Rev. Peter Skell will say the rosary at 8 o'clock Friday evening.
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It's been less than 3 months since Oscar. And that conversation is starting up again. I guess whenever Paul Thomas Anderson makes a movie though...
I love that Anderson is married to Maya Rudolph. Maya by the way grew up with Gwyneth Paltrow. And Gwyneth was in Anderson's Hard Eight way back in the 90s, the emerging artist. It's just something else for her to drop into conversation now and again. You know.
Even before anyone had seen it, they were saying The Master would rise during the Fall and contend into award season. Now that the first trailer has been released (along with a longer preview last night here in Cannes), that assumption has only grown stronger. But it's more than just the director and the cast. It's also The Master's reported association with Scientology. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the charming leader of a "faith-based organisation" supposedly based on L Ron Hubbard. Joaquin Phoenix is a lost young man who becomes his greatest cheerleader. So, like, more Tom Cruise than John Travolta...?
Only this clip seems to suggest that he may have lost his way... Or is he still just as crazy?
I don't know. We aren't supposed to know. Which is why this is such an effective teaser. And there's Joaquin at his compelling, electrifying best. For all his faults, there's never been any question about Joaquin Phoenix's talent. If this is any indication, he will floor us in The Master. This is exciting. I can't wait to see it. I really hope to see it at TIFF. Because that would be the presumed schedule: Venice and TIFF, then building momentum through the Fall. Oh, and I already mentioned that Harvey Weinstein is also all over this one too, right?


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April is Cesarean Awareness Month. You may wonder why an entire month needs to be devoted for raising awareness about c-sections. Here's why. The c-section rate in the United States is on the rise at an alarming rate. It's estimated that in 2008 over 1.3 million babies in the US were born by c-section, accounting for 32.3% of all births. It also marks the 12th consecutive year the Cesarean birth rate has risen, despite a number of medical organizations — including The World Health Organization (WHO) and American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) — urging medical care providers to work on lowering the Cesarean birth rates and increase access to Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC).
My Gentle Birthing Blog discusses that while VBAC is often suggested as an option to a woman who has had a c-section, in reality, VBACs are hard to come by due to the fact that many hospitals no longer allow them.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the C-section rate in the United States has risen 53% since 1996. Cesarean birth is being overused, and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) is being grossly underused, at about 8%, because many hospitals are outlawing VBACs. Because of bans on VBACs, women have been denied access in over 40% of hospitals in the United States. The National Institutes of Health has found that VBACs are reasonably safe for women who had a previous cesarean birth and are low risk for uterine rupture.
Andrea Owen says, "Fighting for my own VBAC has changed my life. I don't use that term very often, only when I truly mean it. It opened my eyes up to the world of American obstetrics, and how far we've come away from birth as a natural process. In my opinion, we've shoved a big, fat middle finger in Mother Nature's face."
And in the sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction category, the Keyboard Revolutionary wants to know how it is that "a woman can waltz in off the street, say she's pregnant and wants a Cesarean, and everyone leaps to her command….yet a woman who IS pregnant has to jump through hoops and fight tooth and nail just to give birth vaginally?" Yep, in 2008 in Fayetteville, NC, a woman who was NOT even pregnant was given a c-section.
So how can a woman avoid a c-section in the first place? Knowledge is power. Here is a list of Five Essential Questions to ask your care provider. My Gentle Birthing Blog also has a list of the risks with cesarean birth as well as a list that might help you avoid having your first c-section.
On Live Your Ideal Life guest blogger Pamela Candelaria who writes over at Natural Birth for Normal Women discusses the risks of a c-section as described on a typical consent form and says, "what isn't on the form may be surprising."
Heather of A Mama's Blog provides a lot of information about The Reality of C-sections.
And Breastfeeding Moms Unite posted What to Expect of Your Body after a C-section.
Bellies and Babies has a great round up of posts in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month.
There is one victory worth celebrating regarding Cesarean birth and women's health in general. Thanks to the Health Care Reform, c-sections, giving birth and domestic violence can no longer be considered pre-existing conditions and used to deny insurance coverage. It's a step in the right direction, but so much more needs to be done to lower the c-section rates and allow women access to VBACs, so that they don't have to travel 350 miles just to have a vaginal birth. And that's why an entire month is needed to raise awareness about cesarean sections.
Additional resources:
- "Ina May's Guide to Child Birth" by Ina May Gaskin
- "The Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth" by Henci Goer
- "Your Best Birth: Know All Your Options, Discover the Natural Choices, and Take Back the Birth Experience" by Ricki Lake and Abbi Epstein
- International Cesarean Awareness Network
- VBAC Facts
- The Unnecesarean
- Cesarean Scar – "a safe space in which to allow your scar to share its story"
- Let Them Eat Cake – a guide to post Cesarean celebrating – From 2008 through 2010 Jennifer McNichols created and photographed a series of handmade and hand-decorated cakes and accompanying installation pieces exploring the feelings experienced by many women who suffer for the convenience of others through unnecessary and unplanned surgical childbirth. In so doing she hopes to give form to the emotional landscape inhabited by many such women in solitude and silence while those around them celebrate, and to help those who have difficulty relating to post-Cesarean mothers explore the emotions felt by women they know and love.
- What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know about Cesarean Section by Childbirth Connection
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Mar 14, 2000 | ISBN 9780679767398
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"A wise and beautiful book." –The New York Times Book Review
"A probing meditation on human fragility, the grip of obsession, and the impenetrable, erotically charged enigma that is the other." –The New York Times
"Brilliant. . . . A mesmerizing new example of Murakami's deeply original fiction." –The Baltimore Sun
"Lovely, deceptively simple. . . . A novel of existential romance." –San Francisco Chronicle
"His most deeply moving novel." –The Boston Globe
"Mesmerizing. . . . This is a harrowing, a disturbing, a hauntingly brilliant tale." –The Baltimore Sun
"A fine, almost delicate book about what is unfathomable about us." –The Philadelphia Inquirer
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"Haunting and natural. . . . South of the Border, West of the Sun so smoothly shifts the reader from mundane concerns into latent madness as to challenge one's faith in the material world . . . contains passages that are among his finest." –The New York Observer
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What is the most important information I should know about mirtazapine?
You should not take mirtazepine if you are also taking tryptophan (sometimes called L-tryptophan).
Do not use mirtazepine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, and others.
Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using mirtazepine. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
Do not give this medicine to anyone younger than 18 years old without the advice of a doctor. Mirtazepine is not approved for use in children.
What is mirtazapine?
Mirtazapine is an antidepressant. Mirtazapine affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression.
Mirtazapine is used to treat major depressive disorder.
Mirtazapine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking mirtazapine?
You should not take this medicine if you are allergic to mirtazapine, or if you are also taking tryptophan (sometimes called L-tryptophan).
Do not use mirtazepine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, and others.
To make sure mirtazepine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
- liver or kidney disease;
- narrow-angle glaucoma;
- bipolar disorder (manic depression);
- seizures or epilepsy;
- low blood pressure or dizzy spells;
- high cholesterol or triglycerides;
- heart disease, including angina (chest pain);
- a history of heart attack or stroke; or
- a history of drug abuse or suicidal thoughts.
Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using mirtazepine. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
It is not known whether mirtazapine will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.
It is not known whether mirtazepine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
The orally disintegrating tablet may contain phenylalanine. Talk to your doctor before using this form of mirtazapine if you have phenylketonuria (PKU).
How should I take mirtazapine?
Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Mirtazapine is usually taken once a day at bedtime. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Take the regular tablet form of mirtazapine with water.
To take the orally disintegrating tablet (Remeron SolTab):
- Keep the tablet in its blister pack until you are ready to take it. Open the package and peel back the foil. Do not push a tablet through the foil or you may damage the tablet.
- Use dry hands to remove the tablet and place it in your mouth.
- Do not swallow the tablet whole. Allow it to dissolve in your mouth without chewing. If desired, you may drink liquid to help swallow the dissolved tablet.
It may take up to several weeks before your symptoms improve. Keep using the medication as directed and tell your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 4 weeks of treatment.
Do not stop using mirtazepine suddenly, or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor how to safely stop using mirtazepine.
Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
What happens if I miss a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose?
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
Overdose symptoms may include confusion, memory problems, drowsiness, and fast heart rate.
What should I avoid while taking mirtazapine?
Avoid drinking alcohol. It may increase certain side effects of mirtazapine.
Mirtazapine may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert.
What are the possible side effects of mirtazapine?
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: skin rash or hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
Call your doctor at once if you have:
- racing thoughts, decreased need for sleep, unusual risk-taking behavior, feelings of extreme happiness or sadness, being more talkative than usual;
- blurred vision, tunnel vision, eye pain or swelling, or seeing halos around lights;
- a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;
- changes in weight or appetite;
- sudden weakness or ill feeling, fever, chills, sore throat, mouth sores, red or swollen gums, trouble swallowing;
- rash, blisters, oozing, or severe pain in the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet;
- high levels of serotonin in the body --agitation, hallucinations, fever, fast heart rate, overactive reflexes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of coordination, fainting;
- low levels of sodium in the body --headache, confusion, slurred speech, severe weakness, vomiting, loss of coordination, feeling unsteady; or
- severe nervous system reaction --very stiff (rigid) muscles, high fever, sweating, confusion, fast or uneven heartbeats, tremors, feeling like you might pass out.
Common side effects include:
- drowsiness, dizziness;
- strange dreams;
- vision changes;
- dry mouth;
- constipation;
- increased appetite; or
- weight gain.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What other drugs will affect mirtazapine?
Taking this medicine with other drugs that make you sleepy can worsen this effect. Ask your doctor before taking mirtazepine with a sleeping pill, narcotic pain medicine, muscle relaxer, or medicine for anxiety, depression, or seizures.
Tell your doctor about all medicines you use, and those you start or stop using during your treatment with mirtazepine, especially:
- cimetidine (Tagamet);
- diazepam (Valium);
- ketoconazole;
- St. John's wort;
- tramadol;
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Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (ÚFAL) is one of the specialized departments at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. We are a group of research scientists, postdocs, programmers, teachers and students working on a broad variety of topics connected to the dynamic field of computational linguistics.
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Apart from research activities, we also carry a comprehensive teaching program
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- for a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Computational Linguistics.
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- The Institute is also a member of the double-degree Master's LCT programme of the EU.
What we do
The history of ÚFAL is tightly related to the development of the Functional generative description, an influential linguistic framework invented by Petr Sgall et al. The theory treats the sentence as a system of interlinked layers: phonological, morphematical, morphonological, analytical (surface syntax) and tectogrammatical (deep syntax). On the basis of this well-elaborated assumption, the team of ÚFAL has built the whole family of dependency treebanks usable not only in the widely-solved task of the machine translation.
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On a similar principle, we have built treebanks for other languages such as English or Arabic. Also, we provide PDT expansions focused on different language layers (e.g. discourse or sentiment).
We develop a range of tools for NLP, most notably Treex, a complete, modular NLP toolkit for Czech and several other languages. Try it online!
You can also try our smart spell-checker and diacritics restorer/remover.
Machine translation
Machine translation (MT) is a hot topic of research at our department. ÚFAL regularly participates in competitions in MT at the Workshop on Statistical Machine Translation. According to the latest evaluation, our Chimera is currently the most advanced MT system for English→Czech in the world, beating even Google Translate.
Chimera is a combination of two fundamentally different approaches: a statistical system Moses, and our own linguistically-oriented system TectoMT, which builds on the strong linguistic theory of Functional generative description and combines it with state-of-the art machine learning methods.
Try an online demo of MT for the project Khresmoi (MT system specialized for translating search queries in the medical domain).
Statistical dialogue systems
Spoken dialogue systems are a combination of very complex tasks in NLP – they require high-quality speech recognition of user's input, advanced modelling of semantics and dialogue status and speech synthesis of the output. We have an active research group within the project Vystadial. The goal of the project is to study and improve statistical methods for learning of statistical models used in complex dialogue systems. Thanks to the Vystadial team, you can find your transport connection within Prague! Call our dialogue system ALEX for free (in Czech): 800 899 998.
We were also involved in the project Companions. In this project, we created an avatar for human-computer interaction called Petra. To chat with Petra, add user email@example.com to your Gmail (in Czech).
Malach Centre for visual history
The Malach Centre for visual history provides local access to the extensive digital archives of the USC Shoah Foundation which contain over 50.000 witness testimonies covering the history of entire 20th century. ÚFAL has participated in developing tools for linguistic processing of the Czech data.
We have developed a number of games with a purpose which you can try online.
ÚFAL has organized a number of conferences, such as the Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL) in 2007, Depling in 2013 or Machine Translation Marathons in 2009 and 2013.
Fred Jelinek seminar series, a loose series of lectures organized in recognition of the late professor Frederick Jelinek, regularly features the most prominent researchers in the field. Video recordings of these lectures as well as regular Monday seminars are available online.
... and many more!
Apart from all the above mentioned projects, we also work on different NLP tasks including automatic speech recognition, information retrieval, machine learning, neurolinguistics, opinion mining, language teaching applications and many more. To find out, join our team in the beautiful historical centre of Prague! Did you know that Prague scored as the 2nd best in the Top Ten Best Student Cities based on ratings from students and recent graduates!
Why study at ÚFAL
ÚFAL is one of the top-level internationally recognized departments concerned with the modern and widely-applicable domain of computational linguistics.
Not only do we provide many interesting courses to familiarize the students with the field from the very beginnings to the exciting details, but we also offer the possibility to participate on many grants and both Czech and international projects.
Our staff and students have many opportunities to travel abroad, either for conferences, workshops and summer schools, or for educational exchanges or research fellowships e.g. at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA), University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (D) and many other top-ranking institutions all over the world.
We have at our disposal up-to-date computer technology for the most demanding computations.
Our graduates find employment in leading companies in the field, as well as in any broader domain of informatics.
Some of our alumni
Jan Cuřín - now at IBM, Prague
Martin Čmejrek - now at IBM, New York
Jiří Havelka - now at IBM, Prague
Magda Hnátková - now at Arriba, San Francisco
Pavel Krbec - now at CET21, Prague
Pavel Květoň - now at IBM, Prague
Martin Majliš - now at Amazon, Toronto
Petr Pajas - now at Google, Zürich
Petr Podveský - now at RWE, Prague
Jan Rouš - now at Google, Mountain View
Jiří Semecký - now at Google, Zürich
Otakar Smrž - now at Seznam, Prague
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Jenson Button has warned that GP2 cars might rival Formula One lap times at some circuits until development of the new-generation F1 cars steps up a gear.
At the opening test in Jerez last week, only three Formula One drivers went quicker than the fastest time set at last year's pre-season GP2 test at the same circuit. Although conditions will not have been identical and most F1 teams were focusing on reliability over performance, the fastest time of the week set by Kevin Magnussen was only 0.724s quicker than the quickest GP2 car in 2013 and 4.397s slower than the fastest time at last year's F1 Jerez test.
"They [GP2 cars] will be a lot closer on certain circuits," Button said. "At high-speed circuits we will be quicker but not that much quicker, but then again this is the first test with a very new package."
New regulations have cut downforce this year and teams are still working hard to get the most from the new V6 turbo engines. What's more, the cars are heavier and Button said Pirelli's latest tyres are also slower.
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But Button is confident teams will claw back a lot of the lost lap time as the season progresses.
"Last year hardly changed at all in terms of the regulations [from 2012], so at the first test we were always going to be quite quick and then improve for the first race, but not by a massive chunk," he said. "When we get to the first race [this year] everyone will be much quicker and then three races in there will be another chunk of lap time and another second or so. By the end of the year we might not be that far off [2013 lap times] - just a couple of seconds once we get a real handle on it."


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It's January, the time of year when we wistfully think back to our summer vacations! After I got back from Italy, Hugo and I spent a few days in Lisbon at the beginning of July. We had been planning to go for a year, but the summer before he had started a new job and couldn't take time off (so I went to Spain instead).
Everyone kept raving about Lisbon – it was so beautiful, so cheap, so charming, so friendly, their favorite European city. We had a great time and the weather was beautiful, but I wouldn't go back in high season. It was quite crowded, and many of the locals didn't seem thrilled with all the tourists.
The language barrier was frustrating too – I memorized the essential travel phrases before we left, but Portuguese is not a language that comes easily to me despite its Latin roots. It wasn't hard to navigate the city in the least, but I feel uncomfortable and apologetic when I can't speak the local language. I do my best not to be an ugly American, but I just don't speak all the languages. There were several instances where we were treated rudely, I suspect because we didn't speak much Portuguese, and even though that wasn't the overall trend, those few bad experiences stuck with me.
I would still like to go back to Portugal and visit more cities; Porto and Comporta (thanks, New York Times) are both on my list.
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I would have wished that there had been a few clouds to give a bit less contrast. But it is what it is.
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jhm (195007) 2013-02-07 4:31
Ciao Giovanni,
You place excellent the temple to the right side, this gives more space to the leftside for the green tree.
Sharpness and clarity are pleasant for look at.
Excellent composition, lovely presentation. TFS.
Best regards,
Sonata11 (34119) 2013-02-07 8:31
Hello Giovanni,
This temple is very interesting and very exotic. You captured wondefully in vertical format. Colors, sharpness, clarity, lighting are nice. Pleasent composition for sharing with us. Thank you.
warm regards,
bukitgolfb301 (53738) 2013-02-08 23:19
Hi dear Giovanni
Sorry for my late reaction to you.
Ya I undertsan you, sunlight seems to be too strong from top. But you managed to do the light situation.
Nice combination of front and rear, the good idea to do so.
Thanks a lot and have a good weekend!
Takero from Tokyo
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It was quite the one day trip, but on Friday evening we made it to Colorado Springs! The allergens here are kicking my butt and I'm exhausted, but happy that we made it in one piece. I've been holding off on posting because the account to my bank was hacked and I assumed that my computer was where the problem stemmed from. It's a Mac so this doesn't normally happen...and it didn't. As it turns out, my computer is clean. It hasn't been compromised, which means that it was most likely my bank that was compromised, since the thief had my user name, password, pin, email, etc.
I now feel safe enough on my computer to begin posting again. At least a little before leaving Colorado Springs on Tuesday or Wednesday morning to drive to Iowa to see my beautiful sister (one of my beautiful sisters) and then finish up in Green Bay, Wisconsin for the family reunion. For now, just this quick post before heading out to look at land and model homes. Perhaps hit some open houses if we can find any. Hopefully, there'll be a proper genealogy post this evening!


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I've included a video tutorial that shows the decorating, step-by-step... complete with spooky sound effects that Emma help me pick out.
I used my favorite sugar cookie dough - here is the recipe for the cookies and the royal icing. I recommend making them ahead of time, then refrigerating them before you bake - it helps them hold their shape.
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Love those lashes. She loves all jewelry, but mostly her "canny" necklace.
Sprinkling the "snow" - by the way, I have know idea how she remembers snow!
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Step 2 : Make the wings with the same black/grey icing.
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From David: I grew up in northern Bucks County and attended games at Connie Mack Stadium and watched many Phillies games on TV. In a discussion with SABR members, we got on the subject of players actually hitting the ball when the pitcher was trying to intentionally walk them. My memory obviously can be wrong, but it tells me that in the mid-60s, during a game I watched Clay Dalrymple did exactly that, getting a single over the third baseman. Is there anyone still in the organization who might remember if that occurred?
"I've been around the Phillies since 1964 and I don't remember such a situation. I never found scorebooks from prior to 1964. Chances are it would never be noted in a scorebook, anyway. However, since you mentioned Clay Dalrymple, I gave him a call. While he couldn't recall specifics such as the team or the pitcher or the year, he did remember taking a swing at a pitch while being intentionally walked. 'I was a pull hitter and liked the ball in but the first two pitches were just off the plate, maybe 1-2 inches outside, almost close enough to be called a strike. I thought to myself, I can go out there and get an opposite field hit if the third pitch was close. I swung and hit a line drive but the ball went foul. Next two pitches were way outside.'"
From Alex: Will Willie Montanez be appearing at this year's Alumni Night on August 13?
"Willie isn't on our invitation list. Good suggestion for the future years. We try to rotate out-of-town Alumni for that night and weekend. Still working on those who will be here. I can tell you three of our Alumni who tossed no-hitters, Jim Bunning, Rick Wise and Tommy Greene, will be there. We tried to get Terry Mulholland but he has another commitment."
From Michael: I have a Phillies hat from the early to mid 90″s. It is all blue with a red "P". I believe it was worn in games and I am curious as to what year the hat was worn by the team. Can you send me a brief history of Phillies hats, or can you help me get in touch with some one that can help me? Cheyenne, WY.
"The hat to which you are referring was worn in 1994. Our idea was for day games but after we lost so many day games, superstition took over and we discontinued wearing them. You must be the only person in Wyoming wearing such a hat."
From John: I love John Kruk but Dave Cash deserves to be in the Wall of Fame. I credit him with being the first to change the losing attitude to a positive 'Yes We Can.'
"You are correct in that Dave Cash helped change the losing attitude. However, he doesn't qualify for our Wall of Fame as he played only three seasons with the Phillies. To be eligible, a player must have five or more years of service. In addition, position players require a minimum of 700 games, while pitchers need a minimum of 180 games to fully qualify."
From Ed: As a long-time Phillies fan dating back to the late 1950's, I am generally interested in seeing the names of players chosen every year for the annual Wall of Fame award. While I think John Kruk is probably deserving, I hope the selection committee will not neglect people who played for the team 30, 40 and 50 years ago. In that context, I would like to suggest consideration next year of two other players who distinguished themselves for the Phillies in the 1960's, the 1970's and early 1980's.They are Tony Gonzales and Ron Reed
"Both Tony Gonzalez and Ron Reed have been on our ballot and neither received many votes so they were no longer included. Granted Tony was on the ballot during our Veterans Stadium days. Ron has been more recent. A group of us reviews the eligible Alumni every January in deciding the names for the ballot. It is possible one or both could be on the 2012 ballot. We'll have to wait and see."
From Janice: Are the Phillies having another Alumni Luncheon for Seniors and if so, when?"
"We've added the luncheon to our August Alumni weekend. It will be held on Thursday noon, August 11, with the Wall of Fame inductions on Friday, August 12, Alumni Night on Saturday, August 13 and some new Alumni surprises for Sunday, August 14. Tickets are on sale now for the luncheon that will include John Kruk, Mitch Williams, Jim Bunning, Tony Taylor, Rick Wise and Tommy Greene. Details on how to buy tickets are on this website."
From Roy: Whatever happened to Bobby Wine?
"Bobby has retired from baseball after 54 years in the game, 16 as a player, 19 as a major league coach and 19 as an advance scout in the majors. He was the Braves' advance scout for the last 14 years, working with Bobby Cox. In the next edition of Phillies Magazine, the Alumni feature called 'Catching Up With…' will be about Bobby."
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Can you tell me what the B means on the uniforms? I have wondered all year and can't seem to find out what?
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Barajas and other notes
TORONTO — Plenty of Blue Jays banter to cover today. I'm still waiting on word if we're going to get Rod Barajas (pictured right) on a conference call today or not. We did get Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi, who discussed the club's latest head-turner.
As much as many of us who follows the Jays didn't see the David Eckstein signing coming, we REALLY couldn't have predicted Toronto signing Barajas. Well, we couldv'e predicted it, but would you have believed me? I didn't believe myself when my brain pondered the possibility earlier this week (see previous post).
To recap briefly: The Jays offered Barajas a two-year, $5.25 million deal last winter and he agreed to sign, then switched agents and tried to re-open negotiations. Not happy, Toronto said no way Jose — or Rod, in this case — and re-signed Gregg Zaun to a two-year deal worth $7.25. Barajas went on to get a one-year, $2.5 mil deal with the Phils, found himself as a third string by the end of 2007 and became a free agent when Philly chose not to pick up his option. Ricciardi acknowledged last winter that he had "more than a handshake" with Barajas and that the Blue Jays would "remember this one."
They remember it, sure, but apparently it isn't a big deal anymore. And apparently Barajas wasn't overly upset at Ricciardi's comments last winter, because he came to the Jays this winter. Ricciardi summarized it as follows: Jays Assistant GM Alex Anthopoulos mentioned to Barajas' agency that Toronto was looking for a backup catcher and, shortly thereafter, Barajas' agent contacted the Jays and the rest is history. It's a $1.2 million deal for 2008 with an option for '09.
Basically, Barajas is a slight upgrade over Sal Fasano (although I can't think of anyone who could be an upgrade of Chicago-loving Sal in the clubhouse) and provides some depth for the Jays. Last year, Toronto ran into depth issues behind the plate with Zaun, Jason Phillips and Fasano, thanks to injuries to Zaun and Lyle Overbay at first base.
Barajas can get into the lineup against left-handed pitchers (even though his .233 lifetime average vs. LHP leaves something to be desired) and he can get some added playing time vs. teams who run. Barajas has a career caught-stealing percentage of 33.7, which is nice, but we'll see how that holds up when he's working with A.J. Burnett, Dustin McGowan and Roy Halladay. The guys can pitch, but the runners go wild.
The signing also allows catching prospects Robinzon Diaz and Curtis Thigpen to stay at Triple-A Syrcause. Ricciardi once again noted that perhaps one of those two could "push the envelope" and be ready for The Show by June or July, but adding Barajas means the Jays might not have to turn to a youngin' prematurely in the case of an injury.
So, on those levels, this move makes sense. Barajas comes cheap, offers solid defense and helps provide more time for the prospects. Could a better catcher have been found? Maybe, but this isn't a long-term solution. The bigger question is who will be behind the plate next season?
— I chatted with Overbay yesterday (dude's a Denver Broncos fan it turns out), and he said his recovering right hand is healing nicely. He's hitting 5-6 times per week, doing light front-toss sessions. He hasn't fielded grounders or seen live pitching, because he wants to wait to see how his hand (broken in June by a pitch from John Danks) responds, while coaches and trainers are there to watch.
— Ricciardi said that the Barajas signing likely wraps up Toronto's movement this winter: "I think we're pretty much done now. I know I've said that in the past and things have always popped up. But I just don't see anything that we've had our fingers on that is going to really lead to anything. I think this is our club."
— As for the fifth starter spot, it looks like Casey Janssen, Jesse Litsch and Gustavo Chacin remain the top three candidates. Ricciardi emphasized that Janssen is being stretched out to compete for the job, but his status hinges on how close B.J. Ryan is to returning to the closer's role, nothing's changed there.
— Speaking of Ryan, he's set to throw off a mound on Monday for the first time since his Tommy John surgery in May. This is a good step, and all indications are that Ryan is progressing well and ahead of schedule, but the Jays will be extra cautious with him this spring. Considering TJ recoveries can take more than a year, I don't see Ryan in the bullpen until May. Prove me wrong, B.J.
— Ricciardi also said that Vernon Wells (season-ending surgery on left shoulder in Septemner) has been hitting and running through sessions with new hitting coach Gary Denbo. Wells has full range of motion again with his left shoulder (sound familiar? Scott Rolen, anyone?) and should be OK to go in Spring Training.
— As for those contract talks with right fielder Alex Rios, they're "ongoing," according to Ricciardi. Again, it's looking like the Jays will settle on a one-year deal to avoid arbitration and then pick up talks on a mulityear contract during the spring. Said Ricciardi: "It's kind of a two-in-one deal. We do have to get a one-year deal done if we're hoping to avoid arbitration. The big picture and the smaller picture, we're trying to grasp at the same time."
That should be enough to tide you over for now. There will be a notebook and story on both Barajas and some of these other items on bluejays.com today, if you want to read more of what was said today by Ricciardi. Who's counting down to Spring Training? I know I am.
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Jordan, im stoked to see the Jays Notes back. Good news on all fronts it seems. and yes Im dying for spring training.
Now the Jays probably have one of the better D in the AL East with this deal. JP has quietly built up some depth to his lineup/bench this offseason. Too bad we can't add to the pitching side, but netiher did BOS or NYY. So, I guess this will give us a chance at a playoff berth if everyone is healthy and ready to compete.
I am still holding out hopes that JP can add to the starting pitching. Good thing is that we haven't dealt away any pitching this year (except the forgettable J. Towers).
I am still hoping that Chacin can bounce back this season he makes way more sense than Litsch as an internal option for the 5th spot.
Chacin never stop to surprise me, i still remember him outpitching Dice-K at home last season, he is a good one!
Are the jays talking to Aaron Hill about a contract extention ? those talks seem to have been forgotten.
It's not as pressing a matter with Hill because he hasnt even reached his arbitration years. Meaning we still have plenty of time to deal with him before he becomes a free agent.
I hope Ryan doesn't rush back. We have Accardo, so there would really be nothing worse then for him to rush back and get injured, instead of him just healing up and coming back when the time is right.
I have to say that J.P. has done a fine job this offseason however I was disappointed he did not add another arm to the rotation. Jesse Litcsh could probably benefit from a full year at AAA and Chacin cannot be relied upon to be the 5th starter all year. I think with the injury to Ryan he will not be ready early in the year so the bullpen is going to need Casey Janssen.
I would hope the really competition for the 5th starter position would be between Chacin and Wolfe. If Chacin is healthy the job is his and Wolfe could be a successful long relief guy. But I think Brian Wolfe should be given some serious consideration for the position if Chacin is out of options.
I just pray that when Ryan does come back, he is as affective as he was during his first year with the Jays. I would hate having all that money go to waste especially since we have Accardo who is developing into a great closer or setup man. And he is cheap for the time being.
With the Ryan situation this is what i would do…wait for ryan to heal completely…keep him out until july…give this opportunity to Accardo and see if he can produce similar or better results consistently…if he can do that then we keep acardo, sign him long term and TRADE ryan, perhaps we may even get a pretty good/solid arm or bad for him.
If accardo is as good as ryan or similar then we don't need ryan and trade him…we save money…we get someone good in return probably…and we don't really loose anything at closer spot…we also take a tommy john surgery out of the roster.
I think everyone might be able to agree to this but it is based on alot of ifs
I think Accardo could really turn into something great if we keep on giving him a chance to grow. Keeping Ryan out of the BP till June/July could help.
What i would really like to see is JP trade for a decent SS prospect.
I think since Colorado has locked up Tulowitski (who should have been ours) until 2014 we should try to get Chris Nelson from them for something of ours.
He would automatically become our 2nd best prospect in the system and he could really solve our SS woes. Obviously Colorado will never be able to use him, so might as well get them to trade him — They took Towers, maybe they'll want something else of ours ?
I hope FASANO stays in Toronto full-time. He's not much as a player offensively, but he calls a good game and is a great clubhouse guy.
Any word on Brandon League lately? Obviously he has a lot to prove in spring training, any word on how his off season is going?
Definatly DONT agree with trading Ryan! If the Jays want to compete this year how does it make any sense to take away one of the better proven closers in the game? Ryan has been an allstar the past two healthy seasons, and you want to TRADE him? So what if Accardo is doing well, all the better to have a 7 inning game. The way I see it, if healthy the Jays can have one of the best bullpens in the game, why would you want to take away from that. What makes even less sense is trading him for another arm? Ryan is already a great arm. If your going to trade him you need Major League product in return, because prospects just arn't going to help the team win this year. Tommy John surgury is so common now, its not even that big of a deal, do a little reasarch and look up all the pitchers who have had surgury and had alot of sucess after as well, one example McGowan. A better question is how they handle Ryan when he is ready. I dont think you can just throw him into the closer spot without testing him in some less crucial innings, let him work his way back into that spot gradually, untill he proves 100% ready.
toth i get what you are saying but if accardo is ready and is able to fill in ryans footsteps then we don't need ryan.
I didn't say trade him now. I said wait and see if accardo does get good enough and gets consistent. Last year the saves accardo had weren't comfortable, there was a runner in scoring position quite a few times.
However if accardo can do a good job, a job that as good as to what ryan will do then WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING RYAN? If we have 2 ppl who are capable of doing the same thing and if we are paying much more to one of them then why not get rid of him. I'm sure tons of teams want him and are willing to give up alot. By another arm i meant a starter…Burnett will likely opt out of the contract. If halladay leaves too then who is the best starter we would have??? Mcgowan, Marcum? That doesn't cut it. Isn't that the reason as to why JP was trying to trade rios. To pick up a quality arm that can be the leader of our rotation in the future. We won't be loosing anything by trading ryan cause accardo can be just as good (remember only trade ryan if accardo can take his place). You point of having a set-up man we have downs, jansessen, wolfe and others. There is no point in adding to an already good bullpen. Perhaps making other positions stronger would be better.
Plus ryan's salary is pretty huge too.
Last year ryan wasn't playing but we still had a pretty good bullpen. By trading ryan we would be taking less away from the bullpen than we would be adding elsewhere. Overall the team improves.
Yes ryan is a great arm but can he pitch 7 innings for us every 5 days. No. I agree with you on the fact that if we do trade him, we have to trade him for somone who we know is proven. No prospect for ryan trade! I know TJ surgery is common, but in some cases it always comes back to hurt, aka Burnetts case. I don't wan't to take the risk on Ryan.
Anyway its my opinion and if you want we can debate further maybe that will get others going again:). nothing personal.
hope you guys can read it all…i know it s long
Actually, I agree with denny. As strong as our bullpen was last year, we still have quite a bunch of blown saves (I think more than 30 BS all together), so why not keep Ryan, and reduce that number to under 20? How great would our bullpen be and our players feel if we have a closer setting up for another closer in the 9th inning? Our bullpen would be that much better than last season (assuming Ryan is healthy). More importantly, referring back to your trade proposition… a recovering Ryan will not net us an arm even close to replacing Burnett or yet alone Halladay. We would be lucky to get any considerable talent for him, yet alone a top-of-rotation arm, maybe a back-end of rotation arm, but defenitely not anywhere near what you're hoping for (Rios wasn't even enough to net us a young top-of-rotation guy), and we all know Rios's trade value is much higher than a dominate closer (1 inning every game) RECOVERING from TJ WITH a HUGE contract too! Now that I think about his contract…. I'm sure no team would even offer a starting pitcher for him. It would be more like a salary dump.
hayek you know what you are right. I didn't even think that a recovering and high paid ryan would be less value and there would be no good trades. So then the question is if accardo is good enough to replace ryan and if we get someone like a solid 2 or 3rd in the rotation starter in return for Ryan, who is pretty young then would you trade him? or under what conditions would you trade ryan?
The reason why we are keeping Ryan is because no one wants a pitcher who just came off of tommy john surgery at over 10 mil. But I think we can still use him and that he can still be very affective. And instead of trading him for a starter, did we forget that he was also a started at one time, I am sure that he can go transition back if we wanted him to. But in my opinion, I think he is the best the way that he is and should resume the closing duties once he's healed.
I also think he should close for us along with Accardo too. Again, if you read the first part of my last post, it makes me lean towards keeping him. But if you insist on trading him, I would only trade him if we got a starter to push Marcum to the 5th spot in return. A young starter that has proved to be better than Marcum, and enough to push him down. Whether that's realistic or not… that's another story.
ya i would keep him too but i just wanted to see what ppl would trade him for?
others feel free to put your opinion in here.
Well these ppl should be untradeable/untouchable:
WELLS (he isn't making alot this year and no one wants him anyways)
few other minors that were drafted high but haven't proven themselves.
what do u guys think
This team is set up to win this year. JP worked hard to improve his depth, he is not going to trade it away. Im not going to debate, because its not going to happen…simple. Its a dumb idea, nothing personal. Worry about our starting pitching when the time comes. Maybe near the end of his contract they search for a trade (his final year) untill then it just even make sense to talk about this.
I agree with Toth, it really isn't anything worth talking about. Like he said too, if he ever does get traded it'll more likely be in his final year, or another scenario would be if j.p./some new g.m. decides to rebuild after this year (assuming this one doesn't go too well).
It sounds as if Bedard will be traded to the Mariners. It also seems like Adam Jones is the main component going to Baltimore. In my opinion Rios is a better value so i'm wondering how the jays are willing to offer Alex to San Fran for Lincicum and not for Bedard ? As much as I wanted Lincicum to be a blue jay i'd hope that Toronto would put a little more effort into acquiring Erik. Is it really just a case of Baltimore's owner not wanting his g.m. to trade within the division ? If that's the case get creative and try and work out a 3-way.
While Rios MAY be a better player than Jones, he is by far of less trade value. Remember that the Orioles are rebuilding and will probably not contend before 2010, so acquiring Rios would not make any sense. When you consider comparing the trade values of players… you should also consider their service time or how many years until they hit free agency AND for how much. Paying Jones minimum salary (or slightly more) for 5 to 6 years, is no where near having to pay Rios above $5M for the next 3 years only. As much as would love for Bedard to come here, JP probably already offered what he thought was reasonable. I don't see how we can get him before (if) he hits free agency because that would just gut our farm system out… not to mention that even if we did that (which I wouldn't recommend in the first place), we don't have enough major league-ready talent to even pull it off.
Also, the Orioles GM was pretty sure he didnt want to trade Bedard to a divisional contender. So, even if we had all the right pieces to offer to Baltimore, and I would be against offering a lot, they would just shoot down the proposal anyways. I think that policy is pretty stupid, but thats the way some people work.
Oh and trading Ryan is ridiculous. Why weaken our bullpen when what we're really trying to do is get Janssen to a starting role. He has the ability to push Marcum out of 4 spot. Theres your trade right there, without even leaving the ball team.
And I think McGowan will be an ace one day. So thatll be good when Halladay retires.
as far as the number 5 spot in the rotation goes which was discussed earlier in these posts, someone said that chacin and litsch need another year at AAA before they are ready or anywhere near ready, i agree with this. that being said, i think the obvious choice is Casey Janssen, people forget how good he is/was last year, people make the argument he was great in the late innings and thats true, but maybe he can be great in the 150 more innings in which case, why not, lets find out. Janssen is far and away the best solution for the number 5 spot. mark it down, i'm calling it, Casey Jay takes the 5 spot.
I know that pitchers often comeback with stronger arms, after going through tommy john surgery. It still worries me that though. Ryan hasn't pitched in a whole year and I wonder if that kind of inactivity will have more of an effect on his performance than the surgery itself. There have been a number success stories coming back from TJ and a number of failures. I really hope that Ryan does not fall into the later. We are going to need a shutdown closer this season.
Hey Jordan:
The Blue Jays signed Rod Barajas at Walmart for a bargain basement price — a one year deal worth 1.2 million dollars US.
But we shall see if this transaction actually helps the Jays depth at the catchers position.
Ricciardi has finally buried the hatchet with Barajas and told him — "You've got to ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?" And Barajas responded, "Yes", so he immediately signed on the dotted line!
I dont think that Gustavo Chacin is worth any effort for us. His numbers over the last two years are terrible…and sure you can say that its because of injuries, but still, even in his best year, his OBA was 340, and he still allowed more air outs than ground outs. For some reason he always manages to get good run support, which is why he has a winning record, but he still allows a ton of homers and long fly balls. Chacin has no place on a pitching staff that means to contend. I'm sorry, but he doesnt have the longevity or the stuff. Sending him out every five games just tires our bull pen out. We should just trade him for some Gatorade or maybe some baseballs.
sorry about my rant, I just hate to see Gus put in the same category as pitchers with true futures such as Litsch and Janssen.
Obviously Casey Janssen would be the best candidate to fill the fifth perhaps even the fourth spot in the rotation.The problem here is that we have a manager who knows little to nothing about baseball and is going to keep him in the bullpen because B.J. will probably not be ready to start the season. At that point when Ryan returns they will then try to transition him to the starting rotation and he will not be as effective and will not be able to eat up the necessary innings as he wasn't prepared properly out of spring training.Gibbons must go!!!! We have the team to make a serious run but not with him at the healm.By the way:Do not write off Chacin. He can and will be a very effective fourth or fifth guy if not for us with somebody else. Hopefully we do not give him away too.
P.S. I do not see any loss not having any stupid comments and regular insults as well as repetative regurgatated statistics out of gsumner over the last few days. I actually found it quite pleasant to read everbody elses' comments for a change rather than him dominating these blogs.
Actually rshobie I believe that Jordan has said that J.P. plans on preparing Casey in spring training as if he'll start (if it wasn't jordan then it was Mike Wilner). Whatever the case it was J.p. that said that so i'm with you in that if it were up to gibby he'd probably keep him in the 'pen which is a mistake in my mind. Give him a chance in the rotation first and if he doesn't do so well then stick him in the bullpen.
Also good news for us jays fans it looks like Santanna is heading to new york…not the yankees, or for that matter the red sox.
On TSN.ca there's also a nice little story on Erik Bedard in case anyone is insterested
What happens with Jansen is going to depend a lot on what happens with BJ Ryan in Spring Training. If Ryan can't get out of the blocks, they are going to need Jansen in the pen for a setup guy, and leave the #5 spot to whoever is left standing. Maybe Shawn Camp.
Whenever Ryan gets going, the Jays will have one of the most awesome closing teams in baseball (don't even THINK about a trade)! Remember Henke and Ward? The new edition is going to be the Ryan and Accardo show. If the other guys don't have a lead by the 7th inning, they might as well start packing up the bats.
I guess you are right but i have no clue who henke and ward are. I started watching when Escobar/Batista was a closer.
To be honest rshobie, I dislike your attacks on gsumner. Sometimes I feel his opinion is wrong but Ive never felt at all attacked by him or insulted by him. In fact, Ive felt more insulted by your attacks him on him, as I feel that it demeans this blog. His "regurgitation" of statistics has on a number of occasions gotten me to look closer at stats and in doing so, I have learned to read stats and learn what they can show, both in baseball and in other sports as well. For that I thank him.
You rshobie, have rarely had anything of value to say, although your last post was good until you used it attack gsumner, although it was wrong when you talked about Gibbons' plans for Janssen. Thats not your fault, because what you said was something that Abner would do, and JP only talked about Janssen once. I would ask you not to attack gsumner anymore. everyone knows you dont like him, and some people even agree with you. this doesnt matter, what matters here is baseball. Dont drag this blog down.
PS I hate the word blog…it sounds like something that came out of my nose…just a sidenote.


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