diff --git a/Jamroot b/Jamroot
index 59ef26ee6..fda0660b2 100644
--- a/Jamroot
+++ b/Jamroot
@@ -82,12 +82,16 @@ include $(TOP)/jam-files/sanity.jam ;
 
 home = [ os.environ "HOME" ] ;
 if [ path.exists $(home)/moses-environment.jam ] 
-{ include $(home)/moses-environment.jam ; }
+{ 
+  # for those of use who don't like typing in command line bjam options all day long
+  include $(home)/moses-environment.jam ; 
+}
 include $(TOP)/jam-files/check-environment.jam ; # get resource locations 
                                                  # from environment variables
 include $(TOP)/jam-files/xmlrpc-c.jam ; # xmlrpc-c stuff for the server
 include $(TOP)/jam-files/curlpp.jam ;   # curlpp stuff for bias lookup (MMT only)
 
+# exit "done" : 0 ;
 
 max-order = [ option.get "max-kenlm-order" : 6 : 6 ] ;
 if ! [ option.get "max-kenlm-order" ] 
diff --git a/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp b/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
index 30c0d4299..878c302ba 100644
--- a/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
+++ b/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 #include "moses/Manager.h"
 #include "moses/StaticData.h"
 #include "moses/ThreadPool.h"
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationModel/PhraseDictionaryDynSuffixArray.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationModel/PhraseDictionaryMultiModelCounts.h"
 #if PT_UG
@@ -232,8 +233,8 @@ public:
 /**
   * Required so that translations can be sent to a thread pool.
 **/
-class TranslationTask : public virtual Moses::Task {
-public:
+class TranslationTask : public virtual Moses::TranslationTask {
+protected:
   TranslationTask(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
     boost::condition_variable& cond, boost::mutex& mut) 
    : m_paramList(paramList),
@@ -242,23 +243,33 @@ public:
      m_done(false)
      {}
 
+public:
+  static boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
+  create(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
+	 boost::condition_variable& cond, boost::mutex& mut)
+  {
+    boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> ret(new TranslationTask(paramList, cond, mut));
+    ret->m_self = ret;
+    return ret;
+  }
+  
   virtual bool DeleteAfterExecution() {return false;}
 
   bool IsDone() const {return m_done;}
 
   const map<string, xmlrpc_c::value>& GetRetData() { return m_retData;}
 
-  virtual void Run() {
-
+  virtual void 
+  Run() 
+  {
+    using namespace xmlrpc_c;
     const params_t params = m_paramList.getStruct(0);
     m_paramList.verifyEnd(1);
     params_t::const_iterator si = params.find("text");
     if (si == params.end()) {
-      throw xmlrpc_c::fault(
-        "Missing source text",
-        xmlrpc_c::fault::CODE_PARSE);
+      throw fault("Missing source text", fault::CODE_PARSE);
     }
-    const string source((xmlrpc_c::value_string(si->second)));
+    const string source = value_string(si->second);
 
     XVERBOSE(1,"Input: " << source << endl);
     si = params.find("align");
@@ -272,7 +283,7 @@ public:
     si = params.find("report-all-factors");
     bool reportAllFactors = (si != params.end());
     si = params.find("nbest");
-    int nbest_size = (si == params.end()) ? 0 : int(xmlrpc_c::value_int(si->second));
+    int nbest_size = (si == params.end()) ? 0 : int(value_int(si->second));
     si = params.find("nbest-distinct");
     bool nbest_distinct = (si != params.end());
 
@@ -281,21 +292,25 @@ public:
 
     vector<float> multiModelWeights;
     si = params.find("lambda");
-    if (si != params.end()) {
-        xmlrpc_c::value_array multiModelArray = xmlrpc_c::value_array(si->second);
-        vector<xmlrpc_c::value> multiModelValueVector(multiModelArray.vectorValueValue());
-        for (size_t i=0;i < multiModelValueVector.size();i++) {
-            multiModelWeights.push_back(xmlrpc_c::value_double(multiModelValueVector[i]));
-        }
-    }
+    if (si != params.end()) 
+      {
+        value_array multiModelArray = value_array(si->second);
+        vector<value> multiModelValueVector(multiModelArray.vectorValueValue());
+        for (size_t i=0;i < multiModelValueVector.size();i++) 
+	  {
+            multiModelWeights.push_back(value_double(multiModelValueVector[i]));
+	  }
+      }
 
     si = params.find("model_name");
-    if (si != params.end() && multiModelWeights.size() > 0) {
-        const string model_name = xmlrpc_c::value_string(si->second);
-        PhraseDictionaryMultiModel* pdmm = (PhraseDictionaryMultiModel*) FindPhraseDictionary(model_name);
+    if (si != params.end() && multiModelWeights.size() > 0) 
+      {
+        const string model_name = value_string(si->second);
+        PhraseDictionaryMultiModel* pdmm 
+	  = (PhraseDictionaryMultiModel*) FindPhraseDictionary(model_name);
         pdmm->SetTemporaryMultiModelWeightsVector(multiModelWeights);
-    }
-
+      }
+    
     const StaticData &staticData = StaticData::Instance();
 
     //Make sure alternative paths are retained, if necessary
@@ -306,13 +321,14 @@ public:
 
     stringstream out, graphInfo, transCollOpts;
 
-    if (staticData.IsSyntax()) {
-      TreeInput tinput;
-        const vector<FactorType>& 
-	      inputFactorOrder = staticData.GetInputFactorOrder();
-        stringstream in(source + "\n");
-        tinput.Read(in,inputFactorOrder);
-        ChartManager manager(tinput);
+    if (staticData.IsSyntax()) 
+      {
+	boost::shared_ptr<TreeInput> tinput(new TreeInput);
+        const vector<FactorType>& IFO = staticData.GetInputFactorOrder();
+        istringstream in(source + "\n");
+        tinput->Read(in,IFO);
+	ttasksptr task = Moses::TranslationTask::create(tinput);
+        ChartManager manager(task);
         manager.Decode();
         const ChartHypothesis *hypo = manager.GetBestHypothesis();
         outputChartHypo(out,hypo);
@@ -320,57 +336,50 @@ public:
           // const size_t translationId = tinput.GetTranslationId();
           std::ostringstream sgstream;
           manager.OutputSearchGraphMoses(sgstream);
-          m_retData.insert(pair<string, xmlrpc_c::value>("sg", xmlrpc_c::value_string(sgstream.str())));
+          m_retData["sg"] = value_string(sgstream.str());
         }
-    } else {
+      } 
+    else 
+      {
         size_t lineNumber = 0; // TODO: Include sentence request number here?
-        Sentence sentence;
-        sentence.SetTranslationId(lineNumber);
-
-        const vector<FactorType> &
-	      inputFactorOrder = staticData.GetInputFactorOrder();
-        stringstream in(source + "\n");
-        sentence.Read(in,inputFactorOrder);
-        Manager manager(sentence);
-	      manager.Decode();
+	boost::shared_ptr<Sentence> sentence(new Sentence(0,source));
+	ttasksptr task = Moses::TranslationTask::create(sentence);
+        Manager manager(task);
+	manager.Decode();
         const Hypothesis* hypo = manager.GetBestHypothesis();
 
         vector<xmlrpc_c::value> alignInfo;
         outputHypo(out,hypo,addAlignInfo,alignInfo,reportAllFactors);
-        if (addAlignInfo) {
-          m_retData.insert(pair<string, xmlrpc_c::value>("align", xmlrpc_c::value_array(alignInfo)));
-        }
-        if (addWordAlignInfo) {
-          stringstream wordAlignment;
-          hypo->OutputAlignment(wordAlignment);
-          vector<xmlrpc_c::value> alignments;
-          string alignmentPair;
-          while (wordAlignment >> alignmentPair) {
+        if (addAlignInfo) m_retData["align"] = value_array(alignInfo);
+        if (addWordAlignInfo) 
+	  {
+	    stringstream wordAlignment;
+	    hypo->OutputAlignment(wordAlignment);
+	    vector<xmlrpc_c::value> alignments;
+	    string alignmentPair;
+	    while (wordAlignment >> alignmentPair) 
+	      {
           	int pos = alignmentPair.find('-');
           	map<string, xmlrpc_c::value> wordAlignInfo;
-          	wordAlignInfo["source-word"] = xmlrpc_c::value_int(atoi(alignmentPair.substr(0, pos).c_str()));
-          	wordAlignInfo["target-word"] = xmlrpc_c::value_int(atoi(alignmentPair.substr(pos + 1).c_str()));
-          	alignments.push_back(xmlrpc_c::value_struct(wordAlignInfo));
-          }
-          m_retData.insert(pair<string, xmlrpc_c::value_array>("word-align", alignments));
-        }
-
-        if (addGraphInfo) {
-          insertGraphInfo(manager,m_retData);
-        }
-        if (addTopts) {
-          insertTranslationOptions(manager,m_retData);
-        }
-        if (nbest_size>0) {
-          outputNBest(manager, m_retData, nbest_size, nbest_distinct, 
-		      reportAllFactors, addAlignInfo, addScoreBreakdown);
-        }
+          	wordAlignInfo["source-word"] 
+		  = value_int(atoi(alignmentPair.substr(0, pos).c_str()));
+          	wordAlignInfo["target-word"] 
+		  = value_int(atoi(alignmentPair.substr(pos + 1).c_str()));
+          	alignments.push_back(value_struct(wordAlignInfo));
+	      }
+	    m_retData["word-align"] = value_array(alignments);
+	  }
+	
+        if (addGraphInfo) insertGraphInfo(manager,m_retData);
+        if (addTopts) insertTranslationOptions(manager,m_retData);
+        if (nbest_size > 0) 
+	  {
+	    outputNBest(manager, m_retData, nbest_size, nbest_distinct, 
+			reportAllFactors, addAlignInfo, addScoreBreakdown);
+	  }
         (const_cast<StaticData&>(staticData)).SetOutputSearchGraph(false);
-
-    }
-    pair<string, xmlrpc_c::value>
-    text("text", xmlrpc_c::value_string(out.str()));
-    m_retData.insert(text);
+      }
+    m_retData["text"] = value_string(out.str());
     XVERBOSE(1,"Output: " << out.str() << endl);
     {
       boost::lock_guard<boost::mutex> lock(m_mut);
@@ -380,9 +389,12 @@ public:
 
   }
 
-  void outputHypo(ostream& out, const Hypothesis* hypo, bool addAlignmentInfo, vector<xmlrpc_c::value>& alignInfo, bool reportAllFactors = false) {
+  void outputHypo(ostream& out, const Hypothesis* hypo, 
+		  bool addAlignmentInfo, vector<xmlrpc_c::value>& alignInfo, 
+		  bool reportAllFactors = false) {
     if (hypo->GetPrevHypo() != NULL) {
-      outputHypo(out,hypo->GetPrevHypo(),addAlignmentInfo, alignInfo, reportAllFactors);
+      outputHypo(out,hypo->GetPrevHypo(),addAlignmentInfo, 
+		 alignInfo, reportAllFactors);
       Phrase p = hypo->GetCurrTargetPhrase();
       if(reportAllFactors) {
         out << p << " ";
@@ -595,7 +607,7 @@ public:
     boost::condition_variable cond;
     boost::mutex mut;
     typedef ::TranslationTask TTask;
-    boost::shared_ptr<TTask> task(new TTask(paramList,cond,mut));
+    boost::shared_ptr<TTask> task = TTask::create(paramList,cond,mut);
     m_threadPool.Submit(task);
     boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lock(mut);
     while (!task->IsDone()) {
diff --git a/jam-files/curlpp.jam b/jam-files/curlpp.jam
index 7f4e23441..6425ff012 100644
--- a/jam-files/curlpp.jam
+++ b/jam-files/curlpp.jam
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ else
     if $(where) 
     { 
       option.set "with-curlpp" : $(where) ; 
-      local msg = "setting --with-curlpp=$(where) via environment " ;
+      local msg = "CURLPP:   setting --with-curlpp=$(where) via environment" ;
       echo "$(msg) variable CURLPP_ROOT" ;
     }
     curlpp = [ option.get "with-curlpp" ] ; 
diff --git a/moses-cmd/LatticeMBRGrid.cpp b/moses-cmd/LatticeMBRGrid.cpp
index edb4176c7..f842b1136 100644
--- a/moses-cmd/LatticeMBRGrid.cpp
+++ b/moses-cmd/LatticeMBRGrid.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include "util/exception.hh"
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Moses;
@@ -175,10 +176,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   const vector<float>& prune_grid = grid.getGrid(lmbr_prune);
   const vector<float>& scale_grid = grid.getGrid(lmbr_scale);
 
-  for (boost::shared_ptr<InputType> source = ioWrapper->ReadInput();
-       source != NULL; source = ioWrapper->ReadInput()) 
+  boost::shared_ptr<InputType> source;
+  while((source = ioWrapper->ReadInput()) != NULL)
     {
-      Manager manager(*source);
+      // set up task of translating one sentence
+      boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> ttask;
+      ttask = TranslationTask::create(source, ioWrapper);
+      Manager manager(ttask);
       manager.Decode();
       TrellisPathList nBestList;
       manager.CalcNBest(nBestSize, nBestList,true);
diff --git a/moses-cmd/MainVW.cpp b/moses-cmd/MainVW.cpp
index 00df3df80..c55b0fe2c 100644
--- a/moses-cmd/MainVW.cpp
+++ b/moses-cmd/MainVW.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	FeatureFunction::CallChangeSource(foo);
 
 	// set up task of training one sentence
-	boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> 
-	  task(new TrainingTask(source.get(), *ioWrapper));
+	boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> task;
+	task = TrainingTask::create(source, ioWrapper);
 
 	// execute task
 #ifdef WITH_THREADS
diff --git a/moses/ChartManager.cpp b/moses/ChartManager.cpp
index aa550e48b..d221bd0fc 100644
--- a/moses/ChartManager.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartManager.cpp
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace Moses
 {
+
 extern bool g_mosesDebug;
 
 /* constructor. Initialize everything prior to decoding a particular sentence.
  * \param source the sentence to be decoded
  * \param system which particular set of models to use.
  */
-ChartManager::ChartManager(InputType const& source)
-  :BaseManager(source)
-  ,m_hypoStackColl(source, *this)
-  ,m_start(clock())
-  ,m_hypothesisId(0)
-  ,m_parser(source, m_hypoStackColl)
-  ,m_translationOptionList(StaticData::Instance().GetRuleLimit(), source)
-{
-}
+ChartManager::ChartManager(ttasksptr const& ttask)
+  : BaseManager(ttask)
+  , m_hypoStackColl(m_source, *this)
+  , m_start(clock())
+  , m_hypothesisId(0)
+  , m_parser(ttask, m_hypoStackColl)
+  , m_translationOptionList(StaticData::Instance().GetRuleLimit(), m_source)
+{ }
 
 ChartManager::~ChartManager()
 {
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ ChartManager::~ChartManager()
 //! decode the sentence. This contains the main laps. Basically, the CKY++ algorithm
 void ChartManager::Decode()
 {
+  
   VERBOSE(1,"Translating: " << m_source << endl);
 
   ResetSentenceStats(m_source);
diff --git a/moses/ChartManager.h b/moses/ChartManager.h
index 745a792cb..bf5851806 100644
--- a/moses/ChartManager.h
+++ b/moses/ChartManager.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #include "BaseManager.h"
 #include "moses/Syntax/KBestExtractor.h"
 
-#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
-
 namespace Moses
 {
 
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ private:
   void Backtrack(const ChartHypothesis *hypo) const;
 
 public:
-  ChartManager(InputType const& source);
+  ChartManager(ttasksptr const& ttask);
   ~ChartManager();
   void Decode();
   void AddXmlChartOptions();
diff --git a/moses/ChartParser.cpp b/moses/ChartParser.cpp
index 5281bafdf..b0d2a3333 100644
--- a/moses/ChartParser.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartParser.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "DecodeGraph.h"
 #include "moses/FF/UnknownWordPenaltyProducer.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationModel/PhraseDictionary.h"
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Moses;
@@ -35,7 +36,10 @@ using namespace Moses;
 namespace Moses
 {
 
-ChartParserUnknown::ChartParserUnknown() {}
+ChartParserUnknown
+::ChartParserUnknown(ttasksptr const& ttask) 
+  : m_ttask(ttask)
+{ }
 
 ChartParserUnknown::~ChartParserUnknown()
 {
@@ -136,13 +140,16 @@ void ChartParserUnknown::Process(const Word &sourceWord, const WordsRange &range
   }
 }
 
-ChartParser::ChartParser(InputType const &source, ChartCellCollectionBase &cells) :
-  m_decodeGraphList(StaticData::Instance().GetDecodeGraphs()),
-  m_source(source)
+ChartParser
+::ChartParser(ttasksptr const& ttask, ChartCellCollectionBase &cells) 
+  : m_ttask(ttask)
+  , m_unknown(ttask)
+  , m_decodeGraphList(StaticData::Instance().GetDecodeGraphs())
+  , m_source(*(ttask->GetSource().get()))
 {
   const StaticData &staticData = StaticData::Instance();
 
-  staticData.InitializeForInput(source);
+  staticData.InitializeForInput(ttask);
   CreateInputPaths(m_source);
 
   const std::vector<PhraseDictionary*> &dictionaries = PhraseDictionary::GetColl();
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@ ChartParser::ChartParser(InputType const &source, ChartCellCollectionBase &cells
 ChartParser::~ChartParser()
 {
   RemoveAllInColl(m_ruleLookupManagers);
-  StaticData::Instance().CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(m_source);
+  StaticData::Instance().CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(m_ttask.lock());
 
   InputPathMatrix::const_iterator iterOuter;
   for (iterOuter = m_inputPathMatrix.begin(); iterOuter != m_inputPathMatrix.end(); ++iterOuter) {
diff --git a/moses/ChartParser.h b/moses/ChartParser.h
index e438cf8ad..372a05f60 100644
--- a/moses/ChartParser.h
+++ b/moses/ChartParser.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// -*- c++ -*-
 // $Id$
 // vim:tabstop=2
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ class DecodeGraph;
 
 class ChartParserUnknown
 {
+  ttaskwptr m_ttask;
 public:
-  ChartParserUnknown();
+  ChartParserUnknown(ttasksptr const& ttask);
   ~ChartParserUnknown();
 
   void Process(const Word &sourceWord, const WordsRange &range, ChartParserCallback &to);
@@ -59,8 +61,9 @@ private:
 
 class ChartParser
 {
+  ttaskwptr m_ttask;
 public:
-  ChartParser(const InputType &source, ChartCellCollectionBase &cells);
+  ChartParser(ttasksptr const& ttask, ChartCellCollectionBase &cells);
   ~ChartParser();
 
   void Create(const WordsRange &range, ChartParserCallback &to);
diff --git a/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.cpp b/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.cpp
index 5c4b65729..a13b97a4c 100644
--- a/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.cpp
+++ b/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "moses/Hypothesis.h"
 #include "moses/Manager.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationOption.h"
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h"
 #include "moses/Util.h"
 #include "moses/FF/DistortionScoreProducer.h"
 
@@ -186,5 +187,15 @@ void FeatureFunction::SetTuneableComponents(const std::string& value)
   }
 }
 
+void 
+FeatureFunction
+::InitializeForInput(ttasksptr const& ttask)
+{ InitializeForInput(*(ttask->GetSource().get())); }
+
+void 
+FeatureFunction
+::CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(ttasksptr const& ttask) 
+{ CleanupAfterSentenceProcessing(*(ttask->GetSource().get())); }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.h b/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.h
index c8c78fb0f..0f620471e 100644
--- a/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.h
+++ b/moses/FF/FeatureFunction.h
@@ -114,31 +114,43 @@ public:
 
   virtual std::vector<float> DefaultWeights() const;
 
+
+protected:
+  virtual void
+  InitializeForInput(InputType const& source) { }
+  virtual void
+  CleanupAfterSentenceProcessing(InputType const& source) { }
+
+public:
   //! Called before search and collecting of translation options
-  virtual void InitializeForInput(InputType const& source) {
-  }
+  virtual void 
+  InitializeForInput(ttasksptr const& ttask);
 
   // clean up temporary memory, called after processing each sentence
-  virtual void CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(const InputType& source) {
-  }
+  virtual void 
+  CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(ttasksptr const& ttask); 
 
-  const std::string &GetArgLine() const {
-    return m_argLine;
-  }
+  const std::string &
+  GetArgLine() const { return m_argLine; }
 
   // given a target phrase containing only factors specified in mask
   // return true if the feature function can be evaluated
   virtual bool IsUseable(const FactorMask &mask) const = 0;
 
-  // used by stateless ff and stateful ff. Calculate initial score estimate during loading of phrase table
-  // source phrase is the substring that the phrase table uses to look up the target phrase,
+  // used by stateless ff and stateful ff. Calculate initial score
+  // estimate during loading of phrase table
+  //
+  // source phrase is the substring that the phrase table uses to look
+  // up the target phrase,
+  //
   // may have more factors than actually need, but not guaranteed.
-  // For SCFG decoding, the source contains non-terminals, NOT the raw source from the input sentence
-  virtual void EvaluateInIsolation(const Phrase &source
-                                   , const TargetPhrase &targetPhrase
-                                   , ScoreComponentCollection &scoreBreakdown
-                                   , ScoreComponentCollection &estimatedFutureScore) const = 0;
-
+  // For SCFG decoding, the source contains non-terminals, NOT the raw
+  // source from the input sentence
+  virtual void 
+  EvaluateInIsolation(const Phrase &source, const TargetPhrase &targetPhrase,
+		      ScoreComponentCollection& scoreBreakdown,
+		      ScoreComponentCollection& estimatedFutureScore) const = 0;
+  
   // override this method if you want to change the input before decoding
   virtual void ChangeSource(InputType * const&input) const { }
 
diff --git a/moses/Incremental.cpp b/moses/Incremental.cpp
index 49573664e..17632b571 100644
--- a/moses/Incremental.cpp
+++ b/moses/Incremental.cpp
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@ struct ChartCellBaseFactory {
 
 } // namespace
 
-Manager::Manager(const InputType &source) :
-  BaseManager(source),
-  cells_(source, ChartCellBaseFactory()),
-  parser_(source, cells_),
-  n_best_(search::NBestConfig(StaticData::Instance().GetNBestSize())) {}
+Manager::Manager(ttasksptr const& ttask) 
+  : BaseManager(ttask)
+  , cells_(m_source, ChartCellBaseFactory())
+  , parser_(ttask, cells_)
+  , n_best_(search::NBestConfig(StaticData::Instance().GetNBestSize())) 
+{ }
 
 Manager::~Manager()
-{
-}
+{ }
 
 template <class Model, class Best> search::History Manager::PopulateBest(const Model &model, const std::vector<lm::WordIndex> &words, Best &out)
 {
diff --git a/moses/Incremental.h b/moses/Incremental.h
index c1f5e40b3..91b5dc5a0 100644
--- a/moses/Incremental.h
+++ b/moses/Incremental.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// -*- c++ -*-
 #pragma once
 
 #include "lm/word_index.hh"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Incremental
 class Manager : public BaseManager
 {
 public:
-  Manager(const InputType &source);
+  Manager(ttasksptr const& ttask);
 
   ~Manager();
 
diff --git a/moses/Manager.cpp b/moses/Manager.cpp
index fe8267626..98feaa4a7 100644
--- a/moses/Manager.cpp
+++ b/moses/Manager.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 #include "moses/LM/Base.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationModel/PhraseDictionary.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationAnalysis.h"
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h"
 #include "moses/HypergraphOutput.h"
 #include "moses/mbr.h"
 #include "moses/LatticeMBR.h"
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Manager::~Manager()
 
 const InputType& 
 Manager::GetSource() const 
-{ return m_source) ; }
+{ return m_source ; }
 
 /**
  * Main decoder loop that translates a sentence by expanding
diff --git a/moses/MockHypothesis.cpp b/moses/MockHypothesis.cpp
index 999124a90..515f995cd 100644
--- a/moses/MockHypothesis.cpp
+++ b/moses/MockHypothesis.cpp
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 ***********************************************************************/
 
-
-
 #include "MockHypothesis.h"
+#include "TranslationOption.h"
+#include "TranslationTask.h"
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include "TranslationOption.h"
 
 using namespace Moses;
 using namespace std;
@@ -31,29 +30,23 @@ using namespace std;
 namespace MosesTest
 {
 
-
-MockHypothesisGuard::MockHypothesisGuard(
-  const string& sourceSentence,
+MockHypothesisGuard
+::MockHypothesisGuard
+( const string& sourceSentence, 
   const vector<Alignment>& alignments,
   const vector<string>& targetSegments)
-  : m_initialTransOpt(),
-    m_wp("WordPenalty"),
-    m_uwp("UnknownWordPenalty"),
-    m_dist("Distortion"),
-    m_manager(m_sentence)
+  : m_initialTransOpt(), m_wp("WordPenalty"), 
+    m_uwp("UnknownWordPenalty"), m_dist("Distortion")
 {
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(alignments.size(), targetSegments.size());
-
-  std::vector<Moses::FactorType> factors;
-  factors.push_back(0);
-
-  stringstream in(sourceSentence + "\n");
-  m_sentence.Read(in,factors);
-
+  std::vector<Moses::FactorType> factors(1,0);
+  m_sentence.reset(new Sentence(0, sourceSentence, &factors));
+  m_ttask = TranslationTask::create(m_sentence);
+  m_manager.reset(new Manager(m_ttask));
 
   //Initial empty hypothesis
-  m_manager.ResetSentenceStats(m_sentence);
-  m_hypothesis = Hypothesis::Create(m_manager, m_sentence, m_initialTransOpt);
+  m_manager->ResetSentenceStats(*m_sentence);
+  m_hypothesis = Hypothesis::Create(*m_manager, *m_sentence, m_initialTransOpt);
 
   //create the chain
   vector<Alignment>::const_iterator ai = alignments.begin();
diff --git a/moses/MockHypothesis.h b/moses/MockHypothesis.h
index 78cfc104e..34a313553 100644
--- a/moses/MockHypothesis.h
+++ b/moses/MockHypothesis.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// -*- c++ -*-
 /***********************************************************************
 Moses - factored phrase-based language decoder
 Copyright (C) 2010 University of Edinburgh
@@ -45,10 +46,11 @@ class MockHypothesisGuard
 public:
   /** Creates a phrase-based hypothesis.
   */
-  MockHypothesisGuard(
-    const std::string& sourceSentence,
+  MockHypothesisGuard
+  ( const std::string& sourceSentence,
     const std::vector<Alignment>& alignments,
     const std::vector<std::string>& targetSegments);
+
   Moses::Hypothesis* operator*() const {
     return m_hypothesis;
   }
@@ -58,11 +60,12 @@ public:
 
 private:
   Moses::TranslationOption m_initialTransOpt;
-  Moses::Sentence m_sentence;
+  boost::shared_ptr<Moses::Sentence> m_sentence;
   Moses::WordPenaltyProducer m_wp;
   Moses::UnknownWordPenaltyProducer m_uwp;
   Moses::DistortionScoreProducer m_dist;
-  Moses::Manager m_manager;
+  boost::shared_ptr<Moses::Manager> m_manager;
+  boost::shared_ptr<Moses::TranslationTask> m_ttask;
   Moses::Hypothesis* m_hypothesis;
   std::vector<Moses::TargetPhrase> m_targetPhrases;
   std::vector<Moses::TranslationOption*> m_toptions;
diff --git a/moses/Sentence.cpp b/moses/Sentence.cpp
index a16eae3b2..a7a3b1a18 100644
--- a/moses/Sentence.cpp
+++ b/moses/Sentence.cpp
@@ -383,10 +383,12 @@ CreateFromString(vector<FactorType> const& FOrder, string const& phraseString)
 }
 
 Sentence::
-Sentence(size_t const transId, string const& stext) : InputType(transId)
+Sentence(size_t const transId, string const& stext, 
+	 vector<FactorType> const* IFO) 
+  : InputType(transId)
 {
-  vector<FactorType> const& IFO = StaticData::Instance().GetInputFactorOrder();
-  init(stext, IFO);
+  if (IFO) init(stext, *IFO);
+  else init(stext, StaticData::Instance().GetInputFactorOrder());
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/moses/Sentence.h b/moses/Sentence.h
index 8e7e934a6..fe3ac642e 100644
--- a/moses/Sentence.h
+++ b/moses/Sentence.h
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ namespace Moses
 
   public:
     Sentence();
-    Sentence(size_t const transId, std::string const& stext);
+    Sentence(size_t const transId, std::string const& stext, 
+	     std::vector<FactorType> const* IFO = NULL);
+    // Sentence(size_t const transId, std::string const& stext);
     ~Sentence();
 
     InputTypeEnum GetType() const {
diff --git a/moses/StaticData.cpp b/moses/StaticData.cpp
index 8709d758f..035136014 100644
--- a/moses/StaticData.cpp
+++ b/moses/StaticData.cpp
@@ -846,27 +846,33 @@ float StaticData::GetWeightWordPenalty() const
   return weightWP;
 }
 
-void StaticData::InitializeForInput(const InputType& source) const
+void 
+StaticData
+::InitializeForInput(ttasksptr const& ttask) const
 {
-  const std::vector<FeatureFunction*> &producers = FeatureFunction::GetFeatureFunctions();
+  const std::vector<FeatureFunction*> &producers =    FeatureFunction::GetFeatureFunctions();
   for(size_t i=0; i<producers.size(); ++i) {
     FeatureFunction &ff = *producers[i];
     if (! IsFeatureFunctionIgnored(ff)) {
       Timer iTime;
       iTime.start();
-      ff.InitializeForInput(source);
-      VERBOSE(3,"InitializeForInput( " << ff.GetScoreProducerDescription() << " ) = " << iTime << endl);
+      ff.InitializeForInput(ttask);
+      VERBOSE(3,"InitializeForInput( " << ff.GetScoreProducerDescription() << " )"
+	      << "= " << iTime << endl);
     }
   }
 }
 
-void StaticData::CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(const InputType& source) const
+void 
+StaticData
+::CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(ttasksptr const& ttask) const
 {
-  const std::vector<FeatureFunction*> &producers = FeatureFunction::GetFeatureFunctions();
+  const std::vector<FeatureFunction*> &producers 
+    = FeatureFunction::GetFeatureFunctions();
   for(size_t i=0; i<producers.size(); ++i) {
     FeatureFunction &ff = *producers[i];
     if (! IsFeatureFunctionIgnored(ff)) {
-      ff.CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(source);
+      ff.CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(ttask);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/moses/StaticData.h b/moses/StaticData.h
index e06a67b9d..a1bdf774b 100644
--- a/moses/StaticData.h
+++ b/moses/StaticData.h
@@ -446,18 +446,28 @@ public:
   SearchAlgorithm GetSearchAlgorithm() const {
     return m_searchAlgorithm;
   }
-  bool IsSyntax() const {
-    return m_searchAlgorithm == CYKPlus ||
-           m_searchAlgorithm == ChartIncremental ||
-           m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxS2T ||
-           m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxT2S ||
-           m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxT2S_SCFG ||
-           m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxF2S;
-  }
 
-  const ScoreComponentCollection& GetAllWeights() const {
-    return m_allWeights;
+  // bool IsSyntax() const {
+  //   return m_searchAlgorithm == CYKPlus ||
+  //          m_searchAlgorithm == ChartIncremental ||
+  //          m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxS2T ||
+  //          m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxT2S ||
+  //          m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxT2S_SCFG ||
+  //          m_searchAlgorithm == SyntaxF2S;
+  // }
+
+  bool IsSyntax(SearchAlgorithm algo = DefaultSearchAlgorithm) const 
+  {
+    if (algo == DefaultSearchAlgorithm) 
+      algo = m_searchAlgorithm;
+    return (algo == CYKPlus   || algo == ChartIncremental ||
+	    algo == SyntaxS2T || algo == SyntaxT2S ||
+	    algo == SyntaxF2S || algo == SyntaxT2S_SCFG);
   }
+  
+  const ScoreComponentCollection& 
+  GetAllWeights() const 
+  { return m_allWeights; }
 
   void SetAllWeights(const ScoreComponentCollection& weights) {
     m_allWeights = weights;
@@ -742,8 +752,9 @@ public:
   }
 
   //sentence (and thread) specific initialisationn and cleanup
-  void InitializeForInput(const InputType& source) const;
-  void CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(const InputType& source) const;
+  // void InitializeForInput(const InputType& source, ttaskptr const& ttask) const;
+  void InitializeForInput(ttasksptr const& ttask) const;
+  void CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(ttasksptr const& ttask) const;
 
   void LoadFeatureFunctions();
   bool CheckWeights() const;
diff --git a/moses/TrainingTask.h b/moses/TrainingTask.h
index 885e8fd16..e4d792430 100644
--- a/moses/TrainingTask.h
+++ b/moses/TrainingTask.h
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+//-*- c++ -*-
 #pragma once
 
 #include <boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include "moses/ThreadPool.h"
 #include "moses/TranslationOptionCollection.h"
 #include "moses/IOWrapper.h"
+#include "moses/TranslationTask.h" 
 
 namespace Moses
 {
@@ -11,35 +13,57 @@ class InputType;
 class OutputCollector;
 
 
-class TrainingTask : public Moses::Task
+class TrainingTask : public Moses::TranslationTask
 {
 
+protected:
+  TrainingTask(boost::shared_ptr<Moses::InputType> const source, 
+	       boost::shared_ptr<Moses::IOWrapper> const ioWrapper)
+    : TranslationTask(source, ioWrapper) 
+  { }
+  
 public:
 
-  TrainingTask(Moses::InputType* source, Moses::IOWrapper &ioWrapper)
-    : m_source(source)
-    , m_ioWrapper(ioWrapper) {
+  // factory function
+  static boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> 
+  create(boost::shared_ptr<InputType> const& source)
+  { 
+    boost::shared_ptr<IOWrapper> nix;
+    boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> ret(new TrainingTask(source, nix));
+    ret->m_self = ret;
+    return ret;
   }
 
-  ~TrainingTask() {
+  // factory function
+  static boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> 
+  create(boost::shared_ptr<InputType> const& source, 
+	 boost::shared_ptr<IOWrapper> const& ioWrapper)
+  {
+    boost::shared_ptr<TrainingTask> ret(new TrainingTask(source, ioWrapper));
+    ret->m_self = ret;
+    return ret;
   }
 
+  ~TrainingTask() 
+  { }
+
   void Run() {
-    StaticData::Instance().InitializeForInput(*m_source);
+    StaticData::Instance().InitializeForInput(this->self());
 
     std::cerr << *m_source << std::endl;
 
-    TranslationOptionCollection *transOptColl = m_source->CreateTranslationOptionCollection();
+    TranslationOptionCollection *transOptColl 
+      = m_source->CreateTranslationOptionCollection();
     transOptColl->CreateTranslationOptions();
     delete transOptColl;
 
-    StaticData::Instance().CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(*m_source);
+    StaticData::Instance().CleanUpAfterSentenceProcessing(this->self());
   }
 
 
 private:
-  Moses::InputType* m_source;
-  Moses::IOWrapper &m_ioWrapper;
+  // Moses::InputType* m_source;
+  // Moses::IOWrapper &m_ioWrapper;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/moses/TranslationTask.cpp b/moses/TranslationTask.cpp
index 2b0d47baa..9100cd3ed 100644
--- a/moses/TranslationTask.cpp
+++ b/moses/TranslationTask.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ using namespace std;
 namespace Moses
 {
 
+boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
+TranslationTask
+::create(boost::shared_ptr<InputType> const& source)
+{
+  boost::shared_ptr<IOWrapper> nix;
+  boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> ret(new TranslationTask(source, nix));
+  ret->m_self = ret;
+  return ret;
+}
+
 boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
 TranslationTask
 ::create(boost::shared_ptr<InputType> const& source, 
@@ -42,6 +52,59 @@ TranslationTask
 TranslationTask::~TranslationTask()
 { }
 
+
+boost::shared_ptr<BaseManager>
+TranslationTask
+::SetupManager(SearchAlgorithm algo) 
+{
+  boost::shared_ptr<BaseManager> manager;
+  StaticData const& staticData = StaticData::Instance();
+  if (algo == DefaultSearchAlgorithm) algo = staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm();
+
+  if (!staticData.IsSyntax(algo)) 
+    manager.reset(new Manager(this->self())); // phrase-based
+
+  else if (algo == SyntaxF2S || algo == SyntaxT2S) 
+    { // STSG-based tree-to-string / forest-to-string decoding (ask Phil Williams)
+      typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherCallback Callback;
+      typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherHyperTree<Callback> RuleMatcher;
+      manager.reset(new Syntax::F2S::Manager<RuleMatcher>(this->self()));
+    } 
+
+  else if (algo == SyntaxS2T) 
+    { // new-style string-to-tree decoding (ask Phil Williams)
+      S2TParsingAlgorithm algorithm = staticData.GetS2TParsingAlgorithm();
+      if (algorithm == RecursiveCYKPlus) 
+	{
+	  typedef Syntax::S2T::EagerParserCallback Callback;
+	  typedef Syntax::S2T::RecursiveCYKPlusParser<Callback> Parser;
+	  manager.reset(new Syntax::S2T::Manager<Parser>(this->self()));
+	} 
+      else if (algorithm == Scope3) 
+	{
+	  typedef Syntax::S2T::StandardParserCallback Callback;
+	  typedef Syntax::S2T::Scope3Parser<Callback> Parser;
+	  manager.reset(new Syntax::S2T::Manager<Parser>(this->self()));
+	} 
+      else UTIL_THROW2("ERROR: unhandled S2T parsing algorithm");
+    } 
+
+  else if (algo == SyntaxT2S_SCFG) 
+    { // SCFG-based tree-to-string decoding (ask Phil Williams)
+      typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherCallback Callback;
+      typedef Syntax::T2S::RuleMatcherSCFG<Callback> RuleMatcher;
+      manager.reset(new Syntax::T2S::Manager<RuleMatcher>(this->self()));
+    } 
+
+  else if (algo == ChartIncremental) // Ken's incremental decoding
+    manager.reset(new Incremental::Manager(this->self()));
+
+  else // original SCFG manager
+    manager.reset(new ChartManager(this->self())); 
+
+  return manager;
+}
+
 void TranslationTask::Run()
 {
   UTIL_THROW_IF2(!m_source || !m_ioWrapper,
@@ -69,52 +132,22 @@ void TranslationTask::Run()
   Timer initTime;
   initTime.start();
 
-  // which manager
-  boost::scoped_ptr<BaseManager> manager;
-
-  if (!staticData.IsSyntax()) {
-    // phrase-based
-    manager.reset(new Manager(*m_source));
-  } else if (staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm() == SyntaxF2S ||
-             staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm() == SyntaxT2S) {
-    // STSG-based tree-to-string / forest-to-string decoding (ask Phil Williams)
-    typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherCallback Callback;
-    typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherHyperTree<Callback> RuleMatcher;
-    manager.reset(new Syntax::F2S::Manager<RuleMatcher>(*m_source));
-  } else if (staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm() == SyntaxS2T) {
-    // new-style string-to-tree decoding (ask Phil Williams)
-    S2TParsingAlgorithm algorithm = staticData.GetS2TParsingAlgorithm();
-    if (algorithm == RecursiveCYKPlus) {
-      typedef Syntax::S2T::EagerParserCallback Callback;
-      typedef Syntax::S2T::RecursiveCYKPlusParser<Callback> Parser;
-      manager.reset(new Syntax::S2T::Manager<Parser>(*m_source));
-    } else if (algorithm == Scope3) {
-      typedef Syntax::S2T::StandardParserCallback Callback;
-      typedef Syntax::S2T::Scope3Parser<Callback> Parser;
-      manager.reset(new Syntax::S2T::Manager<Parser>(*m_source));
-    } else {
-      UTIL_THROW2("ERROR: unhandled S2T parsing algorithm");
-    }
-  } else if (staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm() == SyntaxT2S_SCFG) {
-    // SCFG-based tree-to-string decoding (ask Phil Williams)
-    typedef Syntax::F2S::RuleMatcherCallback Callback;
-    typedef Syntax::T2S::RuleMatcherSCFG<Callback> RuleMatcher;
-    manager.reset(new Syntax::T2S::Manager<RuleMatcher>(*m_source));
-  } else if (staticData.GetSearchAlgorithm() == ChartIncremental) {
-    // Ken's incremental decoding
-    manager.reset(new Incremental::Manager(*m_source));
-  } else {
-    // original SCFG manager
-    manager.reset(new ChartManager(*m_source));
-  }
+  boost::shared_ptr<BaseManager> manager = SetupManager();
 
   VERBOSE(1, "Line " << translationId << ": Initialize search took " 
 	  << initTime << " seconds total" << endl);
 
   manager->Decode();
 
-  OutputCollector* ocoll;
+  // new: stop here if m_ioWrapper is NULL. This means that the 
+  // owner of the TranslationTask will take care of the output
+  // oh, and by the way, all the output should be handled by the
+  // output wrapper along the lines of *m_iwWrapper << *manager;
+  // Just sayin' ...
+  if (m_ioWrapper == NULL) return; 
+
   // we are done with search, let's look what we got
+  OutputCollector* ocoll;
   Timer additionalReportingTime;
   additionalReportingTime.start();
 
diff --git a/moses/TranslationTask.h b/moses/TranslationTask.h
index acd446abe..0c800d1f2 100644
--- a/moses/TranslationTask.h
+++ b/moses/TranslationTask.h
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ public:
   // creator functions
   static boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> create(); 
 
-  static boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
+  static
+  boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
+  create(boost::shared_ptr<Moses::InputType> const& source);
+
+  static
+  boost::shared_ptr<TranslationTask> 
   create(boost::shared_ptr<Moses::InputType> const& source, 
 	 boost::shared_ptr<Moses::IOWrapper> const& ioWrapper);
   
@@ -78,8 +83,15 @@ public:
   /** Translate one sentence
    * gets called by main function implemented at end of this source file */
   virtual void Run();
+  
+  boost::shared_ptr<Moses::InputType>
+  GetSource() const { return m_source; }
 
-private:
+  boost::shared_ptr<BaseManager>
+  SetupManager(SearchAlgorithm algo = DefaultSearchAlgorithm);
+
+  
+protected:
   boost::shared_ptr<Moses::InputType> m_source; 
   boost::shared_ptr<Moses::IOWrapper> m_ioWrapper;
 
diff --git a/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp b/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
index 1953a711f..02558fa84 100644
--- a/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
+++ b/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace MosesServer
     m_reportAllFactors    = check(params, "report-all-factors");
     m_nbestDistinct       = check(params, "nbest-distinct");
     m_withScoreBreakdown  = check(params, "add-score-breakdown");
-    
+    m_source.reset(new Sentence(0,m_source_string)); 
     si = params.find("lambda");
     if (si != params.end()) 
       {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ namespace MosesServer
     istringstream buf(m_source_string + "\n");
     tinput.Read(buf, StaticData::Instance().GetInputFactorOrder());
     
-    Moses::ChartManager manager(tinput);
+    Moses::ChartManager manager(this->self());
     manager.Decode();
     
     const Moses::ChartHypothesis *hypo = manager.GetBestHypothesis();
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ namespace MosesServer
   TranslationRequest::
   run_phrase_decoder()
   {
-    Manager manager(Sentence(0, m_source_string));
+    Manager manager(this->self());
     // if (m_bias.size()) manager.SetBias(&m_bias);
     manager.Decode();