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This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/779,418; 11/779,437; and 11/779,454. This application is also related to co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/779,464; 11/779,494 and U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/779,512 and 10/946,756 filed Sep. 22, 2004.
Document production environments, such as print shops, convert printing orders, such as print jobs, into finished printed material. A print shop may process print jobs using resources such as printers, cutters, collators and other similar equipment. Typically, resources in print shops are organized such that when a print job arrives from a customer at a particular print shop, the print job can be processed by performing one or more production functions.
Scheduling architectures that organize print jobs arriving at a document production environment and route the print jobs to autonomous cells are known in the art and are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,051,328 to Rai et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 7,065,567 to Squires et al., the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety. Methods for automatically distributing jobs to a receiver on a network using devices are known in the art and are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,513,126 to Harkins et al., the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
It is common for print shops to receive print jobs having variable job sizes. Problems arise when a wide distribution of document or print job sizes exists. This may be referred to as a heavy-tailed distribution. Heavy-tailed distributions usually require significant data before the mean distribution can be computed with accuracy. For normal distributions, the sample mean converges to the population mean inversely as the square root of the sample size. For heavy-tailed distributions, however, the sample mean converges to the population mean inversely as n1-(1/α). As such, as α approaches 1, the convergence rate may be very poor and the estimates of averages from simulations done on heavy-tailed distributions may be inaccurate.
Transaction print environments that process jobs having a heavy-tailed job-size distribution tend to have inefficient job flows. This is because these environments typically handle very large and very small jobs that are all part of one job pool. It is likely that several small jobs may be delayed if they are queued behind a very large job. Similarly, large jobs can experience flow interruptions if several small jobs requiring multiple setups are ahead of the large jobs in the queue.
Systems and methods for effectively processing heavy-tailed distributions in document production environments, notwithstanding poor convergence rates and possible inaccurate estimates of averages, would be desirable.
Before the present methods are described, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to the particular systems, methodologies or protocols described, as these may vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure which will be limited only by the appended claims.
It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to a "job" is a reference to one or more jobs and equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art, and so forth, Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. As used herein, the term "comprising" means "including, but not limited to."
In an embodiment, a production printing system for processing a plurality of print jobs may include a plurality of print job processing resources and a computer-readable storage medium including one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment. The method may include identifying a print job size distribution for a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment and determining whether the print job size distribution exhibits a heavy-tail characteristic. For each print job size distribution that exhibits a heavy-tail characteristic, the plurality of print jobs may be grouped into a plurality of subgroups such that at least one of the plurality of subgroups exhibits a non-heavy-tail characteristic, and each job in the at least one of the plurality of subgroups exhibiting the non-heavy-tail characteristic may be processed by one or more print job processing resources.
A method of processing a plurality of jobs in a production environment may include identifying, with a computer, a job size distribution for a plurality of jobs in a production environment and determining, with the computer, whether the job size distribution exhibits a heavy-tail characteristic. For each job size distribution exhibiting a heavy-tail characteristic, the plurality of jobs may be grouped into a plurality of subgroups such that at least one subgroup does not exhibit a heavy-tail characteristic. One or more job processing resources may be configured in the production environment for one or more of the subgroups that do not exhibit the heavy-tail characteristic, and the one or more subgroups that do not exhibit the heavy-tail characteristic may be processed with the one or more job processing resources.
For purposes of the discussion below, a "print shop" refers to an entity that includes a plurality of document production resources, such as printers, cutters, collators and the like. A print shop may be a freestanding entity, including one or more print-related devices, or it may be part of a corporation or other entity. Additionally, a print shop may communicate with one or more servers by way of a local area network or a wide area network, such as the Internet, the World Wide Web or the like.
A "job" refers to a logical unit of work that is to be completed for a customer. A job may include one or more print jobs from one or more clients. A production system may include a plurality of jobs. Although the disclosed embodiments pertain to document production systems, the disclosed methods and systems can be applied to production systems in general.
A "print job" refers to a job processed in a document production system. For example, a print job may include producing credit card statements corresponding to a certain credit card company, producing bank statements corresponding to a certain bank, printing a document, or the like. Although the disclosed embodiments pertain to print jobs, the disclosed methods and systems can be applied to jobs in general in other production environments, such as automotive manufacturing, semiconductor production and the like.
A job size distribution may describe a probability distribution of a real-valued random variable, Examples of types of job size distributions may include normal distributions, exponential distributions, logarithmic distributions, cumulative distributions and the like.
A group of jobs having a large job size distribution may be referred to as having a heavy-tailed distribution. A heavy-tailed distribution may be characterized as a job size distribution possessing a tail that decays slowly. In other words, as the value of the random variable increases, a probability associated with the random variable decreases, however there still may be a finite probability associated with very large values of the random variable. Heavy-tailed distributions may have many small jobs mixed with a few very large jobs. A finite sample size drawn randomly from a heavy-tailed distribution may have very high variances. As such, even though the majority of the job sizes are small, a substantial contribution to the mean or variance for the jobs considered in the distribution may come from the few large jobs. Accordingly, the difference between the mean and median may be pronounced for heavy-tailed distribution.
In an embodiment, X may be a random variable with a cumulative density function ("CDF"), F(x)=P[X≦x]. The area under the CDF from 0 to X as X approaches infinity may be equal to one. A complementary CDF("CCDF") may be represented by Fc(x)=P[X>x], where the CCDF=1−CDF. The CDF may be heavy-tailed if the CCDF˜cx−α where α is between zero and two. As such,
Accordingly, the decay rate of a CCDF for large job sizes may be equal to α. The decay rate of the CCDF may be represented by the slope of the log-log plot of CCDF versus a random variable for very large values of the random variable.
As illustrated by
or the slope of the curve 400 as x approaches very large values, where x represents job size, is approximately −6.4 for large job sizes. As illustrated in
In an embodiment, the job size distribution may be tested for a heavy-tail characteristic by computing a decay rate of a complementary cumulative density function for the job size distribution for very large values of job sizes.
A heavy-tailed distribution may require significantly more data than a normal distribution before an accurate mean may be calculated. This is because, for normal distributions, the sample mean converges to the population mean inversely as the square root of the sample size. As such, for large sample sizes, the sample mean may be used as the population mean. The sample mean for heavy-tailed distributions, on the other hand, may converge to the population mean inversely as n1-(1/α). As α approaches 1, the convergence rate may be very poor and the estimates of averages done on heavy-tailed distributions may be inaccurate.
This problem is illustrated by
In an embodiment, if a distribution is determined to be a heavy-tailed distribution, the jobs in the distribution may be grouped into a plurality of subgroups such that at least one subgroup exhibits a non-heavy-tail characteristic. A job size distribution may be split into two or more subgroups by selecting a threshold job size and calculating the α associated with the distribution to the right of the threshold job size. For example, referring back to
In an embodiment, one or more autonomous cells may be configured for one or more subgroups. An autonomous cell refers to a group of resources used to process jobs. An autonomous cell may include the resources needed to complete at least one job type. For example, if the Job type includes printing, cutting and collating, an autonomous cell for processing the corresponding job may include at least one printer, one cutter and one collator. In an embodiment, one or more subgroups may be processed by a corresponding autonomous cell.
In an embodiment, processing the subgroups may entail analyzing the job types associated with the jobs in the subgroups. A job type refers to a sequence of functions required to process a job from start to finish. For example, in a document production environment, a print job may need to be printed, cut and collated. The job type associated with the job may be printing, cutting and collating because this is the necessary sequence of functions that must be performed to completely process the job. In an embodiment, the job type may be a representation of the necessary sequence of function that are necessary for processing the job. For example, a job may be of job type A where A indicates the job must be printed and cut. Additional and/or alternate methodologies may be used within the scope of this disclosure.
In an embodiment, the historical variation associated with each job type may be analyzed over a processing interval to improve the processing flow by optimizing the configuration of one or more autonomous cells. For example, it may be more efficient to design autonomous cells for job types that are received frequently. In contrast, if a job type is received infrequently, it may be more efficient to manually process the job or to route it through a typical departmental production environment or other similar resource configuration rather than designing an autonomous cell to process the job.
In an embodiment, a plurality of jobs may be grouped according to a historical variation in volume over a processing interval associated with the job types. A processing interval may represent a certain period of time, such as a day, a week, a month or the like. A threshold coefficient of variation of the demand for the job type may be determined. A coefficient of variation of the demand may be the ratio of the standard deviation of the job demand distribution to the mean of the job demand distribution.
In an embodiment, a coefficient of variation may be determined for each job type and compared to the threshold coefficient of variation. If the coefficient of variation equals or exceeds the threshold coefficient, the job type may be classified as a high-variability job type. If the coefficient of variation is less than the threshold coefficient, the job type may be classified as a low-variability job type.
In an embodiment, autonomous cells may be designed to process low-variability job types while a departmental layout or other similar configuration may be used to process high-variability job types. As discussed above, each autonomous cell may include one or more resources necessary to complete a job type.
It will be appreciated that various of the above-disclosed and other features and functions, or alternatives thereof, may be desirably combined into many other different systems or applications. Also that various presently unforeseen or unanticipated alternatives, modifications, variations or improvements therein may be subsequently made by those skilled in the art which are also intended to be encompassed by the following claims.
The above-described embodiments provide an improved approach for effectively handling heavy tailed distributions in a document production environment.
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Why is my preview of graphics files were obtained with such a low resolution? Approximately 40 pixels by 50. Images blurred, nothing to parse. Version 1.39.
Hi, I've added your request (increase thumbnail resolution) to the internal todo ist.
In the version 1.32 it was all normal. And now it is impossible to use. 🙁
Since the file icon has become smaller, I thought such a high resolution for thumbnails wasn't needed anymore, so I decreased it.
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Are you by any chance referring to the "gallery" file view mode? That's the only place I can see where it would make sense to increase the resolution.
I tried all the view modes. At first everything was just perfect. The size of files preview was about 25 – 30 kb. It was clearly visible content. This is important when a large number of photos. Now thumbnails are 1 – 2 kb and nothing for them to be seen.
I don't get if you are asking for bigger icons, or just for higher resolution icons.
I want to see the contents of a graphic file, rather than guess about it. At first, everything worked!
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1. Don't tell women that she can't drive. It means you generalise it that she's included to the bad drivers
She will suddenly have an urge to slap you because simply for several women, they aren't. Plenty of men are terrible drivers and plenty of women are terrible drivers. If most of the women in your life are bad drivers, it is just a really bad example to deal with and don't generalise it to all women you know, especially your loved one ;)
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Even if she IS fat. Don't do it. In any circumstances. It is never okay because women internalise that kind of thing much more than a man will, so if you call her fat, she will remember it for the rest of her life, when she looks herself on the mirror. It will wreck self-esteem because women are taught that being fat is basically the worst thing they can ever be. Maybe they are too sensitive. Maybe they are too much but it is not an excuse for you to be a disrespectful tool. If you want to tease her, find another way. If she really is fat, get a life and find something more worthwhile to talk about. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Okay, Bambi?
3. Don't talk about the women from your past, and especially don't compare your current lady to them
If you find yourself getting ready to break this rule, clamp your mouth shut before it's too late. She will have a very bad day. No woman wants to hear it, even if it's compliment. If any of these statements are part of your normal conversation, drop them immediately:
I've been with a lot of women.
You're hotter than the last girl I dated.
I'm a total stud.
Don't worry. I've been with bigger women than you.
Dear, save that kind of talk for your buddies because ladies definitely have no interest in your conquest.
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Because.. women tend to have a complicated relationship with their mother-in-law. Second, she may hate your mother but has not told you to spare your feelings. Even if she IS the spitting image of your mommy dearest, never say so. Keep it for yourself. Like forever.
5. Don't talk about how hot/pretty/sexy another woman is.
The girl you're with is the hottest, sexiest person alive on the face of the earth. Okay, so she's obviously not, but she WANTS to feel like you hold her above other women. Even if it's someone completely harmless, like Angelina Jolie, I promise you that your girl doesn't want to hear it.
It will make her insecure. It will make her jealous. Do you really want to have to deal with the behavior that stems from that? No, he?
6. Don't tell her to do anything.
Ask her like a decent human being. When you act like women are just put on the earth to bring you things and sleep with you, you make her think you're an abusive misogynist who uses aggressive and controlling behavior to distract from the fact that you have a tiny penis.
Be a man. If you want a beer, use your legs and get it yourself. If you want a sandwich, get your butt off of the couch and head to the kitchen. If you really want her to make one for you because she has much better culinary skills, ask her nicely :) She will do it anything for you if you ask nicely, not like she's more inferior than you or simply you just married a maid.
Otherwise, you never deserve to get laid again.
7. Don't call her by someone else's name.
Hahaha. You should know better than this by now. Women like to feel special, and one way to let them know that they mean a lot to you is to call them by their name. It's an easy way to show that you care. It implies that you just know each other for months. If you've been together with your lady like for years and you still get her name wrong, you have serious issue, dude.
But on the flip side, calling her by the wrong name will show you that you care less and you're confusing her for someone else. Not cool! Learn her name and use it correctly. Don't confuse it with your ex(es) or other women, she will say bye bye.
8. If you haven't met her in person, don't ask her to send dirty pictures to you.
In this day and age, far too many men think it's reasonable to request nude pictures prior to a first date. Heck (bloody hell), guys on the internet think it's okay to do this before you've even met in real life.
No, it's not okay. It's incredibly far from okay, actually.
Women have no interest in seeing a picture of your penis before she meets you in person. It's not sexy. Save it for later. Like, you know when you actually know each other.
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Think about that good old belly laugh the one that makes your face hurt. Do you remember the last time you laughed like that?
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I was 17 – drove a car with no air conditioning, came out of work, got in the Sunbird, and wiggled – at that time I could easily wiggle out of my upper undergarment, and the girls were free. I threw the undergarment in the passenger seat, and was off on my errands. The local grocery store was the first on the list.
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Chapka Tipper Volibear [Attack
Volibear Build
Starting Items
First back
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Full build
Optional: Full AD Enemy
Optional: High CC Enemy
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Hello, fellow Summoners! Welcome, to my first guide! My name is lietuvis9x. I'm playing on EUW since about beginning of Season 3. My rank is all over Platinum, but at the moment is Platinum 4. I've started to play Volibear again and I just enjoy this champion with the new devour so much I can't even describe. He has awesome level 3 ganks and also awesome counterganks. Passive and W, are just way to good to hate this champ.
Well, I hope you will enjoy my guide about Volibear
Pros & Cons
+ More HP = More DMG
+ Lifesaving Passive
+ Crowd control
+ Good early and late ganks
+ Good CC
- Passive countered by Ignite
- Weak while on CD
- Easy to kite
- Hard to get close to the enemies with a lot of CC
Abilitiy level up order explained
Just get it after doing red/blue camp, so you can get a good gank on the lane. You don't need to max it first or second, since it has no huge damage only that awesome throw over the head.
One word: epic. Scales with HP. The tankier you are, the more dmg you do. This ability must be maxed first, if you want to rek enemies. Attack speed and cooldown reduction makes this ability even more unstoppable.
Great ability to max second, after doing small camp to get an easy red/blue, since it helps by "scaring" minions. Also great slow against enemies.
Scales great with attack speed, the faster you hit, the more damage you deal. Great ult also to kill huge minion waves, since it has small cooldown, or to do dragon/baron.
Not much to say here. My personal tactic with Volibear :
1. get lvl 3
2. go to top
3. if your toplaner is pushing, wait for enemy jungler to countergank him (against most junglers easy 1v1)
if you toplaner is being pushed come in slowly, let the enemy Flash/ Ghost and then catch him up with your Rolling Thunder - Flash combo.
4. easy first blood
is a great champ. Also not so hard to master. Fun to play and really entertaining to watch how much damage you do with your W to the enemy adc or apc. In early phase could 1v1 alsmot every jungler. Of course, Volibear suffers under Ignite. It makes his Chosen of the Storm pretty much useless. I am enjoying this champ. Played it season 4, loved it. Started playing it now again, loving dem 75% Win ratio. Easy to get first blood on top on enemy jungler or top laner. I would suggest you to try him out!


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September 12, 2016 by tyrichardsonphoto
Introducing… Roslyn!This past weekend, I had the pleasure of working with a couple I first met three years ago. Amber and Kelvin were getting engaged, and I was honored to be able to take their engagement photos. Well, time has passed and their family has grown. A few weeks ago, Amber and Kelvin welcomed a […]
May 30, 2016 by tyrichardsonphoto
Impact! Track TeamImpact takes on BAYTAF in Tampa! Time to show up and show out!!
January 24, 2015 by tyrichardsonphoto
35th Anniversary Celebration..It's always a privilege to be asked to take photos of anyone. To me, it means that they thought enough of your craft that you could capture the important moments for them. So, it meant a lot when a close friend of mine asked me to take photos of her parents' 35th anniversary dinner…
November 22, 2014 by tyrichardsonphoto
The Spectacular Swanns!This past weekend was another great time (for me, at least). I got a chance to work with a fantastic family… the Swanns. Mrs. Swann found me on Groupon and quickly setup an appointment for her family photo-shoot.
November 16, 2014 by tyrichardsonphoto
The Mindy Project…When Mindy contacted me about taking some family portraits, I knew they would be great. Mindy has been a good friend for a long time, and her family is awesome! (It helps that they're all just a little bit nuts too!).
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Ms. Evana: The Birthday Girl!Ms. Evana comes to me through a friend of mine, who just happens to be her sister. She approached me with the idea of creating some images that she could use to celebrate and look back on her 37th birthday. Happy Birthday Evana!
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The Ross Family (A King & His Court)A couple of weeks ago, I was asked by a friend to come by and take some photos of her family that was in town for the 4th of July holidays. The undisputed patriarch of this family is Mr. Horace Ross.
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The DillardsA few months ago, I was honored to take engagement photos of a wonderful couple – Amber and Kelvin. These two are the epitome of love. They couldn't stop laughing and hugging each other…
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Ms. Octavia…Ms. Octavia and I connected through Facebook. Well, actually, reconnected through Facebook. We've actually known each other for a very long time (high school days). Octavia has gone on to do wonderful things, including being a pageant queen and model…
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4 Generations…Valaurie Bridges Lee… where should I begin? Let's just say that she is one of my oldest friends. I've known Val since I was a child (our parents all actually attended college together). So, when she contacted me about the idea of taking photos of four generations of ladies in her family… I jumped at […]
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The Marvelous Mrs. MindyThis holiday weekend, I was fortunate enough to have a photo shoot with the marvelous Mrs. Mindy. Mindy has a terrific personality which made her a joy to work with. There were some issues with dodging the rain and changing location, but she took it all in stride…
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SOECA GradsRecently, I was blessed with the opportunity to take the Cap & Gown portraits of some of our future leaders and great minds. These young ladies and gentlemen have mastered all of their requirement and have been recommended for graduation to Kindergarten!
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Fairy Little Princesses…As an idea to promote some more family/children style portraits, I had an idea to throw two of the next America's Next Top Models into their favorite themes… the Disney princesses. With a little coaxing, some music and a lot of jellybeans, we had a very successful photo shoot.
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Week 16 NFL, fantasy football injury report and impact
Congratulations to everyone still alive in fantasy leagues. You probably reached this point by effectively managing injuries when they inevitably occurred. The margin of error for these difficult roster decisions becomes even smaller now with league titles and bragging rights at stake. As a result, it may take owners looking beyond name value and patrolling the waiver wire for healthier, more reliable options to secure fantasy glory.
Julio Jones: The Falcons wide receiver appears to have benefited from two weeks off, as the team is "hopeful" about a Week 16 return. Jones has been sidelined by a lingering toe issue that has created a somewhat perplexing situation among fantasy owners. Initially, the injury was referred to a turf toe, but Coach Dan Quinn caused some confusion when he called the injury a toe sprain in a press conference last week. However, Quinn's wording shouldn't be interpreted as a change in diagnosis, as turf toe is in fact a sprain. Turf toe is simply the term used to describe a specific sprain, a sprain of the metatarsophalangeal joint. Instead of getting hung up on the terminology, focus on Jones' progression over the next few days. He's slated to take part in Tuesday's practice. If that goes well then he will attempt to practice at full-speed on Wednesday. If he's able to do that, then a full practice on Thursday would be the final hurdle standing between Jones and Saturday's game against the Panthers. Given the unpredictability surrounding the injury, tread cautiously here, though it does appear that there is reason for optimism.
Melvin Gordon: Just three yards short of 1,000 rushing yards for the season, Gordon is campaigning to return to the active roster. Gordon didn't play in Week 15 with a hip strain and knee sprain sustained in the previous week's loss to the Panthers. Like Jones, Gordon's availability will depend on his level of participation in this week's slate of practices, though it's hard to imagine him being at 100 percent after just one week away. The Chargers have a favorable matchup this week against a Browns defense ranked 31st against the run, which should help mitigate Gordon's injury risk. Rookie Kenneth Farrow would get a chance to bounce back from a subpar performance against the Raiders should Gordon be unable to play.
A.J. Green: The Bengals have been eliminated from the postseason, ending their five-year streak. With the playoffs no longer possible, the team will now have to weigh the potential cost of allowing their Pro Bowl receiver to play out the remainder of the year. Green has missed four straight games with a moderate hamstring strain but told reporters he plans on suiting up Week 16 against the Texans. Amassing 1,000 receiving yards for the sixth straight season seems to be Green's primary motive for returning to the field, and it looks as though he will get that chance. Utilizing Green in fantasy title games will be a calculated gamble, but his upside will likely outweigh the risk.
Ladarius Green: Green made an early exit Sunday after being placed in the league mandated concussion protocol. Unfortunately, the Pittsburgh tight end has a history of concussions that could complicate his recovery. The effects of concussions are cumulative and build with each subsequent injury. As a result the symptoms associated with multiple head injuries are often more significant and more likely to last for a prolonged period of time. Therefore, it seems likely that Green will not play in Week 16 against the Ravens. Given the circumstances, fantasy owners invested in Green should target a tight end on the waiver wire if a suitable back up isn't already on the their roster.
Adrian Peterson: Last Sunday, the former MVP took the field for the first time since he tore his right meniscus more than two months ago. Peterson saw little room to run, finishing with 22 yards on six carries and a lost fumble. He's slated to take the field again in Week 16 against a Packers team against whom he's historically run well. However he's looked like a shell of his former self in his three games played this year, including a 12 carry, 19-yard performance against Green Bay in Week 2. Minnesota has struggled to run the ball all season and currently sits dead last in the NFL with 70.6 rushing yards per game. Given Peterson's extensive injury history and his team's inability to create opportunities, let someone else roll the dice on the 31-year old running back.
Terrelle Pryor: The quarterback-turned-wide out is playing with a torn ligament in his finger. Reports indicate the damage is near the knuckle of his hand, meaning it likely involves the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. The MCP joint is the junction between the bones of the hand and the bones of the fingers. While offseason surgery appears inevitable, Pryor is going to attempt to play through the pain. Players are often able to play through ligament damage in the finger or wrist as long as they are not functionally limited. Instead, the team's medical staff will opt to focus on minimizing the pain and other symptoms associated with the injury. Even if he's able to suit up on Sunday, Pryor's value should be appropriately adjusted. Couple this with a sudden decline in productivity and it's hard to trust Pryor as a primary wide receiver option.
Jordan Reed: The Redskins tight end was active for Monday's night game, but the lingering effects of his shoulder injury and an eventual ejection prevented him from contributing. His Grade 3 acromioclavicular (AC) sprain is clearly still a problem, as Reed was visibly in pain and often seen protecting or bracing the area. While Reed's attempt to play though significant ligament damage is admirable, it may be in everyone's best interest if he sits and focuses on getting healthy. Vernon Davis is the more reliable Washington tight end option but even he has struggled during the last two weeks, totaling five receptions for 24 yards over the past two weeks.
Jeff Stotts works as a Certified Athletic Trainer (MAT, ATC, PES, CES). He won the 2011 Best Fantasy Football Article in Print from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.


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Although her husband died in the middle of summer, it was the holiday season that Millie Borden dreaded.
"I remember going into Thanksgiving; it had only been three months since John died, and I thought, 'I don't even want to go through the holidays,'" Borden said about her husband's 1994 death.
Borden made it through with help from her church, Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, which had a bereavement program.
"It was a life-saver for me," she said. "It was what helped me get my life going again."
Borden was 45 when her husband, John, 48, died of a sudden massive heart attack. Four years later, she was asked to direct Emmanuel Faith's Grief Share program, which she continues to run today.
The church uses a Christian-based program to deal with grief. Meanwhile, a secular program offered by VITAS Innovative Hospice care this week in Escondido offers a secular approach to coping with loss during the holidays.
But whether the approach is secular or faith-based, the goal is the same: Accept the inevitable grief of losing a loved one, but overcome its potentially debilitating effects with the support of others.
"Grief is truly painful in various degrees," said LaVon Switzer of VITAS.
Switzer said about 75 percent of people are able to find healing through their existing support groups, such as friends, work or faith. Most others can do better with a support group designed especially for those dealing with grief, while a small percent of people need more help because they are coping in unhealthy ways, she said.
No quick fixes
But for all the help that is available for grieving people, there are no quick fixes, no magic words to make the pain go away.
"I think there's a misunderstanding about grief," said the Rev. Lewis Leon, who did his dissertation in the area of grief while earning a doctorate of ministry degree. "Grief usually lasts for an average person about two years."
First Presbyterian Church of Oceanside, where Leon is a pastor, hosts a bereavement group with its partner, Eternal Hills Memorial Park, at 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the church, 2001 El Camino Real. Leon said some people have attended the group for a full two years.
VITAS supplies hospice services for terminally ill patients and provides bereavement services for their clients' survivors. Besides ongoing group sessions, it also provides special one-time sessions for the bereaved during the holidays. At those two-hour sessions, Switzer and artist Dick Greene run a series of exercises that have people making quilts, identifying goals and writing letters to lost loved ones.
"The holidays are extremely specific and difficult for people," Greene said of the need for extra services.
Sessions begin with people talking to each other about the holidays. One person then is told to draw three different-colored lines that reflect the mood of the other person.
Greene said that exercise breaks the ice. Next, people are asked to draw the face of their loved one and write a brief description, which is taped to a sheet to create a quilt.
In the most emotional exercise, people write letters to their loved ones. While they are actually stamped and mailed, the addresses are fictitious. They also are often heart-breaking.
"Bob -- A Little Cabin, Curlew St., San Diego," one letter was addressed. Others read: "To Gary in the World of Spirits," "To My Daddy, the Great Tall Man in Heaven" and "To Helen in God's House."
Shoulds vs. wants
People also are given a paper with a sketched outline of a burning candle. Within each of the candle's five sections, people write holiday goals such as visiting friends or exercising. The flame is reserved to write themes such as creativity, family or friends. When the candle is finished and colored, people can display it at home as a reminder of their goals, Greene said.
Besides setting goals, Switzer said, it is important for people to think of things they won't do during their grief, and those are written in the saucer below the candle, or what she calls the "dump dish."
"One of the things I say during my bereavement groups is that it's important that you should not let anybody 'should' on you," Switzer said. "And you shouldn't 'should' on yourself. If you say, 'I really want to go to my sister's for Christmas dinner, that's something you ought to do. If you say, 'I should go to my sister's for dinner,' that leaves the fact that there isn't a want, there's a should. It's a warning sign that that's not something you want to do."
Those grieving must decide whether they want to have a traditional holiday.
"When somebody's grieving, there's a basic decision," Switzer said. "'Do I want to have a holiday like I always had, or something that's absolutely different?' So we talk about examples. Many times I can see somebody actually wince when I mention having a traditional holiday. I say, 'It's very important you don't let somebody talk you into doing it.' "
The deceased can be represented at a gathering by an empty chair or a photo, or remembered by talking about them during dessert, she said.
If somebody is invited to a holiday party or any social event, Switzer said, the person should "try on" the idea by visualizing themselves there. If it doesn't feel right, don't go. But socializing may be another opportunity to talk about the deceased, which helps ease grief.
Someone to listen
At First Presbyterian Church, Leon said discussing grief is one of the most healing things a person can do.
"The most important advice I can give is, people need someone to listen to their story," he said.
He also advises those who are grieving to find more than one person to talk to. "It's hard for just one person to hear the event of death over and over again," he said.
On the plus side, though, Leon said people today are more ready to discuss such things.
"Before, people assumed they suffered silently in their grief," he said. "I think our society has become more open to people sharing their feelings."
In her 15 years as a grief counselor, Switzer said the biggest change she has seen is a shift away from telling the bereaved to "move on."
"Sometimes they'd use descriptive language like 'close the door,'" she said. "That's no longer accepted by those who work in the grief and bereavement field as an important accomplishment. It's much more widely accepted that the relationship will be with you for the rest of your life. The person will not be there in body, but in your memories and in the stories you tell about them."
A great light
Besides turning to those around them for help, Leon said the bereaved also turn to their spiritual faiths.
"Giving people an idea of how their faith can be supportive in this time -- that's pretty much been my focus," said Leon about the First Presbyterian Church's grief program. "It's one thing to approach grief intellectually and another (to approach it) spiritually. That really is the foundation to the Christian belief system: life after death."
While some may feel their grief is too overwhelming to enjoy a holiday like Christmas, Leon said he reminds them of the Bible passage, Isaiah 9:2:
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
"That's what the message of Christmas is," Leon said. "There's a light that shines for them."
First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Blue Christmas Luncheon at noon Dec. 7 in its Fellowship Hall as a way of reinforcing that message. To attend, please call the church office at (760) 757-3560.
"It's a time for people who have lost someone in the past year or two," he said. "One of the most common things I hear people say is, 'I'm just going to skip Christmas this year.' We present a message that Christmas is (also) for people in grief."
Reach out to others
At Emmanuel Faith, Borden also sees faith as a key to overcoming grief. A 12-week grief program concluded last Tuesday and will resume again in January.
"Part of what we tell them is it's good to reach beyond yourself," she said. "Reach out to other people who are also hurting."
When the grieving person feels up to it, Borden suggests volunteering at a hospital or other place where they might be needed to reconnect with others.
Each week, the group prayed together and watched a video that dealt with a different aspect of grief. Although the group is Christian-based, Borden said some people with no religious backgrounds have attended.
Borden said talking with people helped, but her faith was her greatest strength.
"You can have the best advice from your friends and family and do your best to heal from grief, but where I got my biggest comfort was from the Lord, because I always had a relationship with him," she said. "He was there with me the whole time. He comforted me. I got so many things in my life that were obviously from him. There was no question he was with me the whole way."
As for dealing with Christmas, she advises people to plan for the holiday and not to dread its approach.
"Christmas Day seems like this huge thing looming in the future,but it is just a 24-hour period, and we've gotten through other24-hour periods, and we can get through this," she said.
When she was going through her own grief during the holidays, Borden said she followed the advice to make plans for the day.
"It helped," she said. "I always made plans I could live with. I was always the one who had Thanksgiving dinner, and I told them (family members) that somebody else was going to have to do it this year. I made plans ahead of time to do something on the anniversary of his death. I went shopping with my daughter, and it was a really nice day."
Contact staff writer Gary Warth at (760) 740-5410 or email@example.com .
VITAS will hold several two-hour workshops on grief at the holidays this month, including three in North County. The first will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Escondido Joslyn Senior Center, 2120 Park Ave., followed by a 6 p.m. Wednesday workshop at the same location. Another workshop will be held at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12 in Activity Room 1 of the Poway Senior Center, 13094 Civic Center Drive in Poway. To reserve, call (858) 499-8901.
First Presbyterian Church of Oceanside will hold its annual Blue Christmas Luncheon at noon Dec. 7 in its Fellowship Hall, 2001 El Camino Real, Oceanside. People who want to attend are asked to first call the church office at (760) 757-3560. The church also hosts a bereavement group with its partner, Eternal Hills Memorial Park, at 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the church.
The next 12-week grief-share program at Emmanuel Faith CommunityChurch will kick off with a presentation by Chip Whitman, directorof Grief Care, Inc., at noon Jan. 21. The evening sessions begin at7 p.m. Jan. 24 and run each Tuesday. The church is at 639 E.Felicita Ave. in Escondido. Call Carol Ann DePaw at (760) 781-2108or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Holy Land: Archbishop Kelly receives warm welcome from Palestinian Christians
A Holy Land bishops summit co-ordinated by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales started yesterday with pastoral visits to Palestinian parishes. Archbishop Patrick Kelly, the Vice-President of the CBCEW and Archbishop of Liverpool, concelebrated Mass at Our Lady of Fatima church, Beit Sahour, Bethlehem. He preached at the Mass, which was said in a mixture of English, Arabic, Italian and Latin, and made a clear impression on the Palestinian Christians who packed the church. Archbishop Kelly said that, when he returned to Britain, the Mass would be "the memory that will remain strongest in my mind". He added that hearing the Arabic versions of the hymns 'O Come All Ye Faithful' and 'Angels We Have Heard on High' would make him think of the Palestinian people next Christmas when he heard them again in English. Archbishop Kelly was loudly applauded by the congregation when he said that wherever he travelled he would tell their story. Later, the Archbishop visited Bethlehem's Turath Centre, which supports Palestinian crafts people in making and selling religious items for churches around the world. He was again applauded and cheered after telling the audience at a Greek Orthodox Sunday School in Bethlehem that "the Pope always says the Church has two lungs - East and West. They must breathe together if we are to be faithful to our Lord." He handed out Christmas presents (the Greek Orthodox Christmas was being celebrated at the time of his visit) at the Sunday school and went on to visit the Church of the Nativity, birthplace of Christ. Afterwards, Archbishop Kelly stressed the ecumenical nature of the visit. "One group we are going to meet is churches in the Holy Land, and the Sunday School was Greek Orthodox,'" he said. "I was interested that I was applauded for talking of the two lungs of the Church. "Our meeting here has to be an affirmation of solidarity and opportunity for Christian Palestinians to know beyond doubt that their story is being told and will be shared more wholly and understood and appreciated by people who are committed to the reconciliation which is at the heart of the Gospel." The meeting, entitled 'the Universal Church in Solidarity with the Church of the Holy Land', is of 10 Bishops' Conferences and two European bishops' groupings. The meeting is with the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, whose president is His Beatitude Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales delegation is led by Archbishop Kelly, supported by Fr Frank Turner and Dr David Ryall, of the CBCEW International Affairs Department, and also includes Sister Margaret Scott and Rev. Nicholas Postlethwaite, of the Conference of Religious. Other bishops to be present include Bishop Wilton Gregory, President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Brendan O'Brien, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Canada, Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of El Salvador, President of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean region, Bishop Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin, Bishop of Chartres in France, Bishop Reinhard Marx, President of the German Commission for Justice and Peace, Mgr Piergiuseppe Vachelli, sub-secretary, Catholic Bishops' Conference of Italy, Bishop Joan Enric Vives of Spain, Bishop William Kenney of Stickholm, representing European bishops' grouping COMECE (The Commission of the Bishops` Conferences of the European Community), and Bishop Pierre Burcher of Lausanne, Switzerland. Archbishop Kelly is also representing the European bishops` grouping CCEE (the Council of European Bishops' Conferences) at the meeting. Source: CCS