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What do you do when the product you make is no longer competitive? This is a problem that many ceramic manufacturers are facing today as a result of unfair international trade practices. But for Superior Clay Corp., located in Uhrichsville, Ohio, the problem began several decades ago, when plastic pipe made most applications of clay sewer pipe obsolete and put dozens of manufacturers out of business. Rather than succumb to its fate as a clay sewer pipe manufacturer, Superior Clay had the fortitude to reinvent its product line and manufacturing process to become even more successful than it was originally. By being resourceful and reevaluating its strengths, the company has developed a successful niche that now makes it a leader in the structural clay industry.
Finding a New NicheWhen the McClave family purchased Superior Clay's Uhrichsville plant in 1970, the clay sewer pipe business was still going strong. The plant used 42 beehive kilns to fire sewer pipe of all shapes and sizes, and it could hardly keep up with demand. Within just a few short years, however, plastic pipe had gained an immense foothold in the market, and by the late 1970s, clay sewer pipe was rapidly becoming obsolete.
Fortunately, Superior Clay had also made some sideline products on request-including chimney tops (or chimney pots, as they are commonly called) and fireplace flue liners-so as the volume of clay pipe disappeared, the company redoubled its efforts in these other areas. It also began to produce building restoration products, such as dentil and cornice molding, made from fired clay and glazed to reproduce the sandstone appearance found in many historic public buildings.
Today, Superior Clay produces some of the finest decorative chimney pots in the U.S., and its architectural products are found on many high-end homes and buildings. Physical samples are sent to Uhrichsville from all over the world, and the company's craftsmen produce plaster molds that can precisely replicate the original parts. The company also produces the Rumford fireplace system, which forms an efficient transition between the fireplace and clay flue liners, and is known for its efficiency, smoke-free operation and ease of installation.
According to Todd McClave, Superior Clay's president and the fourth generation in his family to work in Ohio's structural clay industry, making these complex shapes is a combination of art and science and requires rare skill levels. For example, making a restoration molding involves multiple steps, originating with inquiries from architects. Sometimes a model is created by hand to form a pattern from which a plaster mold is made. Careful shrinkage calculations are needed to ensure shape conformity to the original part. From there, a combination of techniques is necessary to produce a first-quality reproduction.
Making chimney pots is another art-and-science endeavor. Plaster molds are hand-packed to produce the initial shape, and then a variety of hand tools are used to produce the decorative surface effects that make Superior Clay's products stand apart from the others in the marketplace.
McClave is quick to credit his employees for the company's continued growth. "Their expert skills take years to develop. There's no question that our people are the reason for our success," he says.
Investigating a New Firing TechnologyEven the most highly skilled artisans, however, require the right tools to successfully complete their products. As Superior Clay's business in chimney pots, fireplace flue liners, building restoration products, Rumford fireplaces and other products grew in the early '80s, three of its periodic kilns were converted to high-velocity firing to keep up with production demand. In 1985, a large Hendryx shuttle kiln was installed. Finally, the company took a big step in 2001 and began investigating the purchase of a modern shuttle kiln.
McClave's goals for the new kiln included:
- Faster firing cycles
- The ability to uniformly fire an extreme range of setting densities on each kiln car
- Reduced labor and less "hard" work for kiln car loading and unloading
- Excellent firing accuracy to produce the best possible firing environment for expensive and complicated shapes
- Optimum fuel efficiency
As McClave began investigating kilns from a number of different suppliers, he read an article in Ceramic Industry about GFC Kilns in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.1 The company uses pulse firing, sophisticated programmable logic control (PLC), proprietary power failure protection and a proprietary kiln lining to achieve systems with enhanced temperature uniformity, user-friendly controls, failsafe operation and a long kiln lining life.
McClave was immediately intrigued. Although he was concerned about dealing with a company over 10,000 miles from Ohio, he soon learned that the kiln control system can be accessed from anywhere in the world for firing assistance or problem diagnosis.
"The PLC system, with its excellent supervisory software, was a very important consideration," McClave says. "But what I especially liked were the innovative, yet well proven design concepts that GFC possessed."
For example, the kiln uses simple, low-maintenance pulse valves for pulse firing. Every burner on the kiln is individually controlled as a separate zone, making the kiln perfectly adaptable to different setting heights and densities. Additionally, while the kiln is fiber-lined for low mass and efficiency, the interior hot face has a hard cordierite shell to protect the fiber and minimize air contamination.
"As far as I could tell, the performance capability of this kiln was the best available anywhere," McClave says.
Improving Quality and EfficiencyGFC set up firing trials in its Melbourne pilot plant and developed optimized firing cycles for Superior Clay that reduced firing times to a fraction of the plant's former requirements. The company also developed a customized automated car handling system with an unload/load turntable that slashed labor hours and intensity.
After more than two years of operation, the kiln has proven to be the right selection for Superior Clay. "The kiln has exceeded our expectations in every category," McClave says. "On a scale of 1-10, I would rate the kiln's performance, quality and fuel consumption a perfect 10, and GFC's service and technical backup an 11."
Superior Clay has grown through innovation and invention, refusing to give up in the face of adversity. The company has seen its sales remain strong over the past decade, and its new kiln is providing significant energy and labor savings, along with improvements in quality and production efficiency. Deep roots in structural clay, along with an underlying optimism that the company will succeed, will undoubtedly play a large part in ensuring a bright future.
For more information about Superior Clay Corp., contact the company at P.O. Box 352, Uhrichsville, OH 44683; (800) 848-6166 or (740) 922-4122; fax (740) 922-6626; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com ; or visit http://www.superiorclay.com .
For more information about GFC Kilns, contact the company at 227 Princes Hwy., Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria 3175, Australia; (613) 9792-5211; fax (613) 9792-5605; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com .au; or visit http://www.gfckilns.com.au .
About the AuthorRalph Ruark is a registered professional engineer with degrees in ceramic engineering and business, and 28 years of experience in the ceramic industry. He formed Ruark Engineering Inc. several years ago and serves as a technical consultant to a number of ceramic manufacturers and kiln companies, including GFC Kilns. He is dedicated to assisting ceramic and structural clay companies with a variety of kiln and firing needs, leading kiln analysis efforts, providing training expertise, and improving operations. Ruark can be reached at (941) 360-3111, fax (941) 360-3211, e-mail email@example.com or online at http://www.ruarkengineering.com .
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Three starters return from the secondary that helped the Falcons rank fifth in the country in pass defense. And this group should be deeper and more athletic than any in recent memory.
"It's pretty exciting," Warren said after a spring practice last week.
Much of the excitement stems from having cornerstone cornerbacks – Reggie Rembert, a rising senior and first-team All-Mountain West Conference performer in 2009, and Anthony Wright, Jr., a rising junior who intercepted seven passes and earned second-team all-league honors in 2009. With Rembert and Wright, Air Force has a pair of lock-down corners. And they offer coaches plenty of scheme options.
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Extended for the reasons given, but mostly at clays.
The extra weight at the muzzle works for clay targets, but in the field a lighter front means a quicker move to the target if it jinks.
In your shoes, get the extended.
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1. Inline images
Lots of users requested this, we made it available in this module. Our cloud users already have this enabled. Of course, these images can only be seen and directly url'd if you are a member of the group the image is placed. So your inline images are safe.
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In Colorado, the term "parental responsibilities" is used instead of "custody." It refers to the rights and responsibilities of a parent to care for his/her child. When a judge makes a decision about parental responsibilities (called "allocation of parental responsibilities"), this includes decisions about how much parenting time each parent will have with the child and which parent will get decision-making responsibilities for the child.* The parent who has responsibility for decision-making can decide the child's upbringing, including his or her education, health care, and religious training.** With respect to each issue affecting the child, the judge can allocate the decision-making responsibility to both parents jointly (mutual) or to one parent individually (sole) or can order split decision-making.* A judge will make this decision based on what is in the "best interests of the child," while placing highest consideration on the child's safety and the physical, mental, and emotional conditions and needs of the child.*** To read all of the factors that a judge will consider when allocating parental responsibilities and parenting time, go to How will a judge make a decision about allocation of parental responsibilities?
* See generally C.R.S. § 14-10-124
** See C.R.S. § 14-10-130(1)
According to Colorado law, both parents have equal rights and responsibilities towards their child(ren) if they were married or if paternity has been established.* For parents who were not married when the child was born, paternity can be established in multiple ways, such as when the father signs an acknowledgment of paternity or it can be established in court.** To read the rest of the ways that paternity can be established, go to our CO Statutes page. The only way to legally change the equal right to make decisions about your child held by both parents is through a court order – usually after one or both parents file for allocation of parental responsibilities.
There are many reasons you might choose not to get an allocation of parental responsibilities order from a judge. You may decide not to get an order because you don't want to get the courts involved or you may already have an informal agreement with the other parent that works well for you. You may think that going to court will provoke the other parent to seek more time with your child and more legal rights, which you do not want him/her to have.
However, in some cases, it is a good idea to get an allocation of parental responsibilities order from a judge. For example, it might make it easier to deal with the other parent because the rights and responsibilities for each parent would be stated clearly in the order. You will have to make this choice based on your particular situation. A lawyer might be able to offer you advice about which choice is right for you. To find a lawyer in your area, please see our CO Finding a Lawyer page.
If you go to court, a judge can give you (or the other parent):
If you are not comfortable with the other parent being alone with your child, you might be thinking about asking the judge to order that parenting time with your child be supervised. Supervised parenting time may be ordered by a judge to require that a parent's time with his/her children be supervised by a neutral third party (for example, a professional supervisor or another family member).* In some instances, such as where there has been domestic abuse between you and the other parent, allegations of drug or alcohol abuse, parental alienation, or to protect your child from immediate danger or abuse, starting a court case to ask for parental responsibility and supervised parenting time is appropriate.**
If you are already in court because the abuser filed for parental responsibilities or parenting time, you might not have much to lose by asking that the parenting time be supervised, provided that you can present a valid reason for your request (although this may depend on your situation).
However, if there is no current court case, please get legal advice BEFORE you start a court case to ask for supervised parenting time. We strongly recommend that you talk to an attorney who specializes in parental responsibilities matters to find out what you would have to prove to get the parenting time supervised and how long the supervision would last, based on the facts of your case. Sometimes, at the end of a case, the other parent ends up with more parenting time than s/he had before you went into court or even some form of parental responsibility. To find out what may be best in your situation, please go to our CO Finding a Lawyer page to find a lawyer in your area and get legal advice.
Visits can be unsupervised or supervised, and may involve a neutral place of exchange and/or monitored exchange. You and the other parents may agree to exchange your child at school or another safe place, use a supportive relative or family friend to help with the exchange, or have a professional oversee your transitions. This decision can be written into your parenting plan. If parents cannot agree about when and where to exchange the child, the judge may order one or more of these methods. The reason for this is to make sure of the child's safety and a calm situation for the child.***
The type of supervised parenting time that is ordered depends greatly on the resources available in your county and the circumstances of the case. Even when supervised visits are ordered, the supervised visitation may be ordered for a short period of time and then changed to unsupervised visits if the supervised visits go well. In the majority of cases, supervised visits are only a temporary measure.
For more information about parenting time in CO, you can read Connecting With Your Kids: Important Information on Parenting Time in Colorado, a lengthy but very informative booklet published by The Colorado Foundation for Families and Children.
** See Connecting With Your Kids: Important Information on Parenting Time in Colorado, p. 83
*** See Connecting With York Kids: Important Information on Parenting Time in Colorado, p. 30
A parenting plan sets out how much time each parent has with the child and how decisions about major issues affecting the child will be made (for example, educational, medical, and religious decisions).
Each party in a custody case can submit a parenting plan for the court's approval that addresses the allocation of parental responsibilities in a way that s/he would like it to be. If no parenting plan is submitted by either parent, or if the judge does not approve the submitted parenting plan(s), the judge will make his/her own parenting plan that will address parenting time and the allocation of parental responsibilities based on what is in the best interests of the child.* For more information on how a judge will determine what is in the child's best interests, see How will a judge make a decision about allocation of parental responsibilities?
For more information about parenting plans in CO, you may want to read Connecting With Your Kids: Important Information on Parenting Time in Colorado, a lengthy but informative booklet published by The Colorado Foundation for Families and Children.
Mediation is a process that uses a neutral third-party, called a mediator, to help parents agree on matters relating to parental responsibilities without a trial. Sometimes a judge may refer parties to mediation, and sometimes the parties may go to mediation voluntarily to avoid going to court.
The judge can order mediation to help the parties create or modify a parenting plan and can order the parties to pay the mediation costs.* However, the judge cannot refer you to mediation if you have been the victim of physical or psychological abuse by the other party. If this applies to you, make sure to tell the judge this and that you do not want to go to mediation. Even if you are not a victim of abuse, but you object to mediation for another reason, you can file a motion (legal papers) objecting to mediation that includes convincing reasons why mediation should not be ordered (for example, if prior attempts to resolve the issues were not successful). You must file this motion within 5 days of the judge's mediation order.**
At least one of the child's parents is entitled to be allocated (given) parental responsibilities, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that both parents are unfit. A non-parent may petition for allocation of parental responsibilities if s/he has physical care of the child for a period of six months or more and an action is commenced within six months of the termination of such physical care.* The judge will allocate parental responsibilities according to what s/he believes is in the best interest of the child.
If only one parent is granted allocation of decision-making responsibilities by the judge, the other parent may still be granted parenting time. For more information, you may want to read the CO Department of Human Services' booklet, A Parent's Guide to Visitation: How to Establish and Enforce Parenting Time.
C.R.S. § 14-10-123(1)(b),(c)
Possibly. When a claim of child abuse/neglect, domestic violence or sexual assault that resulted in the conception of the child has been made to the court, or if the judge has reason to believe that one of these acts has occurred, before the judge can decide whether or not to give the offender parental responsibilities and before the judge can evaluate the "best interest factors" (explained in How will a judge make a decision about allocation of parental responsibilities?), the judge must consider the following:*
Possibly, yes, if the offender was convicted of the sexual assault in criminal court. You can file a petition in the juvenile court to prevent future contact with the person who committed the sexual assault and to terminate the parent-child legal relationship* if all the following requirements are met:
If a protection order is granted due to domestic violence, the order may include temporary allocation of parental responsibilities of minor children and temporary visitation. Be sure to tell the judge that you want temporary allocation of parental responsibilities during your protective order hearing so that the judge can take your request into consideration. It is important to note that allocation of parental responsibilities granted with a protection order expires with that order. The judge may also extend temporary orders as s/he feels is necessary.* For more information, see How can a domestic violence protection order help me?
A person other than a child's parent can file a petition seeking parental responsibilities of a child in the county where the child permanently resides or in the county where the child is located if:
Possibly. When awarding allocation of parental responsibilities, the judge can appoint a lawyer to serve as the legal representative of the child. It is the legal representative's responsibility to represent the best interests of the child with respect to custody, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, the child's property, parenting time or any other issue related to the child that is identified by the legal representative of the child or the court.*
Either or both parents may have to pay the fees of the child's legal representative unless the parent(s) are determined to be indigent (poor), in which case the state will pay the fees.**
** C.R.S. 14-10-116(3)(a)
When awarding allocation of parental responsibilities, the judge will consider what is in the best interests of the child, giving the highest consideration to the child's safety and the physical, mental, and emotional conditions and needs of the child.* In general, s/he will assume that frequent and continuing contact between each parent and the child is in that child's "best interest" in most cases but the court recognizes that this is not always appropriate.*1
When making a decision about parenting time the judge will consider all relevant factors, including:
Generally if you and the other parent are married and seeking a divorce, one or both of you may file for allocation of parental responsibilities as part of the divorce (dissolution) action or legal separation.*
If you and the other parent are already divorced, and one of you wants to modify (change) the allocation of parental responsibilities order, s/he can file a petition for a change in allocation of parental responsibilities in the county where the divorce was issued.
If you and the other parent were never married, either of you may file for allocation of parental responsibilities in the county in which the child has been permanently residing or in the county where the child can be found.** For more information about whether or not to file, see What are some advantages and disadvantages for getting an allocation of parental responsibilities order? To find out what the process will be like for you based on your particular situation, please consult a lawyer in your area.
* C.R.S. § 14-10-123(1)(a)(I)
** C.R.S. § 14-10-123(1)(a)(II)
According to the law, if you are absent or leave the home because of an act or threatened act of domestic violence by the other parent, your absence is not supposed to be a factor used by the judge in determining the best interests of the child.*
If you have not yet left the home, you may want to get help to make a plan that will allow you to safely and legally take the children with you when you leave. If you want help doing this, you can talk to a lawyer who has experience with domestic violence and custody issues and/or a domestic violence advocate in your area. See our CO Where to Find Help page.
* C.R.S. § 14-10-124(4)(c)
Once either parent files a petition concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities, there is an automatic temporary injunction (order) against both parties stating that both parties cannot:
The general rule is that Colorado state courts have authority to hear a custody case if CO is considered your child's "home state".* A child's "home state" is generally the state where the child has most recently lived with a parent (or a person acting as a parent) for at least 6 consecutive months. In the case of a child less than 6 months old, the "home state" is the state where the child has lived from birth. A short, temporary absence from the state does not change anything.
If you and your child recently moved to a new state, generally you cannot file for custody in that new state until you have lived there for at least six months. Until then, either you or the other parent can start a custody action in the state in which your child most recently lived for at least six months.
Example: If a family has lived in MT for one year and then one parent moved to CO with the children and filed in CO after living there for only four months, CO is still the home state. CO would likely not have jurisdiction (power) over the custody of the children.
There are exceptions to the "home state rule." For more information, please see the following section, What are the exceptions to the "home state" rule?
* C.R.S. § 14-13-102(7)(a)
There are exceptions to the home state rule. In some cases, you can file for custody in a state where the children and at least one parent have significant connections. Usually, however, you can only do this if there is no home state or if the home state has agreed to let another state have jurisdiction.* This can be complicated, and if you think this applies to your situation, please talk to a lawyer in both states about this. For a list of legal resources, please see our CO Finding a Lawyer page.
Another exception to the home state rule exists in the case of filing for temporary emergency custody in a state that a parent and child have recently arrived in.** See Can I get temporary allocation of parental responsibilities in Colorado? for more information.
* C.R.S. § 14-13-201(b)
If you have recently arrived in CO state, and CO is not the home state of the child, a federal law called the UCCJEA allows for a person to file for temporary emergency custody in a state other than the home state if:
Maybe. If you move to another state, you may be able to change the state where the custody (PR &R) case is being heard. You may have to ask the judge that is hearing the case to change the jurisdiction of your case to the new state.
For information on trying to modify a final CO custody order in another state, or an out-of-state custody order in CO, please see our Changing a final custody order page in the general custody information section. This will tell you what factors a judge should consider when deciding whether or not to transfer your case to a new state.
The custody process is often complicated, especially when trying to figure out if you can move your case to a new state. Therefore, we recommend that you talk to a lawyer about any custody questions you have. To find legal services in CO, go to our CO Finding a Lawyer page. To find legal services in a state other than CO, select that state from the Where to Find Help tab on the top of this page and then click Finding a Lawyer.
You do not need a lawyer to file for allocation of parental responsibilities. However, it is highly recommended that you get a lawyer to make sure that your rights are protected. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you may be able to find sources of free or low-cost legal help on our CO Finding a Lawyer page.
If you are unable to get a lawyer to help you and you plan to file for custody on your own, you may want to visit the CO Courts website, which provides links to paperwork you need to fill out and file with the court. Even if you plan on representing yourself, you should try to have a lawyer review your papers before you file them.
Because allocation of parental responsibilities is decided based on what is in the best interest of the child, an order can generally be changed. If you have an allocation of parental responsibilities order already in place, you can petition the court to modify (change) it and a judge may do so if the modification would serve the best interests of the child.*
Generally, the judge will not change an order concerning parenting time that substantially changes the parenting time as well as changes the party with whom the child lives a majority of the time unless:
If the other parent violates the order, you can file a motion for contempt. The judge can set the matter down for a hearing or order the parents to go to mediation and report back to the court. The judge can then approve an agreement reached by the parents or set the matter for hearing.*
Upon completing the hearing, if the judge finds that a parent has violated the court order, the judge should issue one or more of the following orders:
Also, if the judge determines that a parent did violate the order, s/he will have to pay the other party's attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses that are associated with bringing the contempt motion. If the parent accused of violating the order is found by the judge to have not violated the other, the parent who filed may have to pay the accused parent's legal fees.***
WomensLaw.org would like to thank the Colorado Legal Services for their help in reviewing a prior version of this material.


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Earlier this winter, I estimated that a contract extension for Homer Bailey would come in at six years for $102 million. Therefore, I am not at all surprised that the right-hander agreed to a six-year, $105 million deal to stay with the Cincinnati Reds.
A gamble on the future
It is not uncommon for a player to get a big contract based on what he has already accomplished. In Bailey's case, he is getting paid for what the Reds still think he can be.


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Barclays Raise Cavium's Price Target, Shares Reach New High
In a report published Tuesday, Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis maintained an Overweight rating on Cavium (NASDAQ: CAVM) raised the price target from $45.00 to $65.00. The analyst reiterated Cavium as one of Barclays' top picks.
Curtis sees "significant upside potential" for earnings power with new products forecasted to exceed 10 percent of revenue, led by LiquidIO. Barclays noted LiquidIO has seen faster adoption at Amazon.com and is in trial with other Cloud customers. Although Fusion has "been largely forgotten" this year at $2-3 million, the analyst expects to see double digit growth in CY15.
Curtis added, "Finally, CAVM's 2/4 core low-end product has seen the fastest ramp to 50 design wins and is on track to take a piece of FSL's $500M+ business."
Barclays expects Cavium to reveal its ARM Server strategy at COMPUTEX next week. The analyst commented, "We believe Thunder approaches the server opportunity from the dataplane side, offering faster throughputs (vs. pure processing power) given faster I/O and memory, higher core counts, and hardware acceleration (similar to LiquidIO)."
Shares of Cavium closed at $46.48 on Friday. The stock has traded as high as $49.28 on Tuesday, up 6.02 percent and hitting a new 52-week high.
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'Go Slow' protest by pilots delay Air India flights
Fri, Aug 21, 2015, 06:27 PM
Non-availability of pilots has delayed several Air India flights today. According to reports, the pilots launched 'Go Slow' protest resenting the government's decision on removing them from workmen category. The pilots cannot go on strike if they are removed from the category. A clear estimate on the number of flights delayed was not available immediately. The pilots are either reporting to their duties late or absenting on the pretext of fever and other ailments.


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Many conditions and health issues require prompt medical treatment. Unfortunately, with a delayed diagnosis, a patient may fail to get the timely attention that his or her condition warrants. A delayed diagnosis is a form of medical malpractice, and when it occurs, the negligent physician should be held legally responsible. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., is one of the leading medical malpractice law firms in Chicago and across Illinois. If you believe that you or a loved one has suffered harm because of a doctor's failure to make a timely diagnosis, contact us right away. We can review the facts of your case and help you to understand your legal options.
The consequences of a delayed diagnosis depend on your symptoms and the underlying illness. For some medical conditions, even a slight delay in making a diagnosis can have devastating results. Examples of these situations are:
It is evident that a wide range of serious medical conditions can become progressively worse if you do not treat them immediately.
Sadly, delayed diagnoses occur frequently. A study in the British Medical Journal indicated that as many as 28 percent of autopsies reviewed by researchers involved at least one misdiagnosis or medical error. Some of the different mistakes leading to a delayed diagnosis are:
Healthcare providers aren't expected to be perfect in every case. But they are expected to behave with a reasonable degree of skill and professionalism. A care provider's failure to diagnose a patient on time may be a breach of the obligation to provide competent care. The care provider could be liable for medical malpractice.
While it is clear that a delayed diagnosis does have an adverse impact on recovery and health in many cases, it is very difficult to prove the extent of this impact. For example, if you had cancer and your diagnosis was delayed, you could argue that the cancer spread and that you needed more invasive treatment or that your chances of surviving the disease decreased. The doctor, on the other hand, might argue that your cancer was aggressive, had already spread and would have spread regardless of whether the diagnosis was made on time or not. Doctors will argue that there is no proof that they actually caused you any harm. They will use experts to assert that you would have had the same medical results no matter what was done. You need to be sure you can stand up to these experts, present your own evidence and prove that the doctor or care provider is to blame for hurting or harming you.
An experienced Chicago medical negligence lawyer at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., should be consulted in a complex delayed diagnosis case. We have an extensive background in investigating and litigating medical error lawsuits throughout Illinois, and we can put that experience to work for you. To learn more, give us a call or contact us online today and schedule a free consultation.


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University of Minnesota Crookston Misplaces Logo on Football Field and UMD Bulldogs Quarterback Chase Vogler Reacts
Normally the "M" logo painted on the football field at the University of Minnesota-Crookston appears centered at the 50-yard line. Normally is the key word.
Photos have surfaced online recently of the mighty "M" logo the University of Minnesota-Crookston painted off-center by 5 yards, with what should be on the 50-yard line resting firmly on the 45-yard line. Leading up to UMC's homecoming game against Southwest Minnesota State University, the crew who painted the field made a chuckle-some mistake in accidentally painting the team's logo 5 yards from where it should be, reminding many of a Snickers commercial where a groundskeeper misspells "Chiefs" on the NFL team's field.
In reaction to the mistake, UMD Bulldogs quarterback Chase Vogler tweeted the photo, offering the following commentary:
MN-Crookston's field.. Painted the M on the 45 instead of 50. #Fail
Vogler's tweet caught notice of some sports blogs, including Larry Brown Sports, Lost Lettermen, and even Deadspin, bringing an otherwise relatively unknown team on the national college football scene into the spotlight. Since tweeting the message, Vogler has removed the tweet and photo, offering an apology.
Vogler and the Bulldogs are a part of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the same league in which UMC plays. UMD will play UMC in Crookston on October 27 at 1pm.
While the whole incident is slightly embarrassing for UMC, the mistake seems to have delivered some luck to the team. UMC had lost the first three games of the season and was suffering a 39-game conference losing streak until their 33-28 homecoming win over SMSU.


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Research Topics
Kenji Matsumoto
Affiliation: RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Country: Japan
Detail Information
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Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
Science 301:229-32. 2003..This prefrontal activity is likely to underlie goal-based action selection...
- Medial prefrontal cell activity signaling prediction errors of action valuesMadoka Matsumoto
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
Nat Neurosci 10:647-56. 2007..Therefore, these responses in medial prefrontal cells may signal the direction and amount of error in prediction of values of executed actions to specify the adjustment in subsequent action selections...
- Prefrontal cell activities related to monkeys' success and failure in adapting to rule changes in a Wisconsin Card Sorting Test analogFarshad A Mansouri
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
J Neurosci 26:2745-56. 2006....
- The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in achieving goalsKenji Matsumoto
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
Curr Opin Neurobiol 14:178-85. 2004..Medial prefrontal cells were also active when the subjects extracted the rules of a task in a novel environment. The processes described above might play important roles in rule learning...
- Effects of novelty on activity of lateral and medial prefrontal neuronsMadoka Matsumoto
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan
Neurosci Res 57:268-76. 2007..These results suggest that the lateral and medial divisions of the prefrontal cortex are differentially involved in the control of attention triggered by novel sensory events...
- Goal-based action selection and utility-based action biasKenji Matsumoto
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan
Neural Netw 19:1315-20. 2006..This transition of dominance between the two decision systems may be enhanced by a reference-point shift based on the goal-setting process during goal-based action selection...
- Neuronal responses to object images in the macaque inferotemporal cortex at different stimulus discrimination levelsWataru Suzuki
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
J Neurosci 26:10524-35. 2006..Neuronal adaptations to behavioral context may occur downstream of the inferotemporal cortex...
- Neuroscience. Conflict and cognitive controlKenji Matsumoto
Cognitive Brain Mapping Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
Science 303:969-70. 2004
- PDGF receptor-alpha deficiency in glomerular mesangial cells of tenascin-C knockout miceKenji Matsumoto
Experimental Animal Division, Bio Resource Center, RIKEN, 3 1 1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 0074, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 290:1220-7. 2002..These results suggest that failures of both TNC and PDGFR-alpha are a candidate for abnormal restoration of TNKO mice...
- Social equality in the number of choice options is represented in the ventromedial prefrontal cortexRyuta Aoki
Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute, 6 1 1, Tamagawa gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194 8610, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5 3 1, Koji machi, Chiyoda ku, Tokyo 102 8471, Japan, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, and Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, University of Tokyo, 3 8 1, Komaba, Meguro ku, Tokyo 153 8902, Japan
J Neurosci 34:6413-21. 2014..These findings may provide valuable insight into the human ability to value equal opportunity, a characteristic long emphasized in politics, economics, and philosophy. ..
- Tenascin-C expression and splice variant in habu snake venom-induced glomerulonephritisKenji Matsumoto
Experimental Animal Division, Bio Resource Center, RIKEN, 3 1 1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0074, Japan
Exp Mol Pathol 72:186-95. 2002....
- Eosinophil degranulation during pregnancy and after delivery by cesarean sectionKenji Matsumoto
Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 131:34-9. 2003....
- Analysis of gene expression in peripheral blood eosinophils from patients with atopic dermatitis by differential displayRyoichi Hashida
Genox Research Inc, Teikyo University Biotechnology Center, 907 Nogawa, Kawasaki, Japan
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 131:26-33. 2003..The mouse counterpart of one of these genes, intersectin 2, was expressed dramatically, as measured by ear edema, in 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene-induced mouse contact dermatitis and in NC/Nga mouse dermatitis...
- Cloning and characterization of the highly expressed ETEA gene from blood cells of atopic dermatitis patientsYukiho Imai
Genox Research, Inc, Teikyo University Biotech Center, 907 Nogawa, Miyamae, Kawasaki, 216 0001, Kanagawa, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 297:1282-90. 2002..The enhanced expression of ETEA may play a role in the regulating the resistance to apoptosis that is observed in T cells and eosinophils of AD patients...
- Young persimmon fruits prevent the rise in plasma lipids in a diet-induced murine obesity modelKenji Matsumoto
Department of Applied Microbiology, Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Bioengineering, Japan
Biol Pharm Bull 29:2532-5. 2006..The results indicate that young persimmon fruits are beneficial in the development of preventive and therapeutic agents against dyslipidemia...
- Selective cancer cell apoptosis induced by FTY720; evidence for a Bcl-dependent pathway and impairment in ERK activityHaruhito Azuma
Department of Urology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569 8686, Japan
Anticancer Res 23:3183-93. 2003..We conducted the present study to investigate its anticancer effect and molecular pathway in inducing apoptosis using murine breast cancer models...
- 'Working' cardiomyocytes exhibiting plateau action potentials from human placenta-derived extraembryonic mesodermal cellsKazuma Okamoto
Department of Reproductive Biology and Pathology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Exp Cell Res 313:2550-62. 2007..Placenta-derived human fetal cells may be useful for patients who cannot supply bone marrow cells but want to receive stem cell-based cardiac therapy...
- Th1/Th2 cytokines reciprocally regulate in vitro pulmonary angiogenesis via CXC chemokine synthesisAkio Matsuda
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August 8, 2013 5:00 am
Ben and Sam discuss Mike Trout's chances of becoming the best player ever, then talk about how the Phillies' Chase Utley extension will work out.
August 1, 2013 6:05 am
The Rangers weren't sure whether to be buyers or sellers, but things are looking up for Texas after three straight walk-off wins.
The Wednesday Takeaway
Ron Washington's club came into the week six games behind the first-place Athletics in the American League West, a shaky position that apparently left Daniels and the front office wavering on their deadline plans. With the threat of a 50-game suspension for Nelson Cruz hanging over their team, Daniels turned over many a stone in search of a power hitter who could approximate the right fielder's production. But he was unable to pry either Jose Bautista or Edwin Encarnacion from the Blue Jays and opted to stand pat following the acquisition of Matt Garza from the Cubs earlier last month, perhaps reassured by the news that Cruz intends to appeal his ban.
April 30, 2013 5:00 am
How did Chase Utley become the best percentage basestealer in baseball?
To understand why Chase Utley, a man who is not very fast or really much of a base-stealer at all, stands alone as the most efficient base-stealer in modern baseball history, you have to look a little bit farther down.
Not much farther down, usually just a spot or occasionally two in the Phillies order. Stop when you get to Ryan Howard. The big first baseman, not any left-hander's pickoff move or any right arm behind the plate, has been the biggest deterrent to Utley's steals.
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April 4, 2013 5:01 am
Paul Maholm assumes the mantle of the sub-60-mph strike.
Last season, there were 21 called strikes thrown slower than 60 miles per hour. Nineteen of them were eephus pitches by Vicente Padilla, and the other two were slow curves by Randy Wolf. Padilla is now pitching for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and Wolf will spend the whole season recovering from October Tommy John surgery. So we wondered—those of us who wonder about these things—who would take up the mantle of the under-60-mph strike thrower in 2013.
June 5, 2012 2:51 pm
A middle round in 1999 has produced nearly as many WARP as the first round in 2000. Can it continue?
In 1999, 30 major-league teams drafted 30 players in the 13th round of the first-year player draft. Those 30 players have, to date, produced 91.2 WARP.
April 16, 2012 3:00 am
It happens every spring: we talk way too much about reserve outfielders.
Just before spring training ended, an email arrived from two friends of mine. They're both Philadelphia Phillies fans. As you are likely aware, the Phillies have the greatest starting pitching staff in the history of ever, but they aren't without problems elsewhere. Ryan Howard's recovery from a ruptured Achilles and Chase Utley's on-going knee injuries have ripped the heart out of an offense that was once the National League's best. Their stranglehold on the NL East is now in doubt.
None of that was discussed in the email. Neither was Jonathan Papelbon's ridiculous contract, or the disintegration of the farm system, or the aging nucleus, or even Charlie Manuel, possibly the funniest manager in baseball history. Nope, none of that.
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March 30, 2012 12:00 pm
The defending NL East champs should gather their titles while they may, since the same Phillies that flower today tomorrow will be dying.
It's been six seasons since the Phillies finished anywhere other than first in the National League East. Last year, they led the major leagues with 102 wins, their highest total during their recent run of success. Over the winter, they signed Jonathan Papelbon, the top closer available on the free agent market, and saw their jilted former closer, Ryan Madson, blow out his elbow before he could throw a meaningful pitch for a competitor. Their starting rotation will be headlined by Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels, who project to be three of the 15 most valuable pitchers in baseball. Their lineup will be bolstered by a full season from Hunter Pence. On the surface, most signs point to continued success. But the Phillies' competitive window may be closing quickly.
There are four Phillies ranked between 51 and 100 on ESPN's list of the top 500 players for 2012: Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, and Shane Victorino. It's conceivable that none of those four will be both ranked in that range and in uniform for the Phillies in 2013. Howard was worth less than two wins in each of the past two seasons and finished 12th on his team in WARP last season, so he's already out of place that high on the leaderboard. This could be the season his reputation starts to reflect his recent performance: Even after he recovers from the ruptured and subsequently infected Achilles tendon that could cost him the first two months, his on-field decline will likely accelerate at age 32.
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March 26, 2012 3:00 am
Tommy John surgery claims several more pitchers, and Joba Chamberlain suffers an extremely gruesome ankle dislocation.
Ryan Madson, Cincinnati Reds (Tommy John Surgery)
Madson signed a one-year deal with the Reds over the winter after his four-year deal with Philadelphia fell through. Madson's injury throws everything in flux for the Reds' pitching corps, but for now, Sean Marshall is the heir apparent as closer. General manager Walt Jocketty has not ruled moving Aroldis Chapman back into a bullpen role this year but insists nothing is set in stone. The only sure thing is that Madson will miss 2012 and will have a hard time convincing teams to sign him next winter as he completes his rehabilitation.
March 21, 2012 3:00 am
The Phillies are slammed by injuries to key players, and the results are in for Miguel Cabrera's busted eye socket.
Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies (Bilateral Knee Soreness)
The cartilage isn't the only issue, though. The tendon undergoes changes to the point it's not really tendon tissue any longer; it changes at the cellular level. In tendinosis, those changes lead to tendon weakening and make the tendon more prone to rupture. It's one of the reasons why there is an increased chance of Achilles tendon ruptures with cases of chronic Achilles tendinitis.
March 20, 2012 3:00 am
Injuries to Ryan Howard and Chase Utley make the Phillies' chances of maintaining the NL East crown slimmer.
Have you already penciled the Phillies in atop your projected NL East standings? Well, you might want to find an eraser.
Ryan Howard is going to miss the first two months of the season while recovering from the Achilles injury he suffered last October, and it now appears that Chase Utley will be joining him on the disabled list with recurring knee woes. Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels should hold down their end of the fort, but questions about the Phillies' offense are looming rather large as the season approaches.
December 28, 2011 10:35 am
Cano, Utley, Asdrubal, and Iannetta step into the Keeper Reaper's office this week.
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Last year, Cano was the tenth most valuable player in deep leagues according to PECOTA, registering $31 in auction value. The best part for fantasy owners is that he did so without doing anything unusual.
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July 27, 2011 10:52 pm
The tater trots for July 26: Chase Utley's inside-the-park home run and Albert Pujols shows the fallibility of instant replay.
It's been a busy day, what with the 19th-inning blown call, the Colby Rasmus trade, the almost-Carlos Beltran trade, and Ervin Santana no-hitter. I'm certainly not complaining. But it has kept us all from what's really important - the Tater Trot Tracker.


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AIBU to not want to pick up my SIL's kids every Tuesday(56 Posts)
Y five year old twins go to the same school as my husbands 2 older nieces. In October my sis in law asked me to pick up kids and take them to after school classes, I was happy to do it as a once off but she now expects me to do it every week as she works and I don't at present. I just feel she's taking advantage as she asked me to babysit on Saturday as she had to go to a distant relatives funeral
and got really cross when I said I couldn't, she then said my DH should also be going and that I was stoping him from taking part in cultural traditions! My DH said to ignore her but he doesn't really stand up to her, sorry about the rambling but would like to know what others would do in my situation
So why isn't DH going? Why can't she get a babysitter?
If she got angry with me I'd put the phone down. She was asking you for a favour and you couldn't do it so she should say 'thanks anyway I'll find alternative'! Not be horrible to you.
Not sure if YABU or not. Does she thank you and get you little presents for helping her out?
depends, is it just a case of picking up the kids and dropping them off at a near by after school activity and leaving them there or is it picking them up, coming back home for drinks / snacks, taking them out again and having to stay for after school activity and then taking them home for tea? Why couldn't you look after them whilst she attended a funeral?
Ok so you need to simply say 'its not convenient to pick your dc up on Tuesdays any more im afraid' no further explanation required. I know it sounds a bit hard faced, but take it from one who's been exactly where you are ( me! ) it won't get any better and you will just get more and more resentful.
How does your dh feel? Its his sister after all, if you really don't feel up to telling her its inconvenient, he needs to have it out with her.
It caused a huge rift between a friend if mine and I in a very similar situation. I wish I could have my time again and be more forthright as there's an atmosphere now between us.
YANBU Tell her you cannot commit to every Tuesday. What would happen if your DC were off school ill?
The thing is fairyegg, it started with just dropping them off at school - we live a few doors away, silly for us both to do the same run, you don't mind do you bla bla to could you just wait for elder ds who is at high school, he will only be 20 mins, could you drop them at my mums instead of home, could you keep them for an hour...
That's what happened to me. It was all one way and I just lost it one day. Its best dealt with now.
Is this the same SIL who took you, your husband and your kids into her home while yours was having work done for several months? If so, YABU. You seem to be more than happy to take but very, very resentful of having to give.
in your situation vonherrburton I would have said something along the lines of great, I'll do one week you do the next and certainly wouldn't be hanging around for 20 minutes for an elder child. I agree you have to be clear at the beginning and there needs to be a bit of give and take from both parties but i don't think the op has given enough information to fairly judge, and for me you somehow its a bit different if its family.
What does your sil mean by 'cultural traditions?'
Find something you are doing on Tuesday (even if it's the dc going to a friend's house) so you can't do it for a while. She'll be much more appreciative if she finds you can't do it most weeks.
if what panda says is correct then i think you are our of order. families are normally about give and take - and it may not be balanced one year, but over time it should. if you stayed at her house then its time you gave.
Yes it is the same SIL who took us in for two weeks, but I was picking up kids prior to this and if you read the other thread not only had we previously put them up for 2 months prior to us having kids, on both occasions when we lived with them for 2wreeks and they with us for months I ended up looking after her children. Didn't mind so much before I had my own even though I was working full time, but when you have your own kids you are too knackerd to act as unpaid help for someone else's kids as well. I couldn't look after her kids Saturday as have to take my kids to tennis plus our builders still in its bad enough having two kids under their feet
By cultural traditions she means attending funerals christenings etc for people you barely know because your from same region, My husband is from Ghana and all his siblings have married people from same background except him so when do anything they don't approve of they use it as an excuse to denigrate my culture
Surely these children are your neices/nephews (unless I am reading it wrong - can you say something like you are more than happy to help and perhaps your children could go to their house occasionally or could she babysit for you?
She said thanks first few times but now just texts to say girls will be waiting at such and such place, I wouldn't mind so much but when we meet up at family occasions she barely says a word to me she talks to her sister and our other sis in law as she is also from Ghana. She also makes negative comments about the way I bring up my twins particularly my son saying he's to babyish clingy etc
Ghana out of interest where are you from? And does your dh know the situation?
My children especially my son are scared of her she shouts all the time, even I find her a bit aggressive, so I wouldn't leave them with her,
Waynetta, I was born here my grandparents are from the Caribbean, my sis in law said to me when I first met her that DH only liked me because I was pretty but that he would never marry someone who wasn't from Ghana, she did apologise when DH asked her if it was true
I can't see the problem with helping out a bit. Can you ask her to return the favor by babysitting in the evenings.
Next time she texts you to pick them up - say you can't this week or say yes and ask her to babysit for you one evening.
On one hand i think its nice to have that sort of relationship where your kids are in and out of each others houses, at the same school etc.
just remember there may be a day you need her, If she is the sort of person to happily reciprocate then id say do it. If not then dont.
I think you need to find an activity on Tuesday afternoons that means you won't be able to do this any more. There must be SOMETHING your boys would like to do that's in the opposite direction to wherever she wants her lot taken..
Unless the after school activities are really inconvenient eg on the other side of town and it takes 2 hours and 3 buses to get there, I think you should hello out. It's only 1 day a week and term time only I assume.
I come from a family where we are expected to to support each other and I understand it can a pain at times. However without sounding like Peggy from eastenders 'If you can't rely on family, who can you rely on'.
There could be a time when you need help from dh's family and I guess in some ways you reap what you sow.
However, I think you need to deal with the respect issues and ensure that sil Is respectful towards you.
Cantbelieveitsnotbutter, relationship only goes one way my two are scared of her and I wouldn't make them stay or let her babysit as she shouts particularly at my boy (I've got boy/girl twins) she has 2 girls and desperately wanted a boy so think she has issues with my son. Even my DH is not keen for them to spend time there unless one of is is present, she works but doesn't want to pay for child care so her DH drops kids at school and she gets various friends to pick them up until they get fed up
So if it's as bad as you say it is (and frankly thinking back to your other thread, I'm not convinced) why don't you just stop doing it? You clearly can't stand her.
I thought each thread was separate
I don't "hate" anyone just don't feel it's right to palm your kids off on someone else, don't mind helping out but with 5 year old twins my hands are full if I wanted two more I would have had my own plus she's working and so should organise proper child care arrangements for her own kids stability and happiness
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart working." -- John Maxwell
We saw the weakness really kick in today in the S&P 500 (SPY) and the markets in general.
It had to come. We were very overbought and the signs were pointing to lower. That's what we got today. The S&P 500 SPY ETF hit the $193 support area, but it hasn't yet bounced that much. We could be looking for a bit more downside.
SPY hit very near $193 but didn't bounce, as I'd been hoping. This tells me we have some more downside to go.
The 21-day moving average -- at $192.33 -- and support at $192 are the next destination if we break $193.
We tried a few select stocks today off support levels, but they didn't bounce. So I got out right around cost.
It's worth a shot off major support levels, but I have to be quick to accept the fact that I was wrong. That happens all the time, but I admit it quickly and get out before an real damage occurs -- unlike so many traders who keep hoping they are right.
Hope kills an account quickly.
I talked about not doing much in Wednesday night's letter, but I got a little carried away this morning with a few stocks who were looking to breakout like SunPower (SPWR) and Tesla (TSLA). They both failed, and I was out at cost or for small losses.


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You can balance a diet all you like, but if you have a demanding career and significant training hours each week, it's fairly difficult to get the protein you need, when you need it. Especially if, like some of us, you train at different facilities in the same evening and have monstrous traffic as well.
Excuses, excuses. How much time do you spend playing on the Internet? Watching TV?