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Camara Rawls sure gave White Oak a spark when the Vikings needed one last week in what was a big win for a program still trying to improve.
Camara Rawls sure gave White Oak a spark when the Vikings needed one last week in what was a big win for a program still trying to improve.
Following a third-quarter injury to quarterback Elijah Harris � the area�s leading rusher � Rawls put his team on his back and rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries to lead the Vikings to a 14-12 win over Southwest.
The fullback scored on runs of 11 and 38 yards, helping White Oak rally from a 6-0 deficit in the third quarter to get a win entering the Vikings� open date this week before they play host to Swansboro on Oct. 4.
And because of his efforts, the 17-year-old Rawls is The Daily News football player of the week.
�It was real fun,� Rawls said of his performance and the victory. �But I couldn�t have done it without my team. They really stepped up.�
Harris has been a reason the Vikings (3-2) have won three games after not recording a true win last year � they did pick up a �W� on a forfeit. He entered last week�s game with 699 yards rushing while operating White Oak�s option offense.
And when a player of his ability and influence goes down with an injury, it can deflate a team. But not this time. Instead, the Vikings relied on Rawls to carry the load and he certainly came through when White Oak needed a playmaker.
�I had a natural sense of duty. As a senior I wanted to pull through for my team,� Rawls said. �I ran for my team, my line got it done and we all started clicking.�
And for the record, Rawls had nine tackles against Southwest (3-2).
�He did it on both sides of the ball,� White Oak coach Chad Ashley said.
Still, Rawls didn�t just come out of nowhere to step up in Harris� absence. While opposing teams have left it open for Harris to have big games, Rawls has also been a contributor, despite perhaps being overshadowed by Harris� play this season.
Rawls entered the Southwest game with 376 yards rushing and three touchdowns, averaging 6.3 yards per carry. He�s simply been a solid fit at fullback for the Vikings because of his running ability and his blocking, Ashley said.
�Camara is a hard-nosed runner who has enough speed to break it and bust a big play,� Ashley said. �He�s also confident to play that position.�
Rawls is also patient. He realizes that he might not get the ball a lot in some games because of the nature of the Vikings� offense. White Oak takes what defenses give it.
And that�s all right with Rawls.
�If they take me out of the equation, it opens Elijah up for a lot of good runs,� Rawls said.
Now for the panel
The Daily News sports page designer Mike Boaz still leads the JDN high school football forecasting panel at 34-5 after going 6-1 last week.
Halifax Media regional desk chief Richard Clark (6-1 last week) and JDN sports editor Rick Scoppe (also 6-1 last week) are second at 31-8.
WCTI-TV 12 sports anchor Brian North follows at 30-9 after going 6-1 last week. I went 5-2 to move to 29-10, and Kinston Free Press editor Bryan Hanks went 6-1 and is last at 28-11.
This week�s games
Jacksonville at Swansboro
Boaz boasts: JHS 17-14
Clark cites: Swans 16-14
Hanks honks: JHS 28-22
Miller mentions: JHS 21-14
North notes: JHS 12-10
Scoppe says: Swans 17-10
South Lenoir at East Duplin
Boaz boasts: ED 21-10
Clark cites: ED 26-8
Hanks honks: ED 24-14
Miller mentions: ED 26-12
North notes: ED 21-18
Scoppe says: ED 30-7
Pamlico at Dixon
Boaz boasts: Dixon 18-14
Clark cites: Dixon 30-10
Hanks honks: Dixon 42-24
Miller mentions: Dixon 27-13
North notes: Pamlico 28-27
Scoppe says: Dixon 31-24
Southwest at Jones Senior
Boaz boasts: SWO 42-0
Clark cites: SWO 45-14
Hanks honks: SWO 48-12
Miller mentions: SWO 40-6
North notes: SWO 35-21
Scoppe says: SWO 28-7
Richlands at Havelock
Boaz boasts: Have 49-0
Clark cites: Have 38-20
Hanks honks: Have 42-14
Miller mentions: Have 42-7
North notes: Have 48-21
Scoppe says: Have 47-14
Croatan at East Carteret
Boaz boasts: EC 10-7
Clark cites: EC 14-7
Hanks honks: Cro 21-14
Miller mentions: Cro 19-12
North notes: EC 15-11
Scoppe says: Cro 21-14
Northside at Goldsboro
Boaz boasts: Golds 13-7
Clark cites: NS 32-22
Hanks honks: Golds 34-28
Miller mentions: NS 20-13
North notes: NS 25-17
Scoppe says: Golds 31-29
Lejeune at North Duplin
Boaz boasts: Lejeune 24-7
Clark cites: Lejeune 20-16
Hanks honks: Lejeune 22-20
Miller mentions: Lejeune 35-21
North notes: Lejeune 38-23
Scoppe says: Lejeune 41-19
Prep sports writer Chris Miller can be contacted via email at email@example.com or by calling 910-219-8472.

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You won't see much that's totally new in the lineup of "new" corn and soybean herbicides for 2002.
That doesn't mean you won't find valuable new tools among the latest crop of weed-control products.
Let us explain. First, several new products were introduced in only certain areas of the Midwest in 2001, either because EPA registrations came late, or because manufacturers decided to test the market in 2001 before making a bigger push this year. So if you were not in a test market area, you may not have had a chance to try a new chemistry, though you may have seen it in area field trials.
On another level, the active ingredients in some of the new entrants for 2002 are the same as those in products already on the market, either in refined forms or mixed in new combinations. So you may already have a starting point for evaluating whether a new product will fit your farm.
These derivative products fit a recent trend in herbicides, notes Bob Hartzler, an extension weed scientist at Iowa State University.
"In the past, companies looked for a gap in the market and attempted to fill it," he says. "Today, most of the gaps are filled, so now they are looking for a product that fills in their product line."
This enables a company to take a portfolio-based marketing approach that offers enticements to buy a range of the company's products to solve as many weed-control and other management needs as possible.
"The market is getting more competitive," Hartzler adds. "The companies realize that, to compete, they have to offer total programs."
The bottom line: A new product may not be dramatically superior to others already on the market. But when viewed in the context of a company's entire herbicide portfolio — and related marketing programs — it may be part of a package that provides the most economical solution to your weed-control challenges.
Here's a look at what's new for 2002.
Corn herbicides
A new mode of broadleaf activity. Syngenta's Callisto herbicide uses a new mode of action to provide both contact and residual activity on a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds in corn.
Callisto almost missed the 2001 season after receiving registration in early June. But last spring's wet weather, which delayed planting and postemergence weed-control applications, allowed growers in select geographies to give it a try. It will be available throughout the Corn Belt in 2002.
Post grass control with re-cropping flexibility. Option herbicide from Aventis Crop Science will be the only truly "new" corn herbicide on the U.S. market in 2002, assuming it receives EPA registration before planting, as expected.
The postemergence herbicide controls a broad range of annual and perennial grasses, plus several important broadleaf weeds. Like other sulfonylurea herbicides, it controls weeds systemically and has a low use rate — 1.5 oz./acre. It has minimal soil residual activity.
One characteristic that sets Option apart from sulfonylurea competitors is its rotational flexibility, says Mark Bishop of Aventis. The company anticipates that the Option label will allow rotation to all major field crops the following year. In many cases, restrictions are expected to be much shorter — 14 days for soybeans and 60 days for sugar beets, for example.
"As you go north and west in the Corn Belt, growers use more total post programs, but they also are very sensitive to rotation restrictions," Bishop says. "Option corn herbicide gives growers a tool for controlling tough grass and broadleaf weeds without compromising planting flexibility the following year."
In addition to its fit on rotation-sensitive acres, Bishop says Option will be recommended as part of a planned preemergence/postemergence program with Aventis's Balance Pro and Define herbicides.
Option's list of controlled grasses includes barnyard grass, foxtails, johnsongrass, wild proso millet, wild oats, fall panicum, shattercane and volunteer cereals, as well as key perennials, such as quack grass, wirestem muhly and rhizome johnsongrass. It also controls tough multiple-flushing grasses, such as large crabgrass, woolly cupgrass and field sandbur.
Broadleaf weeds on the control list include jimsonweed, wild mustard, eastern black nightshade, redroot pigweed and velvetleaf. It suppresses common cocklebur, common lambsquarters, common and giant ragweed and common sunflowers.
Aventis expects the Option label to allow it to be applied on corn up to the V5 stage, or about 16 in., with good crop tolerance.
Option will be formulated as a wettable granule and will be available in 30-oz. bottles, enough for 20 acres at the 1.5-oz. rate.
Option also is labeled for soybeans and several other crops. The herbicide should be available across the Corn Belt, assuming timely registration.
Refined active ingredient lowers use rate. Supplies of Outlook and Guardsman Max were limited in 2001, so most growers will have their first look at the two new herbicides from BASF this year.
The preemergence herbicides contain the same active ingredient — dimethenamid-P — which is a refined form of the active ingredient in Frontier. Outlook provides grass and small-seeded broadleaf weed control without atrazine. Guardsman Max contains atrazine at 2.67 lbs./gal. to broaden and strengthen its weed-control spectrum.
"Our new active ingredient is more available and more effective at controlling weeds," says Mark Storr, BASF technical manager. "That's why the use rate is lowest. It provides more consistent grass control and superior broadleaf performance than other brands."
The new active ingredient is roughly twice as concentrated as ingredients in competitive brands. For example, the recommended use rate for Outlook is 10 to 21 oz./acre, depending on soil type. It also is less tied to soil particles, so more of it is available to control weeds. In addition, it requires less moisture for activation, Storr says.
The Outlook label lists a broad range of grass and small-seeded broadleaf weeds, including foxtails, barnyard grass, crabgrass, red rice, seedling johnsongrass, and fall and Texas panicum. Key small-seeded broadleaves include various pigweeds, common and tall waterhemp, nightshade species and yellow nutsedge. It also suppresses woolly cupgrass, wild proso millet, common lambsquarters and common ragweed. Atrazine in the Guardsman Max formulation strengthens control of some grasses and broadleaf weeds, including jimsonweed, lambsquarters, nightshade and waterhemp.
Outlook is labeled for use on field corn, popcorn, seed corn, sweet corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, peanuts, dry beans and grass grown for seed. It also could get a Section 18 label for use in sugar beets in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Guardsman Max is labeled for use in field corn, popcorn, seed corn, sweet corn and safener-treated grain sorghum. Neither herbicide has significant rotational restrictions except those normally associated with atrazine.
Growers who use the new products will find the new formulation easy to work with, says Kent Stickler, Guardsman Max market manager.
"Our formulation goes into solution quickly and stays in solution longer than competing brands," Stickler says. "It is less viscous and easier to handle."
Outlook and Guardsman Max are available in 2- × 2.5-gal. cases, as well as bulk and mini-bulk containers.
Season-long post grass control. Steadfast, from DuPont, offers a one-two contact and residual grass-control punch to control tough grasses such as woolly cupgrass, sandbur, barnyard grass, quack grass, shattercane and johnsongrass, as well as more mundane species such as foxtails. It also controls certain broadleaf weeds, including Powell amaranth, jimsonweed, annual morningglory, redroot pigweed, Pennsylvania smartweed, common sunflower and wild mustard.
The sulfonylurea herbicide was available in limited quantities in 2001. Supplies were concentrated heavily on the northern and western edges of the Corn Belt, where total postemergence weed-control programs are strongest. Trial amounts were available in the heart of the Corn Belt as well, says Brian Kjergaard, corn product manager for DuPont Crop Protection.
"We took Steadfast to the market with the initial focus of the northern Midwest because of their orientation to postemergence grass control and the tough-to-control grasses there," Kjergaard says. "We plan to significantly increase product availability in 2002."
Steadfast's active ingredients — nicosulfuron and rimsulfuron — will be familiar. They are among the ingredients in DuPont's Accent Gold and Basis Gold. Steadfast contains a 2:1 ratio of the two actives (compared to a 1:1 ratio for the "Golds") to boost its contact power, Kjergaard says.
Unlike the Golds, Steadfast doesn't include a premix partner to handle a more complete broadleaf weed spectrum. Steadfast is labeled for tank mixing with a wide range of broadleaf herbicides, including atrazine, Clarity, Distinct, Hornet and Marksman. Callisto is expected to be on the mix list by the 2002 season, pending EPA approval.
The recommended use rate for Steadfast is ¾ oz./acre and typically costs about $15/acre. To help assure accuracy when mixing, retailers will dispense the herbicide from a highly accurate (± 0.1 oz.) bulk unit into jugs that hold up to 64 oz., enough for 85 acres. Jugs come with measuring cones, or dealers can custom-fill jugs to match growers' needs, Kjergaard says.
DuPont recommends applying Steadfast three to five weeks after planting, when grasses and broadleaf weeds are 1 to 3 in. tall. Controlling grasses early reduces competition for moisture and nutrients. Rainfall to activate the herbicide's residual control is also more likely at that time, Kjergaard says.
Most field crops can be planted the year after Steadfast is applied. However, sugar beets cannot be planted for 18 months. DuPont will market DPX79406, an unnamed, but labeled, herbicide containing the same amount of rimsulfuron, but less nicosulfuron, to growers in rotation-sensitive geographies. The company will collect replant data during the 2002 season to further refine the sugar beet rotation interval.
Soybean herbicides
Cobra with a safety edge. Phoenix contains the same active ingredient, lactofen, that Cobra does. But its manufacturer, Valent USA, altered the formulation technology to improve crop safety, says Shinsuke Shojima, the company's market segment manager.
Phoenix will be marketed in select areas where growers have been attracted to other safened diphylether products, such as Flexstar, but want extra application timing and rotational flexibility, Shojima says.
Valent recommends that Phoenix be applied early, about two to three weeks after planting. But it can be applied through flowering without risking soybean yield or injury to corn planted the following year.
In some situations, growers will see minor crop response to Phoenix, but it will be much less than with Cobra under the same conditions. "It is similar to Flexstar in crop safety," Shojima adds.
Like Cobra, Phoenix controls weeds such as waterhemp, ragweed, pigweed and black nightshade. It can be tank mixed with popular herbicides, including Select, Classic, FirstRate or Raptor. In a tankmix with glyphosate products on Roundup Ready soybeans, it also provides effective control of morningglory, waterhemp, black nightshade and ragweeds.
A typical use rate is 8 to 12 oz./acre. An emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation, it will be available in 1-gal. jugs. Pricing had not been determined at press time.
A new burn-down partner. Valent USA is promoting Valor for enhanced burn down of tough broadleaf weeds when applied in a tankmix with glyphosate products prior to planting soybeans. At higher rates, it provides residual control of important broadleaf weeds and suppresses some grasses.
Its utility as a burn-down partner has been recognized by Monsanto, which has included Valor as an approved burn-down tankmix partner with Roundup UltraMax through the Roundup Rewards program, says Valent's Shojima.
The active ingredient in Valor is flumioxazin, a protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor. Valor's residual control takes hold on susceptible weeds shortly after they emerge, when cell membranes are disrupted, resulting in rapid weed death.
Valor can be applied at rates of up to 3 oz./acre. At 1 oz., it enhances burn down of glyphosate products and provides soil-residual suppression of susceptible weeds. At 2 oz./acre, its residual control spectrum includes seedling dandelion, common lambsquarters, mare's tail, horseweed, eastern black nightshade, pigweeds and shepherd's purse. The 2.5-oz./acre rate adds common ragweed and waterhemp control. Additional weeds that are suppressed at 2.5 to 3 oz./acre include giant ragweed, smartweeds, velvetleaf, large crabgrass, barnyard grass, giant foxtail and fall panicum. Control at specific rates is affected by soil organic matter and texture.
"Growers can expect four to six weeks of residual control of susceptible weeds, depending on soil characteristics and application rates," Shojima says.
Valor also is labeled as a burn-down partner with 2,4-D, Gramoxone Extra, Scepter, Select and glyphosate products. It can be applied preemergence with Command, FirstRate, Lorox, Metribuzin, Prowl, Pursuit, Pursuit Plus, Python, Scepter, Squadron and Steel. It should not be applied in fields treated with Axiom, Domain, Lasso, Micro-Tech, Dual II Magnum, Boundary, Frontier or Outlook, which can cause severe crop injury. Valor should not be applied to emerged soybeans because of crop injury concerns.
Soybeans can be planted immediately after Valor is applied. The rotation interval for most other field crops is a year or less. Alfalfa, canola, oats, sugar beets and other crops not specifically addressed on the label can be planted in 12 months if a soil bioassay is negative.
Valor is formulated as a water dispersible granule containing 51% active ingredient and is available in 5-lb. packages. Growers can expect to pay about $5/oz. for Valor, Shojima says.


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- "Alicia was stopped in traffic waiting for a train to pass in Blaine, Minnesota. As Alicia was about to proceed forward, she was rear-ended by another vehicle, causing approximately $2,000 in property damage. As time went on, Alicia began to experience ongoing neck pains and decided to seek medical treatment for her injuries. Eventually, after failed neck injections, Alicia had a one-level cervical fusion at C5-6. Before the crash, Alicia had no prior neck pains. Now, most doctors would agree her chances of having additional cervical fusions is extremely high.
Attorney Patrick Kranz was able to negotiate a settlement with the defendant's insurance company, The Hartford for their policy limits of $100,000. He is still working on the ongoing Underinsured Motorist Benefit case with Alicia's insurance company, Nationwide."
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- Sandy was returning from her mid-day shift on a rural county highway when a repeat drunk driver turned left in front of her causing a massive crash. Sandy, being a stoic Minnesotan, initially refused medical care despite the pain in her shoulder. The insurer for the drunk driver began calling Sandy shortly after the crash offering her $1,000 to quickly settle her claim. Over the next several weeks, Sandy's shoulder kept getting worse, not better. She finally called her family doctor who referred her to a shoulder specialist. Four months after the crash she had her rotator cuff surgically repaired and missed 3 months of work. At that time, the insurer for the drunk driver upped its offer to $2,500. Sandy called TSR Injury Law and started working with attorney Erik Willer. Working together, Erik and Sandy were able to resolve her claim for $80,000; a far better outcome for Sandy than the $2,500 the insurer was pressuring her to take before she hired TSR Injury Law.
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- In 2010, two brothers were driving a Ford F150 while deer hunting near Sheridan, Wyoming. The Ford F150 hit a patch of black ice, causing the driver to lose control. The F150 rolled over. The F150 was equipped with a seat-belt buckle manufactured by TRW that had been recalled for a "false latch" problem that caused users to think the belt was fully buckled when it was not. Because of that defect, the buckle released, leaving the driver without the protection of his seatbelt. The driver was ejected from the truck and killed. We sued both Ford and TRW in Federal Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming. After litigating the case for more than a year with the help of some of the best engineering experts in the country, we were able to secure a confidential settlement for the family of the man who was killed.
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- Amber was rear-ended on the highway retuning from college. She injured her neck and back and suffered from associated headaches. Two prior law firms told Amber they could not work with her because she had seen a chiropractor prior to being involved in the crash. TSR Injury Law attorney Erik Willer saw the potential in Amber and in her case. They worked together for two years making sure that Amber followed up with appropriate medical care. Ultimately, Amber's back and neck pain cleared up, but she was plagued by recurrent headaches. She underwent four rounds of therapeutic Botox injections to address the headaches and achieved a successful resolution to her pain. TSR Injury Law was able to obtain a $62,000 settlement for Amber; an amount of compensation she would have never received has she not called TSR Injury Law.
Erik Willer Case
- "Kathryn was stopped at a stop light in Edina, Minnesota. Without notice, Kathryn was rear-ended by an inattentive driver, causing both vehicles to be totaled. Kathryn was taken to the emergency room straight from the scene of the crash. After trying conservative forms of treatment, Kathryn began to notice numbness traveling down her arm. After consulting with two surgeons, Kathryn took their advice and had a three-level cervical fusion. She made a miraculous recovery from the surgery and is currently feeling great.
Attorney Patrick Kranz handled this case and negotiated a settlement with the defendant's insurance company, Farmers Insurance for their policy limits of $100,000. Kathryn's insurance company, State Farm initially offered $60,000 out of their $100,000 limits on the Underinsured Motorist Benefit claim. After advising State Farm they were in violation of the Bad Faith Act, Patrick Kranz received the settlement check in the mail a few days later for policy limits.
Patrick Kranz Case
- Brenda took her elderly mother out shopping in Fargo when a drunk driver turned left in front of her. She was rushed to the hospital with a concussion and neck pain. After many failed attempts at physical therapy and pain management with an interventional pain doctor she was referred for surgery on her neck. She underwent a cervical discectomy and decompression at C5-6. TSR Injury Law attorney Erik Willer arbitrated the matter and ultimately obtained $183,000 for Brenda despite the insurer's doctor's opinion that Brenda had only suffered a mild injury to her neck that had been temporary in nature. By working with Brenda's doctors and medical team, Erik was able to demonstrate that Brenda's injuries were caused by the drunk driver and she was compensated accordingly.
Erik Willer Case
- "Tanya was on her way home from work when she was rear ended on the highway in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The crash resulted in her vehicle being totaled. Tanya treated with a physical therapist for about a month after the crash and then stopped treatment because her insurance company, American Family refused to pay her medical bills. Tanya attempted to handle the situation on her own by continuing to seek medical treatment for her injuries. She was eventually sent to see a doctor on behalf of American Family. American Family's doctor told Tanya none of her ongoing treatment was related to the crash. Tanya ultimately had a L5-S1 fusion of her low back. Tanya then hired attorney Patrick Kranz.
Attorney Patrick Kranz fought for Tanya at a No-Fault Arbitration and received an award of over $19,000, which was used to pay for Tanya's outstanding medical bills. Patrick was also able to negotiate a settlement with the defendant's insurance company for their policy limits."
Patrick Kranz Case
- James was riding his motorcycle through Edina when an elderly gentleman pulled out from a parking lot and stopped in the middle of the road right in front of James. James hit the side of the car and flew over his handle bars and the hood of the car breaking his collar bone. The insurer for the car driver initially blamed James for speeding. James hired Erik Willer of TSR Injury Law. Erik was able to locate a witness, an off duty fire fighter, who had witnessed the entire incident. With the testimony of the off duty fire fighter, the insurer for the car driver reversed course and accepted liability. With the issue of fault cleared up, TSR Injury Law worked with James to get his $44,000 in medical bills and pain and suffering claims addressed. Together with Erik Willer, James obtained a settlement of $110,000 for his injuries.
Erik Willer Case
- "Anthony was a passenger in a van that was rear ended in Chaska, Minnesota. The force of the crash knocked the driver unconscious. Anthony had immediate neck and back pains as well as various scrapes and bruises on his head. Anthony treated with a chiropractor and was eventually sent out for injections for ongoing neck and back pain. Anthony received RFNs (which is a procedure that burns the nerves in your spine) in his neck and back, eliminating his pain.
Attorney Patrick Kranz was able to negotiate a settlement with the defendant driver's insurance company, Country Financial for their policy limits of $100,000."
Patrick Kranz Case
- Stacy was rear-ended waiting in traffic in Eden Prairie injuring her shoulder and neck. Her family doctor referred her to a chiropractor to address her neck and shoulder injuries. The chiropractor was successful in addressing the neck issues, but could not fix the shoulder. Stacy was referred for a shoulder MRI to see if there was a structural problem that could account for the ongoing and persistent pain. The MRI showed high grade tearing of the distal supraspinatus tendon. Based upon those MRI results, Stacy saw a shoulder surgeon at the U who surgically repaired the shoulder tear. Together with her attorney Erik Willer, Stacy settled for $75,000 with the insurer for the driver that struck her.
Erik Willer Case
- Pam's had a foot surgery to address a bunion. She experienced some post surgical pain in her foot and was being driven to the hospital by a friend when another driver pulled out from a stop sign in South Minneapolis t-boning Pam's car. The problems with Pam's foot became much worse after the crash. She was referred to an additional specialist to address the aggravation to the surgical site caused by the crash. She ultimately had an additional surgery on her foot that was far more involved than the surgery she had pre-crash. Her attorney, Erik Willer, was able to work with the surgeon who performed the post crash surgery, providing him with x-rays from before and after the crash demonstrating how the crash had changed the angle of the metatarsal causing a non-union of the prior foot surgery. With the surgeon able to then differentiate between Pam's pre and post crash condition, Pam resolved her case for $115,000. Without the hard work and devotion to her case of her attorney and staff at TSR Injury Law, Pam's post crash surgeon would not have been able to "connect the dots" on causation for the need for a second surgery and she would have gone uncompensated.
Erik Willer Case
- Jonathan was a back seat passenger in his friend's car on Highway 169 when a driver pulled across the median causing a massive crash. Jonathan fractured his left arm. The doctors at the emergency room wrapped his arm and scheduled him for surgery after the swelling went down. The surgeon had to place a plate and screw in Jonathan arm. He was left with a large scar and permanent hardware in his arm. The insurer for the at fault driver took the position that the surgery was not overly involved and that there would be no permanent function loss of the arm. With the cooperation of the surgeon, TSR Injury Law attorney Erik Willer, was able to provide a written report of the surgeon outlining the permanent future functional limitations and a training video of the type of surgery performed on Jonathan. After reading the report and viewing the video demonstrating how involved the surgery was, TSR Injury Law was able to resolve Jonathan's claim for the entire $150,000 in available coverage.
Erik Willer Case
- Nancy was involved in a relatively minor fender bender on 35W. Her insurer refused to pay her medical bills after she had a complicated neck surgery 4 months post crash. After being mistreated by her own insurance company, Nancy called Erik Willer at TSR Injury Law. Erik helped Nancy clean up the mess of bills her insurer had dumped on her following her surgery. In an effort to assist Nancy, Erik and his team pulled together studies on crash tests done on Nancy's model of car as well as getting reports from her doctors stating that even low impact crashes can cause the types of injuries Nancy suffered as a result of her crash. After all of the work Nancy's team at TSR Injury Law put into representing her, she ultimately collected the full $100,000 in liability coverage for the at fault driver, $100,000 in underinsured motorist coverage and the remaining $12,000 in her no-fault coverage for a total of $212,000.
Erik Willer Case
- Keri's car was rear-ended in traffic in Edina. Her neck and back began bothering her almost immediately. Her family doctor referred her to physical therapy over and over with little long term benefit achieved. Ultimately, Keri exhausted her no-fault benefits and was no better than she was shortly after the crash. She hired Erik Willer at TSR Injury Law because she had no health insurance and as a result, her doctor would no longer see her. She didn't know what else to do. Erik worked with her to find health insurance. This enabled her to continue with appropriate care for her low back condition. She ended up having an MRI which showed a herniated disc in her low back that required surgery. Following surgery her back was better and she was able to resolve her liability and underinsured motorist claims for the policy limits of $130,000. Without her team at TSR Injury Law, Keri would not have known where to turn for help and may still be suffering the effects of her car crash injuries.
Erik Willer Case
- Marco was driving home from work when a teenage driver coming in the opposite direction crossed the center line striking Marco head on. He injured his neck and back. He went through months of physical therapy and ultimately had minimally invasive low back surgery. The insurer for the teen driver initially offered less than half of the available coverage for the injury claiming that Marco was not a US citizen and has no claim for future lost wages or medical bills. After Erik Willer thoroughly explained the law in Minnesota to the insurer and reminded it that Marco was here legally with a green card, the insurer finally paid its $100,000 policy limits. Marco, with the assistance of his lawyer at TSR and his medical team has been able to return to a fully productive employee and continues to work toward citizenship and the American Dream of a better life.
Erik Willer Case
- "Michael was an independent contractor driving a taxi van in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota when a drunk driver blew a red light forcing him to t-bone the drunk's vehicle. The crash totaled both vehicles and sent everyone involved to the emergency room. Michael began to experience numbness down his right arm and went through various scans and injections into his neck. Ultimately, Michael went through two one-level cervical fusion surgeries as a result of the drunk's negligence.
Attorney Patrick Kranz was able to negotiate a settlement with the drunk's insurance company, Progressive Insurance Company for their policy limits of $250,000. He was also able to negotiate an Underinsured Motorist Benefit settlement with the insurance company for the taxi cab company for their policy limits of $25,000."
Patrick Kranz Case
- In 2008, two young mothers and their children were leaving a campground in Southern Minnesota. The mothers were having some trouble attaching the pop-up camper to the Dodge Durango they were using to pull the camper. While the women were behind the Durango attempting to connect the trailer, the Durango shifted from a position that appeared to be "Park" to "Reverse", rolling over and killing one of the women. We hired an engineer with expertise in "illusory park" situations like these. Because Dodge/Chrylser had filed for bankruptcy protection, we sued the case out against the selling dealership owned by Denny Hecker. After litigating the case for more than a year, the case settled at mediation for a confidential amount.
Nate Bjerke Case


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|St Agnes' Technology Group
Last Monday, Usman Khan and I had the pleasure of launching St Agnes', "Have a go, Share and eValuate" (HSV) iPad program. The purpose of the HSV iPad program is to prepare, educate and guide staff and students to confidently use the iPad as an educational tool. St Agnes already has class sets of iPads which are utilised in some subject areas. However, at the core of the HSV program is preparation for a possible year group roll out of iPads at St Agnes.
iPads have already proven themselves as robust, practical and functional mobile devices within business and entertainment arenas. The HSV program will identify and implement the educational features of the iPad within21st Century learning spaces that are connected and influenced by the wider St Agnes and educational communities.
|St Agnes' Technology Group
When working with any form of technology within the St Agnes community it is the students that guide its use and practicality. To ensure that the use of the iPad is directed with educational objectives in mind a Technology Experts group was formed, consisting of students from each year group. This group will meet each Thursday afternoon during our Enrichment Learning Program time to learn specific apps and to provide guidance to teachers and other students in the use of iPads. The Technology Experts group will rotate each term in order to allow for a new set of students to gain these practical and educational experiences.
The St Agnes community will use the Learning and Teaching with iPads Blog to share our learning journey with the wider educational community.
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A flight through the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, the most distant visible-light view of the universe. The redshifts of 5,333 galaxies were converted to distances to assemble a 3-D model of the data. This scientific visualization flies through the data to showcase its true 3-D nature.
NASA, ESA, F. Summers, Z. Levay, L. Frattare, B. Mobasher, A. Koekemoer and the HUDF Team (STScI)
Publication: September 23, 2004


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Compass and Scale Image for Trumpler 14
Trumpler 14
8,000 light-years (2,450 parsecs)
The HST data were taken from proposals 10241: N. Smith (University of Arizona), J. Bally (University of Colorado, Boulder), N. Walborn (STScI), and J. Morse (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); and 10602: J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, Spain), N. Walborn and E. Nelan (STScI), N. Morrell (Carnegie Institution of Washington), and V. Niemela (Universidad Nacional de La Plata).
F435W (B), F550M (V), F658N (H-alpha+[N II]), and F850LP (SDSS z)
This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:
Blue: F435W (B)
Green: F550M (V)
Red: F658N (H-alpha+[N II])
Purple: F850LP (SDSS z)
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);
Acknowledgment: J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, Spain) and N. Smith (University of Arizona)


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Understanding Dogs is now 8 years old, and our client base grows month by month. If you aren't sure about how to deal with a "problem", please just call or e mail me for a chat.
Remember that there is no such thing as a badly behaved dog, just a dog behaving inappropriately for its living circumstances
Most owners that I meet start with the question - how can I stop my dog ....?
This is usually the wrong first question.
Understanding WHY a dog behaves the way it does is necessary before we can make long term and lasting changes to a behaviour.
When people talk about "training", predominantly they are concerned with things such as puppy socialisation, recall, lead walking, sit, stay, etc - all the things that we need to teach our dogs so that they can live happily in a family home. And of course owners often go further with training, expanding into more demanding skills such as agility, gundog work, competitive obedience, etc.
Behaviour cases however are very different. Dogs with behavioural issues often cannot be simply "trained" to behave differently - this is why it is essential that anyone seeking help with a behaviour problem does so from a qualified behavourist.
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Our training techniques are based on the most current learning theory and research regarding how animals learn. Read More
We promise not to ask you to throw cans of gravel at your dog, yank him around on a choke collar or stand in his bed/deny him access to his dinner to teach him who's boss (yes, really, some "trainers" say this sort of thing!) in an attempt to change his behaviour.
In return we ask you to trust that we have you and your dog's best interest in mind and that we care that you achieve your training goals.
Of course, the boundaries between a need for training and a need for behavioural modification are often not clear cut.
If you are unsure about what would help you and your dog most, please contact us.


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.� Two space station astronauts took care of a little outside maintenance Monday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.� Two space station astronauts took care of a little outside maintenance Monday.
Russian flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin replaced a main valve on the International Space Station and prepared for the arrival of a new lab later this year.
�To save the time, I�m embroidering,� one of the spacewalkers said in Russian, holding a clump of cord as he worked. �It�s not easy to handle all these ropes.� Later, he added, �OK, now we�re doing beadwork.�
Besides the valve swap 250 miles up, the spacewalkers installed clamps and retrieved science experiments, completing most all their chores. The spacewalk ran a little over at 6� hours. �Thank you for your work,� radioed Russian Mission Control outside Moscow.
It was the year�s third spacewalk. The four other space station residents monitored the action from inside.
Yurchikhin arrived at the space station just a few weeks ago. Misurkin has been on board since March.
The crew includes three Russians, two Americans and one Italian. The Italian and one American will conduct a pair of spacewalks for NASA in July.
Begun in 1998, the space station still is one room short.
The Russian Space Agency plans to launch a research lab by year�s end to replace the Pirs air lock that has been in place since 2001. An unmanned Proton rocket will hoist the lab, which also will serve as an air lock for spacewalk preparations and a docking port for visiting craft.
As for Pirs � Russian for pier � it will be cut loose before the launch of its replacement and burn up upon re-entry as junk.
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission�pages/station/main/index.html


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Gwyneth Paltrow fan of new laser beauty treatment
Actress GWYNETH PALTROW has discovered a new laser beauty treatment to preserve her youthful looks.
The Shakespeare in Love star, who turned 40 in September (12), has adopted a more thorough skincare routine in recent years to help fight the signs of ageing, and her Los Angeles dermatologist has turned her on to an innovative new procedure, which uses focused radio?frequency energy to strengthen collagen in the skin - to help prevent wrinkles without going under the knife.
Paltrow admits it's not the most comfortable of treatments, but she insists the results are worth the pain.
She tells Harper's Bazaar magazine, "I really used to be bad with products, but now I exfoliate every night and use a lot of organic oils on my face.
"And I have a great dermatologist in L.A. who gave me this amazing laser the last time I was there. It's called Thermage. It's not invasive. I went out to dinner right afterward and I didn't look crazy, but it's quite painful. It feels like someone's smacking your face with a rubber band that has an electric shock in it. But I would do it again, because I feel like it took five years off my face."
In the same interview, Paltrow also reveals she is not a fan of face-freezing Botox injections after one unfortunate experience, explaining: "I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy. I looked like Joan Rivers!"


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Library's plans
Your recent editorial about wisely spending our taxes had some very good points, but your critique of the library was not very well thought out ("How our tax dollars could be used better," Dec. 11). You seem to assume that books will be obsolete in the near future and that books are the only reason for a library's existence.
Donate life
As we gather with family during the holiday, many of us wish to give back and help others. Often, we struggle to find the time and means to do so. However, this Christmas, there is something everyone can do that costs nothing, takes less than a minute and gives hope to thousands of children, adults and their families in need.
Bypass traffic
While driving Freedom's Way (aka the bypass) daily, I find myself time for musing a bit. What if the southbound lane intersection at U.S. 60 had a right-turn-only lane going west? There are three lanes. One could be for the left turn, one straight and one right.
So many times I have watched a line of cars in the right-hand lane with turn signals on waiting, waiting, waiting behind one car, which happens to be going straight. You cannot get past that car because of an ungodly curb buildup. Conceivably to deter doing so?
McConnell no friend
Sen. Mitch McConnell, as usual, let his anti-worker attitude show through by supporting a national right-to-work bill. I'm not surprised as he is paid big bucks by companies, who don't want to pay their employees good wages and benefits.
Good cooperation
Illicit street and prescribed drugs have pervaded the institution of our city, county, state and nation. The result of these beasts have destroyed people, families and the advancement of basic productive responsibilities of life.
The dirt on soil
I commend you for The Sentinel-News' exclusive on the Shelby Conservation District ("Spending Your Tax Dollars: Investing in dirt and water," Sept. 25). I also salute Lisa King for her excellent reporting on what the conservation district does and what it means to all the citizens of the county.
Likes school plan
Shelby County Public Schools is embarking on a education pathway I very much approve of.
Until now the word from the school system was we are preparing students to be college ready. Many Shelby County students that were not going to college felt they were pushed over to the side, in the corner until they could be graduated.
That may not have been the way it was, but that for sure is the way many of the students thought it was. If you talked to them, they would tell you that is how it was.
Property tax bills
I am sending this correspondence in an effort to notify those persons who own real estate in Shelby County and who have not received their 2013 property tax bills that those bills were sent out the first of this month and are due and payable on or before Dec. 31. As one of the offices charged with collecting past-due property taxes, it has come to my attention that property tax bills do not always reach the appropriate property owners.
Subpar contractors
You must be leery of remodeling contractors, or any other contractors for that matter. I have never seen such an economy with so many people needing work, and then there are these guys who overpromise and under deliver. They take what money they can, don't finish the job and then leave.
Appreciates support
As a small business owner in Louisville, I feel very fortunate to be represented by such business-minded legislators as Congressman Thomas Massie and Senators Mitch McConnell and Randy Paul. They have taken a stand against the Marketplace Fairness Act, and for that I am grateful. As our legislators realize, the MFA will impose a huge burden upon small businesses like mine for a number of reasons.
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Letter to the House of Representatives urging them to strip the Senate-passed property tax limitation from the housing bill
July 14, 2008
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge the House to strip from the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R.3221) a provision that would prevent localities from raising tax rates to help compensate for shrinking property tax revenues resulting from declining home values. NEA strongly opposes this potentially dangerous Senate-passed provision, which could force localities to cut funding for schools, police, and other vital public services and will have other unintended consequences. Votes associated with these issues may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.
Property taxes are a major funding source for schools in most state. They also support vital services such as police and fire departments, road maintenance, libraries, parks, and social services. In the areas hardest hit by the housing crisis, property values are falling. If values are falling, property tax revenues will fall unless the rates are raised.
The number of children who must be educated does not drop just because property values fall. Nor do the costs of providing police and fire protection, maintaining roads, and other services. If localities do not have the flexibility to offset even a portion of this revenue loss by raising property tax rates, they may have to lay off teachers or take other drastic action to cut K-12 education, as well as cut police forces and close fire stations.
If the federal government limits the ability of localities to raise property tax rates, states will face pressure to make up the revenue that localities need to maintain services. At the current time, more than half of the states face deficits that average nine percent of their expenditures. Some states are cutting various forms of aid to localities in order to meet their own balanced budget requirements; states experiencing fiscal stress are in no position to replace lost property tax revenue. In short, this proposal could squeeze state and local services from both ends.
We urge you to protect education and other vital public services by stripping this dangerous provision from H.R. 3221.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody, Manager of Federal Advocacy


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Welding Courses
Part-time Welding courses are designed to either facilitate career exploration or to enhance skills and knowledge of individuals already in the trade. Beginner introductory courses provide the opportunity to practice cutting and welding, while advanced courses permit students to prepare for B Pressure or Visual Welding exams.
All students enrolled in Continuing Education classes in the Welding program are required to provide their own protective clothing, welding gloves, and cutting and welding goggles which must fit over their own safety glasses. These requirements are in accordance with regulations under Alberta's Occupational Health & Safety Act.
Students MUST abide by all safety rules and regulations while working in the welding shops. Running shoes are not acceptable footwear in the welding shops. If students prefer their own helmets, they must be the "flip-front" or photoelectric type.
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CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irving scored 22 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their sixth straight game, 101-93 over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
Irving, chosen MVP of the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, paced a balanced offense that extended the Cavaliers' longest winning streak since they won eight in a row in March 2010. That was LeBron James' final season in Cleveland.
Luol Deng scored 17 points, while Tyler Zeller and Tristan Thompson each added 16 for Cleveland.
Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 23 points. The Magic have lost 14 consecutive road games and are an NBA-worst 3-25 away from home.
The Cavaliers built an 18-point lead in the first quarter and were ahead by double figures until Orlando rallied in the third. The Magic outscored the Cavs 32-17 in the period and cut it to 72-70 in the early seconds of the fourth.
Cleveland went up 89-81 but Orlando scored six straight points to cut the margin to two again. Zeller's three-point play, two free throws by Irving and Deng's 3-pointer pushed the lead to 97-89 with 35 seconds remaining.
Orlando forward Glen Davis, the subject of trade talk leading up to Thursday's deadline, left early in the first quarter with a sore right Achilles and didn't return.
Cleveland played without guard Dion Waiters (hyperextended left knee) and center Anderson Varejao (sore back).
The Cavaliers led 26-11 after one. Irving had 10 points, four rebounds and three assists in the period. Orlando missed its first nine shots and fell behind 15-2. The Magic were 3 of 21 from the field in the quarter.
Irving, who had 31 points and 14 assists in the All-Star game, ended the first half with a 3-pointer from a couple of steps behind the line that gave Cleveland a 55-36 lead.
The Cavaliers made it 57-36 early in the third quarter, but Orlando chipped away at the deficit. The Magic cut the lead to 10 midway through the period, and Nikola Vucevic's two free throws made it 72-68 going into the fourth.
Victor Oladipo's basket to open the period cut the lead to two points.
Thompson had 14 rebounds for Cleveland. Vucevic scored 20 points for the Magic, and Tobias Harris added 19.
Cleveland has won all three matchups with Orlando this season.
Both teams have been linked to trade talks. Reports have indicated the Cavaliers have told teams Deng is available. The veteran moved into the starting small forward spot after being acquired from Chicago on Jan. 7, but can become a free agent after the season.
In addition to Davis, it's been reported that the Magic would also be open to dealing Afflalo and Jameer Nelson.
Waiters was injured when he came down awkwardly after a dunk in the second quarter Tuesday night against Philadelphia and didn't return to the game. The Cavaliers announced he had an MRI on Wednesday. Waiters said on his Twitter account that the knee is sore, but nothing is torn.
Cavaliers guard C.J. Miles sustained a leg injury while driving to the basket in the fourth quarter. He hit the floor hard and was down for several moments. Miles remained in the game to hit the two free throws before limping to the locker room.
NOTES: While the Cavaliers are listing Varejao as being out with a back injury, he's been dealing with an assortment of ailments, including a sore knee. The team hopes some time off will help his injuries heal up. ... Orlando's last road win came on Dec. 16, an 83-82 victory over Chicago. Deng led the Bulls with 26 points in that game. ... The Magic's 11 points in the first quarter were a season low for any period. ... The Magic lost 87-81 in overtime at Cleveland on Jan. 2 as Varejao tied the Cavaliers record with 25 rebounds.


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SEC releases more details on market structure, IPO roundtable
Does a one-cent minimum tick size inhibit IPOs?
That and dozens of other questions about whether changes are necessary for the current penny spread between bid and offer prices on stocks will be discussed at a Securities and Exchange Commission roundtable Feb. 5. (A tick is the minimum pricing increment that can be used to trade securities).
The agency on Friday released an agenda and different discussion topics on the issue, which has become heated of late after the agency issued a report to Congress on the current system. Currently, trading and quoting securities happens in one penny increments, also known as decimalization.
Many small publicly traded companies have been seeking to increase the tick size to between 2 cents and 10 cents, arguing that it would improve liquidity for their otherwise thinly-traded stocks. Others say they would be more likely to seek to take their companies public through an IPO if the spread between bid and offer prices widened.
Georgetown University Professor James Angel said a wider tick spread, say one that that has a nickel increment instead of a penny, would benefit liquidity providers in smaller stocks. He added that these include patient retail investors who add liquidity as well as market makers and it will create a disadvantage for liquidity takers, the "high-speed, hit-and-run computerized guys who will have to pay more to trade."
The SEC also said it will discuss whether increasing tick size improves the availability of research on small and middle capitalization companies. To that, Angel says absolutely.
"With a wider tick, there will be more liquidity, more market makers and the more people are willing to trade the stock, there is more incentive for a broker to provide research on the company," Angel said. "What you have is a virtuous cycle."
Angel says he would prefer to let companies pick their tick size, arguing that the optimal tick size is different for each corporation and that companies are the best suited to identify what set up provides the best liquidity for them. "They are the ones watching the trading of their stock and they can experiment with it," he said.
Other countries have multiple tick sizes, however the U.S. only has a single-size system.
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Brenna W. - Springfield, IL - 2013
Our Little Spitfire
by Courtney W.
The adjective that was first used by doctors to describe Brenna is still used often today by her therapists and physicians: "spitfire".
Brenna was born December 19, 2011, with harlequin ichthyosis. We were extremely fortunate to have a wonderful pediatric dermatologist in our town who came to see her in the NICU just a few hours after birth, but had already diagnosed her with HI based on a photo that the ob/gyn had sent him via text message.
We stayed away from the Internet for a few days, because we wanted all information to come from our doctors who were specifically treating Brenna. Our dermatologist told us about FIRST right away, so I contacted them and they connected me with some other families affected by harlequin, which has proved to be an incredible resource during this journey.
From the beginning, Brenna has been a fighter. She contracted an aggressive blood infection at five days old that left us praying for a miracle on Christmas Day. A surprise to many, she battled through it, and then underwent eye surgery at three weeks old, to lengthen her eyelids pulled tight and flipped out by her skin.
We were so thrilled to bring her home from the NICU after 5 weeks – when we were originally told it would be months – but Brenna endured a lot of ups and downs during her first year. She fought several skin infections, and in the summer of 2012, we had to make the tough decision to have a g-tube placed in her stomach. While she had originally been a wonderful eater, she just wasn't keeping up with her nutritional needs and was experiencing dehydration and weight loss.
Finally, our family experienced a little relief in the fall and winter, as Brenna stayed healthy and began to pack on the pounds! Of course, we still have many concerns – mobility, as she is not yet walking or crawling, and oral eating, as she is letting the g-tube do the work for her… and of course always concerns about germs! – but, we are finally feeling a sense of "normalcy" as her intense skin care routine is now second nature to us. We are so blessed by everything that Brenna (and her older brother Connor) has taught us about unconditional love, acceptance, and gratitude.
Brenna's smile lights up our life, and she is more attached to her parents than any baby we've ever seen. We've definitely got our work cut out for us because of her spirited personality, but I have no doubt that her spunk has driven her to make it through all of the challenges she has encountered in her 16 months.
We are excited to see all that the future holds for our little "spitfire"!
Read Courtney's post on FIRST's blog about being in "survival mode" during Brenna's first year.
Brenna's story was featured during ichthyosis awareness month 2013. To read all of the stories featured during Ichthyosis Awareness Month 2013, click here.


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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Anna's Thins
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Anna's Thins
- CRUST: Heat oven to 350º F. Combine first three ingredients and press into the bottom of a 9" spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes.
- FILLING: Whisk together next six ingredients. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and cornstarch. Blend in pumpkin mixture. Pour over the crust and bake 50 – 55 minutes or until centre of cake is just set. Remove from oven and immediately run knife around the ring of the pan. Let cool thoroughly at room temperature. Refrigerate overnight
- OPTION: Melt 2 oz. of chocolate and drizzle over top and sides of cake.