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Skip to comments.Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
Posted on 11/19/2012 7:38:08 AM PST by Red Badger
Current hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
A technique that enables the nanopatterned layers that store data in hard disk drives to assemble themselves has been improved to better suit mass production, and could enable disks that store five times as much data as the largest available today.
Using self-assembly instead of machines that print or etch out features has long been considered a potential solution to a looming barrier to expanding the capacity of hard-disk designs. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now worked out a solution to a problem that made self-assembly incompatible with existing factories.
Hard disks store data on a spinning disk, written into a pattern of magnetized regions on a magnetic coating. For decades, gains in hard-drive capacity have come from packing those regionsand hence datamore densely. But now they cant be positioned much closer together without magnetic interference endangering the reliability of data storage.
Covering a disk platter with physically separate dots of magnetic material instead of a continuous coat would allow much denser storage, since interference between the dots would be prevented by the gaps between them. But existing manufacturing methods cant reliably make discrete islands spaced closer than about 30 nanometers apart, producing much the same data density as conventional hard-disk designs today.
Grant Willson, a materials science professor at UT Austin, working with UT Austin chemistry professor Christopher Ellis, has found a way to create magnetic islands much more tightly packed than existing production tools are able to make. That new method uses a block of copolymerslong-chain molecules made of blocks of different polymersthat can assemble themselves into regular, and very small, repeating patterns. The patterns can be guided by choosing the right combination of polymers, and adding patterns to the surface they are applied to. Once formed, such a pattern can be used as a template to create dots of magnetic material on a hard-disk platter.
That approach has been held back by the challenge of getting long copolymer molecules to lay flat using a method compatible with existing factories. The UT Austin group announced last week that it had solved the problem by inventing a top-coat layeralso a polymerthat shuffles the copolymers into the right orientation.
You just spin-coat a couple more layers than usual and heat the thing with the hot plate that's already in there, says Willson. When the polymer top coat is applied, it is inactive, and bound up with ammonium ions. Heating drives off ammonia and switches the top-coat polymer into a new structure that interacts with the copolymer layer and encourages it to move into the desired orientation. The top coat is then washed off, leaving behind the copolymers and the structures they assembled into.
That process can be done in less than 30 seconds, faster than the current slowest step on a hard-disk platter manufacturing line, says Willson. So far, the group has shown that it can lay down patterns with details as fine as 10 nanometers. Willson estimates that this would allow hard drives to store data at five times their current density, approximately one terabit of information (1,024 gigabytes) per square inch.
HGST, a storage company owned by Western Digital, is investigating how the technique could be integrated into existing production lines. Willson says that his top coat will also need to be tuned for production by companies that specialize in semiconductor manufacturing.
James Watkins, director of the center for hierarchical manufacturing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, says that improvements are also needed to copolymers themselves before the self-assembly method can be used commercially. One challenge is to achieve long-range order using copolymers without defects over large areas, he says. With millions of data-storing dots on a disks platter, error rates must be very low to avoid significant numbers of them being positioned incorrectly.
Fine lines: Polymer molecules assembled themselves into the regular pattern of 10 nanometer-wide corridors in the larger of these two microscope images, thanks to the use of a new coating that helps the molecules align correctly. The smaller image shows that without the coating, the polymers dont form organized structure
Tech Ping!......
I'm surprised the industry is still so focused on spinning disk for storage, but considering the longevity and rewriteability of spinning disk vs. SSD, I suppose there's room for improvement.
Could 10TiB - 15 TiB spinning disk be in our future?
At "one terabit of information (1,024 gigabytes) per square inch" they will be in your iPod.......
That is a heck of a lot of data capacity.
Right !! This is the story of my life.... Just when my first 1TB drive is making it's way from Tiger Direct to my house in the back of a UPS truck...sigh
That depends on how many pr0n videos you want to store........
My first HDD was a 40MB Seagate. I paid over $300, mail order. I wondered how in heck I could EVER fill such a thing..........
It should be enough capacity for at least one Jerry Garcia guitar solo.
"My first HDD was a 40MB Seagate"
First one I ever bought was for our IBM AT (bigger brother to the PC). A huge metal can that held an astounding 5 megs, and only cost $1800+. Of course at the time, money wasn't a concern because after all, nobody could ever fill up 5 megs. And compared to those big 8" floppies that only held 180k, we were now in the big leagues!
So, do they actually mean "5 FOLD" (32 times),
or do they mean "5 times"?
I have a file drawer full of those,I'll let 'em go cheap (8^)
I wish they would just let it die and force the move to solid state so the price would drop to reasonable levels. Problem with mechanical, multi-TB drives is that you need to use some sort of RAID method and a second backup due to the possible loss of huge amounts of data when even a single unit fails. It's not like the old days, the failure rate on this garbage is high... I'd say 30% after 2 yrs of service. It's gotten so bad, I mirror all my work on hot-pluggable docks and rotate them in and out of the safe deposit box.
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 3.0
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 3.0
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 3.1
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 95
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 98
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 98SE
Mine was great until I loaded Windows ME
Mine was great until I loaded Windows NT
Mine was great until I loaded Windows 2000
Mine was great until I loaded Windows XP
Mine was great until I loaded Windows Vista
Mine was great until I loaded Windows..........
iDevices won't use platter disks of any form due to weight, shock, and power issues.
These are more likely to be used in large data centers where SSD is impractical and RAID arrays are par for the course to handle failed drives.
If you're anything like me, you'll have files 10 times bigger than that now.
A friend of mine has an MP3 player with a small HDD inside......
Great, now you can lose 5 times more stuff when the drive tanks!
RAID is one of the "good" four-letter words.
Darn, I guess that makes me a dinosaur. I seem to recall my first HDD was a Seagate 10 Mb, at least I think it was a Seagate, that cost me somewhere about $800 and the size was huge comparatively speaking and put off a bit of heat. And I thought I was flying along with my 300 baud acoustic modem, my Apple PC 4 bit machine. The 1200/2400 baud fax modems were just coming out. Seems only yesterday.
Wow, that's a lot of pr0n.
Unless you're a bug.
People have been predicting "the end of hard disk drives in 3 years"...for the last 15 years. They always come up with something to increase the bit density. It's going to be a while before semiconductor memory hits the cost per bit shown in this article.
Spinning disk might go the way of the dodo but not for a while yet, it seems. The cost per byte is too great for SSDs to make them commercially viable for long-term storage. Fact remains, if you want something that'll last for a long time and store your data longer than removable media, you want a spinning disk drive.
For performance at this point, you can't go wrong with SSD.
Darn, I guess that makes me a dinosaur. I seem to recall my first HDD was a Seagate 10 Mb
I remember those. We bought quite a few to sell with our applications - healthcare financial planning (really Medicare reimbursement planning) systems. It was still cheaper, faster, and more reliable than the IBM mainframe systems it replaced. More dollars in our pockets, heheh.
Those were the days and I have many fond memories of the early days. After holding out for a few more years I eventually transitioned to the 286 as well. As much as I loved my Mac at the time there was little real software being written for it and I needed more than what Apple was offering in those early days.
The first hard drive I worked with held 32K words of 12 bits each, so that would be 48 KBytes. It was head-per-track, so it didn't have any moving arm.
I think it cost us about $6000.
I also recall a business partner spending good money to upgrade our CMP machines from 48k of RAM to 64k of RAM.
Who in the world could possibly use 64k of RAM?
One issue with SSD is that even if the entire chip-manufacturing capacity of the entire world were dedicated to SSD, it would take a long time to reach the total storage capacity output of a week's worth of spinning-rust disks.
Science in the service of porn, what could be better?
So someone at MIT doesn't know the difference between bits and bytes?
On a personal computer I can't see any need for more than 300GB hard drive. Unless you are storing movies and home videos. BlueRay movies can eat up 25GB so I hear
If you are storing movies they should be on an external hard drive anyway. An external hard drive should last a lot longer than one in a computer
Reporters aren't good at math........That's why they are reporters.......
Puppy Linux is OKAY, if you just like being on Free Republic
I like Ubuntu Linux, it's pretty good and stable
Reporters: Unencumbered by the thought process.
My first HDD was about 100MB. I was a late bloomer with my Tandy 486SX, Windows 3.11 computer with 1x CD drive.
I remember deleting a gae to play a different game. I remember getting "bad sectors" on every scan.
Can you imagine if this reporter had just learned about WinZip?
For some strange reason, Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13 do not run correctly on my primary computer - probably a video driver issue. However, I ran Puppy all day yesterday.
What was the problem with Ubuntu?
When I first installed it, the OS didn't utilize some of my screen, as if my screen were smaller- leaving the sides black and inacessible.
That was fixed easily enough. I had to increase the screen resolution.
I have enough 1 Tb or larger devices....I now need a good RAID card,...but man they are expensive.
Great! This will allow sloppy programmers to require even MORE storage capacity, and get away with it.
The base Windows OS will probably be 100GB after a fresh/clean install....
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Nathan and Kandi have chosen March 22 to be married in the Salt Lake Temple. A ring ceremony and reception will follow at the Joseph Smith Memorial building.
The couple will be making their home in California where they both serve as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force.
Parents of the bride are David and Sally Ranstrom of Winchester, Tenn.
Parents of the groom are Rick and Dawnette Allred of Huntington.
Shane and Julie Hutchings of Hurricane announce the wedding of their daughter Alexis to Collin Worwood, son of Dennis and Sherry Worwood of Ferron on March 15.
An open house honoring the couple will be held from 5-7 p.m. on March 21 at the Ferron Senior Citizen's Center. All family and friends are welcome to attend.
Michael D and Ruth Bradshaw announce the marriage of their daughter Cindy Bradshaw to Kyle D. Balling. Kyle is the son of David K. and Sandra Balling of Kaysville. They were married in the Bountiful Temple on March 7. A reception was held in Kaysville following the wedding.
Cindy graduated from Carbon High, attended CEU and is currently attending the University of Utah. Kyle attended Davis High, is active in Scouting, served a LDS Mission to Torren, Mexico and is attending medical school at the University of Utah in neuro-surgery. Cindy and Kyle will continue their studies at the U of U.
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The Kell Brook fight was a total mis-match. The Pole hardly landed a shot and Kell looked like he was in first gear throughout. Strange, because that Pole has never been stopped according to Boxrec.
That's the thing he was a really solid worthy opponent. Great record and if you watch his bigger fights he has been really good. Challenged for a world title the lot. Brook made him look like a journeyman.
Maybe he is a bit past it. But I would like to believe that Brook is just that good. Coming up he was touted as the real deal but an argument between Frank Warren and Brook's dad meant he didn't fight enough as he should have. Now he is with Matchroom he seems to be getting the fights he deserves.


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Representatives from the Crandall Canyon miners families presented a letter to the Emery County Commission asking their help in securing a site for the miners memorial at the Crandall Canyon mine site.
It is a site above Crandall Canyon, as close as possible to the spot where the miners are entombed. Commissioner Drew Sitterud said you can see the mountain where the miners are from the proposed memorial site. A parking area will also need to be established. Access to the site needs to be kept available even after the Crandall Canyon mine is reclaimed.
Emery County Sheriff LaMar Guymon spoke in favor of the proposed site saying it was beautiful choice. The county will submit their proposal to the forest service for their approval of the chosen property. Dave Shaver of UtahAmerican Energy was on hand to voice the support of the coal company on the memorial site.
It is possible UtahAmerican Energy will go into a different seam of coal at Crandall Canyon. The road to the mine will be maintained throughout any mining activity. An agreement needs to be made as to the continuation of the road after the mine site is reclaimed.
The family representatives, Nelda Erickson and Sheila Phillips sent the following letter to the commission: "We represent the families of the six miners who were killed in the Crandall Canyon Mine tragedy. As you know, our loved ones are permanently buried in the mountain and will never be recovered. We are now attempting to find some closure to our loss by constructing a final memorial. We have selected a site just above the Crandall Canyon mine site in an undisturbed forested area that we feel would be suitable. It is as close to where our loved ones are entombed as we can reasonably get, and it provides a relatively peaceful setting for the headstones.
"We are requesting that Emery County act on our behalf to acquire the site from the US Forest Service and from UtahAmerican Energy so that it may remain a protected sanctuary in perpetuity. We envision a memorial site with the six headstones facing toward the mountain in which they are now buried. A trail would lead from the Crandall Canyon mine yard to the memorial. We also request a small separate area for parking, isolated from the mine equipment. We would also like the county to consider working with the US Forest Service to take over the Crandall Canyon road in the future so that when the mine is reclaimed there will still be suitable access to the memorial for the families," said Phillips and Erickson.
Sitterud said they met with the forest service and they are cooperating well with the county. Ray Petersen, public lands director for the county, is filling out the necessary application to be submitted to the forest service. It will need approval from the Washington Office of the US Forest Service. It is a special use permit the county is seeking to place the memorial on forest service land. An agreement also needs to be made between the mine and the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining that the county is not responsible for any reclamation on the road or at the mine site.
The mine owns part of the trail to the memorial site and the parking area. A small piece of forest property will need to be permitted for the placement of the memorial.
Sitterud said they are paying close attention to detail with the application so it will only need to go through the process once. The process needs to move along quickly and according to protocol so an August 6 completion date for the memorial can be realized.
Reverend Shawn Clapp of Ferron met with the families of the nine miners on behalf of Murray Energy and UtahAmerican Energy, Inc. The memorial will be constructed in accordance with the designs chosen by the miners families. The memorial will consist of six stone monuments placed in a semi-circle with the names of Don Erickson, Luis Hernandez, Brandon Phillips, Manuel Sanchez, Kerry Allred and Carlos Payan. Three benches of stone with the names of the rescuers who died, Dale Black, Brandon Kimber and Gary Jensen. These benches will be located opposite the six monuments. Rev. Clapp read a statement from Robert Murray, the president and chief executive of the coal company. "The employees of our companies and I grieve with the families of our fallen miners. We are privileged to announce this memorial, to be constructed in accordance with the wishes of the families and at the location they have selected. This memorial at this serene place, will be an enduring symbol of our miners' sacrifices and our devotion to them and their families. We joing the families in profound mourning," said Murray.
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This document describes how to troubleshoot issues related to setting desktop playback volumes for Cisco Unity ViewMail for Outlook (VMO).
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This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.
All versions of Cisco Unity VMO
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
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VMO message playback from the desktop includes a volume control button. This document describes how the VMO volume control button interacts with the actual desktop volume.
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When the VMO volume is changed, it sets the multimedia volume to the same setting. To test this, follow these steps:
Open the multimedia Master Volume window. For Windows 2000, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Volume Control.
Change the wave volume setting and make a note of the setting.
Close the multimedia Master Volume window.
Open a voice mail message in Outlook, using VMO.
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Reopen the Master Volume window and note that the wave volume setting has changed.
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Sorry there are no pictures but I thought I'd let you know that the road where I live are making a communal effort to put out some christams lights. Only a few are out so far. I've contributed a string of mains-powered lights around the iner frame of my downstairs road-facing window, as well as a repeat of last years' battery powered string of lights wrapped in a spiral around the telephone pole directly outside my door, there are other items appearing elsewhere but with energy prices at such painfully high levels we all have to be careful about what we use, so it's a case of a few individual efforts making a greater whole.
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Two putti frolic on this exceptional vine-covered bronze vase by French sculptor Auguste Moreau (1834-1917). An exceptional example of the Art Nouveau style, this vase is cast of lacquered gilt bronze and is set upon a base of rare red marble. Born into an artistic family, Auguste studied under Mathurin Moreau, and went on to establish himself as one of the most respected sculptors of the Art Nouveau period. Moreau exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon where he received a medal and at the Paris Exposition where he received a Gold Medal in 1900 for excellence in sculpture. This wonderful vase is a superlative example of this important artist's work.
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Skip to comments.President Obama Laments Rush Limbaugh And Fox News Influence On Public Debate
Posted on 01/27/2013 12:44:38 PM PST by Libloather
The president also conceded that [t]he same dynamic happens on the Democratic side, but in his mind, the difference is just that the more left-leaning media outlets recognize that compromise is not a dirty word.
He claimed that leaders like myselfand I include Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in thisare willing to buck the more absolutist-wing elements in our party to try to get stuff done, as opposed to the opposing party which he views as obstructionist.
[T]hats one of the biggest problems weve got in how folks report about Washington right now, because I think journalists rightly value the appearance of impartiality and objectivity, Obama said. And so the default position for reporting is to say, A plague on both their houses. On almost every issue, its, Well, Democrats and Republicans cant agreeas opposed to looking at why is it that they cant agree. Who exactly is preventing us from agreeing?
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"Who exactly is preventing us from agreeing?" -Obama
Well, gee Mr Big Ears, look in the mirror and go read your Communist Manifesto again whiel you and Reggie Love do your "yoga".
His spoiled brat issues come to light with these statements.
Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?
Why do I need to agree to a piece of kenyan trash liar who is intent on destroying the country? FUBO
He claimed that leaders like myselfand I include Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in thisare willing to buck the more absolutist-wing elements in our party
Coming from the my way or the highway group, this is rich
how dare more than one viewpoint exist in this country!
I seem to recall the left smugly saying 'Dissent is Patriotic' when Dubya was President.
We throw it back at them, and KenyaBoy can't undersand it.
-— Coming from the my way or the highway group, this is rich -—
No kidding. I just can't tell if he's crazy or a Big Lie guy.
Yup! This ass hat never grew up. He lived with Muslims and communists so that his mind is so warped that there is no conservative value but just playing kids games. Remember "I won". What the hell was that if not a pure child like remark.
Yes, it's only the rat leftists like Obama who should have freedom of speech.
THEY are the extremist elements in his party. Almost no one was more extreme when Obama was a US Senator. Same with Reid and Pelosi.
What a thinskinned TOOL. He's got 98% of the TV, print and internet media slobbering over him like he's the 2nd coming. But that's not enough. He always sees fit to take a swipe at Rush..and the increasingly irrelevant Fox News. Chicken..Chicken....Chicken. AS IF.
Go back to the view and keep believeing you're that legend they think you are, Miserable Commie poseur.
obama is a sore winner. The more the Repub's kowtow to this behavior, the more they will get.
I lament Obama's influence on public debate. He is the most negative, divisive, sarcastic President we have had. Obama makes Richard Nixon look warm and engaging.
does he know that he just made them stronger?
Oh lookie, Limbaugh's ratings are about to take another spike.
Rush thanks you.
Nope. Proof positive the boy's a real dumbass.
Hilarious toon!
He's whining about the moderates at FOX? LOL!
Some virtually beg Congressional haters to subpoena them to testify before committees.
Tens of millions of Americans will stand foursquare behind each and every modern day Patriot.
Go ahead Obama, Reid, Pelosi, et al., make our day.
Let's get it over with.
Maybe what Obama needs is a "Commission to Examine and Neuter Sensibility from Our Republic" to make the voices he doesn't like "shut up."
It's so much easier to be a dictator when you don't have to deal with critics, after all.
You got 51% of the vote, you pretentious jagoff.
I grew up just out side of Chicago where Obama politically emerged from
and I can tell you unequivocally, anything eminating from Chicago operates via the BIG LIE premise.
I have had my differences with Rush from time to time on minor points, but can say without reservation that the bamster isn't fit to lick dog feces from Rush's shoes.
It should make for an interesting opening monologue from Rush on Monday.
Ah, 'personalize and demonize' or however Alinsky states it. Obama's at it again. I suspect that Rush is an enemy he'll wish he'd never engaged. I bet El Rushbo's chortling even now as he plans next week's show.
What a jackass.
The Obama Doctrine -
Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you. Push. Complain about you.
If he is so centrist, why no votes for his budgets?
"You got 51% of the vote..."
...by buying votes from the Takers and the Sluts with our tax money. Nothing to be bragging about.
Rush's reaction will be: "Spell that L-I-M-B-A-U-G-H".
I wish they would stop calling him "President". I think "dictator" fits better.
Dear Bleater is really saying:
Why the f*&^ can't this country be more like North Korea? Or Africa?
I wonder if Dear Leader is really under the delusion that Faux News is not in the tank for the Rats. Suspect it's just a ruse.
Fox News Breaking: "Barack Obama may not be the most incredible person ever to walk the face of the earth. Hear both sides at 9:00"
Barack: "Wahhhhhhhh . . ."
Whats mine is mine, whats yours is negotiable.
And, unfortunately for us, the RINO's agree.
Even if he had all the media sewed up like he does with abccbsnbcpbscnnmsnbc and the newspapers, he still would have to blow out a lot of people's brains to get total silence. The Marxists have a road they travel to mass murder every time.
The dems are running scared of the NRA, too. They are actually now outright denouncing the constitution of the US. Ultimately, the globalists know this is what stops them in the US.
The CEO of GE let slip a few weeks ago that the Chi-coms have a superior ruling system to us. He said they are effecient and can get things done. Now NBC has a special on ending the constituiton. Genernals Dempsey and Petraeous both denounced free speech around the fake video show and Petraeous has denounced the second amendment.
The elitists really are going to move against the constitution during the coming phase of globalization. The DOD and DHS has named people who are for the constituiton, domestic terrorists.
We have seen the radicals and heard their treason before...I have never seen them in such power before. I was never really afraid of them before.
Here's the problem....more than fifty percent of the public is watching Fox News. When they do the ratings....the regular news channels (MSNBC, ABC, CNN, CBS, etc)....are stuck with low ratings, and thus low commericial advertising dollars. Everyone will still use them...but they pull out the ratings and comment that most people are watching Fox. So Fox is hurting all of them in the profit category.
Fox knows this. They've lined up the evening news and the only one that can compete against them....is the Comedy Channel, and History Channel's Amish Mafia.
So they are complaining about this to the President, and hinting that this whole mess is going to trigger some downsizing in the news media if things don't change.
Makes sense..but have you EVER heard a public official name a particular station or radio personality by name? Time after time? He is SUCH a little man.
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his chest..."
A healthy 11-year-old girl from Tuscon,
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infections and needed a lung transplant to save her life.
walked into the hospital with me on May 19, 2011, and would not pass again
through those doors until October, five months later."
Because of antibiotic resistance, many bacterial infections have become impossible to treat. New antibiotics are desperately needed to save patients' lives, but few new drugs are in pharmaceutical companies' research and development (R&D) pipelines. Low returns on investments and an unpredictable and often infeasible approval pathway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have caused many companies to leave the antibiotics market.
IDSA is working to counter this decline through the 10 x '20 Initiative (read our statement). The initiative seeks a global commitment to create an antibiotic R&D enterprise powerful enough to produce 10 new systemic antibiotics by the year 2020. This effort has the potential to save thousands of lives each year. To achieve our goal, IDSA is working with a broad range of stakeholders in the United States and globally. We need your help!
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Her new book, subtitled 'Overcoming the Fear of Death,' encourages us to talk about dying.
Scholar and author Erica Brown, 46, shares some spiritual tips about easing the final passage in her new book, Happier Endings: Overcoming the Fear of Death (Simon & Schuster). She spoke with USA TODAY's Craig Wilson.
1. So we're supposed to be happy about dying?
Only if you hate living. Otherwise, it's an unavoidable reality, so we might as well get better at it. As a society, we stink at it now.
2. We have to learn how to die. How?
Do a life retrospective. Pass down your hard-earned wisdom. Give away your possessions while you are still here to get pleasure from the exchange (because otherwise you may cause all kinds of family wars you never intended). Give praise. Give advice. Ask forgiveness. Grant forgiveness. Don't make a bucket list that's full of crazy experiences that your fraternity brothers would have dared you to do at age 20. Make a grown-up bucket list where you challenge yourself to have new and deeper spiritual and emotional experiences and mend relationships.
3. Can a sudden death really be beautiful?
Yes, it can. Death can inspire families to have the conversations and express the emotions they denied themselves before. This is it. You're not going to get another chance. Love fully. Say real goodbyes.
4. How do you want to die? I mean, if you had a choice.
I want to have a really good chocolate milkshake while lying on a really expensive mattress that I currently cannot afford surrounded by my husband and children. I want to kiss each of them goodbye, tell them what a dream my life has been and how wonderful they have been. Say thank you, close my eyes and meet my Maker. Alternatively, I'd like to die rushing into a fire to save a stranger who lives. If it can't be peaceful, it may as well be heroic.
5. How, as you say, do older people "play" with death?
As we age and come closer to the ultimate expiration date, a lot of us go into turtle behavior. We avoid the conversations we need to have. But they are not going away. We are going away. Death is not a fight. It's a reality. Prepare yourself for it, and you can teach those who live after you how to die well and how to live well.


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By By GARY ARRINGTONSports Writer
The 2011-12 high school basketball season is now going strong. Emery opened the season by playing in the Hall of Fame tournament in Richfield. Emery defeated Enterprise 47-37 in a game between defending state champions. Emery then came home and hosted the Carbon Dinos in a rematch game between last season's championship game participants with the Dinos winning easily 49-30. Emery this week is traveling to Bear River High in Tremonton and playing in a three-day tournament with 3-A, 4-A and 5-A teams.
Miranda Averett led the Carbon Dinos with 17 points as the Dinos outscored Emery in every quarter of the game and easily got some revenge for last season's final game. Carbon was 11 for 13 at the free throw line while Emery was a not very good four for 13 as Emery had trouble scoring all night.
After Emery scored the first two points of the game, Carbon scored the next seven points over the next four minutes to lead 7-2 and Carbon led after the first period 14-6. Carbon then won the second period 10-7 and led at the half 24-13.
Emery came out strong in the second half and quickly scored five points to narrow the gap but unfortunately Carbon then scored the next 14 points and the Dinos led 38-20 after three periods. Carbon started out the fourth quarter on a 7-2 run before the reserves finished the game for both teams.
Blayr Jeffs led the way for Emery with eight points and five rebounds. Jeridi Price finished with seven points and three rebounds. Kim Oldroyd had five points and five rebounds. Also scoring for the Spartans were Shelby Allred with three points, Ashlynn Allred, Sidnee Conder and Shailee Stokes with two points each and Whitney Roper with one point.
Scoring for Carbon besides Averett was Rachel Scoggins with 11 points including two 3-pointers, Regan Powell with eight points, Kelcy Otani with four points, Amanda Freestone with three points and Ashley Quinton, Lexi Gagon and Shaylie Jones with two points each.
Against Enterprise, Emery had a big first half in this game between the defending 2-A champion and the defending 3-A champion. Emery led 27-12 at the half.
Jeridi Price led the Spartans with 13 points while Blayr Jeffs scored 12 points. Jeffs sprained an ankle in the first half which limited her playing time in the game. Price had nine rebounds in the game to lead the team in this category also. Jeffs also had four rebounds and a pair of steals.
Stokes and Kelsie Cox each scored eight points in the game with Roper scoring four points and Oldroyd scoring two points. Oldroyd also pulled down nine rebounds and had two steals. Stokes had six rebounds, three assists and a steal. Cox led the team with four assists.
Emery will open the Bear River tournament against Weber this Thursday at 4:15 p.m. Games will be determined for Friday and Saturday. Other teams at the Lady Bear Classic include Fremont, Juan Diego, Logan and Desert Hills.


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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
For the past two years campers and ATV riders and users of the Chimney Rock area in general have been plagued by missing items from their camps and ATVs. Ranchers in the area have also had several items taken from their ranches.
The men who helped apprehend the thief tell their story, "Today myself Jason Allinson, Jeramie Young and Ron Young went riding down at Chimney Rock. When we got there we heard that the Chimney Rock Bandit had been seen earlier that day. We went for a ride not seeing him, we went back to our truck to eat lunch. While we were eating, Emery County Sheriff Detective John Barnett stopped and told us that he seen some tracks over by where he was last seen.
"So we gassed up our bikes and headed over to where he had seen the tracks. Jeramie decided to climb to the top of the hill to see what he could see. When he got the top of the hill, sure enough, there he was stealing a gas can and a coat out of the back of a truck. Right there at the time, we took off after him he headed down a wash and I was right on his tail. After about 300 yards he hit a wash and went over the bars. I jumped off my bike and tackled him. He jumped up, kicked me in the ribs, and took off running. At that time, I jumped on the bike with Jeramie and we took off after him again. Jeramie stopped and got off his bike to call the cops and I took off after him with Ron. I was right behind him in the wash and Ron was beside him on top of the wash. Ron got ahead of him and dropped down in the wash and stopped him at that time I ran him over and jumped on him, Ron ran over and we got him down and tied his hands behind his back with my jersey. Jeramie went back to the road to get the cops and Ron went back to the bandits bike to pick it up.
"I heard Jeramie coming with the cops so I thought it was all over just when I turned back to the bandit he stood up and kicked me and then head butted me and took off again. I couldn't believe it, the chase was on again I pointed Jeramie and the cops to where he was. We looked for him for about 20 minutes when finally a cop showed up with a dog and it was all over from there," said Jason.
The man responsible for these thefts appeared in court on March 3 to answer to the charges.
Jason Pogue appeared in the Seventh District Court of Castle Dale and was arraigned on over 30 counts of criminal conduct ranging from misdemeanor and felonies to drug charges. His charges include approximately 15 felonies from third degree to second degree. Pogue will have a preliminary hearing on March 17. He remains in custody in the Emery County Jail.
His date of birth is 04/23/1974. The charges and dates of the thefts include: second degree felony burglary on 11/17/08 and 2/20/09; four second degree felony counts of theft on 11/17/08; five second degree felony charges of theft on 2/19/09; one third degree felony count of theft on 8/10-08 and one misdeameanor theft charge on 8/10/08; two third degree felony charges of theft by receiving stolen property on 2/21/09; two misdeameanor charges of theft on 11-17-08; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 2/19-09; one misdeameanor charge of burglary of a vehicle on 2/20/09; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 2/20/09; one misdeameanor charge of burglary of a vehicle on 2/13/09; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 2/13/09; one misdeameanor charge of burglary of a vehicle on 5/01/08; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 5/01/08; one misdeameanor charge of burglary of a vehicle on 1/31/09; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 1/31/09; one misdeameanor charge of burglary of a vehicle on 9/29/08; one misdeameanor charge of theft on 9/29/08; one misdeameanor charge of assault against a police officer on 2/21-09; and one misdeameanor charge of manufacture/deliver drug parahernalia.
Emery County Sheriff LaMar Guymon said, "I would like to commend the detective work of John Barnett. This case is a job well done. He along with Sgt. Mitch Vetere returned to the site in the Woodside area for a week to make sure he had recovered everything involved in the thefts. Our office appreciates the help of the public on this apprehension. Most people would have given up after being assaulted, but we appreciate how everyone worked together. This also proves how necessary the canine program is within our office. We appreciate our dog, Nico and his assistance with the suspect. We appreciate the cooperation of the Adult Probabtion and Parole officers who assisted with this. I am amazed at how well all our people worked together. We had suspicions about this man in the past, but nothing conclusive enough where charges could be pressed until this time. The burglaries have been under investigation for a year or more and reports were taken on most of the missing items. The items were stashed and buried in the area, and many items had been pawned."
Det. John Barnett said many of the items recovered included: guns, tools, irrigation equipment, trailer and a generator. "He allegedly stole an ATV from East Carbon and a motorcycle from Moab. There were tools, guns, gas cans, a trailer full of irrigation pipe, a camp trailer, generator, hunting gear, motorcycle riding gear and several other items. He broke into a camp trailer in November that was parked across the road at Woodside. He stole five guns from the trailer along with the camping gear. He hid the guns in several locations around the desert and Woodside and they have been recovered. He stole a lot from the farmer in the area, including the older camp trailer, a tractor and tools," said Det. Barnett.


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Program Overview
The Associate in Science in Electronic Medical Records Technology program prepares technicians to maintain, collect, and analyze patients' health information data including medical history, symptoms, examinations results, diagnostic tests, treatment methods, and all other healthcare provider services.
Associate in Science Degree
The Associate in Science in Electronic Medical Records program prepares technicians to maintain, collect, and analyze patients' health information data including medical history, symptoms, examinations results, diagnostic tests, treatment methods, and all other healthcare provider services. Technicians ensure the quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security of health information data. They regularly communicate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to clarify diagnoses or to obtain additional information. Electronic Medical Record technicians should possess excellent oral and written communication skills as they often serve as liaisons between healthcare facilities, insurance companies, and other establishments.
The Electronic Medical Record Technology curriculum combines elements of healthcare, business, and information technology. Coursework involves medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, health data requirements and standards, clinical classification and coding systems, data analysis, healthcare reimbursement methods, database security and management, confidentiality of personal health information, and quality improvement methods. Students will be trained on electronic health records software applications to maintain data on patient safety, patterns of disease, disease treatment and outcomes for biomedical statistics.
Electronic Medical Records technicians' duties vary with the size and scope of the medical facility. Technicians specialize in many aspects of heath information and can work in physicians' offices, nursing care facilities, outpatient care centers, home healthcare services, hospitals, managed care organizations, government agencies, behavioral health facilities, and insurance companies.
The Electronic Medical Record program is a full-time, six-quarter program that may be completed in as little as 18 months. Upon successful completion of the entire course of study, graduates may sit for the Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) examination administered by the National Health career Association and the more advanced Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) examination administered by Health IT Certification.
Mission, Goals, and Outcomes
Program Mission
The mission of the Health Information Management Technology (HIMT) program is to provide a specialized associate degree program to prepare students for careers as certified health information management professionals. Through a combination of didactic, laboratory, and fieldwork experience the program emphasizes the knowledge, comprehension, and application of professional skills and behaviors graduates will need to become effective HIMT professionals.
Program Goals
1) The HIMT program will provide students with learning experiences that engage the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains necessary to function as HIMT professionals.
2) The HIMT program will utilize technology to allow students to demonstrate the application of knowledge in the classroom, laboratory, and professional settings.
3) The HIMT program will focus on the hands-on application of knowledge, critical thinking, and communication skills needed to function as an effective HIMT professional.
4) The HIMT program will prepare students for the Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) and the Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) national examinations.
5) The HIMT program will endeavor to instill in the student a sense of commitment to the HIMT profession's core values and ethics including ongoing professional development and life-long learning.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the program will be able to:
1) Manage, monitor, and analyze health information to ensure accuracy, appropriateness, security, and confidentiality of patient data.
2) Utilize technology including hardware and software to facilitate data collection, analysis, storage, reporting, and retrieval of health information.
3) Apply policies and procedures to maintain protected health information according to the standards of external regulatory agencies for certification, licensure, and accreditation purposes.
4) Utilize legal, ethical, and professional guidelines to manage health information within diverse healthcare delivery systems and promote privacy, confidentiality, and safety of patient data.
5) Implement procedures to effectively process biomedical research statistics and multiple healthcare reimbursement methodologies, including clinical classification, billing, and coding.
6) Integrate knowledge of data base structure to evaluate health information systems and promote effective quality control practices.
7) Provide leadership and promote the importance of effective communication and keeping up-to-date with technology and advances within the profession of HIMT.
Associate in Science Degree
- SCI 102 Introduction to Allied Health
- MGT 118 Keyboarding
- MGT 119 Word Processing I
- MGT 113 Introduction to Computers
- IT 111 Introduction to Information Technology
- SCI 100 Anatomy & Physiology I
- CMA 124 Medical Language I
- HIM 120 HIPAA and Patient Confidentiality
- HIM 122 Introduction to Electronic Health Records
- CMA 134 Medical Language II
- CMA 219 Comprehensive Medical Transcription II
- MGT 124 Electronic Editing
- SCI 120 Anatomy & Physiology II
- CMA 228 Comprehensive Medical Office Practice I
- CMA 229 Comprehensive Medical Office Practice II
- MGT 227 Spreadsheets
- CMA 126 Clinical Documents and Communication
- IT 264 Introduction to Information Security
- MGT 232 Database Management
- HIM 250 Comprehensive Health Information Management I
- MGT 250 Integrated Software
- HIM 260 Comprehensive Health Information Management II
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Aspiring to be the youngest ever Dream Champion, 15 year old Meera extends her love and care for the underprivileged
A child's love is said to be the purest form of love. There is a lot to learn from them. So when the shy and excited five-year old Meera experienced her first joy in giving, her life was to be changed forever. While visiting a small rural village, young Meera was asked by her Guru, Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai, to say 'Thank You' to the less privileged children she was offering her goodies to. At first, Meera did not understand why must she say Thank You. Meera's confusion soon turned into a moment of insight, when her Guru explained that the reason for thanking them was because they were giving her an opportunity to serve them. That's when it struck the five year – old, 'You are a lot happier giving something than receiving'. One of the principles on which Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care (SRLC) is based is similar. It says that as we add meaning to the lives of others, in the process, they end up adding meaning to ours. SRLC is a 10 care programme that focuses on transforming the lives of the less privileged. This programme allowed Meera to explore the condition and lives of people living in rural India. Moved by the disparity she saw and inspired by her Guru, she set forth to make a difference. At the tender age of 13, Meera set a benchmark and record by raising Rs 1 lakh for Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care in Mumbai's 2012 Marathon. However, the way this 'Dream Teamer' collected these funds is of more meaning. Meera selflessly asked her friends to donate money instead of giving her gifts on her first teenage birthday party. Meera continued her fund-raising for the Marathon and her dedication yielded rewards when in 2013, she raised Rs. 5 Lakh! However, the story of Meera does not end here. Through her journey, Meera's bond with a girl from rural Gujarat, Sonali stands tall. Sonali, a girl originally enrolled in the organisation's school - Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul in Dharampur, was touched by Meera's genuineness. Today, Sonali is studying medicine in an institute in Karnataka. Deeply motivated by the organisation's and Meera's support and kindness shown to her, Sonali feels inspired to give back to society as her way of simply saying 'Thank You'. Meera, the bubbly 15 year old has set her target for Rs. 10 Lakh in donation for this year's Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. Her friends from U.S – Trishna and Hetvi are also extending their support to her. Thus, Meera is testament to Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care's theme this year at the SCMM 'Extending Love and Care'. It's noteworthy that several such children and youngsters volunteer for this organisation. With such values in action, the world surely looks brighter!


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Research over the last decade is clear: Caregivers who devote themselves to their loved ones to the exclusion of their own needs become ill. In a study of spousal caregivers (Schulz, et al, 1999), caregivers who experienced mental or emotional strain had a 63 percent higher risk of death than noncaregivers.
Physical activity is proven to improve both mental and physical health. It tackles anxiety, depression and anger. It enhances your immune system and decreases the risk of developing diseases such as cancer and heart disease. It helps maintain a healthy weight. Becoming more physically active can lower your blood pressure by as much as 4 to 9 mm Hg. That's the same reduction in blood pressure delivered by some antihypertensive medications.
Three 10-minute periods of activity are almost as beneficial to your overall fitness as one 30-minute session.
For each hour of regular vigorous physical activity some adults may gain about two hours of life expectancy. Moderate physical activity, such as brisk walking, for as little as 30 minutes a day has health benefits such as:
- Improves self-image and energy levels
- Improves muscle tone and muscle strength
- Improves circulation, which reduces the risk of heart disease
- Helps prevent bone loss
- Promotes enthusiasm and optimism
- Reduces coronary heart disease in women by 30–40 percent
- Reduces risk of stroke by 20 percent in moderately active people and by 27 percent in highly active ones
- Helps in the battle to quit smoking
- Helps you fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly
It's also a good idea to spend some time outdoors. Sunlight on your skin helps your body produce vitamin D, which is important for good health.
This content was last reviewed on 12/18/2014.
As a caregiver, you need more than ever to fit physical activity into your life.
Pledge to find at least 30 minutes a day at least five days a week for moderate physical activity.


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Faces of Hope | Journey of Hope | Voices of Hope | Family Scrapbook
Listed here are thoughts about hope submitted by people who have been touched by the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Thanks to the patients, families and friends, and health care professionals for graciously sharing these messages.
Tell us what hope means to you.
Henry Friedman, MD, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke:
"Together with the patients and families who choose to come to The Brain Tumor Center at Duke for their care, we share hope for better care than they would have anywhere else, hope that the patient's medical needs will be addressed in a positive way, hope that the major disruption to the essence of the life of the patient and family will be addressed, and ultimately, hope for survival with quality of life."
Allan Friedman, MD, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke:
"At Duke, we keep trying. We don't just label a patient with a prognosis and accept standard therapy."
Sister of a GBM patient
What is hope?
It is today, tomorrow, not yesterday,
It is yearning for someone to say,
It is wanting more, wanting less,
It is trying to get the very best.
It is the future if it will be,
It is the past as a reflection to see,
It is the connection to our father above, it is prayers, faith, longing to be loved.
It is in the heart yearning to get out, it can be stopped if ever a doubt, it can be lost if not comprised, it is salvation by surprise,
This is hope.
Wife of GBM patient
"My husband is a GBM survivor since Nov. 2007. My sister, a research nurse, emailed me about the People magazine article. I really want to send my appreciation for your researchers involved with GBM and let them know that I am grateful for their work. Miraculously, my husband is doing well, but for some people, your reseachers are the only ray of hope. Keep going!
Glenda Hurley, patient
"Hope to me means watching my grandchildren grow up and my family. On Sunday March 9 I was having word recognition problems and by the evening couldn't read. Cat Scan on Monday, MRI on Tuesday and Pet Scan Wednesday morning thankfully there was not any cancer in the rest of my body. I was diagnosed on March 12, 2014 and had surgery on March 13, 2014 in Wilmington, NC. On March 25th I contacted Dr. Henry Friedman's office about a trail study. Dr. Friedman called me back at 9:15 PM that night which I was impressed at that time of night and told me what he needed from my hospital to continue. Information was sent and Dr. Friedman called to let me know that I had an excellent surgery. On April the 3rd I came to Duke and to see Dr. Friedman and his staff. I started treatments on April 16, 2014 and thank God I have not had any side effects and ran the Angels Among Us Race Saturday in 44:53 with my daughter and son. To meet all the survivors at the race and their hope and to hear their success story's from the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center gives me HOPE and with my faith I will be running the race next year with my team....
MN Brain Tumor Patient of Dr. Allan Friedman
"Hope, hope means everything when you have had all hope taken away from you. I was diagnosed with a very rare form of a brain tumor, and the Providers I sought out in MN could do nothing for me. All hope was lost until I found Dr. Allan Friedman. I will never forget our first conversation, "This is Dr. Allan Friedman, how can I help you folks?". The very next day Dr. Friedman phoned me again, "surgery is a go". Through multiple telephone conversations with Dr. Friedman, he made it very clear that he was not going to just let me die, he was my Dr. and he was going to take good care of me! Within 30 days of our first conversation I arrived at Duke, and this MN girl finally got to meet the wonderful Dr. she had been speaking with over the last 30 days. He made me feel so at ease about surgery, and I just knew I was in great hands. I underwent a sub-total resection of the tumor that was pushing against my brain stem. My surgery was a success, and I was left with no neurological defecits. Dr. Friedman, his staff, the staff at Duke Univ. Med. Ctr, the ICU staff and the staff at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center are all wonderful and caring people. Everyone I met made me feel like they had a personal interest in my care. I will forever be grateful for Dr. Friedman and the hope that has given back to me! I will be continuing with my follow up's at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, and making those return trips from MN to NC because "at Duke there is hope."
Mother of brain tumor patient
"Believing that my 34 year old son will see his children grow up and enjoy anniversaries with his wife, Jen. I believe in miracles!!"
Donna Dellaciprete Day:
"Hope to me , is the continuing progress through research, that has extended the life of my sister who has GBM, faith that research can continue, and new breakthroughs keep coming. Keep up the great work and clinical trials, I HOPE for my sister to be included and have her with us longer."
Survivor of brain cancer:
"Hope means to me that one day soon Dr. Henry Friedman and his team will find a cure for cancer. And that I can find a way to get back to Duke so they can help me again. God bless the Doctors, their staff and families!"
BTC patient:
"Hope is knowing that I have the best medical minds in the world all focused on my problem and doing it with kindness and a sense of humor."
Terry martin, gbm patient:
"I am 66 dx gbm 9-2008, stable MRIs since. never give up. prayer and faith gives me hope."
LaVern Wolfgram:
"Hope provides energy and happiness. It brings peace and allows for a renewed connection with family and friends and life. Hope is everything."
Large meningioma brain tumor patient:
"Hope means we have a wonderful and professional hospital, Duke Medical Center, where meningioma brain tumors can be surgically removed and new life can be given back. Dr. Allan Friedman is a genius that has dedicated his life to helping so many people that have suffered and may not have been aware they had brain tumors. He is a remarkable surgeon and I highly recommend him."
Recently diagnosed patient:
"Just diagnosed with GBM grade 4 (told I am NOT a "classic" case since I'm in such good health & present with so few symptoms). Hope means possible future life sving treatment for someone else. I understand it is terminal but HOPE is helping future diagnoses NOT using terminal."
mom of a brain tumor patient:
"HOPE means so many different things. I never really focused on that word until we arrived at Duke in the fall of 2011. My daughter, Katie, my son in love, Ronald, and I came to the PRTBTC desperate for answers and treatment. Katie's diagnosis was a rare brain tumor, called an optic pathway glioma. We live 6 hours away, and took the drive to Duke looking for help. At that time she was a full time nursing student, but was out for the semester, recovering from 9 hour brain surgery at our local hospital. Katie had been sent home with no HOPE for the future. I was terrified, anxious, and just afraid of what her future would be. We first met with Dr. Annick Desjardins, and from that moment, I felt the HOPE and assurance that she would do her best to save Katie. Well, I'm happy to report that she gave Katie the HOPE, strength, willpower, and love after our very first appointment. Katie's doing very well these days. I am happy to report that Katie has graduated from nursing school and is working full time! We can't thank the PRTBTC for all they have done for Katie and her family."
Deana Lane – Patient:
"Saying I love you. I am a recovering patient. I had surgery on March 1, 2012. Although my surgery was successful. I still have a little piece tagging along. I am very grateful for Dr. Gavin Britz and his team. After surgery I got the pleasure of meeting one awesome radiation team. Dr. J. Kirkpatrick and Georgie. Also the ladies that help a great bit. I was very nervous in the beginning but they helped calm me down. I am sp grateful a for a sweet blessing. Thank you Duke. There is Hope...Grey Matters"
Husband and caregiver for GBM patient/survivor:
"For me Duke's BTC first meant hope when I was researching GBM treatment options after my wife's (Patricia L. Saville) diagnosis in August 2010. They have delivered on the promise of hope for us, and I'm filled with a sense of gratitude, hope and wellbeing that I don't feel anywhere else every time I pull into the clinic parking garage for our every 2 months visits to Dr. Vredenburg and now Dr. Ranjan. Thanks Duke for giving us hope and survivorship."
Son of a GBMIV patient:
"Hope is found at Duke. My father was diagnosed earlier this year. It's been a long and very rough road. There seems to be both ups and downs. But we will not lose hope or faith. My father is a fighter. He's still going through the avastin treatments, but seems to be improving. So please keep him and every other patient in your hearts and prayers. Fight and keep fighting. Cancer is a word, not a sentence!!"
BEATING GBM Patient:
"Hope for me is knowing there is more to offer than standard care for GBMs. I never lost faith nor the strength to fight it; but I didn't know where to find Hope until I found the incredible staff at Duke. The feeling of hope goes beyond the doctors and nurses, everyone I have interacted with at Duke has offered Hope. In April 2011, after my first surgery to remove the tumor, We were told to expect palliative care and a hospice bed within 9 months. It's now August 2012, I just had a cold PET scan, I've been back to work since October 2011, bringing not only Hope but proof we're beating it!!! Thanks to the protocol developed by Duke I couldn't feel more normal, just like I did before I could spell GBM. Hope means knowing there are even more options should there be recurrence. Hope is knowing I found a medical team willing to continue to provide the best care available and instill a feeling of Hope. Hope to me is – knowing, that at Duke University, THERE IS HOPE that brain cancer and tumors can be beat!"
PRTBTC brain tumor survivor:
"Hope to me means believing I will make it. It means trusting that, although the statistics say I don't have much of a chance, I'm going to be alright and live a full and happy life!"
Betti Robinette:
"That Katie get's well and lives a full and happy life!"
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Mother of leukemia patient:
"We are all moving forward into our future. Hope is like headlights. It lights the way during the dark times in life. Hope is the faith, desire, and trust in what the future has in store for us."
Sister of a GBM patient:
"Hope comes in many forms, but to me hoping that God hears the prayers of the many people that are praying for my dear sister, who was recently diagnosed with a GBM. Another ray of hope was delivered to me just this morning when I found out that she will be seeing Dr. Henry Freidman at Duke, who does not consider GBM a death sentence! My sister is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and for all who know her, a ray of sunshine in their often cloudy lives. She's strong, and she wants to live. I have hope that she will be around a long while."
Daughter of a GBM patient:
"Hope is believing there's a chance, even when you're completely aware of the odds. Hope is knowing you have the best doctors and nurses in the world. Hope is leaving clinic 1L and knowing that you've done all you can possibly do in that day to fight the cancer that you hate. Hope is peace of mind."
Katherine J. Chapman:
"Hope to me means the rainbow in the sky still has a DIM OF light shining through! A NEW DAY HAS ARRIVED! And, as long as you still have breath in your body; have someone who loves you dearly; and if either of you can still add 1+1, you have hope!"
Wife of a GBM patient:
"Hope is the light that keeps burning inside my heart even in the darkest moments. Hope comes as we set out sights on eternity rather than this momentary trouble."
Brain Tumor Patient of Dr. Allan Friedman:
"HOPE means having Faith and Dr. Allan Friedman!!! I was diagnosed with a very rare brain tumor in December 2010 called a Hemangiopericytoma. I had the tumor removed in March 2011, which was a perfect surgery and I had recovered very well. Now I am currently going through 6 weeks of radiation. I appreciate and was impressed with Dr. Allan Friedman's dedication. I truly believe he was the only one that could have saved my life and could have done such a successful surgery. I was very fortunate to have found such an amazing neurosurgeon!"
Niece of a brain tumor patient:
"Hope means so many different things. I hope I can see my uncle grow old. I hope I can visit him for years to come and laugh at his fantastic jokes and larger than life personality. I hope he will know my children one day. Most of all, I hope he is comfortable, happy and at peace. Duke is hope. When my uncle was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2006, he was given a 19 months to live. 5 years later he has beaten all odds. He has seen many of his nieces and nephews get married and met new babies in the family as we are graced with their presence. We have shared so many fantastic memories and I wouldn't trade them for anything. My dearest and sincere appreciation to Duke for all of the hope they have given us over the years. I hope for a cure one day so no other families have to feel this hurt."
Wife of GBM patient:
"Hope for us was coming to Duke and being told that we were accepted to Dukes Zap-It Trial. Canada has no vaccine trials as of yet so we Thank God for the Hope he has given us by sending us to the Duke Team . 3 years in and doing great with wonderful caring people who soon become your extended family .At Duke there is extended life!!"
Joshua's Mom:
"Hope in God for Joshua's Life. Hope in my family to live right. And Hope in love keep us together. For me, just by seeing the light in one's eyes; this is were the hope comes from, and I see that light in my son, Joshua Pace's, eyes every time I look into them. My son, Joshua Pace, was found to have Brain Cancer called Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Grade IV when he was only 8 years old back in 1999. Josh is now 19 years old, and we live in Morehead City, NC. We go to Duke, that's in Durham, NC. To tell you the true that road has not always been a easy one to take. But I have learned to have an open mind for Duke, because we must always fight for our children no matter what, or who. For we are the ones who have to stand up for them, take care of them when all is said and done. So with that said, I do thank God for the Dr's at Duke, for with God, his Dr's and the love of his family today, Joshua is going on about his business doing only the things Josh can do."
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A patient's aunt:
"It means life, happiness, everything."
"At Duke there is hope for GBM. Praise the Lord! My husband David has been cancer free for 28 months and counting. The staff at the Duke Cancer Center is great. Our prayers have been answered."
Wife of anaplastic astrocytoma:
"Never give up hope. My husband was dx with an astrocytoma in 1989. Surgery removed the tumor and had Radiation. Grade 2. No problems until 2009. Yes, 20 years!!! He was having problems saying the words he wanted to speak. A lot of stuttering, which was not normal. Found out he had another brain tumor, which was removed successfully. He was on chemo for a year and now we are 22 months cancer free. Thanks to Duke and our local drs. Keep the Faith."
"Hope means seeing my 44yr old brother-in-law, Jerry Stevie Heatherly, who has an inoperable stage 3 astrocytoma brain tumor, watch his kids grow up."
Rachel Grady — patient:
"Hope to me is holding strong to my faith, and praying for Dr. Allan Friedman and his neurosurgery team for a successful surgery. I prayed that the Lord guide my surgeons hands. My first words coming out of surgery were "I Love You Dr. Friedman"
You do develop a strong bond with your surgeon, my life was in his hands. What could of been the end of my life ended up being a beginning to a new and improved self.
On the day i was diagnosed with a glomus jugulare tumor on my left side. I underwent a successful operation to remove the tumor. I would not be here if it was not for my surgeon, Dr. Allan Friedman and the neurosurgery staff at Duke. They were impeccable throughout my stay at Duke and extremely supportive during my recovery.
I had a previous emergency brain surgery in 2003 for a large tumor on left side of my brain, a meningioma. Another Life Changing day came on September 2, 2010. Dr. Allan Friedman would lead the team of surgeons, David Kaylie and Takanori Fukushima, in removing left glomus jugulare tumor ( left craniotomy for resection).
I wish to honor Dr. Allan Friedman for his loving care. He spared me pain and returned me to a normal healthy woman. He will always hear from me, "thank you, thank you, thank you," God Bless You. I have regular checkups at the hospital, and i'm still working on my balance. There's a scar on my head and neck from surgery, but i look great. I have slight memory lapses in conversation, but that doesn't keep me from talking—just ask my family. Be Hopeful.......Nursing staff was amazing so comforting."
Stephanie H. Anderson, DNP, RN, PNP:
"Hope is my husband living to play with our daughters after having his treatments at Duke for his GBM Brain Tumor. My husband is a Children's Hospital pediatrician in a small town in North Georgia. Not only is he important to my daughters but to thousands of children who come to him for medical care. Dr. Samson, Dr. Vrendenberg, Dr. Volas-Redd have given me, our daughters, thousands of children in North Georgia, and my pediatrician husband hope.
Duke's vaccine study abstract publication should give hope for GBM patients around the world.
I am a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who serves by my pediatrician husband's side for our pediatric patients, for our daughters, and to help my husband survive.
Thank you Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, and Dr. Sampson, and Dr. Vrendenberg and Dr. Gina Volas-Redd."
Wife of GBM patient:
"It has been one year since we lost a husband and father to a GBM. The Drs here told us there was nothing else and we found Duke. To hear the words "Yes" there are treatment options gave me hope. Even when the tumor grew and he decided he had enough. The Drs were still willing to try another treatment. They also had the most respect and compassion at his decision to stop treatment. I think we had Jim/Dad for an additional 6 months thanks to the BTC at Duke. My son felt so strongly about Duke that he made a Quilt, donated to the BTC, for his senior project. You have to have hope."
Brain tumor patient:
"HOPE is Dr. Allan Friedman. I was misdiagnosed in Orlando, FL four years ago with what the ER deemed a calcification on my right tentorium measuring 7mm. Thankfully I completed an online referral, sent my report and films to Duke. Dr. Friedman contacted me the day after Christmas recommending removal of my meningioma (NOT a calcification as Orlando "diagnosed") now measuring 1.7 cm. My suboccipital craniotomy was an absolute success. I literally owe my life to Dr. Allan Friedman. I'll never be able to truly express my gratitude to Dr. Allan Friedman."
Carmen Bedwell, wife of brain tumor patient:
"Hope is Duke. When my husband, Chuck, was diagnosed 12 years ago with a glioblastoma, the doctors in our hometown told us to get things in order he may have six months to live. We didn't accept that diagnosis. We found Duke and they gave us hope. On our first visit we saw Dr. Henry Friedman. He offered us encouragement, and not the death sentence. My husband was started on Carboplatin, which stopped the growth of the tumor. That wasn't the end of the battle with his tumor. He's had to undergo several other chemo drugs, radiation and surgery. He's currently on Avastin and Temodar. He's been through a lot over the last 12 years, but Duke did not give up on him and my husband, Chuck, is still alive. They worked with him one on one. They haven't treated him as a number. They have treated him as a person. We now see Dr. Reardon. I have never known a doctor who truly cares for his patient like he does. The definition of hope to me is Duke. If we had not placed our hope in Duke 12 years ago, my husband would not be here today. We know that God placed us in the hands of the wonderful doctors and staff at Duke. Don't give up. Fight the battle."
Elizabeth Rubert-Pugh:
"My life's work has been based on participating in non-invasive language research with bonobos and chimpanzees, who share nearly 99% of their DNA with humans. In the photo is Panbanisha, a 25 year old female bonobo, who uses an electronic keyboard with 'words' in a language called Yerkish on it to communicate with me. Panbanisha is altering our relationship with the gift of language, taking it to a truly higher level.
"Since the discovery of my brain tumor (gliosarcoma grade 4), in August 2008, and subsequent surgeries, all of the bonobos that I work with at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary have shown tender compassion and attentive care to my scars. Their concerns, along with the incredible support from family, friends and the wonderful medical support I have received, have led me down a path of tranquility. Hope is alive at Duke and the research done there is pioneering work in understanding the extraordinary mysteries of the miracle of the brain."
Patient of BTC:
"I am a recent patient of BTC. HOPE means many things to me.If you will click on the following link I appear towards the end of the clip. http://hurricanes.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=684&id=45804 HOPE is a wounderful thing."
Janet Lewis:
"Hope is Dr.Henry Friedman. Yes, is there is something that can be done for your mother's brain tumor. We had been told to just wait until it got worse. Dr. Friedman said DON'T WAIT! And that was about 8 months ago, and my mothers treatments are working! Dr. Friedman, Dr. Desjardins, and all the staff at Duke Medical are wonderful! They have given my mother HOPE!"
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sister of deceased GBM patient:
"HOPE is the belief, not dream, that a cure will be discovered for this dreaded disease that took my sister's life. At the young age of 26, after only being married 2 years and 2 months with a 15 month old son, the GBM decided it was going to take over my sister's brain; thankfully it didn't take over her heart and spirit. HOPE is the feeling EVERY patient should have as they walk through the doors to the clinic at Duke. The staff NEVER gave up on my sister. HOPE is the wish that others do not suffer from this disease that they conquer and win. My sister may not be physically alive but she is alive in the spirit of those who knew and loved her. She did win the fight. There is HOPE if you choose Duke."
Larry Collins, Philadelphia, PA:
"Hope is never giving up the fight. As a GBM patient, I have been seeking out long term survivors who have overcome what was considered a "gloom and doom" situation. They have shown me that a tumor isn't a "death sentence," and with the newest treatments and clinicals, there is hope for the long run. While it is a shocking experience and the road is long (I had 3 surgeries in 6 weeks, the doctors at Duke and elsewhere have helped us with the fight. Drugs like avastin/cpt-11 and temodar are life savers to many. Hope is taking control of your own health, praying to God and having a never-say-die approach."
Deirdre Wesley, sister of Gina Reichenbach, former brain tumor patient:
"Hope, for me, means having the faith that brain cancer will one day be a curable disease. My sister fought her cancer for over 10 years. Hope, for me, means that even though she lost her battle against brain cancer, one day, young lives will no longer be lost to this horrible diagnosis... that children won't have to be hooked up to IVs for days/weeks at a time, will no longer bear terrible scars on their little bald heads, nor suffer the side effects of debilitating strokes. But most importantly, HOPE means that I will one day see my sweet sister once again."
Allison Brighton "WIFE" of Bill Brighton:
"Hope is called a Dr. Friedman. He treated my husband "Bill Brighton" in 2001. Billy is alive today due to his dedication to GBM Grade 4. I only wish more people could hear our story and know there is hope. He was dx 5/10/01 and is still cancer free. Bill is a miracle. Thanks to all of you at the tumor center. We will never forget all of you."
Wife of GBM patient:
"Sitting here in the Brain Tumor Center with my husband who is still free of cancer in his brain. He was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in 2005. The doctors in our home town gave him 6 to 9 months to live. We found Henry Freidman on line which led us here to a place of hope, love and incredible Doctors, nurse and staff. Today we were told his MRI looked fantastic. We are both elated. Thank you to all who have supported us through this very scary diagnosis!"
Lauri Holland f/k/a Tondryk:
"After my surgery to remove a GBM IV, I was told that I had 12-18 mos. to live. THEN, I went to Duke!! HOPE was everywhere!! Especially in my Team! And today, almost 9 years later....we Kicked that Tumor's Butt!!! Partially because having a tumor means exactly that! I had IT! It did NOT have ME!!!"
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Mother of Kim Ritchie:
"Hope is still having my daughter 4+ years after dx. and tx. for stage 4 glio. The journey has been wonderful because of Gods' using all of the wonderful gifted compassionate people to heal my daughter. He has gifted each one with special gifts and I know every time we come back for checkups I can feel the love and care from each one of the staff. We tell everyone about you all from Dr. Allan Friedman, Dr. Henry Friedman, Sprague, and all the others whose names I cannot remember. Thank you all for using your God-given gifts to heal so many."
Mother and Dad of Alan Metcalf:
"Our son, Alan Metcalf, survived his Astrocytoma (Glioblastoma) brain tumor from March 20, 2005, until February 10, 2009. The team of doctors and nurses at Duke were awesome. They always made us feel as though we were talking with our own family. They continued to give us hope and that helped us through some very tough times. We will continue to miss our son until the day we see him again in Heaven. We thank all who prayed for him and for us during these last 3 yrs and 10 months and will never forget the Duke team. God bless each of you."
Sister of former patient of Duke Tumor Center:
"I would like to thank Duke Brain Tumor Center for giving my brother the chance for a normal after having a tumor removed at the age of 12. He has led a normal life with very few complaints. He is now 65 years old and probably the longest living patient who underwent that type of surgery in the 1950's. My hope is that others will also have a chance to enjoy their lives after surgery at your clinic."
Friend of a patient's mother:
"Hope means not letting go, having faith that there is nothing that can defeat the human spirit."
Brain tumor patient:
"Hope to me means the ability to just get up and keep moving for another day. It does not sound like much, but after what I have seen, it is a lot. I have been dealing with an oligodendroglioma since 1997, and it is draining. I had two surgeries, one locally in Springfield, MA and the other in New York City. I also had a biopsy in New York at NYU in 2004 after which I had Temodar. My husband and I went to the same local oncologist. My husband died of colon cancer in 2006, and my daughter has Crohns' disease. My father-in-law and brother-in-law died in a horrific fire and my other brother-in-law died of cancer. The other day, I put my dog, Gypsy, to sleep. My heart is broken because now my tumor seems to be back. I may go to MA General and have a biopsy and therapy, but I love the fact that "At Duke there is Hope." I have spoken with Dr. Henry Freidman, and I am hoping that he will see me if he deems it is appropriate. I still have my sense of humor and a few good friends, but most of all I have Jesus and if it were not for His supportive love, I don't know what I would do. I truly believe the Holy Spirit has led me down this path and there is more for me to do on this earth."
Sandra Marcondes, friend of a brain tumor patient just diagnosed:
"A chance to share more time with a friend."
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Nell Beacham, Brain Tumor Survivor:
"Hope to me is a voice on the phone that says 'Hi, I'm Dr. Henry Friedman. I'm in an airport, but if you will call my office tomorrow, I will see you next week and I WILL HELP YOU!!!!' This was after I had sent him an email saying that I was a 53 year old white female just diagnosed with a brain stem glioma and I'm scared to death. Those 4 words 'I WILL HELP YOU' mean more than I can explain, but anyone having been diagnosed understand how much that means. That was on August 31, 2006, and here I am on August 19, 2008, and I'm doing GREAT! Praise God for Dr. Henry Friedman and all of his team and the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. I will always hold all of them close to my heart and keep them in my prayers. I've always said that God puts you in the right place at the right time, and he certainly guided me on that day."
Terminal Brain Tumor Patient:
"Hope is everything.
I had terminal brain cancer surgery in October, 2002. On the hospital departure day, I was told by the surgeon to expect to 'be around' for one day, one week, one month or six months. I'm not sure why but my attitude was simple—whatever. I'm ready to go home.
My doctor recommended that I sell my CPA practice, spend more time with my 3 sons and wife, and do a lot of travelling (my wife works for A/A). We did. After the first year of traveling, we could go to just so many places. Second third and forth year, I wound up rebuilding our home. It then became quite obvious that I would probably be around longer than predicted. Back to my CPA practice even though my brain had been changed. I had lost some eye site in one eye, no longer had a short term memory, my teeth rotted, but my priorities had changed. God, family, and friends were now my priorities instead of completing form 1040, contact this client, and mowing the yard on Tuesdays.
Every day is a Wonderful day. Not because I'm still around but because it took terminal cancer to show me what is truly important in life. At 52, I try to thank God every day for changing me and letting me know what is wonderful in life. I also point out that He could have given me a bad case of hemorrhoids and still got my attention."
Carrie McCune—daughter of former GBM patient:
"While my Dad was trying to win his battle with GBM hope meant so much to my mom, dad, and myself. We always had the hope that my dad would beat GBM and we never gave up hope. The doctors at Duke gave us hope and they never tried to take our hope away from us. They gave us the comfort of knowing that they would never give up on my dad or stop treatment unless my dad wanted to stop treatment. That meant so much to us, since other doctors gave up on Dad. They took the time to listen to our concerns and answer all of our questions. Duke really is hope!" www.caringbridge.org/visit/charliemccune
Sister of a GBM patient:
"HOPE, the word that gets you through the day when your sister, who just had her first child, finds out that her brain tumor is back but advanced to a GBM seven years after her first resection. I know that she will not see him grow up, maybe not even watch him take his first steps. I will not be able to grow old with my sister, but Duke gives us HOPE that one day, one bright and shiny day, this dreaded disease called cancer will be rid of. Then no one will suffer any longer. I truly believe this is Dr. Allan Friedman's and Dr. Henry Friedman's missions and they are our HOPE."
Sara Eckert, friend of GBM patient:
"To me, hope is seeing my very best friend of 56 years survive brain surgery for GBM, and having her so independent following surgery."
Mary Louise:
"Hope is believing in the goodness of every situation. When given gloom news, hope allows one to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope is seen through a lens of trust in tomorrow. Hope is a strong emotion of believing in the unseen. I hope that the staff at Duke University will help my brother Joe live a healthy and good life."
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Maintaining hope is not always easy. In times of crisis, you may need extra support and encouragement from your family, your health care team, and other survivors of brain tumors. Here are some resources that may help you maintain a positive outlook.