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If I could augment my senses (w/ implant or similar) ...
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
AR, cyberpunk style (Score:5, Interesting)by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @01:53PM (#43215283)
I'd obviously want an implanted computer interface. I can't believe this wasn't included.
Oh, didn't you get the email about the upgrade? Man, it must have gone to your spam box by mistake.
It's too bad that the offer ended last week. Sorry...
I'd obviously want an implanted computer interface. I can't believe this wasn't included.
Easy-peasy [xkcd.com]
A true and accurate and transparent lie detector (Score:5, Interesting)
If you could actually create a true and accurate and transparent lie detector,
It would change the way we interact with people. It would be almost as good
as a mind reader and would definitely change politics among other things.
Re:A true and accurate and transparent lie detecto (Score:5, Insightful)by AliasMarlowe (1042386) on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:12PM (#43215545) Journal
But would it distinguish among the different classes/severities of lie, and other attempts to deceive? In some fields (politics, religion, etc.), one person's lie is another's truth. This would make it complicated for statements made in the media, such as in print or videos, or on the radio or on web-sites. Recall that to be a lie, the person uttering it must think the utterance to be false. If they truly believe the falsehood, there is no lie in speaking or writing it.
An infallible lie detector might make us aware that we receive the unadulterated truth fairly seldom. Most people leave inconvenient truths unsaid at times, and bias the truth (often with good motives) at other times. My own opinion is that any inerrant faculty for detecting lies would lead to disillusionment and cynicism in whoever suffered from having it, likely accompanied by increased combativeness.
Now a detector of statements contrary to fact would be much more useful than a detector of statements thought to be false. Alas, it's far less likely, and would perhaps violate some things thought to be true [wikipedia.org].
Now a detector of statements contrary to fact would be much more useful than a detector of statements thought to be false. Alas, it's far less likely, and would perhaps violate some things thought to be true [wikipedia.org].
This gives me a wonderful mental image of a big room full of people - one group is paid to state propositions, and the other (with lie detectors) is paid to state if they told the truth or not. You send your propositions to this group and they get back to you with true/false...they can even spend their spare cycles just like the computing@HOME projects, narrowing in on the answers to interesting scientific questions, like so:
Is there a room-temperature superconductor?
Does it contain element X, Y, Z,..
Bah, one little slip-up administering the truth serum to the witness and you have to seal the courtroom for the next 70 days to save society from being exposed to way too many bizarre facts about frogs.
geeze, I google'd that up to make sure I got it more or less sort of right, and find that somebody's already hit that one up on
Please take this toothpick as an sign of my appreciation.
Giggles about the frogs.
I was about to make the same point, but you stated it better than I could. The only change I'd make is to give your "detector of statements contrary to fact" its proper name.
I want a bullshit detector. That would change politics as we know it.
by camperdave (969942) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @09:41AM (#43223105) Journal
I was about to make the same point, but you stated it better than I could. The only change I'd make is to give your "detector of statements contrary to fact" its proper name.
I want a bullshit detector. That would change politics as we know it.
A political bullshit detector is easy. It is simply a motion detector aimed at the politician's mouth.
My own opinion is that any inerrant faculty for detecting lies would lead to disillusionment and cynicism in whoever suffered from having it, likely accompanied by increased combativeness.
That's true if only one person can detect lies, but if everyone did, people would generally stop lying. It would also be just as good if most people were simply more skeptical and open to bad news. In such an environment it would become too difficult to lie and get away with it and there wouldn't be as much of an incentive
That's true if only one person can detect lies, but if everyone did, people would generally stop lying.
I'm not so sure that would be a good thing. Sure, you would spend less time doing jury duty, but I see many negatives too.
- - Brick-and-mortar stores would close, as sellers would prefer not to be in lie detection range of potential buyers.
- - A new breed of more stupid politicians would come to power. Why? Because only those stupid enough to actually believe what they say would be elected.
- - Restaurants would die. No one would want to buy the special with slightly off scallops and gristly steak that's recom
However, you wouldn't want everyone else to have it too. Imagine this conversation: "No honey, that doesn't make you look fat!" "You think I'm a cow, really!"
It's all about whether or not you believe what you say. Think about it this way
Wife: Does this dress make me look fat?
Husband: No, the dress does not make you look fat.
(while at the same time thinking, it's all the extra fat on your body that makes you look fat, the dress has nothing to do with it)
It's all about whether or not you believe what you say. Think about it this way
That's part of the reason why lie detectors don't work on sociopaths and pathological liars - because in their minds, what they say is true, regardless of how it conflicts with reality.
The other part being, of course, that lie detector machines are not scientific instruments, any more than a divining rod or crystal ball.
The question is about one's own senses. If you were the only one who could detect lies, you'd be the most hated and shunned person ever. Your scenario assumes everyone has the ability.
A built in lie detector would completely ruin romantic relationships, or at least redefine them in almost every way. An honest and healthy relationship is built upon a bed of well-meaning half-truths that make the partner feel better, stronger, more beautiful, and ultimately more loved than he or she may actually ever be. They are lies with the greatest and most honourable of intentions.
Constant truth would be emotionally crippling for most of us, and I for one wouldn't wish it for a moment.
Lie detector implies the speaker otherwise knows the truth - or that a truth is even known on the subject. Fact is most human interaction doesn't really involve truth or lies.
by Sparticus789 (2625955) on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @01:54PM (#43215291) Journal
It would be great, but I would be unable to watch the news or any political speech. The Lie-Detector alarms would ring so hard in my head that it just may explode.
Think of all the money it'd make. Plus suddenly socially awkward people would know exactly when and how to enter a conversation, and can thus make themselves more productive. And then we could all stop browsing this site and get something done, like programming software for a social intelligence enhancer. Which is about as social as anyone who visits this site gets.
Synesthesia sounds like fun. But of course I don't have it, so maybe it would be annoying. But I'd like to try it.
X-ray vision.
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:07PM (#43215481)
X-ray vision.
SELECTIVE X-ray vision.
As if you want to see through everyone's clothes. *
(* assuming we're talking about the comic book cliche x-ray vision.)
It'd be better to freeze time so that you can have your way with them and then continue back time like nothing happened (unless you get her pregnant, assuming "them" is only referring to female humans)
I would choose to be able to zoom in on objects. Granted I already have this ability, but what if I didn't want to walk that far?
Lister: Any problems?
Kryten: Well, just one or two. In fact I've compiled a little list if you'll indulge me. Now then, uh, my optical system doesn't appear to have a zoom function.
Lister: No, human eyes don't have a zoom.
Kryten: Well then, how do you bring a small object into sharp focus?
Lister: Well, you just move your head closer to the object.
Kryten: I see. Move your head
Lister: No. We don't have them.
Next you're going to tell us your nipples don't work.
by SpooForBrains (771537) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @10:48AM (#43223847)
"No matter how hard I twiddle it, I can't seem to pick up Jazz FM"
(nit pick: shortly before this he mentions that his nipple was used primarily for picking up short wave radio transmissions - so he wouldn't be able to get Jazz FM anyway)
Reset back to when I was younger (Score:5, Insightful)
Back then: Good eyesight, good hearing
Now: Blind in one eye, glasses for everything and hearing loss.
All I want is to have my original senses back.
Re:Reset back to when I was younger (Score:4, Insightful)I'm surprised better visual acuity [wikipedia.org] wasn't on the list. I really don't care about wider colour spectrum, but it would be nice to have the eyes of an eagle. Even 20/20 isn't perfect. There's many people who can see much better than 20/20. A quick google shows that some people have 20/16 or 20/12. Which means they can read something at 20 feet, which most people would have to be at 12 feet to read. Some test subjects have gone as far as 20/8. But some species of hawk are about 20/2. I wonder what it would be like to be able to see that well.
As a (former?) possessor 20/15 vision, I don't think there's all that much too it, really. Details are a little easier to parse?
Re:Reset back to when I was younger (Score:4, Insightful)by NewWorldDan (899800) <email@example.com> on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @05:13PM (#43217719) Homepage Journal
My senses are still good enough, but I'd like to have my joints back the way they were when I was 17.
My senses are still good enough, but I'd like to have my joints back the way they were when I was 17.
Well if we are going that far, can I also undo a couple of diseases, some physical accidents and my first wife?
My senses are still good enough, but I'd like to have my joints back the way they were when I was 17.
Man, I hear you. Real indica, man. With proper paper too.
Buy it now! (Score:5, Informative)
At least one of these you can buy now. http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/ [sensebridge.net]
Haven't bought one yet, but I'm tempted.
I'm betting that Google Glass/other vision system will have expanded visual spectrum (mapped to "normal" colors) soon. Great for color-blind people, too.
by Freddybear (1805256) on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:24PM (#43215697)
I'd be very happy if I could just get back the hearing I lost to too many hours of loud headphones and drugs.
I'd be very happy if I could just get back the hearing I lost to too many hours of loud headphones and drugs.
Out of interest, what drugs contributed to your hearing loss?
I could understand some drugs leading to enjoyment of overly loud music - which itself contributes to hearing loss - but I struggle to think of any that will cause or contribute to hearing loss directly (other than drugs that will cause much more significant problems than ONLY hearing loss and you probably wouldn't be posting on slashdot any more).
Opiates. And yeah, I probably wouldn't be here if I hadn't managed to quit.
Just like Rush Limbaugh's pain killer addiction damaged his hearing [wikipedia.org].
From the wikipedia article you cite
When questioned whether Limbaugh's sudden hearing loss was caused by his addiction to opiates, his cochlear implant doctor, otolaryngologist Jennifer Derebery, said that it was possible but that there is no way to know for sure without performing tests that would destroy Limbaugh's hearing completely.
Looks like I already have a partial ability to detect lies.
Opiates. And yeah, if I hadn't quit them I probably wouldn't be here.
but I struggle to think of any that will cause or contribute to hearing loss directly
There's a fair few ototoxic drugs that can cause permanent hearing loss. Aminoglycoside and macrolide antibiotics, quinine, hydrocodone, Lasix, platinum-based chemotherapy, among others.
I'd like to get my hearing back, too. In my case, however, it was caused by too many rounds of outbound artillery fire back when I was on the Gun Line in '72. Of course, my hearing aids are free because it's Service Connected, but still, it'd be nice not to need them.
My eyes are getting old, and weren't that good to start with - but it'd have to get a lot worse before mucking around with surgical implants. Doing so starting with good vision? No way. A touch from the wand of the 20/20 fairy, fine.
by schlachter (862210) on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:48PM (#43215995)
What ever the sense is, I'd need to be able to shut it off. Any of these senses, if always on, could be a curse.
The wider color spectrum, the radiation meter, and detecting electrical currents could be the same thing--perhaps some sort of visor that can see the entire EM spectrum from radio to gamma rays. Once you were good at it, you could also be a lie detector (although TNG seems to have ignored that ability in most shows.)
Just being able to see UV would be
But honestly, if I could augment one of the traditional senses, I'd go for touch. It's probably the sense that has lost the most over the years, and if I could go far beyond even how sensitive my skin was as a child, I'd be ecstatic.
Mixed forces (Score:4, Interesting)And here I was going to say that the compass and the electric currents ones would be mixed since the force is electromagnetism. Depending on the strength of such a sense, this could let one detect everything from whether or not there's current on a trace on a circuit board to if there's a submarine under the water beneath one's self.
The ability to speak, read and write every language in the world.
A wider color spectrum... (Score:5, Interesting)by TrumpetPower! (190615) <email@example.com> on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @03:09PM (#43216255) Homepage
...actually covers many of the other options.
If your wider spectrum extends into gamma frequencies, there's your radiation detector.
If it extends into infrared, you'll be able to see the heat given off by live wires, which is "good enough" generally for your electrical field detection -- assuming you're wanting to know which wire to (not) cut.
Infrared would also let you see involuntary changes in blood flow patterns, which again should be "good enough" for your lie detector.
If you extend the definition of "color spectrum" just enough to also include the ability to detect the polarization of light, then you can very easily determine the location of the Sun at all times during daylight (and dusk) hours, even when it's cloudy. That's again generally "good enough" for a compass.
Doesn't do a whole lot for sound, though, I'll admit....
Re:A wider color spectrum... (Score:5, Informative)
If you extend the definition of "color spectrum" just enough to also include the ability to detect the polarization of light, then you can very easily determine the location of the Sun at all times during daylight (and dusk) hours, even when it's cloudy. That's again generally "good enough" for a compass.
Actually, you already can sort-of just barely detect polarization: Haidinger's brush [wikipedia.org] . And also xkcd [xkcd.com].
How about *really* seeing colors? (Score:5, Interesting)
It would be interesting to have true color vision. Right now, you have three chemicals in your eyes, which means that you truly only see three colors. For example: your eye is unable to distinguish between true orange light and a mix of red-and-yellow that stimulates the chemicals in the same proportion. When we mix primary colors, we don't truly produce a new color - we are just fooling our measly three chemical detectors.
Imagine if you could directly perceive hundreds or thousands of individual frequencies of light? What might the world look like?
Echo-location (Score:3, Interesting)
Either like Daredevil, or paired with the ability to emit ultrasonic pings...
Either like Daredevil, or paired with the ability to emit ultrasonic pings...
Sonar, so that I can fly around in caves in the dark.
Re:Echo-location (Score:4, Informative)
Some humans can learn a rudimentary form of echolocation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19524962 [bbc.co.uk]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA [youtube.com]
Spatial Visualization (Score:5, Insightful)
Honestly? Ignoring the more crazy one, I'd love to have better spatial visualization and perception. When I work with numbers or math, I've always wished for the ability to better visualize some of these things in my head.
I can do it to an extent - I can visualize simple equations, some elements of topology, and most stats as graphs and charts. But beyond a point, my ability to visualize things in multiple dimensions and translate that back into what that means plateaus.
That's also one of the reasons I didn't quite pursue what I've always wanted to do -- math. I find that most people who excel at math (especially topology) are just naturally good at spatial visualization and perception, and can derive solutions visually and translate that into equations.
So far most people have selected "built in lie detector", which isn't an augmented human sense by any stretch of the imagination. So I'd choose to augment my senses with the ability to fly. Actually, no - I'd augment my senses by being able to instantly seduce any woman I choose.
Just kidding, honey! (in case my wife ever actually reads Slashdot...)
Besides, what good is a lie detector? People tell me lies every day, and I'm usually aware of it - most people aren't good liars. It's not like I can do anything
You just negated your own argument. You said you could tell when people are lying because they aren't good liars. Which means this is a human ability. Wouldn't it be even better if you could more accurately tell if people were lying? Also, there is something you can do about it. Call people on their lies. People lie so much specifically because they are able to get away with it. I make a habit of letting people know when I think they are lying. People stop lying to you once they figure out that you'l
You just negated your own argument. You said you could tell when people are lying because they aren't good liars. Which means this is a human ability.
I can do math too, and can carry a tune - that doesn't make either one a human sense. The title of this poll is "if I could augment my senses".
... it would better allow hearts to not get broken, and negate the "distrust factor" in relationships, business or personal.
Of course, a really good liar believes their own lies so, would a lie detector catch that?
My parents always told me I aint got no sense.
I wish I had a good inner ear, maybe it would cure my heightsickness.
Visual augmentation to include color range, gamma spectrum and infrared. Light enhancement like night vision devices would work also, as infrared will not spare you from that hole in the snow, at night.
Wider hearing range, would be great to hear all the things some animals can and would allow for farther vocal communications. Ability to tune out unwanted ranges (dog whistles)
Olfaltory sense that would allow for the early warning of a poisonous atmosphere. CO2, other gasses.
Not a sense really but the a
by Necron69 (35644) <email@example.com> on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @03:58PM (#43216759)
I can't even see the 'regular' visual spectrum, you insensitive clod!!
Red-green colorblind, eh?
Interestingly, the most popular option is the one that we don't have the technology to implement. I'd rather have my vision or hearing extended than to have a sense of such dubious accuracy as a polygraph.
If people really wanted any of this, they would be dropping acid every day - which they don't.
Breaking it down... (Score:5, Insightful)
I'd most want a radiation meter
The odds of you actually needing one of these would exceed the threshold of usefulness. If you live in a high risk area, you can easily simply buy an instrument to measure this for you. I would think in most situations where you might be exposed to excessive radiation, you would be able to detect it just in time to know there is nothing you can do about it anyway.
I'd most want to be able to safely detect electric currents
Seriously? What are you a lazy electrician? A simple instrument to measure this is not only cheap, but easy to find. Why waste your senses.
I'd most want a built in compass
Even more lazy and silly than detecting electrical currents. Compasses are easy to find and dirt cheap. Many times free, or attached to other things. If you are worried about being in a plane accident and stranded in the wilderness, knowing where north is might help, but you have to survive the plan crash first anyway.
I'd most want a lie detector
The first really interesting answer. But then again, what is a lie? Does this detect truth and false, or intent. If I believe my own horseshit does that mean that I am not lying? In addition, sometimes a lie might be preferable to the truth. Do you really want to know what other people feel about you for example?
I'd most want to see a wider color specturm
Another interesting one, depending on your definition of "color spectrum". As has been mentioned, go far enough up or down the line and you get all sorts of powers!
I'd most want to hear a wider range of sound
Why? You want to hear dog whistles or something?
None of these are what I'd want (I'll explain below!)
Comic Book X-Ray Vision of course is the correct answer. (Selective of course, you don't want that shit on all the time! Some things are better left unseen!)
My senses are fine as they are, thanks.
Young and unimaginative unless they write some story about the dire ramifications of all the above...
Re:Breaking it down... (Score:4, Interesting)
It surprises me that people want more hearing, a sense we already have several octaves of range in, versus wanting better vision. Our vision is just about a single octave; extending it to the range of our hearing (about 10 octaves) and we'd be seeing from the ultraviolet down to the middle microwave. Shift our vision down some +3 and -7 octaves around what we see now, and we'd be seeing wifi noise and microwave ovens.
And since most of our clothing is designed to not block infrared heat from leaving, with that you would have comic book vision!
Electroreception, like a platypus or echidna. I would rather enjoy knowing where every living thing around me is by it s muscle movement...
Curious that so many want a built in lie detector. Anyone can learn to read facial expressions and other body language to detect deception.
Here's a start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_Action_Coding_System [wikipedia.org]
I've never had vision that is correctable to 20/20. If there were a safe way to augment, I would leap at the opportunity.
Where's "ability to wear sunglasses during a night operation?"
As others have mentioned, it brings up so many issues.
I would like a greater dynamic range to my existing senses. I'd like to be able to not walk into things at night and also not need sunglasses during the day. I'd like to go to concerts and not need earplugs but also be able to hear the proverbial pin drop (obviously not at the same time).
Oooh and polarisation might be a handy vision upgrade.
Really? who wrote this, a pre-schooler? How about electromagnetic spectrum.
Existing augmentations. (Score:2, Informative)by Anonymous Coward
You can already get magnetic implants which allow one to sense magnetic fields. The implant is effectively a small magnet placed under the nerve center in the tip of one finger. When exposed to a magnetic field the magnet will move, this movement is picked up and interpreted as a novel sense.
I got one of these implants about 6 months and after a 2-3 month acclimatisation period it's fascinating what you can pick up. Although the range is typically very short (normally 6 inches or less) I can feel magnetic f
Some guys were experimenting with implanting small rare earth magnets in their fingertips. There are some issues with that sort of thing, not least of which is that rare earth magnets like to shatter if impacted sharply. Not to mention the concerns with having to get a MRI. Still, it bought them the ability to sense magnetic and electrical fields by touch, which is pretty nifty. Not quite nifty enough for me to seriously consider implanting something not FDA-Approved under my skin like that, but it's a "new
The survey neglected to offer what would likely be the most popular choice: greater resolution...
I'd like to be able to know exactly where problems are and of what sort, and the control and knowledge to go with it: antibodies! Get that now! Metabolism! I just ate a piece of cake - crank it up and burn it off! (well, after running it on high for a few months to lose <too many> kilos) Abs - a little more definition please.
We already have lie detectors built in. Way too many of us don't know how to use them.
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @03:32AM (#43221449)
I want:
* sight in near-total darkness,
* some extra sensory organ that allows me to make my way in absolute darkness; maybe something like large facial hairs with highly-sensitive follicles,
* a sense for when someone's in the deepest phase of sleep so I can choose the maximally disruptive time to walk on their face,
* hypersensitivity to body language so I instantly know exactly who in the room is allergic to me,
* such keen hearing that I can detect the fridge door opening three rooms away, and
* the ability to switch my hearing off again when anybody wants me to do anything.
by codeButcher (223668) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @03:43AM (#43221487)Perfect memory. With super-fast recall.
And user-selectable delete, or better even, trashcan.
I want to be able to breathe like the fish do while under water so that I can never drown.
by RotateLeftByte (797477) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:48AM (#43222331)
You insensitive clod!
I could do with some new eyes though. They've seen enough over the past 60 years.
echolocation (Score:4, Interesting)by qwerty shrdlu (799408) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @11:42PM (#43231145)Not just the puny human variety that lets you sense walls before you walk into them (sometimes), but actual bat- or dolphin- level perception of the world around you. Or even weirder, a lateral line might be fun too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_line [wikipedia.org]
by Selivanow (82869) <firstname.lastname@example.com> on Thursday March 21, 2013 @01:23PM (#43236479)
Some women are quad-chromatic and can see more shades than most. I just think that would be cool and maybe my clothing wouldn't clash so much
by gregthebunny (1502041) on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:25PM (#43238005) Journal
Considering I suffer from dichromacy [wikipedia.org], I'd surely like to be able to see a "normal" range of colors.
Also, "specturm" really?
Sarcasm detector (Score:4, Funny)by nitehawk214 (222219) on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:30PM (#43238069)
Sarcasm detector, yeah that would be a useful power.
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At least that's what Shaun Briley may have thought when he discovered he had a tenacious fight ahead of him with cancer. After seven months of chemotherapy, one of the first things he did was do what gives him an exhilarating thrill.
Briley, 29, is a Pitt County native who moved to the Shine area of Greene County in 1990.
He joined the U.S. Navy in June 2002 and worked in special operations as a parachute rigger. He deployed with the Navy Seal Team to Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I jumped rib boats and supplies," he said, "then I assembled them and I would drive them off."
He left the military in December 2011 and, nearly a year later, started working at Maury Correctional Center in November. A month later, he began developing a series of symptoms and was placed on steroids.
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"I had pain in my chest and abdomen," Briley said. "I felt like I had a baseball between my shoulder blades. That was my lymphatic node that was swollen up."
The symptoms progressed into January.
"When I'd wake up in the morning," he said, "it was everything I could do to get from the bed to the chair. And then I'd go to sleep."
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Briley was told to come back to the hospital that day, and he began his first round of chemotherapy. He stayed in the hospital for three days and continued on chemotherapy every two weeks until Aug. 24.
"I lost 31 pounds in the first month," he said of the treatment period.
Briley said he lost his state insurance when he had to leave work during that time, and he applied for Medicaid. There was no income coming in for four months until Medicaid kicked in.
"I was denied disability twice," he said.
Since being diagnosed, he had three surgeries — first a tracheotomy, then a port inserted in his shoulder and, on Monday, the port was removed.
Last month, Briley waited for his test results.
"I got the news on September 5th that I was completely in remission," he said, "and Sept. 13th, I went down to Georgia and jumped out of an airplane with my old military buddy."
Briley said he's not 100 percent better, but he can't sit still. He's playing tennis and doing yard work and, on Tuesday, he will be returning to work at the prison.
He keeps in mind what someone told him when he joined the military — "If you go into something thinking you could be beaten, you will be."
"I just kept my same attitude going," Briley said. "Never be beat. Never be stopped."
He said he never once thought he would die from the cancer.
"I knew from the day (the doctor) told me," Briley said, "I was going to beat it."
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The ALK gene codes for a protein called anaplastic lymphoma kinase. It is part of a family of proteins called receptor tyrosine kinases that transmit signals into cells and are thought to help regulate the proliferation of nerve cells.
About 5% of people who have non-small cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer, have an alteration on chromosome 2 that leads to the fusion of the ALK gene with another gene called EML4 and results in the production of an EML4-ALK fusion protein. It is a rare mutation most commonly seen in people who have never smoked or are light smokers, especially women of Asian descent.
This gene mutation and abnormal protein production promotes the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells, but it also makes it more likely that the affected person will respond to a drug that targets the abnormal protein (an ALK kinase inhibitor, such as crizotinib) and less likely that the person will respond to tyrosine kinase inhibitors that target the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor).
There are several different methods of testing for ALK mutations, but all of them involve evaluating either the ALK gene rearrangement or the altered ALK protein in tumor tissue.
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CAT Theatre's final show of its 51st season – Quartet by Ronald Harwood – will open May 22 and run through June 6. It will be the show's Richmond-area premiere.
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Following a docile first half in which both teams struggled for ascendency and went into the break tied at 29, the German visitors appeared to have put the game beyond doubt in the third quarter, developing a healthy 10-point lead going into the home-stretch.
However, when Aliaksandr Kudrautsau hit a three to begin final-quarter proceedings, and new signing Tierre Brown followed it up with a jump-shot on the fast-break, the tickets for Sebastian Machowski's team to the quarters were far from punched.
Tsmoki-Minsk stayed close for the remainder of the period, going into the final minute trailing by three.
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Plastic bags can be a source of frustration and controversy as over 100 billion are used in the United States alone and create tons of non-biodegradable waste in landfills. People around Onslow County — including residents at Onslow House — are putting some of those bags to good use by turning them into mats for the county's homeless population.
"We're excited to know we're making something that will help others," said Beth Johns, Activity Director at Onslow House, a retirement community in Jacksonville near U.S. 17.
Throughout the morning, a group of residents, employees and volunteers gather around a table, flattening, cutting and tying together fragments of plastic bags. Those chains are turned into a makeshift fabric that is crocheted into a 36 inch product that can be used to sit, lie down upon or cover one's self with at a time in one's life where blankets and mattresses are scarce.
One of the people who crocheted the plastic links together is Mabel Lewis, a New Jersey native who has been living in Jacksonville for the past 33 years. According to Lewis, her work on the mats is not only philanthropic, but therapeutic in nature.
"I've been crocheting for years," said Lewis. "I do it for pleasure and relaxation. I enjoy having something to do. It keeps my mind occupied."
That sentiment was shared by Susie Marshburn, a soon to be centenarian, who has lived in Eastern North Carolina her entire life. Marshburn said she still remembers one of her cousins coming back from the First World War with silk handkerchiefs from Japan in hand.
Marshburn said it's still difficult for her to wrap her mind around how much Onslow County has changed from the days of horses and buggies and country school houses.
"It's so overwhelming," said Marshburn. "It's strange to see so many cars out on the road. I don't know where they all come from."
Marshburn spent the morning taking the bits of plastic cut into hoops and then looping them together into tight knots for Lewis, and others, to crochet together into a the finished product. Marshburn said she enjoyed the process as it helps her pass the time as well as help others in the community without shelter and bedding.
"It makes me feel like I'm doing something," said Marshburn. "I'm doing something for someone else and not just wasting time."
The project started last winter when a retired school teacher and member of the CAN DO (Community Advisory Network Developing Onslow) Council, Gail Taylor, was asked to help conduct the county's "Point-In-Time Count" survey to help the county get an idea as to how many displaced and homeless people reside in Onslow County. According to the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness, there are 126 homeless people in the county in 2012, including 10 veterans and 31 children, a figure down from the previous year (153), but up from 2010 (119). According to Taylor, the mats can serve as an effective way to, partially, shield its recipients from the elements.
"They're very thermal," said Taylor. "They're waterproof … they're crocheted with a tight, dense product, but they're lightweight enough to carry around and they're warm to sleep on."
The idea for the mats came to her while attending her church, First Baptist Church Swansboro about similar mats made for those left homeless after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. According to Taylor, the project got off to a rapid start from there and the enthusiasm for the project.
"We made 106 mats between July and January this year with 92 people helping us," said Taylor. "The people at Onslow House were ecstatic about helping the homeless. What they're doing is needed and appreciated."
Those interested in volunteering to make the mats can go to the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church in Swansboro on 614 Corbett Ave. (which can be found directly behind the church) between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Mondays. Taylor said quilts will be made until January and anyone interested in helping out with the process is welcome to join, whether or not crocheting is one of their skills.
"We're glad to demonstrate how to do it," said Taylor. "There are a lot of steps to complete it and there's a lot of jobs to be done, even if they don't crochet."
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The Herald's Scott North and Noah Haglund's months-long investigation, published Thursday, pulls back the curtain on a meshwork of online attacks and costly records requests emanating from the office of Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon. Unsnaggling the web requires a detective's eye, hours of picayune legwork, and a copy of Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo," but it can be reduced to its essence, a gross abuse of the public trust. The arrogance of power, and a vindictive office culture that feeds on the juvenile, has devastating consequences.
Reardon's silence and the stonewalling of his spokesman, Christopher Schwarzen, telegraph what is in plain sight. "Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?" Chico Marx said in "Duck Soup."
When the quiet was pierced with a terse, early evening press statement on Thursday, Reardon's stunning disconnect from reality, his unwillingness to accept responsibility for those acting on his behalf, couldn't pass the laugh test.
The Snohomish County Council is weighing an investigative hearing and taxpayers will again shoulder the cost. There is value to a proactive strategy. As Dumas writes in the Reardon administration's favorite novel, "remember that what has once been done may be done again."
Human nature is immutable. Long after the Reardon era has become a frayed synapse, the question of the Public Records Act and how to rein in the lesser angels will remain.
In the Kevin Hulten case, the spirit if not the letter of Washington's public records law was violated to harass and engage in surveillance against others in government. The major reason the ruse has been possible, aside from the obvious management issues, is that state public records law doesn't require proof that a real person with a real name is seeking the records. In the age of cyber legerdemain, that loophole must be mended.
The latest push to amend the law has been to curtail the burden and cost responding to records requests. Addressing the anonymity problem, call it the Hulten Amendment, needs to be priority one, however. The Reardon administration is a case study: Here is evidence that a government employee is gaming the system and running up costs, and nothing is being done about it.
Snohomish County taxpayers don't need to wait for lawmakers in Olympia. The county council can enact policy that says engaging in this sort of activity, particularly during work hours, is grounds for termination. (If only it could be retroactive.)
In the Lenten season, the Reardon administration might embrace humility. In the meantime, Kevin Hulten and any other staff members and elected officials aware or linked to his activities, must resign.
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Last season was Boland Landbou's worst in 20 years according to assistant coach Frikke van Zyl, but 2009 should be a different story.
Van Zyl coached at Paarl Gym for 36 years – of which 28 of those where in charge of Gym's 1st XV – before joining Boland Landbou. He was disappointed with the team's results in 2008 and blames the attitude of the players. Last year, Landbou lost to Paarl Boys, Paarl Gym and Paul Roos, and were thrashed 80-5 by rugby romantics, Bishops.
However, Van Zyl is relatively optimistic about 2009. He and head coach Johan Schreuder want to re-establish a winning culture and return to the basic structures that have made Landbou a success in the past.
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This test measures the amount of fat in a stool sample. Excess fecal fat (termed steatorrhea) is an indicator of impaired digestion and/or malabsorption.
The body digests foods in three stages: first proteins, fats, and carbohydrates are broken down, in the stomach by acid and enzymes and in the small intestines by enzymes produced by the pancreas and bile from the liver, into their component parts. They are then absorbed, primarily in the small intestines, and finally the nutrients are transported throughout the body and used or stored.
If there is not enough bile or pancreatic enzymes available, then fat and other foods cannot be properly digested. If a condition prevents the intestines from absorbing nutrients, then they are "lost" by excretion in the stool. In both cases – improper digestion or absorption – the affected person can experience symptoms associated with malabsorption and, in severe cases, symptoms of malnutrition and vitamin deficiency. If the condition prevents the digestion and/or absorption of fats from the diet, then excess fat is present in the stool and the person may experience prolonged diarrhea with stomach pain, cramps, bloating, gas and weight loss.
Fat in stool may be detected with the qualitative fecal fat test, which generally determines the presence or absence of excess fat. This is the simplest test for fecal fat and is performed by placing a suspension of stool onto a glass slide, adding a fat stain, and observing the number and size of fat globules that are present.
Quantitative measurements of fecal fat, though somewhat more precise, are less commonly performed. They require a timed stool collection and a dietary sheet to help calculate the total fat intake during the collection period, usually a 72-hour stool collection. Results are reported as the amount of fat excreted per 24 hours. A variation of the test is called the acid steatocrit, which provides a rapid but less exact measure of the amount of fat in the stool.
How is the sample collected for testing?
For a 72-hour stool collection, save all stool during the collection time period in the container(s) provided. It may be collected in a variety of ways, such as on plastic wrap, but should not be contaminated by urine, toilet water, or toilet paper. For a random sample, collect a single specimen in the same fashion.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
For a 72-hour stool collection, consume 50-150 grams of fat a day for 2-3 days prior to and during the stool collection period. The fat should be long-chain triglycerides (such as corn or olive oil, not butter). Follow the doctor's instructions and dietary recommendations.
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Nine new players have been named in the 28-man group. Props Antoine Guillamon and Yvan Watremez, hooker Christopher Tolofua, loose forward Romain Taofifenua and lock Christophe Samson are amongst the forwards. Scrumhalf Maxime Machenaud, centres Geoffrey Doumayrou and Romain Martial and wing Brice Dulin are amongst the backs
Only seven players who played in last year's World Cup final have been retained (Dimitri Szarzewski, Pascal Papé, Louis Picamoles, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Morgan Parra, François Trinh-Duc and Maxime Mermoz).
Skipper Thierry Dusautoir has been rested for the two-Test tour. Papé will lead the team in his absence.
The first game will be played on 16 June in Cordoba and the second in Tucuman on 23 June.
France squad:
Forwards: David Attoub (Stade Français), Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Antoine Guillamon (Lyon), Yvan Watremez (Biarritz), Christopher Tolofua (Toulouse), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Yoan Maestri (Toulouse), Christophe Samson (Toulon), Pascal Pape (Stade Français) (capitain) Romain Taofifenua (Perpignan), Alexandre Lapandry (Clermont), Wenceslas Lauret (Biarritz), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse), Raphael Lakafia (Biarritz).
Backs: Maxime Machenaud (Agen), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Frederic Michalak (Sharks), Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Geoffrey Doumayrou (Montpellier), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Wesley Fofana (Clermont), Maxime Mermoz (Perpignan), Benjamin Fall (Racing Metro), Romain Martial (Castres), Yoann Huget (Bayonne), Jean Marcellin Buttin (Clermont), Brice Dulin (Agen).


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- A reservation is required for all tent camping in Voyageurs National Park.
- Permit holders may not occupy a reserved campsite without their permit.
- Permit holders must print and bring their permit with them otherwise the permit is void and the site will be open for others to make a reservation. Once a visitor has reached the park, there is no place to print permits!
- Permits may be printed 14 days in advance of your scheduled arrival date.
- Permits are not needed for vehicles but are required to be posted at your site. Rangers may check your permits.
- The permit holder and party will need a watercraft to get to the campsite.
- Permit holders must be 18 years of age or older.
Entrance Locations
- There are multiple ways to enter the park. However, the National Park Service offers three designated boat launch ramps for visitors: Rainy Lake, Kabetogama Lake, and Ash River Visitor Centers.
Length of Stay
- Frontcountry camping: the maximum stay in the park is 14 consecutive days and no more than 30 days in a calendar year, except at group campsites where the maximum stay is 7 days. Backcountry camping/boat rentals: the maximum stay in the park is 7 consecutive days and no more than 30 days in a calendar year.
Frontcountry Check-in/Check-out
- Frontcountry Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. or later on the day of the permit
- Frontcountry Check-out time is 12:00 p.m. on the last day of the permit
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- Day use/picnicking by those not in the permit holder's party is not allowed at reserved sites.
- All items with an odor such as food, garbage, and toiletries must be stored in the bear-proof food locker(s) provided at the site or hung 10' up and 4' out from a tree or pole where provided.
- Bear-proof food locker dimensions are 52" wide x 36" deep x 21" high or equal to two 48-quart coolers.
- Firewood that is brought into the park must be purchased from an approved Minnesota Department of Natural Resources vendor.
- Permit holders may collect downed and dead wood.
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- Pets must be on a leash no greater than 6' and attended to at all times.
- Pets are permitted only at campsites that are within 100' of a shoreline on Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan, or Sand Point Lakes.
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- Quiet hours in the park are between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
For complete listing of rules and regulations visit the Voyageurs National Park website: www.nps.gov/voya.
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In the mountains of Midkemia,
a boy came brutally of age in blood and
in terror. And now he lives for one
purpose alone ... revenge!
An exceptionally skilled swordsman, young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Now one of the secret society's most valuable agents, he gains entrance into the court of Duke Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword, by posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles. But the enemy is cunning and well protected -- in league with the foul necromancer Leso Varen, dark master of death-magic -- and to gain the Duke's trust and confidence, Tal Hawkins must first sell his soul.
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New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist's previous novels include the Chaoswar Saga (A Kingdom Besieged), the Demonwar Saga (Rides a Dread Legion and At the Gates of Darkness), the Darkwar Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, and Wrath of a Mad God); the Conclave of Shadows (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, and Exile's Return); the Riftwar Legacy (Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, and Krondor: Tear of the Gods); the Serpentwar Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, and Shards of a Broken Crown); the Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon); Faerie Tale; The Prince of the Blood; and The King's Buccaneer. He lives in San Diego, California.
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When Marlene M. took on her first ASPCA foster dog, a white ball of fluff named Curly Sue, she didn't know that Curly Sue would soon become a "foster failure."
"I was fostering her for about three months and of course, she grew on me, as well as my cats—they all got along so well," Marlene says. "Her personality started to come out, she became less shy and started asserting herself with the other animals."
When it came time to part with Curly Sue so that she could be made available for adoption at the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan, Marlene says she felt very protective of her, and wanted to make sure Curly Sue found an excellent adopter. It didn't take long for Marlene to decide the perfect place for Curly Sue was in her own home.
Marlene says the adoption process was easy because of her familiarity with Curly Sue's history, experience caring for her, and first-hand knowledge of her personality quirks. Curly Sue couldn't be happier with her new family.
"She sticks by my side wherever I go," Marlene says. "She and the cats get along well; the cats are bigger than she is, but she keeps them in their place if they try to run over her! I recently took her on a road trip to Michigan, a 13-hour drive, and she had a blast exploring new territory."
We're thrilled that Curly Sue's foster placement turned into a wonderful forever home. If you live in New York City and think you might be a good fit for a foster animal, please read more about the ASPCA foster program.
I just adore these wonderful photos of Curly Sue (adorable name!) and the pretty cats. What a terrific "happy tail" story. Thank you, Marlene, for offering to foster this sweet dog and then for adopting her into your heart and home. You -- and the pussycats and Curly Sue -- are so lucky to be together now. Happiness to you all -- always!
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Thank you Marlene for giving this sweetheart the home she always deserved. If I remember correctly Curly Sue is a blind puppy mill survivor, so even more reason to send you lots of love and admiration.
Marlene you are a wonderful person, fostering an animal is truly an act of kindness.... How fortunate for both of you to have found each other. I wish you years of happiness together...
I could never be a foster parent because just as marlene couldn't really give Curly Sue up, I couldn't either. I adopted Mandy Alexis from a local shelter and the day I met her, she owned me. She looks just like Curly Sue but she was abused and either abandoned or ran away but she was there for 5 months unclaimed. Scared of her own shadow. Not NOW. Her older bro KoKo a 15 yr Dauchie are a pair. She's the boss.
It is very hard not to be a "Foster failure" (really, its a success!) - I foster here in Maine and it is a true miracle when I bring them back to the shelter for adoption. I recently fostered 4 larger breed puppies - got them when they were abruptly weened and brought them home - My husband and daughter and I cared for them like newborns for a few weeks and then slowly were able to recognize how big they were becoming - despite all that I cried buckets the day we brought them back (after 8 weeks of being with them) - I wanted to keep them ALL. You are a gem for fostering and a wonderful person for truly recognizing a great match. I am so happy for you and Curly Sue and your cats! Curly Sue is precious and I wouldn't have let her go, either.......Enjoy your wonderful life together!
Thanks for a happy ending! I'm not a dog person, but I do love to hear when everything works out. Usually these stories make me cry. All the abused, tortured, neglected and killed animals who deserved better.
Thanks for starting my day without tears
Is she a Bichon mix? Just too wonderful for all of you!!! I had a rescue pup and she was older when we got her - tumors throughout, But her last years w/ us were wonderful for her and her new family. Still miss her, she was abused/used for breeding for puppy mills. We named her Angel - my daughter picked it, she knew from love at first site.


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Club competitions
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Krasnye Krylia kept up their perfect record in Group K of the EuroChallenge Last 16 as they edged away late, topping Tofas 78-70 on the road.
A close game saw the lead change hands nine times, with a further 12 ties, through the opening three quarters.
But once Krasnye made a break for it late in the third period, Tofas could not find an adequate response.
The scores were tied at 54 when Austin Nichols sank a jump-shot for Tofas with 2:20 left in the third, but Andre Smith then hit two free throws and a three-pointer to spark an 11-1 run that put them up by double-figures, 65-55 on Anton Pushkov's dunk early in the fourth period.
Tofas came back and the gap was down to two, 67-65, with Ibrahim Yildrim following up Mindaugas Lukauskis' three-pointer with a lay-up.
But Smith hit free throws and Dmitry Kulagin a jump-shot as Krasnye edged away again.
Tofas were still in the game when Kenan Sipahi made it 74-70 with a pair of free throws 28 seconds from time.
But Nichols and Yildrim both missed with late three-point attempts as Krasnye put it away from the line.
Smith poured in 32 points to lead Krasnye while Chester Simmons had 15 and Nikita Balashov 12.
Nichols had 16 points for Tofas with Chinemelu Elonu adding 15.
The result sees Tofas drop to 1-2 in Group K.
Tofas head coach Ahmet Caki"This is the second game without Steven Burtt. We had just two trainings after the last game in the Turkish league. This match was better then the previous matches in the group. We did the right things on the court but that was not enough to win the game. Especially we couldn't stop Andre Smith and he scored more than thirty points. We are sorry to lose the but we hope we will better in the next games."
Tofas player Chinemelu Elonu"It was a good game, we played than in the better previous games. We stopped Andre Smith in the second half but we couldn't in the first half. We are in a good situation to get success. So we will prepare to next match against Mersin."
Krasnye Krylia head coach Sergey Bazarevich"I am happy to be here after 20 years because I am a former player of Tofas. It was a special game for me. I didn't want to lose the game. We are in a good position in our group. I don't think we played well. They played good in the first half and they pushed us to bad decisions. Andre was the X- factor for the game. I am not satisfied with our game. In the second half we played much better defence. Tofas had a great desire to win the game and they tried to step up with a win in this game. This game is the most difficult in this group. I am really glad to win this game."
Krasnye Krylia player Andre Smith "I played against the players that I know and I really enjoyed it. It wasn't an easy game. We did our best to win the game."
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The Baystate Medical Center Midwifery Education Program is an autonomous post-baccalaureate certificate midwifery education program. Through both didactic and clinical components, the program prepares students to manage the health care of low-risk women and their newborns, and teaches the foundation of nurse midwifery practice. Graduates of the program are prepared to work with cultural competency, serving varied racial, ethnic and socioeconomic populations.
In the fall of 2008, the Baystate Midwifery Education Program transitioned to a 5-semester curriculum. The midwifery curriculum conforms to accreditation guidelines as established by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), and includes all the knowledge, skills and behaviors delineated in the ACNM Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice.
Through collaboration with the Midwifery Institute of Philadelphia University, which offers distance-based master's completion, the Midwifery Education Program offers concurrent master's degree study within the 5-semester Midwifery Education Program curriculum. This will allow graduates to meet the requirement that individuals applying to take the AMCB certification examination have a master's degree in nursing or another health-related field. Applicants will need to be accepted by both schools.
Located within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Midwifery and Community Health, the faculty is formally affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine.
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The Baystate Medical Center Midwifery Education Program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, located at 8403 Colesville Road Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374; phone: 240-485-1802, email: email@example.com, website: http://www.midwife.org/acme. The program was most recently reaccredited in 2007 for the maximum period of 10 years, until 2017.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are awarded a certificate in nurse-midwifery from Baystate Medical Center. As of 2010, students are required to have a master's degree in a health-related field in order to sit for the national certification exam of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).
The Baystate Midwifery Education Program, consistent with the policies of its parent organization, Baystate Health, does not discriminate based on an individual's protected status, including race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, military service/veteran status, disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, other protected veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws or regulations.
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