The precise mechanism of these episodes is not well-known. It is believed that it results from an increase in resistance to blood flow to the lungs with increased preferential flow of desaturated blood to the body. Tet spells are characterized by a sudden‚ marked increase in cyanosis followed by syncope‚ and may result in hypoxic brain injury and death. Older children will often squat during spells. This squatting tends to increase systemic vascular resistance and
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Constantly reflecting on the Korean War as “learning our lesson‚†we should have taken the French defeat in Dien Bien Phu as a warning. Americans entered the war‚ head first with no structure of unity‚ goal sets‚ or ideals. Events such as the Tet Offensive had not only initiated a new phase of the war but also showed us that our unity was weak. The US‚ if unified would have been smarter to not abandon all their cities and create opportunity for the NLF and Vietcong to strike. We would have communicated
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Babies who have un-repaired Tetralogy of Fallot have Tet spells‚ which is a response to an activity such as crying or having a bowel movement. The reason Tet spells will occur is because the oxygen level in their blood suddenly drops (Tetralogy of Fallot‚ July 2011‚ What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Tetralogy of Fallot‚ Paragraph 3). Tet spells are the most common in young infants‚ around 2 to 4 months old (Tetralogy of Fallot‚ February 2012
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Having viewed in class five of Stanley Kubrick’s films and a documentary about him‚ a decent understanding of Kubrick’s process and vision is learnt; the two films Spartacus and Full Metal Jacket were the most inspirational and significan films of the bunch. Spartacus is about a rebellious (slave of the same name) purchased by Lentulus Batiatus‚ owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ Batiatus’ gladiators fight to the death. On the
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July 14) Ronald Bailey "Peace and the press: media bolster social cohesion" Rummel ‚ R.J. (1989). Freedom of the press-- a way to global peace*. Retrieved from http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/FREEPRESS.HTM (2011‚ July 19) Soxman‚ K. A. (1980). TMI‚ Tet and the media. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‚ 36(3)‚ 64. Academic Search Premier Database. www.ebscohost.com (2011‚ July 17) Ten most censored countries Retrieved from http://cpj.org/reports/2006/05/10-most-censored-countries.php (2011‚ July 14)
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. and the Vietnam War. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. . "Operation Rolling Thunder." Operation Rolling Thunder. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. . "Spartacus Educational." Operation Thunder. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. . "Vietnam War (1954-75) : Tet Brings the War Home." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. . "Vietnam War (1954-75)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. . "Vietnam War." About.com 20th Century
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the Soviets and Chinese posed to the United States. | | gave them a convenient excuse for abandoning the longstanding policy of containment. | | could well impede the larger effort to achieve d�tente with the Soviet Union. | 5. The Tet Offensive was an important turning point for President Lyndon Johnson because | the president had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent. | | military leaders refused to act on intelligence that the attack was imminent. |
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Metamorphosis Like the life cycle of a butterfly‚ different stages of war life provide different levels of interpretation to the loses of close ones; the more one matures‚ the more one’s interpretations diverge from their first impressions. Former North Vietnam soldier and author of The Sorrow of War‚ Bao Ninh‚ focuses his writing on such sacrifices made in the face of war and the impression it left on the individual to shine a light on how different situations are dealt with by soldiers and veterans
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4. "Why did your parents give you your name - what is the story of your name? Are you named after someone or some place? If you don’t know why you have your name‚ make up a story." 1. My name is Viet Nga. Anyone who sees my name at the first time‚ will think of something relating to Viet Nam and Russia. It’s right. It’s a romantic love story of my parents and my name was given to memorize the time and the place where my mother met and loved my father. Back in 1985‚ a Vietnamese student was sent
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Education v. Barnette‚ 319 U.S. 624 (1943). • Of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war (“Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”). Tinker v. Des Moines‚ 393 U.S. 503 (1969). • To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages. Cohen v. California‚ 403 U.S. 15 (1971). • To contribute money (under certain circumstances) to political campaigns. Buckley v. Valeo‚ 424 U.S. 1 (1976). • To advertise commercial products and
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