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    Tiananmen Square Massacre

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    During the time prior to the infamous June 4 Massacre in Tiananmen Square China‚ there were numerous events in which provoked political tension and ultimately stimulated the massacre itself. These events date back to Hu Yaobang’s death followed by the AFS’ seven requests‚ Deng Xiaoping’s editorial‚ the student hunger strike‚ Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit to China and the imposed martial law causing the tragic massacre. The Chinese Government‚ citizens‚ students‚ PLA and even some foreign journalists

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    Kaytlin Edwards Melted Knee Everything appeared to melt from the heat of the sweltering sun. I had fallen twice that day and every time I tried to get back up it was like a cloud of darkness was in my head and covering my eyes. Dribbling a ball up and down a court in 100 degree weather can cause a little bit of dizziness. Except the third time I fell‚ my head did not experience the darkness; my whole body did. It was as though someone let a cage of butterflies out in my stomach‚ but not the kind

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    Today I observed a left total knee replacement procedure. The surgeon was Dr. O’Neil and anesthesiologist was Dr. Wells. Before the operation began‚ I followed one of the nurses to ask the patient questions to help us determine their medical history and if the patient ate anything within the last twelve hours. Once we took the patient to the O.R.‚ Dr. Wells checked the patient’s vital signs and ordered the patient to sit up and have bad posture. Dr. Wells cleaned an area of the back where he injected

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    The Jonestown Massacre

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    What could cause over nine hundred people to commit suicide together? In the United States’ biggest non-natural loss of human lives before 9/11‚ almost every member of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown‚ Guyana died after consuming a poisonous drink. This was a fitting end to lives that were brutally controlled by the cult’s leader‚ Jim Jones. The Jonestown incident should be remembered as a mass murder at the hands of Jones. At first‚ Jim Jones seemed anything but harmful. While living in Indianapolis

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    Right Knee Case Studies

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    DOI: 4/11/2015. Patient is a 56-year-old right-hand dominant female housekeeper who sustained a work-related injury to her left hand and right knee after being trapped in an elevator for one hour. MRI of the right knee on 8/12/15 shows thinned cartilage of the medial femoral condyle and medial tibial plateau which causes narrowing of the joint space. Linear increased signal in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus is noted‚ which likely reflects internal degeneration. There is a 7.6 mm osteochondral

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    On March 5‚ 1770 shots fired out through the city‚ leaving five dead‚ more wounded‚ and soldiers that were charged of murder. This was called the Boston Massacre a huge turning point in the colonies. Although most people thought the soldiers were guilty I think they aren’t. I will prove from the testimony and eyewitness accounts that the soldiers should not be charged with murder and they acted only in self-defense. Although soldiers fired into the crowd I think they are still not guilty and acted

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    Boston Massacre

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    We the jury find the defendant‚ Not Guilty! Today is the last day of the trial. We have heard all of the witnesses and now we know that we must deliberate. I know that some of the "witnesses" are liars. Some make valid points and I know without a doubt in my mind that Captain Preston is an innocent man and that his men were provoked. As I listened to the witnesses‚ here is what I came to believe: The witnesses for the prosecution have very different stories as do some of the witnesses for the

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    Case Study on Knee Injury

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    Kenya Henderson KINS 2100 Due: 4/3/12 Case Study: Knee Injury This case study focuses on a male who suffered a knee injury form skiing‚ which in turn resulted in weakness in his foot. With the help of MR Neurography the doctor was able to accurately diagnose the patient and provide a successful outcome. The gentleman suffered an injury to his left knee while snow skiing. He fell onto his leg with an immediate disruption of the knee and instant onset of foot weakness. There was considerable

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    Total Knee Replacement

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    Nifedipine (Adalat‚Procardia‚others) Prototype Drug / .Therapeutic Class: Drug for hypertension and angina Pharmacologic Class: Calcium channel blocker. ACTIONS AND USESNifedipine is CCB generally prescribed for HTN and variant or vasospastic angina. It is occasionally used to treat Raynaud’s phenomenon and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Nifedipine acts by selectively bloking calcium channels in myocardial and vascular smooth muscle‚ including those in the coronary arteries. This results

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    The Jim Jonestown Massacre

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    Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre Jimmy Jones is the name that I’ve kept for the sake of my life and what does it truly say about my legacy? The question is who am I? I’ve kept many aliases for myself throughout my life. James‚ Jim‚ and frequently Jim Jones. My uncle told me as a child when he was in college that one day your going to have people start calling you Jim and start shorting your name to Jim – Jones. I laughed‚ and this was year 1997. That was thirteen years until this day. But it has

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