Central Congenital Hypoventilation Syndrome What is CCHS? Many people around the world stop breathing when they go to sleep. Why? It’s because they have a syndrome called Central Congenital Hypoventilation Syndrome or Ondine’s Curse. What is this? Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare syndrome‚ present from birth‚ and is defined as the failure of automatic control of breathing.. Some may only have apnea when asleep‚ but in some severe cases they may experience apnea while
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against. The majority of passengers were third class because a third class ticket was more affordable‚ costing between 3 and 8 pounds which averages about $7.85 (The Titanic- Third). A third class suite was still no small sum of money either. Only two bathtubs were available for all 710 third-class passengers‚ one for the men and one for the women (Suites). Many passengers aboard the Titanic were decimated upon according to which social class they were a part of. "I can never understand why God would have
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number has constantly increased each year.” The president of the National MCH Center for Child Death Review acknowledged a study in the Journal of Pediatrics on the relationship between a child’s age and place of drowning: babies most often drown in bathtubs‚ toddlers in swimming pools‚ and older children in open bodies of water such as lakes‚ rivers‚ ponds‚ and oceans. The study went on to report toddlers and older children drowned even though parental supervision was in attendance. Many of the drowning
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Alfred Hitchcock’s motion picture Psycho‚ released in 1960‚ contains peculiar placement of predatory birds and other fowls with corresponding lines about birds from Norman Bates‚ the primary antagonist. The most obvious reference to birds takes place in the parlor of the Bates Motel where Marion shares her last meal with Norman. As Norman invites Marion into the parlor‚ he sets the food tray on the coffee table and turns on the lamp. Immediately‚ Marion’s eyes point the camera to two birds mounted
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amendment did it ban the consumption of alcohol. While reported alcohol consumption had declined at first‚ people found more resourceful ways to obtain it. Saloons were replaced by speakeasies‚ alcohol was smuggled across state lines‚ and “moonshine” or “bathtub gin” was produced illegally in the homes of countless citizens. In
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20 rEFLEctIoNS | V o LU M E 9‚ N U M B E r 2 reflections.solonline.org Book ExcErpt 9.2 The Necessary Revolution How We Got Into This Predicament Something important has happened in the last stage of the industrial era that sets it apart from the past: Globalization has brought a level of interdependence between nations and regions that never existed before‚ along with truly global problems that also have no precedent. The Industrial Age isn’t ending because of a decline in opportunities
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An apartment is a self contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments may be owned (by an owner/occupier) or rented (by tenants). My first apartment was located in Brooklyn in the Flatbush section. It was a small but very conveniently located third floor apartment in a elevator building. The building only had five floors with a see through glass lobby entrance. The building had a doorman that worked from four until midnight. He was a very pleasant middle aged gentleman with
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE The simple present or present simple is one of the verb forms associated with the present tense in modern English. It is commonly referred to as a tense‚ although it also encodes certain information about aspect in addition to present time. It is called "simple" because its basic form consists of a single word (like write or writes)‚ in contrast with other present tense forms such as the present progressive (is writing) and present perfect (has written). For nearly all English
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Genocide of the Jewish People In 1939‚ WWⅡbegins when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland‚ causing six million Jewish people to fear for their lives. This fear began when all citizens had to complete a Census about their race‚ religion‚and ancestry. Second‚ all people had to carry ID cards‚ and the Jewish people had to wear the Star of David. Third‚ Germany passed the Nuremberg Race laws‚ which took away all Jewish rights‚ even to the point where they were sent to ghettos. Fourth‚ the Jewish people were
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narrator accidentally made a noise and the old man awoken and was terrified because he knew someone was watching him. When the narrator thought it was the right moment‚ he did what he had been planning to do. After‚ he dismembered the body in his bathtub so no blood was spotted and stuffed it under the floorboard. He carefully thought that all out. What a frightening idea. He could still be proven mad even after all of these insane acts. His mind could have made him think that this was the appropriate
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