...In many movies, there are superheroes that can supposedly read others minds and it seems like an attainable goal to be able to understand others fully. However, Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman leads to another idea. No one can truly know another individual. This inability often leads to negative consequences. Trueman depicts this theme through the conflicts and character traits that appear throughout the novel. The major conflict of the story introduces how Shawn’s abilities are misjudged by his dad and how there are adverse outcomes to both of their actions. Shawn also exhibits traits that negatively affect his personal confidence. Being able to know who someone else really is requires knowing their thoughts, opinions, and experiences,...
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...Blood Disorders Lindsey Diaz HCA/240 November 25, 2012 Pamela Card Plasma is a fluid, which is made up of about 92% water, 7% vital proteins that includes; albumin, gamma globulin, anti-hemophilic factor, and 1% mineral salts, sugars, fats, hormones and vitamins. Red cells, also known as erythrocytes, carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues in the body and take carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled. Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are tiny, neutral colored cell fragments in the blood whose main function is to interact with clotting proteins to stop or prevent bleeding. (AmericanRedCross, 2012) Each part needs to function properly otherwise we have issues such as, iron deficiencies, sickle cell, and thrombocytopenia. Iron deficiency anemia is caused by low levels of iron in the body you might have low iron levels if you, have heavy menstrual bleeding, don’t get enough iron in the food you eat, people who need a lot of iron, such as small children, teenagers, and pregnant women, or if you have bleeding inside your body, caused by ulcers, hemorrhoids, or cancer. Symptoms of an iron deficiency could be, feeling weak, feeling dizzy, having frequent headaches, and being grumpy or moody. Children or infants may be fussy, have a short attention span, and don’t develop as quickly as other children or infants. Lily’s symptoms of being tired all the time, and being a picky eater could give reason for a trip to the doctor to check for an iron deficiency. Lily...
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...Zaria Johnson February 26, 2011 6-305 4th book report Stuck In Neutral This book is called Stuck in Neutral and is written by Terry Trueman. It was published on October 9, 2001. Terry attended the University of Washington, where he received his B.A. in creative writing. He also has a M.S. in applied psychology and a M.F.A. in creative writing, both from Eastern Washington University. He has two sons and currently lives Spokane, Washington since 1974. There are a few main characters in this book. The main character in this book is Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen year old boy who has a disease called cerebral palsy (C.P) Even though Shawn can not speak or move any muscles he thinks that his father his planning to kill him to ease his pain during his seizures. Shawn’s father is Sydney E. McDaniel. He wrote the poem “Shawn” and won a Pulitzer Prize for it. The reason Shawn thinks his father is planning to kill him his because his father left because he couldn’t stand not having a regular child. His mom Lindy (Linda) his over protective which Shawn doesn’t like even he is completely paralyzed, in his mind he knows he’s fourteen, and he wants to be treated like it. Cindy (Cynthia) and Paul are a great brother and sister to Shawn. Cindy helped him learn things even though he is paralyzed...
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...As I grew up, starting from when I was around five or six up until middle school, I was very interested in all types of books. Don't get me wrong, I still love to read but the books I am interested in are totally different than before. It started with picture books, as in Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and BAAA by David Macaulay. What stuck out to me in Goodnight Moon were the illustrations. At the beginning of the story, the color of the room was bold and bright. The images had a lot of primary colors as red and yellow and the major secondary color, green. The picture book, BAAA, is a good story for children but the illustrations in this book do not stick out as well as Goodnight Moon. Unlike Goodnight Moon, the pictures are...
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...Basein off what dave was saying, the n-word, Latin roots, Spanish meaning color black, There were no “niggers” before slavery. Slavery kinda twisted it, created the ugly word. Before slavery, it was a neutral term, a term to identify a per son of sub-Sahara African descent As we started to roll in to slavery. Used by white and non-blacks, the N-word had been used as a weapon to exact psychological and emotional damage, kinda a deathblow to the self-respect, dignity and humanity of Africa and her Diaspora. The neutral ness of the term still stuck with blacks. By end of slavery, post slavery, the use of the N-word started to soften up alittle, as time progress it was see by all races as a derogatory word. the Civil Rights and Black power eras, It was necessary to transform Blackness into a source of pride and strength in order to strive for truth, justice and peace. This required the nullification and condemnation of the N-word Picture: The negative portrayals of blacks were both reflected in and shaped by everyday material objects: toys, postcards, ashtrays, detergent boxes, fishing lures, children's books. This word has grown from a word of hurt and shame, to a word that is celebrated within popular culture. today the word nigger has been turned into the word nigga. Nigga is used in popular culture today as a term to identify friendships, or as a term to simply identify another person. It was a part of how myself and my peers demonstrated verbally...
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...identifying and grouping consumers together based on similar needs and priorities, and subsequently designing marketing strategies that will best meet these common needs (Abell, 2010). Given the Urban Decay’s Naked Palette comprises of eye-shadow solutions that are primarily neutral, it is best suited for consumers in an official or relatively laid back environment. As such, segmentation should be pursued based on a geographic criterion (with a focus on the urban elite) and a behavioral criterion (with a focus on the relatively reserved consumer). Based on these segments, the target market would be accessed in the metropolitan areas of major cities or towns where stringent office wear is emphasized. The suburbs would offer the second target market since most women in these locations opt for make-up that is not too conspicuous. These markets would be the most profitable for the product since consumer profiles match the primary features of the product. The Naked Palette can be aligned to the above markets and consumer needs to create a strategic fit, even in the presence of noteworthy competitors. Prominent competitors include the Pixie Eye that promises to offer “deep and unique hues” that range from neutral to smoky for the consumer who is not afraid of experimenting with shades or going it bright (Montell, 2014). The Lorac Pro Palette offers 16 eye shadows to choose from that promise to give users the “red carpet look” (Montell, 2014). Both competitors target consumers in widely...
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...Gloria Anzaldúa is a writer that lived in Texas that is most known for her writings on her mixed culture and heritage, as well as empowerment for others with mixed heritage and culture. Anzaldúa opens with a subtle reference to her intended point through analogy to a time she went to the dentist. The dentist is mentioned to having trouble controlling her tongue, as it was pushing out the utensils from her mouth and making things difficult for him. This seems to be a great comparison to her main point, which is that of oppression of one’s language and culture – to ‘control ones tongue’ so to speak. Anzaldúa then recalls a time in her childhood where she would be punished for speaking English, along with comments basically saying that she should...
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...won the United Nations’ General Assembly vote of Palestine being recognized as an observer state and now they are officially considered the “State of Palestine” by popular vote. Israel and the United States, however, did not recognize Palestine’s upgrade within the UN. This issue is very important to understand the United States’ role in today’s Israel-Palestine relations. The United States’ most watched news channels, Fox and CNN, have a very one-sided view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—generally one that favors Israel. Al Jazeera, the most popular Arab news channel, seems objective for the most part, but occasionally Palestinian favoritism can be seen. Haaretz newspaper, the most read Israeli newspaper in English, seems to be neutral, but also anti-Hamas on this debate; however, it does acknowledge good aspects of the Palestinian side. All of this is apparent through the wording used in the articles, the various sources of each news channel’s information, and the amount of opinions versus fact based information included in each article. The United States is a proud supporter of Israel and has been ever since Israel declared statehood. As seen in history, Israel has had full U.S. support not only militarily, but through the media also. The CNN and Fox articles are both about how the Palestine is treated, or should be treated by the United States. The Fox article discusses how the U.S. Ambassador, Susan Rice, in the UN General Assembly objected to the acceptance of...
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...Catherine Jauch Vanno DE Language & Composition 2 November 2012 Pink vs. Blue: the Not-So Subtle Gender Stereotypes of Our Youth From the moment children are born, they are wrapped into pink or blue blankets. Pink is deemed feminine, frilly, and solely for girls. The color blue is far more masculine, so it is assigned to the male gender. Regardless of whether that baby grows up to be, a high school jock, a mall-fiend, a conservative, homosexual, or transgender, he was brought into the world in a blue blanket and she, a pink blanket. These gender roles are enforced from children’s first breaths, and it only signifies what is to come. Yet, why is this? Why is there such a heavy emphasis on stereotypes of our youth? Does the media spark these ideas or are they based upon long-standing evolutionary concepts? Can gender roles ever be subverted? Growing up, I dabbled in both male and female stereotypes, much to the confusion of my peers. I could beat any boy at kickball, and I played it regularly during recess. My favorite color was pink, and I was obsessed with sparkles and Barbies. I’d climb trees in dresses. My classmates thought my behavior was odd because I didn’t fit into their schema of boy or girl. Was I a boy or a girl? Both? Neither? Boys never picked me for their teams simply because I was a girl. How could I be a stronger player than the boys, who they regularly saw play and fight, when I represented something so delicate, meant to nurture baby dolls and quietly...
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...(Chopin, 86). These connotations help show how Mrs. Sommers is blissfully stuck in her fantasy of wealth and higher living, developing the distant and dreamy tone of the story. Although she made up fantasy is not real, she goes along with it without a fight. Despite the fact that the connotation remains positive though most the story, occasionally the connotation becomes negative, showing how she feels a twinge of guilt due to her motherly duties and future consequences, “A vision of the future like some dim, gaunt monster sometimes appalled her, but luckily tomorrow never comes.” (Chopin, 87). Even though hints of guilt show throughout the story, she quickly goes back to her fantasy of wealth. Similarly, ‘Things That Fly’ also has a negative and neutral connotation throughout the story with short occasions of a positive connotation but quickly returns to the negative-neutral connotation. The negative-neutral connotations assist in developing the distant and conversational aspects of the tone, “It made me think of all the bad things I had done to other people in my world- and there have been so many bad things that I have done. I felt ashamed; I was feeling as though none of the good deeds I had ever done has ever mattered.” (Coupland, 146). In the story, it is apparent that the protagonist has recently endured a heavyhearted situation, hence the distant aspects of the tone and the use of negative-neutral connotation helps add to that tone. Similarly to the first story, the connotation...
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...Experiences e.g. instrumental and associative learning experiences Instrumental Learning Experiences Reinforcement theory suggests that an individual will develop preferences through encouragement or discouragement and this will be directly connected with repeat behaviour. For example, if someone is praised for an action (positive reinforcement), they are more likely to repeat or build on that experience. Equally, if someone succeeds with an activity (for example, an academic subject), then they are more likely to pursue it. Associative Learning Experiences Associative learning describes how emotions can become attached to otherwise neutral events or observations. For example, if a person becomes stuck in a lift, they may develop an aversion to lifts which can be enduring unless they overcome the aversion and return the experience to its neutral state. Similarly, positive emotions connected with a person or some information (for example, an employer presentation or an inspiring teacher) can influence an individual’s perception and behaviour. 4. Task Approach Skills e.g. performance...
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...operant, and cognitive/social conditioning. Classical Conditioning can be voluntary or involuntary, and is defined as “learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response” (Wiley, 2000-2010, Chapter 6). Operant Conditioning is “learning in which voluntary responses are controlled by their consequences” (Wiley, 2000-2010, Chapter 6). The final cognitive/social conditioning is defined as “A perspective that emphasizes the roles of thinking and social learning in behavior” (Wiley, 2000-2010, p. 6). Starting as a very young child I often had to be in the back seat of the car with my older brother Troy while my mother ran errands. We often found ourselves very bored. Creating some kind of a game to entertain ourselves seemed the normal thing to do. Although our games may include hitting each other every time we saw a certain kind of vehicle, or laughing loudly, often the end result of our games would be arguing. This would intensely irritate our mother and whoever was in the front passenger seat (usually our grandmother). At this point, they would tell us if we are good for the remainder of the trip we will get ice cream or get to stop at McDonalds. We were always rewarded with some kind of food. Soon we learned to ask when it was announced that we would be stuck in the back of car all day if we could go to whichever food establishment was on our minds if we were good. Our unconditioned stimulus was the want...
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...In the story, “Young Goodman Brown,” they have multiple double meanings happening throughout the whole thing. I’ll save your time, and only give you a few, though. I discovered a lot about symbols, secrets, and tales while reading this interesting story— I suppose I should go ahead and give you those few examples, right? Well, the first one has something to do with the, protagonist- Goodman Brown. ‘Goodman’ has two different meanings itself, really. Good- he’s a good person/husband. Man- he’s a man, it’s self-explanatory, really, but I threw it in there anyhow. Brown- the color brown is a symbol for poverty, neutral, basic; not extraordinary, but doesn’t go unknown either. The next example, sort of ties together the young guy...
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...A bystander is a person who is present at an event or incident but chooses to stay quiet instead of speaking up. People in the Holocaust chose to stay quiet because they were afraid of the consequences. I agree that being a quiet bystander does nothing but help those who are evil. Being quiet when you know you should not will not help anyone. For an example in First, they came by Pastor Martin Niemoller stanza 5, “Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.” This shows how when the Nazis came for the different people no body spoke out, and finally when they came for the last people there was no one left to help. For instance in Eve Buntings Terrible things page 23, “Help they screamed, But there was no one left to...
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...term perceptions, camera angles, winner and long-term perceptions of the candidates’ credibility. Romney came off as the more energized candidate overall by consistently attacking Obama on the main issues for Republicans such as health care reform and higher taxes. The president began with long explanations and only later focused more on what his opponent was saying. The split-screen shot, which has long feared presidential candidates, no matter how many times they are reminded, seem to sometimes forget that they are still on camera even when they are not speaking. Last week, President Obama did not put on a neutral face. A neutral face is a warm but settle expression that expresses no hint of feeling no matter what. President Obama was often shown looking down and uncertain as Mitt Romney was attacking and pressuring him. Obama demonstrated that he can get stuck in the fine print, unable to prioritize and apparently unwilling or incapable of forcefully defending himself and his party. Although the president spoke longer, his words often rambled on. He mainly went over about details without delivering memorable lines. He made the same mistake critics have pointed to throughout his term. There are typically nine cameras at debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates,...
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