Blind spot

For convenience, to save money, to get healthy, and numerous other reasons, people choose to walk in New York City, and throughout New York. All too often, however, collisions occur involving walkers or runners and motor vehicles, often resulting in serious injuries and death for the pedestrians. In fact, the New York Department of Motor Vehicles reports that 16,278 pedestrians were injured and 344 were killed in 2013 alone. While not all car-verses-walker crashes are preventable, there are…

that its solution will yield him the same glory he enjoyed when he answered the riddle of the Sphinx. Oedipus' self-assurance that he has taken care of his fate blinds him to it and begins the fall that will end in his literal blindness. Thus he becomes the victim rather than the conqueror of fate. In Antigone, Creon also displays a blind spot. Wrapped up in the trappings of power, Creon puts his responsibility for Thebes above the laws of the gods and has to be reminded of the gods' will by…

the community is revealed, supporting more of a dystopia society. The head of each household pulls a slip of paper from the familiar tattered black box, they are all blank, except one. The ill-fated Bill Hutchinson draws the only piece with a black spot, inadvertently marking his household for misfortune. Tessie, Bill Hutchinson’s wife anxiously…

all color ”blind” people can still see colors, but just see them not as accurately. Their perception of the colors are also restricted. Color blindness is a genetic condition in how the light-senstive cells originated in the retina react to colors. There are cells in your eyes called cones and they are what senses the wavelengths of the light. They also allow the retina to tell different colors apart. When the sensitivity in your cones change, this can cause a person to become color blind. Many…

for weaving, Kira, is trying to survive in a village where the deformed are cast out. After her mother dies, she is left in the Field, which is filled with beasts, for a few days. She comes back, but Vandara and the women of the village want Kira’s spot. Vandara and Kira go to the council, to settle the argument. Vandara and the women of the village get Kira’s space, but Kira gets a very special job. Matt, Kira’s friend, and his dog, Branch, follow Kira to her new room. She learns that in the…

common 'blind spot' of the criminal justice system wherein both the abuser and the abused are ignored and no intervention is made, therefore making it necessary for the victim (or in some cases, the offender) to take matters into their own hands in search of change. As seen in lectures, 1/3 of all homicides are categorized as confrontational homicide, wherein the discussion scenario falls - victims must often 'remove' or alleviate their abusive situation themselves, as the law turns a blind eye…

replied. As I rubbed my eyes and sat up straight I started to look around me. Through the slim window in our blind, I could see our position, right on the edge of the woods looking out to a field. After a few more hours, my dad decided to change spots, that day we changed spots almost 6 times because either there were no turkeys or they did not want what our calls were giving off. While changing spots I got to view more of the nature in Camp Ripley. Although Camp Ripley is always beautiful, this…

in order to obtain the most truthful account of the natural world. Individual objectivity will never be obtained, and suggesting that individual scientists should be objective may imply that they can be objective, thus they will overlook their blind spots. Objectivity, instead,…

The play of “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare suggests that an individual’s own ambition can blind one from their own actions and can be a source of great grief for others. Macbeth’s ambitions and insurmountable desire for becoming king blinds him from reality to the point that he cannot control his own body. On account of Macbeth’s actions Lady Macbeth is sicken with an enormous amount of grief that she takes her own life in the process. In addition, any human can be in the place of…

Amendment. The Editor wrote back to Mr. Marshall about how segregation is ending and times are changing the Editor made powerful points about segregation. Also explain to Mr. Marshal how the 14th amendments are being followed and how everyone is not color blind And makes it appoint that Negros have every right has a white man does. To begin with, President Kennedy was the first to use the term “affirmative action” the government contractors hire members of minority groups, universities have…