Bluff

What used to be adjacent to the Mississippi River, Fort de Chartres is located roughly four miles west of the village of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. The original fort that was Fort de Chartres deteriorated after the banks of the Mississippi consumed the fort piece by piece. The recreation of the fort lies further away from the Mississippi river today, and is as of 2016 not a complete rendition of how the site was. Fort de Chartres was also not a single fort but a succession of four forts. The…

numerous synonyms that can change people’s opinions regarding whether or not a lie is acceptable. The Merriam Webster Thesaurus provides the following synonyms for the word “lie:” fable, fairy tale, perjury, fib, story, tale, exaggeration, falsification, bluff, or ambiguity, along with numerous other words. However, several of these words are often deemed acceptable to tell when it comes to real life. The connotation of these words changes the intent of the “lie” and makes some examples of…

Cierra first started off by coming up with some key things that she wanted on the applications. These included things like their name, previous culinary experience and so on. Once she had come up with a rough draft of the application, she then brought it to the class as a whole for revisions. After the class agreed on the application, she then began to type up the final copy of it. Upon further research, she figured out that it was easier to find an application template and just change the…

It was March 8th 2012, in small city, Coucil Bluffs, Iowa. The nurse was dripping numbing liquids into the blood gushing wound. The only thing I felt was a stabbing pain from the wound and a burning from the numbing medicine. They the nurse started typing on the computer. “Tap your fingers, and tell me if it is numb,” said the Nurse. “ I can still feel everything,” I replied “Well I guess we'll just have to add more,” Stated the Nurse. She opened the door to go grab more numbing medicine and I…

The September 22, 1862, after the bloody victory of the Northerners in the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation of the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) decreeing that all persons held as slaves in a state in rebellion against the United States would "henceforth and forever free" on 1 January 1863. This declaration marked a turning point in the war waged states of the United States of America: it was no longer a fight in the name of…

So often when we thought of the west as a young child and even as a young adult there may been scene in our mind that represented the American West. Whether this was from Marty McFly’s adventure to the western town of Hill Vally in 1885 or the Lone Ranger and his Indian partner Tonto, we all are mesmerized by Hollywood’s version of what the American West is. This is not to say that the screenwriter is not accurate, however there is quite a lot of “artistic freedom” that is allowed in this…

Marjorie without proper rationale. Contrary to her cousin, Bernice is shown as naive and sensitive. Interestingly, Bernice reveals an interest in bobbing her hair to fit in with Marjorie’s friends and gain popularity. However, when Marjorie exposes her bluff, she replies dubiously, “‘I like bobbed hair,’... ‘and I intend to bob mine.’” In the story, the upper class are depicted with carelessness as they think they are better than the rest. She could choose to avert the problem but, Bernice’s…

Ethics Review With any research comes risk. Lindell & Perry (2004, p. 1) states “risk can be defined broadly as a condition in which there is a possibility that persons or property could experience adverse consequences”. Many action research (AR) studies encounter minimal exposure to any harmful information or risks to the participants. According to The Belmont Report “even avoiding harm requires learning what is harmful; and in the process of obtaining this information, a person may be exposed…

William Henry Jackson William Henry Jackson, a man of ambition who loved to paint, write, and explore, but his greatest love was photography. Throughout his entire life, he devoted himself to the scenic and historic sites of the West, producing over a hundred thousand negatives. “He was the first person to photograph the wonders of Yellowstone and other places in the American West, as well as documenting the Civil War in a number of sketches.” (Weiser, 2003) Jackson was born in…

I was in kentucky camping with my family on vacation, and each year, we try to climb a bluff. My dad brings the ropes and carabiners and we set out to find an (illegal) bluff to climb. The bluff we found was a little bigger, okay, a lot bigger than I was used to. Anyway, we set up and after a few brothers going, it was my turn to climb. As I climbed, I was shaking with adrenalin and fear,…