Bluff

I have gone through life in a well-timed, planned, expected, somewhat well-adjusted manner and because of my need to be predictable and steadfast, I have found myself many times thinking of the past, planning for my future, but rarely living in the present. Around twenty years of age I began a search for a way of life to help calm my wandering mind and find a focal point and bring a higher quality of life. Studying Buddhist philosophy involving mindfulness has centered my life and brought…

example, in you or your kids see someone litter that could lead to you or your kids to litter. Today in this essay we will be talking about adding more community centers, more playgrounds/ kid hangouts and finally what we could do with the mall of the bluffs. If I were mayor I would add more community centers because it would help a lot with keeping kids out of gangs and keeping up with grades and last to get more kids active. How it can help kids out of gang is that there is a place where…

places I found was the Button’s Bluff. Kiana and Rachel Ward were the first two people to show me the Bluff. The Bluff is a beautiful overlook of the James river with train tracks running right under the mountain you’re standing on, and a huge cliff at the edge of the rocks. I used to call the Bluff my home, and for a while I probably spent more time at the Bluff than I did at my house. When David and Alex were busy and I had nowhere to go, I would drive to the Bluff and just stare at the view.…

Fluid dynamics relating to bluff bodies, non-streamlined structures or streamlined bodies at large angles of attack, remains a critical focus of study within the fluid mechanics community. One particular area of interests involves the occurrence of fluid-induced vibrations, or more commonly known as vortex-induced vibrations (VIV’s), exerted on bluff bodies. Due to the production of vortex shedding beyond bluff cross sections, an alternating pressure distribution produces periodic fluctuations…

Economic factors such as the price of oil can greatly impact and affect Gator Town. Depending on the price of oil, the merchandise and product's price being sold at the Gator Store can either increase or decrease. As of February 2017, according to gasbuddy.com, the price of oil in the Lexington community is around $1.89-$2.15. Understanding the price of oil is important because everything including the merchandise and products in Gator Town depends on the price of oil. If the price of oil is…

into the water. A while after lunch my sister dared me to jump off the cliff, and I’m not a big fan of heights or jumping off tall things. I accepted the dare and we both went up the small bluff. I prepared to jump off and my sister said “You won’t jump” I looked right into her eyes and jumped off of the tall bluff, I felt like a was going to die on the way down into the water. When I got out of the water I got all the water out of my nose and I proved my sister wrong. I continued to jump off…

In poker, players commonly make a move called a bluff. The goal of a bluff is to trick the other players into thinking that your set of cards is better than theirs, so that they will fold and you can win the hand. People can use bluffs in their day-to-day lives as well. A bluff can be used to deceive others into thinking that you can, or will take action. You can manipulate people into doing what you want or need done when normally one wouldn’t have the resources to do so. Current president…

These beliefs towards medical decision-making translate to the bigger picture of CRR in that acceptance of common fire safety and injury prevention concepts may require consulting the rest of the family with final decisions being made by the dominate male figure. Fatalism, or fatalismo, is a trait, not typically found in North Americans, that is often displayed in people from South and Central America expressing the belief that they can do little to control fate (Carteret, 2011) (Gonzalez &…

High on a rock bluff in South Dakota's Black Hills tower the tremendous cut appearances of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute one of the world's biggest bits of model. Mount Rushmore featured the sculptures of the heads of four presidents of United States: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. These heads are sculptured on the granite mountains, Black Hills region…

The society of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire functions quite differently than that of the United States. The economy in this city focuses on the bluff, which is an attempt to deceive people into thinking that they are modern and successful. In his article, Dr. Sasha Newell explains that “the impossible demands of maintaining a deceptive appearance of success” hinders the economy, and puts extra stress on citizens because of the need to lie and keep up a façade (Newell, 2009: 379). This article is an…