Prince George's County

In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli’s guidelines for being an efficient ruler differ from Petrarch's in that they emphasize fear over love; moreover, Machiavelli upends Petrarch’s arguments by insisting that generosity only leads to hatred. In the 17th chapter of Machiavelli’s iconic text, he emphasizes the importance of fear over love. He writes, “From this a dispute arises, whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse...because it is difficult to put them together, it is much…

Excited to make my first visit to Poplar Hill Farm, in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Little did I know that I would fall in love with this rural community and many years later be asked to do research work with some of the most wonderful people, that became friends. Armed with hundreds of questions, anticipation and youthful curiosity. Open and receptive to all the stories, they were willing to share, trying to understand their life and the lives of their ancestors, what I did not know…

“Westley, it’s freezing in this nursery!” Buttercup shouted “I know but we don’t have money to pay for heat.” Westley said. “Well then, I guess I will get a job.” “No need for that.” Westley said annoyed. “Just knit some blankets while Emily is taking a nap.” Wesley grabbed his sword, kisses buttercup and his two week old baby on the forehead and leaves for work. “Don’t worry baby. Soon we will get money and build a nice home.” Buttercup lays the baby in the crib, picks up a knitting…

The Dragonborn/Dovahkiin a true nord and son of Skyrim. He has pale skin, blue eyes, and long blonde hair. He has a strong build to slay dragons and a voice as loud as a dragon. The Dragonborn was at the border of Skyrim a cold and bitter place whenever he was captured by the Imperials. The only thing he was trying to do was to return to his homeland, but got caught in the middle of a skirmish between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks. The Stormcloaks a rebellion against the Imperials lead by…

Once upon a time there was a girl named Sarah Ann Thomas, also known as Princess “SAT.” Princess SAT had an important test coming up that determined whether she was the right fit to become the Queen of Crownland. The Princess had always had trouble with taking big tests. To make things even more difficult the Princess also doesn’t have available resources to help her prepare for this big test. At an early age, the Princess’ mother, the Queen, had died. Not having her mother there to help her…

My dad is a pancake master. He makes pristine 3-inch circles of joy in a hot pan within minutes– he’s got every ingredient and topping perfected. And I have mastered the perfect programming pancake. I start with a slosh of affirmation, thrown in to a medley of constructive criticism and helpful hints. I stir in a heaping of code-completion, along with a tantalizing final project. And finally, I top it off with the sweet, oozing surprise of learning a new skill. The pancakes are delicately…

Upon first glance the princess bride may seem like just another “hero-saves-the-girl-and-helps-all-his-friends-achieve-their-goals” type of story, which it is. However what the book and movie both accomplish is to recognize the irony in itself. The book is basically a “Book within a book” and the movie is “A book within a movie”. Both of them achieve their goal in showing this. The book starts with a boy being read a book, his grandfather stops reading because he sees that his grandson is…

Levana x Aimery: Chilling like Villians Levana is throwing a small gathering on the sandy white Luna beach, but only for aristocrats and her top thaumaturges. Aimery is to accompany her at her side, since he is head thaumaturge. Natural sunlight shined on the beach through Luna's dome. Levana had her glamor up, as usual. She wore a flowy—and revealing—white sundress with shimmery silver and gold threading. The look was topped off with a matching silver and white sunhat and rhinestone sandals.…

I was told by s/g Vera to go to Boneyard and check if s/g Robert was still sleeping. As I was instructed I went to Boneyard site and found out s/g was sleeping. In order to wake him up, I hank the horn of my car two times, I shut and start the engine of my car two times. I light my flash light on his face. I drove back and forth, made the volume of my radio high and open the window of the car. But, because it was difficult to know how he physically react and hurt himself, I did not want to…

The bright birds raced to the great tree as they ululated like a singer warming up. Of course the usual crickets and cicadas would be there, but today there was an air of excitement amongst the birds, recruitment day. As the birds arrived they say the line of hopefuls, but their eyes soon fell upon the Racoon and the woods became silent as they pondered why he kept showing up. Many animals tried out, few were good, finally it was the Raccoons turn. Some of the choir left, in order to avoid…