The Tankard

Kim Jong Un is systematically trying to eliminate every person who disagrees with him publically. Anyone who commits an illegal crime or gets exposed by gossiping or disagrees with him politically will be confined to these horrendous prison camps. Over one-hundred thousand people were imprisoned in labor camps and about forty thousand have died due to starvation,disease and execution. These camps oppress, degrade and violate innocent people for as long as they live. Prison camps in North Korea are

and winced. Arthur was just about to approach when Guinevere giggled and Alis rubbed her back. Perhaps Guinevere’s back ached, as it had of late, or she had indigestion from the rich meal. “Sire, did you hear what I said?” Gawain gestured with his tankard

Sir Percival swallowed the last gulp of his fourth (large) tankard of spiced Frankish wine. He blinked his eyes rapidly and shook his head, hoping such actions would clear his fuzzy vision and his straighten-out his muddy thinking: they didn't. Camelot's largest and strongest knight wasn't much of a drinker, but he'd been known to enjoy a flagon or two of ale now and again. And due to his considerable size, on a typical day, he imbibed without worrying about intoxication. However, this wine was potent

During our recent group presentations, we covered negotiation, building teams, working in groups, managing conflict, effective meetings, facilitating team success, managing decisions and solving problems creatively (De Janasz, Wood, Gottschalk, Dowd, Schneider. 2006, pg 196-314). Our team was given working in teams for success as a presentation topic. I believe we not only clarified the topic but managed to use the content to our own benefit and produce a successful presentation. This essay highlights

George Washington, a whiskey distiller himself, thought that distilled spirits were “the ruin of half the workmen in the country….” John Adams, whose daily breakfast included a tankard of hard cider, asked, “….is it not mortifying…. That we, Americans, should exceed all other …. People in the world in this degrading, beastly vice of intemperance?” and Thomas Jefferson, inventor of the presidential cocktail party, feared that the

in adult fashion (Reed). Unfortunately, there are about 250,000 contestants who participate in beauty pageants and 100,000 of them are under the age of 12. Beauty pageants are completely inappropriate for young children’s mental health. As Melinda Tankard Reist writes, “Little girls preen, strut, pout and beckon to the judges, ‘ Come here baby’. They kiss their finger and press it to their backsides in a gesture indicating they are smoking hot.They are instructed to flirt and hold their stomachs in”

Perceval kissed Joan on the cheek before he left their chambers. She was in such a fine mood, as were most people of Camelot these days. The annual Harvest Festival, to be held on the vast castle training grounds in just a few days, coincided with Joan’s birthday. Further, King Arthur had just announced that he and Queen Guinevere would attend the festival in its entirety, a special occurrence. While Arthur often opened the castle grounds for various festivals and events, he and Guinevere rarely

"I honestly cannot stand this!" growled Percival, pacing Gwaine's bedchamber, as Rion looked on with wide eyes. "I have to go in there, do something…" Gwaine blocked his bedchamber exit. "Oh, no you don't. Let the midwife do her work. You cannot walk in on your wife's delivery and distract her. Absolutely not. Stay out of it." Percival stormed up to Gwaine. "Do you hear her screaming? That cannot be normal. Something is wrong." Percival dragged his fingers through his new beard. Hearing his wife's

Emily Dickinson is a well-known name in literature not only among connoisseurs of poetry, but also to the novice reader. She is most commonly known for her macabre and spooky poems about death or an experience of dying. However, the number of poems Emily wrote about nature and her spirituality far outnumber the mysterious and eerie. During Emily’s lifetime, a new way of thinking swept across the eastern United States. Transcendentalism was a budding philosophical idea popularized in the late 1830’s

When she arrived at his apartment, it looked like a Christmas explosion, and Gwen tried not to laugh. Gwaine had strung Christmas lights across his ceiling, covering every inch, and they pulsed to the cheerful melody of Jingle Bell Rock pouring out of his speakers. He wore a black sweater with a huge white snowflake in the middle and a pair of felt deer antlers on his head. On the counter stood several bowls filled with dough. Gwen sniffed. “Is that chocolate and cinnamon?” With a grin, he waved