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Offically (and Unoffically)

There is still a lot to do but I have enough posted to leave it open!!

Most Played Songs Week Ending December 20, 2014

  Top Played Tracks Week Ending December 20, 2014

Psychoanalysis and Hamlet

Note: I feel like this is probably not my best paper but I'm posting it anyway.             Hamlet is considered one of the most flawed characters in English Literature. After the death of his father, and his mother remarrying immediately afterwards to of all people his Uncle Claudius, Hamlet is pushed towards the brink trying to deal with all of these sudden changes. All of these changes put together can create instability in Hamlet’s mind as his world is shaken by the sudden changes. When psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud wrote T he Interpretation of Dreams he introduced the world to the ideas of the id , the ego and the superego in which encompass the way the mind is influenced by events from their younger years. Freud said that “the predominantly passionate, irrational, unknown, and unconscious part of the psyche the id, or “it.” The ego, or “I,” was his term for the predominantly rational, logical, orderly, conscious par...

To Read or Not to Read

Synopsis: Jebediah has a secret that will change his world forever and send his people into space. The Amish world of Alabaster calls upon an ancient promise to escape destruction. Then end up on a cargo ship bound for the stars. But they are not the only cargo on board. Some of it is alive...or used to be. Now, with vampires taking over and closing in on the Amish refugees, these simple believers must decide whether their faith depends upon their honored traditions or something even older.

Reactions to the Revolution in France

            The French Revolution is known as one of the greatest social movements of all time, as well as one of the most tragic. As France fought to change the order of the monarchy and change it into a possible democracy the world reacted in different ways. The United States which had just gained their independence from Great Britain saw the revolution as a direct strike against a monarch’s rule. For Great Britain the reactions to the revolution were mixed between those who were for the revolution and those who saw it as an attack on the sanctity of the rule of the monarchy. The escalating tensions between the people of France and the monarchy over a broken tax system and an economic crisis caused the Estates General to convene for the first time since 1614 to deal with the problems that were arising in France.   The artisans hungry from the lack of food wanted a way to fight for a chance at gaining ground against tho...

Most Played Songs Week of December 13, 2014

1 Fall Out Boy – Immortals 2 Jessie J – Fire 3 Xandria – Sacrificium 4 分島花音 – world's end, girl's rondo 5 Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat 6 Nemesea – Release Me 7 Jessie J – Get Away 8 The Hype Theory – If You're Going Down (I'm Going Down with You) 9 Ed Sheeran – I See Fire 10 F.T Island – beautiful 11 Stitched Up Heart – Frankenstein 12 Birdy – Tee Shirt 13 Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J & Ty Dolla $ign – Shell Shocked (feat. Kill the Noise & Madsonik) [From "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"] 14 MONKEY MAJIK – You Are Not Alone 15 Automatic Loveletter – Story Of My Life

South Korea and the Hallyu Wave

            When people think about Asian popular culture the term Hallyu Wave comes to mind for many people who live within East Asia. The origin of the term is highly debated as many scholars don’t know where or how the term came to be. The overall definition is that it is a wave of popular culture that has over taken East-Asia encompassing a variety of different forms of entertainment. Yet the success of Hallyu stars both within the reaches of East Asia and overall globally has yet to be truly determined. Jeongmee Kim’s article “Why Does Hallyu Matter? The Significance of the Korean Wave in South Korea” determines that the overall success should be attributed to Korean dramas and how the people from neighboring countries are attracted to the conservative nature of the shows. While Solee I. Shin and Lanu Kim’s article “Organizing K-Pop: Emergence and Market Making of Large Korean Entertainment Houses, 1980-2010” states th...

Snowy Wednesday night

How quickly the year went by.