1900 poem by thomas hardy. originally titled ‘by the century’s deathbed,’ the haunting piece describes the changes the narrator has observed through the turn of the 20th century. intriguing piece for many english majors as it contains strong pulls to both romanticism and modernism, and is deeply layered with opposing ideas which are interwoven. read it here

narcissism means excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance. people with lots of facebook friends more likely to be narcissists.

samuel adams was often called the firebrand of the american revolution." a few months after the boston massacre, adams called for "committees of correspondence" in every colony. by 1774, these committees were exchanging news and ideas, which helped build a sense of national unity.

knowledge is power *
that's why some people don't want to share it with anyone.

a beverage for cool people. i do not know why but it seems to me that as if it is necessary to love coffee to be an aesthetic person. if you are not a big fan of coffee, there is no chance for you.

during world war 1, great britain took control of palestine from turkey, which was fighting with germany against the british. at the end of the war, the league of nations assigned the governing of palestine to great britain, but also entrusted to the british the establishment within palestine of "a national home for the jewish people." both arabs and jews lived in this largely desert land, and neither group was willing to form a government with the other.

during hitler's dictatorship, thousands of european jews fled to palestine. in 1947, the un proposed that separate arab and jewish states be created out of palestine. the jews living in palestine immediately accepted and announced the formation of the state of israel on may 14, 1948.

"you will be defeated by a camera on a tripod."
claims from an organized crime boss rock turkey's government

i don't know if the lake's water is drinkable or not but i drank it on purpose and it was so pure. is lake tahoe filled with hundreds of preserved bodies?

tender, loving, care

a chemical company that is founded in turkey. it is exclusively prevailing in the field of exportation of plastic.

two main political parties: the democrats and the republicans.

democrats tend to favor less government restrictions on social issues (gay rights, abortion) and more government restrictions on economic issues (more social programs, environmental protection, higher taxes on the wealthy).

republicans tend to favor more government restrictions on social issues, generally with a religious mindset, and less government restrictions on economic issues (less government programs, low taxes for the wealthy). there is a large segment of the republican party that leans libertarian which wants "government out of people's lives" in all aspects, including social issues.

our government is split into three branches: legislative, executive, judicial. the framers of the constitution divided power among these branches because they believed power could corrupt, so the branches have checks and balances against each other. this prevents any one branch from gaining too much power.

the legislative is the united states congress, divided among the house of representatives and the senate. the congress writes the laws and votes on them.

the executive is the us president and all federal agencies. the president signs the laws and is in charge of making sure they are carried out.

the judicial is the court system, headed by the us supreme court. the supreme court resolves constitutional issues. every law passed by congress has to point to a specific section in the constitution to be legal. if a law is challenged, the supreme court determines if the law is constitutional or not. they have the final say.

solipsism is a philosophical idea that holds that the individual self is the only thing that can be known to exist, and that all external reality, including other minds, is uncertain and cannot be known. this idea is based on the concept that the self is the only thing that can be experienced directly, and that all external reality must be inferred from the evidence of the senses. this leads to the conclusion that the external world, including other minds, may not actually exist at all, and that the individual self is the only thing that can be known with certainty. this philosophy is often criticized for being overly skeptical and for ignoring the evidence of our senses and the existence of other people.

heinrich himmler was a high-ranking german nazi official and the head of the ss (schutzstaffel), the paramilitary organization that was responsible for many of the crimes of the nazi regime. himmler was born in munich, germany on october 7, 1900. he joined the nazi party in 1923 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the head of the ss in 1929. under himmler's leadership, the ss expanded greatly, and it became a key component of the nazi regime's apparatus of terror and repression.

himmler was instrumental in the implementation of the "final solution," the plan to exterminate the jews of europe. he oversaw the construction and operation of the concentration and extermination camps, including auschwitz, where millions of people were killed. himmler was also responsible for the persecution of other groups deemed undesirable by the nazi regime, including homosexuals, roma, and political opponents.

in addition to his role in the holocaust, himmler was involved in other atrocities committed by the nazi regime. he was one of the main architects of the policy of generalplan ost, which called for the forced relocation and extermination of millions of slavic people in eastern europe. he also played a key role in the occupation of poland and the soviet union, where his ss forces carried out mass executions and other war crimes.

himmler's power and influence within the nazi regime grew throughout the 1930s and 1940s. by the end of world war ii, he was one of the most powerful men in germany, and he was considered to be one of hitler's closest confidants.

as the war came to an end, himmler attempted to negotiate a surrender with the allies. however, his efforts were rebuffed, and he was arrested by british forces on may 23, 1945. he was held in custody for several months, during which time he was extensively interrogated. on may 23, 1945, himmler committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule while in allied custody.

after his death, himmler was widely denounced as one of the main architects of the holocaust and other war crimes committed by the nazi regime. he remains one of the most infamous figures of the 20th century.

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