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msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198105460#16_2471555086 | Title: What Do Japanese Think Of America? - The Freeman Online
Headings: What Do Japanese Think Of America?
What Do Japanese Think Of America?
What do Japanese think of America?
What Do Japanese People Think Of Americans?
Opportunities!
Places of interest in America
Typical stereotypes
What Effect Did The Second World War Have On The Japanese Perception Of Americans?
What Is The 21 st Century Like Between Japan And America?
Some Questions Americans Working In Japan Will Face
What differentiates American Companies and Japanese companies
Are you in a relationship
What do you do for a living
What brings you to Japan
Where do you come from
Interesting Facts About Japan You Should Know
Conclusion
Content: This is just the rule over there. One rather weird rule you would find out is that in Japan, you may be asked to remove your shoes when entering a restaurant. Conclusion
What do Japanese think of America? We have been able to establish that the Japanese generally have a healthy disposition towards Americans. This is fueled by a history of socio-political dealings that have spanned decades. From the looks of things, it doesn’t seem like this relationship will fade any time soon. You May Like These Articles As Well: What Is It Like To Live In Russia? Why Is Mississippi So Poor? | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/what-do-japanese-think-of-america/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198215643#10_2471902987 | Title: What Is Federal Bureaucracy? - The Freeman Online
Headings: What Is Federal Bureaucracy?
What Is Federal Bureaucracy?
What is Federal Bureaucracy?
What Is A Bureaucracy?
What Exactly Is The Role Of A Bureaucrat?
Understanding bureaucracies
What Are The Types Of Bureaucratic Organizations?
1. Independent executive agencies and regulatory agencies
2. Cabinet Departments
3. Government corporations
What Is The Scope Of The Function Of Bureaucrats?
Conclusion
Content: This is the major reason why the bureau may not have any real reason to be more efficient in the discharge of its duties. What Are The Types Of Bureaucratic Organizations? Bureaucracy is the government unit created with a mandate to do certain defined objectives and goals as approved by the legislator. In America, the federal bureaucracy operates with a great level of autonomy. The reason for this can is the large size of the budget which is in trillions of dollars per year. Added to this is the fact that many of its sub-units do not have well-defined boundaries. Note that out that some actions are answerable to judicial review. 1. Independent executive agencies and regulatory agencies
Independent executive agencies are answerable to the American president and the heads of such agencies are hired by the president. But, unlike the case of cabinet agencies, independent agencies have streamlined functions. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/what-is-federal-bureaucracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198315036#7_2472231612 | Title: Where Does Tariff Money Go? - The Freeman Online
Headings: Where Does Tariff Money Go?
Where Does Tariff Money Go?
The question is, where does tariff money go?
Who Is To Pay Tariffs?
Advantages Of Imposing Tariffs On Imports
Disadvantages Of Imposing Tariffs On Imports
What Are The Various Types Of Tariffs?
Ad valorem Tariffs:
Specific Tariff:
The Different Perspectives On Imposing Tariffs
The Classical Theory
The Developmentalist Theory
The Ecological Theory
The Institutionalist Theory
How Are Tariffs Administered?
Conclusion
Content: The effect of a tariff-induced increase in price is that prices of goods in the exporting country vary with that of the importing country. For these countries to reduce the cost of production when they still have to pay tariffs, there is a tendency to produce goods of lesser quality to reduce cost and maintain a reasonable profit margin. Thus, the imposition of tariffs leads to the production of foods of lesser quality to importing countries. Another effect of imposing tariffs is that it causes a decline in the demand for the commodity. It is a direct result of the increased price that is induced by imposing tariffs. The imposition of high tariffs also causes trade wars between countries. Trade war arises when countries increase tariffs against each other. It is usually done in reaction to the restrictions on trade that have been imposed by another country. Sometimes, where a trade war is not managed correctly, it could lead to a real conflict between these countries. While the imposition of high tariffs stifles foreign competition, the revenue of these international companies are affected and are likely to lay-off some of their workers to stay afloat. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/where-does-tariff-money-go/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#2_2472652571 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: Freedom of society is necessary to preserve the underlying principles of democracy that vest power in the people. Where there is no freedom of speech, that society is not a democratic one. So that’s it about the importance of freedom of speech in a democracy. You can continue reading for more on this topic. Freedom Of Speech In The United States
The United States actively protects the principle of freedom of expression in its laws. The body of laws prevents the government from placing restrictions on the rights of citizens to express themselves. Freedom of speech is a recognized right under the First Amendment. It protects your speech from attracting any form of punishment. It also protects it from being censored. The protection offered under the First Amendment only applies to the protection from restrictions and censorship from the government. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#3_2472654149 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: The body of laws prevents the government from placing restrictions on the rights of citizens to express themselves. Freedom of speech is a recognized right under the First Amendment. It protects your speech from attracting any form of punishment. It also protects it from being censored. The protection offered under the First Amendment only applies to the protection from restrictions and censorship from the government. It does not protect your speech from being restricted by private individuals and corporate bodies. Freedom of speech does not only give a person the right to express his views, but it also protects the person from any form of consequences after he has expressed his views. We cannot adequately discuss freedom of speech in the United States without taking a look at the First Amendment. Under the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech, along with other bundles of rights, is collectively called the freedom of expression. These additional rights include freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of petition, and freedom of the press. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#4_2472655941 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: It does not protect your speech from being restricted by private individuals and corporate bodies. Freedom of speech does not only give a person the right to express his views, but it also protects the person from any form of consequences after he has expressed his views. We cannot adequately discuss freedom of speech in the United States without taking a look at the First Amendment. Under the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech, along with other bundles of rights, is collectively called the freedom of expression. These additional rights include freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of petition, and freedom of the press. There exists a correlating relationship between these other rights and the freedom of speech. These are ways of expressing yourself, and any form of restriction on these rights limits your self-expression. However, freedom of speech is a primary right among the other rights that makes up the rights of freedom of expression. The government cannot interfere or restriction one’s expression or speech without giving adequate justification for such actions. Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
We need to understand the scope of this freedom for a better understanding and application of the subject matter. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#7_2472661455 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: Certain symbols and rituals have a symbolic implication for certain sects of people. In such circumstances, the laws must protect their right to freedom of speech. Apart from oral, written, and symbolic expressions, there are other forms of communication covered by the principle of freedom of speech. They are posts made online, commenting, and liking posts on social media, movies and television shows, drama, dance, clothing, donating money to fund one’s social or political interest, etc. The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
The principle of freedom of speech is not an absolute right. Thus, certain limitations limit this right. The essence of law is to address, balance, and harmonize all conflicting interests. It is essential to restrict the applicability of the freedom of speech in certain circumstances to protect the interest of other persons and the government. Otherwise, where such limitations do not exist, it is doubtful that the government can maintain a peaceful and stable society. In essence, the First Amendment does not protect all forms of speech from restrictions and censorship. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#8_2472663280 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: Thus, certain limitations limit this right. The essence of law is to address, balance, and harmonize all conflicting interests. It is essential to restrict the applicability of the freedom of speech in certain circumstances to protect the interest of other persons and the government. Otherwise, where such limitations do not exist, it is doubtful that the government can maintain a peaceful and stable society. In essence, the First Amendment does not protect all forms of speech from restrictions and censorship. The fact that one has the right to freedom of speech does not mean that you can make certain statements and not face the consequences as a result. Some forms of expression that exist as exceptions to the principle of freedom of speech are: 1. Defamation
Defamation exists as an exception to freedom of speech. It works to strike a balance between the right to freedom of speech and the right to reputation. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198446058#15_2472675432 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy? -
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important In A Democracy?
The question is, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy?
Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Forms Of Speech Protected By The Principle Of Freedom Of Speech
The Exceptions To Freedom Of Speech
1. Defamation
2. Obscenity
3. Perjury
4. Sedition
5. Incitement
Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Conclusion
Content: Such a person does not receive protection under freedom of speech for inciting the people to run and create a stampede resulting in loss of lives and injury to others. Other exceptions to the right to freedom of speech are blackmail, fighting words, threats, fraud, speech violating intellectual property, child pornography, and commercial speech. Freedom Of Speech In A Democracy
Without the principles of freedom of speech in a democratic society, we cannot regard such society as a democratic one. You might call it a democratic state, but in the real sense of it, it is not a democracy. Freedom of speech is fundamental in a society that needs to be progressive. However, the right to freedom of speech in a democracy can also be counter-productive. Primarily, with the emphasis on the right to freedom of speech comes to a new problem known as hate speech. When one abuses the right to freedom of speech, the cases of hate speech are bound to be on the increase, especially in this era of fast-paced online communications where it becomes much easier to circulate content that is threatening and prejudicial against certain classes of persons. Conclusion
No doubt, the right to freedom of speech is an important one in our society today. Although, one might ask, why is freedom of speech important in a democracy? | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important-in-a-democracy/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198456263#6_2472692416 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained - The Freeman Online
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Now, why is freedom of speech important?
What You Need To Know About Freedom Of Speech
Origin Of Freedom Of Speech
The Core Value That Makes Freedom Of Speech Important
The Role Of Freedom Of Speech
The recognition of justice
The assurance of well-being
Protection of rights
Societal Impact
The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
It can spread lousy information
It spreads fear
It can promote violence
It encourages verbal abuse
More Reasons Freedom Of Speech Is Important
Conclusion
Content: The recognition of justice
The recognition of truthfulness and justice, clarity, the openness of freedom of speech and information, is another significant role why freedom of speech is essential. Clarity of information depends on the extent to which freedom of expression of thought, freedom of speech is open in all the changes and processes taking place in society. The assurance of well-being
Another role of freedom of speech and why freedom of speech is essential is to ensuring freedom of expression and information, openness, clarity of all ongoing changes and processes. The clarity and transparency in most cases depend on how freely and democratically conducted operations are covered by the press and other media, since freedom of speech, freedom of the media is a distinctive sign of Democracy. As people are working under Democracy, freedom at all stages is a significant reason why freedom of speech is essential. The most important thing is to have strong laws giving the right to freedom
Protection of rights
Another reason the freedom of speech is vital is because of the protection of rights and liberties. The protection is, especially in information activities. It improves the infrastructure of public information, and ensuring its stable operation occupies an essential place in the system of public interests; why freedom of speech is critical can never be overemphasized. Societal Impact
The number one reason why freedom of speech is essential is that it strengthens the measurable impact of information on human life. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198456263#7_2472694923 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained - The Freeman Online
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Now, why is freedom of speech important?
What You Need To Know About Freedom Of Speech
Origin Of Freedom Of Speech
The Core Value That Makes Freedom Of Speech Important
The Role Of Freedom Of Speech
The recognition of justice
The assurance of well-being
Protection of rights
Societal Impact
The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
It can spread lousy information
It spreads fear
It can promote violence
It encourages verbal abuse
More Reasons Freedom Of Speech Is Important
Conclusion
Content: The most important thing is to have strong laws giving the right to freedom
Protection of rights
Another reason the freedom of speech is vital is because of the protection of rights and liberties. The protection is, especially in information activities. It improves the infrastructure of public information, and ensuring its stable operation occupies an essential place in the system of public interests; why freedom of speech is critical can never be overemphasized. Societal Impact
The number one reason why freedom of speech is essential is that it strengthens the measurable impact of information on human life. The scientific and technological revolution determines this in the field of computer technology, and telecommunications, why the freedom of speech is essential is those new achievements that significantly increase the efficiency of activities related to information,
Secondly, rights and freedoms in the field of human informational activities are the central values of modern civilization. The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
Although Freedom of speech is Important and very vital, it is unhealthy for us to use the leverage badly hence causing trouble in the community. Why the freedom of speech is essential is not for us to abuse the privilege but rather use it for the betterment of ourselves. It helps the community to stay in harmony
It protects the business and promotes foreign exchange. Individuals have peace in running daily activities with people. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198456263#8_2472697367 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained - The Freeman Online
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Now, why is freedom of speech important?
What You Need To Know About Freedom Of Speech
Origin Of Freedom Of Speech
The Core Value That Makes Freedom Of Speech Important
The Role Of Freedom Of Speech
The recognition of justice
The assurance of well-being
Protection of rights
Societal Impact
The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
It can spread lousy information
It spreads fear
It can promote violence
It encourages verbal abuse
More Reasons Freedom Of Speech Is Important
Conclusion
Content: The scientific and technological revolution determines this in the field of computer technology, and telecommunications, why the freedom of speech is essential is those new achievements that significantly increase the efficiency of activities related to information,
Secondly, rights and freedoms in the field of human informational activities are the central values of modern civilization. The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
Although Freedom of speech is Important and very vital, it is unhealthy for us to use the leverage badly hence causing trouble in the community. Why the freedom of speech is essential is not for us to abuse the privilege but rather use it for the betterment of ourselves. It helps the community to stay in harmony
It protects the business and promotes foreign exchange. Individuals have peace in running daily activities with people. The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
While freedom of speech is good, they are so many disadvantages to the form of expression. Anything that has an advantage has its disadvantages. Here are some disadvantages of freedom of speech. It can spread lousy information
One significant disadvantage of freedom of speech is that it can cause substantial damage because people would not want to verify certain information before spreading it to the public. People might tend to want to believe the information because it is coming from the mouth of someone they trust. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198456263#12_2472706070 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained - The Freeman Online
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Now, why is freedom of speech important?
What You Need To Know About Freedom Of Speech
Origin Of Freedom Of Speech
The Core Value That Makes Freedom Of Speech Important
The Role Of Freedom Of Speech
The recognition of justice
The assurance of well-being
Protection of rights
Societal Impact
The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
It can spread lousy information
It spreads fear
It can promote violence
It encourages verbal abuse
More Reasons Freedom Of Speech Is Important
Conclusion
Content: When an idea is shared, it grows more significant than the norms because people’s mindset differs from another. Sharing thoughts will become easy. Why freedom of speech is essential is also because it allows thought leaders can share their ideas because they are like the future of the community or even nation at large. Another good reason why freedom of speech is essential is that it exposes unlawful activities. Without the freedom of speech, a lot of immoral and unlawful activities will be taking place and nobody to question or to air out what’s going on in that office, organization, community, of home. For the sake of freedom of speech before would want to do anything they will carefully watch before doing it and, in most cases, don’t even do it because they know that with the freedom of speech, anybody can see them and report to the authority. They are hence tarnishing their image for them. Nobody likes to have their image displayed in a negative light. Freedom of speech promotes societal growth. The most developed countries in the world are those countries that enable the freedom of speech earlier because amid the people’s information lies superior wisdom that can transform the society for better and then attract global recognition and foreign exchange. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198456263#13_2472708327 | Title: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained - The Freeman Online
Headings: Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Why Is Freedom Of Speech Important? The Relevance Explained
Now, why is freedom of speech important?
What You Need To Know About Freedom Of Speech
Origin Of Freedom Of Speech
The Core Value That Makes Freedom Of Speech Important
The Role Of Freedom Of Speech
The recognition of justice
The assurance of well-being
Protection of rights
Societal Impact
The Need For Protecting Healthy Speech
The Disadvantage Of Freedom Of Speech
It can spread lousy information
It spreads fear
It can promote violence
It encourages verbal abuse
More Reasons Freedom Of Speech Is Important
Conclusion
Content: For the sake of freedom of speech before would want to do anything they will carefully watch before doing it and, in most cases, don’t even do it because they know that with the freedom of speech, anybody can see them and report to the authority. They are hence tarnishing their image for them. Nobody likes to have their image displayed in a negative light. Freedom of speech promotes societal growth. The most developed countries in the world are those countries that enable the freedom of speech earlier because amid the people’s information lies superior wisdom that can transform the society for better and then attract global recognition and foreign exchange. Conclusion
In looking at why freedom of speech is essential, we must understand that the reasons are enormous. We can live happily with friends and family, share ideas to better our lives and community, speak out when something terrible is going on in our office, company, organization, community, and even our community. Freedom of speech is necessary because it is for the benefit of us all. | https://www.thefreemanonline.org/why-is-freedom-of-speech-important/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1198757236#11_2473542745 | Title: It's Prime Time | USDA Prime Beef | The Fresh Market
Headings: It’s Prime Time
It’s Prime Time
Restaurant-quality steak. Any night of the week.
Top Prime Beef Cuts at The Fresh Market
How to Cook the Perfect Steak
Searing and grilling tips for outstanding USDA Prime beef.
More USDA Prime Cuts Available Daily
Get Ready to Roast
Think Deliciously
Cast Iron Steak with Butter
Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Coffeehouse Rub
Carne Asada
Content: Be sure to cook these roasts no more than medium-rare and thinly slice the meat across the grain. USDA Prime Sirloin Tip Roast The sirloin is nestled between the loin and the round. Prime cuts from this area boast the tenderness of the former and the rich beefiness of the latter. As the name implies, Sirloin Tip Roast should always be roasted. Get Ready to Roast
Perfectly Prepared Rump, Eye of Round, Bottom Round and Sirloin Tip Roasts It's easy to get these USDA Prime Roasts oven-ready, and even easier to enjoy the delicious results! First, season the meat with coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper. If you wish, poke the roast in about 12 places with the tip of a knife and insert a sliver of garlic into each cut. Place on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast in a 400°F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°F and continue roasting until medium-rare (125°F), allowing about 20 minutes per pound. | https://www.thefreshmarket.com/prime |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#2_2479580879 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: The problem is, while women are encouraged to reject the ludicrous ideas that are held about them, men are supposed to embrace them. In the creation of gender stereotypes, men really missed a trick. Male-dominated culture has cultivated an image of women that I’m sure you’re familiar with: endlessly shopping, outspoken (which for women essentially amounts to expressing a strong opinion about anything), money-draining, demanding and contrary. The classic picture that we are presented with in television, films, advertisements and practically every other medium for disseminating information, is of women as a burden, the irritating nagging voice in the back of your head that won’t leave you alone even for a second and scolds you for leaving the toilet seat up. Feminism encourages women to shed gender stereotypes and consider themselves as individuals. Men simply don’t think about gender. Why would you, when it rarely impacts in a noticeable way on your life? But Christ, guys, have you seen what we’re supposed to be like? Looking solely at stereotypes, men do not fare well. | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#3_2479582444 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: Feminism encourages women to shed gender stereotypes and consider themselves as individuals. Men simply don’t think about gender. Why would you, when it rarely impacts in a noticeable way on your life? But Christ, guys, have you seen what we’re supposed to be like? Looking solely at stereotypes, men do not fare well. I would never dare to suggest that men have a harder time than women in general society, because that’s just patently untrue, but in terms of stereotypes we fail utterly. Male perceptions of women are designed to make us feel smug in our superiority, but the way we’ve chosen to label ourselves should make any man feel thoroughly humiliated and ashamed of his gender. Men are often characterised as spoiled, helpless brats utterly unable to perform simple household tasks, too stupid to remember anniversaries and appointments and completely unable to understand these strange female creatures and their hysterical emotions. We’re base brutes ruled by our overactive sex drives who simply can’t help being crass and immature, because that is the way God made us. Basically, we are mentally deficient lumps who require a female carer to function in society. | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#4_2479584105 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: I would never dare to suggest that men have a harder time than women in general society, because that’s just patently untrue, but in terms of stereotypes we fail utterly. Male perceptions of women are designed to make us feel smug in our superiority, but the way we’ve chosen to label ourselves should make any man feel thoroughly humiliated and ashamed of his gender. Men are often characterised as spoiled, helpless brats utterly unable to perform simple household tasks, too stupid to remember anniversaries and appointments and completely unable to understand these strange female creatures and their hysterical emotions. We’re base brutes ruled by our overactive sex drives who simply can’t help being crass and immature, because that is the way God made us. Basically, we are mentally deficient lumps who require a female carer to function in society. This is precisely the kind of ridiculous stereotype that, if applied to women, would be torn to shreds in intelligent debate. So why don’t men object at being labelled emotional morons totally in thrall to their basest instincts? Here’s the thing: men don’t have anything remotely equivalent to feminism. From an early age, women are aware of their gender and what it means for their lives, far more than men are. | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#5_2479585866 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: This is precisely the kind of ridiculous stereotype that, if applied to women, would be torn to shreds in intelligent debate. So why don’t men object at being labelled emotional morons totally in thrall to their basest instincts? Here’s the thing: men don’t have anything remotely equivalent to feminism. From an early age, women are aware of their gender and what it means for their lives, far more than men are. Feminism encourages women to shed gender stereotypes and consider themselves as individuals. Men simply don’t think about gender. Why would you, when it rarely impacts in a noticeable way on your life? Very rarely is your progress barred because you are a man and it is true that male culture generally does not promote frank and open discussion of such issues. Many men aren’t feminists simply because it has never occurred to them that they should be: | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#6_2479587213 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: Feminism encourages women to shed gender stereotypes and consider themselves as individuals. Men simply don’t think about gender. Why would you, when it rarely impacts in a noticeable way on your life? Very rarely is your progress barred because you are a man and it is true that male culture generally does not promote frank and open discussion of such issues. Many men aren’t feminists simply because it has never occurred to them that they should be: when you’re not faced every day with the challenges thrown up by gender inequality it is very easy to think: “ Well, we’ve changed the law so we have equality now.” I know it sounds ridiculous – you’d never hear anyone claiming that racism died when it became illegal to racially discriminate, for example, but it is a pretty common thought. If women are under-represented in highly paid jobs, it is because these changes take time to filter through, or because there were no female candidates qualified enough to take the positions, not because sexism is still endemic. I’m ashamed to say that I used to think like that: | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#12_2479596835 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: I’m by no means the only one who rejects the idea of a ‘real man’ embodying all these things, but – and here’s the crucial point – despite the fact that there are many of us who grew up resenting the dominance of this (to borrow a phrase) idiocracy, we are content to let it continue. The people labelled nerds or geeks for not wanting the worthless life that traditional masculinity offers them, allow themselves to be ostracised for it. Yes, it is gratifying to look back at those people who, during your teenage years, were the epitome of the classic ideas of manhood. They mostly now live dead-end lives, but don’t forget that their culture is still the dominant one among men. Intelligent men who don’t subscribe to this ideal of a ‘real man’ as a rugged emotionally-stunted womaniser probably outnumber those who do, and yet it’s still not quite alright for a man to be interested in poetry, be a feminist, or know how to darn socks (hey, I’m a student, it’s all about saving money!). A lot of men don’t realise that instead of feeling troubled because they fail to fit this mould, they should be rejoicing in breaking free of it. Let’s start converting some more men to feminism: considering the problems caused by gender for women is a fantastic way to make them think about how gender also holds them back. It worked for me
Feminism has taught women who are prepared to listen that their traditional gender roles needn’t be upheld as a good thing, that to branch out from the way women are ‘supposed to be’ is a way of marking yourself out as independent and intelligent. Men simply haven’t got anything to raise their consciousness about this issue: | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201222100#13_2479599046 | Title: Why men should care about gender stereotypes - The F-Word
Headings: Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Why men should care about gender stereotypes
Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes
Content: A lot of men don’t realise that instead of feeling troubled because they fail to fit this mould, they should be rejoicing in breaking free of it. Let’s start converting some more men to feminism: considering the problems caused by gender for women is a fantastic way to make them think about how gender also holds them back. It worked for me
Feminism has taught women who are prepared to listen that their traditional gender roles needn’t be upheld as a good thing, that to branch out from the way women are ‘supposed to be’ is a way of marking yourself out as independent and intelligent. Men simply haven’t got anything to raise their consciousness about this issue: we are still, as a gender, wedded to these damaging ideas of manhood that do nothing but churn out generation after generation of men unable to aspire to any goals worth having. So what can we, a group of individuals who clearly care about gender equality and despise gender stereotypes, do about this? Granted, it isn’t fair of men to expect feminism to deal with male gender stereotypes as well as female ones, and I don’t for a second they should, but it is a problem that affects all of us. A prevailing culture of stupidity just isn’t good enough for men or women, even if the former often don’t realise it. Men can be the attentive and understanding partners that women want, and it is a tragic shame that society has conditioned the male mind to reject this sensitivity as weak and inappropriate. | https://www.thefword.org.uk/2008/02/men_stereotypes/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1201891833#2_2481238266 | Title: 15 Amazing Games You Can’t Play Anymore | TheGamer
Headings: 15 Amazing Games You Can't Play Anymore
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15 Amazing Games You Can't Play Anymore
15 Halo 2 (Online)
14 Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes
13 The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition
12 Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game
11 Phantasy Star Online
10 After Burner Climax
9 Mario Kart Wii (Online)
8 OutRun Online Arcade
7 Tiger Electronics Handheld Games
6 Metroid Prime Hunters (Online)
5 Tetris (1989)
4 Marble Blast Ultra
3 World Of Warcraft (Vanilla Version)
2 P.T.
1 City Of Heroes
Content: In most cases, the developers shut down online services, leading to missing features and terminated games. Some of these games have been remade by dedicated fans, but we’ll never be able to buy or download the original games ever again. Whether companies quit producing these games or permanently removed them from the online market, the world suffers without them. Here are 15 spectacular games that—despite their popularity—are no longer available. 15 Halo 2 (Online)
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Most Halo fans consider Halo 2 the greatest game in the series. While the campaign had a mixed reception, critics and fans loved the multiplayer mode. Halo 2 influenced online gaming with quick matchmaking, amazing levels, and brilliant multiplayer modes. Microsoft shut down Xbox Live in April 2010, but fans loved Halo 2 too much to let it die. By signing in before shutdown and never turning off their Xbox, fans kept Halo 2 alive for another month, when the final player was kicked off the server. We can now play an altered version of Halo 2 online through Halo 2 Anniversary, but it’s not the same. | https://www.thegamer.com/15-amazing-games-you-cant-play-anymore/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1203074739#1_2483820843 | Title: 30 Video Games From The 90s Everyone Played (But Forgot About)
Headings: 30 Video Games From The 90s Everyone Played (But Forgot About)
30 Video Games From The 90s Everyone Played (But Forgot About)
30 Soul Edge
29 Unreal
28 Virtua Fighter
It was the first fighting game to use 3D polygon graphics.
27 Earthworm Jim
Four games were released between 1993 and 1999.
26 Everquest
25 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
24 Worms
The aim is to keep your own worms alive while destroying others.
23 Ape Escape
22 The Secret Of Monkey Island
21 Windows Games
Windows 95 came with pre-installed games which defined 90s PC gaming.
20 Star Wars Episode 1: Battle Of Naboo
19 Baldur’s Gate
The game offers a top-down third-person view of a story comprising a prologue and seven chapters.
18 Dungeon Keeper
This game was one of the earliest to put you in control of an evil character.
17 Backyard Football
16 Ridge Racer
15 Ultima Online
It began with a single world but expanded over the years to add new worlds, lands and features.
14 Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
13 Populus: The Beginning
12 Lemmings
11 Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
10 Goof Troop
9 Battletoads
8 Dune II
The plot is based on Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune.
7 Myst
6 Wolfenstein 3D
5 Theme Park
In this quirky construction and management sim game, you take control of a theme park.
4 Simcity 2000
3 The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja
2 Illusion Of Gaia
The game stood out due to its uniquely simple gameplay.
1 Quake
Content: It also marked the period in which arcade games began to decline in popularity as home consoles became more common and more affordable. These consoles included the Sega Genesis and later the Dreamcast, Nintendo’s Gameboy and N64 and the Sony PlayStation. It truly was a remarkable time for gaming. Game graphics and sound both made huge leaps over this period and we also saw the introduction of the first analog stick and haptic feedback functionality in a controller. Much of the technology introduced in the 1990s still underpins the games of today. In terms of the games themselves the first person shooter, real-time strategy, survival-horror, and MMO genres were born in the ’90s. The end of the decade also saw the beginnings of online gaming support with online capabilities becoming standard on newer consoles. Many popular gaming franchises also began in the ’90s and are still running now. These include The Elder Scrolls, Grand Theft Auto, and Warcraft franchises as well as the Mario Kart and Mario Party series. So what about the other games? | https://www.thegamer.com/90s-video-games-everyone-played-forgot/ |
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Content: Protesters arrived at the beachfront property around 4 p.m., gathering on the beach for a pule. With about 60 people locking hands, Lahela Correa led a prayer. “We started with the pule because we wanted everybody to be calm, peaceful,” Correa said. “ Maybe we can teach them aloha.” For over two hours, protesters surrounded the house on all four sides, their numbers growing as residents came to check out the commotion. Around 4:45 p.m., the first of three bonfires were lit using driftwood in front of the residence. Protesters dragged wheel barrels full of driftwood and grabbed cardboard from nearby houses to add to the small fires. At one point during the protest, one of the group’s members, Ricky Martinez, stood on the balcony of the house dancing. Kaua‘i Police Department officers arrived around 5:30 p.m., asking protesters to not block traffic or stand on the property. The three officers also reminded the masked protesters to stand six feet apart. | https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/residents-protest-love-has-won/ |
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Content: Around 4:45 p.m., the first of three bonfires were lit using driftwood in front of the residence. Protesters dragged wheel barrels full of driftwood and grabbed cardboard from nearby houses to add to the small fires. At one point during the protest, one of the group’s members, Ricky Martinez, stood on the balcony of the house dancing. Kaua‘i Police Department officers arrived around 5:30 p.m., asking protesters to not block traffic or stand on the property. The three officers also reminded the masked protesters to stand six feet apart. Protesters questioned officers, asking what they were doing to monitor the group. “We cannot do anything at this time,” KPD officer Derrick Kelley told the crowd. “ If there is a crime committed, it will be investigated.” Earlier this week, KPD thanked the community for its vigilance, but there was no probable cause for breaking quarantines or other violations. “At this time, we do not have any evidence showing that they are doing anything more than practicing their own religious beliefs,” a KPD spokesperson said this week. | https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/residents-protest-love-has-won/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1259586394#2_2647307538 | Title: Why it’s positive to be a positive person - The Globe and Mail
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Content: Click here to find out more or to register for the event. What best describes your general outlook on life: positive or negative? A person who is slanted toward the negative typically focuses on the things in their life they don't like, to the point that it impacts their mood, energy and general outlook. Some negative people complain to those who will listen, while others isolate themselves and focus on their negativity alone. One consequence for those who spend most of their time focused on negativity is they miss opportunities to enjoy more positive moments. Even negative people have positive moments, but not as many as they may like. A positive person focuses on what's good in their life, finds joy in the simple things, and takes the general attitude that while there are lots of things they can't directly control, they can control what they choose to focus on. Positive people can inspire and influence others to reframe and to think about things differently. They can be infectious in a good way. | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/workplace-award/why-its-positive-to-be-a-positive-person/article38289729/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1263083492#2_2657498540 | Title: Stereotypes about ageing | The Good Care Group
Headings: Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Stereotypes about ageing: Perception vs reality
Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
Content: Stereotypes about ageing: Perception vs reality
Some age-related stereotypes are positive, such as the kindly grandparent or wise matriarch. However, in Western culture especially, most of these stereotypes are negative. Getting older will undoubtedly result in physiological and social changes, but - as research published in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) indicates - many of these changes are significantly overplayed: Negative stereotype
Expectation of 18 - 64-year- olds
Experience of people aged 65+
Memory loss
57%
25%
Unable to drive
45%
14%
Serious illness
42%
21%
Sexually inactive
34%
21%
Depression or sadness
29%
20%
Not feeling needed
29%
9%
Loneliness
29%
17%
Trouble paying bills
24%
16%
Being a burden
24%
10%
Not only are these stereotypes significantly over-emphasised, there are many areas in which older people actually have a better quality of life than their younger counterparts: People tend to feel younger as they get older. 61% of 65 - 74-year-olds feel younger than they are, as well as 57% of people aged 75+. Mood, relationships, well-being, knowledge and certain forms of intelligence can also be enhanced by age. This research demonstrates how negative stereotypes about ageing aren't only held by young people, but also people in middle and later life. Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
According to numerous studies, perceiving ageing in terms of just disability or decline leads to poorer physical health outcomes. | https://www.thegoodcaregroup.com/news/challenging-negative-stereotypes-about-ageing/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1263083492#3_2657500542 | Title: Stereotypes about ageing | The Good Care Group
Headings: Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Stereotypes about ageing: Perception vs reality
Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
Content: People tend to feel younger as they get older. 61% of 65 - 74-year-olds feel younger than they are, as well as 57% of people aged 75+. Mood, relationships, well-being, knowledge and certain forms of intelligence can also be enhanced by age. This research demonstrates how negative stereotypes about ageing aren't only held by young people, but also people in middle and later life. Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
According to numerous studies, perceiving ageing in terms of just disability or decline leads to poorer physical health outcomes. Becca Levy, associate professor at Yale School of Public Health, quoted in the Wall Street Journal article above, went as far as describing negative stereotypes about ageing as "a public health issue". Regardless of medical history, education level, or socioeconomic status, people with negative perceptions of ageing have been found to have: Higher rates of cardiac disease. A median life expectancy that's 7.5 years shorter. Less chance of recovering from severe disability. | https://www.thegoodcaregroup.com/news/challenging-negative-stereotypes-about-ageing/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1263083492#4_2657502089 | Title: Stereotypes about ageing | The Good Care Group
Headings: Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Stereotypes about ageing: Perception vs reality
Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
Content: Becca Levy, associate professor at Yale School of Public Health, quoted in the Wall Street Journal article above, went as far as describing negative stereotypes about ageing as "a public health issue". Regardless of medical history, education level, or socioeconomic status, people with negative perceptions of ageing have been found to have: Higher rates of cardiac disease. A median life expectancy that's 7.5 years shorter. Less chance of recovering from severe disability. Poorer memory and cognition. Lower quality diet and exercise regimes. Less inclination to take medication as instructed. Shakier handwriting. Having identified these effects, psychologists, neuroscientists, and cognitive therapists have begun identifying strategies to overcome these negative stereotypes and improve the overall health of older people. | https://www.thegoodcaregroup.com/news/challenging-negative-stereotypes-about-ageing/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1263083492#5_2657503410 | Title: Stereotypes about ageing | The Good Care Group
Headings: Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Challenging negative stereotypes about ageing
Stereotypes about ageing: Perception vs reality
Why it is important to overcome negative stereotypes about ageing
Content: Poorer memory and cognition. Lower quality diet and exercise regimes. Less inclination to take medication as instructed. Shakier handwriting. Having identified these effects, psychologists, neuroscientists, and cognitive therapists have begun identifying strategies to overcome these negative stereotypes and improve the overall health of older people. Education for all is key to removing these stereotypes. Techniques including those used to treat depression, combat race/gender bias, and remove addictive behaviour have all proved effective at nullifying these stereotypes. Educational treatment even works when used subliminally. Not only does this alleviate many of the negative health-related factors outlined above, studies have also indicated long-term improvements in self-image, strength, and balance. Negative stereotypes about ageing have been shown to be inaccurate, and damaging from both a physical and cognitive perspective. | https://www.thegoodcaregroup.com/news/challenging-negative-stereotypes-about-ageing/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1264862207#2_2660866006 | Title: How To Be An Intersectional Environmentalist
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Content: can overlap and largely influence how someone experiences prejudices and privileges. I later realized that intersectionality could be applied to environmentalism in a similar way. In fact, Intersectional Environmentalism couldn’t exist without Crenshaw’s theory. To be an effective activist, we shouldn’t have to silence parts of ourselves or ignore how our complexities might factor into how we experience the world. Instead of siloing social justice and environmentalism on two opposite ends of the spectrum, Intersectional Environmentalism acknowledges how the two are intrinsically linked and work together to achieve environmental justice. For the sustainability space to be truly inclusive, it has to be intersectional. “ Intersectional Environmentalism acknowledges how social justice and environmentalism are intrinsically linked and work together to achieve environmental justice. ” Here are a few steps to help start you on your journey to Intersectional Environmentalism. 1. Acknowledge Environmental Racism and Injustice
“ When it comes to exposure to poor air quality and water quality, BIPOC are disproportionately impacted. ” | https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1264862207#3_2660867463 | Title: How To Be An Intersectional Environmentalist
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Content: For the sustainability space to be truly inclusive, it has to be intersectional. “ Intersectional Environmentalism acknowledges how social justice and environmentalism are intrinsically linked and work together to achieve environmental justice. ” Here are a few steps to help start you on your journey to Intersectional Environmentalism. 1. Acknowledge Environmental Racism and Injustice
“ When it comes to exposure to poor air quality and water quality, BIPOC are disproportionately impacted. ” One of the most important steps in being an intersectional environmentalist is acknowledging the data describing who is most impacted by environmental injustices. When it comes to exposure to poor air quality and water quality, BIPOC are disproportionately impacted. Underrepresented and low-income communities are also more likely to be concentrated in areas with nearby toxic waste sites, landfills, and other environmental hazards. Instead of ignoring this data or minimizing its significance, it’s essential to dive into the systemic racism that also exists within the climate movement. To right this wrong when moving forward, intersectional environmentalists should acknowledge how many environmental protections haven’t extended to BIPOC communities in the same way. | https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1264862207#4_2660869044 | Title: How To Be An Intersectional Environmentalist
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Content: One of the most important steps in being an intersectional environmentalist is acknowledging the data describing who is most impacted by environmental injustices. When it comes to exposure to poor air quality and water quality, BIPOC are disproportionately impacted. Underrepresented and low-income communities are also more likely to be concentrated in areas with nearby toxic waste sites, landfills, and other environmental hazards. Instead of ignoring this data or minimizing its significance, it’s essential to dive into the systemic racism that also exists within the climate movement. To right this wrong when moving forward, intersectional environmentalists should acknowledge how many environmental protections haven’t extended to BIPOC communities in the same way. This large oversight leaves marginalized communities most at threat with the impacts of the climate crisis. 2. Amplifying Unheard Voices
Allyship is a verb, not a noun. It’s a journey of listening, taking feedback, and allowing others to lead the way. Instead of saviorism (“How can I save these people?”), | https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1264862207#5_2660870431 | Title: How To Be An Intersectional Environmentalist
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Content: This large oversight leaves marginalized communities most at threat with the impacts of the climate crisis. 2. Amplifying Unheard Voices
Allyship is a verb, not a noun. It’s a journey of listening, taking feedback, and allowing others to lead the way. Instead of saviorism (“How can I save these people?”), being an intersectional advocate asks, “How can I use my privilege to amplify the work already being done?” Chances are, there are local activists and advocates that are already fighting against environmental injustices in their communities or nonprofits doing the work. You can support these efforts by following activists and organizations on social media and sharing their content; signing petitions and supporting monetarily; and voting for local, state, and federal officials supporting environmental justice. | https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#7_2662537632 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: All of this was reinforced and compounded by psychological abuse, which continued well into my 30s. Because of my background, I’ve accrued some practical wisdom. Because of my faith, I’ve turned to the Bible for guidance when distinguishing real from fake repentance. There are stubborn sinners who refuse to apologize, liars who claim to be sorry when they’re not, and hypocrites who may truly believe they’re sorry yet lack sympathy or understanding of biblical repentance. So what are the attributes of genuine repentance? Here are eight signs I’ve gleaned, from life and from God’s Word. 1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
Horrified by what they’ve done, they’ll humble themselves, grieve the pain they’ve caused, and be cut to the heart in their conviction. As the prophet mourned in Isaiah 6:5, “Woe to me! I am ruined! | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#8_2662539222 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: Here are eight signs I’ve gleaned, from life and from God’s Word. 1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
Horrified by what they’ve done, they’ll humble themselves, grieve the pain they’ve caused, and be cut to the heart in their conviction. As the prophet mourned in Isaiah 6:5, “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips.” 2. They Make Amends
In Luke 19:1–10, we read the story of Zacchaeus and the generosity he demonstrated as part of his repentance. A tax collector, thief, and oppressor of God’s people, Zacchaeus made amends: “ Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#13_2662546795 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: In Genesis 32, we read he felt “great fear” and “distress” (v. 7). He anticipated an attack (v. 11) and considered himself unworthy of kindness (v. 10). In fact, so certain was Jacob of retribution that he separated his wives, children, and servants from him, lest Esau’s anger fall on them too. 5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
A repentant person won’t try to minimize, downplay, or excuse what they’ve done. They won’t point to all their good works as if those actions somehow outweigh or cancel out the bad. They’ll view even their “righteous acts” as “filthy rags” ( Isa. 64:6 ). They won’t shame the offended party for being hurt or angry. They won’t blame their victims or other people for making them sin. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#14_2662548314 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: They won’t point to all their good works as if those actions somehow outweigh or cancel out the bad. They’ll view even their “righteous acts” as “filthy rags” ( Isa. 64:6 ). They won’t shame the offended party for being hurt or angry. They won’t blame their victims or other people for making them sin. Rather, they’ll take responsibility, acknowledge the damage they’ve done, and express remorse. 6. They Change Their Behavior
A truly repentant person will realize they need God to sanctify their heart. They’ll proactively work to change their behavior and take steps to avoid sin and temptation. That may mean seeing a counselor, going to rehab, or asking friends, pastors, or law enforcement to give them oversight and hold them accountable. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#15_2662549824 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: Rather, they’ll take responsibility, acknowledge the damage they’ve done, and express remorse. 6. They Change Their Behavior
A truly repentant person will realize they need God to sanctify their heart. They’ll proactively work to change their behavior and take steps to avoid sin and temptation. That may mean seeing a counselor, going to rehab, or asking friends, pastors, or law enforcement to give them oversight and hold them accountable. Consider the stark contrast between the church persecutor Saul before salvation and after. Acts 9 tells us that even though some Christians were understandably hesitant to trust him, his character had already altered dramatically. 7. They Grant Space to Heal
The fruit of the Spirit includes patience, kindness, grace, and self-control ( Gal. 5:22–23 ). | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#16_2662551351 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: Consider the stark contrast between the church persecutor Saul before salvation and after. Acts 9 tells us that even though some Christians were understandably hesitant to trust him, his character had already altered dramatically. 7. They Grant Space to Heal
The fruit of the Spirit includes patience, kindness, grace, and self-control ( Gal. 5:22–23 ). A truly repentant person will demonstrate these consistently. They won’t feel entitled to trust or acceptance; rather, they’ll be humble, unassuming, and willing to sacrifice their own wants and needs for the benefit of the injured party. They won’t pressure us to hurry up and “get over it” or “move on.” Rather, they’ll understand our distrust, acknowledge our grief, and honor the boundaries we’ve requested. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265546215#17_2662552876 | Title: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Headings: 8 Signs of True Repentance
Christian Living
8 Signs of True Repentance
Cruelty of False Repentance
Analyzing Repentance
1. A Repentant Person Is Appalled by Sin
2. They Make Amends
3. They Accept Consequences
4. They Don’t Expect or Demand Forgiveness
5. They Feel the Depth of the Pain They’ve Caused
6. They Change Their Behavior
7. They Grant Space to Heal
8. They’re Awestruck by Forgiveness
Repentance and Forgiveness Are from God
Content: A truly repentant person will demonstrate these consistently. They won’t feel entitled to trust or acceptance; rather, they’ll be humble, unassuming, and willing to sacrifice their own wants and needs for the benefit of the injured party. They won’t pressure us to hurry up and “get over it” or “move on.” Rather, they’ll understand our distrust, acknowledge our grief, and honor the boundaries we’ve requested. As an abuser, they loved their sin more than they loved you. As a repentant sinner, they should love you more than their sin and pride. As an abuser, they loved their sin more than they loved you. As a repentant sinner, they should love you more than their sin and pride. 8. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/8-signs-true-repentance/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265662887#2_2662796191 | Title: 9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Headings: 9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Current Events
9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Content: Nearly one-third of the pimps interviewed said they entered the underground commercial sex economy because they grew up around it. Exposure to sex work as children made the trade seem like a normal, achievable means to earn a living. Studies have suggested that individuals that grew up in neighborhoods where prostitution was prevalent or have family members engaged in sex work sometimes enter the field. Other research has found that individuals working in other illegal underground economies, such as drug dealing, sometimes move into the facilitation of underground sex markets
3. Recruitment is the most important component of any pimp’s business model. Pimps recruited individuals of all ages, genders, and races. However, multiple pimps noted that white women are more profitable in the sex market and easier to manage. Pimps also reported that law enforcement has placed a heightened emphasis on arresting and prosecuting individuals who pimp underage women. As a result, many offenders avoided minors, in part due to fears of arrest and prosecution
4. Pimps recruited sex workers in different spaces, such as scouting at transportation hubs, mass transit stations, nightclubs, strip bars, malls, high schools, college campuses, local neighborhoods, as well as through online and social media channels. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-pimps-and-sex-traffickers/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265662887#3_2662797947 | Title: 9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Headings: 9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Current Events
9 Things You Should Know About Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Content: Pimps recruited individuals of all ages, genders, and races. However, multiple pimps noted that white women are more profitable in the sex market and easier to manage. Pimps also reported that law enforcement has placed a heightened emphasis on arresting and prosecuting individuals who pimp underage women. As a result, many offenders avoided minors, in part due to fears of arrest and prosecution
4. Pimps recruited sex workers in different spaces, such as scouting at transportation hubs, mass transit stations, nightclubs, strip bars, malls, high schools, college campuses, local neighborhoods, as well as through online and social media channels. Pimp-managed employees played a critical role in recruiting individuals to engage in prostitution. Employees approached individuals, encouraged friends to engage in prostitution under the pimp, bolstered the pimp’s reputation, and explained the business to recruited individuals. 5. Pimps appeal to individuals’ emotional dependencies and economic needs through “finesse pimping.” The study found that different forms of coercion and fraud, sometimes independent or even free of physical violence, are used by pimps to recruit and control employees. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-pimps-and-sex-traffickers/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265890763#1_2663388667 | Title: How to Change a Society in 5 Easy Steps
Headings: How to Change a Society in 5 Easy Steps
Christian Living
How to Change a Society in 5 Easy Steps
Content: The prime example is same-sex marriage. In 1996, 65% of Americans were opposed; today 53% approve. In May 2003, no states had approved gay unions; 10 years later, one-fifth of the states allow same-sex marriage (the tenth state, Rhode Island, approved legislation last night ). How was the agenda to redefine marriage able to advance to the level of public policy? And how did it happen so quickly? To understand this seismic cultural shift we should turn to an obscure, decade-old political theory. The Overton Window, developed in the mid-1990s by the late Joseph P. Overton, describes a “window” in the range of public reactions to ideas in public discourse. Overton believed that the spectrum included all possible options in a window of opportunity: | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-to-change-a-society-in-5-easy-steps/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265924296#9_2663507016 | Title: How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Headings: How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Christian Living
How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Not the Same
Timing of Reconciliation
Seven Signs of Genuine Repentance
Ten Guidelines for Those Hesitant to Reconcile
Content: The person who is unwilling to forsake his sin will not find forgiveness with God ( Proverbs 28:13 ). Of course, only God can read hearts; we must evaluate actions. As Jesus said, “By their fruit you will recognize them” ( Matthew 7:16a ). We must not allow superficial appearances of repentance to control our responses. Displays of tears or appearing to be sorry must not become substitutes for clear changes in attitude and behavior. Seven Signs of Genuine Repentance
There are seven signs that indicate the offender is genuinely repentant: 1. Accepts full responsibility for his or her actions. ( Instead of: “ | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-to-move-from-forgiveness-to-reconciliation/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1265924296#10_2663508201 | Title: How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Headings: How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Christian Living
How to Move from Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Not the Same
Timing of Reconciliation
Seven Signs of Genuine Repentance
Ten Guidelines for Those Hesitant to Reconcile
Content: Displays of tears or appearing to be sorry must not become substitutes for clear changes in attitude and behavior. Seven Signs of Genuine Repentance
There are seven signs that indicate the offender is genuinely repentant: 1. Accepts full responsibility for his or her actions. ( Instead of: “ Since you think I’ve done something wrong . . . ” or “If have done anything to offend you . . .”) 2. Welcomes accountability from others. 3. | https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-to-move-from-forgiveness-to-reconciliation/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1271849118#13_2675518055 | Title: The Importance of Feedback for Student Learning
Headings: The Importance of Feedback for Student Learning
The Importance of Feedback for Student Learning
“ We all need people who give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
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When Grades Don’t Tell the Whole Story
The Value of Grades vs. Learning
What is Feedback?
How to Give Effective Feedback
Feedback Benefits All Parties
Read our Ultimate Guide to Grading and Feedback to learn best practicing for giving effective feedback!
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Content: To be effective, feedback must also be ongoing, consistent, and timely. This means that students need ample opportunities to use feedback and that feedback must be accurate, trustworthy and stable. When feedback isn’t timely, students are disengaged and demotivated. It’s important to build regular feedback loops into your teaching practice. Feedback Benefits All Parties
Finally, feedback is something that every student can benefit from, whether it is offered digitally, verbally, or through the traditional written annotations on an assignment. This variety of feedback styles makes it easy to incorporate the feedback-model of student performance and assessment into the contemporary classroom. Even “A” students benefit from feedback. Those students are typically not challenged as much as they ought to be and may become complacent. While they still may earn an “A” it is helpful to know what they could be doing to improve their work even further - another learning challenge to excite, engage, and push them forward. Rarely does a student complete an assignment that shows no room for growth or change. | https://www.thegraidenetwork.com/blog-all/importance-of-feedback-student-learning |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1273175432#10_2679091927 | Title: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Headings: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Roman emperor Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD and the accompanying conversion to Christianity is considered to be one of the crucial events in Western history. Yet, the genuineness and completeness of Constantine’s conversion has been under scrutiny for several centuries now. Why?
Constantine and Christianity
Constantine’s Sincerity in Conversion
Contradictions of Constantine, the Christian
Constantine, the Interventionist
Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
Embracing the Diocletian’s Reforms
Common Questions about Constantine I
Keep Reading
How Did Constantine Alter the Course of the Roman Empire?
Augustus: Paving the Way for Hereditary Succession
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Content: The council debated on the divine status of Jesus and instituted the document called Nicene Creed, a statement of the Orthodox Church to deal with certain voices of dissent. The key line of the Creed declares that Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit “contain the same divine essence”, and to this day, this remains core doctrine of the Catholic Church. More than being just a leader of the Church, Constantine even seems to have viewed himself as the equivalent of an Apostle. He built a basilica containing statues of the traditional 12 apostles and in their center left a niche for a statue of himself. Learn more about early Christianity and the rise of Constantine. Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
One of the most significant achievements of Constantine was the construction of the impressive city of Constantinople to serve as the eastern capital of the empire. He selected the old Greek colony of Byzantium and completely rebuilt it into a spectacular new capital, and named it after himself, Constantinople. The ancient city is located in modern-day Turkey and now known as Istanbul. The grand new eastern capital of Constantinople was officially dedicated on May 11, 330 AD. It was endowed with the same features as the western capital of Rome and included a grand palace, an amphitheater, a hippodrome for chariot racing, a senate, and libraries. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/constantine-i-contributions-to-christianity-and-other-accomplishments/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1273175432#11_2679094547 | Title: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Headings: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Roman emperor Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD and the accompanying conversion to Christianity is considered to be one of the crucial events in Western history. Yet, the genuineness and completeness of Constantine’s conversion has been under scrutiny for several centuries now. Why?
Constantine and Christianity
Constantine’s Sincerity in Conversion
Contradictions of Constantine, the Christian
Constantine, the Interventionist
Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
Embracing the Diocletian’s Reforms
Common Questions about Constantine I
Keep Reading
How Did Constantine Alter the Course of the Roman Empire?
Augustus: Paving the Way for Hereditary Succession
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Content: Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
One of the most significant achievements of Constantine was the construction of the impressive city of Constantinople to serve as the eastern capital of the empire. He selected the old Greek colony of Byzantium and completely rebuilt it into a spectacular new capital, and named it after himself, Constantinople. The ancient city is located in modern-day Turkey and now known as Istanbul. The grand new eastern capital of Constantinople was officially dedicated on May 11, 330 AD. It was endowed with the same features as the western capital of Rome and included a grand palace, an amphitheater, a hippodrome for chariot racing, a senate, and libraries. The city was divided into fourteen districts, and Constantine resided there for most of the rest of his reign. The eastern capital was strategically located to overlook and control Bosphorus, the narrow strait which linked the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. The natural harbor coupled with the geographical position between Europe and Asia soon turned Constantinople to a thriving port city. It was also situated on a highly defensible peninsula of land surrounded by water on three sides. Moreover, the massive concentric walls around Constantinople were so impervious that it could fortify the city from assaults for over 1,000 years. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/constantine-i-contributions-to-christianity-and-other-accomplishments/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1273175432#13_2679099782 | Title: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Headings: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Roman emperor Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD and the accompanying conversion to Christianity is considered to be one of the crucial events in Western history. Yet, the genuineness and completeness of Constantine’s conversion has been under scrutiny for several centuries now. Why?
Constantine and Christianity
Constantine’s Sincerity in Conversion
Contradictions of Constantine, the Christian
Constantine, the Interventionist
Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
Embracing the Diocletian’s Reforms
Common Questions about Constantine I
Keep Reading
How Did Constantine Alter the Course of the Roman Empire?
Augustus: Paving the Way for Hereditary Succession
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Content: Constantine was so much in love with the city that he shamelessly looted existing cities and monuments to beautify his new capital. He even went to the extent of moving the sacred tripod and statue of Apollo from the hallowed Greek Sanctuary of Delphi to the new capital. He also constructed a number of important churches in the city, including the first version of the Hagia Sophia. Embracing the Diocletian’s Reforms
Not only did Constantine enthusiastically embrace most of the reforms, he went one step ahead to develop, strengthen, and further institutionalize them. Dismayed by the existing system, he was keen to refine and reform certain regular measures, thus laying the foundation for a model government that future emperors would follow. He considered reforms in the military an important necessity and restructured the military, with emphasis on increasing the size and role of mobile cavalry forces. And though he continued with the old economic policies, he made concerted efforts to stabilize the currency. He also increased the number of senators to improve administration, but blurred the previous distinctions between senators and equestrians. Although all of Constantine’s policies were very effective, he cannot be considered as a revolutionary as he was merely following precedent. Yet Constantine wanted to rule alone and did not make any effort to revive the tetrarchy system created by Diocletian. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/constantine-i-contributions-to-christianity-and-other-accomplishments/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1273825351#15_2681244765 | Title: The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Headings: The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
The Christian emperor Constantine was ever pragmatic; he could only push his pagan subjects so far. One act of his, in the end, ensured the position of Christianity: the establishment of a new capital that would be known as Constantinople.
Four Emperors, Four Capitals
Learn more about a conservative emperor named Diocletian
A New Rome in Byzantium
Building an Urban Mob
Christianity—The Faith that Mattered
An Economic and Political Center
The Walls that Saved the Eastern Empire
Common Questions about the Making of Constantinople
This article was updated on May 12, 2020
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Dining in Republican and Imperial Rome
The Sack of Rome, 410 A.D
Ancient Roman Architecture: Rome’s Most Impressive Buildings
Content: The second important point about Constantinople is that Constantine ensured that the bishop of Constantinople was elevated to be the equal of the pope in Rome, Saint Peter’s successor. That would cause a great deal of dispute, in time, between the western and eastern churches. Economically, Constantinople was ideally located. It had an enormous amount of wealth coming in from trade and pilgrimages. The construction of a vast number of imperial monasteries and churches brought in the whole pilgrimage trade. Constantinople, in contrast to Rome, had a viable economic basis, which Rome did not have through most of the Middle Ages. In addition to that economic power was the fact that Constantinople was the center of a civilian bureaucratic professional class of a great city. It ensured there would be a professional government in place in Constantinople that could keep control over policy, frontiers, and armies. It could continue to tax its citizens, something the western emperors never really had. Rome certainly didn’t offer it in the 4th and 5th centuries. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/making-constantinople/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1273825351#16_2681247002 | Title: The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Headings: The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
The Christian emperor Constantine was ever pragmatic; he could only push his pagan subjects so far. One act of his, in the end, ensured the position of Christianity: the establishment of a new capital that would be known as Constantinople.
Four Emperors, Four Capitals
Learn more about a conservative emperor named Diocletian
A New Rome in Byzantium
Building an Urban Mob
Christianity—The Faith that Mattered
An Economic and Political Center
The Walls that Saved the Eastern Empire
Common Questions about the Making of Constantinople
This article was updated on May 12, 2020
Keep Reading
Dining in Republican and Imperial Rome
The Sack of Rome, 410 A.D
Ancient Roman Architecture: Rome’s Most Impressive Buildings
Content: Constantinople, in contrast to Rome, had a viable economic basis, which Rome did not have through most of the Middle Ages. In addition to that economic power was the fact that Constantinople was the center of a civilian bureaucratic professional class of a great city. It ensured there would be a professional government in place in Constantinople that could keep control over policy, frontiers, and armies. It could continue to tax its citizens, something the western emperors never really had. Rome certainly didn’t offer it in the 4th and 5th centuries. From that sense, Constantine’s city ensured the continuity of a central unitary state through the Middle Ages. Learn more: Constantinople—The Last Ancient City
The Walls that Saved the Eastern Empire
A rebuilt section of the walls of Constantinople. ( Image: en: | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/making-constantinople/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274330184#9_2682911153 | Title: Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Headings: Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Constantinople, from its inception, was a majestic city. It was blessed geographically, was a vital economic and trading hub, a melting pot of cultures and ideas, and the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire ensured it was an architectural marvel as well. None more so than Emperor Justinian. What is Justinian’s legacy? How did he make Constantinople an even greater city during his reign? And what role did his wife Theodora play in all of this?
Justinian: An Outsider Among the Aristocrats
Theodora: Justinian’s Wife and a Key Advisor
Nika Riots Nearly Ended Justinian’s Reign
Justinian and Theodora Nearly Reunified the Roman Empire
Justinian and the Construction of Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s Code of Roman Law
Common Questions about Emperor Justinian, Theodora, and Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of Constantinople Was the True End of the Roman Empire
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Content: Justinian and Theodora Nearly Reunified the Roman Empire
Despite this somewhat unpromising start, Justinian and Theodora would accomplish some impressive achievements. One of these was to nearly reunite the eastern and western Roman empires by conquering many of the barbarian kingdoms that had taken over western Mediterranean. Justinian was fortunate in having a particularly skilled general named Belisarius, who led several successful military expeditions. The first of these managed to recapture North Africa from the Vandals. Using this as a base, Belisarius then invaded and seized Sicily, and from there, moved on to Italy. In a series of campaigns against various Gothic groups, Belisarius succeeded in recapturing most of Italy, including Rome itself. Other generals regained parts of Spain, and for a brief time, the Roman Empire of Justinian approached its one-time unified size. All of these campaigns cost considerable amounts of money, and the empire’s resources were further dissipated by a string of serious conflicts with the Middle East-based Sassanians, who remained a powerful and warlike empire. As glorious as Justinian’s reunification might have appeared at the time, and as notable an achievement as it was, like many similar conquests, it would be both short-lived and relatively inconsequential in its permanent effects. Fairly soon after Justinian’s death, almost all of the western Mediterranean territories were once again lost to various barbarian kingdoms. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/roman-empire-emperor-justinian-and-his-code-of-law/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274330184#10_2682914072 | Title: Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Headings: Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Roman Empire: Emperor Justinian and His Code of Law
Constantinople, from its inception, was a majestic city. It was blessed geographically, was a vital economic and trading hub, a melting pot of cultures and ideas, and the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire ensured it was an architectural marvel as well. None more so than Emperor Justinian. What is Justinian’s legacy? How did he make Constantinople an even greater city during his reign? And what role did his wife Theodora play in all of this?
Justinian: An Outsider Among the Aristocrats
Theodora: Justinian’s Wife and a Key Advisor
Nika Riots Nearly Ended Justinian’s Reign
Justinian and Theodora Nearly Reunified the Roman Empire
Justinian and the Construction of Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s Code of Roman Law
Common Questions about Emperor Justinian, Theodora, and Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of Constantinople Was the True End of the Roman Empire
The Making of Constantinople: Constantine’s “New Rome”
Content: In a series of campaigns against various Gothic groups, Belisarius succeeded in recapturing most of Italy, including Rome itself. Other generals regained parts of Spain, and for a brief time, the Roman Empire of Justinian approached its one-time unified size. All of these campaigns cost considerable amounts of money, and the empire’s resources were further dissipated by a string of serious conflicts with the Middle East-based Sassanians, who remained a powerful and warlike empire. As glorious as Justinian’s reunification might have appeared at the time, and as notable an achievement as it was, like many similar conquests, it would be both short-lived and relatively inconsequential in its permanent effects. Fairly soon after Justinian’s death, almost all of the western Mediterranean territories were once again lost to various barbarian kingdoms. From this point on, the Byzantine Empire would be confined exclusively to eastern Mediterranean. And even in that region, over time, its geographic extent steadily contracted. Learn more about the Byzantine Empire. Justinian and the Construction of Hagia Sophia
Justinian commissioned two famous scientists and mathematicians, called Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, to design a spectacular church that is today known as Hagia Sophia, which was inaugurated on December 26, 537 A.D. (Image: Repina Valeriya/Shutterstock)
At Constantinople, Justinian embarked on a great building program, particularly after the destruction wrought by the Nika riots. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/roman-empire-emperor-justinian-and-his-code-of-law/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#0_2684164054 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History? The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History? FROM THE LECTURE SERIES: Turning Points in Modern History
June 16, 2020
By Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople? The city of Constantinople revived under Ottoman rule, and once again became a center of authority, trade, and commerce. ( | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#1_2684166047 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: Turning Points in Modern History
June 16, 2020
By Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople? The city of Constantinople revived under Ottoman rule, and once again became a center of authority, trade, and commerce. ( Image: Ivan Aivazovsky/Public domain)
Apart from the fall of Constantinople itself, its effects, especially on how it was viewed by contemporaries, were shattering. Contemporaries had become used to the notion that Constantinople was always under threat, perpetually in crisis, and yet it had always somehow survived. There were three clear results of the fall of Constantinople, which proved to be a turning point in modern history. The consequences continue to endure to the present day. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#2_2684168383 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: Image: Ivan Aivazovsky/Public domain)
Apart from the fall of Constantinople itself, its effects, especially on how it was viewed by contemporaries, were shattering. Contemporaries had become used to the notion that Constantinople was always under threat, perpetually in crisis, and yet it had always somehow survived. There were three clear results of the fall of Constantinople, which proved to be a turning point in modern history. The consequences continue to endure to the present day. Learn more about the fall of Constantinople. The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The first result was that after the final fall of the Roman Empire, with the fall of Constantinople, much of the world would be haunted by the ghost of the memory of what Rome had been, what it had once achieved, and represented. Rome had been a universal authority, the archetype of what an empire was and should be. Indeed, it still is the archetype: Think of the Roman neoclassical architecture of government buildings in Washington D.C.
In this earlier age, thinking about the implications of the fall of Constantinople was based on a medieval concept, that of translatio imperii, the transfer of rule or authority, as an organizing principle of history. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#4_2684173573 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
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Content: This transfer of empire resembled the Confucian ideal of the mandate of heaven, which we saw with the Ming dynasty in our previous lecture. European scholars looking out at the world at the time concluded that all of history was based on a succession of empires, one following on the other based on divine favor and divine will. When an empire had played out its role or had lost what in Chinese tradition would have been called the mandate of heaven, by misrule, a new empire would arise to take its place. In this scheme of history, the empire of Babylon had given way to Persia, Persia had given way to Greece, and Greece gave way to Rome. Now that Rome was gone, what new power would follow? The gap, the vacuum left by the fall of Rome as Constantinople fell in 1453, was the turning point. Learn more about the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
The second result of this moment was the recurring bids to inherit the universal empire. Most strikingly, the Ottoman Turkish sultans saw themselves as new Roman emperors, the legitimate inheritors of Rum. Indeed, they called themselves the ‘Sultans of Rum’ to announce this claim. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#5_2684176063 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: The gap, the vacuum left by the fall of Rome as Constantinople fell in 1453, was the turning point. Learn more about the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
The second result of this moment was the recurring bids to inherit the universal empire. Most strikingly, the Ottoman Turkish sultans saw themselves as new Roman emperors, the legitimate inheritors of Rum. Indeed, they called themselves the ‘Sultans of Rum’ to announce this claim. Sultan Mehmet II, who is also known as ‘Mehmet the Conquerer’, was the commander of the Ottoman army that attacked Constantinople and captured the city in 1453. ( Image: Gentile Bellini, National Gallery/Public domain)
In fact, Mehmet the Conqueror, after he had captured Constantinople, next made plans to capture Rome in Italy, to complete his victories. As it turned out, he could not capture Rome in the West and finish this continuity; it was just too big an ambition. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#6_2684178342 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: Sultan Mehmet II, who is also known as ‘Mehmet the Conquerer’, was the commander of the Ottoman army that attacked Constantinople and captured the city in 1453. ( Image: Gentile Bellini, National Gallery/Public domain)
In fact, Mehmet the Conqueror, after he had captured Constantinople, next made plans to capture Rome in Italy, to complete his victories. As it turned out, he could not capture Rome in the West and finish this continuity; it was just too big an ambition. In a way, for the city of Constantinople, the eagerness of the new Ottoman rulers to assert the fundamental continuity with what went before was lucky. Instead of just fading into oblivion as a heap of ruins, the city actually and dramatically revived under Ottoman rule, again becoming a center of authority, trade, and commerce, and assuming once again a pivotal position. Eventually, the city came to be popularly known as ‘Istanbul’, which may be a Turkish rendering of a Greek phrase meaning ‘to the city’ ( eis tin polin ), but officially it still retained its name of ‘Konstantiniyye’ until the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. It only officially became Istanbul in 1930. This is a transcript from the video series Turning Points in Modern History. Watch it now, on The Great Courses Plus. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#14_2684198703 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: Canny and realistic intellectuals had actually been leaving Constantinople long before 1453 and the disaster of that year. They’d been transferring texts and their personal knowledge for a long time. It’s estimated that of the 55,000 texts of ancient Greek writings that we possess now, about 40,000 of them come to us by way of Constantinople. The texts that Byzantine scholars brought with them to the West didn’t so much cause the Renaissance, which had already been going on and earlier had emphasized Roman literature. What their Greek texts did was to feed the second wave of Renaissance activity, which was based on the rediscovery of Greek texts. Most important of all was that the Greek scholars who arrived in the West taught the Greek language to the Italian humanists and enriched their understanding. Further, the fall of Constantinople presented a geographic problem for Europeans. Trade routes with the Orient, which had run through the Byzantine Empire, were now in the hands of the Ottoman Turks. These routes were not entirely closed, because trade continued, in part helped by the merchants of Venice and Genoa trading with the Turks. But the desire of Europeans to outflank the Turks and to find alternate routes for the trade would spur European voyages of discovery, including the voyage which led Columbus to what was for him a new world. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274718123#15_2684201333 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
Russia, the Third Rome?
Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
Keep Reading
The History of Portugal: The Dawn of a Seafaring Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? The Early Years
Content: Most important of all was that the Greek scholars who arrived in the West taught the Greek language to the Italian humanists and enriched their understanding. Further, the fall of Constantinople presented a geographic problem for Europeans. Trade routes with the Orient, which had run through the Byzantine Empire, were now in the hands of the Ottoman Turks. These routes were not entirely closed, because trade continued, in part helped by the merchants of Venice and Genoa trading with the Turks. But the desire of Europeans to outflank the Turks and to find alternate routes for the trade would spur European voyages of discovery, including the voyage which led Columbus to what was for him a new world. This drive to outflank the Turks also had a strategic and religious dimension, which recalled the Crusades. The key geopolitical location of earlier authority, Constantinople, had been lost, and the religious and political imperative was to find a way around that fact, the end of the Roman Empire. The loss of Rome had created a gap in the mental map of the world, and that gap was the turning point. Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinop | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-a-turning-point-in-modern-history/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1274731419#2_2684208699 | Title: The Fall of Constantinople Was the True End of the Roman Empire
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople Was the True End of the Roman Empire
The Fall of Constantinople Was the True End of the Roman Empire
Many history books say that the Roman Empire ended in the 5th century, and that is true in one sense. However, the reality, as always, is a bit more complex. The true end of the Roman Empire didn’t materialize till about a thousand years later, with the fall of Constantinople. So, why has Constantinople considered a continuation of the Roman Empire and why did it eventually fall?
The Roman Empire in the East Was Called the Byzantine Empire
The Story of Constantinople
Constantinople at its Height Versus Constantinople in 1453
Common Questions about the Fall of Constantinople
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Content: Until now, the walls have always held, repelling siege after siege, attack after attack. Shortly, we hear a new sound, louder and more frightening than any we have heard before—the booming thunder of siege cannon, beginning to pound, shatter, and then breach these great walls. That rumble of great cannon we hear in the distance announces the true end of the Roman Empire. Many educated people think they know about the fall of the Roman Empire, long ago at the start of the medieval period. They believe that the glory that was Rome collapsed when in 410, the Visigoths sacked Rome, or in 455 when the Vandals sacked Rome again, or when finally in 476 Germanic tribes slouched into the imperial capital in Italy and simply deposed the last Roman emperor in the west. Those bare facts are true, but the real story is much more complicated, and actually comes much later. The real end of the Roman Empire as a whole actually happened a thousand years later, at the dawn of our modern age, with the fall of the great imperial city of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. Today this is the city of Istanbul in Turkey. In 1453, it was the focus of a dramatic turning point. Learn more about the turning points in modern history. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-constantinople-was-the-true-end-of-the-roman-empire/ |
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Content: In the early 1600s, the Portuguese dominated this trade, but then other competitors such as the Dutch and the British took over. These were big ventures with multiple investors. In the British case, it was the Royal African Company which had received a royal charter for this trade, and the slaves they transported were branded with the letters ‘R.A.C.’. From 1640 onward, the British carried some 40 percent of the total slaves. The French were next, with some 20 percent. At the peak, British ships were carrying 40,000 slaves every year. Learn more about the millions of Africans who were torn from their homes to be slaves. The Slave Trade and Business
European ports grew rich on slavery. A vast economy was built up around the slave trade, including those who made the goods which were traded for human beings, those who built and outfitted the slave ships, and those who resold the colonial commodities that came back from the Americas. This vast pattern of shipping came to be called the triangle, or triangular trade. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-slave-trade-from-europe-to-the-americas/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1275504609#7_2686677251 | Title: When did the Roman Empire Fall?
Headings: When did the Roman Empire Fall?
When did the Roman Empire Fall?
There was a time when the Roman Empire had established a prosperous civilization with a robust economy, effective ruling and legal systems, a formidable army, and a rich and unique culture. They just had it all in the 2nd century AD. But things were not supposed to remain the same.
Proposed Dates for the End of the Roman Empire
Constantine and His Conversion to Christianity
Barbarian Invasions: A Significant Factor
Common Questions about the Roman Empire’s Collapse
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A Succession of Short-Lived Roman Emperors
How Did the Golden Age of Rome End?
Content: Learn more about the Roman Empire’s crisis of the third century. Constantine and His Conversion to Christianity
Constantine’s conversion to Christianity may have to the Roman Empire’s decline. ( Image: NewTestLeper79/GFDL/Public domain)
The 4th century AD is the next frequently suggested date for the demise of the Roman Empire. At that time, civil wars broke out again. In 312, Constantine ended these civil wars and converted to Christianity as the first emperor ever to do so. Constantine had significant influences throughout Roman history in at least two aspects. Christianity had a personal and inward-looking nature that was in sharp contrast with the outward and public focus of Roman civilization. Constantine’s conversion led to the demise of the Roman Empire because the values of Christianity replaced those of classical paganism. Learn more about the Five Good Emperors. | https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/when-did-the-roman-empire-fall/ |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1278679160#11_2693898374 | Title: Postmodernism: the 10 key moments in the birth of a movement | Art and design | The Guardian
Headings: Postmodernism: the 10 key moments in the birth of a movement
Art and design
Postmodernism: the 10 key moments in the birth of a movement
Stuart Jeffries
1972: The demolition of the Pruitt Igoe housing scheme
1973: The birth of late capitalism
1979: The Postmodern Condition is published
1984: Art is colonised by commerce
1989: Jeff Koons gets jaded
1992: The End of History
2001: Apple launches the iPod
2002: Dr Evil embraces hip-hop
2011: Pop-up culture goes mainstream
The future
Content: Probably none of this happened, but who can resist sending up a man who has girls' dancewear for a surname? Lyotard argued that the intellectual foundations of western thought as built by Kant, Hegel, Marx, though probably not De Botton, were teetering. Western societies since the Enlightenment had, he argued, been informed by "grand narratives" that were no longer convincing stories of human progress. He, like lots of other soixante-huitards, was disappointed by the failure of one of those grand narratives, Marxism, to deliver paradise. He glanced narrowly too across the Channel and, seeing Thatcher's policies (soon to be echoed by Reagan) of economic deregulation, selfish enterprise culture and the denial of society, thought that political progress – as he and like-minded beret-wearers had comprehended it since 1789 – might well be over. Henceforth, he and the likes of Foucault thought, localised political interventions – feminism, environmentalism, identity politics – would replace mass progressive movements. And then, bored by his thoughts, Lyotard put his hands back up his girlfriend's jumper, like the French stereotype we've imagined him to be. 1984: Art is colonised by commerce
In 1984, literary theorist Fredric Jameson wrote his essay Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, arguing that art had been colonised by commerce. This was before adman Charles Saatchi started buying up YBAs and decades before Damien Hirst claimed to have sold a diamond-encrusted skull for £50m. | https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/sep/20/postmodernism-10-key-moments |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1279577627#1_2695524513 | Title: Murder, she wrote | Crime fiction | The Guardian
Headings: Murder, she wrote
Crime fiction
Murder, she wrote
Julie Bindel
Many of the most gruesome crime thrillers are written by women - and lots of us love to read them too. What attracts us to these violent stories, asks Julie Bindel
Content: I write about what I know," she tells me, "about the people I grew up around in the East End and Essex. I've had that life; known people who have gone to prison." Cole isn't the only woman making a killing from crime fiction. Over half of all novels in the genre are written by women, and their books are most popular with a female audience - which is useful for the authors, since women read considerably more books than men. Last year, a survey in Woman & Home magazine bolstered the notion that women nowadays prefer blood and guts to hearts and flowers. Half of the respondents said that the crime thriller was their favourite fiction genre, with science fiction and romance the least popular. Female crime writers are no less brutal than their male counterparts. Mo Hayder's The Treatment, for instance, features a deranged killer who forces a man to rape his own child; Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante is a story about the torture, murder and dismemberment of several young women; | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jan/31/crimebooks.gender |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1280345884#3_2696736027 | Title: The Great Gatsby and the American dream | F Scott Fitzgerald | The Guardian
Headings: The Great Gatsby and the American dream
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby and the American dream
Sarah Churchwell
Content: a dream, not a promise. And as of 1917, at least some Americans were evidently beginning to recognise that consumerism and mass marketing were teaching them what to want, and that rises of fortune would be measured by the acquisition of status symbols. The phrase next appeared in print in a 1923 Vanity Fair article by Walter Lippmann, "Education and the White-Collar Class" (which Fitzgerald probably read); it warned that widening access to education was creating untenable economic pressure, as young people graduated with degrees only to find that insufficient white-collar jobs awaited. Instead of limiting access to education in order to keep such jobs the exclusive domain of the upper classes (a practice America had recently begun to justify by means of a controversial new idea called "intelligence tests"), Lippmann argued that Americans must decide that skilled labour was a proper vocation for educated people. There simply weren't enough white-collar jobs to go around, but "if education could be regarded not as a step ladder to a few special vocations, but as the key to the treasure house of life, we should not even have to consider the fatal proposal that higher education be confined to a small and selected class," a decision that would mark the "failure of the American dream" of universal education. These two incipient instances of the phrase are both, in their different ways, uncannily prophetic; but as a catchphrase, the American dream did not explode into popular culture until the 1931 publication of a book called The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams, which spoke of "the American dream of a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank, which is the greatest contribution we have made to the thought and welfare of the world. That dream or hope has been present from the start. Ever since we became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of ordinary Americans to save that dream from the forces that appear to be overwhelming it." | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/25/american-dream-great-gatsby |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1280345884#4_2696738467 | Title: The Great Gatsby and the American dream | F Scott Fitzgerald | The Guardian
Headings: The Great Gatsby and the American dream
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby and the American dream
Sarah Churchwell
Content: There simply weren't enough white-collar jobs to go around, but "if education could be regarded not as a step ladder to a few special vocations, but as the key to the treasure house of life, we should not even have to consider the fatal proposal that higher education be confined to a small and selected class," a decision that would mark the "failure of the American dream" of universal education. These two incipient instances of the phrase are both, in their different ways, uncannily prophetic; but as a catchphrase, the American dream did not explode into popular culture until the 1931 publication of a book called The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams, which spoke of "the American dream of a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank, which is the greatest contribution we have made to the thought and welfare of the world. That dream or hope has been present from the start. Ever since we became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of ordinary Americans to save that dream from the forces that appear to be overwhelming it." In the early years of the great depression Adams's book sparked a great national debate about the promise of America as a place that fosters "the genuine worth of each man or woman", whose efforts should be restricted by "no barriers beyond their own natures". Two years later, a New York Times article noted: " Get-rich-quick and gambling was the bane of our life before the smash"; they were also what caused the "smash" itself in 1929. By 1933, Adams was writing in the New York Times of the way the American dream had been hijacked: " | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/25/american-dream-great-gatsby |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#0_2698763087 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Books
What makes bad writing bad? The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Bad writers often have many reasons for writing the way they do … Photograph: Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images
Bad writers often have many reasons for writing the way they do … Photograph: Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images
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B ad writing is mainly boring writing. It can be boring because it is too confused or too logical, or boring because it is hysterical or lethargic, or boring because nothing really happens. If I give you a 400 page manuscript of an unpublished novel – something that I consider to be badly written – you may read it to the end, but you will suffer as you do. It’s possible that you’ve never had to read 80,000 words of bad writing. The friend of a friend’s novel. I have. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#1_2698764744 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: It can be boring because it is too confused or too logical, or boring because it is hysterical or lethargic, or boring because nothing really happens. If I give you a 400 page manuscript of an unpublished novel – something that I consider to be badly written – you may read it to the end, but you will suffer as you do. It’s possible that you’ve never had to read 80,000 words of bad writing. The friend of a friend’s novel. I have. On numerous occasions. If you ask around, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a really bad novel easily enough. I mean a novel by someone who has spent isolated years writing a book they are convinced is a great work of literature. And when you’re reading it you’ll know it’s bad, and you’ll know what bad truly is. The friend of a friend’s novel may have some redeeming features – the odd nicely shaped sentence, the stray brilliant image. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#2_2698766341 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: On numerous occasions. If you ask around, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a really bad novel easily enough. I mean a novel by someone who has spent isolated years writing a book they are convinced is a great work of literature. And when you’re reading it you’ll know it’s bad, and you’ll know what bad truly is. The friend of a friend’s novel may have some redeeming features – the odd nicely shaped sentence, the stray brilliant image. But it is still an agony to force oneself to keep going. It is still telling you nothing you didn’t already know. Bad writers continue to write badly because they have many reasons – in their view very good reasons – for writing in the way they do. Writers are bad because they cleave to the causes of writing badly. Bad writing is almost always a love poem addressed by the self to the self. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#3_2698767888 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: But it is still an agony to force oneself to keep going. It is still telling you nothing you didn’t already know. Bad writers continue to write badly because they have many reasons – in their view very good reasons – for writing in the way they do. Writers are bad because they cleave to the causes of writing badly. Bad writing is almost always a love poem addressed by the self to the self. The person who will admire it first and last and most is the writer herself. When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
While bad writers may read a great many diverse works of fiction, they are unable or unwilling to perceive the things these works do which their own writing fails to do. So the most dangerous kind of writers for bad writers to read are what I call excuse writers – writers of the sort who seem to grant permission to others to borrow or imitate their failings. I’ll give you some examples: Jack Kerouac, John Updike, David Foster Wallace, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#7_2698774917 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run all in the present tense, it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating aesthetic misjudgment. ( Excuse writers aren’t, in themselves, bad writers; not at all.) Often, the bad writer will feel that they have a particular story they want to tell. It may be a story passed on to them by their grandmother or it may be something that happened to them when they were younger. Until they’ve told this particular story, they feel they can’t move on. But because the material is so close to them they can’t mess around with it enough to learn how writing works. And, ultimately, they lack the will to betray the material sufficiently to make it true. Bad writers often want to rewrite a book by another writer that was written in a different time period, under completely different social conditions. Because it’s a good book, they see no reason why they can’t simply do the same kind of thing again. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#8_2698776562 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: Until they’ve told this particular story, they feel they can’t move on. But because the material is so close to them they can’t mess around with it enough to learn how writing works. And, ultimately, they lack the will to betray the material sufficiently to make it true. Bad writers often want to rewrite a book by another writer that was written in a different time period, under completely different social conditions. Because it’s a good book, they see no reason why they can’t simply do the same kind of thing again. They don’t understand that even historical novels or science fiction novels are a response to a particular moment. And pretending that the world isn’t as it is – or that the world should still be as it once was – is disastrous for any serious fiction. Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Conversely, bad writers often write in order to forward a cause or enlarge other people’s understanding of a contemporary social issue. Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail. Holding any value as more important than learning to be a good writer is dangerous. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#9_2698778481 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: They don’t understand that even historical novels or science fiction novels are a response to a particular moment. And pretending that the world isn’t as it is – or that the world should still be as it once was – is disastrous for any serious fiction. Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Conversely, bad writers often write in order to forward a cause or enlarge other people’s understanding of a contemporary social issue. Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail. Holding any value as more important than learning to be a good writer is dangerous. Put very simply, your characters must be alive before they seek justice. Bad writers often believe they have very little left to learn, and that it is the literary world’s fault that they have not yet been recognised, published, lauded and laurelled. It is a very destructive thing to believe that you are very close to being a good writer, and that all you need to do is keep going as you are rather than completely reinvent what you are doing. Bad writers think: “ I want to write this.” | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281279271#10_2698780358 | Title: What makes bad writing bad? | Books | The Guardian
Headings: What makes bad writing bad?
Books
What makes bad writing bad?
The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
Toby Litt
When Updike began writing Rabbit, Run it was either going to be a great technical feat or a humiliating misjudgment
Any attempt to write fiction in order to make the world a better, fairer place is almost certain to fail
Content: Put very simply, your characters must be alive before they seek justice. Bad writers often believe they have very little left to learn, and that it is the literary world’s fault that they have not yet been recognised, published, lauded and laurelled. It is a very destructive thing to believe that you are very close to being a good writer, and that all you need to do is keep going as you are rather than completely reinvent what you are doing. Bad writers think: “ I want to write this.” Good writers think: “ This is being written.” To go from being a competent writer to being a great writer, I think you have to risk being – or risk being seen as – a bad writer. Competence is deadly because it prevents the writer risking the humiliation that they will need to risk before they pass beyond competence. To write competently is to do a few magic tricks for friends and family; | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/20/what-makes-bad-writing-bad-toby-litt |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281350670#1_2698919133 | Title: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism | Books | The Guardian
Headings: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism
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Where did the idea for the book come from? Did it come out of a moment of rage with contemporary feminism or was it more gradual?
How did you come to feminism? Was it through 90s feminists such as Naomi Wolf or did you connect via the second wave, such as Dworkin?
So what was your real-life experience of feminism when you were growing up in middle America?
How do you define the lifestyle feminism that you critique in the book – and why is it bad?
Like the way that women talk about self-care?
You write that feminism is a “decade-long conversation about which television show is a good television show and which television show is a bad show”. What do you mean by that? That it’s become something abstract?
A lot of your book is a critique of capitalism – which very much distinguishes it from the Lean In style of feminism, which says to move with and harness those forces. Do you think capitalism has gobbled up feminism?
Particularly now?
How do you see society functioning once or if the patriarchy is destroyed?
The way we live is quite individualistic though – there’s not a huge emphasis on community.
Do celebrity feminists do more harm than good?
You write in the book about how romance needs to be demoted from being the central feature of women’s lives.
Is conventional beauty still something feminists hold on to?
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Jessa Crispin: ‘ Feminism has become a way of shielding your choices from questioning.’ Photograph: Chuck Kuan
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I admit I picked up Why I Am Not a Feminist, a new polemic by the US writer Jessa Crispin, thinking she was some sort of female men’s rights activist and the book was arguing for a winding back of women’s rights. I was wrong. This is a gutsy and bracing book arguing that contemporary feminism has lost its way, and no longer has much in common with its revolutionary roots. For an age, Crispin writes, gains for women were made by a “small number of radical, heavily invested women who did the hard work of dragging women’s position forward, usually through shocking acts and words”, and that the “majority of women benefited from the work of these few, while often quickly trying to disassociate themselves from them”. Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto by Jessa Crispin review – it’s time to get radical
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Last year, after closing her popular, long-running literary blog Bookslut, Crispin gave an interview to Vulture in which she said: “ Contemporary feminism is not only embarrassing but incredibly misguided to the point where I can’t associate myself with it.” | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/03/jessa-crispin-the-woman-at-war-with-lifestyle-feminism |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281350670#2_2698922365 | Title: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism | Books | The Guardian
Headings: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism
Books
Interview
Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism
268
Where did the idea for the book come from? Did it come out of a moment of rage with contemporary feminism or was it more gradual?
How did you come to feminism? Was it through 90s feminists such as Naomi Wolf or did you connect via the second wave, such as Dworkin?
So what was your real-life experience of feminism when you were growing up in middle America?
How do you define the lifestyle feminism that you critique in the book – and why is it bad?
Like the way that women talk about self-care?
You write that feminism is a “decade-long conversation about which television show is a good television show and which television show is a bad show”. What do you mean by that? That it’s become something abstract?
A lot of your book is a critique of capitalism – which very much distinguishes it from the Lean In style of feminism, which says to move with and harness those forces. Do you think capitalism has gobbled up feminism?
Particularly now?
How do you see society functioning once or if the patriarchy is destroyed?
The way we live is quite individualistic though – there’s not a huge emphasis on community.
Do celebrity feminists do more harm than good?
You write in the book about how romance needs to be demoted from being the central feature of women’s lives.
Is conventional beauty still something feminists hold on to?
Content: This is a gutsy and bracing book arguing that contemporary feminism has lost its way, and no longer has much in common with its revolutionary roots. For an age, Crispin writes, gains for women were made by a “small number of radical, heavily invested women who did the hard work of dragging women’s position forward, usually through shocking acts and words”, and that the “majority of women benefited from the work of these few, while often quickly trying to disassociate themselves from them”. Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto by Jessa Crispin review – it’s time to get radical
Read more
Last year, after closing her popular, long-running literary blog Bookslut, Crispin gave an interview to Vulture in which she said: “ Contemporary feminism is not only embarrassing but incredibly misguided to the point where I can’t associate myself with it.” The type of feminism Crispin is critiquing can loosely be described as lifestyle feminism: a “decade-long conversation about which television show is a good television show and which television show is a bad show”. But it’s also a movement that empowers individuals, often at the expense of the collective. The result is a blend of capitalism and feminism that feeds successful women into a patriarchal power structure of money, comfort and privilege but does not do much to improve the lives of many women who still live with capitalism’s boot on their neck. Crispin writes that in feminism’s pursuit of mainstream acceptability, it’s lost a lot of its power and kick: “ | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/03/jessa-crispin-the-woman-at-war-with-lifestyle-feminism |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1281350670#13_2698955618 | Title: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism | Books | The Guardian
Headings: Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism
Books
Interview
Jessa Crispin: the woman at war with lifestyle feminism
268
Where did the idea for the book come from? Did it come out of a moment of rage with contemporary feminism or was it more gradual?
How did you come to feminism? Was it through 90s feminists such as Naomi Wolf or did you connect via the second wave, such as Dworkin?
So what was your real-life experience of feminism when you were growing up in middle America?
How do you define the lifestyle feminism that you critique in the book – and why is it bad?
Like the way that women talk about self-care?
You write that feminism is a “decade-long conversation about which television show is a good television show and which television show is a bad show”. What do you mean by that? That it’s become something abstract?
A lot of your book is a critique of capitalism – which very much distinguishes it from the Lean In style of feminism, which says to move with and harness those forces. Do you think capitalism has gobbled up feminism?
Particularly now?
How do you see society functioning once or if the patriarchy is destroyed?
The way we live is quite individualistic though – there’s not a huge emphasis on community.
Do celebrity feminists do more harm than good?
You write in the book about how romance needs to be demoted from being the central feature of women’s lives.
Is conventional beauty still something feminists hold on to?
Content: Feminist writers have been saying for years now, “You don’t have to change your life to be a feminists” – we don’t have to stop listening to music by misogynistic musicians, or removing all the hair from our bodies, or that we can drop out of work and raise children in the suburbs and we don’t have to question it. Feminism has become a way of shielding your choices from questioning. This is part of choice feminism; I call myself a feminist and I’m making a choice so therefore the choice is feminist. And that’s absurd. There is a sense that if you question this, it is shaming. All of this is deflecting criticism. A woman had a go at me today because she’s married and she got very angry because I write that marriage is a patriarchal institution. Of course it’s patriarchal. What does she think it is? | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/03/jessa-crispin-the-woman-at-war-with-lifestyle-feminism |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1282248009#3_2701003724 | Title: Corporate governance: Tesco ranked lowest of FTSE 100 firms | Corporate governance | The Guardian
Headings: Corporate governance: Tesco ranked lowest of FTSE 100 firms
Corporate governance: Tesco ranked lowest of FTSE 100 firms
Sean Farrell
Content: Rolls-Royce, once one of Britain’s most respected companies, was also rated a lowly 93rd after a series of profit warnings and allegations of illegal payments that are under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Corporate governance – how companies and boards operate and deal with shareholders, workers and customers – has shot up the political agenda amid disquiet about inequality and remote business elites. Big shareholders, under pressure to take a stand, rebelled over pay at AGMs this year including a majority vote against the £14m deal for BP’s chief executive Bob Dudley. Theresa May has promised to rein back executive pay and has threatened to place workers on boards to make companies act in the interests of society and the economy. City institutions and business people have admitted the gap between those at the top and the rest of the populace contributed to the vote for Brexit. Oliver Parry, head of corporate governance policy at the IoD, said: “ Companies need to own this now. You have got to get to grips with your corporate governance because if you don’t then policymakers will regulate you more. “We are saying to companies: ‘ You have still got an opportunity to sort it out for yourselves.’” | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/06/corporate-governance-tesco-ranked-lowest-of-ftse-100-firms |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1282662750#3_2702057342 | Title: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly? | Guardian Careers | The Guardian
Headings: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
Case study
Content: they literally shape the world we live in. There are many different specialisms within civil engineering, including environmental, structural, municipal, transport and geotechnical. There are two types of civil engineering roles within the various specialisms: consultants who focus on design work and generally spend more time in the office or working with clients, and contractors who are more involved with keeping an eye on the physical construction and are usually based on-site. Both challenging environments, and all civil engineers are required to be innovative and logical individuals. Other essential attributes civil engineers need include: creativity, versatility, a problem-solving mind, and the ability to understand the bigger picture and to collaborate with a number of other professionals. Enjoying and understanding maths and science at GCSE level is a great way to get you on the right path to becoming a civil engineer. After GCSEs there are several paths; the most common is to study for A-levels (or Scottish highers), with maths and physics as the core subjects. | https://www.theguardian.com/careers/what-does-civil-engineer-do |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1282662750#7_2702063477 | Title: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly? | Guardian Careers | The Guardian
Headings: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
Case study
Content: usually on an advanced technical apprenticeship. From here, there's also progression to a level 5 higher apprenticeship and then a degree. After gaining a qualification, the next step is to become professionally qualified as a chartered engineer (CEng), incorporated engineer (IEng) or engineering technician (EngTech). This will involve a period working in the industry to build experience, followed by a professional review. Case study
Fiona Dixon, a graduate site engineer for engineering company Costain, explains what it is like to work in the industry. She is currently working in east London on the Crossrail project. "There's no such thing as a typical day. My role basically involves translating designs on to the construction site, so my time is split between the office and the site, where I supervise and check the construction activities. "Every project is different: I currently work a 50-hour, five-day week. | https://www.theguardian.com/careers/what-does-civil-engineer-do |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1282662750#8_2702064792 | Title: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly? | Guardian Careers | The Guardian
Headings: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
Case study
Content: She is currently working in east London on the Crossrail project. "There's no such thing as a typical day. My role basically involves translating designs on to the construction site, so my time is split between the office and the site, where I supervise and check the construction activities. "Every project is different: I currently work a 50-hour, five-day week. In a year's time I could be working nights in another part of the country. But there are options to suit everyone – if I wanted a more traditional job, I could move into engineering design. "It's a very rewarding job – there's a great sense of teamwork that comes through creating something and facing challenges together. If you enjoy working with people to help solve problems that affect wider society, then go for it. The industry is all about jumping in and trying new solutions." | https://www.theguardian.com/careers/what-does-civil-engineer-do |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1282662750#9_2702066045 | Title: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly? | Guardian Careers | The Guardian
Headings: So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
So what does a civil engineer do, exactly?
Case study
Content: In a year's time I could be working nights in another part of the country. But there are options to suit everyone – if I wanted a more traditional job, I could move into engineering design. "It's a very rewarding job – there's a great sense of teamwork that comes through creating something and facing challenges together. If you enjoy working with people to help solve problems that affect wider society, then go for it. The industry is all about jumping in and trying new solutions." Nick Baveystock is director general of the ICE
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1283181032#4_2703325688 | Title: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember | Civil liberties - international | The Guardian
Headings: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Richard Seymour
Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo's raid on Spanish supermarkets recalls protests from Gandhi's Salt March to the poll tax riots
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1. Salt March
2. Extremadura campaign
3. Flying pickets and sit-ins
4. Dismantling unwanted enterprises
5. Poll tax non-payment
Content: Second, it announced to the world that the Indian masses were a serious force, and that the British authorities had been forced to negotiate with their leader. Third, it stimulated further waves of civil disobedience. Finally, the Salt March had a tremendous influence on the thinking and strategy of other insurgents, such as Martin Luther King. 2. Extremadura campaign
Farms in Extremadura were occupied by unemployed peasants during the 1936 election campaign. Photograph: Prisma Bildagentur AG / Alamy/Alamy
Land reform was a priority in rural areas of Spain during the republican era. High countryside unemployment contributed to the election of the leftist Popular Front government. In Extremadura, during the 1936 election campaign, Popular Front candidates had promised quick land reform. Rather than wait for the government to deliver on its pledges, unemployed peasants began to occupy large estates, starting with some 3,000 farms in the Badajoz province. | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1283181032#5_2703327374 | Title: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember | Civil liberties - international | The Guardian
Headings: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Richard Seymour
Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo's raid on Spanish supermarkets recalls protests from Gandhi's Salt March to the poll tax riots
717
1. Salt March
2. Extremadura campaign
3. Flying pickets and sit-ins
4. Dismantling unwanted enterprises
5. Poll tax non-payment
Content: Photograph: Prisma Bildagentur AG / Alamy/Alamy
Land reform was a priority in rural areas of Spain during the republican era. High countryside unemployment contributed to the election of the leftist Popular Front government. In Extremadura, during the 1936 election campaign, Popular Front candidates had promised quick land reform. Rather than wait for the government to deliver on its pledges, unemployed peasants began to occupy large estates, starting with some 3,000 farms in the Badajoz province. The government, faced with popular unrest, legalised the early occupations. Hundreds of thousands of peasants were re-settled. But it was not just a question of taking over the land. There was a debate about what should be done with it – whether it should be collectivised or allotted to individual owners. The seizures provided not just land and work, but also a democratic forum, a focus for arguments about the whole future development of the society. | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1283181032#6_2703329055 | Title: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember | Civil liberties - international | The Guardian
Headings: Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Five examples of civil disobedience to remember
Richard Seymour
Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo's raid on Spanish supermarkets recalls protests from Gandhi's Salt March to the poll tax riots
717
1. Salt March
2. Extremadura campaign
3. Flying pickets and sit-ins
4. Dismantling unwanted enterprises
5. Poll tax non-payment
Content: The government, faced with popular unrest, legalised the early occupations. Hundreds of thousands of peasants were re-settled. But it was not just a question of taking over the land. There was a debate about what should be done with it – whether it should be collectivised or allotted to individual owners. The seizures provided not just land and work, but also a democratic forum, a focus for arguments about the whole future development of the society. Or so it was until the nationalist forces of General Franco conquered the territory and slaughtered the peasants and their leftist leaders. 3. Flying pickets and sit-ins
The Great Depression sparked a wave of militancy that produced legal support for US workers for the first time. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis
Industrial struggles in the US historically had a pattern of near-insurgency, largely due to violent collusion between the government and employers, until the New Deal period. | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1283999646#8_2705348951 | Title: Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers. The state has to act | Mental health | The Guardian
Headings: Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers. The state has to act
Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers. The state has to act
June Eric Udorie
The pressure to be perfect and always ‘on’ is overwhelming many of us, as studies show, but the government will not step in. Statutory PSHE lessons would be a start
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Teens are so emotionally invested in social media that a fifth will wake up at night and log on
Content: We know this. We know the perils of the internet, we’ve heard about online bullying and the dangers of Ask.fm, we know the slut-shaming that goes on in our schools. We know these things. We know that these studies demonstrate that we have to make personal, social and health education (PSHE) statutory in schools and ensure it covers a range of issues from healthy eating and sleeping to consent. And yet, Nicky Morgan and the government refuse to act. So I ask: what are we waiting for? Inaction on these issues is harming the physical and emotional wellbeing of young people in this country. What has to happen before we do something? Topics
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1285701586#3_2709359698 | Title: Climate risks heat up as world switches on to air conditioning | Climate change | The Guardian
Headings: Climate risks heat up as world switches on to air conditioning
Guardian Environment Network Climate change
Climate risks heat up as world switches on to air conditioning
The US has long used more energy for air conditioning than all other nations combined – but that's about to change
Content: Yet with other nations following our lead, America's century-long reign as the world cooling champion is coming to an end. And if global consumption for cooling grows as projected to 10 trillion kilowatt-hours per year — equal to half of the world's entire electricity supply today — the climate forecast will be grim indeed. Because it is so deeply dependent on high-energy cooling, the United States is not very well positioned to call on other countries to exercise restraint for the sake of our common atmosphere. But we can warn the world of what it stands to lose if it follows our path, and that would mean making clear what we ourselves have lost during the age of air conditioning. For example, with less exposure to heat, our bodies can fail to acclimatize physiologically to summer conditions, while we develop a mental dependence on cooling. Community cohesion also has been ruptured, as neighborhoods that on warm summer evenings were once filled with people mingling are now silent — save for the whirring of air-conditioning units. A half-century of construction on the model of refrigerated cooling has left us with homes and offices in which natural ventilation often is either impossible or ineffective. The result is that the same cooling technology that can save lives during brief, intense heat waves is helping undermine our health at most other times. The time window for debating the benefits and costs of air conditioning on a global scale is narrowing — once a country goes down the air-conditioned path, it is very hard to change course. China is already sprinting forward and is expected to surpass the United States as the world's biggest user of electricity for air conditioning by 2020. | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/10/climate-heat-world-air-conditioning |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1291004017#3_2721120891 | Title: How to paint like an expert | Life and style | The Guardian
Headings: How to paint like an expert
How to paint like an expert
Gemma Cheney, a specialist in interior finishes, on where to start and how to make your redecorating job as professional as possible
Top tips to finish like a champion
1. Cutting in
2. Pantyhose preserver
3. Nap selection
4. High roller
5. White magic
6. By George
7. Paint spills
8. Look after your paint
9. Don't throw it away
10. Spruce up your brushes
· Carlene Thomas-Bailey
Which weapon?
Paint pad ...
Roller ...
Or paintbrush?
Content: Then prep the walls by rubbing them with sandpaper and dusting them off with a brush - try to get one with a lily bristle. Work methodically, so you can keep track of what part of the room you have done. If you are sanding the ceiling, use a pole with a pad on top, covered with sandpaper. Or use a tall ladder to get up close..
After sanding, I like to apply a miscoat of white emulsion (like a white wash) to the walls, which gives a blank surface to start on and see where to fill any imperfections. For the miscoat, take an empty bucket and one part emulsion to three parts water. To fill any holes, mix up your powder filler on the wooden board, make a hole in the middle, add water and mix it into a paste. After the filler has dried, sand the wall down and then dust it off. Use the filler to help when painting edges, too: run filler along the edge at the top and bottom of walls, then rub it down. You're left with a nice clean edge to brush in. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/01/diy.homes17 |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#0_2723551615 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
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Content: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
This article is more than 7 years old
Is technology bad for us? Eva Wiseman
This article is more than 7 years old
We keep hearing about the trouble with the internet, but the answer can't simply be to switch off our computers – because life online is real life, too
Eva Wiseman: ' Real life doesn’t just happen when you’re looking into someone’s eyes. It happens in a series of open tabs, at a speed of clicks. It happens on screen'. Photograph: Getty
Eva Wiseman: ' Real life doesn’t just happen when you’re looking into someone’s eyes. It happens in a series of open tabs, at a speed of clicks. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#1_2723552728 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: It happens on screen'. Photograph: Getty
Eva Wiseman: ' Real life doesn’t just happen when you’re looking into someone’s eyes. It happens in a series of open tabs, at a speed of clicks. It happens on screen'. Photograph: Getty
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#2_2723553705 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
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T he news I hate the most is the news about how technology is killing us. Killing our libido, killing our friendships, our marriages, killing our children in their beds. I hate news about how social networks are halting our emotional development, how Facebook is quicksand, a swamp of insecurity. How our phones are clean windows into lonely deaths. How they make us worse. I don't hate this news because it's false, necessarily – I hate it because it makes everybody fear the inevitable, and I hate it because the only answer it offers to these doomsday predictions is to "switch it off". Switch it off and look outside, to the fields, to the Tesco bags hooked on branches, to the sky, grey with promise. Switch it off and look into the real world. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#4_2723556182 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: And this is where our problems start. Here, at this green belt of on/off switches, at this impossible border. Because the longer we insist on distinguishing between online and real life, the worse things get. Director Beeban Kidron 's new documentary In Real Life is about the effects of the internet on young people. As the opening credits rolled, I feared more news of the news I hate; she asks: " What exactly is the internet and what is it doing to our children?", a question that reeks of reactionary apocalypse. But in walking through the internet narratives we're almost immune to – the problem with boys and porn, gay teenagers finding love, the devastating suicide of a bullied child – and by interviewing the people (including Julian Assange and Jimmy Wales) who build and comment on it, she comes to some bleak but nuanced conclusions, ones that lead to more questions – about freedom, addiction, anonymity, cash. And it made me think about our options, aside from just turning our screens black. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#5_2723557601 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: she asks: " What exactly is the internet and what is it doing to our children?", a question that reeks of reactionary apocalypse. But in walking through the internet narratives we're almost immune to – the problem with boys and porn, gay teenagers finding love, the devastating suicide of a bullied child – and by interviewing the people (including Julian Assange and Jimmy Wales) who build and comment on it, she comes to some bleak but nuanced conclusions, ones that lead to more questions – about freedom, addiction, anonymity, cash. And it made me think about our options, aside from just turning our screens black. Real life doesn't just happen when you're looking into someone's eyes. It happens in a series of open tabs, at a speed of clicks. It happens (as in the new short film Noah, set entirely on a teenager's computer) on screen. To dismiss this half of our world as "unreal" leads to people believing their actions there, behind a cartoon avatar and cartoon name, have no repercussions. That a racist insult typed out on a laptop has less weight than one shouted across a carpark. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#6_2723559109 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: Real life doesn't just happen when you're looking into someone's eyes. It happens in a series of open tabs, at a speed of clicks. It happens (as in the new short film Noah, set entirely on a teenager's computer) on screen. To dismiss this half of our world as "unreal" leads to people believing their actions there, behind a cartoon avatar and cartoon name, have no repercussions. That a racist insult typed out on a laptop has less weight than one shouted across a carpark. That in "unreal life" it's not a person you're shouting at on Twitter, it's a hologram. A shadow. It's the same naivety that leads to the thinking that in our "unreal life" everything is free and nothing really matters. Piece by piece, we've learned that the sites that are the floors and walls of the internet have access to all our information. But the sinister thing about this, is not necessarily that they own our secrets, but that we weren't aware we'd given them away. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#7_2723560460 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: That in "unreal life" it's not a person you're shouting at on Twitter, it's a hologram. A shadow. It's the same naivety that leads to the thinking that in our "unreal life" everything is free and nothing really matters. Piece by piece, we've learned that the sites that are the floors and walls of the internet have access to all our information. But the sinister thing about this, is not necessarily that they own our secrets, but that we weren't aware we'd given them away. In no other transaction is there ever this murkiness, a contract hidden in small print. Much of the internet – the bits that make money – is designed to be addictive, to yank the most time and cash from us, and as so much of it is hidden, it gets away with things we wouldn't tolerate elsewhere. So instead of switching off the internet, the conversation should be about how to change it. How to clarify what we're giving for what we take. And the responsibility should not be with young people, in their WiFi-reliant worlds – it should be with the massive corporations that profit from them. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
msmarco_v2.1_doc_54_1292079250#8_2723561942 | Title: Is technology bad for us? | Internet | The Guardian
Headings: Is technology bad for us?
The Eva Wiseman column Internet
Is technology bad for us?
Eva Wiseman
Content: In no other transaction is there ever this murkiness, a contract hidden in small print. Much of the internet – the bits that make money – is designed to be addictive, to yank the most time and cash from us, and as so much of it is hidden, it gets away with things we wouldn't tolerate elsewhere. So instead of switching off the internet, the conversation should be about how to change it. How to clarify what we're giving for what we take. And the responsibility should not be with young people, in their WiFi-reliant worlds – it should be with the massive corporations that profit from them. As with cigarette packets (their photos of messy lungs a stark reminder of the choice you're making), so should the internet be required to advertise its risks, to alert you to where your data is being held. Because this is not just somewhere we play. The internet is where we live. A woman last week described on Salon the experience of her photo going viral and how she clawed back control, first by reining in her privacy settings and then by sending copyright violation notices to sites that had shared her picture. It was "tedious, like pulling weeds out of the planet's largest garden," she says, but ultimately fulfilling. | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/13/internet-computers-technology-life-online |
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