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One of the most revolutionary events in English history, the Dissolution of the Monasteries (sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries), was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which King Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; in effect, sacking and looting them for their income, land and assets.

In order to grasp the impact of the Dissolution, it is necessary to understand that in the late 1530s there were nearly 900 religious houses in England (around 260 for monks, 300 for regular canons, 142 nunneries and 183 friaries). As such, some 12,000 people in total (4,000 monks, 3,000 canons, 3,000 friars and 2,000 nuns), were engaged in carrying out the functions of those religious houses. To put this in context: if the adult male population was 500,000, one adult man in fifty was in religious orders.

Henry was given authority by the Act of Supremacy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which made him Supreme Head of the Church in England, thus separating England from Papal authority; the King's position further strengthened by two Acts of Suppression (1536, and 1539). The policy was originally envisaged as increasing the regular income of the Crown, and much former monastic property was sold off in the 1540s to fund Henry's military campaigns; though by the time Henry VIII turned his mind to the business of monastic reform, royal action to suppress religious houses already had a history of more than 200 years.

The first case was that of the so-called, Alien Priories (some, merely agricultural estates with a single foreign monk in residence; others, rich foundations in their own right, such as Lewes Priory, which not only answered to Cluny of Paris, but sent money overseas, too).

Given the fairly constant state of war between England and France in the Late Middle Ages, the money sent to France by these Alien Houses was a matter of significant grievance in England. As such, the first sequestrations of the assets of the Alien Priories began under King Edward I, continued in the reign of Edward III, and still further continued by act of Parliament in 1414, under the authority of Henry V.

Money and land acquired by the Suppression greatly increased the royal purse, though some of it was also used to found educational foundations: most often setting up new colleges at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. Further instances, include: John Alcock (Bishop of Ely), acquiring the Benedictine nunnery of Saint Radegund to found Jesus College, Cambridge (1496), and William Waynflete (Bishop of Winchester), acquiring Selborne Priory in 1484 for Magdalen College, Oxford.

Dissolution of Monasteries was not an act exclusive to England. In 1521, Martin Luther published 'De votis monasticis' (On the monastic vows), a treatise declaring monastic life was not compatible with the true spirit of Christianity. In Sweden in 1527, King Gustavus Vasa secured an edict allowing him to confiscate any monastic lands he deemed necessary to increase royal revenues; and in Denmark in 1528, King Frederick I grabbed 15 of the houses of the wealthiest monasteries and convents.

King Henry VIII's chief political and legal architect in the Dissolutions was Thomas Cromwell (also instrumental in monastic suppressions instigated by Cardinal Wolsey); though Henry is also said to have been influenced by Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More; both of whom ridiculed such monastic practices as repetitive formal religion and superstitious pilgrimages for the veneration of relics.

Most parish churches had been endowed with Chantries (each maintaining a priest to say mass for the souls of their donors), and these continued until they too were dissolved under the Chantries Act (of 1547), by Henry VIII's son, Edward VI.

Along with the destruction of the monasteries, the related destruction of the monastic libraries is said to have been on a catastrophic scale: Worcester Priory, for example (now Worcester Cathedral), had 600 books at the time of the dissolution; only six of them are known to have survived intact to the present day.

Similarly, the Abbey of the Augustinian Friars at York, had a library of 646 volumes, of which only three are known to have survived.

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airinyourtires · 5 months

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#worcester ma

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flagwars · 7 months

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People’s Flag Wars: Round 1, Bracket 7

See the symbolism below.

The Haiti redesign was made by MatthewTNT79.

The flag of Calvert was submitted by an anonymous submitter.

Symbolism: “The flag of Calvert represents a region of an alternate universe version of Maryland called the Principality of Maryland. In this universe, the United States collapsed in the early 1800s. Maryland became an independent principality divided into two regions: Calvert and Crossland. The flag is inspired by the Calvert banner that makes up the flag of Maryland, but altered to form a saltire. The saltire represents the region being a crossroads and an important junction point in North America that facilitates trade between the many independent nations across the continent.”

The Boston redesign was made by evanb

Symbolism: “It represents Boston's nickname "The Hub of the Universe" with seven directions you can go on land and the sea to the east. Each represents a specific railway and highway, which is why north and south are doubled.

- Circle = Route 128

- Southeast = Old Colony Line & Route 3

- South-southeast = South Coast Line & Route 24

- South-southwest = Providence Line & Route 95 (I kind of cheated here: technically the Providence Line and Route 95 go southwest too, but I moved them for symmetry)

- Southwest = Franklin Line & Route 1

- West = Worcester Line & Route 90

- Northwest = Fitchburg Line & Route 2

- North-northwest = Lowell Line & Route 3

- North-northeast = Haverhill Line & Route 93

- Northeast = Rockburyport Line & Route 95”

#polls #flags #vexillology #people’s flag wars

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saintmeghanmarkle · 2 months

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Thank you Sir Peter Richard Lane. Not all heroes wear capes [Prince Harry vs RAVEC} by u/Negative_Difference4

Thank you Sir Peter Richard Lane. Not all heroes wear capes [Prince Harry vs RAVEC} https://ift.tt/os5RSGk Justice Lane was educated at state schools in Worcester, before studying law at Oxford and Berkeley, California. After 5 years in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, he became a solicitor and parliamentary agent in Westminster, drafting and promoting legislation on a wide range of subjects; in particular, infrastructure projects. His clients included public transport operators, local authorities and universities. In 2001, he was appointed as a salaried immigration adjudicator, in time becoming a judge of the Upper Tribunal. In 2014, he became President of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, which decides appeals from a wide range of statutory regulators. He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016 and, in 2017, a High Court judge in the Queen’s Bench Division. Since October 2017, he has also been President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber. He was appointed as Deputy Chair of the BCE initially for a three year term from 23 June 2020, subsequently extended to 22 December 2023.He has now retired as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench) with effect from 1 February 2024. This was his last case post link: https://ift.tt/HtKALRV author: Negative_Difference4 submitted: February 29, 2024 at 12:27PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

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stubobnumbers · 1 year

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College Football By State - Massachusetts

FBS: Boston College Eagles – Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts – They played their first game in 1893. They are in the ACC.

University Of Massachusetts Minutemen – Amherst, Massachusetts – They played their first game in 1879. They are currently an FBS Independent.

FCS: Harvard University Crimson – Cambridge, Massachusetts – They started playing in 1873. They are in the Ivy League.

Holy Cross Crusaders – Worcester, Massachusetts – They started playing in 1891. They are in the Patriot League.

Merrimack College Warriors – North Andover, Massachusetts – They started playing in 1947. They just moved up to FCS, and they are in the Northeast Conference.

D2: American International College Yellow Jackets – Springfield, Massachusetts – They are in the Northeast 10 Conference (NE10).

Assumption University Greyhounds – Worcester, Massachusetts – They are in the Northeast 10.

Bentley University Falcons – Waltham, Massachusetts – They are in the Northeast 10.

D3: Amherst Mammoths – Amherst, Massachusetts – They first played in 1877. They are in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).

Anna Maria Amcats – Paxton, Massachusetts – They first played in 2009. They are in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC).

Bridgewater State Bears – Bridgewater, Massachusetts – They first played in 1960. They are in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).

Curry Colonels – Milton, Massachusetts – They first played in 1965. They are in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC).

Dean Bulldogs – Franklin, Massachusetts – They first played in 1957. They are in the ECFC.

Endicott Gulls – Beverly, Massachusetts – They first played in 2003. They are in the CCC.

Fitchburg State Falcons – Fitchburg, Massachusetts – They first played in 1984. They are in the MASCAC.

Framingham State Rams – Framingham, Massachusetts – They first played in 1974. They are in the MASCAC.

UMass Dartmouth Corsairs – North Dartmouth, Massachusetts – They first played in 1988. They are in the MASCAC.

Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers – Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts – They first played in 1973. They are in the MASCAC.

MIT Engineers – Cambridge, Massachusetts – They first played in 1881. They are in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).

Nichols Bison – Dudley, Massachusetts – They first played in 1932. They are in the CCC.

Springfield Pride – Springfield, Massachusetts – They first played in 1890. They are in the NEWMAC.

Tufts Jumbos – Medford, Massachusetts – They first played in 1875. They are in the NESCAC.

Western New England Golden Bears – Springfield, Massachusetts – They first played in 1981. They are in the CCC.

Westfield State Owls – Westfield, Massachusetts – They first played in 1982. They are in the MASCAC.

Williams Ephs – Williamstown, Massachusetts – They first played in 1881. They are in the NESCAC.

WPI Engineers – Worcester, Massachusetts – They first played in 1887. They are in the NEWMAC.

Worcester State Lancers – Worcester, Massachusetts – They first played in 1985. They are in the MASCAC.

The Awards!

My Favorite Mascot – The Amherst Mammoths. (But the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs AND Tufts Jumbos AND Western New England Golden Bears get honorable Mentions.)

The "Deadly Sin" Award – Springfield Pride.

The "Color Wheel" Award – The Harvard Crimson.

The "Best Town Name" Award – Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. (Home of Massachusetts Maritime).

#college football

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msclaritea · 1 year

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"More than 130 people, including Gloria Steinem, and organizations in the field of women’s rights advocacy and domestic violence and sexual assault awareness have signed an open letter to support Amber Heard, who lost a defamation suit this year brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, for an op-ed in which she said she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”

The letter, which was exclusively shared with NBC News ahead of its public release Wednesday, was signed by groups like the National Organization for Women, the National Women’s Law Center, Equality Now and the Women’s March Foundation. It was written by a group of people who identify as domestic violence survivors and supporters of Heard."

ORGANIZATIONS

Aidileys • Associazione Iroko Onlus • Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) • CCChat Magazine • Custody Peace • Cyber Civil Rights Initiative • Center for Safety and Change • Clearinghouse on Women's Issues Crumiller • The Feminist Litigation Firm • Democratic Activists for Women Now • Engendered Collective • EnoughIsEnough Voter Project • Equal Rights Advocates • Equality Now • Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network) • Every Voice Coalition • Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc. • Female Filmaker Fuse • Feminist Majority Foundation • Futures Without Violence • C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, Victims' Rights Law Firm • Hope's Door • Know Your IX • LIFT: Living in Freedom Together, Worcester • Ms. Magazine •The National Organization for Women • The National Organization for Women: Virginia Chapter • National Women’s Law Center • Refuge: for Women & Children. Against Domestic Violence. • Réseau International des Mères en Lutte • Sakhi for South Asian Women • Sanctuary for Families • Sexual Violence Prevention Association • The Asian Feminist • The Mary Sue • The Safe Center LI • UltraViolet • Victim Focus • Violence Free Minnesota • WeSpoke • Women's March Action • Women's March Foundation • Women’s Equal Justice Project •

INDIVIDUALS

Renée B. Adams,

Professor, University of Oxford

Dr. Esohe Aghatise,

Executive Director, Associazione Iroko Onlus

Cheryl A. Alexander,

L.I.C.S.W., RMT

Aisha Ali-Khan,

British Women’s Rights Campaigner, Women United Organisation

Sara Ahmed,

Independent Scholar, Author, “Complaint!”

Kate Amber,

PgCert, Founder, End Coercive Control USA

Dr. Adrienne Barnett,

Reader in Law, Brunel Law School, Brunel University London

Dr. Nicole Bedera,

Sociologist

Nicole Bell,

Founder and CEO, LIFT Living in Freedom Together

Panayiota Bertzikis,

CEO/Founder Military Rape Crisis Center

Amy Betts,

Founder of Aidileys - Rights, Family Court Information Services

Antoinette Bonsignore, J.D.,

Legal and Prosecutorial Analyst, Case Systems Training Review Program, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission

Anna Boucher,

Associate Professor in Public Policy and Political Science (LSE) and admitted Solicitor, Supreme Court NSW, Australia

Lindsey Boylan,

Women’s Rights Activist

Dr. Stephanie Ann Brandt MD,

Faculty and Chairman, Ethics Committee, New York Psychoanalytic Institute New York, NY, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, Experienced Forensic Evaluation and Testimony in Family, Supreme and Federal ( EDNY + SDNY ) Child focused Litigation

Susan J. Brison,

Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College

Professor Ann Bartow,

University of New Hampshire School of Law.

Laura S Brown, Ph.D.

ABPP, psychologist in private practice, past President, APA Division of Trauma Psychology and Society for The Psychology of Women

Dr. Kari Brozowski

Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Twiss Butler,

Feminist

Rachel Camp,

Professor from Practice and Co-Director, Georgetown University Domestic Violence Clinic (title for identification purposes only)

Nancy Chi Cantalupo,

Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School (title and institution provided for identification purposes only)

Kali Casab,

The Voices and Faces Project

Lauren B. Cattaneo,

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University

Gillian Chadwick,

Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law

Debra Chopp,

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Seo-Young Chu

Associate Professor Queens College, CUNY

Andrew Thomas Cicchetti,

Ph.D. LCSW-R

Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola,

DSW, LCSW Coercive Control Advocate, Educator, Researcher & Survivor

J.V. Connors

Ph.D. New Mexico licensed psychologist

Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno,

SHERA Research Group

Michele Landis Dauber,

Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Stanford Law School (title and institution for identification purposes only)

Ella Dawson,

Author

Drew Dixon,

Producer, Activist

Margaret B. Drew,

Associate Professor of Law, UMass Law School

Prof. Dr. Jennifer Drobac

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea

Boston University School of Law (institution for identification purposes only)

Erin Dwyer-Frazier,

Attorney and Domestic Violence Advocate

Heidi Eilers, Ph.D.,

BCBA-D, CCTP, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy,

Egyptian internet activist and women's rights advocate

Deborah Epstein,

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Gender, Violence, and Law, Georgetown Law University Center

Ray Epstein,

President/Founder of Student Activists Against Sexual Assault at Temple University

Heidi Li Feldman,

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Bill Flack,

Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University

Professor Michael Flood

Queensland University of Technology

Terry Forliti,

Communication Coordinator for Upside Sex Trafficking Initiative, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jaclyn Friedman,

editor of “Yes Means Yes” and “Believe Me”

Professor Aisha K. Gill, Ph.D.

CBE | Professor of Criminology

Professor Leigh Gilmore,

Ohio State University, Author, “The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women”

Lisa Goodman,

Ph.D., Professor, Boston College

Leigh Goodmark,

Marjorie Cook Professor of Law and Co-Director, Clinical Law Program

Cynthia A. Graham,

PhD, C. Psychol, Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health

Gretchen Grappone,

LICSW PTSD Clinician & Trainer

Julie Green,

Research Assistant, Violence Against Women and Children team, Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne

Min Grob,

Founder CCChat Magazine

Kit Gruelle,

Advocate, Survivor, Film Subject for HBO Documentary Private Violence

Emiliana Guereca,

Founder and Executive Director Women's March Action and Women's March Foundation

Kayla Harder

Founder, Survivors Righting Wrongs

Yasmeen Hassan,

Global Executive Director, Equality Now

Tirion Havard,

Associate Professor, England UK

Judith L. Herman, M.D.,

Professor of Psychiatry (Part Time), Harvard Medical School

CarlLa Horton, M.P.A.,

Executive Director, Hope’s Door

Emily Mia Hughes-Smith,

MBACP. BSc(hons) dip. Sup

Doreen Hunter,

Co-Founder, Americas Conference to End Coercive Control (ACECC)

Holly Jacobs, PhD

Founder, Board Member, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative

Hans Johnson,

President, East Area Progressive Democrats

Sheherezade Kara

International Human Rights Jurist and Consultant, human-writes.org

Dr. Emma Katz, Ph.D.,

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Mara Keire

Senior Research Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK

Dr. Margaret Kertesz,

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Farrah Khan,

CEO Possibility Seeds

Amanda Kippert,

Editor-in-Chief, DomesticShelters.org, Co-Host, Toxic the Podcast

Judge Judy Harris Kluger,

Executive Director, Sanctuary for Families

Dean Laurie Kohn,

George Washington Law School

Kellyann Kostyal-Larrier,

Executive Director, Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc.

Dr. Ingeborg Kraus,

Clinical Psychologist, Psychotraumatologist

Lauren Krouse,

Writer & Survivor-Victim Advocate

Afsana Lachaux,

Activist & British Women’s Rights Campaigner.

Dr Rhiannon Lane,

Research Fellow in Sociology, Cardiff University

Julianna Lee,

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Geraldine Lee-Treweek ,

Professor of Social Justice at Birmingham City University, UK, specialist in Abuse Studies and Psychotherapist.

Dorchen A. Leidholdt, Esq.,

Director, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families

Edward Lloyd,

Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor Emeritus in Environmental Law, Columbia University School of Law

Dr. Laura E. Ludtke,

Independent Scholar

Linda MacDonald,

Persons Against Non-State Torture, co-author "Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win"

Catharine A. MacKinnon,

Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law, and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (all titles for identification purposes only)

David Mandel,

Executive Director, Safe and Together Institute

Jane Manning,

Director, Women’s Equal Justice Project

Omny Miranda Martone,

Founder & CEO of Sexual Violence Provention Association

Joan Meier,

National Family Violence Law Center, Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School

Carolyn Modeen,

Sun Cities West Valley NOW

Amy Myers,

Acting Director, Gender Justice Clinic, Washington College of Law (for identification purposes only)

Natalie Nanasi,

Associate Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law, Director, Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women

Laura Beth Nielsen, JD, Ph.D.,

Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, President, Law and Society Association, Author, “License to Harass: Law, Hierarchy, and Offensive Public Speech” (titles for identification purposes only)

Emer O'Toole, Ph.D.,

Professor, Concordia University

Natalie Page,

#TheCourtSaid Founder, Survivor Family Network Director

David Palumbo-Liu,

Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor, Stanford University

Reena Parikh,

Director of Civil Rights Clinic, Boston College Law School (title for identification purposes only)

Moira Penza,

Attorney, Former federal prosecutor, Eastern District of New York; led NXIVM investigation and trial

Jaime Cabeza Pereiro,

Professor of Labor and Social Security Law, University of Vigo

Mary Peterson,

PhD candidate & Activist Specialising in Fighting Sexual Harassment in Academia

Alison Phipps,

Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University

Christie Pitts

Alexa Polar,

Writer, Producer, Director & Founder of Female Filmakers Fuse

Nicole Prause, Ph.D.,

Senior Statistician, University of California, Los Angeles (title for identification purposes only)

Dr. Charlotte Proudman,

Barrister and Academic

Dr Shivaun Quinlivan

Associate Professor, University of Galway

Professor Tracey Raney,

Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Anne K. Ream,

Activist and Founder of The Voices and Faces Project

Laura Richards

BSc, MSc, MBPsS, Criminal Behavioural Analyst

Jennifer Robinson,

Australian human rights lawyer and barrister at Doughty St Chambers, U.K. counsel to Amber Heard, author of How Many More Women?

Diane Rosenfeld,

Lecturer on Law, Director, Gender Violence Program, Harvard Law School

Lily Kay Ross, MDiv, Ph.D.

Feminism and Ethics Research Fellow, Psymposia

David A. Santacroce,

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Jeanne Sarson,

co-author, “Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win,” Co-Founder Persons Against Non-State Torture.

Purna Sen,

Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, LMU Special Advisor to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court

Dr. John Simister,

Ph.D., Domestic Violence and Economics Researcher, Senior Lecturer, Business School Manchester Metropolitan University

Ann Simonton,

Founder Director of Media Watch: For Improving image of Women in Media

Rita Smith,

National Expert on Violence Against Women, Former Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

Rachel Louise Snyder,

Professor, American University, Author, “No Visible Bruises”

Evan Stark, Ph.D., MSW,

Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University

Gloria Steinem,

Writer, Activist

Leslie Morgan Steiner,

Advocate, Author, “Crazy Love”

Ruth Silver Taube,

Adjunct Professor of Law, Santa Clara University, Legal Services Co-Chair, South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking, Delegate, Santa Clara County’s Human Trafficking Commission (all titles for identification purposes only)

Dr. Jessica Taylor,

Chartered Psychologist, CEO of Victim Focus

Alison Turkos,

Survivor + Advocate

Vanessa Tyson,

Associate Professor of Politics, Scripps College

Robin West, J.D.,

Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School

Merle Weiner, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, University of Oregon (title for identification purposes only)

Constance Wu,

Actor and author

Sophia Yen, M.D.,

Adolescent Medicine Specialist, CEO/Founder of Pandia Health

Amy Ziering,

Filmmaker

SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE MERELY FRONTS FOR VARIOUS AGENDAS OR TAX SCAMS. AT LEAST NOW I KNOW WHY WRITERS FROM THE MARY SUE HAVE JOINED IN HARASSING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH. AMBER HEARD IS A TRAINED PROSTITUTE/KOMPROMAT COLLECTOR.

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Spelman College is a private women’s liberal arts HBCU in Atlanta. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman received its collegiate charter in 1924, making it America’s oldest private HBCU of liberal arts for women.

The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary was established on April 11, 1881, in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, by two teachers from the Oread Institute of Worcester, Massachusetts: Harriet E. Giles and Sophia B. Packard. Giles and Packard had met while Giles was a student, and Packard the preceptress, of the New Salem Academy and fostered a lifelong friendship there. The two of them traveled to Atlanta specifically to found a school for African American freedwomen and found support from Frank Quarles, the pastor of Friendship Baptist Church.

Giles and Packard began the school with 11 African-American women and $100 given to them by the First Baptist Church and a promise of further support from the Women’s American Baptist Home Missionary Society, a group with which they were both affiliated in Boston. Although their first students were mostly illiterate, they envisioned their school to be a liberal arts institution – the first circular of the college stated that they planned to offer “algebra, physiology, essays, Latin, rhetoric, geometry, political economy, mental philosophy (psychology), chemistry, botany, Constitution, astronomy, zoology, geology, moral philosophy, and evidence of Christianity”. Over time, they attracted more students; by the time the first term ended, they had enrolled 80 students in the seminary. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #hbcu

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dr-afsaeed · 26 days

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Biology - Adjunct Pool, Worcester State University, United States

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mitchbeck · 4 months

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#AtlantaGladiators #BI-LOCenter #BonSecoursWellnessArena #CincinnatiCyclones #ECHL #GreenvilleSwampRabbits #GwinnettGladiators #JacksonvilleIcemen #LosAngelesKings #MaineMariners #NewfoundlandGrowlers #OntarioReign #OrlandoSolarBears #SavannahGhostPirates #SpireSports+Entertainment #WorcesterRailers

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goalhofer · 5 months

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2023-24 Providence Bruins Famous Relations

#26 John Farinacci: Nephew of Harvard University men's hockey head coach Ted Donato and cousin of Chicago Blackhawks C Ryan Donato. #20 Curtis Hall: Son of former bruins C Mike Hall. #8 Trevor Kuntar: Son of former Utah Grizzlies G Les Kuntar. #16 Luke Toporowski: Son of former Quad City Mallards D Kerry Toporowski, nephew of former Bakersfield Condors D Brad Toporowski & Worcester State University men's hockey head coach Shayne Toporowski and brother of Des Moines Buccaneers assistant coach Jake Toporowski. #9 Jesper Boqvist: Brother of Columbus Blue Jackets D Adam Boqvist. #38 Patrick Brown: Great-grandson of New York Giants founder the late Tim Mara, grandson of former New York Giants co-owner the late Wellington Mara & businesswoman Ann Mara, son of former Detroit Red Wings RW Doug Brown, nephew of New York Giants president/co-owner John Mara, New York Giants vice president of player personnel Tim Mara II & Boston College men's hockey head coach Greg Brown, brother of Jacksonville Icemen C Chris Brown and cousin of actress Tricia Mara & actress Kate Mara. #12 Jayson Megna: Son of former New Orleans Saints DB Jay Megna, son-in-law of former Salt Lake Golden Eagles G Jim Craig and brother of Seattle Kraken D Jaycob Megna. #27 Parker Wotherspoon: Brother of Utica Comets D Tyler Wotherspoon.

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Fwd: Postdoc: ClarkU.FungalEvolution

Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Postdoc: ClarkU.FungalEvolution > Date: 21 November 2023 at 05:17:59 GMT > To: [email protected] > > > > > Postdoc: Fungal evolution Clark University > > The Hibbett https://ift.tt/lNWSP0x and Tabima > https://ift.tt/FwJICVQ labs at Clark University invite > applications for a postdoctoral position in evolutionary mycology. The > post-doc will conduct research in comparative genomics, phylogenomics and > population genetics in the genus Lentinus, with a focus on the polymorphic > species Lentinus tigrinus. More information about the project can be > found here https://ift.tt/1cEPfOw. Interests and expertise > in basidiomycete systematics, phylogenetic methods, population genomics, > and fungal development would all be assets (although no applicant is > expected to have background in all these areas). The post-doc will also > work with undergraduates and contribute to outreach activities involving > students in the Worcester public schools and community mycologists. Up > to 32 months of support is available, beginning as early as May 2024. > > To apply, please send a curriculum vitae, statement of interests > and goals, and contact information for three references to > [email protected]. > > Clark University embraces equal opportunity as a core value: we believe > that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity > is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and > our community. This commitment applies to every aspect of education, > services, and employment policies and practices at Clark. Our commitment > to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. > All positions at Clark share in the responsibility for building > a community that values diversity and the uniqueness of others by > exhibiting integrity and respect in interacting with all members of the > Clark community to create an atmosphere of fairness and belonging. We > strongly encourage members from historically underrepresented communities, > inclusive of all women, to apply. > > Founded in 1887, Clark was one of the first all-graduate institutions > in the United States. Today the University is a highly-ranked, > student-centered institution educating approximately 2,350 undergraduate > and 1,150 graduate students. The Biology Department includes thirteen > tenure-track faculty, with strengths in evolutionary biology and microbial > biology (prokaryotes and eukaryotes). The Department supports sixteen > PhD students and eleven Master’s students. The Hibbett and Tabima labs > are located in the Lasry Center for BioScience and are connected by a > shared interlab space. > > Clark is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a dynamic, diverse city > on the rise. The second largest city in New England, Worcester is home > to 11 institutions of higher learning and is increasingly recognized > for its growing healthcare and biotechnology communities, its thriving > cultural scene, and as a vibrant food hub. > > David Hibbett

#IFTTT #Email

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The ESO’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is made of 66 high-precision antennae that all work together to observe light just between radio and infrared. Its specialty is cold objects, and in recent years, it has taken some stunning and scientifically illuminating images of protoplanetary disks and the planets forming in them. But its newest image supersedes them all. The formation of solar systems and planets and how they evolve is one of ALMA’s primary subjects. It’s gained a reputation for imaging young T Tauri stars and their protoplanetary disks. These images show the tell-gale gaps created, astronomers think, by young, still-forming planets. ALMA’s high-resolution images of nearby protoplanetary disks are from the Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). The observatory is often used to look for disks like these. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), S. Andrews et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello In new research, a team of astronomers took a deeper look at one protoplanetary disk. They measure the polarity of the light coming from the dust grains in the disk. This isn’t the first time ALMA has studied a disk’s polarity. But this image is based on 10x more polarization measurements than any other disk and 100x more measurements than most disks. The research article is “Aligned grains and scattered light found in gaps of planet-forming disk.” It’s published in Nature, and the lead author is Ian Stephens. Stephens is an assistant professor at the Department of Earth, Environment and Physics, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, USA. What’s so useful about measuring the polarity of dust in a protoplanetary disk? It can reveal things like the size and shape of dust grains. These are their basic characteristics, and somehow, they affect how the dust behaves and eventually forms planets. There’s a lot going on in protoplanetary disks, though it takes millions of years for it all to play out. Eventually, scientists think, young disks like this one around HL Tauri will mature and stabilize. Planets may enter into resonance with one another, some planets may migrate, and eventually, things will likely stabilize like our Solar System has. And it all starts with dust. HL Tau is about 450 light-years away in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, a star-forming region that may be the closest one to Earth. All of the stars in the TMC, including HL Tau, are only about one or two million years old. At that age, the disks around the stars should just be starting to form planets, and that’s why ALMA is studying it. And this isn’t the first time. In fact, the sharpest image ALMA ever captured was of HL Tau. This is the sharpest image ever taken by ALMA — sharper than is routinely achieved in visible light with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It shows the protoplanetary disc surrounding the young star HL Tauri. With young stars like this one, observations reveal substructures within the disc that were never been seen before. They may show the possible positions of planets forming in the dark patches within the system. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) In the new study, Stephens and his colleagues wanted to probe HL Tau even deeper. They focused on the polarity of the dust because there’s so much we don’t know about how planets form. Polarity may provide clues to the process that other observations can’t. Dust polarity could reveal things about the underlying structure of HL Tau’s disk that can’t be revealed in any other way. Over time, the dust grains in the disk begin to stick together. This process goes on and on until planetesimals form, then eventually, planets. HL Tau and its disk have their own magnetic field, and scientists think that the field may affect how the dust grains align and how they accrete into larger structures. However, polarity measurements show that the dust isn’t aligned with the magnetic fields. This figure from the research shows HL Tau’s polarization morphology. The polarity of the grains doesn’t line up with the system’s magnetic fields. Image Credit: Stephens et al. 2023 Instead, the polarity comes from the shape of the grains. Grains needn’t be round; they can be prolate, like elongated spheres. And that means they can polarize light. That constrains the size and shape of the grains, which in turn should affect how they clump together. The ALMA image also showed that one side of the protoplanetary disk is more polarized than the other. That’s likely due to asymmetries in the distribution of the dust or how the properties of the grains are different on one side. But there’s no clear answer to it yet. The images revealed another surprise. The polarity of the dust within the gaps is more azimuthal, even though there’s less dust there. That suggests that the dust is more aligned in the gaps. The gaps are where planets form. Do the properties of the dust reflect planet formation? Or does it help account for it? The polarity in the rings themselves is more uniform, indicating that the polarity comes from scattering, adding to the complexity. This figure from the research shows the polarization fraction (L) and polarization intensity (R) of HL Tau’s disk. Polarization fractions are typically much higher in the gaps than in the rings. Even the polarized intensity is frequently higher in the gaps. Image Credit: Stephens et al. 2023. Overall, the polarity has two causes: scattering and the alignment of the dust. But it’s not clear from the images and data what’s causing the dust to align the way it does. It’s unlikely that the dust is aligned with the magnetic fields, though strangely, dust outside of a protoplanetary disk usually is. The current thinking is that the alignment has a mechanical cause rather than a magnetic one. It could result from the movement around the star, but there’s no clear consensus yet. This research doesn’t provide any definitive answers to our questions about planet formation in the disks around young stars. But HL Tau’s disk appears to be highly evolved for its age. It’s probably not more than one million years old, yet it displays the telltale rings and gaps that indicate planet formation. A previous study, also led by Ian Stephens from Worcester State University, suggested that the rapid accretion rate might be due to HL Tau’s complex magnetic fields. “The unexpected morphology suggests that the role of the magnetic field in the accretion of a T Tauri star is more complex than our current theoretical understanding,” Stephens and his colleagues wrote in that research. Unfortunately, even with this exceptional ALMA image, our questions remain unanswered. But this is just one disk. The results show that a high-resolution image of a protoplanetary disk’s polarization reveals details that are otherwise hidden. We need more of these images of more disks around young T Tauri stars like HL Tau. With a large sample size, scientists might make more progress. The post ALMA Takes Next-Level Images of a Protoplanetary Disk appeared first on Universe Today.

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