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Upper Bounds On Parity-Violating Gamma-Ray Asymmetries In Compound Nuclei From Polarized Cold Neutron Capture, M. T. Gericke, J. D. Bowman, R. D. Carlini, T. E. Chupp, K. P. Coulter, M. Dabaghyan, M. Dawkins, D. Desai, S. J. Freedman, T. R. Gentile, R. C. Gillis, G. L. Greene, F. W. Hersman, T. Ino, Gordon L. Jones, M. Kandes, B. Lauss, M. Leuschner, W. R. Lozowski, R. Mahurin, M. Mason, Y. Masuda, G. S. Mitchell, S. Muto, H. Nann, S. A. Page, S. I. Penttila, W. D. Ramsay, S. Santra, P.-N. Seo, E. I. Sharapov, T. B. Smith, W. M. Snow, W. S. Wilburn, V. Yuan, H. Zhu

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Parity-odd asymmetries in the electromagnetic decays of compound nuclei can sometimes be amplified above values expected from simple dimensional estimates by the complexity of compound nuclear states. Using a statistical approach, we estimate the root-mean-square of the distribution of expected parity-odd correlations (s) over right arrow (n)center dot(k) over right arrow (gamma), where (s) over right arrow (n) is the neutron spin and (k) over right arrow (gamma) is the momentum of the gamma, in the integrated gamma spectrum from the capture of cold polarized neutrons on Al, Cu, and In. We present measurements of the asymmetries in these and …

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From The Editor

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An overview of the September 2006 issue.

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Information relating to the publisher, publication frequency, editorial staff, purchase options, submission requirements, and contact information for the American Communal Societies Quarterly.

William Scales' 1789 "Mystery Of The People Called Shakers": Introduction, David D. Newell

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William Scales is an elusive and intriguing figure in the history of early Shakerism. Scales was not a typical Shaker convert - he was a graduate of Harvard University, had been an itinerant Congregational minister, and had published two works prior to his conversion to Shakerism in 1782 or 1783. It is known that he wrote about Shakerism, both when he lived with Mother Ann Lee "and the elders with her" as well as afterwards, but until recently, it was presumed that none of his works about the Shakers had been published or survived in manuscript form. Scales' "The Mystery …

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Contents of the September 2006 issue.

The Mystery Of The People Called Shakers, Laid Open, And Their Ministration Exploded, For Its Falsities And Impositions, William Scales

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A reprint of an article appearing in the Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal. June 15, 1789. Issue 1810. Page 1.

"THIS piece is design'd for the conviction of the people called SHAKERS, and for the good of all generations; therefore I shall pretty much omit every thing else, and proceed directly to my great design, which I shall effect by a dialogue between the Elder of that people and myself the Author, and A will stand for Author, and E for Elder."

Hamilton College Library "Home Notes", Randall Ericson

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The Shaker Manifesto Digitized by Randall Ericson

The Hamilton College Library is pleased to announce that it has completed the digitization of the entire twenty-nine volumes of The Shaker Manifesto, from its beginning in 1871 when it was called The Shaker, through 1899 when it was The Manifesto, with several title changes in between. The database consists of over 8,100 page images.

New Acquisitions by Hamilton College Library's Communal Societies Collection

1. [Manuscript]. May 3d - 1786. George and David Darrow Deed to ye Church ef the Meeting House ... [Docketed Title]. 2 p., signed and sealed …

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Front cover illustration: Hamilton College Library recently acquired Honey: Soul of Flowers to Sweeten the Soul of Man, a four-page price list from Mount Lebanon. The cover illustration is unusual and striking. Mary Richmond notes (Shaker Literature, no. 340) that W. H. Cathcart attributes the cover design to "Brother Peter Neagoe, a Roumanian living at the North Family, Mount Lebanon, N.Y. in 1906."

Introducing The Richard W. Couper Press Of The Hamilton College Library

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The Hamilton College Library is pleased to announce the establishment of a new press that should be of interest to scholars in the field of communal societies. The press, named the Richard W. Couper Press of Hamilton College Library, will publish monographs and a periodical focused on comunal societies, as well as other publications related to its special collections.

News And Notes, Walter A. Brumm

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If the first bit of news is Hamilton College's effort to showcase one of its special collections and to serve as a "connector" for researchers interested in all aspects of communitarian endeavors, the second is the reporting of events and activities which promote learning about the contributions of these communities to society at large. Serving as correspondent for several recent gatherings dealing with matters Shaker and Harmonist, I submit the following report.

Notions Of Progress, C. Waite

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The question of progress and a concern with relatedness are elements of the same puzzle. The very idea of progress, or lack of it, indicates something about the role machines can play in one’s life. Notions about how technology can be used – to improve, subvert, destroy, extend, or interrogate – reveal the interplay of human and machine. What notion of progress might adequately capture the complex interdependence of human and machine in a way that illuminates our current predicament? To ask whether specific events make things better or worse does not reveal what guides our notion of better and …