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Reaching for the Stars
A Century Ago, Women Astronomers At Harvard Made Scientific History
By Jennifer H. Powell
Special to the Gazette
In a small room at the Harvard Observatory more than a century ago, a group of women spent their days searching the stars.
They weren't yet allowed to vote, but they quietly made history as they discovered new suns and deciphered their mysteries.
"It was really phenomenal to have a group of women scientists," said Barbara L. Welther, a historian of astronomy at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "This was seen as crossing a threshold that previously had been accessible only to men."
The women found a place at Harvard because Observatory Director Edward C. Pickering needed a work force to analyze thousands of photographs bearing the images of starfields.
The conditions in an observatory dome -- often cold, damp, and dark -- were considered inappropriate for women. Using photographs, however, they could study the stars in a relatively comfortable office during the day.
The women initially earned just 25 cents an hour, yet they were devoted to their work. They spent years doing complex computations to ascertain the positions of stars and analyze their spectra to determine their composition.
Much of the women's work is contained in a catalogue named in honor of Henry Draper, a noted American scientist whose avocation was astronomy. A revised version of that reference manual is still used in an electronic form today.
Harvard's female astronomers not only laid a foundation for modern astronomy, they also paved the way for women in science.
"Astronomy tends to be showy and grabs people's attention, so these women were showcased in newspapers more so than women in other sciences," Welther said.
More women were inspired to take up astronomy along with other sciences, even though the articles often treated the women as a curiosity.
"These young women deal with difficult problems quite as successfully as do the men in other observatories," said an 1893 Boston Globe article. "To be sure, not all women are capable of working in this field for the work demands special mental qualities."
Most of the women who worked under Pickering are forgotten faces on old photographs, but a few became famous later on, including:
Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911)
Fleming had been a schoolteacher in Scotland before coming to America with her husband in 1878. He abandoned her after they arrived, leaving her with a child to raise.
The young single mother found a job as a maid in the Pickering household. She was apparently very devoted to the family and named her son Edward Pickering Fleming in honor of her employer.
Pickering, recognizing Fleming's intelligence and education, asked her to work at the Observatory in 1881, according to the Harvard College Observatory: The First Four Directorships 1839-1919.
She supervised other women at the Observatory and helped Pickering develop a system to classify the stars based on their spectrum -- a rainbow of starlight crisscrossed with a series of dark lines. The spectrum gives clues about the chemical elements in a star.
During her research, Fleming also discovered 22 new variable stars Ñ those that dim and brighten over time.
In 1899, she received the official title of Curator of Astronomical Photographs. Shortly before her death, she received the gold medal of the Astronomical Society of Mexico.
Antonia Maury (1866-1952)
Maury, niece of noted scientist Henry Draper, graduated from Vassar in 1887.
Pickering said he was reluctant to hire a Vassar graduate at the low salary he had to offer, according to The Harvard College Observatory History, but she was eager to work on the Draper Memorial program that honored her uncle.
She took up the complex problem of stellar classification, examining and making analyses of photographs of the northern stars. She also made a discovery that helped Pickering prove he had found a double star, the first spectroscopic binary. She later found a double star on her own.
In 1897, she left for a teaching post in New York. But she returned to the Observatory in 1919 when she received the Pickering Fellowship for Women. At the Observatory, she continued her work on double stars.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921)
Leavitt, an 1892 graduate of Radcliffe College, had a personality of rare charm and was devoted to her family, according to her obituary.
"She had the happy faculty of appreciating all that was worthy and lovable in others and was possessed of a temperament full of sunshine and carrying with it a sense of poetic values which made all life beautiful and full of meaning," S.I. Bailey wrote at the time of her death for the Boston Evening Transcript.
She was also a remarkable scientist.
During her years at the Observatory, she discovered four new stars along with 2,400 variables. But her most important discovery was the "period-luminosity law" for variable stars -- a relationship between their brightness and length of period. This law was used to estimate distances to star clusters in our galaxy.
Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941)
Cannon is, to this day, one of the best known of Harvard's early women astronomers. She specialized in using spectra to classify 50,000 to 60,000 stars a year.
"They aren't just streaks to me," Cannon once said about the lines of the spectra. "Each new spectrum is the gateway to a wonderful new world. It is almost as if the distant stars had really acquired speech and were able to tell of their constitution and physical condition."
Cannon became interested in astronomy as a young girl growing up in Dover, Del. She entered Wellesley College in 1880 at age 16, just five years after the school opened. She left higher education for several years but returned in 1894 to do graduate work at Wellesley before coming to Harvard as an assistant.
She was named curator of astronomical photographs at Harvard in 1911. Nearly three decades later, she was appointed the William Cranch Bond Astronomer, a post named in honor of the Observatory founder. The appointment of a woman was so rare that the letter announcing her post was addressed to "Dear Sir."
Her discoveries earned her six honorary doctorate degrees, including the first degree from Oxford University awarded to a woman. She was particularly proud of that honor. She was also the first woman recipient of the Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences and one of few women elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)
Payne-Gaposchkin, mother of three and expert on variable stars, found astronomy much easier than managing a household. Yet she was recognized for both roles.
She didn't work under Pickering, but she did research at Harvard using a fellowship named for him.
Payne-Gaposchkin came to Harvard in 1923 after earning an A.B. from Newman College. In just two years, she earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at Radcliffe. It was the first doctorate awarded for research at the Harvard Observatory. The University had not yet established a doctoral program in the field.
Payne-Gaposchkin became renowned as a teacher and researcher studying variable stars, but it was not until 1956 that she was named a tenured professor.
She was the first woman to attain full professorship by coming up through the ranks. She was also the first woman departmental chair.
During her career, she received several honorary degrees, the Graduate Medal of the Radcliffe Alumnae Association, and the Annie Jump Cannon Award of the American Astronomical Society.
The Legacy Continues
By the 1930s, some felt the struggle for women to find a place in science had ended.
Shortly after Annie Jump Cannon won the Ellen Richards Prize given by the Association to Aid Scientific Research by Women, the award was disbanded by organizers convinced that women had finally established themselves in science.
Cannon knew differently. She took her prize money and established a new award for women in astronomy.
"Annie realized that the battle was not over," Welther said. "She was far-sighted enough to realize that it would always be a struggle."
Cannon's award is still helping women find a place in the field. A recent recipient is Joan Najita, who worked on a post-graduate program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studying the winds of stars.
Although the field is no longer as limited as it was at the turn of the century, modern women astronomers face some of the same struggles as their predecessors. More women have taken up astronomy in recent years, but they have moved slowly into higher ranks, said Andrea Dupree, a stellar physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
"I don't think the culture at the top has changed," she said. "There still is a strong 'old boy' network."
But those interested in astronomy should follow the examples of the early women astronomers, Welther said.
"If you are interested in astronomy, go ahead and pursue it and do your best," she said.
Paraphrasing Payne-Gasposchkin, Welther said, "It's not going to be a path of roses, but there are opportunities. You may not get a lot of accolades and rewards, but if you are doing what you enjoy, then it is worth the struggle."
Copyright 1998 President and Fellows of Harvard College


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Cardinals will play for eighth state title against Springfield Shawnee next week
Via the longest routes, Cardinal Mooney is 51.5 miles from Alumni Field.
For a game with a state final appearance as a reward, the Cardinals traveled short, quick distances, overcoming a scoreless first half to defeat Chagrin Falls, 24-14, on Friday night in a Division III state football semifinal.
"We were able to get them off the field quick, even though they had the ball to start the third quarter," Mooney coach P.J. Fecko said of his team's response to a 7-0 first-half deficit.
"We were able to come up with some points in a hurry," he said of Carmen Lanzo's blocked punt that set up a touchdown and Marcus McWilson's interception return for a TD within one minutes, 13 seconds of each other.
"That [blocked punt] gave us field position and then we had the interception for a touchdown," Fecko said before adding that Ryan Farragher's TD catch of a P.J. Quinn pass that covered 55 yards came about one minute, 30 seconds later.
"They were overplaying in there, so we figured we could flip it out there and it worked out," the coach said of the Quinn-to-Farragher aerial.
It all showed that Mooney was going for the kill.
"You've got to get points on the board," Fecko said. "But give Chagrin Falls a lot of credit. I think they played well all year and they were an excellent football team that played well tonight."
Although Mooney's offense showed up the second half, its defense was holding its own the whole 48 minutes.
"Defensively, we played solid all night," Fecko said. "We turned the ball over on the 35 [which was then returned to the 8]. But defense was the key for us tonight; they battled and came up with play after play."
Unable to produce much from its running backs in the first half, the Cardinals put Quinn's legs to work and used Roosevelt Griffin, Marcus McWilson and Justus-Ellis Moore primarily as blocking backs.
"P.J.'s run the ball well all year and he was able to break some things open and get us some yards," said Fecko.
Quinn had 17 carries for 129 yards.
Chagrin Falls got on the board first after the Tigers recovered a fumble at Mooney's 35-yard line and returned it to the 8. Two plays after the turnover, Bradley Munday caught a 5-yard TD pass from Tommy Iammarino. Alex Hallwachs' extra-point kick gave Chagrin Falls a 7-0 lead with 6:58 remaining in the second quarter.
The Cardinals started strong in the third quarter after Carmen Lanzo blocked Anthony DeCamillo's punt. Mooney took control at Chagrin Falls' 32-yard line and after two plays, Quinn, who appeared to be back to pass, saw daylight on the ground and scooted up the middle for a 30-yard touchdown run. Conor Durina's PAT tied the game 7-7 with 9:50 to go in the third quarter.
Chagrin Falls had a good kickoff return to its 41, but, three plays later, Iammarino's pass was bobbled by DeCamillo and the ball was tipped into the hands of a McWilson, who ran it back for a TD at 8:37. Durina's kick gave the Cards a 14-7 lead.
After a Tigers punt, Mooney regained possession at its 45. On the first play, Quinn launched a pass to Farragher, who collected the ball in stride. Durina's kick put the Cards ahead, 21-7, with 7:03 left in the third quarter.
Chagrin Falls came right back with a four-play drive that was capped by Bily Cale's 41-yard touchdown run with 5:52 left in the third quarter. Alex Hallwachs' kick pulled the Tigers within 21-14.
But, in the fourth quarter, Durina's 18-yard field goal with 2:45 left finalized the scoring.
Best team money can buy. CONGRATULATIONS!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Oh lets let the '''hating'' begin !!! So sad jealous people just can't be happy for a team they never were a part of.
Go Cards.
When will Ohio create a separate conference just for private schools that recruit from all over the state? Fair is fair.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
There are public schools in the area that have open enrollment! So, why aren't they playing for a state championship? I'll tell you why-----Parents do not want to send their children to those schools. Mooney is a great school with administration and faculty that care! So, to all you haters out there---WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE MOONEY FAMILY!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Why is it people cannot just be happy for all the hard work these young men did to get to the state championship? They were the ones on the field playing and they, along with their coaches, deserve to be congratulated. I am so sick and tired of hearing how Mooney and Ursuline recruit. It is getting OLD! It is a shame that people cannot even say something nice when teenagers are doing something positive. A simple congratualtions and good luck is all that needs to be said. Congratulations Mooney! We are MOONEY! So proud of you all. CMHS c/o 84.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Well said Mooney Grads. Haters are Losers with a capital ''L''
Proud of our Valley.
We are thankful that Mooney is able to recruit, without this there would be nothing to be happy about in the Valley. Go Mooney, keep recruiting!!!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Why all the hate,you people are the true losers and have no class.
Great job Mooney,Good Luck !posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Congratz to the student-athletes at Mooney for your accomplishments thus far. The majority of Valley residents are pulling for you to bring another title to the area. You are winners and truly the best from the Y-town area. Let the whining minority whine, that's what losers do.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Congratulations to all the young men on Mooney's team. Good luck next week!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
I am by know means a MOONEY fan, in fact I always root against them, but I am happy for the Valley we may have two teams after tonight in the state finals. The man who wanted to know why there are not to championships Public and Parochial, that has been voted dpwn many times including this year. Open enrollment is rapid out there but yet no area public schools are making it to the state, many communities have large school systems and once again no play off teams, perhaps we could learn a lesson on why some private schools do so well, try Discipline,Tough Schedules(Howland was undefeated all season but a very week schedule and they went down in the first round) Commitment to the school and their fans and much more so lets not belittle Mooney but learn from them and other non public schools. Remember Maurice Clarett, a recruit to Harding guess what no titles! Why does the valley continue to do so poorly because we much rather belittle success than try to emulate it, as I said I am the farthest thing from a Mooney fan, but the best of luck to you and Western Reserve!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Name one kid on Mooney's team that was recruited. I want to know which players were recruited that make us so good.
Fact: 98% of the starters come from the local catholic school system.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Everyone who scored last night or made a big play from the article
Quinn - BCC
Farragher - Holy Family
Lanzo - St. Charles
McWilson - St Luke/St Charles
Durina - Holy Family
man they must have recruited these kids as kindergartners because they knew when they were in high school they would have won them a birth to the State Championship game. Get your facts straight before you haters comment.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
It's just such a coincidence that the Mooney line just so happens to outweight everyone they've played by 30+ pounds...they're fortunate that all those kids just decided to go there. Frankly, after seeing the two teams up close, hats off to Chagrin for a stellar performance against such overwhelming odds! Mooney should have beaten them by at least four touchdowns...really not that much to celebrateposted 4 years, 8 months ago
Like I said----Haters are LOSERS===with a capital '''L'''
Congrats to a great team. Go Cards.
I am by no means a Mooney fan. I am a proud graduate of the team that beat them 25-21 in week 9. Go Ursuline!
Anyways people that accuse us of recruiting and cheating don't know what the heck they are talking about. They post these lies year after year to try to degrade the success of our two schools. They think all we care about is football.
Ignore the multiple championships in other sports and the success in the arts as well.
Oh yeah and ignore the 99% graduation rates and the test scores that are better than EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC SCHOOL in the Mahoning Valley.
Just go ahead and IGNORE those FACTS.
Ursuline/Mooney. The class on the field, on the stage, and most importantly: in the classroom!posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Either the catholic schools have their own league and championships or at least play at the division I level regardless of enrollment. They recruit from all over then go beat small country communities for state championships and somehow feel good about it.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
so toycannon, you are accusing of Holy Family, St. Charles, BCC, St Christine, St Nicks, St. Rose, St Pats, and any other catholic elementary schools of recruiting kindergarteners, since that is where 98% of the students at Ursuline and Mooney come from?
Oh and why does JFK never win state championships if they recruit from all over? They are a catholic school in this area as well rememberposted 4 years, 8 months ago
gatek, you just don't understand it. Those schools you have named are from many different communities around Ytown. They all funnel in to basically two catholice schools in Ytown. Small country scholls get their students from right there in that one small community. Hey if you are happy playing big schools all season and then going and beating up the little guys and saying you are state champs, do it. But it has to be an empty feeling really to be state champs of such a small division. And it really isn't fair to those small country communities.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
toycannon, The Catholic elementary schools are located in different communties because our Parishes serve each township/city. My children have the option to attend our local public school, so far three chose to continue their education in an enviroment that drives on Disipline, Sanctity and Scholarship. My son is on this team and has worked very hard to acheive this honor. As an adult I am appalled with this "Valley" and the attitude taken towards KIDS! I moved here 11 years ago and I am counting the years (Five) until I can move away from the immature people in this area. We as parents chose Catholic Schools for our children from the start and would do it all over again. By the way my spouse and I are products of the Ohio public schools from a different county. We should celebrate our youth, encourage them to continue their education and return/remain here to ensure the future of Northeast Ohio. And for all the people who live in small country communities you need to apoligize, how dare you diminish the abilities of those kids! Chagrin Falls and Stuebenville are not "small country communities" and while your at it. you need to apoligize to Niles, Hubbard, Poland, Salem, Struthers and West Branch....members of "such a small division"posted 4 years, 8 months ago
toycannon and every other person complaining about recruitment, I hope you realize that Beaver Local, Columbiana, Crestview, East Liverpool, East Palestine, Leetonia, Lisbon, Salem, Southern, Wellsville, United, Jackson Milton, Loweville, Struthers, West Branch, Western Reserve, Brookfield, Girard, Howland, Hubbard, Labrae, Lakeview, Liberty, Matthews, McDonald, Warren Harding, and Niles are all open enrollment schools. So let me know how your argument works here....posted 4 years, 8 months ago
BHS, you are on a totally different subject. I haven't diminished the small schools. I feel bad they have to play a catholic school who has boys from all over the place but they all live in their smaller community but have to play against stacked competition. We are talking sports and you get off on education differences. Gate, Mooney plays with boys from all over the place. You have proved it. It's not apples to apples. At least play division I opponents and then maybe you can be proud to win a championship. Open enrollment isn't even close to what we are talking about. But again, if you are satisfied with a small school state championship then that's o.k.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
gatek, you are absolutely correct! All of those schools have open enrollment. But too many of the kids don't want to go there. The problem is that a lot of the best football players in the area WANT to go to Mooney and Ursuline. If they want to call it "recruiting" when a kid chooses 1 school over another, so be it. Seriously, "recruiting"? What, a phone call from a coach? And by the way, notice how well Howland has done lately? Want to know why? They have a good coach, who is building a winning program, and that program is attracting more and more players every year! ANY school can do it.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Also gatek, you are correct in stating that the vast majority of kids that go to the Catholic schools do so from kindergarten on. Their parents decide to send them to Mooney/Ursuline before they even begin school. The kids go where they and their parents want. "Recruiting" really isn't necessary.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
toycannon, Why do you criticize Mooney for playing in D3? Go complain to the OHSAA, they are the ones who put us in D3, it was not Mooney's choice. And how is D3 small country schools? D5 and D6 I can see, but D3 along the ranks of Steubenville and Poland, I don't think so.
Also, kids WANT to attend Mooney/Ursuline because we win and have a great education. If Jackson-Milton wins 3 state championships in a row, I bet we see kids wanting to play there. You really think the coaches call players and offer them money to play for us?posted 4 years, 8 months ago
Hey, remember people, where kids live depends on what their parents can afford to pay for their house. Property values determine school populations. Attendance at private schools also depends on what parents can afford. Duhposted 4 years, 8 months ago
Good Luck to the Cardinal Mooney football team! It has been an honor to watch you grow into the fine young men that are! Your commitment to acedemics and athletics will carry you far in life. Let's hit the field Friday and play MOONEY FOOTBALL and remember we are cheering for YOU!
We are for Mooney and against no one!
You're right gatek, it's the OHSAA who makes these divisions. But there is no way you can get much satisfaction from beating the small schools when you want to compete against Boardman, Fitch, and the rest of the big boys from around the state. Has to be like " Oh well, were DIII champs, big deal". Has to leave you feeling kind of wanting more. But that's not your fault.posted 4 years, 8 months ago
toycanno, Your bizzare! We did play Boardman (Freshman, JV & Varsity) early September 2011. As for the rest of the "big boys" we would welcome the match-up if theyr'e game. And YES WE ARE DIV III STATE CHAMPIONS 8TH TIME STATE CHAMPS!!!!!
We are MOONEY! Go Cards!
It's real funny how the teams with the most state football championships are Catholic (Ignatious-11, Newark Catholic-8, Mooney-8, Moeller-7, Benedictine-6, Delphos St. John's-6, St. Henry-6. Year in and Year out they are tough. You don't have that at the Public Schools. What are you going to get with open enrollment, maybe a few kids coming to your school, not pulling kids from 20+ different schools in the area. I hear guys on 570AM joking about the "University of Cardinal Mooney". Now why would Youngstown people be joking about this, unless they know it's true. Gate K: Alot of the schools you mention border one another example Beaver Local and East Liverpool. You might get a few kids who open enroll, and not all of them if any play sports. You don't get kids clear across the county coming to these schools. I know for a fact Mooney has kids from Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana County playing, theres probably more counties but thats all I know. So tell me if these small universities "Catholic Schools" have a ping pong team, and if there were a state championship, your teams would probably be dominated by Chinese players no doubt. Mooney is fortunate to get the call against Steubenville where the player held the ball and moved Mooney 15 yards closer for the last second win.posted 4 years, 7 months ago


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SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Australia had no evidence that a dual Australian-Israeli citizen and suspected Mossad spy, who died in jail in Israel in 2010, had been involved in the assassination of a Hamas arms procurer in Dubai, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Wednesday.
Carr also said Australia had found no evidence of the misuse of any of the Australian passports taken out by the man, Ben Zygier, who had changed his name several times and obtained new Australian passports each time.
However, Carr said the Zygier case raised unresolved questions about Australian passports held by dual citizens who work for a foreign government, and said Australia would lodge the strongest possible protest if it was found that Israel had used an Australian passport for spying.
"We have our own sources. None of them have information at this time that one of his passports was misused. But we are very alive to the possibility," Carr said as he released a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade report into the case.
"Certainly we would regard it as intolerable that any government would make use of Australian passports for intelligence-gathering purposes," he told reporters in Sydney.
Zygier was arrested in February 2010. At the same time, Australia had complained to Israel after it emerged Australian passports had been used in a mission to assassinate a Hamas arms dealer in Dubai, which the Gulf emirate blamed on Israel.
On Feb. 19 this year, Israel confirmed for the first time the affair concerned Zygier, who had earlier been named in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television report.
One of Zygier's lawyers later linked him to Mossad, the Israeli spy agency.
The Zygier case remains the subject of gag orders in Israel.
A judicial inquiry in Israel found Zygier, 34, hanged himself in December 2010 with a sheet tied to the bars over a window in the bathroom of his heavily guarded cell.
Carr ordered an investigation into the case last month, saying he would ask Israel's government for details of how Zygier, a father of two, died in a supposedly suicide-proof cell. His death fuelled conspiracy theories in both countries.
Carr said Israel had not responded to requests for information, nor explained the lack of a response. Australian officials and intelligence agencies still did not know why Zygier was jailed and what charges he faced, except that the charges carried a maximum penalty of up to 20 years' prison.
Israel has said he was detained under an alias to avoid serious harm to national interests.
Carr said Zygier had lived in Israel for 10 years and confirmed he worked for the Israeli government, although he did not say whether he worked in Israeli intelligence.
"There's a lot about this that is odd," Carr said.
Carr's inquiry found shortcomings in the handling of the case by Australian authorities but noted that Zygier had received 50 visits from his family and lawyer between the time of his arrest and death.
No requests for consular assistance had been received, the report found.
Carr had initially said the Australian government had not been informed of Zygier's incarceration. He later acknowledged Australia's chief intelligence agency had been informed about the issue as early as February 2010.
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NORCROSS, Ga. ---- Auburn Montgomery sophomore Tiffany William was this week's recipient of the Southern States Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week award, the league announced this afternoon.
William received the award for the first time in her career at AUM after a 3-1 week across singles and doubles, highlighted by her third victory of the season against a nationally-ranked singles opponent.
The London, England, native defeated Xavier's Kourtney Howell 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday in her first match from the No. 1 singles position. Howell entered the match as the eighth-ranked player in the NAIA, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Facing Division-I opponent New Orleans on Sunday, William won both of her matches. She cruised to a straight-sets victory at No. 1 singles, and teamed with Chanel Cunningham to win 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.
William improved to 14-2 in singles and 13-3 in doubles this season. She is a perfect 9-0 when playing from the No. 1 doubles position in 2013.
AUM players have earned the SSAC player of the week award four times this season, with William joining three-time winner Jade Curtis. William is currently ranked as the second-best singles player in the NAIA, and she is part of the 24th-ranked doubles team with Cunningham.
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University Hospital to hold free peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings Sept. 25
Individuals who suffer from leg pain when walking may have peripheral vascular disease (PVD), a circulatory condition that can be dangerous because it blocks the blood vessels in the legs.
University Hospital will hold a free PVD screening, "Legs for Life," Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at University Health Care Manlius, 102 W. Seneca Street. Parking is free and refreshments will be served.
The most common symptoms of PVD are aching, tiredness or cramping in the legs during walking or exercising, which disappears after a few minutes of rest; coldness or numbness and tingling in the lower legs and feet; and ulcers or sores on the legs or feet that do not heal. Smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and family history of heart disease or diabetes contribute to the development of PVD.
The screening will also evaluate individuals for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Those at highest risk are men over 60 years old who are past or present smokers and/or who have a family history of AAA. Early detection and treatment is the key to reducing the risk of rupture.
The "Legs for Life" program is sponsored by University Hospital, its Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery Department and The Society of Interventioanal Radiologists.
To register, contact Health Connections at University Hospital, 315-464-8668.
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Definición de admixture en inglés:
1A mixture: he felt that his work was an admixture of aggression and creativity
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- The weathered minerals of the regolith, together with an admixture of organic matter and water, make up the soil.
- An admixture of ceramic and mineral oxides are fashioned into the internal lining of attire for day-to-day usage, explains Dr. Jose.
- Although the precise composition of the material was not known, it was believed to comprise a mixture of cements, plus crushed fine aggregates, pigments and chemical admixtures.
1.2 [mass noun] The action of adding an ingredient to something else.
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- To be saved, it must be admired, but uncorrupted by modern admixture. 'Museums have to persuade indigenous people to exhibit their culture without amalgamating it into the Western tradition.'
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- Given recent fossil evidence, Africa may have provided the greatest opportunity for admixture between archaic subpopulations of Homo, simply because Africa harbored the highest levels of diversity.
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Kawasaki's theorem
Kawasaki's theorem is a theorem in the mathematics of paper folding, named after Toshikazu Kawasaki, that gives a criterion for determining whether a crease pattern with a single vertex may be folded to form a flat figure.
Statement of the theorem[edit]
Maekawa's theorem states that the number of mountain folds in a flat-folded vertex figure differs from the number of valley folds by exactly two folds. From this it follows that the total number of folds must be even.[1] Therefore, suppose that a crease pattern consists of an even number 2n of creases radiating from a single vertex v, without specification of which creases should be mountain folds and which should be valley folds. In this crease pattern, let α1, α2, ⋯, α2n be the consecutive angles between the creases around v, in clockwise order, starting at any one of the angles. Then Kawasaki's theorem is the statement that the crease pattern may be folded flat if and only if the alternating sum and difference of the angles adds to zero:
- α1 − α2 + α3 − ⋯ + α2n − 1 − α2n = 0
An equivalent way of stating the same condition is that, if the angles are partitioned into two alternating subsets, then the sum of the angles in either of the two subsets is exactly 180 degrees.[2] However, this equivalent form applies only to a crease pattern on a flat piece of paper, whereas the alternating sum form of the condition remains valid for crease patterns on conical sheets of paper with nonzero defect at the vertex.[3]
Local and global flat-foldability[edit]
Kawasaki's theorem, applied to each of the vertices of an arbitrary crease pattern, determines whether the crease pattern is locally flat-foldable, meaning that the part of the crease pattern near the vertex can be flat-folded. However, there exist crease patterns that are locally flat-foldable but that have no global flat folding that works for the whole crease pattern at once.[1] Tom Hull (1994) conjectured that global flat-foldability could be tested by checking Kawasaki's theorem at each vertex of a crease pattern, and then also testing bipartiteness of an undirected graph associated with the crease pattern,[4] but this conjecture was disproven by Bern & Hayes (1996), who showed that the problem of testing global flat-foldability is NP-complete.[5]
To show that Kawasaki's condition necessarily holds for any flat-folded figure, it suffices to observe that, at each fold, the orientation of the paper is reversed. Thus, if the first crease in the flat-folded figure is placed in the plane parallel to the x-axis, the next crease must be rotated from it by an angle of α1, the crease after that by an angle of α1 − α2 (because the second angle has the reverse orientation from the first), etc. In order for the paper to meet back up with itself at the final angle, Kawasaki's condition must be met.[1][2][6][7]
Showing that the condition is also a sufficient condition is a matter of describing how to fold a given crease pattern (that is, how to choose whether to make mountain or valley folds, and in what order the flaps of paper should be arranged on top of each other) so that it folds flat. One way to do this is to choose a number i such that the partial alternating sum
- α1 − α2 + α3 − ⋯ + α2i − 1 − α2i
is as small as possible: either i = 0 and the partial sum is an empty sum that is also zero, or for some nonzero choice of i the partial sum is negative. Then, accordion fold the pattern, starting with angle α2i + 1 and alternating between mountain and valley folds, placing each angular wedge of the paper below the previous folds. At each step until the final fold, an accordion fold of this type will never self-intersect, and the choice of i ensures that the first wedge sticks out to the left of all the other folded pieces of paper, allowing the final wedge to connect back up to it.[7]
An alternative proof of sufficiency is to consider the smallest angle αi and the two creases on either side of it. If one of these two creases is mountain-folded and the other valley-folded, and then the resulting flap of paper is glued down onto the remaining part of the crease pattern, the result will be a crease pattern with two fewer creases, on a conical sheet of paper, that still satisfies Kawasaki's condition. Therefore, by mathematical induction, repeating this process will eventually lead to a flat folding. The base case of the induction is a cone with only two creases and two equal-angle wedges, which can obviously be flat-folded by using a mountain fold for both creases. Using this method, it can be shown that any crease pattern that satisfies Kawasaki's condition has at least 2n different choices of mountain and valley folds that all lead to valid flat foldings.[8]
In the late 1970s, Yasuji Husimi and David A. Huffman independently discovered the special case of Kawasaki's theorem for crease patterns with four creases; Huffman called it the "critical π condition".[9][10] The theorem for crease patterns with arbitrarily many creases was discovered by Kawasaki, by Stuart Robertson, and by Jacques Justin (again, independently of each other) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[5][9][11][12][13][14] Because of Justin's contribution to the problem, it has also been called the Kawasaki–Justin theorem.[15]
Kawasaki himself has called the result Husimi's theorem, after Yasuji Husimi, and some other authors have followed this terminology as well.[6][16] The name "Kawasaki's theorem" was first given to this result in Origami for the Connoisseur by Kunihiko Kasahara and Toshie Takahama (Japan Publications, 1987).[1]
Hull (2003) credits the lower bound of 2n on the number of different flat-foldings of a crease pattern meeting the conditions of the theorem to independent work in the early 1990s by Azuma,[17] Justin,[13] and Ewins and Hull.
- ^ a b c d Hull, Tom, MA 323A Combinatorial Geometry!: Notes on Flat Folding, retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ a b Alsina, Claudi; Nelsen, Roger (2010), Charming Proofs: A Journey Into Elegant Mathematics, Dolciani Mathematical Expositions 42, Mathematical Association of America, p. 57, ISBN 978-0-88385-348-1.
- ^ Hull, Tom (2002), "The combinatorics of flat folds: a survey", Origami3: Third International Meeting of Origami Science, Mathematics, and Education, AK Peters, pp. 29–38, ISBN 978-1-56881-181-9.
- ^ Hull, Tom (1994), "On the mathematics of flat origamis" (PDF), Congressus Numerantium 100: 215–224.
- ^ a b Bern, Marshall; Hayes, Barry (1996), "The complexity of flat origami", Proc. 7th ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete algorithms (SODA '96), pp. 175–183.
- ^ a b Kawasaki, Toshikazu (2005), Roses, Origami & Math, Japan Publications Trading, p. 139, ISBN 978-4-88996-184-3.
- ^ a b Demaine, Erik (Fall 2010), "Sept. 15: Single-vertex crease patterns", Course Notes for 6.849: Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ Hull, Thomas (2003), "Counting mountain-valley assignments for flat folds" (PDF), Ars Combinatoria 67: 175–187, MR 1973236.
- ^ a b Hull, Tom (Fall 2010), "Maekawa and Kawasaki's Theorems Revisited and Extended", Guest lecture, 6.849, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ Wertheim, Margaret (June 22, 2004), "Cones, Curves, Shells, Towers: He Made Paper Jump to Life", New York Times.
- ^ Robertson, S. A. (1977), "Isometric folding of Riemannian manifolds", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section A. Mathematics 79 (3-4): 275–284, MR 0487893.
- ^ Justin, J. (June 1986), British Origami: 30 Missing or empty
|title=(help). As cited by Hull's MA 323A notes.
- ^ a b Justin, J. (1994), "Towards a mathematical theory of origami", 2nd Int. Meeting of Origami Science, Otsu, Japan. As cited by Bern & Hayes (1996).
- ^ Kawasaki, T. (1989), "On the relation between mountain-creases and valley-creases of a flat origami", in Huzita, H., Origami Science and Technology, pp. 229–237. As cited by Bern & Hayes (1996).
- ^ O'Rourke, Joseph (2011), "4.5 The Kawasaki–Justin theorem", How To Fold It: The Mathematics of Linkages, Origami, and Polyhedra, Cambridge University Press, pp. 66–68.
- ^ Kaino, K. (2007), "Four-dimensional geometry and folding regular tetrahedron", in Fujita, Shigeji; Obata, Tsunehiro; Suzuki, Akira, Statistical and condensed matter physics: over the horizon, Nova Publishers, pp. 101–112 [102], ISBN 978-1-60021-758-6.
- ^ Azuma, H. (1994), "Some mathematical observation on flat foldings", 2nd Int. Meeting of Origami Science, Otsu, Japan. As cited by Hull (2003)


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IRISS finalist for industry awards
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LAKEWOOD RANCH - IRISS Inc., which makes electrical safety devices and monitoring equipment for power generators, manufacturers and the health care industry, was named a finalist for two Electrical Industry Awards this year.
IRISS was a finalist for "Product of the Year," for its work at London's Stansted Airport that improved electrical inspections and shortened inspection times.
At Stansted, London's third-busiest airport with roughly 17.5 million passengers annually, IRISS provided infrared windows that allowed for continuous operations and simultaneous monitoring.
Previously, airport maintenance teams faced intense time pressures because inspections could only be carried out for a few hours daily, and malfunctions often were difficult to identify.
The other award recognized the company's Platinum Series Infrared windows that allow for visual, infrared and ultraviolet inspection.
"We are incredibly honored to be recognized alongside electrical industry powerhouses like Eaton and Schneider Electric for our product innovations and applications," said IRISS chief executive Martin Robinson.
Robinson said that IRISS' products have gained acceptance in the electrical industry because they are safe and efficient, and because they help avoid electrocutions, power failures and fires.
The Electrical Industry Awards, sponsored by Electrical Times magazine, are judged by some of the most respected figures in the industry, including representatives from the Electrical Safety Council.
IRISS, formerly of the United Kingdom, moved its headquarters to 10306 Technology Terrace, in Lakewood Ranch, in April.
Since then, the company has expanded both its operations and payroll. It said it plans to hire at least 25 new employees within the next three years.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected an assertion by the country's autonomous Kurdish region that its control of disputed territory is here to stay.
"No one has the right to exploit the events that took place to impose a fait accompli, as happened in some of the actions of the Kurdistan region. This is rejected," Maliki said in televised remarks.


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Green Tea News 2013October 14, 2013 Written by JP [Font too small?]
There are very few trends you can count on in the field of modern medicine and nutrition. The "stock" of virtually every food and/or supplement tends to go up and down more erratically than the Dow Jones or Nasdaq. One day coffee is bad for you, the next it's being touted as a preventative for Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and liver cancer. For years, doctors have been recommending supplemental calcium for just about everyone. Now, there's a grand debate about potential cardiovascular side effects involving this essential mineral. And, the examples go on and on. However, if there is such a thing as a bankable food/supplement which has sustained its sterling reputation over the years, it is most certainly green tea.
In recent months, several studies have examined the health effects of green tea consumption and/or the use of concentrated, green tea extracts. Some of the highlights from the peer-reviewed, scientific trials reveal that green tea: a) is capable of lowering liver enzymes and fat in patients diagnosed with NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease); b) improves the benefits of exercise in relation to body fat loss and glucose tolerance; c) when used in an extract form (800 mg/day standardized to contain 45% EGCG) for 4 months, decreases uterine fibroid volume, symptom severity and related complications, such as anemia; d) enhances standard care for ulcerative colitis and leads to significantly higher remission rates; e) taken as an extract or in a brewed form, three times daily, leads to meaningful reductions in blood pressure in those with mild hypertension. In addition, applying green tea topically also yields some rather noteworthy outcomes. Namely, it decreases excessive oiliness of facial skin and, when used as a mouthwash, minimizes pain caused by tooth extraction.
In our household, we make green tea using a glass tea pot. Specifically, I bring distilled water to a slow boil and let it set for a minute or two before pouring it on organic, chlorine-free green tea bags. I allow the tea to brew for about 5 – 10 minutes and then squeeze the soaked bags to extract any residual liquid. The reason for using glass rather than stainless steel is to prevent the documented transference of unwanted minerals (cadmium, nickel) that is known to occur during the tea brewing process. Also, the use of distilled water, as opposed to mineral-rich water, results in higher antioxidant content in the resulting tea. Finally, because green tea also has topical benefits, I use the (cooled) spent tea bags as sort of toner on facial areas that tend to produce oil or sebum – the cheeks, forehead and nose. What can I say? I like to get my money's worth!
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3 Comments & Updates to "Green Tea News 2013"
rob Says:
October 16th, 2013 at 1:39 pm
I throw some matcha inoccasional smoothies or just straightin hot water.like the grasse taste
JP Says:
October 16th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Hi Rob,
Matcha is one of my favorites too.
Be well!
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June 30th, 2015 at 7:49 pm
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Clin Nutr. 2015 May 29.
Therapeutic effect of high-dose green tea extract on weight reduction: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To examine the effect and safety of high-dose green tea extract (Epigallocatechin gallate, EGCG) at a daily dosage of 856.8 mg on weight reduction and changes of lipid profile and obesity-related hormone peptides in women with central obesity.
METHODS: We conducted a randomized, double-blind trial registered under ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier no. NCT02147041. A total of 115 women with central obesity were screened at our clinic. 102 of them with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 27 kg/m2 and a waist circumference (WC) ≥ 80 cm were eligible for the study. These women were randomly assigned to either a high-dose green tea group or placebo group. The total treatment time was 12 weeks. The main outcome measures were anthropometric measurements, lipid profiles, and obesity related hormone peptides including leptin, adiponectin, ghrelin, and insulin.
RESULTS: Significant weight loss, from 76.8 ± 11.3 kg to 75.7 ± 11.5 kg (p = 0.025), as well as decreases in BMI (p = 0.018) and waist circumference (p = 0.023) were observed in the treatment group after 12 weeks of high-dose EGCG treatment. This study also demonstrated a consistent trend of decreased total cholesterol, reaching 5.33%, and decreased LDL plasma levels. There was good tolerance of the treatment among subjects without any side effects or adverse events. Significantly lower ghrelin levels and elevated adiponectin levels were detected in the study group than in the placebo group.
CONCLUSION: 12 weeks of treatment with high-dose green tea extract resulted in significant weight loss, reduced waist circumference, and a consistent decrease in total cholesterol and LDL plasma levels without any side effects or adverse effects in women with central obesity. The antiobestic mechanism of high-dose green tea extract might be associated in part with ghrelin secretion inhibition, leading to increased adiponectin levels.
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DOMO, or Dream of Mirror Online, is a fantasy MMORPG that places you in the lore of Chinese mythology of the "Kunlun Mirror," an artifact that has somehow broken, and the only one that can repair the mirror is you. Although DOMO appears a cookie-cutter copy of other MMOs, it provides several aspects that some MMO games do not feature, let alone call attention to.
The amount of classes in DOMO reaches to an astonishing fourteen choices. Some of the classes are generic to the world of MMOs, such as a doctor and a thief. However, what separates DOMO from other MMOs is that it allows the ability to mix and match job abilities into a character. For instance, you can have said doctor possess some of the skills of a thief, and vice versa. The same can be mixed to all fourteen classes. However, each job progresses independently of the other jobs (i.e. if you gain a level in one job class, the other jobs will not gain any experience). The sheer amount of jobs and numerous combinations can overwhelm many gamers, for the main reaction would be to try every single job class and test out all viable combinations, which can take a huge amount of time due to trial and error testing.
Character creation in DOMO branches to some unusual features aside from hair color and skin tone, of which being character height, head size, and even chest size. Additionally, it also stretches to a choice of four races: Human (said to be "perfectly balanced" in terms of stats), Shura (said to possess immense physical strength), Sylph(thought to possess a strong ability with magic), and Sprite (said to contain a prowess in speed and luck). Although descriptions in the game depict each race of possessing a different strength, the races do not possess any sort of statistical difference, save for a slight movement speed difference.
When reading their descriptions on the different strengths of the four races, an individual may choose the Sylph race in hopes of receiving a latent magic boost due to the description, but later realizes that the polar opposite of the class (the Shura) contains the same exact power as a Sylph, given the same job class and same equipment. This quirk is troublesome in that the game implies that some races are stronger in some areas, but in reality, they are all the same which may cause confusion in some.
Many features in DOMO may appear mundane at most, but they act like a double-edged blade in some cases. For example, the crafting system may appear very simple and enjoyable in the beginning, but the success rates quickly take a nose dive at the higher levels. At high levels, finding the materials for the crafting of items contain extremely low success rate, along with the low success chance of actually making the item.
Another feature to DOMO is the flying system. Instead of flying with an avian-like animal the one may be accustomed to seeing, characters in DOMO fly on a sword like a surfboard. Although strange, it allows for a swift passage through maps, which seems like a godsend because of the long distances needed to travel from one area to the next.
A main problem in DOMO is its blatantly overpowering real-world cash system. The system provides completely unfair bonuses to those who have the money to fund their character. For instance, the cash shop contains an item that prevents the loss of material when crafting an item, which is extremely disadvantageous to those who do not have money. If this does not sound completely unfair, then take a look at the entire cash shop inventory and then decide if the cash system destroys the game balance.
You mileage will vary with DOMO. Although the game boasts a huge character creation and an extensive pool of jobs, one must expend time into fully developing their character. On one hand, DOMO does an excellent job with giving the player's open-endedness, but it suffers from the same absurdly high-level difficulty spike in terms of crafting items, along with a game-breaking cash system.


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We stayed here the last week of February 2014. This was our winter trip and a Christmas present to our 19 year old daughter who shared the room with us. We wanted her to have a wonderful break from college. She was not disappointed.
Our original choice was the Riu Palace Macao but I left it one day too late to book and it was no longer available. I am glad that happened because in our opinion the Riu Palace Punta Cana is much nicer. Macao is adults only but at the RPPC there weren't that many kids anyway, very, very few so not an issue. It is more upscale and you find more kids at the Riu Bambu which is a little lower in scale.
Our check in was very quick. Of all the people on our flight very few were going with us. The bus was only half full and were evenly distributed among the other Riu properties. We got our room keys, paid a $5 deposit for an extra key and were on our way.
We had a superior room which looked into the centre of the resort (next time we wouldn't bother paying the extra). Room was fabulous but only 1 king bed and a pullout couch which would have been noisy and very uncomfortable. We called down to the front desk for another room with two beds and within 2 mintues they called back. They gave us the key for another and we moved into it. It was on the top floor. By the way there are 4 floors in the place. The bottom floor is 0 and the top floor is 3. Floor 1 is where the lobby is. Next room was just as nice and very Riu. My first stop was to pour myself a rum. Mmmmm. Daughter was excited about having something from the fridge which is all included.
This property is immaculate. Very well appointed and very elegant. We checked out the others and this was our favorite and we think no just because we stayed there. Lots of marble and beautiful Regency style furniture in the lobby. The main bar has lots of wood with peanuts for snacking on and is a nice place to hang out.
The pool is great and warm. Very clean and a joy to sit around. Fun games through the day and the beach restaurant is just steps away and has lots of variety. It doubles as the steak house in the evening.
The beach is incredible. Very deep and lots of trees. Never a problem getting a chair there and you are not on top of somebody else like you are at the Bahia Principe next door. Their beach is not as deep and chairs are one atop the other. There is no chance really to snorkel at the beach here so if you looking for that you have to take a trip.
The food was great. We have stayed at a Riu before, in Puerto Plata, and it did not disappoint. Lots of choice and everything was wonderful. Great service as well and you can get a person who recognizes you and will look for you each day. We had a person for buffet dinners, breakfast and lunch and had our table ready for us each day. Nice to tip for good service and we got that here.
Would we stay here again? In a heartbeat. It costs more as it is a palace but it was extremely worth it. I was very impressed with the fact that premium drinks like JD, Canadian Club whisky and others are present and available. Once I had my fill of Pina Colodas and the like I settled down to my whisky on ice every evening. Mornings were for Mamauana (local drink) and vodka and lemonade. The mixed drinks were great but can fill you up. They have lots to choose from.
Riu again someday and someday we will return to this awesome property.
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The Secretary-General is concerned about reports regarding the deteriorating health of Palestinian administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for over a month. He reiterates his long-standing position that administrative detainees should be charged or released without delay.
The United Nations on the ground is closely following the overall situation of Palestinian detainees. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recently reiterated to the Government of Israel the Secretary-General's concerns on these issues. She also expressed concerns regarding a legislative amendment before the Israeli Knesset that, if passed, would permit force-feeding and medical treatment of prisoners on hunger strike against their will under certain conditions, in contravention of international standards.
The Secretary-General has taken note of the related concerns raised recently by various human rights organizations and has responded, reiterating the United Nations well known positions.
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The village of Marsdale is a quiet corner of the world, cradled in a remote dale in England's lovely Lake District. The rhythm of life in the deeply religious, sheltered community has not changed for centuries. But in 1936, when Waterworks representative Jack Ligget from industrial Manchester arrives with plans to build a new reservoir, he brings the much feared threat of impending change to this bucolic hamlet. And when he begins an intense and troubled affair with Janet Lightburn—a devout local woman of rare passion and strength of spirit—it can only lead to scandal, tragedy, and remarkable, desperate acts.
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