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March 19, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — A few short years ago, state officials were forecasting the doom-and-gloom scenario that Vermont's Medicaid budget would be $500 million in the red within five years.
While the news today still isn't great, it's a lot better than it could have been, according to Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) Secretary Cynthia D. LaWare. Thanks to a special waiver that allows Vermont to oversee the spending of its federal Medicaid dollars, along with recently implemented health care programs that stress preventative care over acute care, state officials have readjusted their Medicaid deficit projection to $100 million.
Medicaid was just one of several health care issues discussed by LaWare during a far-ranging interview at the Addison Independent on Thursday.
"To the extent we can diagnose and treat illnesses early on, it can have a dramatic affect on acute care costs," LaWare said of her agency's current strategy.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
ADDISON COUNTY — After a winter that remained warm well into January, no one knew what to expect for Vermont's sugaring season. But now that the area has had a sustained cold period followed by a few thaws, those who feared what the unpredictable weather would mean for one of Vermont's iconic industries can breathe a sigh of relief.
So far, local sugarmakers say, the season is getting started only a few days later than average, and the sap is as sweet as ever.
"The flavor is wonderful," said Sam Cutting Sr. of Dakin Farms in Ferrisburgh. "Now we need the weather to get straightened out."
Barbara Rainville of Lincoln said that her family had expected to start earlier than usual until cold weather arrived around the middle of January. The recent sub-zero weather has delayed them a little, but she thinks it will have little or no overall effect.
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AmfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS gala is always one of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival. This year, as usual, Sharon Stone took the podium at the benefit, which drew the likes of Jessica Chastain (proving redheads can wear red, though the dress itself was borderline), Janet Jackson, Zachary Quinto, Heidi Klum, the men from Duran Duran (who performed) and models including Karlie Kloss, Karolina Kurkova and Eva Herzigová.
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Chess Grass
The Chess Grass (Bromus secalinus), also called Willard's Bromus, has a spreading, slightly drooping panicle. The spikelets are ovate and smooth with a yellowish-green tinge and holding six to ten distinct flowers. The stems are erect, smooth, and round growing from two to three feet high and bearing four or five leaves with striated sheaths. The upper sheath is crowned with an obtuse, ragged ligule while the lower sheath is soft and hairy. There are five joints and the leaves are flat, soft, and linear. The spikelets have fewer florets and the outer palea is rounded at the summit and broader compared with its length.
Bromus secalinus, cheat grass, cheat grasses, chess grass, chess grasses, grass, grasses, kgrasses, Willard's Bromus, willards bromus grass, willards bromus grasses
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By Bill Press
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OK, I want to admit right up front: I stole that headline. No, it's not original with me. I stole it from the pro-Israel, pro-peace organization J Street. I stole it because it's funny. And because it perfectly sums up the phony, trumped-up campaign against Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense.
This is the worst smear campaign Washington has seen since — well, since the smear campaign against Susan Rice. That was only a month ago. And, interestingly, it was also led by the same two smear merchants, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who have turned the Senate's constitutional duty of "advice and consent" into a despicable display of character assassination.
Why anybody pays any attention to what McCain and Graham say about anything anymore beats me, but what they're trying to do to Chuck Hagel best represents what's wrong with Washington today. No doubt about it: If Ronald Reagan, or George Bush, or Mitt Romney had nominated Hagel as secretary of defense, Republicans would be out dancing in the streets, shouting: "He's a conservative! He's a Republican! He's one of us! He's a decorated war hero!"
But because President Obama nominated Hagel to be defense secretary, Republicans, led by McCain and Graham, are determined to shoot him down. Only in order to deny Obama another win.
There are three charges leveled against Hagel: he's anti-Israel; he's soft on Iran; and he's anti-gay. All three are bogus. Let's start with Israel. No, Hagel does not agree with Bibi Netanyahu on everything. But guess what? Neither did George Bush. Neither does Barack Obama. But that doesn't make him anti-Israel. As senator, in fact, he voted for billions of dollars in military aid to Israel.
Hagel's enemies base his alleged anti-Israel bias on the fact that he once used the phrase "Jewish lobby." That was a mistake. There is no "Jewish" lobby in Washington, but there is a very powerful "Israeli lobby." Just like there's a powerful "Pakistani lobby," and "oil lobby," and "environmental lobby." Besides, it should be pointed out that, back when he was secretary of defense, Dick Cheney advised soldiers not to talk about the "Jewish lobby" — yet nobody raised much of a fuss. The phrase is still often found in the pages of Haaretz, one of Israel's leading daily papers.
Hagel's also slammed for having declared, back in 2006: "I'm not an Israeli senator. I'm a United States senator. I support Israel, but my first interest is I take an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States…" Blunt, perhaps. But any senator who said the opposite, about any other country, would likely be accused of treason.
On Iran, Hagel's attacked for being weak because he's against starting a third war in the Middle East and once voted against unilateral American sanctions on Iran. Agree or disagree, that hardly disqualifies him from serving as defense secretary. As such, he would not be making foreign policy for the United States. And are Americans really itching for war with Iran?
In my judgment, the most serious — and surprising — criticism of Chuck Hagel is his opposition to Bill Clinton's 1998 nomination of my longtime friend, James Hormel, as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, only because Hormel happened to be openly gay. A bad idea, Hagel pontificated, because "ambassadorial posts are sensitive. They are representing America. They are representing our lifestyle, our values, our standards. And I think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay — openly, aggressively gay like Mr. Hormel — to do an effective job."
Even though he reflected the beliefs of most Midwestern Republican senators at the time, that was a dumb, ugly thing to say. And Hagel knows it. He's apologized. He's vowed to uphold the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and praised the contribution of LGBT members of the military. In other words, like many politicians, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Hagel's come around on the issue of gay rights. It was Clinton, remember, who put in place both Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act, the two most anti-gay measures of our time.
Forget his shrill, small-minded critics. Look at who he is. A decorated war hero. The first enlisted man to rise to the very top of the Pentagon. And the first Vietnam Vet. A fiscally-conservative Republican. He's the perfect man for the job. Chuck Hagel will make a great secretary of defense.
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The top auditor at the Homeland Security Department has denied accusations of nepotism, abuses of power and involvement in cover-ups.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Charles Edwards rejected all allegations and said their existence will inhibit the oversight of DHS.
"I am very disturbed that false allegations have been made against me," Edwards said, "but more importantly, I am very concerned that this matter may negatively impact the important oversight work of the Office of Inspector General."
Over the last year, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has received numerous complaints on Edwards, ranging from getting his wife a high-ranking job in his office to forcing employees to write his Ph.D dissertation. Edwards allegedly played a role in covering up information in the investigation into the Secret Service's encounters with Colombian prostitutes, flew to Florida on the taxpayers' dime under false pretenses in order to attend classes and fired employees who attempted to raise awareness of his malfeasants.
Edwards vowed to defend himself against the accusations. He said while those who blew the whistle on his alleged actions "honor no boundaries," he will follow federal regulations and not publicly disclose protected information in his own defense.
"Allegations can be lodged anonymously by anyone," Edwards said. "Truth can be distorted to misrepresent circumstances and make them appear improper when they are not."
Edwards, who issued the statement while on vacation with his family in India, said similar allegations have previously been lodged, only to be dismissed by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.
"I am confident that the allegations will be shown for what they are," Edwards said, "completely without merit."
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Thursday, Mar 21, 2019 from 10:30am to 5:00pm
The Morgan's impressive collection of Italian Drawings documents the development of Renaissance drawing practice from its beginnings in the fourteenth century and over the following two centuries. Drawings from the earlier part of the Renaissance—by artists born before 1500—are a particular strength of the collection, but this exhibition will be the first to focus on this material, featuring works by artists such as Mantegna, Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Fra Bartolomeo, and Andrea del Sarto. The exhibition also explores the development of different and overlapping regional traditions in Tuscany, Umbria, Lombardy and Emilia, and Venice.
From the influence of medieval manuscript and painting workshops to the new practice of sketching, artists gradually moved away from imitation of standard models and to the invention of novel ways of thinking on the page and representing traditional subjects. Following shifts in artistic theory, workshop practice also began to embrace the practice of life study. As artists came to be recognized more as intellectuals than as craftsmen, a new class of collectors and connoisseurs created a market for autonomous drawings of classical subjects and other compositions. During the fifteenth century, portrait drawing also emerged as an independent genre, and artists invented new ways approaches to landscape drawing. Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at the Morgan explores all these developments and celebrates more than a century of innovation in drawing.
Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings from the Morgan is made possible with generous support from the Scholz Family Charitable Trust, the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, the Alex Gordon Fund for Exhibitions, and the Andrew W. Mellon Research and Publications Fund.
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Admission is free on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Admission to the McKim rooms only (Mr. Morgan's Library, Study, Rotunda, and Librarian's Office) is free during the following times: Tuesday, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m to 6 p.m.
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Though the official release date for my new Jack Daniels novel, Dirty Martini, is July 3, you should be able to find it right now at bookstores everywhere.
Library Journal said: "Mix witty repartee with edge-of-your-seat suspense, over-the-top killing devices, and action that never takes a breather, and you have Konrath's latest white-knuckle thriller. Not to be missed."
Booklist said: "Like Jeffrey Deaver, Konrath ratchets up the suspense until readers don't dare stop flipping the pages. A solid success for those who like to mix comedy with grit."
Publishers Weekly said: "Dirty Martini is a particularly potent mix of equal parts mirth and mayhem with a dash of sex and a twist (or two) of plot. It should be taken straight, no chaser needed."
Kirkus said: "The prose ranges from careless to wretched, and the plot demands a breathalyzer."
Ah, Kirkus. If I hadn't burst out into laughter when I read that, I might have been irritated.
I sent out a MySpace bulletin a few days ago, and got over 200 positive responses, plus my Amazon numbers for each book in the series jumped in conjunction with the bulletin. For those authors interested in using MySpace as a promo tool (which should be all of you) here's my post:
Hello (your name here)!
I'm your close, personal MySpace Friend, thriller author JA Konrath.
I hope everything is going well where you live in the world. How about those local sports in your area? I never would have predicted that win or loss.
I check your MySpace page several times a day. I know you're busy with all of those cool things on your Profile, like that awesome music you listen to, the cool TV shows and movies you watch, and those wonderful hobbies you have. I love those pics you may have posted. You're a truly awesome man or woman!
If you have some free time this week or next, I have a tiny favor to ask. My new Lt. Jack Daniels mystery novel, DIRTY MARTINI, is now available in bookstores everywhere.
Please buy a copy. :)
It's a fast, fun, beach read kind of book, about a homicide cop hunting for a lunatic who is poisoning Chicago's food supply. There's a lot of humor (you'll laugh) and some scary parts. Plus, plenty of action, suspense, and a little bit of sex as well.
If you like books by James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, Tess Gerritsen, Christopher Moore, Patricia Cornwell, Dean Koontz, Dave Barry, Kay Hooper, Kathy Reichs, Sandra Brown, John Sandford, Carl Hiaasen, Ridley Pearson, Robert Crais, David Morrell, or Robert B. Parker, you'll really love this book.
If you like TV shows like CSI, Law and Order, The Closer, Bones, The Flintstones, Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Idol, Survivor, The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Deal or No Deal, or Oprah, you'll really love this book.
If you have a pulse and can read without moving your lips, you'll really love this book.
DIRTY MARTINI is a hardcover. For every book sold, I'll donate a portion of the funds to ending world hunger, by taking my family to a nice restaurant.
If you can't afford a hardcover, please pick up my new Jack Daniels paperback, RUSTY NAIL, available at bookstores everywhere. This one is even scarier that DIRTY MARTINI. If you liked Silence of the Lambs, or Blades of Glory, you'll love it.
Please buy a copy. :)
My books are also available on audio, so you can listen to them while travelling, or working out, or watching juggling videos on YouTube.
If you're so broke you can't even pay attention, you can get my books at the library. If your library doesn't carry them, demand that they do. Try yelling loudly and throwing things. That's how my son gets his way all the time. And he's 23.
Thanks so much for your time (Your Name Here)! I'm so happy we met on MySpace. You've enriched my life and made me a better person.
Please buy my books, or I'll start cutting myself.
Your Friend,
I'm off to Italy for a week. My Italian publisher, Alacran Edizioni, is flying me out to do some signings for Whiskey Sour. I'm excited, and encourage the many Italian readers of this blog to seek me out while I'm there.
When I get back, I'm going to release my next newsletter, which will have info on past and upcoming contests, along with a touring schedule for Dirty Martini. I'm looking to visit the West Coast this time.
Until then, check out the latest Jack Daniels novel, and let me know if the prose really does range from careless to wretched. Better buy several copies and get your friends' opinions too.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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(a bit too late but finally this post is seeing the light and is out of my notes)
First results for Google+ has been out for few weeks now and it was pegged at a total of 20mn members in 3 weeks since its limited trial phase launch. The web went into a tizzy when Larry Page CEO announced the 10mn mark simply because that's the fastest organic growth any social network has ever seen. It took Facebook 852 days and Twitter 780 days to reach this milestone.
However, no one is astonished possibly because the social network has become the most sort after thing since Facebook first came in 2004. As predicted on this blog, perhaps Google+ would become the first social network on the planet to reach 10mn to 100mn within the shortest time frame. Shortly after Larry's announcement something happened that is forcing us to think if Google+ is the ultimate nemesis of Facebook and would crush it just like Facebook engulfed MySpace:
Chris brogan proudly announced on his Google+ profile his dislike for Facebook and how he has been using it grudgingly since he didn't have any other better option but won't be using that as actively any longer. He also thought that Google+ has probably touched 100mn users.
Besides that error in calculation has he summed up the emotions for many of us regarding Facebook, which always categorized all of our contacts as 'friends'. I don't imply that Facebook doesn't understand the concept of Circles (the famous Googler Paul Adams , who now works with Facebook and part of his work on this concept can still be found on SlideShare: The real life of social network) but it has never made an effort to help users understand how to categories online relationships, which remains buried under its settings unlike easy to use Google+ contact management.
Was it the social networking fatigue and also the eagerness to check out the new kid on the block that has led masses to Google+? However, when likes of Chris Brogan start abandoning it, questions are asked about what comes NEXT!
To answer that we need to understand first who Chris brogan is: here
So he is influential, has been voted as Most Influential Person in Small Business on Twitter recently among countless other things that makes people follow and listen to him.
Does that mean mass abandonment of Facebook following influencers like Chris?An influencer with years of social captial moving to Google+ would mean his followers would follow him where he leads them. Isn't that the oldest strategy in the influencer marketing book used by corporates to drive engagement to their brand. And when an influencer like Chris chooses a new platform many others (peers and followers) are expected to follow suit.
So what reasons could Chris have in mind before his migratory flight. This could probably help you decide if you wanna take the plunge too:
1. Google is bigger than ever before as proved by its latest figures released. A super rise in revenue exceeding market expectations.
2. Social networking platforms are known business integrators, and Google (apps) & Google+ are no different. Sooner rather than later Google+ will get you. Watch how
3. Google+ is SMEs best friend: Which SME doesn't want to top Google search ranking, and when Google starts to integrate (in search) +1's from Google+, then with the help of your community and your links (content) your business will shoot for the skies. More social and engaging your business is more relevant you will become. Unless of course Facebook + Bing overtakes the search engine market over night! Unlikely
4. Google+ business solutions: Google has started experimenting with its business pages. My guess is expect something very innovative with in-built community management features that lets you take care of your business communication as well as community need at the same time.
These reasons are good enough starters to adopt Google+ especially if:
1. You reckon your business prospects would eventually end up using this platform and aggregate their social + business processes through it. You want to service them, then be here.
2. You want to establish yourself as an influencer and want to surface in the real time Google search in near future, this is the time to amass your community and build links.
3. More than anything else: You believe in relationships and are willing to be social in next generation of web revolution.
PS: Chris didn't pay me to write this and neither did Google. Though I wouldn't mind in case they offered 😉
Related articles
- Chris Brogan says "I Have Moved to GooglePlus" (offonatangent.blogspot.com)
- Google Plus is Not Your Blog | Chris Brogan (icemanbaldy.com)
- Google+ is not taking on Facebook, it is taking on e-mail (sharemarketing.wordpress.com)
- Brogan on sharing and social media (e1evation.com)
- Google will not run circles around Facebook, but it gets a +1 (briansolis.com)


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A person who is always depressed, and also enjoys to eat. When they go home after school or their job, their schedule consists of eating, and then killing self. Also, they always manage to resurrect themselves because they always need to kill themselves
Look at that kid in the corner, he has no friends, and he never talks to anyone. He always looks depressed, he is definetely eat and kill self, kill self
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ANNECY-SEMNOZ, France — Chris Froome has effectively wrapped up a Tour de France victory, putting himself in position to become Britain's second successive champion after Bradley Wiggins.
Froome retained his big race lead in the penultimate stage before Sunday's processional run-in to Paris.
Froome finished third in Stage 20 to the ski station of Annecy-Semnoz, won by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana. The 125-kilometer (78-mile) trek was the last of four successive stages in the Alps and the final significant obstacle Froome needed to overcome before Sunday's usually relaxed ride to the finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Froome easily retained his lead. Alberto Contador, who had been second at the start of the day, struggled on the final climb and dropped off the podium.


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Remember Tyron Prothro? The Alabama wide receiver was one of the most exciting players in college football until he, in the most gruesome fashion, broke his leg in a game against Florida two years ago. (You can see it in this photo, if you dare.)
Well, he had yet another setback yesterday, being put on medical redshirt, which means he won't play this year and looks unlikely to play again. The Wizard Of Odds reminds us that there was no real reason for him to have been in the game anyway, considering the Crimson Tide already had a huge lead.
Anyway, check out that link for a great Prothro highlight video. We forget sometimes just how delicate these athletes are, and how precarious their careers really are. In one second, it can all be over. Yet Bonds will play forever.
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Udari Warnakulasooriya is an upcoming young actress. She has just taken her first step into the film industry, acting in the forthcoming film Paya Enna Hiru Se. She entered the field in 2007 after taking part in the Miss Sri Lanka 2007 beauty pageant. Udari Warnakulasooriya is one of the most beautiful upcomming actress in Sri Lanka. She is come in to the industry by Miss Sri Lanka competition and after that she work as Television presenter in Derana Television network and after that she enter in to Sri Lankan cinema by the film call Paya Enna Hiru se and in that film she play major role with Famous Sri Lankan Actress Ranjan Ramanayaka.Her photos are very rare and difficult to find out.Hear are some photographs and photo shoot of this famous glamor beauty which taken form fashion shows and glamor photo shoot for magazine cover.Udari Warnakulasuriya is raising star of Sinhala cinema and she get more popularity due to her first film "Paya enne hiruse". This film was directed by famous Sinhalese film director Udayakantha Warnakulasooriya. In this film Udari is done her first performance as actress and enter in to the Sri Lankan film sector.She was get married recently and I think She will apper more tele dramas and films in near future because her acting is very good and she is also good in facial expression.Hear are my latest photo collection of Udari Warnakulasuriya.I have posted more contents and photographs of this actress and I am planing to post more contentsand photographs in near future so keep in touch with my sit to get the latest update of this beauty.
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One of the most interesting facts in the field of computer security is that most corporate victims fail to detect their own compromises. Most often the malicious activity is first noticed by outsiders, but even then the discovery may occur many months, if not years, after the original compromise.
This is despite the fact that most victims have the evidence of the compromise sitting in their own event logs. They simply don't look. This should never be an acceptable fact, but it's downright negligence in today's world of constant spam, ever-present malware, and ever-successful APTs (advanced persistent threats).
[ Learn how to harness the security secrets contained in your event logs with "Log Analysis Deep Dive Report." | Keep up with key security issues with InfoWorld's Security Adviser blog and Security Central newsletter. ]
In truth, no one likes to ignore event logs. The central problem is that most alerting systems are 99.999 percent full of events that indicate nothing malicious whatsoever -- it's a self-induced denial-of-service attack. We get information overload from everywhere: firewalls, IDSes, antimalware consoles, antispam, system logs, forensics analysis, network flow analysis, and honeypots. Almost none of it is truly useful.
So how do you change the status quo to get more relevant, actionable information?
Step one is ending the madness of generating events and alerts that never result in an immediate, meaningful response. Turn the traditional event-logging model on its head by deciding to create alerts only on events that are absolutely malicious and/or should always result in an immediate, meaningful investigative response. To do this, you need to define which events indicate malicious mischief in no uncertain terms.
Raising the alarm on bad logons
Suppose domain admins and enterprise admins should never log on to regular workstations. If someone belonging to those superelevated groups does so, it should create an event to be investigated.
Microsoft Windows has defined such an event-monitoring tool, known as Special Logons. With Special Logons, admins define which groups are considered "special" and write those groups to each computer to be monitored in the Special Logons table. When enabled, if someone logs on to a monitored computer and belongs to a defined group, it generates a new event that should be immediately forwarded to an event log collector, which then generates an alert.
The one company in the world that hasn't been pwned uses this trick. Bad guys usually try to get elevated accounts, then use them to laterally traverse the network, hopping computer to computer. They usually have "god account" credentials with which they can log in all over the place. They have no idea what Special Logons are or where they should or shouldn't be logging on using the god accounts.
A lot of good event logging is looking at normal, reoccurring events, only alerting if they are excessively high. For example, a "bad logon" is a pretty normal event on most networks. They occur on almost every computer at least once a week, if not multiple times a day, usually due to the legitimate user putting in a bad password. This happens more and more, especially as we knowingly increase password sizes. You can't just generate an alert for a bad logon or even 100 bad logons on your network.
That's why bad logons, like many other events, require baselines and thresholds. The idea is you need to measure the range of the normal number of bad logons in your environment, then alert only when that normal number has been excessively exceeded -- and not by a little amount.


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Over the past couple years, Heat superstar Dwyane Wade has become one of the NBA's style icons—not only on the court, but also in pre- and post-game media sessions and other off-the-court events. Now, he's set to join forces with Stance, makers of high-quality socks. "The Wade Collection" is coming soon, and will feature Casual and Gentlemen socks. More, from Stance:
Stance, the leaders in the sock market and innovators in the category, continue to redefine the way we think of socks by announcing their partnership with NBA Miami HEAT Champion and style icon, Dwyane Wade. The Wade Collection, launching later this year, will showcase casual and gentlemen socks designed and developed by Wade.
Dwyane Wade is the first NBA basketball player to launch his own sock collection. Wade's first venture into the sock industry is certainly not his first in the world of fashion. As one of the NBA's leading men, Wade is consistently recognized as one of the best-dressed players off the court and often documented for his style. Stance was thrilled to incorporate Wade's love for fashion and passion for design into this collection—harnessing his personal style into all aspects of the collaboration process.
The Wade Collection will show the duality of fashion by featuring both casual and gentlemen socks to reflect Dwyane's style on and off the court. Wade has collaborated with Calyann Barnett, Creative Consultant of Brand Wade, on various designs for the collection; which are inspired and influenced by Wade's personal life and experiences. The collection is designed with the intention to satisfy the needs of the consumer by using socks as another way to express yourself in the world of fashion.
"We are very excited to team up with Dwyane Wade to launch the Wade Collection," said Jeff Kearl, CEO of Stance. "Wade has had an undeniable influence on the NBA and on fashion, and we are thrilled to collaborate with someone that is so passionate about everything that he is involved in. This collection really speaks for itself."
"I'm thrilled to partner with Stance on this new endeavor since fashion and personal expression is something I take pride in," said Dwyane Wade. "Socks are often overlooked in fashion, but I've always believed that style is about taking risks. Socks have the amazing ability to transform any ensemble into a bold fashion statement that reflects your personality and mood."


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How to Unlock an AT&T iPhone in 5 Easy Steps (If You're Lucky)
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On Sunday, AT&T let go of its SIM-locked hold on iPhone users, allowing them to unlock their handsets for use with other wireless carriers.
To unlock an AT&T iPhone, the device needs to be off-contract. For most users, that means owning the phone for more than two years, but you can also get out of an existing contract by paying an early termination fee. Also, your account must be in good standing with AT&T to be eligible for an unlock.
Unlocking an iPhone allows you to use SIM cards from local wireless carriers when traveling abroad, which are usually cheaper than paying for international coverage from AT&T. You can also use the phone on other GSM carriers in the United States, such as T-Mobile, although data speeds will be slower, and you can't use an unlocked AT&T iPhone on Verizon Wireless or Sprint.
I have an old iPhone 3GS that's no longer in day-to-day use, so I decided to give the unlock process a whirl. Here's what you need to do to unlock yours:
1. Look up your iPhone's IMEI number
Go to Settings, then "General," then "About," and you'll find the IMEI number listed near the bottom. Write it down. If you're on a family plan, you'll also need the last four digits of the main account holder's social security number.
2. Contact AT&T by phone, on the web or in person
Dial (800) 331-0500, or 611 from an AT&T phone, or visit the carrier's online support page for Wireless Support Chat. I tried both methods at the same time, and got through by phone first. When the system asks what phone number you're calling about, you can give your current number even if you're unlocking a different phone.
3. Tell AT&T you want to unlock your out-of-contract iPhone
Provide your IMEI number and be patient during the unlock process.. You'll also have to provide an e-mail address, where AT&T sends the unlock instructions.
4. Wait for AT&T's e-mail
For me, the e-mail arrived a couple minutes after getting off the phone, but other users have reported much longer waits. PCWorld's Ed Oswald was told to wait eight days, and an Apple Insider forum-goer was told to wait five to seven business days.
5. When the e-mail arrives, back up and restore your iPhone in iTunes
Open iTunes on a computer that's connected to the Internet. Make sure your iPhone has an active SIM card in it, then plug it into iTunes. Sync it with iTunes, then right-click on the device under the "Devices" column on the left side of the screen, and click "Back Up." Once that's finished, right-click on the device and select "Restore from Backup."
If all goes well, you should get the following message in iTunes: "Unlock Complete. Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked. To set up and sync this iPhone, click Continue." At this point, you should be able to insert SIM cards from other carriers.
For me, the unlock didn't go smoothly. After backing up and restoring my phone, iTunes didn't confirm the unlock. I tried doing a full restore, but that sent me back to the iPhone's activation setup, which wouldn't go through since I don't have a spare SIM card and tray for the phone. I called AT&T back, and they said my unlock failed, and that someone would follow up with me in a couple of days. I'll let you know how that turns out.
(UPDATE: An AT&T rep later told me that you must have an active SIM card in the iPhone in order for the unlock to go through. Added this information to the instructions above. If your iPhone no longer has a SIM card tray, which covers up the thin slot at the top of the handset, you can buy one on Amazon for about $1, plus an eject tool if you don't want to use a paper clip.)


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Saint Melito of Sardis
- Melito of Asia
- Meliton…
- Melitone…
- Melitus…
Bishop of Sardis, Lydia (part of modern Turkey). Ecclesiastical writer; he wrote an Apology (defense of Christianity) addressed to emperor Marcus Aurelius. Almost nothing else is known about his life.
- Eclogues
- On His prophecy
- On baptism
- On faith
- On hospitality
- On the Apocalypse of John
- On the Corporeality of God
- On the Lord's day
- On the church
- On the devil
- On the generation of Christ
- On the lives of the prophets
- On the passover
- On the psalms
- On the senses
- On the soul and body
- On truth
- The Key
The Lord, though he was God, became man.
He suffered for the sake of whose who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty, buried for those who lie in the grave; but he rose from the dead, and cried aloud: "Who will contend with me?
Let him confront me."
I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from their graves.
Who has anything to say against me?
I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven: I am the Christ.
Come, then, all you nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins that defile you.
I am your forgiveness.
I am the Passover that brings salvation.
I am the lamb who was immolated for you.
I am your ransom, you life, your resurrection, you light, I am your salvation and your king.
I will bring you to the heights of heaven.
With my own right hand I will raise you up, and I will show you the eternal Father.
– from a letter by Saint Melito of Sardis
Born as a son,
led forth as a lamb,
sacrificed as a sheep,
buried as a man,
he rose from the dead as a God,
for he was by nature God and man.
He is all things:
he judges, and so he is Law;
he teaches, and so he is Wisdom;
he saves, and so he is Grace;
he begets, and so he is Father;
he is begotten, and so he is Son;
he suffers, and os he is Sacrifice;
he is buried, and so he is man;
he rises again, and so he is God.
This is Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs glory for all ages.
– prayer by Saint Melito
- "Saint Melito of Sardis". CatholicSaints.Info. 14 March 2019. Web. 22 May 2019. <>


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The burial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev caught Virginia officials by surprise
DOSWELL, Va. – The Muslim cemetery where the remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev now lie is located off a gravel road in a region of central Virginia known for thoroughbreds, the Civil War, and the Kings Dominion amusement park.
The Al-Barzakh Cemetery currently has 47 marked graves and four unmarked graves, one of which presumably now contains Tsarnaev's body. Tsarnaev was buried here after his remains spent nearly a week in a Worcester funeral home, while relatives and funeral director Peter Stefan searched for a cemetery willing to accept the alleged terrorist's body.
Tsarnaev's burial caught officials in Caroline County by surprise, including Sheriff Tony Lippa, who arrived at the cemetery around 1:30 p.m. today, searching for someone at the cemetery to speak with.
Asked if he was blindsided by the burial, he said, "Of course, I am. Can't you tell?''
He walked up to a neighboring house, where he thought the owner of the cemetery lived. No one answered the door.
In a statement, Caroline County Administrator Charles M. Culley Jr. said he had no say in the decision to bury Tsarnaev's body in Doswell.
"Caroline County was not consulted or given any input into the decision-making process for determining a burial site for this individual,'' Culley said. "We had no advanced notice of the decision and unfortunately learned of the selection of a burial site through the media.''
Doswell, an unincorporated village in Virginia, is bisected by Caroline and Hanover counties and lies roughly 25 miles north of Richmond.
"We would much prefer to be associated with positive news reports from the national media, but unfortunately had no say in the matter,'' Culley said in the statement.
In a telephone interview, Gary Wilson, the Caroline County director of economic development and tourism, would not comment specifically on Tsarnaev's burial location, but said the county's residents have shared Boston's pain in the bombings' aftermath.
"Caroline County plays 'Sweet Caroline,' too, though not with the same regularity as Boston does,'' Wilson said, referring to the Neil Diamond song played during the eighth inning of every Red Sox home game. "Now, we think of it differently, in solidarity with Boston.''
The gravesite is several miles off Interstate 95, past Kings Dominion, an amusement park with a fake miniature Eiffel Tower and several rollercoasters and in a region where legendary Triple Crown thoroughbred winner Secretariat was born.
On the way to the cemetery, there's a green and white sign off the road that reads, "Al-Barzakh Islamic Cemetery.''
There are electric power lines overhead and one of the amusement park roller coasters is visible in the distance. This afternoon before news of the Tsarnaev burial was widely known, the cemetery was quiet, except for the chirping of some birds and the sounds coming from trucks from local television stations parked nearby.
But word was beginning to spread.
One man heard it on the news and drove out near the site. But he didn't want to see the grave, saying if he did he would spit upon it.
"They should have burned him and sent him back to his mama,'' said Wayne Pierce, a 61-year-old restaurant owner. "I just can't believe this. I don't know how they slipped him in like this.''
At the nearby Frog Level Market, reaction was mixed among shoppers who now face the prospect of seeing their community, which boasts of its connection to the famous racehorse, will now be known as the resting place for an alleged domestic terrorist.
"He's a Muslim. We don't need that here,'' Margaret Stevens, a 68-year-old-retiree, said as she bought items at the market. "All that stuff started in Boston. It's just not right. They shouldn't have brought him. It didn't happen here.''
She added, "I don't care what they do with [the body] as long as they don't bury him here.''
Robert Carter, a 66-year-old retiree who had just emerged from the same market, was more indifferent.
"I'm just kind of surprised,'' he said. "Me? I wouldn't [bury the body]. But if somebody feels like they should do it, it's their rights.''
According to Martha Mullen, a 48-year-old Richmond woman, she was upset by the protests in Worcester at the Stefan funeral home and decided to help find a place for the suspected terrorist to be buried. She reached out to Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, which agreed within an hour to provide a burial plot at its cemetery here, the Globe reported today.


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The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) is the Western Hemisphere's policy forum for dealing with the drug problem. The CICAD Executive Secretariat supports the Commission by strengthening the human and institutional capabilities and channeling the collective efforts of its member states to reduce the production, trafficking and use of illegal drugs. The Hemispheric Drug Strategy, approved in May 2010, expresses the firm commitment of member states to deal with the consequences of the drug trade, which pose a growing threat to health, economic development, social cohesion, and the rule of law.
CICAD was established by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1986. Each member government appoints a high-ranking representative to the Commission, which meets twice a year. CICAD promotes regional cooperation and coordination among OAS member states through action programs, carried out by CICAD's Executive Secretariat, to:
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The first sight that greets visitors to Santa Clara University is the façade of the restored church of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Santa Clara University, the oldest college in California, is also the only college in the state to be the successor of a Spanish mission. The history of both institutions is intimately bound up with the history of the state. The University, founded in 1851, was born amid the tumultuous growth of the Gold Rush era. The mission, dating back to 1777, was the first outpost of Spanish civilization in the Santa Clara Valley.
Early Exploration of the Santa Clara Valley
European explorers first saw the Santa Clara Valley in 1769, when Gaspar de Portolá's land expedition to Monterey Bay continued up the coast to San Francisco, then rounded the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Other early expeditions passed through the valley during the 1770s. The diarists of these expeditions, such as Juan Crespí, Francisco Palóu, Pedro Font, and Juan Bautista de Anza, described the Santa Clara Valley as a broad grassy plain covered with oaks and well-watered with marshy creeks and rivers, whose courses could be traced from a distance by the trees growing along their banks. The explorers commented on the abundant good agricultural land and also on the number of Indian settlements. All agreed that the Santa Clara Valley (known at this time as the Llano de Los Robles, or Plain of the Oaks) was an excellent place for a mission.
One of these expeditions, in 1774, was specially ordered by the Spanish Viceroy Antonio Bucareli to select sites for future missions. The leaders of the expedition, Governor Fernando de Rivera y Moncada and Fray Francisco Palóu, thought that an ideal site would be on San Francisquito Creek near the Palo Alto redwood tree. It seemed to be the perfect location: good land, sources of water and firewood, access to the Bay, and many Indian villages nearby. However, when de Anza and Font revisited the site two years later, they decided the place would not be suitable after all, because the San Francisquito Creek dried up in the summer. Instead, they recommended a site to the southeast, on a river that they named Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe).
Viceroy Bucareli had called for the exploration and occupation of the San Francisco Bay region in 1773 in order to strengthen New Spain's northern frontier and secure the valuable port of San Francisco against Russian or British expansion. Part of his plan was to establish two missions, one at the mouth of the harbor and the other at its southern end. By September of 1776, the northern mission, San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) had been founded, but its southern companion, to be named for St. Francis' childhood friend, St. Clare of Assisi, had not. Consequently, in November 1776, Governor Rivera set out from Monterey with Fray Tomás de la Peña to make one more survey of the area. They selected a site on the banks of the Guadalupe, then journeyed to San Francisco so that Rivera could visit the Presidio there.
The Mission's Humble Beginnings
On Nov. 30, Rivera returned to Monterey in order to dispatch Fray de la Peña's partner, Fray José Murguía, with soldiers and supplies for the new mission. The soldiers arrived in San Francisco at the end of December, and on Jan. 6, 1777, Fray de la Peña, the soldiers, and the lieutenant commander of the Presidio started the journey down the peninsula. On the banks of the Guadalupe River, they set up a cross and constructed a makeshift altar under a tree. On Jan. 12, 1777, Fray de la Peña said the first Mass at the new Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth mission to be founded in California.
A few days later, Fray Murguía arrived from Monterey with the supplies, including religious articles gathered from the missions in Baja California and designated for a future Mission Santa Clara as long before as 1768. With the supplies at hand, Fathers Murguía and de la Peña were now able to begin the work of converting the Indians.
The Indians they wished to convert, known as Costanoans (from the Spanish Costeños, or people of the coast) or Ohlones (an Indian word of uncertain meaning), had lived in the hills and valleys around the Bay for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish. Unlike the Indians of Mexico, the Ohlones built no great cities, nor did they develop agriculture. They lived in tiny settlements, called by the Spanish rancherías, and survived by hunting and gathering. Although their staple food was the acorn, ground by the women in stone mortars and made into porridge or cakes, they varied their diet with fish and shellfish from the Bay and rivers, with seeds and roots from the meadows, and with venison, rabbit, and quail. The Ohlones lived a peaceful life in harmony with their environment, a life that changed irrevocably with the coming of the Franciscan missionaries.
The two missionaries assigned to Santa Clara worked diligently at the task of converting the Indians, who inhabited more than 40 rancherías in the vicinity. They also tackled the immediate problem of building places for themselves and for the slowly growing number of converts to live, work, and worship. By the end of 1777, the padres and their assistants had completed the church and the priests' residence; another house was under construction. All the buildings were of upright logs with dirt roofs. They also built two corrals, one for cattle and one for sheep and goats, and a wooden bridge across the Guadalupe. Grain fields, watered by irrigation ditches, had been planted.
Guadalupe River Overflows
This promising beginning, however, was wiped out in January 1779 when the Guadalupe River overflowed its banks. Although they valued the river as a water source, Peña and Murguía realized that the flood danger made the mission's location inadvisable. Salvaging everything they could, they moved to an interim site on higher ground to the south. Here they began again, setting up new log buildings and digging new irrigation ditches. Fray Juñipero Serra blessed the second, temporary, church on Nov. 11, 1779. Meantime, Peña and Murguía searched for a permanent location for Mission Santa Clara.
By 1781 they had found it: far enough away from the river to be safe from floods, but close enough to allow an irrigation canal to bring water to the fields. On Nov. 19, 1781, in an elaborate ritual, Father Serra blessed and laid a cornerstone for the third Mission Church. In a cavity in the cornerstone were placed a crucifix, religious images, and Spanish coins to signify the Church treasury. (The cornerstone was accidentally found by a workman digging for a gas main along Franklin Street in 1911. The cornerstone and its contents are on display in the Mission Room of the University's de Saisset Museum.)
The New Church
After the cornerstone ceremony, work began on the new church. It was completed 2 1/2 years later, in May 1784. Unlike the two previous temporary churches, which were built of wood, the permanent church was an imposing adobe structure 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 20 feet high. The four-foot-thick adobe walls were whitewashed inside and out and decorated with a painted border on the interior. Unfortunately, Fray Murguía, who had designed the church, died four days before the dedication ceremony, which was held May 15, 1784. Father Serra was the celebrant at the ceremony, assisted by Fathers Peña and Palóu. Also in attendance were Governor Pedro Fages, the entire mission community, and the inhabitants of the Pueblo of San José (which had been founded in November 1777). The ceremony was not entirely solemn; Fray de la Peña reported that "the celebration was carried on amid the ringing of bells, salutes from the muskets of the soldiers and with the fireworks on the Mission." The following day, Sunday, May 16, Serra celebrated the first Mass in the new church.
Of course, the missionaries of Santa Clara did not spend all their time fleeing floodwaters and building churches. They remained at the third site for 34 years, during which time they could concentrate on their main functions, which were both spiritual and material. The Franciscans were dedicated missionaries driven by their desire to bring salvation to the Indians. They were also administrators of the Spanish government's colonial policy. A Spanish frontier colony such as California typically had three institutions: the pueblo, the presidio, and the mission. Pueblos were civil settlements; presidios provided military protection; missions were responsible for the native population.
At the missions, the Indians learned the rudiments of Christianity and received the sacraments of the Church. Mission Santa Clara, incidentally, performed more baptisms than did any other mission. The Indians also learned Spanish, because of the bewildering number of distinct Indian languages spoken in California. In addition, the friars tried to teach the Indians the skills necessary to become productive Spanish citizens. While the Indian women learned to cook and make clothing, the men farmed wheat, corn, and beans and herded cattle and sheep on the missions' extensive lands. In 1827, Mission Santa Clara owned 14,500 head of cattle and 15,500 head of sheep. The produce of the mission helped to supply the neighboring pueblo and presidio in addition to the mission community itself. The mission was prosperous. Unfortunately, at Santa Clara as at all the California missions, the Indians had no resistance to diseases like measles and smallpox, which the Spanish carried with them. Santa Clara led the other missions in burials as well at baptisms.
The Earthquake and Secularization
After a long period of calm, the quiet at Mission Santa Clara was broken in 1818, when the Mission Church suffered severe damage in an earthquake. Fray José Viader and Fray Magín Catalá, who served at Santa Clara from the 1790s to the1830s, built a temporary adobe church near the present site of Kenna Hall on the University campus. This building was used as the church between 1819 and 1825 and as the Indian boys' residence between 1825 and 1836. After secularization, the building eventually became a dance hall; it was purchased by the college in 1860 and razed in 1867.
Construction of a new permanent mission compound at the fifth and final site began in 1822. The church, residences, workshops, and storerooms were laid out in a large quadrangle. (The only remaining structures from this period are now known as the Adobe Lodge, which houses the University's Faculty Club, and the Adobe Wall. They formed the southwest corner of the square.) The new church was dedicated Aug. 11, 1825. This building, with various modifications, stood until 1926.
Life at Mission Santa Clara's fifth location continued much as it had for the previous 44 years. However, events in the outside world would soon change the mission's time-honored routines. After Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1822, voices clamoring for the secularization of the missions acquired a sympathetic hearing. To secularize meant to turn over a mission from the missionary order that founded it to the secular, or diocesan, clergy, and to distribute the mission lands to the Indians. Ideally, in the Spanish mission system, secularization was implemented after a mission had been in existence for 10 years. In California, however, secularization was delayed because the missionaries felt the Indians were not yet ready for life outside the regimentation of the mission.
Nevertheless, beginning in the 1820s, more and more lay people called for the immediate secularization of the California missions. Their motives were mixed. Some liberal Mexican revolutionaries thought the Church a reactionary institution and wanted its extensive powers and privileges curtailed. The motives of the lay population of California were less ideologically inspired—they simply wanted the missions' lands. The combination of idealism and greed was unstoppable, and secularization began in 1834. Mission Santa Clara was secularized Dec. 27, 1836.
The secularization law provided that half the mission property be distributed among the Indians and half controlled by a lay administrator. Because there were so few secular priests in California, the Franciscans stayed on at the missions as parish priests and were allowed to retain the buildings in the mission quadrangles. Secularization did not, however, go according to plan. The Indians were quickly defrauded of their lands and livestock. At Santa Clara, American squatters lived on mission property. All over California, mission buildings fell into disrepair and the Indians were exploited worse than they had been under the mission system.
Santa Clara College
Mission Santa Clara operated as a parish during the 1830s and 1840s, charged with serving the religious needs of the town of San José. However, its Franciscan pastors during this period were not very conscientious. In fact, the behavior of the mission's last Franciscan, José Suárez del Real, gave cause for scandal. With the coming of the Gold Rush in 1849, San José's population grew rapidly. There was now even greater need for both religious and educational institutions in the Santa Clara Valley, needs Mission Santa Clara seemed unable to supply. In December of 1850, however, the new bishop of California, the Dominican Joseph Sadoc Alemany, recognizing the need for more schools and churches, offered the decrepit buildings of Mission Santa Clara to John Nobili, S.J., who had been in California since 1849 attempting to open a school. On March 4, 1851, Bishop Alemany appointed Nobili pastor of Mission Santa Clara. Nobili took possession on March 19; he and Suárez del Real, who was being sent back to Mexico, signed the inventory of mission property on March 21. In May, after only a few weeks of preparations, Santa Clara College, the first in the State of California, began instructing students.
Santa Clara College struggled during the first few years of its existence, troubled by a shortage of both teachers and money, by primitive facilities, and by legal difficulties involving the claim to the mission property. In 1861, however, a new and energetic president, Burchard Villiger, S.J., began a four-year presidency that would transform Santa Clara. Part of his program was to remodel the College's ugly adobe buildings, including the Mission Church. Workmen attached a new wooden façade with two bell towers over the old adobe front of the building. In 1885, another president, Robert Kenna, S.J., remodeled the church again, leaving the façade intact but widening the interior to increase the seating capacity.
The final "remodeling" of the fifth Mission Church occurred on Oct. 24, 1926, when faulty wiring set off a fire in the church's north bell tower. A priest saying morning Mass gave the alarm, and students and faculty tried valiantly to save the historic old building. The church, sadly, was totally destroyed, although students did manage to rescue many statues and paintings, other liturgical objects, and one of the mission bells, which rang the De Profundis for the dead that night, as it had for a hundred years.
Encouraged by a flood of sympathy and donations, the University administration began reconstruction of the destroyed church almost immediately. Rather than a duplication of the church that had burned, the restoration attempted to recapture the appearance of the 1825 church before its many remodelings. The church was again made wider than the original because it had to serve as the University chapel. The façade, however, returned to its original one-tower design, although it was eventually embellished with carved wooden statues of the saints instead of painted decorations. The decorations of the interior also followed the original lines, except that the patterns on the walls were painted in pastel pink and blue instead of the original brilliant red and yellow. Careful copies were made of the destroyed Mexican reredos and Dávila's painted ceiling. The restoration, one of the earliest undertaken, is imperfect, but it imparts much more of the flavor of the original than did the building it replaced. The sixth Mission Church was dedicated May 13, 1928. From then until now it has served as the University chapel, used by the University community for Masses, baptisms, weddings and funerals. The Mission Church is open to the public and welcomes visitors.
For further reading:
Engelhardt, Zephyrin. The Holy Man of Santa Clara: Life, Virtues and Miracles of Fr. Magín Catalá, O.F.M. (San Francisco: J.H. Barry, 1909).
Garr, Daniel. "Power and Priorities: Church-State Boundary Disputes in Spanish California." California History 57 (1978), 364-75.
Krell, Dorothy, ed. The California Missions: A Pictorial History (Menlo Park: Lane Publishing Co., 1979).
McKevitt, Gerald, S.J. The University of Santa Clara: A History, 1851-1977 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979).
Margolin, Malcolm. The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area (Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1978).
Spearman, Arthur, S.J. The Five Franciscan Churches of Mission Santa Clara, 1777-1825 (Palo Alto: National Press, 1963).
Webb, Edith. Indian Life at the Old Missions (Los Angeles: W.F. Lewis, 1952).
By Teresa Pugh