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2012 Press Releases
November 19, 2012
Nevsun Hires Two New Executives To Support Growth
Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) ("Nevsun") is pleased to announce it is adding two new executives to its senior management team, Joseph Giuffre, as Chief Legal Officer, and Todd Romaine, as VP, Corporate Social Responsibility.
Nevsun CEO Cliff Davis commented: "The Company has in recent months been building its internal capacity to support management in its operations and growth for the future. Joe and Todd are both integral components to that strategy."
Mr. Giuffre is a seasoned lawyer with deep experience in both the mining industry as well as public markets. As part of the "C" suite he will be responsible for all of the legal affairs of the Company, as well as a key participant in managing the corporate strategy going forward. Joe's extensive experience in the legal affairs of several public companies in the industry will be a significant addition to our internal capacity for expansion.
Mr. Giuffre, B.A., LLB., was a founding partner of Axium Law Corporation, a Vancouver based law firm and was previously a partner of Gowlings, a full service national law firm. He has over twenty-five years of combined business and legal experience and has acted for a wide range of Canadian and foreign public corporations, principally in the mining sector. Mr. Giuffre has advised on securities and stock exchange and regulatory matters, public offerings, joint venture transactions, debt and equity financing, mergers and corporate reorganizations, purchase and sale arrangements, corporate governance matters and various other complex commercial matters. Joe is assisting us now and will be officially joining Nevsun in January 2013.
Mr. Romaine brings with him over ten years of industry experience overseeing CSR programs including policy and process development, operational governance, environmental monitoring and public awareness initiatives with stakeholders and the public. Working for the past four years with Enbridge Inc., Mr. Romaine has also worked with Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the Government of Nunavut. He has a BSc in Environmental planning; a BA in Environmental studies an MA in Leadership as well as International Relations. Todd has joined Nevsun in November 2012.
The area of social responsibility is a key concern throughout our industry as we operate in other people's back yards. Respect and understanding are key traits that Nevsun has observed in past and will do so in the future, abiding by high international standards. Todd will oversea our engagement and adherence to these standards, as well as participate in strategy going forward. Todd has been dealing with sensitive matters in past positions and will be overseeing our strategy and implementation of the Company's CSR programs.
We welcome both Joe and Todd to the Nevsun team.
Forward Looking Statements
The above contains forward-looking statements regarding the future responsibilities of Mr. Giuffre and Mr. Romaine and acquisition plans for the Company. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimated," "potential," "possible" and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions or results "will," "may," "could" or "should" occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements are statements about the future and are inherently uncertain, and actual achievements of the Company or other future events or conditions may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, those described in the Management Discussion and Analysis of the Company. The Company's forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, expectations and opinions of management on the date the statements are made and the Company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements in the future. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Please see the Company's Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 for a more complete discussion of the risk factors associated with our business.
About Nevsun Resources Ltd.
Nevsun Resources Ltd. is a Vancouver-based mining company with an operating mine in Eritrea. Nevsun's 60%-owned Bisha Mine commenced gold production in February 2011 and is scheduled to transition to copper/gold production in 2013. Management expects the Bisha Mine will rank as one of the highest grade open pit base metal deposits in the world.
Cliff T. Davis
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Carissa Moore (HAW), 17, eliminated reigning ASP Women's World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, and defending US Open Champion Courtney Conlogue (USA), 17, in Round 3 today.
US Open of Surfing
ASP PRIME (Men's)
ASP 6-Star (Women's)
ASP Grade-2 (Men's)
ASP Grade-2 (Women's)
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
July 31-August 8, 2010
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women's 6-Star US Open of Surfing presented by Hurley and Nike 6.0 saw reigning three-time ASP Women's World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, and defending event champion Courtney Conlogue (Santa Ana, CA), 17, fall in Round 3 of competition today with Carissa Moore (Honolulu, HI), 17, and Laura Enever (AUS), 18, advancing through the stacked heat in tricky two-to-four foot (1 metre) South Huntington Beach Pier conditions.
Surfers competing at the ASP 6-Star US Open of Surfing are out to claim the priceless ratings points towards qualification for the ASP Women's Dream Tour. Accompanying the ratings points this year will be a groundbreaking $50,000 for the 2010 Women's US Open of Surfing Champion.
Moore emerged victorious in the paramount heat which split first and third places by less than one point to advance through to the Round of 12 by capitalizing on the Huntington Beach right-handers. The Hawaiian prodigy unleashed flashy tail-drifting turns while finishing strong on the inside to take out the win.
"It was a Round 3 heat with Steph (Gilmore), Laura (Enever) and Courtney (Conlogue)," Moore said. "That could have very well been a Final. You have the World Champion and defending event champion, so it was just crazy. Every one of those girls just rips and especially with the conditions out here, it's a little random, so everyone can do anything at anytime."
Moore's massive heat victory also keeps her in the running for the historic $50,000 prize-purse in place for this year's Women's US Open of Surfing winner, the largest in women's professional surfing history.
"It's pretty crazy that Nike decided to step up and decided to put 50 grand for first place for the girls," Moore said. "I think it's awesome. There's a lot more on the line and a lot more excitement and I think it's great to have them support us like that."
Enever, who is the reigning ASP Women's World Junior Champion, escaped the heavy heat over Conlogue by three 10ths of a point to advance to the Round of 12 and after an impressive run in yesterday's ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior event, the young Australian is hoping to build momentum in an attempt to take out the monumental prize purse.
"I had some good heats yesterday in the Pro Junior and then to come back today and make it through that heat, it's been a really amazing contest so far and it's only been the first two days," Enever said. "I'm stoked and hopefully I can just make it as far as I can. It'd be great to take the 50 grand, but I guess anything is possible now after that heat."
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, current ASP Women's Dream Tour No. 2, detonated the event's highest scores in her Round of 24 heat, blasting a near perfect 9.00 out of 10 while accumulating the highest heat total of 17.17 out of 20.
"It's good to get two rounds out of the way," Fitzgibbons said. "I was feeling really good out there and in rhythm of the sets. It was fun out there."
Fitzgibbons, who has three consecutive runner-up finishes in the last three ASP Women's World Title events and was the winner of the Portuguese based ASP 6-Star event earlier this season, also has her eye on the landmark $50,000 prize purse but knows there is still a long road ahead.
"It's super early days, but it's fantastic that Nike has put up the money," Fitzgibbons said. "It makes it all the more exciting. There is a long way to go yet, but it'd be a nice incentive."
Lakey Peterson (Santa Barbara, CA), 15, who is an event wildcard, smashed some of the day's top scores in her opening heat. The young Californian put on an impressive first showing on the international stage to eliminate current ASP Dream Tour campaigners Paige Hareb (NZL), 20, and Bruna Schmitz (BRA), 20, and is now only one of 12 competitors remaining in the event.
"The waves were really tricky and it could have gone either way in all of them," Peterson said. "I felt really good in my first heat and my second heat was kind of just whoever got the best waves really. I'm just really excited to make it to the Round before the Quarterfinals."
Peterson, who is competing in her first ever ASP Star rated event, was thrilled to capitalize on the ever-important ratings points at the ASP 6-Star event while being a part of women's surfing history with Nike 6.0's donation of the increased prize purse.
"This is my first ASP Star event," Peterson said. "Today gives me a lot of confidence and to be a part of this event with the biggest prize purse in women's history is a big honor."
The US Open of Surfing runs from July 31 through August 8, 2010. Women's ASP 6-Star action will kick off tomorrow's schedule with the Round of 12 before beginning the men's ASP PRIME event with the Round of 128. For all of the LIVE action log on to www.usopenofsurfing.com
US Open of Surfing Women's Round of 24 Results:
Heat 1: Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.94, Laura Enever (AUS) 14.67, Courtney Conlogue (USA) 14.37, Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 10.30
Heat 2: Lakey Peterson (USA) 9.50, Tyler Wright (AUS) 9.07, Sayuri Hashimoto (JPN) 10.10, Paige Hareb (NZL) 4.00
Heat 3: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 7.33, Chantelle Rautenbach (ZAF) 6.66, Malia Manuel (HAW) 6.40, Felicity Palmateer (AUS) 4.87
Heat 4: Justine Dupont (FRA) 11.83, Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 8.50, Sage Erickson (USA) 7.73, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 4.43
Heat 5: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 17.17, Sarah Baum (ZAF) 13.60, Cannelle Bulard (REU) 7.70, Karina Petroni (USA) 6.17
Heat 6: Alana Blanchard (HAW) 11.57, Nicola Atherton (AUS) 8.93, Claudia Goncalves (BRA) 5.07, Mizuki Hagiwara (JPN) 3.95
US Open of Surfing Women's Round of 48 Results:
Heat 1: Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.07, Tyler Wright (AUS) 12.93, Pauline Ado (FRA) 11.87, Arini Mason (NZL) 5.93
Heat 2: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 15.34, Paige Hareb (NZL) 9.13, Valaria Sole (PER) 5.50, Gabi Cope (HAW) 3.17
Heat 3: Lakey Peterson (USA) 15.50, Laura Enever (AUS) 11.74, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 6.26, Natalie Anzavino (USA) 6.06
Heat 4: Sayuri Hashimoto (JPN) 10.10, Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 8.57, Laurina McGrath (AUS) 5.47, Francisca Santos (PRT) 4.43
Heat 5: Felicity Palmateer (AUS) 8.06, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 7.23, Anastasia Ashley (USA) 3.93, Ornella Pellizzari (ARG) 2.53
Heat 6: Malia Manuel (HAW) 13.84, Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 12.03, Leila Hurst (HAW) 9.93, Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 8.73
Heat 7: Sage Erickson (USA) 11.73, Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 8.90, Keleigh Gilchrist (USA) 8.53, Nage Melamed (HAW) 5.20

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Description: The Bible does not record much of what happened in the early years of Jesus' life. Because of this, many have attempted to fill in the gaps between His birth and His baptism by John. Although the Gospels do not record much in terms of the amount of biblical data, what it is recorded speaks volumes about the vocation and mission of Jesus. In this message, Dr. Sproul discusses this as he visits with Mary and Joseph at the Temple, looking at "The Early Years of Jesus' Life."
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We live-blogged all the action in the stock market on Tuesday. You can get a compact rundown of the day\'s action in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:40 am
- Higher open
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Good morning.
Stocks are heading north in the early going.
Dow +0.5%
Nasdaq +0.5%
- 9:45 am
- Merck, Cummins up after earnings
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Merck and Cummins are among the stocks helping to lead the way higher for the S&P 500.
Read about Merck's upbeat earnings report here, and get the quarterly news release from Cummins here.
Merck was last up 2.6% (leading the Dow), while Cummins gained 3.3%.
Other notable movers are covered in our Movers & Shakers column.
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- 9:55 am
- Sprint sprints higher
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Sprint is another heavyweight rising on its quarterly earnings report today.
The wireless carrier was last up 8% after posting a loss of 4 cents a share, topping forecasts for a loss of 9 cents.
Sprint has been trying to attract new customers with an ad blitz touting its "Framily" plan. Should you switch cell phone carriers? Here's a take from one MarketWatch columnist.
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- 10:10 am
- Confidence, housing reports
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Stocks are basically holding their gains after fresh data on consumer confidence hit at 10 a.m. Eastern.
A key index fell to 82.3 in April, missing expectations for 83.3, but the March reading was revised to 83.9 — representing the highest level since 2008.
Meanwhile, U.S. home prices were nearly unchanged in February, after slumping 0.1% in each month since November, according to a report out before the open.
Investors seem to be paying more attention to earnings reports today. After all, the bigger economic news will hit later this week — Fed statement and GDP on Wednesday, jobs report on Friday.
- 10:20 am
- Coach, Gogo slide
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Big movers on the downside include Coach, last down 9%, and Gogo, last down a whopping 21%.
Coach offered a disappointing outlook.
Gogo is falling on news of competition for its in-flight wireless service — namely AT&T getting involved. AT&T was last up 0.7%.
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- 10:22 am
- Modest gains, off day's highs
- by Victor Reklaitis
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About 50 minutes into today's sessions, the main indexes are showing modest gains and have slipped a bit from their session highs.
Dow +0.4% or 67 points
Nasdaq +0.3%
- 10:37 am
- IWM still holding above 200-day line
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Russell 2000 and the ETF tracking that small-cap benchmark have grabbed the attention of many traders this week, as they both dance around a key level.
They are each testing their 200-day moving average, a chart level that they haven't closed under since November 2012 — 17 months ago.
If the index and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF can't hold above their 200-day lines, some traders will see that as a bearish sign — namely investors losing some of their appetite for riskier plays.
A Credit Suisse note on Tuesday morning point out that the Russell "closed marginally above" its 200-day line on Monday, and that "will be a level traders will focus (on) this week."
- 10:50 am
- MarketWatch Radio newscast
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Wall Street begins with big gains and one airline now charges travelers who want to use the overhead bin. MarketWatch's Ann Cates reports.
- 11:00 am
- WSJ Live: eBay among stocks to watch
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Sital Patel takes a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including eBay, Twitter, and Coach. Photo: Getty.
- 11:19 am
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Markets are trading in positive territory, albeit slightly below their session highs.
On the S&P 500 energy sector stocks are leading the gains. Merck and Exxon Mobil are leading the gains on the Dow.
Dow +0.37%
Nasdaq +0.25%
- 11:31 am
- Yahoo rises on analysts 'buy' note
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Via Benjamin Pimentel:
Shares of Yahoo Inc. jumped Tuesday after a UBS analyst told clients that the Web portal's stock was "materially undervalued," citing the company's Alibaba stake and gains in its core business.
Yahoo shares were up 3.3% at $35.11. UBS analyst Eric Sheridan, who has a buy rating on Yahoo, told clients in a note that "the market is materially undervaluing the sum of the parts in Yahoo shares."
For more on the story, read: Yahoo 'materially undervalued,' says UBS
- 11:41 am
- Exxon trumps Tesla
- by Anora Mahmudova
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There's been a change of leadership in the stock market, writes William Watts. You can read the full story here: Value trumps growth as investors pick Exxon over Tesla.
Value-oriented stocks, which had lagged behind their growth-oriented counterparts in January and February, have decisively outperformed since at least mid-March. That raises important questions for strategists and investors as they ponder the next phase of a maturing bull market.
"It's obvious that value is back in the pole position," said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.
- 11:58 am
- Economic calendar
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The Federal Open Market Committee meeting began today at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
The meeting will conclude tomorrow with the outcome firmly baked in the markets: the Fed will cut the bond-purchase program by another $10 billion and issue a statement which most analysts expect to remain the same. There will be no press conference afterwards.
GDP number will be released on Wednesday morning. On Thursday morning we will take a look at another week's worth of unemployment claims and on Friday we will get the jobs report.
- 12:25 pm
- Twitter rallies ahead of Q1 results
- by Sue Chang
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After a five-session losing streak, Twitter shares are recovering to rise 4.5% ahead of quarterly results.
Analysts are pegging the microblogging company to lose 3 cents a share in the first quarter.
"Monthly Active Users and Time Line Views per MAU are the two most important engagement metrics. We view monetization improvements as secondary, although the launch of new native ad formats should help bolster revenue growth throughout 2014," said Jordan Rohan at Stifel Nicolaus.
- 12:41 pm
- Strong earnings lift Herbalife shares
- by Sue Chang
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Herbalife shares gained 2.9% in the wake of strong first-quarter earnings.
Here are some of the highlights from the announcement:
- GAAP EPS of 74 cents
- Adjusted EPS of $1.50 vs estimates of $1.30
- Revenue of $1.26 billion
- 2014 EPS forecast at $6.10 to $6.30
- Termination of dividend, funds diverted to stock buyback
Analyst Rommel Dionisio at Wedbush Tuesday reiterated his buy rating on Herbalife. "We continue to believe shares of HLF represents a solid buying opportunity for risk-tolerant investors."
- 12:59 pm
- Apple gets Aa1 rating from Moody's
- by Sue Chang
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Apple's 7-part debt offering was rated 'Aa1′ by Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday. Financial markets view Aa-grade as high quality and is one level below triple-A.
Moody's said:
The Aa1 rating reflects Apple's position as one the world's leading providers of mobile communications devices, tablets, personal computers, portable media players and digital content. Apple has a very robust financial profile with operating margins, coverage, and cash flow metrics that compare favorably with companies that also have very high debt ratings.
Apple has not said how much funds it is seeking but MarketWatch's Ben Eisen reports that it could total "at least $17 billion."
Shares of Apple edged down 0.2% as of mid-day Tuesday.
- 1:33 pm
- It's a Tuesday rally, folks!
- by Anora Mahmudova
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It's a statistical anomaly, but "a remarkably strong one" this year says Chris Bouffard, chief investment officer at The Mutual Fund Store. But the market remains in a trading range with catalysts "on both sides of the spectrum."
- 1:48 pm
- Mid-spring surprise
- by Anora Mahmudova
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We've mentioned before that this week has a number of important economic reports, but wanted to point out just how important they were.
A week during which all four of FOMC decision, GDP, ISM and NFP numbers are released happens quite rarely, according to John Canally, economist and investment strategist at LPL Financial.
In the past 14 years, this happened only 8 times (would have been 9 if it weren't for the government shutdown in October 2013).
Historically, these weeks have exhibited 20% more volatility than an average week over this time span, and the VIX, a measure of equity market volatility, has been 4% higher. Add in the 139 S&P 500 companies expected to report earnings, and this week is unlikely to be just another boring mid-spring week for financial market participants.
In addition to those four key events, markets will digest U.S. vehicle sales for April, pending home sales for March, home prices for February, and key data in China (Purchasing Managers' Index [PMI] for April) and Japan (housing starts and vehicle sales for April), along with the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting.
- 1:58 pm
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Barring drastic sell-offs, stocks are headed to end the day with gains. Techs and financials are now leading the gains on the S&P 500.
- 2:24 pm
- MarketWatch Radio: On housing
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Outside of a housing bubble, home sales fall when prices go up. And that's just what they did in February.
- 2:39 pm
- Consol Energy performs well
- by Kaitlyn Wells
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Consol Energy Inc. /quotes/zigman/190880/delayed /quotes/nls/cnx CNX is up 4.95%, at $44.04, following Tuesdays release of its first-quarter earnings. The energy producer said profits were at $116 million, or 50 cents a share, from a loss of $1.8 million, or 1 cent a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 15% to $969.2 million.
- 2:50 pm
- Tech stocks rally
- by Kaitlyn Wells
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Some tech stocks are rallying today.
Twitter is up 5%, at $42.82
Yahoo! is up 4%, at $35.51
Facebook is up 3%, at $57.87
HP is up 2%, at $32.95
Google is up 1% at $527.10
Ebay is up 1%, at $54.30
- 3:07 pm
- Biotechs are up
- by Kaitlyn Wells
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The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF is near its session high of $230.24, at $229.76.
Some of the biotech companies that are in the green, include:
Biogen Idec is up 3%, at $292.05
Alexuion Pharmaceuticals is up 3%, at $156.83
Celgene Corp is up 3%, at $147.13
Gilead Sciences is up 2%, at $76.14
- 3:26 pm
- Apple selling corporate bonds
- by Kaitlyn Wells
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Apple traded sideways the entire session, currently virtually unchanged at $593.71. The tech giant is selling $12 billion in corporate bonds Tuesday, reports MarketWatch's Ben Eisen, which is its second major debt offering in the past 12 months. Apple is raising money to fund its shareholder return program.
- 3:45 pm
- 3D Systems stock is down
- by Kaitlyn Wells
- Add a Comment
Despite solid earnings results Tuesday, 3D Systems Corp /quotes/zigman/5280737/delayed /quotes/nls/ddd DDD , a 3D printing company, is down 8%, at $44.98. Since reaching the peak this January, the company lost more than half of its market value.
- 4:02 pm
- Stocks post solid gains
- by William Watts
- Add a Comment
Is everybody happy?
Stocks ended solidly in the green, marking the second day of gains for the Dow and S&P, while marking the first up day in three for the Nasdaq.
S&P 500 — up 8.9 points, or 0.5%, at 1,878.33, leaving it 0.66% below its all-time high of 1,890.90 set on April 2.
DJIA — up 86.18, or 0.5%, at 16,535.31, its third-highest close of the year. The index is off 0.25% from its record high of 16,576.66 hit on Dec. 31.
Nasdaq — up 29.14, or 0.7%, at 4,103.54


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The obvious dawned on me a few years ago with respect to Italian wine. For all the great Italian red wine, there's not so much Italian great white wine.
It's almost weird, though I suppose Germany isn't exactly known for red wine. I'd just never really thought about it. There are the great Piedmontese reds of Barolo and Barbaresco. The Brunello and Chianti, of Tuscany, also reds. The Amarone of the Veneto. Even the noble. Aglianico of the south. All red.
But whites? Not so much. Arneis is a modern white from Piedmont, but it's made in small quantities. And I understand its really only been bottled on its own in very recent times. It's a lovely starter to a Piedmontese dinner though I wouldn't imagine sticking with it too long when the food gets more serious.
Yes, there's Friulano of the northeast. Delicious. Of course the great sparkling wines of Fanciacorta. Ok, that's great Italian white wine. And sure, the esoteric but occasionally brilliant yellow (intentionally oxidized white) wines of Fruili near the Slovenian border - Radikon and friends - can be magical. Not to mention the occasionally incredible Trebbiano d'Abruzzo like the Valentini I wrote about recently.
But exceptions prove the rule. When it comes to Italian whites, you're mostly looking at things from touristy areas like the Vernaccia di San Gimignano in Tuscany or the Frascati from just outside Rome. The south has some interesting things like Lacryma di Christo del Vesuvio, but they're mostly after thoughts in the world of wine.
Some of the best examples are overlooked gems. Are most great wines? Reference point wines capable of aging and improving with time like the best reds? No, not really.
That strikes me as a little weird. I guess it's part of learning about wine, even when you think you know a few things. Italian whites can be and so often are delicious. They just don't capture the imagination like the great reds of Italy. They certainly haven't made the name of Italian wine, not even close.
So what do we do with them? Drink them, because Italy is full of inexpensive, tasty whites mostly from grapes the world hasn't ever heard of. But with a little knowledge and perhaps some experience visiting the regions these little wines come from, you'll never think twice in an Italian restaurant about what to order.
Take Orvieto. Sure, there's innocuous wine produced in the region, but what region doesn't have that? In most decent restaurants, as well as good wine shops, Orvieto is a great DOC (region) to look for if you want authentic taste at a very reasonable price. Many cost around $10-$15 in shops, so they'll often be served by the glass or listed near the top (cheap zone) of a wine list.
Best of all, you're not getting the same grapes grown all over the world. You're getting something authentically Italian. Producer is important, though so is importer here in the states. Have some favorite Italian reds? Find who imports them and see if they import an Orvieto. That's a great way to start finding good wines in any region you don't know well. The importer will often have done the hard work for you, selecting something worth your time above many other offerings in the region.
Take the 2011 Rocca di Tufo Orvieto. I didn't recognize the importer in this case - WorldWide Cellars Imports - but one of my favorite local shops in Portland, Storyteller Wine Company, had the wine on the shelf. That's another great (though maybe more obvious) way to find new wines. Try something you don't know from a shop you know and trust.
In this case, the method worked and the wine was just what I was hoping for. Nothing fancy, nothing great, but for $12 or so, this was a lemony, yellow fruited wine with a slight mineral edge, just round enough to enjoy on its own and crisp enough to stand up to food. I can't honestly say if the wine was typical of the grapes involved - Procanico and Grechetto - but it reminded me of other nice Orvieto wines I've had in the past. The flavors were fresh and bright, with a seashell edge that maybe comes from limestone in the area that worked with a variety of foods over several days.
And that's another secret - this wine lasted for a week in the fridge, a glass at a time in a screwcapped bottle, with no gassing or fancy vacuum stoppers to keep it fresh. It stayed lovely the whole time, something I find is true of many white wines, Italian whites included. People who just want a glass here or there, take note. Maybe it's due to the cold temps in our fridges, maybe it's the generally higher acidity of white wines, I'm not sure. I do know that some reds will last well for a few days on the counter, but whites, they can last and last.
I got so excited about this wine I bought a few other Italian whites to try in the coming weeks. Next, a Frascati. Don't laugh, because this not well thought of region can deliver its own lovely little wine for next to no money, no matter its lowly reputation as a touristy wine that had a few years of minor fame decades ago.
Italian white wine. It isn't fancy, but if you're adventurous, don't miss out.


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Alamo Lake
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|Alamo Lake is an outdoor person's wonderland with great fishing, a unique Sonoran desert landscape and a plethora of desert animals. Wildlife viewing is superb with quail, wild burro, deer, squirrels, bald eagles, golden eagles and an infrequent mountain lion just some of the visitors. Remote Alamo ...
Martinez Lake
(Arizona, USA)
Also known as: Lake Martinez
Located 35 miles north of Yuma in Arizona's West Coast Region, Martinez Lake is a 640-acre freshwater lake that was created in 1955 as a fishing camp. Controlled by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is now a year-round resort that welcomes winter snowbirds, sightseers, fishermen, boaters, water skiers, ...
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(Arizona, USA / Nevada, USA)
|Lake Mohave is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River that spans 28,260 acres. It is a part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and was created by the construction of Davis Dam to capture water releases upstream from Hoover Dam. The 64-mile long reservoir runs along the Arizona/Nevada state ...
Lake Havasu
(Arizona, USA / California, USA)
|Lake Havasu's 20,400 acres, formed behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, is a boating paradise. Around Lake Havasu City, the most recognizable sight is the London Bridge, completely moved from Great Britain to this unlikely location. Robert McCulloch (of McCulloch chainsaw fame) bought the bridge ...
Lake Mead
(Arizona, USA / Nevada, USA)
|Lake Mead is the USA's largest man-made reservoir in amount of water it can hold. Although Lake Powell is marginally larger in acreage at full-pond, Lake Mead holds more water by volume and thus is considered the larger of the two. In the size of their surfaces, both are dwarfed by Lake Sakakawea and ...
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On Greepit.com there's a new post spotlighting a single handy library you can use in your PHP application to make authenticating with many of the popular social network providers simple - HybridAuth.
HybridAuth is an open source web-based authentication and authorisation solution that combines the strengths of several major social networks and Identity Providers services into one simple PHP Library. [...] This PHP Library for social services authentication supports many social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, LinkedIn, FourSquare, OpenID and many other Identity providers.
The library allows you to connect to the various services' authentication points in a standardized way. Supported providers include:
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The guys from Applidium claim to have cracked Siri's security protocol and it could open the floodgates to third party developers and of course other hardware too. There is a downside, in order to use Siri on one of these other devices; you still need to have a UDID of an iPhone 4S device. A UDID is a Unique Device Identifier and is a 40 character unique number assigned to every iPhone.
The iPhone 4S sends identifiers everywhere. So if you want to use Siri on another device, you still need the identfier of at least one iPhone 4S. Of course we're not publishing ours, but it's very easy to retrieve one using the tools we've written. Of course Apple could blacklist an identifier, but as long as you're keeping it for personal use, that should be allright!
We have already seen Siri running on an iPhone 4 and an iPod touch; so this looks like another step nearer to getting it out there. Of course there is still the question of legalities and Apple could block the security hole at any minute. If you are a developer and want to play around with Siri integration in an app, Applidium has released a set of tools to help with that too.
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A recent meta-analysis found a weak, statistically non-significant association between rosacea and Helicobacter pylori.
A recent meta-analysis found a weak, statistically non-significant association between rosacea and Helicobacter pylori.
The National Rosacea Society is pleased to report on the considerable ongoing progress made toward fulfilling its mission over the past 25 years.
Here's a useful guide to what to pack in your overnight bag – and what to leave out.
When the National Rosacea Society was founded 25 years ago, very few Americans were aware of this chronic skin disorder, even though it's now estimated to affect more than 16 million in the US alone.
Read about Rosacea Awareness Month, recent research, shaving tips and more.
Acne and subtype 2 rosacea may seem similar at first, but other signs and symptoms make it clear just how different they are.
Galderma has led the development of many new, innovative treatments for rosacea.
This weekend may require a little extra planning and forethought to avoid a potential flare-up. Here are some ideas to safeguard your Memorial Day weekend.
In a recent medical article examining the skin conditions of the top 10 movie heroes and villains, rhinophyma was even noted as a distinguishing feature of the evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Spring is here, and with the changing season comes a rush of unwanted allergies.
A recent study in Denmark found rosacea patients had an increased risk of hepatic cancer (liver cancer), non-melanoma skin cancer and breast cancer, but a decreased risk of lung cancer.
The forms of alcohol with the strongest association with increased risk of rosacea might surprise you.
The more artist Amelia Fais Harnas' worked on her wine stain paintings, the more issues she had with her complexion.
The National Rosacea Society (NRS) has designated April as Rosacea Awareness Month.
The potential role of white blood cells in rosacea was described in a presentation at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting earlier this month in Orlando.
The National Rosacea Society is pleased to announce the launch of a survey on the burden of rosacea.
Although rosacea is diagnosed up to three times more often in women, men with rosacea must deal with a skincare challenge of their own: shaving.
The latest newsletter includes tips for winter rosacea care, advice about stress management and more.
A recent segment on the daytime TV talk show "The Doctors" focuses on a rosacea patient with rhinophyma.
Have you been hit by Cupid's arrow? Valentine's Day is here again!
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Spring Turkey Apps Available
The state Game and Fish Department is offering 5,930 wild turkey licenses for the spring hunting season, an increase of 135 from last year. The increase is a result of better production and chick recruitment.
Seven of the 22 hunting units have more spring licenses than in 2012, while 12 remain the same. Unit 21 (most of Hettinger and Adams counties) is again closed in 2013 due to lack of turkeys in the unit.
Successful spring turkey applicants must purchase a 2013-14 hunting license, as last year's 2012-13 licenses expire March 31. In addition to the spring turkey license, hunters must have a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate, and a general game and habitat license. Also, hunters ages 16 and older must possess a small game license, or combination license.
First-time spring turkey hunters ages 15 or younger are eligible to receive one spring license valid for the regular hunting season in a specific unit. To be eligible, the youth hunter must be 15 or younger on opening day of spring turkey season, and have never received a spring turkey license in North Dakota.
Spring turkey applicants can apply online at the Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Applications can also be submitted by calling (800) 406-6409.
Application forms will also be available by Feb. 1 at most license vendors, county auditors and Game and Fish offices. The deadline for applying is Feb. 13. Online or phone applications must be logged before midnight that day.
Spring turkey licenses are available only to North Dakota residents. The spring turkey season opens April 13 and continues through May 19.


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Stephon Marbury Responds To Jay-Z Mentioning His name! "Thats The Camel. You Know You Got No Heart To Shoot Someone"
Stephon Marbury talks about that Jay-z line that mentions him and calls him a camel then proceeds to play a Jay-z song.
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Same-sex couples in Pennsylvania celebrate big win for marriage in the Keystone State
May 20, 2014
On May 20, 2014 U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, a federal judge in Pennsylvania, ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, striking down the state's discriminatory constitutional amendment that bans same-sex couples from marriage. The victory was in Whitewood v. Wolf, the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union last fall. Read more about the win here.
It's been an amazing few months for marriage - and across the country, same-sex couples are rejoicing in the reality that it's time for marriage nationwide. The situation is no different in Pennsylvania, where gay and lesbian couples are sharing their stories and celebrating the big win.
Meet just a few of the amazing couples celebrating this huge step forward for marriage in the Keystone State!
Rue Landau & Kerry Smith • Philadelphia
Just minutes after Judge Jones issued his ruling today, some same-sex couples like Rue and Kerry had applied for marriage licenses! (Photo by the ACLU)
Steve Seminilli & Joseph Parisi • Philadelphia
"When we found out that there was going to be a ruling in the marriage case today, we had conversation last night about whether to get a license if we won," Joseph said the day that the freedom to marry came to Pennsylvania. He explained, "The one question everyone asks is 'Where are you getting married?' and we've always wanted to be able to say Philadelphia. We've always wanted to get married where we live - to be no different than anybody else. So when we saw the ruling today, it wasn't a hard decision. We wanted to be part of this moment."
Steve and Joseph say that they have been carefully watching the ACLU's case since it was filed last summer. They've been living in Pennsylvania for more than 5 years, and it's where they see themselves raising a family.
The men are both people of faith - and they're excited to say "I do" in front of all of their family members and friends in a religious ceremony at an Episcopal Church in New York. But for now, they're thrilled to have seen such a landmark ruling come down in the state where they live - and they're hopeful that it stands.
Deb & Susan Whitewood • Bridgeville
As the named plaintiffs in the case that brought the freedom to marry to Pennsylvania, Deb and Susan are standing proud today with their family of three children, a dog, and two cats in Bridgeville.
Deb and Susan's family includes their two daughters, 16-year-old Abbey and 15-year-old Katie and their 2-year-old son, Landon, whom they adopted from the foster care system in November 2012. Deb and Susan's lives are centered around their children — and there's nothing more important to them then spending time together as a family and being active in their children's school life is important to Deb and Susan. Deb is the on the executive board of the band boosters, secretary for the volleyball boosters, and all-around "go to person" when any of the teachers need something at school. Susan has coached the girls' volleyball and softball teams.
"Abbey and Katie grew up assuming Susan and I were married," Deb explained. "As they got older and came to learn that we were not allowed to marry in Pennsylvania, both girls felt that this was unfair to the whole family. They know we are a family and want to be legally recognized as one. The girls feel their family should have the same protections and respect as other families."
Today, Deb and Susan are proud to know that because they took a stand for the freedom to marry in Pennsylvania, their kids will finally know that they are just as respected as all other PA families.
Read Deb and Susan's full story at Why Marriage Matters Pennsylvania.
Michael & Glenn Wascovich • York
June 26, 2013 marked the first day that Glenn and Michael could at last be legally married and ensure that it had legal significance: That was the day that the United States Supreme Court struck down the central part of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, clearing the way for legally married same-sex couples to have their marriages respected by the federal government for the first time. Although Glenn and Michael live in York, Pennsylvania, they were able to drive to a state where same-sex couples can marry - Maryland - and get a marriage license.
"We waited to marry for seven years," Glenn explained. "And those seven years of waiting were filled with love, joy, and even rocky roads and typical couple's trials. We have always known that we wanted to get married - it was just a matter of when we could do it."
On June 26, Glenn and Michael knew that their lives could dramatically change depending on what the Supreme Court ruled.
"I will never forget refreshing my phone every two seconds and going between Twitter and Facebook trying to see who had what news first," Glenn said. "When the results came in, I froze. Tears filled my eyes. I grabbed the phone to call Mike. I couldn't even speak clearly."
Glenn and Michael are proud Pennsylvanians - they were born and raised in the state, went to college in the state, and now continue to live there. And today, they're celebrating Judge Jones' historic ruling declaring that they deserve the protections of marriage just as much as any other Pennsylvania family.
Read Glenn and Michael's full story at Freedom to Marry.
Gail Lloyd & Angela Gillem • Philadelphia
Gail and Angela have laid roots in Philadelphia, and bought their house together 15 years ago - It was a fixer-upper, and they both invested money and time to renovating the property.
"After 17 years together, we both feel so lucky to have found one another," Gail said. "We are both amazed that we can't think of anyone else that we enjoy spending time with more than each other."
Angela, 60, is a clinical psychologist and professor at Arcadia University, and Gail, 55, is a filmmaker and visual artist who graduated from Temple University's Film and Media Arts Program. They practice Buddhism and meditation together.
Although Angela and Gail are registered domestic partners in Philadelphia, they have long awaited the day they are recognized as a married couple in the state they call home. This week, at last, they see that future in sight. "We love each other," Angela said. "We want the chance to stand up and have our family and community witness us make the fullest commitment two people can make to one another."
Read Gail and Angela's full story at Why Marriage Matters Pennsylvania.
Dara Raspberry & Helena Miller • Philadelphia
Helena and Dara, who moved to Pennsylvania several years ago to be closer to their family members, saw their dream of beginning their own family come true on May 28, 2013, when Helena gave birth to their daughter, Zivah.
"When Zivah was born, it was the most incredible day of our lives. We love her so much," Dara said. "We had to complete the process for me to become Zivah's second legal parent, and it was very time consuming and costly. During this time Zivah, only had one legally recognized parent. If our marriage were recognized in Pennsylvania, I would have automatically been recognized as one of her legal parents. Not having our daughter fully protected is very upsetting."
Now, Dara and Helena are hoping that Judge Jones' marriage ruling becomes final once and for all in Pennsylvania and that they can receive the respect for their marriage that they deserve.
"It is important to us that our marriage be recognized in Pennsylvania, not only because of the concrete protections it would provide to us and our daughter, but also because we feel that being treated as an unmarried couple disrespects the commitment we have made to one another and devalues our family," Helena said. "We hope that our marriage will be recognized in Pennsylvania before our baby is old enough to be aware that the state does not consider her family deserving of the same respect afforded to other families."
Read Dara and Helena's full story at Why Marriage Matters PA.
Ed Hill & David Palmer • Wilkes-Barre
Born and bred Pennsylvanians, Ed, 67, grew up near Pittsburgh and David, 65, grew up outside of Wilkes-Barre in Trucksville. They've been together for almost 25 years and are planning a big party to celebrate their silver anniversary soon.
Ed is a veteran of the U.S. Navy who served in Vietnam and, after that, spent most of his career at the Department of Veterans Affairs. David was director of exhibitions at a museum. When Ed was offered early retirement in 1996, they opened a bed and breakfast in Bangor. The couple retired "for real" five years ago.
"We have been a family for 25 years, and loved and support each other through ever endeavor," David said. "We knew we wanted to spend our lives together, so we decided to commit ourselves to one another in front of our friends and family."
Ed and David got married on May 10, 2013 in Maine. Ed's 90-year-old aunt was the flower girl. They're thrilled that today - just over one year after their wedding anniversary - they can be legally respected in the state that they love.
Read Ed and David's full story at Why Marriage Matters PA.
Dawn Plummer & Diana Polson • Pittsburgh
As a Pennsylvania native, Dawn wanted the couple to establish roots in her home state so when she and her partner Diana began seriously dating 16 years ago, they moved to Pittsburgh, where they are now raising their 5-year-old son Elijah and their baby boy, Jude.
Last year, Dawn and Diana spoke out about their story with Why Marriage Matters Pennsylvania. They explained that while they had completed a second parent adoption for Elijah, they needed to save up enough money to do the same for Jude.
"We feel vulnerable because if anything were to happen to me, Jude has no legal tie to Dawn," Diana said at the time. "If we were legally married in Pennsylvania, this would not be the case because both spouses would be recognized as parents from the moment of birth. This is one of many complications we have to endure since we are not able to marry in the state."
Today is an exciting day for the whole family: In the past few months, Elijah has begun to understand what marriage is and why it matters - and Dawn and Diana are thrilled to finally have the opportunity to say that they are just as married as any other PA family. "It was so complicated to try to explain to Elijah why we can't do this basic thing other families get to do,""Dawn said. "All he knows is that we love each other and are a family. That should be all that matters."
Read Dawn and Diana's Full story at Why Marriage Matters PA.


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Tackling Tenure Worth The Fight, Though Even Larger Battle Looms
By Rick Green
February 08, 2012
Let's all cheer the governor's tour de force speech Wednesday that finally placed however fleetingly public education at the front of Connecticut's agenda for the future.
"I do what I say I'm going to do, and I do what I think is right for Connecticut, irrespective of the political consequences,'' said Gov.Dannel P. Malloy, in a take-your-medicine sermon that placed teacher performance as the No. 1 priority for the General Assembly this winter.
To keep your job "you should have to continue to prove your effectiveness in the classroom as your career progresses,'' Malloy sternly concluded.
The teacher unions are justifiably panicked over the I-Get-What-I-Want Governor's words. I don't blame them. How would you like to be a 50-year-old teacher and hear that you have to prove you're any good at a job you've been doing for 25 years? Don't believe for a minute the union argument that there already is an effective process for getting rid of the bad apples. It doesn't happen.
I'm all for fighting the tenure battle, despite all the messy compromises that will come with it, because it can lead to better teaching for students who need it the most and more support for teachers who need help. Teaching shouldn't be a job where warming a chair is the path to lifetime employment and a generous retirement.
But remember this: Bad teachers, or rather our frustrating inability to weed out the relative handful of ineffective educators, are not at the heart of our education problems and the shameful achievement gap. This isn't another balance-the-budget, adopt GAAP principles, cut-a-deal-with-the-unions kind of problem that can be solved by an impatient governor in one tidy legislative session and a quick $128 million in new funding.
Tenure isn't why we have the largest achievement gap in the land. Tenure isn't why nine in 10 black and Hispanic eighth-graders statewide are below proficiency in math, or why just four of five third-graders at Burns Academy in Hartford lack even basic reading proficiency. (When children are behind in third grade, by the way, researchers conclude that more often than not they never catch up.)
The problem we have is that poor children are falling further and further behind. They live, largely segregated, in poor cities and neighborhoods where we make sure school district boundaries and school funding divide the haves from the have-nots. They come from dysfunctional families, where jobs, fathers, meals and college-educated parents are absent. It's no coincidence that Stanford University researchers recently reported that over the past 40 years the Hartford region has grown more segregated by income than most other metropolitan areas in the land.
It doesn't matter if this is the second coming of "Stand and Deliver" educator Jaime Escalante; lofty policy discussions about tenure and teacher evaluation aren't going to change the ugly reality of poverty and how what happens at home affect learning in school.
To his credit, Malloy gets all this, which is why he makes a big deal about linking public schools with our economic future. Our cities, where too many children fail to learn essential literacy and numeracy skills, are where the future workforce will come from. He is to be applauded for his accompanying education proposals to expand preschool, provide more resources to struggling urban districts, take over failing schools, and revamp teacher preparation, certification and evaluation programs.
These efforts are a small beginning in a long, long campaign.
In the meantime, nobody should think that a new law that makes teachers hustle for their jobs will unravel years and years of economic decline, segregation and fragmented education systems.
"We cannot and will not fix what's broken in our schools by scapegoating teachers," Malloy said. "But nor can we fix it if we do not have the ability to remove teachers who don't perform well in the classroom in a timely fashion."
Teachers have already been scapegoated, merely by tenure becoming the target this legislative session. Their unions, caught up in a fast-moving momentum for change that will be nearly impossible to stop, were so flummoxed by the governor's full-court press that on Wednesday they could muster only muted comments about the need for "give and take."
That's hardly the governor's mood in what he has dubbed the year of education reform. In his speech, the always ambitious Malloy called for "boldness" and change that "will" and "must" happen now. It's all big, bold and different, and it may lead to an economic revival, but I hope by spring we are able show that we can do more than throw the weak and ineffective overboard.
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Last year, when we began our first Child's Play drive, I remember being incredibly nervous. It was like throwing a party and wondering if people would show up. What if we made these big announcements and then ended up raising little to no money? Despite flying by the seat of our pants, we were shocked when we were able to continually raise our goal, ending with more than $10,000 donated.
This year, in much less than half the time of last year's drive, our community donated over $12,000. That now makes Ars Technica one of the platinum sponsors of Child's Play. Let's take a look at the sponsor page to see the company we're rubbing shoulders with:
The economy isn't in the best shape right now, and I was continually humbled by everyone who sent in a few bucks here and there. It adds up quickly, and our readers had the right attitude. "Here's my donation," one wrote. "It's not much, but something is always better than nothing." A huge part of our total came from $5 and $10 donations.
Those who were able to stepped up with some amazing generosity, as well. $100 donations were not uncommon. One reader gave an awe-inspiring $1,000.
People sent stories about their own experiences in the hospital when they were young. People gave toys and games that were important to them in order to share their happy memories. People donated money to hospitals they lived near.
For the second year in a row, working on the Child's Play drive has become the high point of my professional career. You guys have much to be proud of this year.
We'd like to thank the companies that helped us out with the prizes. EA and the Dead Space team were fantastic. Microsoft and the Gears of War team were great to work with. JAKKS PACIFIC gave us not one, but two pairs of Night Vision goggles to give away; the first time they gave us a set as a prize, it became one of our most popular contests. Sony was incredibly generous with games to give away, and Activision gave us an entire Guitar Hero World Tour set, complete with drums, guitar, and a microphone.
Everyone we contacted throughout the year was happy to help, no matter what we wrote about them that morning. This remains an incredible industry, filled with wonderful people.
And we're not quite done! We'll be taking entries and donations until the first minute of January 1st, so you can still be entered into the drawing for these great prizes. Just because we hit our goal, with room to spare, doesn't mean we can't keep going. I'll be drawing the winners on January 2, so keep an eye on your inbox!
How do you give? You can donate money directly to Child's Play or buy a toy or a game for any of the hospitals. Then send your receipt to email@example.com in order to be entered in the drawing. No purchase necessary, but instead of sending us a post card for entry, why not just donate a dollar and send us an e-mail? It will save you money while taking cash out of the pocket of the evil post card industry.
This has been a great year, and we'll be seeing you again in the next.


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Techniques for Precise Interference Measurements in the Field
1 Hour | Webcast - recorded | Where & When
In wireless systems, interference in the wireless channel can be quite problematic, degrading the reception of desired signals. It can originate from a variety of intentional, unintentional and incidental radiators and occurs in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. With the growing scarcity of radio frequency spectrum and ongoing efforts to improve its utilization for the highest capacity and performance (e.g., by sharing or reuse), wireless communication systems must now operate under a limited amount of radio interference. Unfortunately, as demand for spectrum increases so too does wireless system interference. As a result, the identification and reduction of interference has become absolutely essential to the proper operation of all wireless systems. Of course, testing interference in a wireless environment is no easy task, demanding new measurement techniques and placing added requirements on existing measurement instrumentation. Addressing it effectively requires an advanced measurement tool like a high-performance spectrum analyzer, to evaluate, monitor and manage the interference levels between various wireless systems. This webcast will focus on making these measurements using a high performance portable spectrum analyzer.
Field Service or Installation and Maintenance Managers, Engineers or Technicians in the wireless service, military, medical or regulatory agency areas who are responsible for operating or maintaining their communication infrastructure
Tom Hoppin , Business Development Engineer, Agilent Technologies Component Test Division
Tom started his working career as an electronic aviation technician in the US Marine Corps. After his service in 1973, he joined Hewlett-Packard as a manufacturing technician. During his career at HP, he moved from manufacturing to production engineering and was promoted to engineer in 1989. Since then, he has held a number of engineering and management roles at HP and Keysight, focused on test system design and spectrum analysis. Tom retired in 2009 and has returned to Agilent as a contract application engineer, helping to launch the new FieldFox handheld analyzers. Tom enjoys woodworking, cycling and sailing
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November 7, 2008
More than 130 talented high school seniors arrived on the Wabash campus for the Top 10 visitation day. The students, ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, are eligible for Wabash scholarships by attending today's event. See pictures of the day by clicking here.
The students were welcomed by Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Steve Klein and President Pat White at a large gathering in Ball Theater. Scott Smaltstig '88 (left), owner of Joseph David Advertising, gave the keynote address. Beginning with a Colonel Sanders joke, Smalstig wove his personal experiences at Wabash into the path his life has taken him, and he ended his remarks by challenging the students to change the world.
After Smalstig's remarks, the students and their families were broken up into groups. Students attended an alumni panel session including Aman Brar '99 (Director of Business Development for Cha Cha), Dr. David Boulware '96 (Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School), Scott Medsker '03 (Attorney at Jones Day in Washington, D.C.), Tom Bailey '00 (Manager of Industrial Sales with Vectren Energy), and Steve Pfanstiel '95 (Controller for Johnson and Johnson).
Meanwhile, the parents were given Wabash campus tours.
After an hour, the two groups switched spots with students given the opportunity to take tours or meet with Wabash coaches.
The parents listened to a panel of young alumni including Kevin Gearheart '98 (Chief Operating Officer of Dr. Tavel Optical), Bert Salinas '97 (Counsel with the House Judiciary Committee), Jeremy Robinson '04 (Rhodes Scholar and High School English Teacher), and Dr. Dan Vukas '96 (Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeon).
Following lunch with faculty and staff, the visiting students spent two hours in the classroom. Some students chose the sciences, where they worked in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics laboratories — conducting experiments and learning the way math and science are taught at Wabash. Other students had one-hour classes in the humanities and social sciences.
While the students were in class, parents attended informational seminars, including a session on Wabash's innovative Immersion Learning programs.


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Introductory Guide
Emdebian seeks to provide minimised Debian packages, with the same sort of consistency that Debian itself offers, but a much smaller footprint, a complete Debian-based environment in which to build and customise them and complete distributions for various devices or types of devices.
This guide covers general topics relating to crossbuilding Debian, organised as a series of hints and tips. Other guides cover starting out, fixing problems when crossbuilding, preparing a root filesystem and possible problems of mixing Debian and Emdebian packages.
See also
Crossbuilding Debian
- The em1 version suffix.
- debian-xcontrol.
- source autodetection in ./configure.
- Omitting make check.
- Cache files
- Modifying files in the debian/ directory.
- Modifying files outside the debian directory.
- Changes for CDBS.
- X-Build-Cross-Libtool: yes.
- Handling udebs.
- Modifying maintainer scripts.
- Easier patch handling with meld.
- Filing bugs for crossbuild support in Debian packages.
Version suffix
The emdebian scripts implement one of the methods of preparing packages suitable for embedded devices, called the composite method, reliant on an emdebian version suffix: 'emN' : the 'em' prefix and a sequential digit.
In common with Debian versioning itself, the emdebian version resets to 1 each time a new package is available. Emdebian considers Debian as upstream so a new Debian version is still a new package as far as emdebian is concerned.
The suffix separates the emdebian archive files from other Debian archives and associated files being built from the same source tree on the developer system and identifies the archive as an adapted, stripped out, archive that is not necessarily compatible with any other .deb or .udeb files or programs. The method allows emdebian developers to have a version number that is independent of the full Debian version string.
Omitting make check.
Cross-building involves preventing certain
architecture-specific elements of a normal build from running on the host
when compiled for the target architecture. Other methods use emulators
or native environments but these are often limited to specific architecture
combinations. During
./configure, macros like
AC_TRY_* therefore need to be
passed cached values using an architecture-specific cache file. Values for
the cache file should be obtained from the Debian native buildd logs.
em_make patches debian/rules to omit
make check which would also attempt to run cross-built
programs on the host architecture. Creating $arch.cache files
needs to be done by hand - each time the build fails during configure.
Auto detection by ./configure.
Some packages enable components if a particular dependency is located at build time. This auto detection is useful but if the package lacks a working option to ./configure that can --disable the component, this is a bug in the package. Report the problem under the long term mass bug filing for cross build support and add a note that such systems risk causing native bugs by generating different builds on a developer system compared to a buildd. As a workaround, remove these dependencies from debian/xcontrol to ensure the relevant feature is disabled. When the bug is fixed, these dependencies will need to be added back.
Although debian/xcontrol simplifies various elements of changing the dependency chain of packages for embedded systems, the debian-xcontrol package expects the Debian maintainer to edit debian/xcontrol and use xcontrol to update debian/control prior to the native build. Future versions of emdebuild may incorporate checks on whether debian/control is in sync with debian/xcontrol.
Using debian/xcontrol with xcontrol.
emdebuild initially improvised a Build-Cross-Depends: field in debian/xcontrol.
Build-Depends: libsqlite0-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libgpewidget-dev Build-Depends-Tools: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, automake1.9, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19)
instead of:
Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, libsqlite0-dev, libglib2.0-dev, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), libgpewidget-dev, automake1.9
Only packages that need to be installed with apt-cross are now listed in Build-Depends and packages that only need to be installed on the build machine (including all packages that are Architecture: all) go into Build-Depends-Tools. xcontrol build can then be used to integrate the two sections for normal Debian builds.
Using $architecture.cache files.
Some packages build test programs that are compiled and executed during ./configure and these programs will inevitably fail when cross building because the test is compiled to run on the target architecture, not the build architecture. Unfortunately, the autotools are not currently able to handle this situation automatically. Specific tests can be omitted by specifying cached values from a native build on the target architecture. These values can be obtained by inspecting the Debian buildd logs for the architecture involved.
An example cache file (from libglib2.0-0 on arm) shows the format:
glib_cv_stack_grows=no glib_cv_monotonic_clock=yes glib_cv_uscore=no ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yesVariable names can be obtained from careful inspection of the ./configure script at the point at which the cross-build fails. Alternatively, build a normal Debian version of the package using ./configure --cache-file=$file and lookup the variable names from that file. Only use the variables that are necessary to allow the cross-build to complete in the cache file so that other values can be calculated normally. Scripts to help this process would be welcome.
To use the cache file, place it in the top level source directory of the package (same directory as ./configure). If the package uses the internal tarball method (where dpkg-source unpacks a debian directory and leaves one or more tarballs containing the upstream source), create a patch for debian/patches that creates the file in the top level directory of the build-tree. The cache file should still be present in the top level source directory so that emdebuild can maintain the relevant emdebian patch file. Then edit debian/rules to add this line to the options passed to ./configure:
--cache-file=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE).cache(ensure you specify HOST not BUILD).
Modifying other files in the debian directory.
Sometimes, other files need to be modified in the debian/ directory, besides rules, changelog, control and control.in (if present). Some of these files are modified automatically during the build (e.g. the files list, shlibs files and temporary directories). To get a list of files that have been modified to create a successful build use:
$ interdiff -z PACKAGE_VERSION.diff.gz PACKAGE_VERSIONem1.diff.gz | \ grep "+++" | grep debian | grep -v locale | grep -v rules | \ grep -v control | grep -v changelog
If you have had to edit a file in the debian/ directory, subsequent builds will need the same changes so a secondary emdebian patch file is needed. emsource version 0.2.2 or later will back up all files in the debian/ and debian/patches/ directories to ../$package.old/.
emdebuild will check all files in the debian/ directory compared to the versions in ../$PACKAGE.old/ and create the necessary emdebian patch files.
Modifying files outside the debian directory.
Wherever possible, Emdebian changes should be limited to files in the debian directory, in particular debian/rules. Currently, it is preferable to let the build process run as normal, even if this means generating documentation or other content that is destined to be removed before the package itself is built. If the package supports a --no-docs or --disable-docs option to ./configure then it should be used. If not, simply remove the unwanted content by adding a rule to debian/rules rather than trying to patch or modify Makefiles or similar. If you still need to modify files outside the debian/ directory, use patches in debian/patches/. For CDBS packages, add the simplepatchsys rules:
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk
For debhelper and dpkg packages, use dpatch - implementing dpatch support in debian/rules if necessary. See : HowTo use dpatch
Patch files created for the debian/patches/ directory should follow the naming conventions for that directory and must not use the emdebian- prefix. However, it is advisable to use some form of emdebian "tag" for the file so that future upstream versions of the package do not inadvertently use the same filename. You must also ensure that all upstream patches that may affect the relevant files are applied before the emdebian patch. As many patch systems use a numerical prefix to determine the sequence of applying patches, one suggestion is to use filenames like 99_emdebian_avoid_running_foo. Remember that these patches will be applied by debian/rules, not by emdebuild. emdebuild checks for new files in debian/patches and then creates a copy of the patch file for emdebian SVN (called debian-patch-$file, ready to be copied into debian/patches by emsource.
If the package already uses patches via CDBS, nothing needs to be done.
Changes for CDBS.
Versions of dpkg-cross prior to 2.0.0 used overrides in the MAKEFLAGS environment variable that conflicted with the needs of packages like libx11 that need to be able to build certain internal tools using the native compiler. CDBS tends to rely on this override mechanism and many CDBS packages now fail to use the cross-compiler because CDBS retains an internal override that is no longer cleared by dpkg-buildpackage. To reset CDBS to not set the override use the following in debian/rules:
When Debian bug #450483 is fixed, this change will no longer be required.
Gradually, changes are being made to the Debian package building tools to make cross building easier in Debian. Some problems remain and emdebuild uses three main workarounds:
Packages can implement their own support for cross building their internal objects by specifying -l flags to libtool:
Specifying relinking path for internal objects in CDBS.
This example is from libqof1.
ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)) DEB_MAKE_INVOKE+="QOF_LIBS=-L/usr/$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)/lib -lqof" endif
Specifying relinking path for internal objects via $(MAKE).
For an example package, FOO using -lfoo during native relinking and passing ${FOO_LIBS} for libfoo_la_LIBADD in the upstream Makefile.am.
ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)) RELINK="FOO_LIBS=-L/usr/$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)/lib -lfoo" endif
Upstream may need to be patched.
Note that upstream needs to support a variable already - if the upstream Makefile.am hardcodes -lfoo then a patch will be needed to replace this value with a suitable variable.
These problems will also be reported under the long term mass bug filing for cross building support agreed on debian-devel in November 2007.
Handle udeb packages intended for the Debian Installer.
Emdebian does not, yet, use udeb packages because the Emdebian installation process is handled separately. However, most udeb packages can be cross-built and the availability of udeb packages will assist when the time comes to fold the emsandbox tarball into the Debian installer to make the installation process itself easier, e.g. using D-I to setup the root password, users in a pleasant GUI environment. Whether this will work or not is unknown.
Maintainer scripts.
Maintainer scripts include preinst, postinst, prerm and postrm package scripts that handle the installation, upgrade, removal and purge process for each package. Source packages can contain separate maintainer scripts for each binary package built. For information on maintainer scripts, see Debian Policy.
Many maintainer scripts will need patches for Emdebian, reasons include (but are not limited to):
Maintainer scripts are often written in shell but may use perl or any interpreter if the dependencies are handled appropriately. Scripts that are written in perl will need to be reimplemented in shell, C or simply removed.
Maintainer scripts may call update-alternatives with details of commands, man pages and info pages - these calls need to be removed until a non-perl form of update-alternatives is available.
Maintainer scripts may call install-info to put info pages into usable locations. Without info pages in the package, install-info will fail so these calls must be removed.
backwards compatibility
Maintainer scripts are often written to handle issues that only arise when upgrading from an old version to a fixed version. These sections can be removed from the Emdebian scripts, especially if any of the above problems exist in these sections or if the compatibility code makes the script particularly long.
At present, emdebuild does only basic checks on the maintainer scripts.
Easier patch handling.
meld simplifies the process of handling the emdebian patch files. An example usage may help:
$ meld ../apt.old/debian/rules debian/rules
meld allows you to migrate a line from the old file back into the patched file as well as showing you exactly which parts of long lines have changed. Note that although meld can produce a new patch from the loaded files, meld should be started from the directory above to ensure that patch has no problems applying the results:
$ pushd ../ $ meld apt.old/debian/rules apt-0.7.6/debian/rules $ popd
Another use of meld is in preparing patches for bug reports against the Debian package.
Using meld to generate patches for Debian bugs.
The difficulty in preparing suitable patches to support cross-building in Debian is that the Emdebian patches necessarily remove package components that Debian requires by Policy. Some Emdebian changes are handled within the package, some within other tools and the patch files need to be split accordingly.
meld can assist by migrating sections of a patch between different versions of the relevant files, typically debian/rules.
$ cp $package-$version.orig.tar.gz ../branches/ $ cp $package_$version.dsc ../branches/ $ mkdir -p ../branches/$package.new/debian $ cp $package-$version/debian/rules ../branches/$package.new/debian/rules $ cd ../branches $ dpkg-source -x $package_$version.dsc $ meld $package-$version/debian/rules $package.new/debian/rules &
The $package.new directory provides a usable path so that the final patch is easier to apply.
Identify the components of the patch that are relevant to the package, rather than the tools (e.g. changes to support --build and --host or package changes to support nocheck DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS etc.) and use the arrows in the centre of the meld window to move other changes into rules.emdebian so that the temporary rules.emdebian file represents a midstage between the original debian/rules and the Emdebian patched debian/rules in ../trunk/$package-$version/.
Note that some Debian maintainers prefer to have separate patches for separate issues, even if the patches apply to the same file. Others may agree to have one patch for one file but would prefer to have two bug reports for the two issues. patch will usually work out how to offset one patch to take into account lines added or removed by another.
Once you only have the changes you need for this bug report, right click the rules.emdebian window and select "Create patch" from the context menu. Apply this patch and test the build using normal Debian build tools like debuild or dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot. In the majority of cases, Emdebian changes can be restricted to the files in the debian/ directory and there is no need to use dpatch or other systems to apply these patches. Just use the patch command directly. If the patch works and does not change the normal Debian build behaviour or package contents, file a wishlist bug against the package quoting the long term mass bug filing for cross building support and specify the usertag either in the body of the email: (See Additional Pseudoheaders for the Debian BTS). In reportbug, you can attach the patch direct from the command line with reportbug -A FILE if the diff is large or reportbug -i FILE to include the diff within the text of the report.
See also: Current list of cross build support bugs and the Emdebian wiki support: Emdebian QuickStart and The Emdebian Developer Guide
Back to the Emdebian Project homepage.


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Lyrian Wyvonne Barry is pictured in her Hunt High School graduation photo, circa 1956. Barry disappeared in the summer of 1960. Photo by: Carmen K. Sisson/Dispatch Staff
Vickie Flournoy and Willie Gray sort through family photographs Thursday afternoon at Flournoy's home in Columbus. They have amassed a thick folder of information during the search for their sister, Lyrian Wyvonne Barry, who disappeared in the summer of 1960.
Photo by: Carmen K. Sisson/Dispatch Staff
April 6, 2013 8:17:28 PM
Everything was going to be OK, she said. Better than OK. The past few years had been tough, but she was tough, too, and she was going to make it. Wronged in so many ways, she was going to finally set things right. Build a new life for herself and her eight-month-old daughter.
She left her clothes on the back porch. She left her gold, Hunt High School Class of '56 ring on the dresser. She left her baby, Gloria, in her sister Betsy's arms.
And then, on a hot summer day in 1960, Lyrian Wyvonne Barry boarded a Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis and disappeared behind a cloud of Mississippi dust.
There is a long pause and the sound of a dog barking in the distance as Betsy Hurt clutches the phone in Raleigh, N.C., and tries to remember what her sister was wearing that day.
It has been almost 53 years, after all. There have been births, deaths, cancer scares and graduations. Time did not stop, though sometimes the family wished it might, if for no other reason than to give them a chance to catch up. To rewind.
"I don't know," Hurt murmurs finally, her Southern accent chiseled away by too many years up North and the flow of a life that had to go on. "I was concerned, because our mom was at work and didn't know she was going. But she said she wanted to leave because she wasn't as strong as me. She wasn't able to just pick her life up and go on."
Not in a small town like Columbus, anyway, where everyone was all up in everybody else's business.
After high school, she had met a New Orleans boy, Eulice "Eddie" Stallings, and went down there with him for a while. When things went sour, she came back home, this time with a baby, who she named Gloria.
Before long, Stallings was in Columbus again, too, and they picked up their rocky relationship where they had left it. Her family tried to visit, and she always seemed happy to see them, but as soon as he came home, it was clear he wanted them out.
"He was on drugs, doing drugs, selling drugs," Hurt says. "She'd be sick at times and my mom would question her if she was taking anything, if he was doing anything to her."
They weren't even sure if the couple was married. Initially, she said they were, but on the night she called her parents to come get her and Gloria, she said they weren't.
Hurt helped her pack her things while their parents, Laura and Willie B. Gray, stood in the living room and talked to Stallings, who was angry and didn't want her to go.
Before long, she was sneaking around with him again.
And this is where the narrative begins to unravel.
Hurt remembers Stallings also seeing other women, and she remembers her sister spending a lot of time with a distant relative, Sonny Lucas, who was bouncing back and forth between St. Louis and Columbus.
And she remembers the night Stallings married someone else -- a hurried "shotgun wedding" with a girl who said she was pregnant with his baby. Hurt and Barry sneaked down to the house where the ceremony was being held and crowded into the back room, watching.
Shortly afterward, Barry set her sights on St. Louis.
The plan was for her to stay with an aunt while looking for work. Hurt was pregnant, and Barry was supposed to return to Columbus in August when the baby was born, and they would go back to St. Louis together.
They were happy that day as they chattered in the taxi on the way to the bus station.
Everything was supposed to turn out OK.
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Vera Flournoy and Willie M. Gray, Barry's younger siblings, sit in Flournoy's living room, sifting through family photographs and the residue of a 53-year search that has not ended and, they vow, will never end as long as they are alive.
They were in grade school when Barry disappeared, but like Hurt, they still miss their quiet, serious older sister who always preferred to be home more than anywhere else. There were eight children -- four girls and four boys -- and they were so close that no one could imagine her just up and leaving without a trace.
The aunt in St. Louis said she stayed with her briefly, then saw a newspaper advertisement for a live-in maid and took off for either Needham, Mass. or Bridgeport, Conn. She couldn't remember which city, but she did remember one thing: Lucas, the distant relative-turned-paramour, had returned to St. Louis, too. The night Barry left, she and Lucas' wife got into a "knock-down, drag-out" fight.
And this is where the trail goes cold.
Hurt confronted Lucas when he returned to Columbus, but he was "drunk, drunk, drunker than drunk," and said he would tell her later what happened. When she went back to see him, Lucas was gone.
The family waited, believing Barry would call or write. They didn't file a missing persons report, because they weren't certain she was missing. She was in her early 20s, a grown woman capable of choosing her own destiny -- unless something bad had happened.
And that was unthinkable, so they pushed it out of their minds and waited some more.
Every once in a while, Hurt would see Stallings around town, and he would always say the same thing: "I can't stand to be around you, because you look so much like her."
In her heart, she wondered if he had gotten her sister hooked on drugs. She wondered if he knew something he wasn't telling them.
Someone said they saw her in Chicago. A tip pointed to a lady in Massachusetts, who said a young black girl worked as her live-in maid for about six months, but she couldn't remember her name or anything about her. Someone said she had been found in a mental hospital in California, where Stallings had since moved.
When Stallings was found dead, Hurt's hopes of finding her sister died a little, too.
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Barry would be 76 now. Her parents are dead. A brother is dead. Her baby, Gloria, is dead.
But she still has six siblings who miss her, Hurt says. They don't want her to come home if that isn't what she wants, they just want to know she is OK.
In their hearts, Hurt and Flournoy believe she is dead. As Flournoy says this, Gray hunches forward as the words dig beneath his ribs and find their place inside his head, where his big sister is still very much alive.
"I never gave up hope," he says quietly. "I've always been holding that hope."
Everyone coped in different ways.
Flournoy became an armchair detective. She shakes loose a sheaf of letters from the Social Security office, some yellowed, some crisp and white. The wording differs from year to year, but the context is always the same: They are unable to forward a letter to Barry, because no address has been found. There is no death certificate. There is no evidence anyone has ever used her Social Security number.
Stallings went to prison twice for drugs, so maybe Barry supplied the evidence and is now in the Witness Protection Program, Flournoy says, her eyes drowning the hope in her voice.
Hurt became an armchair publicist, trying to get the national media interested in the search. For years, her sister appeared to her in dreams. She was always scared, begging for help. Then one day, the dreams stopped.
"I feel like she might have been killed," Hurt says. "I really, really do."
She tried to get a Missouri detective interested in reopening the case. He told her he wasn't even born in the 1960s, but he would take her phone number and let her know if he heard anything.
Their parents chased every lead until they worried themselves to death. They insisted on keeping the same phone number, in case she called. From time to time, a fly-by-night private investigator would claim to have new information, and they would reach for their wallets. The children finally had to tell them they were being scammed.
And then there was Gloria, the baby Barry left behind. Everyone else had their memories to console them.
All she had was a question: Why?
It nearly drove her mad. Every Mother's Day, she drew the shades and hid within her house, unable to face the churches and restaurants packed with mothers and daughters sporting fancy hats and happy smiles. Even her own two daughters could not erase the sting of abandonment.
At the age of 50, her heart gave out. And the pain was over.
Strangely, Barry's absence has been the glue that has bonded a tight-knit family even closer. The remaining siblings, flung across the country, call one another almost every day. They talk about her all the time.
She wouldn't have just left, they say. Their parents instilled so much love in them, that she could not have willingly walked away and left them all behind.
They could have long ago had her legally declared dead, and in some ways, that might have brought the closure they seek. But in the end, they couldn't bear to seal the tomb for fear there would be no Resurrection.
"Where there's life, there's hope," Gray says, his voice barely audible.
And so they wait.
Carmen K. Sisson is the former news editor at The Dispatch.
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