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The small blurb on the dev's diary about mission really got me inspired somehow, and I started to think about what my first game of DW could be about.
I see this game going for a few gaming session... feel free to be critical (positively, hopefully) or to rip off if you like
The Imperial World of Noveria is under attack by Waagh Gazket, the Imperial Guard lead by the brilliant Commander Yarsef managed to stave off the attack for long enough that Space Marines of the Hawk Lords and Invaders Chapters are now assisting, with a small Squadron of Raven Guards Chapter specialists inbound. However, the cost has already been high, 2 of the 3 continents of the planets are under Greenskin control and have now become charnel pit of slaughter and heresy while battle rages on the last continent.
Noveria is a world of interest for the Ecclesiarchy because it is the final resting place of Saint Karivus, a former Lord Inquisitor and settlers of worlds. He was entombed in a majestic crypt on Noveria, because it was the first world he discovered/settled. The crypt is on one of the continent that fell to the Green Tide. While the Imperial Guard and Marines involved in the planetary defense would dearly love to reclaim the crypt, their effort are focused on the more pressing matter of securing the planet.
This is where the Deathwatch Kill-Team comes in. The Inquisition will not stand to have the remains of one of its most cherished and respected Lord desecrated by filthy Xenos, the team is to be dropped on the continent, their primary objective is to retrieve the remains of Saint Karivus and bring them to the extraction point. Their secondary objectives are to retrieve and bring back any relic of the God-Emperor of Man's Cult that are in the Crypt and to deal as much damage as possible to the invading Ork forces.
Of course, the Drop Pod won't arrive where it was supposed to. The first half of the game will be tense and mainly about stealth and paranoia... as mighty as the Kill-Team is, they can't survive against the full might of the Orkish force on the continent. They will have to travel as stealthily as possible in the warn torn continent that used to be a prosperous imperial world. They'll have to deal with small squadron of Ork fighters quickly and stealthily, hide from Ork flyers and major convey... but also have to deal with pocket of civilian survivors, Imperial Guard resistance fighters and even another strike force of battle-brothers sent to the continent to cripple some Ork objectives... do they help them? Forsake them? Try to steal their ressource to get to their objective faster?
In the second half, the plot thicken. Upon arriving to the shrine, the Kill-Team will find it swarming with Eldars. It turns out that the secret of Karivus' success in life was a stolen Eldar artifact, a Scepter with now unknown properties. The Eldars have finally localized it and are already on the move, going to their extraction point. The Kill-Team will now have to race with the Eldar, trying to stop them, eliminate them and retrieve the Scepter (And this part, having dealt 'correctly' with the surviving IG and the other Marines may actually prove to be helpful) all the while dealing with the marauding Orks who want nothing more than to fight new foes (Those are the boyz left on a vanquished continent, they are bored and ornery... well more so than usual).
When (if) the Kill-Team succeeds in retrieving the remain and the Scepter... they will have to get to the extraction point, all the while wondering how to deal with the fact that one of the Empire's great Hero and bastion of purity was a willing user of forbidden Xeno technology... if he succumbed to this temptation, what else did he succumb to? And what of his pupils who are still alive today? (plot hook for follow up games)
I was thinking of making the Scepter some kind of object that dealt with the Warp, and having Daemons (or maybe Chaos Marines) involved somehow, but it felt like the plot was getting complicated enough already... beside, it would make a great angle for a follow up game.


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I live part of the year on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. I have hanging geraniums in pots filled with rich, fertile soil. They are in sun most of the day and are not overwatered.
No disease, no mildew but the youngest top leaves are losing their chlorophyll and turning white between the veins. Can this be a lack of acidity in the soil or what? |
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did you find out what the problem was? i am having trouble with foliage on geranium 'rosemoore' turning white from loss of chloropyhl. as if they are trying to variegate themselves. but no pattern, or consistency. smaller leaves go totally white. |
Rich, fertile soil......and how old is it? Is it maybe been kept for long periods. Rich soil is not always a medium that some plants need or want; many plants can do well in undernourished soil. The loss of photosynthesis is attributable to how the roots feed the leaves....and isn't always just wanting sunlight. Also, Europe (Mediterranean) is not semi-tropical; the sun does lose intensity the same as all northern hemisphere locales. When the sun returns in February/March, plants renew growth rates. This is why many gardeners overwinter geraniums in a cool environment, to the point that they are given no light, no heat, no water...until the sun begins its trip north. Its at that time they are cut back, given fresh potting soil, something under the roots so the plant drains well, watered to drainage, and a good sun...without being too close to a window which can cause sun-burn and heat the soil too fast. I have no idea just what kind of sun plants get in southern Spain, but I suspect the plant is not receiving sufficent to maintain a healthy green leaf. There are other causes of leaves losing their natural colour. Sucking insects, too much light, not enough fertilizer or the plant is receiving too high a temperature at night. Sometimes soil is allowed to dry too much. At this time, if the dryness is not corrected within a certian time, the soil shrinks from the sides of the pot. When you water, the water then goes down the sides into the drainage saucer. The gardener sees it there and thinks the plant has received adequate water, when, in fact, it has received very little; the water has gone down without making contact with the roots. Water sitting in the drainage saucer, if not dumped in a reasonable time, is taken back up--giving the plant what it just got rid of...excess salts. Just some of the things that can cause problems to houseplants and garden plants treated thusly. |
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It's a pH problem. The symptoms are referred to as Chlorosis. My guess is that your mix is too alkaline, causing the plant not to be able to absorb iron. We sometimes see it with acid loving plants that are in a high pH soil. Add some sulfer to your pots, or better yet, repot and make sure your potting mix is either neutral (7) or slightly acid (6.5). Steve |
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The focus, hard work, and strategic thought required to define, build and market a fashion brand. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of social media and issues concerning propriety.
Panelists: Rose Apodaca, Susie Crippen, others TBA
Moderator: Dr. Dave Gilbert, owner/founder, salttt
ROSE APODACA is a writer, text and exhibition editor, consultant, and half of A+R, a source for modern design from around the world. Apodaca and partner Andy Griffith founded A+R as a design retail lab and leading launch pad for modern designers to the North American market. Before opening A+R, Apodaca headed the West Coast bureau of Women's Wear Daily and was a contributor to W magazine for six years. She continues showcasing rising and undiscovered talent, and her features have appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Style.com and Paper, and she spearheaded the launch of "Image," the Los Angeles Times style section. Her first book, Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty & Everything Glamour, hit the New York Times bestseller list in September 2008 and continues selling worldwide. Her biography on Fred Hayman, co-founder of Giorgio Beverly Hills and marketing architect of Rodeo Drive, was published in 2011. The oversized "coffee table" book also serves as an exhaustive history of L.A. and Hollywood style, the evolution of the perfume and beauty industries, and the retail business (and weighs seven pounds). Apodaca is currently writing a DIY beauty book with neo-burlesque queen and style icon, Dita Von Teese. Read more about her at www.roseapodaca.com.
SUSIE CRIPPEN was the co-founder of J Brand and served as creative director of the iconic jeans company for six years. Since leaving the company after its sale in early 2010, Crippen has been traveling and working on her next creative endeavor. Prior to J Brand, Crippen was a wardrobe stylist in Los Angeles for six years.
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Why do we mark holidays, anniversaries, birthdays… as important? More importantly, HOW do you mark them? For instance, how did you mark the New Year? In your Zap of Wynn (the video at the bottom of this page) today, I will give you three questions to ask yourself that will make a big difference in


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A project of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative
Project Objectives
The Outdoor Painted Surfaces project, part of the GCI's research on the conservation of modern and contemporary art materials, will aim to improve significantly conservators' understanding of the paints used for twentieth- and twenty-first-century outdoor painted works of art and to establish procedures that could be employed to improve their preservation.
Such knowledge is badly needed by conservators so that they can evaluate more systematically the behavior and relative stabilities of different paint types and therefore be better equipped to choose more effective conservation strategies. It will also assist in distinguishing between original paint layers and subsequent repainting and in developing more effective coatings for protection against two of the main causes of deterioration: ultra-violet (UV) radiation from the sun and graffiti.
Initially, the primary objectives of this project are:
- gathering information on the main classes of paint being used by artists, fabricators, and conservators on outdoor artwork, both sculpture and murals;
- developing methods of analysis to distinguish these paints, in particular the industrial enamel paints used on sculpture; surveying a number of collections of outdoor sculpture and murals to assess the most common aging effects and deterioration processes in these paints;
- assessing current coatings for both anti-graffiti and protective (e.g., UV-absorbing) purposes.
Project Overview
Painted surfaces are frequently encountered on outdoor modern and contemporary art, primarily on sculptures and murals. A wide range of painting materials have been used on these works, ranging from high-performance industrial paints intended for outdoor exposure, to standard artists' paints, which are not. Given the extreme weather conditions that outdoor works of art experiencevery high light levels, ultraviolet radiation, ozone and other atmospheric pollutants, fluctuations in temperature with extremes of hot and cold, and rain, among othersit is not surprising that any paints used on these works degrade and deteriorate fairly rapidly. The outdoor environment also makes these works highly vulnerable to acts of vandalism such as scratching and graffiti.
Outdoor painted surfaces cannot be protected to the same degree as a painting or sculpture housed indoors where all of these factors can be better controlled. Nevertheless, conservation strategies for these works are still required. Current conservation approaches to outdoor painted works can be quite varied. For example, it is accepted practice that outdoor painted sculpture is repainted at regular intervalsoften completely stripping all earlier coats of paintto compensate for color fading or other signs of degradation and to make the work look closer to its original appearance. Murals however, are usually conserved in a more traditional approach that places greater value on original paint material.
The importance of outdoor sculpture and murals should not be underestimated: Some of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, including Alexander Calder, Nikki de Saint Phalle, Mark di Suvero, Jean Dubuffet, and Roy Lichtenstein produced painted sculpture intended for installation in outdoor settings. Although contemporary muralists are typically not as well known, their work is viewed by millions of people each day. Los Angeles alone is home to over two and a half thousand contemporary outdoor public murals which have transformed many of its walls, bridges, and even freeway abutments into colorful galleries that reflect the city's culture, history, and identity.
This project is part of the GCI's Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative, which takes a broad approach to the needs of this area of conservation, including a range of scientific research projects but also a number of conferences, events, and meetings that are intended to promote discussion of these issues and to help disseminate information.
Case Study: Roy Lichtenstein's Outdoor Painted Sculpture Three Brushtrokes (1984): Anaysis of Paint Structure and Composition (10pp., PDF, 1.5MB)
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Originally published Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 9:04 PM
Investor says he'll wait to get new Seattle arena
The San Francisco venture capitalist behind a plan to lure the NBA back to town appeared before a citizen panel Wednesday, saying he's willing to wait years to complete a deal for a new arena.
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The San Francisco venture capitalist behind a plan to lure the NBA back to town appeared before a citizen panel Wednesday, saying he's willing to wait years to complete a deal for a new arena.
"To be in a position like this, it's something I've worked very hard for, to be financially able to do it," Chris Hansen said.
The Seattle native is proposing $290 million in private investment toward the construction of a new arena that would cost between $450 and $500 million. Hansen's group would also be responsible for the purchase of an NBA franchise and finding a partner interested in bringing an NHL franchise to Seattle.
The public financing component of the proposal would be capped at $200 million. Hansen said he wouldn't be the owner of the NHL franchise.
The plan represents the first significant step toward solving the arena problem that was behind the SuperSonics decision to move to Oklahoma City following the 2007-2008 NBA season after 41 years in Seattle.
The plan is now before a review board - a group of community leaders that includes one-time SuperSonics player and coach Lenny Wilkens. City and county officials have said they want the review finished within a month.
"In Chris Hansen, we have a dedicated private investor who wishes to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in our city," Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said.
Wednesday's hearing, held at City Hall, was packed full of Sonics fans decked out in the club's old colors of yellow and gold. When Hansen was introduced, all cheered.
The city of Bellevue is reportedly looking at options to bring a professional sports team to its side of Lake Washington. Asked if he would work exclusively with Seattle, Hansen said, "Definitely, there should be little question about that."
He noted that he's already bought land in the city's stadium district to build the arena.
"I put my money into this site because I believe it's the right spot for it," Hansen said. "I don't want to knock the other sites, but as a fan, think about where would you want to go?"


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When you run an automotive garage, you often need to find ways of making your business more attractive to customers when they come to you for service. In many cases, this can be a very powerful marketing tool, and if used well you may not need to spend money on other things such as advertising. Some of the things that can be done in order to make it easier for you to attract more customers in such a setting include:
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The 6330 electrical safety tester is a multifunctional tester that performs six common electrical safety tests all in a single instrument. The tester features the following test modes: ac hipot, dc hipot, ground bond, insulation resistance, functional run, and line leakage. The unit provides 3.5 kV of ac hipot test voltage, 3.5 kV of dc hipot test voltage, 30 A of ground bond test current, and insulation resistance measurements up to 1000 MΩ at 1000 V dc. In the functional run mode, the tester can monitor minimum and maximum readings for voltage, current, power, power factor, and leakage current. In the line-leakage test mode, the tester has five built-in common measuring devices which allow quick and easy line-leakage testing to common agency specifications. The tester offers 10 memory locations with 20 steps per memory and a single-step mode that allows operators to set up and store testing procedures for multiple products in the instrument's internal memory. The single-step mode allows the unit to perform each test in a setup individually, which provides flexibility in configuring the testing procedure.
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Announcing the Midnight Releases of FLASHPOINT #5 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 9:06am
We're only four weeks away from the highly anticipated final issue of Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert's series FLASHPOINT and the launch of DC Comics-The New 52 with Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's JUSTICE LEAGUE #1.
For months, we've been teasing bits and pieces of what's in store for these titles. As a "thank you" for your patience, FLASHPOINT #5 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 will be officially available starting at 12:01 A.M. on August 31st. So be sure to check your local comic book store for any special events that may be occurring.
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The Scholarship Committee would like to announce our recipients for this year.
Our 2013 recipients will each receive a $750 scholarship. They are:
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I will give my opinion on scale 1-10, 10 being most liked.
Elodie Mabel- 9 Elodie is very pretty and Mabel has a sweet vintage vibe
Mila Amelina- 2 but Mila would get a much higher score paired with a different middle name
Esme Melusine- 8 for esme but not sure about the pronunciation of the middle name
Megan Abrielle- 5 its kinda meh for my taste and compared to the other names you like but not bad
and Elin Mariel.- 6
If I may suggest...Lousia seems like it might be your style
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From your list, I like Esme and Mila (Love, love, love), but with different middle names. Melusine (maybe I'm mispronouncing it) reminds me of muesli. Mila and Amelina don't go together, as both end in a (rhymy), and they will slur to become Milamelina.
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Historic Crown Point building gets facade grant from city
By Carrie Napoleon Post-Tribune correspondent April 12, 2013 11:34AM
Artists drawing of facade improvements for the Bapple Building in Crown Point. | Provided Photo~Sun-Times Media ptmet
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CROWN POINT — A 122-year-old historic building on the downtown square will be getting up to $50,000 in facade grant money for improvements that will make the structure more historically accurate.
Architect Jim Keilman said owners Sandra and Matt Bapple, who operate their accounting firm Bapple and Bapple Inc. out of the three story structure at 101 N. Main St., are looking to historically restore the first floor of the building in a more than $140,000 renovation project.
Monday, the Redevelopment Commission approved a request for up to $25,000 in facade grant revenues for each of the facades of the corner building pending Historical Preservation Commission approval. Wednesday that commission granted a certificate of appropriateness for the design of the building and scored the project favorably for the grant, according to Dan Rohaley, RDC member. Funds will be distributed as reimbursement for costs up to 50 percent of the work done not to exceed $25,000 on each facade.
Rohaley said design for the facades was approved as presented but the sign will need further review. A variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals for the sign, which exceeds the size permitted by city ordinance, will be needed. The owners may also need state approval since the sign as presented encroaches on Ind. 55.
"They need to do a little more homework on the sign," Rohaley said.
Sandra Bapple said she was pleased by the receptive response the proposal received from the Historic Preservation Commission.
"They were very responsive… The signage is a little different than what they are used to. We will try to make that work," she said.
The Bapples own the Allman Block Building, which was originally constructed in 1891. Keilman said the couple purchased the building in 1998 and in 2001 restored the top two stories including extensive cornice work to bring back the ornate details.
"We are restoring as best we can the lower level back to the original design," Keilman said.
Plans for the current restoration project include restoring windows that were filled in with brick, removing the wrap around canopy attached in the 1950s and recreating the masonry work of the main entrance as accurately as possible.
Keilman said pictures show the original entrance was a corner entrance. Due to the use on the interior, the restoration will not be able to duplicate the corner entrance but will incorporate the same details on a new entrance to the side.
Plans also include the installation of a modified lighting shingle sign.
RDC member Carol Drasga said the work will have a significant impact on the downtown square.
"The restoration of the first level is really going to pop that corner," Drasga said.
Sandra Bapple said the couple completed the restoration of the second and third floor before the facade grant program existed and are looking forward to completing the work. She said the downtown square is significant to her family because in 1939 her parents wed at the courthouse.
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One Day by David Nicholls
Posted on | November 21, 2011 | 9 Comments
For the first post in, again, quite some time, I have entered into dialogue my fellow blogger and friend, Simon of Stuck in a Book. Please enjoy our ramblings about One Day by David Nicholls (the obligatory orange jacket for the book accompany this post – it appears everywhere else so why not here?!)
SIMON: So, Claire and I had both read One Day by David Nicholls, along with seemingly everyone else in the world, and we both wanted to put up posts on it. But we thought it might be fun to do something a bit different. We're having a real-time conversation via email, and will post the results on both our blogs… hopefully it'll have the feel of a book group, but with the bonus that we can edit ourselves to sound better! Hi Claire! Hope you're well?
CLAIRE: Hi Simon, I am well, thank you. Funnily enough, I was watching something that provoked me into thinking about missed connections/potential but interrupted moments, which was the essence of One Day, in my opinion. I found those "what if?" and *nearly* sections of the novel both frustrating and emotive; I think we can all identify with them on some level. What do you think?
SIMON: Good point. I suppose, in outline, One Day is fairly inevitable – we know the lives of Dexter and Emma are going to overlap after their day/night together at the end of university – otherwise there wouldn't really be any point to the novel. So Nicholls had to lace it all with will-they-won't-they moments, near-misses and misunderstandings etc. I suppose One Day could borrow that 'only connect' mantra from Howards End – it's about two people trying, and repeatedly failing, to connect with each other. I was worried it would feel too gimmicky, the concept of coming back to each of them on the same day every year – or too full of coincidences – do you think it was?
CLAIRE: I felt it was very contrived. The anniversary of when they met happened to be the same date as all of those key moments in their relationship and [the big spoiler at the end!]? Really? Life is full of coincidences but I think that Nicholls took the gimmick too far. I agree though that it is about two people trying -and failing- to connect with each other. I think that the reason I found it so frustrating is that those near-misses and misunderstandings are such an integral part of life and something we have all fell victim to at some point … I felt that Emma and Dex's relationship was hopeless/futile and that these connections are so often outwith our control/at the whim of fickle fate and a bitchy traveller who steals other people's books!
Your allusion to Howards End reminds me of the tribute the book made to Tess of the D'Ubervilles and Hardy; it's been so long since I read Tess (and I have a hopeless retention for key plot details) but what was the relevance between it and One Day?
SIMON: Oh gosh, now you're testing me… The letter goes missing under the carpet in Tess, maybe that? Can't see much of a link between the two, myself. Nor did I find One Day as contrived as I'd thought it might be – because big events were recalled, rather than all happening on July 15th. But I agree that The Big Spoiler Moment happening on the same date as their meeting was a coincidence too far…
Whilst we're on intertextual references – I was chuffed to see what Emma had on her bedside table at the beginning of the novel. Now I can't remember what they all were (argh!) but I do know that I'd read them all – there was Milan Kundera, maybe a Muriel Spark? It certainly made me like Emma, at the start at least. I'm easily won over like that. How sympathetic did you find Emma and Dexter, and did it change as the novel progressed?
CLAIRE: That sounds about right; I knew it was something about miscommunication/confessions going astray! I did think it was clever that we were told rather than saw some of the key moments in their relationship as everything occurring on July 15th would have been ridiculous,
I was delighted by the intertextual references – we do love our books about books! I took note of this wonderful quote about Muriel Spark.
But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark – independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.
I certainly warmed to Emma, at the start, due to her love of books; however, both she and Dexter grated on my nerves throughout and not just because of their ineptitude in getting together. My sympathies towards Dexter changed as the novel progressed, as I found Dexter became more sympathetic, but, conversely, Emma became an unsympathetic character. Regrettably, Emma was far from the Muriel Spark character that she professed to be. Ultimately, I didn't like either of them very much- did you?
SIMON: There were definitely moments when I couldn't imagine Dexter being any more loathsome. The period where he was constantly on drugs, doing appalling television, feeling self-important and neglecting Emma – I just wanted her to high-tail it outta there. I found this quotation, from that year, one of the most moving in the book:
Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will.' Her lips touched his cheek. 'I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.
I think the conflict between loving and liking someone (romantically or otherwise) is something with which we can all identify. Nicholls phrases it so simply there – and since it comes at the end of a long scene where Dexter has proved unbearably awful, and Emma has tried so hard, I found it really powerful.
But I came out the opposite of you – by the end, I liked them both. Eventually I even warmed to Dexter! How important do you think sympathising with characters is in One Day?
CLAIRE: Oh, that's interesting. He was loathsome but I think as the novel -and the years- progressed I understood Dexter more; I think he was an addict, which, as I said above, made him more sympathetic to me. Emma, I thought, was dissatisfied/unfulfilled and although that made me sad it also made me find her a little… fickle; once she had Dex she still wasn't happy and it was inevitable that their story had a tragic ending (spoilers galore! I think that there is a statute of limitations, especially on a book that is everywhere. Mwah ha ha). I found it sad that as a thirty-eight year old Emma was so disillusioned by love and far removed from her twenty-two year old self.
Normally I do not have to sympathise, or even like, characters in order to enjoy a book but with One Day I think it hampered my enjoyment. Although I liked it well enough I did not love it. I needed to be more invested in their story, to will them together, but I didn't care enough about them; Em/Dex are not the star-crossed lovers of our generation. Do you agree?
SIMON: I had a fairly odd relationship with the novel – in that, whilst I was reading it, I loved it. I raced through it on holiday – and you know me and long books; it doesn't often work. But almost as soon as I finished it, I started doubting myself. Had I really liked it as much as I thought? Was it actually a very good novel? I did care about the characters – I must have done, to make me find it so compelling. But afterwards I started to think – is Nicholls a good stylist, for example, or simply good at making a novel pacy? (Is there a difference?!)
CLAIRE: I think there is a difference. I similarly found it compelling-and we have established it wasn't due to my love for the characters- but I think it suffered from undue hype. Surely to be classed as an epic love story of our times, we have to be more engaged and invested? Mr Darcy doesn't start out as likable but, oh my, is his and Lizzie's story compelling. One Day was absorbing and it absorbed me for more than one day but I don't understand why so many people love it/cry over it. I saw the tragic moment coming, although it did make me gasp a little. However, I don't think that really answers your question. It was a good read but not a good book, if you see the same difference as I do?
SIMON: That's exactly it! Except I might be a trifle more generous and say it was a great read but not a great book – it might just sneak into 'good book' territory for me. I have a feeling that those who wept/cheered over One Day either have had close experiences, or have yet to read P&P etc. (or my favourite romantic couple, Jane/Toby in The L-Shaped Room.
CLAIRE: I will temper my comment by saying it was a good read but not a great book (that seems fairer and more truthful to my own feelings). I hate to say it (well, not really) but I think that as far as mainstream love stories go, Emma and Dexter, are fitting but they were too close to … human for me; I prefer my love stories either more romantic/idyllic or far grittier (of which polar opposites both of your examples fit). Emma and Dexter's story was distinctly average
SIMON: Like you, I more or less saw the tragic end coming. That's one moment which I thought the film did extraordinarily well – and I wished I hadn't known it would happen, because it was quite a shocking moment of film.
Ah, the film. Let's swap our reading glasses for our cinema specs for a mo – first off, who would you like to have played Emma and Dexter? I would have loved Emma to be Romola Garai, which was only enforced by seeing her in a smaller role in the film.
CLAIRE: I haven't seen the film (I know!) I meant to… then all the criticism of Anne Hathaway's shifting accents deterred me. Did you find though while reading it that you had the cast in your mind's eye? I always find it hard to re-imagine a character once they have been imagined for me onscreen. I love Romola Garai, however, and think she would have made a lovely -and altogether more sympathetic- Emma; as for Dex, I'm not sure… somebody that does cad and endearing/vulnerable/messed up male well.
SIMON: I never visualise characters when reading, so I was pretty open to any actors, visually at least. Gotta say, I'd never heard of Jim Strugess before One Day, but he was a brilliant Dexter. Dexter's more annoying phases were played with an undercurrent of embarrassment, so that he never felt quite as loathsome as he did in the novel. Anne Hathaway… oh, Anne, I love you normally, but that accent was beyond dreadful. Most of the time she was vaguely British, and then she would lapse into ee-by-gum Yorkshire. No, Annie, no.
CLAIRE: I've seen Jim Sturgess in a film before and thought he was well cast (not seeing how he actually comes across onscreen though, I can't judge if I was correct.)
SIMON: We've not really covered all the other characters… have to admit, Emma's boyfriend Ian made me feel very uncomfortable – mostly because I kept wondering how similar he was to me! I'm totally the guy who makes jokes all the time, whatever the tone of the situation… What did you think of Ian and Sylvie, as the substitute partners for Emma and Dexter?
CLAIRE: Ian made me very uncomfortable too; he started off sweet and self-deprecating and then became quite scary. I don't think you should be at all concerned of being the same as him, Simon! He had his insecurities and was obviously very much in love with Emma; I did think it was good of Nicholls to bring him back for Dexter in end, which redeemed his character. Sylvie never really rang true for me; she was quite one-dimensional and what was with her family?! The Sylvie of early Dexter/Sylvia and the Sylvia at the end of their marriage were disparate but, then, people and relationships evolve/devolve. Neither character was a fitting substitute character, I thought, but acted as a foil to the "meant to be" partner.
SIMON: Sylvie's family were ghastly, weren't they? 'Are you there, Moriarty?' sounds like the worst game ever, and I usually adore silly family games. I wish Nicholls had made her a little more believable, as a person Dexter would have picked. Ditto swarthy French bloke, for Emma.
I suppose we should be drawing this discussion to an end, since it should take up less than one day(!) – can I just say, though, what fun it's been, Claire! I hope the readers enjoy the format (shameless plug for 'we love you guys' comments!) Perhaps we can just sum up our thoughts in one or two sentences?
CLAIRE: It's been a pleasure, as always!
Hm, one or two sentences? One Day was a book about missed opportunities and failed connections and, regrettably, it failed to connect with me.
SIMON: Nice! Ok, my turn. One Day felt like a great read one day, a good read the next day, a mediocre film a later day, and a great conversation today!
9 Responses to "One Day by David Nicholls"
Simon T
November 21st, 2011 @ 12:05 amPhew, just finished fiddling with my post in time! It was such fun doing this post with you, Claire, let's do it again sometime
November 21st, 2011 @ 8:23 amI'm definitely with you here — in fact I actually didn't like the book at all. It really irritated me and like you I thought it terribly contrived. But this is a really nice idea for a blog post so I hope it's the first of many. And welcome back — it's nice to see your blog up and running again.
Col (Col Reads)
November 21st, 2011 @ 3:29 pmThis was a really fun format. But the post hasn't convinced me I need to put this one on my TBR!
November 21st, 2011 @ 8:57 pmWhile the book doesn't much appeal to me (too much hype like Claire said – maybe some years down the road?) I absolutely loved the format and hope we'll see more of it in the future
Becky (Page Turners)
November 22nd, 2011 @ 2:01 amBrilliant way to review the book. I have to admit that Emma and Dexter were both quite irritating to me. I wanted to identify with Emma because i saw some similarities, but in the end I felt like she was almost enjoying have a sh*tty life, while she was in her 20′s and working at that mexican place anyway.
I still loved the book though. It had be hooked from beginning to end. Although it was a bit gimmicky, I was able to let that go and just enjoy the story.
November 22nd, 2011 @ 10:31 amSo glad to see you back. I read this before the hype. I really enjoyed it and cried a lot in the end. It wasn't a perfect novel but I grew to love Emma and Dex in spite of their imperfections. I'm not really interested to see the film though.
November 22nd, 2011 @ 8:30 pmProbably won't read the book…might see the movie on an excrutiatingly boring -20C day when I'm craving popcorn though. But I thoroughly enjoyed 'listening' to you and Simon chat about it all since I do hear your voices now that we've met.
November 23rd, 2011 @ 10:37 amGreat post! I really enjoyed the book, but as it progressed, Emma irritated me more and more!
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Does it act strange when you run other stuff that drains into the same line? Just wondering if you maybe have a clogged vent stack rather than a problem with the Toto. I'd still probably call Toto and see if they have a suggestion for what to check. |
That's an excellent thought, thanks. When we flush the toilet, other things have started to make the pulsing sound or thumping, like the ice maker in the fridge and another toilet. I'll call Toto and look into the clogged vent too. |
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Forecasts suggest night time lows will go below 32 this weekend. I have some 20-30 tomatoes of various sizes still on the vine on my 4 tomato plants.
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If you pick the green fruits, you can fry and eat them green or leave them to ripen indoors. If you let them freeze, they will become soft and watery and will rot. |
I ate a plate of fried green tomatoes last night...and MMMMM!!!! soooo good... one of my fav things ever... coat them with fine seasoned corn meal and fry in a skillet with some oil... WOW! |
Ok, I'm going to harvest them by the end of the week - some for fried green tomatoes and some for ripening off the vine. |
Here's a couple of tips to consider for a good fried green tomato... Use a couple eggs and a little bit of milk to 'wash' the tomatoes...just blend it all up. If you want you can add a few squeezes of lemon juice. I use cornmeal catfish fry for my tomatoes, but just plain cornmeal works ok if you season it well. Sill add some salt either way.... Slice the tomatoes about 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch thick. Soak them in your egg/milk wash (lemon juice optional) while your oil heats up. Use any kind of oil EXCEPT corn oil. It leaves a really strong after taste. Your fire should be a little higher than medium...In the end if you cook the tomato too long it will be 'floopy'...I like mine with a little meat to it so I only cook until the corn meal is slightly browned just a little... MMMMM!!! One of my favs! |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 18:09
If you failed to cull your tomatoes in Sept and have lots of greens sitting there with no chance of ripening, you can also cut the plants and hang them upside down in the garage. Not the best flavor, of course, but still better'n store-bought. Dan |
Most of the green tomatoes will ripen. I had 8 flats of green tomatoes and more than 80% ripened. I didn't do anything special -- single layer, covered with a sheet of news print, unheated greenhouse. |
- Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8 MS (My Page) on Fri, Nov 5, 10 at 0:16
We are to get our first hard freeze Saturday night. I'll be harvesting green tomatoes tomorrow. I will make a green tomato relish that has onions, bell peppers, and green apples in it. It's delicious on hot dogs. Waste not. Want not! :) |
- Posted by leisa_in_md z6 MD (My Page) on Sat, Nov 6, 10 at 12:48
UGH... missed my chance to bring in my green ones. They've gotten good and frozen. Is there anything I can do with them at this point? Or are they only good for the compost pile :( |
I have stored frozen whole red tomatoes and then used them in recipes that call for cooking down a tomato. They're quite fresh when stored this way, but of course they'll never have their firmness again. In a recipe that calls for cooking, you can't tell the difference. Some people also freeze them green and use them in green tomato recipes. I know I've missed a few on the vines. Tomorrow I clean up all my tomato plants and cages. We've had a couple freezes now (down to 24 F) so I'll try frying some up and seeing how they work. If they work well, the frozen missed 'maters will go into the freezer. |
- Posted by leisa_in_md z6 MD (My Page) on Sat, Nov 6, 10 at 13:24
I just went and checked them and they are all squishy... not very appetizing, that's for sure... lol Oh well -- hopefully next year will be better! :) |
Leisa, if you pick them immediately after a freeze and before they rot, you can throw them in the blender and boil them down into a sauce. If they already started rotting, too late. |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 6, 10 at 15:11
and they are all squishy Very easy to extend the season on toms or pick green pr cut entire plant and hang upside down in garage. No need to have them go to waste like that. Dan |
- Posted by leisa_in_md z6 MD (My Page) on Sat, Nov 6, 10 at 15:54
Yep -- I know I should have brought them in, but the frost snuck up on me! |
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Our Simala experience
-A A +ABy Mimi Olorga
Saturday, February 25, 2012
"BUT you're in a castle," put as a question-cum-statement by my friend Edinna. Yes, I am. But not in Le Mont-Saint-Michel in France nor the Heidelberger Schloss in Germany. I am in the Sanctuary Castle of Mother Mary in the Marian Hill in one of the southern barangays of Cebu.
Right after my good editor had made a clarificatory call about my previous article, I took the last evening flight from Bacolod to Cebu. This I made with only one purpose in mind - to make a pilgrimage to one Marian place in Barangay Lindogon, Simala, Sibonga, Cebu.
Why a pilgrimage? Well, with all our limitations and weaknesses, we all believe that we can only be strong if we are in the Lord. And if being with the Lord would mean knowing more of His wondrous and loving ways, then going to places, far and near, and having a greater experience of His love would mean a pilgrimage. Moreover, I believe that I should start right my Lenten preparation by visiting Simala.
I first heard of the place last year from friends Rio, Irene and Perla. Then Cesei, another friend, brought me three candles from there and shared how he made a return visit to the place to make his thanksgiving for answered prayers. So believing in my friends' testimonies, I made my early booking October last year.
With all these intentions, I invited my friend Tess. And God is so good with us. We were billeted, for free, in an international hotel in Mabolo, Cebu, just a short 30-minute ride from Mactan International Airport. Tess' brother was having training in Cebu for two weeks, and his hotel-place is just but comfy and spacious for the three of us.
After arriving a little late of our estimated time of arrival, we took the white cab to the hotel. With our vivacious and friendly driver who charged us fairly, we arrived in the hotel. With all the ambiance and comforts of the place, we took our much–needed rest to be ready with our trip the next day.
Waking up and getting ready early, we were at the bus terminal at around 7:30 in the morning. Taking the option of riding an air conditioned bus rather than taking the small shuttle van, our 2-hour bus trip was as comfortable as riding a private vehicle.
Going to Simala will cost one pilgrim just PhP70.00 in an aircon bus, a PhP20.00 difference from the ordinary PUV.
Our bus bound for Lilo-an Port left the terminal at 8 that morning.
We alighted at the "bangga" or the corner of Simala where the local tricycle and "habal-habal" (single motorcycle) are stationed. The Monastery of our Lady of Evangelization, another name of the place, is a five- kilometer up-hill ride that paying PhP20.00 should not matter to the rider. The circuitous climb is really taking much toll on both the driver and his motorized trike that I really admire the former's expert maneuvering on the road.
Again I would say we're blessed to have arrived right in time for the 10:30 morning mass. This we knew because of the loud speaker set all over the place.
But as we walked our way up the Sanctuary Castle of Mother Mary, I can't help but be awed by the majesty and the sanctity of the place and the throng of pilgrims making their way up monastery.
Truly, the Sanctuary Castle is not only imposing but amazing and stunning as well. Who would ever thought that there is such a structure on top of a hill far from the outskirts of the metropolis?
On the entrance gate are the locals selling olive oil for PhP20.00 a bottle. Such is said to contain blessings and miracles from the miraculous icon of Our Lady. We bought some to be blessed during the mass. Truly the oil smells fragrantly and feels smooth on the skin.
With the structure's great height, there's a stair going up and another going down. We did not bother to count the steps but what we did was stop at every landing. Huh, huh, with every step we took, we did not only inhale the blessing of being there but also the fact that we can still make those steps. Coupled with railings, a lower ramp for the climb and the descent is provided for the old and the sick.
Despite the language barrier (the mass was said in the native Cebuano dialect), the Holy Sacrifice of the mass is always a chance to gather and conduct ourselves in the holy banquet of the Lord. And with the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, we faithful can always understand and participate in the celebration.
After the mass came the long queue of people, all patiently waiting for their turn to go up near the miraculous icon of Our Lady, or the "Birhen sa Simala".
The icon is set on the topmost part of the church. With ecclesiastical permission by His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal, the story of Our Lady's shedding of tears can be told to all the faithful.
The sacred statue of our Blessed Mother had shed tears on the following dates: August 17, 1998, August 22, 1998, September 8, 1998 (Mama Mary's birthday), October 13, 1998 (the anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima's apparition), December 29, 1998, and September 8, 1999 (still Our Lady's birthday).
In as much as the monastery is a holy place, we have to take off our footwear and minimize our voices.
There are plenty of candleholders for those who would like to light candles for their intentions. And colored candles costing PhP35.00 each can be bought and lighted by the pilgrim while praying for his/her intention.
Yes, friend, the colors of the candles have meaning. Gold is for healing, green for prosperity and success, blue for perseverance, violet for achievements, red for love, yellow for peace, white for purity, orange for reconciliation, pink for thanksgiving, black for the souls, brown for vocation, gray for deliverance and cream for conversion.
Also, on designated booths, the nuns and some lay women are issuing receipts for whatever donation the faithful would like to give for his/ her mass intention.
But another worth –telling thing are the cabinets on display. Yes, on our way up the icon of Our Lady, we passed by glass-covered cabinets filled with crutches, walkers, wheel chairs, badges, pins, photographs prayers and thank-you notes from people who have experienced the divine graces of answered prayers and healing.
Letters and notes of people who passed the board exams, got their visas, earned employment, got healed and more had returned to the place and had given their notes-of-thanks to the "mga monghe ni Maria" or monks of Mary.
There's even one laminated letter of thanks with matching photo from Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao and his wife, Jinky.
This is the reason why devotees and pilgrims from near or even from other places have been increasing, and why improvements in the church have been made because of the donation from a lot of people all over the world.
Moreover, the monks have come to construct schools for the local children, homes for the abandoned and indigent families and convent for the nuns. I can say that God really prospers the works of His people.
At long last, we reached the back portion of the church, and we found the miraculous icon of Our Lady. We made our petitions and prayed earnestly. We cannot tarry long in front of the glass covering because of the so many who follow us. But we knelt on the pews provided and silently proffered our intentions. And with the presence of so many prayer petition boxes, we wrote and dropped our petitions.
Down below in the second landing is the gallery of Our Lady's different personas.
From Fatima, to Carmel, or Penafrancia to Manaoag, or Prague to Guadalupe---say it and the gallery has it. With the icons are its labels, background history and feast days. Our viewing of the different statues was not only educational but also inspirational. The varied ways Our Lady had showed herself to us in different forms attest to her great love and concern for our salvation.
After having made a schedule for a mass intention and bought some candles, we trod our way out. It was near 2 in the afternoon and we haven't eaten lunch yet. We made our way to the big statue of the Miraculous Mama Mary. We also went to the replica of the Well of Nazareth, where Mama Mary is said to have hauled water for Jesus and Joseph.
The presence of so many kiosks where pilgrims can have respite or can eat their "baon" provided us the dual purpose why they're there. So we took our seat and opened our packed snacks - all bread but in three different forms. As we munched with gusto, the sight of the locals offering reflexology session for Php70.00 is so inviting to my tired limbs. But we have to take the 3pm van schedule to be able to reach Metro-Cebu by 5pm.
As we bid the place goodbye, we cannot ignore the deep feelings of love, serenity and sublimity. And much as we are told to "tell the world of His love", we promised ourselves to share this experience with other faithful Marian devotees that they, too, may experience God's great love for all of us through Our Lady.
Indeed, our pilgrimage is really worth-a-telling. And just like other pilgrims, we hope to come back and make our thanksgiving for answered prayers.
May our Lenten preparation be more meaningful. Here's to a peaceful week ahead. God bless.
Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on February 25, 2012.
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I know, the subject is like the old Homer & Jethro "I was Looking Back to See". I just saw on the PLANTS trade forum where last year someone received some pink banana plants. The trader did not grow the bananas but and promptly traded them for something else. Now the person is apologizing because the plants were not pink bananas but were cannas. Would you send someone a plant you have not grown and are not absolutely sure it is what it is supposed to be? I would not. A few years ago I traded brugs to a lady who just had to have them. Within a day after she received the plants, she had posted them on the PLANTS forum. Initially I was very irritated but then again they now belonged to her. Still, it just doesn't seem right. I would be very unhappy if I had received the cannas instead of the pink banana. |
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- Posted by outsideplaying 7/No. Ala (My Page) on Thu, Mar 9, 06 at 8:51
My conscience wouldn't let me give away, much less trade, for something I wasn't absolutely sure about. My neighbor has huge gardens and has shared many things with me & others. But she would not divide her iris and give me any because they had a disease. You're right to think that anything you give away is no longer yours, but this reminds us all to be careful of what (and who) you trade with. Mis-represensting anything is inexcusable, whether it's a plant or some other item. |
- Posted by squirrellypete z7b GA (My Page) on Thu, Mar 9, 06 at 16:55
My personal feeling would be that you need to make sure the other person knows this plant has not been verified. Tell them what you were told it was but that you haven't had the opportunity to grow it long enough to tell for sure. Then leave it up to them to decide if they want to chance it. For me the same goes for any plant that you think may have a disease. I was going to trade some daylilies at a spring swap (not for this forum) and then discovered they had a foliar fungus (not rust thankfully) when they started to break dormancy. I notified the people I was trading with to see if they wanted to cancel the trades and surprisingly they all wanted to proceed. I am hopeful my spray treatment will take care of the problem before trade date but they need to be made aware of it so they can isolate it and continue to treat it if necessary. Just my 2 cents though. Happy gardening. |
Trading trades you just traded for...Hummmmm...I am new so I wouldn't trade trades I just traded for...Haven't even traded anything yet...I can't figure out how to fill my trade page out. Maybe the person changed their mind about the plant and traded it...Maybe someone they wanted a different plant from, wanted your plant so she traded your plant for the plant that she really wanted... I have been told that I have Heirloom Tiger lily in my yard, from 1940...If I was planning on trading some of that I would make sure to say I am not sure... |
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Howdy! Building a new house, and here's the first design on the bathroom from my architect. I'm not crazy about it -- I feel like there's a lot of wasted space in the middle of a big square. What would you do differently? Any and all opinions are welcome! |
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It is hard to comment with certainty - b/c you left out the wider view of MB and "her" closet. Where does the other door in "her" closet take you? If there is any wasted space I would say it it is in "her" closet. Just the partial image of it shows huge amount of "walkway space" instead of using it for shelves, or dresser drawer, etc. I personally DO NOT understand the logic for putting closet in the bathroom. I do not want my clothes and shoes next to source of moisture. I do not want to be getting dressed after a shower in a moist room. But. That is the owner's choice to make. Make sure you have a good place to hang all towels - dry before shower, wet after shower, extra towels storage. They need to be easy to grab after shower, but not in the way that you will constantly bump them with our elbows. Make room (hidden preferably) for toilet cleaning supplies, extra TP, etc. |
- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 0:07
Cold you post the layout if the whole floor? Or at least include the surrounding rooms? |
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NewTeeVee on VODO
NewTeeVee has homed in on VODO. Unfortunately we didn't have time to answer their questions (NTV, if you're listening, try us again, and we'll have more time after the 11th!) However, now is probably the time to say that we're in development with VODO as of the beginning of June, the technology questions have pretty much been ironed out (for now), and we won't be using fingerprinting in any of the initial stages of the project. However, the model of helping to create and sustain a distributed donation infrastructure is still at the center of what we're doing.
There are a few reasons we've decided not to go with fingerprinting. The most important, probably, is concern that using 'rights management' technology, even to manage a non-copyright based donation system, is problematic even if it worked, which it might very well not. As we thought about this problem in detail, we were able to arrive at a simpler solution which will be much swifter and cleaner to implement.
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It's also unclear how successful a P2P donation service would be. The Steal This Film team points to the recent online experiments by Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails to show that donations can work, but one could argue that those were singular instances of highly successful bands leveraging their existing communities.
That's totally true, but isn't the point that the interest of these big artists shows that donation has become a significant way for creators to earn money? We expect to see more medium-large artists turning to direct donation as a way of sustaining their work and themselves as revenues from other, copy-restriction-based sources inexorably fall. VODO does not aim to solve the problem of how to promote artists and bring their work to the attention of filesharers, but there are existing mechanisms that will almost certainly be increasingly re-oriented towards that activity, and new ones that could be built. In a way sites like Last.FM are actually better oriented towards this kind of thing than they are to converting listeners to traditional sales, so hooking them to a donation infrastructure makes good sense.
In fact, P2P advocates have had little success with similar ideas in the past: A few fans of the original music-swapping service Napster founded a donation service called Fairtunes back in 2000. The idea was to collect donations for bands that were popular on the file-swapping service. Fairtunes even built a donation plug-in for the then-popular MP3 software Winamp, much in the same way VODO wants to become part of video players.
The service got some major press coverage, including an article in Time Magazine, but attracted only little spare change. Overall, Fairtunes made about $20,000 and finally closed down a year after its launch.
We've of course looked into the Fairtunes story and discussed it a bit. The fact that they were actually collecting donations for people and then trying to cut and send them cheques is scary. We think it's really important to design a system like this so that it's scalable. We're a lot further on than the Napster days now, and there's a lot at stake. (And by the way, we're not being vague about the details of the system because of being sneaky and proprietary, but because — as happened with STEAL THIS FILM II — it's pretty likely things will change before release!)
Thanks for your interest, NewTeeVee!
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