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|Città di Vasto
|Coordinates: 42°06′42″N 14°42′30″E / 42.1118°N 14.7082°ECoordinates: 42°06′42″N 14°42′30″E / 42.1118°N 14.7082°E
|Chieti (CH)
|• Mayor
|Luciano Antonio Lapenna
|• Total
|70.65 km2 (27.28 sq mi)
|138 m (453 ft)
|Population (30 November 2010)
|• Total
|• Density
|570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|Postal code
|Dialing code
|Patron saint
|Saint Michael
|Saint day
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Vasto (Greek: Ἱστόνιον; Latin: Histonium, Istonium, and Histonios; formerly also, Guastaymonis, Il Vasto, and Il Vasto d'Ammone) is a town and comune on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti in southern Abruzzo, Italy. The population is now just over 40,000.
According to tradition, the town was founded by Diomedes, the Greek hero. The earliest archaeological relics date to 1300 BC, evidence of the first settlements. Histonium was one of the chief towns of the Frentani, situated on the coast of the Adriatic, about 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of the promontory called Punta della Penna. The city is noticed by all the geographers among the towns of the Frentani, and we learn from the Liber Coloniarum that it received a colony, apparently under Julius Caesar.[1] It did not, however, obtain the rank of a colonia, but continued to bear the title of a municipium, as we learn from inscriptions.[2] The same authorities prove that it must have been, under the Roman Empire, a flourishing and opulent municipal town; and this is further attested by existing remains, which include the vestiges of a theatre, baths, and other public edifices, besides numerous mosaics, statues, and columns of granite or marble. Hence there seems no doubt that it was at this period the chief city of the Frentani. (Romanelli, vol. iii. p. 32.) Among the numerous inscriptions which have been found there, one of the most curious records the fact of a youth named L. Valerius Pudens having at thirteen years of age borne away the prize of Latin poetry in the contests held at Rome in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.[3] The name of Histonium is still found in the Itineraries of the fourth century[4] and it probably never ceased to exist on its present site, though ravaged successively by the Goths, the Lombards, the Franks, and the Arabs. Some local writers have referred to Histonium the strange passage of Strabo[5] in which he speaks of a place called Ortonium (as the name stands in the manuscripts) as the resort of pirates of a very wild and uncivilised character. The passage is equally inapplicable to Histonium and to Ortona, both of which names naturally suggest themselves; and Kramer is disposed to reject it altogether as spurious.[6]
Histonium has no natural port, but a mere roadstead; and it is not improbable that in the days of its prosperity it had a dependent port at the Punta della Penna, where there is good anchorage, and where Roman remains have also been found, which have been regarded, but probably erroneously, as those of Buca. The inscriptions published by a local antiquarian, as found on the same spot, are in all probability spurious. (See Mommsen, lnscr. Regn. Neap. p. 274, App. p. 30; who has collected and published all the genuine inscriptions found at Histonium.)
After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus and proclaimed himself ruler of all Italy in 476AD, he in turn being replaced by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths in 493AD. Following Theodoric's death in 526AD, the Western half of the Empire became fully controlled by Germanic tribes until Justinian's Byzantine re-conquest, which included the province of Samnium, of which Histonium was a key town. However soon after Justinian's death the city fell to the Lombards becoming incorporated into the Duchy of Benevento and, later, succumbing to the Franks c774AD. Normans under Robert Guiscard in turn captured the Duchy of Benevento in 1053. Around 1076, Histonium was renamed Guastaymonis, or the Waste of Aimone (Italian: Il Guasto d'Aimone), following raids, hence its current name. From the thirteenth century it was part of the Kingdom of Naples, which later merged into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
In the 15th century the city's urban structure was transformed by the condottiero Giacomo Caldora, who had become its lord. The Caldoras built new city walls still seen today: Torre Bassano in Piazza Rossetti, Torre Diomede in Vico Storto del Passero, Torre Diamante in Piazza Verdi and Porta Catena, with Castello Caldoresco as its primary defensive outpost.
In 1566 Turkish Ottoman naval forces, led by Piyale Pasha, destroyed much of the city by fire, including the Castello Caldoresco, the Church of Santa Margherita and the Palazzo d'Avalos (formerly a home of Vittoria Colonna - close confidante of Michelangelo - now the Musei di Palazzo d'Avalos).
Under the Spanish rule of southern Italy, Vasto became fief of the Marquises d'Avalos; in the reign of Cesare Michelangelo (marquis from 1697 to 1729), Vasto reached its zenith.
Only superficially shaken by revolutionary events in 1799 (a short-lived Republic of Vasto was immediately overthrown by the sanfedista, or loyalists), the city's history was reflected in the nation's throughout the Restoration to the Unity of Italy when a liberal elite governed. The poet and scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti was born in Vasto on 28 February 1783. Rossetti's published works include literary criticism, Romantic poetry such as his long poem Il veggente in solitudine of 1846, and his Autobiography. He is thought to be the basis of the character Professor Pesca, a political refugee from Italy and a member of 'The Brotherhood', an organisation placed contemporaneously with, and similarly featured as, the Carbonari, in Wilkie Collins' 1860 novel The Woman in White. Gabriele went into political exile in 1821, settling in London, England. Gabriele died on 24 April 1854 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery with his wife Frances Polidori and daughter Christina Rossetti.
In the age of Giovanni Giolitti, Vasto changed its architectural and urban features. The historical centre was redrawn and the foundations were set for drastic alterations during the 1920s and 1930s, with Mussolini decreeing a name change to Istonio in 1938, the official name until the liberation of the city in 1944.
Despite a devastating landslide (1956) that dragged a significant part of the eastern ridge - now Via Adriatica - into the gorge below, the years following World War II witnessed industrial, urban, parties and socio-cultural development. The city also discovered its tourist vocation: besides the progressive development of its beaches, Roman-era thermal baths, mosaics, cisterns and remains of an amphitheatre were found and restored.
Vasto is the home of Harvard University's Summer Program in Abruzzo, an intensive Italian language program for Harvard students.
Church of St. Lawrence Martyr "THE Martyrdom of St. Lawrence"[edit]
In 2012, the painter Abruzzo Cesare Giuliani donated the work "The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence." Archbishop Bruno Forte celebrated the rite of blessing the work of the painter.
Church of the Annunciation "St. Joseph the Worker"[edit]
In 2008 the painter Abruzzo Cesare Giuliani donated the work "St. Joseph the Worker." Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari celebrated the rite of blessing the work of the painter.
- ^ (Mela ii. 4. § 9; Pliny the Elder iii. 12. s. 17; Ptolemy iii. 1. § 18; Lib. Colon. p. 260; August Wilhelm Zumpt, De Coloniis p. 307.
- ^ Orell. Inscr. 2603, 4052; Zumpt, l. c..
- ^ Romanelli, l. c. p. 34; Orell. Inscr. 2603; Mommsen, I. R. N. 5252.)
- ^ Antonine Itinerary p. 314; Tabula Peutingeriana.
- ^ vi. p. 242.
- ^ Kramer, ad loc.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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|Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Vasto.


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After four years and a number of revised drafts, the eagerly anticipated amendment to the existing PRC Trademark Law was finally passed on August 30, 2013 and will come into force on May 1, 2014 ("New Law").
This gives brand owners just under one year to get to grips with the practical implications of the New Law and to ensure they are ready to take advantage of the positive amendments and neutralize the risks posed by the more challenging amendments.
This update focusses on the amendments which are being made to the current PRC Trademark Law ("Existing Law") which we believe will have the biggest practical impact on the way in which brand owners protect their brands in China.
The key amendments to the Trademark Law are that:
Under the Existing Law, if an opponent is unsuccessful in opposition proceedings before the CTMO, it has the benefit of being able to appeal the CTMO's decision to the TRAB. However, under perhaps the most far reaching amendment of the New Law, an unsuccessful opponent will no longer be able to appeal the CTMO's decision, but will instead be required to file a cancellation action at the TRAB. The trademark applicant on the other hand, will continue to have a right to appeal the CTMO's decision to the TRAB.
An opponent's right of appeal to the TRAB has in practice been of significant importance to brand owners. This is because the TRAB will typically take a less mechanical and more nuanced approach in opposition proceedings than the CTMO. Furthermore, given the high workload of CTMO examiners, it is unfortunately not uncommon for errors to be made by examiners which result in credible oppositions against pirate marks initially being refused.
The rationale behind the removal of an opponent's right to appeal is to speed up the timeframe from application to grant of a trademark. This will be welcomed by applicants who have filed an application in good faith but the downside for victims of trademark piracy is that, where an opposition against a pirate application is unsuccessful, even though it may be possible to cancel a pirate mark in cancellation proceedings before the TRAB, there will be an intermediary period where the mark is registered and can be enforced by the pirate against the brand owner. This could lead to genuine goods being seized by local administrative authorities and/or customs which, in turn, could result in brand owners being left with no viable commercial alternative other than giving in to the demands of the trademark pirate.
The practical implication of this amendment is that opposition proceedings will become very much the "first and last" chance a brand owner has to defeat a trademark pirate as, where an opposition is unsuccessful and commercial pressure is leveraged by a pirate, the brand owner may be forced to succumb to the demands of the pirate.
Finally, the Existing Law contains a provision which states that if a trademark is unsuccessfully opposed, a cancellation action cannot be brought on the same facts and grounds. The New Law does not contain such a provision and it is unclear whether such a "res judicata" provision will be included in the Implementing Regulations or whether the lack of such a provision is intentional, given the removal of the right to appeal to the TRAB.
Under the Existing Law, anyone can oppose the registration of a trademark. Lengthy opposition proceedings have meant that it is possible for parties to file oppositions for strategic purposes, delaying an application in order to gain leverage over an applicant. However, under the New Law, only the owner of a pre-existing right or an "interested" party can file an opposition. This is a positive amendment for applicants who have filed an application in good faith.
The New Law introduces a requirement that has been long awaited by brand owners who have fallen victim to trademark piracy. The New Law provides that all applications must comply with principles of "honesty" and "good faith". However, whilst this is clearly a step forward in terms of addressing trademark piracy, this new requirement is not listed as a possible ground for opposition and it is unclear whether the CTMO will be prepared, in practice, to reject a mark where evidence is included in an opposition which shows that a mark has not been applied for in accordance with principles of "honesty" and "good faith".
In a further attempt to address the issue of trademark piracy, the New Law also introduces a requirement that trademark agencies, and trademark agents personally, must conduct their activities according to principles of "honesty" and "good faith" and, where an agent "knows or should know" that an application for registration is a pirate application, it must refuse instruction. A trademark agency that is found not to comply with this requirement may be subject to a fine of between circa US$1,600 - US$16,000 and a local AIC can impose a fine of between circa US$800 - US$8,000 against individual agents, as well as criminal sanctions in certain circumstances. Local AICs will also keep a "black book" and, where trademark agencies are repeatedly found to be acting dishonestly or not in good faith, the TRAB may cease to accept any cases handled by the agency and publish this fact.
This amendment is, on paper, an undoubted step in the right direction and will hopefully decrease the number of pirate applications being filed. However, whether this particular amendment lives up to the expectations of western brand owners will depend on how "honesty" and "good faith" are in practice interpreted.
As is the case under the Existing Law, under the New Law, damages will be determined by reference to the actual losses suffered by the trademark owner and where it is not possible to calculate damages in this manner, they will be calculated on the basis of a reasonable royalty.
Where there is evidence of bad faith on the infringers behalf or other "serious circumstances" exist, damages can be trebled.
In addition, in an attempt to further decrease infringement, statutory damages of up to circa US$500,000 can be imposed, representing a six-fold increase over the level of statutory damages that currently can be awarded under the Existing Law.
The New Law introduces the ability for applicants to file multi-class applications and for applications to be made electronically. E-filing is undoubtedly a welcome change which will hopefully increase the speed and efficiency of the prosecution process. Multi-class filings may, however, be a double edged sword and their success may be dependent on how strictly the "honesty" and "good faith" provisions in the New Law are adhered to and enforced. On the one hand, it will increase efficiency and reduce costs in managing a PRC trademark portfolio, making it easier and more cost effective for genuine brand owners to protect their brands in the PRC. On the other hand, it opens up the possibility for trademark pirates to register more brands in more classes and at a reduced cost.
On balance, provided adequate and appropriate measures are adopted by brand owners in preparation for the implementation of the New Law, we believe the ability to file multi-class applications should be positive. However, if inadequate preparations are made by brand owners, the effect of multi-class applications being introduced could be serious. Our team of specialist trademark lawyers are on hand to counsel brand owners, helping to ensure appropriate measures are adopted before the implementation of the New Law so that the addition of multi-class filing has a positive effect on the protection and management of a brand portfolio in the PRC.
Currently, prosecuting a "smooth" trademark application in the PRC takes a minimum of 18 months. The New Law provides that the CTMO must complete its examination within 9 months, meaning that, provided no oppositions are filed within the 3 month opposition period, a mark should proceed to registration in 12 months. Any appeal decision by the TRAB against a refusal by the CTMO to register a mark on either absolute or relative grounds must be given within 9 months, whereas this has historically taken anywhere from 12 - 24 months.
Historically, the CTMO has taken anywhere between 12 - 24 months to issue an opposition decision whereas under the New Law, the CTMO will be required to issue a decision within 12 months and any appeals to the TRAB by the applicant must be adjudicated upon by the TRAB within 12 months, as opposed to the 12 - 24 months the TRAB has historically taken to render such a decision.
Except for invalidity actions based on an earlier registered trademark, in which the TRAB must render a decision in 12 months, in all other invalidity and cancellation actions the TRAB must render a decision within 9 months, thus speeding up invalidity and cancellation actions by some 12 - 15 months.
Whilst these strict time limits all look good on paper, it remains to be seen whether the focus on speed has an adverse impact on quality of the decisions made.
The New Law has also introduced the following noteworthy amendments:
In summary, the New Law introduces a number of welcome amendments to the Existing Law, with the most notable being the introduction of a requirement to file applications in good faith and in accordance with honesty. Whilst this is, on paper, a significant step in the right direction, the practical benefit of this provision for brand owners will depend upon how "good faith" and "honesty" is interpreted.
Furthermore, the New Law introduces a number of provisions which present challenges for western brand owners, such as the loss of the right to appeal an unsuccessful opposition decision to the TRAB and the introduction of multi-class filings.
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In addition to building alliances between labor and community groups, Jobs with Justice built a new structure – Workers' Rights Boards – to combat the lack of an adequate legal framework to support worker and economic justice issues . With Boards in 20 cities we now have a proven track record that these locally based institutions made up of community leaders, religious leaders, academics, elected officials, and other prominent members of the community, are effective vehicles to address workers' and community concerns.
Although the Boards have no legal authority, the Boards can produce real results. Where the withered legal framework is slow to move the Boards spur important action. The St. Louis Workers' Rights Board has protected workers threatened with firing for organizing, caregivers dismissed for reporting patient abuse, and immigrant workers denied pay for hours work simply because the employer thought they could get away with it. In 2011, the Kansas City Workers' Rights Board convened for the first time, ready to be a moral voice for workers in the community.
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The Rev. W. Aurdey Hollis, Greater St. Mark Family Church
The Rev. Dr. Martin Rafanan, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
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Joan Bray, Consumer Council of Missouri
Sherman George, St. Louis Police Chief, retired
Don Giljum, University of Missouri
Percy Green, ACTION Reunion
Jerry Hochsztein, Jews United for Justice
Cynthia Holmes, Attorney
Denise Lieberman, Advancement Project, Attorney
Professor Allan MacNeill, Webster University
The Rev. Dr. Rudy Pulido, Baptist General Convention of Missouri
Ben Senturia, Leadership for Social Change
Joan Suarez, Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates
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Karen Aroesty, Anti-Defamation League
Laura Barrett, Gamaliel Foundation
John Bowman Sr., Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Deborah Burris, University of Missouri – St. Louis
The Rev. Charles Brown, Mt Airy MB Church
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Rabbi Randy Fleisher, Central Reform Congregation
The Rev. Robert Franklin, Rainbow/Push Coalition
The Rev. David Gerth, Metropolitan Congregations United
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Ann Haubrich, Prison Performing Arts
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Rich Howard-Willms, Plowsharing Crafts
Clarence Jackson, Ecumenical Leadership Council of Missouri
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|41st President
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|J. Danforth Quayle
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|Ronald Reagan
|Succeeded by
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George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). Previously, he had served as a U.S. congressman from Texas (1967–1971), ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Republican National Committee chairman (1973–1974), Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China (1974–1976), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976–1977), Chairman of the First International Bank in Houston (1977–1980), and the 43rd Vice President of the United States under President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989). He has twice run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate, once for President of the United States, and once for his reelection to that office. A decorated naval aviator, as of now, he is the last World War II veteran to have served as President. Bush is the father of the 43rd and current president, George Walker Bush. His father, Prescott Bush, was a United States Senator.
Early life
George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker. His father served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and was a partner in the prominent investment banking firm Brown Brothers Harriman. His grandfather, for whom he was named, was George Herbert Walker, a wealthy businessman and important figure in American golf history
George Bush began his formal education at the Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bush attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts from 1936 to 1942, where he demonstrated early leadership, captaining the baseball team, and was a member of an exclusive fraternity called the A.U.V, or "Auctoritas, Unitas, Veritas" – Latin for "Authority, Unity, Truth". His roommate at the boarding school was a young man named Edward G. Hooker. It was at Phillips Academy that Bush learned of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
World War II: decorated naval aviator
After graduating from Phillips Academy in June, 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday to become an aviator. After completing the 10-month course, he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve on June 9, 1943, several days before his 19th birthday, which made him the youngest naval aviator to that date.
After finishing flight training he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron (VT-51) as photographic officer in September 1943. As part of Air Group 51, his squadron was based on U.S.S. San Jacinto in the spring of 1944. San Jacinto was part of Task Force 58 that participated in operations against Marcus and Wake Islands in May, and then in the Marianas during June. On June 19 the task force triumphed in one of the largest air battles of the war. On his return from the mission Bush's aircraft made a forced water landing. A submarine rescued the young pilot, although the plane was lost as well as the life of his navigator. On July 25 Bush and another pilot received credit for sinking a small cargo ship off Palau.
After Bush's promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade on August 1, San Jacinto commenced operations against the Japanese in the Bonin Islands. On September 2, 1944, Bush piloted one of four aircraft from VT-51 that attacked the Japanese installations on Chichi Jima. For this mission his crew included Radioman Second Class John Delaney and Lieutenant Junior Grade William White, who substituted for Bush's regular gunner. During their attack four TBM Avengers from VT-51 encountered intense antiaircraft fire. While starting the attack, Bush's aircraft was hit and his engine caught on fire. He completed his attack and released the bombs over his target, scoring several damaging hits. With his engine on fire, Bush flew several miles from the island, where he and one other crew member on the TBM Avenger bailed out of the aircraft. However, the other man's parachute did not open, and he fell to his death. It was never determined which man bailed out with Bush. Both Delaney and White were killed in action. While Bush waited four hours in his inflated raft, several fighters circled protectively overhead until he was rescued by the lifeguard submarine U.S.S. Finback. For this action Bush received the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the month he remained on Finback, Bush participated in the rescue of other pilots.
Bush subsequently returned to San Jacinto in November 1944 and participated in operations in the Philippines. When San Jacinto returned to Guam, the squadron, which had suffered 50 percent casualties of its pilots, was replaced and sent to the United States. Through 1944 he had flown 58 combat missions for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and the Presidential Unit Citation awarded aboard the San Jacinto.
Because of his valuable combat experience, Bush was reassigned to Norfolk Navy Base and put in a training wing for new torpedo pilots. He was later assigned as a naval aviator in a new torpedo squadron, VT-153. With the surrender of Japan, he was honorably discharged in September 1945 and then entered Yale University.
Postwar: Yale, family, oil business
While at Yale, he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was elected President. He also captained the Yale baseball team. A left-handed first baseman, Bush played in the first College World Series. As a Senior he was, like his son George W. Bush (1968) and his father Prescott S. Bush (1917), inducted into the Skull and Bones secret society in 1948, helping him to build friendships and political support. Joining the Skull and Bones a year after him at Bush's request was William Sloane Coffin, a fellow classmate from the Phillips Academy. Throughout their lives, they have remained friends despite political disagreement, as Coffin became a notable anti-war activist of the political left.
He married Barbara Pierce on January 6, 1945. Their marriage produced six children: George W., Pauline Robinson ("Robin") (1949–1953, died of leukemia), John (Jeb), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy Walker. The family has built on Bush's political successes, effectiveness as Rockefeller tributaries for four generations of Walkers and Bushes, and those of his father Sen. Prescott Bush, with his son George W. Bush's Governorship of Texas and subsequent election as president, and his son Jeb Bush's election as Governor of Florida. The Bush political "dynasty" has been compared to that of John Adams and the Kennedy family. Bush's maternal grandfather was George Herbert Walker Sr., the founder of G.H. Walker & Co. and namesake of golf's Walker Cup. Bush's uncle George Herbert Walker, Jr. is the current head of the company. Bush's first cousin George Herbert Walker III is the U.S. ambassador to Hungary.
Bush ventured into the highly speculative Texas oil exploration business after World War II with considerable success. He secured a position with Dresser Industries. His son, Neil Mallon Bush, is named after his employer at Dresser, Neil Mallon, who became a close family friend. Dresser Industries, decades later, merged with Halliburton, whose former CEOs include Dick Cheney, George H. W. Bush's Secretary of Defense and, as of 2005, Vice President of the United States.
Congressman and failed Senate campaigns
In 1964, Bush ventured into conventional politics by running against Texas' Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough, making an issue of Yarborough's support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At the time many Southern politicians (including the Republican Sen. John Tower of Texas) opposed the legislation. Bush called Yarborough an "extremist" and a "left wing demagogue" while Yarborough said Bush was a "carpetbagger" trying to buy a Senate seat "just as they would buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange". Bush lost in the 1964 in a Democratic landslide.
Bush did not give up on elective politics, and was elected in 1966 and 1968 to the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas.
Bush lost his second attempt at a Senate seat in 1970 to Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who had defeated the incumbent Yarborough in the Democratic primary. Coincidently, Bentsen would later became the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the 1988 presidential election and, teamed with Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, would lose to the Bush-Quayle ticket; in 1993, Bentsen became Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration.
1970s appointive offices
After the 1970 election loss, President Richard Nixon appointed Bush to United States Ambassador to the United Nations, at which he served from 1971 to 1973.
After Nixon was re-elected President in 1972, he asked Bush to become Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Bush held this position during the Watergate scandal, when the popularity of both Nixon and the Republican Party plummeted. Bush defended Nixon steadfastly, but later as Nixon's complicity became clear he focused more on defending the Republican Party while still maintaining loyalty to Nixon.
After Nixon's resignation in 1974, Bush was considered for appointment as the replacement Vice President, but new President Gerald Ford chose Nelson Rockefeller instead. Ford appointed Bush to be Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China. (Since the United States at the time maintained official relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan and not the PRC, the Liaison Office did not have the official status of an embassy and Bush did not hold the position of "ambassador" even though he unofficially acted as one.)
In 1975, Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become Director of Central Intelligence. The CIA had been rocked by a series of revelations about illegal and unauthorized activities, and Bush was credited with helping to restore the agency's morale and integrity. [1] In 1999, the CIA headquarters facility in Langley, Virginia was renamed the George Bush Center for Intelligence. [2]
Bush has since commented that he did not particularly enjoy this string of jobs, saying he never wanted to be a "career bureaucrat". However, had Bush not received this succession of appointments after his Senate defeat in 1970, it is unlikely he would have risen to a level of national prominence in politics.
After a Democratic administration took power in 1977, Bush became Chairman of the First International Bank in Houston. He also became a board member of the Committee on the Present Danger.
1980 presidential campaign
In the 1980 presidential election, Bush ran for the office, stressing his wide range of government experience. In the contest for the Republican Party nomination, despite Bush's establishment backing, the front-runner was Ronald Reagan, former Governor of California who was now running for the third time for President.
Bush was not above criticizing Reagan, labeling the latter's supply side-influenced plans for massive tax cuts as "voodoo economics". Bush won the Iowa caucus to start the primary season, causing him to tell the press that he had "Big Mo" (meaning momentum). However, Reagan came back to decisively win the following New Hampshire primary, and Bush's "mo" was gone. [3] With a growing popularity among the Republican voting base, Reagan won most of the remaining primaries and the nomination.
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After some preliminary discussion of choosing former President Gerald Ford as his running mate, Reagan selected Bush as his Vice President, placing him on the winning Republican Presidential ticket of 1980. Bush had declared he would never be Reagan's VP. Bush was many things Reagan had not been - a life-long Republican, a combat veteran, and an internationalist with UN, CIA, and China experience. Bush was also more moderate in his economic positions and political philosophy than Reagan.
As Vice President, Bush was loyal to Reagan and kept any policy differences hidden. Bush did not wield strong power within the Reagan administration, but had some influence on Reagan's staffing and was given some line responsibilities. [4] Reagan kept Bush busy on overseas diplomatic trips; Bush attended so many state funerals that he famously quipped, "I'm George Bush. You die, I fly." [5]
The Reagan/Bush ticket won again in 1984, against the Democrats' Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro ticket.
During his second term as Vice President, Bush had the distinction of becoming the first Vice President to become Acting President when, on July 13, 1985, President Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon. Bush served as Acting President for approximately eight hours, most of which he passed playing tennis.
When the Iran-Contra Affair broke in 1986, Bush stated that he had been "out of the loop" and unaware of the Iran initiatives related to arms trading. [6] This claim met with some skepticism, but Bush was never charged with any wrongdoing.
1988 presidential campaign
In 1988, after eight years as Vice President, Bush ran for President. Though considered the early frontrunner for the nomination, Bush came in third in the Iowa caucus, beaten by winner U.S. Senator Bob Dole and runner-up televangelist Pat Robertson. However, Bush rebounded to win the New Hampshire primary, partly because of television commercials portraying Dole as a tax raiser. Once the multiple-state primaries such as Super Tuesday began, Bush's organizational strength and fundraising lead were impossible for the other candidates to match, and the nomination was his.
Leading up to the 1988 Republican National Convention, there was much speculation as to Bush's choice of running mate. In a move anticipated by few and later criticized by many, Bush chose little-known U.S. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. On the eve of the convention, Bush trailed Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, then Massachusetts governor, by double digits in most polls. Bush, often criticized for his lack of eloquence compared to Reagan, surprised many by giving possibly the best speech of his public career, widely known as the "Thousand points of light" speech [7] for his use of that phrase to describe his vision of American community. Bush's acceptance speech and a generally well-managed Convention catapulted him ahead of Dukakis in the polls, and he held the lead for the rest of the race. Bush's acceptance speech at the convention included the famous pledge, Read my lips: no new taxes.
The campaign was noted as particularly bitter compared to recent ones and became famous for its highly negative advertisements. One advertisement run by the Bush campaign showed Dukakis awkwardly riding in a U.S. Army tank. Another, produced and placed by an independent group supporting Bush, referred to murderer Willie Horton who committed a rape and assault while on a furlough from a life sentence being served in Massachusetts. The Horton case, and Dukakis's unconditional opposition to the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States, played a role in creating the impression that Dukakis was "soft on crime." These images helped enhance Bush's stature as a possible Commander-in-Chief compared to the Massachusetts governor.
The Bush-Quayle ticket beat Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen soundly in the Electoral College, by 426 to 111 (Lloyd Bentsen received one vote). In the nationwide popular vote, Bush took 53.4% of the ballots cast while Dukakis gained 45.6%.
Presidency 1989-1993
Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency from its first days. In his January 20, 1989 Inaugural Address upon taking the Presidency, Bush said:
- "I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better. For a new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken."[8]
Leading up to the first Gulf War, on September 11, 1990 President Bush addressing a joint session of Congress stated: "Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective -- a New World Order -- can emerge: a new era" [9] thus becoming the first President of the United States of America to openly state and work toward global governance.
Tiananmen Square (April-June 1989)
- Main article: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall (November 1989)
- Main article: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Invasion of Panama (December 1989)
- Main article: Operation Just Cause
Operation Just Cause was the U.S. military invasion of Panama that deposed Manuel Noriega in December 1989.
Gulf War (January-February 1991)
As President, Bush is perhaps best known for leading the United Nations coalition in the 1990–1991 Gulf War despite his strong support for Saddam Hussein's regime against Congress over the latter's response to the Halabja affair, when he was Vice President and in his early days as President. In 1990, led by Saddam Hussein, Iraq invaded its oil-rich neighbor to the south, Kuwait. The broad coalition sought to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait and ensure that Iraq did not invade Saudi Arabia. Bush claimed that his position was summed up succinctly when he said, "This aggression will not stand," and "this is not a war for oil. This is war against aggression." It has since been revealed that the United Nations were unaware that the United States had actually attacked Iraq until they saw it on CNN (John Pilger).
In a foreign policy move that would later be questioned, President Bush achieved his stated objectives of "liberating" Kuwait and forcing Iraqi withdrawal, then ordered a cessation of combat operations —allowing Saddam Hussein to stay in power. His Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney noted that invading the country would get the United States "bogged down in the quagmire inside Iraq." Bush later explained that he did not give the order to overthrow the Iraqi government because it would have "incurred incalculable human and political costs... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq". [10] [11]
In explaining to Gulf War veterans why he chose not to pursue the war further, he said, "whose life would be on my hands as the commander-in-chief because I, unilaterally, went beyond the international law, went beyond the stated mission, and said we're going to show our macho? We're going into Baghdad. We're going to be an occupying power — America in an Arab land — with no allies at our side. It would have been disastrous." [12]
President Bush's popularity rating in America soared during and immediately after the apparent success of the military operations, but later fell dramatically due to an economic recession.
U.S.-Soviet cooperation, fall of the Soviet Union, and a "New World Order" (1989-1991)
As the Soviet Union was unraveling, President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev declared a U.S.-Soviet strategic partnership at the summit of July 1991, decisively marking the end of the Cold War. President Bush declared that U.S.-Soviet cooperation during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991 had laid the groundwork for a partnership in resolving bilateral and world problems.
- Arms control: START I, Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction
Bush's government, along with the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, spearheaded the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Bill Clinton signed in 1993.
Pardons (December 1992)
Bush's last controversial act in office was his pardon of six former government employees implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal on December 24, 1992, most prominently former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Weinberger had been scheduled to stand trial on January 5, 1993 for allegedly lying to Congress regarding his knowledge of arms sales to Iran and concealing 1700 pages of his personal diary detailing discussions with other officials about the arms sales. As Weinberger's private notes contained references to Bush's endorsement of the secret shipments to Iran, some believe that Bush's pardon was an effort to prevent an order for Bush to appear before a grand jury or possibly to avoid an indictment. Weinberger's indictment stated that Weinberger's notes contradicted Bush's assertions that he had only peripheral knowledge of the arms for hostages deal. Lawrence Walsh, the Independent Counsel assigned to the case, charged that "the Iran-contra cover-up, which has continued for more than six years, has now been completed." Walsh likened the pardons to President Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre. Bush responded that the Walsh probe constituted an attempt to criminalize a policy dispute between the legislative and executive branches. In addition to Weinberger, Bush pardoned Duane R. Clarridge, Clair E. George, Robert C. McFarlane, Elliott Abrams, and Alan G. Fiers Jr., all of whom had been indicted and/or convicted of charges by the Independent Counsel.
Administration and Cabinet
|George H. W. Bush
|Vice President
|J. Danforth Quayle
|James A. Baker III
|Lawrence Eagleburger
|Nicholas F. Brady
|Richard B. Cheney
|Richard L. Thornburgh
|William P. Barr
|Manuel Lujan, Jr.
|Robert A. Mosbacher
|Barbara Hackman Franklin
|Elizabeth Hanford Dole
|Lynn Martin
|Clayton K. Yeutter
|Edward Madigan
|Louis W. Sullivan
|Lauro Cavazos
|Lamar Alexander
|Jack F. Kemp
|Samuel K. Skinner
|Andrew H. Card
|James D. Watkins
|Veterans Affairs
|Edward J. Derwinski
Supreme Court appointments
Bush appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:
- David Souter – 1990
- Clarence Thomas – 1991, making Bush the first Republican president to appoint an African American Supreme Court justice.
1992 re-election campaign
The tail end of the late 1980s recession, that had dogged most of Bush's term in office, was a contributing factor to his defeat in the 1992 Presidential election. Several other factors were key in his defeat, including siding with Congressional Democrats in 1990 to raise taxes despite his famous "Read my lips: No new taxes" pledge not to institute any new taxes. In doing so, Bush alienated many members of his conservative base, losing their support for his re-election. Another major factor, which may have helped Bill Clinton defeat Bush in the 1992 election, was the candidacy of Ross Perot. Perot won 19% of the popular vote, and Clinton, still a largely unknown quantity in American politics, won the election.
Despite his defeat, George H.W. Bush left office in 1993 with a 56 percent job approval rating. [14]
Since his final election campaign, Bush has largely retired from public life. The Bushes live in Houston and their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He holds his own fishing tournament in Islamorada, an island in the Florida Keys.
In April 1993, the Iraqi Intelligence Service attempted to assassinate former President Bush via car bomb during a visit to Kuwait. However, Kuwaiti security foiled the car bomb plot. On June 26, 1993, the U.S. launched a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for the attempted attack against Bush.
Bush has never written a memoir of his political life, and says he does not plan to. He has, however, published a book containing a series of collected letters (All The Best, George Bush, 1999), and co-authored a book on recent foreign policy issues with his former National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft (A World Transformed, 1998). He has given a number of paid speeches and participated in business ventures with the Carlyle Group.
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is located on the Southwest corner of the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas was renamed after the former president in 1997. The tenth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named USS George H. W. Bush when it is launched in 2009.
In 2001, he became the first president since John Adams to be father of another president when his son George W. Bush, previously Governor of Texas, took office as President of the United States. During his term of office, George H. W. Bush was simply known as President George Bush, since his son had never held elective office and was not especially well-known to the public. He is now referred to by various nicknames and titles, including "Former President Bush," "Bush the Elder," "the first President Bush," "Bush 41," "Papa Bush," and simply "41", in order to avoid confusion between his presidency and that of his son. Although the names of the two men are similar, they are not identical—George W. Bush lacks his father's middle name Herbert—so they are not known as "senior" and "junior."
On June 12, 2004, he went skydiving in honor of his 80th birthday. It was his third parachute jump since World War II. He also made a jump on June 9, 1999, before his 75th birthday, and told reporters then he had also parachuted in Arizona two years earlier. The day before his 80th birthday jump, he and his son both took part in eulogizing his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, at the latter's state funeral.
On November 22, 2004, New York Republican Governor George Pataki named Bush and the other living former presidents (Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton) as honorary members of the board rebuilding the World Trade Center.
On January 3, 2005, Bush and Bill Clinton were named by the current President Bush to lead a nationwide campaign to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Bush and Clinton both appeared on the Super Bowl XXXIX pre-game show on Fox in support of their bipartisan effort to raise money for relief of the disaster through the USA Freedom Corps, an action which Bush described as "transcending politics." Thirteen days later, they both traveled to the affected areas to see how the relief efforts are going.
In August 31, 2005, following the devastation of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, Bush again teamed with Clinton to coordinate private relief donations. Reports were common that Bush and Clinton had developed a friendship by now, despite the latter having defeated the former in the 1992 election. (Such friendships were not unknown, as Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter had developed one despite a similar history.)
Bush and his wife Barbara could also be seen sitting in the front row behind home plate at Minute Maid Park in Houston, supporting the Houston Astros during the 2005 World Series.
- Bush was nearly 6 feet, 4 inches tall in his prime, making him one of the tallest U.S. presidents to date.
- He was the first President to have two middle names and the first President to be born in June.
- On January 8, 1992, Bush vomited on the lap of the Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa, during a state dinner. He then fainted. The incident, which Bush claimed was nothing more than the flu, was caught on camera and raised questions about his health, in addition to being a major source of embarrassment. The Japanese named a verb for this incident: "bushusuru", meaning "to commit an instance of embarrassing public vomiting", or literally "to do the Bush thing". [15]
- On October 22, 1994, Bush appeared on Saturday Night Live, via satellite. He joined guest host Dana Carvey as the latter did his trademark impression of Bush.
- Bush is one of two former presidents to be given the honorary title Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) by Queen Elizabeth II.
- G.H.W. Bush is the only president to have been CIA director, and the only president to have been ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
- G.H.W. Bush is the only president to have been a World War II U.S. Navy combat aviator.
- In the television series The Simpsons' seventh-season episode "Two Bad Neighbors", the character George H. W. Bush was featured. He, Mrs. Bush and Bart Simpson interacted in a manner modeled on the relationships between Dennis The Menace Mitchell and Mr. & Mrs. Wilson. Furthermore, he was (before the dissolution) a member of the Stonecutter's world council alongside Orville Redenbacher, Mr. T and Jack Nicholson. He is currently a member of the 'No Homers' World Council.
- Bush was diagnosed with Graves disease in 1991.
- There was a Bush or Bob Dole on EVERY Republican presidential ticket from 1976 to 2004. (Ford-Dole, Reagan-Bush, Reagan-Bush, Bush-Quayle, Bush-Quayle, Dole-Kemp, Bush-Cheney, Bush-Cheney).
- G.H.W. Bush was the first president born in June, according to the Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (2001 edition), and now presidents have been born in all 12 months.
- Bush banned broccoli from the White House and Air Force One: "I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!" This spawned a routine on the TV show Histeria which portrayed him doing a Green Eggs and Ham-type routine. Also, because of this, an article was printed in Taste of Home magazine for February and March 1998 that talked about a Presidential theme party whose menus said, "No broccoli permitted."
- O'Brien, Cormac. Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents. Quirk Books (2004). Philadelphia, PA. ISBN 1-931686-57-2. pp. 251-255.
- ↑ George Herbert Walker Bush - WorldRoots.com, accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ The George Bush Center for Intelligence - CIA, accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ Expectations, momentum, fatal mistakes - Tom Curry, MSNBC, January 15, 2004
- ↑ The Vice Presidency Grows Up - Alvin S. Felzenberg, PolicyReview.com, accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ George Herbert Walker Bush - WorldRoots.com, accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ Transcript - New York Times, June 30, 1997
- ↑ George H.W. Bush: 1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address - transcript, speech delivered August 18, 1988, Superdome, New Orleans
- ↑ George H.W. Bush: Inagural Address - transcript, speech delivered January 20, 1989
- ↑ George H.W. Bush: Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal Budget Deficit - transcript, speech delivered September 11, 1990
- ↑ Reasons Not to Invade Iraq, by George Bush Sr. - The Memory Hole, accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ A Word Transformed - accessed February 26, 2006
- ↑ Bush tells Gulf vets why Hussein left in Baghdad - S. H. Kelly, United States Army News Center, March 3, 1999
- ↑ Transcripts from Malta Summit - CNN
- ↑ Poll: Clinton Legacy Mixed - Gary Langer, ABC News, January 17, 2001
- ↑ Open Mic - Scandal Scope - Richard von Busack, Metroactive Features, accessed February 26, 2006
Further reading
- Tarpley, Webster G. and Chaitkin, Anton. 2004. George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography. Tree of life publications.
- Barilleaux, Ryan J. and Mary E. Stuckey, eds. Leadership and the Bush Presidency: Prudence or Drift in an Era of Change. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1992.
- Stephen J. Ducat. 2004. The Wimp Factor. Boston: Beacon Press.
- Bush, George H. W., 1999. All the Best: George Bush: My Life and Other Writings. New York: Scribner.
- Duffy, Michail & Dan Goodgame 1992. Marching in Place: The Status Quo Presidency of George Bush. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Green, John Robert. 2000. The Presidency of George Bush. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
- Hyams, Joe. 1991. Flight of the Avenger: George Bush at War. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovic Publishers.
- Podhoretz, John. 1993. Hell of a Ride: Backstage at the White House Follies, 1989-1993. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Jean Edward Smith. 1992. George Bush's War. New York: Henry Holt & Company.
See also
- Further information: Category:George H.W. Bush, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]
External links
- Inaugural Address
- The American Presidency Project at UCSB: The Most Comprehensive Resource on the Web
- Audio recordings of Bush's speeches
- Page discussing the scanner story
- George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin
- George Bush's political donations
- White House biography
- Medical and Health History of George H. W. Bush
- Works by George Bush at Project Gutenberg
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Hey Gang. Received a $1500 bonus today for the first time in years. I can finally purchase the goretex jacket/pant combo I have always wanted. I was thinking about going with the AK3L pants because pants take a beating, but was thinking about the 2L for jacket. Or should I just say screw it and buy the 3L jacket as well? What the hell is the difference and is it worth it? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
3L has pow grips! Lol it says its a 3 layer but the warmth rating is the same as the 2L. I think there may be more pockets in the 3L too
It's a bonus buy, got the 3l.
Note that the 3l comes two ways:
Pro shell, and soft shell.
I prefer pro shell, feels more bulletproof to me.
I think you should get in on my virus group buy instead!!! :cheeky4:
That said, if both will have the same warmth, but the 3L will have better moisture resistance, etc. I'd get the 3L. Gear lasts me a LONG time so it's worth buying good stuff. I still wear a jacket from about 10 years ago! :eek:
I did a little research because I always wondered what the big difference is between 3l and 2l and found a very technical description. Ill save you guys the reading and it just comes down to the 3L being more durable and having more breathability in really instense conditions. The 3L will also feel and sound crunchier :laugh: If I were you I would probably just go with whichever model has the better look that I like because all AK gear has a lifetime warranty. Unless you do splitboarding or BC riding the 3L is probably overkill
Thanks for helping out Skinny! I appreciate your help. All the best!!
The AK Stagger jacket has some zonal insulation, so it is warmer than the other 2Ls. I went with that jacket last season and have absolutely no regrets. I used to have some Burton Stagger pants years ago, but they fell apart at the cuffs... I have since gone with some Volcom Gore-tex pants and they are much more functional and feel more bombproof.
If you like to layer, get the 3L and call it a day. If you hate layering up a bunch (like me), go for the Stagger with a bit of insulation.
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LAWRENCEVILLE - A Dacula man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to a check scam that exploited more than 150 people.Authorities say Trenell King purchased checking account numbers of more than 150 victims and then used that information to print fake checks. King admitted to using magnetic ink to concoct the bogus checks. Prosecutors said he used the checks to make purchases from area merchants and then returned the items for cash. King pleaded guilty to five counts of financial identity fraud and was sentenced in Gwinnett Superior Court to 10 years, followed by 20 years probation. He was also hit with a $1,000 fine. King was initially arrested in August 2006 and charged with fraud. "This one individual had the capability at his home computer to ruin the lives of over 150 different families," Attorney General Thurbert Baker said. "He will have the next decade in prison to reflect on his conduct." King's accomplice and co-defendant, Ishmail Abdullah, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty to similar charges earlier this year. He, too, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 20 years probation. "Identity theft is looked upon as a very serious crime in Georgia," said Joseph Doyle, head of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs. "People who participate in these schemes will pay dearly for their transgressions."
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