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Lampang wrote:Poto: Your thinking seems to be "It's bad to think that this is a problem and I'm not going to allow myself to think this is a problem so let's think up reasons why this isn't a problem." Case in point: "Gas was at $5/gallon not too long ago. $20/gallon would be a quadrupling in price from that level. If we survived a quadrupling once, we can again." That's a wildly illogical claim. There are a ton of reasons to think that the American economy would be crucified at $20/gallon (not least that a peak in prices at 25% of that helped to trigger an extremely severe recession) and none to think that the economy would survive it, let alone be in a position to invest in the capital requirements necessary to replace one its primary energy sources. I agree that dwelling excessively on problems tends to obscure solutions but your Panglossian approach to ecological problems is considerably worse because it obscures the problems themselves and for a great many people in the world - not, it's true, the people who post on this board or anyone they're likely to have contact with - these problems have the very real potential to kill them. For example, as Blackbird says, rises in oil prices on the scale you talk about guarantee huge increases in the cost of food and that means mass starvation. Of course, this won't happen in Idaho but it will, nevertheless, happen and the fact that it will happen in far-off lands doesn't make it any less real or any less terrible. As is probably clear, I find it shocking - really shocking - to hear people propose the type of actions you propose seemingly without any concern or consideration of the consequences. Instead, perhaps consider why 30,000 children a day die of poverty and how resource allocation and use fits into that fact. If you're upset by that daily holocaust, it's worth considering how proposing the continuation of the wildly skewed allocation of resources which is implicit in your posts might affect those deaths. You say, "I don't want to see others suffer the same way I did." The truth is, we - none of us who are likely to read this board - suffer in the same way the world's poor do.
poto wrote:Lampang:
...I give up. You win. We're all doomed.
Kim O'Hara wrote:poto wrote:Lampang:
...I give up. You win. We're all doomed.
Hi, poto,
We're not concerned about winning or losing the argument here, just with discovering and sharing the truth.
Realistically, any extreme position is likely to be wrong.
In this particular debate, Panglossian optimism leads to inertia and eventual disaster, but so does the other extreme: if we really believe we're all doomed, why bother making futile attempts to avert it? The skillful response is to learn the truth of the situation and apply ourselves to avoiding the worst outcomes.
BlackBird wrote:I don't think it's personal Poto.
I think it comes back to the way we look at things. Indeed I think that it's very easy to see Dhammawheel through a prism of self-view, where we come to see our posts, avatar and signature as a manafestation of ourself. Thus we can slip into the habitual pattern of posting through a desire for praise and validation of the writing we assume as 'mine' or 'myself'.
Indeed the worldly winds of praise and blame blow here too. When the winds of praise blow through from the South, that's nice and we become attached. When the winds of praise stop blowing, we can feel as though we're being ignored, and that tenuous self worth starts to erode. When the winds of blame blow through from the North then we feel distraught, even angry.
The winds will always arise, endure for a period and then collapse, no matter what direction they blow from. To get caught up in them is a vicious cycle of pain, but without a lot of effort and mindfulness, not all that easy to avoid.
That's not to say it doesn't affect me also, when I am praised now I tend to shy away from it, it may even come across as ingratitude or arrogance (which it is not) but if so - To those who have given me praise and recieved no response - I apologise. When I am blamed, I am still liable feel bad and spiteful, and when I am ignored I still feel worthless. The point is to catch it all before it manafests itself in our thoughts, speech and body, and to see it for what it is - Just another passing cloud in the sky.
Generation IV nuclear-energy technologies that may become
operational after about 2030 employ advanced closed-fuel
cycle systems with more efficient use of uranium and thorium
resources. ...
These initiatives
focus on the development of reactors and fuel cycles that
provide economically competitive, safe and environmentally
sound energy services based on technology designs that exclude
severe accidents, involve proliferation-resistant fuel cycles
decoupled from any fuel-resource constraints, and minimize
HLW. Much additional technology development would be
needed to meet these long-term goals so strategic public RD&D
funding is required, since there is limited industrial/commercial
interest at this early stage.
Thorium-based fast-spectrum reactors appear capable of at least
doubling the effective resource base, but the technology remains
to be developed to ascertain its commercial feasibility (IAEA,
Kim O'Hara wrote:Here's what the IPCC had to say
Overseas, the nuclear power establishment is getting the message. In France, which already generates more than 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, the Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie has been building models of variations of Weinberg's design for molten salt reactors to see if they can be made to work efficiently. The real action, though, is in India and China, both of which need to satisfy an immense and growing demand for electricity. The world's largest source of thorium, India, doesn't have any commercial thorium reactors yet. But it has announced plans to increase its nuclear power capacity: Nuclear energy now accounts for 9 percent of India's total energy; the government expects that by 2050 it will be 25 percent, with thorium generating a large part of that. China plans to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the coming decade, and it hosted a major thorium conference last October. The People's Republic recently ordered mineral refiners to reserve the thorium they produce so it can be used to generate nuclear power.
poto wrote:As I've stated before, the IPCC is a political organization, not a science organization. Having found many biased opinions and wrong information produced by them I take anything they put out with less than a grain of salt.
Also, the funding and national interest is starting to roll in for Thorium, thus the point of my posting. Without national funding or support it would likely be a dead duck or might take decades more to develop Thorium reactors, but things are rapidly changing.Overseas, ...
from: http://www.hubbertpeak.com/hubbert/1956/1956.pdf
Kim O'Hara wrote:So you are still choosing to ignore the largest peer-reviewed scientific study ever undertaken, i.e. the largest single source of expert advice available to you.
I seem to remember that you objected strenuously last time I said something similar about you. Never mind.
Kim O'Hara wrote:So you repeat your assertion, quote from the Wired article you directed us to in your previous post, add a graph of 'possible' nuclear energy production on a time scale which makes it completely useless in the present context, and don't respond at all to my argument about timing?
Kim O'Hara wrote:Have you added anything to the discussion?
Kim O'Hara wrote:To be really really obvious about my position: I am sure new nuclear technologies will arrive on the scene too late to be useful.
Kim O'Hara wrote:The latest (as I write, anyway) xkcd is relevant here:
http://xkcd.com/678/ (Make sure you read the tool tip, too.)
Kim O'Hara wrote:I will happily change my position if, but only if, you can direct us to good solid evidence that a pilot commercial-scale reactor is already operational. To get from one pilot plant to a useful number of commercial plants must take at least ten years for planning and construction and ten years is all we've got.
India's Kakrapar-1 was the first reactor in the world to use thorium rather than depleted uranium to achieve power flattening across the reactor core. Both Kakrapar-1 and -2 units are loaded with 500kg of thorium fuel to improve their operation at start-up.
In 1995, Kakrapar-1 achieved about 300 days of full power operation and Kakrapar-2 about 100 days using thorium fuel. A 30kW mini-reactor has successfully operated at India's Kamini reactor at Kalpakkam. And the use of thorium-based fuel is planned in Kaiga-1 and -2 and Rajasthan-3 and -4 (Rawatbhata) reactors.
BlackBird wrote:2. As soon as you have more demand than supply there will be a shortage, prices will sky rocket, and everyone will rush to the pump to fill up on gas while they still can.
BlackBird wrote:The issue with the looming Oil crisis is that it's not going to be a gradual process, let me reiterate:
1. The global economy is completely dependent upon fossil fuels
2. As soon as you have more demand than supply there will be a shortage, prices will sky rocket, and everyone will rush to the pump to fill up on gas while they still can.
3. Gas stations can't take bank holidays!
4. As soon as there are long lines, then the trucks won't be able to go where they need to go, there will be traffic jams and infrastructure will not be able to cope.
5. When the trucks can't get to where they need to go on time, there will be food shortages, further petrol shortages and people will panic because in the end, you can't eat money.
6. Goodbye economy.
So we need to act now. It's no good to start thinking about Thorium and Fusion reactors 20 years from now, because the problem might start next year. You can't start building new power plants when the people who build them are more concerned about where they're going to get their next meal from.
The tragedy is that international politics is a bureaucracy gone mad, incapable of effecting any meaningful change, even when their lives depend upon it.
BlackBird wrote:Case in point is Climate change, which scientists have been warning us about for over 30 years now, and which international Governments have left to the very last minute (Copenhagen) to start taking serious action on.
Now I'm sure you're well aware of what's gone down at Copenhagen, not exactly encouraging news.
BlackBird wrote:Before you get started on this point Poto, I've spent a few years studying economics at both high school and just this year at University, and of course one of the main things we we're always talking about was oil, and how changes in demand/supply for oil work. To cut a long story short, the oil market doesn't respond in the typical fashion of shortage -> rise in price - > fall in demand -> new equilibrium. One of the main reasons for this is that demand for oil is only elastic to a point, after that it becomes almost perfectly inelastic, meaning that no matter what the change in price, the demand will remain the same.
BlackBird wrote:Do you seriously think that it's just my opinion that the global economy is completely dependent upon oil?
poto wrote:With all due respect, this is just your opinion of what you think will happen.
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>That is what I was hoping to get people not to do. In spite of the
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Clinton "Fear" Loomis Sidelined by Injury
Fear has always been an iconic player for me. Captain America. The face of North American DotA. He's played competitive DotA at the highest level since salaried players were a pipe dream and players slept five to a room at LANs. The progress that North American DotA has made is a testament to the sacrifice, commitment and dedication he's given to this game.
It takes an incredibly focused person to have put the years into DotA that Clinton has. The last five months of working with him have shown me that he is also incredibly intelligent, professional and - something not apparent in his online persona - very kind as well. All these things and more are what make having to announce that Clinton will not participate in the next two months of LANs so difficult.
It's been no secret that Clinton has been suffering from a form of tennis elbow for the past few months and hasn't been able to play with the team consistently over that time. Unfortunately, we don't know what the state of his arm will be like for the next two months. We don't know how his recovery will progress or if it will relapse during a strenuous LAN season. Accordingly, we've collectively decided that it would be best for Clinton to sit out until after this year's International. Mason will be filling in for him, as has been happening for the past several months. We're very lucky to have found someone who not only brings a high level of skill to the table, but works well with the other players.
This is a difficult situation for everyone involved, and we are very grateful to Valve for understanding and working with us. As of now, Clinton will focus on continuing to rehab his injury and will seek a casting position for TI4. While his future in Dota 2 is uncertain, one thing that we're sure of is that we'll be around to support Clinton whenever he needs it.
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Because of my elbow/forearm pain, I have decided to sit out for the remainder of the season. I'm sorry to all of my fans that were expecting me to play at TI, but I will not be playing in any more tournaments for EG, and Mason will be taking my place. I will be writing a blog later explaining in detail why I made this choice and many other factors leading up to my choice and inactivity.


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School Board Vice-Chair Dr. Elizabeth Pinkerton and Board members David Fricks, Sandra Childs, and Jim Ledford voted in favor of the motion to appoint Tilley.
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Steele had served as chair until leaving the board and last month, school board members decided to wait until August when the vacancy had been filled to elect a new chair.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Chicago police use force after the death of a black teenager who was shot 16 times as he was walking away from officers.
The department has once again come under scrutiny in recent days after police killed two more of the city's African American residents after a father called for help with his "mentally disturbed" son on Saturday.
The responding officer shot at the young man as he walked down the stairs while holding a baseball bat and the bullets also struck and killed the downstairs neighbor — a mother of five — who had answered the door.
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Van Dyke, who is white, is the first Chicago police officer to be charged with murder for an on-duty fatality in more than 30 years.
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Doris Louise Clayton died peacefully Aug. 10, 2013, at Park Lane Memory Care in Knoxville, Iowa.
Doris was born Nov. 5, 1924, in Grimes, Iowa, and was the daughter of Ralph and Maggie Leonard. On Dec. 5, 1942, she was united in marriage to Max Conrad Clayton in Princeton, Mo. They were married 64 years.
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Looks very interesting.
Any views on whether this will have a better picture quality than an Optoma HD70?
Also, over at AVS, some users are complaining about overall focus difficulties and focus drift over the first 20 mins use. Have you seen any of this on your sample?
I'm certainly prepared to pay more for a pico that has usable brightness, however, the noise would be a big sticking point. Exactly how noisy are we talking?
Buy direct through Amazon.com and it will cost less than £400, that included postage and tax. Or if you know someone going over to the States, do what I did, get them to pick up one for $499 which is about £305, half the price they are asking in the UK
This is certainly the smallest, lightest & brightest personal projector I've ever seen. Compact enough to travel abroad with me and powerful enough to use for presentations, watching films & playing on the Xbox. Mine even came with a 3 year warranty. I just want a foldaway screen for mine as I can't find a big enough blank wall space to use it fully :)
From where to buy this Vivitek LED Projector in Karachi, Pakistan.
you will find it on amazon most likely
it all seem to depend on what brightness you will be using. the higher brightness = the more noise. BUT if you manage to cover up your windows ect so it becomes really dark where you will be using it. you don't need to have max brightness. also normally a person is NOT sitting next to a projector when playing games/watching movies, simplh place the projector behind you this way you might not notice the sounds it makes.
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text: Posted October 7, 2013 Hate to thread jack but WTF is up with Hixon.........is the guy going to play or what??? I've seen enough out of Lafell to demote him to 3rd or 4th string put ginn at the 2 spot and Hixon at 3, but apparently either he sucks or doesn't play???? I've come to the conclusion awhile ago that he is not going to contribute anything. He'll ride out his one year deal and leave. The funny thing about this is though, people want to sign a guy to a huge contract that is very similar yet a little younger than him in Hakeem Nicks. Keep these NY Giants receivers far the hell away please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Longtime Doobie Brothers drummer Hossack dies
In this undated image released by D. Baron Media Relations, Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack is shown. Hossack died of cancer on Monday, March 12, 2012, in his home in Dubois, Wyo. He was 65. Hossack played with the group from 1971 to 1973 and rejoined in 1987. His drumming can be heard on early hits including "Listen To The Music," "China Grove" and "Blackwater." He stopped performing with the band two years ago while struggling with cancer. Hossack grew up in [auth] New Jersey and served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/D. Baron Media Relations, Richard McLaren)
DUBOIS, Wyo. (AP) — Longtime Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack, whose work is heard on the hits "Listen To The Music" and "China Grove," died of cancer at age 65, his manager said Tuesday.
Hossack died Monday at his home in Dubois, Wyo., manager Bruce Cohn said in a statement
Hossack played with the group from 1971 to 1973 and rejoined in 1987. He stopped performing with the band two years ago while struggling with his health,
"Mike has always been a part of my musical life and the life of the Doobie Brothers," said band co-founder Tom Johnston. "He was an incredible musician."
Hossack, who grew up in New Jersey, played in various drum and bugle corps as a youngster. He said the experience prepared him for playing in a two-drummer group such as the Doobie Brothers.
Cohn quoted him as saying: "'People always ask me of it's hard to play with another drummer. I tell them that after playing along with up to 12 other drummers at once in the drum corps, this is a snap!"
After leaving the Doobie Brothers in 1973, Hossack played with two other bands — Bonaroo and DFK — and was a partner at a Southern California recording studio.
Hossack served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and is survived by a son and daughter.
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A New Lease
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Courtesy of Brett Orzechowski, New Haven Register Staff
NEW HAVEN — He speaks in the third person, as if he just passed himself on the street. Friends and family speak of Gavin Blades the same way. The Gavin we recruited. The Gavin in the hospital bed. The Gavin we knew.
He sits in a coffee shop in the shadow of Yale's Old Campus and describes the old Gavin as arrogant, maybe a bit too confident, perhaps too much of a perfectionist. His first semester at Yale was filled with the usual highlights and disappointments of a first-year athlete. The old Gavin was a midfielder from Ohio with a penchant for flash. He started a few matches, watched a few more, and then split time.
Brian Tompkins says the old Gavin was on his way to becoming a dominant player for the Ivy League program. The Yale coach hoped one day maturity would catch up to the skill level, but that the edge would never wear off. Dr. Ed Blades, Gavin's father, says in his family, anything short of perfection isn't good enough. His oldest son lives the same way.
Gavin now looks in the mirror and notices subtle changes to his body. He never runs his hand over his head but sees where a third of his skull was removed. He knows his right leg and the left side of his upper body will never grow the same way. He sees shadows but is blind in his left eye.
And even after his best friend Mike Beverstock found him unconscious, his left arm twisted over his head, blood pouring from his mouth with his feet and snowboard buried in four feet of soft Utah snow, Gavin believed he would play soccer at Yale again.
That's when the old Gavin met the new Gavin.
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We loved our room! It's had such a unique and attractive character to it. The staff are very friendly and we felt welcome being there. The location is ideal and we were right in the center of town and able to easily walk to restaurants and stores. We would definitely go back and are looking forward to spending a longer time there early next year. The stairs to our room were challenging and fortunately we are both quite fit. physically. they made relaxing in the bed even more special at the end of the day. The outlets in the room were well-worn and we noticed things plugged in would fall out if not propped in place.
This is one of my favorite destinations ever. The charm of this island is unimaginable. We arrived early morning, and went straight from the airport to the Roberts Collection. I had booked a room in the newly renovated Manor house. It was everything that we could have ever asked for. The courtyard, is idyllic with its blooming hydrangeas and casual seating. Perfect to lounge while having an easy going breakfast. The rooms are clean with simple, but elegant interiors. Staff is very friendly, and everything is super clean. We will definitely return again... Hopefully sooner than later....
Beautiful historic property right in the heart of essential Nantucket. Super convenient location, helpful staff (one even ran to her car to get a personal umbrella to loan me during a rain storm), cozy room (remember: this is an old/historic building, hence smallish rooms), awesome four poster bed with comfy bed & linens. Great Fresh brand bath products. Truly wonderful restaurant & coffee shops in the courtyard. Would absolutely stay again. This level property should really have robes, luggage stand, note pad/pen, in-room bottled water or coffee/tea, and updated shower heads -but these are minor issues.
Great location, comfortable beds, good breakfast, very friendly staff. It's an easy walk to anything downtown including the steamship authority. We didn't bring a car with us and I didn't feel like we needed one at all. Walls are thin so you can hear other guests from your room. There are no refrigerators in the rooms so you'll need to ask for ice if you want to keep anything cold.
location room size was beyond small
Due to severe weather all ferry service to the Island of Nantucket was cancelled Thursday through Sunday. This made travel to the Island impossible. Essentially mother nature cancelled our vacation. After 2 phone calls with messages left inquiring about a credit or refund from the Inn we still have not heard back. Customer service is very poor. We are extremely disappointed that the manager has not made any attempt to contact us. Would not recommend this company to anyone and would not choose to stay with them again at this point.
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Budler retains IBO Africa title
By Ron Jackson
Hekkie Budler scored a hard-earned 12 round unanimous points decision over Doctor Ntsele to retain his IBO Africa junior flyweight title at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park on Tuesday night. Judges Isaac Tshabalala and Ace Makalauza scored it 119-110 and 117-114 whilst judge Lulama Mtya had it 117-112. However, the judge's scorecards were not a true reflection of the fast paced fight in which Ntsele possibly won at least four or five rounds.
Budler (48.56 kg) from Gauteng came out with a fast two-handed attack from the first bell as he took the fight to the taller Ntsele (48.70 kg) from the Free State.
However, in the middle rounds Ntsele began scoring with some good combinations as he backed up Budler.
Budler picked up the pace through rounds ten to twelve to finish strongly in an action packed fight which gave referee Andile Matika very little work.
Budler improves his record to 13-0; 4 and Ntsele drops to 9-4-1; 3.
Andre Thysse, 40, the former South African and Commonwealth super middleweight champion fighting at light heavyweight returned to action after an absence more than two years to score a fifth knockout over Emmanuel Duma.
Other results: Lightweight: Wesley Buys beat Simon Milne, tko 1; Featherweight: Ashley Dlamini beat Shadrack Mamaila, tko 2; Junior lightweight: Joey Stiglingh beat Solly Mokoka, ko 3; Super middleweight: David Bassajjamivule beat Simon Mokoena, pts 6; Heavyweight: Stephen Castle beat Kally Kelembe, pts 4; Heavyweight: Papi Mongende beat Deon Coetzee, pts 4;
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I planned on staying with my boyfriend, starting the process to become permanent resident and return home when my time was up. However, the immigration office I got send to after clearing customs didn't believe I was planning on going home. They took all my identification and my cell phone and detained and interrogated me for 8 hours (they wouldn't even let me call my mother or boyfriend who were expecting calls as soon as I landed). They went through my luggage and sent me on the last flight of the day to NYC (the opposite direction of my home). I had to stay at the La Guardia airport overnight, I spent 10 hours there then got on a flight to Milwaukee, WI and home to Minneapolis, MN. It was THE worst experience of my life.
Anyway, on to the nail polish talk!
I LOVE rainy days... unfortunately, they are not good for photos. Hopefully we'll get some sun soon so I swatch the sparklies and holos I have saved up. :)
Please ignore my partially and completely broken nails, they were broken packing, unpacking and hauling around my luggage. >.<
It looks like there is some major tip wear in these photos but it's just because this polish is a jelly so I didn't get much coverage at the tips. i should have put something underneath it! I will remember that for the next time I wear this. :)
This is a color from their Fall 2011 Collection called Birds of a Feather.
Color: Orly - Fowl Play: $4.25 TransDesign, $7 Sally Beauty Supply, $8 Ulta.
Top Coat: Seche Vite - Dry Fast Top Coat: $8 Sally Beauty Supply, $10 Target.
Base Coat: Orly - Bonder: $5.39 TransDesign, $7.49 Sally Beauty Supply & CVS.
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Money Anxiety is a behavioral economics book showing readers how money anxiety impacts consumer financial behavior and the economy. The book demonstrates the impact of financial anxiety on retail sales and bank savings. When money anxiety increases, consumers save more and spend less, which pushes the economy into a recession. Conversely, when money anxiety decreases, consumers save less and spend more, which expands the economy.
Business and financial people will gain from this knowledge by reducing their expenses during times of high money anxiety, and increasing their revenues during times of low money anxiety.
Dr. Dan Geller is an experienced researcher and analyst, and an expert in statistical modeling. He developed the Money Anxiety concept and index after observing how a combination of economic indicators and factors impacts consumers' financial behavior. Specifically, he observed how financial anxiety impacts the saving and spending patterns of consumers, and the impact such changes in financial behavior have on the economy. He is frequently featured in national and financial publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg/Newsweek, and has appeared on CNBC, Fox News Radio, and numerous regional programs. Dr. Geller earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Touro University, and has published numerous peer-reviewed studies in professional publications. He resides in San Rafael, California.
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Santiago (GNIS FID: 1617837) is a populated place located within the Township of Turner, a minor civil division (MCD) of Arenac County.
The elevation of Santiago is 594 feet. Santiago appears on the Au Gres U.S. Geological Survey Map. Arenac County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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In Phoenix's topsy-turvy and hyper-competitive country radio scene (dominated by the twin-powers of KNIX and KMLE), one moment you're on top, the next you're out the door, and, before you know it, you're working for the other guy. We're not sure KNIX's Ben Campbell and Matt McAllister were good enough to get their former competitor — the Morning Mayor, Dave Pratt — recalled, but it does seem suspicious that their success coincided with his departure and replacement with KNIX's old team of Tim and Willy. Either way, there's no real competition between Ben and Matt, charming pretty boys whom the station wisely cross-markets whenever possible (and who score interviews with some of country music's top stars), and the insufferable Tim and Willy, who overuse the dumbass term "NashVegas" and have somehow ended up interviewing a dude from Def Leppard and mystery author Dean Koontz. We'd prefer to see Ben and Matt's tanned faces and pearly white teeth atop a pair of boots a little more often, but when it comes to picking a drive-time country twosome, Ben and Matt are it.
Though nobody knows her real name, "Cake Lady," as downtowners have affectionately dubbed her, continues to contribute to central Phoenix lore. In short, there's a woman about town who occasionally shows up at gatherings (a music performance, an art exhibit) looking for free stuff, especially cake. The consensus is that she reads New Times (a smart woman, indeed) and then calls ahead to inquire about the possibility of free goodies. She's been spotted only a couple of times, including years ago at a birthday party at the now-defunct Paper Heart, where she briefly showed up, then dashed out the door with a bunch of cake to go. Hey, Cake Lady, share some next time!
Yes, you're reading that right. No, we're not heat-addled.
Summer in Phoenix rules.
We first noticed this seeming contraction one day several years ago when all the traffic on Indian School Road dried up. Poof! It was like a scene from I Am Legend or Vanilla Sky. And it made us ponder the other positives of a season in which temps can hit the 120s in the shade and you can get a third-degree burn on your butt just by getting in your car.
The sunsets. The storms. The long light of evenings. The short lines at our favorite hangs. The full-moon hikes. The abundant parking at Piestewa Peak. The pool parties. The misters. The cheap resort rates. The free Sunday-afternoon films at the Phoenix Art Museum.
More than specific pleasures, though, our late-blooming appreciation of Phoenix summer has to do with the sense of inclusion we feel from Memorial Day through late September. For 120-odd days, it's our town — not the fifth-largest city in America. It feels like a community.
It's hot, but it's home.
It was weird, right? This year, summer didn't really start 'til July. Sure, we had a hot day here and there, but any true Phoenician knows to brace for the heat starting in, oh, March. Not so in 2009, and June was particularly balmy. If you don't believe us, check out the stats: We haven't had this many days under 100 in the month of June (only 13!) since 1927. Which only made July the cruelest month — when, as if on cue, the temperature soared.
Here at New Times, we know maps. We've spent countless hours trying to assemble them for our own various purposes. That's why we have such an appreciation for the Small Wonders map, published by Local First Arizona, designed to promote local businesses in both central/downtown Phoenix and Tempe. Consider this our thank you note for the labor of love it took to create these fold-out, easy-to-use, eye-pleasing guides to our favorite stuff in the city. It was surely no small feat to produce them.
Depending on whom you ask, the year-old Metro light rail may or may not be the most over-hyped project in Phoenix history. But no matter what you think of the billion-dollar (and counting!) project, you have to admit the view of the Phoenix skyline from the bridge going over Tempe Town Lake is pretty amazing, especially at dusk. From the confines of the always overpacked or nearly empty train car, you get a glimpse of Phoenix at its best. The downtown towers reach ever higher, their steady ascent seemingly fueled by the mysterious desert waters around you, but they never quite catch their backdrop, South Mountain. As the copper-colored star fades into the purplish haze of an Arizona sunset, even the most curmudgeonly rail-hater has to be impressed by the beautiful scene framed through the windows of this ambitious transportation project.


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Marsican Bear is one of the rarest bears on the planet,
with estimates that there are just 40 individual bears
in existence. However, while they are rare and beautiful
creatures, beekeepers and farmers in Italy - where the
Bear resides - are not so happy. The amount of damage
caused by the bears annually is around € 50,000
(this is an average figure calculated over the years
between 1998 and 2003), including plundered livestock,
and raids on beehives and cultivation.
The Save the Marsican Bear campaign
aims to raise € 10,000 to be used in preventing
and compensating for damage caused by the bears: to
livestock, to beekeeping, to farmyard animals, and to
With the amount of damage caused by the bears - which
is a silly figure – it is obvious that the extent
of the damage could be greatly reduced if beekeepers
and livestock breeders were provided with low-voltage
electric fences (not harmful to the bears).
On the one hand, these would protect the flocks and
the hives, and on the other would allow the bears to
avoid the discontent and wrath of injured parties. In
2002, eleven new electric fences costing € 6,00
have brought about a reduction in damage of 40%, allowing
a saving of around € 27, 000.
The funds raised by the Save the Marsican Bear
campaign will also serve to acquire new electric fences,
which will be donated to local beekeepers and livestock
breeders, the main objects of attention of the Marsican
bear. It would seem to be the best way forward in reducing
the conflict between man and bear, and in establishing
a climate of dialogue and collaboration between those
institutions charged with the protection of the bear,
public opinion and the local population.
Organized by Ecotur – an Italian wildlife tour
and environmental organisation – and in collaboration
with the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise,
the idea really originates from the public. It comes
from all those who have actually seen the bears during
the Ecotur excursions throughout the Park, or from those
who have tried to see them, or those who have simply
come to know them better by listening to one of the
Ecotur guides speak passionately about them.
Ecotur have seen, in the course of their work, a strong
desire on the part of individuals to feel directly involved
in the protection of this marvellous animal, by means
of positive, tangible and safe initiatives. Ecotur has
decided to take up the gauntlet by organizing the campaign
and guaranteeing its strong success. The objective is
to collect € 10 000, to be used in preventing and
compensating for damage caused by the bears: to livestock,
to beekeeping, to farmyard animals, and to agriculture.
Save the Marsican Bear is an initiative that originates
from the grass roots, from and amongst the people, not
dropped from on high by some bureaucratic body or institution.
The involvement of the population living inside the
Park is one of the strong pillars on which this project
is founded, and Ecotur are well placed its guarantors,
given their experience in the Park territory.
Because the risk of extinction is truly grave (as a
reminder, there are about 40 individual bears left,
making it one of the rarest types of bears on the planet)
and then again because conservation efforts are really
starting to move forwards.
The Abruzzo National Park, together with La Sapienza
University in Rome and the State Forestry Commission,
are conducting a programme of research into the bear.
They have radio-collared some of the bears to study
their movements and habits, and they also try to estimate
how many still survive. The funds for carrying out this
research project have been secured, but not those for
compensating the damage caused by the bears, so this
campaign aims to address this. The bear is a good thing
for all of us, and it is right that each of us should
contribute in our own small way to protect it.
Go and see the Marsican bear! Three money boxes, in
the form of the Marsican bear, will be available in
the vicinity of the following businesses: Ecotur and
La Bottega di Gaia, as well as the "Jorio"
refuge within the Park. Besides this, we plan to set
up some money boxes close to hotels and other commercial
buildings within the park.
If you are able to support the project, please also
send a donation in a sealed envelope (at least €
5 – don't be stingy!) with "Save the
Marsican Bear" written on the inside and the name
of the donor, (the names of the donors will then be
submitted to the Park management together with the collected
donations) posting it to the following address: Ecotur,
via Piave 7, 67032 Pescasseroli (AQ), ITALY
Purchasing the t-shirt, for adults or for children,
the small rucksack, or the little hat, all specially
made and printed for the campaign: one Euro will be
contributed to the campaign for every item purchased.
These articles are for sale at "la Bottega di
Gaia", or else you can request them by e-mailing:
A spokesperson from Ecotur says: "Please may
we count on your utmost support for the initiative;
this is a cry straight from the heart! We will keep
you constantly updated on progress by means of our newsletter
"Econews". In agreement with the Park management,
we will be able to choose the name of the next bear
to which a radio collar is fitted for study purposes.
To this effect, we will perform a poll via the Internet.
Whenever you feel downtrodden or stressed out, perhaps
stuck in a traffic jam or weighed down with problems
at work, you can always think that amongst the wild
mountains of the Abruzzo a bear runs free, to whom you
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I see mischief in them eyes. Good looking pup. Good luck.
Aw! What a sweetie! But he does have the look of one that enjoys the taste of slippers and any clothing costing more than $40. LOL!
Yeah he's gonna be a shoe-stealer. But IMO those are the best puppies to have. They keep things exciting and produce some great stories after you've cooled off.


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Based on the length of past expansions, 1996 should be a year in which the economy is increasingly vulnerable to a recession. But rest easy. Sure, this expansion is an old-timer by postwar standards, and it's not nearly as spry as it was a year ago. But with the Geritol of low inflation and interest rates, there is every reason to believe the consensus view of the 50 forecasters surveyed by BUSINESS WEEK: The economy will continue to grow at a steady, if plodding, pace for the sixth year in a row (table).
Although inventories look a bit high and household debt is rising, there are no imbalances of the size that usually precede downturns. And don't worry about the budget deal. Washington's seven-year plan to balance the budget is likely to have tax cuts up front with spending cuts later on. So any fiscal drag in 1996 will be small or nonexistent. Of course, if Congress and the White House fail to come up with a credible blueprint, all bets on lower interest rates are off.
More important, inflation pressures are expected to remain practically nil and economic growth only lukewarm, so the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates, not raising them. Such tame inflation prospects six years into an expansion--and their impact on rates--are a key difference in this business cycle, vs. those in the past.
Low interest rates are the primary catalyst for continued growth. Long-term rates dropped two points in 1995. That's worth $200 billion in stimulus over the next two years, if rates stay down. Indeed, 1995's huge jump in stock and bond prices hardly presage bad times. As Laurence H. Meyer, head of his own St. Louis-based consulting firm notes, recessions usually follow a boom-bust pattern as strong growth forces the Fed to jack up interest rates in an effort to head off inflation. "This time the Fed has effectively contained the boom," he says, "so why a bust?"
We agree. BUSINESS WEEK expects the economy will grow 2.3% next year, measured from fourth quarter to fourth quarter, a bit better than the 1.9% average pace expected in BUSINESS WEEK's annual roundup. Note that these projections are based on the Commerce Dept.'s chain-weighted measure of gross domestic product, which is expected to show 1995 growth of about 2% (see box). We also believe inflation will end the year at 2.7%, close to its 1995 rate, and that joblessness, although rising a bit early on, will finish at a low 5.5%.
CHRISTMAS BILLS. We expect 1996 to begin slowly, as businesses continue to wrestle their inventories into better alignment with 1995's slower pace of sales--a process that is taking longer than anticipated. Also, households will struggle with big credit-card bills from Christmas '95. But growth will pick up later in response to lower interest rates and renewed momentum in the manufacturing sector.
The top-performing sectors will be exports--helped by competitive gains from past investments and a healthy world economy--and capital spending for equipment as businesses invest heavily, if a bit more slowly, in technology. Also, lower interest rates will underpin the housing and durable goods sectors.
New technology is at the heart of another year of solid, if less robust, gains in corporate profits. "Good profit growth in a slow-growth, low-inflation economy is testimony to all the cost-cutting, the strong investment spending with its focus on productivity, and the benefits from the technology revolution," says Donald H. Straszheim of Merrill Lynch & Co. The mix of decent earnings and low interest rates should keep Wall Street percolating.
Corporate America's new competitiveness is the chief reason why exports will continue to be a growth leader, at least matching their 10% pace of 1995. At the same time, imports will slow, reflecting modest demand in the U.S. The result: an improving trade deficit that could add handsomely to GDP. "World growth prospects are decent, and Mexico should be less of a drag." says C. Heather Dillenbeck, a consultant to U.S. Trust Co. One area to keep an eye on, however, is Europe. Germany, the Continent's lead economy, was surprisingly weak in the second half of 1995, and economists are lowering their 1996 projections. Japan's prospects are improving, and East Asia will continue to post strong growth.
CONSENSUS? NOT. The dollar should remain firm as world financial markets reward U.S. steps toward fiscal responsibility and the Fed's inflation control. The buck, which has strengthened recently vs. the Japanese yen and the German mark, will continue to do so, but it will not rise so much as to harm the competitiveness of U.S. exporters.
At home, the ongoing substitution of capital for labor will limit consumer spending. Job and income gains will continue to slow as household debt increases. "But as long as employment is at least growing," says Constantine G. Soras of Nynex Corp., "rising debt should not be a concern." Also, the labor market should stay tight enough to generate wage gains above inflation, a boost for many consumers' real pay. Another round of mortgage refinancings may also help household budgets.
Of course, you'll never get 100% agreement from 50 economists. Maureen F. Allyn of Scudder, Stevens & Clark Inc. expects a recession to begin by the middle of the year. She blames a sharper than expected falloff in corporate profits. "That leads to layoffs and falling income growth, which exposes household debt problems," she says, causing consumers to pack it in. It's a scenario that deserves some thought. But with low inflation and low rates to support 1996 growth, recession seems more like a worry for 1997.
On Dec. 19, the Commerce Dept. switches to a new measurement of gross domestic product called chain-weighted GDP. Since this gauge gives less weight to fast-growth sectors where prices are falling, such as computers, it yields a slower pace of economic growth for the most recent years compared with the old 1987-dollar, fixed-weight measure previously used. Based on economists' projections, 1995's fixed-weight GDP growth would have been about 2.8%. On a comparable basis, the forecast for 1996 would have been 2.5%.


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Sigh. So much drool worthy stuff. ;)ReplyDelete
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I loooove all those bracelets!ReplyDelete
great photos! i especially love the gold and coral bracelet combo!ReplyDelete
So many pretty things! Love all of the chain bracelets!ReplyDelete
You capture the cutest things, Tiffany! I love all the prettiness :) Oh and I have the exact same iPhone case, my favourite ever!ReplyDelete
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I'll have to find you on Instagram! I resisted too, mainly because I wasn't aware that it was available for Android phones. I joined a couple months ago and I'm obsessed!ReplyDeleteReplies
yes! Please do! my name is tiffanyish on instagram. I'll look for you too if you don't find me first. It's so much fun, i love it!Delete
Ooh, LOVE the peek of the YSL Chyc tote--I've been lusting after one myself, but am worried it'd be too big. Can't wait to see it in an outfit on you, Tiffany! And hooray for joining Instagram--I finally bit the bullet and joined too. Off to find you! ♥ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Chloe! I actually got the mini Chyc so it's the perfect size! I think it would look great on you too!Delete
Hi Tiffany! Too bad the sunglasses did not fit you. Will you be selling it again? Let me know. I hope you'll blog about the shoes you got from the Nordstrom rack designer sale =) Following you at Instagram.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi! The sunglasses have been sold. I'm still trying to decide which ones to keep from the Nordstrom Rack sale but maybe I'll blog about them next week and have you guys help me decide :)Delete
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Some took turns handling the gleaming state championship trophy. Others posed for photos while clutching their recently received gold medals. Junior fullback Thomas Middleton? Well, he walked through the crowd toting a giant log.
"We got together in the summer without coaches," Middleton said. "It was the just the team, and we did our own workouts. We would do two laps around the track carrying a log. It kind of symbolizes our summer and what we put into it.
This is one of those logs," Middleton said. "We all got together, and we all signed it and put 12/21/12 (the date of the state title game). It means everything. I love being with them. I love being on the field with my teammates. That's what I live for. Football's my life, and playing with these guys means everything for me. Being able to get this, it just means even more."
And Middleton said it meant even more after coming back from a nasty ankle injury.
"I hurt my ankle pretty bad," Middleton said. "I tore all the ligaments and broke my fibula. I kept playing on it, and I ended up having no cartilage in my ankle. I was supposed to be out until May of this year, and I came back in six weeks.
"Everything was fine," Middleton said. "I didn't feel like sitting around for months when it wasn't hurting at all."
Middleton admitted that it didn't hurt that he knew Cedar Park had a chance to make a run to its first state title.
"I knew it from day one, even with the two losses," Middleton said. "I personally thought the two losses were just notches on our belt as far as motivation for us."
Middleton took on a different role this year, a result of his weight jumping from 185 pounds to 225 pounds in the offseason. And so Middleton went from a primary ball-carrier to one of the state's top fullback prospects for 2014.
"I like running the ball," Middleton said. "I love running the ball. I like the adrenaline rush I get from it. But blocking is just as good. I love getting up from laying on top of somebody after I block them and seeing the ball downfield. A lot of times, it's mostly because I made that one block. I love blocking."
Middleton doesn't have any offers as of yet, but expect to see his interest start to boom as teams get into the spring evaluation period.


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When Canon launched the HF10 earlier in 2008, it quickly became the best AVCHD camcorder we have yet reviewed. But released at the same time was an almost identical sibling. Called the HF100, it has two differences to its pricier sibling. First, it's grey rather than black. We prefer the latter, although the HF100 is hardly unattractive. More significant, however, is the lack of on-board flash memory. This is a key selling point for the HF10 - you don't need to bother with memory cards, as it has 16GB of flash on board. But the HF100 drops this and returns to the more traditional 'supply your own SD card' route. Thanks to this omission, it's around £100 cheaper, too.
Other than the lack of built-in flash memory, however, the Canon HF100 has the same awesome specification as its pricier stable mate. It has a large 1/3.2in CMOS sensor, although this isn't quite as big as the 1/2.7in one used in Canon's previous generation of HD camcorders. The sensor sports 3.3-megapixels, with 2.07-megapixels used when shooting video - enough for Full HD at 1,920 x 1,080. The full resolution is only called upon when shooting still images, which can be captured at up to 2,048 x 1,536.
Four recording quality modes are available, all of which shoot at HD resolutions. The top FXP mode uses 1,920 x 1,080, whilst the other three operate at the anamorphic 1,440 x 1,080 resolution familiar from HDV and most previous AVCHD models. Data rates range from a healthy 17Mbits/sec in FXP mode to a miserly 5Mbits/sec in LP, although quality will suffer noticeably in this mode. Even in FXP mode, a 16GB SDHC card will be enough for around two hours of footage, and over six hours in LP.
The HF100 is packed with enthusiast features, too, which is still rare in AVCHD models. Image stabilisation uses Canon's excellent Super Range Optical system, and the lens provides a healthy 12x zoom. Microphone and headphone minijacks are sensibly placed on the rear, and the battery is non-captive, paving the way for longer-life options than the 890mAh unit supplied. A 1780mAh alternative is available for around three hours of shooting, and the batteries use Canon's Intelligent system, providing an estimate in minutes of duration remaining.
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Perhaps I'm getting old but I just can't get away with a camcorder without a viewfinder.
Is it possible to comment in reviews if the viewfinder is present or if we have to wave the camcorder around while trying to see the picture in the screen in the sunlight?
I'm not an expert (and James Morris is on holiday this week) but I would hazard to guess that there are very few camcorders these days with optical viewfinders... Just as we've seen with compact digital cameras, most people prefer framing shots using 3-inch + LCD screens rather than holding it to their face.
This is probably true even more for camcorders really. The solution is to improve the sunlight visibility of the LCD screens used. If you really must have an optical viewfinder I suspect you'll be researching the upper end of the market ie bulkier, semi-pro models rather than sexy little things like the HF100
I'm back from holiday now. There really are very few camcorders left with a viewfinder for under a grand. The Canon HV30 is one, which records HDV to tape, but the AVCHD choice is virtually zero. Panasonic has recently released the HDC-HS100 and SD100, which do have viewfinders. Watch this space for full reviews!
An interesting point, at least for me, is the ability or not, for the camera to output its video and audio stream directly to a hard drive rather than record storage internally to a built-in flash or an inserted SD card. If I can provide external DC power and also record direct to a HDD, even via a PC, and retain the full 2 megapixel or 8M or higher, then I have a low cost megapixel camera I can use as a CCTV surveillance camera and at a reasonable price. Can this Canon provide that facility or can any other camcorder provide it?
Sweet video review, although perhaps the skyline in the background at the start should be Bracknell? ;-)
Aha, in fact all the backgrounds are from IPC Media's office in London. Frankly, you wouldn't want backgrounds from Bracknell. ;)
There is no mention here that lesser moving parts and motor noise predominant in previous Canon models (mini DV) can prove to be a buyer's point. My attempts to replace the recorder head on my Panasonic antiquated camcorder could set me back at least RM 400.00 to RM 600.00. I presume hard disks will also consume battery power enough to reduce the usage time on any one charge.
The power consumption by the hard disk is not a significant issue. They are low power and there is no problem with battery life. Higher capacity batteries are available if you really need longer life.
Never underestimate the convenience of having video stored on disc already, and my box of dozens of miniDV can attest - I just can't face having to rip them to my PC in slow-ass real time :(
If I could just drag & drop the entire footage like you can from Flash / HDD-based camcorders, I would do a lot more editing than I currently do.
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My A/C clutch is not engaging. The fan does turn on. AC does not work. I tried a quick charge but the clutch still hasn't engaged so I was hoping to start by being able to test out relay 384. (99' passat 1.8 turbo).
I saw the following post (at the bottom) by kenblasko. This may be a stupid question, but is this the easiest way to test the relay? Is there a way to test it with a multimeter with the relay out of the car? If not, can anyone please provide slightly better instructions to a newb to test, or perhaps an easier test? And an even dumber question, will a 12 volt battery work on the test below?
"384 is not a simple relay but a control module (probably solid state relay) that controls the A/C clutch. Pull module 384 and jumper 12 volts to the plug connector corresponding to pin 8 of 384. That puts 12 volts directly to the A/C clutch. Positive should be on connector to pin 2. If the clutch engages, then either control module 384 is bad or possibly the A/C switch on dash, the ambient temperature switch, the A/C pressure switch or blower fan switch all wired in series and connected to pin 9 of 384. If you turn A/C switch on you should get positive on connector to pin 9. Pin 3 is ground. Pin 1 goes to the ECM and pin 4 goes to the instrument panel control module."


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Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas were recently spotted out separately after attending Boodles Boxing Ball together, with Cressida being seen out to lunch with Princess Eugenie and Harry attending a charity fundraiser.
Cressida, 24, and Princess Eugenie, 23, were seen having a "leisurely lunch" at Bumpkin in South Kensington, London on Thursday, September 26, writes the Daily Mail.
Eugenie and Cressida are friends, and Eugenie reportedly introduced Cressida to Harry and is responsible for their romance.
Eugenie wore a blue and black wrap dress with a black leather belt and black slipper shoes, and Cressida wore a loose white T-shirt and faded blue jeans with white sneakers.
The pair were joined by other friends and were seen "laughing, joking and chatting."
That same day, Harry attended a MapAction charity event in London, reports E! News. The charity delivers vital information in map for to disaster aid agencies after disasters.
"MapAction harnesses technology to a powerful volunteer ethos," Harry says on MapAction's website. "They are a real asset to the humanitarian cause. I'm proud to be their patron."
The media continue to speculate about how serious Harry and Cressida are, with some even reporting that they're already engaged or living together.
Grazia previously reported that the two are already unofficially engaged.
"It's only a matter of time before Harry makes it official. They've discussed it at length together and with their families," a source said.
"Some of their friends reckon they might already be engaged, but are waiting for a while to go public."
Grazia also previously reported that the couple is living together.
"She went back to London with Harry on the train and has been staying at his apartment ever since," a source said, referring to the couple being spotted at King's Cross Station together after attending a high society wedding in July. "Harry's told Cressida he loves her, which is not something he does lightly."
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