Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History
1800 The 40,000 slave revolt planned by Gabriel Prosser to attack Richmond, Virginia is foiled by a thunderstorm and betrayed by participants. Prosser and his main conspirators are captured and hanged. His revolt was the inspiration for Arna Bontemps' novel "Black Thunder."
1901 Roy O. Wilkins, called "Mr. Civil Rights," who will become the executive director of the NAACP , is born in St. Louis, MO
1905, Ty Cobb made his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders.
1928 Indian nationalist Jawarhalal Nehru organizes the Independence of India League to challenge British rule in India.
1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, who will become the first Black woman mayor of a major city, is born in Hartford, CT.
1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan, and set up Allied occupation headquarters.
1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the Supreme Court.
1983 Aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger, astronaut Guion Bluford becomes the first African American to go into space. He will re-enter space on two other space shuttle flights in 1985 and 1991.
1991 Long overshadowed by his rival Carl Lewis, American Mike Powell breaks Bob Beamon's 1968 world record in the long jump, leaping 8.95 m (29.36 ft) at the track and field World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
1991 Azerbaijan declared its independence, joining the stampede of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union.
1993 After leaving NBC for CBS, comedian David Letterman debuts his new late-night talk show, the Late Show with David Letterman.
1997 Americans learned of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul.
2002 Alfred “Pepsi” Bethel, a longtime jazz dancer, teacher, and choreographer, dies at the age of 83 from heart failure. He founded the Pepsi Bethel Authentic Jazz Dance Theater and performed in nine African countries as U.S. Cultural Emissaries.
Missing in Action
1966 HOFF SAMMIE D. KENNEDY TX EJECTED RADIO CONTACT - REMAINS RETURNED EARLY 89
1966 ROBINSON KENNETH D. INDIANAPOLIS IN NO SUBS INTEL INFO / REMAINS RETURNED 12/88
1967 ALLARD MICHAEL JOHN SCHOFIELD WI
1970 PERALTA BENJAMIN R.
The Los Angeles Times
U.S. Poverty Rate Rises Despite Growth in 2004
By Joel Havemann and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON -- Although the economic expansion entered its fourth year, Americans' incomes remained stagnant last year, and the poverty rate rose, the Census Bureau reported today.
Median household income — half of all households earned more and half earned less — was $44,389 in 2004, a statistically insignificant $93 less than the 2003 median when adjusted for inflation. Household income has been falling consistently since reaching its all-time peak of $46,058 in 1999. Not since 1997 has it been lower than its 2004 level.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-083005census_lat,0,4962711.story?coll=la-tot-promo&track=morenews
Ancestry in a Drop of Blood
Tribes and would-be members are turning to DNA tests. But the hunt for genetic truth has some asking: What does it mean to be Indian?
By Karen Kaplan, Times Staff Writer
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Marilyn Vann can trace her Cherokee roots back more than 200 years through generations of Native Americans and the descendants of black slaves who lived among them.
She has mountains of paper — birth certificates, tribal enrollment cards, land deeds, affidavits, yellowing photographs — documenting her family's life within the tribe.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-indiandna30aug30,0,3546002.story?coll=la-tot-promo&track=morenews
Katrina's Impact, At a Glance
From Associated Press
Hurricane Katrina's effects, at a glance:
LOUISIANA:
--Breaches in at least one levee allowed water from Lake Pontchartrain to inundate sections of New Orleans. Officials planned to use helicopters to drop 3,000-pound sandbags into the breach.
--Dozens of people rescued from roofs and attics. Canal Street was literally a canal. Water lapped at the edge of the French Quarter.
--Unknown number of deaths.
--Highest wind in New Orleans estimated at about 100 mph.
--Some 370,000 customers estimated without power in southeast Louisiana; number expected to rise. New Orleans water unsafe to drink without boiling.
--Entire city of New Orleans, city of 485,000, ordered evacuated before storm struck. Mayor Ray Nagin estimated
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-0830305impact_wr,0,6624060.story?coll=la-home-headlines
LAPD Gave Misleading Crime Data
A change in reporting domestic violence led to stats that show a steep overall decline, but the actual drop is less. Police did issue disclaimers.
By Jill Leovy, Times Staff Writer
A change in the way Los Angeles police count domestic violence incidents has allowed the department to substantially exaggerate how much crime has dropped citywide this year.
LAPD officials say they have issued disclaimers about the shift in its statistics on domestic violence, which was made to bring the Los Angeles Police Department into accord with federal guidelines.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crime30aug30,0,2189107.story?coll=la-home-local
Superdome Refugees Get Some Fresh Air
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS -- Desperate for fresh air, dozens of refugees from Hurricane Katrina slept on the walkway surrounding the Louisiana Superdome as conditions inside worsened and even more people were brought to the huge arena Tuesday.
National Guardsmen let some of the 10,000 people sheltering inside the arena take their bedding out onto the concourse, where it was cooler and the breeze was welcome.
"Oh God, fresh air, it's so wonderful. It's the first time I've wanted to breathe all day," said Robin Smith, 33. "When you think what we could've gone through, it's not too bad in there. But it's certainly not as wonderful as this."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top13aug30,0,5232856.story
Bolton's mischief
AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF of studies and negotiations, the United Nations recently came up with a draft proposal calling for extensive internal reforms and world action against injustice, poverty and environmental catastrophe. Last week, soon after being appointed U.N. ambassador by President Bush, John Bolton may have sabotaged the entire effort.
Now that's getting things done.
Bolton has introduced hundreds of amendments to the 62-page draft, which is supposed to be signed by the leaders of 175 nations during the U.N.'s 60th anniversary summit starting Sept. 14. Other nations, notably Russia, also have objections to the draft proposal and have submitted their own amendments, but they haven't caused the same turmoil.
Bolton's amendments have been received like a wasp's nest at a picnic. Throughout the drafting process, a fragile consensus had been built; now everything may end up back on the table, and time is extremely short. A core group of 32 nations is scrambling to finalize a document by Friday, to be submitted to member states on Tuesday. U.N. diplomats fear that the only way to reach consensus will be to water down the draft until it is all but meaningless.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-bolton30aug30,0,4265638.story?coll=la-home-oped
A storm of commentary
Michael Newman
HURRICANE KATRINA is cause for sorrow and determination among editorial writers this morning, but it is also a test of the bedrock principles that they have always used to comprehend the incomprehensible and explain the inexplicable.
For the Wall Street Journal, the storm proves, yet again, the stupidity of most of the media; TV journalists, it notes, "were the only persons nuts enough to be anywhere near these destructive torrents." According to the New York Times, the storm highlights the need for better government planning and more government spending; it advises the Senate "to restore some $70 million that the House, in a singular act of poor timing, slashed from the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for the New Orleans district." The Boston Globe finds its faith in both humanity (an orderly evacuation) and technology (accurate forecasts) reaffirmed: The survival of New Orleans shows "the marvels of a technologically advanced, affluent society." It is USA Today that seems most at a loss over what to say — so it says just about everything in an extraordinary 1,300-word editorial that pleads with New Orleans officials, residents and admirers to better prepare for the inevitable next storm.
Sometimes, of course, the best thing to say is nothing, the option chosen by the Washington Post (and this page) this morning. Closer to the eye of the storm, the truest observation, and most prophetic, may have come from Monday's New Orleans Times-Picayune: "Getting through today will take great strength," it said. "Picking up the pieces will take even more."
Michael Newman
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-elsewhere30aug30,0,1392685.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
Garfunkel Faces Another Pot Charge in NY
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. -- Singer Art Garfunkel, who pleaded guilty last year to pot possession in upstate New York, was charged again Sunday after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car, state police said.
The 63-year-old Garfunkel, who lives in Manhattan, was charged after being pulled over for failing to stop his vehicle at a stop sign, The Daily Freeman of Kingston reported Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top17aug30,0,6805724.story
Michael Moore Today
www.michaelmoore.com
FAHRENHEIT 9/11
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2 h 3 m
SYNOPSIS:
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore ("Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine") crafted this incendiary piece of skillful agitprop, an exploration of the tragic chain of events before and after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001. Pointing his finger at a global conspiracy of war, greed, and media manipulation, Moore leaves no political figure unscathed in his most passionate, outraged condemnation of a president and policies he considers illegitimate and incompetent.
Showtime
Today
11:00 PM
http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?seriesid=0&episodeid=123757
War protest prepares to take anti-war message on bus tour
By Angela K. Brown / Associated Press
CRAWFORD, Texas -- War protesters camping out near President Bush's ranch prepared Monday for a three-week bus tour to spread their anti-war message to residents and lawmakers in 25 states.
They said three buses -- for northern, central and southern routes -- will depart Wednesday from the makeshift camp started by Cindy Sheehan along the main road leading to Bush's ranch. She arrived Aug. 6, soon after his Texas vacation began, and vowed to stay until month's end unless he talked to her about the war that claimed her 24-year-old son Casey's life.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3915
Bring 'em Home Now Tour
From Camp Casey, Crawford to Washington DC
From George Bush’s door step to Communities along the way, We Demand That:
Elected Representatives Decide Now to Bring the Troops Home
We Take Care of Them When They Get Here
We Never Again Send Our Loved Ones to War Based on Lies
We are currently at a significant turning point in how the American public views the war in Iraq. As the death toll in Iraq rises, Cindy Sheehan’s vigil near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of Americans.
On August 31st, the last day of the encampment, the Bring Them Home Now Tour will launch three buses from Crawford, Texas, each carrying military and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of previous wars. These buses will travel different routes across the country, converging in Washington, DC on September 21, for the United for Peace and Justice Mobilization September 24th-26th.
http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/
The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford (Day 24)
-- by Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, TX
Goodbye to Crawford But Not to Camp Casey
While George golfed yesterday, the worst hurricane ever struck New Orleans; oil went up to over 68.00/barrel; and an American soldier was killed in the charade and cataclysmic occupation of Iraq. The soldier's family doesn't even know what's going to hit them yet. The death is "Pending Notification." I continually ask myself: "How do George Bush and other death-mongers live with themselves?" While George vacations and bikes and golfs his way to the lowest poll numbers since Richard Nixon, other "patriots" are wrapping themselves in the Stars and Stripes and going along with the farce that the mission from hell -- killing more people in Iraq, because so many have already been killed -- is somehow a good thing ordained by God. I can live with myself, but trust me, sleep does not come easily to me these days.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=482
Slight Majority Say Bush Should Meet With Sheehan
By Richard Morin / Washington Post
Slightly more than half of the country says President Bush should meet with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed last year in Iraq, who is leading a protest against the war outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Tex., according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The survey found that 52 percent of the public says Bush should talk to Sheehan, who has repeatedly asked for a meeting with the president, while 46 percent said he should not. Fifty-three percent support what she is doing while 42 percent oppose her actions, according to the poll.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3914
A beautiful moment...
By Scott Galindez / t r u t h o u t
Monday 29 August 2005
8:48 PM
A beautiful moment just happened at Camp Casey I. There was a candle light vigil honoring troops who have died in Iraq. The counter protesters came across the street and joined the vigilers at Camp Casey, They shared the flag and prayed together for the families on both sides who have lost loved ones in the war. They are now singing and holding candles together. This is a testament to the power of this movement...
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3911
Iraq war protestor says to shift focus to Congress
By Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters
CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 26 - Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch has become a symbol for the anti-war movement, said on Friday she plans to focus on Congress, starting with Bush close ally and fellow Texan House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Sheehan has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss the U.S. presence in Iraq, where her son was killed in 2004, and next Thursday plans to begin a bus tour from Bush's ranch to the White House to campaign for withdrawal of U.S. troops.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3875
Bloomberg Parries Repeated Questions on the War in Iraq
By Jim Rutenberg / New York Times
Faced with a second day of questions about where he stood on the war in Iraq, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday he supported bringing the troops home as soon as possible but shied away from directly criticizing President Bush's prosecution of the war.
In general, he said, he had "mixed emotions" about the war.
The questions came a day after the mayor declined to address a reporter's question about what he thought of the antiwar vigil being kept outside the president's vacation home in Crawford, Tex., by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier. "It's not a local issue and I don't have anything to say," he said on Sunday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3916
FBI Document Labels Michigan Affirmative Action and Peace Groups as Terrorists
American Civil Liberties Union
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released an FBI document that designates a Michigan-based peace group and an affirmative action advocacy group as potentially "involved in terrorist activities." The file was obtained through an ongoing nationwide ACLU effort seeking information on the FBI's use of Joint Terrorism Task Forces to engage in political surveillance.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3908
Access to Abortion Pared at State Level
By Ceci Connolly / Washington Post
This year's state legislative season draws to a close having produced a near-record number of laws imposing new restrictions on a woman's access to abortion or contraception.
Since January, governors have signed several dozen antiabortion measures ranging from parental consent requirements to an outright ban looming in South Dakota. Not since 1999, when a wave of laws banning late-term abortions swept the legislatures, have states imposed so many and so varied a menu of regulations on reproductive health care.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3905
Mayor dodges Sheehan debate
Bloomberg says the anti-war protest is not a 'local issue,' but his opponents, soldier's kin feel differently
By Glenn Thrush / Newsday
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants no part of the wrenching national debate over Cindy Sheehan's anti-war protest, arguing yesterday that the bereaved mother's peace campaign isn't a "local issue" in New York.
But Bloomberg's effort to duck controversy only seemed to accentuate the Republican mayor's pro-war stance in a Democratic city that, on balance, is decidedly opposed to the invasion of Iraq.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3904
Iraq charter a 'recipe for chaos'
BBC
Parts of the Iraqi draft constitution are a "recipe for chaos", Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has said.
He told the BBC the Arab League shared Sunni Muslim concerns over federalism and the fact the charter does not identify Iraq as an Arab country.
The US and UK have played down Sunni leaders' rejection of the text, which will go to a referendum by 15 October.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3903
The Boston Globe
427 meth arrests in over 200 cities
By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer August 30, 2005
WASHINGTON --Police around the country have arrested more than 400 people in the first nationally coordinated operation aimed at producers and sellers of methamphetamine, officials said Tuesday.
Police in more than 200 cities and the Drug Enforcement Administration took part over the past week in Operation Wildfire, which also resulted in the seizure of more than 200 pounds of the drug and 56 labs where it was made.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/30/427_meth_arrests_in_over_200_cities/
Energy prices surge on pipeline snags
Gas prices at an Amoco gas station in New York climbed toward $3 per gallon today. The effects of Hurricane Katrina sent oil futures higher, as traders awaited damage reports from US oil and gas refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo)
By Brad Foss, AP Business Writer August 30, 2005
The shutdown of oil platforms, refineries and pipelines along the Gulf Coast drove energy prices to new highs Tuesday, all-but-guaranteeing a surge in pump prices in the days ahead. Oil prices briefly jumped above $70 a barrel.
The trading frenzy on futures markets reflected uncertainty and fear about the full extent of the damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on key energy infrastructure, as well as the constraints being felt where actual shipments of gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel are bought and sold.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/08/30/energy_prices_climb_on_refinery_snags/
One sweet job
When it comes to creating new Ben & Jerry's flavors, Arnold Carbone has the scoop
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff August 30, 2005
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The flavor lab at Ben & Jerry's corporate headquarters looks much like any other good-size kitchen -- or any good-size kitchen with four floor-length freezers. Just 25 feet by 20 feet, it also has a refrigerator, a stove, a central island, lots of counter space -- nothing too fancy. The giveaway comes when an otherwise sane-looking man takes a large butcher knife and -- whack! whack! -- neatly quarters a pint of ice cream, container and all.
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2005/08/30/one_sweet_job/
Katrina forces more flight cancellations
By Dave Carpenter, AP Business Writer August 30, 2005
CHICAGO --Hurricane Katrina forced scores of more flight cancellations involving New Orleans and other Southern cities Tuesday as airlines juggled their schedules around one of the worst storms on record.
Hurricane-related disruptions also continued to have an impact far more worrisome for U.S. carriers than added costs and lost revenue from the flight turmoil: oil prices that briefly spiked to record highs over $70.
"Overall the storm will hurt but it's certainly not the same as the impact of rising oil prices," said Philip Baggaley, airline analyst for Standard & Poor's Corp. Any further significant increase, he said, will have "a large effect."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/30/airlines_cancel_dozens_more_flights/
Ark. unveils statues honoring integration
By David Hammer, Associated Press Writer August 30, 2005
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --Nearly half a century after they faced down a mob to integrate Little Rock Central High School, the Little Rock Nine stood together outside the Statehouse Tuesday and unveiled statues of themselves in that defiant walk.
Some cried as they pulled away the sheets draping their individual statues and saw themselves as they were in 1957.
Elizabeth Eckford looked at the bespectacled statue of herself leading the way into the school and smiled and joked about the more slender chin on the statue.
The location, too, is heavy with meaning. The nine statues stand just outside the governor's office, where in 1957 Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent black school children from attending previously all-white Central High following a 1954 Supreme Court ruling. When the nine entered, they were under the armed guard of federalized troops.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/30/ark_unveils_statues_honoring_integration/
Calif. drivers can keep medical marijuana
August 30, 2005
SACRAMENTO, Calif. --The California Highway Patrol has stopped confiscating all medical marijuana during traffic stops, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that left intact a state law allowing the drug to be used for medicinal purposes.
The policy change was a victory for medical marijuana advocates, namely the Oakland-based Americans for Safe Access, which sued the CHP and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this year to have the practice stopped.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/30/calif_drivers_can_keep_medical_marijuana/
Damage from Katrina stuns troops in Iraq
The roof of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans was shredded by strong winds of Hurricane Katrina as it battered the Crescent City on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
By Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press Writer August 30, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq --Ever since Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, National Guard troops from Gulf coast states serving in Iraq have followed the disaster unfolding on television sets, worried about families and friends back home.
"It's a significant emotional event. Their families are on the forefront of the disaster," said Lt. Col. Jordan Jones of the 141st Field Artillery of the Louisiana National Guard.
"They're all watching TV and some have seen their neighborhoods completely submerged in water."
Jones, from Luling on the west bank of Lake Pontchartrain, said he hasn't been in touch with his own family for three days because of clogged phone lines, but that his neighbors had helped board up their home.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/30/damage_from_katrina_stuns_troops_in_iraq/
Pakistan official orders rape claim probe
By Munir Ahmad, Associated Press Writer August 30, 2005
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan --The prime minister ordered an investigation Tuesday into a woman's claim that police kidnapped and raped her because she was trying to lobby lawmakers about alleged police corruption.
The 23-year-old mother of two came to national attention in April when she was briefly detained for mistakenly trespassing inside Parliament. She wandered through a security cordon seeking to contact lawmakers to help her husband, whom she alleges police framed in order to extort money.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/30/pakistan_official_orders_rape_claim_probe/
France boosts protection against bird flu
August 30, 2005
PARIS --France will increase its stocks of medicine, vaccinations and protective masks amid concerns about a potential outbreak of bird flu in Europe and a possible resulting human pandemic, the prime minister's office said Tuesday.
The government said it would modify contracts it holds with two companies for vaccinations against a possible human pandemic flu strain that could evolve from bird flu, "to ensure vaccinations for the whole population," according to a statement issued after a ministerial meeting.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/08/30/france_boosts_protection_against_bird_flu/
Reuters cameraman still detained after Iraq shooting
August 30, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Reuters cameraman remained in U.S. military custody in Baghdad on Tuesday, two days after surviving an incident in which his soundman was shot dead, apparently by U.S. troops.
U.S. officers said they were continuing to question Haider Kadhem, 24, about "inconsistencies" in his statements after he was taken from the car in which soundman Waleed Khaled was killed by multiple shots while on a news assignment.
Iraqi police said U.S. troops fired on the Reuters team, both Iraqis.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/30/reuters_cameraman_still_detained_after_iraq_shooting/
Walesa: I'm no longer needed in Poland
Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa prepares to toast during a meeting with some 200 young Poles born on Aug. 31, 1980, the day when the Solidarity freedom movement was born out of worker protests in the shipyards on the Baltic coast, including Gdansk. Walesa attended a special birthday party for the young people at the Gdansk shipyard, Poland, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 as part of Solidarity's 25th anniversary celebrations. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Writer August 30, 2005
GDANSK, Poland --Solidarity founder Lech Walesa takes credit for setting "everything on the right course" for communist Poland's transition to a democratic market economy.
But the former shipyard electrician, whose charisma and courage helped topple an empire, said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview that he's no longer needed at home: A quarter-century later, he spends much of his time lecturing abroad, where he's still a hero.
Walesa, whose bumpy one-term presidency ended with his popularity diminished, spoke as world leaders gathered to fete him and Solidarity on the movement's 25th anniversary, bringing him back into the spotlight for the first time in years.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/08/30/walesa_im_no_longer_needed_in_poland/
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