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Radley Balko: "Rather Fond of Bob Barr"
Radley Balko, a former policy wonk at the CATO Institute, currently a columnist for FoxNews.com, and a blogger and Senior Editor for Reason Magazine, praises Bob Barr's coronation as the presidential nominee at the Libertarian Party's Denver convention. The nomination, which took place hours prior to the conclusion of the convention, has shaken up the entire libertarian movement, including many purists, anarchists, and "free marketeers" who are throwing a fit over the delegates (which have been reportedly made up a number of Barr and Wayne Allyn Root supporters, with only some Steve Kubby and Mary Ruwart supporters).
Balko opined on his The Agitator blog with the following:
It's the first time the LP has nominated a serious candidate in a long time. I've become rather fond of Barr over his 5-year conversion to libertarianism. Second place went to nutjob Mary Ruwart, who would have continued the party's long history of kook-ism.
Barr has the potential to win more votes than any LP nominee in history. If he helps the GOP learn that it's time to boot the neocons and pay more attention to its limited government wing, all the better.
Notice what Balko said in the beginning of the third sentence in the first paragraph:
Second place went to nutjob Mary Ruwart....
Mary Ruwart, a long-time libertarian activist and author of Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression and Short Answers to the Tough Questions, is a "nutjob"? I see. So, in Balkoland, being a principled candidate makes you a "nutjob." How about Wayne Allyn Root, while he was running as an LP presidential candidate, throwing his support to John McCain little over a month prior to getting the VP nomination at the Denver convention this past weekend? (But then, that was before LP stalwarts Tom Knapp, Barry Hess, Ernie Hancock, and a number of "bought-and-paid-for" sell-outs got all starstruck over Barr's nomination.) Doesn't that make him a nutjob? Yet, you haven't heard a single condemnation from the national LP or even the party base for Root for pledging his support to McCain. Where was Balko when that claptrap happened?
Supporting Barr is "a good thing"? How can a candidate who has flip-flopped on the issues so many times and has assumed the role of a "I-wanna-pretend-to-be-a-Libertarian-so-I-make-money-off-the-base-and-the-party-and-just-get-a-few-more-votes-tarian" collectivist be "a good thing"? This is coming from a self-deluded "I'm-libertarian-when-I-want-to-be" libertarian, not a true-blue libertarian. That's exactly what Balko is and anything he says should be suspect.
Sure, he's great on the War on Drugs issue, but isn't he undermining his "opposition" to the War on Drugs by supporting a Drug Warrior who has more of a problem shedding his past image than adopting his new "let's-pretend-to-be-for-freedom" image? Isn't that really the matter? And sure, he's great on a few other social issues, but then again that's not saying much. Of course, Balko was FOR the war in Iraq initially. Once again, that doesn't say much in the grand scheme of things.
Sure, Barr may "[have] the potential to win more votes than any LP nominee in history," but so what? What is the likelihood that he will win the presidency? How much of a realistic shot does he have? Ron Paul didn't have a realistic shot, but his campaign was purely educational. Barr doesn't have a realistic shot, but his campaign is purely political, a 180-degree turn from Paul. Plus, his positions on immigration, the war in Afghanistan, his support for the Fair Tax, and spending are seriously suspect. Why should any third party and average voters support him over McCain, Obama, and Clinton?
Besides, what is so great about Barr? Even Wayne Allyn Root? I mean, seriously! What makes him the best candidate for the party? Because he WAS a congressman? Big deal! Captain Kangaroo and Bozo the Clown, on a political ticket, would have more success than Barr and Root would ever have.
The collectivists in the LP are thinking about power and votes and lining their pockets with money to make names for themselves in the media. It's a power play for the cameras. They want to look as if they are trying to accomplish something "positive" for the libertarian movement. But many of us who reject Barr and Root know better.
Balko is a collectivist, a statist, and a shmuck. His waffling on his libertarianism shows how much of a hypocrite he is when it comes to the libertarian philosophy. His support for Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root makes as much sense as a Democrat supporting Pervez Musharraf and Hugo Chavez, who both look like vile and pathetic candidates for the LP ticket for 2012.
It's time to write off these sell-outs for good. Balko gets a bigger write-off because he wasn't libertarian in the first place. That should tell people something.
[H/T to Wendy McElroy for reporting this on her website. Same goes to long-time (although briefly retired) libertarian writer and blogger Skip Oliva who privately emailed Wendy on Balko's antics.]
Update: The only reason Balko did attack Ruwart by calling her a "nutjob" because of the recent kiddie porn scandal that was the subject of great discussion at the Third Party Watch blog (before Stephen Gordon sold it off to Barr crony Richard Viguerie). Considering Balko never bothered to hear Mary's clarification of her answers on the Steve Kubby Show on Blog Talk Radio or even my Liberty Cap Talk Live spin-off show Liberty Cap Talk Live: The Special Edition Show prior to the Denver convention or even read her Short Answers to the Tough Questions book (which contains the offending answers to the "Childrens' Rights" question), of course he would level an attack against her as well.
It's interesting that Balko would do this, considering that Mary has never initiated force against anyone, stolen, taken bribes, or called for the power of the state to arrest anyone for drug possession or on the claim that the U.S. Patriot Act and the REAL ID Act are laws that will "protect our freedoms." Yet Balko praises a washed-up ex-congressman who has a history of supporting anti-freedom, pro-violent legislation against people, especially with regards to peaceful, non-violent drug use, even if it's done for recreational or medicinal purposes or both.
disinter said...
Balko is part of (works for "Reason") the goons that are behind the Ruwart smears, and subsequent hijacking of the LP.
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/04/02/matt-welch-neocon-mouthpiece/
David Houser said...
Roderick Long answered the "Ruwart as nutjob" charge before Balko made it:
http://praxeology.net/blog/2008/04/25/ruwart-on-childrens-rights/
BloodyMaryBreakfast said...
I guess Ernie Hancock got "star struck" sometime between Goyette's show this morning and now.
http://freedomsphoenix.com
JustinC said...
Her arguements don't make her a nut job. Thinking she could publicly make those arguements and then not be destroyed by the media (and probably the LP with it) while running for president make her a nut job. I guess it all depends on if you are into theoretical discussion or having a chance to change government from the inside.
I guess I'm just a little confused as to how this writer might think those of us who supported Mary Ruwart somehow "sold out" or were "starstruck" by Bob Barr's nomination.
I'd have to imagine the obviously-not-in-attendance writer has his/her head other than on their shoulders.
Not only did I warn the delegates (in the Sunday morning Keynote) to let a Libertarian bear the Libertarian standard, give a nominating speech for Mary, but with the help of Ernest Hancock--grilled Mr. Barr (after his nomination and into the wee hours with a large crowd as witness') on exactly where he stood on the issues with no holds barred.
I give Mr. Barr credit for staying--it took a lot, it really was a hot seat for him. But we made it very clear that he would not get our support unless or until he gave us the promised position statements.
Starstruck? Yeah, right.
While I can't speak for Tom Knapp, and the others, I am confident the others defamed by such drivel would echo my sentiments.
As always, I remain at your service--
Barry Hess
gorjus said...
You know, I left a smart-aleck comment defending the "nutjob" comment, and praising Balko, but then I thought: I generally hate trolls, and I generally hate trolls who come to my site and bust my chops. So I deleted it.
Still, I think that it's wholly valid to label Ruwart a "nutjob" for her comments about the economic incentives for parents to exploit their children via rape and filmed rape. Does this happen in society? Yes, sadly, and there's many documented cases of it. Is it strictly linked to economics?
No, it's not, and I think that's where Ruwart misses the point, and badly. She presupposes that economics are the sole determinant between selling one's child for rape or the filming of rape, and I think that's a gross underestimation, not to mention a rather shallow examination of a very real issue that likely does have some economic incentives for some segments of society.
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Whether a man in grace can merit eternal life condignly?
Objection 1: It would seem that a man in grace cannot merit eternal life condignly, for the Apostle says (Rom. 8:18): "The sufferings of this time are not worthy [condignae] to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us." But of all meritorious works, the sufferings of the saints would seem the most meritorious. Therefore no works of men are meritorious of eternal life condignly.
Objection 2: Further, on Rom. 6:23, "The grace of God, life everlasting," a gloss says: "He might have truly said: 'The wages of justice, life everlasting'; but He preferred to say 'The grace of God, life everlasting,' that we may know that God leads us to life everlasting of His own mercy and not by our merits." Now when anyone merits something condignly he receives it not from mercy, but from merit. Hence it would seem that a man with grace cannot merit life everlasting condignly.
Objection 3: Further, merit that equals the reward, would seem to be condign. Now no act of the present life can equal everlasting life, which surpasses our knowledge and our desire, and moreover, surpasses the charity or love of the wayfarer, even as it exceeds nature. Therefore with grace a man cannot merit eternal life condignly.
On the contrary, What is granted in accordance with a fair judgment, would seem a condign reward. But life everlasting is granted by God, in accordance with the judgment of justice, according to 2 Tim. 4:8: "As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just judge, will render to me in that day." Therefore man merits everlasting life condignly.
I answer that, Man's meritorious work may be considered in two ways: first, as it proceeds from free-will; secondly, as it proceeds from the grace of the Holy Ghost. If it is considered as regards the substance of the work, and inasmuch as it springs from the free-will, there can be no condignity because of the very great inequality. But there is congruity, on account of an equality of proportion: for it would seem congruous that, if a man does what he can, God should reward him according to the excellence of his power.
If, however, we speak of a meritorious work, inasmuch as it proceeds from the grace of the Holy Ghost moving us to life everlasting, it is meritorious of life everlasting condignly. For thus the value of its merit depends upon the power of the Holy Ghost moving us to life everlasting according to Jn. 4:14: "Shall become in him a fount of water springing up into life everlasting." And the worth of the work depends on the dignity of grace, whereby a man, being made a partaker of the Divine Nature, is adopted as a son of God, to whom the inheritance is due by right of adoption, according to Rom. 8:17: "If sons, heirs also."
Reply to Objection 1: The Apostle is speaking of the substance of these sufferings.
Reply to Objection 2: This saying is to be understood of the first cause of our reaching everlasting life, viz. God's mercy. But our merit is a subsequent cause.
Reply to Objection 3: The grace of the Holy Ghost which we have at present, although unequal to glory in act, is equal to it virtually as the seed of a tree, wherein the whole tree is virtually. So likewise by grace of the Holy Ghost dwells in man; and He is a sufficient cause of life everlasting; hence, 2 Cor. 1:22, He is called the "pledge" of our inheritance.

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Q: Killing a process through sshj Im using sshj and im trying to tail a file, but my problem is that the remote process is never killed.
In the following example code you can see that i try to tail /var/log/syslog, and then i send a kill signal to the process. However after the application has stopped and i list out all the processes on the server, i can still see an active tail process.
Why will not this code kill the process? and what can i do to remedy that?
    SSHClient ssh = new SSHClient();
    ssh.addHostKeyVerifier(new PromiscuousVerifier());
    try {
        ssh.connect("localhost");
        ssh.authPassword("xxx", "xxx");
        final Session session = ssh.startSession();
        try {
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        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{
            session.close();
        }
    } finally{
        ssh.disconnect();
    }

EDIT
also tried sending all available signals.
            for(Signal s : Signal.values()){
                cmd.signal(s);
            }

A: Allocating a PTY and sending a Ctrl+C character code did the trick for me:
final Session session = ssh.startSession();
session.allocateDefaultPTY();
try {
    final Command cmd = session.exec("tail -f /var/log/syslog");

    // Send Ctrl+C (character code is 0x03):
    cmd.getOutputStream().write(3);
    cmd.getOutputStream().flush();

    // Wait some time for the process to exit:
    cmd.join(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    // If no exception has been raised yet, then the process has exited
    // (but the exit status can still be null if the process has been killed).
    System.out.println("\n** exit status: " + cmd.getExitStatus());
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
    session.close();
}

Of course, being able to send signals would be better, but if even the OpenSSH server does not support it, there's no hope there :/

A: openssh doesn't support it https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424
Just use cmd.close(), that should term the process as well

A: This is most likely a problem with the ssh server implementation, as i have tried using two different ssh clients and getting the same result. My solution ended up being a client-side tail logic, instead of "tail -f" to prevent free roaming processes.

A: Had a similar issue recently. In my specific case it was the OpenSSH issue mentioned by @shikhar.
My solution was to run start another session (sharing the connection) and run a kill command  pgrep mycommand | xargs kill.

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Conn Smythe watch: Is it Tim Thomas' award no matter what?
By Joe YerdonJun 11, 2011, 11:36 AM EDT
With there being at most two games left in the playoffs and the Canucks just one win away from winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup, the debate over who the playoffs' most valuable player is raging. With so many stellar performances throughout the playoffs going on and culminating into the Stanley Cup finals we've seen a number of players raise their game in the postseason. The one guy who might win the Conn Smythe Trophy might just get it whether or not his team wins the Cup or not – Boston's Tim Thomas has been just that good.
Thomas' consistency through the finals has helped keep the Bruins in the three games they've lost and in the two games he's won against Vancouver he's played brilliantly including a shutout in Game 4. That kind of play has been a microcosm of how he's played throughout the playoffs though. His numbers in these playoffs are stellar with a 2.07 goals against average and a .937 save percentage.
That said, if the Bruins lose in six games to Vancouver, can it be justifiable to give him the playoff MVP award when he couldn't even get his team to a seventh game in the finals? That might be the debate we end up having late Monday night if the Canucks end the series in Boston.
We've seen goalies take home the Conn Smythe Trophy in modern NHL time when their team has lost but their teams needed to go seven games in the finals to help make it happen. Ron Hextall did it in 1987 for Philadelphia against Wayne Gretzky's Oilers and Jean-Sebastien Giguere did it for Anaheim against New Jersey in 2003. In 1966 we saw Roger Crozier win the award for Detroit after being bounced in six games from the finals by Montreal in six games. Glenn Hall won it for the St. Louis Blues in 1968 for St. Louis after helping the Blues win the first two rounds in seven games before they were swept from the finals by Montreal. Philadelphia's Reggie Leach is the only non-goalie to win the Conn Smythe Trophy on a losing team doing so in 1976 when the Flyers were swept by Montreal.
Who from Vancouver could steal the award away from him though? Boston fans will likely hate the choices.
At the top of the list is Roberto Luongo, the guy who said even he could've stopped Maxim Lapierre's lone goal in Game 5. Outside of the two blowouts in the finals, Luongo's been solid if not brilliant in the playoffs. His numbers pale in comparison to that of Thomas (2.43 goals against average, .919 save percentage) but if he's the guy that gets to skate the Stanley Cup around after playing so brilliantly for two rounds and for most of the finals, he'd be tough to ignore. If Luongo earned a third shutout in the finals, that might be the only thing to keep Thomas from winning it. Yes the award is for playoffs MVP but three shutouts in the finals would probably be enough to help him win it. That's asking a lot, however.
Another guy you could look at is Alex Burrows. While he's had more than his fair share of ridiculous nonsense to take attention from how he's played, he's the one guy producing in the finals for Vancouver with two goals and an assist (all in Game 2) and throughout the playoffs he's been solid earning 17 points including nine goals. He helped Vancouver win Game 2 of the finals on his own and he was a menace against both Nashville and San Jose.
We'd throw Henrik Sedin's name into the mix as he's second in the playoffs in scoring (behind Boston's David Krejci now tops with 22 points, four ahead of teammate Patrice Bergeron) but he's had zero points in the finals. Tough to be a playoff MVP when you're not producing when the team needs you the most. The same can be said of Ryan Kesler. Kesler appeared to be the front runner for the award heading into the finals after coming off dominating series against Nashville and San Jose, but he too has disappeared in the finals earning just one assist in Game 1 against Boston. It was a big assist just the same leading to the game's only goal, but his 19 points in the playoffs may not be enough to get the attention of the voters.
It's not unprecedented that a losing player can earn the playoff MVP award and it's not even without prior examples of doing it without going all the way to seven games in the finals to make it happen. Granted it hasn't happened since 1976, but if you had to lay a bet down on who was going to win the Conn Smythe Trophy the easy money appears to be on Tim Thomas.
What do you think? Is it Thomas' to lose or is there a Canucks player with a shot at it? Is there a Bruins teammate that's got a chance to steal it from Thomas? Let us know in the comments and vote in our poll.


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In a pressure cooker, combine the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, apple juice or cider, lemon juice and salt. Cover the cooker and lock it into place, then place the cooker on the stove over high heat. Bring the pressure cooker up to high pressure, then immediately start the timer for 4 minutes and reduce the heat to maintain pressure.
After 4 minutes, remove the pressure cooker from the heat and release pressure using the natural method (in other words, just let the closed pressure cooker rest until the pressure gauge indicates the steam pressure has been released, about 10 minutes).
Carefully open lid, angling it away from you to avoid getting burned by the steam. With a wooden spoon, stir the apples, breaking them up large chunks, until you've achieved the desired consistency. If you like a very smooth applesauce, you can put the mixture in a food processor and pulse it a few times, or put it through a food mill.
Serve it warm or at room temperature as a condiment for roast pork.
Stir it into baked goods like muffins or spice cake to take place of some of the fat or oil.
Spoon servings into ramekins, top with granola, and bake at 350 F until heated through. Top with vanilla or caramel ice cream.
Top plain or vanilla yogurt.
Add a little to oatmeal.
Mix into pancake or waffle batter in place of the oil.


Since 2011, StartupAwards.sk is an annual competition for early-stage innovative companies from Slovakia. Its mission is threefold: to recognize the country's best innovative companies, to inspire others in pursuit of innovation and entrepreneurship and to build Slovakia's image as a creative economy.
To showcase the 5th annual StartupAwards.sk in a manner worthy of the largest Slovak startup competition and to raise awareness of the success of Slovak startups by opening the project to the world and attracting foreign guests.
First of all we rebranded the event and came up with a brand new concept. Since simplicity is the highest form of sophistication, we made the website clear and understandable, even with all the content, related topics and the newly added archive mapping the entire StartupAwards history.
For this year's event, we have produced TV commercials along with the completely new visual identity of the program, which was broadcast by the national television.
We have also designed the stage and all the accompanying audiovisual features for the gala evening at the Slovak National Theatre. Animations on the stage screens were based on our rebranding.
Bootcamp served to pick twelve finalists. For this occasion, we prepared an important presentation – on how to create a winning presentation. To top it off, finalists preparing for their final presentation could use our special two-hour personal consultation.
Results? Three of the four winners standing on the StartupAwards.sk 2015 stage were those who went through our consultation. We are humbly happy.
As for the event itself, we brought it to a whole new level, much closer to the standards abroad. StartupAwards has become an important part of the startup environment in Slovakia and the President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska supported startupers in his speech.
What was reaction of the media?
TASR: Compared to the previous year, the 5th annual StartupAwards.sk was a remarkable progress.
Startupers.sk: Startup Awards 2015 once again confirmed why it's the most anticipated and largest startup event of the year. Quality improves each year, from the selection of startups or judges to the entire course of the event.
We are honored to have been a part of this project, which brings together successful young people, businessmen and investors. One example for all - Mike Butcher, chief editor of TechChrunch, personally supported one of the winning projects by his tweet as well as by his valuable personal recommendations. Imagine that.


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Since the news broke that Wells Fargo had opened millions of consumer accounts without its customers' knowledge, there have been calls from many quarter for CEO John Stumpf to step down. But if Stumpf does retire, he stands to walk away with millions.
According to a USA Today report, Stumpf could receive $123.6 million in severance and stock value if he retires from Wells Fargo. That figure includes $25.3 million in retirement payments, a $20 million pension, $4.3 million in deferred compensation and $74 million in stock Stumpf already owns, USA Today reported.
Neither Stumpf nor Wells Fargo have indicated that the CEO might step down, but he is eligible for a retirement package should he do so, USA Today reported.
While Wells Fargo says it fired more than 5,300 employees over the fraud, no high-ranking officials at the bank have been fired or even punished. Carrie Tolstedt, the executive in charge of the unit that opened the unauthorized accounts, recently retired from the bank with a $125 million payday.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who sharply criticized Stumpf at a hearing last week, isn't happy at the prospect of him receiving compensation should he leave.


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Have you ever heard of Mod Pizza? We have one near our house that opened about a year ago, and I love to get a salad when we go there. Here's how I build it.
Here is a link to Mod's ingredient list. It may not be good for me, but it tastes so good!
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Rampant Rape Reports in Sierra Leone
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In May alone this year, hundred rape cases were reported to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs. This alarming rate at which rape is now being committed in Sierra Leone is a genuine cause for the concern of this medium as we believe that such a horrendous crime bears the highest propensity to destroy especially our women and girls.
Apart from the hundred rape cases reported to the Social Welfare Ministry in May, our police stations are flooded with rape cases sometimes with new born babies being the victims. Indeed, rapists are on the loose, sparing no soul as long as their sexual orgies are quenched.
Sierra Leone nowadays has become a rapist-infested country as almost every blessed day, we receive reports of rape from all the four cardinal points. What worsens the situation is the unpleasant but inescapable fact that our rampaging rapists have no respect for age as their victims range from infants to nonagenarians. The perpetrators range from adolescents to octogenarians.
The chronic poverty plaguing the country is one of the major factors responsible for the alarming rate of rape cases as most of the cases end up being compromised for financial reasons, making it difficult for the police to combat the heinous crime. This ugly and nasty trend is now worrying many well-meaning citizens, especially those having attractive daughters.
We are calling on the ruling APC government to put more rigid mechanisms in place to deal with the heightened spate of rape troubling this republic. We should not become another Sodom and Gomorrah in the Holy Bible.
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Jon Favreau And Vince Vaughn's Swingers Trends For The Most Bizarre Reason
Scott Campbell Nov 14, 2021 1:05 pm Nov 14, 2021 1:06 pm
These days, Jon Favreau is best known as one of the most powerful filmmakers in the industry, which comes with the territory when you're the director that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe via Iron Man and its sequel, oversaw the small screen Star Wars expansion that began with The Mandalorian and helmed one of the highest-grossing movies ever made in The Lion King.
Before that, he was arguably best known for Elf, but his breakthrough role in Doug Liman's 1996 dramatic comedy Swingers has been trending all day for a most unusual reason. It all began with a fairly innocuous tweet asking why people in the mid-1990s suddenly became obsessed with swing music for a hot minute, but it wasn't long before Favreau and Vince Vaughn's indie hit was seizing control of the narrative, as you can see below.
Can a Gen X please explain why y'all got really into swing music for like 2 years in the 90's?
— Simone Smith (@simonesmithedit) November 13, 2021
And then, there was Swingers https://t.co/oSpHR1NVBz
— Dr. Rachel Pienta (@wakullawriter) November 14, 2021
Easy, it was the movie Swingers
— CP (@cloudypeeps) November 14, 2021
The movie Swingers
— Vance Wessar (@VWessar) November 14, 2021
Swingers intro'd me to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Long live the Swing. https://t.co/iCoFfZ2jRS
— Jason Gruich (@JasonGruich) November 14, 2021
That was a fun rabbit hole for a Sunday morning, might watch Swingers 🥳
— deb24601 (@debb24601) November 14, 2021
It really was the movie SWINGERS. Less a response to it than a boomer-driven attempt to capitalize on it. That's why it fell flat and died out quick.
Trend really hit rock bottom when a band called CHERRY POPPIN DADDIES hit the charts. https://t.co/6SThUxzNHR
— Wrex Weed (@wrexweed) November 14, 2021
The movie "Swingers" happened.
— Sam (@leumaSAa) November 14, 2021
I just adore my generation! Check out this thread and how we all answer with so much thought, theory and even full sentences! @briansetzer59 @Jon_Favreau, y'all are being discussed a LOT in the last 24 hours! (With honors of course).#GenX #Swingers #SwingMusic #90s #90sTrends https://t.co/FAZEKD7NMq
— DiAndra (@diandragatti) November 14, 2021
Embarrassingly, we were captivated by SWINGERS https://t.co/VctvFTd5b0
— SDM (@meddocle) November 14, 2021
The plot of Swingers follows Favreau's struggling comedian Mike Peters, who sets out to regain his confidence with the help of Vaughn's self-proclaimed seduction master Trent Walker. The film did indeed lead to an uptick in interest among the younger generation for 1940s culture, Los Angeles nightlife and swing music, but nobody was expecting it to be one of Twitter's hottest topics 25 years on from release based on a single inquisitive question.


Millie jerked her head up while retying Annie's kerchief to see two cars collide in the street right in front of her. At the same time, Luke barked and wrenched his leash out of her hand, tucking his tail between his legs and taking off in a full-out run.
Millie knew the combination of loud noises and Luke was a recipe for disaster. Why didn't I have a better grip on his leash? She bit her lip and took off chasing him while tugging Annie behind her. She thought she should be able to grab him; he couldn't go fast dragging his leash. Besides, any other scenario was unimaginable.
"Luke, stop! Come back here!" Millie screamed. With her heart pounding, she flew after him, praying he'd be okay. What if she couldn't catch him?
She ran on, gripping Annie's leash as tightly as she could in her sweaty hands, her laser-like focus on Luke making her clumsy. She tripped headfirst, managing somehow to hold onto Annie's leash when her hands hit the rough cobblestones. Crap—of all the days to be wearing wedges. Getting up hastily and not taking any time to even check herself for scrapes, she whirled around and realized she couldn't see Luke anywhere. She couldn't believe it.
Outside the front door of Frannie's Flowers were two humongous clay pots filled with tall boxwoods totally blocking Millie's line of sight. Did Luke whiz past there and past the next store, Julie's Jewels? What if he tried to cross the street? The park sometimes had squirrels chasing each other up and down the trees. He loved to try to catch them.
Suddenly, Millie saw a flash of his tail, and off she went in hot pursuit, trying desperately not to trip or fall again.
Several pedestrians were in Luke's path. "Help! Stop my dog—please!" she yelled.
One older man lunged for Luke's leash, almost falling in the process, and he would have if the person walking beside him hadn't held out his hand to steady him. Luke zigzagged around them and kept on going.
Quite unexpectedly, a thought popped into her head: Is it possible Luke is heading in a familiar direction? Praying she was correct, she chased him as he headed down the narrow brick path to the old farmhouse where Christopher's Ice Cream and Cookie Shoppe was located. She almost laughed. Here she was, frightened to death he might get killed, and he seemed to be thinking about one of his favorite foods—yogurt.
The old white clapboard house, now the ice cream shop, was finally in sight. Sure enough, Luke was sitting on the walkway leading up to the old, faded red front door. Millie slid to an abrupt standstill. He was a glorious sight, sitting there with his sable fur glistening in the sun. Most importantly, he was in one piece. Thank goodness for that.
Rushing up to him, she plopped down and flung her arms around him, at the same time making sure to hold onto Annie's leash. She buried her head in his soft, sweet-smelling, downy fur and erupted into deep, gut-wrenching sobs while every part of her shook.


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9 of The Best Facebook Groups We've Ever Seen
Let's face it: the way people are using and interacting with Facebook is shifting. The same can be said for businesses, too.
In the past, businesses looking to market using Facebook had one major tool at their disposal — their Facebook Page. In fact, for a long time, Pages were the reason many businesses joined Facebook in the first place.
Facebook is a very different place compared to when it first entered the marketing scene. Organic reach is harder to come by, advertising is more important than ever, the amount of competition is overwhelming, and the more traditional tactics — like posting frequently or asking users to like or share your content — don't seem to work anymore.
However, it's not all doom and gloom. There is another tool marketers have at their disposal: Facebook Groups.
Groups are nothing new to the marketing world, but they present a variety of interesting business opportunities. They are an excellent place for two-way communication between businesses and their customers. And if a Group is public, it's a great place for prospects, too.
Ultimately, Groups give businesses the chance to engage with their audience in a more meaningful and authentic way than they ever could using their Page.
So, we took some time and scoured the web to find businesses who do a really good job at utilizing Groups to engage and delight their customers, and prospects too, in new and exciting ways. Here are nine Facebook Groups that are crushing it to help inspire your future Facebook marketing strategy.
1. Instant Pot
Members: 2.5 million
While the Instant Pot Facebook Page has a follower count of about 267,000, their Group — Instant Pot Community — has a whopping 2.5 million members.
The Group sees about 10,000 posts every 30 days. Talk about a high level of engagement! The popular electric cooker brand uses its group to create a space where the international community of Instant Pot users can ask questions, post unique recipes, and share the joy of cooking with their products.
They also offer limited trouble-shooting in the case that any customers experience any issues or have product-specific questions. They rarely ever promote their products within the Group, outside of the occasional giveaway where members can enter to win prizes to use with their Instant Pot.
This is a great example of a brand using Facebook Groups to create an environment where members who share a common interest — in this case, cooking with the Instant Pot — can interact and engage.
2. Gold's Gym
Every year, Gold's Gym hosts The Gold's Gym Challenge where members sign-up for a 12-week fitness program. Instead of just offering a unique training program, Gold's Gym took it a step further. They used Facebook Groups to create a space where current, and past, members can share their progress on their 12-week challenge, find support, and document their journey.
If you've ever attempted any sort of fitness challenge, you know how meaningful and important support from people in the same program or challenge can be.
3. National Geographic
When it comes to the art of inspiring and being a voice for change, there are very few who do it quite as well as National Geographic. Their group, Women of Impact, focuses on "celebrating world-shaping powerhouses" and encourages anyone who is passionate about women breaking barriers in their fields to join.
A group doesn't always need to be directly related to products or services and this is a great example — National Geographic originally started out as a magazine. The publication uses Facebook Groups to connect with an audience that deeply aligns with issues and initiatives the brand also cares deeply about.
4. Elementor
Elementor, a WordPress page builder plugin, has a Facebook group that consists of just over 50,000 members. Where they really excel, however, is using their group to drive engagement. On average, the group sees over 4,000 posts every month. 4,000! Let that sink in for a second. That level of engagement is unheard of on a business Page.
And when it comes to engagement, not only do Groups beat out Pages, but Facebook prioritizes Group content over Pages.
5. Peloton
Similarly to Instant Pot, Peloton — an American company that makes high-end exercise equipment and hosts virtual fitness classes — created the Official Peloton Member private group where anyone who owns one of their products can connect and network with others who have Peloton's products, too. And when it comes to exercise, this type of network or group provides value to its members as they're able to share exercise plans, techniques, schedules, and training methods with one another.
Like some of the other groups in this list, Peloton created a private community, meaning members need to request access. This is a good tactic when you're trying to create an exclusive experience for customers or members who are invested in your product. The exclusive community adds an element of value to their experience.
6. MobileMonkey
Here's an example of a company whose reach potential for their Group far surpasses that of their Page. MobileMonkey's business Page only has 6,000 followers. Their Facebook Group, however, has a staggering 32,400 members. Their Group — MobileMonkey Island — is product-specific and provides an environment where members can ask questions and share knowledge about Facebook Messenger, chatbot marketing, and advanced Facebook Ads with MobileMonkey.
Instead of creating, or even building, a separate community, MobileMonkey does a really great job at meeting their users where they're already active — on social media.
Okay — shameless-plug, we know — but there are a few reasons why HubSpot Academy's Content Marketing Pros Group makes the list. It is a closed group, so members need to request to be a part of it. Once in the group, members can share ideas about content challenges, projects they're working on, and even share ideas for courses they would like to see HubSpot Academy produce in the future.
It's a great example of how you can invite your customers to be a part of the process, and show them that you value their feedback and input. This type of group works especially well for B2B businesses.
Like MobileMonkey, Canva's Group — Canva Design Circle — is product-specific where members can make the most out of their tool through Canva's Design School. They can also get the latest updates, tips, and insights directly from the Canva team. This is a great example of a company using Groups to help members navigate their product in a larger community with other members who might be sharing similar challenges.
9. Tasty
Members: 47, 000
Tasty calls it's public group, the Tasty Community, a Global Potluck. The group connects a global community of people who share a common interest — a love for Tasty and food. Members share recipes, ideas for substitutes, and cooking tips.
The group drives engagement by encouraging its members to share their recipes and stand a chance of having that recipe featured on their website, Tasty.co. By creating these competitions or incentives they're encouraging members to participate in the community and connect with other members.
When you're thinking about how you can incorporate Groups as a part of your Facebook strategy, remember to think of it as an additional resource that you're providing to your customers and prospects.
If you'd like to learn more about how you can use Groups as a part of your Facebook Marketing Strategy, check out HubSpot Academy's new Facebook Marketing Course.
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The Big Read: The spy, the poison and the Trump dossier
8 Mar, 2018 06:57 AM 8 minutes to read
Sergei Skripal shopped at a Salisbury store late last month, while awaiting his daughter, Yulia, above. Photo / AP
By Robert Mendick, Hayley Dixon and Patrick Sawer
A security consultant who has worked for the company that compiled the controversial dossier on US President Donald Trump was close to the Russian double agent poisoned last weekend, it has been claimed.
The consultant, who the Daily Telegraph is declining to identify, lived close to Colonel Sergei Skripal and is understood to have known him for some time.
Skripal, who is in intensive care and fighting for his life after an assassination attempt on Sunday afternoon (Monday NZT), was recruited by MI6 when he worked for the British Embassy in Estonia, according to the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency.
Skripal moved to Salisbury in 2010 and the Telegraph understands he became close to a security consultant employed by Christopher Steele, who compiled the Trump dossier.
The British security consultant, according to a LinkedIn social network account that was removed from the internet in the past few days, is also based in Salisbury.
On the same LinkedIn account, the man listed consultancy work with Orbis Business Intelligence, according to reports. Orbis is run by Steele, a former MI6 agent, who compiled the dossier on Trump that detailed his allegedly corrupt dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The dossier has sparked a formal investigation in the US into Russian collusion in the US presidential election, to the fury of both Trump and Putin.
If the Kremlin believed that Skripal might have helped with the dossier, it could explain the motive for the assassination attempt in Salisbury town centre. Skripal's daughter is also in intensive care, as is a police officer who rushed to help them after they were attacked with nerve agent.
Head of counter-terrorism policing Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, (right), and England's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies outside New Scotland Yard. Photo / AP
Counter-terrorism police, along with MI5, are trying to establish why Skripal was targeted seven years after being released from a Russian penal colony. He was sentenced to 13 years for being a traitor in 2006, but sent to the UK in a swap for Russian spies.
Valery Morozov, a former construction magnate who fled Russia after revealing corruption, claimed that Skripal, 66, was still working, and remained in regular contact with military intelligence officers at the Russian Embassy. That would raise the possibility that he was still feeding intelligence to people in Britain.
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Morozov said that, as a result, he had decided to steer clear of Skripal for his own safety. He told Channel 4 News: "If you have a military intelligence officer working in the Russian diplomatic service, living after retirement in the UK, working in cyber-security and every month going to the embassy to meet military intelligence officers — for me, being a political refugee, it is either a certain danger or, frankly speaking, I thought that this contact might not be very good for me because it can bring some questions from British officials."
Time of attack
• The Skripals seen walking past a gym along Market Walk on CCTV
• Witness sees them on the bench
• Police report they are found unconscious on the bench
Neither Orbis nor the security consultant commented. The consultant's wife told the Telegraph, when asked if her husband had worked for Orbis and knew Skripal: "He won't be talking."
Police are now trying to piece together Skripal's recent movements. CCTV footage emerged yesterday showing him buying everyday items — milk, sausages and lottery scratch cards — in his local shop, apparently joking and seemingly oblivious to the imminent threat to his life. At the time, Skripal was awaiting a visit from his daughter Yulia, 33, who lives in Moscow but was due to visit.
It is thought that Yulia Skripal was visiting her father to mark the birthday on March 1 of his only son Alexander, who had died the year before, aged 43. Skripal had asked his housekeeper to clean his daughter's room on February 26, ready for her visit.
Security services now suspect that when Yulia Skripal flew out of Moscow, her departure triggered a "red flag" with a hit squad that was being dispatched to assassinate Skripal. It is thought that Yulia Skripal was being targeted with her father in a message that "traitors" are not tolerated by the Kremlin.
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. Photo / AP
It is not clear when Yulia Skripal landed in the UK, but sources suggest the Russian team sent to kill her father was probably a day behind her.
Intelligence services suspect that the attempt on Skripal's life would have been made earlier but the snowstorm hampered the initial attempt.
The snow may have deterred father and daughter from venturing out, while it also would have put in doubt the assassination squad's likely escape. With flights cancelled and delayed at Heathrow, they risked arrest if they were stuck in the UK.
With Yulia Skripal on the brink of returning to Moscow the assassination squad had little room for manoeuvre and were forced into action in broad daylight in the middle of a busy shopping area.
"It now looks as though they got desperate by Sunday afternoon and decided to strike," said one intelligence source.
Proof of suspicions will be hard to find
Investigators are unlikely to ever prove suspicions of Kremlin involvement after the alleged poisoning of a Russian double agent, an academic has said.
Dr Samuel Greene, director of the Russia Institute at King's College London says the probe will never find evidence that will lead "all the way up the chain of command" in relation to Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, who are fighting for their lives in hospital.
Yesterday Scotland Yard confirmed that the "substance" used against Skripal and his daughter was a nerve agent. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the poisoning was being treated as attempted murder and said the pair had been "targeted specifically". One of the first police officers on the scene was also critically ill.
Greene said: "The reality is we don't know the cause of the illness, so there's nothing to trace, we don't know where it's going to be traced to. I think the reality is that even if in fact this has been somehow sanctioned or ordered out of the Kremlin, the reality is that we're never going to find ... the investigation is never going to find hard and fast evidence that would lead all the way up the chain of command."
Greene said it is hard to imagine another explanation.
Asked if the public will ever know the truth about what happened, Greene said: "That's kind of the espionage game. It's very rare that the public actually gets to know really what was going on, even when we think we know."
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has already noted that the case has "echoes" of the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian dissident who was fatally poisoned in London in 2006. A public inquiry concluded in 2016 that the killing had "probably" been carried out with the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It said the use of the radioactive substance — which could only have come from a nuclear reactor — was a "strong indicator" of state involvement and that two men had probably been acting under the direction of the FSB, Russia's state agency. Putin has refused to accept the inquiry's findings.
Yesterday Putin, in an interview with Russian state television, warned his country's enemies, and referred to poison. Putin was not addressing the Skripal poisoning when he made the comments.
He said Western sanctions for Moscow's annexation of Crimea and the insurgency in eastern Ukraine were part of "illegitimate and unfair" efforts to contain Russia, but added that "we will win in the long run". He continued: "Those who serve us with poison will eventually swallow it and poison themselves".
Police activity in Salisbury, England around the home of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal. Photo / AP
Deadly toxins
• VX: A nerve agent with the consistency of engine oil. It was used in the 2017 murder Kim Jong-nam — the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Ricin: Ricin, the deadliest of the toxins derived from plant material, was used in London in 1978 to murder Georgi Markov, the Bulgarian dissident. He took seven days to die after an assassin fired a poison pellet into him, using an umbrella, outside Aldwych Tube station.
• Batrachotoxin: Is an extremely potent cardiotoxic and neurotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in certain species of frogs. Native Indians collect these frogs — Phyllobates terribilis and multicoloured Phyllobates bicolor — and sweat out the poison over a fire before putting it on their darts.
• Tetrodotoxin: A neurotoxin often found in puffer fish as well as the blue ringed octopus. Tetrodotoxin poisoning has been described as "rapid and violent", starting with a numbness around the mouth, then paralysis, finally death. The subject remains conscious to the end.
• Botulinum toxin: The most poisonous substance known to man. A couple of teaspoons would be enough to kill everyone in the UK, two kilos would kill every human on earth. The same toxin is found in Botox, where a tiny dose is injected to freeze muscles into place
- Telegraph Group Ltd, PA
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<?php defined('SYSPATH') OR die('No direct access allowed.');

class Kohana_Jam_Behavior_Closuretable extends Jam_Behavior {

	protected $_branches_table = NULL;
	protected $_ansestor_key = 'ansestor_id';
	protected $_descendant_key = 'descendant_id';
	protected $_depth_key = 'depth';
	protected $_children_dependent = NULL;

	public function initialize(Jam_Meta $meta, $name)
	{
		parent::initialize($meta, $name);

		if ( ! $this->_branches_table)
		{
			$this->_branches_table = ($meta->table() ?: Inflector::plural($meta->model())).'_branches';
		}

		$meta->associations(array(
			'parent' => Jam::association('closuretable_parent', array(
				'foreign_model' => $this->_model,
				'branches_table' => $this->_branches_table,
				'ansestor_key' => $this->_ansestor_key,
				'descendant_key' => $this->_descendant_key,
				'depth_key' => $this->_depth_key,
				'inverse_of' => 'children',
			)),
			'children' => Jam::association('closuretable_children', array(
				'foreign_model' => $this->_model,
				'branches_table' => $this->_branches_table,
				'ansestor_key' => $this->_ansestor_key,
				'descendant_key' => $this->_descendant_key,
				'depth_key' => $this->_depth_key,
				'inverse_of' => 'parent',
				'children_dependent' => $this->_children_dependent,
			)),
		));

		$meta->events()->bind('model.after_save', array($this, 'model_before_after_save'), Jam_Event::ATTRIBUTE_PRIORITY + 1);
	}

	public function builder_call_children_of(Jam_Query_Builder_Collection $collection, Jam_Event_Data $data, $parent)
	{
		$collection
			->join_table($this->_branches_table)
				->on($this->_descendant_key, '=', ':primary_key')
				->on($this->_depth_key, '=', DB::expr(':depth', array(':depth' => 1)))
			->end()
			->where($this->_branches_table.'.'.$this->_ansestor_key, '=', $parent);
	}

	public function builder_call_descendants_of(Jam_Query_Builder_Collection $collection, Jam_Event_Data $data, $parent)
	{
		$collection
			->join_table($this->_branches_table)
				->on($this->_descendant_key, '=', ':primary_key')
			->end()
			->where($this->_branches_table.'.'.$this->_ansestor_key, '=', $parent);
	}

	public function model_call_depth(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data)
	{
		$data->return = DB::select($this->_depth_key)
			->from($this->_branches_table)
			->where($this->_descendant_key, '=', $model->id())
			->order_by($this->_depth_key, 'DESC')
			->execute($model->meta()->db())
			->get($this->_depth_key, 0);
	}

	public function model_call_ansestors(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data)
	{
		$data->return = Jam::all($this->_model)
			->join_table($this->_branches_table)
				->on($this->_ansestor_key, '=', ':primary_key')
				->on($this->_depth_key, '>', DB::expr(':depth', array(':depth' => 0)))
			->end()
			->where($this->_branches_table.'.'.$this->_descendant_key, '=', $model->id());
	}

	public function model_call_descendants(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data)
	{
		$data->return = Jam::all($this->_model)
			->join_table($this->_branches_table)
				->on($this->_descendant_key, '=', ':primary_key')
				->on($this->_depth_key, '>', DB::expr(':depth', array(':depth' => 0)))
			->end()
			->where($this->_branches_table.'.'.$this->_ansestor_key, '=', $model->id());
	}

	public function model_call_is_descendant_of(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data, $ansestor)
	{
		$ansestor_id = $ansestor instanceof Jam_Model ? $ansestor->id() : $ansestor;

		$data->return = $model->ansestors()->where(':primary_key', '=', $ansestor_id)->count_all() > 0;
	}

	public function model_call_is_ansestor_of(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data, $descendant)
	{
		$descendant_id = $descendant instanceof Jam_Model ? $descendant->id() : $descendant;

		$data->return = $model->descendants()->where_key($descendant_id)->count_all() > 0;
	}

	public function model_before_after_save(Jam_Model $model, Jam_Event_Data $data, $changed, $event_type)
	{
		if ($event_type == 'create')
		{
			DB::insert($this->_branches_table)
				->columns(array($this->_ansestor_key, $this->_descendant_key, $this->_depth_key))
				->values(array($model->id(), $model->id(), 0))
				->execute($model->meta()->db());
		}
	}

	public function model_after_delete(Jam_Model $model)
	{
		DB::delete($this->_branches_table)
			->where($this->_ansestor_key, '=', $model->id())
			->where($this->_descendant_key, '=', $model->id())
			->execute($model->meta()->db());
	}
}

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Q: "transaction type not supported" When trying to deploy a simple contract using Go-Ethereum, Solidity, Go. Doesn't happen in Remix When ever I try to deploy my smart contract to test, I receive an error indicating "transaction type not supported". Below is the source code. I'm trying to deploy my simple smart contract using abigen's Go bindings.
Versions:
go1.16.7
Solidity 0.8.9+commit.e5eed63a.Darwin.appleclang
Solidity Source code. I've tested this in Remix and it has worked everytime:
contract SendMSG {
    function Send(address sendTo, bytes calldata message) public {
        OtherContract other = OtherContract(sendTo);
        other.send(message);
    }
}

This is the contract I'm using ignore syntax errors as it may be human error while anonymizing.
I then run this line to develop the abi bindings and put them in the right place. I can confirm this works as the go file is always created:
abigen --sol ../../contracts/Contract.sol --pkg Contract --out Contract.go
Go Code. I believe there shouldn't be any issues. I'm using a simulated backend/blockchain for testing:
package Contract
import (
    "testing"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind/backends"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    "math/big"
)

// Test inbox contract gets deployed correctly
func TestMain(t *testing.T) {

    //Setup simulated block chain
    key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()
    auth := bind.NewKeyedTransactor(key)

    alloc := make(core.GenesisAlloc)
    alloc[auth.From] = core.GenesisAccount{Balance: big.NewInt(133700000)}
    gasLimit := 300000
    sim := backends.NewSimulatedBackend(alloc, gasLimit)

    //Deploy contract
    address, _, _, err := DeploySameBindings(
        auth,
        sim,

    )
    // commit all pending transactions
    blockchain.Commit()

    if err != nil {
        t.Fatalf("Failed to deploy the contract: %v", err)
    }
}

Always, it gives the same err, "transaction type not supported". I know the line where the error origin [GitHub]. From there, maybe I didn't set a payment mechanism? But all the tutorials I've seen didn't include one and if anyone could provide a guide as to how to do that.
Thank you.

A: This was stupid.
Geth updated their code and there weren't any tutorials so for anyone hoping to run a simulated background here's the answer:
You have to set the gas price manually. Taking this on after defining client and auth fixes it.
gasPrice, err := client.SuggestGasPrice(context.Background())
auth.GasPrice=gasPrice


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