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Manifestation à Paris le 29 Novembre 2007 contre la réforme de la carte judiciaire par Rachida Dati. Quittant l'Assemblée Nationale, les manifestants partent en "manif sauvage" (!) rejoindre leurs collègues place Vendôme, mais ils sont arrêtés rue de Castiglione par le cordon de police qui verrouille toute la place, et après quelques pourparlers, ils feront le tour jusqu'à la rue de la Paix pour rejoindre le reste de la manifestation.

 

Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set

 

Part of Non à la carte judiciaire ! (Recommended as a slideshow)

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December 30, 2005 01:02 IST

Mumbai Body Building Championship that was held at the Shivai Gymnasium ground, Matoshree Sports Club, Andheri, on Wednesday.

While Mhatre also bagged the 75kgs title, the other six weight category winners were Niwas Sawant (Pep Fitness, 55kg), Arun Patil (Shiv Samrat, 60kg), Dinesh Pawar (R.M. Bhatt, 65kg), Dashrath Dalvi (Gawli Fitness, 70kg), Prashant Salunkhe (Arogyadham, 80kg) and Mandar Chawarakar (Gawli Fitness, 80kgs & above).

 

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District-level bodybuilding championship, organised by the Greater Bombay Body Builders Association, at the Shere-E-Punjab ground, Andheri (East).

The winners in the 55kg category were: Sunil Sakpal (RM Bhat Gym), 2. Niwas Sawant (Swami Samarth), 3. Dinesh Kamble (Pathare Gymco).

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The Stadium Business Summit 2022 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Tuesday July 05, 2022.

Photo 169/365 - 18 June 2010.

 

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Finally! This has been delayed a good 4 weeks but it is finally here.

 

Quite a few weeks ago we put an order in for a new car for my wife. It was originally due in mid-May but there was a delay and the ship finally berthed in 9th June and tonight we got our hands on it.

 

It could not come soon enough to be honest, her old car was barely going to make it for the trade in. Seriously in the past 10 days things were breaking, we don't even have working door handles on that car anymore! The plastic on the driver side door handle broke and the only way to get in the car was to leave a window open wide enough to stick our arm in.

 

I duly informed the dealer that yes, it is broken, and yes, I understand they will take some money off the pittance of a trade in value. We had about 2 or 3 separate conversations about that, and when we got there tonight, they didn't mention it so I kind of "forgot" to mention it too. :)

 

So today I thought to commemorate getting rid of the wife's old bomb and getting this brand new chariot, a funky shot is appropriate. And oh yeah, here's to being in debt for a long time!

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Almost 2000 years ago, four writers recorded the life and teaching of Jesus. The first four books in the New Testament bear their names: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

 

Matthew was one of Jesus' twelve disciples. He offers a first-hand account of what Jesus said and did over a three-year period.

 

Luke was a physician who became a follower of Jesus after Jesus' life on earth. He spent time with many who were close to Jesus during His earthly ministry. Jesus' mother Mary gave Luke a mother's insight into the birth and early life of Jesus.

 

John wrote the last of the four histories. Of the twelve disciples, no one was closer to Jesus than John. He was the disciple who stood alone at the foot of the cross. Jesus demonstrated His great trust in John by committing to John the care of His mother Mary. At the time he wrote the last of the four histories, John was the only disciple of the original twelve who was still living.

 

Mark's record is the earliest of the four accounts. A young boy during the latter part of Jesus' life, Mark grew up to travel with Peter, one of Jesus' first followers and closest friends. Peter was a fisherman who followed Christ personally and traveled with Him for more than three years. We know from early church historians that Mark wrote what he learned from Peter as he preached about Jesus to all who would listen. Irenaeus wrote in A.D. 175, "Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, also transmitted to us in writing the things preached by Peter."

 

Of the four histories, Mark's Gospel is the simplest, shortest and most direct presentation of Jesus' life, written in the common language of the marketplace. None of the other Gospels devotes as great a portion of its content to Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection. Mark does not mention Christ's genealogy or birth. Instead, he begins his Gospel by describing John the Baptist's preaching and baptism, followed by the baptism and temptation of Jesus. Then he leads into Jesus' public ministry in Galilee, giving special attention to His miraculous works that prove Him to be the Son of God.

 

As in all Peter's sermons about Jesus recorded in the Book of Acts, the presentation about Christ in the Gospel of Mark answers two simple but critical questions. It is divided almost perfectly in two equal halves, the first presenting who Jesus is and the second presenting why He gave His life.

 

From the earliest part of chapter 1 through the end of chapter 8, Mark records Jesus' miraculous works and repeatedly draws attention to the significance of who Jesus is. That is why in the first half of Mark's gospel the word "who" occurs so often.

 

In the first chapter, Mark clearly declares that Jesus is the Son of God1 Even demons gave this testimony: "I know who you are — the Holy One of God!" But, Jesus did not permit the demons to speak, "because they knew who he was."2

 

In chapter 2, the scribes said, "Who can forgive sins but God alone?"3 In chapter 4, after Jesus miraculously calmed the storm, the disciples said to one another, "Who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"4

 

The climax of Mark's presentation of who Jesus is in the first half of the book comes at the close of chapter 8: "And Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, 'Who do people say that I am?' And they told Him, saying, 'John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.' And He continued by questioning them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Peter answered and said to Him, 'You are the Christ.'"5

 

The second half of Mark's 16 chapters describe the final week of Jesus' life on earth — His suffering, death and resurrection. In a series of statements Jesus reveals the purpose for which He was sent into the world: "He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again."6 "He said to His disciples, 'The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.'"7 ''We are going up to Jerusalem,' he said, 'and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.'"8

 

Also contained in Mark are three dramatic "confessions." In the first verse, Mark himself confesses Jesus as the Son of God. 9 This is followed by Peter's confession in the middle of the book, "You are the Christ,"10 and builds to the Roman centurion's confession, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"11

 

As you read through Mark's record of the life and teachings of Jesus, you will discover that His life touches the very center of your life.

 

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1 Mark 1:24, NIV

2 1:34, NIV

3 2:7, NIV

4 4:41

5 8:27-29

6 8:31

7 9:31

8 10:33,34

9 1:1

10 8:29, NIV

11 15:39, NIV

The Ticketing Business Forum at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday December 02, 2021.

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My librarian.net mail is a lost cause, but I need a way to be contacted via librarian.net. I have an address that librarian.net email goes to and I filter it with procmail so that it goes into one folder. I use WordPress. I dislike all the WordPress solutions I have found so far including Contact Form ][ and Secure Form Mailer.

 

I'd like something that I can style to fit my themes (often more than one of them) and one where I could set a custom subject line. I'd like it to not attract spambots and I'd like it to not have a CAPCHA if at all possible.

 

I'm not sure where to go from here. Suggestions?

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Well i got to meet Sebastian Boyesen today , how happy am i to inspire such an Artist ~ The book will be published around June 25th before the ceremony at the Sixbells memorial park

    

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While i was at The Miner today was talking to a local who's Husbands father and his brother died in the disaster

     

Sorry for the poor quality low resolution uploads as you may have gathered this is my first commission for a book on the mining disaster.

     

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Tragedy at Six Bells

By David John Withers, Brynmawr

 

My father worked in the colliery all his life and I sort of followed him into the pit. I went to work in Six Bells Colliery at 17 years of age.

 

When I first went on the 0.18 coal face as a collier's helper I was introduced to my 'batty' Reggie Poe who showed me the tools we were using and two chalk marks 15 yards apart on the coal face. This was our working place, 15 yards long by 4-foot-6 deep by 5 feet high. I thought 'bloody hell' - it seemed a huge amount of coal to shift.

 

Although the other coal faces in our district were more modern with hydraulic roof supports, we were still using the older friction posts and linked bars. I've still got the scars where one of the bars came down on me!

 

We had quite a few problems with gas on the 0.18 coal face and the dust was killing. At times the conveyor would start up and you couldn't see each other until the dust settled down.

 

As boys we often refused to go onto the face because of the amounts of dust there - being youngsters we stuck together even when the officials threatened to send us home. It wasn't much of a threat as I was only earning about £6 odd!

 

I had been working about two years when the explosion happened. I was working on the 0.18 face at Six Bells on the 'turning shift' and arrived at the colliery on the bus to see the place in turmoil and heard that an explosion had happened. As the explosion had occurred at our place of work, we offered to go down and help as we knew the place, but the Rescue Brigade had it under control and wouldn't let us go down.

 

It's hard to say my feelings about it all. We knew there was gas there and they said a spark had set it off. I had mostly enjoyed the colliery up to then. I remember four of the men who died - I used to give them snuff with powdered bark mixed in as a joke - there was a good spirit amongst the men at the pit.

 

Once the explosion had happened it put me off. I finished and I put my notice in soon after. I was too young to lose my life in the colliery. If I had been working the day shift that week it would have been me. The explosion opened my eyes to the dangers and I went into the construction industry instead - I was always good with my hands. The pit made me grow up.

         

The deaths of 45 men killed 50 years ago in a colliery explosion have been remembered with a service at the site.

 

A gas explosion ripped through the Six Bells colliery near Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent at 10.45am on 28 June 1960.

 

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, led a service of remembrance at the site.

 

He also unveiled a memorial to the tragedy, a 20m high sculpture of a miner by Sebastian Boyesen.

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Ecocentro Danaus (<-- video) is located a couple miles east of La Fortuna Costa Rica. It's a fairly small reserve, 600 meters of walking trails, but boy, do they pack a LOT in such a small area. Danaus was created about 13 years ago when some forward thinking people decided it might be better to grow life than cut it down. Danaus is like a mini oasis since it's completely surrounded by pasture and cattle land. Here's what Ecocentro Danaus says about itself: 'Ecocentro Danaus is an ecological reserve that preserves a natural regenerating secondary forest. Many different biological processes take place here and there is a great biodiversity of flora and fauna in its natural state.'Danaus is worth a look if your in the La Fortuna area and you need something to do for a couple hours.

 

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Jon Hunter - Refraction @ UTS

26/03/2010

 

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Please come along to Refraction, an innovative night of sound/media arts featuring UTS students performing alongside experienced artists. This performance series aims to encourage a supportive sound and new media community within the University of Technology, Sydney. Curated by Peter Hollo and Emily McDaniel.

 

featuring:

JON HUNTER

ICARUS (UK)

SHOEB AHMAD

JORDAN BRYON (UTS)

 

$5/$10 at the door

 

Jon Hunter is an Electronic Artist living in Sydney. He creates sound installations, composes and performs music for modified spring reverberation units, computer and guitar. Jon Hunters' works sit somewhere between psychedelia and science fiction. Sounding like organic field recordings but synthetically rendered, these tense environments teeter on the edge of collapse whilst the echoes of Hendrix and Haino fly past. He is a part of The Holy Soul, Guarde Compartmente & Delirium Tremens. He has performed with the likes of Damo Suzuki (Can), David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and Shoji Hano. He co-presents the weekly new/experimental music program 'Song X' on 2ser.

 

Icarus are a UK-based experimental electronic duo who have been involved in experimental electronic improvised music in London for the past decade. Icarus have put out albums on the UK labels The Leaf Label and Output Recordings, and the US label Temporary Residence, and have remixed and toured with artists such as Four Tet and Murcof. Their music is well described as revelrous chaos. Their current album of remixes, Sylt Remixes (Rump Recordings 2009) (remixes by other artists of Icarus) is nominated for a Qwartz electronic music award. This will be Icarus' first time playing in Australia.

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Shoeb Ahmad is a musician/sound artist based in Canberra, Australia. Beginning with toy microphones and instruments, Shoeb obsessed over feedback manipulation and minimal organ drone before feeling the push of punk experimentation. He performs and records fragile tone structures and spacious songforms using guitar, voice, field recordings, keyboard and laptop.

 

Jordan Bryon is currently completing her BA Communications (Media Arts and Production)/International Studies degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her creative practice explores the human condition craddled in the socio-political realm. Utilising recorded fragments of real life nestled into rhythmical and arrhythmical arrangements, Jordan weaves an intricate web of meaning in her highly emotive soundscapes.

  

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Oggettistica in Dung Paper con Carta riciclata in cacca d'elefante

 

ECO MAXIMUS è nata per produrre materiale per cancelleria e regalo da una materia molto "originale". Incredibilmente infatti, i prodotti di carta, totalmente

hand-crafted, sono fatti al 75% di sterco di elefante e per un 25% di carta riciclata.

 

PERCHE' ECO MAXIMUS ESISTE

Carta in cacca d'elefante

Lo Sri Lanka è la casa a di un decimo dei 40.000 elefanti Asiatici selvaggi, elefanti che in Sri Lanka non vengono uccisi per le loro zanne; non sono uccisi per la carne, poichè nessuno mangia la carne di elefante; non sono uccisi per la pelle, poichè non vi è mercato per non esiste industria della pelle di elefante.

Sono semplicemente uccisi perchè interferiscono con l'agricoltura. Dal 1950, è probabile che più di 4.000 elefanti siano stati abbattuti nel conflitto tra l'uomo e l'elefante.

 

L'elefante è senza spazio in Sri Lanka. La maggior parte delle aree protette abitate dagli elefanti sono piccole, meno di 1.000 kmq, mentre gli elefanti, possono spostarsi per centinaia di chilometri nel corso di una stagione. Il loro appetito è enorme e gli elefanti e le persone non possono vivere insieme dove l'agricoltura è la forma dominante di utilizzo del suolo, a meno che il danno che causano ai contadini possa essere ricompensato.

Maximus - Lavorazione carta

Non ci sono facili soluzioni per risolvere il conflitto! Molto dipenderà da come i contadini percepiranno il valore dell'elefante per fermarne l'uccisione ingiustificata. Molti si stanno convincendo che l'unico modo per convivere pacificamente passi attraverso l'utilizzo dell'elefante come una risorsa sostenibile economica. Lo sterco di elefante è un prodotto finito ed è anche una merce che è liberamente disponibile a in qualunque momento (mediamente ogni elefante adulto ne produce 180-200 kg al giorno) e, fino ad ora, nessuno aveva trovato alcun utilizzo.

 

Il progetto di Maximus per fabbricare la carta dallo sterco di elefante può aiutare la percezione dei contadini sul valore economico dell'elefante nelle aree di conflitto. Il progetto, cominciato nel 1997, ha prodotto con successo e lanciato sul mercato ciò che è conosciuto come "carta di pachiderma".

 

In questo modo "la cacca di elefante" prende la forma di quaderni, fogli di carta, scatole, borse ecc. La sola limitazione è l'immaginazione!

 

Maximus - Lavorazione carta

Questi prodotti sono divenuti estremamente popolari fra la popolazione locale ed i turisti stranieri. Anche se lo sterco di elefante non può risolvere il crescente conflitto uomo-elefante, il suo uso a beneficio dei contadini che soffrono andrà certamente ad innalzare il livello di tolleranza di questi ultimi. Se l'elefante sarà visto come un valore economico per contribuire significativamente al benessere delle persone, le stesse non ameranno vederlo scomparire dalla loro area. In conclusione, tutti gli sforzi sarebbero futili senza il sostegno delle comunità locali.

 

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"And when they [the wise men] were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son."

Matthew 2:13-15 KJV

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Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

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Charadrius hiaticula

El chorlitejo grande (Charadrius hiaticula) es una especie de ave caradriforme de la familia Charadriidae que habita en Eurasia y norte de África.

 

Descripción

Presenta longitud máxima de 19 cm, envergadura de 48 a 57 cm, y un peso de entre 55 y 75 g. De aspecto similar al chorlitejo chico, diferenciándose principalmente por el tamaño y por la ausencia de anillo ocular en el chorlitejo grande. De color pardo por el dorso y blanquecino por el vientre. Patas y pico en tono naranja claro, terminando el pico en una puntita de color negro.

 

Distribución

Se localiza en toda la costa atlántica de Europa y norte de África. Presente también en gran parte de la costa mediterránea.

Cría en Eurasia, Groenlandia, noreste de Canadá, y Atlántico europeo hasta Países Bajos, e islas Británicas.

En España es invernante en casi toda la península, sobre todo en Andalucía y la costa cantábrica. Localizado también en Baleares y Canarias.

 

Hábitat

Por lo general frecuenta costas marinas, nidificando en playas arenosas así como pedregosas, pero también puede desarrollarse en aguas de interior, como marismas o lagos salados.

Voz

Emite frecuentemente, cuando se levanta y al volar, un trino aflautado que podría traducirse como "to-li" o bien "tuulí", antojándose como una voz suave y melancólica.

Dieta

Ingieren pequeños invertebrados que capturan picoteando la arena, pudiendo remover el fango con las patas para que estos salgan y sean llevados a sus fauces tras interrumpirles la huida.

 

Huevo

El chorlitejo grande presenta un tamaño medio del huevo de entre 32-39,6 x 22,8-28,5 mm. Huevo pardo claro moteado, con manchas de diferentes tamaños y distintos tonos oscuros y marrones. Realiza una o dos puestas al año, que suelen ser de unos 4 huevos. Son incubados por la hembra y el macho durante un periodo de tiempo que comprende unas 3 o 4 semanas.

 

Subespecies

Se conocen tres subespecies de chorlitejo grande:1

 

Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758

Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus Salomonsen, 1930

Charadrius hiaticula tundrae (Lowe, 1915)

 

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Location: The ranch is located along the Canadian River in the western Texas Panhandle.

 

Acres: 71,059 Acres, more or less

 

Terrain: Approximately 29 miles of the Canadian River runs through the middle of this scenic ranch. The topography varies from rolling uplands to elevated mesa points descending to wide river bottom country. This is truly a beautiful ranching property.

 

Water: The ranch is exceptionally well watered by the Canadian River, numerous creeks and springs, water wells and earthen ponds.

 

Improvements: The Canadian River Cattle Company Ranch is considered to be exceptionally well improved. The main lodge has over 7,000 square feet and features 6 bedrooms, 6 and 1/2 baths, and a rustic trophy/game room. Other improvements include pilot's quarters, hand houses, a manager's house, barns, pens, etc. All improvements are very well maintained.

 

Access: Access is provided by a graded road to the southeast corner of the property. There is no public access through the ranch, and the front gate can be locked to assure privacy. For the convenience of the owner, a 4,500' paved landing strip and airplane hanger are located adjacent to the main lodge.

 

Hunting/Recreation: The Canadian River Cattle Company offers some of the best hunting to be found in this area of Texas. Recently, two state record mule deer have been harvested, and numerous other trophy quality mule deer were taken from this ranch, but not entered in the Texas Big Game Awards Contest. The ranch also offers quality whitetail deer, antelope, turkey, quail and waterfowl.

 

In recent years, elk, lion, and bear have also been sighted on the ranch. Without question, this game is following the Canadian River Corridor, which is a major travel route for wildlife.

 

Price: $475.00 per acre

 

Remarks: The seller will convey all of his mineral and water right interest. This is one of the most productive, scenic, large blocks of real estate to come on the market in recent years. The ranch has many different historical points of interest, and in an effort to preserve the size, open space, wildlife, and history of this outstanding ranch, the owner placed a conservation easement on the majority of this property. This carefully planned easement will secure the unique features of this ranch for generations to come.

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Part of my kaleidoscope (Set)

 

A kaleidoscope of my bugle beads shot.

 

Inspired by my good friend Lyle58 mentioning that the original shot would make great ' K-scope source material' - thanks Lyle!

 

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City streets of Lhasa (Tibet). This photo was taken from the roof of my Hotel. Potala Palace on the mountain in the background.

 

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Tibet Blog - Day 1

 

I have access to my own oxygen bar, sucking back air from a tube is quite a fun experience I did not expect to encounter. Luckily I didn’t actually have to experience this pleasantry for my siblings got to do that for me. I slept.

 

The flight from Beijing to Lhasa left at 7am on August 6th 2009. That means in order to get your lifeless body to the airport in time to make the flight, you needed to wake up at the ghastly hour of 4am. Or maybe it was actually closer to 5am. All I know is that I never fully woke up.

 

Halfway through the flight I felt myself becoming incredibly tired. It was as though I had awoke at 4am. And not just that one morning, but every morning previous for as long as I could remember. Needless to say, I fell asleep. This brought me one disadvantage, I missed all offerings of water during the flight which meant my mouth was about as dry as a mouthful of instant coffee. (The kind of coffee one has when they wake up at 4am and are not awake enough to realize that these instant coffee grounds need water. Or maybe that’s what they really mean by “instant”. No water.) I was parched to say the least, but worse yet, I was not feeling too well.

 

Lhasa, “The Roof of The World” (many probably claim this title) sits at about 3600 meters above sea level. There are over 3000 hours of annual sunshine, magnified due to the high altitude. For the average bloke like me, these statistics mean trouble. There is essentially no air for one to breathe, and your skin roasts the moment it encounters a ray of sun. Sunscreen is a good idea even though it is akin to rubbing yourself down with yak butter or other oils (depending on where you are from) 15 minutes prior to any outdoor activity.

 

This high altitude means altitude sickness. Somehow I managed to get it while I was on the plane. I had never heard of pre-altitude sickness before (neither has Microsoft Word) but apparently I had it. Before departing Beijing I took Diamox. It is a drug that is supposed to help one adjust to altitude sickness. I just took it because my mom said so, and you always listen to your mother right? Anyways, this drug has a countless number of side effects, all of which I experienced on route to Lhasa. Headache, nausea, extreme tiredness and lack of energy, tingly fingers and toes, the list goes on. So I slept.

 

I woke up in time to see the flight attendant walk down the isle carrying everyone’s empty water cups. How I craved water then. More interesting and captivating at the time was that I could see in front of the plane! The pilot had turned on a camera underneath the plane so we could see all the mountains and rivers below. Everything looked so green until I looked out of the window. Brown. Not a lot of rain this year at the right time so none of the green things were able to develop properly.

 

Soon enough we were there! I would have been much more excited had I not felt like an almost lifeless form, one still with enough life in him to wait at the baggage pickup before shuffling over to the awaiting van. I couldn’t wait to find a pillow to lay my head on! The trip from the airport to the hotel took much longer than I would have liked. I was grateful for the new road built which shortened the trip from 100km to 60km. Still, the new road very quickly turned into the old bad road. When your head hits the roof more than once you know the road is bad. I shouldn’t have sat in the back. Nausea was one of the side effects of the drug and this didn’t help.

 

Things were looking up for me once I took a 4-hour nap at the hotel. For supper we ventured across the street to eat because we were all to weak to go much further. We ended up at a bar/restaurant. I thought it best not to have alcohol due to my slight reaction to the anti-altitude drugs and the altitude itself. I compromised by drinking my ice tea out of a shot glass. We ordered a light Tibetan meal to accompany our drink. Noodles, yak curry with rice, and cucumbers. The food was probably more of a Chinese/Tibetan fusion, but tasty just the same. Following dinner two of the waitresses sang two Tibetan songs for us. One was about love, and the other about a father passing on. Personalized entertainment is the best. Though sleep is better, at least it was then, so that’s what I did. Slept.

 

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Vanessa Winship (1960) est une photographe anglaise qui vit à Londres et à Istanbul. Membre de l'Agence VU

 

Après des études en cinéma et photographie à la Wesminster University (Polytechnic of Central London), Vanessa Winship commence par enseigner la photographie puis travaille pour le National Science Museum de Londres. Elle devient ensuite photographe indépendante, travaillant à la fois dans son pays et à l’étranger.

En 1998, elle obtient le premier Prix dans la catégorie “Arts” du World Press Photo. L’année suivante elle entame un travail au long cours sur les Balkans et reçoit la mention honorable du Prix Oscar Barnack pour son sujet “Albanian landscape” en 2003. Outre ses expositions et livres, les photographies de Vanessa Winship sont publiées dans de nombreux journaux et revues, telles Polka Magazine.

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Happy to know a little bit of everybody through this game !

 

1 . I love cakes , chocolate , chantilly et "creme au beurre"

2 . I love cinema , in black and white with exceptionnal contrasts

like "The night of the Hunter" of Charles Laughton

The filmography of John Cassavettes and etc....

3 . I love music since i was young , My style is almost minimalist composers

and british composers

But i listen a lot of sort of music of all the world , if they are good ( Flamenco , Indian music , etc.. ). I play different instruments so I'm not good enough but I like all this changes ( Drums , guitar , bass , piano , percussion )

4 . I Hate computers because they make me soffering all the day at work !!

5 . I take pleasure to ride my motocycle ( big german roadster ) with

my camera and lens on my back ( cause i have fear of the vibrations

for my photographic instruments! )

6 . I Hate to speak from me and to shot myself. I do a great effort !!

7 . Sometimes i think photography is the painting of the lazy people ! (urhghh)

8 . The shot is the instant of the time who spread out ! We must be there

to show this life. Too Many busy people don't see anything !!

9 . I'm happy to be in the photoblog's Family ! HorstWortz is a Kobaia's word

Kobaia is a imaginary planet of the french group MAGMA , I listen they since I was fourteen ( inspiration Coltrane, Carl Off and Stravinsky ).

Wortz would say World.

10. I'm sorry to not write so well in english. I go usually in Britain

but i shot or drink beers in the pub ! No progress !! :)

 

Pentax K5 + Sigma 35 f/1.4 art

 

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Damn you Zelie, now I have to think of another 10 Random Things!!

 

1) The only animal in Pet stores that I would not own is a Ferret. I was attacked by a couple of male ones when I was 6 years old (family friends had four sons who thought it was funny to lock me in the shead with thier hunting Ferrets) and even now I don't trust them! They are cute, I understand why some people love them and I will be nice to your pet Ferret - THROUGH the cage!

 

2) I love Glee. I don't admit it to everyone, but I was in show choir during my year in a USA high school. We has blue sequined dresses, shiny tights and black tap shoes, mmmmmmm 1998 Iowa fashion!

 

3) I am terrified at the idea of making money off my photography. Its something I need to start thinking about to make back some of the money I spend on Camera and Computer equipment!

 

4) If I could live my life in a green forest surrounded by love, music and friends I would be the happiest girl in the world.

 

5) I have a temper. One that flares up instantaneously yet fades quickly, for the most part anyway. I dont hold grudges but fuck me over and I may not be able to forgive and forget.

 

6) I am in love with the American Apparell Bandeu Dress. I have bought three in the last year and now have Black, Teal and Forest Green. Im wearing the Teal one in this shot 3>

 

7) I have the biggest thighs in the world! OMG I used to think I just had a fat arse but now i realize its my legs, damn things.

 

8) I love Kiwi accents. I know that Australians are meant to hate everything New Zealand but it is the cutest way of talking, I used to pay my friend Erin to say "Six" and "Beer" when we were drunk cause it always makes me laugh :)

 

9) Some songs always make me cry, not because they are so beautiful or special it just seams like certain lines make me tear up. "And I can't remember if I cried when I heard about his widowed bride. But something touched me deep inside the day the music died"

 

10) I have been engaged for over a year and I still think that I dont want a ceremony.

Stunning magical celebration party = yes

Pressure-filled old-fashioned ceremony = no.

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I've been meaning to tell you

I've got this feelin' that won't subside

I look at you and I fantasize

You're mine tonight

Now I've got you in my sights

 

With these hungry eyes

One look at you and I can't disguise

I've got hungry eyes

I feel the magic between you and I

 

I wanna hold you so hear me out

I wanna show you what love's all about

Darlin' tonight

Now I've got you in my sights

 

With these hungry eyes

One look at you and I can't disguise

I've got hungry eyes

I feel the magic between you and I

I've got hungry eyes

Now I've got you in my sights

With those hungry eyes

Now did I take you by surprise

 

I need you to see

This love was meant to be

 

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I've got hungry eyes

One look at you and I can't disguise

I've got hungry eyes

I feel the magic between you and I

I've got hungry eyes

Now I've got you in my sights

With those hungry eyes

Now did I take you by surprise

With my hungry eyes

I need...

Hungry eyes

Now I've got you in my sights

With my hungry eyes

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Icelandic Monasteries

 

Icelandic medieval monasteries served as a refuge for men and women who wanted to dedicate their lives to God. In addition to holding a number of religious services throughout the day the monasteries served a practical purpose in society. They played an active role in the local community through the provision of education, aiding the poor and nursing the old and infirm. Monasteries were the cultural focal points of the Middle Ages along with bishopries. Book-making and writing took place there.

 

Two monastic orders

 

In the Middle Ages there were two main monastic orders in Iceland, the order of Benedict and Augustine. The first monastery in Iceland was founded in Þingeyrar in Northwest Iceland in 1133. It was Benedictine. The first Augustine monastery was founded in Flatey in Breiðarfjördur in west Iceland in 1172 but was moved to Helgafell twelve years later. There are nine known monasteries in Iceland though some sources suggest there might have been more. Skriðuklaustur was the last medieval monastery founded in Iceland in 1493.

 

The Augustine monasteries role in society

 

There was a marked difference between the two monastic orders in Iceland. In the Benedictine monasteries the monks and nuns devoted their lives almost exclusively to praying and praising God. In the Augustine monasteries the monks were educated priests called canons and the clerics in charge called priors. The Augustine religious regime was not as strict as in the Benedictine monasteries. Instead, they had an obligation to serve society. Among other things, they had to welcome pilgrims and look after the sick, as well as run schools.

 

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In 1493 an Augustinian monastery was founded at Skriða in Fljótsdalur (Skriðuklaustur = Skriða Monastery). It remained active until the monasteries were dissolved at the Reformation in 1550. Archaeological excavations on the monastery site since 2002 have revealed extensive buildings on a site 1,200m2 in area. The buildings indicate that the one of the monastery’s main functions was to aid the sick and poor. In the Gunnar Gunnarsson House is an exhibition on the monastery of Skriða, including archaeological finds. There are guided tours around the archaeological site every day in the summer, other times by arrangement.

 

Heilagur Ágústínus

Heilagur Ágústínus fæddist í Tagaste, þar sem nú er Alsír, þann 13. nóvember árið 354. Árið 387 var hann skírður í Mílanó af Ambrósíusi biskupi eftir merkilega trúarreynslu. Hann sat í garði í þungum þönkum og sorgmæddur yfir slæmsku heimsins, þegar hann heyrði börn að leik kalla út um glugga „Tolle lege, tolle lege“ sem þýðir „taktu og lestu“. Ágústínus greip biblíuna og fann: „Framgöngum sómasamlega eins og á degi, ekki í ofáti né ofdrykkju, ekki í ólifnaði né saurlífi, ekki í þrætu né öfund, heldur íklæðist Drottni Jesú Kristi, og alið ekki önn fyrir holdinu, svo að það verði til að æsa girndir.” (Rómverjabréfið 13;13) Árið 389 sneri hann aftur til Tagaste og stofnaði til klausturlífs með vinum sínum. Rit Ágústínusar eru iðulega persónuleg og lýsa hans eigin upplifun af Drottni og jafnvel verður Drottinn eins og príór í klaustri, fremstur meðal jafningja og ávallt til reiðu til þess að hjálpa þeim sem eru með honum í veröldinni. Ágústínus lést árið 430 í Hippó í Norður-Afríku þar sem hann var biskup.

  

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Just another example of my previous frustration of not having a camera while walking the dogs. Saturday and Sunday mornings.....those two dogs of mine, know exactly which day of the week it is and they are bouncing off the walls with excitement, demanding to go for their long walk in the woods. Up until last weekend I've left my camera at home knowing that the hassles of walking dogs and trying to get pictures outweigh the photo opportunity. But I think I've found a work around. Check out my last post. I got up this morning to go to work, and all my two dogs were interested in was finding their beds in front of the fireplace, after they followed me out of the bedroom. They knew it was Monday! If it was a weekend day, and I left without them, they would pitch a fit and wake Sassy up, as she's trying to enjoy her weekend sleep in. Nothing to come home to.....if you know what I mean. So to be able to take the dogs for a walk on the weekends and get shots like this while walking the dogs is a step up for me.

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Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me dió dos luceros, que cuando los abro

Perfecto distingo, lo negro del blanco

Y en el alto cielo, su fondo estrellado

Y en las multitudes, el hombre que yo amo

 

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado el oído, que en todo su ancho

Graba noche y día, grillos y canarios

Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos

Y la voz tan tierna, de mi bien amado

 

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado el sonido, y el abecedario

Con el las palabras, que pienso y declaro

Madre, amigo, hermano y luz alumbrando

La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

 

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado la marcha, de mis pies cansados

Con ellos anduve, ciudades y charcos

Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos

Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

 

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me dió el corazón, que agita su marco

Cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano

Cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo

Cuando miro el fondo de tus ojos claros

 

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto

Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto

Los dos materiales que forman mi canto

Y el canto de ustedes, que es el mismo canto

Y el canto de todos, que es mi propio canto

Y el canto de ustedes, que es mi propio canto.

 

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Después de su prometedora primera entrega con ‘Castilla Drive’, Anthony Pastor vuelve a llevarnos a Trituro para un nuevo caso de la detective Sally Salinger En aquella primera entrega, ‘Castilla Drive’, que ya comentamos en Papel en Blanco, el autor nos presentaba a la protagonista, Sally Salinger, una mujer cuyo marido ha desaparecido y que tiene que tomar las riendas de su negocio, una agencia de detectives. Su primer caso era proteger a Oswaldo Brown, un hombre sin familia, que se dedica a tareas de limpieza y además es poeta, al que alguien quiere matar. ‘Castilla Drive’ resultó un interesante ejercicio de novela negra en el que destacaba el interés por el desarrollo de los personajes.

En ‘Caramelos atómicos’, la nueva entrega del particular universo de Anthony Pastor, asistimos a la continuación de los hechos sucedidos entonces: Sally ha empezado una relación con Oswaldo, pero sigue teniendo una mala relación con sus hijos, hartos de que sólo tenga tiempo para su trabajo. Mientras, consigue un nuevo caso: la mujer de Douglas Sweet, un potentado empresario local, sospecha que su marido le engaña con su ayudante Gabriela, y encarga a Sally vigilarlos. La amistad que tienen el hijo de Sweet con el de Sally complicará todo un poco más allá de lo esperable.

Siguiendo los pasos de la anterior entrega, Pastor, una vez caracterizados los personajes, puede desarrollarlos con tranquilidad. Para ello, plantea una novela gráfica dividida en tres capítulos donde estilísticamente, el autor continúa usando su particular gama de colores apagados, cercanos a los tonos pastel (que tan extraño resultan en una historia de tintes noir), en ese coloreado tan característico de rotulador que usa. El género negro sigue presente como superestructura que Pastor utiliza para sus propios fines, el conflicto entre personajes: los desencuentros entre Sally y sus hijos, la tensa relación con Oswaldo, los roces con el jefe de policía y su mujer… Y, sobre todo, el protagonismo in absentia que toma el marido desaparecido de Sally a través de las experiencias de su hijo.

‘Caramelos atómicos’, además de ser más extensa, es también una obra más movida, más rica y más vibrante que ‘Castilla Drive,’ especialmente en su capítulo final, donde la acción se precipita y en todo ello mucho tienen que ver la vieja central nuclear abandonada del pueblo y los caramelos psicotrópicos que Sweet comercializa.

Pastor ha creado un microuniverso coherente y rico, poblado por unos personajes realistas y a los que uno acaba cogiendo cariño. Seguramente ésta no será la única entrega de la detective de Trituro; esperamos con ansia más entregas.

‘Caramelos atómicos’ Anthony Pastor La Cúpula, 2014. Rústica, color. 260 pgs. 28€ ISBN: 9788415724681

Más información | Ficha en La Cúpula En Papel en Blanco | ‘Castilla Drive': cómic de tintes noir y aires fronterizos

– La noticia ‘Caramelos atómicos’, Anthony Pastor: de vuelta a Trituro fue publicada originalmente en Papelenblanco por Josep Oliver.

  

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... my wish for baby noah. being born on a very monumental day in our lives, in our time, i can't help but think as to where these feet will take him and the things he will see when he gets there. for two days, i've been weepy, tears come unexpectedly at random times and as i sit here and listen to all of the coverage of this monumental election, tears are flowing. i sit and reflect on the words of mccain and the acceptance speech of senator obama and i think of the change that this nation is about to face and i pray, i PRAY that this young man sees us operate on the ideas that our founding fathers meant for us to use as a nation to stand tall, strong and hopeful. the ideas that allow us to set our goals and obtain them, to be proud as a country and prosper and to BE a part of change. baby noah, for you i pray tonight. i pray for you to always have the liberties and the freedoms that, since 1776, our great country has been able to provide. i pray that you live through change that brings pride back to the elders of our country by doing what we can to take care of them and that you embrace all that YOU have been blessed with by being born a citizen of our great United States of America. for you, baby noah, i pray that you forever walk in peace.

Pompeii, Italy (30.11.201) - 'Stretch of garden wall ringing ancient house collapses - the House of the Moralist,' / 'Pompeii Crollato un muro nella casa del Moralista.'

 

"CASA DEL MORALISTA - nuovo crollo a Pompei," di PATRIMONISOS.IT (30.11.2010).

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Pompei/ Bondi: ha ceduto tratto muro cinta rifatto in dopoguerra, Per le incessanti piogge. No ad allarmismi, situazione monitorata

 

Roma, 30 nov. (Apcom) - Il crollo avvenuto questa mattina all'interno della Casa del Moralista, a Pompei, ha riguardato un tratto di mura di cinta in tufo e calcare già crollato nel corso dei pesanti bombardamenti dell'aviazione statunitense nella notte tra il 19 e il 20 settembre 1943 e completamente rifatto all'indomani della guerra. La causa, spiega il ministero dei Beni Culturali, il cui titolare, Sandro Bondi, è stato informato dalla direzione degli scavi archeologici di Pompei riguardo l'entità del cedimento, "è da attribuirsi alle incessanti piogge di questi giorni che stanno interessando il Meridione e in particolare la Campania e pertanto il ministro ha dato incarico al soprintendente e al direttore dei lavori di continuare nell'opera di monitoraggio del sito". "Occorre circostanziare con prudenza l'accaduto - precisa Bondi - ed evitare ogni inutile allarmismo. La situazione a Pompei è continuamente monitorata dai tecnici della Soprintendenza, con i quali sono in costante contatto avendo ricevuto ogni rassicurazione su quanto avvenuto: il cedimento non ha riguardato né coinvolto alcun manufatto di rilievo o di pregio storico, artistico o archeologico".

 

Pompei/ Soprintendenza: Smottamento per eccezionali temporali, Cedimento muro grezzo, nessun pericolo per casa del Moralista

 

Napoli, 30 nov. (Apcom) - Uno smottamento di terreno, dovuto alle "eccezionali precipitazioni temporalesche" che, negli ultimi giorni, hanno interessato la Campania, è quanto avvenuto all'alba nell'area archeologica di Pompei. E' quanto si apprende da una nota della Soprintendenza speciale per i Beni archeologici di Napoli e di Pompei che sottolinea come la zona interessata al cedimenti sia non scavata e posta a nord della casa del Moralista. "Tale smottamento ha interessato, piegandola in più punti e scalzandola, la viminata a gradini posta a protezione della scarpata e ha determinato il crollo del muro perimetrale nord del giardino della casa del Moralista - si legge nel documento - si tratta tuttavia di un muro grezzo, già ricostruito nel dopoguerra dopo che quello originale era andato completamente distrutto a seguito dei bombardamenti della seconda guerra mondiale, come risulta agli atti. Il muro, proprio quest'anno, era stato oggetto di un intervento di consolidamento e messa a piombo ed era stato, inoltre, protetto con viminate sistemate su terrazzamenti. La violenza dei fenomeni atmosferici ha travolto le opere di protezione". "Nessun pericolo" invece si ravvisa per la casa del Moralista. Dell'accaduto è stata data comunicazione al ministro Sandro Bondi e alle autorità ministeriali e si sta continuando l'opera di monitoraggio da parte della Soprintendenza archeologica, resa difficile proprio dalle avverse condizioni meteorologiche che stanno interessando l'area.

 

ROMA Pompei: Bondi, no a inutili allarmismi, Cedimento non ha riguardato manufatti di pregio storico.

 

(ANSA) - ROMA, 30 NOV - No a ''inutili allarmismi''. Lo dice il ministro dei beni culturali Sandro Bondi commentando il nuovo crollo avvenuto questa mattina a Pompei. 'Occorre circostanziare con prudenza l'accaduto - sottolinea il ministro - ed evitare ogni inutile allarmismo. La situazione a Pompei e' continuamente monitorata dai tecnici della Soprintendenza: il cedimento non ha riguardato ne' coinvolto alcun manufatto di rilievo o di pregio storico, artistico o archeologico''.

 

Pompei, nuovo crollo: carabinieri acquisiscono atti.

 

Un nuovo crollo si è verificato oggi negli scavi archeologici di Pompei. Il cedimento riguarda un muro grezzo interno al giardino della casa del Moralista, nei pressi della Schola Armaturarum sbriciolatasi lo scorso 6 novembre. I carabinieri e la Procura della Repubblica di Torre Annunziata hanno saputo del nuovo crollo di Pompei casualmente: i militari, infatti, erano andati nella sede della Soprintendenza assieme al consulente del pm per acquisire gli atti sulla base di una decisione già concertata nei giorni scorsi con i magistrati. Una volta negli uffici hanno appreso del secondo dissesto e compiuto un sopralluogo, che quasi certamente prelude a un nuovo sequestro. Mentre e' in corso da ore l'interrogatorio della dirigente dell'ufficio tecnico, viene acquisito tutto il materiale potenzialmente utile per ricostruire la gestione degli scavi negli ultimi anni e valutarne eventuali irregolarita'. Si prevede tuttavia che lo studio dei documenti richiederà tempi non brevi.

Intanto il leader dell'Udc Pier Ferdinando Casini annuncia il voto di sfiducia al governo in agenda il 14 dicembre.

  

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Fotos: Fonte / source: "Casa del Moralista nuovi crolli," & "Addio Pompeii," Comitato Cincinnato Pompei - FACEBOOK (30.11.2010). & BLOGGING POMPEII, Plan of the 'The Schola Armaturarum,' - Prof. J. Berry, BLOGGING POMPEII, (07.11.2010).

 

Text: Fonte / source: "CASA DEL MORALISTA - nuovo crollo a Pompei," di PATRIMONISOS.IT (30.11.2010).

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- "Casa del Moralista nuovi crolli," & "Addio Pompeii," Comitato Cincinnato Pompei - FACEBOOK (30.11.2010).

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- BLOGGING POMPEII, Plan of the 'The Schola Armaturarum,' - Prof. J. Berry, BLOGGING POMPEII, (07.11.2010).

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The photo of the 1934 Chevy truck pictured on the right was taken by my wife's brother, Lem, in 1950. It was backed up to what was to become the foundation of another chicken house, which they built themselves on their poultry farm in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, a family farm which, at its peak, worked 10,000 chickens. In those days, their chickens were free-range (what we refer to today as "organic"), except in the winter time, when they were kept warm and comfy in the houses. By the way, my wife Sammy learned to drive this old truck when she was only seven years old (that was in 1942). She had to. All four members of the family (#s 5 and 6 weren't born yet) had to chip in and share the work, and when it came time to do the haying, she was propped up, standing behind the steering wheel with a few burlap sacks stuffed with hay piled on the seat behind her for support, as she followed along with her father and older brother, Lem, while they pitched the mowed hay into the truck bed. She also often drove the truck while dragging a feeder behind her through the fields during the summer time when many of the chickens were roaming free. The "retired" truck in the left photo is not the same truck, though it is the same year and make. I converted it to B&W from a color image that Lem sent me.

 

I've put together a set called Our Life Story depicting our life together over the past half century and containing over 180 images and descriptions which, for the most part, are in chronological order. Check it out and tell me what you think of it. Here's a sample page of a loose leaf book I've put together using the images and descriptions included in this set.

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