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Mother of Salvation: the Time for the Prophecies of La Salette and Fatima to Be Fulfilled is Very Close
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 @ 14:39
My dear children, the time for the prophecies of La Salette and Fatima to be fulfilled is very close. You must not fear these times but, rather, embrace them for you must know that My Father's Covenant will be finally completed as it was meant to be.The antichrist will, eventually, take up his seat in my Son's Church on earth and nothing will prevent this from happening. Many will deny the prophecies, which I revealed to the world and they will do this at their peril. Those who refuse to accept the warnings given to the world, and who follow the enemies of God, will put their souls in jeopardy and it is for these misguided souls that I ask you to pray fervently.
The battle for the human race and for the salvation of all of God's children is being fought at present and great harm is being inflicted upon all of those who stand firm to the Truth of all that my Son revealed to the world. You can never take one part of His Word or the Holy Bible and then discard it in favour of something, which may make you feel more comfortable. The Truth is never easy to accept for it can strike fear into the hearts of even the bravest and most courageous Christians. The Truth is always rejected and when the thorns were placed upon the Sacred Head of my Son, Jesus Christ, the priests and the elders at the time were praying in the temple giving glory to God while their cohorts cursed Him as He died on the Cross.That was the way it was then and this will be the way it will be when the world retaliates against the Word of God and turns it inside out and upside down. I urge you, dear children, to accept the Truth as it will be the means by which you will march more easily towards the Kingdom of the New Era. Without acknowledging what you are being told now, many souls will fall into error and embrace the beast. They will give up every individual civil right and liberty when they idolize the enemies of my Son until, finally, they will hand over their souls to the evil one.
Fear of the Truth can lead to resentment because it can be very difficult to swallow. Resentment leads to anger and anger leads to hatred. Hatred against this mission, and every other mission before it, will escalate and those who love me, the Mother of God, will be encouraged to denounce it. How it saddens me when my name is used to insult the Word of Jesus Christ, the one and only Saviour of mankind. Confusion will be wreaked upon my Marian groups so that they will begin to doubt the warnings I was instructed to present to the world at La Salette and Fatima. People will shun what I said and they will believe the prophecies given are to be for another time in the far distant future.
As all turmoil erupts and when the Doctrine contained in my Father's Book is re-written and presented to the world as being authentic, only those with true discernment will understand the Truth. You must pray hard for the survival of my Son's Church, His Body on earth, so that He is not discarded and thrown out to the dogs. When that day takes place, the Justice of God will intervene and humanity will understand, finally, what it is like to be plunged into darkness. The day the Light of God is extinguished is the time when all things will be fulfilled as prophesied.
Your beloved Mother
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Lourdes Leon, the 24-year-old daughter of pop icon Madonna, opened up about her high school love life in a rare interview with Vanity Fair.
After many years of speculation, the dancer and model confirmed to the publication that actor Timothée Chalamet was her "first boyfriend," back in 2013 when the two were classmates at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, the prestigious school that was the basis for the movie Fame.
"I respect him a lot," Leon, whose friends call her Lola, told the magazine. "We were a little item. My first boyfriend — or anything."
The Call Me by Your Name star was a grade ahead of Leon and they reportedly appeared in school productions together. At the time of their young romance, paparazzi snapped photos of them all over NYC. Their high school breakup was even covered in the media.
Neither party ever publicly confirmed the relationship, though Chalamet did make rare comments about that era during an interview with Andy Cohen in 2017 when Cohen brought up meeting Chalamet "when you were dating Lola," adding that they were a "super cute couple."
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Norwegian Joy to Join Sister Ship Norwegian Bliss in Alaska Beginning Spring 2019
Exciting enhancements are coming to Norwegian's 2019 and 2020 cruise itineraries.
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that Norwegian Joy will cruise Alaska in summer 2019, joining her sister ship Norwegian Bliss, the newest and most successful ship in the cruise line's 51-year history. Norwegian Pearl will sail to Europe in summer 2019, and Norwegian Jade and Jewel will expand Norwegian's presence in Australia and Asia in winter 2019/2020. Additionally, Norwegian Spirit will undergo an extensive bow-to-stern revitalization as part of The Norwegian Edge® program before sailing seasonally in China beginning summer 2020.
Norwegian Joy to Offer West Coast Itineraries
Norwegian Joy will sail seasonally in Alaska in summer 2019 and will offer Mexican Riviera and Panama Canal cruises in winter 2019/2020, offering a selection of year-round itineraries on the West Coast.
Norwegian Joy will reposition to Seattle in April 2019 where she will join Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Pearl and offer seven-day cruises to Alaska.
Norwegian Joy was the first cruise ship to offer a race track at sea. Prior to her arrival in Seattle, she will undergo significant upgrades to enhance her already popular features and bring her designs and offerings to be nearly identical to those of Norwegian Bliss.
To complement Norwegian Bliss' itineraries and provide guests with more places to explore and experience the natural beauty of Alaska, Norwegian Joy will cruise a variety of itineraries featuring port stops in Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Holkham Bay, and Icy Strait Point, which is long recognized for its untouched wilderness, rich authentic culture, and fresh seafood. She will also call into Victoria, British Columbia.
"Norwegian Cruise Line expanded the Alaska cruise experience as the first cruise line to sail to the state from Seattle over 24 years ago," said Andy Stuart, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. "I am extremely excited to further strengthen our presence in the region with the addition of Norwegian Joy."
"With $50 million in enhancements including the addition of a Starbucks® store and enhanced restaurant, bar venues, and new entertainment options, Norwegian Joy will be a welcome addition for guests looking to cruise on a world-class ship in one of the world's most sought-after destinations."
He continued, "On these sister ships, guests will experience incredible ocean and glacier views from our stunning observation lounges and they'll have access to the best-of-the-best at sea, with entertainment options including Norwegian Joy's Galaxy Pavilion, which features thrilling simulator rides and interactive video walls, as well as our race tracks and laser tag arenas available on both ships."
Norwegian Joy's new itineraries will be open for sale on July 24, 2018, on NCL.com.
Norwegian Pearl to Offer New Europe Itineraries
As Norwegian Joy begins cruising to Alaska in summer 2019, Norwegian Pearl will deploy to Europe as the cruise line's sixth ship in the region. Norwegian Pearl will offer new and varied itineraries from Amsterdam as well as a variety of Mediterranean sailings from Rome (Civitavecchia), Barcelona, and Venice.
Norwegian Pearl's new itineraries will be open for sale on NCL.com on July 31, 2018.
Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Jade in Australia and Asia
Norwegian Jewel, which will undergo refurbishment this fall, will return to Australia & New Zealand, Asia, and the South Pacific for a third year of seasonal cruises from Honolulu, Papeete, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo (Yokohama).
Norwegian Jade will offer winter sailings throughout Southeast Asia for the 2019/2020 season. Departing from Singapore and Hong Kong, port highlights include Phuket, Langkawi, Penang, Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My) and Ha Long Bay. Norwegian Jade will also offer several unique cruise itineraries through the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean featuring calls in Greece, Israel, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Norwegian Jewel's new itineraries will be open for sale on NCL.com July 31, 2018, while Norwegian Jade's new itineraries will be open for sale on August 6, 2018.
Norwegian Spirit to Offer China Cruises
As part of Norwegian's commitment to serving the China cruise market, Norwegian Spirit will begin cruising the region seasonally in summer 2020. Prior to her arrival, she will be the last ship completing a previously scheduled bow-to-stern revitalization as part of The Norwegian Edge® fleet enhancement program. Her journey from Europe to Asia in February 2020 will feature several exclusive sailings with new calls for Norwegian including South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, and the Maldives.
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Agent Experience Coordinator
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See open jobs at Compass.See open jobs similar to "Agent Experience Coordinator" Alpaca.At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we're revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.
As an Agent Experience Coordinator you are the first person our customers see when they walk into one of our Compass offices. You will oversee the management of the office to ensure everything is running smoothly and that our Compass office standards are being maintained. You will support a small roster of our customers with everything including understanding Compass, training on our tools and programs, assisting with marketing requests and more. As an AEC you are passionate about your customers, delivering a world class experience, and partnering with the rest of the agent experience team when support is needed.
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- Manage a small portfolio of customers directly by fielding questions and resolving issues via phone calls, emails, and in-person meetings
- Support the adoption of Compass technology and adjacent services by providing customers with 1:1 support
- Partner with the National Onboarding team on facilitation of onboarding processes for new customers
- Provide basic marketing support by answering questions, creating collateral from templates, and being the liaison to marketing specialists for more complex support requests
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- Answer basic questions and troubleshoot issues related to technology/devices, conference room hardware, enterprise systems, etc.
- Provide ad-hoc administrative assistance as needed, such as sales meeting preparation, data entry, and office-wide communications
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- 1-2 years previous experience in customer service, office management, hospitality, or operations
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Participation in our incentive programs (which may include where eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, marriage leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.
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November 28th, 2008Oh God, this is Jessica Alba all over again. Megan Fox, arguably the hottest woman on the planet for the last couple of years, doesn't think she's beautiful or sexy. Quite the opposite actually; she thinks she looks like an ageing male ogre. Here's the skinny:
Megan Fox reckons she looks like ageing US rock star Ted Nugent.
The Transformers actress, who was voted the Sexiest Woman In The World by FHM this year, doesn't rate herself.
'I don't think I'm a sexy, beautiful woman,' she tells the News Of The World.
'I look like Ted Nugent in a black wig.' (Source)
Megan Fox, who induces drooling in ninety-nine percent of the human population, and who actually looks too hot at times, thinks she looks like Ted Nugent. Ok, the girl has completely lost her marbles. No wonder she's engaged to David Silver; the deranged girl doesn't think she could get anyone better. It all makes sense now!
Anyways, for more pictures of Megan Fox looking like Megan Fox (i.e. hotness personified) and not Ted Nugent, click here. Crazy.
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By Akua Gyekye, Public Policy Manager
With a number of upcoming elections across Africa, we want to share an update on our work to reduce the spread of misinformation, protect election integrity and support civic engagement across the continent. We've dedicated unprecedented resources to these efforts globally — and our work across Africa is focused in eight key areas.
Fighting False News
We want to stop the spread of false news on our platforms. That's why we've teamed up with local third-party fact-checkers across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon and Senegal — including Africa Check (Africa's first independent fact-checking organization), AFP (Agence France-Presse – an international news agency), Pesa Check (a local Kenyan fact-checking organization) and Dubawa (a local Nigerian fact-checking organization).
These independent groups help us assess the accuracy of news shared on Facebook, and when they determine content is false, we reduce its distribution in News Feed so fewer people see it. We also show related articles from fact-checkers for more context and notify users if a story they have shared is rated as false. Additionally, in Nigeria, WhatsApp has worked with Africa Check and CrossCheck Nigeria to let users send questions about potential rumors they have received through the platform.
These fact-checking expansions are part of a broader strategy to fight fake news that includes extensive work to remove fake accounts; cut off incentives to the financially-motivated actors that spread misinformation; promote news literacy; and give more context so people can decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share.
Boosting Digital Literacy and Helping People Spot False News
We want to make sure people can spot false news and know how to flag it. That's why we've rolled out educational tips on national and regional radio and in print media across Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Kenya and Zimbabwe. In Nigeria, WhatsApp has launched its "Share Facts, Not Rumours" campaign to help increase awareness about hoaxes. Additionally, at the end of last year Facebook began a new Online Safety Programme for students in Nigerian secondary schools. The 12-week workshop is designed to help teenagers understand the fundamentals of online safety and digital literacy, covering topics such as managing an online presence; social media and sharing; public Wi-Fi safety; building healthy relationships online; understanding password security and privacy settings; and identifying misinformation online.
Promoting Civic Engagement
Helping to build informed and civically engaged communities is central to our work around elections. In Nigeria, we've rolled out new options in English & Hausa so people can report posts that contain incorrect election information, encourage violence or otherwise violate our Community Standards (https://www.Facebook.com/communitystandards/). On Election Day, we'll show a voting day reminder in English and Hausa at the top of Facebook's News Feed.
Making Political Ads More Transparent
Earlier this month (http://bit.ly/2GpjRGn), we began temporarily expanding enforcement and not accepting foreign election ads on Facebook in Nigeria to help prevent foreign interference. Already today you can see any ad that a Page is running on Facebook (http://bit.ly/2N5tIBH), regardless if it's shown to you.
Journalist Trainings
We continue to educate media groups and journalists across the country on best practices for sharing content on our platforms and online safety. We also provide trainings on our Community Standards (https://www.Facebook.com/communitystandards/), which govern what is and is not allowed on our platform.
Proactive Removal of Impersonation Accounts
We've always had policies against impersonation. Thanks to recent advancements in our detection technology, we've become much more effective at identifying these accounts.
Partnerships with NGOs and Civil Society
In order to better understand local issues and how we can tackle them more effectively, we work with a number of NGO and civil society partners across many African countries. These local partners have been instrumental in giving us feedback that we've incorporated into our policies and programs, including the aforementioned trainings with teens and journalists.
Connecting with Political Parties About Security
We've trained parties, campaigns and candidates on security best practices, including how to turn on two-factor authentication and how to avoid common threats online. For the Nigerian elections, we've trained vice presidential candidates, senatorial candidates and top advisors from over 35 major political parties — and the information included in these trainings is all available for anyone to access at politics.FB.com.
We want Facebook and WhatsApp to be places where people feel safe, can access accurate information and make their voices heard. We are making significant investments, both in products and in people, and continue to improve in each of these areas.
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My first week of migraine medication detox began with a final dose of Amerge (naratriptan) and two Midrin after breakfast on Sunday, August 21. Despite a rough start, the week's been surprisingly easy.* I feel better than I have in almost two years! Here's how the week of detox went.
The treatments to get me through the week were:
- Compazine 30 minutes before each meal. Although it's a nausea med, some people get migraine relief from Compazine. (It only made me tired and helped the nausea; it did not give me any migraine relief.)
- Oxytocin as an acute medication once a day. (Which I discovered is a migraine trigger for me.)
- A new treatment I've been using since June 22. It is a preventive treatment that can also be used acutely. That's all I can tell you right now, but will share more as soon as I can.
Day 1: Monday was the worst day by far. I was too nauseated and dizzy to eat breakfast until 1 p.m. and that required dosing with Zofran and Compazine. The pain, which felt cold and high on my head, hovered around a 4 and peaked at a 5, which lasted a couple hours. Ice exacerbated the pain. Thanks to Compazine, I slept from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. I definitely had a migraine attack in the night and didn't sleep well (probably because of the Compazine-induced nap).
Day 2: I started Tuesday with a decent amount of energy and little pain. I even showered and did housework before eating. The migraine attack that followed breakfast was slight, but definitely present. Between it and the Compazine, I was laid up until I took a nap. Within 30 minutes of waking from my nap, I was perky and functional. I spent three hours working on chores and even did some writing. All with overcast skies! I once again had a migraine attack in my sleep, but it didn't keep me up. Night sweats and vivid dreams were the only evidence that an attack happened at all.
Day 3: I switched from taking oxytocin at night to taking it after breakfast on Wednesday. It was a remarkably good day. I slowed down for a couple hours after eating, but am unsure if migraine or Compazine was the culprit. I even ran errands in the afternoon. After dinner was the first time I felt like my new treatment actually aborted a migraine attack! It was also the first night in almost a year where I didn't fall asleep minutes after getting into bed.
Day 4: I woke up feeling fine Thursday and skipped the pre-breakfast Compazine hoping that I would be less sluggish without it. I used my new treatment after eating and it once again appeared to abort the migraine attack. I felt a little slow for maybe an hour afterward, but was able to write all day. My mind got a little fuzzy in the late afternoon, so I decided to rest. Before I did, I cleaned up a mess in the laundry room and put a coat of sealant on the bathroom tile… and discovered I no longer needed to rest. I finally stopped "doing" for the day at 7 p.m.
The other big news of the day: I ate three meals instead of two! I can use my new treatment three times a day, so I wanted to see if it would abort all three eating-triggered attacks. It did!
I then stayed awake the entire night. It wasn't one of those maybe-I-slept-maybe-I-didn't kind of nights. I read and did housework all night long. What kept me up? NOT having a migraine attack. I'm one of those fortunate folks who gets sleepy during an attack. After 17 months of nightly attacks, I think my body had gotten used to using migraine as a sleep aid.
Day 5: Despite not sleeping one wink, Friday was another remarkable day. It was house-focused, including signing the paperwork to have the grass removed from our yard and replaced with waterwise plants. (I'm so excited!) And I finally fixed the mess created when shelves in the laundry room fell a few months ago. Nothing to write home about… except that having a day of normal chores is absolutely worth writing home about.
I'm trying to temper my excitement about how much better I feel (Hart is, too). I feel so different, so much better, that I want to believe the ketogenic diet, my new treatment, and getting out of MOH have made a huge, lasting difference. And maybe they have, but I don't want to go (too far) down that path until I have more data. I don't want to be (too) crushed if this improvement turns out to be a fluke. Then again, I know my body really, really well. This feels different. (I might hate myself later for writing those words.)
Day 6: I felt great all day Saturday! I woke up at 8 a.m. and organized the house until 11 p.m. I didn't even check Facebook. I slept well, too.
Days 7 & 8: Both days started well, but migraine attacks crept up through each morning. Both attacks made me so tired I couldn't avoid napping. Both times, the migraine attack lifted within 30 minutes of waking up. Napping usually gives me some degree of migraine relief, but it only began aborting attacks completely this summer. I'm still surprised when it happens. (I was so afraid of losing another day that I took one Amerge (naratriptan) as soon as I felt symptoms on Monday. My background headache was more painful that day.)
Day 9: I spent this morning preoccupied with Sunday and Monday's migraine attacks and obsessing over whether an attack was coming on. As I sifted through potential triggers, I kept worrying that my new treatment is backfiring. Although that is unlikely (I've been using it for two months with no problem), it's my biggest fear, so it's what my mind settled on. Other possibilities are that oxytocin is a trigger, I've developed reactions to some foods I thought were OK, or that merely touching cleaning product bottles now triggers attacks. I went with the oxytocin hypothesis and skipped my dose this morning. I'm going strong at 3 p.m., so I'm guessing oxytocin was the culprit.
Future weeks: Medication overuse headache symptoms can last six months after the final dose. Given how easy my migraine medication detox has been and that I've only been using excessive amounts of medications for 16 months, I doubt I'll have symptoms that long. Still, I'm hopeful that the next few weeks or months could bring even more improvement. Maybe I'll one day be able to eat without having a migraine attack at all.
*My experience does not represent the typical migraine medication detox. It has been easy because of the preventives I was on before I started (and possibly because I was only in MOH for a year). The drugs I used as a bridge were ineffective—Compazine only made me sleepy and oxytocin made my migraine attacks worse. In the six months before starting the detox, my pain rarely got above a 4 and my most disabling symptoms were fatigue and cognitive dysfunction.


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I hate my birthday – it's a reminder that I'm getting old. Rather than stewing in annual misery, I decided to do something about it. My birthday would be the perfect opportunity to bike a century (100 miles). A Birthday Century!
I'm a city cyclist. A typical ride for me is a Sunday jaunt around DC, with a requisite stop for coffee. Decidedly not a MAMIL (a middle-aged man in lycra), I don't have clip-in pedals, bike shoes, a trip computer or any of the other accoutrements of the serious cyclist.
Instead, I have a ten-year old Specialized Sirrus that I call Bikey.
With little more planning than filling up a water bottle, I set off early on May 31. Destination: the end of the WO&D Trail in Purcellville.
A hundred miles provides a lot of time to think. Here's what I learned along the way:
BikeDC is a Rolling Community
I like Best Buns. I cannot lie. With hours of biking ahead of me, I decided to fuel up with a massive pastry from this Shirlington bakery.
Rolling up after crossing the river from DC, I saw bikes and a couple of bike people that I recognized.
It was the Hump Day Coffee Club, a meetup of Northern Virginia cyclists. There are coffee clubs around the region, including a Friday Coffee Club that I occasionally attend at A Baked Joint. It's a chance to meet other bike riders, swap notes about commuting routes and plan future rides.
I proudly told them of my plan to bike to the end of the WO&D, as if I was Magellan about to set out into the unknown. One of the coffee klatch casually tossed out that she had done the whole trail herself, on a whim, when she got a new road bike for her 60th birthday.
Suitably shamed/impressed, I set out from Shirlington, following Four Mile Run until it connected to the WO&D Trail. A long day of biking stretched ahead. Twenty miles later, as I biked through Reston, I heard a shout. It was one of the coffee club members, passing me, with a friendly hello.
As I rode my century, I tweeted and shared photos using #abirthdaycentury. In return, I received suggestions and encouragement from other #BikeDC cyclists on Twitter and Instagram. Though I might find myself in a dark wood, in the middle of my journey (like Dante), I never felt alone because of the BikeDC community. Instead, I felt like I was part of a small town on wheels, a rolling community of cyclists that exists on streets, trails and in cyberspace.
Caution: carnies at work in Herndon #abirthdaycentury #BikeDC pic.twitter.com/xWsaIzvaV8
— Joe Flood (@joeflood) May 31, 2017
Eat, Eat, Eat
My plan was to get as far down the trail as possible without stopping. I knew that each time you stop, it's harder to get back on. So, I kept going, the towns going by every few miles – Falls Church, Vienna, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn.
I reached Leesburg around noon. Eat here or keeping going to Purcellville? I had packed a single Clif bar so I ate that, before beginning a four mile ascent through Clark's Gap and over the low range of green hills that I'd been watching since Reston.
The elevation profile tells the story. Doesn't seem a lot but it was enough to wipe me out. This was the hardest part of the ride, 45 miles in and a climb to the highest point on the trail on an empty stomach.
You really cannot eat enough on a long bike ride. During the day, I ate:
- Massive muffin (Shirlington)
- Clif bar (Leesburg)
- Burger and fries (Purcellville)
- Smoothie (Herndon)
- Clif bar (Vienna)
But this was not enough. I could've fit in a whole other meal and not been satisfied.
Never(mind) the Weather
I felt sense a tremendous sense of accomplishment seeing the end of the trail and the iconic Purcellville train station, photos of which I had seen in the Instagram feeds of countless #BikeDC friends. Now I had joined them.
55 miles done. I just needed to get back. Thankfully, it was mostly downhill, providing me the opportunity to enjoy a gorgeous ride through the woods back to Leesburg.
Then I went back through the towns I had passed earlier, like a film being rewinded. Leesburg, Ashburn, Herndon. Local biking legend Mr T in DC suggested on Twitter that I stop for a smoothie at Green Lizard Cycling so I did. It was delicious but I needed more food.
The day before, Northern Virginia had been hit by a line of severe weather, possibly including a tornado. More storms were expected. As I biked back, I noticed the puffy clouds gathering behind me, chasing me back to DC.
Rolling into Vienna (almost home!), the skies grew dark and I felt the first patter of rain. I decided to duck into Whole Foods as a thunderstorm swept the region. I bought some Clif bars and waited for the storm to pass. It was a big one, with hail in Reston (which I had just gone through).
Rain won't kill you. But lightning will. You should respect the weather. After the rain was mostly done, I resumed my journey on a jet-black trail with steam rising off it.
Gear Matters
I was going to write that gear doesn't matter. After all, I did a 105 miles on an outdated hybrid bike with an even more outdated human.
But gear does matter. Without padded bike shorts, I wouldn't have been able to spend all day in the saddle. A bike jersey with a ventilating zipper kept me cool in the stuffy weather. Gloves enabled me to hold on to handlebars slick with rain.
Riding back after the storm, my backside grew damp, as my wheels kicked up water and grit from the trail. Fenders! Why don't I have fenders? And as much I love Bikey, a road bike or even a newer hybrid would've made the century faster and in more comfort.
Gear matters. Of course, you can bike without bike shorts, a jersey, gloves or, hell, even a water bottle but those basics make biking easier.
I took the Custis Trail back into DC, a roller coaster ride, going up and down overpasses all the way into the city. I was hungry, and moving, flying down the descents as the sun emerged over the Washington Monument.
I wanted to get a picture in front of the White House but, of course, the Secret Service had it blocked off. I settled for a photo from behind the yellow tape. Welcome back to the security theater of Washington, DC.
105.1 miles in nine and a half hours, according to Strava. But numbers don't tell the true story of a Birthday Century. It wasn't the miles biked or the hours in the saddle that was important. Instead, like any journey, it's the lessons learned along the way.


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A few weeks ago I shared with you this Brown Sugar Cinnamon Fruit Dip. It's amazing. I can eat it with a spoon. I make the kids use fruit when they want to dig in, but me, I'm mom, I can use anything I want to get some of this stuff. You know how it gets, you can only eat so much of a good thing and then…enough. Around the fourth batch, the kids, well, they'd had enough. And I'd just made a new batch, for them!
I love Puff Pastry. So easy to use, makes simple recipes seem fancy. I always have a box or 3 in my freezer. Kinda like butter, I don't like to be without it. Perfect for a quick, looks like I slaved over it, made from scratch (we know I didn't but don't tell) treat. Sweet or savory, it's always able to deliver.
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- Fold empty, naked, the corners that don't have spread on them, into the center, just overlapping. Use just a dab of water to "glue" the corners together. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown.
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United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point
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Every West Point class votes on an official motto. Most are then inscribed on their class rings. Hence, the pejorative West Point label "ring knocker." (As legend has it, at military meetings a West Pointer "need only knock his large ring on the table and all Pointers present are obliged to rally to his point of view.") Last August, the class of 2023 announced theirs: "Freedom Is Not Free." Mine from the class of 2005 was "Keeping Freedom Alive." Each class takes pride in its motto and, at least theoretically, aspires to live according to its sentiments, while championing the accomplishments of fellow graduates.
But some cohorts do stand out. Take the class of 1986 ("Courage Never Quits"). As it happens, both Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are members of that very class, as are a surprisingly wide range of influential leaders in Congress, corporate America, the Pentagon, the defense industry, lobbying firms, Big Pharma, high-end financial services, and even security-consulting firms. Still, given their striking hawkishness on the subject of American war-making, Esper and Pompeo rise above the rest. Even in a pandemic, they are as good as their class motto. When it comes to this country's wars, neither of them ever quits.
Once upon a time, retired Lieutenant General Douglas Lute (Class of '75), a former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and a senior commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, taught both Esper and Pompeo in his West Point social sciences class. However, it was Pompeo, the class of '86 valedictorian, whom Lute singled out for praise, remembering him as "a very strong student — fastidious, deliberate." Of course, as the Afghanistan Papers, released by the Washington Post late last year, so starkly revealed, Lute told an interviewer that, like so many U.S. officials, he "didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking in Afghanistan." Though at one point he was President George W. Bush's "Afghan war czar," the general never expressed such doubts publicly and his record of dissent is hardly an impressive one. Still, on one point at least, Lute was on target: Esper and Pompeo are smart and that's what worries me (as in the phrase "too smart for their own good").
Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, had particularly hawkish views on Russia and China before he ever took over at the Pentagon and he wasn't alone when it came to the urge to continue America's wars. Pompeo, then a congressman, exhibited a striking pre-Trump-era foreign policy pugnacity, particularly vis-à-vis the Islamic world. It has since solidified into a veritable obsession with toppling the Iranian regime.
Their militarized obsessions have recently taken striking form in two ways: the secretary of defense instructed U.S. commanders to prepare plans to escalate combat against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, an order the mission's senior leader there, Lieutenant General Robert "Pat" White, reportedly resisted; meanwhile, the secretary of state evidently is eager to convince President Trump to use the Covid-19 pandemic, now devastating Iran, to bomb that country and further strangle it with sanctions. Worse yet, Pompeo might be just cunning enough to convince his ill-informed, insecure boss (so open to clever flattery) that war is the answer.
The militarism of both men matters greatly, but they hardly pilot the ship of state alone, any more than Trump does (whatever he thinks). Would that it were the case. Sadly, even if voters threw them all out, the disease runs much deeper than them. Enter the rest of the illustrative class of '86.
As it happens, Pompeo's and Esper's classmates permeate the deeper structure of imperial America. And let's admit it, they are, by the numbers, an impressive crew. As another '86 alumnus, Congressman Mark Green (R-TN), bragged on the House floor in 2019, "My class [has] produced 18 general officers… 22-plus presidents and CEOs of major corporations… two state legislators… [and] three judges," as well as "at least four deans and chancellors of universities." He closed his remarks by exclaiming, "Courage never quits, '86!"
However, for all his gushing, Green's list conceals much. It illuminates neither the mechanics nor the motives of his illustrious classmates; that is, what they're actually doing and why. Many are key players in a corporate-military machine bent on, and reliant on, endless war for profit and professional advancement. A brief look at key '86ers offers insight into President Dwight D. Eisenhower's military-industrial complex in 2020 — and it should take your breath away.
The West Point Mafia
The core group of '86 grads cheekily refer to themselves as "the West Point mafia." And for some, that's an uplifting thought. Take Joe DePinto, CEO of 7-Eleven. He says that he's "someone who sleeps better at night knowing that those guys are in the positions they're in." Of course, he's an '86 grad, too.
Back when I called the academy home, we branded such self-important cadets "toolbags." More than a decade later, when I taught there, I found my students still using the term. Face facts, however: those "toolbags," thick as thieves today, now run the show in Washington (and despite their busy schedules, they still find time to socialize as a group).
Given Donald Trump's shady past — one doesn't build an Atlantic City casino-and-hotel empire without "mobbing-it-up" — that mafia moniker is actually fitting. So perhaps it's worth thinking of Mike Pompeo as the president's latest consigliere. And since gangsters rarely countenance a challenge without striking back, Lieutenant General White should watch his back after his prudent attempt to stop the further escalation of America's wars in Iraq and Iran in the midst of a deadly global pandemic. Worse yet for him, he's not a West Pointer (though he did, oddly enough, earn his Army commission on the very day that class of '86 graduated). White's once promising career is unlikely to be long for this world.
In addition to Esper and Pompeo, other Class of '86 alums serve in key executive branch roles. They include the vice chief of staff of the Army General Joseph Martin, the director of the Army National Guard, the commander of NATO's Allied Land Command, the deputy commanding general of Army Forces Command, and the deputy commanding general of Army Cyber Command. Civilian-side classmates in the Pentagon serve as: deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment; a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army; and the director of stabilization and peace operations policy for the secretary of defense. These Pentagon career civil servants aren't, strictly speaking, part of the "mafia" itself, but two Pompeo loyalists are indeed charter members.
Pompeo brought Ulrich Brechbuhl and Brian Butalao, two of his closest cadet friends, in from the corporate world. The three of them had, at one point, served as CEO, CFO, and COO of Thayer Aerospace, named for the "father" of West Point, Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, and started with Koch Industries seed money. Among other things, that corporation sold the Pentagon military aircraft components.
Brechbuhl and Butalao were given senior positions at the CIA when Pompeo was its director. Currently, Brechbuhl is the State Department's counselor (and reportedly Pompeo's de facto chief of staff), while Butalao serves as under secretary for management. According to his official bio, Butalao is responsible "for managing the State Department on a day-to-day basis and [serving as its] Chief Operating Officer." Funny, that was his exact position under Pompeo at that aerospace company.
Still, this mafia trio can't run the show by themselves. The national security structure's tentacles are so much longer than that. They reach all the way to K Street and Capitol Hill.
From Congress to K Street: The Enablers
Before Trump tapped Pompeo to head the CIA and then the State Department, he represented Wichita, Kansas, home to Koch Industries, in the House of Representatives. In fact, Pompeo rode his ample funding from the political action committee of the billionaire Koch brothers straight to the Hill. So linked was he to those fraternal right-wing energy tycoons and so protective of their interests that he was dubbed "the congressman from Koch." The relationship was mutually beneficial. Pompeo's selection as secretary of state solidified the previously strained relationship of the brothers with President Trump.
The '86 mafia's current congressional heavyweight, however, is Mark Green. An early Trump supporter, he regularly tried to shield the president from impeachment as a minority member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The Tennessee congressman nearly became Trump's secretary of the Army, but ultimately withdrew his nomination because of controversies that included sponsoring gender-discriminatory bills and commenting that "transgender is a disease."
Legislators like Green, in turn, take their foreign-policy marching orders from the military's corporate suppliers. Among those, Esper, of course, represents the gold standard when it comes to "revolving-door" defense lobbying. Just before ascending the Pentagon summit, pressed by Senator Elizabeth Warren during his confirmation hearings, he patently refused to "recuse himself from all matters related to" Raytheon, his former employer and the nation's third-largest defense contractor. (And that was even before its recent merger with United Technologies Corporation, which once employed another Esper classmate as a senior vice president.) Incidentally, one of Raytheon's "biggest franchises" is the Patriot missile defense system, the very weapon being rushed to Iraq as I write, ostensibly as a check on Pompeo's favored villain, Iran.
Less well known is the handiwork of another '86 grad, longtime lobbyist and CNN paid contributor David Urban, who first met the president in 2012 and still recalls how "we clicked immediately." The consummate Washington insider, he backed Trump "when nobody else thought he stood a chance" and in 2016 was his senior campaign adviser in the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania.
Esper and Urban have been close for more than 30 years. As cadets, they served in the same unit during the Persian Gulf War. It was Urban who introduced Esper to his wife. Both later graced the Hill's list of Washington's top lobbyists. Since 2002, Urban has been a partner and is now president of a consulting giant, the American Continental Group. Among its clients: Raytheon and 7-Eleven.
It's hard to overstate Urban's role. He seems to have landed Pompeo and Esper their jobs in the Trump administration and was a key go-between in marrying class of '86 backbenchers and moneymen to that bridegroom of our moment, The Donald.
Greasing the Machine: The Moneymen
Another '86er also passed through that famed military-industrial revolving door. Retired Colonel Dan Sauter left his position as chief of staff of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command for one at giant weapons maker Lockheed Martin as business developer for the very systems his old unit employed. Since May 2019, he's directed Lockheed's $1.5 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed's THAAD systems have streamed into that country to protect the Kingdom, even as Pompeo continually threatens Iran.
If such corporate figures are doing the selling, it's the Pentagon, naturally, that's doing the buying. Luckily, there are '86 alumni in key positions on the purchasing end as well, including a retired brigadier general who now serves as the Pentagon's principal adviser to the under secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics.
Finally, there are other key consultants linked to the military-industrial complex who are also graduates of the class of '86. They include a senior vice president of Hillwood — a massive domestic and international real estate development company, chaired by Ross Perot, Jr. — formerly a consultant to the government of the United Arab Emirates. The Emiratis are U.S. allies in the fight against Pompeo's Iranian nemesis and, in 2019, awarded Raytheon a $1.5 billion contract to supply key components for its air force missile launchers.
Another classmate is a managing partner for Patriot Strategies, which consults for corporations and the government but also separately lands hefty defense contracts itself. His previous "ventures" included "work in telecommunications in the Middle East… and technical security upgrades at U.S. embassies worldwide."
Yet another grad, Rick Minicozzi, is the founder and CEO of Thayer Leader Development Group (TLDG), which prides itself on "building" corporate leaders. TLDG clients include: 7-Eleven, Cardinal Glass, EMCOR, and Mercedes-Benz. All either have or had '86ers at the helm. The company's CEO also owns the Thayer Hotel located right on West Point's grounds, which hosts many of the company's lectures and other events. Then there's the retired colonel who, like me, taught on the West Point history faculty. He's now the CEO of Battlefield Leadership, which helps corporate leaders "learn from the past" in order to "prepare for an ever-changing business landscape."
A Class-wide Conflict of Interest
Don't for a moment think these are all "bad" people. That's not faintly my point. One prominent '86 grad, for instance, is Lieutenant General Eric Wesley, the deputy of Army Futures Command. He was my brigade commander at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 2009 and I found him competent, exceptionally empathetic, and a decidedly decent man, which is probably true of plenty of '86ers.
So what exactly is my point here? I'm not for a second charging conspiracy or even criminal corruption. The lion's share of what all these figures do is perfectly legal. In reality, the way the class of '86 has permeated the power structure only reflects the nature of the carefully crafted, distinctly undemocratic systems through which the military-industrial complex and our political world operate by design. Most of what they do couldn't, in fact, be more legal in a world of never-ending American wars and national security budgets that eternally go through the roof. After all, if any of these figures had acted in anything but a perfectly legal fashion, they might have run into a classmate of theirs who recently led the FBI's corruption unit in New Jersey — before, that is, he retired and became CEO of a global security consulting firm. (Sound familiar?)
And that's my point, really. We have a system in Washington that couldn't be more lawful and yet, by any definition, the class of '86 represents one giant conflict of interest (and they don't stand alone). Alums from that year are now ensconced in every level of the national security state: from the White House to the Pentagon to Congress to K Street to corporate boardrooms. And they have both power and a deep stake, financial or otherwise, in maintaining or expanding the (forever) warfare state.
They benefit from America's permanent military mobilization, its never-ending economic war-footing, and all that comes with it. Ironically, this will inevitably include the blood of future West Point graduates, doomed to serve in their hopeless crusades. Think of it all as a macabre inversion of their class motto in which it's not their courage but that of younger graduates sent off to this country's hopeless wars that they will never allow to "quit."
Speaking of true courage, lately the only exemplar we've had of it in those wars is General "Pat" White. It seems that he, at least, refused to kiss the proverbial rings of those mafia men of '86.
But of course, he's not part of their "family," is he?
Danny Sjursen, a TomDispatch regular, is a retired U.S. Army major and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He has written a memoir of the Iraq War, Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge, and his forthcoming book, Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War, is available for pre-order. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet and check out his podcast "Fortress on a Hill."
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This is the illustrated
of my southern motorcycle excursion in the summer of 2005.
Outbound, I followed Old US Route 66 from Joliet, IL, to Clinton,
OK. Inbound, I followed the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez,
MS, to Nashville, TN. I covered 3871.4 mi and bought slightly over 100 gal of fuel, not counting the carburetor cleaner that I poured in the gas tank. Total cost was about $225. Highest price was $2.489 at Saukville, WI, the last stop. Lowest price was $2.139 at Franklin, OH, the third from the last stop. Mileage was between 36 mpg (the blue line on the graph) and 39 mpg (the red line), not counting the two times I neglected to record a fuel purchase. |
Old US Route 66I-55 in IL, I-44 in MO and OK, and I-40 in OK. |
1st Annual North American Reeky TourMy goal was to attend a realtime gettogether of more or less virtual friends and motorcycle enthusiasts who correspond via the online discussion group rec.motorcycles. For a year, a pair of T-shirts had circulated through Canada, the continental US, and Hawaii, collecting signatures by participants at local gettogethers. These had recently returned to their starting point in Breckenridge, TX. We were to congregate there to admire the finished product.
The Natchez Trace
The Natchez Trace Federal Parkway in MS, AL, and TN. |


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Hands-On Learning in Cherokee!
The Oconauftee Visitor Center
If you are traveling through The Great Smoky Mountains, do yourself a favor and stop by the Oconauftee Visitor Center. This cute little visitor center is full service, and "green". (Read all about the "green" features here!)
The beautiful visitor center, and clean restrooms aren't the only perks of stopping here on your way through the Great Smoky Mountains. This visitor center for also be a destination for an educational experience. In my opinion, meaningful learning experiences are crucial for children to thrive in school. The Oconauftee visitor center was such a highlight of our North Carolina vacation, because of the face-to-face experience with history.
Things to Do at the Visitor Center
Outside of the visitor center, you can take a short walk to an open-air museum featuring a barn and other buildings that have been taken from the mountains and preserved for guests to see. The museam is set up to give guests an idea of how people would have lived 100 years ago in the mountains.
In addition to the village, there are indoor exhibits featuring images, artifacts and other information life in the Great Smoky Mountains. My girls enjoyed seeing how butter was churned. There is also a 20-minute informational video and a paved walking trail to enjoy.
The visitor center is open every day (except Christmas) at 8:00 a.m., and the closing time varies between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. depending on the time of year. You can find hours and contact information on this website.
In addition to the educational component this particular visitor provides, there are stunning views of the mountains and if you are driving through early in the morning you might catch a glimpse at some Elk grazing in the field.
We loved all the stunning mountain views and couldn't resist a family photo or two. Before you leave, make sure you pop into the visitor center and get a stamp for your national parks passport.
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1194 Newfound Gap Rd, Cherokee, NC 28719
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More than 3,000 Sogeti professionals are trained on IBM software and hardware technology. IBM and Sogeti consistently deliver successful IT solutions to clients in may industries including financial services, public sector, utilities, automotive, aviation, chemical and electronics. We are experts in all IBM areas:
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Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, launched the initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India for providing pre-loaded Sim Card to foreign tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
This unique initiative will facilitate the foreign tourists in communicating with their acquaintances immediately after their arrival in India.
The Minister presented the First Kit containing Sim to a representative of Travel and Tourism sector.
This initiative has been launched in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL), wherein BSNL would distribute pre-loaded SIM Cards to foreign tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
This facility will be initially available in the Indira Gandhi International Airport (T3 Terminal), New Delhi and later cover remaining 15 international airports, where e-Visa facility is currently available.
To avail pre-loaded Sim Card, BSNL will collect e-Visa copy and the first page of passport from foreign tourists on arrival at the airport. This facility is only available for tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
Sim cards will be pre-loaded with a value of Rs. 50 talk time and 50 MB data and will be activated on immediate basis so as to enable them use this facility instantly.
This initiative is also aimed at providing connectivity to foreign tourists to enable them to stay in touch with their near and dear ones and also help them to contact with the 24×7 Multi lingual toll free helpline of Ministry of Tourism for any assistance and guidance during times of distress / medical emergency, etc.
Ministry of Tourism had also launched a 24 x 7 Tourist Helpline 1800111363 in Twelve foreign languages so that the foreign tourists can get the required information in their own language.


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Row crop course updates producers on research
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Before they prepare for 2017, Mississippi producers will have a chance next month to catch up on recent row crop research being conducted across the Southeast.
The Mississippi State University Extension Service invites producers to its annual Row Crop Short Course Dec. 5-7 at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville. Registration is free until Nov. 28 and $40 on site.
The course kicks off with an extended herbicide-resistance listening session to give affected producers and others who deal with this issue a chance to voice their concerns. Their input will be presented to state and federal agencies who regulate herbicide use.
Other topics will include weed management, irrigation practices, insect-related problems and fertility issues in crop production.
Certified Crop Advisor continuing education units, consultant license renewal credits and pesticide applicator recertification courses will be available at the short course.
Lunch will be provided each day, along with dinners and social events Dec. 5 and 6. Contact Kathy Johnson at 662-325-2311 for more information. Register for the conference online at http://extension.msstate.edu/row-crop-short-course. A preliminary itinerary is available at http://bit.ly/2g1Hdow.


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John Pope (born March 16, 1822, Louisville, Ky., U.S.—died Sept. 23, 1892, Sandusky, Ohio) was a Union general in the American Civil War who was relieved of command following the Confederate triumph at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1842, Pope served as a topographical engineer with the army throughout most of the 1840s and '50s. He did, however, see combat during the Mexican War, serving with distinction in the campaigns of General Zachary Taylor.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pope was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in 1861 and was promoted to major general in 1862. After securing the Mississippi River for the Union almost as far south as Memphis, Pope attracted the admiration of President Abraham Lincoln. He was made a brigadier general of the regular army and transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was given command of the Army of Virginia.
In August 1862 a Confederate force under General Stonewall Jackson moved toward Pope's army. Jackson's force was reinforced by troops under generals James Longstreet and Robert E. Lee, and Pope—misgauging the number and location of the enemy—issued muddled and confusing orders. The result was the decisive defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run, August 29–30, and the loss of about 15,000 Union troops. Pope attempted to blame his subordinate officers—especially General Fitz-John Porter—for the debacle, but in September Pope was relieved of his command and sent to Minnesota to quell a Sioux uprising.
After the Civil War, Pope served in various posts, notably as commander of the Department of the Missouri (1870–83), in which he was primarily engaged in protecting settlers in the Northwest and Southwest from Indian attacks. On Oct. 26, 1882, he was promoted to major general of the regular army, a rank he held until he retired in 1886.


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In short, use common sense, and try to treat celebrities the way you'd want to be treated if you were in their place. This is, after all, where the stars live. It is their home. If they can't relax and be comfortable here in L.A., where can they? They are human beings, just like you and I, and they don't want to be bothered every time they step outside. So be cool. Enjoy your star-sightings from a respectable distance, but consider the feelings of these people before you intrude into their space. Consider how you would feel in their place, and act accordingly.
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