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Its a war for web supremacy and you're in the crossfire27Jan12
Every time you go online you are entering a war zone. It might not feel like it, but there is an almighty battle taking place between two superpowers and you are caught in the crossfire.
Welcome to the war for web supremacy. The super powers, if you haven't already guessed, are the search behemoth Google and social heavyweight champion Facebook. The prize is you and your data.
Sure, there are other combatants in this war; Twitter, Apple, Bing, LinkedIn…even Yahoo!, but they are merely involved in skirmishes and are open to being co-opted into alliances with the main players. Amazon currently appears to be Switzerland (more about them another time).
The nature of systems like the web is that monopolies emerge. We have a dominant search engine in Google, a dominant online encyclopedia in Wikipedia, a dominant retailer in Amazon, a dominant auction site in eBay, and now we have a dominant social network in Facebook. That's normal and has been happening in business for centuries.
But what happens when two different monopolies decide to battle for a middle ground? That's where it gets interesting, and that whats happening now. Facebook and Google share common goals but differing philosophies.
Rethinking media consumption for improved productivity9Jan12
Ok, I'll admit it….I'm a little bit addicted to social networks. Using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ is an important part of my work, but it probably fair to say that over the course of a day I am exceeding what is needed to effectively get the job done. When you add the many different blogs and websites I check daily for great content and industry news, I am beginning to consume an amazing amount of media.
And then it becomes a default habit, something that can easily fill the day and lead you down endless clickable rabbit holes.
I'm sure I'm not alone. These days we're consuming more media than anytime in history. Its accessible 24/7 and sometimes it seems that we are too. The lines between work and play have become so blurred that we tend to suffer an inevitable burnout.
This year I am totally rethinking how I consume media with the aim to improve my productivity and put some more space between work and play. The approach I am adopting is based on dedicated devices and apps for different functions:
9 ways people are interacting with brands via social media19Dec11
US market research firm AYTM have just published an excellent infographic, Branding and how it works in the social media age, which has some handy statistics for modern marketers.
I have paraphrased a few of the best stats here or you can look through the entire infographic by clicking on "read rest of this entry".
1. 85% of internet users have Facebook accounts; 49% are on Twitter
2. 74% of internet users use Facebook daily; 35% use Twitter daily
11 reasons why your business needs to start inbound marketing1Nov11
The rise of the web has led to a fundamental change in the way we research, share information and shop. Search engine optimisation, blogging and social media have combined to create a new form of marketing around attracting potential customers rather than interrupting them. It's called inbound marketing.
This excellent infographic from Voltier Digital – Inbound Marketing Rising, the dawn of marketing you won't hate – demonstrates the differences between Inbound Marketing and the traditional Outbound Marketing. In light of recent studies revealing that Australasian marketers are lagging in tech and social media expertise these are some statistics that need to be shared:
1. 200 million Americans have registered their phone numbers on the FTC's "Do Not Call" list. Tweet this stat
2. 91% of email users have unsubscribed from a company email they previously opted into. Tweet this stat
3. 84% of 25-34-year-olds have left a favorite website because of intrusive or irrelevant advertising. Tweet this stat
4. 86% of people skip television ads. Tweet this stat
5. 44% of direct mail is never opened. Tweet this stat
6. The average budget spent on company blogs and social media has nearly doubled in the last 2 years. Tweet this stat
New study: Australian marketers lagging globally in tech & social media expertise19Oct11
A new global study of Chief Marketing Officers by IBM has revealed that Australian and New Zealand marketers are lagging behind their international counterparts when it comes to technology savviness and social media expertise.
From Stretched to Strengthened – Insights from the Global Chief Marketing Officer Study, was presented to a round-table of marketers yesterday in Sydney and some of the findings were concerning in this age of global competition.
The major insight appears to be that Australian and New Zealand marketers still rely heavily on traditional forms of promotion and research and are yet to embrace the more modern techniques of their global counterparts.
Especially concerning was the belief that Aussie and Kiwi CMOs rated technology savviness, social media expertise and finance skills as low priority capabilities crucial to their success in the next 3 to 5 years. in fact, IBM revealed that our ranking of 12% for social media expertise was HALF that of the global average.
This is despite CMOs acknowledging that ROI will become the primary measure of success.
When influence is the new currency you need Kred12Oct11
Lets face it, influence is the main currency of the web.
Google realised it early on when they created an algorithm to rank the influence and relative power of websites based on inbound links and the relative authority or popularity of those doing the linking. Google called this PageRank, and whilst not being the perfect system of website influence it has been the standard measure of this currency for a long time now.
The advent of social networks created an informal market for peddling influence. As networks have grown certain people, celebrities and groups have become powerful influencers of their wider audience.
A mention, tweet or link by the likes of Robert Scoble can be extremely beneficial (or detrimental) for a tech company. A link in Seth Godin's blog (which is usually shared in social networks thousands of times a day) can generate incredible traffic for the recipient. And believe it or not, having Kim Kardashian tweet her love for your brand can provide a powerful marketing boost. In fact, she now charges companies tens of thousands of dollars to access her Twitter influence.
Why? Because these people have credibility and influence within their respective audiences and communities.
That's the premise behind a new influence metric called Kred. Created by the team at PeopleBrowsr, Kred trawls Twitter around the clock to measure levels of influence for different topics and people. They currently score 100 million Twitter users for 200 different groups (subjects).
I was at the Australian preview of Kred last night and was very impressed with the level of data and potential uses of the Kred system.
While it is easy to sneer at influence metrics such as Kred, Klout and Peer Index as ego driven vanity scores, that is missing the real point. Looking beyond your own score you can discover groups who are influential in certain topics and even gauge whether they are "spammy" or not.
To me, Kred seems to be the next step on from Klout in measuring social media influence. Jodee Rich, the founder of PeopleBrowsr, is the first to admit that influence metrics such as Kred will continually evolve and improve, but you have to start somewhere. He says that Kred's granularity will continue to evolve as they measure influence in each country, then cities.
This can be a valuable resource for marketers, PR companies, political operatives, lobbyists and entertainment companies. Driving back from the launch I came up with many ideas about how I could use Kred as a marketer, for both my business and for my clients.
I've long believed that building your 'digital resume' is crucial for future employment and company pitches. Now we are coming to an era where many employers will use metrics such as Kred (and others) to help identify or compare potential recruits. If you are perceived to be influential in that area of expertise (relative to other candidates) then that might be enough to get you the job.
Kred launches this week. Check it out and tell me what you think.
Google+ continues to blend search with social25Jul11
I've been pretty interested in the launch of Google+. Not because I'm a social network nut but because in my opinion G+ sends a very clear signal about how social media and search are inevitably blending.
Last week in my regular iStrategy blog I explained where I thought this was all heading and why you need to make sure you are part of it.
Now it seems every second day Google's big plan seems to be revealed a little more.
The latest news is that Google+ profile images are appearing besides search listings, although seemingly only when you are logged in to your Google account.
This is a significant change to search. Having an image turn up in the search results attracts your attention and could definitely lead to improved click-through-rates even if the listing is not at top of page 1. Combine that with the +1 results showing up in your search and you start to see a very different vision of where search is going.
Search and social media and merging folks and those who understand this will have a big advantage.
Swimming in circles on Google Plus13Jul11
Google Plus is two weeks old now and early indications are that the Google team finally have a social media winner. In fact, I'm prepared to bet that Plus will be huge and I wasn't remotely interested in their previous social efforts.
(By the way, feel free to chat with me on Google Plus)
Currently everyone is trying to work out the best ways to use Google Plus, or asking what the "rules" are? The thing is…its new, its evolving and there is not right or wrong. In the end its the community who tend to set the rules of engagement. I doubt the guys at Twitter had no idea that it would look like it does now, or be used the way it is now when they launched a dicky little SMS based service back in 2006.
So far the early adopters are the usual suspects from the IT and social media industries and community. Early stats from the first million users show that 73% are male, over 70% work in IT / computing fields with "engineer" being the number one career, 49% live in the USA, the leading city is San Francisco and there are 16,500 men "looking for love".
Yes Google Plus is almost entirely inhabited by geeks.
But that will change, and fast. Its is estimated to hit 10 million users this week and be the fastest social network to 100 million users.
I intend to look at the benefits of Google Plus soon, but in the meantime the most obvious one is the use of "Circles" to sort or categorise the people you are following.
The Circles are a great way to both filter and share information. My original circles were like "Family", "Sticky" (Ie my office), "Friends", "Acquaintances", "Following" etc. In other words, degrees of separation from my own world.
Since then I have added geographic circles radiating out from my own world again: Newcastle, Australia, North America, Europe etc.
And finally I have created some subject or industry circles: Media, Tech Media, Industry Leaders, Advertising etc.
Most people I follow end up in a few circles. Ie. Friends + Newcastle + Australia, or Acquaintances + Industry Leaders + USA.
The reasoning is that some information or discussions are only relevant to some groups. So, if I am discussing the New Lunaticks events or Newcastle innovation I can keep it in local Circles. Switching to "Australia" instantly broadens my Circle. If I wish to chat with or follow conversation by Industry Leaders I can filter out the other noise.
Jason Berek-Lewis tells me his circles are all based on themes but he's not sure if that will be sustainable. Time will tell.
Like I said, its only been two weeks and there's no right or wrong because we're all trying to work it out. What I do know is that Google Plus is going to be big and how we use it will be important.
How are you using the Circles on Google Plus? Any good suggestions?
Book review: The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing14Mar11
The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing: How to Attract and Retain Customers and Grow the Bottom Line in the Globally Connected WorldMarketing Books)
Increasingly marketers are having to accept that social media is here to stay and that they will need to learn how to adapt and thrive to the era of social media marketing. There have been a few very good books published in the last year or so that successfully introduce and explain how modern marketers can compete in an increasingly social world. Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's 2010 best-selling Trust Agents is one and now a new book has arrived that is equally worth reading: The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing.
Written by experience US marketers Beverly Macy and Teri Thompson, The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing explains how to take advantage of today's fluid business environment and develop innovative way to meet market demands.
Is 2011 the year of social media monetization?11Mar11
There seems to be a lot of action this year around finally monetizing the communities and traffic that have grown around major social media networks. From day one, many have wondered where the revenue would come from amongst all the wonderful free services and networks we enjoy online. In 2011 it appears we'll find out.
The biggest social platform of all, Facebook, has never been in a rush to monetize, preferring to build the base, grow the connections and steadily accumulate data on its members. Sure, over the last few years they have steadily added advertising which is increasingly targeted due to your Facebook "Likes" and activity. Now Facebook have announced that they are jumping on the group buying bandwagon with Facebook Deals. We heard at Social Media Club Sydney this week that Facebook Deals will be launching in Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2011. I believe you'll start to see a lot more revenue streams appearing on Facebook soon.


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On Saturday, Oct. 5, during SoccerFest, an all day soccer extravaganza at Charity J. Lucas Stadium, the Milford boys and girls soccer teams will host a pair of collection drives to give back both locally and to the soccer community on a global basis. Fans and supporters from all four participating schools are encouraged to […]
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(Provided by Heather Higdon, Loveland School District) LOVELAND – Once-in-a-lifetime happened twice Sept. 4 for Loveland High School golfers. In a history making moment for Loveland girls golf, junior Terra Brulport, a member of the junior varsity team coached by Barb Orsinelli, made a hole-in-one on the first hole of The Bruin course at Jack […]
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The sexy Victoria's Secret Angels can be seen strutting down the runway on Tuesday in $3 million bras, famous wings and lingerie, but what viewers won't be able to see on the catwalk is the endless hours of work that go into the show.
Shot at Lexington Armory, the show was all about illusions of the model's beautiful bodies on the runway. Makeup and hair, which can take hours, is started 3-5 hours before the show begins with an entourage of 5 people working on 38 models.
Paying a visit to Conan O'Brien, the always-lovely Marisa Miller stopped by "The Tonight Show" in Los Angeles last night (November 24).
The "Victoria's Secret" bombshell looked gorgeous in a dazzling mini dress and heels while she chatted it up with the show's funny host.
Bringing an end to a long day's work, the models of Victoria's Secret turned up for a big Fashion Show after party in New York City on Thursday night (November 19).
Held at M2 Ultra Lounge, gorgeous gals turning up for the late night soiree included Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr and Marisa Miller, as well as musical act, the Black Eyed Peas.
It's one of the most popular fashion events of the holiday season, and earlier today (November 19) the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was filmed in New York City.
With Heidi Klum acting as host, the latest sexy looks were on display as the world famous Victoria's Secret Angels strutted their stuff on the runway while the audience looked on in awe.
It's one of the most popular fashion events of the holiday season, and earlier today (November 19) the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show got underway in New York City.
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Always able to draw lots of attention, the ladies from Victoria's Secret teamed up once again today (November 18) in New York City.
Looking hot in pink tees and jeans, Behati Prinsloo, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosio and Marisa Miller shared their favorite holiday gift picks and happily posed for pictures at the new SoHo Store.
Adding a big shot of beautiful to the Big Apple, the Victoria's Secret supermodels took over Times Square in New York City on Wednesday morning (November 18).
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Showing off her fabulous figure, Marisa Miller posted some sexy photos of her recent doings on her personal blog.
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As always, I love seeing the AAW reviews in this thread. Good work.
I'm going to the next show and I'm excited. They've been getting consistently better and now have a solid core roster with names like Silas Young, Arik Cannon, Jimmy Jacobs, Shane Hollister, Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, Kyle O'Reilly, Sami Callihan, BJ Whitmer, ACH and others. That's a dream 1-10 for most indys; a good blend of top names, well-knowns, career independent talents and up-and-comers, and all without taking work away from the locals. Seriously, MsChif gets a bigger pop than half the men, regardless of who she's facing or how involved she is in her match.
I tend to avoid the Bourbon Street shows, and for a reason you mentioned: the gimmicks. I saw the previous ladder match they had at that venue and it wasn't too enjoyable. Very sloppy and dangerous-looking, and not in the good way. I appreciate that they're running out of bigger venues, thereby making more money, but the Eagles Club is like Berwyn's American Post #308. It's small, it's cozy, it's familiar, it's intimate, it works well with capturing the crowd volume. Everything. It's like being able to see some of the top wrestlers in the world in your own bedroom. Or backyard, I guess, is the saying. Either works.
I think the I Quit Match will deliver. They've been making a bigger deal than usual about Silas's 14-month reign and how long he's held the title, so I'm plenty convinced Elgin's taking it. He's ready, too. I think they keep the title on Silas because he's so consistent (and not a piece of shit or a thief) and knowing the indys, that's the kind of guy you want as the face of your company. But Elgin has done some great work for AAW the last two years and has more than proved himself worthy of the title.
And here I go talking about how meaningful an AAW Championship match can be. Is it bad I'm looking forward to Silas/Elgin more than anything on the Death Before Dishonor X card?
Thanks, and yeah my money's on Elgin finally winning it here but even then I'm" not 100% on it because of the variables involved. I think it'll be a good to great match but I was such a fan of their previous match that I'll be going in with high expectations. The Eagles Club is a good venue for them but I figure they want to capture a bigger atmosphere with Bourbon shows; I myself haven't attended an AAW show since roughly 2009 but I figure I'll make the drive out there sometime next year for a couple of shows if I get the time, they usually have a very good atmosphere. Can't blame you at all for being excited, AAW for years have always been amongst the best in consistency and building matches.
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Terrible Heroes. Really just dreadful. I think that the whole grieving for Peter when all they really had to do would pull the glass out of his head and he would come instantly back to life ordeal was the worst moment on the show thus far. Worst of all, it dragged out for 5+ minutes when we could have seen 5 more minutes of Hiro and Ando in the future. I thought the end was nice, but weak. There should have been some metaphysical quasi-universal effect to the two Hiros meeting each other.
Did any one catch the symbolism of Isaac pinned down on the floor? At first I thought Jesus, but then on second look it looks like Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, so I'm not sure what to make of that.
Heroes has all this time off...and this is what they come back with? Blatantly stealing from other movies (the nuke is going to create good, just like destroying Gotham will be good ala Batman Begins.....the shapeshifter, who is basically doing X-Men), and having Linderman and the grandmother as first generation Heroes? So utterly disappointing...which is a real shame.
Also, there are a couple of things that I'm confused about:
1) Where is Peter's scar? The one that future Hiro pointed out way back in one of the first episodes?
2) Since he doesn't have it now...then he can't be the one to create the nuke. If "Save the Chearleader, Save the World," holds out, then Hiro went back to tell Peter that the Chearleader was the one to save...and Peter must have had a scar in the future...so he would not have been the one killed in the nuke blast.
3) I thought Isaac died just before the nuke went off (per Hiro's first encounter with him)....this death was 5 days before or so. Odd.
The show can still turn itself around, and Syler is great. But last night was pretty bad.
Average grade on Television Without Pity is an A, and most are saying it was great.
Certainly had good action...I just saw it as a ripoff of a lot of other movies...with nothing really resolved.
I can't believe how bad Heroes stucked. The acting was beyond awful. When big brother Petrelli was crying over Peter's body, it was just horrid. I actually backed it up on TIVO and said to the wife, "lets watch this again, just so we can see why Heroes is not even in the same ballpark as Lost."
Continuity and story errors are really getting common now. I am starting to think that they may be making things up as they go along -- at least a little bit -- and that is a really bad sign.
Are we ever going to see what Linderman did to convince Nicki/Jessica to let him use Micha? I doubt it.
The escape from the paper factory holding cells was just horrid and devoid of any drama. My wife wants to know why Parkman was only hearing HRG's thoughts and not the thoughts of everyone around. And how, exactly, were they keeping Nuclear Ted from blowing up the entire building? Man, was security at that place ever lame, or what? Grab one rusty pipe and you can bust 3 people out. Yeah, that's realistic. I'll sauy this, it was a good thing HRG knew exactly how Ted's powers worked-- even more than Ted did. Sheesh!!!
Is there any character more annoying than Mamma Patrelli? Are we supposed to be shocked when she unveils her own power or do we already officially know she has a power?
I am very bothered by the notion of there being Heroes from a long time ago -- like the invisible guy, and Linderman, and Mamma Petrelli and probably many others (Hiro's dad/Sulu?). At the beginning of the show they kept on talking about an awakening and new abilities being discovered and the such. It was clearly implied that this was some new phenomenon happening. Now it turns out it has been around for decades. This also cheapens the importance and impact of all the work by father and son Suresh.
I could go on and on-- that weas a truly dreadful episode, far worse than the worst episode of Lost. At this point, the comparisons of the two shows has become a joke.
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On a positive note, I thought the fight scene between Sylar and Petrelli was pretty cool. I liked the line of "I can't wait to try that one out." Although, if Sylar has super hearing, why didn't he hear Suresh coming with the blackboard until it was too late. Hiro vs. Hiro in the end was a decent cliffhanger.
As for the negatives...
I heard mama Petrelli say she had a power, but it wasn't identified what it was.
Isaac dying was kind of lame. If you can predict the future, why on earth would you wait around for your killer to show up? Then again, painting the future is kind of a lame talent. Could you imagine Isaac hanging around the Justice League? "Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman - You guys go out and save the world, I'll stay here with the Wonder Twins and paint some stuff..."
Also, what exactly is the point of Mohinder now? Or of Claire for that matter?
After over a month off and a great cliffhanger, they could have done a lot better. Plus they only have 4 more episodes? That bites. Way too much to leave undone before next year.
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Pretty much agree on the negative reactions, especially to the idea that no one would bother to pull an 8-inch shard of glass out of their dead brother's/son's head, and even more especially to the idea that someone who had just been staked to the ceiling and watched his tormentor try to rip the brains out of someone else's skull would just leave Sylar lying there unconscious, whether they thought Peter was dead or not. There's a loaded gun in the room. Yeesh. They couldn't write a believable way for that confrontation to end with all three characters living? It's patently ridiculous that Sylar lived after all that. The mind boggles at the writing. The fight itself was also incredibly lame. Peter went invisible and then stood there for 30 seconds doing nothing while looking the other way. Good thinking! What Sylar did with the glass was pretty cool, I guess, but he could have just concentrated on hearing Peter (by the way, his eardrums would probably have popped when Mohinder tried to shoot him in the last episode). Why Peter couldn't have thought of a way to avoid the glass is beyond me. Maybe while Sylar's standing there concentrating on the glass, you could telekinese something over there to hit him in the head? By the way, you can fly, too. Or did you not remember that?
I hated that Linderman has the cliche evil guy "sacrifice ten million people to save the rest from some threat" attitude. You're supposed to make us think "hmmm, maybe that's a reasonable sacrifice in the abstract, given the imminent dangers on display, but, no, these are human beings and I can't believe I'm even thinking of condoning that sort of thing, even if it achieved its objective. It's immoral." Instead all we're left with is "this guy's obviously crazy and evil - even if he thinks he's doing the right thing, there's no moral ambiguity underlying it, just delusion." What's the need for blowing up NYC, again?
I echo the criticism of the emerging theme of an older generation of heroes, now seen in full flower. Why did the first half a dozen episodes focus on an eclipse and how this was all new? There was plenty of potential for rivalries and emerging factions and some people using their powers for the wrong ends without having to have Linderman and Mrs. Petrelli and Hiro's dad running things from the shadows. I wish Primatech Paper had been something other than Linderman's evil doing.
By the way, far too many people have supernatural powers on this show. At this point, Bennett and Ando appear to be the only regulars who don't have powers, and I wouldn't put it by the writers to change that, too.
There was action last night, but not worth 6 weeks of waiting. I guess the reveal is always a let down after the build up and all the hypothesizing about what's really going on on a show like this.
Did Isaac send out a bunch of paintings to let others know where Sylar would be, or what was he talking about before he died?
I presume Micah is supposed to make the ID tagging machine in NYC work when Bennett and co. dismantle it, or am I missing something?
Whatever happened to Hanna, the woman who was with Ted and Parkman and could read e-mails and the like?
You're missing something. Micah is probably going to make the impenetrable "logic bomb" for the election that Hana was able to dismantle when Linderman's minions were trying earlier (if you've been reading http://www.samantha48616e61.com/). And one theory discussed at the boards at TelevisionWithoutPity.com says that the tracking device isn't a thing, but rather a person: Charles Deveaux, who is always near death, but not dead.
One more thing to think about: is Nathan another Sen. Kelly and Linderman another Gen. Stryker? Spoilers from TV Guide and NBC seem to be leaning that way.
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I must admit, I have no idea what JDSBlueDevl just said. What exactly am I missing? What's a logic bomb? When did Hana dismantle one? She's only been in one episode, right? Did she say something about this to Ted and/or Parkman, maybe at the graveyard? Your explanation might clear up why Linderman told Nessica that he had a plan that had recently unraveled and he needed Micah to help, but I'll be danged if I remember her doing something like that. Regardless, it's awfully shady writing if she dropped some 411 about taking something apart into a conversation 4 episodes ago and now it's impacting Micah and we haven't seen her since. Why wasn't she at Bennett's house? What is she doing?
Who on earth are Gen. Stryker and Sen. Kelly? When did we meet them?
If I've been reading? There's reading assigned to a television show? I'm afraid the link you attached was dead, unfortunately.
The theory you mention on the tracking would explain why everyone spends so much time atop the Deveaux Building, I guess.
The online novels at http://www.nbc.com/Heroes (read the online novels first. If you've read them all up to the one corresponding to Parasite, read the next six, which detail an interesting relationship between Linderman and Pa Petrelli)
http://www.samantha48616e61.com/ (look at the entries on this "blog" for the past month to see what I mean about "logic bomb". Oh, and the link above contained an extra parenthesis, so this should work)
Also, Heroes360 online during the airing of Heroes explains a bit, such as how DL figured out that Niki was really Jessica (it was a scene that was cut out of Parasite).
Uh, yes and no. Physically in one episode, but she was in the Heroes360 feed for "Company Man" and is an active character in the online comics and her blog. And a "logic bomb" is a program written to rig an election.What's a logic bomb? When did Hana dismantle one? She's only been in one episode, right?
We don't. They're characters from the X-Men universe that I said might have parallels to the Heroes universe (namely, in the forms of Linderman and Nathan, respectively).Who on earth are Gen. Stryker and Sen. Kelly? When did we meet them?
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I sort of stopped paying attention to the episode, or at least stopped trying to think about it, after Peter's "death". As a couple people said (Exiled first) I couldn't get over leaving Silar unconscious on the ground. I'd have killed him then and there. That wasn't my only problem with that scene, which is what led to my not really following it anymore. Second, Mohinder was suddenly alright, although he'd been bleeding profusely and had been pinned to the ceiling. I couldn't tell whether he was physically pinned (knives etc, such as some of the earlier victims of Sylar) or if it was just TK, although he dropped to the ground as if it was just TK. Third, what kind of cab lets you bring your dead buddy along with you? I don't live in NYC, but I can't imagine that they'll let you do that. Especially not if you also look like you've been tortured (Which you have). I mean, how exactly did Mohinder talk the cabby into doing that in broad daylight? It's strange that that is the part which was too much for me, but it was. I could handle the stupidity of not creating your own force shield when you see Silar raising the glass slowly. I can (almost) handle not killing Silar when you have the chance. I can handle Mohinder's amazing powers of recovery (I watch 24, after all). I can't handle a cabby willing to transport bloody dead people.
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Lindeman never convinced Niki/Jessica to give over Micah - they used the Mystique girl to impersonate her.
I find myself forgiving a lot on this show, and I don't know why. I like it a lot, but it is not the kind of show where I don't let my wife speak - those shows are BSG and The Office. Interestingly, I don't mind during Lost, because I am sure I will need to tivo back to stuff after reading bboards on Thursday.
I am still onboard, and interested in seeing the days of future past episode. I think that the season still has a lot of life, and I am interested in seeing how the Watchmen storyline plays out.
Interestingly, the main writer for the show is not a comics fan, so much of the references I and others have made to comic books are lost on him. I think that he has comic writers on his staff to keep him in line, but his lack of knowledge of the genre helps make Heroes approachable and also supplies some of the lamer moments - A wired article highlights some of the interesting interplay of the writers, exampled by the term 'schmuckbait', where practiced viewers will know that a hero is not in danger at the 'cliffhanger' moment (see: P. Petrelli with a glass shard in the back of his head) but the rubes get all excited. I think the glimmer of real comic myth and storytelling is what keeps me around.
All-time stupidest moment of the episode, Peter turning his back on Sylar so that the glass could pierce his skull. WTF? Invisibility doesn't permit you to see behind you, does it? IANASH, but I generally believe that one should face
an opponent when fighting them.
Second place - Mo-tard not popping two bullets into Sylar's brain before dragging Peter away. Again, WTF?
I was annoyed with the Petrelli family not knowing how to help Peter. Then I realized that only Claire knew about the 'not dying' with nothing bothering the brain.
Now I'm 33, my back hurts, and I just don't care who does what in Cameron. - Throatybeard
-Jason "the writing lately has just been dreadful" Evans
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html ) people on the earth don't have super powers.
Ozzie, your paradigm of optimism!
Go To Hell carolina, Go To Hell!
Ugh. I wasn't aware of all of this other source material out there, I guess. But you know what? I shouldn't have to read a bunch of comic books to understand what's going on on a television show. I'm totally with Jason Evans on this one (and also on the disappointment with too many people with powers) - if it's not a symptom of weak writing that they have to fill in blanks by referring us to some other source of information beyond what's put on the screen, it's a cheesy attempt to pull us toward more advertising by making this a "multimedia phenomenon." Maybe that's a model for future television, what with the intrusion of DVRs into traditional advertising revenue, but personally I'm no comic guy, I know nothing about the X-Men, and I have zero interest in reading up about characters' backgrounds elsewhere. If you can't tell the whole story for me on the screen in the 42 minutes/week I'm going to give you, then what's the point? It's annoying to me, and detracts from the quality of the show itself (which is a total lowbrow guilty pleasure to start with, so you'd better at least have the onscreen universe sensical and complete).
Exiled, I think you're on that credulity path, and I think I am, too. I was willing to overlook a lot on this show just because the ideas behind it were pretty cool. But as the concepts and themes have been either awkwardly fleshed out, or not fleshed out and expanded upon at all over the course of the season, my patience with the crummy acting, bad dialogue writing and plot contrivances is waning quickly. I'll watch the remaining episodes, but my enthusiasm is diminished. There's just too much going on to even follow now.
As usual, I'm left thinking "This could be soooo much better if it were on HBO."
Now I'm 33, my back hurts, and I just don't care who does what in Cameron. - Throatybeard


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Puppet master ... Dan Carter pulled the strings for the New Zealand backline. Photo: Getty Images
EDINBURGH: Scotland suffered at the hands of New Zealand on Sunday with the hosts competitive for the bulk of an enthralling tussle at Murrayfield, yet paying the price for defensive lapses at crucial moments in a 51-22 loss.
Tim Visser marked his home-turf Test debut with a try-double and showed why he is a hot bet to be part of the Lions' plans next year.
But the visitors were in a different league when it came to turning chances into points as they preserved their 107-year and 29-Test unbeaten record against the Scots as Dan Carter showed them how to do it with a 22-point haul and a sublime all-round showing.
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Tin Ceiling Install Dilemma
Has anyone out there ever installed a tin ceiling? We attempted it this weekend with bad results. The tiles are 24X24 and according to the directions received from American tin ceiling company, (where we got the tiles) they have little dimples on them to help with the install. Problem is, the dimples aren't in the same place on all the tile. Are we missing something. We chalked lines on our plywood and after only 8 tiles we were already off. Can anybody enlighted us? :eek:
A hammer will take that dimple down quickly. Just flatten the dimples on the bottom of the lap. Leave the top lap alone so it won't destroy any finish.
You may have to watch the tiles and turn them until they fit. All 4 sides may not be the same.
Better to go with the lines than to go with the dimples that are already causing problems.
When we do coffer ceilings in most library's, we end up cutting down the tiles to fit.
The problem as you said is they are never uniform.
Sometimes this depends on the batch and when it was stamped.
A local tin company with a press works the best to get them symmetrical.
Or you just do the best you can. Never have found the easy fix for those.
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You woke up with a rather heavy heart the next morning, your thoughts from the previous night sticking to you like glue. You had eventually broken down into silent tears after you thought too deeply of the situation, and you had ended up crying yourself to sleep. How silly were you to think that your days of crying over America's memory loss were done. You had known his old self for too long of a time for you to think you can just brush it all off and move on with the present.
That wasn't how things worked for you.
However, instead of sitting around and sulking like you would've liked, you knew that you had no time to just waste the whole day doing nothing. Now that America was living in your house, you were with the responsibility of taking care of him, and one of the most important responsibilities was to teach him how to handle living on his own and taking care of himself.
Throughout the rest of that month, you had been able to teach America how to work around the house. He sometimes complained, saying that some of the things you taught him weren't necessary, but you wanted to make sure he knew about as much as you did so he wouldn't have had a hard time working around the house he would've lived in by himself. He hardly did anything before he lost his memory, and you wanted to change that.
One chilly winter morning, you were snuggled under the covers, still peacefully asleep. The light from outside was shining through the curtains and brightened up your room, though that didn't seem to bother you.
What bothered you was the sound of a loud voice and heavy, rapid footsteps gradually getting louder and louder as they made their way towards your room.
"_____!" a voice yelled as the door to your room burst open and fiercely slammed against the wall, causing you to jump in surprise, your eyes to fly open, and you to gasp.
You instantly sat upright, finding America standing in the doorway, looking at you with wide, surprised eyes. "A-Alfred!" you stammered, your cheeks slightly red when you realized that he was in your room without warning, and you were thankful that you were at least wearing pajamas. "W-What is it?"
"_____, look outside!" America yelled before he ran over to the window and pushed the curtains aside.
You let out a sigh before you reluctantly climbed out of your bed and a bit clumsily walked over towards him, a chill running through you as soon as your feet touched the cold surface of the floor.
Once you approached the window and paused next to America, covering your mouth with your hand and letting out a yawn, you looked outside and found that everything was covered in a somewhat thick layer of white. "So?" you asked, not the slightest bit surprised. "It's just snow."
"Snow?" America echoed as he shifted his gaze to look at you, frowning in confusion. "Is that what the white stuff is called?"
You looked up at him, a bit of a surprised expression on your face. "You've never seen snow before?"
He let out a nervous chuckle before he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. "Well, I've never seen it throughout the time I lived with Mr. Kirkland, so..."
You nodded, a look of understanding coming to your face. "Oh, okay. But you don't have to worry because there's nothing bad about it. You can even play in it if you want."
"Really?" America's eyes brightened and a smile came to his face. "That sounds great!"
"Yes, it is," you said a bit more quietly before you drifted your gaze down to your driveway, which you already knew was going to need some shoveling. You hated shoveling snow, mainly because it was exhausting work and more often than not resulted in back pain and sore arms for you. You figured that America would've been able to handle it better, since as far as you remembered, he was way stronger than you or anyone else.
Suddenly, and idea came to your head.
"Snow is fun to play in," you repeated, shifting your gaze over to America, who was still staring out the window with an eager expression on his face. "But in our case, it only requires work."
"Our?" America asked as he removed his gaze from the window and shifted it over to you.
"Yes," you confirmed with a nod. "I have a new job for you, and you're going to be shoveling the snow after I give you a demonstration."
He groaned before he crossed his arms and frowned, a pout instantly coming to his face. "_____, why do I need to learn this? I feel like you're giving me too much work."
"Hey, where you used to live, there was always frequent snow so you're gonna have to know how to clean it all up if you want to drive anywhere!" you snapped.
America lifted his gaze to look up at you, his eyes filling with confusion. "What are you talking about? There wasn't any frequent snow when I lived with Mr. Kirkland."
Oops. "Oh, er...I" you struggled to find something to say to make up for your slip. But when you weren't able to find anything, you just let out a sigh and ran a hand through your hair in irritation, your face red in embarrassment. "J-Just...forget what I said," you muttered. "It doesn't concern you anyway." I have to get the memories of America's old house out of my head!
America continued to stare at you in confusion for a few more seconds before he shrugged and drifted his gaze back over to the window. "Well, okay."
You removed your hand from your hair and looked over at him. "So, I'll let you make your breakfast and then we'll get dressed and I'll show you how to shovel the snow. It's not really that difficult to do, so you should get it pretty easily. Got it?"
A pout once again made its way over to America's face but he nodded. "Sure, I guess."
"Good." You turned around and proceeded to head out the door before you briefly paused and turned around to look back at America, who was slowly trailing behind you. "Come on, Alfred, it shouldn't be so hard, so stop pouting." And stop reminding me so much of your old self...
You planted the blade of the shovel firmly down into the snow, gripping the handle with your hand. "Okay," you said, watching as your breath formed into a tiny cloud in the air before it dissolved a few moments later. You turned around to face America, who was standing a few feet away from you, the eagerness completely drained from his face. "I'll shovel a path through the front yard for now just so you get an idea of how to shovel the snow. After that, I'll leave you to do the driveway. In the meantime, you can play in the snow if you'd like, but don't do anything to aggravate me, got it?"
America nodded, some of the excitement returning to his eyes. "Okay."
"Good," you said before you turned your gaze back to the front, where you began shoveling snow while he stepped outside and went over to one side of the yard.
You were about halfway done with shoveling a somewhat thin path through the front yard, already feeling your arms and back start to ache, when you heard America's excited voice fill the somewhat quiet atmosphere.
"_____, you can make snowballs with these!"
You sighed quietly as you continued to shovel through the snow, not even bothering to lift your gaze up to look at America. "Okay," you replied. "Just don't"
But you never got the chance to finish your sentence before you felt something hard fiercely hit you in the shoulder, causing you to let out a loud yelp, your eyes to widen, and your grip on the shovel to vanish, making it drop on the ground with a loud clank. You quickly spun around to face America, that same stunned expression still on your face, as you were trembling in shock.
As soon as he caught the look on your face, he burst into a loud, sudden fit of laughter, holding his sides as he fell back in the snow and started rolling over in it.
You instantly felt your cheeks heat up in anger and embarrassment when you realized that America was laughing at you. "Hey!" you yelled. "I said don't throw any snowballs at me!"
He continued to laugh as he lifted his head to look up at you. "No you didn't! You never got the chance to before I actually did!"
As you watched America fall back down onto his back and continue laughing abnormally loudly, you felt a sudden emotion spread through you, and you almost felt as if you had been slapped in the face. Quickly, you brought your hands to your mouth as you felt tears on the edge of forming in your eyes.
You had never seen America laugh this loudly and enthusiastically after he lost his memory. He used to laugh like this almost every day, and that used to be just one of the many things you admired about him. His laugh used to be enough to brighten up your week, possibly even more than that. After America lost his memory, you thought you never would've heard him laugh the way he used to ever again. In fact, he seemed so distant, so separated from his old self. But now that he was actually laughing just like the way he was before, it sent so many sudden memories into your brain that made you experience a powerful mix of emotions that you were barely able to describe.
You covered your face with your hands as you felt tears slowly start to slide from your eyes. I'm not going to cry, you thought. I can't cry. Not in front of America. I can't ever let him see me cry. But that didn't stop the tears from spilling down your cheeks, and you held your breath as you covered your eyes with your arm.
America continued to laugh, totally oblivious to your sudden change of emotion, until he propped himself up on his elbows and lifted his head to look up at you, a smile still prominent on his face. But as soon as he caught sight of you standing quietly still, your arm covering your face, his laughter faded and was replaced with concern.
America stood up, brushing snow from his coat and arms, before he slowly and a bit hesitantly approached you, feeling guilt start to rise up inside him. "_____, are you okay?" he asked softly.
You didn't answer, and instead turned away from him so that your back was towards him, trying to get rid of your hidden tears as quickly as possible.
"_____, I'm sorry," America said quietly as he walked up to you and apologetically placed a hand on your shoulder, causing you to instantly stiffen. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Sorry?" you repeated softly, dropping your arm down to your side and quickly wiping away any stray tears that might've been visible in your eyes, keeping your gaze fixed on the ground. "Sorry for what?"
"You know...sorry for...throwing the snowball at you," America murmured quietly before he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand uncomfortably.
"Oh..." you said, your voice barely a whisper. "That's what you're sorry for."
"Yeah," America replied quietly. "Why?"
"N-Nothing..." you murmured as you clenched your hands into fists, trying to ease the large lump in your throat. "I-I just thought...oh, never mind."
An awkward silence passed between the both of you, and that was when you became faintly aware that America's hand was still on your shoulder. Slowly, you stepped forward, causing him to drop it back down to his side, before you finally sighed and said, "Hey, we can build a snowman." You figured that America would've cleaned the driveway out later, not right after you had just been hit by a bunch of memories.
"A snowman?" he asked surprisingly. "That sounds hard."
You turned around to face him and let out a tiny giggle. "Not an actual man made of snow! That would be too difficult."
"Oh," America said with a chuckle as he looked at you eagerly. "So how do you make one?"
"Well, uh..." you began as you stared down at your hands and anxiously fiddled with them. "See, first you have to make a big, round ball out of snow. But the ball has to be hard and firm. It can't be soft, or else it's...gonna break..." Your voice became a little bit quieter as you continued, stumbling slightly with your words. "A-And then you have to take a...smaller ball and put it...on top of the larger one...." Your face became a significant shade of red as you took in the meaning of what you just said. "I-I mean, sphere..."
Oh god... You continued to stare at your hands, too uncomfortable to continue, before you finally lifted your gaze to look at America, who was staring at you expectantly. "Go on," he said casually.
You cleared your throat before you restarted. "Basically, we can make a snowball and roll it up in the snow until we can make one big sphere. Then we can take another snowball and roll it up until it's slightly smaller than the first one, and we put the smaller sphere on top of the larger sphere. Then we take a third snowball and roll it up until it comes to a size slightly smaller than the second sphere. Then we put the third sphere on top of the second. Then we can give our snowman a face and dress him up in a scarf and hat and stuff." You looked up at America and raised an eyebrow. "Got it?"
"Got it," he said, giving you a tiny smile before he got down on the ground and prepared to roll up some snow while you watched him.
You were about to bend down and help America when a sudden memory involuntarily entered your brain, once again causing you to freeze in place and your heart rate to increase.
"America, what are you doing?" you asked with a little bit of a sigh as you leaned against the doorframe of the front door to America's house, looking out into the front yard where he was actively working on rolling up snow.
He briefly lifted his head to look up at you, a smile quickly making its way to his face. "I'm gonna make a snowman!"
"What?" you asked in surprise, briefly looking around outside before you shifted your gaze back over to him. "Are you sure there's enough snow for that?"
America let out a laugh before he replied. "Of course I'm sure. WatchI'm gonna make the biggest snowman you've ever seen!"
You let out an amused chuckle as you continued to watch him. "Well, go ahead. And tell me if you're tired or need any help."
"The hero never gets tired!" America said confidently before he once again resumed building his snowman while you continued to watch from your place standing in the doorway.
It took a while for him to make it, but after what seemed like an hour, it was finally done. The snowman ended up using most of the snow that was already in the front yard. There was barely an inch on the ground anyway, and you were surprised that America was even able to get the first half done. But he had a big front yard, so it didn't seem impossible. America took off his hat and scarf and put them on the snowman before he got two large sticks for the arms, some nearby pebbles for the eyes and mouth, and another smaller stick for the nose.
"Can I come see it now?" you asked him.
"In a sec!" he replied as he worked on the snowman's head for a few more moments before he finally took a step back and eyed the snowman up and down. "Okay, I think it's ready."
You smiled before you stepped out into the cold, walking over to America. As soon as you were in front of the snowman, you looked at it in amazement. It was nearly as tall as you, and its face was a little twisted and some of its body seemed to be falling apart, but you didn't mind.
"Sorry if it's not perfect," America said quietly as he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. "If there was more snow, I would've made it way awesomer and bigger."
You let out a tiny laugh before you turned around to look at him. "It's perfect," you said happily. "You don't need to waste any more strength trying to make it look better."
America let out a laugh as he wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. "I'm glad. I'm already pretty hot from working on this guy anyway."
You turned around to look back at the snowman before you briefly drifted your gaze down to the ground, spotting a rather small, curved stick on the ground next to your feet. You bent down to pick it up, finding that it was able to fit in the palm of your hand.
I know what I can use this for, you thought before you stepped up to the snowman and lifted your arm so that you were able to place the curved stick on top of the snowman's head, pushing its hat a little bit to the side. As soon as the bottom of the stick was firmly planted on top of the snowman's head, you took a step back before you smiled in satisfaction.
"There," you said. "Now it has a cowlick."
You turned around to look at America and found him staring at the snowman with a wide grin on his face before he let out a laugh. "Oh man, that's so awesome! We should totally give it a name!"
"How about Alfred Jr.?" you asked with a bit of a chuckle as you turned around to look back at the snowman.
You felt America's arm wrap around your shoulders, causing you to stiffen and your eyes to slightly widen in surprise. "That's a great name," he said happily. "We should do things like this more often, _____."
A tiny blush came to your face before you looked down at your feet, unable to get that smile off your face. "Yes," you murmured. "We should."
"Hey, _____, are you alright?"
You didn't respond, but rather stood there, staring ahead, a blank expression on your face, your hands dropped down to your sides and clenched into fists.
"_____, seriously, are you okay?" America asked a bit louder, causing you to instantly snap out of your trance.
"Oh..." you murmured as you continued to stare ahead, feeling your throat close and tears make their way to your eyes.
"_____?" America asked softly as he turned around to face you, frowning in concern. "Are you okay? You look like you're about to cry."
That was when you realized how warm your face became, and you shifted your gaze down to look at America. I can't cry. Not in front of him.
You let out a deep, shaky sigh before you closed your eyes. "No, I'm just...tired," you replied, your voice barely a whisper. You turned around and began to head over to the door, your head hung low. "I think I need to take a break from everything for a while."


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Milford junior pitcher Sarah Alley became the program's all-time strikeout leader on Wednesday. Alley had 10 strikeouts on Wednesday in a game against Loveland. As of Wednesday night, Alley had 502 career strikeouts. As of Wednesday, Alley was 14-4 with 159 strikeouts and a 0.59 ERA. She had allowed just two earned runs in her past 11 starts […]
Alley reaches milestone
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La Salle football players commit
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La Salle football coach Tom Grippa announced two additional college commitments from the 2010 class today. Senior OL Tim Keller (6-2, 270) has committed to Centre College and senior DB Pat Bachman (5-10, 170) has committed to Mount St. Joseph.
Moeller baseball ranked No. 7 nationally
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The Moeller baseball team is ranked No. 7 nationally, according to the USA Today Baseball Super 25.
Former Elder players trying out for Bengals
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Long snapper Mike Windt (UC) and linebacker Alex Harbin (Mount St. Joseph), both former Elder HS players, are among those in Bengals rookie mini-camp this weekend. Here is an updated list from our Bengals writer, Joe Reedy.
Minnesota offers Vann
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Fairfield junior LB Marquise Vann (6-1, 215) has added an offer from Minnesota, according to Fairfield coach Aaron Fitzstephens. Vann also has offers from Michigan State, Ohio, Western Kentucky, Ball, State, Toledo, Bowling Green and Illinois State.
Michigan offers Duggan
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St. Xavier junior LB Sean Duggan (6-4, 215) has been offered by Michigan, according to St. X coach Steve Specht. Duggan also has offers from UC, West Virginia, Duke, Boston College, Ball State, Air Force and Wisconsin. ScoutingOhio.com has reported that Ohio University has also offered Duggan.
Minnesota offers Russell
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Oak Hills junior LB Ben Russell (6-2, 228) has been offered by Minnesota, according to Oak Hills coach Kurry Commins. Russell also has offers from Kent State, Buffalo, Akron and Ball State.
Indian Hill football player commits
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Indian Hill senior linebacker/strong safety Max Hendricks (6-0, 195) has committed to University of Indianapolis, according to Indian Hill football coach Mike Theisen.
Holmes coaching update …
04/29/10 at 12:48pm by Mike Dyer | Comments
Applications have started flowing into the Holmes athletic department for its vacant boys' basketball coaching position. Holmes athletic director Ron Madrick said interest has been "significant." "We don't know what the number of candidates is yet," he said. "But we've gotten a tremdnous amount of interest from around the state, as you can imagine." Holmes, […]
Milford wins Buckeye Division
04/29/10 at 12:39pm by Mike Dyer | Comments
The Milford baseball team won the program's first outright FAVC Buckeye Division title on Wednesday, according to Milford AD Mark Trout. The Eagles defeated Loveland 3-2 on Wednesday to clinch the top spot with one league game remaining. This is Milford's second league title in three years since joining the FAVC. (Milford shared the 2008 […]
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