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NEW LONDON, Conn. - Freshman John Preis scored a game-high five goals and sophomore Rob Kalwarowsky added four tallies, as MIT cruised to a 17-5 victory over host Connecticut College in Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Northern Division action on Sunday afternoon. The match served as the regular season finale for both teams, as the Engineers rounded out the campaign with a record of 11-10 and the Camels finished their schedule 0-18.
MIT, which finished with a 4-3 mark in the division, will enter the CWPA Northern Division Championship tournament as the No. 4 seed. Connecticut College went 0-7 in division-play and will enter the tournament as the No. 8 seed. The event will be hosted by MIT in the Zesiger Pool from Nov. 3-4.
With his five strikes, Preis pushed his goal-total to 56 in his incredible rookie campaign. Kalwarowsky, Palmer Rosemond (2) and Grant Tomassi (2) were the Cardinal and Gray's other multiple goal-scorers, while Mike Smith-Bronstein, Alex Mattfolk, Spencer Williams and Jeremias Szust each pitched in with a single goal apiece. Szust's strike took on special importance, as it was the first of his intercollegiate career.
Sophomore goalkeeper Hiroshi Mendoza made 10 saves while allowing all five goals to earn the victory for MIT, while fellow sophomore Nick Souza stopped three shots in limited action.
The Engineers will return to the water when they host the Division II/III Eastern Championships from Saturday, Oct. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 28.


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About the best you can say for "Nymphomaniac: Volume 2" is that you never have a clue where von Trier is going next.
The second half of Lars von Trier's pseudo-sexual "Nymphomaniac" continues the writer-director's senseless journey into depravity. Where "Volume 1" was at least unintentionally funny and scandalously entertaining, "Volume 2" is a flat-out bore that takes our sexually addicted heroine, Joe, from dabbling in sadomasochism to a loan shark who uses her vast sexual knowledge to shame the shirkers into paying.
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About the best you can say for it is that you never have a clue where von Trier is going next. In that respect, "Volume 2" is brimming with surprises, most of them shocking in their perverseness, but laughably clumsy in their execution. And in the process, von Trier manages to sully the reputations of fine actors like Jamie Bell, Stellan Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe, as well as lousy ones like Shia LaBeouf and Stacy Martin, the blank slate who played Joe through the majority of "Volume 1." She thankfully is only back for a handful of scenes in "Volume 2" before giving way to a real actress in Charlotte Gainsbourg, who von Trier gets his jollies trying to humiliate in nude scene after nude scene.
The Danish provocateur especially takes pernicious pleasure in focusing his lurid camera on Ms. Gainsbourg's privates, which like all the principal actors' bits are portrayed by faceless porn-star doubles. We see Gainsbourg being whipped repeatedly by Bell, far removed from his days as sweet, dancing fool Billy Elliot. Here he plays a lucrative entrepreneur specializing in dishing out sadomasochistic treatments to women like Joe in an environ that could easily be confused with a doctor's office, complete with a full waiting room. Watching Bell ritually strap and tape Gainsbourg to a ragged couch, propping up her rear with a pair of phone books to give his cat- o-nine-tales an easier target, is debauched, but uncomfortably funny in its absurdity.
It gets even more ludicrous when Joe begins working for Dafoe as a loan shark, especially when one of her deadbeat clients turns out to be LaBeouf (employing some sort of bizarre English accent), her estranged ex and the father of their toddler son. What are the odds? Then there's Skarsgard's Seligman (more like Silly-man), the middle-aged nerd who rescued Joe from an attacker and instantly became a sounding board for her life story, told in an endless series of flashbacks. In "Volume 2," we learn a lot more about Seligman (he's a virgin) and what he's capable of, but like most everything else up von Trier's sleeve it has zero impact, not to mention, makes no sense.
But then, his film is nothing but a forum for working out his psychological issues, a cinematic therapy that began with his "Antichrist," continued with "Melancholia," and wraps up with "Nympho." And what has von Trier learned about himself over the course of this tryptic? I guess you'd surmise that he's depressed, self-loathing and just generally screwed up – just like everybody else. He's also a bit of a masochist, and understandably, his latest session on the directing couch leaves you feeling thoroughly whipped.


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Attorney General Lockyer Files Legal Challenge
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Moves To Block Bush Administration Plan To Destroy Treasured Trees
March 3, 2005
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(SAN FRANCISCO) - Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a lawsuit to block the Bush Administration's plan to permit commercial logging in the Giant Sequoia National Monument (Monument).
"The giant sequoias are more than part of the California landscape," said Lockyer. "They are part of us. They stand as majestic guideposts to our history and treasured symbols of our state. Now, the Bush Administration, continuing to supplicate itself to the timber industry, wants to turn John Muir's "big trees" into dead wood. We have too much at stake to let them succeed."
The 2000 proclamation by President Clinton (Proclamation) that established the Monument prohibited tree removal in the covered forest land unless "clearly needed" to protect the ecology or public safety. The Bush Administration's Giant Sequoia National Monument Management Plan - adopted in December 2003 - allows an annual timber harvest of at least 7.5 million board feet. In the process, Lockyer's complaint alleges, the Bush plan violates the Proclamation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Lockyer's complaint asks the court to compel the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to set aside the 2003 plan. Along with the USFS, other defendants include: the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Mike Johanns; USFS Chief Dale Bosworth; USFS Regional Forester Jack Blackwell; USFS Deputy Regional Forester Kent P. Connaughton; and Arthur L. Gaffrey, forest supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest.
The Proclamation recognized the "unparalleled resources of the giant sequoia groves and their related ecosystems," Lockyer's complaint states. In part, the Proclamation reads, "The rich and varied landscape of the Giant Sequoia National Monument holds a diverse array of scientific and historic resources. Magnificent groves of towering giant sequoias, the world's largest trees, are interspersed within a great belt of coniferous forest, jeweled with mountain meadows. Bold granitic domes, spires and plunging gorges texture the landscape."
In barring timber harvesting, the Proclamation found the affected forests needed to be restored to help them recover from "a century of fire suppression and logging" that not only virtually destroyed entire forests, but also increased the wildfire hazard.
The Bush Administration's 2003 plan runs roughshod over the Proclamation, its purposes, wildlife and the sequoias. For example, the plan permits tree cutting in certain spotted owl protection areas and allows canopy cover to be reduced by as much as 30 percent. Such tree cutting, Lockyer's complaint alleges, threatens both the spotted owl and the Pacific fisher.
Additionally, the 2003 plan is not really a plan at all, the complaint alleges. This defect frustrates the public's ability to understand the actions that will be taken under the plan and their environmental consequences, according to the complaint. In place of a management plan with specific standards and guidelines, the complaint alleges, the USFS refers to a patchwork of previously adopted forest management documents that have been superseded or modified.
The Bush plan "has so little detail and analysis that it is impossible to discern how the diverse resources and extraordinary number of habitats within the Monument will be managed, or which of the overlapping set of guidelines from the patchwork of conflicting planning directives applies," the complaint alleges.
The Bush Administration's "failure to adopt a discernible management plan," as well as its failure to adequately assess alternative approaches or the environmental effects of the 2003 plan, violates the Proclamation, NEPA and APA, according to Lockyer's complaint. Additionally, the complaint alleges the 2003 plan violates the 1990 Sequoia Mediated Settlement Agreement (MSA). The MSA resolved disputes over the 1988 land and resource management plan for the Sequoia National Forest, which encompasses the Monument. The Attorney General's Office is a party to the MSA.
Six conservation groups on January 27, 2005 filed a similar federal-court challenge to Bush's management plan for the Monument.
Giant sequoias, which sometimes grow taller than 270 feet and reach diameters of 30 feet, exist only in the Sierra Nevada. Their ancestors graced the Earth as far back as 20 million years ago. The Monument is home to 38 sequoia groves, 1,000 miles of trails, including three national trails, four stretches of wild and scenic rivers, and more than 50 developed campgrounds, including 144 campsites located in the groves.
One of the more eloquent commentaries about the unique majesty of the giant sequoias came from President Bush's father, former President George Bush. In a 1992 presidential proclamation that launched the effort to preserve these crown jewels of the Sierra Nevada, George Bush observed, "For centuries, groves of the Giant Sequoia have stimulated the interest and wonder of those who behold them. The Giant Sequoia is a tree that inspires emotion like no other and has mystically entered the hearts of humanity everywhere."
The lawsuit filed today is the second major legal challenge mounted this year by Lockyer against the Bush Administration's forest policies. On February 1, 2005, he sued in federal court to set aside the USFS plan to cut down more trees and reduce wildlife protections in 11.5 million acres of Sierra Nevada National Forest land.
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Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon has made substantial contributions to Cub Scouting as the celebrity spokesperson for the successful Race to Cub Scouting recruitment plan that resulted in hundreds of thousands of boys joining Scouting.
The inspiration for Mr. Gordon's personal charitable work developed several years ago when his former crew chief, Ray Evernham, received word that his son, Ray J, had been diagnosed with leukemia. Mr. Gordon watched as Ray J struggled through years of chemotherapy and treatment.
The experience solidified Mr. Gordon's personal mission to help others—specifically to start a foundation that would provide financial and advocacy support for children facing adversity. He founded the Jeff Gordon Foundation in 1999, and it has raised more than $7 million for children's charities.
After meeting hundreds of children through visits to children's hospitals and granting wishes through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Mr. Gordon searched for a way to give back to the children in his own community. The Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center–Northeast opened in Concord, North Carolina, in December 2006, furthering his commitment to help children.
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Grad is First Academic Bridge Alumna to Earn Doctoral Degree
Dec. 7, 2012
Rosalinda Valenzuela is earning her PhD in political science this fall. She was in the inaugural group of Academic Bridge students in 2000.
The way Rosalinda Valenzuela sees it, most people are immensely lucky to have one family that supports and guides them.
She has two.
She was part of the inaugural group of students in UT Dallas' Academic Bridge Program in 2000. This month, she will become the first Academic Bridge student to earn a doctoral degree from UT Dallas.
She will be among the graduates honored this week as the University holds six graduation ceremonies on Friday and Saturday.
"I felt like I was part of a very special cohort," she said. "I was surrounded by smart, motivated students who just happened to be poor. The Academic Bridge program became our 'familia' at UTD."
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Valenzuela was born in Brownsville and grew up in the Mexican city of San Luis Potosí, where her parents both worked as attorneys. A downturn in the Mexican economy sent her family searching elsewhere for a living wage.
"When we came here, we started from nothing," she said. "My dad worked as a dishwasher and my mom stayed at home with us."
The family settled in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Valenzuela was 15 and started school in the Dallas Independent School District. It was much different from her traditional Catholic private schooling back in Mexico, but she would not allow herself to become discouraged.
She and her siblings struggled with a new language, different culture and the lack of small indulgences she and her family once had. But her parents and her high school teachers helped and encouraged her to seek out new opportunities, including the Academic Bridge Program (ABP).
Dr. George Fair, head of the Academic Bridge Program at UT Dallas, was to present Valenzuela with her hood Thursday night.
"I knew nothing of college, but I wanted to try and I felt very supported by ABP when I got to UT Dallas," she said. "They gave me unconditional support and encouragement to succeed not just in school, but in life."
Her original plans were to get a biology degree and go on to medical school, but she found her true academic calling after taking her first political science course with Dr. Greg Thielemann.
Thielemann, a professor in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, encouraged Valenzuela to reconsider.
"I just knew this was what I wanted to do," she said. "This was it for me."
She went on to get her undergraduate and master's degrees in political science. Thielemann served as her doctoral advisor.
"I think her work ethic has been outstanding," said Dr. George Fair, dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and director of the Academic Bridge Program. "I applaud her for her persistence in staying with this. She's a wonderful example of what can be done for first-time college students when the appropriate support is provided."
"I knew nothing of college, but I wanted to try and I felt very supported by ABP when I got to UT Dallas. They gave me unconditional support and encouragement to succeed not just in school, but in life."
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Valenzuela agreed, adding that the program's help with English skills and with methods for coping with college were key to her success.
"Dean Fair was like a father to us," she said. "I've made friends for life through this program."
Valenzuela was to receive her PhD hood from Dean Fair on Thursday night. Although her classwork at UT Dallas is coming to an end, she will continue her academic career as a professor. She is currently teaching classes at Dallas Christian College and hopes to complete research in the field of gender and race in politics.
"I feel like I'm giving back through teaching," she said. "You can change a person's life through teaching. You can expand their horizons. It happened that way for me."
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KINGS POINT, N.Y. – As the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy team prepares for its season finale at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, head coach Mike Toop said this past season was "as tough as I've had."
The Mariners (2-7, 10-4) take on the Engineers (4-4, 3-2) in a Liberty League encounter in Troy, N.Y. at 1 p.m.
Asked why it has been a difficult season, Toop replied, "Just the level of expectation coming into the season. It's been very disappointing. I thought that we would have been much better than what we've shown."
The Mariners enter the game at East Camps Stadium with a three-game losing streak.
"We haven't played with any consistency at all for the last four games, so hopefully, that can change," Toop said. "It's never too late. Any time you have another opportunity, you want to capitalize on it. RPI has gotten better each game this year. They proved that by beating Hobart last weekend, which was a huge win for them. Plus they're playing for a winning season. They'll really be up for the game. "
Toop hoped that Kings Point would be up for the game as well.
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The team's goal is simple. Asked what the Mariners were playing for in their final game of the season, Toop replied, "A win. That's it. Just a win for 15 seniors. "
RPI enters the game on a high note, rallying from a 28-7 halftime deficit to record a 29-28 road win over Hobart College last week. Hobart defeated the Merchant Mariners in Kings Point, 42-14, on Oct. 22. Junior quarterback Mike Hermann paced the comeback by throwing for 299 yards and three touchdowns, running for a fourth. He completed passes to eight receivers.
"They're relentless," Toop said. ""I know the head guy and the defensive coordinator very well. The defensive coordinator and I coached together at one point. So I know how he's going to have his kids playing. And it shows on tape. They're relentless defensively. Even though they give up some points, they play hard all the way until the end of the game. They made plays in the second half against Hobart."
Hermann is the key to the attack. He has accounted for 80 percent of the team's yardage from scrimmage (2,338 of 2913). Hermann has completed 149-of-253 passes for 1,825 yards and 14 touchdowns. He also has run for an RPI-high of 513 yards in 117 attempts, including 13 TDs.
Translated: Stop Hermann and you stop RPI.
"Offensively, the Hermann kind of makes things go," Toop said. "He's a real big kid who can throw the ball and can run with the football, so he can bide time with his feet sometimes. . . . He's an excellent football player."
Toop felt the Engineers' offense will present challenges to the Mariners.
"They're very, very multiple offensively," he said. "They throw a lot of different shifts and motions and formations. They try to confuse you a little bit. They'll get after it."
Photo: The Mariners wrap up their season at RPI on Saturday. Photo by Shawn Antonelli


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MANHATTAN - Authorities have identified a man killed in a fall last week from a northeast Kansas bridge, but they're still investigating how it happened.
The Kansas Highway Patrol on Monday identified 37-year-old William Bratton Jr., of Junction City, as one of three drivers involved in a crash on an icy Kansas 18 bridge over the Kansas River near Manhattan.
The patrol says Bratton lost control of his pickup around 5:45 a.m. Friday and struck another vehicle. Bratton's truck was then hit by a third vehicle.
WIBW-TV reports Bratton got out of his truck to check the damage and went off the bridge, landing on the rocky river bed about 30 feet below.
The patrol says Bratton may have slipped, or may have jumped to avoid being hit by other vehicles.


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Robot carries Olympic torch
Robot carries Olympic torch
Robot carries Olympic torch
A robot helped carry a burning torch in South Korea as part of the Olympic ceremonies.
The short robot held the torch in one arm and moved on wheels. Like other torch-bearers, it also wore a hat colored white and orange.
The Winter Games will showcase 85 robots consisting of 11 types, ranging from robots that make deliveries, clean and speak, Yonhap News Agency reported.
But the torch-bearing robot apparently wasn't immune to mistakes during its debut: Video shows two people rushing to catch the robot as it began to fall backward.
The games begin Feb. 8, and the opening ceremony is Feb. 9.


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Summit Entertainment Sues Guy Who Registered Twilight.com In 1994 For Trademark Infringement
from the are-you-freaking-serious? dept
This is a company that has a massive entitlement complex, and a somewhat faulty notion of intellectual property law.
Its latest move is to sue the guy who owns Twilight.com -- which he registered in 1994, eleven years before Stephenie Meyer published the first Twilight book and thirteen years before Summit Entertainment bought the movie rights to the book. The site, which is rather simple, does present some Amazon links to let people buy legitimate Twilight products (something you'd think Summit would like...).
The key complaint, once again, shows the technological cluelessness of Summit. The studio says that the site infringes with links to unauthorized Twilight contests and casting calls. But, as THREsq points out in the link above, Summit appears to be confusing the content found in the Google AdSense on Twilight.com with specific links put up by the site's owner, Tom Markson. One hopes that Markson can find himself a good (pro bono?) lawyer who can explain to Summit and the court that this is not how trademark law works.


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Gerry Human
Executive Creative Director,
Ogilvy & Mather
A patient says to his psychiatrist: "Last night, I made a Freudian slip. I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: 'Could you please pass the butter.' But, instead, I said: 'You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life.'"
Sometimes, it's best to avoid the truth.
Honesty can make people feel anxious, because there's no wriggle room. Promises require commitment.
Advertising would be a lot more effective if we always said what we meant to say. Unfortunately, most of it tippy-toes around the truth, resorting instead to elaborate techniques and convoluted stories to get the message across.
But it's unrealistic to expect six campaigns to deliver truth and originality every week. And it's easy to criticise when you don't understand the hoops people need to go through to get things made.
I guess that's what this column is all about, so please forgive the odd Freudian slip.
Honda's new campaign asks: "Isn't life more interesting when we do more new?" We see a man choosing to drive his car into a supernaturally created void in a house, followed by the unmistakable Honda voice of Garrison Keillor, who says: "When you see the chance to do something new, take a deep, long breath and jump."
A strategy about a mindset is always going to make writing a story about a product difficult. So it's understandable that Honda turned to the occult to provide a role for the car. Nicely filmed with a stirring soundtrack, but a bit convoluted.
Paradoxically, HP Sauce's campaign shows how you can target a mindset effectively. There's no faking here. Each insight is well-observed and lovingly crafted. A great example of how entertaining, memorable and original the truth can be.
The energy provider E.ON utilises a kettle in a variety of situations to show that, however people consume energy, E.ON will have a choice of packages for them. A skilfully and seamlessly edited production, backed by The Lumineers' crowd-pleasing song Ho Hey. It's nice and warm, in a wee running down your leg sort of way.
Another prettily made, warm and fuzzy ad, this time for a winter promotion from Heinz (6). An Amelie-type character kind-of-ironically recounts her love of winter and then announces that the less pleasant aspects of the season are all forgotten when she takes a sip of Heinz Tomato Soup. The idea is simple enough, but the execution makes you work hard to understand whether it's the winter deluge or the soup she really loves.
A Home Office campaign publicising new elections for local police posts turns to very provocative CCTV footage of violence, robbery and assault to make its point. Which is that, when it comes to voting, "criminals will hope you did nothing".
But, in a way, the shocking footage distracts from the main point, which I think is meant to be that people passively stand by and watch as criminals wreak havoc.
A good idea that probably could have been much more powerful if the point was made clearly in the footage.
Everyone knows online shopping is savaging traditional bookshops, which I assume is why Waterstones has produced this campaign.
A wittily written series of print ads argue for shopping in a store, rather than online, but here's the thing: you sense the writers are not entirely convinced themselves. Or maybe they're just letting their true feelings slip.
Suggesting that books are easier to find in a bookshop, or that it's more pleasurable or that there is a lot of choice, doesn't seem like a convincing argument to change the inevitable catastrophe bookshops are heading towards.
This week's work shows that advertising works best when it's both original and true. Honest.
Alistair Macrow
Vice President Marketing,
McDonald's UK
Having six enjoyable ads to review certainly helped me tackle this task with enthusiasm and gives me a great place to start in sharing my strongest advertising philosophy - it's not enough to make ads that are just enjoyable.
I've lost count of the times advertising agencies have said things to me such as "there's nothing wrong with entertaining your customers, it'll make them feel better about your brand" or "if you engage your customers in an enjoyable ad, you're halfway there". Of course, I wholeheartedly agree, but the "halfway there" is the key point. For an ad to make the positive brand boost that we all expect from great advertising, it's adding the other 50 per cent that's critical.
This set of ads beautifully illustrate the difference between lovely, enjoyable ads and lovely, enjoyable ads that are based on recognisable truths - truths about customers and their lives, truths about the brand and, critically, truths that matter.
That's where the E.ON commercial falls down for me. Although beautifully shot and directed, and enjoyable and intriguing to watch, for me, it dramatises the wrong thing. The voiceover tells a compelling story about two truths that really matter to customers - making an expensive everyday essential affordable and helping simplify the complex web of offers and packages. But, instead of bringing these truths to life, the visuals concentrate on a patchwork of different uses for boiling water. It just misses the key point.
The Honda ad sat in similar territory. I'm always excited to see what Honda will serve up next and the drama of the opening sequence - the dark, the lights changing, the poised driver - had me anticipating something breathtaking ... but then it lost me. The thought of exploring a tunnel that has appeared on the side of a house just lacked the reality of what this car could do for me. If it can help me explore, let me know how, show me where, whet my appetite for what life could be like. I love the thought of "do more new", but I just need a little help with what "new" might really look like.
When I watched the HP Sauce ad, I smiled and then I laughed. The narrator was mildly irritating, but I recognised human truth after human truth about being a bloke. More importantly, after being engaged and entertained, the killer blow was landed - a compelling truth about the brand. You can't have a bacon sandwich without HP Sauce. I don't know how important it is to link HP to manliness, but I do know that I went straight to the kitchen and checked the stock situation!
As truths go, you can't get any more real than the Home Office ad. I was arrested by the images, saddened by the reality of them and compelled to watch to the end to understand how I was going to be asked to help (an ask I knew was coming). But, for me, the voiceover wasn't quite right. The version with a voiceover all the way through told you everything you needed to know, but the narrative got in the way of the visuals and I lost interest. The alternative approach was all picture and the closing voiceover didn't tell me enough to understand the call to action. I wanted something between the two.
On to Waterstones and its "Even the most ardent reader will never reach the end of a good bookshop". I love it. A print ad that easily competes with TV. A truth that, to book-lovers, is as emotional as it is factual. I love that Waterstones takes the high ground for the beleaguered category. Its confidence in doing so says all you need to know about it being a leader. And, is it just me, or does the phrase "end of a good bookshop" make the ad all the more poignant as internet retailing and the Kindle era threaten to do just that?
And, finally, Heinz wraps it all up and demonstrates everything I'm trying to say. Great storytelling, beautifully shot, resonant life truths (I thought I was the only one who found "puddles that lie in wait under wobbly slabs") and a real truth about the product. When you take your first sip of a warming soup on a cold day, everything else drifts away. It's my definition of a great ad.


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Vieti Cake And Pie Servers At Holbrook Cottage
A magnificent dessert deserves an equally impressive set of silverware.
By Laurie Yarnell
Cool Stuff
You can never have enough serving pieces and these Vieti cake and pie servers, with delicate flecks of 18-karat gold, are simply elegant. Present your hostess with a home-baked pie or cake for (lots of) extra credit.
Vieti Cake and Pie Server, $154 for the set ($77 each) at Holbrook Cottage in Briarcliff Manor; www.holbrookcottage.com


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London, Dec 7: Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was banned for three matches and fined 60,000 pounds ($96,400) on Thursday for confronting an English Premier League referee in the official's changing room.
The Nigeria international approached Mark Clattenburg after the match against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Oct. 28, having been wrongly informed by a teammate that the ref had racially abused him.
An investigation by the English Football Association subsequently found Clattenburg had no case to answer, but the governing body took into consideration the context of the incident when sanctioning Mikel for "using threatening and/or abusive and/or insulting words and/or behavior."
"But for that factor, the suspension would have been significantly longer," the FA said in a statement.
Mikel will miss league matches against Sunderland and Aston Villa, as well as a League Cup quarterfinal at Leeds.
Mikel had already accepted the FA charge.


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Arkansas State University-Newport announced recently that Jessica Wrenfrow has been named as the Instructor of Culinary Arts for the college's new Hospitality Services programs, which will welcome students for the Fall 2013 semester on ASUN's Jonesboro campus.
Wrenfrow comes to ASUN after serving as an instructor at Ozarka College. �Wrenfrow earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from College of the Ozarks, her Masters of Human and Environmental Sciences degree with an emphasis in Hospitality from the University of Arkansas, and has numerous years of experience in the culinary industry. "I am extremely excited for this opportunity at ASU-Newport," said Wrenfrow. �"We have a brand-new building, we have state-of-the-art equipment and the students will receive the best quality education possible. �It is exciting to start a new program and our students will be trained and ready to go to work when they graduate from our programs." "Jonesboro is very restaurant and food-service heavy, and our programs will certainly benefit the entire area," added Wrenfrow. �"Local employers will benefit from our program because they will be hiring new employees with a level of training that has not been offered in this area. Our goal is to produce quality, productive students who can enter the workplace and do an outstanding job." Arkansas State University-Newport's Hospitality Services program will be housed in the new Fowler Family Hospitality Services building located on ASUN's Jonesboro campus. �The Hospitality Services program will offer Associate of Applied Science degrees in Culinary Services or Food Service & Management. �Students can also pursue Technical Certificates in Culinary Services or Food Service & Management, as well as a Certificate of Proficiency in Hospitality Services. �Enrollment for the fall semester is currently underway and students interested in enrolling in any of the programs may call 870-932-2176 for more information. "We are certainly excited that Jessica is joining the ASUN staff as our Instructor of Culinary Arts," said Charles Appleby, Vice Chancellor of ASUN's Jonesboro campus. �"Her background and expertise will be an asset to ASUN as we begin these new programs."


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Traders might be paying extra attention to the technicals as they look to spot buying opportunities in the stock market. Because there are so many different strategies that traders can use, it may be difficult to pinpoint the correct avenue. New traders might choose to focus on one or two main indicators when just starting out. With time and experience, many traders will use a combination of various indicators when setting up their persona charts. It may be wise for traders to remember that what has worked for someone else in the past may not work for them in the future.
Watching volatility readings, we can see the current value for EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) is 3.9010708. Volatility for the week stands at 4.233712, and the monthly reading is 3.4478133. Volatility involves the amount of risk in relation to the amount of change in a stock's value. Tracking the Bull Bear Power, we note that the stock is presently -7.815022.
Shares of EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) ended last session at 79.17. Following today's trade, we note that the stock has moved -0.49019608% since the opening bell. The company has a current market cap of 3338152400. The stock's high price over the last month is presently 89.72.
Checking in on the Awesome Oscillator, we see that the reading is -3.3284602. Traders may follow this oscillator to measure market momentum. Created by Bill Williams, the Awesome Oscillator calculates the difference of the 5 period and 34 period SMA.
Donchian Channels may be useful for technical traders. The primary function of the indicator is to measure volatility. The bands will widen when volatility is high, and they will become narrow with low volatility. The 20 day upper band level is 89.32. For the same period, the lower band level is 78.18.
Trading on volume of 101129, EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) has seen a change from the open of -0.3 since the stock opened at 79.47. Monitoring today's activity, the stock has hit a high point of 79.57 and slipped to a low of 78.44.
The 20 day Keltner Channels upper envelope is 85.54992. The 20 day Keltner Channels lower envelope is 81.35851. The Keltner Channels indicator was introduced by Chester Keltner in his book How to Make Money in Commodities. Keltner's ideas have since been expanded upon and are widely used by technical traders.
Following the Chaikin Money Flow indicator, we note that the current 20 day value is 0.06767392. Traders will watch to see if the indicator can help confirm an ongoing trend. In the midst of a bullish trend, the CMF value staying above zero may point to continuous buying pressure and the possibility of a sustained rise in price. In the midst of a bearish trend, the CMF value staying below zero may show continuous selling pressure and the possibility of continued price decline.
Scanning the equity market, we note that the stock's current Oscillator Rating is showing "Neutral". Traders will take note of many different factors when examining a stock's health. Flipping over to the Moving Average Rating, we see that the current sentiment is pointing to a "Strong Sell".
Often times, investors are faced with challenging portfolio decisions. Maybe there are a few stocks that have outperformed expectations by a large margin. Investors may be hesitant to exit a position with the fear that the stock may have much more room to run. Investors may have to decide if the time is right to cash in and take some profits, or hold out for further gains. On the other end, investors may have a few duds in the portfolio. Cutting ties with certain underperformers can be a tough decision. It may be hard for an investor to sell a position that they thought for sure was going to pan out and provide gains. Being able to detach from a certain position may help ease the possibility of even more frustration later down the line if the stock doesn't bounce back.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 18 April 2012—Richard Wallis, a consultant and distinguished thought leader in Semantic Web and Linked Data technology, has joined the OCLC staff as Technology Evangelist. He will be based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Mr. Wallis brings to this new position expertise and experience in emerging data standards and their applications—in libraries and on the wider Semantic Web—to help establish libraries and WorldCat at the core of an emerging Web of data. He will collaborate with members and facilitate projects with OCLC teams as libraries and the cooperative continue their efforts to expose WorldCat data as linked data. Mr. Wallis will engage library and information technology leaders in discussions of OCLC's mission and vision, and will help shape the global library cooperative's approach to data sharing and standards in the future.
"Richard Wallis is a leader in Semantic Web and Linked Data technology, and we believe he will help the OCLC cooperative extend our efforts to help libraries move to Webscale," said Robin Murray, OCLC Vice President, Global Product Management.
"I have been following and engaging with OCLC for many years, and I support OCLC's strategic direction to explore ways for library and scholarly data to take its rightful place at the heart of the information landscape," said Mr. Wallis. "WorldCat represents the largest collection of bibliographic data in the library world, and I look forward to working with Research, Engineering and Product teams at OCLC to design and implement approaches to further expose WorldCat data for the benefit of all."
OCLC is implementing a variety of applications for library linked data, such as VIAF and FAST. Mr. Wallis will help to accelerate and further efforts to expose WorldCat data as linked data.
Mr. Wallis established Data Liberate, a consulting organization, in January 2012 after having been with Talis, a Linked Data and Semantic Web technology organization in the United Kingdom, for over 20 years. As Technology Evangelist, he has been at the forefront in promoting, explaining and applying new and emerging Web and Semantic Web technologies in the wider information world. He is an active blogger, and was a regular podcaster in the "Talking with Talis" series. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and chaired "Library 2.0 Gang," a monthly round-table podcast series that brought together thought leaders, movers and shakers, and executives from leading organizations in library technology.
In his new role at OCLC, Mr. Wallis is expected to travel extensively, particularly throughout Europe and the United States, participate in conferences and programs, and continue blogging on emerging Web technologies.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit the OCLC website.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks/service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks/service marks of their respective owners.
Bob Murphy
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Speedboat hero asks that the community be left in peace
The water skiing instructor who jumped into the out of control speedboat and saved the lives of Nick Milligan's wife Victoria and their three children, spoke for the first time about the incident today.
Charlie Toogood, who volunteered with the RNLI at Rock lifeboat station for eight years said there were "many heroes" at the incident.
In a statement released through the RNLI, he said:
"There were many 'heroes' in this tragic incident all of whom did a remarkable job in difficult circumstances.
However, now is a time solely to reflect on thebereaved and injured family members and their wider family and friends. My thoughts are with all of them and will befor a long time to come.
I have nothing more to add to this and would hope that our community can now be left to deal with this tragedy in our own way and in peace and quiet."
"One of the industry's best and loveliest"
Tributes have been pouring in for the London father who was killed in an horrific speedboat accident at the weekend while policeinvestigating the deaths of Nick Milligan and his 8 year old daughter Emily, said a "kill cord" device is a key focus.
The cord is attached to the boat's throttle and driver, so if the driver goes overboard the engine cuts out.
The father and daughter, who were from Wandsworth, were hit by the boat after being thrown into the water off Padstow in Cornwall on Sunday. The family were there for the bank holiday weekend.
His wife and son were seriously injured while his two older daughters, aged 10 and 12 have minor injuries.
Meanwhile Nick Milligan's employer, Sky, said in a statement:
"Everyone at Sky is deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic accident involving the Milligan family. Nick has been a great friend and colleague for many years and his loss will be felt across our company and the industry. Our very deepest sympathies are with his family at this time."
Ben Fenton wrote on Twitter: "Nick Milligan, who died with one of his kids in the Padstow speedboat accident, was one of the kindest, nicest funniest men I have ever met."
Stephen M said: "Incredibly sad news about Nick Milligan. An absolute tragedy, one of the truly lovely people in our business."
And Stefano Hatfield, editor of The IPaper tweeted: "One of industry's best and loveliest."
Man hailed a 'hero' for stopping Padstow speedboat
Devon waterskiing instructor Charlie Toogood has been hailed a hero after he leapt into a speedboat that lost control in Padstow, killed two family members and injuring four more.
Mr Toogood turned off the speedboat's engine and stopped it from causing further harm.
Nick Milligan, 51, and his eight-year-old daughter were killed in the accident. Four other members of his family were taken to hospital with two suffering "life-changing" injuries.
- ITV Report
Speedboat crash victim 'doted on his family'
Max Milligan's statement on his brother Nick
Nick Milligan was "an extremely loving father and husband"
The brother of the BSkyB executive Nick Milligan has given a statement on the tragedy. Max Milligan described his brother as "an extremely loving father and husband".
Father and daughter 'died in their favourite place'
Max Milligan, the brother of a Nick Milligan, said: "That he and my delightful niece died in their favourite place at the end of a gloriously sunny Bank Holiday weekend provides us with a tiny glimmer of light."
"I'd like to thank Devon and Cornwall Police and all the staff at Derriford Hospital who have been incredible over the last few days."
BSkyB executive who was killed in speedboat tragedy
Pair suffered 'potentially life changing injuries'
A 39-year-old woman and her four-year-old son suffered "serious, potentially life changing injuries" in speedboat accident in Padstow, Cornwall, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
A 12-year-old and 10-year-old girl suffered minor injuries in the accident.
Boat tragedy father was a 'great friend and colleague'
Nick Miligan, who died along with his eight-year-old daughter in a speedboat accident in Cornwall on Sunday, was managing director at Sky Media since 2004. In a statement on its website, Sky said:
"Everyone at Sky is deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic accident involving the Milligan family. Nick has been a great friend and colleague for many years and his loss will be felt across our company and the industry. Our very deepest sympathies are with his family at this time."


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Plants still recovering from outage
According to the Entergy Texas website, more than 6,000 local residents were without power Sunday, April 14, as were six refineries in the Port Arthur area including Motiva Port Arthur, Valero, Flint Hills, Total, DuPont and Huntsman.
The outage was caused by a fire at the City of Port Arthur Entergy substation on 39th Street in Port Arthur started by an electrical malfunction. Port Arthur and Groves were the most affected, according to an outage map on Entergy's website. Power was restored the same afternoon, but conditions at the affected refineries were still impacted even days after the event. During the recent power outage, the refineries induced "flaring" measures, burning off pollutants into the air to prevent catastrophe. Residents near the plants could see billows of fire and smoke at each of the locations as the emissions wafted through the communities.
According to a spokesperson for Motiva, Kimberly Windon, on Tuesday, April 16, "The Motiva Port Arthur Refinery is in the early process of preparing units for re-start, following a refinery shutdown that took place on April 14 as a result of the unexpected loss of power from our utility provider. The refinery is safely progressing through a structured and planned restart sequence that will encompass several days.
"Extensive fence-line monitoring reflected that there were no harmful levels of environmental contaminants in the air. Routine monitoring will continue, as Motiva takes all necessary precautions to protect people and the community around us. All appropriate regulatory agencies were notified of this incident, and reports have been submitted to them in a timely manner."
Motiva, Valero, Flint Hills, Total, DuPont and Huntsman all submitted estimated emission totals to the TCEQ for review, but a final report will not be until two weeks after the event date.


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6500 Quince Road, Memphis, TN 38119
Sale Amount: $2.1 million
Sale Date: Jan. 18, 2013
Buyer: Westbrook Memphis LLC
Seller: Memphis-Quince LLC
Details: The recently opened fred's Super Dollar store at 6500 Quince Road in East Memphis has sold for $2.1 million.
Metarie, La.-based Westbrook Memphis LLC bought the 16,000-square-foot store Jan. 18 from developer Memphis-Quince LLC. No financing was associated with the purchase.
Fred's Super Dollar last fall celebrated 65 years of serving the Memphis area with the grand opening of two new stores, the one on Quince and another at 7965 E. Shelby Drive.
6500 Quince Road • Memphis, TN 38119
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's profile of 6500 Quince doesn't yet include the new building and only shows a 17.24-acre vacant parcel with a 2012 appraised value of $1.3 million.
Memphis-Quince bought the land for $400,000 in June from Willis & Willis LP.
Memphis-based fred's last year launched its new 16,000-square-foot store concept, which feature an expanded food selection that doubles traditional fred's food offerings. Both locations also include pharmacies featuring a drive-thru window providing easy pick-up and drop-off of prescriptions.
Memphis-based fred's Super Dollar operates more than 700 discount general merchandise stores, including 21 franchised fred's stores in 15 states.
2421 Lamar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38114
4285 Hacks Cross Road
Memphis, TN 38125
Loan Amount: $1.1 million
Loan Date: Dec. 27, 2012
Maturity Date: N/A
Borrower: Steele-Guiltner Inc.
Lender: Fidelity National Bank
Details: Steele-Guiltner Inc. has filed a $1.1 million loan on the Grimes Tire Pros businesses at 2421 Lamar Ave. and 4285 Hacks Cross Road.
The West Memphis property owner filed the loan Dec. 27 through Fidelity National Bank, also of West Memphis.
The transaction included multiple tracts, with the main two parcels being 2421 Lamar Ave. in the Defense Depot's 38114 ZIP code and 4285 Hacks Cross Road in Southeast Shelby County's 38125 ZIP code.
Built in 1984, the 9,200-square-foot auto service garage at 2421 Lamar Ave. sits on 0.8 acres along the west side of Lamar, south of its intersection with Airways Boulevard. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal was $142,200.
Built in 2005, the 8,200-square-foot auto service garage at 4285 Hacks Cross Road sits on 0.72 acres along the west side of Hacks Cross, south of the Tenn. 385 junction. The assessor's 2012 appraisal was $678,400.
The small parcel at 2417 Lamar Ave. also was included in the deed. No building details are available on the assessor's website.
Marvin E. Steele signed the trust deed as president of Steele-Guiltner Inc., which also operates a Grimes Tire Pros in West Memphis.
2000 Covington Pike
Memphis, TN 38128
Loan Amount: $5.8 million
Loan Date: Jan. 16, 2013
Borrower: Keras Children's Family LP
Lender: Independent Bank
Details: Keras Children's Family LP, owner of the Jim Keras Chevrolet dealership at 2000 Covington Pike in Raleigh, has filed a $5.8 million loan on the property.
The limited partnership filed the deed of trust Jan. 16 through Memphis-based Independent Bank. Benjamin Reed Keras and James Joseph Keras signed the deed as general partners of Keras Children's Family LP.
Built in 1986, the dealership contains two buildings on 6.67 acres along the east side of Covington Pike, between Pleasant View and Elmore roads. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal was $2.9 million.
The partnership bought the property for $7.1 million in 2008 from J. Russell Gwatney Sr.
1969 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Permit Cost: $661,000
Project Cost: N/A
Permit Date: Applied January 2013
Completion: TBA
Owner: Memphis College of Art
Tenant: Memphis College of Art
Architect: N/A
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC
Details: Memphis College of Art Files Renovation Permit
Memphis College of Art has filed a $661,000 permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for apartment renovations.
The address listed for the property is 1969 Poplar Ave., directly across from Overton Park, where the main Memphis College of Art campus is located.
Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC is listed as the contractor. No architect is listed on the permit.
The permit calls for interior renovations. Memphis College of Art owns and operates apartments along Poplar Avenue and along neighboring Midtown streets for student housing.
Montgomery Martin has done work for the college before, including renovations to the college's Downtown campus on South Main Street and construction of the four-story, 24,000-square foot Fogelman Hall in Midtown.
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Nana by Emile Zola
Dialogues of Plato
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
"A Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne. Published by Reader's Digest, 1992. Illustrations by Lars Hokanson.
"The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck. Published by The Viking Press, 1945. Illustrations by Wesley Dennis.
"The Pilot" by James Fenimore Cooper. Published by President Publishing, New York, circa 1900.
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JERUSALEM — The sound of schoolboys playing and roughhousing echoes off stone walls as they run up an alley on their way home after a day of classes. An elderly man follows, admonishing them to settle down and stop disturbing the neighborhood.
Shopkeepers urge visitors to check out their wares. "What can I show you?" is a regular refrain.
Two fashionably dressed young women walk briskly, talking quietly, smiles on their faces. The sound of their ankle-high boots striking the stone walkway announce their presence. A few men look up to catch a glimpse.
It's daily life on the Via Dolorosa — Latin for the Way of Grief — in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Even on a cold, foggy day with a steady rain falling — as it was yesterday — the sights and sounds along the 2,000-foot path that Jesus is believed to have followed to Golgotha leaves a multitude of thoughts and questions: What was Mary thinking as she saw her son pass? Did Simon of Cyrene volunteer to help Christ struggling with his cross, or did the Roman soldiers force him to step in because he said something that raised their ire? How did Jesus keep going after falling, not once, but twice onto the hard stone pavement — with people who did not know him likely jeering all around? Who were the crying women he met? Were they mothers? Friends of Mary? Followers of their messiah? Did Jesus think he could escape or did he face the inevitable knowing he was carrying out a plan far greater than he could ever imagine?
And more.
The Via Dolorosa is most easily reached by entering through the Lions' Gate — also known as St. Stephen's Gate — on the east side of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Along the path, simple black round metal markers bearing Roman numerals indicate the first nine Stations of the Cross. In several locations churches have been built to recall a specific incident in the final hours of Christ's life.
The final five stations are commemorated inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a structure dating to at least the fourth century. During excavation, St. Helena is said to have discovered pieces of the original cross at the site.
Hundreds of pilgrims crowd into the church daily. Some have followed the Via Dolorosa; others have come to venerate the place where Christ died, was buried and rose from the dead. They patiently wait to see relics, pray at Christ's tomb and view the rock where the three crosses are believed to have been erected. Some kneel, some weep, some watch in silence. During Lent, the number of pilgrims visiting the church will increase until events culminate in the Easter triduum.
The church remains under the shared administration of several Christian churches under a long-ago arrangement. It is home to Roman Catholic, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches.
It remains the holiest place on earth for Christians.
Dennis Sadowski is traveling in the Holy Land with other Catholic journalists from the United States under the auspices of the Catholic Press Association in an arrangement with the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.


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Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas
Michael C. Houck, Mary Jane Cody
Oregon Historical Society Press, 2000 - Nature - 433 pages
Detailed information about more than 85 natural areas in the Portland metro area allows anyone to explore the urban wilderness. A checklist of birds is included. "A must-have for anyone even remotely interested in signs of wildlife amid Portland's concrete canyons and manicured lawns. Every schoolteacher should be supplied one for field trips. Every car should be sold with one in its glove compartment. Tuck one into every motel-room drawer next to the Gideon Bible. Front to back, there's something in this book for everyone-a trip to take, a thought to spark a memory, a term to explain."-Bill Monroe, Portland Oregonian
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Gingrich's center has advocated for the individual mandate requiring that "anyone who earns more than $50,000 a year must purchase health insurance or post a bond." Gingrich himself personally supported the mandate in the 90s as part of former Senator Bob Dole's alternative bill to the Clinton Administration's healthcare overhaul plan. Unfortunately for Gingrich, this individual mandate has become anathema by conservative voters today who are considered far more to the political right than they were ten years ago.
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The interior minister said 65 people were rescued, but 45 had to be left there overnight after rescue operations were halted because of rough flight conditions for helicopters.
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This is the cake I made for my little guy's 8th birthday party. I was going to make a dinosaur cake but we're having a Wii birthday party. So I made this Wii cake to go along with the party theme. It's not perfect but he's thrilled. Al
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