Vitamin B16

• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Photo of Suspect Released In Starbucks Robbery http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10464 #
• The more I read about Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), the less I want to know. #
• CA gubernatorial candidate Poizner collects another conservative endorsement: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA46), http://bit.ly/dpXIXd #
• LAT: Corey Haim dead at age 38, http://bit.ly/bHesFp #
• New at Traces: Rothenberg: Hanna An Unusual Candidate http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14386 #
• WaPo notes the arrival of Tea Partiers in Washington to oppose passage of health care reform, http://bit.ly/afHZsk #

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• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Police Dispatcher Recognized http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10450 #
• CA state senator arrested for DUI after leaving gay club, http://bit.ly/csF4lZ | He’s Republican, he’s drunk and he’s gay: deal with it. #
• @Lileks – if it was a mocha latté with whipped cream, that could prove hard to explain #
• New at RCCA: CA Budget Proposals Get Around Legislative Authority http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10454 #
• @BearTwinsMom – I must confess to feeling splendid, in spite of a full schedule today & the rest of the week. I pray you feel better soon. #
• @BearTwinsMom – buckets of happiness – God wouldn’t have it otherwise, although I could do without the contrasting hardship. #
• RT @politico: Pelosi’s grip on House slips. http://bit.ly/czLKO2 | marvelous, if true and lasting #
• @BearTwinsMom – I have been there in the pit of depression. All color & taste & lilt & caress sucked from the world, or so it seems. #
• RT @JazzShaw: Dear @JoeNBC : I could have lived the rest of my life without hearing the Rahm / Massa shower story. Thanks. | Me, too. #
• @BearTwinsMom Tears help to wash it away. Engage your senses: smell a rose, or a cinnamon bun, or a young baby. #
• @BearTwinsMom – Paw thru the remainder bin at a cloth store, enjoying each different type of cloth. #
• @BearTwinsMom – sit still and listen for each sound, identify it and welcome it even if it’s harsh. #
• @BearTwinsMom – once you’ve engaged all five usual senses, gear up your kinesthetic sense: move! yourself, other things. Just move. #
• @BearTwinsMom – cinnamon buns ARE good. Enjoy! #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Director Of Public Works http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10458 #
• @MarcyHernick – I understand the sentiment, but some of us Left Coasters are working hard to bring CA back into the fold… #
• New at Traces: Robert Gibbs Blows Smoke At George Stephanopoulos http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14356 #
• On assignment this morning, I was annoyed to discover that I had lost ANOTHER lens cap. Happily, I just found it on the floor of my office. #

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• Goodnight to all the Oscar snarks out there. I don’t care enough even to snark. At least Star Trek won for make-up. Ha! #
• Yay! @lileks returns to bleating tonight! http://bit.ly/aqxFiW He says he’s been up to something interesting… #
• @cheeky_geeky – when they figure out how to combat it… #
• @fredwilson – saw your pic in the MIT Tech Review article on twitter #
• New at Traces: Prez B Cool Gets Advice From Ex-Presidents http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14326 #
• Marin County, CA: 600 Tea Partiers, 2 LaRoucheites and a couple dozen Obamabots http://bit.ly/bQQFmE | via @instapundit #
• Obviously, I went to bed too soon: Sandra Bullock won best actress for “The Blind Side” & “Hurt Locker” won for best movie. #
• Roget L. Simon: “the look on Sean Penn’s face when Sandra Bullock won…” http://bit.ly/bALbP9 #
• New at Traces: RNC Bad Trade On The Politics Of Fear http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14332 #
• RT @Flap: CA-Gov and CA-Sen: Poizner, DeVore get conservative group’s nod #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/4yoyuk #
• RT @Flap: CRA Endorses Poizner, DeVore, Runner, Steel, Aanestad, Dunn, Strickland, Walters, Eastman, Lenning #catcot http://icio.us/kbramj #
• Rothenberg: “[T]he one thing Obama and Congressional Democrats need is some good news.” http://bit.ly/91r7Em | Hard to come by for Dems #
• @greeneyedkat – you’re not alone. I live in a household of gals not weeping after Depp. #

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• @kevintylersmith – mmm, pad thai… yum #
• New at Cockleshells: Seedling Sacrifice? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1171 #
• Edgelings throws a birthday party for Photoshop, http://bit.ly/a7rQcN | 20 years and counting! #
• 5.8 magnitude quake near Bio-Bio, Chile, this morning, http://bit.ly/9EXFif | No rest for the weary down there #

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• Tim Hartford lists 5 tips for writing non-fictions, http://bit.ly/dhAd8Q | I do all five, but am weak on #4 for long projects #
• RT @ocbiz: Is your home prepared for disaster? Easy & cheap tips to prepare your home for fire, rain, floods, quakes. http://bit.ly/cUacE1 #
• Mish: Banks not lending to qualified applicants, under pressure from feds: expect many bank failures this year, http://bit.ly/9bFXQU #
• New at RCCA: Liquefaction?!? In Orange County? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10431 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Pays Out Deposits Of Centennial Bank In Ogden, UT http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14292 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Two New Police Officers Sworn In http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10438 #
• @myvirtualjob – tnx for retweet #
• Via a workmate of kid #4, koeksisters http://bit.ly/bCDUNp | sweet fried dough, “like donuts — but better!” #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Font Squabble: Why So Hot Over Comic Sans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1636 #

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• Because CA has so much extra money, Asm Spkr Karen Bass handed out promotions & raises on her last day, http://bit.ly/cUwIDI #
• Rothenberg: MA 10 moves to “Democrat Favored” following retirement of Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA-10), http://bit.ly/angdoy #
• Peggy Noonan on Obamacare: “What a disaster it has been.” http://bit.ly/cTKlL4 | We’re not out of the Obamawoods yet #
• New at Traces: Chile: Still Shaking http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14230 #
• New at Traces: Hoyer Suggests “Clean-Up” Bill For Abortion Sticking Point http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14236 #
• New at Cockleshells: Florida Shivers, Tomato-Lovers Weep http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1157 #
• New at Traces: National Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9.7% http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14245 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Registration Open For Spring Activities http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10427 #

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• New at Cockleshells: Save The Seeds http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1138 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Author To Speak at Chamber Breakfast http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10390 #
• New at RCCA: Mission Viejo: Mock DUI Collision at Trabuco Hills High School http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10399 #
• Insane CA Coastal Commission asserts control over private backyard adjoining public beach, http://bit.ly/cvObtF | live on the Left Coast #
• St. Louis Fed unofficially declares The Great Recession ended in June 2009, http://bit.ly/bEbhCg | feel better about having no job now? #
• Gah! Bigstock Photo changed their web interface, http://www.bigstockphoto.com | too bright & clear for this early in the morning… need caffeine… #
• Andy McCarthy: Dems h/c strategy is to pass a bill that will never get dismantled, http://bit.ly/bhoDJ8 | conservatives MUST see, plan, act #
• Page @JonahNRO – WSJ page 1 story on Marine 1Sgt Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog with PTSD, http://bit.ly/9pAhuQ #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13667 #
• SacBee: new Asm speaker Pérez wants to lower vote req for budget legislation, handing more power to Dem majority & crippling Rep oppo #
• Spending Limit Amendment to federal constitution proposed, http://bit.ly/9wMgl5 | “better than a line item veto!” #
• Tax Day Tea Party moves to Los Vegas, NV, to keep an eye on Harry Reid & John McCain, http://www.taxdayteaparty.com #
• CERC grows from 2M to 2.5M visitors over the last year, http://www.catholiceducation.org | congratulations! (Oh, they need money to keep growing…) #
• Archbishop Chaput on “The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life,” http://bit.ly/aFSzLi | ‘chaput’ like ’shampoo’ without the ‘m’ #
• Gallup: West & East still letting go more workers than hiring; South & Midwest hiring more, http://bit.ly/dbNkpL #
• Crystal Ball peers thru fog to if House & Senate incumbents will indeed be shown the door this year, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | it’s THAT way! #
• Dang: Crystal Ball’s handy-dandy primary schedule sez the next primary is Indiana on May 4th, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | keep the tea pot hot! #
• @davidfraga – tnx for retweet! #
• Crowdsourcing author-scouting, http://bit.ly/99Ugoa | free for writers to post 10 pages – run it up the flag pole & see who salutes… #
• Tea Party Nation throwing a 2nd convu, in Las Vegas July 15-17, http://www.teapartynation.com | also calling up opposition to Dodd/Corker bill #
• Tribune Co. leads 3rd round of funding for Perfect Market, http://bit.ly/dqa3Fo | PM does SEO & matches relevant ads to optimized pages #
• Stupak on GMA: “I’m willing to take down the whole health care bill if abortion language not changed.” http://bit.ly/92em2r | yay, Stupak! #
• Beware Senators in search of a legacy: Chris Dodd wants financial reform as his, http://bit.ly/92em2r | read the bill’s text carefully #
• @jimgeraghty – the longer they wait, the larger & noisier the grassroots opposition grows #
• Going AFK to try praline recipe in “Joy of Cooking” – see you when the pralines are cooling! (Yes, this counts as work: I’ll post results.) #

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• @debbitlawrence – NRO’s The Corner & Campaign Spot said Rangel out, then maybe not #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Turning Orange County Fauve http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1624 #
• New at RCCA: Fauvist Community Center http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10354 #
• Crowdsourcing amendments to block reconciliation of health care reform, http://bit.ly/bMwEQ4 #hhrs #tcot #healthcare #
• New at Traces: Sarah Palin, A Stand-Up Gal In Blue Jeans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14182 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Shooting Leaves Victim In Serious Condition http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10364 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Bridgeport Community Meetings http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10368 #
• @OCFA_PIO – do you know the time of the open house for station #48 in Seal Beach on March 20th? #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Fire Station Opening http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10372 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13662 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10377 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Children’s Book Author Raises Funds for Anaheim Family Justice Center http://bit.ly/9cisAU #
• New at Traces: MSNBC Runs Off The Rails Over Tea Partiers http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14186 #
• @mlane – freelancing may be hard, but it’s also the Only Job In The World — for me. #
• @ericjodom – that Nevada Tea Party smells fishy to me #teaparty #
• New at Traces: Chile Earthquake: A Reminder http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14205 #
• Charles Rowley provides examples of political virtue to set out as role models, http://bit.ly/985wHY | Churchill heads the list #

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• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13657 #
• Setting up an email campaign? Updating an existing email campaign? This white paper might help, http://bit.ly/cJajIU (pdf) #
• Awesome laptop bag, http://bit.ly/cSMyWo | kind of steampunk, for laptop lovers who love the look & feel of old books #
• RT @WSJ: Chart: After spike, this flu season fizzled… rate is now way below normal http://on.wsj.com/bNeHtx | hand santizer! vampire cough! #
• Good news! Exactly zero Californians will lose unemployment benefits w/o an enacted extension, http://bit.ly/cc6kx2 | 49.6k in Florida lose #

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• New at Traces: Advice For Prez B Cool: Get Hot http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14162 #
• Karl Denninger understands the politics of power functions, http://bit.ly/bw5lpF | as in exponential growth not Machiavellian strategy #
• Chicago public schools out of money, http://bit.ly/amlcQ0 | union contracts run thru 2012 & call for 4% annual raise – fantasy budgeting #
• 5.8 quake 160mi SW of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/drRUCn #
• @jimgeraghty – not as memorable as Demon Sheep, though #
• New at Traces: BEA Releases Personal Income Report For Janary 2010 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14169 #
• New at One Man Band: Tempted By Social Media? Other Small Businesses Have Already Jumped In http://bit.ly/9KgFhm #
• Michael Barone on Puerto Rican statehood, http://bit.ly/akwF4U | I agree: ya gotta want it bad – it’s not enough that Dems want extra votes #
• New at Traces: Conservatives Need A Strategy For AFTER The November Election http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14173 #
• I recommend today’s Afterburner with Bill Whittle to Tea Partiers, Tea Party sympathizers and Tea Party opponents, http://bit.ly/bR9E78 #
• @markknoller – not eating enough veggies from Michelle’s garden… #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: March DUI Checkpoint http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10345 #

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• New at Traces: Noel Campbell Recommends Bernard Lewis http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14144 #
• Why is NDak’s unemp rate 4.3%? The Bakken oil shale formation, http://bit.ly/c47ZM1 | profitable at $50/barrel (oil now near $80/barrel) #
• New at Prosthetic Device: D&AD Design Annual Now Available http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1614 #
• Tsunami Tea Party: defying wind, rain and earthquake-spawned tsnumami to party hearty for liberty, http://bit.ly/9zWlCR #
• Glenn Reynolds interviews Dana Loesch, http://bit.ly/9EzbAD | InstaVision & DanaRadio at PJTV #
• Marketing: Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man harks back to The Man In The Hathaway Shirt, http://bit.ly/bgDuSB #
• Mike Shedlock is not optimistic about employment recovery, http://bit.ly/cTKn3D | job a job? good! no job? sux to be you! #
• Pelosi again slanders Tea Partiers as GOP astroturf, http://bit.ly/apXfdT | emotionally satisfying but factually incorrect #

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• @tomllewis – tnx for the #ff #
• @mikepfs – tnx for the #followfriday #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Alley Reconstruction http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10328 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Rainier Pacific Bank In Tacoma, WA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14100 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Dewey, Ahoy! http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10332 #
• Zenit (“The World Seen From Rome”) running annual donation drive, http://bit.ly/dqqeqz #
• Tea Partiers should read & discuss & act on Mount Vernon Statement, recently signed by conservative leaders. http://bit.ly/beVYIQ #
• New at Traces: Clusterstock vs. St. Louis Fed On Money Supply http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14105 #
• New at Cockleshells: California In Winter: Yellow Pear Heirloom Tomato http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1131 #
• New at Traces: Chile: 5.3 Magnitude Quake Another Aftershock Of 8.8 Quake http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14115 #
• AOL Noticias has photos from Chile of earthquake damage, http://bit.ly/cHnnGu #
• ETA of tsunami in Hawaii: 11:19a HST http://bit.ly/aXVmTO | All shores at risk – could last for extended period – head to high ground #
• A tsunami advisory is in effect for Alaska and the West Coast, http://bit.ly/162Avl #
• The international airport in Santiago has been closed for 72 hours due to the earthquake, http://bit.ly/bIQt6I (en español) #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach La Jolla, CA, around 2pm PST, http://bit.ly/djgdKB #
• Map of expected arrival time of leading edge of tsunami, http://bit.ly/aBqV3V #
• Correction: leading edge of tsunami expected to reach La Jolla at 11:44a PST, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach Newport Beach, CA, around 12:12pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach Santa Monica, CA around 12:45 pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach San Francisco, CA, around 1:26pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• @EdMorrissey @gretawire – the English vowel sounds in “Chee-lay” aren’t the same as the Spanish vowels – just say “Chilly” #
• @ethand – meh – if it was sent bulk mail, it was probably out of their hands at the post office #
• NTARC live tsunami warning, http://bit.ly/2r82wA #
• There have been six (6!) aftershocks of magnitude greater than 6 following the 8.8 quake in Chile this morning #
• @AnnaTarkov – I cover two different city councils for two weeklies printed by the same company – 400-600 words an article on similar stuff #
• @RickMoore – the summit was stage dressing & misdirection #

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• New at Cockleshells: Cherry Bell Radishes Before This Weekend’s Rain http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1122 #
• RoberLSimon on re-electing Barbara Boxer (D-CA): “”Nothing less than humiliating defeat would be satisfying to me.” http://bit.ly/908IIW #
• Andy McCarthy: Senate quietly reauthorizes Patriot Act with voice vote, http://bit.ly/cCV2bU #
• Michelle Malkin: Zazi shows that collecting the dots must happen before connecting the dots can, http://bit.ly/ck8dAa #
• CNN poll: 56% think big govt a threat to individual rights, http://bit.ly/c0az2h | The American Founders agree & planned for it #
• Michael Graham wants to be reported to Big Brother, http://bit.ly/9kLMQF | Is Prez B Cool down with O GroupThink? #
• RT @MelissaTweets: RT @AmyGrindhouse: Levi Johnston Ordered to Pay Child Support http://ow.ly/16Fpcg #palin #tcot | from his photo earnings? #
• Private equity off the mat: THL to buy CKE, parent of Carl’s Jr., http://nyti.ms/9NqOvO | I hope THL doesn’t screw around with Carl’s #
• Tea Partiers, unite: Dems look to use reconcilation to pass Obamacare within the next 4 weeks – massive public disapproval needed… again. #
• Politico Playbook: “the Republicans who showed [for the health care summit] looked reasonable and sincere.” http://bit.ly/cGDHps | oops! #
• New at Cockleshells: California In Winter: Cyclamen http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1126 #
• @ritethink – tnx for retweet! #

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• KHennessey looks at GWB’s bipartisan successes for lessons that Prez B Cool might apply, http://bit.ly/bpMczX | I wish some hadn’t succeeded #
• KHennessey: “Team Obama and their allies repeatedly try to bypass [Congressional] rules…” | undercuts bipartisan trust & cooperation #
• SacBee: skier C.R. Johnson died in an accident at Squaw Valley today, http://bit.ly/bdQRvn #
• The family of “an unknown Canadian soldier” thanks US forces for saving him, http://bit.ly/aDjrLd #
• The second start to my day: WSJ & mocha latté. Wide awake to read about daily disasters. #

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• RT @Jesse: New post on the SocialToo Blog: “New Variant of ‘This You???’ Worm Surfaces on Twitter” – http://bit.ly/8ZfXhI /tip @techmeme #
• Zeroth responder: math teacher tackles gunman at middle school, http://bit.ly/b17jCm | be careful out there, but be ready & willing #
• 2,087 followers & 80 lists – @JebBush hasn’t tweeted once yet, but he already has a big Twitter footprint! #

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• Hugh Hewitt: best conservative response to this wk’s health summit is a contribution to GOP PA12 candidate, http://bit.ly/a0JxDr #hhrs #tcot #

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• Great description of stand-up comedy in Iraq by @stephenkruiser, http://bit.ly/cLYHJb | I can testify to volunteer troops good attitude #

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• New at Cockleshells: Tomatoes In The West Sideyard http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1117 #
• @Dana_Willhoit – I planted tomatoes in our sideyard here in SoCal – beats shoveling snow #

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• @Flap – I’ll be thinking of you while running up & down the stairs here – have a good run! #
• Twitter goes mainstream: @ShitMyDadSays developed as CBS pilot starring William Shatner, http://bit.ly/bnwjiw | Dad wanted James Earl Jones #

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• CA Senate approves “Amazon tax” to force online retailers without retail sales outlets in the state to pay sales tax, http://bit.ly/bq9iGu #
• CA governor had previously promised to veto an online sales tax, http://bit.ly/bq9iGu #
• @warnerthuston – I’m hoping that The Taxinator vetoes the dang thing if it makes it as far as his desk! #

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