![]() Each player has their own dungeon all to themselves. ![]() Your venture marker is a way for you to track which room you're in, just like a mini tells you where you are on a D&D map. If you venture into the dungeon while you don't have any dungeons in the command zone, meaning you're not in a dungeon, it's time to start your journey! Put the dungeon of your choice into the command zone and put a venture marker on the first room, at the top. This could be the effect of a spell, an activated ability, or a triggered ability, as seen here on Shortcut Seeker. Several traditional Magic cards (the ones that do go in your deck) will instruct you to venture into the dungeon. ![]() The way to bring dungeons into the game is a new keyword action: venture into the dungeon. If you're playing with dungeons, just keep them with your sideboard until you need them. You always have access to all three dungeons, and you'll never need more than one of the same one. In games held under tournament conditions, "cards from outside the game" means cards from your sideboard, but dungeons work a little differently. Rather, they start outside the game and end up in the command zone for a while. The three may be familiar to long-time D&D adventurers.ĭungeons don't go in your deck. There are three dungeons in this set, including Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Let's take a look at the new mechanics that await you in your adventures.ĭungeons are a major part of the D&D experience, and they're a big part of the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms experience as well. And now Magic is getting in on the fun with Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the first D&D-themed Magic set. Dungeons & Dragons has been the standard in fantasy roleplaying since a year that begins with a 1.
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![]() In the city of Conway, locals took action even earlier. (of) not knowing the location (of) floods." FLOODS 'EVERY YEAR' "We don't want anyone coming here and have an experience. "There's a lot of misinformation out there about flooding,” said Horry County council member Orton Bellamy. The county also launched an app to give residents and prospective homebuyers a better idea of the risks they face. ![]() If we could do this everywhere, I would recommend it." "This is a pretty pro-development, red county that enacted some of the most sweeping flood reform regulations (in the) state of South Carolina - if not the East Coast. "These maps tell a great story," said Robert Young, a professor at Western Carolina University whose research helped lay the groundwork for the new flood risk zones. They also introduced rules requiring new homes in flood-prone areas to be 3 feet (0.91 m), rather than 1 foot, above flood levels - a notable move among 'red' or Republican communities, frequently skeptical about climate change.Ĭounty officials say the new maps and regulations will help promote flood-resilient buildings and development and provide residents with more reliable information ahead of future floods. Officials in Horry County - a conservative area - created their own flood zone maps that took effect last year and showed expanded risk areas, rather than relying solely on FEMA, which is nationally responsible for dealing with disasters. Floyd, Charley, Bonnie, Fran, Joaquin," said O'Leary, as she sat with her neighbor Frances Thomas and they tried to recall which storm had forced Thomas to evacuate from her home. Homes outside areas that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saw as being at high risk of flooding have been repeatedly hit by rising waters as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.Īround the world, governments are struggling to anticipate and respond effectively to fast-evolving climate-related risks like flooding and wildfires. O'Leary was proven right: Florence deluged hundreds of homes in supposedly lower-risk spots in Horry, according to the county, turning streets into streams and causing millions of dollars in damage that wiped out the savings of some households. "They all told me that they didn't think they were going to flood - they were not going to make any preparations," recalled O'Leary, who founded the group Horry County Rising after Florence hit to advocate for greater action to combat flooding. Residents in the city of Conway, in Horry County, pointed to past experience with storms as reason not to worry - and for many, national flood maps did not show their homes were at high risk. Local officials create their own flood maps, rulesĬONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA - As Hurricane Florence tore through the southeastern United States in 2018, April O'Leary raced to warn hundreds of her South Carolina neighbors to protect their property from coming floods and consider evacuating.Homes outside federal floods zones deluged.Climate change fueling more intense storms, floods. ![]() disaster agency FEMA and are drawing up their own. The campaign also reflects the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) decision to separate the association of storm surge inundation from the category of storm.As climate change drives more intense storms and floods, some coastal districts are no longer relying solely on risk maps from U.S. The Know Your Zone campaign was developed as a result of the information contained in the South Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Study (HES) for the Northern Conglomerate that was released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 2012. Know Your Zone is a public education campaign to inform the citizens and visitors of Horry County of the new hurricane evacuation zones and their vulnerability to storm surge. Horry County’s Emergency Management website has guides that make the zones clear, and they also have an interactive map where you can put in your address and find your zone and evacuation route. Henry McMaster announced Sunday that residents in Zone A of Horry County should evacuate the area starting at noon Monday, but many viewers aren’t sure which zone they live in or how to evacuate if they are in Zone A. Moreau tells Johnny that he can exorcise the spirit if Johnny tells a secret only he knows. Johnny and Nadya bring Danny to the monastery, where Moreau explains that the Ghost Rider is an angel named Zarathos who was tortured and driven insane in Hell. Roarke finds Carrigan nearly dead and revives him, granting him the ability to decay anything he touches. The Rider turns on Nadya and attempts to use the Penance Stare on her but Danny is able to stop him. The Rider emerges and takes on Carrigan's men, using an empowered mining machine to destroy their hideout and mortally wound Carrigan. That night, Nadya and Johnny interrogate a contact of Carrigan's and Johnny takes off to find Carrigan. Nadya explains that she made a deal with Roarke as well, and that Danny is Roarke's son. Meanwhile, Blaze awakens in a hospital and leaves, following Nadya and convincing her to accept his help. Carrigan informs Roarke (who is actually Mephisto in disguise) about the Rider's interference and Roarke places a spell on Danny to stop the Rider from tracking him. Nadya distracts the Ghost Rider, who is shot with grenades. He is about to execute Nadya when the Ghost Rider appears, killing several of Carrigan's men. Nadya and Danny are captured by Nadya's former boyfriend, Ray Carrigan. Moreau offers to restore Johnny's soul and remove the Ghost Rider's curse in exchange for the Rider's help finding Danny. Moreau decides to seek out Johnny Blaze, who is currently in hiding to prevent the Rider from running amok. A firefight ensues, and Danny is able to escape with his mother Nadya. They seek to kidnap a young boy named Danny and perform a ceremony on him that will allow the aging Roarke to transfer himself into Danny's body. In rural Romania, an alcoholic monk named Moreau warns a nearby monastery about an impending ambush by Roarke's forces. ![]() The film rights to the character were reverted to Marvel Studios shortly thereafter, and the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nicolas Cage stated that he was "done" with the Ghost Rider films and a planned sequel was cancelled. ![]() The film grossed $132.6 million, against its $57–75 million production budget. The film experienced worse critical reception than the first film, with criticism being aimed towards the script, CGI, and performances. Released publicly for one night on December 11, 2011, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance had its wide commercial release on February 17, 2012, in 2D and 3D. The film was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, from a screenplay written by Scott M. It is a sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider and features Nicolas Cage reprising his role as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider with supporting roles portrayed by Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, and Idris Elba. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider. ![]() ![]() At the beginning of the film, Sophina pleads Oscar to stop dealing marijuana. Oscar Grant is portrayed as a family man living in a low-income neighborhood and displays his daily efforts to remove his family from poverty. This theme is demonstrated in a beautifully complex manner throughout the entirety of this film. One being the criminalization and vilification of black men. This film highlights many injustices that black communities face in the modern era. The officer who killed Grant was charged with involuntary manslaughter and served a mere 11 months in jail, claiming he mistook his gun for his taser. The significance of this true story lies in the aftermath of his death which sparked a series of protests and riots against the injustice of police brutality. “Fruitvale Station” describes Grant’s life and the events leading up to his death. He left behind his girlfriend Sophina and four-year-old daughter Tatiana. ![]() Grant was a young man from Hayward, California who was fatally shot on New Year’s Eve after an altercation with a BART transit police officer in 2009. The film “Fruitvale Station,” directed and written by Ryan Coogler is a story based on the death of Oscar Grant. "Pirone was, in large part, responsible for setting the events in motion that created a chaotic and tense situation on the platform, setting the stage, even if inadvertent, for the shooting of Oscar Grant," the report states.Fruitvale Station: A Story of Police Brutality and Institutionalized Racism It called Pirone's actions "aggressive and unreasonable" and added that he used a racial slur when detaining Grant. In 2019 officials released a long-sealed internal affairs investigation of what lead to Grant's death. Grant's mother and daughter received a combined $2.8 million settlement with BART. Additionally it said Pirone and the officer who shot Grant, Johannes Mehserle, are no longer with the transit agency. The statement went on to say it settled a civil lawsuit with the Grant family roughly a decade ago. engaged with the Grant Family as BART has worked to implement progressive policing reform over the years in response to the tragic killing of Oscar Grant," Alicia Trost, a BART Chief Communications Officer said in a statement emailed to NPR. It was in a manner similar to that of the then-police officer in Minneapolis who is facing a second-degree murder charge in the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd this year. Pirone, who was fired but never charged in the incident, used his knee to pin Grant down. "Absolutely we are hopeful that Nancy O'Malley and her team will do the right thing, and the right thing is to convict Pirone for his actions in causing my son to lose his life and be killed," Wanda Johnson, Grant's mother, told the Mercury News. The Grant family is calling for felony murder charges to be filed against former BART officer Anthony Pirone, according to The Mercury News, which first reported the Grant murder investigation was being reexamined. We will evaluate the evidence and the law, including the applicable law at the time and the statute of limitations and make a determination." "I have assigned a team of lawyers to look back into the circumstances that caused the death of Oscar Grant. "We are re-opening our investigation," O'Malley continued. ![]() The murder of Oscar Grant greatly impacted the county and the state," Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said in a statement emailed to NPR. "We have listened closely to the requests of the family of Oscar Grant. ![]() Who are the players you are competing against or not paying attention to who could be great allies? Who or what are the antagonists you are not taking into account? What rules can you change, or just discard? How could you play the game differently for more rewarding outcomes? What could you accomplish as a result? I invite you to think about who the rules of our economy and society tell you is your competition. Now I invite you to rethink the investing rules you have adopted, and your objective. So I suggested we join sides to play against our invisible third player: “Let’s build the tallest, most stable structure we can, to withstand the wind.” After initial strong reluctance to collaborate, we eventually became allies, built our tallest towers to date, and had a lot of fun finding creative ways to defy the forces working to keep our towers weak and small. Here we were playing against each other, when we were actually both facing a greater competitor: 20 mile per hour winds! My husband was trying to make the structure unstable for me but, at the end of each game, the wind was the one having all the fun. It also helps explain why trades in Monopoly or Catan don’t work with only two players.On a windy spring day in Las Vegas, my husband and I were playing Jenga and I stopped the game because I felt his moves were not making sense.Īs I thought about what didn’t make sense to me, I realized that it was the rules we had adopted without thinking about their relevance. This is why you should not try to maximize your score in Words with Friends or Scrabble. Thus, you should not exclusively focus on what puts you in a good position you need to pay equal attention to what puts your opponent in a bad position. There are two paths to victory in such interactions: you winning and your opponent losing. What we are observing here is a special case of a more general principle in zero-sum games. Thus, depending on how you perceive those probabilities, your optimal play may be taking the more difficult block! However, if you are successful, you will place your opponent in the near-hopeless situation and almost certainly win. You are definitely more likely to lose this turn if you try taking it. This is a tall order-it is not loose precisely because it is supporting the weight above it. Your only other feasible option is to force out the middle block. This means you will be forced to do the aforementioned nearly impossible task. When the game comes back to you, the new top row will still only have two blocks on it. Your opponent will immediately follow up by taking the remaining side block. Life is more complicated if the side blocks are loose. ![]() Your opponent is almost certain to lose here, so your initial decision is straightforward. ![]() Instead, your opponent must take a row with the middle block missing, slowly re-position a side block into the middle slot, and then remove the other block. There are no blocks that can be removed in isolation without crumbling the tower. What happens if you take it? Your opponent is in deep trouble. Let’s say that the middle block is loose. In short, the future matters if you ignore it, trouble will find you. ![]() After doing so, choose the option that maximizes your benefits given how others will maximize their benefits later. Broadly, backward induction tells us that the best way to strategize for right now is to consider how others will respond to whatever you can do. If the sides are loose, you would take one of them if the middle was loose, then you would take it.īackward induction suggests caution here. Under normal circumstances, you should poke around that row to figure out which is the case. If the middle block is slightly larger, then the sides will be loose due to this if the middle block is slightly smaller, then it alone will be loose. Consequently, the tower’s weight is not usually distributed evenly across a row. Jenga blocks are not completely uniform some are slightly smaller or slightly larger than others. If you have played Jenga before, you know what normally comes next. Without doing some ridiculous Jenga acrobatics, this gives you exactly three blocks to choose from, all of them in the second row from the top. Jenga’s rules only allow you to take blocks from below a completed row, so the top is off limits. The only exceptions are the top two rows. To save you some time, almost the entire tower is “spent”-either the middle block or the two side blocks are missing from just about every level. Imagine you are playing Jenga, and it is your turn. Hence initiatives like the Domino’s Innovation Garage, a testing ground for new tech that opened in August, an e-bike program to speed up delivery in dense urban areas where cars are inefficient, and partnerships with location-tech companies to pinpoint hard-to-find street addresses.Įarlier this year, Domino’s CEO Richard E. That’s no small order in a restaurant industry where 70 percent of all delivery orders are expected to come from third-party delivery services by 2022. The move is one of many strategies Domino’s has in place to fight back against third-party delivery dominance. ![]() GPS tracking technology isn’t new to the delivery world, and in fact, part of Domino’s motivation behind enhancing its own is to compete with third-party food delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats, who already have such capabilities in place. The idea is that by having more exact visibility into drivers’ locations, managers can better manage operational elements of the delivery process, such as route optimization and driver safety. Store managers, meanwhile, can view where drivers (Domino’s refers to them as “delivery experts”) are on the road. Users can opt in to receive text message updates letting them know when their order is on the way, when it is two minutes away, and when it has arrived. After placing an order via the Domino’s app, they will be able to access an interactive map of their order and receive an estimated delivery time. According to a press release, Domino’s expects “a significant portion of stores” to use it in 2020.įor customers, the Domino’s Tracker offers a more precise time estimate of when their pie will arrive. The chain has been piloting this technology, dubbed Domino’s Tracker, in select locations throughout this year. Domino’s announced this week it will expand its GPS tracking technology to roughly a quarter of its U.S. The sequel, as Philips revealed with a post to his Instagram of the blood-red screenplay, is titled Joker: Folie à Deux, which refers to a medical term for shared psychosis or delusional disorder. The original film, starring Phoenix, was not free of controversy and criticism, but nevertheless garnered box office and critical success grossing USD$1 billion and nabbing 12 Oscar nominations (including Best Actor, which Phoenix won). What does Folie à Deux mean?ĭirector and screenwriter Todd Phillips initially revealed the title of his Joker sequel back in June 2022, and only a week after, we scored two more major details about the project: Firstly, that it would potentially star none other than Gaga (confirmed) and secondly (and even more absurdly), it may be a musical (we can only hope). Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016) | WARNER BROS. ![]() “I think she’ll do something incredible with it.” “It’s such an honour to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing,” Robbie added. “It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning is all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way, like, Macbeth or Batman always gets passed, you know, from great actor to great actor,” Robbie expressed in a recent interview with MTV. Taking on the role of one of pop culture’s most iconic villains is no small feat, but luckily for Gaga, Robbie - who played Quinn in the 2016’s Suicide Squad, as well as the 2021 sequel and the 2020 spinoff Birds of Prey - has offered her support. Has Margot Robbie commented on Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn? But knowing Gaga, she’d certainly be memorable - one need only consider her iconic performances in House of Gucci or A Star Is Born (which was produced by Philips). She’ll exist in a separate universe to the more recent Suicide Squad films. INSTAGRAM / director, Todd Philips’ take on the Joker, this would likely be a Harley Quinn unlike any we’ve seen before. “Folie à Deux □,” she captioned the image. In addition to the paparazzi shots of her on set, Gaga has shared a peek at the film on Instagram, uploading a snap of herself and Phoenix, in costume. ![]() On April 6, she officially confirmed the news, captioning an Instagram post of herself in costume, “That’s a wrap ❤️□ □□ X, Harleen.” ![]() In the shot, she holds a criminal identifier with the name ‘Harleen Frances Quinzel’ - which any fan of the comics will know is Harley Quinn’s birth name. In one snap, an extra is seen holding a prop newspaper with a mock mug shot of Gaga as Harley on the front. While it has always been unclear whether Gaga was, in fact, playing Harley Quinn, the news was confirmed this March after viral paparazzi photos showed her in costume filming in New York. The revelation that Gaga was onboard for the Joker sequel was speculated for some time before the singer officially announced her involvement via a video uploaded to Instagram on August 4, 2022. The film will make her the latest in a long list of actresses who have played Quinn in the 30 years since she was introduced in 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series. INSTAGRAM / GAGA will star as the Harley Quinn to Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in Folie à Deux, it has been confirmed. ![]() But I can't tell how to actually get to them. I found the guy who rescued me at the start of the game, and he pinpointed all the triangles on my map. But I am getting tired of wandering in circles in the western region, just to advance the story. I don't want any secrets spoiled, and I don't want to get any physical upgrades I didn't earn. Expect it to be done within the next few days.I have no intention of following a guide for this game, since the confusion seems to be part of the point. I intend to do a once-over in-game to verify everything, then do some visual refinements. Quick progress report: I have all the collectibles mapped. With dimming or grayscaling, they can simply click the icon again to toggle it back. And I don't like the idea of hiding the icons. And it's not like you can ever be locked out of collecting a bit if it, for example, lands in a pit or inside a wall, as all bits spawn in fixed locations if not recovered and the room is re-entered (not to mention they give off a distinct audio cue, so you'd have to be pretty dense to miss a dropped bit).Īs for dimming versus hiding, I propose a third option: grayscaling. I'm not sure if that situation is really worth considering, however, as someone who's using this map would know with certainty that there are multiple bits associated with that icon. And if someone happened to accidentally miss a bit, then they'd have a really hard time going back and finding them. Treating the text as part of the image will make it an all-or-nothing sort of thing. It's possible (but not likely) that someone could pick up some but not all of the bits that appear in groups. ![]() I will probably distribute the page (HTML, JS, Instructions, etc) as a zip file where everyone can launch it on their PC without it being hosted anywhere :).The data about the map will be stored in local data probably so that when you reload the interactive map the items state can be restored.Upon clicking an item image i'll toggle it in someway - possibly I'll give an option to dim or hide, what do you think?.Write a page where I'll load the map image, the JSON file and the individual item images on top of the map (using the coordinates from the JSON).Export the items (gearbits, equipment, guns, modules, etc.) as Images and construct a JSON file with their image coordinates (using plugin).Export the map image with area borders etc, but without the actual items. ![]() Option one seems to be easier for you, for me it does not matter :) Option 2 - Merge the text and the gearbit icon into a single layer - then both the icon and text will be hidden dimmed when checked as found, it's up to you :) Option 1 - Leave them as they are - in the interactive map only the gearbit icon (without the text) will be hidden/dimmed when checked as found There are so many damn layers in those PSDs. The second set has the original module sizes and locations.Īnd lastly, some links to PNG versions of the large maps, since Imgur automatically converts huge PNG files into JPG.ĮDIT: also random note, this has taken forever. The first set has smaller icons for modules, and they've been relocated to where they actually are in-game. Here is a link to a rar of the PSDs I have made.Īnd thirdly, there are two versions of each map. If someone wants to edit these maps, you're totally free to put whatever you want, or whatever changes you want, and release it under your own name. These maps should have 175/176 Gearbits, you only need 160 to upgrade all your equipment, but in the last few patches (released after I had already done the exploring part) they added in more gearbits, for an apparent total of 185. The prior submission is honestly better if you're just looking for modules, keys, and monoliths, since it's more compact and easier to navigate. As a result of all the gearbits and border/transition drawing, I had to split the underground into a separated map. So, a bit of explanation: I drew area borders for the majority of Overworld areas, as well as area transitions, to give a bit more direction to which zone what gearbit or item is actually in. ![]() Needed variables within those tags and they will be introduced atīecause include is a special language construct, Possible when including remote files unless the output of the remoteĪnd end tags (as with any local file). Include call as you would for a normal function. That file and return to the script which called it. Statement inside an included file in order to terminate processing in Includes, unless overridden by the included file, return Remote script to produce a valid and desired code.įALSE on failure and raises a warning. ![]() Otherwise, special care should be taken to secure the There and outputted only, readfile() is much betterįunction to use. 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This help j Next menu item k Previous menu item g p Previous man page g n Next man page G Scroll to bottom g g Scroll to top g h Goto homepage g s Goto search ![]() One method, that has worked well for me, is to add some water to drywall topping compound transforming it into a thick paint. There are many different methods of skim coating as well as large tools to make the job go faster. This problem is easily solved if the entire surface of the paperless drywall is skim coated with drywall topping compound. The filled glass matt has a very different texture than unfinished paperless drywall. The smooth areas are created when the creamy joint compound fills the small voids in the fiberglass matting. Smooth racing strips might also be visible at corners and flat seams where joint compound and tape was used to finish the unsightly seams where two pieces of drywall touch one another. If a rookie drywall finisher and painter work on the paperless drywall, you might see smooth polka dots where the screws and nails are covered with finishing compound in the drywall. But when you get closer and look at the surface of the paperless drywall, you can see and feel the fine fiberglass matting.Īt night when light washes down a wall from above at a low angle, the texture of the fiberglass matting is very apparent. When viewed in daylight at a distance over six feet away, the surface of the paperless drywall appears nearly identical to that of traditional paper-faced drywall. Aside from the slightly rougher surface when handling it, I could tell no other difference when cutting the paperless drywall with a traditional razor knife.ĭrywall screws and nails penetrate the paperless drywall just like traditional drywall. I have used this paperless drywall on two recent projects in my own home. Some molds actually feed on the paper facing of traditional drywall if the drywall becomes wet or damp and stays moist. It's mold resistant simply because the fiberglass mat that replaces the paper is not a known food source for many common molds. Not all traditional drywall has this type of core.įirst and foremost, the paperless drywall was created to help minimize the spread of mold in homes. It also comes with a moisture-resistant gypsum core. The paperless drywall is covered both front and back with fiberglass which is naturally highly water resistant. Some drywall products have colored paper facing (blue or green) that inhibits the absorption of water that might otherwise soften the gypsum core.ĬLICK HERE to get FREE & FAST BIDS from local drywall contractors who can bring paperless drywall to your home. Not all drywall has the same paper facing. Traditional drywall has a firm gypsum core that is wrapped with special paper both front and back. While traditional drywall with paper facing is fine in many instances and I have it on virtually every surface of my own home, the paperless drywall solves a few pesky problems the paper-faced drywall has had for years. To me it is one of those, why-didn't-I-think-of-that products. Would you use this paperless product in your own home? Joy B., Olive Branch, MSĭEAR JOY: The paperless drywall is a fascinating product. ![]() Why would I want to use paperless drywall? The texture of the paperless drywall is definitely rougher, and I am worried the walls and ceilings in my house will not be smooth. Is it as easy to cut, install and finish as traditional drywall that has a paper facing? CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter!ĭEAR TIM: Paperless drywall is causing me some consternation.Slightly rougher texture easily made smooth by skim coating. ![]() Inner gypsum core is different and more resistant to water damage.Many different types of drywall some with no paper.PHOTO CREDIT: Tim Carter Paperless Drywall TIPS It is really hard to see, but the paperless drywall in this photo has a texture like ultra-fine steel wool. |
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