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Date Sent: 2012-05-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, May 5, 2012 |
News Link • Surveillance
Obama administration urges freer snooping of cellphone records
05-04-2012
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Reuters
The U.S. Congress should pass a law to give investigators freer access to certain cellphone records the Justice Dept. argued that requirements for warrants would "cripple" prosecutors and law enforcement.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Freedom's Phoenix
Freedom's Phoenix Magazine ready for DOWNLOAD (here are just a few articles for our subscribers)
05-04-2012
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Freedom's Phoenix Magazine
May 2012 edition will feature the art and science of communicating liberty using music, art, literature, humor/comedy, and activism.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Mexico Cartels Stealing Gold to Launder Drug Money
05-04-2012
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www.insightcrime.org
Mexican authorities say that, since 2008, criminal gangs have robbed so many trucks carrying gold shipments that some mining companies have been forced to switch to aerial transportation.
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Chip Saunders
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
May 6, 2012 Edition
05-04-2012
John Semmens
Obama Autobiography Revealed to Be Mostly Fictitious
President Obama's putative autobiography"Dreams from My Father"is apparently mostly “made up stuff.” Nonexistent characters and imaginary events comprise the bulk of the content. The only verifi
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News Link • Activism
Ron Paul Sign Upgrade 05/05/2012 Tucson Az Support!
05-05-2012
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Chris Haskell - Real News Tucson
Ron Paul Tucson Az Support Sign Upgrade 05/05/2012! "Ron Paul thru Nov!"
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
First-Grader Suspended for Singing 'I'm Sexy and I Know It'
05-04-2012
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ABC News (video)
School officials said D’Avonte was suspended for sexual harassment after he sang and the line to a female classmate who was standing in a lunch line. It wasn’t the first time he’d serenaded this girl with this particular lyric.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anthropology
Mysterious origin of Solomon Islands’ dark-skinned blonds revealed
05-04-2012
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The Sideshow
Researchers have discovered a single gene that caused inhabitants of the Solomon Islands to have the unique combination of very dark skin and very blond hair.
On Thursday, the journal Science reported that a single gene mutation is responsible for
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
Group pulls plug on billboard linking global warming believers to terrorists
05-04-2012
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Washington Post
A mug shot of Ted Kaczynski took center stage in the increasingly ugly debate over climate change as a libertarian think tank funded by major corporations, launched a billboard campaign equating people convinced that global warming is real to the con
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • European Union
UKIP has a BREAKOUT TURNOUT in UK local elections!
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www.varight.com
UKIP, the British libertarian, anti-EU political party had it's best turnout in the recent local only elections on May 3! Maybe BRITAIN is RISING!
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Archaeology
Egyptian Manuscript Completed
05-04-2012
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arclein
Amenhotep’s manuscript is particularly significant as it is an early example of a Book of the Dead manuscript that has several unusual features found on only four or five manuscripts ever found.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Appetite Suppression With Dr. Sears
05-04-2012
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arclein
hen I jumped at the chance to drive in Africa, Dr. Kizito didn’t expect me to keep pulling the car over to see all of the interesting plants.
What I hadn’t noticed was that his BMW was a stick shift. It made driving a little more tricky because th
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Graft Free Zones
05-04-2012
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arclein
By participating in RED governance, Canada can make the new city a more attractive place for would-be residents and investors. It can help immediately by appointing a representative to a commission that has the power to ensure that RED leadership rem
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robert klein
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News Link • Transportation
Testing the Long-Awaited Fisker Karma Plug-In Hybrid
05-04-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By John Voelcker
At the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the start-up Fisker Automotive unveiled its Karma concept , a high-end plug-in hybrid the company would use to challenge Tesla Motors. Cofounder Henrik Fisker said the Karma would go on sale in late 2009.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
FYI: Where Is The Center of the Universe?
05-04-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rose Pastore
First, it’s important to know that the big bang wasn’t an explosion of matter into empty space"it was the rapid expansion of space itself. This means that every single point in the universe appears to be at the center.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea: How We Lost Track
05-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Maryn McKenna
Develop cheap rapid tests for detecting sexually transmitted diseases, and lose the ability to track that those diseases are becoming resistant to the last antibiotics that work reliably against them.
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News Link • Internet
Kickstarter of Doom: Hoax Site ‘Funds’ Torture Bus, Death Drones
05-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Spencer Ackerman
Inspired by the Kony 2012 fad, a group of New York University grad students has set up the wartime version of Kickstarter, where random people can bankroll new weapons and new paramilitary missions.
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News Link • Energy
Why Solarcity Is Succeeding in a Difficult Solar Industry
05-04-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
The secret is using existing technology.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
A Beginner's Guide to Buying Silver on eBay
05-04-2012
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http://survivalblog.com, by Gil G.
When I put some serious thought into purchasing silver as a hedge against the rapid inflation of the US dollar, I was overwhelmed by the complexity of the task.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Dying Stars Caught Eating Rocky Alien Planets
05-04-2012
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http://www.space.com, Staff
Astronomers have caught four dying stars in the act of chowing down on rocky alien planets similar to Earth, a destructive cosmic process that may one day play out in our very own solar system, a new study reveals.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Gunshots Damage Historic Saturn V Moon Rocket
05-04-2012
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http://www.space.com, Robert Z. Pearlman
A historic Saturn V rocket was damaged by gunfire Thursday (May 3), after someone shot three bullets into the Alabama museum where the mighty moon booster is on display.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Racks Up Delegates, Putting GOP Establishment On Edge
05-03-2012
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www.huffingtonpost.com
A prominent Iowa Republican supporting Romney was asked recently how many of the Hawkeye State's 28 delegates he expects Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) to have heading into the national convention in Tampa this August. "Twenty," he said.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Speech That Got JFK Murdered?
05-03-2012
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lewrockwell.com
Kennedy prepared this speech with only a handful of close, trusted aides ,and were careful to keep its contents secret from the national security establishment.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Gov't seeks more than 1,700 secret warrants
05-03-2012
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wtop.com
FBI also made 16,511 national security letter requests for information on 7,201 people last year. The letters allow officials to collect virtually unlimited kinds of sensitive, private information like financial and phone records. That is down from 2
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
RNC may block Nevada delegation if it seats too many pro-Paul delegates
05-03-2012
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www.rawstory.com
Paul enjoys strong support in Nevada. National officials are becoming worried that the congressman’s popularity could throw a wrench into the works of an otherwise smooth nomination process for Romney.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Prefabricated Fascists: The FBI's Assembly-Line Provocateurs
05-03-2012
This Article written in 2009 seems eerily prophetic given the recent events involving J.T. Ready. A quote: "Ready ... is a pretty good candidate to be the next NSM figure outed as an asset of the Feds."
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Wealthy Americans Queue to Give Up Their Passports
05-03-2012
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http://www.bloomberg.com, By Giles Broom
Rich Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship rose sevenfold since UBS AG (UBSN) whistle-blower Bradley Birkenfeld triggered a crackdown on tax evasion four years ago.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Justice Department to review handling of 80 rape cases in Missoula
05-03-2012
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Rawstory
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how rape cases in Missoula, Montana were being handled by local authorities.These is “serious concern” that 80 rape cases “were not being investigated in a prompt and adequate fashion.”
A number of t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Student forgotten in cell by DEA files $20 million torture lawsuit
05-03-2012
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Rawstory
Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old student at UC San Diego who was left in a Drug Enforcement Agency holding cell for 5 days without food or water, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the agency. “The deprivation of food and water for four and one-hal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Unmasked: Meet The FBI's Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch
05-03-2012
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The Smoking Gun
The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of 5 for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in the midst of his cooperation with federa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
US military-industrial giant KBR in bidding to privatize British police forces
05-03-2012
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FOX News
Giant US military-industrial company Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) is in the running to win a slice of a controversial contract to transform police forces in Britain. Hailed as the largest police privatization scheme in the UK, it has been suggested the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Saudi Arabia warns Iran over Gulf islands, Bahrain
05-03-2012
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Reuters
Saudi Arabia repeated it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Israel mobilizes the reserves
05-03-2012
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Times of Israel
The IDF has issued emergency call up orders to 6 reserve battalions in light of new dangers on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the IDF permission to summon a further 16 reserve battalions
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • NATO
Russia’s military threaten with preemptive strike if NATO goes ahead with missile plan
05-03-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Russia’s top military officer has threatened to deal a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial missile defense plan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Media Freedom in Iraq Continues to Worsen
05-03-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
More Arbitrary Arrests, Security Forces Attacking Media Workers
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Hugo Salinas Price: Elites Plan to Control the World
05-03-2012
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King World News
Today multi-billionaire Hugo Salinas Price told King World News in stunning detail what he believes to be the frightening plan to “control the world” going forward. He described this as a “very disturbing fact that is facing humanity.”
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Israel
Israeli DM: Early Elections Won’t Stall Iran War
05-03-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Netanyahu Moves to Dissolve Knesset
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
US-Afghan Pact Won’t End War or Night Raids
05-03-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Gareth Porter
The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration’s “Enduring Strategic Partnership” [.pdf] agreement with Afghanistan and the memorandums of understanding (MOU) accompanying it emphasize transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. wa
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
"Overwhelming military-type response" - Oakland cops could face sanctions for OWS actions
05-03-2012
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http://rt.com
The city of Oakland, California has been issued an ultimatum by a federal judge: either figure out a way to handle the flood of complaints against the police or start being sanctioned.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Operation: Entrapment - Cleveland bomb "plot" masterminded by FBI agents
05-03-2012
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http://rt.com
Federal agents announced on Tuesday that they successfully thwarted plans to blow up a bridge in Cleveland, Ohio. What was left out of most reports, however, was that the FBI was instrumental in plotting the potential attack.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Tennessee man Arrested And Imprisoned For Using Cash
05-03-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
A Tennessee man was charged and jailed by police Friday after he used an old $50 bill to pay for goods at a Quik Mart store.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Chinese activist pressured to leave US embassy, says friend
05-02-2012
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Christian Science Monitor
In an exclusive interview, a trusted friend of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng told the Monitor to protect his family, the blind legal activist agreed to leave the safety of the US embassy and stay in China.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Bush Administration
Court rejects torture-related case against Bush lawyer
05-02-2012
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Reuters
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that John Yoo, a former legal counsel to the Bush administration, is immune from a lawsuit by an American citizen convicted on terrorism charges who said he was tortured at a military jail in South Carolina.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Accusations That Police Tried to Spy on Wall St. Protesters
05-02-2012
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New York Times
On Monday, the New York Police Department sent its warrant squads after an unusual set of suspects: people who had old warrants for the lowliest of violations, misconduct too minor, usually, to draw the attention of those squads.
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