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Dreams Take Flight Takes Plane Load of Kids To Disney World For 30 Year Anniversary
Kids pose outside Air Canada plane before enjoying their visit to Disney World, May 8, 2019 — photo credit: Dreams Take Flight
More than a hundred children with various personal challenges, medical to emotional, are currently enjoying a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for Dreams Take Flight courtesy of Air Canada. The day-long visit, which left from Toronto early this morning (May 8), marks the charity's 30th anniversary flight.
Fights leave throughout the year once per city: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
Since the inaugural flight in 1989, more than 35,000 kids have enjoyed the special, once-in-a-life-time experience to the world-renowned theme parks, either Disney World in Florida or Disneyland in California, where kids — and adults — can forget about their troubles and illnesses.
According to the press release, "Air Canada donates planes. Volunteers raise money throughout the year. Donors give to cover all the expenses—aircraft fuel, park admission, spending money, plus cash for souvenirs and gifts. Each child and their escort are clad in signature clothing to set them apart in the park."
"I want to thank the many volunteers who work relentlessly each and every year to ensure the flights across Canada take place," said Dreams Take Flight Canada president Bev Watson in a statement "There is no greater reward than seeing the smiles of the children as they see and experience the wonders of the Disney.
"Many of the children, we have taken on our trips, are now coming back to help us make a difference in the lives of others," she added. "They know first-hand what a difference it made in their lives. Of course, without our sponsors we couldn't do what we do and want to thank them especially the Air Canada Foundation for helping us in making magical memories for special kids a reality."
Usually the children all gather for a big party at a hangar at Toronto Pearson Airport, but due to renovations, they are leaving from the terminal. Of course, they still had a party, at The International Centre, and were bussed over to the airport.
For most, this is the first time they've ever been on an airplane and, definitely, their first time visiting Disney World.
The idea for Dreams Take Flight began long before Air Canada Foundation existed. According to the web site, in 1989, some Air Canada employees in Toronto raised money through bake sales to raise the thousands of dollars to send 70 special needs children on a DC-9 aircraft to Walt Disney World in Florida.
This year, Montreal and Ottawa chapters are celebrating their 25th anniversary. The Winnipeg and Halifax chapters reached that milestone last year, and Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver chapters back in 2017.
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5G is coming to your smartphone but the big change is for industry
Imagine a business with no need for internet cabling. Or paramedics performing complex surgery on the road, directed live via video link.
These were just a couple of the 5G demonstrations being showcased at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
Companies need to own 5G SEPs (Standard Essential Patents) if they want to implement 5G technology, and in 2018 the number of SEPs more than quadrupled from the year before.
And as more smartphone makers release 5G compatible phones, more resources are being poured to expand the necessary infrastructure and networks worldwide.
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"The industries are getting smarter than before. 5G can transmit more information and data from sensors to servers." said SK Telecom IoT business manager, Kinam Kim.
At MWC, the South Korean mobile operator was showcasing a 5G connected factory analysing components on a production line. The faster connectivity allowed robotic cameras and robotic arms to manage inventory at super fast speeds and thus eliminate bottlenecks.
Also on site was Intel's 5G connected pop-up grocery store. All shoppers needed was a smartphone with your own QR code from the store.
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5G is also being adopted by the medical industry with high internet speeds being seen as a potential aid to help improve the standard of care for patients.
Catalan research centre i2CAT in partnership with the Government of Catalonia has unveiled a plan to develop 5G networks in the region's hospitals and ambulances. It could allow medical specialists to support ambulance staff via a live video link even while they're out on the road.
"When there is an event or an accident that requires a specialist, the professional has a visual view of the patient in high definition" said I2CAT's chief technology and innovation officer Sergi Figuerola. "He's also monitoring in real time the data from the different electronic equipment on the patient so that they can take decisions in real time."
Already, a global 5G race is underway, with intense competition between the United States and China. But while smartphones may be our first introduction to 5G, it's most significant impact may be felt in how it connects us to everything else.
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Gwinnett commission to consider $50K raise for sheriff
By Alia Malik, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is expected to consider a $50,000 raise for the county sheriff at a Tuesday meeting.
Sheriff Keybo Taylor currently makes about $143,000, according to the county. A memo to commissioners from Adrienne McAllister, director of human resources, said the county had not increased the sheriff's salary above the statutory minimum as several others in Georgia have.
"The current salary of the sheriff of Gwinnett County is not in keeping with the salaries of similarly sized counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area," McAllister said in the memo.
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Gwinnett is the second-largest county in Georgia, with about 957,000 residents, according to the 2020 census. In DeKalb County, which has about 200,000 fewer people, the sheriff makes about $153,000.
Fulton County, Georgia's largest, and Cobb County did not provide their sheriffs' salaries Monday. According to database openpayrolls.com, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat makes about $157,000 and Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens earns about the same as Taylor does now.
District 1 Commissioner Kirkland Carden said he supports the proposed raise because some of Taylor's deputies make more than he does.
"He's supposed to be the head officer and yet he makes less than some of his command staff," Carden said. "It's about getting sharp and competent people wanting to run for that position."
Taylor did not respond Monday to emailed questions.
The raise would be retroactive to Sept. 1, according to McAllister's memo. The resolution commissioners are scheduled to vote on Tuesday would also grant Taylor the same cost of living increases as other county employees.
The sheriff operates the Gwinnett County Jail and provides security for county courts.
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Taylor is serving his first term after winning election in 2020. He almost immediately ended Gwinnett's participation in a federal program that allowed local deputies to act as immigration agents. He formed a task force on dealing with people experiencing mental health issues.
He was also accused of extortion after three bail bond companies sued, claiming Taylor shut them down because the owners did not donate to his election campaign. Taylor said his request for "support" was not monetary. One of the lawsuits was settled, while another ended when a Superior Court judge ruled in Taylor's favor.
The Gwinnett commission will also vote on one-time payments of $1,500 for full-time employees and $750 for part-time employees, citing high inflation and economic uncertainty.
Tyler Estep contributed to this article.
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It seems counterintuitive that many school districts around the country are still heavily reliant on paper-based processes and print. After all, students engrossed in a K-12 education today are digital natives—they've never known another way of life. The majority of the teachers just now entering the workforce gained their professional footing in a digital-centric world. Even veteran teachers and staff have become increasingly digital savvy in their work and personal lives.
"Almost two decades in, you would think all school districts would have moved to a 21st Century digital learning environment," said Drew Lane, executive director of information and communication technologies at Shawnee Mission School District. "The reality is that some have, and some haven't."
Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) in Johnson County, Kansas knew the time was now for a paradigm shift in learning. Not just to transform teaching and learning into a digital environment—but to significantly lower costs, encourage greater collaboration, revitalize its print center, reduce its environmental impact and make information work for all of its teachers, students and staff.
SMSD is the third largest school district in Kansas. It serves approximately 28,000 students and has 4,100 teachers and staff that work in the district's 33 elementary schools, five middle schools, one alternative site and five high schools.
"Ricoh has been a great partner for our district. Their solutions provided immediate impact to our teachers' ability to instruct our students, while saving the district funds. All of this while saving our IT time and over 5,000 trees with reduced paper usage."
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In 2014, SMSD officially said hello to the digital age of learning.
SMSD set out to provide every student and teacher in the district with an Apple® iPad® or MacBook® Air. While the district wanted to create a modern digital learning environment, it also saw the opportunity to curb the costs of purchasing, managing and maintaining a desktop printing fleet along with a staggering amount of paper output. The district had long operated within a traditional education business model with a nearly 1:1 printer-to-staff ratio.
Within this traditional education model, the district purchased desktop printers for all the schools and oversaw the fleet's maintenance, leaving each school to pay only for the paper it consumed. There were no rules or constraints around printing, leading to significant waste and extraneous printing. The district also had no visibility on output volumes or authentication at each printer to determine the heavy users at each school or prevent information from landing in the wrong hands.
Furthermore, when users wanted to scan information to share it with others, they had only one scan-to folder for each school that potentially left confidential information exposed. Google Drive® was enlisted for some collaborative efforts, but few users knew how to use it and it was largely discarded—in lieu of paper-based collaboration.
All of this was causing operating costs to skyrocket at SMSD. A team of SMSD IT technicians constantly labored to keep the fleet of inefficient desktop printers up and running.
"There were a number of areas where we thought we could reduce our costs while also facilitating a modern digital learning environment," said Lane.
There was also the matter of the district's on-site print center. It was losing money year after year and volumes were declining. Five employees managed the print center, handling about 2,100 jobs annually. They printed anything and everything with antiquated workflow processes that severely slowed delivery times.
"We were losing money in the print center because it wasn't properly organized, not because we produced bad work," said Lane.
To submit an order, print center customers had to complete a purchase order with requisition number— along with a series of other manual steps. A single project could take weeks to finish, even when there were few other print jobs in the center. The district needed a partner with expertise to analyze the environment and focus the print center's tasks while increasing efficiency and capabilities.
"Ricoh typically deals in printing and machines that generate clicks and hard copy. We approached them with a proposition to use their machines as little as possible and they were interested."
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As the district's long-time copier provider, Ricoh was a well-known entity to SMSD. Impressed by its experience with Ricoh through the years, SMSD invited Ricoh to submit a print optimization plan to support the district as it transitioned to a modern digital learning environment.
Ricoh immediately understood the mission—make the school district just as efficient and savvy as today's digital business world. That's where the students are eventually headed. And that's where SMSD wanted to be.
Working with SMSD and leveraging OMNIA Partners, Public Sector (U.S. Communities), Ricoh began by removing approximately 4,000 (99 percent) of the district's local desktop printers and replaced them with 270 Ricoh MFPs, color printers and production printers. Each MFP was connected to Ricoh's Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE), which allows SMSD staff to scan documents directly to a Cloud service. By utilizing the Ricoh cooperative contract, this streamlined the procurement process.
That scanned information can be accessed electronically from any internet-connected device—anywhere, anytime. Then, teachers can send documents electronically to their students, who have immediate access to the information on their school-issued iPad or MacBook Air.
"The long-term goal was to change the way we teach. To get our staff out of the mindset of print and into an environment where we share and collaborate digitally," said Lane. "Ricoh helped us make that happen."
Ricoh implemented Equitrac® Express print audit software to hold teachers and administrators accountable for what they do print. With this technology, users send their print jobs to an MFP and have to authenticate at the device via their badges to retrieve their printed document. This also ensures that only the authenticated user has access to sensitive district information.
Also, every document printed at one of the Ricoh MFPs across the district is tracked and analyzed through Equitrac. SMSD receives customized reports that show precisely who is printing, what they are printing and which device they are using.
Follow-Me functionality was also activated within Equitrac to allow SMSD staff to print anywhere on campus they happen to be. "Follow-Me printing has been very well received," said Lane. "If there's something you absolutely need to print but are in a different building on campus, you can print to the building where you're at, grab it and go."
"The long-term goal was to change the way we teach. To get our staff out of the mindset of print and into an environment where we share and collaborate digitally. Ricoh helped us make that happen."
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Still, some print jobs are too large or complicated for teachers to produce on the Ricoh MFPs. Ricoh Managed Services took over the day-to-day operations at the district's print center and limited the jobs it could perform to streamline the workflow and increase efficiency. Teachers now send print jobs electronically in a single step using the TRAC web submission tool implemented by Ricoh. The automated system submits print jobs in mere seconds and teachers can track the progress of their job in real time online.
"Restructuring and re-tasking the print center has had a positive impact on our consumables costs and helped the print center be more focused and efficient," said Lane.
Going forward, Ricoh and SMSD are exploring Syncplicity file sharing to make accessing information anytime, anywhere, from any device even easier. Currently, SMSD stores its data using a traditional shared drive model, which sequesters data behind the district's firewall and prevents it from being readily available outside the network.
This discourages collaboration because unlocking data outside the network requires a trip to the SMSD IT department, filling out forms, establishing a shared drive and IT intervention to maintain the shared drive and add users. With Syncplicity, users who originate data get to decide who can and can't see the data—and the data remains secure.
"You get the security of a shared drive, but the freedom for mobile users to share with who they want to—without having to wait for our technology team to enable that," said Lane.
The payoff from the partnership between SMSD and Ricoh has been quite impressive. For starters, comments about the shift to a digital learning environment from faculty and staff have been overwhelmingly positive.
"95 percent of the comments have been positive. Our faculty and staff really like the convenience and how well all the technology works," said Lane.
There has been an overall reduction in printing across the district since Ricoh helped SMSD make the transition to digital. Hard cost savings are real. Environmental benefits are evident. And the print center is now a thriving asset.
"Ricoh has aligned perfectly with our one-to-one initiative enabling electronic information in each school," said Deb Zila, former school board president at SMSD. "And if something needs to be printed, we have a resource that teachers can count on."
Less Printing, Significant Cost Savings
While becoming a digital learning environment was priority one, reducing costs placed a close second. Dramatic cuts in the printing fleet has led to dramatic reductions in print volumes throughout the district—as well as sizeable cost savings.
In the first year of the program, SMSD saw a nearly 50 percent drop in printing and Lane expects another 50 percent reduction in the second full year. There were more than 44 million fewer clicks during the first year. Hard costs savings in year one totaled $600,000 plus another $150,000 in paper savings.
"We know at some point the print reduction and cost savings will level off—or even tick up a bit as our student body grows or class sizes increase," said Lane. "But we now have the ability to see where those clicks come from and make decisions based on that information."
Reduced Print Support, Smart Labor Force
The year prior to the shift to the digital learning environment, there were 3,264 calls to SMSD's help desk related to printers. Those calls have been reduced by 90 percent, as Ricoh provides full support for the MFPs. Lifting this burden has allowed SMSD's IT department to shift its focus to supporting the digital learning environment and concentrating on student and teacher mobile device support.
"We're still busy, but we're not worrying about printers anymore," said Lane. "We used to have 45 people in the department dealing with printers and now we have just two or three that make sure Equitrac and TRAC are working. They don't even need to involve me anymore. They call Ricoh directly and any issues are resolved quickly."
Environmental Advantages, Security Gains
While environmental and security gains weren't primary drivers for the transition to a digital learning environment, SMSD counts them among the significant perks of the initiative. By reducing clicks and paper usage, SMSD estimates it has saved approximately 5,281 trees in the first year as well as reduced the energy required to process trees and paper. Also, there are far fewer printers consuming energy across the district, resulting in a 90 percent carbon footprint reduction.
Security benefits certainly can't be ignored. Now that users have to badge into the MFPs to authenticate and retrieve printed materials, SMSD has greater assurance that sensitive district information is protected.
"If a print job isn't picked up at the MFP of the user's choosing within 24 hours, it gets erased from the system," said Lane. "This greatly reduces the chance of information leaking out."
Focused Print Center, Digital Learning
The revitalized, more focused print center stands out as a shining example of the partnership's success. Prior to refocusing the print center, 70 percent of the district's faculty didn't even know the print center existed. Now, more than 70 percent of the faculty uses the center.
The district's print center is now a centralized printing hub and vital resource for the district, run seamlessly by Ricoh Managed Services. It's no longer operating at a loss and costing the district money. In fact, volume at the center skyrocketed from 1,700 jobs before the shift to more than 12,000 jobs in 2014. Turnaround times have also dramatically improved. It used to take the print center, on average, nearly 7 days to complete a job. Now, delivery times are two days or less—with 99.3 percent completed on time or ahead of the requested delivery date.
In the first year of its digital learning initiative, SMSD reduced printing by 50 percent, cut hard costs by $600,000, achieved $150,000 in paper savings, reduced its carbon footprint by 90 percent and saved an estimated 5,281 trees.
"Going forward, we're looking at more ways to use the print center—like shifting large jobs printed at the building level to the print shop. We could implement rules at the MFPs to help prompt that," said Lane.
"Even more so, we want our people to really look at whether they need to even generate the click. Instead, can they do what they need to do in a digital format?" said Lane. "That's the core of our digital learning initiative and so far, it's been a great success."
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The talk focused on the topic of 'Social business model to solve human problem.' Poverty is a serious issue in India, despite having one of the fastest growing economies in the world, a vibrant and dynamic one too. Poverty in India is a historical reality, the problem which shows no signs of going away. Being the foremost authority on social businesses it was apt that Prof Yunus got to address the crowd, most of whom are on the verge of joining corporate India as managers. He started his address by bringing up the most relevant yet tough question to answer, what causes a person to be poor? Many theories in the books give many answers, we talk about illiteracy and superstations too but he stressed on the fact that the system has failed the poor. The tendency of people to avoid discussing the problems of poor and just move on is part of the problem. The beautiful analogy of a Bonsai tree being so majestic yet so stunted in stature and the poor not getting the enough resources to sustain themselves was an eye-opener for everyone present.
Prof Yunus also talked about his early foray in social business. His humble start by lending money to the poor so that they are safe from the loan sharks was a service to humanity. This was also the birth of microcredit and subsequently Grameen bank in Bangladesh. His belief that financial services provide economic life and oxygen to the poor fuelled his desire to help more and more people. Everytime he saw a problem, Prof Yunus created a business. Making personal profit in his business was never his motive, this gave him clarity. He emphasized on being selfless in business and on relalizing his dream of the 3 0's i.e. 0% poverty, 0% unemployment and 0% net carbon emissions in the near future. He urged the students to let their imaginations drive them and help them be the job providers and not job seekers.
The talk helped the participants understand the concept of social business; it's role in fighting the evil that is poverty and the fact that sustainability in business and in life is the best quality to possess.


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Year-End Interest Arbitration Update: Arbitrators Seek Consistency
Not much happened at the beginning of the year in regard to interest arbitration, but during the last six months of the year, the Bureau of Mediation Services reported eight arbitrations involving six different jurisdictions and six different unions. And while the issues varied from hearing to hearing, wage adjustments remained low for both 2019 and 2020. On top of this, arbitrators held the line on changes to other benefits, recognizing internal consistency amongst bargaining units was the most important factor issuing their awards.
Hennepin County went to interest arbitration with both its Corrections Officers and their supervisors, with very different results. In Hennepin County and Teamsters Local 320, the Corrections Officers actually agreed to range increases of 2.5%, 2.5% and 2.0% for contract years 2019-2021. However, the parties disagreed on the wage progression percentage granted to employees moving through their range. The County was at the end of its push to limit range progression to 3% for all bargaining units, and had secured agreements with 13 of 15 of its bargaining units to do so, while the union hoped to maintain 5% steps through the range. In the end, the County's pattern of settlement with its other groups of 3% range movement won the day. The union sought changes to both seniority, shift differential, paid time off and uniform allowance, but was not able to establish any need or consistency with other units. As such, it was unsuccessful.
In Hennepin County and Hennepin County Supervisors Association, Arbitrator Laumeyer found that the Detention Sergeants seeking a market adjustment did not qualify for such an adjustment under the employer-created formula for providing for such adjustments. However, the arbitrator noted disparate treatment between the Chief Deputy and Majors within the Sheriff's department, and that the County had previously mirrored increases for Detention Sergeants to other classes at the same level within the County's organizational chart. Because of this, the Arbitrator awarded an additional 5% market adjustment.
In Mille Lacs County and Teamsters Local 320, the parties again agreed to the internal pattern for wages, but were at odds over a market adjustment, holiday pay, compensatory time bank limits, shift differential pay and FTO pay. In his award, Arbitrator Abelson found that the Corrections Officers had a "sister unit," a Deputy unit, with which the Corrections Officers remained in lockstep in regard to pay and benefits. As the Deputies did not receive a market adjustment, neither did the Corrections Officers.
Arbitrator Abelson also awarded the same shift differential and FTO pay as received by the Deputy group, and refused to increase holiday pay, as it would have created an internal disparity.
Carlton County arbitrated wages with both its Deputy and Supervisory groups. The matters were somewhat complicated due to the County granting additional wage increases for bargaining units within the county who agreed to sunset their retiree health insurance provisions. Both groups refused to get rid of the retiree health insurance benefits, so both parties were granted the same wage increases for 2019 and 2020 as every other group who refused to get rid of the language.
In Itasca County and Itasca County Employees' Association the County was awarded its position on nine of 10 issues, based on settlements from 10 of 12 groups. The only issue not awarded fully in the County's favor was duration – which the parties stipulated to prior to the hearing.
Finally, the City of Champlin and LELS Police Officers arbitrated over nine separate issues – not one of them included wages. Arbitrator Bauman found that for seven of the different issues, the union failed to show the need to increase or change the benefits already provided. In the final two issues, Injury on Duty and Parenting leave, the arbitrator found that the benefits were already provided in the CBA for the City's sergeants, and awarded the changes based on that.
In general, arbitrators held to strict internal consistency arguments, and for the most part refused to deviate from that position. Unions rarely gained anything above and beyond the patterns already established within organizations. Because of this, employers should feel more comfortable holding the line in contract negotiations, and staying true to their patterns.
If you or your organization need assistance in contract negotiation or interest arbitration, contact the Wiley Law Office, for contract management advice that works.
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No insurance? No problem! A U.S. entrepreneur takes tourists down deep.
Karl Stanley built the Idabel himself at a cost of $200,000.
A U.S. entrepreneur takes tropical tourists down deep - in an uninsured submarine he built himself. Photographs by Chris M. Rogers.
ROTAN, HONDURAS (Fortune Small Business) -- Karl Stanley is a very happy man: he just found a dead horse.
The entrepreneur made the discovery while cruising in his submarine, the Idabel, 1,700 feet beneath the waters off Roatan, Honduras. At that depth, amid jagged black boulders and hills of sediment, you can see some amazing creatures: lobsters with spindly arms as long as their bodies, silver-skinned fish the size of a cavalry saber, orange anglerfish with jaws locked in a perpetual grin.
But to see the really big beasts, you need some really big bait. So eight hours earlier, Stanley had bought a tired old horse from a nearby stable, led it onto a boat, shot it in the head, tied cinder blocks to its hooves, and dumped it in the ocean.
The sea this morning was rough, and an unexpected lurch tossed the carcass overboard before Stanley had reached his intended spot. In these murky depths, finding lost objects - even one as large as a horse - can be tough. But there it is, the body stiff but intact, and a foot-long, clawless crustacean called an isopod crawling up its flank.
Then the main attraction glides slowly, sinuously into view: Hexanchus griseus, a deep-dwelling, six-gilled shark rarely seen by human beings. At 14 feet, it is slightly longer than Stanley's vessel. Watching it through an acrylic dome window, on which the water is pressing with the weight of a locomotive, I find it hard to decide which I should be more concerned about: the dead horse, the giant shark, or the fact that Stanley built this submarine himself.
Taking your customers this far down in an uninsured, homemade vessel may not seem like the smartest idea for a small business. But that is exactly what Stanley, 34, has been doing in Honduras for the past decade, taking advantage of a light regulatory environment to go deeper than any other tourist sub in the world. Despite the disapproval of U.S. operators, a string of accidents, and a business model that barely keeps his head above water, Stanley remains stubbornly optimistic. One of his favorite T-shirts reads: DON'T WORRY, I DO THIS ALL THE TIME.
Stanley can trace his obsession back to the age of 9, when he read a children's book about a team of preteen detectives who build a submarine to help solve an underwater mystery. He started sketching plans for a craft of his own, and by 15 he had started construction in his parents' backyard in Ridgewood, N.J. Stanley took the project with him to college in Florida, where he studied English literature (he has no formal training in engineering). The craft, dubbed C-BUG, took its maiden voyage the week he graduated.
A lot of would-be Captain Nemos start putting together subs in their backyards. Few ever get them in the water. The number who then turn them into a profitable business is minuscule. But Stanley persevered. Once he had proved the C-BUG could withstand dives of 70 feet, he trailered it to Fort Lauderdale and dove progressively deeper and deeper. He got tows out to the ocean from local yachtsmen by offering them rides in the sub.
In 1998, having gone down nearly 700 feet, Stanley felt ready to turn his sub into a business. What kind of business? He had no idea. So he signed up as an exhibitor at a local scuba-diving convention and sat alongside the C-BUG with a sign explaining that he was looking for ideas on how to use it. One of the first attendees to bite was the owner of a resort on the sleepy island of Roatan, 30 miles north of mainland Honduras, who thought that the prospect of a sub ride might draw new customers to his hotel.
Stanley flew down and was instantly smitten with the location. "You've got the protection of the reef in case you need to ride out a storm, yet you can motor ten minutes offshore and be in deep water," he says. The C-BUG's next dive was on Roatan, and this time Stanley had a paying passenger. At the age of 24, he had entered the ranks of professional submariners.
It has hardly been a risk-free enterprise. On one dive a window cracked 600 feet down, spraying seawater on a passenger. "That scared the crap out of me," he admits. (He has broken three more windows since.) At other times the C-BUG has gotten stuck in a cave, been tangled in lobster traps, and suffered small onboard fires.
"I've never thought that I wasn't coming up," he says.


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Remembering Eddie Guerrero 10 Years Later By Hank McAllen
By Hank McAllen • Published 9th November 2015
This Friday, November 13 will mark the 10th anniversary of Eddie Guerrero's death. I remember finding out when I was tuning into watch TNA's Genesis Pay Per View that evening and the beginning of the show started with a black screen that read, "Tonight's show is dedicated to the memory of Eddie Guerrero." I was stunned, I couldn't believe it. I had just seen him on TV a couple of nights prior. It was another case of a great talent in the wrestling world leaving us far too early. But as the past 10 years have flown by, Eddie's presence is still very much alive amongst the WWE and most importantly Eddie's fans.
I know this may sound a tad insensitive, but I've caught myself saying on a number of occasions, I think I miss Eddie most of all. Not that I don't miss the other wrestlers who have passed away prematurely, not at all. I think of them all from time to time. But with Eddie it was personality, along with his in ring work and the fact he was still at the top of his game that for him to be taken away so suddenly, it just seemed to hurt that much more.
You can't argue the fact that Eddie left such an indelible impression on the wrestling world as so many fans see how he greatly influenced many of the established and new stars in the business today. Every time I see a frog splash, I think of Eddie. Ironically he put that move into his repertories after the sudden passing of his close friend and former tag team partner Art Barr who used the frog splash as his finisher. When we see wrestlers today going for multiple suplexes, I immediately think of Eddie's three amigos. We even recently saw at the Hell in a Cell pay per view where Kofi Kingston used Eddie's old "fake getting hit with a chair" skit, only this time using New Day's trombone, to try and get the referee to disqualify Bubba Ray Dudley.
Eddie was the youngest son of the legendary Gory Guerrero, who was the promoter of the El Paso NWA territory after a successful career as one of the top Lucha Libre stars in North America. Eddie's older brothers, Chavo, Mando and Hector, all had very successful careers both in singles and tag team competition. But, times were beginning to change in the wrestling world as the decade of the 90's kicked off, and the Guerrero name started to fade into the background. However, as we embarked on a new generation of wrestler, the Guerrero legacy was entrenched even more in the annals of wrestling history, as Eddie Guerrero unleashed to the world true Latino Heat!
Since there was a 13 year age difference between Eddie and the next youngest of his brothers Hector, Eddie was able to watch his father and brothers wrestle night in and night out giving him an advantage seen by not many of his peers. While it's true that the Hart's, Von Erich's, Funk's, Windham's and other wrestling families all had that same advantage, but it was the rare combination of Lucha Libre technique combined with the other styles that Eddie was able to watch and learn from at such a tender age, that gave him a wrestling education unlike any other.
Eddie's first big wrestling run came in the legendary AAA promotion in Mexico in 1994. It was here that Eddie paired with and later feuded with El Hijo del Santo. It was in AAA that Eddie also paired with Art Barr forming the team of La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror) who are still to this day considered one of the most hated tag teams in Mexican wrestling history. During his time in AAA, Eddie also wrestled successfully in New Japan as the second incarnation of Black Tiger.
In 1995 as Paul Heyman was quickly trying to acquire talent for ECW, Eddie was signed for the fledgling promotion alongside his good friend Dean Malenko where the two had a series of epic matches, which showed that ECW was more than just chair shots to the head. During Eddie's brief stint with the company, he also had another memorable feud with 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW Television Championship. Eddie's great matches in ECW caught the attention and pocketbook of Eric Bischoff in WCW, leading him to sign with the company and giving him his first chance at major stardom.
While Eddie's WCW run was frustrating for him at times, as it was for many of his friends including Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit, it allowed him to showcase his talents against some of the top wrestlers in the world on a major platform. Eddie would go on to win both the prestigious WCW United States Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Along the way he was putting on great matches against Jericho and Malenko as well as Ultimo Dragon, Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. Eddie also had a rather humorous feud with his nephew Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Despite his popularity and success, Eddie had a tumultuous relationship with WCW president Eric Bischoff over being underutilized. As time dragged on for Guerrero in WCW with a number of bad story lines, he decided to leave WCW and sign with the WWF in 2000.
Eddie, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko showed up on WWF TV in the clique named the Radicalz. Soon afterwards, Eddie would branch off on his own and became smitten with WWF Women's Champion contender Chyna, who he referred to as his Mamacita. Thus, Latino Heat was born! This combination allowed us to see the funny side of Eddie as he gave hysterical promos over his love of Chyna.
As the years went by in WWF, Eddie continued to reach new pinnacles of success and popularity working both as a heel and babyface. Eddie would go on to win the Intercontinental Title twice before aligning himself with Chavo Jr. and forming the team of Los Guererros. Again it was an opportunity to see Eddie's humorous personality. There were a series of vignettes shown with Eddie and Chavo proudly proclaiming their mantra of "We lie, we cheat, and we steal, but at least we're honest about it." The duo and the promos were an instant hit with the fan base and Los Guerreros would soon capture the WWE Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series in 2002.
After Los Geurreros temporarily dissolved, Eddie went on to have memorable matches involving the US Championship with the likes of Chris Benoit and John Cena. Shortly thereafter, Eddie became a double champion as Los Guerreros reunited and reclaimed the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating The World's Greatest Tag Team.
It was this string of success, combined with his popularity with the fans that Eddie was vaulted to the number one contender's spot for Brock Lesnar's coveted WWE Heavyweight Championship. This feud culminated in an amazing match at 2004's No Way Out pay per view, with Eddie defeating Brock and becoming the WWE Heavyweight Champion. Not to be outdone by his battles with Lesnar, next on Guerrero's plate was another spectacular feud with Kurt Angle which resulted in Eddie defeating Angle and retaining his title in one of my favorite WrestleMania matches ever. During Guerrero's rise to the top as well as his run as champion, Smackdown's popularity rivaled that of RAW, which we all know is a rarity.
Eddie would ultimately lose his title in controversial fashion to JBL after a lengthy feud. Even though he had dropped the title, Guerrero was still heavily involved as a main event wrestler. He tangled the with likes of Kurt Angle again, had a long family matter based storyline with Rey Mysterio surrounding Rey's son Dominick and his final main feud against Batistia.
Soon thereafter the wrestling world lost Eddie Guerrero, just as both his personal and professional life were at their peak. The tribute that was held on the Monday Night RAW following Eddie's death was one of the most emotional nights of wrestling in history. Eddie's presence was still felt strongly by WWE fans as his widow Vickie would become a regular on the WWE roster. With every "EXCUSE ME" that Vickie would screech you couldn't help but think of Eddie.
When we reflect on the career of Eddie Guerrero, it was one that was filled with peaks and valleys yet in the end left a mark on the wrestling world that will be remembered forever. His amazing in ring skils, his legendary matches and his signature lines of "Mamacita", "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal" and "Latino Heat" will always remain in our hearts. Thanks so much for the memories Eddie, we miss you very, very much!
What was your favorite Eddie Guerrero match? Mine was the hair vs. hair tag team match he and Art Barr had against El Hijo del Santo and Octagon at the When Worlds Collide PPV. What promos of Eddie's did you find funniest? Without a doubt for me it was the Los Guerreros vignettes. Who would you have liked to seen Eddie wrestle but didn't? I would have loved to have seen him in a feud with Shawn Michaels, but for some reason it never happened. Could you imagine the promo battles between those two? Finally, what was your favorite Eddie moment? For me, it was his defeat of Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania XX.


When Sarah and I did our Senior portraits (which really wasn't THAT long ago, wink) things were SLIGHTLY different. I went to the same studio we now currently own… HOORAY Thomas & Thomas for being one of the longest running studios in existence, but that's for another post, another day. Our portraits were beautifully classic. We gathered our closest friends together to make sure they could be included in our session. (This still exists by the way and is always included as part of our sessions) And then took our best bended arm, fist on chin poses on the artist painted background (still hanging in my parents house) or casually leaning against our favorite tree. Today, senior portraits have turned into so, so much more. We can go explore your favorite part of the city, wear your favorite designers, visit a horse barn, go backstage at a concert venue, dance at the art museum or even do a destination shoot. It is the celebration of a HUGE milestone. It is the last year many of you will be hanging on the daily with your childhood friends, living with your parents (unless you become a 20-something basement dweller, no judgement!), partying at the Emporium and the Moontower… wait, wait that's "Dazed and Confused." Well, you get the point. You are heading off to hopefully do great things and your parents are probably going to sob their eyes out. So, they may as well sob over a gorgeous photo of you feeling your best or you rocking your behind the scenes video from your VIP session. Am I right!? Delaney could not be a better example. When she goes off into the world to do GREATNESS, and I know she will because she is so amazingly awesome, I might just sob over her photos and video. Her VIP session was so, so, so, so, SOOOOO much fun. We started off at the Willow Room Salon for Hair and Makeup, of course, because I literally love them so much I want to orbit their splendor with a satellite (see why). Delaney went to the back to try on the dresses by Likely and Nha Khahn Stunning!!! Sarah had this idea for the Likely dress. "We are going to a bus station on East 9th," she said. "The light is unreal." Yup…I knew it was going to be very non-bussy like. That's totally a word by the way. Sarah has a way of screaming abruptly in the car when someone is driving and she see's an awesome location. It's slightly dangerous, but if you see the photos in the pink Likely dress, you know it's totally worth it. We hit a bunch of downtown Cleveland- the blue bridge, a parking lot, the flats and DELANEY ROCKED IT ALL. She is an absolute beauty inside… truly one in a bajillion. Love you, girl.


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JBO opposes 6 houses at 51/61 Main Road
Jodrell Bank Observatory has opposed the application for 6 additional houses behind the two currently being built opposite the entrance to Mount Pleasant Park.
Cheshire East planning page 16/4306C .
Sept 2016: 16/4306C for a further 6 houses
Click to earlier post on 2nd Sept for further details of the application.
"In the case of the proposal 16/4306C, we oppose this development. Our view is that the impact from the additional potential contribution to the existing level of interference coming from that direction will be relatively minor. This is a general direction in which there is already significant development close to the telescope. We note that this application is one of a series that Emery Planning Partnership has made for this site: 15/3131C for 7 dwellings, which we objected to and was refused; 15/5517C for 2 dwellings, which we objected to as having a minor impact and was permitted.
We would ask the planning authority to take these points in to account in reaching its decision on this development, noting that the cumulative impact of this and other developments is more significant than each development individually." Jodrell Bank Observatory.


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71 year-old St Francis Bay woman stabbed and robbed
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By Bev Mortimer:
A 71 year-old St Francis Bay woman was struck on her face and stabbed on her forehead, then robbed in her own home.
According to a police report from the SAP Corporate Communications, the 71 year old St Francis Bay woman was attacked in her home and robbed during the early hours of Sunday morning, (6 April 2012).
According to police information, the woman was asleep and was awoken at about 2:30 am when her bedroom light was switched on. An unknown man was standing in her bedroom.
The woman enquired whether he was the security guard. She realized that he was not the guard when he took her handbag and cell phone from her bedside table. She managed to press the panic button.
The man stabbed her on her forehead and slapped her on her face. He then ran off.
The woman received about 25 stitches to her forehead. Police are investigating a case of Armed Robbery. No arrests have been made.
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The third of Bertram Mitford's tetralogy of historical novels featuring the Zulu peoples, The Induna's Wife (1898) continues the thrilling saga of Untúswa and his sorceress wife, Lalusini. After having repeatedly saved the Matabele king, Umzilikazi, Untúswa has risen to the post of the king's chief induna. But when Umzilikazi begins to suspect that Untúswa is eyeing his throne, not even Untúswa's again saving his people by defeating a bloodthirsty ghost bull can guarantee his safety.
He flees to join the Zulu king, Dingane, and quickly becomes one of his chief generals. But the Zulus find themselves threatened by encroaching white Boer settlers, as well as by divisions from within their own ranks. And when Dingane has a party of whites put to death, the Boers' retaliation is swift and terrible, and may mean defeat for the Zulu nation….
An exciting blend of adventure, romance, history, and Gothic horror, The Induna's Wife was also a highly timely book, appearing shortly after the 1896-97 Matabele rebellion against the British. Told from Mitford's sympathetic point of view, the novel challenged imperialist and racist attitudes of the day. This new edition features a new introduction and notes by Gerald Monsman, the foremost Mitford scholar, as well as contextual appendices and the original illustrations from the first edition.
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Square Enix Releases the First Episode in a Documentary Series Outlining the Development of Final Fantasy XIV SHADOWBRINGERS
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by Corey Prasek
Final Fantasy XIV is a title that should have failed… Those ten words were way harder to write than I had ever imagined they would be. Initially released on the PC in 2010, Final Fantasy XIV was supposed to be released as what would essentially be Final Fantasy XI, only better, right? Wrong. The initial release was plagued with issues, game-breaking bugs, sluggish combat, non-intuitive systems, abysmal menus, and well, let's just be honest with each other here, it was just a bad game, all around. Not to mention that you needed a computer which at the time would have costed you about a month or two of your earned income. The game was so bad, they had their own god-beast character Bahamut come in and destroy the world before the 1.0 servers got shut down. Now it's getting a documentary about why it's so good with Shadowbringers.
But once Naoki Yoshida, the current director for the Final Fantasy XIV series took over the title, not only has it become playable, it's become extremely enjoyable. Yoshida and his team rebuilt the game from the ground up and re-released Final Fantasy XIV in 2013 as Final Fantasy XIV – A Realm Reborn. Since then, it has only been up for the franchise.
I'm not one that likes MMORPG's much, but Final Fantasy XIV is different to me. It has a certain charm to it that just makes it impossible to put down. Sure, there are periods of time where I don't touch it at all but am always guaranteed to find my way back to it, without fail. There have been 3 expansions to the Final Fantasy XIV universe to date; Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Heavensward and Stormblood were great expansions and fleshed out much of the on-going story but Shadowbringers shines so much brighter than either of the previous expansions could have ever hoped to achieve. We've highlighted some of the reasons why Shadowbringers is so good, as well. Even more, the Shadowbringers expansion is the first mainline Final Fantasy game that has received a score of over 90 on Metacritic since Final Fantasy X. That goes to say something. Not to mention that the title now has over 18 million registered players.
Well, Square Enix noticed this and has decided to allow the team to have their hard work praised by their fans by the means of releasing a documentary about the development of Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers. This is only Part One of Six and they're scheduled to be released weekly, ending in April. It allows the fans to see behind the scenes of development and just how truly devoted the team is to make this the best game possible. It's really hard to believe that this is the same game that failed to even make a splash at its initial launch.
It's not a super long video, and it has English subtitles, but do know that the video does contain some spoilers. So if you're OK with that and are interested in the Final Fantasy XIV series, Final Fantasy in general, or just have an interest in what game studios do, check out the Shadowbringers documentary, it's a fun watch and I'm looking forward to the next iteration of it!
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Poruchikovsky () is a rural locality (a khutor) in Trostyanskoye Rural Settlement, Yelansky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 51 as of 2010.

Geography
Poruchikovsky is located on Khopyorsko-Buzulukskaya Plain, on the left bank of the Buzuluk River, 32 km southwest of Yelan (the district's administrative centre) by road. Novobuzuluksky is the nearest rural locality.

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Ideally in this situation all you need is an HR clerk to print appointment letters and experience letters. Of course, you can't manage your business without your Function Heads, but you should know that you are investing too much on them as well.
Yes. You are right. This is a rebellious thought. That apart, don't have an HR team if you are not worried about people practices in your organisation. Don't buy your leadership talent at a premium price if you don't expect them to play a role in the organizational learning & development.
"Churn rate of our frontline employees is high. Why should we spend money on their development?"
If you step back, take a deep breath, shed your (prejudiced) glasses (provided you're aware of wearing them) and take a broad look at any business; you will realize that these frontline resources are the face of the business. If these resources are ill-equipped, no matter how big the brand is, you will not be able to avoid negative perceptions being built, about your organisation.
On one hand, you may have huge retail outlets that can make you feel totally unwelcomed. On the other hand, a staff member of a small sweet stall will manage to sell stuff to your entire family, when all that you wanted to buy was a sandwich to satiate your growling stomach.
If managers are not made accountable for recruiting their team members, you will continue to hear this peanut & monkey story, no matter how much salary you pay.
Their requirements were not understood?
They were not kept engaged?
They were not given enough?
Understood what their real needs are?
Checked if they are capable of what they are asking for?
Checked their suitability and willingness to adapt to the demands of the new role?
Attracting and retaining high potentials is one thing all organizations aspire to do. These are highly capable, intelligent, and quick learning resources that we are talking about. Would a hike in salary package, grade or designation keep them motivated for long?
Imagine a goldfish in a tank full of fighter fish. A formula1 car on a heavy traffic road. Shoe polish adjacent to fruit racks in a retail outlet. How repulsive are these images? This is exactly how hipots may feel if they have to work in an environment that doesn't suit their culture, aspirations and capabilities. They are going to feel suffocated and consequently the hipot will go in search of fresh air.
As per the compliance team's processes they can take 20 days to revert to the new proposal. If this situation exists in your organisation, be aware that the competition may respond to the market's needs before you get your compliance clearance.
With the introduction of ISO 9000 series of standards, the focus is on how an organisation ensures quality in the products or services offered to the customer. To achieve this, organisations attempt to define the key processes. The objective is to ensure the process is repeatable, measurable and improvable. However in reality, the process flow charts and quality manuals do not serve the purpose as there is seldom a shared understanding between various functions of what the organisation does and how it is done. Employees miss out the big picture, thus functioning in silos.
There are numerous dynamics that go in to building a team. You first need to put together the right set of people. 'Right set of people' does not necessarily mean all high performers. It means the right mix of people – those who have complementing behavioral profiles, experience and learning pace. Over and above that, the right environment, comprising a capable manager, is essential to nurture and build a team.
Why should I learn direct selling?
Channel sales = relationship selling – this equation doesn't work. Channel sales managers have to be mentors and coach to the employees of your channel partners. They should be able to show them how your product/service can be sold. They should act like consultants to the partners. Your channel partners should derive value from meeting your sales managers.


2018 was the first full year of Visions of Sound; our section dedicated to video clips and compiled every month in collaboration with our friends at Groovalizacion Radio.
It grew so much that episode after episode we started to get used to relating thumbnails, still frames or short clips to songs…and it constantly happens to us when we think about the tracks/videos below. Some of them are cinematic masterpieces, others brilliant and funny works, genuinely inspiring stories or artistic strokes of genius. All of them are a different but still riveting way to listen to music.
As we are used to saying… Listen with your eyes!
Taken from Daega Rek Order CD/LP/DL: goo.gl/zrhyHM Stream/digital: IDOL.lnk.to/Daega_Rek The London based afro-dub ensemble Fofoulah, have followed-up their trailblazing debut album ("Fofoulah"/Glitterbeat 2014) with an even more shapeshifting and adventurous recording. Slippery sabar beats, dystopian electronics and echoing, shamanic chants ratchet up both the dub quotient and the dramatic tension. Creating a soundworld that is both earthy and urban, futurist and rooted - the new album "Daega Rek" (The Truth) is brought into sharp focus by the rhythms and vocals of Gambian sabar drummer Kaw Secka and the vivid production of keyboardist/saxophonist Tom Challenger. After the release of their self-titled first album, the band played extensively in the U.K. and Europe where - spontaneously - every concert would see Kaw Secka rise to the microphone (with his tama - a talking drum) and rap over the last song, cuing rhythmic patterns for the group to play in unison (called Bakas). It was decided to take this exploratory part of the shows forward into the next realm. The concept that emerged for the new album – "Daega Rek" – involved combining recordings of drums and percussion (laid down at Real World Studios) with improvisatory vocalizations and a production aesthetic that pushed the band's collective sound in a much more electronic and dub-based direction. The resultant tracks were shaped by Challenger in his studio (Brockley, London), fusing the new rhythm sessions with a variety of manipulated, previous recordings of the band – while also adding an array of synthesizers and a vast sample palette. Secka then came in to lay down vocals and it was these contributions that went on to define the final songs. Every song has a different meaning, or message, all of them sung in Wolof, a language central to coastal West African countries such as The Gambia and Senegal. Secka's lyrics explore a myriad of topics - 'Njite' for example, focuses on the importance of leadership, and all that it entails; 'Seye' (Marriage) explores the nature of human connection; and the title track 'Daega Rek,' sets its lens on truth and the riddles of reality. Says Secka: "The truth is only true; Where is death coming from? Something true, but what is the truth?" The rhythmic propulsion of the initial recordings made by drummer Dave Smith and Secka at Real World, melds with a backdrop of constantly shifting sonic colors - Johnny Brierley's deep, melodic bass lines, underpin the evolving patterns of Phil Stevenson's guitar which in turn, intersect with Challenger's keyboards and the urgency of Secka's incantations. The emphasis on the sonic structure and the identity of the material showcases its influences - traditional sabar drumming meeting glitchy electronics; and dub textures blending with elements of footwork and drum & bass. Moving outward, the band will tour their new show - alongside their original singer and dancer Batch Gueye - and will not only feature the music of "Daega Rek," but also sounds from their past catalogue cast through a new lens. Fofoulah remind us that sonics and human experiences combine, resonate and land where they will. "Fortress" mentalities can slow this down, but the spirit of morphing and connectivity still flashes forward.
Music Video by Kirani AYAT Performing "GUDA" Directed by David Nicol-Sey (North Productions) Stylist: Get Up Stand Out. "GUDA" is the 2nd single off AYAT's upcoming Aisha's Sun album. #kiraniayat #guda Stream/Download "GUDA": https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/g... https://soundcloud.com/kiraniayat/g... More "Kirani AYAT" Music : https://itunes.apple.com/gh/artist/... Follow Kirani AYAT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiraniaya... Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiraniAYAT Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kiraniayat © 2018 AYAT Music Group.


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