tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19442821368937342952024-03-05T16:02:57.715-08:00Rumble Rumblemeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-82973695186179916632012-04-17T14:23:00.003-07:002012-04-17T14:23:33.276-07:00Overlay style on Wells Fargo Banking PageWhat do you think?<br />
Does Wells Fargo really need a second, different-looking link style for something that has a special hover state like this one, they just added this to their page.<br />
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Evidently no one knows what "current posted balance means"... but I think having another link style is just confusing and unnecessary.<br />
<br />meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-76559527944735912612012-04-06T10:01:00.001-07:002012-04-06T10:01:14.649-07:00Recently, my great friend, <a href="http://jendar.blogspot.com/">Jendar Morales</a> decided to move back to Salt Lake with the purpose of creating what will be called The Art Haus SLC. The purpose of this space will be to bring some of what museums magically do and bring to a community. With a three-part focus on fostering local art talent, bridging cultural and social divides and education outreach programs — I hope they will bring something very special to the Salt Lake Area.<br />
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Let me know what you think - and see this and other cool things on <a href="http://thedesignercoop.net/">The Designer Co-op</a> - another blog I just started writing for.<br />
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This would make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte">Tufte's</a> skin crawl.<br />
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Firstly, I think that this is a very interesting topic – Should the activities and the validity of Invisible Children a "not-for-profit" organization, come into question? <br />
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble<br />
I liked this article in response to the hype about the group's upcoming documentary release Kony 2012. <br />
Here is the response from Invisible Children - <br />
http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html<br />
I was reading along, and came upon this infographic, which convinced me, after a general study of tufte's work, that this organization is totally bogus – tell me if you agree.<br />
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<br />meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-52192033786389900382012-02-21T10:26:00.000-08:002012-02-21T10:26:03.269-08:00<span class="ldquo">“</span>If we are feeling distracted, we should pay
attention to that distraction. It may be telling us that there is
something better elsewhere, something more deserving of our attention.
Or it may be telling us we are on the wrong path, just when we thought
we were zooming in to that perfect conclusion of a paragraph or a
project. Or it may be telling us we need better tools, that the set-up
we have is not fully appreciating the particularities and peccadilloes
of our own work life and demands. Or it may be telling us that we need
better partners, or a better method, someone or something to help us
over the hurdle. Or it may just be telling us we are working too hard
and we need to put down what we are doing and go outside for a walk, or
stop for a cup of tea, or go for a run, or maybe just check out Facebook
for a while. Distraction is our friend because it reminds us that we
are fully human, not just workers, and that our lives are complex and,
trying to shut out the complexity, may in fact turn out to be the least
productive way to lead a life."<br />
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Thanks to Keenan Cummings for sharing from <a href="http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/17949056519/if-we-are-feeling-distracted-we-should-pay">stoweboyd.com</a>meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-87540036083025762282012-02-21T09:19:00.000-08:002012-02-21T09:19:20.094-08:00Hey folks - whichever 5 people are following me, my portfolio site has been revamped and relaunched!<br />
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<a href="http://megporterdesign.com/">megporterdesign.com</a><br />
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give me your thoughts, comments and ideas for improvementmeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-26909196423885817962012-01-31T10:29:00.000-08:002012-01-31T10:29:28.358-08:00Sorry.I'm sorry, my site is down - :(((((((<br />
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I will be putting it back together ASAP - megporterdesign.com<br />
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I recently came across some pretty prints by artist and musician ISO50 -<a href="http://blog.iso50.com/"> here</a><br />
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Check them out - Love the layering and simplicity of the profile shapes. Each is signed and numbered... beautiful.<br />
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<br />meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-77777404015005592562012-01-20T08:55:00.000-08:002012-01-20T08:55:22.861-08:00moving brands: new wikipedia identity!<br />
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http://www.movingbrands.com/?category_name=wikipedia-work#identity<br />
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<br />meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-12783305124330512032012-01-18T10:37:00.001-08:002012-01-18T10:37:56.041-08:00Designers have always had a great influence on branding and business in general - check out this <a href="http://designerfund.com/infographic">site</a> that shows just exactly what design has done when the founders of a startup include a designer in the mix!<br />
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Love this so much. So cute.meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-10451172507008220792011-09-28T07:18:00.000-07:002011-09-28T07:18:10.674-07:00Things to think aboutToday I was reading <a href="http://jannagallagher.blogspot.com/2011/09/ive-never-been-good-at-mazes.html">some things my sister wrote</a> and I felt a little lost in my life, or I realized that I felt lost. I like that my church has a <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference?lang=eng">General Conference</a> 2x a year to keep me centered, to bring me back to thinking about what God wants me to do, rather than what I want to do - or what I HAVE to do. <br />
On that note - I'm going to listen to the Relief Society General Session today at work since I missed it on Saturday.<br />
I often get bogged down by the immediate things in life - the tasks "at hand". Why is it that they seem to important? My work has basically consumed me whole for the past 3 months or so -- I work late almost every day and I get home, and then I eat and then I sleep and do it all over again. I am closer with the people at work than any of my friends outside of work because I have no time for them. The problem with coworkers is that they don't go all-the-way with you as a friend really. If one of you got laid off, or if one of you had an accident... would they call you anymore? I think there are a few people that are like that... but few, very few.<br />
Last week I was hospitalized during my business trip in Boston, and I layed in serious pain for about 3 days. I was very sick with something--they diagnosed me with viral gastroenteritis--although I know they had no idea really what I had. My body is still so out of whack. My doctor will recommend, most likely, to move to the next tier of treatment for my disease - crohn's. I am not sure what to do, and I fear that I lack the ability to receive direction from God on this. I feel scared and far away from knowing what path to choose. I feel lost and alone in my suffering -- even with my husband and family's support.<br />
As a woman, I have always cherished my ability to bear and birth children. I feel it is a special and unique gift that has been given to women and for that reason I have always been excited for that time in my life. I am currently in the best years of my life to do this, to be a mother and to carry my babies...and I can't. I am not healthy enough to do it. It feels like I am failing... or that I am broken. I have had experiences with the Spirit of God that lead me to believe that I will bear children and that I need to prepare. I am not sure when, or how, but I have felt that I will. I struggle to communicate about this with my husband... and anyone else, for that matter. And so, I feel like I could burst. Probably because I have no control over the situation and I am a controlling person.<br />
I cannot wait much longer, I need guidance - I hope General Conference will bring me what I am seeking.meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-1954834887606614942011-08-24T08:53:00.001-07:002011-08-24T08:53:46.831-07:00logo design: iEventfotoI don't know if they'll go with this design, but I am really liking it.<br />
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beautiful design. : ) Sometimes I really love things at target. meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-91632254123057661712011-08-12T07:13:00.000-07:002011-08-12T07:13:50.561-07:00Slow Design ManifestoI believe in this - thanks gavin, for the share: via <a href="http://nineteenthirtyfour.org/?p=55">nineteenthirtyfour</a><br />
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Designer Callie Neylan was fed up, like me, with deadlines too soon, designing too fast for clients too unhappy. The question "why can't you design any faster?" really weighs on me. And, as Callie says, heaven forbid they pay you what you deserve, or what you ask for....<br />
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She has taken the Slow Food Movement from Italy and modified it for Slow Design. Enjoy:<br />
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<blockquote><div><span style="font-style: italic;">01 Our forefathers of design, who first designed under the tenets of modernism and in response to an increasingly fast-paced world, nevertheless spent years of slow, careful consideration perfecting and codifying the design disciplines we know today: architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and today, interaction design.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">02 With the advent of the information age, we are enslaved by speed and have all succumbed to the same insidious virus: Fast Design, which disrupts our vision, pervades the aesthetics of our workplaces and homes and forces us to look at ugly things.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">03 A firm defense of good, well-thought out design and opposition to cheap templates, bad typography, malignant form, easy solutions, and unappreciative clients is the only way to oppose the universal folly of Fast Design.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">04 May suitable doses of guaranteed visual pleasure and slow, long-lasting enjoyment resulting from a slowly-designed, well-designed thing preserve us from the contagion of the multitude who mistake frenzy for efficiency.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">05 Our defense should begin in the studios and design schools with Slow Design. Let us rediscover the fruits of thoughtful concepting, adequate rounds of revisions, and respect for our discipline and banish the degrading effects of Fast Design.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">06 In the name of productivity, Fast Design has changed our way of looking and threatens our user experiences and visual literacy. So Slow Design is now the only truly progressive answer.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">07 That is what real culture is all about: developing taste rather than demeaning it. And what better way to set about this than an international exchange of experiences, knowledge, projects (are you with me, fellow Good Designers)?<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">08 Slow Design guarantees more beautiful, pleasurable, useful communication and objects.<br />
</span></div></blockquote>So amazing.... with a Massimo Vignelli quote at the end: “The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.”<br />
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On to some more very slow, careful design. meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-43596586462205505972011-08-10T10:31:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:31:00.051-07:00Hype for TypeNew <a href="http://www.hypefortype.com/">favorite?</a> I want to spend my money...<br />
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meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-47588715846516874722011-07-27T21:27:00.000-07:002011-07-27T21:30:10.271-07:00best new favorite<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://fuckyeahshibainu.tumblr.com/"><b>This</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CmWpYUY6LsIm0EXR4AN0k38HzYCoOh_Xot5l5aJTvTCc0ieSTu_15N5MLvt0Ve7mdJF1-P5ET8CIPXDLX2pip85Z0HRb2JiLvGw0p-VNV9dz4MDMKASpnMBVD01hk9uf7BkK_clRPDo/s1600/Picture+13.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CmWpYUY6LsIm0EXR4AN0k38HzYCoOh_Xot5l5aJTvTCc0ieSTu_15N5MLvt0Ve7mdJF1-P5ET8CIPXDLX2pip85Z0HRb2JiLvGw0p-VNV9dz4MDMKASpnMBVD01hk9uf7BkK_clRPDo/s1600/Picture+13.png" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wish we could get a puppy so bad! And also pinned <a href="http://pinterest.com/megdesign/">here</a>...follow me!</div>meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-6613733030663301032011-07-26T16:47:00.001-07:002011-07-27T17:33:44.037-07:00Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today I cut up a credit card and paid off another. The End.<br />
Make that three credit cards, paid off! <br />
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Has anyone had any success in this?<br />
I don't mean to be negative, there are just so many things I want to do....<br />
Read 5 books before the end of the summer.<br />
Finish recovering my chair.<br />
Plant flowers in my pots.<br />
Watch the godfather.<br />
Lose 10 lbs.<br />
Get my Crohn's Disease under control.<br />
Start selling things on ebay/amazon.<br />
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Perhaps I should pat myself on the back for some of the things I have accomplished:<br />
1. I recently got to go on a research business trip with my design team, it was tiring, but enlightening.<br />
2. Jared and I have been harvesting some of our garden, which is overflowing with greens - anyone want some arugula? Yellow Pear heirloom maters?<br />
3. We finally finished refinishing our table - it took almost 1 whole year, but mostly because there was an 8-9 month sabbatical from refinishing during the winter. You should come and see it.<br />
4. I finally sent in my camera to get it repaired. Now I will be able to share images - now that the garden is completely grown.... : /<br />
5. Our chair is getting recovered... it's still in the process, but I think I'm going to work on it tomorrow, or maybe even tonight!<br />
6. I am halfway done writing our thank you notes for our wedding - our one year mark is fast approaching. I hope to have them all done by then.<br />
7. A site I designed finally went up - it is for a custom home building site for a construction management firm in Kansas City. You can view it <a href="http://www.cardinalcresthomes.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=2&products_id=5">here</a>.<br />
8. I have lost 5-7 lbs. - we may be able to attribute this to catching a summer cold, however.<br />
9. We finally got our settlement for my injury on my hand and will be using a lot of it to pay off all our credit card debts - YAY!<br />
10. I am starting to do research for a new business idea with my friends from <a href="http://www.getpicturethis.com/">Picture This! </a>Fun fun fun - I love interaction design!<br />
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Have a great day - and pat yourself on the back for something you did.meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-13364080588807762492011-07-13T15:37:00.000-07:002011-07-13T15:37:57.802-07:00Sam Sam, she's my manSorry, it rhymed. I need to shout out to my main mommy blogger, Samantha Kelly. She is doing great, and I enjoy watching her videos and seeing her cute pics on <a href="http://lovesamandchas.blogspot.com/">youngpeopleinlove</a>.<br />
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Check them out! Follow them, even.<br />
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I'm pretty excited for:<br />
1. Friends getting married<br />
2. Family Reunions<br />
3. Harry Potter Party<br />
4. Turning 27<br />
5. Going to Harry Potter Land?<br />
6. Reading books on my iPhone<br />
7. Blog/etsy/money?<br />
8. Getting some new design/interaction design work<br />
9. Paying off all my debts in the next month or so<br />
10. Planning for grad school, big moves, life decisions<br />
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Thanks be to God for giving me such an exciting life!meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-41129994113081192132011-07-13T13:59:00.000-07:002011-07-13T14:09:36.561-07:00google PLUSSo far, I like it.<br />
My opinion is based off of the interaction models that are a little/a lot more interesting and intuitive than those of facebook. Facebook doesn't organize friend groups very interestingly.<br />
Drag and drop functionality of circles is pretty nice - i'm interested to see where google continues to go with the iphone/mobile app for google+. Last night I couldn't get to the app for it, today i can.<br />
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Can they keep it up?<br />
only time will tell us.<br />
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I really like that it's integrated in with my gmail interface as well...<br />
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I hate him,<br />
I feel really mad.<br />
I feel a better today than yesterday <br />
but then I feel really sad.<br />
Maybe I'm too tired,<br />
maybe I'm in pain.<br />
Oh what a world of medicine<br />
It really wracks my brain. <br />
A fistula, infliximab,<br />
a really tiny pill,<br />
injectable, detectable<br />
you may get TB again<br />
can I even learn it all?<br />
I surely don't believe<br />
They don't know <i>me</i><br />
I don't think<br />
not any more than me<br />
or how much time I cry<br />
Will I have kids? a surgery?<br />
will I die of cancer?<br />
or will it be alright?meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-40202462481380536662011-06-29T09:51:00.000-07:002011-06-29T09:51:51.296-07:00Crazy is as Crazy doI have been doing a lot of thinking and a lot of playing and a lot of working - hence, no new posts. I really need to get some more sleep, and today, I need a pedicure - so I think I'm headed there in a few mins.<br />
There is part of me that is a really REALLY bad control freak - I need to know what will happen, at least a little bit, in my future. I want to know at least somewhat how things will go and plan based off of that. I have a hard very hard very very hard time letting go, letting the Lord take the reins and run the show. My life has been very blessed every time I choose to let Him lead my path and literally take my lame feet and walk them for me to the place they need to go. Most things in our family/life are really really good right now, but certain things recently learned about my health have made me reconsider everything: Schooling, My career, Jared's career path, Moving, etc. I really really truly don't know what to do, and I have to make very hard decisions.<br />
I am not quite sure why I feel so alone, I think it is because I don't know how to communicate this worry and leave it with God. I feel all-encompassing panic a few times a day, and just simply turn that part of my mind off to move to other matters... work, sleepovers, going to provo - seeing a fun movie.<br />
I think this is a good trick for survival under stress, although I wonder if it will last, and how it will all break down suddenly.<br />
On Sunday much of my family will be fasting for me and my health. Jared's too. If anyone would like to pray for me and fast this Sunday with them, I need it. If for nothing else, to be sound of mind and learn all that I need to learn to make a good decision about managing my health care.meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-4728410830204796242011-06-27T11:03:00.000-07:002011-06-27T11:03:42.314-07:00ImmunosuppressantsI don't know what I should do. I want to have babies soon.meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246141420612375202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944282136893734295.post-4065673899759922012011-06-20T08:05:00.000-07:002011-06-30T08:56:36.049-07:00Getting Better All the Time<div style="text-align: left;">I am not eating anything today. Well, I get to eat jello. Green Jello. Tomorrow morning will be my second colonoscopy of a many many more, I suppose. I am praying to understand my body better. I want to heal what is happening, but that's impossible. Sometimes it is hard to think about having this my whole life... taking this many meds, feeling bad so often...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I love my family and I will miss them now that I got a few little games of nerts and monopoly in. We don't have tons to do at our apartment, but we played a lot of lumines, a great game that is just like tetris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74nZcT_oNWwTmOHMJXBQZA8NbvemCJhGSvQqgl8la_xV_MjIA8mdwp1szh9Xa3J9oddJAQziZlusVC3RLi029UcieZdTPFYOsPzX8OEuOtPgsHxtRefyLwnJ80RAKKZrqUbO935ZtWa0/s1600/924594_20050304_790screen003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74nZcT_oNWwTmOHMJXBQZA8NbvemCJhGSvQqgl8la_xV_MjIA8mdwp1szh9Xa3J9oddJAQziZlusVC3RLi029UcieZdTPFYOsPzX8OEuOtPgsHxtRefyLwnJ80RAKKZrqUbO935ZtWa0/s640/924594_20050304_790screen003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really needed to be around people that already know me and love me and get me. Sometimes it's really important to have that for a little while.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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