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VICTOR JOECKS: Obamas birthday bash a reminder that coronavirus restrictions are for the rest of us – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Some high-profile liberal elites arent letting the coronavirus ruin their social lives. The disconnect between their actions and heightened cries for new pandemic restrictions is glaring.

Last weekend, former President Barack Obama threw himself a 60th birthday party. From the leaked photos and video, it was quite a celebration. Obama danced and hugged guests, which include A-list celebrities such as Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Singers John Legend and H.E.R. also performed.

Obama threw his party at his beachfront mansion in Marthas Vineyard. An aside: For someone supposedly worried about global warming, a beachfront mansion is an odd place to sink more than $11 million. Workers set up massive tents for the occasion. That may have meant the event was technically outside, but the main tent had walls covering many of the sides.

Normally, this would be a story primarily for those interested in celebrity gossip. A rich, famous man threw an opulent party attended by rich, famous people.

But the Biden administration has halted efforts to return to normal. The CDC reversed its mask guidance last month, citing an increase in virus cases from the delta variant. It now recommends that many vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors and that children should wear masks in schools. Biden also attacked GOP governors, particularly Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Biden blames them for rising cases. Its quite the change from the campaign, when Biden promised he had a plan to get this virus under control.

After news about Obamas party leaked, even he backtracked. A spokesperson claimed he significantly scaled back the event to include only family and close friends. Right.

Maskless parties for Obama. Restrictions on visiting dying grandparents for the peasants.

Hes not the only one exhibiting a do as I say, not as I do attitude. Less than a day after imposing a new mask mandate, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser went maskless at a wedding reception. So did many others in the room. Hours before her mandate went into effect, she took a picture sans mask with comedian Dave Chappelle.

Over the weekend, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., attacked Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for encouraging people not to mask up. On Sunday, Tlaib danced without a mask at a wedding.

This summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated masks at youth camps. Then it came out that two of his children attended a basketball camp that didnt require masks.

These officials may be hypocrites, but they arent being personally reckless, assuming theyre vaccinated. Thats because the coronavirus vaccines are extraordinarily effective. Once you are fully vaccinated, your risk of dying from the coronavirus is vanishingly small. This disease has always poised little risk to children, even though they arent eligible for the vaccine yet.

That doesnt mean vaccinated people face no risk, of course. But how often do you think about your chances dying when you get in your car? Accepting and managing low-level risk is a part of life.

At this point, its hard to not conclude that some elected and government officials are simply clinging to power. Theyre living as if being vaccinated means they can get on with their lives, but they wont tell others its OK to do the same.

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Attendees of former President Barack Obamas 60th birthday party operate by much the same rules as a proverbial fight club meeting: Dont talk about it. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Summer Olympics officially ended this morning in Tokyo. But if you miss all the hurdle-jumping, grappling, surprising finishes, rah-rah boosterism and self-important pageantry, youre in luck: All will be on display this week on Capitol Hill as the BIF moves ever closer to the finish line. (Strained? Perhaps. But its Sunday morning!)

The BIF cleared a key hurdle Saturday in the Senate, as a move to end debate passed in a 67-27 vote. Among those 67 were 18 Republicans, including two who previously opposed the measure: Sens. JOHN CORNYN (Texas) and DEB FISCHER (Neb.). Thats notable both as a clear sign of momentum, and in the fact that no Republican supporters jumped ship after this weeks CBO score, which projected that the bipartisan bill will add $256 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

What happens next?

First, the Senate has to sort through the many proposed amendments to the BIF.

One offered by Cornyn and Sen. ALEX PADILLA (D-Calif.) aims to ease restrictions on coronavirus relief aid to local governments.

More contentious are two dueling proposals over how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are reported and treated by the IRS. On one side is a proposal backed by the crypto industry and authored by Sens. RON WYDEN (D-Ore.), PAT TOOMEY (R-Pa.) and CYNTHIA LUMMIS (R-Wyo.); on the other, an amendment backed by the White House and authored by Sens. MARK WARNER (D-Va.), ROB PORTMAN (R-Ohio) and KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.). More on this from WaPo: Senate sits divided on regulation of crypto industry

As Marianne LeVine and Burgess Everett report, a lone Republican is slowing this amendment process down. Sen. BILL HAGERTY (R-Tenn.) said Saturday that hes not inclined to expedite this process whatsoever, and that theres no purpose, in my view, to allow an acceleration of that. (Worth remembering: In January, Hagerty hired 13 former Trump administration officials for his Senate office.)

What does that mean for timing? Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER is hoping to wrap up the amendment process today, with an eye toward a full and final vote on BIF early this week (exact timing TBD).

One X-factor to keep an eye on: former President DONALD TRUMP, who has vocally opposed the BIF. On Saturday, Trump issued a statement calling the bill a disgrace, and declaring that if MITCH MCCONNELL was smart, which weve seen no evidence of, he would use the debt ceiling card to negotiate a good infrastructure package.

That having been said, heres some food for thought: For all the talk of the GOP civil war carried out in primaries, Republican support for BIF is another way to gauge Trumps influence and among Senate Republicans, the reaction to his opposition was mostly yawns, as NYTs Luke Broadwater and Emily Cochrane write. Substantial Republican support for the measure may signal his waning influence on Capitol Hill, the pair write.

On the other hand: Of the 18 Senate Republicans who voted for the BIF on Saturday, only five are considered likely to run for reelection in 2022: MIKE CRAPO (Idaho), CHUCK GRASSLEY (Iowa), JOHN HOEVEN (N.D.), LISA MURKOWSKI (Alaska) and TODD YOUNG (Ind.). The majority of those GOP incumbents who face voters in 2022 are with Trump on this.

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OBAMAS B-DAY BASH Attendees of former President BARACK OBAMAs 60th birthday party operate by much the same rules as a proverbial fight club meeting: Dont talk about it. Guests to the buzzy soiree on Marthas Vineyard were gasp! even prevented from taking photos and posting on social media from the event. Even so, details were bound to leak out. And when they did, the Daily Mail (who else?) repeated them with tabloid gleefulness.

[D]etails of the exclusive party were revealed after two cannabis-smoking DJs posted a series of pictures and videos to social media, also flouting the rules on posting pictures from the event, the Daily Mail reports in a story that, true to form, has 12 bullet points beneath the headline. Other details from the party:

JOHN LEGEND sang Happy Birthday to Obama. Other guests included: BEYONC and JAY-Z, CBS GAYLE KING, ERYKAH BADU, BRADLEY COOPER, GEORGE CLOONEY, QUESTLOVE and TOM HANKS.

Guests were presented with custom-designed face masks and cocktail napkins emblazoned with a 44x60 logo (Obama being the 44th president, and this being his 60th b-day).

Among the amenities: a specially constructed espresso martini bar, salt station and smores station.

As the party wrapped up, a police officer was heard over the radio describing the resulting traffic situation as a s---show. That may be true, but at least it sounds like a very ritzy s---show.

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9 THINGS WE READ THAT STUCK WITH US

Amid a huge Covid-19 surge, Florida has set a new state record for number of hospitalizations each day for the past six days, reports the Miami Herald.

Over the past three decades, the median net worth of Black households with college grads who are in their 30s fell from roughly $50,400 to $8,200, per a WSJ analysis. (Yes, you read those numbers correctly.)

A contrarian take on the new eviction moratorium: It has neither an economic nor public-health rationale, writes WaPos Megan McArdle.

Get better lawyers. According to a NYT report, thats what Speaker NANCY PELOSI said to a Biden aide after being told that White House lawyers believed a nationwide evictions ban exceeded the governments legal power.

From Chalkbeat, the staggering full extent of learning loss in Newark, N.J., schools over the pandemic: Just 9% of students in grades 2-8 met state expectations in math, and 11% met expectations in reading.

Our national conversation has reached the point where many Americans are done with any and all excuses offered by the unvaccinated, writes Sarah Smarsh in a NYT op-ed on Covid rage.

Charlie Sykes in POLITICO Magazine on what he describes as the one place where GOP leaders take the spread of Covid very seriously: the border.

In a twist, activists opposed to abortion rights are citing an unlikely authority for their arguments that Roe v. Wade is a misguided ruling, writes WaPos Robert Barnes: RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

We dont actually own the digital books or movies we buy online from places like Amazon or Apple; we rent them. And that poses a cultural, a political, even a civilizational danger, Maria Bustillos writes in The Nation.

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SUNDAY BEST

Senate Judiciary Chair DICK DURBIN (D-Ill.) on what former acting A.G. JEFFREY ROSEN told the committee, on CNNs State of the Union: He told us a lot. Seven hours of testimony. What was going on in the Department of Justice was frightening from a constitutional point of view. I would like to bring in JEFFREY CLARK He was the heir apparent in Trumps mind if Rosen was not going to do his bidding. And Rosen stood fast and didnt.

DANA BASH: The key question is whether the former president, when he was still president, tried to get Jeffrey Rosen to overturn the election results. Durbin: It was not that direct, but he was asking him to do certain things related to states election returns, which he refused to do. It was real. Very real. And it was very specific. This president is not subtle when he wants something.

Sen. BILL CASSIDY (R-La.) on the infrastructure timeline, on State of the Union: Probably its going to pass well have a vote tonight [at] 7:30, and then another vote, if you just look at the clock playing out, sometime on Tuesday. So, it could go quicker, but its going. And thats the good thing. Its going.

Sen. RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.) on the 2024 presidential race, on Fox News Sunday: Im not planning to run.

Rep. CORI BUSH (D-Mo.) on whats next for the eviction ban if courts strike it down, on State of the Union: We have to do the work now to get this money out into the hands of the people who need it the most. So were telling tenants, were telling landlords to go online, or show up at the clinics that are happening around the country and apply for this money. Sixty days we may not have. So we are pushing really hard to make sure that people apply.

RANDI WEINGARTEN, president of the American Federation of Teachers, on vaccine mandates for teachers on NBCs Meet the Press: As a matter of personal conscience, I think that we need to be working with our employers, not opposing them, on vaccine mandates.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDENS SUNDAY The president has nothing on his public schedule.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) rides a Senate elevator Saturday as he slows the progress of the infrastructure bill through the chamber. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

THE WHITE HOUSE

NO SUMMER VACAY Always working: Biden eyes 1st summer getaway as president, by APs Darlene Superville and Aamer Madhani: After more than six months of work combating the coronavirus, negotiating a bipartisan infrastructure bill and repairing the U.S. image abroad, Biden should be heading out on vacation and a traditional August break from Washington. But with legislative work on the infrastructure bill keeping the Senate in session for a second straight weekend, and likely through next week, Biden hasnt gone far just home to Wilmington, Delaware, as he has done most weekends since taking office.

Biden will spend some of next week at the White House before he decamps again, either for Delaware he also owns a home in Rehoboth Beach or Camp David, the official presidential retreat in Marylands Catoctin Mountains, [press secretary JEN] PSAKI said.

CONGRESS

WHERE MANCHIN STANDS Sen. Joe Manchin signals he wont back renewal of federal jobless aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed past Labor Day, by Insiders Joseph Zeballos-Roig: Sen. JOE MANCHIN of West Virginia indicated on Saturday he would not back including an extension of federal aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed Americans past Labor Day in a Democrat-only package.

Im done with extensions, he told Insider. The economy is coming back. Manchin went on: Look guys, read your own print. Read your own print. The economy is stronger now, the job market is stronger. Nine million jobs we cant fill. Were coming back.

The West Virginia senators opposition would effectively kill the renewal of those federal aid programs, given all 50 Senate Democrats need to back the party-line bill for it to clear the upper chamber. Democrats are drafting the initial bill, which will pass through the reconciliation process requiring only a simple majority vote sometime this fall.

POLICY CORNER

DEEP DIVE Why OSHA wont protect workers from climate change, by Ariel Wittenberg and Zack Colman: There is no federal standard protecting [laborers] from heat, which killed 815 workers between 1992 and 2017 and seriously injured 70,000 more, according to federal records. More heat deaths are likely in the coming years as climate change turbocharges temperatures to make heat waves even hotter and last longer.

PANDEMIC

THE HOT ZONE Florida adds 134,506 coronavirus cases, 616 deaths in the past week, by Tampa Bay Times Ian Hodgson: Floridas positivity rate rose to 18.5 percent in the past week, up from 18.1 percent the week before. Before reopening, states should maintain a positivity rate of 5 percent or less for at least two weeks, according to the World Health Organization. A positivity rate of 5 percent or less indicates testing is widespread enough to capture mild, asymptomatic and negative cases.

RETURN OF THE MASK Top U.S. chains are reinstating their mask requirements, by CNNs Nathaniel Meyersohn

AMERICA AND THE WORLD

PULLOUT FALLOUT The Taliban seize Kunduz, a key city in northern Afghanistan, by NYTs Christina Goldbaum, Najim Rahim, Sharif Hassan and Thomas Gibbons-Neff: The Taliban seized the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. It is the first major city to be overtaken by the insurgents since they began their sweeping military offensive in May. It was also the third provincial capital to be overtaken by [the] Taliban in three days.

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CUOMO LATEST In public, Cuomo cast himself as an advocate of women. In private, women say, he was harassing them at the same time, by WaPos Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey: Over and over again, the investigation found, [New York Gov. ANDREW CUOMO] behaved in private exactly in the manner that he repeatedly condemned in public making lewd comments to young women, kissing aides on the mouth, having others sit on his lap and repeatedly touching women inappropriately. Some of the alleged harassment happened in chance encounters: An employee of a utility company said that when she went to shake his hand on a rope line after an event, the governor traced his fingers along a logo printed across the chest of her shirt, leaving her feeling profoundly humiliated.

Through it all, the governor publicly maintained the posture of a crusader for womens rights, leading what he called a societal change in the way powerful men treated women. His administration, according to the attorney generals office, broke the states own laws that the governor had hailed by retaliating against a victim. In all, he harassed 11 women in violation of state and federal laws, the investigation found.

Albany sheriff says he wont rush or delay Cuomo investigation because of who he is, by NBCs Minyvonne Burke

DESPITE THE NEW SESSION Texas Democrats continue holdout, dont show for new session, by APs Acacia Coronado and Paul Weber: Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol on Saturday as Gov. GREG ABBOTT began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff that ramped up in July when dozens of Democratic state lawmakers left the state and hunkered down in Washington, D.C.

But there were also signs the stalemate may be thawing. Two of the Democrats who decamped last month returned to Austin Saturday, and one of them said enough of his colleagues may also begin trickling back to secure a quorum next week. And, notably, Republicans did not invoke a procedural move that would give [state House Speaker DADE] PHELAN the authority to sign arrest warrants for missing lawmakers, as they did when the Democrats left town.

IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS Dixie Fire becomes largest single wildfire in California history, by Colby Bermel: The fire, which has burned for 23 days and forced mass evacuations, razed the Gold Rush town of Greenville on Thursday, destroying 91 buildings and damaging five others. Smoke from the blaze has blown to lower parts of Northern California, including the state capital of Sacramento where the air quality index on Friday reached unhealthy levels.

TRUMP CARDS

YIKES Trumps Repeating Donation Tactics Led to Millions in Refunds Into 2021, by NYTs Shane Goldmacher: The aggressive fund-raising tactics that Trump deployed late in last years presidential campaign have continued to spur an avalanche of refunds into 2021, with Mr. Trump, the Republican Party and their shared accounts returning $12.8 million to donors in the first six months of the year, newly released federal records show. The refunds were some of the biggest outlays that Mr. Trump made in 2021 as he has built up his $102 million political war chest and amounted to roughly 20 percent of the $56 million he and his committees raised online so far this year.

SPOTTED: Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) at dinner together outdoors at La Collina on Saturday night. Chasten Buttigieg and Emily Voorde at The Duck and The Peach on Saturday morning.

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MSNBC’s Joy Reid claims those angry at maskless Obama party pictures are only mad because they weren’t invited – Fox News

Media top headlines August 9

Brian Stelter admits Chris Cuomo's scandal has been a 'CNN conundrum' but still defends him, the mainstream media is silent while Obama dances maskless in a crowded tent, and NBC experiences the 'worst case scenario' as Olympics ratings plunge

MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted on Sunday that people are only mad at photos of a maskless Barack Obama dancing in a crowded tent during his 60th birthday party because they werent invited to the party.

"I feel like the people tweeting #ObamaVariant with the most frantic rage are mostly mad that their unvaccinated, spurned by the culture arses would never, ever-ever get invited to a party at that level. Also my guess is they're cool with with the unvaxxed & unmasked at Sturgis and would run to Mar-a-Lago and trip and fall on the way there, get up and keep stumble-running to Palm Beach to be in an unvaxxed, maskless mixer with their Golden Calf, his weird kids and all the COVID droplets available to share. Just some thoughts on this Sunday," she tweeted.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA SILENT WHILE OBAMA DANCES MASKLESS IN A CROWDED TENT

Pictures and a video of former President Obama dancing without a mask leaked but were later deleted. Prior to the party, Obama faced controversy for announcing a party while fears of a delta variant surge grew in the U.S. A spokesperson claimed the party would be "scaled back" with people being disinvited to the party. Critics were skeptical as pictures and a video of former President Obama dancing without a mask were leaked but were quickly deleted.

Meanwhile, users on Twitter were quick to call out Reids accusation.

"Liberal coastal elite are so much cooler than the people in fly-over. Of course we are jealous. I mean, who wouldn't want to party with cultured and sophisticated celebrities especially if they cyberbully white girls? Parenthetically, write any homophobic diatribes lately?" immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken tweeted.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote, "Left-liberals spent a full year relentlessly COVID-shaming anyone who went outside (unless for liberal protests) or questioning Fauci. But now that their icons threw themselves an opulent indoor maskless party, they announce that only pettiness or jealousy would make you notice."

"According to @JoyAnnReid, if you find anything distasteful or noteworthy about Obama throwing himself a gigantic maskless indoor party at his $12 million weekend estate -- as restrictions intensify -- it just means you're an unsophisticated, poor loser, angry you weren't invited," he continued.

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Reid previously boasted that she wore two masks while jogging outside back in April. However, Reid has also promoted vaccine hesitation during the Trump presidency.

"There's just not a lot of trust and it was developed during the Trump era," Reid said in November.

In May 2020, Reid wrote an article that focused on how "rushing to develop a vaccine can lead to some issues."

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Barack Obama Dances the Night Away at 60th Birthday Bash – TMZ

The term "scaled back" is all relative, because Barack Obama's 60th birthday bash was still a bash, with what appeared to be several hundred party revelers on hand to celebrate.

There were tons of celebs who showed ... including Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Bradley Cooper, Don Cheadle, Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Erykah Badu, Steven Colbert, Bruce Springsteen and more.

The former Prez hit the dance floor under the massive tent ... without a mask. As you know, the CDC, Dr. Fauci and many other experts have urged people to wear masks inside because of the Delta variant, and it's already drawing criticism.

The party looked super fun ... but the plan to keep things under wraps crashed and burned early on, as Erykah Badu and others posted photos and videos of the event.

Napkins of the event were embossed with the numbers, 44x60 ... the 44, obviously, refers to his presidency, and the 60 is obvious.

Partygoers even took shots of the bathroom, with a lint roller, Advil and antiperspirant ... frankly the sign of a good party.

The food and drinks looked pretty amazing ... lots of the food was vegetarian, but there was reportedly an oyster bar which is requisite fare for a Martha's Vineyard soiree.

Obama hit the dance floor for quite some time, dressed casually as he made the rounds.

Alicia Keys and John Legend both sang Happy Birthday to 44.

The party snarled traffic around the island, at when it started winding down at 1 AM Sunday, one officer was overheard calling traffic a "s*** show."

So, a good night was had by all present, but there's certainly a measure of controversy over the size of the bash and the absence of masks inside.

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Tomi Lahren rips Fauci, tells him to kick rocks for silence on Obama birthday while shaming conservatives – Fox News

Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren tore into Dr. Anthoy Fauci during Tuesday's episode of "Final Thoughts," after the White House chief health adviser criticized attendees of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally event in South Dakota while remaining silent on former President Obamas maskless birthday bash.

"Folks, its confirmed: COVID is the most sophisticated and selective virus of all time," Lahren cheekily quipped.

"Apparently, it isnt dangerous at social justice riots, the open southern border, pride parades, fancy restaurants patronized by Democrat governors, San Francisco salons patronized by Democrat congresswomen, music festivals in liberal cities run by Democrat mayors, wedding receptions attended by Democrat mayors, and, of course, COVID wouldnt dare spread at the scaled-down birthday bash of former President Barack Obama and friends," Lahren began.

FAUCI BERATES MASS OUTDOOR GATHERING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT GIVES OBAMA'S BIRTHDAY BASH A PASS

On the flip side, Lahren noted that, according to Dr. Fauci and the Democratic Party, COVID-19 is apparently "debilitatingly dangerous" for conservatives - referencing churches, Trump rallies, in-person polling locations and Republican-run states as just some of the examples cited by Democrats as potential super-spreader events.

"Oh Tony Tony Tony, let me help you out. Im gonna go ahead and speak for my home state of South Dakota and its 81st annual motorcycle rally when I say, we dont need you and your flip-flopping condescending guidance anywhere near the Mount Rushmore State."

Lahren's comments come on the heels of Sundays "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, during which Fauci suggested that the South Dakota rally could be another "super-spreader" event.

"There comes a time when you're dealing with a public health crisis, that could involve you, your family and everyone else that something supersedes that need to do exactly what you want to do," the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases urged.

"Youre going to get to do that in the future, but let's get this pandemic under control before we start acting like nothing is going on," Fauci continued. "I mean, something bad is going on."

Lahren lambasted Faucis comments during her monologue, asserting that the people of South Dakota dont take "marching orders" from D.C. elitists who "cherry-pick and shame" certain events and activities while remaining silent on others.

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The Fox Nation host concluded that the Delta variant needs to be taken seriously, but found Faucis message "counterproductive" when it is geared towards a "narrative," rather than science.

"And hey, Fauci, until youre ready to issue some guidance on the thousands of COVID-positive illegals pouring across our border and into our interior, you can shush up, kick rocks and pound sand when it comes to the Sturgis rally!"

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