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| spring has...sprung? - Hey everybody, Just a quick note to say that while there is no meetup yet scheduled for April, there will be. Just getting details and calenders arranged. Not sure what we will be doing, but here are a couple of workshops coming up. 1. | Eric Michalsen | Mar 27, 2012 |
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mark cobb | Mar 9, 2012 |
| Got Edge? - Hey everybody, I'm looking forward to tomorrow...all the gear is packed away and ready for transport. I wanted to push out a small video, a spot of homework for you all, that you may find of interest. It is a promo video of Alton B | Eric Michalsen | Feb 17, 2012 |
| Get your TV face on - Hey everybody, I received the below email earlier this morning and have had a couple of emails with them. They are legit and have done some really cool work. Give it a look and give it a hard think. This is a very cool opportu | Eric Michalsen | Jan 18, 2012 |
| dress warm - hey everybody, a reminder to dress warm if you are coming tomorrow. this is an outdoor workshop. also, if you have tools, outdoor knife, hatchet, bring ass well. we will also demo a bit with fire, so if you hqave a surival kit, bring that as we | Eric Michalsen | Jan 13, 2012 |
| Flint Knapping!!! - Hey everybody, I just received an email from Larry Kinsella ( www.flintknapper.com ) that he is teach a class in Yorkville later this month. I do not have the cost information, or any details on reservat | Eric Michalsen | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Happy New Year - Hey everybody, Well, we don't have the next meetup scheduled yet. It will be survival shelters and will be either the second or third weekend...just waiting for confirmation from Sean. Stay tuned. How | Eric Michalsen | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Still here...and starting to kick up some dirt - Hey everyone.... Probably wondering what's happening...me too. I just looked at the calendar and it's September! For those of you that may not know, my lovely wife Ann (A.C. Hammer) broke her right ankle in roller derby practice b | Eric Michalsen | Sep 9, 2011 |
| we learn... - Well, that sucks. Thanks to the people that dropped the ball we are no longer allowing members to create their own events. It worked so well with the Land Navigation, I thought we really had something, but 1 bad apple is enough I guess. | Eric Michalsen | May 30, 2011 |
| Settings have changed for Primitive Skills - Hi everyone, I have made a change to the Primitive Skills site. Members can no longer create an event. We were hoping we would not have to do this, but tomorrows event is causing a lot of trouble. The person that created the meetu | Eric Michalsen | May 27, 2011 |
| um...spring? - Hey everybody, Well, as you can see there is quite a lot of interest for this Saturdays meetup. The person who originally setup the meetup did not put a limit on the RSVP's, which is now posing a serious problem: this large of a | Eric Michalsen | May 26, 2011 |
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bees, and stuff - Hey everybody,
Quick note to say the bee hive video is up at youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFjk48NZwqs
check it out, make comments (nice one
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Eric Michalsen | May 11, 2011 |
| ...may flowers... - Hey everybody, First, thank you everyone that came out to the beehive making at the Craftsman Experience last weekend. What a blast! Hopefully the video will be online in a week or so. As we gather our plans for the next | Eric Michalsen | May 6, 2011 |
| Spring is sprung! - Hey everybody, It's about time, I know. My garden is finally planted and the rain barrels are already full. I think I need more. You've seen the emails but I really want to push this Saturday at the Craftsm | Eric Michalsen | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Bees...happenings today - Hey everybody, Sorry for the second email but I need clarification prior to this: If you are in the city tonight and looking for something to do, Nathan and I will be at the Sears Craftsman Experience being video taped building | Eric Michalsen | Apr 23, 2011 |
| Bees are coming!!! - Hey everybody, Getting prep work done at Sears Craftsman for next Saturdays 1pm show. Check it out at: http://on.fb.me/dIZHQ3 Looking for a live audience next week, April 30th 1pm, so make plans to come | Eric Michalsen | Apr 23, 2011 |
| URL fun - Hey everybody, Just two quick notes. I am one of those types that buy domain names for kicks and giggles, and we now have primitivechicago.com pointing to the meetup. I also have chicagoprimitive.com, but don't kn | Eric Michalsen | Apr 16, 2011 |
| Spring is sprung - Hey everybody, Great time today. Perfect weather and great friendship. On the drive home Mike and I were talking about May's meetup and thinking tracking and sign. As we work out the details please let us know what you would like to see | Eric Michalsen | Apr 10, 2011 |
| Busy weekend ahead! - Hey everybody, As I am sure you have seen we have a busy weekend ahead. For those of you that are signed up for the member-sponsored meetup on Saturday ( Land Naviga | Eric Michalsen | Apr 4, 2011 |
| chicks, man... - Hey everybody, Two quick things: Friday at 7pm the Craftsman Experience at 233 W Huron in the River North area, is looking for audience members either live and in-person or on their facebook live casting for a video shoot on b | Eric Michalsen | Mar 24, 2011 |
| Hey everybody - Hey everybody, Just a quick note to say and bring up some little (and big!) changes. Firstly, I must apologize but I have been slammed with work and I have to take it when I get it so I have not been around or very attentive, and I f | Eric Michalsen | Nov 19, 2010 |
| Location for Sunday! - Hey everyone, Got the word from Sean that we can meet at the park in Chicago. We'll be sharing with a bunch of boy scouts working on a merit badge, the "stalking" badge. I say forgo the fire and we build trebuchet's to launch water bal | Eric Michalsen | Sep 13, 2010 |
| primitive skills - Sunday Sunday Sunday. Meet at Mikes house at 1pm for some atlatl buidling, then walking down to the park to throw them at moving targets...well, maybe not moving :) What to bring: -sun protection -mosquito protection - | Eric Michalsen | Aug 13, 2010 |
| Party! - Hey everybody, Mike is offering up his place for this Sunday. Here is a map to his place. It is just north of I-90 off the Rt. 25 exit. | Eric Michalsen | Aug 9, 2010 |
| Party coming up... - Hey everybody. Getting ready for the party, but still looking for a location. Jason? Anything? We are looking for a spot where we can build some atlatl's and let them fly. Whittling, knapping with glass, large spears....what could go wrong? | Eric Michalsen | Aug 4, 2010 |
| primitive skills Woot - For all you checking your email on this fine Saturday, check out the deal on woot today: www.woot.com Great gear for camping and outdoors. well, back to work.... | Eric Michalsen | Jul 24, 2010 |
| Sunny and warm - Thank you Harmony for the great day yesterday! We started off a bit late because of location, but it was new to everyone. Great turn out and a lot of fun. Great selection of plants for identification and faux foraging. Aug | Eric Michalsen | Jul 19, 2010 |
| Details for Foraging Meetup - Preview not available | Harmony | Jul 16, 2010 |
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Meetup details changed: Foraging - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/primitiveskills/calendar/13264237/ When : Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:00 PM
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Harmony | Jul 16, 2010 |
| One week and ticking... - Hey everybody, One week to foraging and I wanted to get you some information prior. Harmony scouted out the area yesterday and was extremely impressed with the abundant species in which to learn from. However, she got lost and evidently ha | Eric Michalsen | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Up for some foraging? - Harmony is going out tomorrow, July 11th, to scout for next weeks foraging meetup. Those who would like to are invited to tag along. Pratts Wayne Woods County Forest Preserve, Bartlett. Army Trail Rd to Powis Rd, then north. she | Eric Michalsen | Jul 10, 2010 |
| Fun in the sun... - Having fun everyone? Foraging is coming up in a bit over a week and Harmony is going out this Sunday for a bit of recon. Hopefully she will be posting details soon. There has been talk about canoeing. This is not something we are goi | Eric Michalsen | Jul 9, 2010 |
| Primitive Skills - Ok, that was just crazy! Thanks to Mike for the lesson in dowsing. It was a bit weird and wild and it worked! Filters worked as well, however questionable with the charcoal dust. Must find a way to make it activated "primitive style& | Eric Michalsen | Jun 28, 2010 |
| Primitive Skill :: June 27 - Hey everybody, Trying a new place this month... Busse Woods in the Schaumburg area. As you can see with the image we are down in the corner off South Arlington Heights Rd. | Eric Michalsen | Jun 18, 2010 |
| rain rain - So, here I sit in northern Door County, finished with good eats at my mothers restaurant. The little lady is off to some power shopping and me and the old man is off to the range with the boom sticks. ...and it's raining. I'm talking Kuros | Eric Michalsen | Jun 11, 2010 |
| got flint? - Despite rain, lightning and getting a "little" lost, we made it back, and what a blast. Chicago represented at the Devils Hole knapp-in over the weekend, and Primitive Skills had a showing of five, Tracy, Anjum, Paula, Bob and myself. Grea | Eric Michalsen | Jun 6, 2010 |
| Getting ready for summer - Hey everybody, Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know my grill worked over-time going through bag after bag of charcoal. My grilled pizza is getting pretty darn good...now if I could only make it round... We have water coming up t | Eric Michalsen | Jun 1, 2010 |
| paperclips are a hiding! - Thank you everyone that came out. What a fun day, great weather and good friends. Thank you also to the hospitality of Liza and Sean at the nature center and allowing us to hold the classes. We were given the permission to setup the tracking box | Eric Michalsen | May 17, 2010 |
| Getting ready... - So, I was up late last night in office, a 12 year old scotch whisky mellowing in a rocks glass, reading some old books on tracking spoor and getting ready for Sunday. An when I say rocks, I do mean rocks. 3 soapstone's kept in freezer. No melting of ice. | Eric Michalsen | May 11, 2010 |
| One Week to Tracking - Hey everybody, So, did you enjoy Betty White on SNL last night? What a hoot! OK, one week to tracking and after weighing the options, the decision was made to have it at Peterson Park Nature Center. Sean and Liza are graciously allowing us | Eric Michalsen | May 9, 2010 |
| Quick shout out - Congrats to fellow member and flint knapping instructor, Larry Kinsella on being awarded the Don Crabtree Award, by the Society for American Archaeology. This award is considered one of the highest achievements by an amateur archaeologist. We l | Eric Michalsen | May 7, 2010 |
| Caveman Day - Come to find out May 6th is Official Caveman Day. Spread the word! 399 members. Seriously? We couldn't get one more before I sent this email? Tracking is coming up. Still awaiting permission from several locations. tick tock people : | Eric Michalsen | May 5, 2010 |
| Lazy Sunday... - Hey everybody... We are still looking for a favorable spot for the May's Tracking coming up on the 16th. Stay tuned for that. I had to move the June date to the 27th due to scheduling conflicts. Actually, I moved it to the | Eric Michalsen | May 2, 2010 |
| 400 - Closing in on 400 members! Crazy!!! For those that could not make the snares and traps when we moved the date I promised another day. What is good everyone? ... and where? I just got an email from Kevin from | Eric Michalsen | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Stuff Happening - Hey everybody, Couple things to mull over. Devils Hole Knapp-in in June. I have some details on the message board and will post more. Kevin Reeve's OnPoint Tactical workshop , Urban Escape and Evasion will be | Eric Michalsen | Apr 24, 2010 |
| Cloudy with a chance of creeping charlie... - A little birdie told me to | Harmony | Apr 24, 2010 |
| stuff coming up... - Hey everybody, As some of you will see May is Tracking, June is water, July is foraging and August is PARTY! Yep, it's a party. Start building that atlatl for a competition :) Harmony is going out for a plant identification/fora | Eric Michalsen | Apr 22, 2010 |
| Stuff Happening - Hey everybody, One of our members (Victor Michael) runs the " Get Out 'n Do It " Meetup Group and it looks like he is participating in the Orienteering at Busse Woods May 2nd. Check out hi | Eric Michalsen | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Cats in protest - Thank you everyone for such a great day, great food, fun and friends....and a special thank you to my wife Ann who made it a party. I'm sure there will be many cats in protest over the next several weeks until they learn. Trap safely | Eric Michalsen | Apr 19, 2010 |
| snares, traps and coyotes - Hey everybody, For you western suburban folk there is a talk Wednesday night in St. Charles on urban coyote management and issues. I have been told the speaker and topic is very engaging. Details to be found at: | Eric Michalsen | Apr 13, 2010 |
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Love this weather... - Rain and lightening at night, sunny and warm during the day. Well, the wife is now calling April 18th a "party"....she asks about chairs, and tables, and food, and drinks, and I keep saying this is primitive skills baby; we can sit on
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Eric Michalsen | Apr 5, 2010 |
| So...I got good news... - ...and I got bad news... For some reason my backyard has been the overriding winner in the poll. Not really sure what that is about, but OK. The masses have voted and now the good news: I am going to get the grill in ready condition, | Eric Michalsen | Mar 31, 2010 |
| vote early...vote often - Hey everybody, Gotta' say, I'm a bit surprised. My backyard is in the lead. Either the idea of the grill has intrigued you, or just want to see where I live. Of course I have to tune up the grill since I haven't used it in a while, an | Eric Michalsen | Mar 29, 2010 |
| said I would, and I did - Go vote for the place you would like to meet at for April Poll Here The ideas that came in are all over the map, so grease up that mouse and get those fingers clicking. | Eric Michalsen | Mar 27, 2010 |
| clarification - Well, we seemed to have struck a chord with all the emails coming to me. Many are interested and some are worried. After some thought I have decided to put the opening speech at the next topic here in this email. What you are going to learn is | Eric Michalsen | Mar 24, 2010 |
| a fury of emails... - Hey everybody, Finding a new spot has become quite an interesting game, and so I propose this: Send me your ideas by this weekend and I will create a poll on the site . I have had a | Eric Michalsen | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Hey everybody - We are being denied in April for the location because of the topic....so, anybody got any ideas? Open for ideas, suggestions, random thoughts and rants. E. | Eric Michalsen | Mar 23, 2010 |
| ok...I screwed up...again...IT IS tomorrow - The original date was, and is for tomorrow. This is the email I got from Sean: Your event is tomorrow. The fest is next weekend, the 20 and 21st. There is too much going on at the fest to do a primitive skills program as | Eric Michalsen | Mar 13, 2010 |
| Re: [primitiveskills] Meetup details changed: Maple Syrup - Eric, Your event is tomorrow. | sean shaffer | Mar 13, 2010 |
| Meetup details changed: Maple Syrup - Well, I screwed up. The maple syrup isn't tomorrow, it is next weekend. The email I received from Liza had basic details, but I worked off the assumption that it was this coming weekend. A phone call confirmed...I was wrong. Not only | Eric Michalsen | Mar 13, 2010 |
| quick note - Hey everybody, The little lady just showed me in the lastest TimeOut magazine that there is a beekeeping class Saturday, 3/6 at Garfield Conservatory, 10am - 3pm, $60, and it looks pretty cool. I am looking to get more details on the maple | Eric Michalsen | Mar 5, 2010 |
| hmmmm.... - Hey everybody, Well, I showed up today bag in hand with tools and found out the city of Chicago wasn't going to allow us the opportunity to partake in sharpening. Sorry. In April we are going to do snares and traps at the Red Oak Nature Ce | Eric Michalsen | Feb 21, 2010 |
| more snow??? - Hey everybody, Getting ready for Sunday? I have a pile of waterstones, but they got packed away in the cleaning out of the basement, and buried to the point of non-extraction until the basement is finished. Now worries as the park district | Eric Michalsen | Feb 19, 2010 |
| tool sharpening - Hey Sean, Are you handling the tool sharpening or is Ed? Harmony and I were talking the other day and we don't know exactly what is the plate for the day so we would like to offer the possibility of breaking into stations, that way there isn't 20 p | Eric Michalsen | Jan 27, 2010 |
| debris hut fun - Hey everybody, Great day today, thank you all for showing up and jumping right in. What a blast, and extremely tasty with the dutch ovens. Fantastic job Lesley! There was video taken for those that missed and hopefully soon we can get it u | Eric Michalsen | Jan 24, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Debris Huts/Scout Fire and Dutch Oven goodness - Announcing a new Meetup for Primitive Skills! What: Debris Huts/Scout Fire and Dutch Oven goodness When: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:30 PM Price: $3.00 per person Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) | Eric Michalsen | Jan 13, 2010 |
| Hey everybody - Well, some of you don't know me and the rest of you are probably wondering what happened... It has been a crazy year full of work, or lack there of, and health trials and tribulations. I have been poked, prodded and pretty much am now on more p | Eric Michalsen | Jan 12, 2010 |
| Happy Fall Y'All! - | Harmony | Nov 14, 2009 |
| The Colony on Cable - Have you guys seen the show on cable, I think it is called "the colony" on Discovery Channel. | Max | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Re: RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - My schedule almost never matches with meetings, but my lack of trapping skills concerns me. =) On Jul 14, 2009 8:12 PM, "Virgil" < [address removed] | Victoria | Jul 15, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Hey All, I'm not complaining, but let's try to keep this | mark cobb | Jul 14, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Message | Virgil | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Sean, Looking forward to it! Thanks, Eric sean shaffer wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm glad to see so many signed up for Sunday's workshop. > > There is no fee. > > If you have simple carving tools (knife or hatchet) and comfort using > | Eric Michalsen | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Hello all, I'm glad to see so many signed up for Sunday's workshop. There is no fee. | sean shaffer | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Depending on when these classes are taking place, I'd love to attend, though what I'm interested in learning are primitive pottery, basketmak | user 9772323 | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Hey Erik, Traps and Tracking seem to me very useful survival skills to learn. Also Bow and arrow making would also be a good idea. | Cj | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - What about tracking? --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Erik Diekman wrote: > From: Erik Diekman > Subject: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town > To: [address removed] | Lumumba | Jul 14, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Preview not available | Kip Robbins | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Practical Primitive is coming to town - Folks, For the third year running, the Eddie and Julie of Practical Primitive have agreed to come to the Chicago area to teach for a weekend. In the past I basically decided on the topics of tracking and foraging. Please let | Erik Diekman | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Hey - Preview not available | Marcia | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Independence! - "What's up Hiroshi? Let's light this candle!" -Alan Shepard Hope everyone had a safe and fun July 4th? Been a bit busy around here, but we still have all our fingers and eyebrows, so I think we can call that a success. July | Eric Michalsen | Jul 6, 2009 |
| Reminder: June's meeting cancelled - Just a reminder that the meeting this Sunday was canceled due to some outside classes. Next month will be in Chicago and Sean will be teaching carving wooden spoons and bowls from knives and fire | Eric Michalsen | Jun 10, 2009 |
| Sunday is cancelled. - Hey Everybody, We are going to have to cancel this Sunday as too many conflicting schedules are prohibiting us from making it. Between fathers day and classes among other reasons we are going to have to call it off. Sean from Pulaski | Eric Michalsen | Jun 9, 2009 |
| June update - Thank you everyone who came out to the Apache Knife Fighting Seminar. I am sure Erik will talk more on but what a great day seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Photo's and videos to come... On to June... I have commitment | Eric Michalsen | May 31, 2009 |
| Sunday seminar - Hey everybody, I just received confirmation that Sean, the manager of the Chicago Park District park we have held sessions at will be participating in the fun on Sunday. What does this mean for you? Come on out and join the fun and a | Eric Michalsen | May 27, 2009 |
| hurm... - Ok, who keeps making up these "holidays"? first mothers day and now a fathers day? what's next? "Mess with Eric" day? Yep, I scheduled right on top of fathers day. Sorry peoples. So, where does this leave us? Th | Eric Michalsen | May 26, 2009 |
| Apache Knife Fighting with prices - Hello Everyone, Sorry about the last flyer. The correct flyer with pricing and the proper information for pre-paying is listed under files. Erik | Erik Diekman | May 22, 2009 |
| Apache Knife Seminar - Everyone, The final details of the Apache Knife seminar are in a flier under the files tab on the meet up web site. This will be a hell of a lot of fun as well as practical, no nonsense martial arts in the Apache tradition. | Erik Diekman | May 20, 2009 |
| Apache Knife - Everyone, I've gotten a few inquiries about the upcoming Apache Knife seminar. If you care to pre register, which I encourage, contact the venue at [masked]. They can get you signed up. I will be sending a flier via em | Erik Diekman | May 19, 2009 |
| Summer!!! - Great time yesterday, thank you! Great people, great weather...hope everyone went away with some new knowledge about what is around them. Your task? Build a fire by friction kit and post some photos or videos. Scour the trees in your | Eric Michalsen | May 18, 2009 |
| working for the weekend... - Hey everybody, Haven't written in a while...sorry. Been a bit busy. Tomorrow is a double track, foraging and fire by friction. Either/Or baby :) Meet at 1pm at the Pavilion at the Red Oak Nature Center in North Aurora. | Eric Michalsen | May 16, 2009 |
| Martial topics and Scout mind - Hello everyone, One of the most unique seminars in a long time is going to be offered on May 31st in Naperville. The topic is Apache knife fighting. I have trained with this instructor before, and worked with this sys | Erik Diekman | May 6, 2009 |
| Do you see what happens...? - Do you see what happens when a clod like me setups up a meetup date? It falls on Mothers Day. Now, my mother is 300 miles away and I see her maybe 4 times a year. Erik, on the other hand, has had something on the schedule every moth | Eric Michalsen | Apr 28, 2009 |
| previous email - Sorry for any mis-communication from that last email, I was unaware an email I received was not site wide. There was a question as to whether someone accidentally put poison oak into the fire. I spent a good amount of time in the smoke and have not ha | Eric Michalsen | Apr 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Serviceberries - Good, I just wanted to make sure no one else was exposed. You know all that poison oak Eddie was pointing out last year, I'm sure the vines had been wrapped around some of the branches I was grabbing. Like I said, it's | Richard Heger | Apr 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Serviceberries - Preview not available | Eric Michalsen | Apr 8, 2009 |
| If April Showers bring...? - What does April snow bring? Hey everybody! Cold, but great day yesterday. Fine turnout and big thanks to Richard for the raging fire in the stone fireplace. It was great to meet all you new people yesterday, and good to see some old | Eric Michalsen | Apr 6, 2009 |
| Fun Friday - Hey everybody, We are still on for this Sunday, even though rain is in the mix. There is a covered shelter with a large stone fireplace we can cook at. Park in the northern parking log which is just north of the golf course on the we | Eric Michalsen | Apr 3, 2009 |
| One Week to Foraging... - Wow! Looks like we hit the "mother load". Last checked 34 people RSVP'ing yes. Rock on. Yes, there is plenty of room. We are parking and meeting at the NORTH PARKING LOT . Trust me, as you are driving to it you will | Eric Michalsen | Mar 27, 2009 |
| April Meetup :: Foraging! - There is a discussion opened in the message board area for this meetup We will be foraging Cat tail and making flour and digging up burdock for a vegetable. Using the wet process for the cat tail and we can get a fire going to cook some up | Eric Michalsen | Mar 18, 2009 |
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