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As Flagler’s Covid Numbers Keep Going the Wrong Way, Even a Judge Says It Doesn’t Look Good for a Murder Trial

November 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Nathaniel Shimmel, facing a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of his mother at their home in August 2017, as he appeared in court through video link from the jail Friday. (© FlaglerLive)

Nathaniel Shimmel, 25, faces a 1st-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of his mother in 2017. He’s willing to plea to 30 to 50 years. The state wants 35 to life. The trial, the oldest on Flagler’s docket, keeps getting delayed despite that mere five-year gap in the negotiations.

Celebrities Spent Millions So Florida Felons Could Vote. Will It Make a Difference?

November 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Desmond Meade, center, with Miles Mulrain Jr., right, and Marquis McKenzie Sr. (Facebook)

Nearly 13,000 Florida felons could now be eligible to vote after a Michael Bloomberg-backed push to pay their court fines and fees. But many still don’t know they can legally cast a ballot.

To My Trump Neighbors

October 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Goodbye to all that? (White House)

Can Biden and Trump neighbors drink with each other? Come Nov. 3, there’s room for a toast–not to either candidate necessarily, but to the election, to democracy, and to what endures. Presidents don’t. Neighbors do.

Joshua LeMaster, Wounded in August Shooting, Is Accused of Running Drugs Out of Econolodge Motel Room

October 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Joshua Lemaster, left, and his father Jackie were arrested at the Econolodge in palm Coast.

Joshua LeMaster, a 25-year-old felon, sex offender and Palm Coast resident with no fixed address, who was at the center of a shooting on Hargrove Grade 10 weeks ago, was arrested along with his father for allegedly using an Econolodge room to run a drug operation.

ACLU Condemns Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron Over ‘Disdain Toward Voters’

October 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron refused to suspend a construction project impeding access to the Supervisor of Elections' office, a drop box and early voting location, for the two weeks of early voting. (© FlaglerLive)

Cynthia Fisher, President of the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the ACLU of Florida, called Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron’s refusal to suspend a construction project around the Government Services Building for the two weeks of early voting a voter-suppression tactic, and his attitude toward voters “condescending.”

The Polls Aren’t Wrong. But Trump Can Still Win More Easily Than in 2016.

October 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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Biden’s lead in none of the key battleground states is outside the margin of error and national polling is only reflecting the concentration of Biden votes in already-blue states, and the migration of some Trump votes in still-red states. The polls have it right, but Trump’s road to re-election is actually less daunting than presumed.

Florida Supreme Court Will No Longer Review Death Sentences, Ending 50-Year Fail-Safe Step

October 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The majority ruling was one of a series of opinions this year in which the Supreme Court, newly packed with right-wing judges, has reversed course on death-penalty and criminal legal precedents, opening the way to swifter and death sentences with fewer obstacles.

A Sexual Predator Released From Prison After 20 Years and Another on Probation Move to Palm Coast

October 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Fabian Roger Padro, 58, and Lori A. Szmuc, 52.

Fabian Roger Padro, 58, moved to 23 Woodfield Drive in Palm Coast after 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a woman. Lori A. Szmuc, 52, moved to 4 Pinnell Lane after serving 4 years for raping a 13-year-old boy.

37-Year-Old Motorcyclist Is Killed, Rider Seriously Injured in US1 Crash South of Old Kings Road

October 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The motorcycle crash took place on U.S. 1 about a mile south of Old Kings Road Thursday evening. (Google)

A 37-year-old St. Augustine resident was killed and a his 49-year-old wife was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 1 south of Old Kings Road Thursday evening.

53,000 Flagler Voters Cast Ballots Without Incidents. A Handful of Local Republican Pols Have Behaved Less Well.

October 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Competing tents at the Flagler County Public Library, one of three early voting sites. (© FlaglerLive)

If voters have been model citizens so far, and they have, a very small handful of candidates or party operatives, particularly in the Republican Party, have been a little less so: their actions have required the interventions of poll deputies, of Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and of sheriff’s deputies.

Ballots Cast in Flagler Near 90% of 2016 Total, But Turnout Record Still Distant Absent Massive Election Day Surge

October 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The percentages for 2020 are as of October 29, with five days to go to Election Day. Figures are drawn from Florida Division of Elections, the Census Bureau, the Flagler County Elections Supervisor, and the Elections Project at the University of Florida. (© FlaglerLive)

As in Florida and the rest of the nation, Flagler County is seeing a surge of early voting and voting by mail in one of the most unusual–and unpredictable–election in memory. But Flagler would have to experience an even more unusually heavy turnout in the remaining days of the election, especially on Election Day, if the turnout records of the 2000s are to be broken.

GOP Infighting and Ugly Turns in Palm Coast Mayoral Race Draw Sen. Hutson’s and Supervisor’s Interventions

October 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

A Republican slate card Sen. Travis Hutson received, featuring candidates for the Palm Coast City Council, with incumbent Mayor Milissa Holland's name crossed out.

The conflict reflects a deep split within Flagler County Republicans, some aligned with incumbent Mayor Milissa Holland, some with challenger Alan Lowe. Both are Republicans in a supposedly non-partisan race that has turned into the single-most partisan race in Flagler aside from the top of the ticket. 

An Easy Way to Waste Less Water: Cut Back Those Sprinklers as You Fall Back on Nov. 1

October 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It'll keep. (Sandrine Néel)

Starting Sunday, Nov. 1, homeowners and businesses across the 18 counties of the St. Johns River Water Management District should reset their automatic sprinkler systems to water no more than once a week. When “falling back” — turning your clocks back an hour — it’s also time to change your irrigation system timer to water your lawn only on your designated watering day.

19-Year-old Flagler Beach Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl at Bulow Plantation

October 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The assault is alleged to have taken place along a road in Bulow Plantation.

Allen Ross Marine, a 20-year-old resident of Flagler Beach, is at the Flagler County jail since Monday on a charge of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl last September in his neighborhood in Bulow Plantation, off Old Kings Road.

Octogenarian Incumbents Fight for Survival on Flagler Mosquito Control Board Following Troubled Term

October 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Jules Kwiatkowski, left, and Perry Mitrano, are vying for one of the three seats on the East Flagler Mosquito Control District that Kwiatkowski. has held since

For the first time since 2008, all three seats on the mosquito control board, which controls a $2.2 million budget and levies taxes on Flagler homeowners, are being contested simultaneously, a direct reflection of the board’s troubled few years–a financial crisis, and the booting off of Robert Fruehan following his felony conviction. Two incumbents, Barbara Sgroi and Jules Kwiatkowski, are fighting for survival on the board.

Facing Life in Prison, Benjamin Allen, 18, Rejects 30-Year Offer; State Rejects 50-Year Limit for Shimmel in Mom’s Murder

October 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Benjamin Allen appearing in court today by video link from the Flagler County jail. Nathaniel Shimmel is to the left, in the foreground. Both are facing first-degree murder charges. Both are set for trial in coming weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

Benjamin Allen, the 18-year-old Palm Coast resident accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan 15 months ago, and Nathaniel Shimmel, facing a similar charge in the stabbing death of his mother three years ago, are both set for trial after settlement offers were rejected. Shimmel goes to trial next week.

Flagler Sheriff Lands $530,000 Federal Grant to Improve Mental Health Among Jail Inmates

October 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

flagler county jail

The grant will allow effective training, timely screening for mental illness and substance abuse, evidence-based treatment and case management for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.

A Week Before Prison Term Was to End, Palm Coast Man Faces Delayed Charges On Same 2-Year-Old Case

October 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Brian Odell

Brian Scott Odell, 37, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison for unlawful sex with a 16-year-old girl, but now faces new charges from that same case, only because it took this long for investigators and the prosecution to produce the evidence. He was to be released to probation next week.

Woman Feared Dead from Drowning After 3 Are Pulled from Rip Currents off N. 3rd in Flagler Beach

October 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The National Weather Service has issued a rip current advisory for waters off Flagler County through early Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Less than a month after a man drowned while swimming with his cousins off South 26th Street in Flagler Beach, two women and a man were pulled from the surf at North 3rd Street before noon today, one of them unresponsive.

Homeless Couple Arrested for Having Sex on Sidewalk Near PNC Bank off Belle Terre

October 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Detail from A.R. Penck's 'The Situation Now' (1992).

A 42-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, both homeless of long date in town, were arrested for having sex on a sidewalk by the PNC Bank building on Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast Wednesday.

AG Moves To Declare Dennis McDonald in Contempt Over Unpaid $80,000 Fine As He Runs for Council to ‘Sweep City Hall Clean’

October 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Dennis McDonald at his wife's swearing in for a school board seat four years ago, as a circuit judge was administering the oath. (© FlaglerLive)

Dennis McDonald, the candidate running for a Palm Coast City Council seat in a fifth attempt at elected office, may be declared in contempt of court over $80,000 he owes Flagler County government as reimbursement for legal fees and interest after he filed an ethics complaint against a former county commissioner that was judged frivolous and false.

Man Suspected of Robbery at Kay Jewelers in Target Shopping Center Is Arrested in Glare of Various Lenses

October 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

tyrone hunter

The arrest of Tyrone Hunter, 30, is the sheriff’s office’s latest based in large part on technological investigative means–surveillance video, license plate readers, the sheriff’s Real Time Crime Center, and the dot-connecting of the elements and eyewitness accounts by a detective. 

Emails Threatening Democrats to Vote Trump in Flagler County and Elsewhere Originated With Iran

October 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

A Trump election flag getting unfurled at the Flagler County Public Library early voting site earlier this week. (© FlaglerLive)

The emails that several Flagler County Democrats, hundreds of Floridians and others across the country received today, threatening recipients to vote for Donald Trump or else, were the work of Iran, according to a federal investigation.

From Unpredictable Encounters to Shots Fired, Flagler Sheriff’s Deputies Test Their Split-Second Judgments

October 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's deputy Kathryn Gordon instructing an armed suspect in a simulated exercise testing deputies' split-second judgments. (© FlaglerLive)

A three-week training block is putting every one of the Flagler County Sheriff’s 235 road and corrections deputies through simulated, unpredictable and at times violent situations to test their judgments and evaluate their skills either at de-escalating tense situations or using the proper level of force when necessary. 

Alan Lowe Ad Repeats Incendiary Claims About Milissa Holland Proven False Months Ago, Drawing Cease and Desist Letter

October 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Alan Lowe, a candidate for Palm Coast mayor, at the end of the second day of early voting at the public library in Palm Coast today. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast mayoral candidate Alan Lowe on Friday twice aired a 100-second campaign commercial attacking incumbent Mayor Milissa Holland for lying, only to himself repeat a set of lies about her that were proven false months ago, which may amount to lying with reckless disregard for the truth–a legally actionable offense even when attacking a public figure.

Palm Coast Approves Addition of 3 Sheriff’s Deputies, Bringing City’s Total to 31, With More Anticipated

October 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

More patrolling near you. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning approved the addition of three sheriff’s deputies for supplemental policing in the city, bringing the total of uniformed officers under contract to 31, and the cost of policing the city to $4.1 million.

GOP Voter Registrations Cutting Into Democrats’ Statewide Lead, and Reach Historic Lead in Flagler

October 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A GOP tent at the Palm Coast Community Center, an early voting location until Oct. 31. (© FlaglerLive)

Republicans’ proportion of registered voters in Flagler County has grown to 45.7 percent this year, compared to 39.8 percent in 2016, while Democrats’ proportion has shrunk to 30.5 percent, from 31.8 percent four years ago.

Desmond Robinson, 56, Retired Cop Who’d Survived Notorious Shooting, Dies Following Motorcycle Crash

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Desmond Robinson in a 2015 portrait from his Facebook page.

Desmond Robinson had retired to Palm Coast several years after he was shot four times in the back by a fellow cop who mistook him for a suspect on a New York subway platform in 1994. Robinson crashed his motorcycle in the F Section Thursday and later died at Halifax hospital.

Early Voting Draws Out Voters in Throngs at 2 Palm Coast Locations and GSB, But Nowhere Near Record

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The socially-distanced line of voters snaked around the front of the Government Services Building this morning, and extended past it. Lines were just as long at two other early voting locations in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Voters began lining up to vote more than three hours before early voting began today at the public library site, with lines growing to include hundreds of voters at each of the three sites in Palm Coast and Bunnell.

Two Covid-Related Deaths Bring Flagler’s Total to 36; Florida’s 7-Day Average Is Up 29% From 2 Weeks Ago

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County's case load remains high relative to the spring. (© FlaglerLive)

In Flagler, the weekly case load continues to to remain stubbornly high, relative to the summer spike, even though relative to other counties in the state Flagler is in better shape. It has the 22nd lowest rate of infection, out of 67 counties, based on the last seven days’ average.

DeSantis Wants Ballot Drop Boxes Staffed. Elections Supervisors’ Attorney Says That’s Not the Law.

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The drop box at the Flagler County Elections Supervisor's office in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

With supervisors encouraging Floridians to vote by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of mail-in ballots has exploded. Due to uncertainty about the U.S. postal system, many voters are choosing to drop off their ballots rather than risk having them delivered too late to count. Florida mail-in ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Election Day to be counted.

The Bigotry Behind Judge Barrett’s Judicial Hijab

October 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Judge Barrett and Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 26. (White House)

We don’t have to imagine what Amy Barrett’s jurisprudence will look like regarding gay rights, abortion, women’s rights, sex discrimination, even human rights and the separation of church and state. Reactionaries can party like it’s Deuteronomy again.

‘Outraged’ Elections Supervisor Rips County Administrator Jerry Cameron Over ‘Contempt’ for Voters and Bad Planning

October 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

The scene in front of the Government Services Building in Bunnell, where the Supervisor of Elections office is located, along with one of three early voting sites. County Administrator Jerry Cameron, who ordered the construction, says "voting this year should be more convenient than ever." (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart on Saturday wrote county commissioners to ask for help in suspending construction at the GSB during election weeks after County Administrator Jerry Cameron responded to her personal pleas with contempt.

‘If They Can’t Understand the Detour They Shouldn’t Be Voting,’ County Administrator Says, Reversing Pledge to Suspend Construction at GSB

October 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 76 Comments

The main road into the Government Services Building and the elections office will remain closed through the weeks of the election. (© FlaglerLive)

County Administrator Jerry Cameron is refusing to suspend construction for the two weeks of early voting, even though voters must detour through a confusing maze to get to the county elections office in back of the Government Services Building.

Sheriff’s Deputy Loses Week and a Half’s Pay Over Abusive Encounter With Flagler Beach Police Officer

October 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Sheriff's deputy Diego Gonzalez was hired in 2015.

Diego Gonzalez, a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy with the agency since 2015, was suspended without pay for a week and a half–60 hours–and required to write a letter of apology to a Flagler Beach police officer Joseph McCraney.

Unemployment Ticks Down to 6.2% in Flagler and Up to 7.6% in Florida as Recovery Slows

October 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The unemployment is flattening this fall. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s labor force had been setting records and moving toward the 50,000 mark just before covid struck. It is now at 45,902, down from 47,459 a year ago. There are 2,700 fewer unemployed persons in the county today than there were a year ago.

Palm Coast Mayoral Candidate Alan Lowe Had Declared Himself ‘Sovereign Citizen,’ Rejecting Constitution and Law for God

October 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Alan Lowe is a candidate for Palm Coast mayor. (© FlaglerLive)

As Palm Coast mayoral candidate Alan Lowe battled the IRS over unpaid taxes in the early 1990s, he declared himself a sovereign citizen and rejected all governmental authority. At 59, he registered to vote only before his own primary, when he voted for the first time in his life.

Victor Barbosa, Palm Coast City Council District 2 Candidate: The Live Interview

October 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Victor Barbosa is one of four candidates for Palm Coast City Council, District 2. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Voting By Mail in Flagler Has Already Shattered the 2016 Record, With Democrats Significantly Outpacing GOP

October 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler County Canvassing Board and other elections office workers put in a full day going through mail-in ballots Wednesday. Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart is in the foreground, to the left. (© FlaglerLive)

With 19 days to go before the Nov. 3 election, Flagler County voters have cast more than 16,500 ballots by mail, already shattering the 2016 total in mailed-in ballots by 3,000. The count is going up hourly.

Belle Terre Parkway’s Dark Ages End as Palm Coast’s Busy Road Finally Gets Its Street Lights

October 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Workers with L&S Lighting getting set to plant more concrete light poles on the east side of Belle Terre Parkway near Buddy Taylor Middle School on Monday, part of the project to light up the parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

Contractors are planting 4,370-pound, 45-foot concrete poles nine feet into the ground along Belle Terre Parkway, later attached with 12-foot arms tipped with cobra-head “luminaires” that will light up the road below with LED radiance. There’ll be 213 lights in all, ending Belle Terre’s dark ages.

Covid Death Rate in Florida’s Nursing Homes Exceeded the National Average in Last 4 Weeks, Infections Are Double

October 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The rate of infected nursing-home residents in Florida was 4.5 percent, compared to 2.6 percent nationally. Moreover, the rate of infected staff members in Florida nursing homes was 3.9 per 100 residents, exceeding the national average of 2.5 per 100 residents.

David Alfin, Palm Coast City Council District 2 Candidate: The Live Interview

October 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin is one of four candidates for Palm Coast City Council, District 2. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Bob Coffman, Palm Coast City Council District 2 Candidate: The Live Interview

October 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bob Coffman. (© FlaglerLive)

Bob Coffman is one of four candidates for Palm Coast City Council, District 2. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Larry Jones, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

October 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Larry Jones. (© FlaglerLive)

Democrat Larry Jones is a candidate for Flagler County Sheriff, challenging first-term Republican incumbent Rick Staly in the Nov. 3 election. This is a rematch from the 2016 race, when Staly defeated Jones in a three-way race, with 54 percent of the vote.

Amendment 2, Raising Minimum Wage $1 a Year Until 2026, Would Lift Pay for 2.5 Million Workers

October 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Voting the way to a better wage. (© FlaglerLive)

While the opposing camps on Amendment 2 offer those dramatically different pictures about what will happen if the minimum-wage measure passes, political experts anticipate that the outcome of the vote on the proposed amendment — one of six on the Nov. 3 ballot — will be close.

Daytona State College Gets Nearly $1 Million Grant to Help Covid Unemployed or Furloughed Back to Work

October 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

There is no such thing as an unessential worker. (© FlaglerLive)

DSC’s Rapid Credentialing programs may be completed in as little as one to 18 weeks to assist unemployed, underemployed, or furloughed workers. Qualifying participants may be able to qualify at little or no cost depending on the program selected.

Flagler Elections Supervisor Lenhart Issues Sharp, ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Warning Against Voter Intimidation

October 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Local Democrats and Republicans have both contributed evidence of signs that have been defaced locally in the primary and the general election.

Responding to concerns about voter intimidation days from early voting in Flagler, both Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and Sheriff Rick Staly are sending strong messages to would-be disrupters at polling places, and preparing for polling days with 39 poll deputies–civilians sworn in just for the election period.

With 33rd and 34th Deaths, More Flagler Residents Have Died of Covid in 7 Months Than in Car Crashes in Any Year

October 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Positive cases continue to accumulate at relatively high levels even after coming down from summer peaks. (© FlaglerLive)

The number of confirmed covid deaths so far means that the disease is the eighth leading cause of death in Flagler County, ahead of suicide and Parkinson’s, and about even with deaths from Alzheimer’s. At the current rate, covid is on pace to become the sixth leading cause of death this year, ahead of diabetes.

FHP Trooper Faces Hostile Discrimination Over Time Away on Military Service. Court Rules He Can’t Sue.

October 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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An Appeals court ruled that sovereign immunity protects state agencies like the Florida Highway Patrol from the lawsuit filed in 2014 by James Hightower, who alleged he faced a “hostile work environment” at the highway patrol because of leave he took for military duties.

Bobby Bossardet Replaces Earl Johnson at School District’s Leadership Post Closest to Superintendent

October 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Bobby Bossardet. (Flagler Schools)

Buddy Taylor Middle School Principal Bobby Bossardet replaces Earl Johnson, who was shifted to a different administrative position previously held by Lynette Shott. Johnson, one of the few Black administrators in the district, has been looking to leave since getting passed over for superintendent earlier this year.

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