{"id":506,"date":"2020-08-26T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T11:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/post-office-needlepoint\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:12:31","slug":"post-office-needlepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2020\/08\/post-office-needlepoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher Once Did Needlepoint; Now She Valiantly Defends the United States Post Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Cher Works to Save the Post Office<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Excuse my title up there. I really didn&#39;t know how to tie all these disparate stories together.<\/p>\n<p>First off, fans have been delighted to see Cher fighting for the U.S. post office in recent protests, phone calls and Twitter pics.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be385200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cherpo3\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be385200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be385200d-400wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 400px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Cherpo3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b18200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cherpo1\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b18200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b18200c-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Cherpo1\" \/><\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b2a200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cherpo2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b2a200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1b2a200c-450wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 450px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Cherpo2\" \/><\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be385200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>I hope if she starts volunteering for the post office, Bob Mackie designs her some &quot;sensible shoes.&quot;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cher and Needlepoint&#0160;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Months ago someone was requested photos of celebrity needlepointers like Dinah Shore and Rosey Grier. I found as many as I could but one photo I remembered proved elusive to locate. Then Cher scholar Drew asked me a question and I went searching for the answer to that but instead found the missing needlepoint pic. Maybe someday I&#39;ll locate the answer to Drew&#39;s question while I&#39;m looking for something else.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Cher once did lots of needlpoint. She did so much she joked, &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=zH6rkKoFLWkC&amp;pg=PA85&amp;lpg=PA85&amp;dq=cher+needlepoint+stove&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ZFUzJvV-VS&amp;sig=ACfU3U1yqgwdvyyRqpMZFjtyVFomwIpMAQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwihz5z9u7nrAhVWGs0KHY4XA6sQ6AEwDXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=cher%20needlepoint%20stove&amp;f=false\">Then I took up&#0160;<em>needlepoint<\/em>\u2014my God, I needlepointed everything. I could have made a&#0160;<em>needlepoint stove<\/em>!<\/a>&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Cher needlepoints on airplanes:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be42e200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20200815_105018\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be42e200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fceb7200b-pi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"20200815_105018\" \/><\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcd21200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20200418_173755\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcd21200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcebc200b-pi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"20200418_173755\" \/><\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be42e200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be436200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20200815_105018\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be436200d img-responsive\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be436200d-200wi.jpg?fit=676%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 332px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"20200815_105018\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Cher needlepoints circa 1978\/9.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcd25200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20200418_173755\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcd25200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcec0200b-pi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"20200418_173755\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>I also captured an image of Sonny pretending to needlepoint in episode #49 of <em>The Sonny &amp; Cher Comedy Hour:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be497200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Needlept\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be497200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be497200d-300wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Needlept\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>And here are some needlepoints of Cher:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be543200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sandcneedles\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be543200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be543200d-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Sandcneedles\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be53f200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sandcneedles\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be53f200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be53f200d-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Sandcneedles\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be555200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be555200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be555200d-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Time\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be551200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be551200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026be40be551200d-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Time\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<p>The&#0160;<em>Time Magazine<\/em> pillow belonged to Bob Mackie and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julienslive.com\/m\/lot-details\/index\/catalog\/294\/lot\/113509?uact=5&amp;aid=294&amp;lid=113501&amp;current_page=0\">sold for $448 on Julien&#39;s Acutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/660972862\/moonstruck-cher-nicolas-cage-cross\">buy the Moonstruck needlepoint pattern on Etsy<\/a> with a companion Nicholas Cage!<\/p>\n<h4>What is a Silkwood Shower?<\/h4>\n<p>For the Chersonian Institute, I was filing old magazines and found something interesting. Remember when <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> did a Bullseye pieceon the last page? Do they still do that? Anyway, one I found had a disparaging arrow regarding a rumor that Bret Michaels and Miley Cyrus\u2019 mom were dating. ET says the rumor has sent them \u201crunning for a Silkwood shower.\u201d Ok, that&#39;s a big rude. And I wondered if that was like\u2026a saying. Apparently it is. Urban Dictionary has a listing for it with this example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI had to take a Silkwood shower when I got home from that party since I smelled like an ash tray cooked on an open flame BBQ grill covered in hot sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So &quot;snap out of it, Moonstruck eggs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eCFRd1vnK-0\">the Jack speech<\/a> are not the only iconic references from a Cher movie.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some shots of a <em>Silkwood<\/em> shower. It&#39;s a pretty serious and scary thing and Meryl rocks it (as did Sudie Bond earlier in the movie).&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc1200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silkwood2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc1200b img-responsive\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc1200b-200wi.png?fit=676%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 206px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Silkwood2\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc5200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silkwood2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc5200b img-responsive\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdc5200b-200wi.jpg?fit=676%2C111&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 204px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Silkwood2\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdbd200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silkwood2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdbd200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0263e95fcdbd200b-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Silkwood2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#0160;<\/h3>\n<h4><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1cbe200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1999show\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1cbe200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef026bde8d1cbe200c-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"1999show\" \/><\/a>Cher Concert Reviews<\/h4>\n<p>Concert reviews have changed. I&#39;ve learned this lesson over the last year from various sources from current reviewers and from the deceased reviewers. Is this overwhelming evidence of capitalism taking over PR? Probably. Which is no such a great thing. Buyer beware, there are no objective reviews in the land of corporate conglomeration.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s good to look back at a positive review and interview from 1999 (when bad reviews still existed) and this one was by T\u2019cha Dunlevy at the Montreal Gazette is one of those. She was 30 when she reviewed the <em>Believe<\/em>-era concert and said she<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cregularly feels aversion to refuse-to-die \u201860s rock acts. I had no convulsions of revulsion at the Camp Queen\u2019s coup. Maybe it\u2019s her synthetic, timeless beauty or her go-with-the-flow versatility, but Cher has somehow kept her proverbial cool over her three-and-a-half decades in the spotlight\u2026a repetoir of personae, including pop-ditty princess, serious actor, &#39;I\u2019m-in-love-with-a-man-half-my-age&#39; bachelorette, reactionary mother of a lesbian [remember this was 1999] and, in her 50s. back to the top of the pops without coming off like a circus side-show act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201c&#8230;&#39;How many fingers and toes have you got?\u2019 she asks, queried about whether she\u2019s ever thought of giving up. \u2018(It happens) all the time. It\u2019s frustrating. I\u2019m a very mercurial, emotional person, more childish sometimes than grownup. I\u2019m not very calculating. 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