William Glen Williams (Bill) (Chief)
December 24, 1945 - December 31, 2022

Bill left us unexpectedly in the early morning hours of December 31, 2022, at the age of 77. He was born in Fort Bragg, California, Dec. 24, 1945, to Clarence and Juanita Williams. He is survived by his wife of fifty years, Linda. He is also survived by his sister Kay (Steve) Funk of Fort Bragg, nephews Mark (Lynn) Hopper, Mike Hopper, niece Kelly (Marc) Tamborini and several nieces and nephews.

Bill spent his childhood in Caspar, California, where his father Clarence worked at the Caspar Mill. He began his schooling there (he opined that he was “teacher’s pet”) and had fond memories of playing with friends and of the Caspar Lumber Company community.

The family moved to Fort Bragg in the fifties, where Bill continued his education. He and his friends had impromptu baseball games. And there was fishing in the Noyo River as well as abalone picking with Dad, Boy Scouts and school crossing guard duty, newspaper sales and school sports. He spent summers camping at Boyles Camp (Big River) with his grandmother Ethel Galli, his sister Judy, relatives and other families.

These activities were curtailed in high school when Bill got a job at the Advocate News as a printer’s assistant, working after school on the big press alongside the other men. He saved his money. He wanted to go to college. And that’s what he did.

He entered Sonoma State College (Go Cossacks!) in the fall of 1963, majoring in history and embarking on what he would recall as the best time of his life. He was active in student government (treasurer), participated in athletics (medaled in track), travelled a bit with The Bronze Hog (a ‘60s band), made lasting friendships and acquired the appellation “Chief”, which would stick with him for life. He worked summers and did odd jobs in order to support himself and continue with college.

In 1968, Uncle Sam decided it was his turn to enjoy Bill’s company and he was inducted into the Marines on May 2, 1968. He could type and thereby ended up in Hawaii after boot camp, using his typewriter more than his rifle. He earned his sharpshooter medal and was in the Honor Guard. He was released from active duty and came home to Fort Bragg in May, 1970. He grew his hair, quit shaving, did a little babysitting for his sister Judy’s kids, and set about reconnecting with his hometown friends and family.

He and Linda renewed their college friendship at a chance meeting at the Broiler Steak House in Ukiah, and soon the friendship blossomed. They married in 1972, settled in Santa Rosa but moved to Fort Bragg after seven years. One year later Bill bought Orick Market in partnership with Linda’s parents, Bus and Rusty Newbrough. In 1990, Bus and Rusty retired and moved back to Ukiah, selling their half of the business to Bill and Linda. Bill was known to hop over the Redwood Creek levee during steelhead season for some angling, but the store took up most of his time. In 2007, he sold the store. During his tenure, Bill was fortunate to have good employees, including Marie Vaughn, Mary Bailey and Connie Secor who worked steadfastly until the doors were closed for the last time.

Bill, not ready to stop working, went to work for Paul and Phil Ayers at Ayers Distributing. He enjoyed his time there, seeing old friends who used to service the store in Orick and making new ones. He and Linda moved to McKinleyville, and he retired after several years, keeping in touch with many of the Ayers crew and with Phil and Paul. As the saying goes, “He never met a stranger.” He always remembered those he met and took an interest in their families and well-being.

Bill loved animals, and over the years he and Linda adopted a number of homeless dogs as well as numerous cats, the last being “Geeko,” who lived with them for twenty years.

Chief was preceded in death by his father, Clarence Williams, his Mother, Juanita Williams, and his sister, Judith Hopper. Arrangements were made at Sanders Funeral Home, Eureka. A time for gathering and remembrance has not been set.

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Joseph John Del Grande died December 3, 2022 in Arcata while recovering from surgery. He was 94.

Born on July 23, 1928 in Massa Macinaia, Italy, Joe emigrated to Humboldt County with his family in 1939. A graduate of Eureka High School, Joe spent his remaining 83 years in Humboldt County living life to the fullest. He was an avid hunter, fisher and gardener, and was most joyous when he could share his bounty and a glass of wine with friends and family. Life was about breaking bread with others, sharing stories, and enjoying each other’s company.

In 1985, he married Ruth Reynolds, his wife of 37 years. Together they forged a marriage of sharing, of trust and of love, watching their family grow around them. She was at his side until the end.

Joe is also survived by his son Greg, from a previous marriage, his son Mark (Angela) and step-daughter Pat (Chris) from his marriage to Cleta, and his step-daughters Kathy (Larry) and Dianne from his marriage to Ruth. His grandchildren include Mason, Joe, Ariacella, Sergio, Thomas (Tonya), and Jacque (Ross); and great-granddaughter Ava. All will dearly miss the patriarch of our Del Grande family, our husband, father and papa.

Joe was preceded in death by his mother, Libera, father, Victor, and sisters Mary and Mafalda.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, 21 January, at the Lutheran Church of Arcata. In lieu of flowers, please offer a donation in Joe’s name to your favorite wildlife or hunting charity.

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Arroyo (left) and Landry.

Press release from newly seated Humboldt County Supervisor Natalie Arroyo:

I am pleased to announce my selection of Lonyx Landry for the Humboldt County Planning Commission District 4 seat.

Lonyx brings a fantastic skillset to the Commission, with a strong background in education, watershed science, and community development. He is a citizen of the Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, a leader within Cal Poly Humboldt’s Indian Natural Resources, Science and Engineering Program, and a Councilmember with the Northern California Indian Development Council.

Lonyx has an educational background in biology, Native American education, and natural resources, and conducted his post-baccalaureate research in soil science. Lonyx has a robust and diverse employment history, having worked for multiple local Tribes and community organizations as a teacher, a social services director, an advisor about Tribal community needs, and a mentor to youth and adults pursuing education and work in the sciences. Additionally, Lonyx volunteers his time to planning the California Indian Big Time and Social Gathering and is an active community member in and around his home of Eureka.

Lonyx shared that he looks forward to bringing his strong grassroots values, local knowledge, and indigenous perspective to the Planning Commission.

After careful consideration, I asked Lonyx to serve in this capacity because of his depth of knowledge about local issues, his ability to draw from multiple wells of knowledge in the sciences and use an analytical approach to issues, and his incredible warmth of spirit and strong relationships. It’s an exciting time for Humboldt County, and I believe Lonyx will serve the 4th District very well and bring a fresh perspective to planning-related matters.

This appointment will be part of the Board of Supervisors’ agenda on January 24th, 2023. I wish to sincerely thank Mike Newman, the current 4th District Planning Commissioner, for his years of service in this capacity.

A local advertising partnership called ADS in Motion last week filed a lawsuit against Humboldt Transit Authority (HTA) accusing the regional bus service provider of breach of contract and defamation, among other allegations. 

The suit, filed by Arcata-based attorney Eric Kirk on behalf of Charles “Chuck” Edwards and Ted Sheets, claims that HTA “arbitrarily” canceled a multi-year contract agreement in early August, causing Edwards and Sheets’ advertising partnership, ADS in Motion, to lose $105,000, nearly eight months of ad revenue through the end of March, when the contract was set to expire.

The suit also seeks nearly $90,000 in additional losses and damages, plus $400,000 for defamation. Specifically, the suit alleges that HTA General Manager Greg Pratt and Finance Manager Katie Collender falsely accused the ad company of acting unethically and attempting to cheat HTA of money through inappropriate overcharges. 

ADS in Motion is identified as “an unincorporated partnership” in the suit. The entity is affiliated with Eureka firm Advanced Display & Signs.

The lawsuit further alleges that HTA terminated the advertising contract with the intention of claiming the plaintiffs’ business interests as their own — effectively stealing away clients that Edwards and Sheets had spent years cultivating.

“I think it’s unfair,” Edwards said in a recent phone interview. “Truly, I think they’re greedy.”

HTA is a public entity operating as a joint powers authority between Humboldt County and the cities of Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna, Rio Dell and Trinidad. Nancy Diamond, HTA’s legal counsel, told the Outpost that she and the rest of the agency’s legal team were reviewing the complaint and couldn’t discuss legal strategy. However, she said, “I think HTA has always acted with enormous integrity. Otherwise I can’t respond to the allegations.”

While the lawsuit says more than once that HTA terminated the contract with ADS in Motion arbitrarily, emails obtained via a Public Records Act request show that HTA had been questioning the company’s billing practices for months.

On Jan. 31, 2022, Pratt sent Edwards an email saying, “I would like a better understanding of the income/expense listed on your monthly reports.” Over the next six months, Pratt exchanged numerous emails with Edwards and Sheets, asking them to explain and justify various charges.

Speaking with the Outpost, Edwards said ADS in Motion first won the contract to provide bus ads for HTA in 2008 and has since bid and won contract renewal every four or five years. 

He acknowledged that billing mistakes had been made by a former bookkeeper, though he said that he and Sheets were transparent and proactive about trying to rectify those errors. HTA, he said, refused to abide by a dispute resolution provision in the contract, which calls for “good faith negotiation” and, if that fails, third-party mediation prior to either side initiating legal action.

In Edwards’ telling, the bookkeeper (whom he did not identify) worked both for ADS in Motion and for a separate business operated by Sheets. Last January, Sheets discovered that this bookkeeper had made an error related to his own business, so he terminated her. She kept working for ADS in Motion, however, even though Sheets found out that during the pandemic she’d moved out of town without telling anyone.

“In our partnership I never handled the books; I always did sales or customer service,” Edwards said. “So I was insulated from the the financial aspect, and I was fine with that.”

He recalls receiving the January email from Pratt, in which the GM asked for an explanation for certain charges. 

“And so we inquired and found out that [the former bookkeeper] was actually confusing certain expenses with other counties that we do bus advertising for, and frankly she should not have taken those,” Edwards said. In other words, the bookkeeper had been passing expenses along to HTA that should not have been HTA’s responsibility.

“So, again, being totally transparent, I told Greg — I called him up, emailed him and said, ‘Hey, I just did an audit. Here it is. It looks like we owe you about $5,200, almost $5,300. And here’s a check.’ Well, that just seemed to whet his appetite to look deeper, which is fine. He started asking for more clarification.”

These requests for clarity appear in the emails obtained by the Outpost. The check that ADS in Motion cut to HTA was actually for $5,959.15, and in a February email to Pratt, Edwards said he and Sheets “are looking to continue on well into the future without any further hiccups. Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention so I could make it right.”

A couple weeks later, Pratt responded with a list of follow-up questions. The back-and-forth communication continued, and in April Pratt directly challenged some expenses and requested financial records dating back to 2018.

“I know that the Quickbooks report is a push of a button so I would like that now … ,” Pratt wrote in an April 14 email.

A few days later, Sheets responded to Pratt, explaining the reason for a delay in turning over the financial records: “When Covid started, my previous bookkeeper went to work from home and took our files with her. I could not access them for the last two years,” he wrote. 

Before signing off he added, “Lets [sic] keep the line of communication open, I have nothing to hide here. I don’t like funny business and would not do that as a rule.”

The email exchange continued through early June. Edwards said he and Sheets hired local accountant Richard Hutchison to go over their company’s finances “with a fine-tooth comb,” and sometime in June or July Sheets and Hutchison had an in-person meeting with Pratt and Collender of HTA.

Edwards said the meeting was contentious, and it ended with Pratt and Collender abruptly standing up and leaving. 

“Richard looked at Ted [and] said, ‘What just happened?’ We don’t know,” Edwards said. “And then it was just a few weeks later, we get a letter of termination from Nancy Diamond.”

The letter said the account was being terminated for breach of contract. “And so that was when we retained counsel,” Edwards said.

To him it feels like HTA simply decided to take over the business he’d built up over a period of years. Before ADS in Motion took over the advertising on local buses the ads “looked like crap,” he said. “They were all on metal trays that were attached … . And so we came in and removed all that and then started a whole different kind of approach to bus advertising.” They adopted sleek adhesive ads with material from 3M. Some of the ads wrapped entire buses.

“And we built it up all these years on our own sweat and brow and efforts. And it has not been without expenses because we guaranteed the signs for up to seven years.”

He and Sheets had plans to further improve the business, Edwards said. They were planning to install video screens inside the buses for digital advertising, opening up a whole new stream of revenue.

“It’s pretty devastating to lose a business that you worked so hard to build since 2008 — to have someone just come and go, ‘Mine!’” Edwards said. “It’s, personally, it’s — it’s very sad. I’m really sad.”

When Diamond was asked why HTA canceled the contract with ADS in Motion she replied, “It was an ongoing situation and I think, given that the lawsuit has been filed, I’m going to say we just can’t comment on that right now. But it was after a lot of internal investigation as well as back and forth with ADS in Motion.”

Asked why HTA didn’t enter into third-party mediation, as required in the contract, she said, “The mediation request was brought forward without [ADS in Motion] identifying exactly what was going to be mediated, and I never got a good response to that [question] from their counsel. So the board [of directors] was not able to respond in a direct way, so because of that they just declined the request.”

A case management conference has been scheduled for April.

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DOCUMENTS: 

• Complaint for Breach of Contract: Charles Edwards and Ted Sheets dba ADS in Motion v. Humboldt Transit Authority, et al.
• Advertising contract between ADS in Motion and HTA, plus emails and other documents obtained through a California Public Records Act request

… aaand another one. Early this morning, Humboldt experienced its latest medium-sized earthquake, oh boy. Did you feel it? Did you enjoy it? Love Humboldt, as they say.

With all the recent rumbling in mind, we thought y’all might want to keep better score of our planet’s local movements at home, so we cooked up this handy dandy LoCO Quake Bot page showing the sizes and locations of the last 50 notable earthquakes to disturb our peace. The list and map will update whenever the ground trembles with a force greater than 1.5M. You can find this tool by pulling down the News Gizmos tab on our homepage.

With the help of our trusty robot friends, we will survive.

Tax season approaches: Cue dread, confusion, and mentally preparing to part with a chunk of your money.

At least, that’s how many people think of taxes.

But in recent years, especially after payments related to the pandemic and rising gas prices in California, submitting a tax return has also become key to receiving money.

Adam Kuhn learned this the hard way. His wife, who is a contractor, lost all of her work early in the pandemic. She received some unemployment benefits, but even with Adam’s work as a software trainer, the couple’s earnings in 2020 were low enough that they didn’t owe taxes. “So why would we bother?” Kuhn, a Sacramento resident, said. They didn’t bother.

Then, in 2021, California started sending out its own pandemic stimulus payments, which reached up to $1,200. To get the payments, you had to have filed a 2020 tax return. The state did a second round of payments in late 2021, also predicated on having filed a 2020 return.

In 2022, with gas prices soaring and a massive budget surplus on their hands, state lawmakers decided to send out another round of payments to help with the rising cost of living — again tied to 2020 tax returns.

“I wish I had filed taxes especially because, you know, it’s not that much trouble to file taxes, and especially when you don’t owe anything,” said Kuhn. “We do okay for two people with no kids, but we certainly don’t make a ton of money,” they said. They were late on their rent several times in 2020, but luckily their landlord was “gracious” about it, Kuhn said. If they had received some of those payments, they said, the couple probably would have spent the money on food.

It’s a recurring problem. One of the main ways California helps people financially — and redistributes wealth — is by passing money through the tax system. It’s not just one-time pandemic payments; there are also yearly payments, called refundable tax credits, that provide thousands of dollars to lower-income people through the tax system.

But some of the people eligible for those programs earn little enough that they don’t owe any taxes. So, many don’t file a tax return. And if they don’t file, they can’t collect what is essentially free money on the table.

“Your best bet is to file your taxes, because there may be things like stimulus payments or the [gas payments] that we can’t anticipate,” said Anna Hasselblad, director of public policy at United Ways of California, a network for dozens of organizations across the state which, among other things, provide free tax prep.

That’s especially true for any Californian earning less than $30,000, Hasselblad said, because they are likely eligible for cash back, in the form of a tax credit.

The official line, from the state’s Franchise Tax Board, is essentially the same: Filing your taxes, even if you don’t owe any, can be beneficial, because it allows you to potentially get tax refunds, payments via tax credits if you qualify, and potential future one-time payments like the pandemic stimulus packages. You can file a state tax return even if you have no income from work — this includes seniors living off of Social Security — wrote tax board spokesperson Andrew LePage in an email.

One caveat: High fees charged by paid tax preparers might make the trade-off of filing taxes if you don’t owe any not worth it. But many people qualify for free, individualized tax prep through an IRS program — more on that later.

Kim Kaufman, a retiree in Los Angeles, hasn’t paid California taxes for several years; she paid off her house a handful of years ago, she said, and the state doesn’t tax the Social Security checks she receives.

When she heard about the gas payments and learned they were based on 2020 tax returns, “I thought ‘Well, shit. I could’ve used that money,’” Kaufman said. It would have chipped away at her property tax and home insurance bills.

She plans to file a return this year, “in case something like this comes up again,” she said.

“I’ll do it early. I’m not gonna wait until, you know, April.”

More and more aid programs are being delivered as tax-based benefits, said Elizabeth Linos, a public policy professor at Harvard who has studied how people interact with the tax system. “What we’re seeing is that people will be missing out on benefits if they’re not filing their taxes.”

“It’s your money, go get it”

California’s biggest cash back credit for low-wage people is CalEITC, or the state’s earned income tax credit. That credit alone can give tax filers as much as $3,417 cash back, and combined with the federal credit, the sum can grow larger. There’s also federal cash-back credit for people with kids under 17, and another California credit for families with kids under 6.

So, for example, if you’re a single parent in California making $25,000 with two kids under 6, you could receive $9,990 when you file your taxes in 2023, according to figures provided by the California Budget and Policy Center.

“We like to say, ‘It’s your money, go get it,’” said Hasselblad, with United Ways of California. “And going and getting it means also: Ask for help if you need it.”

Despite all the money on the table, lots of people don’t file their taxes and miss out. It’s difficult to know exactly how many people are in this group. Nationally, about one fifth of the people who are eligible for the federal earned income tax credit don’t receive it, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. When researchers looked at California households who receive food assistance and are eligible for CalEITC, they found that about 400,000 households that qualified for credit didn’t receive it, largely due to low-income families not filing taxes.

It’s hard to convince people they should file a tax return even if they know they could get cash back. In 2020, Berkeley researchers partnered with California state agencies to research whether small “nudges” — including sending text messages and letters with information about the tax credits to 1 million people — aimed at people who were probably eligible, but who might not claim the benefit, would increase filing. The nudges had no effect.

Another approach was slightly more successful. Researchers reached out to households with emails and voice messages explaining they could receive stimulus payments and directing them to a simplified filing tool designed by Code for America, but the largest boost was only from 0.43% to 2.4%.

California saw an uptick in low-income tax returns in 2020, which the state’s Franchise Tax Board attributed to pandemic-related factors. In 2021 the number of tax returns from people or households making less than $30,000 went down again.

Trying to make it easy to file

This summer the state Franchise Tax Board plans to send letters to two groups of Californians.

For people who filed a timely 2022 return and appear to qualify for CalEITC but didn’t claim the credit, the tax board will make them aware of the credit and allow them to fill out just one form to receive it. For people who worked and have filed taxes recently but missed 2021, they will potentially receive a letter explaining how much money they might qualify for, as well as how to receive free help filing a return.

Illinois has run a promising pilot with another approach: Sending people forms that are already filled out. The state sent tens of thousands of letters to people who had filed a federal tax return and claimed the federal earned income tax credit, but who hadn’t filed an Illinois state tax return. Those people received letters explaining that they might be eligible for an Illinois tax credit, as well as a form with their tax information already filled out, which they could review for accuracy. Recipients could simply sign the letter and mail it back, or take a photo of their signed letter and email it to the Illinois Department of Revenue. Almost half responded and got refunds in the first year of the pilot.

“I don’t understand why — if the IRS and the California tax board, kind of broadly knows how much I owe in the first place, or if I owe anything at all — why they don’t just send me a letter?” Kuhn, the Sacramento resident said. “Why have to go through Intuit, or, you know, Turbo Tax or whatever?”

Getting free tax help

One big reason people don’t file tax returns is that taxes are hard.

“It’s entirely too complicated, it’s entirely too difficult, and there’s a lot of fear around, you know, getting it wrong,” said Teri Olle, California campaign director for Economic Security Project Action, an advocacy organization. “We, as a country and as a state, do not make it automatic in the way that a lot of other countries do,” she said.

But there is a network of over 100 sites across California that offer free tax prep. The help is provided by trained volunteers and the program is funded in part by the IRS. It’s generally for people making $60,000 or less, people with limited English, and folks with disabilities; California has a lookup tool for finding a site near you, and many sites offer multiple languages.

Anna Perez manages United Way of Kern County’s free tax prep program, which typically operates at 10 sites across the county during tax season. People who visit a site, Perez says, will generally get checked in, chat with a volunteer who will ask them questions about their situation and collect their paperwork, and then that information will get passed on to another volunteer who is certified to prepare their tax return. Then the return will get double-checked by yet another volunteer, reviewed by the client who came in, and then a return will get filed — all for free. The whole process typically takes 45 minutes to an hour, Perez says.

There are also locations that provide free tax help specifically for people over 60. And if you want to file yourself, the Franchise Tax Board recommends some free online tools.

“The bottom line is, a lot of Californians qualify for tax credits,” said Hasselblad, “and none of them should have to pay a tax preparer to get those credits.”

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Jean Davlin was born November 26, 1942 and passed away with her family by her side the evening of January 6, 2023.

Jean was born in San Diego, California to Kenneth and Helen McGregor. Her father’s construction career let her grow up all over the state, including Fort Bragg, Merced and Napa. Her best friends were many including her older sisters, Donna Wise and Virginia Salley, cousins Louise and Paul and others. After graduating from Napa High School and Pasadena College, she began working as an assistant in several engineering firms. It was there she met the love of her life, Ken Davlin. Ken swept her off her feet and brought her home to Eureka when they were married in 1976. Within a few years, they had two daughters, Jennifer (Eric) Frahm and Christina Davlin.

Throughout her life, Jean’s energy was always directed first toward her friends and family. Her passion was children – first “her girls;” soon joined by their friends; then through her service within the Eureka Public School system; and ultimately for her grandchildren, Nicole and Nathan Frahm.

Jean worked as a staff member at Winship Middle School for many years. There, she could always be relied upon to have lunch money for the forgetful and less fortunate. She also helped begin a backpack donation program before they became common.

Jean worked hard to create a kind, loving home for all who entered and prided herself in supporting her husband as he created a burgeoning civil engineering business. Her table often became a mini–United Nations here in Humboldt County, hosting visiting dignitaries from Mongolia, Russia, Japan, Samoa, England and elsewhere. She was comfortable with the international flavor of guests because of her trips with Louise to Europe and having taken the Orient Express to Turkey to visit her sister Donna. And typically, she’d happily host a bevy of neighborhood children who were as cherished as her own. She enjoyed her trips to Hawaii, the Bahamas and the trips to see family and grandchildren in various locations in the US.

Creatively, Jean was a talented seamstress and an avid reader. Many in the neighborhood still recall fond memories of their kids wearing matching outfits crafted by her. Along with her friend Bonnie Julien and assisted by Yvonne Cooney, she for a time created and sold her own line of dolls and doll clothes, selling them throughout the area. As children grew and began having children of their own, she would create beautiful baby quilts cherished by many as family heirlooms. Likewise, she made large quilts for co-workers to honor their retirements.

Her love of friends, grandchildren and her daughters brought joy to her soul throughout her life. Even when illness robbed her of nearly all else, she would still somehow find a way to show you she cared and was delighted to be with you.

Thank you to Dr. DeMay of UCSF and the Hospice personnel along with Antionette Skiles who provided guidance and comfort during her last months.

She was preceded by her father Ken McGregor, her mother Helen McGregor, her sister Donna and her husband John Wise.

She is survived by husband Kenneth Davlin, daughters Christina Davlin and Jennifer (Eric) Frahm, sister Virginia (Robert) Salley, numerous nieces and nephews, numerous cousins and her numerous friends.

Please join Jean’s family on Saturday, January 14 at Old Growth Cellars (Eureka) from 1 to 3 p.m. to share a glass of wine and your favorite memory of Jean. A celebration of life will be held in the spring of 2023 in the Sacramento area. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Humboldt (www.hospiceofhumboldt.org) or the UCSF Memory and Aging Center (www.makeagift.ucsf.edu).

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