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United Despite Differences: The Case for Open Dialogue Across Denominations
Growing up, “Catholic” and “Christian” were always interchangeable terms. I knew that my family and I were Catholics, and I knew that we were Christians, so I assumed that they must surely mean the same thing. It wasn’t until I entered elementary school and heard my…
In Celebration of Black History Month
It has, indeed, been a long and cold January for us all, literally so for far too many of us, struggling to heat homes, caught in a system full of bureaucracy and lacking in compassion. As we enter the month of February, the cold harshness of…
Forgiveness in Our World
This year at the Center, we have been reimagining reconciliation as we prepare for our symposium in the spring. As we conversed about what reconciliation looks like in our lives, we found that forgiveness is a common theme that is commonly paired with this idea of…
Unlearning, Relearning, and Redefining Reconciliation
Messiah’s theme this year is “reconciliation” and as such, it’s a topic that has come up several times over the course of the semester, whether it be during class discussions, lectures, or even just normal conversation amongst friends. However, the definition of the term tends to…
A Little More Empathy
This week we are resharing a post written by former fellow Eve Harbison-Ricciutti, as we contemplate the importance of empathy in times of distress and discomfort.
Missions from a Humanities’ Perspective
We were dancing under the late afternoon sun. Sweaty and giggling, multiple little Haitian girls grabbed hold of me as we spun around, again and again. Afterward, we all dropped to the ground, exhausted but smiling up at the sun. Two of the girls crawled in…
Notes on the Ancient Egyptian Art Wing (i.e. the Stolen Art Wing)
The other week, I was walking around the Brooklyn Museum with an artist friend of mine, she armed with her sketchbook and a pen, and I with a pencil and my notebook. We were both creating sketches and taking notes of the things we saw and…
Memory, Monuments, and Lost Cause Ideology.
How do we use monuments to shape our memory of the past? As a history major, I have studied how different people use the past and shape its memory. One of the areas that I have focused on researching is the Lost Cause of the South…
Holy Places and Justice: My Summer Spent at an African Burial Ground
I have often been in touch with the importance of place. Recognizing places of pain and places of freedom. Place is important to me. But I am not always in tune, nor do I always know the significance of the places I inhabit or encounter. This…
Virtue
Virtue. What is virtue? I can tell you that virtue is the word I misspelled in my fifth-grade spelling bee, landing me a second-place finish. I’ll never forget how to spell it now. Outside of elementary school spelling bees, the word gets tossed around in many…
Rising to the Occasion: Our Role in Encouraging Social Change
“What would you say to people who aren’t interested in the immigration policies of the United States because it doesn’t affect them?” Shamaine Daniels – longtime immigrant advocate and member of the Harrisburg city council – laughs at the question. “Well, this is why I like…
My Part in Perpetuating the Patriarchy
Content warning- abuse, sexual assault, rape Issues of gender, patriarchy, and power appear across every subject within the humanities. The humanities consist of the arts that make up day-to-day human life. Unfortunately, this life is situated in a context of imbalance of power promoted by a…
An Asian-American’s View of You, America
In light of the recent injustices against the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community, we wanted to repost a piece that was written last year by Messiah University senior Clara Yu. As we grieve alongside our brothers and sisters, our prayer is that our world…
Why We No Longer Trust the Science
Why does society lack faith in the modern discoveries of science? Why is there controversy over climate change and vaccinations and the best ways to handle a pandemic? Where does this doubt and fear come from? As a society, we undoubtedly believe in the…
The Freedom to Speak Your Mother Tongue
As we prepare for this year’s Humanities Symposium, Conversations on Freedom, I’ve been reflecting on some of the freedoms we often take for granted. Language is a fundamental aspect of the human experience. It is a vehicle for self-expression and transmission of cultural knowledge. It is…
The Search for Gratitude in a Year of Loss
The holiday season is typically one of the most joyous times of the year, with family and friends drawing near to fellowship and share in communal liturgies of thanksgiving. In this tumultuous year, however—which has admittedly been quite unlike any other in recent history—it can be…
Burning Out in Homework and Social Change
Burnout (in engines): to have all the fuel burnt up while the engine is still in operation, sometimes causing damage to the machine.I don’t think I am alone here in saying that I am so burnt out. I’ve heard this phrase from my girlfriend, my classmates,…
Switching Seats at the Table: Case Studies on Political Transitions
Colleges and universities are often labeled as ground zero for “liberal brainwashing.” Parents send their children to college simply to receive an education in order to be productive members of the workforce. These same parents are surprised when students return home for Thanksgiving break challenging the…
Sacrificing Isaac: A Personal Reflection
Written by Very Rev. Nathan D. Baxter, Dean of Washington National Cathedral, November 14, 1999 “And God said to Abraham take your son, Isaac, …whom you love and go to the land of Moriah and offer him as a sacrifice. So Abraham rose early in the morning and took his…
A Student Experience in Isolation
In the past two and a half months of this semester, I have been put in on-campus quarantine twice. The first time, I felt ill, and though I tested negative for COVID, I remained in quarantine for about nine days until my symptoms eased. The second…
Why I Vote: 100th Anniversary of Women’s Vote
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, we interviewed several women to find out why they continue to exercise that right today. Voting is a privilege that not everyone is blessed with, and through these interviews, we hope to share…
A Privilege. A Voice. A Vote.
When I turned 18 years old, there was one thing I looked forward to most that came with this milestone, and that was finally being able to vote in the future elections. I can clearly remember going with my father to the polls when I was…
Being a Christian Doesn’t Mean Abstaining from Politics
As the chaotic stew of this election season reaches its boiling point, many of us will gravitate towards the very tempting prospect of simply withdrawing from political discourse whatsoever. We will find political discussions unappetizing and yearn for the days when we can enjoy our lives…
“Knowing What You Know, What Will You Do?”: A Guide for the Journey from Apathy to Action
At this point in 2020, it can seem as if the whole world is falling apart. In the U.S., we have been experiencing a global pandemic, systemic racism and injustice, and the tensions of an election year. Every day we are bombarded with heartbreaking and heavy…
Meet the Candidates: District Five
Hi, my name is Amalia, and I am a Student Fellow with the Center for Public Humanities at Messiah. In this election season, we here at the Center for Public Humanities want to encourage you to stay informed about your voting options. Voting allows you…
Meet the Candidates: District Four
As the November election swiftly approaches, we’ve been trying to share and spread information not only on the presidential candidates but also those running in local and state elections where our vote is just as important. On our social media platforms, we’ve begun sharing information on…
Pandemic Classroom
After Messiah University closed campus for the remainder of the spring semester due to the outbreak of COVID-19, I felt like I was drifting away from successful parameters of academics. At the time, there was something about sitting in my bedroom trying to write Constitutional law…
The Show Must Go On: Arts in the Time of Pandemic
If you’ve ever been involved in theatre, you may have heard this phrase used. Whether you’re the high school actor making his first stage debut, the musician practicing to play in the pit, or the theatre parent that’s been recruited to help build sets, you know what…
Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: Waking up to Racial Injustice Close to Home
Like many college students across the country, in mid-March I made a hasty return to my hometown, where I would hunker down and complete the rest of the semester. From my bedroom, stiflingly the same from day to day, I would absorb perpetual breaking news—first about…
Cracks in The Plaster: How Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ Reveals Societal Flaws
books have the power to make people better by revealing the truth, inspiring necessary questions, and offering ways to pitch in. This book is one of those rare gems that is able to do all three.
Finding Harmony Amid Tension
“There are… certain sensitivities that ought to characterize the Christian historian. One such sensitivity is an awareness of complexity, ambiguity, and mystery in the historical process.” -Shirley Mullen in Faith, Learning, and the Teaching of History Along with the other student fellows this year, I was…
The Voice of the Local Church
I have been part of the Fellows program for a total of three years now. My major in Biblical Religious Studies inspired me to join the Church History Project, which is a project researching the history of local Harrisburg churches. The beauty of the Fellows program…
On Coleman and the Capitol: Confronting Partial Institutions and the Power of the Individual
I have had the privilege of visiting Pennsylvania’s State Capitol Complex many times for various competitions throughout the years. Other than elementary school field trips, I first remember visiting the Capitol after winning a contest during my first year of high school. I had written a…
God Chose Us For Love – A Mother’s Response to Anthony Ray Hinton
By Karla DeJesus We looked immediately at each other and busted out crying. We knew that truth had just found another voice to remind us why God chose my son, my family, and why God chose me. That voice was Anthony Ray Hinton, author of “The Sun Does…
Acknowledging the Complex
This school year, I was tasked with the large job of trying to find out about the lives of 100 people who were active contributors to Harrisburg’s Eighth Ward, a historic cultural hub. After spending months of reading, listening, and exploring, I know the lives of…
Lessons from the Eighth
Too frequently the details of our human narrative are buried by people who seek to fabricate what truly happened in the past. But the voices of history cannot be silenced so long as we remember and retell their stories and demand truth. We must elect leaders…
Helping Effectively: Wisdom of a Global Humanitarian
The world needs more people who demonstrate shrewd empathy in the face of complex global issues. Sarah Petrin Williamson is one such humanitarian who has devoted her life to helping. During the 2019 fall semester, she was kind enough to speak to Messiah college students about…
Antiracist Reflections at the Midtown Scholar
I’ve heard the phrase “no offense” used many times throughout my life, usually followed by something offensive: “no offense, but you shouldn’t wear those pants again,” or “no offense, but your presentation wasn’t very good.” In my mind, it’s akin to saying “I don’t want you…
Bringing History Home: The Vulnerability and Security of Local History
I was born and raised in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, a small town centrally located between Lancaster, Harrisburg, and York. Surrounded by dairy farms, the smell of Hershey’s chocolate, and homecooked PA Dutch meals, this area has always been my safe place. There is a saying in…
Showing Up For Harmony
On September 15th, 2019, I attended my second annual Harrisburg Harmony Walk. Many communities from Central Pennsylvania came together to learn from and celebrate our diversity. We shared a meal generously prepared by members of the Hadee Mosque. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Baha’i Faith’s…
The Dream Traveler (Betty Curtis)
During each year of Poetry in Place, students flourish as they transform into poets, and this year was no exception. At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations…
My Life Lesson (Maria Alejandra Hernandez)
During each year of Poetry in Place, students flourish as they transform into poets, and this year was no exception. At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations…
Let Her Light Shine (Aaysha Noor)
At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations that students of Marshall Math Science Academy created poetry as witness to the legacy of these leaders.
Dig Deep and What I Think (Joseph Robinson Jr.)
During each year of Poetry in Place, students flourish as they transform into poets, and this year was no exception. At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations…
The Progression of Calobe (Calobe Jackson)
During each year of Poetry in Place, students flourish as they transform into poets, and this year was no exception. At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations…
Agitation
During each year of Poetry in Place, students flourish as they transform into poets, and this year was no exception. At one of our workshops, we had the privilege of welcoming local community leaders to come share their stories, and it was from these inspiring conversations…
The Lines That Divide Us
During his time as a student at Messiah College, David Michael (’19) greatly enhanced the work of the Center for Public Humanities by contributing insightful thoughts and in-depth research to our discussions and projects. Back in 2017, he composed a powerful poem that “explore[d] the paradoxical…
Becoming a Badger
Sometimes I feel like a badger. A badger that’s digging and digging through the earth trying to find some sort of food. Something to sustain them and keep them going through life. This analogy might sound weird, but stay with me. The work that has interested…
The Stories We Tell
For thousands of years, human beings have kept their culture alive through storytelling. It’s how we connect with each other and understand the world around us. Stories are a record of life, keeping a memory alive long after their origin is gone. In the most basic…
Learning Through Fiction
The power of literature is world changing and uplifting. This is a fact that has been acknowledged throughout history by any number of groups or individuals. Often though, we focus on histories or important texts that attempt to teach the reader through concepts, formulas, and lessons…
Reading as Sacred Practice
A few weeks ago I attended my first Christianity and Literature Conference at Harvard Divinity School, and I was delighted. In contrast to some academic conferences, this one was filled with equal parts intellectual rigor and generosity. I attended really smart presentations on Chaucer, John Donne,…
My Work With Freedom Schools
Hello Messiah College community, My name is Daniel Baker and I am a Senior at Messiah College. It has been my privilege to be apart of the Student Fellows of the Center for Public Humanities. I entered as a fellow this past Spring through the efforts…
Tacos in Tijuana
Tijuana is tense these days. Between standardized narco-crime and border disputes, there is always something of note happening in the city. When I traveled there a year ago, I went with the intention of learning about where the border wall ends on the beach. I went…
Community Care
How do people spend their time? Why would someone offer an entire day catering to the needs of other kids for no pay or reward? These were questions I had on March 2, 2019, as I watched the production of National History Day. Parents, professors, and…
Poetry Moves
When I am overwhelmed with the world, desperately seeking the bliss of escape, or even a small hiatus from the demands of being a college student, I sneak away to the upper level of the Murray Library here on Messiah College’s campus and indulge myself in…
The Value of Individuals in the Common Good
What is “the common good?” How have people of the past used this term, and what actions resulted from their framework of thinking? This is the challenging question that this year’s Humanities Symposium has posited to Messiah students and faculty this Spring. Over the past several…
In the Pursuit of Curiosity
Curiosity noun, plural cu·ri·os·i·ties. 1. The desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness When I was young I wanted to be an astronaut. Well, I actually wanted to an oceanographer, marine biologist, astronomer who also spent some time in space. This rather odd hodgepodge of future occupations stemmed from an insatiable desire to discover the…
Finding the Human in History: Thoughts a of a Sophomore Public Historian
Often when we look at history, we ignore opinions in favor for what we see as an objective fact. After all, the point of recording history has long been to construct a correct version of what happened in the past. In doing so however, we run…
The Public and the Importance of Legend
In Historiography, the senior history class was tasked to read an article by Robert Darnton called the Peasants Tell Tales: The Meaning of Mother Goose. In this article Darnton explores how the folklore of everyday French men and women in late medieval ages provides the modern reader a glimpse into the difficulties and beliefs of the people in…
Cultural Engagement
Marcus Garvey, a civil rights advocate, once said, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” As people, our culture informs our identity. It can be seen in our families, friends, and values. An example of…
Oral History- A Lesson from Joyce Parker
“Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events.” Oral History Association *** In the Humanities Fellowship Program I help coordinate projects for the Oral History team. This…
Where the Border Wall Meets the Sea
During the last presidential election, one of President Trump’s favorite mantras was: “Build the wall,” a promise to construct a physical barrier between the U.S./Mexico border. But as I learned in my first year seminar on human migration, a border wall already exists along the most…
I Don’t Raise Weak Girls
On October 22 this semester, the Multicultural Council held a discussion about masculinity and femininity, and the various factors which contribute to our perceptions of it. I listened to each panel member discuss the ways their image of gender and gender roles affected their concept of…
The Heart of Storytelling
Storytelling has existed since the beginning of communication. Oral storytelling was how people kept track of their ancestors and family identities. Every person acted as a historian of sorts, preserving their family’s histories within their minds in order to pass on to the future generations, just…
How I Stumbled Across the “Spaces of Fear” Project
Can history be narrowly viewed in terms of a discipline accessible to its few credentialed practitioners who have been trained in its methods and protocols for research? Yes, indeed, I have been trained as a historian, credentialed within the university system that has imparted specific forms…
A Local Impact
Have you ever thought about the history of your hometown? Have you ever thought about the people that came before you and lived exactly where you lived? Have you ever thought about the impact they had in your school district, city council, and even race relations?…
Learning Beyond the Classroom
As a student at Messiah College, I find myself fortunate to have the opportunity to further my education and explore my interests on an academic level. As a History major, over the past three years I have learned both practical research skills like how to read…
A Shift in Perspective: Reflecting on Metaphor as a Tool for Living
Metaphor—comparison between two unlike things—is a literary device surprisingly helpful for navigating life. As we individuals stand at the intersection of unrelated events, metaphor helps us piece together a cohesive story, understanding why and how things relate. Often, framing a situation in terms of a metaphor…
What’s Colder: Our Hearts or the Barrel of a Gun?
On April 20th, there was a campus-wide walk out meant for students to show solidarity with the families and victims who have fallen to gun violence. There was well over a hundred people present. With the way it was set up, you’d walk up to the…
Envisioning Good for All
What is the common good? Of course, asking that question leads to a slew of others: what group of people does the common good encompass; how do we pursue the common good; and that timeless inquiry: what is goodness itself? We ponder these questions and more…
Class and Immigration
The Center for Public Humanities has the privilege of welcoming various speakers onto campus. The keynote lecturer at this year’s symposium was Edwidge Danticat, the highly respected poet, author, and speaker. Talking about immigration and refugees, she quoted Home, a beautiful poem by Warsan Shire, who…
Judging at History Day as a Fellow
Not many middle and high schoolers have the opportunity to complete their own historical research and to present their work competitively, but several students from South Central Pennsylvania have the chance at National History Day. Messiah College hosted the event on March 3 with the theme…
Finding Self-Expression Through Writing
When I was in the ninth grade, I wrote my first poem. Before then, I was not much of a writer. I had already completed a few (moderately terrible) short stories, and a couple Mother’s Day acrostics here and there, but this poem was different. It…
A Little More Empathy
Empathy: One word that many of us probably hear frequently. Empathy is simply the act of taking on and relating to another person’s feelings. Imagine what our lives, our community, even our world would look like if more people practiced this daily. Our work places might…
Empathy in Place: Marilyn Nelson’s Poetic Tradition in Harrisburg
Poet Marilyn Nelson came to Messiah’s campus on Tuesday, April 3. Also on Tuesday, twelve middle schoolers came to Messiah’s campus and read their poetry to a poet. On this day, thirteen poets gifted their audience with their empathy as they brought to life historical figures…
True Water, True Fire: A Reflection on Dr. King’s Vision of Truth
“Bull Connor next would say, “Turn the fire hoses on.” And as I said to you the other night, Bull Connor didn’t know history. He knew a kind of physics that somehow didn’t relate to the transphysics that we knew about. And that was the fact…
A Letter to Joseph Payawesea
A mere half hour away from Mechanicsburg, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the first federally-funded off-Reservation boarding school for Amerindian children. The boarding school was founded in 1879 in Carlisle, PA by General Richard Henry Pratt, who publicly held the motto, “kill the Indian, save the man.” Thus,…
Home as Hospitality
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities, we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. Throughout that week (February 19-26), numerous people shared about this topic from many perspectives, and now…
I Am From
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities, we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. Throughout that week (February 19-26), numerous people shared about this topic from many perspectives, and now…
The Paradox of Home
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities, we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. Throughout this week (February 19-26), numerous people shared about this topic from many perspectives, and now…
Spelling Home
Many of the Fellows get to participate in the Poetry in Place workshop, where young students interact with different subjects in history and in their personal lives and produce poetry that interprets those experiences. Continue reading as Fellow Olivia McCullum reflects on this time through her own…
Bearing Witness through Poetry
January was a month of retrospection. Taking a course entitled, “Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement,” I encountered the past everyday as I heard for the first time about the numerous people who stood resilient and nonviolent in their demand for freedom. Before that class, the…
I Am From Somewhere In Between
This past Wednesday The Center for Public Humanities visited Harrisburg’s Marshall Elementary School to host an “I Am From” poetry workshop for 6th graders. The student poems were diverse, each of their young authors growing from different places in the world, and each expressing where they’re…
For When You Can’t Find Home
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. As the Humanities Symposium approaches, you will have the chance to hear from our very own…
Organized Labor in Harrisburg
The Center for Public Humanities is interested in, among other things, the intersection between academics and place. By exploring the history of the labor movement in Harrisburg, we can highlight the city’s role within the larger movement of resistance and populism. At the end of the…
Taking Root Within
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. As the Humanities Symposium approaches, you will have the chance to hear from our very own…
Guarding Home for Another
The theme for this year’s Humanities Symposium is “Home,” and here at the Center for Public Humanities, we have been critically thinking about what home means, both for communities and individuals. As we approach the date for the Humanities Symposium, you will have the chance to hear…
1517 or 2017: What Difference Does It Make?
October 31 marked the 500th anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, which are widely recognized as the starting point of the Reformation. Many practicing Protestant Christians today identify a personal and spiritual connection with Luther and his Theses, one with a sense of…
A Borrowed Anguish
The year 1851 marked a monumental change in both the development of American literature and in the abolitionist movement. At the time, slavery was both prevalent and popular, and although the owning of slaves was illegal in many Northern states, economic reasons and greed compelled the…
An Uneasy Peace: Interfaith Relations in a World of Religious Radicals
An Uneasy Peace: Interfaith Relations in a World of Religious Radicals On Sunday, September 17, I had the privilege of attending the annual Harmony Walk sponsored by the Interreligious Forum of Greater Harrisburg along with other interfaith organizations. The yearly event, which coincides with the United…
Spaces of Fear
Last night, we heard from author and historian Taylor Branch as he shared “King’s Dream for Justice: Then and Now” for the American Democracy Lecture. Now, we hear from Messiah College student, Arion, who offers a reflection on the lasting impact racism and segregation has had…
A Tribute to Jim Weedon
I first met Jim Weedon in the Fall of 2014, on the front porch of his home in Harrisburg, PA. Jean Corey and I had driven there that afternoon to talk with him about his experience as a member of the 1954 Eastern Negro League Baseball…
Ghosts
I see ghosts all around me. In the shadows of a city once bustling with culture, In the absence of brown faces, In the presence of white. I see ghosts all around me. In cracked cement that will never be filled, In crumbling brick and…
The Lord’s Back Was Black
The poem is Jesus speaking to a slave master while he beats his slave. It explores the paradoxical reality of Christian slave owners in the 19th century. It speaks from the perspective of Jesus who identifies with the oppressed, persecuted, and marginalized. This assumption is drawn…
Welcoming Difference
On April 4th, I joined a small group of Messiah students, and alumni in attending the Sixth Annual Freedom Seder at Beth El Temple in Harrisburg. The topic of this year’s event was immigration, and the refugee crisis, focusing on how the three major monotheistic world…
Blind Spots in the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Chinese Christian Perspective
My life in China always brings a contrasting perspective to me when I try to understand the social issue(s) I face in the U.S. So does social justice. After becoming disillusioned by the Chinese government’s response in ensuring social justice in 1989, most Chinese tried to…
Sweat and Sanctification
Mitakuye Oyasin – all my relations. In this land of free speech, there are millions of voices. As the lyrics of our national anthem float through the air of athletic stadiums across the country, some athletes make their voice heard as they silently take a knee.…
Color and Canvas: Finding Unexpected Voices in Public Art
This spring I had the chance to take a road trip to Portland, ME, and spend a day moseying around the city. Wandering up and down Congress Street, a modern building with large glass panels hanging over the front doors caught my eye. Frosted text covered…
Resistance
Yearning, dissenting, striving A freedom song among the cotton stocks A harbor steeped in revolution Patchwork hope along the tracks of a perilous ride Remembering, lamenting, achieving From Yorktown’s final drumbeats To barefoot children’s first steps Arms of freedom reaching out and drying paint on picket…
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