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August / September 2010 • Complimentary

Local Back to School Bargains

Moving Toward A

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Parenting Tips from Archie Wortham

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Maggie is a woman who came to the Hotze Health & Wellness Center with a seven-year history of depression and fatigue, which developed after giving birth to her second child. She had a lifelong history of cold hands and feet and sensitivity to cold. She was experiencing signifi cant hair loss, was constipated and had severe muscle aching. Even after sleep, Maggie never felt rested. Maggie had experienced recurrent sinus infections and headaches over the past seven years, for which she had taken antibiotics. She also complained of recurrent abdominal cramping and bloating associated with the ingestion of sugar and bread products, which she craved. Since her last pregnancy, Maggie’s menstrual cycles had been irregular. She had gained 30 pounds over the past seven years and had diffi culty losing weight. She had lost all sexual desire, and felt that she was in a “brain fog.” Maggie had sought the care of numerous physicians. They told her that she was “depressed” and prescribed her antidepressants. A friend of hers, who was a patient at the Hotze Health & Wellness Center, told her that there was a natural alternative treatment for her problems, so Maggie came to us for an evaluation.

Maggie’s name could be easily erased from her chart and replaced with the names of thousands of other women in midlife whom we have evaluated. Maggie had been made to feel by her doctor that she was a hypochondriac and emotionally inadequate. We explained to her that her symptoms were very common to women in her age group and were easily treated. She had an imbalance in her female hormones that adversely affected her body’s ability to use thyroid hormones. It was the change in her hormones that triggered her allergy disorder, which in turn led to recurrent sinus infections. The antibiotics which she had taken for her infections also killed normal bacteria in her body and allowed yeast problems to occur. Maggie was prescribed natural bio-identical hormones, natural thyroid supplementation, and was treated for allergies with sublingual immunizing drops given under the tongue daily. Within two months, Maggie’s depression and fatigue had disappeared. She was able to discontinue her antidepressants. She told us, “I have not felt this good in years. Thank you for giving me my life back!

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Letter From The PublisherCome now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-17 (New King James Version)

Can you believe that summer is almost over? Where does the time go? It seems that yesterday I was but a small child myself. Now

as my 47th birthday approaches, I have four kids in school and before you know it, they’ll be married with children of their own. Life is short.

I once heard a poem that describes life so well. It goes something like this;

The Clock of Life

“The clock of life is wound but once,And no man has the power

To tell just when the hands will stopAt late or early hour.

To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed.Too lose one’s health is more.

To lose one’s soul is such a lossThat no man can restore.”

Today, only is our own.So live, love and toil with a will.

Place no faith in tomorrow,For the clock may soon be still.

By Robert H Smith

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Volume V, Issue 4

Inside This Issue:

6 Local Back to School Bargains

8 Mann Eye Institute

11 Moving Toward A No-Debt Lifestyle

17 Spiritual Unemployment

23 Politics & Religion

26 Don’t You Wish You Could Sleep Like A Baby Again

30 Men To Fathers

38 Houston Fertility Institute... It’s About Life

42 Storms of Life

Our Mission Statement:

“Our mission is to have a magazine devoted to His glory, provide cutting-edge stories important to today’s Christian, promote Christian-Judeo values we find important, and editorial content that your entire family can enjoy.”

President/PublisherJoseph Menslage

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Local Back To School BargainsBy Melanie Saxton

For some, back-to-school shopping is bitter sweet. Summer break is end-ing as well as trips to the pool. School will be starting along with classes and homework! Wardrobes need to be bought. School supplies need to be gathered. Children are one school year nearer to graduation. Here are some suggestions to make the whole process more manageable, inexpensive . . . and fun! Bargains!

For three days in a row, Katy shoppers can take advantage of tax-free shopping on clothing, backpacks and school supplies. August 20-22 are the magic dates, and a wealth of information awaits at window.state.tx.us. Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, provides a Window on State Government web page filled with information Texas shoppers need to get a break from state and local sales taxes during the state’s annual tax holiday. Lay-away plans can be used again this year to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. In addition, watch for fliers and coupons. Walmart has incredible bargains on back-to-school supplies. Everything from glue sticks to lined paper to folders can be purchased for pennies on the dollar if you hit one of their sales. Target, Walgreens and CVS also have sales on supplies that can save you money. Cruising Katy Stores and Malls The malls in Katy, such as La Centerra, Villagio, and Katy Mills, will also be offering incentives. Be sure and check their websites at lacenterra.com, villagiotowncenter.com, and katymills.com for sales and store savings. In this economy, retailers understand that shoppers will be pinching pennies and spending wisely.

There are other retailers like Office Max, and Best Buy who will also be circulating sales and publicizing dates. It is wise to make a list to cover all the bases and avoid impulse purchases. Check with www.katyisd.org for mandatory school supplies and work from there. Add clothing and shoe needs, along with locker organizers and decora-tions. Backpacks and lunch boxes are needed. Furniture stores may also jump on the band wagon, so check local papers for information on desks and office chairs. Students need a place to concentrate. They also need posture and back support to handle many hours of home-work. Be Alert . . And Say a Prayer!

Going forward, keep your eyes and ears open for sales dates and sav-ings opportunities. It is possible to keep your kiddos in gear and sup-plies without breaking the bank. Teach them good stewardship and money management by paying attention to the bottom line. And, as a Katy Christian Magazine reader suggested, you might send them out the door every day with this prayer from Philippians 4:13. “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.” What better way is there to start the morning . . . or the school year?

Enjoy this busy time of transition and save money! Do you have other money saving ideas? We invite you to share them on our Facebook page at facebook.com/katychristianmagazine!


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Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center Announces Opening of State-of-the-Art Eye Care Center in KatySouthwest Texas’ leading eye care provider, Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center, is pleased to announce the long awaited opening of the Katy areas first “green” full service eye care center, located at the corner of Westgreen and Kingsland. The new Westgreen Medical Center complex will house the Mann Eye Institute and Laser Cen-ter’s comprehensive eye care clinic, state-of-the-art LASIK center and Medicare and AAAHC approved outpatient ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center’s new location in Katy will ex-pand eye care services by adding the subspecialties of retina and plas-tics to the ophthalmic and optometric medical specialty and routine care services currently provided to meet the vision needs of all family members, in Katy and surrounding communities. Drs. Mike and Paul Mann, Dr. Gus Stern, Dr. Gerald Sheldon, Dr. Matt Morello and Dr. Victoria Chin will be supported by our highly trained team of technicians and state-of-the-art testing equipment now available for the convenience of our patients.

The “Green” Westgreen Medical Complex was built according to the internationally recognized LEED certification system based on the metrics that matter most to the future of our community - energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, and improved indoor environmental quality. It is one of only a few buildings in the Katy area built to these specifications with materials purchased from local businesses whenever possible.

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Any financial planning process begins with necessary changes in financial behavior. The degree of change varies based on financial pri-orities, but in the end, it’s about adopting good habits and abandoning bad ones.

Before you take any of the following steps, it makes sense to talk to an expert who can help you see your whole financial picture. A financial planning professional can examine all your sources of income and expenses and find the most efficient ways to cut expenses, pay off debt and boost the money you have for sav-ing and investing.

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Start with nickels and dimes:

You can’t wish your way out of debt – it takes cash. And recovery literally can start with loose change. If you’ve never done a real budget, it’s time. That means tracking every cent of your spending either online (Mint.com is a free online website that offers some unique expense-tracking tools) or on paper. Once you see what’s left your wallet in the last month, start cutting non-essential spending like designer coffee, carryout and deluxe cable and start applying that

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Attack the highest-rate debt first:

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Make debt-fighting a family lesson:

When you’re talking to kids about budgeting and lowering your ex-penses, you have to walk a fine line between discipline and fear. But setting money priorities is part of growing up, and it’s essential to discuss and agree upon them as a family. Generally speaking, it helps to solicit the input from others as they feel involved in the decision making process.

Set some post-debt money goals:

Getting out of debt means you’ll be in for an extended period of frugality, and that might be a bit depressing. But as you battle your balances, make some time to really think about what you want to do with your life after the debt is gone. Having a debt-free lifestyle doesn’t stop at having zero balances (though that might call for a cel-ebration!). Being debt-free is the gateway to better money manage-ment that will help you reach your dreams. A financial planner can get the conversation started on what those dreams and aspirations are and what permanent savings, spending and investment philosophies will be necessary to achieve them.

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Do-it-yourself or barter repairs and services:

The do-it-yourself movement is in a new phase with the downturn. For any home or auto maintenance chores you may have during the year, learn as much as you can about those tasks and estimate the cost of materials and your time before doing them yourself. Previous generations made do-it-yourself a necessity. See if that option is right for you and you might save considerable money doing it. Also, for more complicated jobs, partner with friends and family and you can help each other save money.

Rebid your home and life insurance:

Most everyone knows that bundling home and auto insurance with one carrier saves money. Increase your deductibles if you can afford to. But ask your agent specifically about changes in behavior that can save you money. See what taking mass transit most of the week can do for your insurance rates. See if you can benefit from age-related discounts. And check whether it might be worth beefing up your home security or adding more protection against weather-related disasters (storm shutters, shatter-proof glass, etc.) or upgrades to appliances, plumbing or electrical systems. Lastly, be tax-smart about improvements – EnergyStar.gov lists rebates and other breaks for upgrades around your home.

Go debit:

Debit cards wearing a bankcard logo are typically welcome at most stores where credit cards are accepted. This way, you pay cash without carrying cash. If you don’t have such a card, you can probably get one from your bank to replace your traditional ATM card, but remember to tell them to limit your buying power on the card to only what you have in your account. And use overdraft protection to avoid fees.

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Spiritual UnemploymentBy Pastor G.F. WatkinsPowerHouse Christian Center

“But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:5Yes, soul-winning is our thrust, but we recognize also that God didn’t tell everyone to be an evangelist. He said to do the work of an evan-gelist. What is the work of an evangelist? It’s to tell people about Jesus, lead them to Christ and to help build the church. As believers, we have been commanded to take the Gospel to our neighborhood, city, nation and the world.

Who is going to do it? I tell the men to do it! Does this mean women aren’t called to win souls and minister to the lost? Of course not! God does not esteem one gender over another. (Genesis 2:24)

Women are well equipped for lifestyle evangelism because women are typically great at relationships. It’s not an abundance of females in the Body of Christ that’s a problem today. It’s the lack of male participation that has slowed us down! From reports I’ve read over the years, the average church congregation is still 80% female and 20% male. The harvest is plenteous, but the men are few! “Adam, where art thou?”

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A man’s creativity, productivity, and ability gives him worth, value, and a sense of dignity. For that reason, unemployment is a devastat

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Have you ever wondered why crime is so high in low-income areas? It’s not because people who live there have less morals or ethics. It’s because unemployment tends to be as high as 25% to 30% in such areas, which is what makes them low income.

A man without a job or a means of maximizing his creativity or abili-ties will search for another outlet to express himself, often illegally. The reason why a young man deals drugs on the street is because he finds fulfillment and value in his ability to earn money. He also gets to use his creativity to avoid the law and that adds to his feeling of satisfaction.

We can’t just tell a man to quit dealing drugs and not give him a job. Somehow, somewhere, he desires an outlet for his ability, creativ-ity and productivity. When a man walks down the street with a one hundred dollar bill in his pocket, he feels he has it made. But a man without a penny to his name feels emasculated. Men who are unemployed, whose wives become dependent on the welfare system, don’t even have the satisfaction of a healthy, respect-filled relation-ship. Her source of provision becomes the government instead of her husband.

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This, again, is not to minimize the service of women. No way! Women are shouldering much of the load today because of the absence of men. We need the head, the laborer, doing his part. Men are to be setting the example for their family, and instead they are just sitting. Men, let’s get off the bench and get in the game!

A great understanding of this is that men (Adam) were the first la-borers put into the garden to till it or work the harvest! God in His infinite wisdom took Eve out of Adam and made a statement—“The two shall become one.” We are truly the “laborer” when we are uni-fied and one together in the harvest. The most efficient laborer in the harvest is the husband and wife as one working together.

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Since my last column, Arizona has been sued – and has lost – in federal court over its state law (mirroring federal law) on immigration enforcement. Judge Susan Bolton, a Clin-ton appointee (typical), quickly resorted to the liberal’s standard operating procedure of judicial activism. Her ruling knocked the teeth out of the state law and overruled federal law. In doing so, she betrayed our Constitution, the

rights and responsibilities of a sovereign state, and the will of the vast majority of the populace of the state as well as the nation.

This judge showed herself – at the very least – to be sympathetic to the liberal, globalist agenda that has been gradually but increas-ingly exercising itself against the sovereignty of America for the last century. The “progressive” movement has accelerated since the early 1900s, exposing itself overtly with David Rockefellers’ mid-century comment “All we need is the right major crisis, and the nations will accept the new world order,” to the overtly evil strategies of the God-hating, America-hating George Soros to destroy currencies, under-mine economies, etc.

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2. Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 says “no…government entity or official may prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending…information regarding the citizenship or immigra-tion status…of any individual.” (In other words, federal, state, and local law enforcement are all in this together. That is, or at least was, federal law.)

Judge Bolton flushed the Constitution and federal law in this egre-gious example of judicial activism. Take note that this is a forewarn-ing of the type of judge Elena Kagan will be on the Supreme Court

(who will hear this case when it inevitably reaches the Supreme Court).

The aforementioned 1996 law made “sanctuary” cites and states ille-gal. But Obama did not sue San Francisco which has been thumbing their nose at federal immigration laws for years. He sued Arizona for trying to protect their citizenry. This is beyond hypocrisy! It is anoth-er sign that Obama is not seeking to protect and defend the Consti-tution, but is trying to destroy the America that we all know and love in order to, in his words, “fundamentally transform America.”

Former Congressman and Republican Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo recently wrote a Washington Times Op-Ed piece called “The Case for Impeachment.” Tancredo points out that there are several valid Constitutional reasons to do so, but the repeated viola-tions of his oath of office in upholding the laws of the land regarding immigration and border enforcement are undeniable and inexcusable. I have come to the place where I have to agree.

But what we see happening in the nation is happening only because the same exact thing is happening in the church. The church in America has been AWOL in its civil stewardship for decades. We have not taught our children (and still don’t) what it means to really be a Christian who loves the truth and stands in integrity and char-acter, nor what it is to be a true American.

Obama is a mirror thrust into the face of the compromising church, the supposed “salt and light” of a compromising nation. Our politi-cal leaders (with very few exceptions) long ago sold their integrity. Our business leaders (with almost no exceptions) long ago sold their integrity. Our spiritual leaders (with some exceptions) long ago com-


promised their integrity; all of them for a buck or to please man – or both.

There are nationally and internationally known Christian leaders who are miss-representing the truth in social, cultural and civil issues and putting a “Christian” label on this deception. Locally, the Hous-ton Area Pastors Council’s very public statement on immigration is the latest example of such self-serving compromise. I’m a member, and know a couple of the leaders. They should know better. Their statement consisted of 1. Secure the borders (which thankfully, they got right)2. Comprehensive immigration reform (which is code for illegal alien amnesty, which is wrong and rewards lawlessness, which in turn is anti-Biblical in principle)3. Treat current illegals “humanely” (which is, at best, an unfor-tunate word usage seeing as how we’re not water boarding them, driving screwdrivers under their fingernails, or being “inhumane” to begin with.)

Such religious posturing is weak, and contributes to the plague in the American Church at-large of re-creating God in our own image, in our own like-ness (our own imagination), i.e., what we want him to be like instead being Who He Is as revealed in the Bible. He is the God of Truth, Whose passion is order, desiring His Kingdom to be established on earth, that His will would be done on earth as it is in heaven.

The reality is that in our government and in our churches, Isaiah 59:14 is again true today: “Justice is turned back, and righteousness

stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.”

Both political sides are selling out the nation for a price of their own choosing and convenience. Supposedly “republican” business interests want excessively cheap labor, which is an immoral violation of James 5:4. An overt desire of liberal democrats is to gain new voters, even illegal ones if necessary, and that violates any sense of fair play or allegiance to the Constitution. To take people from another nation, override the legal process and grant them amnesty so as to arbitrarily gain new voters to further their own socialistic agenda is particularly twisted and hypocritical. It reminds me a lot in principle of the ac-cusation Jesus brought against the Pharisees of “traveling the world to make converts and making them twice the son of hell you are.”

One political agenda (liberalism) is about the overt destruction of America. The countering political agenda (conservatism) is often compromising and spineless. On the whole, what passes as “spiritual” leadership is a man-pleasing compromise between the two politi-cal agendas, instead of adherence to the higher, overriding Biblical and Constitutional truth, proclaimed clearly, accurately applied, with authority, and without compromise. We urgently need to return to that higher standard!

Mark Williamson is the Founder and President of Foundation Restoration Ministries and Federal Intercessors, educational and intercessory ministries dedicated to the restoration of Biblical truth, righteousness and justice in the nation, and the high offices of the Federal government. The views expressed in this column are his personal opinions and observations. Learn more and join the prayer cause at www.federalintercessors.net. You may contact him directly at [email protected], or at 713-722-4301.

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What can I say? What dare I say to the response C. B. Overton sent me in reply to last week’s article? I’ve know CB for 30 years. We worked together on a project for the United States Army that is still being used as a model that projected many of the things that are happening in our country today. When we wrote that the Army’s key to a successful recruit was someone who finished high school, it’s mindboggling that more money is spent by researchers to tell us the same thing. Graduating from high school shows a certain tenacity and stick-to-itiveness. Graduating from high school was an indica-tor recruiters used as they grew the all-Volunteer force. Graduating from high school was a ticket to other things. But graduating from

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I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Each day I think God looks down and sees what Archie will do to have him ROTFL. For you old folks, that’s ‘rolling on the floor laughing.’ You see I know God has a sense of humor, and everyday he gets at least one laugh from me as I make mistakes I’ve never made before. I travel a road I’ve not taken. I have a different take on something I’ve never realized before, because God keeps me grounded.

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I go back to Dr. Overton’s comment [an honorary degree I’ve awarded her, as she’s continued to be a bastion of knowledge for me] and as I go back, I realize she’s right. I don’t see a man like Sarah Palin who has the chutzpah, gravitas or testicular fortitude to get men to rally behind him and say in the inimitable word as the new anchor in ‘Network,’ “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to stand for it anymore.”

And we should be, men. Spending more money for prisons than we spend on education, that’s something to be mad about. We have

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Men, we have to get tough. We have to realize as Dr. Overton admonishes, get off your duff, ‘get to work, earn an education, act like men! Lazy won’t get it…women today won’t…be married to a lazy guy. Then tell me, who will our young boys have to look to as they attempt to become men who want to be fathers? Think about it! “‘if they feel God has deserted them,’ do they think it’s because God left them, or they left God?”Father Max [p. 38]from “Murder Behind Closed Doors” by Jere Myles Archie R. Wortham, PhDEducator & Writer


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The desire to have children is hard-wired into the hearts of men and women in all countries and cultures. From the little girl who grows up playing with dolls and imagining the day she will become a mommy to the young man who ponders the day when he’ll be raising a son of his own, it is perfectly normal to pursue the lifelong dream of starting a family.

While many Katy couples are able to conceive effortlessly, others do not get immediate natural results. Eventually some must battle a roadblock to parenthood: Infertility. They face frustration, despair, heartbreak, and even blame themselves or each other for a situation that can’t be solved without medical intervention.

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Why is conception and pregnancy so easy for some and so difficult for others? According to Dr. Haddad, Medical Director at HFI, 1/3 of infertility issues stem from women, 1/3 stem from men, and 1/3 is a mix of each. Every case differs, but infertility patients may have several struggles in common. Low sperm count in men or irregularities within a woman’s uterus and fallopian tubes may be the culprit. Hidden in-juries or hormonal imbalances in either gender can cause problems as can undetected birth defects. Stress, obesity, and even excessive exercise can cause infertility. The list goes on and on and includes requests to reverse vasectomies and tubal ligations. “Testicular aspirations are actu-ally more successful than vasectomy reversals,” says Dr. Haddad. “The same goes for tubal ligations. Usually in-vitro fertilization is much faster with a higher success rate than a reversal.” Regardless of the reason for infertility, hope and answers are available.

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Way back in 1970 Lynn Anderson made famous a song by Joe South called I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN. When I was preparing to write this column God brought this song to my at-tention, and I can see why. When I hear people talk, sometimes I can hear God humming that tune in the back of his head. You see God never promised us life in this world would be easy. I fear pop culture has led us to believe otherwise. We are bombarded daily by commer-cial after commercial that life should be good, after all we deserve it ! Our own government trots out programs to provide for this, and provide for that. Everywhere around us are voices telling us that life should be easy, and effortless !

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When we are in the midst of a situation it can seem like things will go on as they are forever. Fortunately this is never the case. One of the most important things to remember when our life is getting difficult is to remember how temporary our struggles are. One of the greatest challenges of surviving our struggles is reminding ourselves that we can and will feel happy again. We find this in JOB 11:16 “ For thou shalt forget thy misery: Thou shalt remember it as waters washed away.” (ASV) Isn’t that a wonderful thought ! Can you imagine sitting next to a river, the soft sound of the bubbling water washing away every care you have in the world. This is what God has promised. That you will journey through problems brought on by this world. You can and will reach a place of peace !

Our biggest mistake would be in not turning to God when times get tough. Our heavenly father is the one who will guide us and give us the comfort that we need. Look at JOB 29:25 “ I took charge and

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