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CONTENTS Destinations 6 Project 543 Alamance Battleground
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The First Footin’ Five Miler
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Choose & Cut An Old Fashioned Family Tradition
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The Christmas Flotilla
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Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina
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Along The Way
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Destinations More Events and Interactive Maps at DashboardsandSaddlebags.com The National Gingerbread House Competition & Display™ Nov 20, 2012 – Jan 2, 2013 Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Asheville, NC 28804 Contestants from across the country bring their architectural masterpieces to The Grove Park Inn for display over the holidays. Delight in the imagination shown in these sugar-and-spice creations, strolling through the competition is a sure way to be swept up in the holiday spirit. There is no admission charge to view the entries to the National Gingerbread House Competition. In addition to the gingerbread overload, see the beautiful holiday displays throughout and warm by the giant fireplaces in the grand lobby. Pick up a map in the lobby to find the various areas where the entries are displayed. groveparkinn.com Trail of Lights Nov 20 – Dec 24, 2012 Waldensian Trail of Faith Valdese, NC 28690 In its 11th year, this event continues to be a favorite of the holiday season. Using close to 100,000 lights, this beautiful Christmas light display is unique because it not only showcases the traditional Christmas theme but also includes several displays intertwined with Waldensian Culture. The gift shop is open and ready to serve hot chocolate. Volunteers are very knowledgable in Waldensian History. www.visitvaldese.com Cars and Coffee Gathering Charlotte Sat, December 1, 8am – 9am NC Music Factory 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. Its that time again hopefully the rain will stay away and we’ll have a great weekend to get together! Please remember to be respectful of the property and towards each other, we don’t want to lose the support from our new home. Mountain Wine Country Holiday Weekend Dec 1 – 2, 2012 Callaboose Cellars, 565 Aquone Rd. Andrews, NC 28901 Purchase a limited edition Mountain Wine Country glass for $10.00 and take it to participating wineries during this special two-day event. Tasting charges will be waived and each winery is offering something special to its Holiday Weekend visitors. Participating wineries include Calaboose Cellars in Andrews, Eagle Fork Vineyards in Hayesville, Cherokee Cellars in Murphy, Nottely River Valley Vineyards in Murphy, and Valley River Vineyards in Murphy, plus others in the region. www.mountainwinecountry.com 6th Annual Reindeer Fun Run Sat, December 1, 8pm – 11pm 100 E. Main Street Aberdeen, NC 28315 An event for all of North Carolina. The Reindeer Fun Run showcases the best of Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Southern Pines. The 5k curves through the historic downtown neighborhoods of Aberdeen with rolling hills and wide turns. The 12k incorporates the 5k route along with a scenic tour of Bethesda, and the Malcolm Blue Farm. Both courses finish on a sloping downhill toward
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Destinations Appalachian Christmas Sat, December 1, 7pm – 9pm HART Main Stage Theater Waynesville, NC 28786 Initiate the Holidays with an Appalachain Christmas musical event that evokes nostalgic recollections of holiday celebrations evident in early settlements in the Appalachain Mountains. This program of traditional regional melodies is an enjoyable way to set the tone for the holiday season. www.sheltonhouse.org Christmas Lovefeast at Wake Forest University Sun, December 2, 8:00pm – 9:30pm Wait Chapel on Wake Forest University campus. Winston-Salem, NC 27106 The largest annual Moravian Lovefeast, a simple meal shared with family and friends which seeks to strengthen spirit of unity and good will among all people, in the country. Visitors are welcome to take part in this custom that originated in Europe and was brought by the Moravians to North Carolina in 1753. www.wfu.edu “A Christmas Carol” Dec 6 – 23, 2012 Asheville Masonic Temple Theatre 80 Broadway Asheville, NC 28801 Come celebrate Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday with his seasonal tale of human kindness and redemption. Directed by our founder, Hazel Robinson, in her 30th year in the role, the old crew is back again, spinning a Victorian yarn for the ages. This story is sure to warm your heart and put you in the holiday spirit! Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm. Thursday, Dec. 6 is “Pay What We’re Worth” Night - see the show, THEN pay what you think we’re worth! Presented at Asheville’s newly restored Masonic Temple. Tickets available by calling the box office at 828-254-5146 or online at www.montfordparkplayers. org. Free parking at Home Trust Bank - 10 Woodfin St. Appalachian Christmas at Lake Junaluska Dec 7 – 8, 2012 Lake Junaluska Friday’s concert features The Lake Junaluska Singers performing classic carols for the holidays. Saturday’s afternoon performance includes a pre-concert by award-winning, regional children’s choir, Voice in the Laurel, followed by a repeat performance of the Singers’ Friday night Christmas concert. Saturday evening features a special performance of Handel’s Messiah by The Lake Junaluska Singers with combined choirs and orchestra. 2 and 3 night packages available. Packages start at just $155.00 per person and include: lodging, meals and concert tickets. www.lakejunaluska.com Vineyards of Swan Creek Holiday Open House Friday, Dec 7, 2012 450 Groce Road Ronda, NC 28670 Join the Vineyards of Swan Creek as we celebrate the holidays. Featuring music, chestnut roasting, wine tastings, and more. Give the gift of wine for the ones you love. For more information about this event, call (336) 835-9463 or visit www.swancreekvineyards.com.
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Destinations Winter Wonderland Fri, December 7, 5pm – 9pm Main Street Franklin, NC 28734 Franklin’s Holiday Festival-Historic downtown Franklin will be changed into a Winter Wonderland. The event will be one night only. Live music, Santa Clause, wagon rides. www.renewingfranklin.org Olde Fashioned Hendersonville Christmas Fri, December 7, 5 pm – 8 pm Main Street - Downtown Hendersonville, NC 28792 Olde Fashioned Hendersonville Christmas features carolers, entertainment, merchant’s open house and refreshments, all with a Victorian flair. www.downtownhendersonville.org Dinner at Goat Lady Dairy Fri, December 7, 5:30pm – 9:30pm Goat Lady Dairy Climax NC Goat Lady Dairy is offering two monthly opportunities to enjoy locally grown cuisine in an unique setting. Choose from “Dinner at the Dairy” or “Sunday Supper” and prepare for great food, great company and the chance to learn a little more about where our food comes from. Dinner at the Dairy - Each month Goat Lady Dairy offers an unique fine dining experience. Guests enjoy a farm tour and a five-course menu carefully selected to feature fresh vegetables, herbs, cheese and meats produced on the farm. Conclude the evening with coffee or tea and the farm’s famous Chocolate Goat Cheese Truffles. Sunday Supper Enjoy a casual evening of farm fresh food and fun. Meet the farmers, cheese-makers, chickens and goats, and tour the gardens to learn where your food comes from, how it is produced and how we all can create a sustainable future for local food. Chef Scott creates a three-course supper using what is best from the farm that week. Sunday Suppers are ideal for adults and families with school age children. www.goatladydairy.com Festival of Lights Fri, December 7, 6pm – 9pm Downtown Greensboro, NC 27406 Greensboro’s annual kick-off to the holiday season. Fun for the whole family. This festival is centered around the lighting of the Community Tree in Center City Park accompanied with a sing-along. There will also be 6 blocks of live music and entertainment, pictures with Santa, children crafts and more! This event coincides with Greensboro’s First Friday event so there will be endless amounts of fun to go around. www.festivaloflightsgso.org Duke Homestead Christmas by Candlelight Fri, December 7, 7pm – 9pm Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum, 2828 Duke Homestead Rd Durham, NC 27705 Celebrate an 1870 Christmas during the evening candlelight tours of the Homestead. The Homestead tour features period decorations, caroling, hot apple cider, and other goodies. Additional entertainment will be available in the visitor center. www.dukehomestead.org
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Destinations Salem Christmas Sat, December 8, 8pm – 9pm Old Salem Museums & Gardens Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Join us for hands-on activities, demonstrations, wagon rides, cooking and more! At 5:15pm carol singing and lighting of the Christmas pyramid. www.oldsalem.org Fort Dobbs Living History Weekend Sat, December 8, 10pm – 4pm Fort Dobbs 438 Fort Dobbs Road Statesville, NC 28625 Historic interpreters will present musket and cannon firing demonstrations as well as ongoing demonstrations of 18th Century camp life. Visitors are welcome to return to the site at 7:00pm Saturday to warm up with hot cider and a blazing bonfire while joining the garrision in the singing of period carols. www.fortdobbs.org A Huntersville Christmas Sat, December 8, 5pm – 8pm Downtown Huntersville, NC 28078 Come out to this community event and enjoy the festive celebrations in our newly renovated Downtown Huntersville. There will be pony rides, magic shows, entertainment, horse and carriage rides, a bonfire, story telling, rides and games, children’s crafts, a visit from Santa and much more! www.huntersville.org Black Mountain Christmas Cookie Tour Dec 15 – 16, 2012 Black Mountain, NC 28711 1-4pm Saturday and Sunday. Beautiful decorations, great cookies and take home recipe book. Red Rocker, The Madison Inn, Inn on Mill Creek, The Monte Vista Hotel and the Chamber’s Visitor Center participating. $10 Advance tickets available at Visitor Center. Tickets at all locations during event. www.exploreblackmountain.com/calendar.php Awake The White And Wint’ry Queen - A Celebrational Solstice Concert Event Fri, December 21, 8 pm – 10 pm Carolina Theatre Greensboro NC A gorgeous seasonal Winter Solstice spectacle featuring original music with world-beat diversity and an ageless aesthetic. Dance and filmed elements round out a story of the longest night of the year and a joyous return to the light! An alternative to the usual holiday fare - composed/conceptualized and produced in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad. Entertainment for the whole family! www.winterqueenshow.com Mt. Olive’s New Year Pickle Drop Mon, December 31, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Corner of Cucumber & Vine Mount Olive, NC 28365 The 13th annual New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop! The New Year’s Eve Pickle descends down the flagpole at the stroke of 7pm midnight – that’s 7 o’clock EST, which also happens to be midnight Greenwich Mean Time. (That way, we are official, we shout Happy New Year! - and we don’t have to stay up until midnight.) Enjoy live music by The Harmony Boys, and Dr.
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Destinations Alan Armstrong on the bagpipes. Free refreshments, including Mt. Olive pickles! www.mtolivepickles.com Annual New Years Day First Footin’ Hike and 5 Miler Tue, January 1, 2013, 11am – 3pm Historic Rural Hill Huntersville, NC 28078 On New Year’s Day, runners from around the region will participate in the Rural Hill 2012 First Footin’ Five Miler, presented by McIntosh Law Firm. The course of 5 miles will wind from Historic Rural Hill up beautiful and secluded Neck Road to Folkston Drive, continue up Pamela Street and back down Edna Drive. At that point Runners will return, traveling back down Neck Road until ending at Historic Rural Hill. This run is all paved and relatively easy, perfect for getting back on track after the holidays. Challenge your body and ease your mind by running one of Mecklenburg County’s most secluded and historic rural roads. The race will start at 11:00am January 1st and will end at Rural Retreat, where the delicious tradition of First Footin’ will continue with homemade soup, fellowship, and revelry unlike any other race in the county! www.ruralhill.net
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Project 543 Alamance Battleground Follow A Battle That Was A Preview Of The American Revolution I n the late 1700 s , a group of colonists disgruntled with British rule decided to revolt and overthrow the government. This wasn’t Washington and Jefferson, it was a group called the “Regulators.” And unlike their counterparts a few years later, these patriots were defeated in battle and several were hanged as traitors. However, their tactics would become a model for the American Revolution. Today, visitors can tour the site of this pre-Revolutionary War battle at the Alamance Battleground Historic Site in Burlington, see a home that is characteristic of Project 543 tells the story of unique spots across North Carolina we hope will become some of your favorite places. Why 543? Because that’s the number of miles from Manteo, on the coast, to Murphy, in the mountains, and is traditionally considered to be the width of our state. The entries in this project are in no particular order, and we’ll add to them each week. Check in often to find inspiration for your next trip, or start planning today at VisitNC.com. Photo credit: Burlington / Alamance County Convention & Visitors Bureau
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that era, learn about what led to the conflict and witness historic re-enactments during the 18th Century Living Experience weekend as well as other special events. A visitor center is located on the very same grounds where Royal Governor William Tryon led the North Carolina militia against the Regulators in battle on May 16, 1771. The center also features an audiovisual program about the site.
Alamance Battleground On this site in 1771, an armed rebellion of backcountry farmers — called Regulators — battled against royal governor William Tryon’s militia. Visitors can tour the 18th-century Allen House and battlefield monuments. These features, together with the visitor center’s DVD orientation program, offer a vivid account of this colonial battle, as well as the oppressive British colonial policies that sparked the revolt.
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he five mile course’s challenging terrain varies and includes plenty of hills, roots, rocks, grass, uneven surfaces, and gravel. Watch out for the possibility of mud in some areas. Runners will start near the Rural Hill Cabin site and will run the course once in a clockwise direction before doubling back and returning to the start. Historic Rural Hill’s Director of Education Zac Vinson is an avid trail and ultra runner who trains near-daily in and around Rural Hill. In designing this and other Rural Hill trail races, Vinson’s philosophy is to design a challenging and fast-paced run over unique and varied terrain that will be a fun and challenging introduction to trail running for those who are more accustomed to paved surfaces. The First Footin’ Five Miler is held in conjunction with the First Footin’ walk, a free family event held every year at Rural Hill as an observance of Hogmanay, or Scottish New Years. The walk is led by Rural Hill staff and circles around the property, ending at the cabin site with a free meal of soup, fresh bread, baked goods, and much more. For more information on the walk and its history, click here. Runners and their families are certainly welcome at this community celebration, and are encouraged to bring one or more non-perishable food items to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Rural Hill’s property dates back to 1765 when John Davidson, the son of Scottish Immigrants, first settled on land he had purchased from his father in law. Eventually John would become a Major in the Mecklenburg County Militia, sign the May 20, 1775 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and serve in the Cherokee Campaigns of the American Revolution. Rural Hill continued forward in history as one of the most profitable plantations in Mecklenburg County until
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Choose & Cut An Old Fashioned Family Tradition W TREE FACTS North Carolina ranks second in the nation in live Christmas tree production. Fraser Firs are native to the Southern Appalachian region. They are extremely well-adapted to the environmental conditions of Watauga County. Christmas trees are grown as a renewable crop, and therefore add more living trees to our planet. Unlike Christmas trees of the past, modern Christmas tree farms replant up to 3 tree seedlings for every tree that is harvested from their farm. Modern-day Christmas tree farms do not cut down trees in the forest and sell them to customers. By planting Christmas tree seedlings every year, farmers are helping to decrease the carbon footprint of their farms. Living Christmas trees will absorb and retain carbon from the atmosphere and utilize it for photosynthesis, producing sugars and carbohydrates for the trees to live off of. Christmas tree farms provide shelter, food, and habitat for a diverse array of wildlife, including bears, deer, groundhogs, squirrels, turkey, quail, songbirds, insects, and microorganisms in the soil. Real Christmas trees, as opposed to artificial Christmas trees, are 100% biodegradable and can be recycled in many ways: chipped up for mulch, sunken in ponds to create fish habitat, placed in the backyard for use as a birdfeeder or using trees to stabilize sand dunes on coastal areas. Artificial Christmas trees are made overseas from petroleum-based products and non-recyclable PVC plastics. Some artificial trees are packaged with a pair of gloves, to protect customers from directly touching the Lead that artificial trees contain.
atauga County, known as the “Choose and Cut Capital”, is home to some of the most entertaining and scenic Choose and Cut farms across the region. Choose and Cut involves customers visiting a tree farm and roaming across tree-covered hillsides hunting the perfect tree to take home with them. Choose and Cut is the essential holiday family tradition, where young and old alike can enjoy a day on a real farm. Many farms offer hayrides, farm animals, cookies and cocoa, and even Christmas Shops where wreaths and roping are also available. Many families visit the same Choose and Cut farm year after year, establishing long-lasting friendships and cherished family traditions. Countless couples have chosen Choose and Cut as the occasion to ring in an engagement as well as the Christmas Season. Come bring your family to the Boone and Blowing Rock areas in Watauga County. Shop at unique mountain craft stores and visit classic destinations like Dan’l Boone Inn and Mast General Store. Come explore Watauga County and Choose and Cut farms…you’ll be glad you did!
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the American Revolution many North Carolina people became strongly discontented with the way the provincial government was handling the colony’s affairs. However, their quarrel was not with the form of government or the colony’s laws but with abuses by government officials. Grievances affecting the daily lives of the colonists included excessive taxes, dishonest sheriffs, and illegal fees. Scarcity of money contributed to the state of unrest. Those living in the western part of the province were isolated and unsympathetic with the easterners and it was in those frontier counties that the War of the Regulation began. Minor clashes occurred until the spring of 1768, when an association of “Regulators” was formed. Wealthier colonists considered them to be a mob. The Regulators never had an outstanding leader, though several men were prominent in the movement; including James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, and Herman Husband. Husband, a Quaker and follower of Benjamin Franklin, circulated political pamphlets advocating peaceful reform.
Violent Resistance Discouraged over failing to secure justice through peaceful negotiations, the reformers took a more radical stand. Violence, lawlessness, and terrorism reigned. When the government retaliated against them, the Regulators defiantly refused to pay fees, terrorized those who administered the law, and disrupted court proceedings.
It fell to royal governor William Tryon to bring the backcountry revolt to a speedy conclusion. In March 1771, the governor’s council advised Tryon to call out the militia and march against the rebel farmers. Volunteers for the militia were mustered. When the expedition finally got under way, Gen. Hugh Waddell was ordered to approach Hillsborough by way of Salisbury, with Cape Fear and wester n militia at his command. Tryon and his army proceeded more directly toward Hillsborough. Waddell, with only 284 men, was challenged on his way by a large groups of Regulators. Since he was outnumbered, the general decided to turn back. On May 11, Governor Tryon and his forces left Hillsborough intending to rescue Waddell. After resting on the banks of Alamance Creek in the heart of Regulator country, Tryon gathered his army of approximately a thousand men. Five miles away, 2,000 Regulators had assembled.
The Battle of Alamance The battle began on May 16 after the Regulators rejected Tryon’s suggestion that they disperse peacefully. Lacking leadership, organization, and adequate arms and ammunition, the Regulators were no match for Tryon’s militia. Many Regulators fled, leaving their bolder comrades to fight on. The rebellion of the Regulators was crushed. Nine members of the king’s militia were killed and 61 wounded. The Regulator losses were much greater, though exact numbers are unknown. Tryon took Continued On Page 27
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Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina Biltmore Estate 1 Approach Road off us 25 in Asheville Biltmore is open daily except for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The hours are 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. January though March and 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. April through December. An admission fee is charged. For information, call 800-624-1575 or 828-225-1333 or visit www.hiltmore.com
The first film shot at Biltmore was Tap Roots, starring Van Heflin and Susan Hayward. Almost a decade later, The Swan featured the future princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly,- Alec Guinness, playing a character named, ironically, Prince Albert, and Louis Jourdan. Biltmore staffers of that era were amused over a sequence in the movie in which a horse-drawn carriage pulls up and a bag is thrown into what is supposed to be a stable, but is actually a kitchen. Filming was dormant over the next couple of decades but came back strong with Being There, starring the brilliant Peter Sellers in the career-topping role of Chauncey. Exterior shots lovingly show the grandeur of Biltmore House, which is supposed to be a mansion outside Washington. Melvyn Douglas won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar®, and Shirley MacLaine and Jack Warden also appear. And yes, that’s the lagoon in Chance’s famous final “divine” scene. The 1980 s saw only the Don Knotts/Tim Conway vehicle The Private Eyes and the obscure A Breed Apart utilize the house and grounds, but the I 990s started a renaissance of first-rate productions, including
the Michael Caine/Jim Belushi comedy Mr. Destiny, Richie Rich, Best Picture Forrest Gump, My Fellow Americans, Patch Adams, and Hannihal Most of the areas utilized in films are open to the public. Staff members will be glad to point out various locations, including the following highlights, starting with the grounds. Film junkies will have to use their imaginations to re-create the mock-up of the White House built beside the lagoon for My Fellow Americans, starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner as expresidents on the run. The stone bridge over the bass pond on the way to the winery appears in Duncan’s trip to Albany early in The Last of the Mohicans. Remote areas of the grounds appear briefly in the montage of Forrest Gump (Best Actor Tom Hanks) running across America. In Patch Adams, Robin
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Williams uses a run-down cabin on the estate as a medical clinic, this area is not accessible to the public. Moving inside, the tapestry gallery was the setting for the opening shot of Richie Rich, - observant film junkies will note the close-up of the portrait of George W. Vanderbilt hanging over the door to the library. Later, young Richie (Macaulay Culkin) rides his tricycle through the room. The opening scene in Hannibal, in which Verger (Gary Oldman) is offered Dr. Lecter’s mask, takes place in the beautiful, wood-paneled library next door, which contains Mr. Vanderbilt’s collection of 23,000 volumes. Other films using the library have included Mr. Destiny, Richie Rich, and Being There The banquet hall, the largest room in the house, is
where the Vanderbilts entertained and where their descendants continue to hold traditional Christmas parties. The room’s long banquet table invites a Citizen Kane moment, Richie Rich supplied a satirical twist in the scene with the telephones. Another favorite is the music room, converted to a hospital in Being There The billiard room is seen in The Private Eyes and Richie Rich And though it sports a red color scheme, Mr. Vanderbilt’s bedroom isn’t Richie’s bedroom. The staff also points out that there is not a McDonald’s on the site.
Credits Hannibal (2001); Patch Adams (1998); My Fellow Americans (1996); Forrest Gump (1994); Richie Rich (1994); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); Mr. Destiny (1990); A Breed Apart (1984); The Private Eyes (1980); Being There (1979); The Swan(1956); Tap Roots (1948); and others
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15 prisoners; seven were hung later. Many Regulators moved on to other frontier areas beyond North Carolina. Those who stayed were offered pardons by the governor in exchange for pledging an oath of allegiance to the royal government. T h e Wa r o f t h e R e g u l a t i o n illustrates how dissatisfied much of the population was during the days before the American Revolution. The boldness displayed by reformers opposed to royal authority provided a lesson in the use of armed resistance, which patriots employed a few short years later in the American War for Independence.
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