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Potential Impacts of a Renewable and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard in Kentucky

The study estimates the impacts of a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard on Kentucky’s portfolio of electricity resources, on average electric bills, and on the state’s economy. The report was produced by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. for the Mountain…


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Fossil-Free Investment for a Just Appalachian Transition: Obstacles and Opportunities

This paper by the Croatan Institute was commissioned by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED). The paper addresses the effect that the growing movement for divestment from fossil fuels and investment in more sustainable…


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Case Study: Assessing Impacts of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work for Save Passamaquoddy Bay on an economic and fiscal impact analysis of proposed liquefied natural gas terminals.  Save Passamaquoddy Bay (www.savepassamaquoddybay.org)…


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Innovation Economy Comes to Eight Towns: The GCT Process and the Triple Bottom Line

Profiles the experience of eight local governments in five states with Green Community Technologies©, an innovative inventory, analysis, and planning process that helps organize and identify the most pressing problems local governments are facing.
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Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy

A civic decision making tool for evaluating the viability of wood biomass district heating systems for New Hampshire communities.


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Case Study: Leadership in Community Wealth Creation

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's project management work with the Wealth Creation in Rural Communities - Building Sustainable Livelihoods (WealthWorks) initiative.


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Distributing Electric Energy in Rural America Efficiently and Economically: The Micro-grid Option

This paper describes opportunities for and barriers to managing electricity production and consumption at the community level via micro-grid systems.


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Harnessing the Sun as an Alternative Energy Resource: Economic and Social Impacts of PV Use in Electricity Production

This paper examines economic impacts, policy frameworks, and socially inclusive training programs related to photovoltaic energy.
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The Significant Potential of Wind Energy in America: A Transformative Force in Struggling U.S. Rural Economies?

This paper examines opportunities and issues related to wind energy development in rural America, with case studies illustrating a range of wind energy projects.


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Financing Renewable Energy Projects: An Overview

This paper reviews methods for financing residential and large-scale renewable energy projects. Examples highlight how communities use these methods to develop cost-effective, energy-efficient, and stable energy sources.
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Wind Energy and Rural Development: A Case Study of West Texas

This case study looks at the extent to which wealth generated by wind energy development in West Texas has remained in and benefited rural communities.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Academy School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Academy School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Alexandria Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet or woodchip heating system makes sense for the Alexandria Central School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Applegate Apartments

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing both woodchip and pellet biomass scenarios for providing heat and hot water at the Applegate Apartment Complex.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Barnet School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Barnet School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Berkshire Hardwoods, Inc.

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a semi-automated woodchip system makes sense for Berkshire Hardwoods, a family-owned business providing hardwood lumber throughout the Northeast and Canada.
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Guide to Public Outreach for Biomass Projects

This guide, produced as part of the Wood Energy Utilization Services project, is meant to show the steps to effective public outreach for biomass projects.
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Is Woody Biomass Right for You?: Biomass Pre-Feasibility Reports

This publication provides overview information about the Wood Energy Utilization Services project and summary lists of the reports created for the project.


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Brasher Falls Central School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Brasher Falls Central School District outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for their St. Lawrence campus facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Buckland Shelburne Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Buckland Shelburne Elementary School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Burrows Paper

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Burrows Paper outlining whether or not biomass energy makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. Two scenarios were analyzed for this study – one analyzes the addition…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Canton Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Canton Central School outlining whether or not a woodchip heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Clifton-Fine Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Clifton-Fine Central School outlining whether or not wood pellet heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Clifton-Fine Hospital

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Clifton-Fine Hospital outlining whether or not wood pellet heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Colrain Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Colrain Central School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Colton-Pierrepont Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Colton-Pierrepont Central School outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Dummerston Town School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Dummerston Town School System
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Eminence Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Eminence R-I Elementary School outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Fairfield Center School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Fairfield Center School


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Fannett-Metal School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing both woodchip and pellet biomass scenarios for providing heat and hot water at the Fannett-Metal School District
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Biomass Heating Analysis for FiberMark

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to FiberMark outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Flood Brook Union School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Flood Brook Union School


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Gainesville R-V School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Gainesville R-V School District outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Hardwick Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Hardwick Elementary School
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Hawlemont Regional School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Hawlemont Regional School
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Biomass Heating Analysis for HDK Wood Products

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to HDK Wood Products (HDK) outlining whether or not a wood heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report included…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Hermon DeKalb Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Hermon-DeKalb Central School outlining whether or not a biomass heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. This study analyzes two different biomass…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Indiana Area Senior High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Indiana Area Senior High School outlining whether or not a biomass heating project makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. This study analyzes the installation of…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Jersey Shore Area School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Jersey Shore Area School District outlining whether or not a biomass heating system makes sense for the District from a practical perspective. This study analyzes three different…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Kazon Building

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Kazon Building. The Kazon Building is a mixed-use building (with office space and apartments) with about 22 occupants in West Rutland.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Lakewoods Resort

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Lakewoods Resort outlining whether or not a biomass energy project makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. This study analyzes three different biomass scenarios,…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Lewis County Complex

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Lewis County Complex outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Margaretville Hospital

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Margaretville Hospital outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario that was analyzed for this report includes…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Mifflinburg Area School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a district energy scenario usingy a central woodchip boiler heating system makes sense for the Mifflinburg Area School District.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Minerva Town Garage Complex

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Minerva Town Garage complex outlining whether or not installing a cordwood boiler makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Mohawk Trail Regional High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing both woodchip and pellet biomass scenarios for providing heat and hot water at the Mohawk Trail Regional High School
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Morristown School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing both woodchip and pellet biomass scenarios for providing heat and hot water at the Morristown School District.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Mountain-View Birch Tree Liberty Junior / Senior High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Mountain View-Birch Tree (MV-BT) Liberty High School outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Old Forge Properties

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a district energy scenario usingy a central woodchip boiler heating system makes sense for Old Forge Properties. Old Forge Properties is the parent company to three business units: Enchanted…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Orange Center School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Orange Center School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Oxford Hills School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Oxford Hills School District outlining whether or not biomass energy makes sense for the Harrison Elementary School, Oxford Elementary School, Oxford Hills Middle School, Paris Elementary…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Penns Manor Area School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Penns Manor Area School District outlining whether or not a biomass heating project makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. This study analyzes two different biomass…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Perry County School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Perry County School District outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report envisions…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Potsdam Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Potsdam Central School outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Riley County Grade School & High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment that provides two analyses, one investigating the benefits of a pellet heating system for the Riley County Grade School and one investigating a pellet system for the Riley County High School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Robinson Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Robinson Elementary School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Rolla Junior High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Rolla Junior High School outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report envisions…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Salmon River Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Salmon River Central School District outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Sharon Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Sharon Elementary School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Southern Fulton Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Southern Fulton Elementary School outlining whether or not a biomass heating project makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. This study analyzes two different biomass…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Ellington Schools / Southern Reynolds Co. R-II

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to Southern Reynolds County R-II Ellington Campus outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for…
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Biomass and Green Building Heating Analysis for South Kortright District Heating

The pre-feasibility assessments included in this report are specifically tailored to South Kortright, outlining whether or not a woodchip district energy system makes sense for this community from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Steelville Elementary and Middle Schools

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Steelville R-III School District outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. The biomass scenario analyzed for this report…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Town of Webb Union Free School District

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment that analyzes two different biomass scenarios for heating the School. One scenario analyzes the installation of a wood pellet boiler while the other scenario analyzes the installation of a semi-automated woodchip…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Trapp Family Lodge

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Trapp Family Lodge outlining whether or not biomass heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective. Two scenarios were analyzed for this study – both scenarios…
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Biomass Heating Analysis for United Helpers Cedars Complex

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the United Helpers Cedars Complex outlining whether or not wood pellet heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Wallingford Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Wallingford Elementary School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Washington Village School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Washington Village School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Watertown Industrial Center

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Watertown Industrial Center outlining whether or not woodchip heating makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the West Rutland School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the West Rutland School outlining whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for this facility from a practical perspective.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Winchendon School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Winchendon School outlining three different biomass scenarios that included a pellet system to serve the Main building; a pellet system to serve the string of buildings running along…
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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report: Appendices

These appendices contain supplemental material for the final report compiled by Yellow Wood, documenting work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates…


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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report: Executive Summary

An executive summary of work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates for biomass energy and provide biomass pre-feasibility studies. Yellow Wood worked…


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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report

A final report of work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates for biomass energy and provide biomass pre-feasibility studies. The report summarizes…


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Yellow Wood Notes, Fall 2010

Wealth Creation in Rural Commuities, Central Appalachian Network, Biomass Energy, Workforce Central, What's New at Yellow Wood? Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2008

Ford Foundation, You Get What You Measure©, Green Community Technologies©, What’s New at Yellow Wood?; Spring Puzzler and Spring Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2011

Update on Our Work: Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy; Wealth Creation in Rural Communities; 25th Anniversary Party; You Get What You Measure© Presentations


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2009

Wealth Creation in Rural Communities; Central Appalachian Network; Biomass Energy; Adirondacks; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Spring Puzzler and Spring Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2010

Wealth Creation in Rural Commuities; Central Appalachian Network; Biomass Energy; Workforce Central; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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