Week ending: Saturday 23rd October 2004

Military backs 'high risk' move
The cabinet will risk the wrath of Labour's backbenches today by endorsing the dispatch of 650 Black Watch troops into a high-risk US-controlled area south of Baghdad. The troops will move north shortly, and will be replaced by Scots Guards now based in Cyprus. The decision means Britain will increase the number of troops it has in Iraq by 600, though the prime minister yesterday pledged the Black Watch troops would be home by Christmas. Britain's current military strength in Iraq is 8,500.

Man's body found after RAF alert
Police have recovered the body of an RAF serviceman at an air base which was closed after a security alert. A high-powered rifle was discovered near the body of Flight Sergeant Philip Herring, 40, at RAF Kinloss in the north east of Scotland. The entire base was cordoned off after a man carrying a gun was reported near the main gates. The body was spotted by the crew of an RAF helicopter. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.

Israel on alert as rumours circulate of right-wing plot to assassinate Sharon
Security around the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and the Knesset has been further tightened in the approach to next week's vote on disengagement from Gaza that also threatens to divide sections of the army as well as Mr Sharon's own Likud Party. The security services are reportedly on high alert against possible attacks on the Prime Minister, and his personal bodyguard has been augmented in an atmosphere turning increasingly volatile about next week's vote on the plan to withdraw 8,000 Jewish settlers from Gaza.

Greens to unveil alternative crime policy
The Green party will today make crime a centrepiece of their last conference before a likely general election, in a break from their usual focus on climate change, genetically modified food and conflict. Although the radical environmentalist party, meeting in Weston-super-Mare for the final conference of the autumn season, will still debate the topics they have traditionally made their own over their 30-year history. But, with a general election widely expected for May 5 next year, the party is now pitching at a more mainstream audience - albeit with a far from mainstream message.

Soldiers fear that they are 'sleeping with the enemy'
Deep mistrust is discovered between American troops and Iraqi soldiers they are training If the US marines and Iraqi national guardsmen living at the Karmah military barracks near Fallujah talk at all, they speak through the bars of a small window. The Americans peer out from the ammunition room, filled with weapons confiscated from suspected insurgents, trading banter with the Iraqis who stand on tiptoes in a huddle outside, their eyes squinting against the glare of the late summer sun.

BNP governors to be imposed on schools
Teachers' leaders are seeking talks with Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, after being told they cannot stop a local council appointing British National Party (BNP) members as school governors. Councillors in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, have voted to allow the dominant party in each ward to take seats on local governing bodies under a reorganisation required by new government regulations.

Operation Desert Fraud: How Keith Idema marketed his imaginary Afghan war
In January 2002, As U.S. Forces in Afghanistan were hunting down Al Qaeda suspects, the CBS news show 60 Minutes II got its hands on some sensational footage: seven hours’ worth of videotape showing Al Qaeda terrorists training in an Afghan camp. The source of the tapes, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema—known familiarly as Keith—was more than a little dubious. Idema claimed to be working as an adviser to the Northern Alliance, but he was also an ex-con who had served three years in federal prison for wire fraud and had a criminal record in three states. He was, in addition, a serial litigator who had once sued CBS. But the tape’s content—featuring masked men in a bullet-scarred compound training to assassinate and kidnap world leaders—proved a TV producer’s dream.

'The Bush regime engineered 9-11' says Washigton banner
Union members from across the country gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial yesterday for a rally dubbed the Million Worker March, assembling in smaller-than-expected numbers but making a passionate plea for workers' rights. Linking their struggle with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by standing on the same spot where the slain civil rights leader made his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in August 1963, workers from a variety of trades and causes said King's vision of social and economic equality remains more dream than reality.

Castro 'breaks arm' in rally fall
Fidel Castro, Cuba's 78-year-old leader, is recovering after falling at the end of a public speech and possibly fracturing a knee and an arm. Aides were seen rushing to his assistance as he was leaving a stage in the city of Santa Clara where he had been making a televised speech. He later appeared before the crowd in a chair to say he was 'all in one piece'. There is frequent speculation on the island about the health of Mr Castro, who fainted at a rally three years ago.

Team Bush declares war on the New York Times
During the closing weeks of the 2000 presidential campaign, at a campaign rally, George Bush spotted a veteran political reporter and turned to Dick Cheney, standing next to him on the platform, to remark: 'There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times.' 'Oh yeah, big time,' replied Cheney. Unbeknownst to them, their locker room exchange was caught by an open microphone. Four years later, nobody connected with the Bush-Cheney campaign appears even slightly concerned about being caught denigrating the Times; they are more than happy to do it on the record, as the White House has all but declared open warfare on the nation's leading newspaper.

Financial Times daily urges Britain to reject US troop request
Warning against 'buying further into a failed US strategy, 'the Financial Times has urged Britain to reject a US request to redeploy troops near Baghdad as other newspapers expressed fears Britain was becoming ever more entangled in Iraq. The Financial Times daily expressed doubt that British troops could make much difference if they were to act on a US request to move into central Iraq and give US troops more scope to put down a spreading insurgency. 'Under present circumstances, it is not at all clear this redeployment would help stabilise Iraq,' the daily said.

Vanunu: Dimona nuclear reactor to cause disaster
'Israel and Jordan are on the edge of a human and ecological disaster that could have consequences all the way to Greece,' said Mordechai Vanunu Monday in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro in Jerusalem. 'The Dimona nuclear reactor should have had a lifespan of 25 years and this makes 40 years that it is in service,' said Vanunu. 'It isn't for nothing that the government distributed pills to the people who live near Dimona.' Vanunu was released from prison six months ago after serving 18 years for divulging state secrets regarding Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona.

Police use Taser on 75-year-old woman
The Rock Hill Police Department is investigating why an officer used an electric stun gun on a 75-year-old woman who refused to leave a nursing home where she had gone to visit an ailing friend. The woman, Margaret Kimbrell, said she suffered bruises on her leg and face after she was knocked to the floor by the force of the weapon, called a Taser. Police Chief John Gregory said Tuesday the department is reviewing whether Officer Hattie Macon's use of the Taser was appropriate -- a step that is taken in unusual or high-profile cases.

Cheney accused of hypocrisy for suggesting nuclear attacks
John Edwards called the Bush administration incompetent and hypocritical after Vice President Dick Cheney suggested an American city could be the target of a nuclear attack and John Kerry was not up to heading it off. Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, told about 1,500 people packed into Canton's civic center that a Kerry administration would protect the United States. Edwards repeated the allegations of hypocrisy before about 3,500 people who overflowed the home stands at New Philadelphia High School's football stadium.

Bush and Kerry dance to the tune of Ariel Sharon
In the Middle East maelstrom, all parties acknowledge one fixed point: forceful US diplomatic engagement is essential if the central Israel-Palestine conflict is ever to be resolved. But far from taking the lead over the past four years, the Bush administration has been mostly led by the nose. The man responsible for this extraordinary feat is Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon. Mr Sharon was running a 'war on terror' when George Bush was still running a baseball team in Texas. So not surprisingly, perhaps, it is Mr Bush who, since 9/11, has followed Mr Sharon's example rather than the other way round.

Has George Bush blown his re-election by saying just one word?
At a confidential luncheon with big-money supporters (the RNC Regents), Bush said, 'I'm going to come out strong after my swearing in with fundamental tax reform, tort reform, privatizing of Social Security.' The privatizing of Social Security? Everyone in politics knows a candidate is not supposed to say that. Bush has been trained – with a rolled-up newspaper? – to talk about Social Security 'reform,' not privatization. Mentioning the P-word is a major slip-up (almost as bad politically – perhaps worse – as invading another country by mistake).

The truth about Zelikow and the Sept. 11 cover-up commission
Zelikow, a national security adviser to both Bush administrations and a principal author of the official 9-11 Commission Report, was part of Bush’s transition team for the National Security Council after the 2000 election. He was appointed to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board a month after the Sept. 11 2001 attacks. The Family Steering Committee called for his resignation because of his obvious conflicts of interests. While September 11th has been used to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, shred the Constitution and Bill of Rights, construct a global police state, enrich weapons manufacturers and seize oil assets, there have been no convictions in any courts of law supporting the government conspiracy theory, particularly the Saddam Hussein / Al Qaeda link.

Charity worker kidnapped in Iraq
A senior charity worker with dual British-Iraqi nationality has been kidnapped in Baghdad. Margaret Hassan, who is married to an Iraqi and has lived in the country for 30 years, is head of Care International's Iraq operations. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was 'very concerned' about the kidnapping and offered his sympathy. The latest kidnapping comes less than two weeks after British contractor Ken Bigley, 62, was beheaded.

28 U.S. Soldiers Suspected in Deaths in Afghan Abuse Cases
The U.S. military is investigating 28 soldiers over the deaths in 2002 of two detainees in American custody in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army said. Some could face charges of involuntary manslaughter, a spokeswoman said, giving details of the inquiry carried out as the U.S. military carries out court-martials over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq, reports Agence France-Presse. The bringing of charges marked the latest step by the American military against soldiers involved in the abuse of prisoners in both Iraq and Afghanistan, reports Reuters news agency.

Iraq: Pro-war MPs draw a line in the sand
Labour in revolt over deployment of troops under US command: 'I supported the conflict. I don't abrogate that, but there is a line in the sand to be drawn here. I have a responsibility as a Labour MP and to our British service personnel. I just don't think this can be justified. I would hope that Geoff Hoon will think again about this because it is politically untenable.' Andrew Mackinley (MP for Thurrock), Voted for the war.

Hoon faces growing Iraq revolt
The defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, yesterday faced some of the most serious backbench opposition since the invasion of Iraq when he declared Britain would be 'failing in its duty' to an ally if it did not accede to a US request to send troops into US-controlled sectors south of Baghdad. In a statement to MPs Mr Hoon effectively confirmed that British troops, in the form of the Black Watch battalion, will be deployed, revealing that a reconnaissance group in Iraq will make a final report for a decision by the chiefs of staff by the middle of this week.

Bush's, Kerry's secret society
So what did President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry say to each other before having at each other in their televised debates? Was there more than a perfunctory 'good luck'? And what about the handshakes? For those inclined to wonder, consider this: The president and the senator are members of one of the country's most elite college societies, where loyalty and ritual - and most of all secrecy - are sacred. Bush versus Kerry is a clash of political parties, but it's also an unprecedented faceoff between Bonesmen, brothers from Yale University's revered Skull and Bones. The two have refused to comment on their shared experience, citing the privacy of the order. 'It's so secret, we can't talk about it,' Bush said earlier this year.

Burma's prime minister 'arrested'
Conservative elements in Burma's military junta have ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt from office, reports emerging from the country say. He has been accused of corruption and placed under house arrest, according to Thailand's ambassador to Burma. In recent months diplomats have spoken of a power struggle between Khin Nyunt, number three in Burma's hierarchy, and the hard-line Senior General Than Shwe.

Bush stumbles on military draft
US President George W. Bush surprised his listeners at a campaign rally here Saturday by seeming to oppose, then favor, then oppose replacing the all-volunteer US military with a draft. Aides had alerted reporters to expect 'new language' in Bush's routine rejection of Democratic rival John Kerry's warnings that the Iraq war has so strained the US armed forces that compulsory military service may be around the corner. 'Our all-volunteer army will remain an all-volunteer army,' Bush began, to cheers from supporters here in Florida, the richest prize among the dozen or so states up for grabs in the November 2 election.

Under siege: the wonders of the West
George Bush's environmental record is the worst in recent US history. Now the red-rock canyons of Utah, some of America's most treasured landscapes, are in danger. You couldn’t ask for a more scenic oil well than the Long Canyon facility in southeastern Utah. In fact, if it weren’t for the stench of petroleum fumes, and the constant up-and-down whir of the pump jack, you might be tempted to disregard it altogether in favour of the breathtaking vista it affords across a layered red rock landscape out towards the ancient geological splendours of Arches National Park. It sits like a great sore on the landscape, bleeding toxins into the ground, slowly killing off the ancient junipers that provide ground cover on the otherwise unforgiving desert terrain, and blowing ozone-depleting gas byproducts directly into the air.

Left-Behinders, libertarians right to fear VeriChip
'Holy Hal Lindsey!' I said to my wife over the morning paper last week. No matter how far away I get from that 1970s summer that I spent obsessed with The Late Great Planet Earth, some stories never fail to send a chill down my spine. The paper reported Food and Drug Administration approval for human use of the VeriChip, a microchip injected under one's skin. This version sends out a radio signal allowing doctors access to your medical history. Even The New York Times grasped the pop-culture ramifications of this development, noting that 'some fundamentalist religious groups ... contend that the tags may be the 'mark of the beast' referred to in the Book of Revelation.'

Aerosols 'harm mother and baby'
Air fresheners and aerosols can damage the health of babies and their mothers, UK research suggests. Frequent use during pregnancy and early childhood was linked with diarrhoea and earache in infants and headaches and depression in mothers. The culprits are volatile organic compounds released by such products, say the Bristol University scientists. It might be safer to limit use in the home, they told Archives of Environmental Health.Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are irritants, and indoor sources include solvents, floor adhesives, paint, furnishings and cleaning products.

Exploitation on tap
No one could have accused the Conservative government of breaking its promise to bring back Victorian values. When, in 1992, it permitted private water companies to install pre-paid meters in Birmingham, the people who couldn't afford to flush their toilets started defecating into pots, which they then emptied out of the windows of their tower blocks. It made one quite nostalgic. The meters were ruled illegal in 1998, on the grounds that they deprived the poor of their most important resource. So it goes without saying that the model has now been exported to two of the world's poorest urban communities.

China and US will switch places
I've been watching the United States slip farther and farther into fascism over the last 20 years or so and with the patriot act, the slipping is becoming a headlong rush. The strength of the United States came from its people and as the U.S. government becomes more repressive, the weaker the country is becoming. Eventually we will start having trouble feeding ourselves. During the same time period, it seems like the government of China has finally figured out communism is nothing but a giant suck on a sour lemon, responsible for starvation and misery rather than being any sort of workers paradise. As the centeral government relaxes its hold and trusts its own people, the country is becoming more and more prosperous.

Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes 'violates international law'
Israel has systematically violated international law by destroying the homes of 16,000 people in Gaza's southernmost town regardless of military necessity, a leading New York-based human rights agency said yesterday. Human Rights Watch suggested Israel has used weapons-smuggling by Palestinian militants as a pretext for the mass demolitions in Rafah over the past four years, where more than 10 per cent of the people have lost their homes.

Dirty tricks return to the sunshine state
Gordon Sasser first got the feeling that something strange was going on when the telephone pierced the silence of a weekday afternoon at his house on the swampy fringes of Tallahassee, northern Florida. An automated voice had some surprising news: did he know that he could now cast his presidential vote by phone, and could do so right now, using the keypad? Mr Sasser's suspicion that somebody was trying to trick him into thinking he was casting a vote - presumably so that he wouldn't cast a real one - was far from unique.

Scientists find way to make us slaves
Aldous Huxley may have got it right. In Brave New World, his classic futuristic novel, the author envisaged a society divided into castes from Alpha at the top to Epsilon at the bottom. The Epsilons were content to plod on with tedious tasks, their brains numbed by drugs. Until now this has been the stuff of science fiction. However, experiments conducted on rhesus monkeys have shown for the first time that animal behaviour can be permanently altered, turning the subjects from aggressive to “compliant” creatures.

Indymedia Seizure Signals Clampdown on Dissent
Free speech advocates say the six-day shutdown of nearly two dozen Web sites belonging to Indymedia is a severe blow to democratic principles and, perhaps, an ominous sign of things to come. An international collective of journalists born out of the combative World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle five years ago, Indymedia has evolved into a leading outlet for progressive media activism, particularly the anti-globalization movement.

Naomi Klein: Why is war-torn Iraq giving $190,000 to Toys R Us?
Next week, something will happen that will unmask the upside-down morality of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. On October 21, Iraq will pay $200m in war reparations to some of the richest countries and corporations in the world. If that seems backwards, it's because it is. Iraqis have never been awarded reparations for any of the crimes they suffered under Saddam, or the brutal sanctions regime that claimed the lives of at least half a million people, or the US-led invasion, which the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, recently called 'illegal'. Instead, Iraqis are still being forced to pay reparations for crimes committed by their former dictator.

UK 'has duty to redeploy troops'
Geoff Hoon has said Britain will 'have failed in its duty as an ally' if it did not agree to send UK soldiers to fill in behind US troops. Mr Hoon was responding to a question from Lib Dem MP Jenny Tonge, who asked what penalties the UK would incur if it did not agree to the US request. Earlier Mr Hoon had said no decision on deployment would be made before the middle of this week. He stressed the decision was a military - and not a political - one.

'All of us refused to go'
The military has begun punishing some of the 19 Army reservists who balked at what they called a 'suicide mission' and a 'death sentence' in Iraq last week. Some members of the South Carolina-based 343rd Quartermaster Company refused to transport fuel between the Iraqi cities of Tallil and Taji Wednesday morning, saying they had no protection for the dangerous trip.

Blaze consumes Caracas skyscraper
A fire has destroyed the upper portion of one of the tallest buildings in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. The cause of the fire in the 56-storey East Tower of Parque Central complex is not yet known. Firefighters backed by military helicopters and troops battled for more than 12 hours against the blaze in the building housing government offices. Work was halted in the mid-afternoon on Sunday amid fears the structure was on the brink of collapsing.

Australian reporter freed in Iraq
An Australian journalist was detained by militants in Iraq for nearly 24 hours but then released unharmed. John Martinkus was seized outside his Baghdad hotel on Saturday, according to his employer, SBS television. Foreign minister Alexander Downer confirmed the incident, but said the journalist was now in a good condition. Mr Martinkus is the first Australian confirmed as having been seized in Iraq. Previous kidnapping claims have been unsubstantiated.

The Brownshirting of America
James Bovard, the great libertarian champion of our freedom and civil liberties, recently shared with readers his mail from Bush supporters. For starters, here are some of the salutations: 'communist bastard,' 'asshole,' 'a piece of trash, scum of the earth.' It goes downhill from there. Bush's supporters demand lockstep consensus that Bush is right. They regard truthful reports that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and was not involved in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. – truths now firmly established by the Bush administration's own reports – as treasonous America-bashing.

Bomb blast shatters Baghdad cafe
Seven people are now known to have died and more than 20 injured when a suicide car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad cafe popular with Iraqi police. The late-night blast happened near the Australian embassy in a diplomatic quarter of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Another device went off in the same area shortly afterwards leaving one dead and two injured, reports said. Iraq's fledgling police force is a frequent target for insurgents opposed to the country's US-backed government.

Baghdad Burning: Valium...
Apparently, some topic that came up during a recent Oprah show has caught a lot of attention. Before I continue, let me first say- yes- we do know who Oprah is. MBC Channel 2 has been showing Oprah for the last few months- but the shows are a few weeks old. It's a popular show in Iraq because Iraqis find it amusing to watch some of the more absurd problems being discussed on the show- like how to find a good plastic surgeon, or what to purchase on a shopping spree on Fifth Avenue, etc. I'm not a huge fan of Oprah, but I used to watch the show when there was an intersting topic being discussed. I more or less stopped watching after she brought on Condi Rice and tried to make a compassionate hero out of her- that was disgusting, to be quite frank.

Healey's opposition to troop moves
Labour's former Defence Secretary Lord Healey has opposed the deployment of British troops around Baghdad. He told Sky's Sunday with Adam Boulton that British forces should leave Iraq as quickly as possible. 'If we do anything it is better to do it in Basra where we have managed to keep the bulk of the population on our side. 'The Americans, by bombing civilians without any real care or attention, have turned the whole of the Iraqi people against them and indeed the whole of the Muslim world.'

'When we came back they had destroyed all the houses'
The Israeli general who commanded the destruction of the only Jewish settlement in the Sinai before it was returned to Egypt recently offered Ariel Sharon advice on how to carry out his pledge to remove settlers from the Gaza strip. 'Evicting someone from the home they've lived in for 20 years isn't a simple matter,' wrote Brigadier General Obed Tira. 'To remove a family from its home is embarrassing and difficult, and that is why the removal needs to be done with a lot of love and a lot of wisdom.'

Imagining America if George Bush Chose the Supreme Court
Abortion might be a crime in most states. Gay people could be thrown in prison for having sex in their homes. States might be free to become mini-theocracies, endorsing Christianity and using tax money to help spread the gospel. The Constitution might no longer protect inmates from being brutalized by prison guards. Family and medical leave and environmental protections could disappear.

Beslan hostage-takers 'were on drugs'
All of the hostage-takers who seized Beslan's School Number One on 1 September were drug addicts and were under the influence of narcotics throughout the 52-hour siege, Russia's deputy prosecutor general claimed yesterday. In a statement to the Interfax news agency, Nikolay Shepel said tests on the extremists' corpses had shown that 22 of the 32 hostage-takers were on hard drugs and had regularly injected substances such as heroin and morphine while the other 10 had been using softer drugs. His statement vindicates the view of many of the bereaved who have claimed that the extremists were 'narkomany' or junkies.

General reported supply shortages in Iraq
The top U.S. commander in Iraq complained to the Pentagon last winter that his supply situation was so poor that it threatened Army troops' ability to fight, according to an official document that has surfaced only now. The lack of key spare parts for gear vital to combat operations, such as tanks and helicopters, was causing problems so severe, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter to top Army officials, that 'I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low.'

Powell's sudden Asia trip raises questions here
Korea watchers are questioning the purpose of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's sudden trip to Asia, which begins only 10 days before Americans go to the polls to pick their next president. Powell is set to begin the five-day tour to Japan, China, and Korea on Friday. He will arrive here next Monday for a two day-visit. The visit comes after the two years of international tension over North Korea's nuclear standoff has become a major campaign issue.

Jeb Bush Keeps Felon List 
Florida Governor Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a report. In a May 4 e-mail obtained by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida Department of Law Enforcement computer expert Jeff Long informed his boss that a Department of State computer expert had told him 'that yesterday they recommended to the Gov that they 'pull the plug'' on the voter database.

'If this isn't genocide, then what on earth is?'
While the international community procrastinated last week about whether events in Darfur constitute genocide, I visited the Ardamata refugee camp in Geneina, where 30,000 people are sheltering. Tribal leaders there testified to a campaign of killing, rape, burning and looting by the Janjaweed militias which have killed an estimated 70,000 people and displaced 1.4 million others. Three months ago, the UN described the situation in Darfur as 'the world's worst humanitarian crisis'. On my two-day visit, I found that nothing much has changed. The government of Sudan has reneged on its promise to disarm the Janjaweed. Their campaign has the sole objective of eradicating the black tribes and installing the Arabs in their place. If this isn't genocide, then it's difficult to imagine what on earth is.

Hoon faces MPs over Iraq troops
Geoff Hoon is to address the Commons on Monday about plans to put some UK troops under US control in Iraq. The defence secretary is expected to confirm a formal request for assistance has been received from the Americans. But he will stress any decision would be entirely operational and not part of a deal to help President George Bush. Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, warned against Britain 'allowing itself to be sucked further into the mire in Iraq'.

Freemasons sponsor Child Identification Program (CHIP) event
Not many parents want to think about, or worse yet, plan for the possibility of something bad happening to their child. But, unfortunately, child abductions, fires and general disasters do happen and parents should be prepared. CHIP (Child Identification Program) is the most comprehensive identification plan anywhere, and it is coming to Stoughton this weekend. The program, provided free of charge, offers parents the opportunity to gather several items that could be essential in identifying a child following an unthinkable occurrence.